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f ' THE OMAHa DAILY BEE TWENTY-FIRST YEAR. OMAHA , FRIDAY Oll ING , JUNE 3 , 1892. 'NUMBER 351. SILVER ASD RECIPROCITY Both Bnbjecta Engaged the Attention of the Eenators Yesterday STEWART RESUMES ON FREE COINAGE lie Wilt Continue , Ilo Knyn , tn Onnnl the Inturetts of the 1'eoptu The 1'ost- IJV ofllce Appropriation Hill In the llouftc. WASIIIXOTOX , D. C. , Juno 2. On motion of Allison Iho senate agreed to adjourn from today until Monday. Notlco was given by Yestot his Intention to address the senate then on the wool tariff , and by Morgan of bis Intention to spoatt on the free coinage of sil ver Tuesday. The resolution of Mr. Turple , calling up the correspondence with Hnytl. Colombia nna Venezuela In regard to reciprocity , woi taken up nnd Mr. Turpio addressed the sonnto upon it. Ho sold that there had ro- coutly boon n race for popular favor between two statesmen ns to which of the two was entitled to the honor of having dovlsed the itchomo of reciprocity. It had been found , however , that neither of thoio very prominent statesmen could lay the slightest claim to the Inven tion or discovery of that policy. Ueclproclty trcatioi dated back to 1703 , when what is linown as the Mothuon treaty wns entered Into between Great Britain nnd Portugal , applying to only two products , Ibo wines of England and the winos of Portugal. Other reciprocity treaties hud boon made between Franco und Now England and between the United States nnd Canada. But under the late so-called reciprocity treaties with South America the secretary of atato had substi tuted his own power for that of congress. "Whosoever ta\os ho remits they are re mitted ; and whosoever taxes , ho retains , they nro retained. " Turpio Draw * on Ills Imagination. Ho drew an Imaginary sketch .of the state of Colombia declining to lake part In "Mr. lilalno's grand exhibition of shifting tab leaux" and saying ' 'excuse us for declining to nld In the performance. Wo do not wish to furnlsn either color , space or room for that exhibition. And wo especially decline the part of acting cither as supernumeraries or ushers ntsuch an indifferent entertainment. " Ho compared the "diplomacy of shreds nnd patches the financial policy of scraps" with the broad and liurral policy of frco trade with all nations , offered by the democratic party of the United State ? , nnd declared that the purpose of reciprocity was uot corumcr clal , but. wholly political. At thocioso'of Mr. Turplo's speech the resolution was adopted. The senate bill to provide terms of the United States courts In the district of Mon- tanu was taken from the calendar and passed. Also the senate bill to provide for two additional associate Judccs of the supreme court of the territory of Oklahoma. Also senate bills creating two additional land districts in Montana , and to atnnnd the stat utes relating to the supreme court. Ktowart Kosunics Ills Silver Tulle. At 2 o'clock the bill providing for the frno coinage of gola and silver was laid bcforo the senate and Mr. Stewart resumed bis argu ment In support ot It. Ho expressed his sur prise nt Mr. Sherman's statement on Tues day last that ho bad boon In favor of tbo Al lison bill. That surnrlso was caused by his ( Air. Stewart's ) unfamlllarlty with the views oxpicssod by the senator from Ohio while ho was secretary ot the treasury. Mr. Sherman bud criticized lhat Dill In three elaborate reports ana bad urged its repeal , and yer. ha had told the sen na that It was a peed bill and that ho approved It. It seemed to him ( Mr. Stewart ) that Mr. Sherman's ro- tnarks were very defective , or olio that bis prophecies and predictions were never val uable. That ponntor had told the sonata that free colnago of silver would bring tbe country to n silver standard , Just as ho had predicted that the bill and act would do. Tbo present law ( Mr. Stewart declared ) would do worse than that. Tbo law of Ib'JO , which Mr. Sherman approved today nnd might disapprove tomorrow , would In evitably bring the country to n proper standard or the markut value standard of sliver , beouuso it was golug to bo utterly impossible to maintain gold payments under Iho existing law. Money In 1'upor and Silver. There was norlv 91,000,000,000 outstanding In paper and silver , while there was only f 153,000,000 of gold In the treasury , Including the $100,000,000 recardnu as a reserve fund. And every weekly statement of the treasury showed that the percentage of gold coming into the treasury was growing less until It wan now only 14 per cent of the aggregate receipts. Ho noticed that the secretary of the treasury , in an interview in Now York , said there would bo no premium paid on gold during the present administration , tnat ho had power to issue bonds in order to got gold BO as to keeu the two metals on u parity , and tbat they would bo kept at a parity. Mr. Higglns asked Mr. Stewart if bo nro- fcrrod that the country should como to a sil ver basis. Mr. Stewart I would prefer anything rather than have the people enslaved by at tempting to reduce the whole world to the narrow bails of cold. There Is ever MOO- 000,000 of silver In' the treasury , and the laws tnako silver coin a legal tender equally with gold. It would reverse the policy ot tbo ad ministration , which has reversed tbo law. Thcro has not boon for the last twenty years nny gold obligation on tbo government. And it Is the duty of the secretary of ttio treas ury to redeem the paper of tbo government In that currency which Is most convenient. 1 say lhat iho present policy , under existing law , will reduce us not only to a sliver basis , but 10 the commercial prlco of silver , bc- cause it is Impossible to maintain on the present volume of gold the existing credit fabric of tbo world. Ho Urowi Surcintlo. In tbo course of his argument Mr. Stewart ridiculed Mr. Sherman's expression of syra- palhv for the working classes and for the " pensioners. "SympathyI" ho exclaimed ; . "thcro Is not blood enough in Iho gold trust Inon for ono tnosnuito. " It would not do. ho bald , for these robbers ( and they were noth ing oUo ) to claim for themselves all honor. Honesty would bo banished from the world When the crime or 1870 was Justified. How long the people would submit to such rob bery ho did not unow. But whllo ho lived bo would continue to warn them. Ho had been told that It was throwing awav his tlmo In telling tbo truth , but he did not believe lu Ho believed that the country would have free coinage of tllvor , and would have it In tbo near future. At the close of Mr. Stewart's speech the liver bill wont ovor. The resolution reported from tbo finance committee to a committee ot live senators to Inquire whether iho law relative to national bunks Insures Bunlclent protection to dooos- itors aud other creditors , and to Investigate recent failures of national banks and any other violations ot lihv or Irrogularitloa , was ugrced to , and Messrs , Chandler , Higgles , 1'offcr Harris and McPhonon , were ap- ) x > lnlcd. The sonata then proceeded to executive business und at 4 o'clock udjourucd until Monday , IN TIII : nousi * ItenubllruiiK Applying lor I.cito of Ahieneo I'ontolllro Appropriation Hill. WAMIINQTOX , D. C. , Juno 2. In tbo house Mr. Hatch of Missouri reported tha agricul tural appropriation bill. It wus ordered printed aud recommitted. On motion ot Mr. Kam the sonata bill \vas * passed , grantlmj twenty acres ot the Fort Hldnoy military reservation to the city of Sidney , Nob. , for cemetery purpotcs. About ono doien loaves of absence were granted , principally to republican * , iho cause imbued being "luiport&ut business. " TU homo weut Into com mil too of tb whole ( Mr. Buchanan of Virginia In the chair ) on the pottoHlco appropriation bill. Mr. Llvlncston of Virginia moved to In- crenso the bill by fWO.OOO , Increasing by that sum the appropriation for star route service ; agreed to. Mr. Loud of California offered an amend ment Increasing by (123,000 the appropria tion for mcs.innger service. Mr. Blount of Georgia offered an amend ment , reducing by $1319,000 tbo appropria tion for Inland transportation by railroad routes ana authorizing the postmaster gen eral to readjust , iho compensation to bo paid otter July 1 , 1S93 , for Iho transportation of malls on railroad routes , by reducing the compensation lo railroad companies for the transportation ot mails 10 pur cent from the rates based on weights by the act of June , IBS' . Pending action the commtttca roso. Mr. Hooker of Mississippi asked unanimous con sent for the consideration of n Joint resolu tion appropriating WJ.OJO for Iho relief of the lUo'd sufferers in Warren and Jefferson counties , Mississippi. Mr. Long ot Texas objected , Tbo house then adjourned. H - orrtciAi. OUCH- Xovr Hcguhitlons IteganllnK Their Issuance Washington News Notes. WABHIXTON , D. C. , Juno 2. A feature of the bill making appropriation for the sup port of the Agricultural department for the fiscal year of 189J , reported by Chairman Hatch to the house today , Is that section providing that tha monthly croo report shall ba confined strictly to n statement of the percentage and totals by stutcs and the full totals , without comment or argument , and that it shall bo submitted to the secre tary of agriculture , who shall ofilclally ap prove tbo report boforj It U Issued or pub lished. Kxoncratod Clerk Young. So far as tbo corps of Washington corre spondents can do It , Mr. James U. Young has bcon acquitted of the flimsy charges upon which tbo senate dismissed him from his position of executive clerk. Some tlmo ago tha press appointed a committee to in vestigate the matter. Today tbo committee made public its report , and In it states that tha allegation thai Mr. Young communicated to nowspacor correspondents Information about tha transactions in the senate while in executive session Is unfounded in fact. Itcstorcil to the 1'ulille Domain , By order ol General Noble that portion of the grant to the Southern Pacific Railroad company lying between Trps Pmos nnd Al- cade , In tbo state of California , will soon bo roslorcd to the public domain. By act of Septombur 2 ! ) , 1S1X ) , those lands were de clared forfeited to the United Slates. Today iho commissioner of tno land ofilco ordered iho regisier nnd receiver at the San Fran cisco land oflico to irivo not less than thirty days' public notice of this fact for Iho pur- tioso of carrying Ibis forfeiture uct Into ef fect. The lands , wblch aggregate approximately matoly 703,000 ncrcs , will bo opened to sot tlcment at an early data , to bo Uxod by the local laud o nicer 3 at Sun Francisco. I'orclgii Made Locomotives * Acting Secretary Spaulding , because of the abuses of the law , has issued a circular to customs officers in regard to locomotives used in the traulo with adjacent countries in which he says : "Every foreign locomo- llro on a continuous route crossing the boundary line into tno Untied States shall bo allowed to brine its train directly to and Irani the customs porj onits route or to aud from the termination in the United States of whac Is technically Known as 'tho run' of the locomotive , if it is ooyond the limits of such port , but no foreign made locomotive shall bo employed for Ihe continuance ) of an Inward trip unless such locomotive shall have been duly oniored for duty In the United Statos. Officers of customs are di rected to observe this Irafilo and lo solzo any locomotive found lo bo used m violation ot the above rule.1' Kotci from the Capitol. A subcommittee ot five members of the house committee on Interstate and foreign commerce has unanimously agreed to a re port recommending that an investigation bo made icto the facts connected with the Head ing railroad deal. The house committee on territories today ordered a bill to bo reported authorizing the territory of New Mexico to issue $150,000 in bonds for the rebuilding of tno capital build ing at Santa Fo , contingent upon its ratifica tion by tbo incoming legislature of Iho terri tory , which meets in December. The statement prepared at the Treasury department shows that thcra was a not in crease of S0.4U7.3S5 in circulation durinir the month of May and a net increase ot $7,010- 008 iu money and bullion lu the treasury during the same period. PAID rOU HICK POSITION. Testimony of a Woman Clerk In the Census Hurrau Inquiry. WASHINGTON' , D. C. , June 2. Miss Ida Crougan , at present a clerk in the census bureau , stated before the house census com mittee today that she bad first neon ap pointed for three months. She had received $50 a month. For tha first two months sbo bad paid to Miss Conovor , a relative of Cblot Clerk Cbilds , $12.50 a month ot her salary. She had done so because Miss Conover Bald that she wouia endeavor to bavo her retained. She ( witness ) bad boon re- anpolnlod at lha Instance of Senator Mandorson and was not paying any person any part of her salary now. No attempt had been made to get money from her since her roappolntmcnt. Miss Conover had returned the money to her afterwards at the Instance of Mr. J. Joltoy Jones , Assistant Secretory Chandler's private secretary and a personal friend of Miss Conover. George M. Miller and E. W. ICeofo , pen sion clerks , made statements in rebuttal of charges of unaue familiarity wlln the women clerks in tbo ofilco. WILL ATTKND THIS Hogular Army Olllcers Detailed for Special Duty nt Oiiiaha. WASHINGTON , D. C. . June 2. The secre tary of war has authorized Captain J. T. Haskoll , Twenty-first infantry ; Lioutanant George Andrews , Twonty-fltth infantry , and Lieutenant II. A. Hoed , Second artillery , to ntto'id lha national competitive drill of the National Guards at Omaha , Neb. , from the 18th to tbo 20th Inst. Nebrauku to Ho Itelmburnod. WASHINGTON , D. C. , Juno 2. Tbo house committee on claims has agreed to report fa vorably tba sonata bill appropriating W',000 tn reimburse the state of Nebraska for ex penses Incurred by it in repelling a tbrcai- ened Invasion and raid by tbo Sioux Indians in 1SUU-01. _ Mora Vlctorlo * for IlevotiitlonlsU , Cone , Venezuela ( via Galvostoa , Tex. ) , Juno 2. [ Ey Mexican C'ublo to the Now York Herald Special lo THE BBE. ] A small revolutionary force , under command of General Morales , occupied the villages of San Juan and Plaza Cassadoro ou May 14. At the latter pluco ihoy mot with a slight re sistance from General Salome , Palacio's of ficer , They captured him and bli ontlro garrison risen and took the prisoners to Tucuia Salome's wife and daugtiter followed them from Cassad.are to Tucuyo , a distance of seven leagues. I am Informed of the cup'.uro at Polltn of General GUI , one of iho revolu tionist Moro'u chiefs. Ip ArrltaU. At Now York Ilhlucluua from Antwerp ; l.'ltto di Uoiuu from Uio Janeiro ; Apollo from Antwerp ; Ptolemy from Santos ana Su Lucia. At Southampton Columbia frcfm New York. At .Bromerahvcn Travo from Now York. At Qork Brltannlu from Now York. At London Ulcnmoudvlllo from New York. At Hamburg Suevla from New York. At tirow Head l'M * d i Iluulc from Now York. HATCH NOT DISCOURAGED Ho Will Continue to Push His Anti- Option Measure. WHY HE NOW EXPECTS THE BILL TO PASS Support PromUril from n Source Not Hitherto Counted Upon Mnny Mom- ! > Knrouto to the Minneapolis Contention Washington Motel. 'WASHINGTON BUREAU OP THE BEE , ) r > 13 KOUUTEBSTU STUISKT , > WASHINGTON , D. C. , Juno 2. ) Mr. Hatch is not going to rest content with the setbacK which his anti-option bill re ceived In the house the other day nnd pro pose ) to call the bill up Just as soon as the nostofllco annroorlatlon bill is oulof the way. It Is possible tbat this may bo tomorrow and Mr. Hatch Is organizing bis forces for n stubborn fight to sucuro the floor. Ho will bo antagonized by the appropriation commit tee with the legislative , executive and Judi cial appropriation bill. Spcaulng to TUB BUR correspondent Mr. Hatch said : "I expect that the 103 votes which the bill secured the other day will bo largely augmented by the addition of n num ber of democratic votes which did not then coma to mo because of the action of tha party caucus on the preceding night. I think that as soon as the postoalco bill is disposed of I shall bo able to get the floor , and I will then press the anil-option Dill to a final vote. " , Working for the llurhor Hill. A great deal of pressure is being brought to bear upon momocrs of the house who aro' friendly to tno river and harbor bill to In duce them to make sure to bo present on Monday , when it is Iho intention of tbo managers of the bill to call the measure up from tha calendar and send it to a conference committee. The bill is thought to co in a good deal of danger from thu fact tnat it is on the calendar and unless special moans are taken to prevent It Us consideration would bavo to bo had In the committee of the wbolo again. H would then undoubtedly bo sub jected to the paring process and possibly might bo in danger of ubsoluta failure. Mon day Is suspension day and the uppoitumly Is to be taken to avoid thu danger o ! debate and send the measure to a conference committee. It will take a two-thirds vote in order to effect this mid tbo presence of every friend of the bill is therefore earnestly desired. Quito a number of republican representa tives who bad intended to go to the Minne apolis convention iound themselves for this reason unable to carry out tholr project. Looking Out for the Itnllronds. There Is n very good prospect that thn paragraph in tha postoQico appropriation bill . reducing by 50 per cent the auiountof money to bo paid to land grant railroads I A- carry ing tbo malls will bo knocked out. A big tight js expected to occur when this para graph Is reached , aud the debate will bo very lively. A powerful lobby Is norc working in the interests of the railroads , in which both tno southern and western roads are repre sented. It Is considered probable tbat on account of the absence of many members this matter may bo passed over In torn-ally , in order to , guard against the possibility of any success ful filibustering tactics. SlUccltiincoua. Representative Kern today called ub in the house tbo bill granting twenty ceres of the Fort Sidney military reservation to the city of Sidney forcomotory purposes , and it was passed without opposition. This bill has-al ready been passed by the senate and it will now go tbo prosldont for his signature , which will probably be aRlxod within the next day or two. Mr. Henry Wnttorson of Kentucky , the star-oyed goddess of reform , has written to Senators Brice nna Gorman requesting that ho should bo allowed ono opportunity bcforo tha Chicago convention In which to matte a statement of his position with re gard to the nominations made by that body. No answer has been sent yet tn Mr. Walter- son's request , but It is presumed likely that U will bo granted. Congressman Dollivor of the Tenth Iowa district loaves for Minneapolis tomorrow. Amouc ; the arrivals today were John T. Hancock of Dubuque and Mr. Hay Lucas of Bedford , la. The bill introduced by Senator Allison granting honorable discharge to James B. Mulford has been adversely reported upon. The houio committeepn agriculture made a favorable report on the bill appropriating $10,000 for experiments in rainmaking in the northwest. Ibo appeal of Charles H. Wright in the case of Wright vs C. Fred Zimmerman has been dismissed bv * the secretary of tbo lu- terlor and the Judgment of the register of tbo land office at Huron , b. D. , affirmed. An application has been received by tbo comptroller of tbo currency from H. F. Schnodlor of Nora Springs , la. , and bis as sociates for authority to organize a national bunk to bn known as the First National bank of Nora Springs. P. S. H. ALC CASl'JSlt OH THE Vl.IMtt. Ilcmnrkaulo Hugh for Wealth In a Wvo- , tiling .Mining DUtrlct. CisrEit , Wyo. , May 80. [ Special to THE Ben. ] The wagon load of galena and silver ere brought into town last night by William ButU of Omaha was more than the average citizen of Casper could stand quietly. Long before daylight this morning Iho streets wore altvo with people prooarlng lo go lo Casper mountain to Investigate for themselves aud locate a claim. The first to siart set tbota that were not ready to move on flro , for they rcusonsd tbat the first would got something they wanted. At sun up this morning a genuine stampede took place. All kinds of vehicles were orcsncd Into service , the city dray not escaping. Mon could bo ROCII in all directions headed fortno moun tain. Carried away with the excitement , manv men who were not able to get Buddies wont it barobacl- , with nothing but a brlalo on their animals. The visions of wealth soon to bo realized would listen to nothing and all anybody thought of was to got on to the mountain. t'uto of a Tenderfoot , Harold Sherman , a green New Yorker , ooarded a C Y outfit borso nnd had hardly gotten into tbo saddle when bin animal started at a breakneck bucUlua- speed into a barb wlro fence , throwing tbo rider oil ana striking him with the forelegs. Gathering himself together again , Sherman at noon started for the mountain again , James Marshal and party of Cbadron started In an overload-id coacn , and when at \ho foot hills the horses took fright and ran uway , strawinc tbo coach and prospectors over the country. All escaped with slight bruises and a grout scarn. The mountain is about eight mlloi south of town , but looks to bo only about three , and tbo foot hills were thick with foot pros pectors. The snow Is all off the top of the mountain , but the canyon through which the wagon road passes on to the mountain is almost Im passable , and foot passengers up the moun tain make quicker time than these by the canyon. The men stopping on the mountain at Kadsvlllo , seeing so many strangers all at once and 10 eaily in the moraine , thought the newcomers were going to Jump tnolr claims , and worked themselves up into a frcnzv and would not allow them to como near their claims , but told them there were Just at good claims ahead and on tbo least hesitancy to inovo on backed up their advice with a Winchester. Intcino Incitement I'rovalli , The excitement upon the mountain where the precious metals abouud was intense. Tno newcomers , when they saw tno ere In tbo Butti shaft , waalcd u claim , and did Dot seem to cnro muchWteKJjt ipas so they got It aud nobody else clowned it. A Swede named Lundirtuo Lincoln , Nob. , located n claim upon precipitous ground , and thinking that ho ought tatnark his claim with stakes on all sldM , Went so near the capo ot the canyon that hojfoll off and landed lorty feet below In a snowbanir , bruised nnd scratched up ternbl.v. Ho is now nt Iho hotel under ndootor'ft carp. Two men naracd"McKcnzlo nnd J. Proloan bad n dispute ever n location. Protean hit MclConzlc on the bead with a sack of sample specimens and for a tltno'H looked ns though Eadsvillo would .have a m'an for dinner. By- slanders parted them mid Protean kept the claim. i. Do Chnak of Crawford , Neb. , has opened a hotel at Endivlllc , making the third Institu tion of that Rind. BUIMagulra of Dcadwood has secured a lot ana will have a theater co- mlnuo in full blast by Thursday nlcht , bhcrman , Eads and a graduate ot the Col * orado school of mines ! have opened assay of fices on tna mountain , TUB BEE correspond ent has scon tha Chicago wheat pit In wild speculative irruption , but never before did bo see anything that equalled the stir on Iho mountain. Everybody seemed to thlnu n for tune was In slcht ana to ba bad only for tbo locating of a claim. Location'of tliorinil. ( The find thntvoccasionod the stampede is n four-foot lode of silver nnd galena found and oclencd up by WilliamButts , of 1124 Capitol avcnuo , Omaha. Butts knows nothing about mining , and only cairfo Into the camp two weeks ago. Catchlnb the fever ho went Into the mountain aad by Tuck struck a galena nnd silver lode , the second well defined lode over found on the moun tain. It assays CO per cent lead nnd thlrtv ounces of silver. The shaft is down t.welvo foot aHtho , vay in oro. The greatest find is a silver lode found by Cap tain Kads and kept'secret until josterdny nftornoon. It issilvcc'bearlug ere similar in all respects to the silver ere found in the Iron Mountain mine nt "Lcadvillo , and hurried assay shows ninety ounces ot silver nnd in percent load. ; The course of the vein is from northwest to southeast and is in a formt > lion locally known us trachytes , ' ana porohyry of the Archiean area and dips fifty to seventy de grees. > Some of the now comers stumbled on to tbo valuable finds tooay ) ana ono sold out his claim forfSOO. The ( mineral wealth of ( Jas per mountain Is no lopgor guess-work , but a thoroughly demonstrated fact and every thing is going forward on the high-pressure order. It is the Opinion of all that Casper and Eadsvillo will bo a sea of eager miners and a roaring camp insldo the next , thirty days. It is estimated that ajl ) men visited tno mountain today/- TU.lCKfA.rflltS 8TKIKE. HurHngton People Ilnxlng Trouble on the Gtllctto Kiei"slon. ( GILLETTE , Wyo. , Juno 13. [ Special Tele gram to THE BEE. ] "Jni tracklayers on tbo Burlington extension ruuulng westward from Gillette have struck for higher wages. They bnvo been rcbeivjng $1OJ per day and asked for 2. The company , refused tbe increase - crease and 183 oult1 worRY The tracklavlng is now stopped. Tracklaying commenced seven weeks airo , but bwjng to thu inclem ency of the weather'dhly twelve miles have been laid. Most of the grade is completed to Powder river , butjiho tract ; will not bo laid until * the middle , x > f July. It is con jectured that , the fatlrpact company will bc- cure a now ganfjup't'.moa to complete the work. \ , , Oontmulnc.tfie lluslucs . CIICTHKNE , Wyo. , Juno . [ Special Tele gram to TUB BEE. ] Jtls'pow learned that the proclamation ot Iho governor of South Dakota , quarttnti'nloK ogutnst' Coxa's cattle. ' Is but a'repetitionbf.S ; crotary Rush's cir cular , whicn oudrantlfes , ) only u ainstr cattle coming from below tho. fever line in Texas. Business over the Union Paolfic-Nortnwost- ern will therefore proceed much as usual. A big percentage ot.tbo cattle now arriving hero are from Now Mexico and Arizona , and with these no Interference has been threat ened. SDUllUEIin lltoRXKO TO DJ2.1TH. Terrible Fate ofTolly .McDonald of the "Mo niul Jack" c'ompnny. PIIOVIDESCE , R. I. , Juno 2. Polly McDon ald , tbe soubrette of the Lester & Williams "Mo and Jack" company , was fa'.ally burned at the City hotol. She had bean unable to sleep and had lighted the gas at 3 o'clock with the intention of reading until she grew tired. She threw iho match on tbo floor be neath her dress , which , Ignited. She tried to smoiucruio names wun a wooien arcss , oui sbo had cleansed this garment with naptha , and Instead of being 4 nonconductor of fiamo it was the most dangerous thing she could have used. In an instant she became envel oped in flames aid 'ran down to the office screaming for help , ' The night clerk , seizing a blanket , ex tinguished the fire , bat Miss McDonald died five hours later. 'J ' Polly McDonald was widely known In tbo theatrical profession. ) When ! ) years old sbo made her first appearance on the stage , being known as "Baby" McDonald. She had been identified with Hallen & Hart , Charles McCarthy and in several first class variety combinations ou the road. For four years sbo bad been connpctcd with Lester & William * . Her mother and relatives In Kansas City and Chicago wora notified and will take charge of tbe body. rOl'JS LEO * AXtt TllE f.llll , Ho Will Make an'Kxlublt at Chicago A Itciiif l Tor Space. Criioao , 111. , Juno 2. News of an impor tant action , wholly without precedent In tbo history of the Vatican , was cabled to Chicago today. Pope Leo-XIII. , in order to testify lus interest in the Columbian exposition nnd his special respect .lor the American people , has determined to send an'lmportant exhibit from the Vatican , f Such a stop was never before tauen in regard to a world's fair by the papal authorities. The cablegram man- Ing iho announcement of the Intention of the noly falhcr and authorizing tbo arrangement of space for iho exhibit was received from Archbishop Ireland by Hon. W. J. Onahan. The text of the mossajto was characteristic of iho sender. It is ns foliows : ToO.s-AiiAN. Cnlcnzps 'il'ouo exhibits. En gage suuce specially , j IIIEbANI ) . Drowning of Co\iinoloro Weeks. POUT JEIIVJB , N. Yf , ' J no 2. Commodore C. F. Weeks of tbo Br xjklyn canoe club was drowned yesterday wjil ( ( attempting to shoot the dam of tbo Delaware & Hudson Canal company across tbo Dpi , } rare river at Laoka- waxcn , Pa. , twonty-tjn aq miles west of bore. Mr. Weeks was tbo leader of n party of ten canoeists which lo.'t Brooklyn Friday last for Port Deposit , ninety miles west of Port Jerv- Is. Although there fs > "freshet in tbo rlvor , they made thulr wny.oojvn the rapid stream nearly seventy mltoi.7 > lr. Weeks was the first to cross tho. d.qin , which has a fall of five foot , and hU cangojjyas upset. Ho was a swimmer aud made Uesparnto efforts in vain to regain the caLoa , bo sinning In tbo rapids about fifty foci below the dam. Tbo rlvor was droscea uuucccssfiillv by his comiants. * Omen or WBATIIEK ' OMAIU , Junoli. ( For Kintcrn Neliraiku , Onmhu anil Vi cinity Warmerf fair weather ) ioutliorly wind * < lurlne jrlility , WASUIFOTOX , D. O. , Juno 2. For Ne braska , North una South Dakota Fair weather ; south wind * and slightly warmer ; probably cooler Saturday , For Minnesota ? nnd IOW.A Generally fair ; lightly vfarinerixvcatburjtBouth winds. For Kansas Warmer ; tair weather ; south winds , fg I.ukirMenmerK Collide. DETIIOIT , Mlfli. , June 2. The steamers Britain and Progress , both ot Cleveland , collided tblt morning at tbo mouth of tbo Detroit rlvor. frbo Progress sank Immedi ately. The crew wn rescued with dlnU cully , The Britain WM comparatively un injured. GATHERED AT MINNEAPOLIS Early Birds at the Convention City Discuss the Republican Situation. CLAIMS OF THE CANDIDATES' ' FRIENDS General llnrrlnnn's Follow em Seem to lluxo Nu Occiislon fur Worry Hlulno's 1'inlin'H Claim i\erythliiK : In bight Notes lleforo the lliUtlc. MINNEAPOLIS' ' , Minn. , Juno 2. The city of Minneapolis contains moro prominent repub lican party leaders than any other city In the country tonight , but thcro is n uroAt scarcity of Delegates , and It is generally con ceded that it Is the delegates who are to make the presidential nomination next week. Until the latter arrive , therefore , in sufllclent , numbers to enable ono to determine the con census of opinion , all predictions as to tbo result of the convention must bo accoptoa as but Id Id prophecy , founded on personal preference. All day the lobbies of the West hotel have been thronged with leaders of national repu tation , but diligent Inquiry has failed to dis cover a single man who Is not hero for a pur pose and who does not have a strong personal candidate for the orosidency. Thus it is that men of acknowledged political astute ness nro found to differ diametrically as to their predictions ot the result of the conven tion , and walla the preferences nro generally divided between Harrison and Blalno , an Algcr man may now and then suddenly np- pear ana add zest to tha argument by the confident prediction that the Michigan man will ultimately bound to the front as n com promise candidate of the convention. Hlulnlac * Cliilm i\crytlilns : In Sight. Tbo Blalno and Harrison managers both arrived on early morning trains and estab lished headquarters ate loading hotel. The confidence with which the self-constituted Blaine boomers announced that ho would accept the nomination If it were offered him , and the calm assurance with which they are prosecuting the contest in his behalf , has suddenly given seriousness to the whole Blaine movement , and the moro careful poli ticians are tonight directing thnlr attention to a diligent analysis of the prohablo vote of tbo various stafj delegations. In tno matter of figures the Harrison managers point to the states which have given positive instructions for the president and point to the assurances of support which they claim to bo dally receiving from unmstructcd dele gations. Tha Blalno pcoolo glvo no details , but claim about everything in sight , not limiting their figures to tboso states in which no instructions were given , but claiming scores of votes from states posi tively Instructed for Harrison. lion. John U. Now of Indiana , consul general to England , and member of the national committee , is nt the head of tne HarrUon people , and Hon. J. S. Clarkaon of Iowa , chairman of tbo national committee , is recognized as the leader of tne Blalno move ment His fellow workers in behalf of tbo Maine man are Hon. J. Stoat Fussett ot Now York , Hon. Henry.C. _ Payne of Wisconsin , Colonel A , S. Conger of Ohio , Hon. H. S. JHydo'of Massachusetts , and Hon. John P. " . . national committee bonator Wash burn "of Minnesota , and Senator Hausbrough of North Dakota. Indiana Solid Tor Hnrrlson. General Ncw's political lieutenants are John 1C Gowdy , chairman of tbo Indiana re publican state committee , M. T. Lightncr , a South Dakota delegate , General L. T. Mlclicner of Indiana , the law partner of. W. W. Dudley , ox-bonator JohnSpoonerof Wis consin and several others. All the Indlanans unite in assorting that there is complete har mony and that Harrison will receive the entire - tire vote of Indiana. In speaking of the presidential situation General Now Is omphatlo in his assertion that Mr. Blaine is not in the race , if ho un derstands tbo moaning of the English lan guage. Said Mr. Now with great delibera tion : "Ho know what ho was doing when bo wrote nls letter of declination. Ho knew what tbo result of that letter would bo. The most Important result of that letter was his withdrawal from tbo race in favor of Harrison. Taking Blalno at his word , all the other gentlemen followed him in stepping aside and leaving the presi dent a clear field. It would bo an insult to Mr. Blaino's manhood and integrity to as sume even for argument's sake , that ho was trilling when ho wrote that latter. Not only this , but it would bo the grossest injustice to tna gontleuion who would have boon candi dates with him and.who withdrew. "I am looking for no opposition of any im portance to Harrison's renomlnation. Thcro Is an anti-Harrison sentiment , but its weak ness and Impotency will bo manifest before many days are past. What little opposition there is cannot unite. After it has found that BJulne will not run it will unite on some ono else , but It will do no good. " Contesting Delegate * from Texas. The stubborn contest In the Lone Star state was ushered in in a nocullar way. A plcturotq.ua figure , which has been scon at every republican convention for years , ap peared in the rotunda of the West at noon. Ho is the man famous for having declared in 1844 nearly a half century ago that ho would not cut bis nair or shave his board until Henry Clay was elected. Ho has kept his vow , and wbllo this old patriot ap pears to tbo stranger almost grotesque , in an assembly of men who are modern in their hirsute adornments , bo Is highly respected and honored by his fol lowers. Ho was originally a whig and at tended all the national conventions of the whig party , save two , and all tbo national conventions of the republican party save threo. General Norton Is both a district delegate and a dolcgalc-al-largo from Texas , but with , a contest on both sides. If ho loses ono be has .hopes of the other , for ho Is bound to sit in that convention. Ho claims that the first convention held in March to elect delegates for the Sixth district was Irregular. Another regularly called con vention was held in April -and bo was chosen delegate with .William M. Mc Donald a * u colleague , the latter a colored man. The contesting delegates are J. M. McCormlck and W. O. DavFs ( colored ) . A state convention was also hold early at Austin nnd elected four dotogatcs-at-largo before tbo new apportionment crava the state two moro congressional dUtrlcts. and consequently quently four moro delegates to this conven tion. Aluter convention mot at Dallas and nullified the work of the Austin coi vcntlon by electing four dolcgates-at-Urgo nnd four additional delegates for the two new dis tricts , according to the representation to which Texas is entitled. General Norton was ono of the dolcgatoi-al-largo choicn at the stito convention. Ho says ho Is for Harrison risen , or Grcsbam , or any other KOOU repub lican , Well I'leaieil with the Arrangements. A subcommittee of the national committee hold a brief meeting this evening. There wora present A. L. Conger of Ohio , nhalr- man ; 10. H. Hvdo of Massachusetts , Henry C.-I'nvno of Wisconsin , J. Sloat Fassctt of Now York and J , S. Clarkson of Iowa. After the adjournment of tbo committee the follow ing official declaration was given out for pub lication i "Tbo subcommittee of the national repub lican ccmmittoo at their mooting thl day at convention hall Informed lUcit complete ly of lha arrangements made and to bo made by tbo local committee for the comfort aad i-oavoiiieuco of tbo largo number of voo- pie expected to attend thoccnvcntlon , and tic- uulmouilr express their ontlro approbation thereof , the hull being in every way tbo host that oyer contained a notional convention , and the arrangements better , moro complete and satisfactory , " i The committee also adopted a reiolutiou directing delegates torni soon as pos sible the following oflluSthocauvontion ? ' ! Ono honorary socretarySfyVho convention , one honorary vice prosny > , i lot the conven tion , mom bur of commit' . ' * Ym credentials , member of committee o\S Viancnt organ ization , member of comiion rules nnd order ot business , member - \omraitteo on resolutions , inemoer of ro.1 . Van national committee , member of comi'l to notify candidate for president of \ , \\omlnatlon , mombcrot committee to notli , ' ' jdltlato for vlco president. McKlnlry Tor I'ermnnrtit * It has cencratly been accefJjti that Gov ernor McKlnloy of Ohio will bo iiormannnl chairman of the convention. Ho Is the choice of the Harrison clement , ana , for political reasons , Is not likely to bi opposed by tno Blalno mana.sorj. IndcoJ Colonel Control' this evening ucltnowlcdgcd that U is quito probable that McKlnloy will ho the unanimous chotco of all factions for perma nent chairman. The governor has been up- prised by telegraph of tus comlne honors and ul.-t friends expect that ho will leave Ohio to morrow night for Minneapolis. At the meeting of thosubcommtttca of the national committee today various gentlemen were discussed for the temporary chairman ship of the convention , but no selection will bo made until the mectlnir of the full com mittee. Saturday. Ex-Congressman John A , Latigston , tha colored orator of Virginia. seems tn oo the most popular candidate nnd Is bolng warmly nrcs cd by J. Sloat Fassoll of Now York. Kassott has declined to bo himself considered a candidate for temporary chairman , ana his advocacy of Lnngston , together with the genor.il desire to recognize thu colored race , makes the eloquent ox- congressman a formidable candidate. Gen eral Horace Porter of Now York , qx-Spcaucr Heed , cx-Scnutor In calls and Congressman Burrows of Michigan have also been dis cussed. the I'lntform. The formation of the platform is already being discussed , these having put measures to bo endorsed bnlng among the first arrivals. An endorsement of protection nnd reciproc ity is , of course , to bo embodied as the chief principles , and some strife wus occasioned by the report that ox-Governor John S. Plllsbury , n iiolcgnto-at-larRU from Minne apolis , \vhoio presidential preferences have thus far been kept to himself , Intended to Introduce un nntl-sccond term resolution in opposition to the orosident , have drawn much comment. The governor , however , explains that ho slmulv believes In ono term of six years , nud will probably Introduce a resolution to that effect , but when his atten tion was called to the supposed bearing of the resolution on the candtdncy ot President Harrison , ho added substantially : "If It would affect the present standing ofnnv of the candidates I would not Introduce it. " The silver question is bound to play an Important pan In the platform work , and there nro those hero who nro working tholr hardest on that ono subject. Clark Wheeler of Aspen , Colo. , a delegate and advance guard of that slate , is most radical in his views. Ho says for himself that his col- Icasucs are against Harrison solely because of his position on free coinage. Ho docs not bsllovo Harrison would run on a nilvor plnt- form.nnd while ho Is working for silver ho pro poses to work against the president. I To says 40,000 voter in Colorado nro pledged to vote against Hnrrlson and against any anti-free silver coinage party , and ho Is hero to secure tno passage or a sliver plank. The silver men have no candldato. They arc against Harrison and want frco silver endorsed. I'otrcll Cliiyton'g Vlouii , Powell Clayton of Arkansas was among tha arrivals , nnd Is considered a strong ad dition to tbo Harrison supporters. Ho says ho does not bcliayo Blalno would play fast aud loose on such an important' question. Ho further expresses the opinion that it would DO a great misfortune to nominate n man who might decline. " R. C. Kerens of el. Louis , of the Cotton Belt railway.a close friend of the president and adologato-at-larRO from Missouri , arrived tonight and Joined the Harilson forces. TIIINIC IT WILL , 1112 HAUniSON' . Views oftlio I'rcss Washington Correspond ent * on the Subject. FOUT WAYNE , Ind. , Juno 2. | Spactnl Tele gram to TUB BEE. ] If the Intelligence and Judgment of tha Washington correspondents eurouto to the Minneapolis convention is to bo relied on. President Harrison's ronoml- nation is assured. These men , to tbo num ber of over seventy , represent at the na tional capital the leading republican and democratic newspapers of the country , and tholr facilities for learning public sentiment are the very best. A poll of tbq special Pennsylvania line train shows that thirty-seven of the correspondents be- llovo President Harrison will borcnominatcd , vshllo nineteen believe that Secretary Blalno will permit his explicit letter of withdrawal to General Clarkson to bo disregarded and thai ho will bo nominated. The remainder are scattered between Heed , Allison , Alcer and Sherman. It Is expected that serious wortt with the convention will bo begun on Tuesday morn ing , when Cbauncoy Uepow , the biggest of the "big four" from Now York , will place the name of President HarrUon before the convention. The principal seconding speech will bo made by Senator Charles N. Felton of California , who declares the Pacific slope Is practically solid for Harrison , and can DV him bo carried ngaln by the crcutost majority over given any republican. Senator Kolton will bo followed by Governor McKlnloy of Ohio and ox-Senator John Spouncrof "Wisconsin , while the south will bo raprciicntcd for tbo president probably by ex-Congressman II. Clay Evans ofTon- nossco , Congressman Chcatham , the brilliant young colored congressman from North Carolina , and probably , if the tlmo allows , of and ex-Con General Braaloy Kentucky - gressman L. R McComas of Maryland. In diana is expected to spealt last for General Harrison and her wlsbos will probably bo eloquently voiced by ox-Secretary ot State Cbnrlos Grlfiln. The organization ot tbo convention will bo perfected on Tuesday nnd Wednesday will bo devoted to the platform. In splto ot Senator Teller's presence In tbo committee on resolutions , there will bo no free silver plank In the platform and tbo silver problem will bo rplogatcd to tbo intcrnatlo.iul mone tary conference. It Is expected that the con vontlon will adjourn on Friday. J'lorldu Democrats. TAMIM , Fla. , Juno 2. Tto democratic tttuto convention has been having short ses sions Interspersed with recesses today , pending the report of the committee on cre dentials and permanent organization. Tbo committee has been out nil night. Early this morning It took u vote on the Duvall contest case , resulting , twentv-four in favor of the Mahonn delegation to eighteen In favor of the Call delegation. The committee Is now hearing a contest from two other counties. There will bo a hot light on the Duvall report In the body of ttu convention. MnMnchuiutt * ProhibitInnUtii. AVoKCE8TC.il , Mass. , Juno 2. Tbo annual convention of tbo prohibitionist ! today nomi nated tbo following state ticket : For gov ernor , Walcott llamlln ; lieutenant governor , Edwin Kendall ; secretary of Btatu. Samuel B. Chaplolgb ; treasurer , W. D. Farnham ; auditor , A. It. Evant ; attorney general , Hobert F. Haymond. Tbo usual platform was adopted. Callfornlu t'eojilo'ii Contention , STOCJCTO : . " , Co ! , , Juno 2. The people's party convention In session hero will elect eight dclcgates-at-larga to the national con- vontlon at Omaha. Twenty-eight dlstilct delegates have already been cuosun. Ktlll VotliiK In l.oiililuim , BATON Houac , La. , Juno 2. Tbo Joint bal lot for United State * senator today resulted as follows : Jonas , 48 ; Adaini , 30 ; Gibson , 10 ; Caffroy. ! } ; Blancha' ' 17 ; lOourglors , 4 ; Mabcuey , 1. Tim Jrlni Kecoril. QUEUED , P. Q. , Juno 2. Flro DM gutted tbo Horry ajbo tD factory , destroying the stock and machinery. The lots U heavy with partial iniuranco. BAN FjUNdbco , Col. , June 2. At Sapporo , Japan , May i , flr destroyed 1,000 home * . GENTLEMANLY HIGHWAYMEN They Hold Up a Santa Fo Train and Make a Big Howl. THEIR FIGHT WITH THE MESSENGERS rticngf > rfl on the Train Hmo ricninitt In * tcrUeun with the ( lontla Huiullti Didtim dang ( llrou Croillt for the Job. GuTiinic , O. T. . Juno 2. The details of the robocry last night of tha Wells-Furgo express - press car of the Santa Fo passenger train , make n story of uiioxnmptoil outlawry on the part of ttio bandits nud of bravo resistance on the purl ot tho'cuttodlans ot lha express corjpany's property. The robbers were nt work for the best part of an hour attempting to lullmiJato the express messengers into submission , nud during all thattltuo the mes sengers were risking their lives in defense , of the company's property. The robbery was an unique ono In the his tory of Indian Territory outlawry. In the first place the robbers got ovurythlug la sight , Aculn , durlug a bnttlo between tha messengers ana the bandits , la which fully " 00 shots wora fired , uot a man was wounded. Then , acnln , the robbers were of gentle manly appearance and deportment anil their relations with the trainmen , who were not pressed Into their service , and with the passenger * , several or whom conversed with the robbers1 loader. Finally , the robbery was doubtless commit ted by the notorious Dnltou eang. for whom largo rewards are still standing and who were even then bom ? trachea by 11 dotcollva and hU posse , and who were behind thoiu not moro than a day's Journey on hornabaok. Captured the linglne. It was 1 o'clock when the train reached Rod Hock , In the northwest corner of the Oleo and Missouri reservation , In the Indian strip. Just as It was pulling out a few min utes later two men with black masks cover ing their faces Jumped suddenly Into tno en gine's cab from the tender , and covering the engineer and ilroman with their rnvolvcrs , commanded them to run the train aowu to the Moot : yards and to stop there at a clvon signal. Carl Maclr , the engineer , and Prank liogers , the llreman , obeyed the command. To have resisted would have meant their death. When the train stopped the two robbers were Joined by 11 vo masked companions. Their loader commanded the engineer and. fireman to walk back to the express car and cominaudad the ilroman to break open tha door with bis coal pick. 12. C. Whlttlosy , the messenger , and J. A. Rich ) , the guard , anticipating what was colng on when tbo train caino to n standstill , had blown out the lights la their car and re fused to allow anyone to ontcr. Oi ! iieil 1'lro on the Kxproai Car. The bandits then opened flro upon the cai from all aides and the two men within It responded promptly , aiming all thnlr shots at the door. The highwayman shot Into the car from all sides , oven potting under it and shooting througn lha door. Their firing' , however , was all to no effect , for the messengers bravely stood their ground. In the meantime ono of the robbers had chopped a hole in the door ot the car largo enough to adroit a man's body aad the fire man was told to crawl through it Into the -car. This placed him literally between two llrcs and Maok , solng that it meant death to his companion , explained the situation to the messengers within ana told thorn to coasa firing. When the robbers at last entered tbo express press car , they covered these within with their guns and with a sledge hammer and chisel broito open both the way and through safes and robbed them of everything of value. They also took & > 0 and a gala watoh from the guard ot the express car. Messen ger Whlttlosy had hlddun his money nnA watch , and too robbers got nothing from him. Gentlemanly and Courteous. Tbo robbnrs nro doscrlbod by several of the passengers who talked with them as being well dressed and of gentlemanly appear an co and bearing. This is especially true of the loader , who apologized to the engineer for a rough remark raado by ono of bli crowd aad premised him that it should not occur again. The hMclcr , in conversation with a passen ger , asked for some smoking tobacco. Tha passenger reached Into bis coat tall pocket for It , when the robber told him If It was la his hip pocket ho had better not attempt to got It. Tbo amount secured by the robbers is un known , as the express company has made no statement. After the robbery tbo men mounted their horses and rode off to tha southwest. Ihe Daltons are charged with the crlmo and , Judging from ( ho description given of tbo robbers by these who are acquainted with the Dallqng , it was undoubtedly the notorious pang" A. Dlnsloy , a detective , and posse had been on tbo latter's track for some tlmo. . Only a day or so ago ono of the pane bought eighteen boxes of cartridges at Okla homa City ana afterwards escaped the vigi lance of bis pursuers. A strong posse was organized bora late last night and vrcnt up to tbo soono of the rob bery on a freight train. It Is thought that the robbers can bo easily tracked on account of the wet ground. TUEX JSXl'EVIA llAlllt STItUGULIZ. Great Kllbrt Will lie Made to Dawn the Coal Combine. Nnw YOIIK , June 2. Chancellor McGlll , who has granted an Injunction avalnst two of the roads in the big coal combine the Now Jersey Central and the Port Reading com pany explained yesterday the effect of bis order , lie said : "In the proceedings brought by the attor ney general I granted an injunction nd In terim , This acts at a stay against tbo arbi trary raising of the prloo of coal until the matter is argued and docldod. By the arbi trary ralst'ig of the prloo , 1 moan that the prlco shall uot bo raised pending the pro ceedings lu the ordinary pursuit of business. This docs not Include such extraordinary In- cltlonts as strikes and metiers of a tatura not customary. The Injunction ID tbo other case was obtained by tbo heirs of Stephen Vail , who hold 1-1,000 shares of stock In tha New Jersey Central road. In 1830 the execu tors of the estate brought suit to sot aildo a lease made to the Reading company. They have repeated tbo same tactics In this case , and I granted an order to show cuuio why an Injunction should not Issue , returnable. Juno IS , A temporary Injunction restraining tbo parties to the proceedings from transfer ring or changing the Identity of tbo prop erty wa granted with the order. This order covers machinery , tools and tbo like. " Governor Abbott , when askod'ycsUirday if ho thought the coal combine could bo brouon. replied i "I know It can. The courts will examine into the agreements entered into by tbo various companies now consolidated , and I am confident tbo combine will bo broken. ? bo light will undoubtedly bo long and bitter. 1 anticipate seeing the greatest legal contest Now Jortoy has over wllnoificd. Pending the decision of tha court the price of coal will not bo ad vanced. In my opinion the attorney general will bo able to establish tbo unconslltutloa- allty of the combine. This done and the state of NOW Jersey will have won another great victory over monopolies. " louru Democrat * Will Ho There , Ceiuu HiniH , la. , Jane 2 , [ Special Tele gram Vo TUB UEE.J The Jefferson clue of tbli city has made arragomenU to attend the national dempcratlo convention at Chicago. A kpoclal train of ton coaches will leave bora on tbo cnornlng of Juno 10. All th demo crats ot tbo Fifth district will go by this train and raoro coaches will bo added If ceo- onary. Tbo train will DO handsomely deo- orated with Doles banners , and for thl reason tbo trip will bo mtdu during the day time.
