Nebraska Newspapers

    OMAHA DAILY BEE
TWENTY-SECOND YEAN OMAHA. FRIDAY MORNING , MAY 5 , 1893. NUMBER 220.
ALL STREET WAS SHAKEN
| ? o Failures Frighten the Brokers and
the Dealers.
ILMOST A PANIC FOR A TIME PREVAILED
firm of I.rnilliiK Sim kK Tiuti-n Siiililrn
liriil Illc Drop Wild s , , „ , . , „ „ tliu
htlirle i ; clmiiK < - \lr n ut I'rnlnl-
lit tit I hmric le ri.
Nrvv Yi UK Mav I drcat cxcitemont and
Imost a panic prevailed on the Stock ox-
lange for u time tins moining Shotllv
'ler the opening two failuics were tin-
junced and the matke-tbdng alieadv wc-ak
stampedi to sell set In Lspcdnlly In
'ooks Inwhleh the failed linns were sup-
i to bo lari'olv tntc n stod ( ireat blocks
ere thrown eve t and pri > es wont down the
) be > ggan slide a.s if gicased At the lower
evil , howcvi 1 good pine hasing oldets ap-
icarcd and an up tuin icsultcel , with a much
icttcr feeling at noon
Then docs not sec m to be an } bottom for
ockpriees Lath liquidation was l.ugel }
i Sugar dene-ial Llecliie and Nation il
ordngc Afte i noun iho liquidation luoki-
) Ut In nevv places moio cspcclillv in
allioad sin' Us As foi the indiistiiil
( locks tlie more the.v doe line the gtrate-r
teems to be Ihe indin ition to sell Conlago
"omii.on ufti'i the Wi Ide n failuie , dropncd
to ' } , di net al I loettii to s" > cotton oil to
Huilington to s'i St Paul to ; i"4 pio-
feireel to 115 Hoik Islind to 7ii'4losses '
tinging from 1 to I pe-i eent
Just befoio J till loins Jumped to'JO per
out adding to the gi net il de mot iliration
Iho stem em the exi hatiL'i-was verv wild
'towels g ith > n d Hound the tradim. post of
ictivn stocks suunp thru arms and volh-el
hemsolvc s lie irse in llielr attempts to sell
Iho gotnu' and < tuning biokcis' me-sson-
, ran as if Satan , weie after
hem Nohoeh tboiiL'bt of walking
mil tlie giavitv of the situation wasao-
entcd b } Iho pale anxious faces of the
'liuggltngbrokois
Ilinr. ) CleiWH Oplnlein of llu > Ilurrj.
Henr } Clews vole oil the feelings of the
( moio conservative Wall stioi'l men when lie
IsaM 'Iheio ate times when men s souls ,
Ids well as then pockets arelileel If the
llattet are well filled , howevoi , together
lwlthaclu.il he-ad oppoi timities are alToi de-it
\for unit k movements In the markets It
livouhl bo good policv to bin good seeuiitics
[ hereafter on pionomn cci bleaks for fait
Iptolits which sin Killing tallies ate sure
jto hi ing It must be icnu inhcicd th it
price's are now full. , as l > , v on an
uveiago as tliov weie during the spiing
panic of isyj 'lh.it was a wet ids pinic
while Ibis Is but a lee il ono at anv i ite
confined within the boundinles of 0111 own
conntiv I am quite of the opinion that
toda } will oiadieato Iho weak spots mil
make a stiongei bot'oin ' foi good stocks
than the } have had for some time | iast
Squalls tome pciiodie-allv and after we get
over this one wo will be exempt fiom mother
for several } i'ais to come I his Is the cx-
| poiioncc < of tlie lust ami the pie sent up-
[ lieaval will not be- unlike lenmci ones in thai
licspect "
I wmium shriu ri iniks
I William Shu ircr inanigei ol the dealing
I House association when asked as to thccon-
lillUon of the banks this afleinoon , said
| "WolmM ) seen absolutelv no ofle-ct of the
I street here Thu banks .no in excellent
iHhnpo. In fact , at I o clock toda.v tlio bat
[ ii'ccs weio uinisuallv laigo and thcie was a
arn.ii-kod abscne'o of anv thing but noimil and
healthful conditions 'Iho h ink icseivcsaro
RI'J.OOO.OOO in exec ss of the 'I per cent legal
limit. "
"It was lopoited that the floating house
Biad offeied lo issue ) loan ccitllkatcs to thu
Blanks this moining. is there an } ttulh in
hat ! "
' Absolulelv none Such a thing his not
Bjvcn been suggested I hat is a measuio
which has been adopted on just foul occ.i-
Bjions. I lie lasl time was diiiinz tlio Haling
Kalluto Wuhavohad no nccessit } for the
mploment of ccitilleatis as } ot Of couise ,
If Iho association of which the cleat tug
BJiouso is tlio icpicsentalhe , think it is
Bieccssar } in the next few d.is toimdeitako
B.hu measuio , it will bo done Hut the pics
-lit condition of the banks is so health } that
the } can carr } their loans Ihemselves and
Bio not need to ic-h.v pothe-cato theirtollatuial
Bu meet an } piesent exigciic } tor call
Beans "
"What do jou consider thocausefor the
Biuescnt dciucssion of thimaikol' '
B C'uiiMt cl l > \ the slit i until Hill.
"I icgiird It as the effect of the so called
Sherman bill with tlio aceompaning idea
hat the rnltc'd States tie isui } cannot pa.v
mt gold below the SIIX ) 000,000 teseivo
Hriicso have attiaited the pooplu to
Bold 'I Ills has bien p.n ticulailv
Blruo of foicign liohtois of Aim iU-.ni seciiii-
Btlcs , who have been in nei cl of menu } The- }
nave sold thcii stocks in tliu Amciie-an m.ir-
Blcet and tin nod the tide of liaelo against us
Bit is onlv tlio natural tondonefiom time lo
imo of liquidation among invostois 'I his Is
ho situ ition as I see it nameh , llquidn-
Bllon as the usult of the Idea of the
BL-auity of gold anil the tumniing eloun
BKheio the trimming tan bo best douo The
i < -t that the tiuasui } notes , bv the Shoiman
Bf > ! l , are made pi.\ able in bullion loads the
; "oplo to belluvo thai Iheio must ho a gto\v-
Biseaicit } of gold when the pavmcnts aie
BLokng made and the silver bullion aiciimu
Blr.ltng The Idea howovoi th it the icscrvo
must bo kept at anv specified amount , no-
B'ouling to law is the ehicf cause of
the uneasiness while theio Is nothing in the
law to compel that 1 do not bolievu that
the bilamo of tiado will lomain ahva.vs
against us U is not an unmixed c v il cither ,
tills occasional liquidation It lias tlio
Bhoalthv otic 11 w hie h alw i.v s c nines after ono
I tins paid Ins elt his ami cuts oft what is ox
tiavaganl A man is nopooiei to pa } what
E ho owes * th in he Is to have the mono } him-
Rolf and to our it
I llreiki n I'll line s.
'Iho state n ent given out b } lle'in } Allen
Bii. Co Is us follows All the liansac lions
of the house have lx en foi the noeount of
ustomois The llrm bus been doing
stilt 11 } n ccmmission buetness Kver.v
liado had a tiusloet customer hade of
Bill. Dining Iho bad breaks In llio mar-
B'ptolH the maiglns of somof our
Boustomcis were exhaii'-tcil , but as thcso ous
toineiH wt to not enl } icpulcil lone solvent ,
but vcr.v rldi men iho Him took caio of
BJthclrecounts out of its own nsouuos on
Blplcdgcs fiom these ciislomcis that about
, .00.1X10 in cash would I o paid back bctoio
10 1 o'clock this moining 'llicsc piomlscs
were not kepi aid the Him had no other 10-
FI irco lmt to itinoaiii o suspeiihien and m iKo
BJ , n nsslgnineut tlio assmnci bdng W O
BjHiimlin
BJ Theio was mudi speculation as lo who
\uie \ ) iho impoitiinl tustomois who hid
fl ilcd to keep tlioil pledges and piv back to
BlAUcn Co tin maigms which had been ad-
\aiiCd In Iho biokois to call } customeis
Bl'iiiiig cntlt moining Kumcis connecttd tlio
if t * of some of the men wlio w cio tr } ing
BI i > mi the National ( oidago steick in the
'ai < of the piitmiting which it has
'col getting suite last I'llday , when It
Bit n iiiotcd at fjn Among the n c n nun
ui.ul ascaitlng Ungu uloeks of thoCoid-
BEili ( stoc-k on in u gins was .lam < s W Watei
j elIho prc-slelent of the National ( eu.lauc
ompanv , and the i apitallst wlio was uutnh
i 'pi nslblo feu the oi.inil/atliii ) of tlio ttu-
Jv l'i"t Mr Nuton would lmt indicate who
it is'iniiors wore w In had fallc-d to come
up' ' 'h the margins tint latci Inthedav he
ted itonotter that thewi to the National
Bi'-Cix .IJTO people
BM riplittnrd l > > Mr. Neirtiui.
H It rtib a subject foi womlei ih.it the loss
f'tW.lKH ) would urcak down such n Him as
'iinXLo. hut Mi Norton explained U in
BJ'j.Lwav ' "Tlie amount that the CTottlago
' -T uiileil to pa } ut thu lime promised top-
i. optcd only the amount of the m.uglns
th t vxcro cirrled for them siuot ) .vcstrrduv
BjLJfivo thil they owed us Mf > 0tKXJ. This
mites $6f > 0tXX ) that the Cordage people owe
"
ut
i today Mr Noitou said they hoped to
lo able to resume business In n day or two
Ho thought that the linn had resources that
would put It on its feet soon Ho said that
every account on the books had a trust
worthy customer hchltul It The extent of
the failure is various ! } estimate d at from
$ 00,000 to * lfiOOHX ( ) , foul as the statement of
the accounts was not complete these esti
mates are not trustworthv
Alii n vCo . it was said , todav put In the
in.irket the nuw Ceirdnge stock It was on
account of the high "t Hiding of this llrm
that It was not star toil out at a higher price
than the original stock lit ought when it .vas
first put Into tinstieot
Of the failure of his firm which Is nttri
huted to the drop o' Cmclagi' U O Snntlio
said tdnight "Assistance was piomlsc'd to
us and wo expected to pull through , but help
falle-d us at the last moinenl It has struck
us like a whirlwind and at present woclo
not know where we sland Wo hope that
our suspension will enl } bo tempoiary 'Iho
batiks with whom wo have luiddoalincshavu
treated us kimtl } Om failuie is open to
the stilctest sciutiii.v '
Surprint ilVnll strrt t.
'Ihe failuie of this Him was a surpilsc to
Wall street , us the house w is an old one ami
hadalwa.vs heen eonsoivathc It had 10-
centl } become idenlitled with the Cot dago
compiii } b } hii } ing out bonds of thg Seem it }
corporation , w hie h was oig.imml lor the
pmposool huving and holding tinpiopeitie s
opeiated b } the Coid.igo compinv 'Iho
genet il opinion among btokeis is that the
failure of Sni } the will not bean extensive
ono , and th it he will be able to lestime
again
Se hu.vler Walden said his failuie was duo
to thecliop in Cold ige ami the failute of
etistomois te ) lospoml to calls foi mil gins
Mi Walden s customers me s ild to be eon
nee ted with theCemlngo liust Mr
\\alden sihi tonight that theio weio
tin co customeis who had piotnised to
make thin accounts good at noon ami
their failuie to do so foited him lo suspend
He < mild m iko no statement of his assets
and liabilities but thought that Ills susiien
sion would nnlvbe tempoi n \
I hefailuie of MraldiMi is not icgatde > d
as impot tint and is atti ibute el hv luokers to
Iho o n rv ing of customci s on too lightl } mai-
gined accounts
SI.IllI VU\ ( \Kl.llUX I'L.VN.
Nevirk Ilinkprx DNi IMII il it It Dors
Not Vlfft ultli I .itnr.
Nrvv YOIIK , Ma } -Sineo tliu lonfercnco
between Sec iel.ir } Caillsh and a dorcn lead
ing b ink piesidents heie on Apt il several
stories Imo been told of plans which had
Dccn pioposed whoiobv the gold in the tieas
ui } would be incieased Jt lias been sue !
that several plans to this end have
bom under discussion b\ the bankers since
the sectet.nv went awav and that ono of
them eventual ! } agioret upon 'I his is not
oxactl } the ease A oasis upon which the
banks are willing to put out their gold is
not atceptablo to tlio soetetar } of the tic is
ur } SoctotatCailislo his ideas of his
own leg.mling the piotection of the irold
re'seivo , ami li is inlimaledto tlio bankci
the plan which lie wemld like to see put
into elicit , 'Ihe binke'is aio vet } ro
tii cut about speaking of the plan which
would please the societal v , as it is not ex-
acilv to tlieii likiiiLT Hut fiom a member of
jne of the > leuling banking 111 ins in this dtv
which has boon fulleonveisint with all that
has taken place tcgaiiliug the gold situ ition ,
a svnopsls of the plan to pioteet the gold
icscivo , which plan. It is sild , would bo
acceptable to the sei let.nv , was obtained
The banket fiom whom the Infoimation
was obtained s lid " 'I lit'situ ition is not as
bul as it appeals 'I lie tear has passcil
awa } of a pivinent b } the government of its
curienc1 } obligations , otherwise than by
the gold in its | K session The real
elillliult } is in Iho eliainin of the
banks of their resetvo ( icduied nowto
about fl'J 000 ( H)0) ) ) b } llieii coin shipping
cuslomeis 'I ho effec t of the p iv mcnts in
tills oil } has been thienigh the conliaetlon
iMusecl b } tlio paincuts to the Hoveinment
of legil tcndci cuiiciicv for gold Iho gold
is shipped abioad and lost to the
coimmmit } , but the legal toudcts ate paid
into the licasui } and cannot .iR.iln
be put into dioulation , except tlnough the
slow process of dlsbutsenicnts made b } it
As at the same time1 , there is an inwaidand
outward flow at the tie.isurv , the loss or
gain to the banks on this bead must bo
moasuied uv an inspce tlon of ie > eel | Is and
disbuisements of the p ist two } cats
' It will bo seen that thciewill not bo a
loss or gain to eithet side of sa.v .I,0M,000 (
per month base d on the * . ' > 000 000deficit last
month , whoteas , b } continual shipping ot
gold llio lii.iiiii } , or piobabl } the
Dinks , ma } lose $ .1.000000 per week
'I his loss thov cannot heat and the icsnlt
will be if the movement takes place Hun
the piesent teseivo will disippcai and bo
locked up in the United St lies tii'isutv and
the banks will bu icduecd to then old ex
pedient of making settle-muits with the
deal nig house in eh at ing house eertilicates
used on Iho mercantile anil maiketable se
entities
' 'Iho plan which would obviate this sola
tion would ho for the banks toiceogni/e this
fact and pi } out to thoii cuslnmi'is and In
p.ut settlement of their hi lances the aiticle
which the } now ho ltd -gold which does not
involvotlioinvolunt.il } hoarding of giecu-
hacks by the trcasut.v and thus put in active
movement the 1 ugci p.ut of then piesent
icseivo Would it not bo well for the banks ,
said the b inker , to meet anil take this sug
gestion into sei ions I'onsidciation and thus
ic'llevo the whole * situ ition at once'1'
1 li } thus putting their hoaidmgs of gold
al Iho senico of the communitj tho.v would
sue Iho losses caused b } the continual
stiingcjiev to the men antilc commuuitv and
teliovo the piessuro of the continual s lies at
the Stock exchange , which latter help ,
however , is wholl } Miboiiliuato to the help
thus afloieled to men hauls of Iho whole )
eountl } b } adopting this plan
It.irlvtri lor the CiiiiliiKi * Ctiiiipnii ) .
.Irusi i Cm , X .1 , Ma.vI'hancellor )
McCtill toniglit at his icsielciicc appointe'd
llcoigo W Ivopet and I ; P C Young
receiveis for the National Corelago
eompni } The } vvcie appointed on the
application of counsel foi the Coichige com
pany Uetohei Uiper is tieisuiei of llio
compiny and Young is picsidentot thu 1'iist
National bank of , lcisc\ Cit } 'Ihe comp.inv
has about f JX)0KKI ( ) ( m imuds mil sec ui itle s
to pi } off m a lew d.ii and it is unable to
meet the demands The petition foi the ap
pointinent ot iccelveis was mute foi the
puiposo of protce ling Ihn icmip.ni } n pioi |
eitv against attachment I ho ice elvers will
glvcSJOO.OOO bonds
Hill , ttl.l OHU.
Iliilinu Icrrr , 'Vln , , Sc < n < r > > 'v Srorrlu tl
1 Hlllll-HllC > IIOIIDc tl IM I l | ,
HONNF. Tnuir , Mo , Ma } 4duo of the
most dlsasttous Hies in Iho hisloi } of
this place occiiucd at I o'clock this mottl
ing 'Iho the was Hist seen in tlio Nix
building , fiom which , extending westward
on both sides of the stieot , cvi'i } tiling fell
a piov lo the dovoiiilng elomenl , until only
smouldering i in tiers maiKed the sites of
twent } ono buslnoos and duelling houses
Owing to the ehiuacter of the buildings , .
Iho uitoof Insuranic w is o inirl. Hi it enl }
light lines wcio cm nod I
' 1 lie piindpal hiisini--s houst s buineetout |
aie John \ \ * Sprott , gm. 01. William
Hongi' } , siloon , 1. dinii/c'i \ to , gem nil
meichi'iiillse , Sdnioidcr joweltIkmnn
Teito Cooperative sooliiv , giocctv. Miss
Mar } Hiokenshlio , gciinal meichandise' II
C O Connor hakeiv Mis sp nco. mllllnon ,
\ H J itk , uonei il meich.nnliso ami J 1.
\VIIH niiS , saloon.
MuromtMit * nl e i i mi > li inn. i Mil ) t.
At Hrowhend Passe-el lliltannti. , froui
Now York
At llamburi ; ArrivedHugln. . ftom Now
Yoili
At New York \ tiivedserv ia fio-n llv-
s rlkrrn Hriiiriilnc toVork. .
rii.vri.Asii , O , Mn.v i \ number cf
striking mlnois in Ohio have returned to
woik It is n general belief that the stilko
will bo practically ended b ) the first of uc > t
week.
PROMISE A BIG SENSATION
Managen , of the Impeachment Have a Bomb
to Explode in Court.
THEY WILL HAVE AN OPEN CONFESSION
OIIP of the Mon tnilliti'd lij ( lie ( iriinet Jury
Him Promni'il to VI i lie n Olcan
lire ml of tinItlni ; ' * llot-
tcu Work.
Ltsceil.v , Neb , May 4 [ Special Telegram
to Tin1 Hn ] A sensiitlon of prodigious
pioporllons is Ihe talk of the town tonight ,
it having bccomo public propel t } nt a late
hour tills aftoinoon
It is notof a sooh' character , lmt is some
thing that will play an itnpoitant tiatt
in tlio Impoichmcnt pioceeilings which
ate being heard b } the supicmo
coutt , wlioieln state andovstato officials aio
tlio accuse'd Tlio statement is given out
with atlthoril } that toda } one of the indi
vlduals indicted I ) } the last gland jui } , a
man who was I'tnplo.vcd at one of the state
institutions whole friudand misconduct vv.is
allege I to have Dciuiicd. went bofoie the
giand jut } ami turned states evidence
against oflidals anil othcts lonnccti'il with
the steals alleged to h ivo been perpetrated
\V 111 C'onliKH In 4 cinrt.
Not onlv this but thU simc nnti has undo
the statement under oath , and which is
now in the possession of the state , that
when the pioper time comes ho will appear
before the couit of impcicliment and tlieio
make a clean hi east of everything
'Ihough the fuels is heiein stated have
been kown to but a few , the } leaked out
toniglit , ind are the talk of the to > vn When
questioned about the tiutlifulness of the report
port the attorno.vs for the nriti igeis of the
iinpciclimont simpl } smiled and icmaikcd
"Walt a few houis and wo will pioduCi.
some tcstimonv that will not enl } stattlo
the people of the st ite , but w ill uneov or ono
of the most lottcn hotbeds of ollloi il corrup
tion that has ever been known to exist "
> c Decision on tht > Approprl itlcin.
On account of the members having ad-
jouined last night , the supicmo com t com
mission diet not hand down the opinion
in the case witli rofeteneo to the
legalit } of the le'gislatuio appiopiiation of
Slfi.OOO made foi the purpose of defi.iing
the expenses of the tri il , though it is now
ptett } well Known that it will bo forthcom
ing at an call } dav next week
1 he allot tie } s fet the manigers are well
satiated with the div's worK , siing tint ,
owing to the fact that most of the witnesses
wcto fi lends of the tespondents , they
elidtcd a gicatdeal more valu iblo testimon }
than they expected
/ < JM > Zt./s ruit VltKHITOttl.
Wrotktel MIHIX lit } liihtlttltlons Schedul
ing AsHmn anil l.labllltli h.
SIOLX CiTla , Ma } 4 [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : Crr ] Toda } the Sioux Cit }
Dicssed I3eof and Canning coinpan } , which
assigned last week , filed its schedule of as
sets and liabilities 'Ihe face value of the
assets is $ h.iOlb ! ) VJ Its plant is put in at
J11K,700 ) , on which thcto is a moitgage , not
scheduled as liabilities , which covets other
piopcit } belonging to tlio Union Stock } arils
of e < )00,000 given to the Missouti , ICnns-is
and Texas Pi list company Heal estate in
this eit } N scheduled at * 154,000 , a fair
valuation , on which thete is a inoilgagcel in
debtedness of f'.r,0X ( > , pait of which is
scheduled in tlio liabilities Countprop -
cttv in Iowa , Ncbiaska and Kansas not cn-
cumbeued is scheduled at f0,000 Stocks of
its own company , the Union Kofi iterator
Transit company , up as collateuil , aie
scheduled at $12,000 The company also
schedules in its assets $ , W > , r > 00 worth of
notes of the wiecked Union Ix > an and Tiust
tonianand | John Honnck , who has failed ,
which are scarcel } woith scheduling
Its cicditots are llio Sioux Nalional bank
of Sioux City , scouted b } ical estate held in
trust , * . ! 0,000 ; Union I oan and Trust coin-
pan } , $78 ( XX ) Kolas negotiated and on-
cloisect by Union IAMII and Trust company
and now in unknown hands , $ , t7,500 ! , Iowa
Mud eompni } , Ji,700 ( and othcis , making a
total of t-Ul'J IT1 111.
Wrj llailly VtUnl.
Tlio filing of the schedule developed the
fact that the Union Stock Yatds company
has given a mot tgago to the Missouri , Kan
sas and Texas Trust eompanv on its property
for fdOO.OOO , In addition to the bonded in
debtedness of 00,000 given out when its re
ceiver was appointed
Assignee Hubbird of the Union Loan and
Tiust tompaii } today gave it out that so
much of the stock of the Sioux Cit } &
Not them Sioux Cit } . O Neil & Westein and
Sioux Cit } Terminal HailwaV ami Waie
liouso cnmp inv is now up fet collatetal. and
in his hands , th it a reorgani/atlon of the
companies will have to ho made Ho holds
aseollateraUt.r > 0OOl ( ) ) of iho stock of tlio
Sioux C it } O Neil \ , Western and nearl } as
much moio of the oilier two eoinpinies
U T H ° dges and the Hedges Tiust com
pan } toda } assigned to vaiious ti editors
about $ JO ( KM ) woith of real estate moitgages
' 1 ho Lodihaven Tiust and Safe Dcioslt com
pan } of Ixchhaven , Pa , put an attachment
of f.XH ( ) on thepiopertv of the Sioux Cit }
Sto ? o wotks through the United States
eouits llio woik of the assignees is pie
gp'ssing slovvl } and the exact amount of the
total II ibiliti"s is not vet asccitalnablo The
li ibiiilles of Hiiakinson , licdg.is and others
are lilentii.il thonvh in a largo put with
those of the Union IXMII anil Trust e-ompan } .
and it is thought now that the total amount
will not exceed $ NX > , ( XH )
IOHA SAI.OON MIN : DIVItutnii : ) .
Altir r ni'ir < ol I'fii'o Fort DeiclKn An.
tliorlllCHtliikn I niulilf.
FDHT DIIIIOK , la , Mav 4 - [ Spec ial role-
gram to Tin' Hbc J The saloons of Port
Dodge , after two } ears of undistuibed peace
and quiet , liavo been given an old fashioned
Stirling up b } Judge Hatt rortwoears
the saloon men have been lined month ! } b }
the tit } and gtand juries have refused to In
dict thorn Judge H.vatt in his instructions
to the grail jury stated that it was an open
fact that the liquor law was llagrantl } violated
lated hoi o and insisted that ho would keep
the L'lanel Jur } at work all summer unless
some Indictments weie found The result
was that six indictments , four in this city ,
weio rotmnod
ln i llfilth Oltltom In Sestlnn.
1)1 s MensKs , la , Ma } -Special [ Tele
gram to Tin Hrr1 ] ho State Hoard ot
Health and medle.il oxamlnoib won * In icgu-
lai Hiiuual sc sslon at thee apltol today Sec-
reiai } Kenned } icporled lliat no epidemics
of a sei ions dial actor had v Isllcd the state
during the oist } ear , althouijli there had
been isolated eases of infci nous diseases
SmallfHix liid apptnicd in but onetocalil } ,
mid had been icstilctod to ono familv at
Cumberland , Cass counts Uitihthcria , In
eluding mi'inhianeoits ctoup h id not boon so
pi ova lent as usual
'Iho sfH-ietai } cited some incidents show
ing the intimate relationship , if not Iho
Ideiitit } . cif 'jiphthciiu and niombiancous
croup Moabclx of a < mild UHJ | has tieaii
vci } piovale nt Sou let fever has not been
as picvalent as usual and the mortallt }
lliciefrom has not been great 'typhoid
fever has ooeuncd only sporadically within
the stuto. During the } car there has
boon expended by the board t-\l.VS 'JO.
Nltic'tuon volume's 1mvo Uccr > aelde'U to the
library There were oiqrhl applicants for
certificates to practice medicine James A.
Mcnslier , Gravity ; James A. Harper , New-
York . D. W Uvans , Casey Milton W Me-
Catth } , DCS MohirsAmcrieus O Me-
Mldiaei. DCS Molncs. Hush K Oingles ,
Castana Willis K. Ktollor. Maploton , and
Walter l"razcr ,
Mi'd.cill yurntlnn IM.onsM'it.
Dns MIIISM , I.i , , Ma } 4 [ Speclil Tele
gram to TinBrrjJ At iho session of tlio
Iowa Hahnemannsocictv today these onicers
woroeli'Cted Prosfdent , Dr A P Hanoheitt ,
Council Hlnffs , seeretar } , Dr D W Dickin
son , DCS Molnes , tieastirer , Dr ( icorgo
Heal DCS Molncs A number of stand
ing committees for the cnsumg
.ve-.ir weio appointed A resolution
was adopted favoting much needed
improvements at Iho State unnersil } in the
medical elcpaitment builc'ings All the
phsidans piesent weio pledged to assist
tlio legislative cotumitteo in obtaining
sicners for petitions pr.i } ing for the desired
legislation It was decided to hole ! the next
meeting at Cedar Kapius Pane-is were
lead on a huge number of technical subjects
Ciiiuc of no Inwii
VISTON la , Ma } 4 [ Special Telegram to
Tin Hi r ] Interest in the Smith tt'al ' was
unabated today The couit rcveiscd its ml-
ing of Tuesd i.v and admitted evidence iol.it-
ing to the oh iracter of Pen- } , the mm derail
man Hv testimony it was shown that for
Iho months previous to the minder the 10-
lations of Pert } with Mrs Smith wore lull
m He and illicit , that Pcir } was loqucslul
to leave the defendant's wife alone , to which
lie replied ho would when he pleisod , and if
interfeied with would blow Smith s head
elf displa } ing a lovolver and emoiacing the
defendant s w ife in bis presence S } nip ith }
is decided ! } with Smith
Pin ippc in mi e of H llnnkrr'x son.
Ci isros , la . Ma } I [ Spcclil Telegiam to
T ML Hi.i ] Theio is much mvstei } about
the disippoaiance of ( tuotgo Has wood. Jr ,
of Met till Wis , who ( Mini ) heto some lime
airo to visit his fnllioi , a ] iiomitiont banker
Ho was much intetestcd in iincstments in
Milwaukee ami Minneapolis and supposed to
be MI v tun , but shottl } after his airival
bete ho dlsappc'aicd and no tiaco of him lias
been found
iil it l.niiil Murk.
HmeiiiroN , la , M i.v 4 ( Special Tologiam
to THU ULI : | Yesteiclav moining tlie Plcak
house , one of tlie old landmuks. was en-
tiiclv consumed It was valued at 1,000
ami insured foi Sl.'JOO Most or the fuinituto
was sued The house was full of guests at
the time , but all escaped Cause of the flic
is unknown
- o. .
Jl.ir CIl/.M .1 UKMHttL II lit.
C.ifltl'hlsta Inv iKloim uf tTru iifi3 llecoinliij ;
Jamti ( tuition Hcnnctt 1
VAI I'viiAtso. Chili ( via Galveston , Tex ) ,
M i } 4 [ H } Mexican Cable to the New
York Heuild Spec-Ill to TUB Hir ) The
Hei.ild's coi respondent in Montevideo tote-
giaphs that the most recent violation of the
teirllorv of Uruguay oecutieel } ester-
da } b } the Castllhista tioops Colonel
Amaro entered Uiugua > aii tcnltoi } near
Kibcra His iiitbntlon was to steal
hoises The eomlniss rj" of police pie
tesled against an invasion , for which
Amaro thicatcned to kill him Cicneial
Clarcia , chief of the foivos near the frontier ,
was advised of the invasion and stalled In
pursuit with a .troop of isivalry The two
foi ces met near the line , u flghf followed In
which two olllcers and forty-lhreo men of
the Hr.iHHan forces and twelve of Urugua }
weio killed
Owing to this conflict the Bra/ilian lega
tion is undoubte.dl } looking to a bleak in the
relations with Uruguay. It is known that
President Picxotto wishes the relations be
tween the two republics to become sti .lined
Ho thinks if that should occur H would pre
vent outbreaks in an } of the other Uiaztlinn
states b } uniting all of the Hi.uilians
against a common encni } President
Hen era of Uruguay has decided
to ask authorltj of congtess
to ralso an urban guard for clut }
along the frontier , and also to mobilise tlio
the arm } corps under General Gaicia A
laigo bed } of tioops to icinfoice tlio frontier
guilt cl was sent to the fiont today The sen
ate has authorised the put chase of addi
tional arms Sealed ot ders h.uebeen sent
b } Piesidcnt Heitera's .aide to Geneial
Garcia H is believed the } contain instruc
tions to him to icpulse the aggressions of
Hi.ulllans on the frontier
Dt'nj tliu Itumorx.
Tiom government souiccs the information
is given out that the rumors of stiained 10-
lations between Uruguay and Bra/11 are ex
aggerated ' 1 hey still maintain pleasant re
lations The } repoxt that the state and
national forces aio closing inon the revoltets
ami believe that they w ill crush the icbcllion
in ono decisive battle or drive Jio icbcls out
of Uio Gtando do Sul.
Prom Hueiios A.vies the Herald's corre
spondent telegraphs that Piesident Pcna
considers tlto result of the elections for presiding -
siding ollieials and cougiess foicshadows the
defeat of the govei nment.
Chill's congress has pissed the mcasuto
extending the powers of the presi
dent It is belloved that all
the poisons implicated in tlie re-cent
tioublcs will bo sent to Jinn Peinaniicv
isl ind or Puento AieniiS Pugltivo Holl.v
ai rived in Mendoza } esteidav and not on the
da } previous ! } announced b } United States
Minister Kgan Hell } sis ho was aided in
his escipo fiom the Ut.ited States legation
( lihirulscil as a worklngman ' 1 his repot I
couth incd the-stoiy told bv Senoia Hahman-
des , wife of a piisonqr In S.nitligo Jail , who
is accused of coin pile 11 } in the ice cut con
spiracy
President Montt toda } cabled President
Sacn/ Pena of Argentina , congratulating
mm on signing the limit protocol Pcna , in
icpl } , si.vs the tieaty guirantccs closer re
lationship between tlu ? two countiies , and
also Insuios the spejudy toniplotion of the
Tunis indnio railroad '
Chill s e-ongress lias now under considera
tion new llnancial svlmmes.
Clilin Ihiibt Lk U
CintAoo , 111 , Ma4 , Kiastus N Ma } ,
seeiotar } of the Consolidated Gold and Sil
ver Milling company , was nnested.nid taken
to St I ouis tonight , vvheio he Is wanted on
a charge of obtaining mono } under false pre
tenses The coinpan v of which Ma } was
seciet.nv was eapilahyed at ? , ) ,0X ( ) 000.
and claimed to control nine gold ami
silver mines and cle > vui copper mines in
Coloiaefo 'Iho stock , par value of which
was ? > " > 0 per shaio , was put on the m.nkot
aiiu about MIXI.OO'I worth of It was sold at
pilccs iM'twoen $ inml S IO poi shate It is
11 ilmod that w.hllo the compiii } reall }
owned the mines thev woio silled and not of
the quallt } tnpieseuted U'illtam Whalon ,
the president of the ccfinpanv , was ai rested
in St Ixiils In January , linlh ticl. and Is now
awaiting tiial The complainant against
Mavis Hour } Nichols of St Isolds , who in
vested it is sinl , tlT.'XXl In the stock of the
coinpaii }
Cnnvie In Atlunipt lo l.nrupc.
ATIANM Ga , Ma } 4At the Coal Cit }
convict camp , near thu Tonncsse * state line ,
ton convicts attempted to escape by filing on
the guards with irutw Improvised fiom gas
piping Uopoits to theolllclals sa } that four
tonvlcts and one guard were injured
I'laix lor un nioitrlo Itoiicl.
CI.EKI.AM ) , O. , May 4. Right of w.i } has
been secured for anc-loctric railio-vd to con
nect this cit } with Toledo and Detroit.
A SCANW
Musical Matters at the World's ' Fair in a
Very Bad Shapo.
PROGRESS OF THE PIANO CONTROVERSY
ITimn orj Mr * liitnhlrlitlin Mini t'lt II
H < sotted limit Mr * . P.ilnu-r Htrt-iU-
tns In lt < lcn A IVw World' *
1'iilr Notes.
Cine vein , 111 , Ma } 4 Prom the proAnt In
dications the music tumble at the Woilels
fair Is about to become a scandal livi-
denco was produced at the iniotim. of the
commission toela.v which tends to show that
Musical Ditcolor Thomas , not satisfied with
using a contraband piano , is bent upon bo.v-
cotting harps in his department Hint aie
made b } ilims making oxhibits.it tlio fair
Tlie ovldenco was of such a foieiblo natiiic ,
that the commission adopted a icsolution
dlice ting President Palmer to appoint a
spec ial committee ot six membeis to invcstt-
u'.ite the matter
Corruption mill llrllit rj rinirjjcMl.
.lust before an adjoin nment was taken
this afternoon Commissioner Cannon of Ulih
gel the floor and announced that ho had
some iute'iesling evidence in conni'etion with
tlie pi ino embioglio which tended to show
that theio was briboi } and coiiuptlon in the
musical clop n tment ol the Woild's fairI
hive heie i letter. ' ho slid , "a letter le
eoiveil li } Mc-ssis Lvoii X Ho ih , musical ex
hlbitoi.s , til it will explain in pntwhitl
me in ' He then leiel the following lettei ,
date-el Mav 1 to that firm b\ Miss A Hieit-
schuck , a li nplsl in llic 1 liomas ouhcstia
Pi ui sum I am vc ivHI iv to li t vnu Unoxx
that this moinln llnodoie I hum is gave Us
until e that hevnitld not iillous to pin } the
I. } im \ Me ilv h irp In his nn Instill \ \ lib Un
hat p. I IIIM | f as ddUlilid , xxhle h } im so
Kindly put it in } ill-position , but , is } iini-e he s
Know that woe iiiiiiot do iillieiwise , I inv-df
will see th it the txxo li lips xxill be n icKid e no-
full } , then vein xxlll pie ise se ml fet the m If
possible- 1 wlf ! i nine to } on i stoiu In i fi xx il isle
lo tliankiyou c li
Having finished this epistle. Mi Cannon
lead another fiom IMwatcl Schnoe ker , an
other Imipist of ' 1 honias ouhestia , ad
diessed to the same thin as follows
I tiiKu Ihe libel ty of Inqiilrlii
If Mm ur ei | slums of in } t.ikiii'anlute list
In the l.oii .v Hi il } h up Ifsul must Insist
Unit joii give mo a xxi it ten agreement , . I.MI u-
inti ( In-'inn a fe e < of if 1 000 a vc 11 anil 1(1 ( in i
ce nt on oxer ) harp sold through in } Inlliienio ,
xx In the r the p lit v Is I lnici ol si-lioliu
rnitlioiinoie- I musthiixe txxo ne xx l.von , V
Heal } s Innps at nix disposition , ono for
oie liestia and one fen solos , foi ill ofxhlch I
luree to Use Ton \ . lie il } h irp In and out of
( lilt 1,10 , and Itr-pcU anil uppioxo nil harps
h iv In , ; the t u-toiy If vim aio not Incllneel
to ai i t-pt my pinposlllons naturally I xxlll
lose Inton st in the lon iV llcilyhnp In is-
much as I huvo a pio-peot of leproscntlug an
I.uropoun llrm after the \\oild fait
Id pi } ol thu I'lrin.
Ho concluded the testimon } bv leading the
following repl } made b } the firm to the foio-
going lottei
Kuvx. viti ) s < JIM CM n Your pioposltlou h is
hi on lecelveel hy u- , and vxo must elccllne Die
s nno.edeslii Unit } em sli iff Hlurn out
li up and shall send for It next luesclay I'll isc
havoltioady should the h.np not he In jour
tesldoiiie , then pie-use h ive the goodness to let
us Unoxv xxhciu ft Is , M > that vxo can obtain It
The letter caused n general sensation
among the commissioner After waiting
fora fexvJino.netits.iMr. Cannon went on to
sa } that no hud thought the matter should
bu thorough ! } investigated , and that oven
the evidence shown In the loiters presented
by the commission should remove Mr
'Ihomas and secuioa nexv musical director.
A icsotution was then adopted calling for
the appointment of a special committee to
eair.v on the inquir }
Prof. Wilson , Director Thomas' agent , was
scenb.v at own tor for the Associated pi ess
in ieg.it d to tlio matter
"Mr Thomas will not t ilk about the af-
fait , ' he said , "it is beneath Ins dlgnit } to
notice sui h tin nil things Ho is too gteat a
mn to evenjlsten to such foolish cliaigcs
I will not allow an } ono to approach him on
the suhlect "
With that the manngcr entPicd a cairiago
vxith the musical director and drove aw.i }
The national diicctois aie of a diffeicnt
mind , and man } of them do not hc-sttato to
s iv if Musical Director ' 1 honias docs not
m ike a satisfactoi } explanation he will bo
i emo v eel
The national commission todav disposed of
the piano difticult } H } a vote of ll.veas lo
HI mi } s , the co nmlsslon eiedded tii.it thu
council of administtation had no jutisdiction
in the trouble.
SniHliij Ope-nniR.
The Sumiav opening question will prob ibly
bu laker up tomoirow The talk that the
local dircctots may attempt to open the
World s fair next Sunda } and keep it open
on Sund.iv , . until the i lose of thu
great exposition has caused a good
deal of comment among the national com
missioners Ivven those xxho vxould like to
see the gates tlnoxvn open on Sunday sa.x
the } w ill make a vigoious protest to opening
the fait in direct violation of the rules
The council of admlnlstiation has de-
tei mined to put a stop to the exoibitant
piiees chaigod h } some of Iho ru taui.ints
at thu fail The icstaurant keepers will
cither havu to t educe theii rates or close up
Mrti. 1'iiliiii-r 'I lire itonn to lEcttlgn.
Mis Potter Palmer , piosldent of the
Hoard of lad } manageisof tlio Woi Id s fail ,
announced at the opening ot the meeting of
the boil d tills motinmr that she would bo
compelled to lesign it the ladies did not quit
quaricllng and behave hi a moio dignified
in inner 'Ihe meeting was vorx interesting
and man } xxeie in teais befoie it was over
Some of the ladles oven tiled aloud and
speeches in suppcntof the picsident weiu
made in bioken voices , aoeompinied hv ex-
pi cssions of he.'itfelt s } mp ithv foi Mis Pal-
mei , when she deelaied that she was
uttcih discntinigccl with tliu action of
eeitiin mem bets of llio boat d Tlio women
vied with each other lo bo bond and flnallv
a icsolulion , suppoiting the piesidcnt and
thanking her toi thu noble wet k she had
done , was unanimous ! } passed
Alt-solution empowering the piesidcnt to
formulate the pi ins of a great otginl/alion
of ladies , of xvhle-h the present bo nd of lad }
managers was to bo the foundation , was
passed In support of this action the ladies
stated that when their Woild's fairwotk
vxas etono the } dosiied to hand themselves
together to tuithoi the Intcicsts of their
sex
MIIIIVSKV rviu iiim.i > i\ < ; .
It Will llu rinlMioiluiiil rurnli'icil lii Almiit
TITO VV < i kd.
CHICAGO , III , Mav 4 [ Sped il Telegram lo
Tin ULP ] Nebraska s Wet Id's fair build
ing will bo finished and furnished complete
in about two weeks Commissioner General
Oaincau and Mrs M A Hock of thcboaid
of laih imnagers arodovotlng thoireneigies
t > putting thu handsemio stiueturo in order ,
but havu boon lundtcipod for lack of work-
nun and b } the Illness ol Mr Gaincau's as
sistant Other membois of the commission
are expected heio next week 'J ho excellent -
lent dlsplav in the agiicultuial building and
the show in the foi iciilturaldepartments are
almost full } InsUilh d ' 1 hu piogiam for thu
dedication of the Nebraska ticadquirters ,
which will take phua Juno b will bo ic-aciy
soon
Special ceremonies have been appointed
foi'he Itith da } of this month to foi m illy
piose-nt and rce-olvo the gifts from the
Omaha Smelting vxoiks Tlio gifts were re
ceived with hearty apprctiition b } the
Iwatd of lady managtts , and a vote of
thanks ordered spioad upon the minutes of
the board and a cop } sent to tlio Omaha
Smelting works.
Looking nt tlin I'.llr.
CitiCiuo , 111 , Ma } 1 Threatening skies
kept the crowds from J ickson pirk j estc-r
daj , though the roadw-ajs were In the best
condition for any tltno for the lust mouth ,
the exhibits hnd grown In | > ointof attractive
ness under tlio redoubled elTcnts of thcwoik-
Inpmeti , spurred on bs oxlilbitors The num
ber of paid admissions at the gates was
tn.Ui'O , and the number was eonsiderabl } In
creased b } the people who went in through
the I pass gate's The number on the
eroumis I seemed much larger than it
reall 1I 1 } was 'Ihe open air concerts and
the I sooner } about the basin in front of the
administration ( building weio such stiong
counter i attiac lions to the exhibits In the
iI buildings I that the vlsltois kept outside for
Ihe I most p.ut , putting In their time in view
ing the aiehltoetmal and landscape foatutes
of the exposition Those who vvcie included
in the number of vcsterda's \lsitotstviio
well icp ild foi the trouble and expense as
theitav was fine despite the nngiv-looking
clouds that hit tied with the sun the whole
da\ , and came oft victoilous dm ing nc.ulv
all the time Ilotaeo Tuclcei has s ( KX ) passes
made out icadv for the persons whoso
names appe-at on the fioiit
/ / IK tuition * .
lloiitlln's Id liolllnn In lloniliir IK lii'iills In
Coinplr i < Hi Ic It
( * | | / ; ; / 111 I lui Jiim't ( iitiilun nrnntlt 1
PVSVMV , ( . 'olombi i. ( via nalveston , Tex ) ,
Ma.v I IU\ Mexican liable to the New
Voik Hei ild Sped il to Till Uri' ] News
has i cached heie of the complete triumph of
( icnoral Vasciuev , leulei of the govei nment
11 oops against the i evolutionists in Honiltn as
Vasiiie/h | is assumed command of the pro
visional govei nment After the Hist defeat
sustained b } the govoi nment , when
even the capita loll Into the
binds of Geiioi.il Honllla , loader
of the levolution n v tioops Vasquo ? ,
withgioit olloit incieised his aim\ and
rccipturcd'1'egueigalpi Now ho has coin-
jilelelv defeated the levolutlouisis
Word has been iceeivc'd that the new gov
eminent his been loeognimi b } Salvador
and fu ! itemalahenVasque7 was asked
whit ho pioposed to do in ic-gaid to Nic
aragua lie said lie pioposed soon to take
breikfust in Ie-on and dine in Manigu i
DUIIIIK the lovolution In llonduias Nicaia-
guaopenl } aided Honllla , am ) it is mine than
hkolv , judging fiom the tlucat made b.\
Vasque , that ho will soon deelaie w.u
against Mcai.igu I
Communicilioii lias been reopened with
Aniapal.i and the intes-ior The news of the
suicess of General Vasqucv is the first di-
icet infoim ition biouirht fiom Ilondui is in
seveial months Ortlcois from Hon.ie'.inta
ailiving toil.u vouch foi the tiuth of the
facts heie given
to iti' < i 1 ,11it.
Of tlu I..OOO Clilnisn III UiiHliliiKtiiii anil
Oregon , lmt 1,0011 Ari > ItrgUK i l.
POUT ] \MI OieMi\ I Collector of In-
tcinal Kevcnuo U'aidler estimates thcic are
IfiOOOChineso in his dlstiut , which i am-
puses Oicgon and V.'ashington Onl } 1IKK )
of this number have rc'gisteied 1 ho foi
lowing < irculai lias been posted in all piin-
elpil cities
I IIOVI Till * - I'HIM SI t'OVII'\Mls 1OO1II
( n INIir llu i in HiN \ ou lire forlihldc n to n-c-
Ister with while ollli'lulb 01 to have 1111 } thing to
do w lib them \ \ e hue envnxeil foui c mini nt
lawi is On Ma } u four ( hiiiese In New VoiK
an to bo aiusti d b } the I'nllc d'-tates Koxern-
ini nt foi not h ivlnn le lsteied mil theli cases
will bi tiled In the Mipioim couit ( Jill inlnls-
tci bus askc'd thepn hlilent not to aiust any
other I him so until the disc * Is tried The
Americ anpiosidi'iith is gr.iclously sililLet
thlsboM ) " You will , Ihoicfoie , not UHlstei ,
under hei\y penult les If } cm disobey.
Collector of Customs Lcland is ntillat
woik examining certificates of Chinese who
came on the steamer DaniiDO fiom Victoiia
Out of the S51 examineHl enl } four have been
landed , ! ! 18 have been icjoctcd , 1.17 have
piopeil } signed eeilifleMles , nut all of the
endorseis h.uo not vet been found It is
expected that all those icjectid b } the col
lector w ill appl } for VM its of habeas coipus
Weld was received toda } fiom Vancouver ,
H C , that the Canadian Pacific ! stunner
l tnprc-ss of China has 000 moio Chinese
bound for Portland
The tie.isuiv oftlei il assisting in the ex
animation s lid "I heso ceitlficatcs arc the
means of allowing thousands of Chinamen to
bo smuggled into the eomiti } , do/ens of men
can use one certificate : When ono has en
teied the countrv on ono ceitlllcato he cm
seim it back and hi ing another in with it "
M. l.oiiln ( rliMtlulH
ST T.IOI is. Mo , Miy 1 Tomonow the
time foi the Cbinaincn in tlio cittoiegis -
ter will expire The Gciry law lias been
el } close ! } obseived Ihe estimates of the
number of Chinamen in St Ixmls were fiom
It-n lo ! ! ( M Of thcsoWKl have all cad v icgls-
tercel , and tomonow it is believed that this
numhoi will bo mateii illy added to What
ever mav be the case in other cities , it is
evident that theio is no gciu nil objection
to the law amongst Louis celestials
10
llrazlllnii AViir SliipH I.in\n Xow York
Under Harbor SunliMl Ordcrn.
NEW VCIHK , Mav -Hear Admital Norno
nih of tlio Hra/ilian war ship Aquldaban
received seajcd orders toda } and diicctions
to proceed to sei at once with his squ idion
Oidcrs weio at OIK e issued lo the 'I iiadcntcs
and the Kf'iiubllca , and thoio was a livcl }
time on bo ird the tineo ships The vessels
will get under way cauly tomoiiow morn
ing. Tlio } ate supposed to bn 01 del oil homo
on account of the disturb uiccs in Klo Giando
do Snl 'I he admiialand the commandcis of
tliicoslilps v\eio inviti'd to go to Chicago
with the other foieigncrs on the train which
stalled this evening 'lhobioko their cn-
gigonient at the list minute am ) , without
sending weld to the ti iln , prop n oil for sea
' 1 he speei il train placed at the dispos il of
the visiting imal ollleeis b\ the New Voik
Cential io.nl and the Wagner Palace Car
compiii } left this riiv at'J I ft this evening
P HlorimxIU Itrialo Donn ,
Ni w YCIIIK , M.i } -Padcicwski I has
oiokcn clown It Is said , under the stiain
which ho his been subjected to of late , and
will prob ihl } bo mi iblo to appcii at the
benefit for tlio Actors' fund at Palmci's
theater tomorrow aftoinoon Ho came lo
New Yoik tonight and shut himself up In
his ap u tments Ho sent out this statement
about the benefit
"I will shoot inself befoio I'll plav tomor
row Tell them to take all the mono } I've
got , but t won't pla\ "
Tlio perfoimer was in a state boidoling on
net v ous h } storm , and wlillo ho talked
coheientl } , it was evident that gieat excite-
mi nt WBS tolling upon Ills mental faculties
madcgieo
( ullfoinlii ICuti'd.
CHICAGO III , Mil } IAt I a meeting of the
Chicago Kallwa } assoditlon todav , it was
decided to accept tlio joint notice of the
Southoin Pacific , santa Pe , Mlssouii I'adfic
and Union P.iciflithat the- } would put Into
effect the i ito of fll from the Missouii i ivei
to Califouila common points and , ' " > to Colo-
lade common points I heso rates aie to
apfil } caslboumi as well a1 , westbound Tlio
roads e ist of the rivi'i have loilav announccit
a latoof f.V > froin Chic ago to California , based
on the late which Is to go Into effect west of
the river on Mav fi The rate fiom Chicago
will bocfToctho Mn } V
Cnh'.li U cut \tfiiln I t.tir ( ioviiruor.
SAH I-AUU , U T. , Ma } 4 [ Special Tele
gram to THE HCK ] Caleb W. West , who
came from Kenluck } night } ear airo at
Prc'sldcnt Cleveland H bidding to assume the
governorship of this Urrltot } , vuis tonight
for the second tlmo inducted Into that office
Chief Justice /.aim of the teiritorial su
piemo couit admlnlstereel the oithof oflice ,
after which Govmnor West dclhucd his
inaugural address The now governor ni-
rlvcd from Waslilngton this muining Ho
WRB greeted at the depot b } n laigo number
of his admirers unU this evening was ton.
ctertd n rcceptiou.
DAN HOPKINS' STORY
Ex-Warden of the Penitentiary Tells of His
Connection with the Cell House.
NOT A WONDERFULLY WILLING WITNESS
Ho Was Forced to Tell of the Oouno of the
Board's Phenomenal Carelessness.
ATWOOD'S SNAP ON DIMENSION STONE
Details of His Bonanza Thoroughly Estab
lished by His Own Testimony.
TESTIMONY AGAINST THE IMPEACHED
Iore i\lili : < iirn ol tint l.nx Mi'tliods tint
.Marked tint Ktp mlltiiiii ol I'ab le )
lionet llrou.-lit Out ut tlio
V I'sli-i ila\ .
t.isc ot N , Neb , Mil. ) I [ Snoel il Telegram
to Tin Hi r ] 'Iho inleiesldisplicd In tlio
Impeachment til il Is becoming mine Intense *
as the e-aso piogiosses Toil i.v the court
i twin wasciowdod with speclalois who llst-
cneel to smnovei } tac } testimon } 'I'luMlist.
witness called was Dan Hopkins , who at ono
timu was w irdeii of the p niteiitiai } anil
lilei on became ) stipeiinlemleiit of llio cell
house IIo was not one'of the willing wit
nesses hv anv me ins , but under the examin
ation of Mr Lnnboitsuii ho tcstillo 1 to many
Inipoitiint facts
Aftei taking thaigeof the cell house con-
stiuctton , ho ( list i etched J.rii > 0 fiom
Doi-gau , and at anothei I line $1 Ml , which
was all of the moiic } 111 it c imo Into ins pos
session The bilanto of the $40ox > ippio-
pilation was not tinned ovet to wit
ness 'Iheio weio a In go number of
claims that biul not been pild , enough
to amount to moio than llio appiopii ition
When the south wall was lobullt ihe labor
wasiniNC'd up w lib the building of the cell
house While witness waslnchngo of the
tell house ho expended $ UUi"i , for all of
which ho h id voiichcis
When Mr Hopkins was the w.u den of the
piison tno vvatden Kept the accounts be
tween the stito and the coutrictor 1'ho
guaiels kept tlio time of the convicts ami
mul'i ihetriopoit to tlio piison conti ictor ,
but tlieio was nothing to show thu warden
how in.inv dis .111 } mm hidwotked The
tecotet of sick time , witness said , was kept ,
in a dail } jouin il , but there woie no names
kept in an } other book , and it would be dllU-
cult to Iraco a sick man fiom the shop into
hospital and back to the waiu
> o\ir Kc-portiHl un rhrHt1.
Witness was civen JJXtopa\ ( ) expense *
to a piison eongioss held at Pittsbutg , PH. ,
and was gone twelve dis Upon his 10-
tutu ho did not inalto an.v icport , as. no per
son asked for it Witness went on another - . ,
other trip to Missouri At that * tlmo * * *
Allen gave him J75 for expenses.
Part of the time ho p ild radio id fare , whdo
in other instances it was p lid by the mom- i
bets of the bond Witness thought that
ho paid his own fanfiom Lincoln to Chicago
when ho and the bond took $5UO and went
east , but was not sine This was a ,
trip on which witness and the memb'jis of
the board went to visit other piisons Wit
ness suggested tintiip and Invited the mem
bers of thu boiiil lo accompinv him Upon
rotuinlngno icpoil w is over mule to the
bo ml , nor weie suggestions made to Doigan
about what had been le lined re-guiding cell
houses
"Did the bo.nd ovci iceiuest } ou to make a
settlement with Doig.mf" asked Mr. Lum-
1)01 ) ISOIl
"No , sir "answcro.l llio witness
The ice enl of the bond showed that on
Match II , is'lj ' , witness was appointed su-
peiintcmlcnt of the cell house nmi instructed
to settle with Dorgan The order was read
to Hopkins at the time rollowlngout the
instructions of the ouler , ho receipted to
Dorg.ni for the money ami took whatever
propeit } was tinned over Thuiu were no
icccipts passed , nor was theio an.v check
ing up of the mateii il on hand
Witness thought th it an additional cx-
pendiluieof $ .J,500 , uould complete tlio cell
house , or at least the floor and the plaster
ing Ho owed the "prison contract" some
money , not * 1UX , ( ) ( ) , but quite an amount in
tlio aggtogato Ho thought theio was about
$1,700 clue Ho would look up his books and
ascertain tno exact amount
I.IIIIHI in el 111 * IOIIKIIC.
When tioss oxamim-d by Mr Webster ,
Hopkins became much more willing to an
swer ( | iiestions The toailmr elown and to-
building the wall tvas a thing tint was not
contemplated when the constiuc tion of the
cell housowas commenced \\ilness was
posiiivc in his statement th it the amount of
labor and now miteiial put into the wall ex
ceeded & , . " > 0i ) Them weio fifteen 01 sixteen
ears of now stone , bcsidesa l.ngoqumtit } of
e erne nt
-Wh } was the wall toin downf' asked
Justice Maxwf II
"It was otdelcd It was impioperl } ouiit
and not cap iblo of cur } ing the weight.
I lie-io were no Inndeisoi bu king"answered
the witness 'Iho'stunu was on hand for the
completion of iho w ill and patt of it cut
reael } to bo put in plate-
Witness e-xaminod the Dotgan tlmo book ,
sa } leig th it It was kept b } the guard , and by
him tut nod over to the prison contract"
tadi night Thu time book , so witness said ,
showed that when sick ot excused b } thu
piison physician the convict's timowas uot
charged
Explaining the object of the piison con
gress , witness s lid It was for the puiposo of
having piison ollleeis incut and talk over
matteis eonceinlng the welf.ue of prisonera.
Hopkins wanted to go , and that was why ho
applied to the bo.nti foi * JOI ! expense- money
for himself and Kldei Howe Ho did neb
know whether other states pud the ex
penses of delegates only from what ho ha J
iicaiel |
Hopklm * lEi'tDilH it Sec rot.
The other tiip was m.iilo for the Inspection '
of prisons , on which junket . > ( KI to piy ex
penses was dtawn Witness docliioil tint j
lie ; wauled to go ami sco whit kind of e-elU
Ihciowotedn oilier pi is ins The ilcshcel
infillmatlon could eml } be- gamed b } a pei-
sonal visit While on the junxot the
board visited the piisons in Missouii ,
Illinois and hull ma Ho Icatneel
soveial things and thought that tlie mem
bers of the bo ird gut Home now ideas woitli
the mono } the } cost
Now It is known whv the icpoit on this
J.VX ) joutney was never lopuitud lo the
Hoard of I'ublio I.iiuls anil Buildings The
icasun was that witness ( li 1 nut tlnn.c itneo-
ossaiy , us ill of the momlx isweie along ami
know what was going on
On lodiroct exainln ition , thu wilni'Hs went
hai k on Ills foimer slitcmcnl that f , f > 00
would complolc the tell house , Hi.vlng IhiiO
that amount would complcto the shell of iho
building , bul Dial It would take u good deal
moie to put In the boating aid finnlshlngs. ' *
'lliostartling lumoum emcnt was made hy
the witness th it theio were no siiodileatlon *
for the < el ! huuso , thi enl } ones being an cx
tcntionof some old drawings
\ \ Into away looking up piiaons , Mr , Hop.
kins found no prison whcro there was