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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 12 , 1803-SIXTEEN PAGES.
DIVIDED ON THE TARIFF
DamocraU of the Ways r.ml Weans Oora-
tnittco Oinnot Agree , .
POLITICAL BOSSES TO BE IGNORED
a limn lirM Informed on thn MilJft In
clined to Think that tlio
Cftii Nrver I'm * tlio
111) IMF.
WAMMSOTOX 1 THE BEE , )
Mil FotiHTr.r.sTii i STHP.CT , >
WASIIINOTOS , NOV. 11. )
There Is trouble among the leading demo
cratic members of the ways and means com
mittee. Fsurof the most prominent ones
haul a Ions ; nnd exciting session last night in
a private room at thu Arlington. Chairman
Wilson of West Virginia , Clifton H. Brock-
Inrldgo of Arkansas , Hynuni of Indiana , and
.Stevens of Massachusetts put their heads
together and trlcd'to straighten out the dlf-
flcJltlcs that have arisen In the pathway of
the committee in the preparation of the now
tariff bill.
The four members remained nt the hotel
until a late hour this morning , nnd so great
were the problems they tried to solve that
they were finally obliged to give them up
nnd adjourn to another datu.
Tin ) trouble is ttmt the elections have had
tholr effect upon the democratic members of
the ways nnd means committee , and they are
all torn up and nt war with each oilier.
The committee will not. It is seen , have this
tariff bill ready by the first , of December , an
expected , and congress will bo in session
many 'Jays again before the ways and means
committee will bo ready to report. In fact ,
January I will likely como and go bcfoio the
democratic turllT bill is in shape to bo pre
sented to the country.
Olijuct to tlio Ilimes.
Chairman Wilson before the elections
thought his committee In full accord witu
him and the bill drawn up and presented
by the auinlnlxtratlon. But within tlio
Intil throe or four days a number of
thu democrats liavo acted like the people
did on Tuckilnythey have kicked against
the bosses. There is great doubt in the
minds of thu democratic members of tlio
rommltteoas to the fate of the bill In tlio
house. Some democratic members of con-
gioss who have rettirncil to Washington
nro talking in an entirely different strain In
regard to 'thu tariff from what they did
before the elections.
The result of the uhnngo of heart of seine
of the strongest t : > riff revisers is making the
committee exceedingly uneasy , nnd what is
furthermore strengthening the kickers Is
the appearance hero Just now of l.irgo del
egations representing Interests affected by
the proposed bill. Thny como to protest
against and fight any reduction whatever.
Kach day brings now delegations and new
complications and the fnture.promises to bo
"rocky" for the democrats.
1'iiraly/vil thu Populism.
The fact Is being commented upon by men
In all parties hoto that disintegration has
bugnn with a rush nmong the populists.
"Whllo the republicans in Washington are
finding much in the elections of Tuesday to
congratulate themsolvcs upon , and iK-mo-
crats are ready with explanations and as
surances for the future , tl e populists horu
are paraly/ed. They expected to win victor
ies In Virginia and u number of other .states
mid made a great effort in that direction.
Two or thrco populist members of the lioaso ,
who are in the city , have received Informa
tion through the headquarters of their party
that thcro can bo found nothing in the elec
tions this week from which to take en
couragement.
Where the populist vote increased the
republican vote increased also , and the hit
ter's increase was out of nil proportion to
that of the former. Whereas it was be
lieved by some a week ngo that the populist
representation in congress might bo In-
crcaseu next , year it is now ucllovcd that it
will not bo able to hold its own.
!
Cluvt'lnml IVot Attnmlliic Clinrcli.
It Is being remarked that President Cleve
land has not bcun much 'of a church-goer
lately. In his former administration he was
Bomowlmt noted for his regularity. Nearly
every Sunday morning his carriage used to
drive up In front of the First Presbyterian
church door. In fact , tlio church nnd few
more regular attendants uf those days
thnn President nuii Mrs. Cleveland. But
Binco the beginning of Ills present term ho
can hardly bo said to have been setting an
example of piety to the people of the land
by his unbroken regularity as a chureh-
t'oer , nor has his carriage lolled out of the
wlillo house grounds u little bcfoie 11 Just
lilio clockwork. The last time ho was at the
First Presbyterian church was some tlmo
in midsummer.
js'ow Wostrrn riMlmifitrri.
Postmasters appointed today : Iowa
Cedar Valley , Cedar countv , Mrs. 1C. P.
, Fitzpatrlek , vice Addle C. Kites , resigned ;
V Finmersburfr. Clinton county , Henry Oelke ,
II vice J. M , Klanlgan , removed.
South Dakota Boa ilommo , Bon lloinmo
county , S. A. Gardner , vice A. A. J. Abbott ,
resigned ,
Idaho Pond Dorlello , Kootcna ! county , P.
11 Cusuc , vice J. Jj. Prlchard , resigned.
Utah Kingston , Piutc county , John
Ackcrman , vlcuT. E. King , removed.
Settled lor ttio Winter.
Kx-Sciiator and Mrs. Charles H. Van
AVyck have arrived In Washington from
their Nebraska homo and will spend thu
winter ho o. They have taken , a suite of
rooms at the Portland , which Is near Mrs.
Cabel'a school , where their little daughter is
located. General Van Wyclc lias greatly
improved In health. General and Mrs , Van
AVyck and Secretary Morton will bo located
in the same hotel , the lattcr's rooms being
just above these occupied by the former.
General Vun Wyok is taking a keen Interest
in politics now and will no doubt find much
to entertain him when congress assembles.
Iliurklni Taylor' * Will.
The will of the late Hawkins Taylor , for
merly of Iowa , was filed today. Ho leaves
to Henry M. Ilakcr and Angler M. Hobbs ,
Imusu10 First street , northeast , in trust
to pay for the proceeds of sale , 1,000 to his
daughter , Mary J , Martin of Soccorro , N.
M. , Independent of'her husband , and the
balance to his wife , or to convoy tlio real
estate to his wife on her paying tlio legacy
to his daughter. The remainder ot his
estate Is bequeathed to his wife and sou ,
Hawkins Taylor , Jr.
. Western I'mMoiu.
Issue of October 27. Nebraska : Increase
--Charles Cluusscn , Onmlm , Douglas ,
Original widows , etc. Minors of James P.
llownun , Harold , Holt ; Martha Ames ,
Meadow Grove. Madison ,
South Dakota : Increase Augustine S.
Jones , Vormllllon , Cluy.
Iowa : Original William Crofoot , Aurora.
Fayetto. Original widous , etc. Uautiel
l-fliiKfellow , Bloomllaltl , Davis ; Sarah A.
Itunucll , Moulczuma , Potvt-shlek.
Pr.ititY S. HEATH.
In llnulit About the iliiuliini.
WASIIIXIITOX , Nov. II. The action to be
taken by the Treasury department lit the
case of the five escaped Knsslaii convicts re-
rontly liuuled at San Francisco by tin Amer-
h'an whaler still romr > ins a perplexing prob
lem to the oniclnls. The case may yet as-
guinea diplomatic aspect. It presents pe
culiar features , which do not often present
themselves In cases affecting immigration
matters. Tlio department hus learned that
the men are at liuye , but nt the same time
that they are under surveillance hi San
Frai > elseo.
ri l.vnleiirr.
' AVASiuxnros , Nov. 11 , President Cleve
land yesterday pardoned Albert Fowler , im
prisoned in the Detroit house ot correction
for larceny la the Indian country. Foylcr Is
far gone with consumption and has but
thirty days left to serve his tlmo. The
president endorsed on the iwper ; "Ixt this
warden of the Detroit house of correction bo
notltli-a by telegraph Immediately. " This
done.
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DucUloii In tlio Timber Culture l.r. .
WASUIMITOX , Nov. U. Assistant Coramis-
ioucr Bowcis of the general land onlcu has
rendered two decisions construing a provi
sion of the timber culture repeal law of
March , Ibtfl. TUatUw provided ibat per
sons who ban planted And cultivated trees
for a pono.l ot four years should bo allowed
to prove up by the payment of 11.23. Mr.
Bowers holds that when n settler has culti
vated for four years ami ocnsod to do so nny
moro ho Is entitled to the l.in I. If no contest
has been made , by applK-atio'i to the com
missioner. He holds that this nut was cura
tive In intent * and construed llner.illy. nnd
that , therefore , any ucriod of four years
shall be regarded as compliance , providing
there is ni adverse claimant.
IIUSI.VKSS AIIIMI ) .
Topics thnt Will I'MEngn CongroM In
Inr SM loii ,
WASIIISOTOX , Nov. 11. There are many
hopeful Indications that the coming session
may last as far Into next summer as has been
feared tiy these who dread the ordeal of a
Washington summer climate ,
There Is quite n rivalry between tlio Ap
propriations nnd tlio ways nnd means com
mittees as to which will got first considera
tion , and in the bouse , whllo party policy
may dictate the preference to tlio ways nnd
means committee and give practically the
entire months of Djccmbor and January to
the coii Ulerallon of the tariff bill , the ap
propriations committee will certainly have
its bill in the house for consideration much
carlhr than has been the custom In the past.
Mr. Snycrs of Texas , the now chairman on
appropriations , has remained in the city
since the adjournment and is to be found
dally In bis commlttco room , poring over
the estimates and collecting data upon
which to base the forthcoming appropria
tion bills. He is determined that the open
ing of the regular session in December shall
find the committee- ready to present its Im
portant appropriation hills to the house , nnd
calls hnvo been Issued to the subcommittee
On sundry civil bills to meet In'this city on
the -Oth lust , and at once enter upon the
preparation of thcsa bills , the statements
having now been mostly received from the
commlttco.
A similar call has been issitod to the sub
committee on the legislative bill to meet
November 27 , and Chairman Bayers expects
that all of these bills will bo ready for pres
entation on tlio opening bill any in the
session.
It isiiowqulto definitely settled that the
tariff bill will bo ready by the opsnlng of the
regular session ; with rho eoramtttet's on
ways and means an t apjroprlatlons both
ready for action , it is probiblo the opening
month of the session will offer little of ttiu
monotony of thu previous session , when the
work of c6ngress had been so frequently de
layed by the tardiness of committees.
Chairman Sprlngor of thu banning and
currency committee , on which also ( 'evolves
much of the important work of the coming
session , Is in constant communication with
his colleagues. Ho announces that no tardi
ness of the banking and currency committee
will prolong the coming session.
There is a well concerted determination
among thu chairmen ot'all the important
committees * to conclude their work at the
earliest practical date and democratic
leaders generally hope for un adjournment
of tliu regular session nta day not later than
Juno ! U ) . The work of the special sobsitm
having facilitated the organization of the
two houses , nnd enabled all committees to
proceed wltti their work , nn early adjourn
ment should surely bo possible.
JlKM.YIMiTO TIIU STItlGTUKKS.
John It. Stevens , lii-.MInHter to Honolulu ,
Milken AIMWOI * to ( Sresliaui.
AUGUSTA , Me. , Nov. 11. John L. Stevens ,
late minister to Hawaii , read Secretary
Gresltiim's lottur raid said : "Tho position
to which Secretary Grusham has seen fit to
commit himself is so extraordinary , bo void
of real foundation of truth , so calumnious of
the living and the dcfd , that I have no ex
tended reply to make at this time. I prefer
to lot time ami events and history decide the
issue the secretary has raised against the
provisional government and tlio aspersions
lie sees lit to Inflict on the dead captain of
the Boston , the olllcers under his command
and myself.
"The way the ofllccrsof the Boston dis
charged their responsibilities in Honolulu in
January last was moro than covered by Secretary -
rotary Bayard's Instructions , approved by
President Cleveland on Julv la , 1837. Secretary -
rotary ( Jrcsham has acknowledged Ins party
prejudices and animosities to ralso an issue
which congress , after a full sifting of tlio
facts anil an Intelligent public opinion will
determine justly. "
Sail FrnucUco Comment.
SAX FitAXuibCo , Nov. U. The Chronicle ,
commenting editorially on the Hawaiian
question , calls Commissioner Blount's labors
in' Honolulu a "farcical investigation , " and
referring to Secretary Grebluim's recom
mendation that the queen bo restored to tne
throne says :
"Hero is a now business for an American
president to engage In. There Is strong
ground for belluving that the restoration of
the monarchy will prove the deathblow to
American Interests in the islands and that
perhaps the destruction of tlioso interests
may bo accompanied by acts of violence for
which thu Americans will hold Cleveland
responsible.
Want * It fur a Conllng Stiitlon.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 11. Senator Poffcr of
Kansas , when asked his views regarding the
letter nf Secretary Gresham to the presi
dent on the Hawaiian situation , said he had
not seen the statements upon which tlio
secretary bused his conclusion and did not
earn to express an opinion. "All that I care
nbont Hawaii is that it may be used as a
coaling station by us. "
TO S > SMUCUI.INC .
Mlronj ; IH-tecllvn t'orco Culled 1'or to Wutch
llu Premier.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 11. The annual report
of A. 1C. TIngle , supervising special agent of
the Treasury department , shows that $353-
748 was collected during the year on a vari
ety of Imported , smuggled , undervalued nnd
falsely clabsllled merchandise. Mr , Tingle
testifies to the excellent worlc accomplished
by the officers assigned to Investigate frauds
at Portland , Oro. , and on Puget Sound. The
report oinphusUcE the need of an improved
revenue cutter on the Pacillu coast , and
especially on Puget Sound , Smuggling of
opium from factories in British Columbia
will continue , says Mr. Tingle , so long as a
premium Is practically offered by the imposi
tion of a duty of $12 per pound upon this
dri'g , Ho recommends cither tlio prohi
bition of thu importation of tbo drug or
tlio reduction of the duty to not exceed more
than C. ) per pound.
Mr , Tingle Bays that many seizures of
cloth Miiugglod from Canada have been made
by special ofllccrs during the year. Sleeping
car portcira , conductors and baggagemen
hnvo been employed in this smuggling. Ho
renews tbo suggestion inadu last year that a
strong detective nnd preventive force bo or
ganized alonu' the f ion tier.
The report shows that during the year 8.1-
101 foreign and 7SKIT coastuibo vessels en
tered the United States ports. Thu aggru-
guto receipts were $ 'JOI , ! > 71 , iS and thu ex
penses $0'd'JHWl. : The average number of
persons employed was 4,71i ! and the amount
necessary to collect $1 was SU.IWJ.
lluyliiK Out thu Indium ,
WASHINGTON , Nov. 11 , Whllo it Is probable -
blo tliat the Klckapoo Indian lands of Okla
homa will not bo opened until spring , the
delay Is not because ttio department is wall
ing for tha lands occupied by the Wichltas ,
Klowus , Comunuhcs and Apaches. Agree
ments with the Indians for the purchase of
these lands have still to bo ratilled by con-
gross. It will require the payment of about
M.OUO.OOO before the treaties are signed , The
allotments of the ICIckapoos have not yet been
commenced and will not bo completed for
some time ,
Clevcluiul'n Country Kent.
WAKHIXQTON , Nov. 11. President Cleveland -
land lias extended the lea'sa of his country
homo nt Woodloy to the spring of 16'J7 , It
was first made for ono year , to the spring of
Jb'J-l. It is said that ho intends to spend
much of his tlmo at this country place , in
preference to staying in town nt the whlto
house , departing from this rule only when
occasionally tne weather is likely to make it
impracticable.
Act ( SolU Keierye ,
WASHINGTON , Nov. U. The not gold reserve -
servo of thu treasury lias been picking up
somewhat the last few days , and today it is
au iucreate of about $35,000 since
CRANKS AT TIIEWIUTE HOUSE
Cleveland Snrroundod by Guards and an
Array of Detectives.
REASONS. FOR THE EXERCISE OF CAUTION
Uemttitcil Individual * Swarmlnc Around
thn Kxpciitlvo Mnntlon Anxloui to
.Sco the President mid I'roba.
bly Tnko I1U I.lfc.
WASHINGTON , Xov. It. [ Special to Tuc
BCK. ] "Can I sco Mr. Clevelandt"
The ( jucsllou w.is asked by n medium
sized , rather shabby looking individual as ho
entered the while house the other day. As
the great door closed botitml him nnd ho
stood in the v.irl-eolorcJ vestibule ho peered
about In a r.ithcr wild way , so as to uxclto
the attention of the doorkeepers.
"Well , " replied one of the doorkeepers ,
hesitatingly , " 1 think the president Is busy
just now ; but you c.iu look nrouiul the house
nnd uimiso yourself until wo learn if ho is ac
cessible. "
As the stranger , who were a soiled shirt
and no collar , strolled around through the
corridors , the great cnst parlor , and back
through the blue mid green rooms and out
toward the conservatory , a ccmplo of detec
tives In the plain garb of private citizens
might have been scon wandering aimlessly
nhout.ono in frout and the other following in
the rear of the visitor.
"Can I sco the president now ? " inquired
the stranger , returning to the main en
trance , and looking abstractedly into the
face of the doorkeeper.
"Not yet , " was the reply. "Tho president
is not receiving today. "
"Hut I must sue him , and I must see him
now , " said the stranger , bis eyes showinir
for the first time that ho had a diseased
mentality.
Taken In by Detectives.
Suiting his words by action , the stranger
strode over to the stairway in the cantor of
the corridor leading from the vestibule to
the cast parlor and the upper rooms. As ho
placed his foot upon the llrst step of the
stairway another detective , or pollccmr.n In
citizen's clothlr.g , laid his hand gently upon
the crank's arm and exclaimed :
"Kxeuso mo , but do you wish to sec any
one upstairs ( "
"I want to see the president , " catno the
reply , in a linn voice.
"Havo yon sent up your card ? "
"Xo , I have not. I want to see him with
out a cam. "
"The president is not receiving today , and
before any one can sco him ho must send In
his card and m.ilco an appointment for an in
terview. "
The wild-eyed strancor protested until ho
became n little boisterous and ho was gently
led out of the executive mansion.
Incidents of this character and experi
ences with various grades of cranks have
occurred at the white house almost every
day slnco the assassination of Mayor Carter
Harrison at Chicago. Little Is said of the
epidemic of cranks about tao premises of the
president. The doortfcepers , policemen and
detectives and other employes at the white
houso'aro forbidden to talic about such
things.
Itoasoit lor Caution.
The reason is manifold. It would be dan
gerous to have the Impression go out to the
country that the president's premises were
ridden with pestiferous persons and danger
ous cranks. It would put into the heads of
otherwise harmless individuals the Idea that
notoiioty could b ? achieved by bulletins or
knifing the chief magistrate of the United
States.
It is not an , easy matter to see President
Cleveland , cither at the white house or in
his private residence out at Woodloy , a few
miles west of thn city's center. A crank
may easily gain admission to the white
but it is almost as easy for a camel to
pass through the eye of a needle as it is for
an absolute stranger without proper
credentials to gain admission to the pres
ence of Mr. Cleveland. It has been published
broadcast that the present occupantof the
whlto house was "scared of his life , " was
"afraid of cranks , " and all that sort of
thing. It has boon stated in every quarter
that there never were half so many detec
tives and policemen nnd safeguards thrown
about the president as now , and that ho is
shadowed wherever ho goes.
Itonllzus Ills Hunger.
Attention has also been called to the fact
that Mr. Cleveland is never seen riding in
public places , and that xvhcn ho does go out
it Is in a closed carriage , accompanied by ono
or two men bcsido the occupant of the
driver's box , and that he never goes walking.
It is also true that ho docs not stroll around
the white house grounds or frolic oti the
greensward out at his country homo. It is
also true that when ho emerges from the
whlto house after Ids day's labor to ride In a
closed carriage out to Woodloy ho fairly
hustles out of slant.
But under the present stress of cranklsm
this condition is not to bo wondered at. It
is improbable that if either the fearless
Lincoln , who used to prowl around Wash
ington nt nil hours of the day an.1 night ,
alone , in the most drculfuldays of the re
public , or Harrison , who "had the nerve to
himself throw ono cranli out of the whllo
house , and who almost dafty walked over
any portion of Washlaztoii , were in the
whlto house now ho would Hdto the change
In conditions and either UiWf-'a coat of mall
or have a care about cx\R \ > 8rtro to the now
army of insane villains ( yhWh is terrorizing
the country. r ; i-
S.-ul-Kyotl
So common has bec6noKtho { violation of
both the le'.tcr and the b | > lrlt of the civil
service law that It Is' noVBr noticed hero.
In ono day last week about ; fifty republican
clerks in ono department . ( \tiro reduced in
rank and salary and at ipuji.V democrats promoted
meted to fill the vacancies . ( H was all donate
to punish representatives df ono party and
favor partisans in the othb'r'iarty. ' \ . it is es
timated that there hav6 been dismissed
from the classified servlee'slueo the 4th of
last March over -KM republicans and not a
slnglo democrat. In none of these viola
tions of the civil scrrlco law have there
been appeals to the civil service commission ,
as that body Is as impotent as a last year's
bird's nest.
Another Dtvutcr KTpsrtril.
Every day thcro Is expected to occur a
duplicate of the old Ford's theater catastro
phe of last July , wherein a number of flprks
in the adjutant general's olllco woi-o killed
nnd a lai-jjo number severely Injured by t lie
collapse of a weak old building whuro
hundreds of clerks were employed upon gov
ernment records. The government printing
onico , an old shamble of a throe-story build
ing In the eastern part of the city , Is ex
pected to collapso. If it falls it will Ilkuly
kill many times moro persons than were
carried to death by the Ford's tliCAter acci
dent. Thcro are employed in the government
printing onico nearly U.OOO persons. tJoon
every floor there arc hundreds of tons o f heavy
materials and machinery. There arc few
oxits. livery time a heavy truck Is run over
the floors the building shakes like an aspen
leaf. The other day the employes thought
the building was about to fall and there was
a bconohicli in Itself threatened uiany
lives. Congress has bean quarreling for five
years over thu selection of a slto for u now
government printing oaioo building.
AVoric at n U'.iHliliiRtiui > liulp.
Washington has a police Jmlco who should
have a counterpart m every city In this ,
country. Judge Miller has no friends to
favor and no enemies to punish. The consequence -
quonco Is a model court , lie probably has ,
moro horse sense than any Jndgo of hU
rank in this country , and It will bo strange
if his good sense and humanity and decency
'are not rewarded by promotion. But the
Judco of a court In the District of Columbia
can afford to bo an example , a model for
other tribunals of justice. Ho is appointed
for life , and ho realizes that the nroteetion
guaranteed him is for the nurposo of in
suring usefulness. Judge Miller has re
solved to stop the nraetico of wearins fire
arms. Ho gives offenders the limit of the
law ninety days and the trial of the
gulltv person Is swift , the sentence sure and
Us enforcement prompt.
Judge Miller has also started In to put a ,
stop to rccKlcss shooting by policemen. It
has been the custom In Washington when a
prisoner atteaipts to csuanu for the police
man in cnarco to open a fusilado in the pub- '
lie street. There will bo no moro of this
reckless artillery work. Judge Miller is
giving the limit of the law to every person
who carries a razor , and there being 00,000
darkles in the District of Columbia ho man
ages to keep the largo work farm well culti
vated by razor bearers. Without being a
reformer or pretender Judre Miller is strik
ing terror to the popular Offenses to public
decencies. It took hlth about two weeks to
rid Washington of the vulgar annoyances of
a large-army of dudes who , stood around the
entrances to theiitejs and other public
places , smoking cigarettes and ogling women.
Of Interest to Farmer * .
Three or four important , reports from in
vestigating committees are expected shortly
after congress convenes next month. Ono
will bo from the senate committee on agri
culture , and it will attempt to explain the
growing depression iiihcricnltur.il products ,
which has been noticed during the past ten
vears. . . Chairman rsenrarn of MiKxIsatrmi
originated the idea , and his primary inten
tion was to simply ascertain what had
caused the depreciation inJho , price of cot
ton. Inasmuch as a decfdcd majority of the
committee , including its 6tiairmau , favor the
unlimited coinage 01 silver 'and ' contend that
the use of that metal as money has always
fixed prices forfarm produce , it is likely that
there will be some silver politics in the ma
jority report.
Union I'nclllu Affairs.
The senate committee on Pacific railroads
will report through Chairman Brlco a plan
for liquidating the immense financial obliga
tions of the Union Pacific to the federal
government. It Is believed that a majority
of the committee will favor either an exteii-
sion of the Indebtedness for payment far
into the next century , the outright cancella
tion of the obligation or a copartnership ar
rangement wlieroby the government will
participate in the management and receipts
of the road.
To l i Away wltli Hod Tnpo.
A third Interesting and Important report
will como from a Joint committee of thn two
branches of congress respecting a complete
reorganization of the executive departments
of the government. This involves the em
plovmcnt of about 20XX ( ) persons In Wash
ington and Is with a view to tint only facili
tating the work In these eo-ordlnato branches
of the general service , butof dispensing with
the red tape methods an.l customs prevail
ing. 1'F.iinr S. HB.VTH.
DlMnUsed lor Drunknnnri' .
WASHINOTOX , Nov. 11. The land commis
sion has dismissed for Intemperance and
neglect of duty thrco men i\ppolntod last
spring to examine the plno on the reded
Chlppowa lands In Minnesota. They are
Hobcrt M. Hall of Georgia. U. F. Stncoy of
Minnesota and I'otor Melln of Wisconsin.
Others will bo appointed to succeed them
when Secretary Smith returns.
I Itl'.l ) t'/MI'MO.Vfl I.VVK ,
Slnjor of.Miibpl Smtrtz lias III * I'cnltentbiry
.sentence Itcdneed.
DM MOIN-ES , Nov. 11. [ Sneelal Tolcgram
to Tun Hr.r. . ] Fred Craf ton , who was con
victed of the murder of his mistress , Mabel
Swart ? , In 18UI. and has already served
twenty months of a fifteen jcars sentence
In Fort M'idlson penitentiary , appeared In
the district court huro today and pleaded
guilty to manslaughter. Judirb Conrac ! sen
tenced him to servo ono year in addition to
the time already served.
About a month ago thn supreme court
Inquired into the rase and found that the
testimony given In the. trial In the district
court was not sufficient to warrant the Jury
In finding mich a severe vcrdlut , hcnco tlio
court overruled the decision of the lower
court and intimated that manslaughter was
tlio extreme charge warranted by thu evi
dence.
limn Y. M. < ; . A. Convention.
Cfiiun Hu'in ? . la , Nov. It. [ Special to
Tin : linn. ] The annual meeting of thcCcdar
Kaplds district of the Young .Men's Chris
tian as < oohtioa will bo held at Marian
November " \ , " ' > and ! M. A largo attendance
in expected from all the associations In the
district , as well as inuny members of young
people's societies of the various churches
nnd pastors who have boon invited to
attend.
Tno annual address will bo dellvero.l the
first evening by A P. . Parker of Clinton. On
the following days addresses will bo made
by W. A. Mncco of DCS Molnes ; Frank
Sehroodor. Dubuquc ; K. C. Spencer , Cedar
Kapids ; F. S. Sliopanl , Divenport ; J. 1C.
Park , Wilton : Curtis , Clinton : C. C. MU-n-
cnor , DCS Molnes ; W. C , Bvers , Cedar
Hipldsj C. W. McCIurc , Maruhalltown and
C. C. Underwood. These talks will cover
all branches of the Young Men's Chrlstl.in
association work.
AVIll Try -Miiear.lno Work.
Dns Moists , Nov. 11. Johnson Urigham.
editor of the Cedar Kiplds Hepuolli-an , Kite
consul to Aix la Chapclle , was in the city
today and consummated arrangompiits to
publish a high-class magazine in this city
Ho says it will rank with the best maga
zines in the country.
Furmc.r-4 In Unml .Shnpfl.
Four Donnn , la. , Nov. 11. [ Special TclC'
gram to Tin : Bun. ] The llrst snow of the
season felt hero this evening , following the
first rain after eight weeks rirouth. Corn
husking nnd fall plowing are practical ! ; ,
completed nnd tlio farmers were never bet
ter prepared for winter.
J. C. La viler of Sioux City is at the Mil
lard.
lard.F.
F. L. Joy of Fremont is in the city.
C. B. Lotion of Falrbury Is in the city.
O. Hodgcrs of Lincoln is at the P.ixton.
J. W. Kerns of Auburn is at the P.ixton.
U. F. Kloke and wife are at the Mlllard.
J. D. McDonald ot Fremont is in the city
H. Kerr of Huron , S. D. , Is at the Mcr
chants.
W. D. Vodney of Sioux City is at the
Dellone.
Mrs. M. Allan Bock has returned fron :
' Chicago.
Matt D.iughcrty came in from Ogalalk
2Q § t off COOK
Any pair of Shoes in our stock. > JL . .
You save 20c on each
dollar's worth of shoes
you buy of us.
soiison
i3uponufli
PROTECT YOUR FEET In a jmir
of our now extension edge $4.00
walking hoots ,
inc(1'utn ' "exlblo solo
BhocB in dressy styles
gununtcoil to wear , S3 shoes , but
you got -0 per cent oil ,
'
Only
tfine , durable
and dressy stylos.sold
everywhere in tHi/'olty / ' tit $2.00 ; hut
they nil go at t s .sale rt 20 per
cent oil' ,
Which
is only
AU 8-5.00 Shoes only $4.00 this week
All $4.00 ShocH only 83.20 this week
AU $ . ' 1.00 Shoos only $2.40 this wnolc
All $2.50 Shoos only $2.00 this week
All $2.00 Shoes only $1.00 this week
All $1,60 Shoes only.S1.20 this week
All SI,00 Shoos only 80o this week
John II. Wilson of De.idwood , S. D. , is In
Omaha on a business trip.
W. J. Cooper and II. H. Deau pf Lincoln
were In the city .yesterday.
U. D.'Mcrryuian has returned from Chicago
cage visiting the Woild's fair.
Charles Van Gordcr , a prominent citizen
of Auilubon , la. , Is at the Murray.
S. H. II. Clark of the Union Pacific road
will arrive lioine from the east today.
Mrs. Arthur Law of Milwaukee , Wis. , is
visiting her parents , Air. and Mrs. Leopold
Heller , at 2015 Leaven worth street.
At the Mercer : O. E. Bartlett , Charles
Madcria , Now York ; H. D. Pottibone ,
Minneapolis ; C. Kirk , Pittsburi , ' , Pa. ; C. .1.
Henslmw , Ued Oak ; L. L. Covey , Gushing ,
Neb. ; E. G. Parcell , Missouri Valley , la. ;
II. P. Holmes , Chlcaco ; Kd Soyferth ,
Lanark , 111.V. ; . II. ICiiKlanu. Lincoln ; II. G.
Strclglu , Omaha ; Colonel U. Hughes , U. S.
A. ; J. W. Love , Fremont ; Major J. H.
Coyer , Omnlia ; Mrs. A. 13. Ivv and child ,
Shanghai. China ; M. Deo. Lincoln ; Fred P.
Hale , H. II. Ray , \V. D. Breen , G. D Searle ,
Chicago ; W. L. Welsh , Council Bluffs , la. ;
G. W. Handall , Omnhuj Gust Wcldmark ,
Sault Ste. Marie ; James Gould and wife
Aspen , Colo. ; L. C. Parker , Beatrice.
Gentlemen
You can buy this week
Our $8.00 imtont louthor shoo JO.-10
Our $7.00 patent louthor shoo J/j.uo /
Our ? 0.00 patent leather shoo $1.80
Our 85.00 putnnt leather shoo $ .00
Remember
You run como into our store and
select any shoo you want and
huvo 20 cents on each dollar's
worth you buy.
AU goods mar hod in plain
figures.
G. W. COOK THE RELIABLE OLD South
. . SHOE STORE 15th St ,
Corner Farnam and i th Streets ,
Kelley , Stiger & Co.
LATE ARRIVALS-New Jackets-New
Capes New Ulsters New Misses'
Cloaks New Children's Cloaks.
Ladles'now light
Skirt
Coats.
Colors , bhio.blnok I.xtrn IOIIR. In blue
mul Havana , tlio nnd blncU , full skirt
nnd iinw com Imolc
;
very lutost. Miinutlilng now.
Three- styles in
IXtrcinoly h n n d
' Bdine tlKlit ilttlti ; ;
Ladies'
nckets.
With Uodfoni
nntl Worth oollurs , With colhir nnd
nlso h nnd HO mo rape nil In onn tilcee.
hoiuUfnllyllnNlicd
plain rcofor col
with oli-otrle teal
lars. trimmings.
Don't fail-to oxnm-
ino our line of
Wo now show in this
department the
most extensive line
ot line furs it has
over been our picas-
in
inCAPES uro to dismay , nt
extremely low
CAPES
, prices.
JACKETS , .Martin ,
Denver ,
nnd Monkey ,
Astrnelmn ,
ULSTERS , Wool Seal ,
Canadian Seal ,
Klcctric Seal ,
Pulled Coney ,
CAPES
$29 , $00 , $33 , $10.
Aslraclian Jackets
Misses' and Children's in till lengths.
CLOAKS AN Animal HeadBOAS.
BOAS.
JACKETS ,
Trimming
In great profusion of
style and price nt extremely / Furs
tromely low prices.
in all widths.
MUFFS in all the popular furs and in great
variety.
KELLEY , STIGER & CO. ,
Cur , Farnam anil ir > th dts.
Fifth Year.
Thousands of
Testimonials
Do
You
Know
a
GoodThing
when YOU
sec it ?
Oak Stoves
for
Soft Coal
Wm & Co.
, Lyle Dickey .
1403 Douglas Street.