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TWENTIETH YEAR. - OMAHA. TUESDAY MORNING , JUNE 24 , 1890. . r JSTUMBER- .
THE SUN SHOWS ITS FACE.
And the Elements Seem Repentant' Their
Vicions Work.
HOUSES TOSSED ABOUT LIKE FEATHERS.
Graphic Accounts , From All Over tlio
( State , of the Damage Done Tlio
IIOHH Can Not lie : Even
/ Approximated.
IX _ _
KKARNET , Neb. , Juno 23. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : Br.n. ] Pleasanton , the cyclone
wrecked , is in bad luck. News of the dls-
nstcr linn been coming In slowly today. John
Dempsey , who drove a livery team there yes
terday and was caught in the wind , was in
terviewed by TUB Br.n correspondent this
afternoon. He said that about 1 o'clock a
great bluish , black cloud came rolling up and
looked so threatening that ho stopped in a
barn in Plcasanton.
After watting a short time the cloud as
sumed a funnel shape and dipped down , n
short distance northwest of the town.
When the storm had passed it
was found that the depot had
slightly changed Its location , landed on a can
vas drug ttoro and parted with a portion of
the roof.
Two box cars lay on their sides In the ditch ,
the hotel had gone about a rod and twisted
J Sroundwhen it bumped against the round-
Blouse. About half of the livery stable was
minus and the roof had eloped with the storm.
Cm entering the hotel , Mr. Hawcndabbcr of
Bertram ! , who was seeking for a location in
tlio drug business , was found unconscious
and the landlady bady bruised.
Without waiting to sco what further dam-
ngo was done , Dempsey loaded the injured
man into the carriage and drove to Kearney.
Ho was badly hurt about the head , but re
covered sufficiently during the night to betaken
taken home today.
Mrs. John Lower and baby were injured by
falling timber and are under the cure of a
physician.
The dwelling house of Bob KIcstner , four
wiles west , was blown down. Mr. Hunter's
* tnblo near by Is a wreck and Joseph Nicker-
eon's farm house was lifted from its founda
tion.
At bwcetwiitcr.
RAVENNA , Neb. , Juno 23. [ Special Tele-
Brain to TUB BUE. ] Word of the disaster at
Pleasanton was brought to this city last
night by Mr. Frank Phillips , who reports a
thrilling trip through wind , water and hall ,
tearing Union Pacific dispatches to bo scut
" " * Tver the B. & M. wires at this place. He re
ports-the ruin to bo complete at Pleasanton ,
The new Union Pacific depot is unroofed , tlio
tides crushed in and tljo platform twisted
pcross the track , freight cars overturned
ami wrecked , the track torn up and telegraph
wires torn down.
The course of the storm followed Pleasant
Valley , one of the most beautiful and fertile
valleys iu central Buffalo county and through
out the length and breadth of the valley
nro liouses unroofed , barns blown down
ttf wind mills completely wrecked.
The cyclone was preceded and followed
'by a scattering of largo chunks of ice , said in
many cases to measure from eight to twelve
Inches in circumference. Fortunately the
hull storm was not of long duration nud
crops were not injured to a great extent.
Kavcnnu sent out a largo delegation to tlio
Btricken villages to render assistance to the
unfortunates. About fifty citizens went to
Swectwater last night and worked until mid
night picking up what could bo found of the
Beyers stock of merchandise and placing It
, unuor shelter in freight cars brought along
-Ifrlor that purpobo. Dr. Halo of his city ac
companied tlto party to attend the wants of
the many in need of his services. Hosays
tlio Thomas boy cannot live , but ho has hopes
_ of the elder Thomas who i.s badly bruised
cut. Oiio-hnlf mile of telegraph wires is
down. At Swectwater telegraph poles have
been twisted oil at the base and carried
Ecveral rods from the track. Mrs. Goff's
hand $0,000 residence is a total wreck. Thu
> Jnniiy ! escaped unhurt by taking refuge In a
ucV iborlng potatoo cellar. The roof of the
cuvu1 was partially taken off , but the occu
pants came through without a scratch.
Mrs. Goft is u widow , her husband having
died a few months ago. Possessing consider
able business ability and being endowed with
nn enterprising spirit she his put forth every
effort to build up a town at Swectwater and
hud Just closed a deal with the railroad com
pany to establish a depot and station at that
point. She hns been ono of the heaviest
stockholders In the Swcctwator milling com
pany , but recently sold her interest in that
institution in order to make the improve
ments and establish the nucleus of the town.
The lady has mortgaged her land for several ,
thousand dollars turn this terrible calamity
Will undoubtedly place her in n very embar
rassing position financially. Thu ruin In the
track of thu tornado Is complete and Itavounu
citizens congratulate themselves upon their
narrow eseaiKJ. A small whirlwind
passed the northwest part of town
- * * . . . and completely demolished n light
L Tramo stable 12x14 feet in size belonging to
Fred Hlehnrdson. No other damngo was done
by wind in Kuvenna. The storm seems to
have separated and passed to the north and
louth. A kitten was found lying near a de
molished building in Sweotwater cut entirely
In two , presumably by falling debris. Bohack
& Kaso's harness shop at Pleusanton was
completely demolished , and of the entire
stock of harness but two bridles have so fur
been found , At Plcasanton a lady who had
taken to her cellar for safety , supposed the
Btorm had passed and emerged from her
place of refuge just in time bo hit by a Hying
timber ns thu house went off the foundation.
She Is Injured internally but Is still alive.
Dead horses , hogs ami poultry are strewn
iroiud | promiscuously at Swectwater.
At Fremont.
gh Juno 23. [ Special to IHB
BEK. ] One of the worst wind storms that has
lalicn place hero for many years occurred last
night from about 8 o'clock to shortly after 0.
The wind had none of the whirling motion of
Iho cyclone or the destruction wrought would
nave been fearful. A great deal of damage
9 ivus donu ns It was.
Everywhere throughout the city shade
trees were broken down , and some streets
ivcro so full of branches this morning as to
bo impassable for teams. Telephone , electrio
light , tire alarm and telegraph wires are pros ,
( rated. Chimneys ou many houses were
iwept oft oven with the roofs. Outbuildings
mid many fences were blown over and the
Hying debris Induced many of thu more cau
tious to seelc refuge lu their cellars.
A largo section of the comlco on the front
of the line hotel was torn off. Several store
windows were broken iu by Hying signs , and
como stocks of goods slightly damaged. At
the fair grounds , u inllo nnd a half northwest
of the city , where everything was fully ex
posed to the gale , sad huvoo was played. The
iimphithcutcr was completely demolished , the
high fences flattened und the horse stalls
ewoptnwuy. In these Nick Houin hud uuuiu-
bur of line horses , some of which were hurt
J&hentbo stalls were blown down and nftor-
wants were badly lacerated on barb wlro
fences when ilcolng before the storm.
A number of cars In the yards of the Fre
mont , lilkhoru & Missouri Valley road were
blown ulung the track , three being thrown
off and ono smashed into kindling wood.
IK'iKirts from the country nro to the effect
Vat the Holds of the larger corn have suf
fered a great deal of damage , The recent
warm wiut her has made a rapid growth of
corn and the plants were very tender. In u j
great many cnies as much ns 7Q. per
cent of the corn hns been broken off nt the
ground. The windmills on n number of
farms were demolished.
The lariro cattle barn of Charles W. Shel
don , n milkman living onu mile north of the
city , was dashed to pieces and the lumber
smashed to splinters.
A fanner named John Nau , living In Satin-
dcrs county , three miles south of Fremont ,
.had seven head of cattle killed by lightning ,
The animals were In n pasture near a wlro
fence , along which the lightning played
while it committed havoc with the herd.
Two residences in this city were struck by
lightning , that of John PfefTer being badly
riddled. A very heavy rainfall accompanied
the wind. '
At Calluwuy.
CALLAWAT , Neb. , Juno 23. [ Special to Tun
BBB. ] Keports from Olax , twelve miles
southeast of Callaway , state that a remark
ably violent nnd destructive hail storm passed
across tlio Wood river valley yesterday after
noon. It came from the southwest at 5
o'clock in the afternoon. Hailstones were
as largo as a man's fist and from ono to two
inches In thlckncsss. They covered the
ground in varying depths , in some places the
chunks of ice being several feet deep.
The crops were annihilated , there now be
ing no appearance of anything planted in
that neighborhood. One man near Olnx Is
suld to have lost three hundred acres of
wheat. Oats were also ruined. Corn was
cut down , but it was not fur enough along to
bo totally destroyed.
The storm passed over to the Loup river
valley , where considerable hail fell , but with
less destruction. To this town the storm did
not reach , but the roar was audible. No esti
mate of loss can bo given now ,
At Mason.
MASON , Neb. , Juno 23. [ Special Telegram
to THE Biiii.J On Sunday afternoon the val
ley of Elk creek , about ten miles south of this
place , was swept by n destructive wind
storm that did a considerable amount of
damage. The farm house of Silas Moycr was
blown down nnd Mrs. Moycr , the only occu
pant of the house at the time , was hurt by
fulling walls.
Mr. Moycr was picked up by the wind and
carried about fifteen rods und was seriously
hurt by being hurled to the ground.
The house and barn of Frank Brosio was
also destroyed. The house and other build
ings on a form owned by Dr. Koyes of Kear
ney were blown down and others sustained
damages from the effect of the wind.
The wind was followed by n heavy fall of
hail , but fortunately only a narrow strip was
thus visited and the damage to crops will not
amount to much. This was perhaps the
most destructive wind ever known iu the his
tory of Custer county.
At Cedar llapids.
Cr.iuu RAI'IDS , Neb. , Juno 23. [ Special
Telegram to TIIR BHE. ] James Seaton of
Timber Creek , eleven miles west of here ,
was killed by lightning at 5:30 : o'clock last
evening at his home. Mr. Seaton is a son-in-
law of Thomas Collins and has been married
only two months. Ho came from Rockport ,
Mo. , tills spring und was twenty-six years of
ago.
ago.When struck ho was standing in the door
of the kitchen nud it is supposed that the at
traction of the stove drew a shaft of the
deadly fluid toward him , as the main bolt
struck a few yards from the houso.
At llluir.
BI.AIH , Neb. , Juno 23. [ Special toTnu
BEE. ] The worst wind and rain storm we
have hud for years struck Blair last night
about 8 p. m. It played havoc with the shade
and fruit trees uud there is ifbt a block in
town that has not had more or less damage
done to it. Jn some places the trees eighteen
inches thick are torn out by the roots.
None of the houses are damaged , as they
were protected by the many shade trees. The
hail nearly ruined the cherry crop hero. It is
reported that crops in the northern part of
the county are very badly damaged and win
dow lights broken in the farm houses. Un
doubtedly Blair would hnvo had considerable
more damage done if it had uot Dceu so well
protected.
At Ponder.
PCXIIEII. Neb. , Juno 23. [ Special to THE
BUE. ] This vicinity was visited last night
by a heavy wind and rain storm. Tha wind
did no damage to speak of at Ponder , but live
miles west of hero the roof was blown oft a
a farm house belonging to D. A. Kelso and
the barn of E. A. Tucker was blown off its
foundation.
The farm house of John Myers , who lives
in the same neighborhood , was struck by
lightning and torn to pieces , but no ono in the
house was killed , although the bedsteads on
which some of the family were sleeping are
badly demoralized.
At St. Paul.
ST T > 1I1I T3nhTimo OO TCnnnlol Tnln-
gram to Tin : BKI : . ] A severe wind , hall and
rain storm visited this place yesterday after
noon. It was only of short duration , but
while it lasted awnings , boards , fences , doors
and chimneys danced around like things of
life. The Presbyterian church steeple was
torn up by the roots nud dashed into
splinters. Tlio splro on tlio school house
was lifted bodily , inverted and stuck in thereof
roof , where It awaits further orders. It Is
Impossible at this time to form even a faint
estimate of thu immense amount of damage
done.
At
LEinit , Nob. , Juno 23. [ Special Telegram
to THE BEE. ] While Aaron Ogan , who lives
live miles west of hero- , was absent from
homo yesterday ou n visit to Dodge county ,
his wife , who had just recovered
from a severe illness , suddenly
died. Mr. Ogan was telegraphed
for and reached home In the afternoon.
Shortly after his return a terrible storm
came up nnd lightning struck his newly built
barn mid gralnnry. completely consuming
them. Mr. Ogan is ono of the most promi
nent farmers in Platte county.
At fjoup City.
Lour CITV , Neb , , Juno 23. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : BEE. ] The most severe storm
of the season passed over this section yester
day afternoon. Itnln fell in torrents , accom
panied by small hall , but three miles down
the valley hall stones as large as goose eggs
were found. Very littlu wind accompanied
the storm there nud no damage was done ,
but on Oak creek , lu our best grain country ,
It is reported that crops were badly damaged.
At Klkliom.
EI.ICUOHX , Neb. , Juno 23. Special Tele
gram to THE BKI : . ] The storm last night
played havoo with out buildings , chimneys ,
fruit and grain in this vicinity. It did con-
sid'-raWo damage to corn and fruit in the
southern part of the county. The largo barn
on the Oakland stock ranch was moved off
its foundation ten feet. A windmill on Hon.
A. J. Poppleton's summer residence was
blown about three-quarters of a mile out lu
the country.
At WindHldc.
WINIISIDC , Nob. , Juno 23. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB BBB , ] ThU section was visited
last night by a terrible hailstorm followed by
n drenching nilu. Twelve hundred feet of
the Omaha railway track and three small
bridges were washed out west of hero.
Trains are all delayed. Small damage was
done to the town in the way of-windows
broken und loose articles blown around.
Crops uro almost U not quite ruiucd.
At Hunorot't.
BANCIIOPT , Neb , , Juno 23. [ Special to Tun
BEK. ] This city was visited by two heavy
wind und ruin storms Saturday evening. The
wind destroyed several windmills anil small
buildings. The ground is thoroughly soaked
and too wet for farmers to cultivate their
com. Weeds uro in some places retarding
the growth of corn. The truuud Is soaked
six feet deep.
HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE ,
It Will Devote This Week's Executive Ses
sions to Considering Bills ,
THE NEW FEDERAL ELECTION MEASURE.
Probability Tlmt It Will Pass the Lower
Crunch of Congress During the
Present AVcek Mlnccl- '
Inncotis MutterH.
WASHINGTON BUUEAU THE OMAHA BBB , )
513 FOUUTEKXTH STltr.BT ! , >
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Juno X.j
Tbo house committee on commerce will
give nil of this week's executive scssslons to
consideration of the great mass of bills now
before it relating to interstate commerce.
At tomorrow's session , which will bo the
first , the Baker bill , wlilch has been drawn
up by the Interstate commerce commisson ,
will bo considered. This bill bos for its
principal object the enactment of a law to
compel trunk lines tapping independent lines
smaller lines to carry the traillo of the
independent lines at a rate wlilch will bo
suitable to the Independent lines , and not , as
is now the case , bo the solo arbitrator of the
rale. In coso of difference the interstate
commerce commission Is to fix the rate. The
objection to this bill is made by
the smaller railroads nnd is thnt
the interstate commerce commission ,
being composed of men who are not railroad
men nnd having not the least knowledge of
railroad business , there cannot bo a proper
understanding reached. It Is likely that dur
ing these executive sessions all the ills re
lating to ticket scalpers' special rates for
drummers , base ball clubs , theatrical com
panies , etc. , will bo considered nnd that the
committee will report a number of bills next
week.
FCDEHAL ELECTION'S AND UANKINO BILLS.
Mr. Cannon and other members of the
house committee on rules said today that the
federal elections and bankrupt bills would
undoubtedly bo passed by the house this
week. It is stated now that the federal elec
tion bill will go through both houses. The
pugnacious attitude of the democrats in the
senate and the threat of talking such a meas
ure to death have decreased so that tbo most
conservative republican senators are free to
say that they believe the bill can bo put
throutrh the upper branch of congress with
probably not more than a week of delay. The
senate may debate the bill for three weeks ,
half of which time will bo absolutely wasted ,
but there is very little doubt now
that the democrats , after a few
days of time killing , will como
to the conclusion that it is a physical impos
sibility for them to eventually defeat a final
vote upon the measure and that it will go
through. Ono thing is quite certain now
the republican senators will come solidlv to
gether for a bill very like if not identical to
thu ono which the house will pass. The
democrats have abandoned their proposed
caucus for tlio purpose of outlining tlio plan
of resistance against the passage of tlio bill
in the house.
CIIAIHMAN CONGEIt OX SILVER.
Chairman Conger of the house committee
on coinage , weights and measures , said to
your correspondent this afternoon : "I shall
not call a meeting of the coinngo committee
until thu latter part of the week , as I want to
pivo Its members time to circulateanil gather
information and arrive at some kind of a
definite conclusion ns to what they want to
do with the bill. It is likely that more than
one meeting will bo held before an agreement
is reached , but I think the bill will be re
ported back and taken up and finally disposed
of in the house some time next week. The
house will never agree to free coinage. That
part of the senate bill must bo stricken out.
Wo nro willing to accept the coinage
redemption and full legal tender features
of the measure as it was amended by the sen
ate and provide for the coinage of $ lfiOO,000
or 4.500,000 ounces a month. Wo shall ccr-
tqliily not mnlco a less liberal bill than was
originally adopted by the house. I am confi
dent the senate will accept the measure
which wo will piiss next week , us sentiment
over tliero has materially changed since the
free coinage excitement. "
Senator Stewart , Uoprcscntutive Carter
and other extreme free coinage advocates
stated today that they were willing to re
cede from their five coinage demands nnd ac ;
cept such u measure as Mr. Conger outlines
as likely to bo reported from the house com
mittee. The free coinngo excitement lias
very materially diminished and there is very
little heard now from the extremists iu that
direction.
WESTEKN 110ADS MUST SHOW CAUSE.
On July 8 , in compliance with the summons
from the .interstate commerce commission ,
the western railroads directly interested are
to appear hero and show cause why their
grain rates should not bo reduced to 17 cents
from the Missouri river to Chicago nnd to 12
cents from the Missouri to tlio Mississippi
river. The present rates nro 20 and 15 cents
respectively , and it is held that these prices
are exceedingly excessive nnd very detri
mental to the best interests of grain pro
ducers. This movement is the outgrowth of
Senator Paddock's resolution , which recently
brought out an extended decision from the
Interstate commerce commission on rates as
pertaining to the subject matter of the in
vestigation to bo held on July 8. The intcr-
state commerce commission intends to follow
up the movement inaugurated by Senator
Paddock and sco if there is not some means
under the law which will compel the railroad
companies to deal more fairly with grain pro
ducers in Nebraska nnd the adjoining states ,
which have been almost ruined by excessive
rates during the past twelve months.
LAUGH mMiiuits ooixci TO liunorc.
More people are going to Europe this year
than ever before , During the month of Juno
so far more than live thousand passports have
been asked for , and it is estimated that less
than 10 per cent who go abroad ask for them.
Only these who travel for the first time in
Europe think they need them. Those who
go regularly or frequently to Europe nuvor
ask for them , nor are they carried by mer
chants or other business men who run over
to the other side two or three times a year.
There Is one class of citizens who never go
across without a passport and these are Ger
mans who intend to visit tlio fatherland.
They need them for fear they may find them
necessary to avoid being gobbled up for
military service.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Scrgcant-at Arms-Elcct Valentino is ex
pected hero by tlio end of this week. Ho will
bo confronted at the beginning of his term by
a movement to materially reduce the senate
roll of employes under n resolution Introduced
by Senator Kdmuuds. Anxious .Nubruskans
anticlp iting onico under Valentino will hardly
bo consoled by the assurance that there is
not onu chance In 10,000 for'an addi
tional Nebraska appointment. Nebraska has
now two messengers and a clevk on the sur-
gcant-at-nrm's roll and two clerks of commit
tees and a clerk on the roll of the secretary of
the senate. This Is her full quota without
counting thu scrgeunt-ut-urms himself.
Senator Paddock was notified that live Ne
braska pension cases In which ho had inter
ested himself had been allowed.
Thu types made a mistake In a late dis
patch to THE BIE : in Using the present salary
of the land commissioner at f-1,500. Jiulgo
OirofT , who does more work than any other
ofllclul of his importance , onl.v receives $3,500
iwr annum. Senator Paddock's amendment ,
which ho and Senator Mundcrson fought
through the senate against the opposition of
tlio entire committee on appropriations , pro
poses to raise it to a level with the sahuy of
the commissioners of pensions and patents.
Tlio debate showed the general appreciation
of tlio splendid record Judge ( Jroll is making.
Jicpre.sentutlvo Kelly of Kansas today pre
sented In the house n number of petitions
from hU constituents In favor of the Wilson
anti-original package amendment to the interstate - 3
state commerce law.
The senate committee on public lands will
report lu favor of uu appropriation of fOOO.OOO
for an increase of surveys , to DO so appor
tioned as to meet the demands of the now
states.
Under the readjustment of sahrlcs of
fourtli class postmasters Jlto' following
changes have been made for lown Ofliccs :
Cedar Uapids , from $ J,000 to$3,000 ; Dos
Moiiies. ? ' 3,300 , to ? fJ,400 , ; Sioux City , 13,100 to
f3,200.
General Brooke , commander of the depart
ment of the Platte , bos written n letter to
Hopresontntlvo Dorsoy , explaining the catiso
of the Indian agitation In northwestern Ne
braska. Ho savs that it grew out of settlers
seeing the Indians nt Pine Bluff kill their
cattle on issue day. The settlers thought the
Indians were on the war path from the raven
ous and excitable manner iu which they went
at their work. ' ,
Captain John Tulloy of Omaha , who Is to
bo agent of the Cucyenncs , is bore consulting
with the secretary of the interior ns to His
oDlcial duties. PEIIUT S. HKATU.
llljAlXI ! OX IllK 1A.KIFF.
Ills Views Plainly Set Forth Ileforetho
Ways and Means Committee.
WASHINGTON , Juno 23. [ Special Telegram
to TUB BER ] There is no reason why the
emphatic expressions of Mr. Bhiino in the
senate committee on appropriations the other
day concerning the tariff bill should have
caused any surprise to the committee on
ways and meansforuo has. boeti trying to
impress that committee with the same views
all winter. While the bill was being formu
lated ho had repeated conferences with
Messrs McKiuloy , Burrows , Gear , Dlngloy
and other republican members , both singly
and together , and in the most earnest man
ner protested againt placlnj ? sugar on the
free list without corresponding concessions
from the sugar growing countries , against
the increase of the duty on w4ol , which is our
chief article of import from Chill nnd
the Argentine Hopubllc , and Vfffdnst the pro
posed duty on hides. He explained to the
committee the situation in tlio international
conference and the efforts lid was making to
secure reciprocal treaties with the Central
and South American countries so as to extend
the market for our manufactures nud agricul
tural products. lie demonstrated to them
that the time had arrived in the United
States when wo must either produce less or
sell more , nud that the only possible market
for the disposition of the surplus was on the
'
American continent , south'of the Hio
Grande. The duties charged our pecu
liar products in tho. 'southern na
tions , were , however , practically prohibitory ,
and to extend our sales It wai necessary to
secure their removal or reduction. That
could easily bo done , ho explained , by offer
ing in exchangb the duties * wo charge on
sugar and carpet wools , which are not pro
duced in this country to any extent , nnd need
no protection , und ho demonstrated to the
committee that such an exchange would re
sult in furnishing a market fOr from ? f > 0,000-
000 to a § 100,000,000 worth of breadstuffs and
provisions the flour nnd corn , corn meal'
bacon , hams , lard , and preserved meats of all
kinds produced in this country , nnd numer
ous articles of American manufacture. Ho
did not oppose the removal of the duty on
sugar. On the contrary , ho favored it. But ho
begged the committee not to throw nwny the
greatest opportunity that was , ever offered for
the extension of the tr.ule of the United
States an opportunity that would never
come again if sugar was placed upoii the free
list without securing corresponding conces
sions from the sugar growing nations , which
coinpri.se 40,000,000 of people. Ho recalled
the result of placing coffee on the frco list
some years ago. It was done 'for the same
reason that it is proposed to place sugar on
was the shibboleth in those ddys , the empire
of Brazil nlaced an. export duty on coffee , and
the price of the article remained tho'samo. "
Brazil would have removed her duty
from our flour and" < other breadstuffs -
stuffs nt that time had wo asked
it , but the elections were approaching
and congress wouldn't wait to trado. Mr.
Blalno demonstrated to the committee , too ,
that the removal of the duty on sugar and the
Increase of the duty on beans and other farm
products which wo do not import was not
going to relieve the farmer from the depres
sion in prices. The farmer does not use raw
sugar , but refined sugar , and the duty of the
latter is increased by the McKinley bill. Wo
would bo even more at the r.iorcy of the
sugar trust or any other monopoly that might
bo established , for the domestic man
ufacturer of sugar would bo in a
position to increase the price of the roflncd
article any time lie chose , although he would
Koi his raw material a grtat deal cheaper.
The public expectation of the benefit of the
legislation upon the sugar manufacturers is
shown by the increase iu the Value of sugar
trust certificates , which were quoted at 50 on
January 10 , bufora the house took up the
question of free sugar , and at 03 on May 21 ,
when the bill was reported to the , senate , but
there was no increase in tlio value of corn or
wheat.
Tin ; Emperor Ifcadu tlio
BERLIN , Juno 23. [ Special Cablegram to
TIIU Bci : . ] The 150th anniversary of the
creation of the regiment of gardes tlu corps
'
was celebrated at Potsdam today. 'The city
was gaily decorated and Emperor William
rode at the head of the regiment from the
new palace Into town.
Religious service for the troops ivas held in
Lustgurteu , at which members' the im
perial family were present. At the close of
the services the emperor addressed the rogi-
incut. His majesty said Unit so long us the
guards had not ridden to the attack ho would
give no battle up us lost.
Chaplain Kichtcr also delivered an address
in commemoration of the formation of the
regiment. The emperor led the troops twice
past the Empress nnd Dowager Empress
Victoria nnd then greeted the Imperial family
and members of the various royal families
who were present.
Once More the Wlilto Caps.
' Niw : YORK , Juno 2. ) . [ Special Telegram to
Tim BEE. ] Some weeks ago a band of white
caps was organized at May's Landing , N. J. ,
and slnco then they have been busy getting
rid of obnoxious characters. Not only have
many of the latter been driven out of the
place , but a number of others'who claim to
bo respectable members of society , have re
ceived threatening notices. . '
The only ones who did not , , , seem to care
about the white caps wuro a number of men
who are iu the habit of frequenting the
woods back of the plncoi evpry .Sunday ,
where they spend the day lujgumbling nnd
profanity. Yesterday they- were engugcd in
that occupation when tlio regulators
swooped down upon them andboat them in a
moat unmerciful manner. AJ1- wore warned
that a repetition of the ofConsp would moot
with stronger measures. '
An A ed Siilehlc.
MII.WAUKHI : , Wis. , Juno iS-Spcclal [ Tele
gram to THE Bni : . ] L. Burstnll , aged
soventy-ono years , a man of high intellectual
attainments who fourteen years ago was n
teacher of German and Frcnfch in the Mil
waukee high school , commltod suicide In a
ravluo on the lake front north of the city lost
night by sending a bulloV through his head.
A note was found on the body addressed to
the coroner asking that oniciaf to experiment
with the body or give it up for dissection In
Dnlcr to prevent burial , should any spark of
life bo present. The note also said that the
writer hud been tired of life since bis thirtieth
year and had been merely n spectator of
events. Burstall had no , relatives iu America.
Count Knliioky ,
PESTII , Juno 2i. ; [ Sp9clal Cablegram to
Tun BUK. ] The delegates voted u foreign
budget In Count KalnokjVs absence. . anil mib-
spqueutly adopted u votu of confidence in the
minister of foreign affairs. Dr. Planer spoke
in high prulso of Couijt Kaluoky'a" foreign
policy. f
9
Amorluaii Hlflcnifii Abroad ,
HANOVER , June 23. [ Spocloi cablegram to
Tin ; BiiE.J- Captain George Sieburg of thu
MffESTTcan riflemou "nw vhltiug this country
1 has arrived lu-it forkiio puVposo of unking
arrangements for u visit of the Americans to
this city.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Souato Tnkes Up tha Conference Eaport on
the Dependent Pension Bill.
IT IS ADOPTED BY A VOTE OF 34 TO ! 8 ,
Tlio IIoiiHa Conferees on tlio General
Pension Appropriation Measure
llcnort Failure to Ileaoh
> au Agreement.
WASHINGTON , Juno 23. In the senate today
Mr. Allison Wa4r excuse J from service on the
select committed' 16 examine into the ad-
mluistratlvo service of the senate and air.
Plumb was appointed in his place.
The house bill'for the relief of settlers on
Northern Pacific railroad indemnity lands
was reported and placed ou the calendar.
Mr. I u galls offered n resolution and it was
agreed to instructing the committee ou
privileges and elections to inquire as to the
date when the salaries of the senators from
Montana , Washington and North and South
Dakota began.
The senate then resumed consideration of
the agricultural college land bill and Mr.
Merrill offered a substitute for various
amendments pending Saturday as to the di
vision of the fund between the colored nnd
white schools of the state.
Mr. Pugh expressed his approval of Mr.
Merrill's ' amendment and withdrew the ono
offered by him. After some debate the Merrill
rill amendment was adopted and the bill
then passed.
The conference report on the dependent
pension bill was taken up and Mr. Berry
spoke against it. The practical effect of it
would bo , Mr. Berry saiu , to put 90 per cent
of union soldiers on the pension roll. It was
really a service pension bill. Under the
operation of the pending measure the annual
Iiensloii roll would bo 00,000,000 , and the cry
would still bo for more. And yet no
northern senator or representative dared
stand up In opposition to the pending
bill. Northern democrats and northern re
publicans contended with each other as to
which would go the farthest to satisfy these
demands. If any southern senator or repre
sentative dared to oppose a pension bill ho
was told on ono side that ho would injure the
party and on the other ho was denounced ns
u traitor who had no right to announce an
opinion on the subject of pensions.
Mr. Gorman also opposed the conference
report. The expenditure under the bill
would aggregate sTtC7i,0 : ; , ' ) I. and this , added
to $125,000,000 under the existing law , would
leave the treasury bankrupt in 1891.
Mr. Davis , chairman of the committee ,
said Mr. Berry had been a consistent oppo
nent of pension legislation for the bcticnt of
the union soldier nnd what he said today was
on a direct line with what ho said on other
occasions. Mr. Davis > lenied the correctness
of Mr. Gorman's figures and said the expen
ditures under the bill would bo about 10- ,
000,000. Ho denied that the bill was a ser
vice pension bill and asserted that it was a
disability bill , pure and simple.
Mr. Gorman said that If the bill became a
law there would be a aeflcit of § 100,000,000 in
18' ) , and even if it did not become a law
there would bo a deficit of 10.000,000. Ho
called attention to what a rcpuulican'lcuJcr
( Mr. Bluino ) , "the greatest leader iu his day
and generation , " hud said as to the extrava
gance of appropriations and unthoughtful
nnd unwise legislation in the matter of rev
enue. Ho complimented Mr. Davis for the
courage with which ho had stemmed the
tide of demagogues and claim agents nnd pi-e
vented reporting a'blirthat would have cost
f 150,000,000 a year.
Mr. Ingalls advocated the conference re
port. It was an obligation just us sacred as
that under which the soldier was paid , and
yet the senate was asked to postpone it. to
higgle and haggle about it. For himself ho
was in favor of the removal of the limitation
act granting arrears of pensions. Ho did not
euro whether it cost 5100,000,000 orl,000UOO-
000.
000.Mr.
Mr. Vest spoke of the monstrous abuses
that had grown up under the pension system
and declared his belief that the pending bill
was being pressed for personal and. political
motives. Ho assorted that the list had been
unduly swollen iu Indiana because it was a
pivotal state and its vote was necessary to
elect a president. Ho prophesied that the
people of the United States would revolt
against the pension system and its abuses.
Mr. Turpio said that ho had not heard of
any charges in Indiana against the admin
istration of the psusion bureau , nnd ho was
not prepared to say whether political bias had
anything to do with granting or refusing
pensions.
Mr. Hawley expressed the Idea that soldiers
would not get the Idea , from what had been
said today , that the senate was favorable to
the payment of arrears of pensions , or to tlio
equalization of bounties , or the payment of
the difference between paper money nnd gold ,
Ho thought that altogether too much was
said about what the nation owed the .soldiers.
The predominant feeling in his state was that
the needy sold Icr should not suffer , but that
nothing should bo wasted on the man who did
not need a pension for his support. The true
soldier did not want money wasted. They
wanted their suffering comrades aided und
they wanted the glory of having fought for
their country without respect to money con
siderations.
Finally the discussion was closed , n vote
taken and the conference report agreed to
yeas , 4-1 ; nays , 18.
A conference was ordered on the fortifica
tion bill and Messrs. D.iwcs , Plumb and Gor
man appointed conferees on the part of the
senate.
After an executive session tUp senate ad
journed. _
HoilNC.
WASHINGTON , Juno 23. In the house today
the speaker announced the appointment of
Me > ; rs. Brewer , Butterworth and Sayors as
conferees on the formications hill.
The house then went Into committee of the
whole ou thu District of Columbia business.
The committee rose without final action on
the bill.
The conferees on the general pension appro
priation bill failed to agree. The house in
sisted ujxm disagreement to the senate amend
ments and adjourned.
Will llonort Against Cnlhoim'H Hill.
WASHINGTON , Juno 23. At a meeting of
the senate committee on territories today it
determined to Calhoun's bill
was report pro
viding for a now test oath In Utah In place of
the Edmonds-Tucker act , with u recommen
dation that It bo indollnitely postponed. In
its stead the committee will adapt the bill
recently reported to the scuato to Insure the
purity of elections in Arizona to tlio necessi
ties of the cose in Utah and recommend that
for passage. That bill contains an oath
similar to the Idaho test oath , wlilch has
been sustained by the supreme court nud
which Is not so sweeping and severe In Its
provi.ilona as the oath proposed in the Cul-
lom bill.
National Capital Notes.
WASHINGTON , Juno 23. Senator Blair to
day Introuuccd ivblll to incorporate u woman's
national industrial university nnd school of
arts. The university is to bo located iu
Washington City.
The Brazilian minister today received a
cablegram from Klo tie Janeiro , stating that
the provincial government had adopted u con
stitution , which will bu promulgated to
morrow , und that ercat rejoicing prevails
throughout iirazll.
Thu democratic house caucus bus been in
definitely
Flro In KliigH County Penitentiary.
NKW Yoiiiv , Juno 23. The Kings county
penitentiary was discovered to bo on lire at 12
o'clock today. The lire was In the work shop
and caused a loss of about ' 0,000. As soon
us tlio signal was sounded the prisoners were
marched out of the building and ipckud up in
their ivlls , Tliero wan no excitement or uuy
attempt at uu outbreak.
THAT JUG 11 HillE. . -
President Fish Dcinnuds Tlint U. X
Make a Spcclflo Charge.fc
CHICAGO , Juno 23. JSpcclul Tolcgrau. " ,
Tun DEC. ] "Yos , I have rend all that \V
rcn Lcland had to sny about the $1,000,0
bribe , " said Stuvoysant Fish , president of tit
Illinois Central , ton reporter today , but I wilt
not discuss his statements until they nro
more specific. Whenever Mr. Lcland makes
a dellnlto charge against the Illinois Central
or anyone acting for it , and gives the name
of the offender , I will answer him. But I am
not going to kick against nothing , " nud the
president of Ute Illinois Central refused to
depose any further.
vice President Bryant of the world's fair
directors , said : "I do not understand that
Mr. Lclaud has made any charge against the
board of directors , but if any ono has gone to
Mr. Leland with u $1,000,000 bribe to effect
the steal of the Lake Front it is his duty to
disclose the nniiio of the plotter. Mr. Lo-
land's objections to doing so impresses mo as
not sound. A man who will go to an honor
able citizen with such a villainous proK ] > sltlon
does not deserve to bo shielded. Ho has be
come a nubile enemy , and us such has for
feited all claims to consideration nnd to pro
tection from tlio result of his own evil deed.
As to any indirect reference which
Mr. Leland's charge may bo construed ns
having toward the board of directors , there
can in fact bo no application to the present
negotiations. All the land to bo secured by
thu site plans under consideration is to re
vert to the South park commissioners. There
is no individual Interest to be conserved.
Tlio proportions will all bo presented to the
city council nnd everything bo open and
above board. "
Meanwhile the national commissioners are
arriving and conferences are going on between -
tween them nnd the board of directors In
reference to the appointment of n general
secretary to answer for both bodies. John
T. Dickinson will probably secure this ap
pointment , nnd T. W. Palmer of Michigan
stands an equally good chance of becoming
president of the national commission. The
matter of n director general is still in nbay-
ouco.
JTT ll'J7v/i ms'itOXE OVJKll.
Strong Probability That the Minne
apolis COIINUS Will bo Itctakun.
ST. PAUL , Juno 23. [ Special Telegram to
Tun Bnn. ] The St. Paul citizens' committee
held two meetings today to consider tbo best
means to get the Minneapolis census cases
immediately before the courts. Three of the
best lawyers in tlio city Messrs. Cnskc ,
Murray and Lawler left last night for
Washington to pi-csciitthu mattertoAttornoy
General Miller witli the view of getting the
latter to force United States District At
torney Hay of Minneapolis to issue the neces
sary papers for further arrests or to secure
the transfer of the cases to some other state.
A report will also be uiiulo to the census
bureau. Dispatches from Washington state
that Superintendent Porter has revoked the
commissions of three Minneapolis enumera
tors for admitting that they entered names lu
their lists without visiting the localities nt
which the pel-sous were alleged to live.
These three men are not among the seven
who were arrested. Some of the returns
scut from Minneapolis to Washington will bo
j > eut back to Special Agents Boudinot anil
Kruse , who will enter upon n systematic at
tempt at verifications and if they lind irregu
larities a recount will bo ordered at once
under thu direct supervision of the govern
ment , no resident of .Minneapolis being
allowed to have a hand in it.
r.t n'jiMi
Plans Dclng Dovlsoil I'm1 the Relief of
the Destitute nnd Homeless.
PAW PAW , 111. , Juno 23. [ Special Telegram
to THU Bui : . ] A public meeting of the citi
zens of this community convened in the
Grand Army of the Republic hall hero today
to devise means to relieve these injured by
the cyclone and supply the homeless und des
titute wltlusheltcr , food and clothing.
The storm has caused the death of eleven
people. Four are severely injured and will
probably die. Tlio path of the storm was
moru than twenty rods wide , its direction
was from the southwest to the northwest and
its path is best described by saying that its
trail is in and out , us if it might have been n
monster serpent.
The path of the storm indicates terrific
violence in many instances nnd not a vestago
of the buildings remain to m.irk the spot
where they once stood.
Ji'IiESMlHSXT MKKIXItKZ It K Alt ,
Tlio Chi f Ma isti-iilo of Hun Salvador
IC.vpircH Huddenly.
SAN SALVADOR , Juno 23. President
Mcnlndcz died suddenly last night soon after
the conclusion of the banquet given on tbo
occasion of the llfth anniversary of the en
trance of General Menlndoz into San Salva
dor and the defeat of the 7.aldlvac faction.
During the panic caused by the president's
death General Marcow and several other
ofllocrs were killed at the barracks. General
Carlos Ezeta , leader of the forces , is uow in
command. All Is quiet at present.
Ho Fled tt > the Forest.
LiiTTLi ; HOCK , Ai-lc. , Juno 23. [ Special
Telegram to Tin : Biu. ] A special to the Ga
zette says : Early this morning two brothers-
in-law named John Moss and Morgan Den-
ham , botli prominent farmers living eight
miles north of hero , quarrelled about the cut
ting of a meadow and Moss gave Dcnham a
llogglng. About noon , as Moss was going
home , Dcnham , armed with a Winchester
rlflu. fired two shots at Moss from n thicket
by tlio roadside and tlio second shot struck
him in the back. At last accounts hu was
dying. Denham fled to the forest.
Tlio .Swodenborglan Convention.
CHICAGO , Juno 23. At today's session of
the general convention of Swcilenborglans
Hon. C. C. Bouncy of Chicago presented a
statement as an expression of the fraternal
feeling of the church towards other religious
bodies. It was referred to the council of
ministers. The committee previously ap
pointed to take action regarding a national
SwedenbOrglau church at Washington re
ported that u desirable site had been pur
chased and the plans of thu building were ex
hibited.
Determined JjlquoiDealers. .
NKW YORK , Juno 23. At a mass meeting of
the wholesale liquor dealers' association to-
diiy resolutions were ndoptcd calling on the
distillers' and cattle feeders' company to
waive thu rebate condition of its sales nud
iillow the purchase of spirits in open market
like any other commodity. Incase of refusal
a co-oporutlvo stock company will bo formed
with a capital stock'of at least $300,000 for the
purpose of erecting or purchasing one or more
spirit dibtllleries.
Needed.
WASHINGTON , Juno 23 , A cable message
was received today from Consul Curesnho , at
Martinique , as follows ; "Half of Fort do
Franco bunicd. Martinique demands aid.
Five thousand homeless people need lumber ,
beef , pork , flour nnd other provisions. Cable
quickly what the United States will do. "
Confirmed.
WASHINGTON , Juno 23 , The following post
masters were confirmed by the senate to-
"fowu-S. J. Chester , Fall-field ; S. A.
Cravath , Grlnnell ; T. M. Hedgers , -Newton.
Wisconsin Mis. Nuney Smart , Maul-
towac.
_ _
Tlio Fninoo-ltiiKsluu Alllniiuc ,
BBRI.I.V , June. 23. The Mugdoburger Kol-
tuiiB confirms thu report of the Franco-Rus
sian alliance.
Hliot HIiiiKulf Dy.d.
MIUVAVICIII : , Wis , , Juno 23. Professor
Ilurbtall , aged scventy-ono , formerly a
toucher In thu high behool , shot himself dead
IIE FEATHERED HIS NEST.
Ex-Purchasing Agent MoKibbon of tbo
Union Pacifio iu Deep Disgrace.
WORKED THE COMPANY FOR $60,000. ,
How Adams' Tot , I Four Vonr
Hose From Penury to AVcultli and
Independence Tlio Intor-Stato
Nests JIo J.oft IJehlnd.
Late Saturday evening , Judge Kelly , pen
oral attorney of the Union PaollU' , Illod u
petition In the clerk's onico of the United
Stutes circuit court Instituting suit against
Charles H. MoKlbbcn , lute purchasing agent
of that company , for $00,000 which it is al
leged belongs to that company , and which ho
has deprived It of by unlawful moius. : This
money , It Is alleged , was obtained by him
through fraudulent purchases of lumber from
G. H. Barnes & Co. of St. Louis. Attach
ments were then Issued against property that
Mr. MolClbbcn was known to possess , n sum
of money said to bo about $20,003 deposited iu
the First and United Stutos National banks ,
n new house valued at $ 12,500 In coin-so of
erection on JL.OWO avenue , ono lot at the
corner of Georgia avenue and Hickory street ,
and some household furniture in Council
Bluffs.
Many other nllogcd crooked transactions
have been looked up , but Judge Kelloysays
ho has not boon ublo , us yet , to secure suiil- .
cient pi oof to Justify him m bringing action
for n greater amount than that above re
ferred to.
The petition alleges that on or nlwut Jan
uary 1,18SO , it bceutno necessary for the com
pany to purchase a largo' amount of lumber
of various kinds and the defendant was di
rected tovnako the purchase and pay for the
same nt market prices and hold It far use
from time to timo. "But , ou the contrary , "
the petition alleges , "the defendant know
ingly , wilfully and unfairly nnd lu flagrant
disregard of his duties and promises upon
ussuniing the cliurgo of general pur
chasing agent nnd uudortiiklugs to
the plaintiff and In pursuance of
n corrupt agreement with the vendors
of such lumber , material and property , or
with their agents and servants made certain
contracts nnd agreements for the purchase
of such owners mid vendors , ut prices greatly
in excess of the true or of the market value
thereof. "
It it further alleged that tlio prices paid
for material was by McICibbcn wilfully and
corruptly contracted for on the company's ac
count and ho agreed to pay as much as " 33JJC
per cent greater price than the actual or true
market value of said property , and that in
the aggregate the miiountof pluinUfT's money
which the defendant so knowingly , wilfully
and corruptly agreed to pay out of the funds
of this ectx-rsizM in excess of the Just , true ,
fair or innriivt value was at least $00.000. "
It is charged also that McKlbbcti deliberately
entered Into some sort of nh understanding or
agreement with dealers whereby , upon
the purchase of lumber , it should bo duliv-
ered to tlio plaintiff through his ofllco and Ills
efforts , nnd thereafter render therefor the In
voices and bills ; that the prices charged
therein lor such lumber should bo greatly iu
excess of the market value , and that there
upon the defendant would fiiuso such corrupt
invoices and bills to bo approved and ordered
paid ; also that after these vendors had re
ceived their pay they divided the excessive
profits with defendant.
The plaintiff further avers that defendant
made a certain wicked agreement with him- '
ber men to have the lumber delivered and
furnished by them from tnnu to time , through
bis o111co. of an inferior quality nnd
kind , deficient iu quantity , though billed and
invoiced as a superior article. These wicked
and corrupt agreements , it is alleged , were
made with G. II. Barnes & Co. of St. Louis
about July 1 , 18S9 , and continued in force
until June 1 , IblK ) . AH their bills were prop
erly approved and paid the amount thus
fraudulently obtained from the company dur
ing that time , being estimated nt$20lii.05. :
It is asserted also that hud Meltibbcn dealt
honestly and fairly , the aggregate sum
of money for all lumber secured of
Barnes & Co. between July 1' , 18VJ , and
Juno 1 , 18'JO , would have exceeded $32,000
less than what was actually paid. This esti
mate is based upon the quality of lumber and
shortage in measurements , as well as the
extra charges , through the defundaut'H ac
cepting inferior material instead of requiring
the quality invoiced and billed , the plaintiff
was required to pay tlio firm mentioned $22-
000 moru than such lumber was actually
worth.
Plaintiff further says that the difference bo- ,
twccu the wholesale prices on the amount ot'
sUch lumber at the time of Its delivery was.
at least SI 1,000. The difference in the market. ,
price of the grade and quality of lumber ac
tually delivered was more than $22,000 less ,
than the kind and grade invoiced. >
The ? ompuny declares In Us petition that it./
had no notice whatever of these transactions ,
until af icr they had happened. '
There are altogether thirty vouchers , ranging - ,
ing in amounts from $15 to over $13.000. A
few of the largest are given as examples ,
Deputy United States Marshal Lyon levied ,
on thu Lowe avenue house yesterday ; also * ,
the lot ou Georgia uvcnuu and Hickory street.
The money in bunk has been gnrnlshceil.
A statement of thu material purchased from t
G. H. Barnes & Co. , as per voucher paid by
the company , was Died with the petition and
marked exhibit "A. " This shown thu cost of
each order to the company as compared with
the actual retail market price. The totals
dhow that Barnes & Co. were paid the
sum of se.'O.litVOI , while the uti&iint thnt .
should have been paid to them , based
on what the best quality of lumber was then
bringing at retail is placed at $200,020.0 ! ) ,
making u difference of $20lM.or , . The
difference between the retail price as paid
and the wholesale price at which lumber
should have been obtained Is stated at $11-
000.70. Tbo difference ) between the quality as .
paid for and quality actually received is 22- ,
OI3..10 , making a grand totulof $ . - > : ilf3.15. !
Among the Hoiifs showing whore the al
leged peculations wcru made are found the
following :
Voucher Cost to llutall
No. When I'alil. Company. I'rlue.
au.770 August 1(1 ( , 18) ) > n $ H.UI7 1.1 $ H.IKtl 27
: t't-ll AllKUSt til , IhMI 4.101 ] 111 II.USO 70
icUli.1 Oi'IolicrH , Ih.iil lliilitK'H ll'r.lX ! ) 40 .
: uKll November H.1KS9 11,27s 01 1D.OM 10
ill.llil NovuiuberW. IhsO 10,117111 li.2o.1M )
3i. : i NovumbnriM , ibsu III.KVI in la.wois
; , u.vj January , IWKJ ii.itn r. n. ir , w
'MX > 1 March 10 , la'JO IQ.r.'Q V ) 0,07'J ft !
Wliat tlio ( JosHlps Hay.
Since C. H. McICibbcn lost his position ns
general purchasing agent of the Union Pa
cific road many sensational stories have been
told about film. Men who sold supplies to thu
company have openly assorted that there was
a bonanza In thu purchasing ngcmiy.
After his departure , J. S. Anderson , assist-
unt to President Adams , was brought from
Boston nud installed lu the ofllcu , with in
structions to Investigate matters. As u re
sult Homo startling discoveries have been
made.
Mr. McKlbbcn arrived lu Omaha about :
six years ago , a graduate from West Point
military ucudeiuy , and distinguished tin one of
thu young men charged with cropping off the
cars of colored Cadet Whittaker.
Upon Ills arrival at thu transfer depot ,
Council Bluffs , MrKlhlxMi approached Con
ductor Swolio of the dummy train and told
him that ho had como. bore to work for the
Union Paclflo company , hut was penniless
and had no moans of gutting across the river.
Mr. Swolo look pity uu him and brought
him to this side of tin ; rlvi-r.
McKiljbon went to work IIH a clerk in Urn
store-house and engineer of U-bls , and ills
played so much cleverness that ( ienerai
Purchutslni ; Agent Byrne * soon hud him promoted
meted to the position of htoivkei per.
In the latter position Mr. MrKlbbcn re
mained until C. S. Melli-n wan imported from
the Hub und Installed us general purchasing
agent. *
During Urn Interim , however , bctwri'U the
dropping out of Hyri.c's and Mullen's appoint
ment , Mclubbeu filled thu place , uud b'uvv
