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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEEr r ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , AUGUST G , 1893-SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS WALL STREET'S ' VIEW Ktools Boomed on the Theory that Congress Wilt Act Qalckly. FINANCIAL FORECAST FOR THE WEEK Indications that Speculate May Not Bo Correctly Informo3 SILVER MEN V/ILL / NOT DOWN EASILY Hill Assures Them a Fair field in the Premises. FAITH IN CLEVELAND'S INTENTIONS It U Thought the I'rcnldcnfi Mcmago Will Contiiln Very Wlintonome Advice ni * to Kellcvlnsj Iho General llls- trcas Kxlatliig. NEW YonK , An ; . 3.-Special [ Telegram to Tin ? Uui : . ] Wall street Is looking to con- Kress 'for its cue. There has developed nmonir tabulators this week nn Idea that the politicians will expeditiously repeal the .Sherman silver purchasing law , und that through such promptness the country will Rota tontothat will warrant bouyancoln the stock market. This is a remarkable ex pectation , but none thu less Wall street has been hoisting quotations on the strength of it. So fur as Information from really rcll- nble sources which reach hero from Wash ington rolled the prospects in congress , a different condition Is indicated. A long ses sion and a bitter light may bo counted on confidently. Senator \Volcott of Colorado , who dropped into Wall street this week , said to a friend : "You fellows here in the east seem to think that It Is going to bo one , two , three , and out for the sliver men and the whole west. It wou't take us long to show that you are mistaken. " Senator David B. Hill Is credited with assurcil a friend this week that ho proposed to sco the free silver people given a fair Held. 'Ho did not doubt , he said , that President Cleveland was In earnest In his nntl-sllvcr law crusade , but in a matter of such Im portance , said Mr. Hill , the United States so'iato must of course go forward slowly and conservatively. U'nl Not Act Hurriedly. Thcro is a hint worthy of some attention in this sort of mild mannered sugirostlvc- ness , coming from Iho source it docs. Sena tor Gorman has said to a friend : "You know the United States senate is a deliberate body. It novcr acts hurriedly. I fear that organised action on contested scats nnd similar affairs in direct consequence to the senate may consume much time before w ( nro ubio to devote ourselves to the financial question. " , Wall street speculators have lifted ovcr.x active stock materially. Some of them havi Jumped up n dozen points or more. Sc enormous wns the abort interest In the mar ket that they were able lo start something of a uoar panic , contracts on that sidt having been pushed out in every direction , nnd largely by little fellows , until it baa become come unwlcldly. Many stocks are com nmnding premiums for use in making do liveries. Now moat of the short Interest ha : been eliminated. Dull campaigners msls that it was not the short interest whlcl enabled them to put , tlio market up. The ! explanation Is lhal the country at large hai been buying stocks because they have go down to a point where they are unqucstlona bly bargains. Faith hi Ulevel.ind'H Intention * . Thcso general purchases , they declare have been prompted by the belief that Pros idcut Cleveland's message Is going to bo ai uld fashioned rousorof patriotism. One cut rout yarn has It that the proslkcnt will ret ommcnd thu Issue of new government bonds and that ho will advocate giving to natlomi banks the right to use thcso bonds up t their par ns a basis for the now circulation Lots of other dote Us , nil of them chccrfu nro ulven its to what the president is gem to say to congress. The advance in the nun Icct has been in the face of growing dcmoru Ization in business circles. Tlio scare whic has done .so much out west has extended hit New England. A long list comes out over d.iy of big mills cutting down on time , icdui * ing forces of employes ° r shutting up alti pother , Thcbo things are put down as effort at adaptation to times. So far Now Englnn IIIIB Ipid no big or b-ul failures. In this cit trade Is in a bad way. , A local newspaper which has can-assc the subject , estimates that 7OOl / ) workin people are In enforced idleness Perhai this Is exaggerated , but there can bo no den ; ing that labor Is being severely pinched hoi and hereabouts. Clearing house certificates , approxlniatln { , ' 1.1,009,000 , are now outstanding. This nearly tA\lcons Tuaiij ns ever before woi Issued. Thuro Is no telling how much longi thu banks may tlnd It necessary to go c grinding out this Improvised "relief , " Ylnwi of u llunkor. An influential member of the Clcarh f ItiUHO association tells mo that ho won Hot bo surprised If It reaches $45,000,000. C nil sides Is hoard the assertion that no clou . ing house bank will bo allowed to full , A Iho big banks of this city are undoubtedly good shape. What can bo said for tl bankers themselves are saying U with good deal of vim Is that so far as bjiukli relations of the ordinary sort are concerns wo now have hero practically u susponsli of payment with outside citlej. Kven t' ' 6 ibtrcasury here , and , In fact , thu trcasu nt Washington Itself , havu been refused pa mcnt In cash when presenting checks he for collection. . I Drokors are advertising in local nov papers offering premiums of f5 to $15 thousand for currency of any sort , one hou explicitly offering $75 for silver dollai People haying pay rolls to inuct or hr.vi other calls which require the use of ami turns of money are embarrassed , Bui tl Is , as a matter of fact , one of the small I cldonts in the llnanclal distress this center. Much is hoard of the $10,00 DOO or ll'J.OUO.OOO of gold bought on the otli tide and shipped hero , These engagomci : have now stopped. Sterling exchange li idvani-cd to the prohibitory point , Tl gold was supposed to bo scheduled for t use of local banks and thus bring rclluf the currency , situation , A fact whl will bo disclosed next week Is tl live-sixths of the gold coining iu is to fllivctly Into savings bank vaults. ' ] ' touutry Is iu shape where Improvement c tomu quickly. In no reccut year have retailers throuj out the cduntry baen carrying such small stocks of goods as they now hold , The rc- turoof confidence nnil the springing up of trade would start a boom that might hustle ( lulckly into great proportions. AI.I.AWAT. OillOi : : 1IOU1.VS Ol'INIO.V. C ue of the I > rc ont I'lnnnrlnl Trouble n Hfnn hy thn Younp ; Man. Nr.w YOIIK , Aug. ft. George Gould was a passenger on the American liner New York , which arrived at her dock this nornlng. Asked regarding the llnanclal situation , ho said : "Tho situation , of courss , Is very much de moralized. The main cause Is the unsettlement - ment of conditions , duo to the silver ques tion. "There Is another cause , howovcr , that the public is not BO well aware of , and that Is the hostile attitude assumed ny the legls- lutor.1 of the country toward the great cor porations. Instead of trying to build them up , thu policy of the state and general gov ernment U to pull thorn down and make them worthless. The people forget that the country cannot bo prosperous unless the great transportation corporations also pros per. " "What Is the cause of the reduction In the force ot the travelling agents and clerks on thu Missouri Pacific und Rock Island sys tems ! " "It Is duo entirely to poor business. Thcro is no necessity for keeping a largo force of men on n salary-list when there Is nothing for them to do. Wo discharged thcso men because wo could not continue employing them at an advantage. Business has novcr been more stagnant In the southwest than at the present tlmo and I look for nu change unlcs there Is something done at Washing ton. The repeal of the Sherman law will bring us all buck to prosperous times , but wo may hope for nothing until congress acts , and In Just that way. " MI ! , ! , > 8TAKT1NG OP. I'ciumylrnnln Iron nnd Steel Plnnti Will 80011 lie In Operation. Prrrsmma , Aug. 5. The iron nnd steel plant of .Tones Si Lau hlln will put on double turns Monday , giving employment to about 8,500 men. Brown & Co. , sheet and hammer mills willalso resume next week. These morks employ 600 men. The wire and nail mills of tlio Carncprio company at Beaver Palls Will start up iSlonday and the rod mill will resume operations later in the week. The report that the Allegheny Bessemer Steel works of Carnegie's at Duquesne will close down is denied , thu demand being suf- lleieut to keep it running for some tlmo to co mo. LouuTlllo llnnkn Propurliif to Kenninc. LOUISVILLE , Aug. 5. The report of the condition of the Louisville City bank , which recently suspended payment , was forwarded to Washington by Examiner Bolts this morn ing , and the report of the Merchants Na tional was sent by tonight's mall. The Fourth National will also bo ready to report by Monday. There Is considerable rivalry between the City and the Merchants Na tional banks as to which will llrst resume payments. Both Dunks have been reported to Comptroller Ecklcs as perfectly solvent. At the Kentucky National , no official in formation of tlio action of the comutrollet on the report of Bank Examiner TSscott had been received , though It is expected at-uny time. The reported Intention of the comp troller to give the bank ten days In which to prepare for the resumption of payment has not boon officially continued. The banu ofllcials do not think there is any probability of the appointment of a receiver. DlacUKsed th Silver ( jitcntton. . FitiiMONT , Aug. 5-Special [ Telegram tt Tun BEE. ] A very largo ami appreciative audience greeted Dr. L. J. Abbott in the cltj park tonight to listen to his speech on the money question. Ao took the position thai the price of silver had povernei the price ol American products and that since the grcal demonetising act of 1B7JJ , all had been going down together until they had reached the present degrading condition. The speed was one of the most able yet delivered fron his standpoint and was highly appreciated Cannot 1'uy the Minor * . PoTTsvii.Li ! . Pa. , Aug. n. The refusal o the New York and Philadelphia banks ti pay out any largo amounts of currency ha precipitated a crisis ill the coal region. The Philadelphia nnd Heading Coal und Iroi company is short $50,000 for the llrst hal mid $ OO,000 for the last half of July , with out any available funds in sight to pay th same. Thu company has bank deposits mor than sufficient td pay these amounts , bu the banks refuse to give out the cash. Cnliinint linil lleelii Keport. BOSTO.V , Ausr. 5. The annual report of th Calumet and Hccla Mining company to AprI 130,1S03 , issued today , shows liabilities o * 3,457,5K1 , and assets of $4,045,277. There port says : At least $000,000 will bo rt quired for the expenses of the Hcd Jacke shaft and for the erection of the propose additions to , the mine equipment. Durln thu past Jlscal year the company smultei ! ! 0yia lllia-'iOOO tons of rollued copper ngatus ! W,247 miU.'OOU tons the previous year. ciiuKisiiA bus rue i a. of the DiiUlnod Steamer K-ir niHnfii llelng Clnarly Wntnlieil. NB\V YOIIK , Aug. 5. Health Ofllcer Jer itlus decided today to take oxtraordlnar precautions in thu case of cholera suspect on the Vessel Ivurumania. Ho had the pa : scngcrs transferred to Hoffman island 1 the lower bay , nnd after the transfer , 1 company with his 'assistants , made an U spection of thu Island , Dr. Jenkins , accompanied by Surgeon Get oral lOyman nnd Dr. D. Kinyon , went dow to the Islands In the lower bay on the polic boat Patrol. The Anchor Line Steamshl company sent down a lot of Ice , meat , vci otubles and u t-'cnnral supply of provisions I n Swlnuurn Ulond for the detained emigrant Thu llrst load of emigrants wore all ir.ei They stripped and washed , while the clothes were being fnmlcated. After thu got their clothes back they were transferee to Swinburn island , where they will bo le for live days for Inspection. It was OtiJO when Dr. Jenkins , Surgco Cjenenil W.vmun and Dr. Klnyion returnc from the Inspection of ilia islands. U Wyman declined to bo interviewed as to tl condition In which he found the Islands ni the facilities for handling suspected casi and keeping cholera out of tills port , Hr. Kiii.vlon said ho was under orders n d , to talk. iu Dr. U'yman re turned to Washington t tory night. Ur. JoiiKlns s : ld this evening that i ry cholera case or cases of sickness have d Vre velopud on ( ho KuiMuiiinla slnco the deal ! re ut sea on the day be torn lu-.i arrival. Dr. Todd , the ship's surgeon , Is wati'oli s- passengers nnd crow very closely and tl sa deputies who visit the shlpovury few hou a gave all hands a close scrutiny. One of tl so sailors , who drank too much lee water , w sos. s. affected with vomiting today , and it w s.IB said this afternoon that the doctors a IB watching a man very closely who Is wi ill enough to bo anout thu deck , but who bus liS sliirht dlarrhu-a. Dr. Jenkins refused 11- verify this , and Dr. Talmadgo declined say anything about the condition of the si at his last visit. N.ttliiinilTeinperuiiue Citmp . tH X G'IIOVE , N. J. , Aug. 6. Mvo the us sand people attended today's session of t ' National Temperance Camp Meeting socle 110 D. It. Mann , M. 1) . , was the prjncii tech speaker. Ho charged that more harm w ch ilonu by beer drlnkmp ; than by other llquo at Ik caused heart diseases. so Ur.V. . U. .Sleelc. Mr * . 11 , S. Kills. Miss ho Penny and ICdward Curswellof Canada we the speakers this afternoon. an Tun thousand people were in the audlti uiu this evening to hear the addrci George W Uulu of Kentucky , OF DYING LEADVILLE Soma Pacts Regarding the World's ' Greatest and Mo3t Noted Oartmato Damp. " " * CALIFORNIA GULCH'S PLACE IN HISTORY Toil of the Dannt'.ots Pioneer and Howard of the Persistent Prospector , COST OF DEVELOPING THE GREAT CAMP Money that Has Been Put in the Ground by Mine Owners. MILLIONS TO BE ABANDONED TODAY Smelters' 1'lrei Tut Out and Mines Clntcil Down ISITent of thu Drop In Silver cm the Industry of the Cloud. le City. LEAHVII.LE , Aug. 5. [ Special to Tun BEE. ] There Is but one Lcadvlllo In the world , there has novcr been another and the chances are that the one which now exists will bo known only In history 'unless a most radical change In the condition of nffuits takes place within the next sixty days , for at the end of that period of tlmo thu indica tions now are. that the famous city of silver will bo wiped ofT the face of the earth and will not even bo given n place oil thd maps of the state of Colorado. Two months \ngo this city , situated In the very heart of the Kocky mountains , contained a population of fully 20,000 persons and was known far and wide as the great silver mining center ot the world. The town Is best reached by going over the Denver & Uio Grande railroad , which runs from Denver to Pueblo , where It turns and winds up Into tlio mountains , passing through the Uoyal c.won of the Arkansas until it climbs to the summit , of the snow- clad hills , landing its passengers at the city that has been making history and silver since early in 1S79 , at whlqh time tholorigl- nal discovery was made In California gulch , which lies just to the south and almost within a stone's throw of the richest silver mines In the world. Thu location of the city 'Is sightly In the extreme , th j land sloping gently' westward toward the Arkansas river , affording a nat ural drainage that could not ba excelled for the immense water shed that constitutes Its rugged background. linnatlon of the City. Between the city nnd the Mosquito rango. to the eastward , rise four distinct ( parallel benches , each higher than Its neighbor , Carbonate , Iron , Breoce and Ball mountains , the ascent being gradual from the city's ele vation of 10,000 feet to tno summit of Mo squito range , whose crest rises 1'i.OOO feet above the level of the sea. Across the broad valley of the Arkansas , its summit clothed in perpetual snow , rises.Mount Massive , its altitude , 14i51 ! feet , being 200 ( Joet higher than the famed Pike's peak , and not re motely con nected on the south by Its rugged neighbor , Mount Elbert. cjuito us highto ; - the north ward soars Homestead peak , un historic landmark , while to the southeast rises In graceful contour and majestic splen dor that monument of God , Mount Sheridan , named in'honor of an heroic and rugged character of the rebellion. The discovery of California gulch dates back lo ISOO , when a few harJy prospectors , lured to Colorado by the reported richness of placer diggings at Cherry 9reek , near Denver , came nonce In search of gold. Their labor was abundantly rowa'rded , for while much that relates to tlio oirry settlement is Intertwined with myth and .legend , It , Is n well attested fact tha't something illto $15- 000,030 of glittering gold' were taken from the bed of California crcek b'ofore the main body of pioneer woalth-suokers stampeded to more promising Holds. A fovv , however , remained to work out the destinies of the gold diggings , as well as tholr , own , Im pressed with the beliefthut the source of the precious mineral must surqly .bo in tin hills that hemmed in the ' guluh on thrci sides. ' Later Discoveries. A now era of more enduring brightness for California gulch came sixteen jyoars later when , after all of this p.ulcnl search foi gold boarhiK rock In place , the persevering prospectors were rewarded by rtho discover ) of that for which they had been searching- fabulous deposits of lead carbonate ore , rlcl In its sliver contents. After such Ion ; and patient toil , the early discoverers o what has since been proven to 1)3 the riches nnd most oxtensjvo ore 7.0110 on the con tlncnt may bo pardoned for their efforts u conceal , until such time us they mlgh patent their lands , but In this they won successful for only n short time , as the In llux of the fortune hunters soon sot In am u by the 1st of January , 1S77 , the invasion o o the gulch began. Hoports of the marvelou P _ discoveries continued to spread ; lion hither multiplied from month to month 0 , , notwithstanding the diRlcultlcs of trave i. over newly constructed mountain roads , si i' that by the close of 1878 not a fewer numbo than 1,500 people were clustered togntho In log cabins and touts among the sago brusl and pluo stumps on. the northern rim o California gulch. Then came the groatos stampede that the world has over known and the rapid transformation of the minlni hamlet to a city of 80,000 souls within period of scarcely six months , The hlstor , of that brief era would till many volumes , s > t crpwdcd was It with interesting event am o- tragic episode. Thoclty wns soon Incorporatednnd began n once to take on all of the myriad phases of mei ropolftan nnd cosmopolitan life. After oarc cst debate , the name of Loadvlllo had bee chosen for the now metropolis of the moui le tulns , a word of ordinary sound nnd meaning rs derived from the character of the ore whic IB then predominated , but suggestive bofot | * long of the material and Industrial marvi re of the ago. It suggested the labor of u da ; ill of a week or a month , rewarded with grun u fortunes ; U suggested a creation of vuli tote that counted far up Into the sources of ml IP lions ; it suggested the fairest and the rlcl cst and the stateliest nlr castles changed 1 firm realities of solid foundation ; it BUI gested the wild rush , the feverish struggllu 'Jaim the eager grasping utter wealth ; lie suggested u pu.Vnlng , crowding , rnshlnp a V. tivlly , und It suggested in one vjpw.a will ai tumultuous , picturesque life , soon followi as by u fair , elegant , proportionate civllUutloi S' th.ir.irlcrimlo KnterprUr. With characteristic enterprise , and ! aollauco of all recorded precedent , Lcai ir. vllle waited not for the advent of the rul of roads , but at once supplied itself with mar of the comforts and conveniences of civil Ui life , and , Ion ? baforo ttno whistloof the locomotives nwokb the echoes of the sur rounding hllb , tha city W 'supplied wltn n telegraph line , cJnnecttn- with the out * side world ; with a tolcphtina system joining business housM with the mines ; with water and with gas andwl'th oldctrlo lights ; with sewers and graded streets and with an adequate fire and pollco protection. Uoforc the close of 1SSO tha D < mvor& UioGr.indo railroad had pushed its way Into the city , defying nil obstacles which iviturj had placed In the wa , ami connesthiR Loadvlllo with the railway system of the states. Looklngdown upon L ? dvilla a few months ago one would have sean a won.lcrful city , with Its thousands of inhabitants ; with Its score of smelters and furnaces ; with Us army of diggers in the mines ; with Us hand- seine businesshouses ; with its banks and places of exolnn-je ; with its clubs nid lltor-ary societies ; with its churches and schools ; with its opar.i houses and theaters and with Us long rows ot costly residences , It wns the largest and fairest representation of business , civilized and Christian life above thoclouds that has oycr surprised the world. ThhiKi Are Changed Now. Dut now all things have changed , nnd a few months ngo vhcro the hum of Industry wns hoard on every hand all Is now as still and qulot as the gnivo. Thu' mines have closed and' the miles upon miles of shafts , drifts , levels and tunnels nro tilling with water and are de serted , being Inhibited only by the bats nnd lizards , The magnificent business houses have closed their doors , their owners have boarded up the windows and have loft for the states to chase another goddess of fortune one who does not cover her trail with stiver to lure her victims on In the wild race for wealth. . Regarding the mining Industries of the Lend villa district , which properly Includes the county of Laku , tnere are 1U,4-19 loca tions , of which number 3,803 ha70 been patented and 100'mines producing silver and the accompanying minerals in greater or less quantities. The following table shows the product of the silver mines la the district from 1870 to 18U2 , inclusive : The average animal prices ti uan . . .j above table are b.Ised qu New York quota tions. The smelters herd pay 05 per cent of the New York quotation's ' and D per cent thereof should bo deduqted from the above money value , which would leave $101,015- 842.0:1 : as the total- amount realized for the silver produced iu this district. exact Cute-of I'roduectnn. It Is a difUcult mutter to figure out the cxact ; cost of producing.silver , as the cost in no two mines will bo. the same , but from the best dntu'nt llariU'tllp following is nearly ; as accurate us it is possible.W ) get : J atjor necessary tor. Rlnklng shaft ami muklnp Iucallon , . , . . ; . . . ; ; . ; . . . . . - ; . . . . . . . Survey lor loOTllon.j ' % rr.-7- . . . 10.00 Koconllni : locution eoclltkjllo. . ; 1-CO Feu for Biirrl-i'or KeilrraC. ; , . . . , . " . . " . . 30.1)0 ) Fee for patent tuirvoy.S i > 75.00 Feu for lamlofrtee. , > . > . . . ' , 10.UO Pee for publishing notloo 111.00 Feu for driUvliiu i > acr . . .f i5.CU Fuc for laud , average eight acres 40.00 Total i. S301.CO On 3,803 patents issued , making a total of $72-2.f)70. 4 Of the 19,449 locations made in this connty at least 2fl per coat lire valid and subsisting locations at the pros'eiit time and have con sequently performed the annual assessment of at least $100 per year for.an average of at least ten years , making a total expenditure of $4,800,000. Thus the amounts aggregate as follows : Expenditures on locations'$2ll7,5ll3.00 ! Expenditures on iroimil patented. . . 7'.J.r > 70.)0 ( ) Expenditures for UHKonymcutB 4,8(10(100.UO Total : $7,700,1:13.00 : It Is impossible to arrive at any satisfac tory or accurate estimate of the expendi tures for the development of work , or pros pecting. Thousands > 6f dollars have been spent in this district iii , prospecting , but an attempt at an estimate of the cost would bo simply the wildest kind of guess , but. upon consulting mine owners' , however , it may bo assumed that the cost'of this very essential branch of mining Is included in the Item , "wcges paid , etc. , " and hereafter given. The cost of minim ? ic" this county , includ ing smelting operations , can bo given with great accuracy , for the reason that from year to year the niiulng exchange has com- pllo.l and published tables , based upon data obtained at the time , und from original sources. ' 8nmo Inlcroitliif Figures. These items are given in detail and are as follows ; r Paid out fin1 labor In nitric * ami BinuU- crHln 14 yenrH , . . . 7VJflRUO Lumber mid limber.V. 7.003,001) Co'.io : . > . . . , . , ( iMl.Mil ( Coal ! . . , > 7.0'JH.O-0 Charcoal t ' . , : . , il.O''O.OOO Hardware ami mlimi ; 'supillloH iniliU,0li ) ( ) Mot'liluuHliup work. . , . , J,87A.OOI ) ll.mllnir ore . . . . , . / : ) , UOJ'jru Totnl , . ( ' . $ lii,771IOO : Thus it is ascertained * that the folloxving amounts represent iho actual cost of discov ery , location , pitentin : > operating , mining and smeltinir the.ores ot , this district , towit : Expenditures on lociitloilB.i $ t > , U17.mi ) : has been very hcaVy , and can properly be called n-chargo against ! the .products of UK mines. * j hast Juno , when silver started on the down grade , it is safe to cstUitato that in this dis trict nlono there were 00.000 men who wore In one way or another connected with the working of the mines , nud at that time this city was the hcadquartero of the vast army , as all of the ore cnum 'to ' the smelters ami ) this was the base of supplies. At that tlnu the merchants , especially the wholesalers were buying in the markets of Now York Chicago and Omaha by the car load , but no\\ they are buying by the IKW.-UUCO und many 01 them have cancelled thtjr orders altogether us they see nothlnp IP light for the future without failure und nil a can be considered tholr guiding alar. Or .nil of the men wh ( were employed when .ho slump In sllvei started , It Is safe to s yjtbat today there un not to oxcetd > < ) ut wtric in the entire dU D trict. i Snicteri > Uuliic Nollilutr , Of the six smolten wjilch were ID o ) > cra tlon both night and day , prior to Junu , foui have shut down and uflowoJ their llrod to g ( out , while the others Ye simply running foi the purpose of working up the ores up MI tin dumps , after whluh they will close. All o the mines , with n fotr exceptions , hive al lowed the shafts to nll'vvitlr ' water , the out look at this time being such that the owner do not feel Justitlod In nxpending the nee essary money tn do the pumping , With reference to the situation and tin condition of the miners , it is such that I cannot Iw portrsfjcd by the mont gniphli dcscrlpilon. For.vo-rs , tbosn mun Uavo re ojlvcd good \vape , aud glvlnp little' thouxh of the coming ot the morrow , they have as i rule spent their money almost us fust ns I has heun earned , though -there have beer some exceptions to the rule , us the bank of this city will show. During th month of Juno gavm ? * deposits nwi-'j'tln < > N ym.ii.Nu BOTH ARE TIRED OF IT Germany and Russia Have Had About Enough of the Tariff War. CONCESSIONS ARE MADE ON BOTH SIDES St. ' "etarsbura ; Papars Attack the Policy of the Government. AUSTRORUSSITREATY OF COMMER3E German Officials Not at All Disturbed Over the Probable Consummation , RUSSIA IS SUSPICIOUS OF THE Fl'NNS I'crmUiiloii to Subscribe to the Numele n llnllvray IlpfuoU Them Socialist * Who Meet Kt Zurich To- cloy Fnthcrlxud Nowi. BBUMH , Aug. 5. Though the Uusso-Gcr- man tariff has only been In active operation five days there already are signs of abate ment of hostilities on both sides. Several St. Petersburg papers , Inspired by the llus- slan foreign onlos , attack the policy of ag gression upon German commerce , as Initiated by M.vittc , the Russian finance minister , without the full sanction of the imperial council , though within the knowledge of cer tain of the czar's advisors. Minister Witto is charged with underestimating Germany's strength In forcing the custom war , while open reprot Is expressed that it was over begun. Clminplon 11 f Itnstl-.i'i Camo. The Moscow Gazette ROCS further and de clares that the action of the Russian goucrn- ment was taken simply In self-defense. Germany , argues the Gazette , began the at tack by introducing a differential tariff und Russia , after long suffering und delay , re plied -defense of her own interests by merely imposing the maximum tariff upon German Imports ? The Gazette hero overlooks the fact that dues on German * ships entering Russian ports-are raised to such nu enormous llgurc as to bo almost equivalent to a blockade. The tone of the onicial article ; , however. breathes peace. They conclude by asserting .hat . Russia docs not wish to increase the 'Omplications ' that exist , but alms now , as 'ormerly , at n harmonious settlement of in- .ernationnl questions. Another indication thut the customs war trill soon terminate , is the fact that a mutual grecment has been entered into not to cn- ; ige in a grain freight war , which was dreaded by commercial men as being certain o exasperate everyone concerned iu internal .rade. Some Russian government organs amcut or'excuse the situation and the erman press follows the same course. The geucraljjpinion of the business world.hcro is steady resolution not to give in until Rus- slafihows a willingness to reduce her tariff , ivlll bo the speediest road to an agreement. Iinys the Illume rm Itussl.i. The North German Gazette , commenting upon Russia's abrupt danger of front from negotiating a treaty to hostile action , dangerous to Russian interests , publishes .iiiiles showing the former and the cxistlnir lusslan duties and comparing them with .ho German tariff on Russian goods. The llgurcs provo that the German tariff amounts on an average to only lii par cent of the value of the goods and , In some few In stances , to 50 , whereas the Russian duties before the war began averaged 100 per cent , ind wore now raised to an impracticable iiclght. This comparison finally settles the Russian assertion that Germany Initiated the conflict by raising her tariff and com pelling Russia to raise hers. Reports current that the negotiations for an Austro-Russlau treaty of commerce are actively progressing towards an agree ment , do not at all disturb official circles here. Austria has a right to arrange .what ever commercial relations she choosas. The trade between .Russia and Austro-Hungary is the merest nothing when compared with the international trade between Rus sia and Germany. The triple alliance treaties do not touch upon commercial ques tions. Germany can do without Russian craln and the sum of odlclal opinion Is that that the Russp-Au9trlan treaty , If it Is over concluded , will not Imparll the settlement of the Husso Gorman tariff troubles in a man ner satisfactory to Germany , It is to bo hoped thut when the Reichstag reassembles , iho government will be able to announce that Russia has recovered her senses. Rumors are currant on tnc hourso that Russia Is trying to raise from Paris banker a loan of 15,000,000 roubles at a nor cent. Huiilulitt Congreni. The socialist congress , which opens at Xurich tomorrow-will bo largely com posed ol Gorman and Austran delegates. Practically it is a meeting of members of the extreme wing of the socialists. Tno program of the congress includes an International eight hours a day , an international agreement for the celebration of" the 1st of Muy us Libor day , concerted political association on the part of soelaltnts In the event of nn Kuro- poun war , International trade organisations , etc. etc.The The duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotlia , It is onicially announced , Is recovering from hit appoploptlo etroUo of Tuesday hut. A pri vate report says that his loft side is prac clcally paralyzed and his condition is crlt teal. ' Kmpcror William Is timed to arrive at the Island oi Heligoland Monday evening , During his majesty's stay of u week at th < island ho will witness a part of thu evolu tions of the North Sea squadron. A'ruld ill the I'lniii. The Russian Grashdanln asserts that tin government has decided to refuse to tin Finish people permission to subscribe for tin construction of n Finish-Norwegian railway , as the foreign onlco at St. Petersburg ex pects a revolution in Norway and the decla ration of u republic. The radicals , says tlu Grashduuin , are purchasing und Importing arms largely , and are preparing for an in surrectlon. DUITKIUN IlKCOUATICD. Itewunleil for HI" iMhori In the Hlamo i A tin I r hy H ( Irutoful hotvm | iit PXiiis , Aug , ft.wit is stated that the mat quls of Dufferin has been decorated with th Order of the Garter made vacant by th 'death of the earl of Derby , in recognition o the skillful and Huccessful iir-intier in whicl ho conducted thu delicate negotiations wit ! Franco on the Siamese question. France is now in the midst of an electloi campaign and the Siamese question ha drifted Into 'tho background. The govern uieut bus cancelled all war-like proparutic/u THE * 'E BULLETJN , l Y < il/irr/or Off , tin ! I'tctnttu Frttr ; IP. % < ; AVrlhciicffrttf JPInih. 1. Stock * nnil Money Situation. v ItUn ntid l > t oT I.FHilvllle. ( loriininy an r 1'oHlicK. Arceiitlnn'n 1 I Itevolutlan. 3. Y. M. i ; . A. \ the Third ( lamp. 3. Nehra'kn'ft lln.iKu In ( looil t'ouilltlon. Doinorrni * In I'ongrcM CHIICUS. 1'npor Honey In Denmark. 4. Dull Week In I.ornl sorlcity. Itul Tnnle ol Modern .Nc | inpcri. Omihii Turners nt Allltviiukoe. B. HtrmiBO-Story of n Mttlo Wnlf. I , m Dny nt Cnmp Lincoln. No Hunt Tlniet ill llnttlng * . 0. Council Ilium I.ocnl New * . 7. Union rnullla l-'limnceii All Ulcht. Secret Society Note * nnil Doing * . Whlakcr * In tllatory. IVIint n Tn\i > . yrr Wmits to Know. 10. AVuuiHii Hint Her Way * . 11. Imtna WMton'n Shrine. Memento ? * of WnnhlnKton. Dousing County llundwnys IV. 1 ! ! . ICillturlnl nnil Comment. . IU. l'i 5o ol Unwritten 1'olltlcnl lllitarj" . XevndtItrlKht Future , in , Omnhn'i Trnilo Havlenr. Commercial and Vlnmnolnl. I.ITO Stuck Mnrketi. 10. ( liltwnld'i Weekly ( Irltt at Toulon and La Kochollo , except that one batnlllon of Infantry will bo sent to rein force the troops in Cochin-China. The papal nuclo hero has intimated to the French government that the pope Is greatly pleased nt the 1-Vcuch occupation of the Mekong valley , which will afford a better guarantee of safety toCatholic missionaries. Will llccoinro Silt oil' . HOME , Aug. 5. It Is expected that the United States government will soon onicially recognize Mgr. Satolll. KIl.l.Kl > J r X T7J.Y.I4 JVIK1K. Ncwipuoer Comments Iti-xpontlhlo for the Ilonth ot nu Kdltnr. LITTLE KOCK , Ark. , Aug. 5. A special to the Gazette from Toxarkana , Ark. , says : About" o'clock last night Captain \V. J. Allen , editor of the Interstate News , was shot by Jonn J. King , county Judge of. Bowie county , Texas , and died this morning. The shooting took place on Broad street und was the direct result of differences about assess ments between the editor of the News nnd one of tlin commissioners court of Bowlo county , of which Judge King is chalrmalu , which resulted in a line of & . ' . " > upon Captain Allen. Yesfirday , v/heu several sharp thrusts appeared In the News , the shooting followed. Just one hour before his death Allen made the following declaration : "I WHS on my way to George Treher's place of business when I met llou'oll Ituuuclls , Jr. , and John ,1. King. I was on the corner of Broad and State streets wh'3n I met King. Ho pulled a pistol und instantly shot mo without a word from either of us. I was tint expecting u personal difficulty. Howard Brunnclls , Jr. , was with ting at the time. I was about six 1'cct from Cing when he shot. I had mot John King nice or twice during the tlmo these squibs vcro going through the paper , and bo never evinced any jixi'lcasantness , King was bouf twelve feet from me when I llrst saw him. " f King refused to make any statement save o say thu killing was justillcd. King Is nn ex-member of the Texas legislature nnd one of the most prominent young lawyo.'s In forth Texas. Captain Allen has for years been a promt- lent figure lii North Texas journalism. /Ml fUK TAX. Whisky Men lU-fuiird Further Tlmo by the Covernmciit. iOUMVit.U ! , Aug. 5. Collector Johnson has received u telegram from Commissioner Miler - or , stating the applicitlon : for an extension or withdrawal of whisky for export had been inudo " too late and Instructing the collector to collect the tax. Sev eral of the local banks have been asked to make some arrangements by which the dealers can secure the.monoy on short time , and most of them have compiled. The banks will advance the money sufficient to pay tlio taxes and will lake for security receipts for the whisky. They will bo fully protected from all lo.sses iu this innnnor , as the whisky is always worth more than the tax. Dnmugod by Heavy lining. Ei , PA O , Tex. , Aug. 5. The heavy down pour of rain In this region for the past two nays has literally washed everything a way. The Southern Pacific road west of hero Is broken in many places , about seven miles being washed out beyond Doming. No trains will iret through there , it is said , for two or three days. The Silver City train on the Santa Fo will not get In for two or three days , ami the TOXIIS Pacific train reached hero today for the llrst time since Thursday. The Santa Fo is also broken up above Albu- querquo. This afternoon there was a cloud burst south of hero in Mexico , and it Is re ported that several washout * have occurred on the Mexican Central between this point and Chihuahua. Another Vurlll .tli ii < > i Hut ( Mil Ad e < - . IlcinitNK , N. J , , Aug. 5.Mr. . Frank A , Miller of Kur.sas City came cast a few days ago and sold twenty-seven car loads of Hour , receiving In payment bills of largo denomi nations. Today ho mot n green goods man who offered to exchange the bills for small ones for 1 pur cent. This jMlller accepted , and thu swindler brought him to Redbank , where the game was played , Miller gave In exchange $7,500 for preen goods in u tin box. The swindlers escaped. * \Vi-rii .Vlruld to Proiccnto Him. KANSAS CITV , Aug. 5. The Investigation by the assignees Into the condition of the Kansas City Safe Deposit und Savings bank hasdevolopod the fact that James D , Stra- han , for many years discount clerk of the in stitution'was short in his accounts fTj.Ol'O. The shortage was discovered.last Murch and Stralmn was discharged. Thu nflleora of the bank did not prosecute him bccauso they were afraid a run on the bank \\ould follow if the shortage was made public , ltr nlt of u WrcHtle. Julius Burster and W , B , Walker , twr employes of the Aiiheu.sor-Itusuh Browlnp company , Indulged in a friendly wrestle at Oi'.K ) o'clock last evening at the otllceof the company. Walker throw Burster. In the fall Bur- stor's right log wan frauturud in two places , Ur. Hebet was summoned und the injured man was removed to his homo. , ( Hiking for l.oi Jlulallvci. .i.K. Aug. ft. Dr. T , J , Thomas , for mcrly of Niishvillo but for thu past twcnt ) years onicial dentist to the royal family 01 Spain , Is bore from Madrid searching for hi : daughter. Ixmr.i Thomas Blqnlconshlp , am hU granddaughter , Mamie Thomas lilaukeu ship , who lived bore for noino years. I. out III tun blinllle , Chnrloi Smith , a 7-year old boy , was sen to the police station lust night because In was lost , lie told the captain that hi mother was a member of the Snlvutloi urmy , and thut he had followed her ti Jefferson square from Sixtemiiu and Gruci slreels und became lost , Bin. Meyer 'Inkrn to New Vork. New Vontc , Aug. a , Mrs. Mary Meyer , th wife of Dr. Meyer the allowed poisoner , at rived hero thin aflci noon from Dotrylt In th i . custody of New Y k dvlecllvct , FIGHT FOR REFORM Unpopular Governors Are Having n Voty Unplonsant Tinio. NUMEROUS REVOLTS AGAINST THEM Governor Oosta of the Province of Buenos Out Off from His Ayres Capital , i FIGHTING AT THE SEIGE OF LA PLATA Four Hundred Men Have Already Bcoa Slaughtered in Skirmishes. WAS TOO INTIMATE WITH MINISTER EGAN Minister Err.irurl lleilcim Irum the ClitlUv Cnlilnot Under tliu 1'rft * nt Publlo Djilnlon I'roent 1'ullttcal Bltn. ntlon or Iloiiilurni. VAM-AIUISO , Chill ( via Qnlvouon. Tor. ) , Aug. B. [ Uy Mexican Cable to the Now York Herald Special to TUB DDK.Hard ] tlithtlng Is accompanying the SCIKO of La. Plata , where Governor Cos in of the prov ince of Buenos Ayres , Is practically cut oft from communication with the capital by the revolutionary troops who arc Infesting the city. The HerulU's correspondent In Uuonoa Ayrcs telegraphs that the provincial force * hiivo made repeated efforts to cut their way through the lines of Clvico Naelonolos , but have fulled. During these engagements 400 men have been slaughtered , the Mogo has not yet been raised , and the altuation at La Plata has not changed. It Is expected that there will bo a great deal more llghtluff around that city before the trouble Is ended. Another revolution has been started In the province of Corrlentcs against the governor. It Is reported that there have boon lights iti various towns between the police and the citizens who oppose the governor. The rev olutionists have appealed to the national government to old them In getting rid of the provincial executive. In tlio rrovinco of Simla Fe. In the province of Santa Fo , where the radicals and Clvico Nntlonales succeeded la overthrowing Governor Cafforat.i , a pro visional government has boon fully organized with Cullsto at Its head. The provincial troops , who fought for Calforata have beea disarmed , and changes are being niadu rap idly ainonir the local ollluiuls. All the national troops sent to the province of San Luis have been with drawn from the capltol and sent to A'itlr Mercedes. This has been done for the purpose of giving the revolutionists complete liberty of action in their efforts to overthrow the provincial authority. It is reported that the nntjonal government 'has decided to continue Its policy of noo- intorvcutlon for ttoe preiunt-and-glvo the people of the provinces every opportunity to. overthrow corrupt local governments and ' put honest. men in otlleo. ltolno' < l from the Chilian Cabinet. Minister Errazurlz Is the only member of tlio Chilian cabinet who resigned yesterday. The resignation was Inevitable. It wot. brought about by a strong expression of public opinion , on account of his rotations , with ox-United States Minister Patrick Egan. La Ptitrm , the newspaper published in Iqtiique , and which is owned by Errazurlz , las been openly supporting the mine syndi cate organized by Egan ana MoICcnna. Tronhloiomo Time * In Homliinii , " PANAMA , Colombia ( via Galvcston , Tox. ) , .Vug. 4. [ Hy Mexican Cable to the Now York Herald Special to THE BUK.J Ad vices received by mail from Tegucigalpa , Honduras , contain thu news that Pollcarpo nonllla's followers declined to accept the > roposal of President Lelva , that u combina tion be made to put ox-President Bogran in the Held as : i c.indld.ito against General Vnsque/ , who seized control when lionilla organized his revolt several mouths ago. When Vasqucz heard of these negotiations 10 ordered the arrest of Lclva and under threats of shooting him forced him to alga a formal letter renouncing his claim to bo the constitutional president , the announcement of which I cabled the Herald last night. Tlio congress of Honduras has been called by Vnsqucz to meet in Teguci galpa atld approve the resignation of Loiva. It will then bo aslccd to conllnn Yasquoz's title to the remainder of Lclva's unoxplred term. Itogrnn Is being shadowed by de tectives acting under thu orders of Vasquoz. Arrcnteil uu Ami-rluin. The siiperintendeut.of the American Min ing company has boon arrested on charge of having furnished tlio money' pay the ex penses of Honilla'a reho.tasuls. lie Is also accused of having engaged in thu later plot in favor of Hogrnn. D.ilro do HoiKluras , the government news paper organ , cliilms that n band of ] tonllla' followers shot a woman named Jesusn Saneho/ because she refused to disclose the whereabouts of her husluud or the latest news ho received from Togutck'alpa. It Is reported that Hunllla collected the men who marched with him to aid In the revolution against JCav.ila In Nicaragua from the southern provinces of Honduras. It Is bellovod that the successful Nlfnraguan liberals will now aid Honllla to overthrow Vusque/ _ _ GnU"n .MIIU iVIll CnikU Doirn , NKW llKiiroiiii , Mass , , Aug. 1. The Clear ing house has notified the mills that no as surance money can bo furnished for pay rolls after August 1Tho WntnbOtta aiul u number of other cotton mills will clove in- ( lullnltcly , A hundred thousand uplndlc will bo stopped by the shut down. The Spinners' association urge the employes to husband their resources. u K.ITIIKU j'oieuu.mr.1. Wiirmrr , nnil rionihurlv WlniU Will 11 low In NXiriiik t Ted iy , WASIIINOTO.V , Aug. 5. Forecasts for Sun day ; For Nebraska and the Dakotas In creasing southeast winds , wanner Kund * ? , southerly winds and local rains Monday For Iowa Southerly winds , warmer ; fair Suuduy ; local rains .Moinluy. lineal Itecuril. OFFICE OF TUB WBATIIBII Duiuuu , Ouuu , Aug. 5. Omaha record of tomparaturo and rainfall uomparoJ with corresponding day of past four yearn ; 1BQ3 , 1802. IfiUl , 1BOO Maximum tomporatuie H7 = > 04 = Hlo 840 Mliiliiiuin tuinpuiutiiru , ( JHO 720 CHO 68 < > Avuriiuit tcinpt-'iatilio , 7tf = B3 = > 74 = 710 1'iuclpltatloii . 00 .UU .00 .00 Statement showing the condition of tem perature and precipitation at Omaha for tut * day und since March 1 , 1SU4 : NuriniU loiuperniuro , . . . . 76 i : d' i * ( or the ilay . . . , . , , , . 4 nellclt-ncy klnco March 1 . , . . . . 239 Normal precipitation. . , . 11 Inch Iiodcloncy for llio duy . . . . . 11 Inch Dbflcloiicy ilncu Murch 1 . 2.40 Incb .0 JKJ K. llui , Lvsal i'gievusl Offlcl * .