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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , 1871 , OMAHA , SATURDAY MORNING , MAY 11 , 1895 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Dl\7tl'C ' PIlDDl/YPV / CV DluUlLo tUKKLUUi ol Paper Money Now Only Commands Forty Cents on the Dollar , FORMERLY BROUGHT A SLIGHT PREMIUM fillrer Cuti Hut n Small I'lgaro KfTarts l > lrccti' < l ToiTiinl UluviitliiB the 1'upcr to tlio Same Stundnrd us the Coin. 1 WASHINGTON , May 10. The republic of Brazil la having an experience In finance like that of the United States , but her methods of dealing with the subject are different and they promise to advance her to an enviable position. Stnor Mendonca , the Brazilian min ister here , has been a close student of the recent - cent financial developments In his country , anil this , with Ills long service In the United States , permits him to make Interesting ob servations. Ho has received copies 'of the re cent decree for an Internal loan of 100,000,000 contos , or $50,000,000. Part of this was taken by the poplo In tlio form of a popular loan , much as Senator Sherman urged as the most desirable manner of floating bonds. Of this $10,000,000 was at once used In redeeming paper money , and $15,000,000 more will be used for the same purpose. The Important feature of this step Is that Brazil has begun to strengthen her gold reserve and reduce her paper money with a view to bringing her two forms of currency gold and paper to an equality. It will not be bimetallism , as Brazil has little sliver except for subsidiary coin , but It will Inaugurate the unlciue but ef fective system of gold and paper circulating aide by sldo on an equality. 8TAUTED THE I'HINTINO PRESSES. "At the present tl.ne , " said Senor Men donca , "our paper currency Is worth 40 cents on the dollar In gold. This depreciation was duo to the largo Issue of paper some years ago under the provisional government , be fore the republic was constitutionally organ ized. The printing press38 were started , and a flood of piper bills , aggregating $375,000,000 , a little short of the United States Issue of greenbacks , was put Into circulation. The gold reserve of Brazil remained at $100,000- 000. The natural result , therefore , of putting c-it this large amount of paper while the gold reserve remained unchanged , was to send gold to a premium and the paper money to a discount. At one tlmo our paper circu lation was so Email compared with the gold balances that paper was actually at a premium over gold , each , paper mllrel being a gold penny above par. But with the Increase ol the paper currency Its value gradually fell until , as I have stated , the current rate la about 40 cents on the dollar of gold , or CO per cent discount. " Senor Mendonca was asked : "Will Brazil "ultimately bo on a strictly gold basis , meet ing paper , bonds and all obligations In gold ? " "It Is not so much that as It Is a deter mined purpose to restore complete credit tc Its paper currency , " said he. "There Is some silver used ns subsidiary coin , but not suf ficient to give us bimetallism In the sense used In the United States , with gold and sli ver coined and circulating sldo by side. Will : us It Is coin and paper. Instead of gold ani ! silver , and we expect to make our paper at good as our gold. ' ' BANKERS GOT WHAT WAS LEFT. Senor Mendonca was asked concerning thf popular featuris.of the recent loan. "Tho government was careful to give everj advantage to the peopleat large In prefer cnco to the bankers , " Raid he. "Within threi days of the time notice had been given of th < loan It had been subscribed. It wns for $50 , ' 000,000 , but the subscriptions Inside ot threi days reaclrd $04,000,000. Of this amoun private Individuals put In subscription ! amounting to $21,000,000. Instead of maklni a pro rata allowance between the Individual ! and bankers the government gave the fill $24,000,000 of bonds subscribed by Individuals leaving the banks to take a pro rata amoun of the balance. " "As a rul ? the Rothschilds are the banker ; of Brazil , " continued the minister , "but It thin last Instance the confidence In the gov ernment was so strong at home that there wai no need of going abroad for money. Thi Rothschilds and all other financial homes an ready at any time to take the bonds of Brazl under a somewhat peculiar system which w have. Thus the government Is always sup piled with ready cash , and the1 scrip Is takei up as fast as the customs and other revenue are realized. The bankers never have causi for Hn'aslnesi , becausa Brazil has never beei a day late In paying an obligation. " Senor Mendonci has recently received ad vices concerning the annual meeting In Lon don ot the directors of the London & Brazl bank. Ho regards the meeting as Importan In bringing out the fact that financiers wh are Intimately acquainted with th ? Interna affairs of Brazil attach no Importance at a ) to the alleged rebellion said to exist In southern orn Brazil , and to the continued reports of ai attempt to overthrow the present admlnlstra tlon. tlon.Senor Senor Mindonca was asked as to the recen report of United States Minister Buchanan t the fid to department to the effect that Sout American merchants were unable to secur bills of exchange on New York because- th fear among South American bankers that th United States wan on the eve of a sllve crisis , which would prevent the honoring c these bills In gold. "I regard that report with Interest , " sal the minister , "and was much surprised by II It Indicates that there Is great mlsappre hctulon or lack ot Information among th merchants or bankers , As a matter of fac they tired have no fear whatever that a bl of e-xchange on New York will not bo Jionore In gold. It Is the Invariable custom to pa these billy In gold , even If a gold paymen Is not specified. The mere mention of th word dollar In the bill of exchange would 1 : sufficient to Insure gold payment. " rAVou IUI.K itrroui.s OF INVALID ! Urmlinm'n Hocovery Doln.vmt by tlia A | ncnruncB at .Mulnrlnl Symntomt , WASHINGTON , May 10. Slight Improve mcnt In Secretary Gresham'a condition Is re ported today. Malarial symptoms have at pcured In the secretary's case which tend t complicate II and one 111 effect of ttila ha ben to stop the healthful process ut absori tlon of the pic-urn tic fluid which has bee going on as n result ot the treatment ac mlnlEtured. The secretary has always bos subject to the malarial attacks , but hen tofore they have been unaccompanied by an more serious ailments. As It has not bee deemed prudent to allow htm to partake < nuy solid nourishment , the patient Is muc reduced In weight and strength , and It I probable that he will bo confined to hi ? bo Icr several weeks at least , at the present rat ( f progress. Representative llltt ot Illinois passed a vcr comfortable- night and Is somewhat better. Representative Cogswell and Qenen ricannntoii are reported to bo slightly betti than yesterday. Admiral Almy rested well last night , bt his condition remains unchanged and Is pn csrtous. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ AI.1KNS UIU'USUO r. Action of ii Ktrninililp fompiuy Hocelvr ( lovcrniuent Kniloriiment. WASHINGTON , May 10. Commission ! General Stump ot the Immigration burea ha * received Information Uiat the Detroit Cleveland Steam Navigation company hi dtcldrd not to employ on their fleet of vc icla any person not a citizen of tile Unltr States or n alien , permanently residing I the Uulted SUIti. 1'erioni coming to tt United State * from Canada or ejsewbei iccklUK wort ; will not b * employed , M Stamp ilror.ijly approyn ot the action , of th MAY 11ATK TO Al'l'OlXT A SCXATOK Morgan of Alnbamn Czpecti thnt Dupont Will llnve n lllvnl to Contrit With. WASHINGTON , May 10. The condition In which the Delaware senatorshlp was left by the adjournment of the legislature ot that state yesterday Is regarded with especial Interest In senatorial circles. It Is believed that the cape wilt present aspects that are unique In the history of the senate. It Is held by some persons that the outcome of the contest may prevent the organization ot the senate by the republicans at the begin ning ot the next session , as the democrats may find It to their Interest to continue In control of the committees as long as pos sible. The Delaware question would be re ferred to the committee on privileges und elections , ot which Senator Gray of Delaware Is now chairman. In cas3 of a purely partisan contest the control of this committee might be ot no llttlo Importance to the democrats. Senator Morgan of Alabama , In discussing the question , bald : "The action of ihe gov ernor will be of Importance In determining the course of the senate when the question ot seating Mr. Dupont shall come up for consideration. The law requires a certificate f election from the governor and while I o not feel that I know sufficient of the 'acts ' In this case to express a positive pinion 1 should Imagine the presumption ould be against a man who should apply o be sea'ed without presenting such evidence if the validity of his claims. I know ot ut one Instance In which the senate has eated a man In the absence of a certificate f election from the governor and that was n the case of Senator Conkllng , whose crtlficate failed to arrive on one occasion 11 tlmo for the organization of the senate , n that case , however , Mr. Conkllng's elec- 'on was undisputed and there was a telegram aylng that the certificate was on the way to iVashlngton. "The only way In which the Delaware .emocrats can legitimately secure a hearing n the senate Is for Governor Watson to cp- iolnt a senator on the theory that the lugls- ature bad adjourned without electing , ami his , I presume , he would do , In that event , n all probability , there would ba a close ontest. I have differed from many of my emocratlc colleagues in holding that unJer uch circumstances the governor of a state iad a right to appoint , and that when I.e Id appoint It was the duty of the senate to leat the appointee. This was the question nvolved at the beginning of the Fifty-third nngrcss In the case of the appointments rom Washington , Montana and Wyoming , ml I then took a position In favor of aeat- ng these men. You will remember , however , hat the verdict of the senate was against hem. " FOtt AN INTKUNATIO.VAL A. P. A. Movement In that Direction Taking Definite Shape In Milwaukee. MILWAUKEE , May 10. At today's session bf the supreme council of the A. P. A. the report ot the committee on International declaration of principles and the extension of he order to any and all countries , of the world , made Us report through Colonel E. H. Sells ot Detroit , the chairman. The report was adopted unanimously by the supreme body. It Is substantially what was sent out by the Associated press on Wednesday. The matter now goes to the high council ot Can ada , known as the C. P. A. , and lf | tt Is ap prove ! by that body the new conditions will be put In force at ondc and a supreme coun cil of the world established. The organiza tion will then , become International and will have supervision over the various bodies of the world. The commltt ( > es"on education and political action and the judiciary and executive com mittees made final reports and recommenda tions today. A ! number of changes In politi cal and other1 affairs arc understood to have been made. The platform , ot jJbe order , as adopted and promulgated at th'o annual session a year ago at Des Molnes , la. , was reaffirmed as the principles of the organizations , no change being made. The election of officers Is being hold this afternoon and It Is understood that It will b- qulto spirited. It Is hinted that a change will bo made In nearly all the supreme offi cers. cers.The annual message of President Traynor , delivered yesterday. Is still In the hands ol the committee to * hlch It was referred. It Is probable that the session will reach final adjournment tomorrow. Some of the delegates are leaving the city today. The "original llttlo red school house" pre sented to Congressman HInton of Michigan at the opening of congress , December 3 , 1804 , by the citizens of Washington , In considera tion of his defense of the public school sys tem , has ben brought to Milwaukee and Is being exhibited to the delegates. This llt- work ot art , which Is four feet long and two feet wide , will'e taken to every state In the union and may be sent to Europe. On July 4 It will figure In the celebration ol the country's national day at Louisville , Ky. , whro the altar upon which It will rest wll be surrounded by 35,000 school children. The yard surrounding the little red schoo house was filled with American Beauty roses when presented to Congressman Hln- ton , twelve dozen beingusd , and these roses cost just $144. Lithographs of the school house have been published and are being distributed to the members of the A. P. A. and others. The local organization gave the general organization a big reception and banquet at Liberty hall last night. Among the speakers were Rev. J. C. Mcdlll , past supreme presi dent of the Canadian A. P. A. , and Supreme President Traynor of Detroit. Henry F Bowers , founder of the order , was presentei with a $1,000 me'dal.'and ' made a short speed In response. "j AS .MUCH SO AS ANV OL' THK OTIllilt' . ilcnj.imln IInrrl < on Is , .Say * Colonel Conger , n l'rn llrntl l Ciimtliliitp. NEW YORK , May 10. "Ex-President Harrison risen Is as much a candidate for the prcsl dency as Governor McKlnley , Thomas B Reed or Senator Allton | , " said Colonel A. L Conger of Ohio last night at the Fifth avenue hotel. "No one has heard Mr. Reed Governor McKtnley or Senator Allison saj he was n candidate , and yet we know theli rcspcctlvo states willgo to the conventlor In 1S9G eolld tor them. Indiana will send r delegation for the ex-president. I read ex Governor Fostei's Interview , saying tha General Harrison would prefer not to be t candidate. It Is n bg ! thing" to refuse t < be a nominee for the presidency , and I no tlce that Governor Foster said General Harrl son would accept If It became a matter o duty. Well , that puts him among the candl dates , for It Is a duty for a nominee to ac ccpt. " Democrat HITOIOPH Krpiilitlcan. ASIIEV1LLE , N. C. , May 10. Ex-So llcltor Eugene D. Carter , one ot the mos prominent democrats In North Carolina , to day published a letter In the Stnto Register withdrawing from the democratic party am announcing affiliation with the republicans The letter created a sensation. Carter assigns as the reasons for his chang ot political faith the lack of sufficient states manshlp In the democratic party to manag the affairs ot tha country. Ho says that th party is divided Into worrying factions , on demanding a gold standard , the other E'lve monometallism , either of which , he claim E would ruin this people. He believes "the re publican party has the ability and patriotic ! ) to establish true bimetallism , " Ho says h known the democrats have not. Ki'cvlvr for a t.nfgo Iron Cjinpiuy. BIRMINGHAM. Ala. , May 10. In th United States court yesterday a receiver wa appointed for the Alabama Iron and Stef company ot Brlerfl W , , Ala , . one of the Urges concerns In the- south , on the- ground that In ferret on $500,000 worth of bonds Issued I November , 1SS9. hai been defaulted. Th complainant is inc _ Central Trust compan ol New Ycrk. representing the bondholder ! Carrie a Plumb ol Kinna Is mad ? a. co DISPUTING CHARGE OF USURY Estales of Mlloa and Thompson Eesisting Counter Olaira for Fifty Thousand. CONTENTION OF COLISEUM ASSOCIATION Itcfuies to I'ay Eight Tliouinml on the O round that More Xhiiu lrfiitl Ituto ot Interest \1ui Charged unit I'utt lu 11111 lurL Andrew Miles and James Thompson are both dead , but their executors have filed pa pers In the district court , giving notice that they Intend to fight the contention of the Coliseum Building association , John M. Thurs- ton and others , charging that these gentle men colluded with a money lending associa tion of this city for the purpose of evading the effects of a usurious loan. Action has already been brought by the executors of the two estates to recover $8,000 on notes given by the Coliseum association. The sureties on the notes liavo also been asked to assist In seeing that the notes are paid. This started a dispute as to whether the notes were not usurious. It was charged hat the notes were flrst taken by the Central nvestment company to avoid the effect ol ic excessive Interest and that they were hen transferred to Miles & Thompson , whc vero money lenders The executors of the state make the claim that Miles & Thompson new nothing of the loan , which was secure * ] y a chattel mortgage on a building worth 50,000 , until they were asked to buy the otes , when they Insisted on and obtained oed security , Later the building was taken iy a receiver In the United States court 'he Coliseum association feels uj his lo3 of t'ue building for sev eral years as a basis for a countei lalm for $50,000 damages against ho estates of Miles and Thomp- on. The United States court aftpr- rard concluded It lacked Jurisdiction and ds- ; nlssed the receivership , but the assoclatlor lalms that the proc.dure was Illegal and thai he failure to toll the building gives it thi Ight to demand the damages. McCiiho Trylnt : to 1'rovo nn Alibi. Attorneys for James H. McCabe , who I : till on trial , charge. } with arson , were en aged yesterday examining witnesses to com jat the effects of the testimony of the stats Their chief reliance Is on their being abli o prove an alibi which will be satlsfactorj o the Jury. Chief Redell was called for the defend nd disagreed with Flro Reporter Beard's de crlptlon of McCabe's make-up. The chief h f the opinion that McCabe had no collar or vhen he attended the fire. The state pro eeds on the theory that McCabe was up am 'ressed when summoned to the fire. Wit essca were examined to ascertain whethei here were any drawers In the store room 'ho state has adduced evidence to show tha wo drawers were found packed with thi ixcelslor. It has been developed that Me Jabo's attorneys will argue that he had n < nterest In Shultz & Co.'e store , and so , whei een with packages under hi , ? arm the nigh > efore the fire , ho was rustling business , a : i\a \ profits depended on his sales. Hrlng ! Salt for gslO.OOO. Swift and Company of South Omahi are sued by Lester E. Calkin for $10,261 lamages for Injuries received whllo work ng In the company's Ice house at Ashland Calkins , so ho Informs tha court In hi : > rayer for damages , Is a carpenter whi vas engaged In repairing the breakages li he scaffold made by the ice crew. While nd ustlng a plank about twenty-flve feet belov he top of the scaffolding , one of the mem > ers of the Ice crew tumbled a large cak of Ice on Calkins' back. He has sued to re : over the amount stated to reimburse him fo ila pain , mental anguish and doctor's bills. Mnrrtty't * ult < ioes Out of Court. An Injunction case begun by Tom Murra ; several years ago against the city has beei dismissed without going to trial. The clt ; n the summer of 1892 conceived the plan o extending Its sewerage system from Castella : o Valley street. About September 12 , Murra : earned , so he says , that the terminus was t je made on some of hit' land , bordering o joth sides of Valley street. He asked a njunctlon to stop the work , especially askln n his petition that the levy of taxes shoul 30 restrained. A few days later the Injunc Jon was dissolved , since which time tt ha been constantly continued. Three Youthful llnrglnrfc. Three young burglars , ranging In age fror 11 to 13 years , were arraigned In crlmlna court for sentence and directed to be take to Kearney for reformation , Christ Chris tansen ! , Frank Gurnes and Fritz Swanso wore the lads. They have lived on the bank of the Missouri , and built up quite n reputa tlon , which they capped by making a raid o the Sixth and Hickory street school hous during the night ot April 15. securln a bunch ot keys , besides several" pockel knives. MAKES IT .3 FIRjT REPORT. Tcdornl Grand Jury Hand ! In a Hatch c Indictments. The federal grand jury yesterday Indtcte the following : Herbert Walllns and W. F. Grosecloso fc counterfeiting ; Elbrldge Daniels and Oscu Gibbons for disposing of unstamped clgan J. E. Galvln , formerly postmaster at Bl Spring , for embezzlement ; J. C. Hatallni ex-postmaster at Grand Rapids , for purchai Ing merchandise with stamps ; H. N. Merrll for falsifying postal accounts. The parth Indicted are alt In custody and will be ai ralgned at this term of court. S. Macke , for selling liquor to an Indlai was tried and found guilty. The jury In the case ot Wascherkll charged with selling liquor not proper ! stamped , returned a verdict of not guilt : Several minor cases completed the day doing } In federal court. The case of the United States against WR ter Ogan ts now In thei hands of the jur ; Judge Dundy took up the case ot Fran Wastersall , who ts charged with selling bei In kegs not property stamped. The grand jury room Is now a Mecca f < witnesses from the Indian country , and ts presumably the beginning of a crusac against "bootleggers , " who have plied the trade of selling liquor to the Indians fi years. It Is thought that there will be sweeping batch of Indictments , aggregatlr twenty or more , before the jury adjourns. Mrs. Whlteblrd , squaw of the Judge of tl Sioux Indian court , arrived yesterdc from the agency , accompanied by Romer her daughter. It Is Mrs. .Whlteblrd's fir trip to a city , and she was sick all night i her hotel with fright. In the marshal office she sat with her bead coven with her shawl In abject fear of BO mue civilization. There are about fifteen hal breeds and Sioux Indians In attendance i witnesses , all chaperoned by "Rattlesnal Pete. " Iloundiiry Line thn Uuir. C. W. Preston and James Smith have bei arrested by Sanitary Inspectors Taylor at Vanderford for dumping garbage at Gra street and the Iowa line. This Is the sp which , the garbage men cave always bellevi to be In Iowa , but which has been discover by a recent survey to be In Nebrabk Consequently the sanitary Inspectors a rounding up all the men who have bei dumping there under the Impresilon th they were fate (1901 ( the operation of t ] Nebraska taws and these two arreiti repr tent their nrt day's work. The prlsone entered a plea ot not guilty and the case w set lor trial next Monday morning. In t meantime the Inspector * will stay on the tri and It li expected that a dozen additional a DEATH BY HIS OWN HAND. Tlrod of llcitliiR Under * Cloud ol Disgrace John Cnrrlgnn Tnk i IIIi 1-1 fc. John Carrlgan , a well known amateur base > Jll player , committed suicide by shooting ilmself In the right ear early yesterday. The deed was committed at Carrlgan's home , 2510 Ohio street , and before the eyes of his wlfo and child. As nearly as can be ascertained the suicide was the result of Carrlgan' * dismissal from ho service of Allen Bros1. , wholesale grocers , which occurred last Saturday night. Just a week ago yesterday three of the em ployes of the firm \ \ ere .arrested . by local de tectives' and charg.d with petty embezzle ments. As the trio left thaatore In company with the officers who .tqrred the warrant Carrlgan stepped up to netof them and en- lolned him to "keep hh month shut. " This was obs.rved by a member tot the firm , who told Carrlgan that ho evidently was not actIng - Ing In the Interests of his employers and that ho might go upstairs and get his pay. Car rlgan claimed that he had > warned the pris oner because he was a member of ths same lodge of Woodmen to which he belonged , but this explanation was not satisfactory , and when Saturday night came he was formally discharged. Since then Carrlgan seemed to be much affected by his discharge. He seemed tc think that ho was under a cioud ami that he was suspected of being concerned In the steal ing. He worried over It for several days and It Is claimed that he drank heavily. It was nearly 2 o'clock yesterday morning when he reached his home. Instead of going to beJ , he sat down at the kitchen table and began to write. Ilia wife was awake and asked him why ho did not go to bed. He said that he would If she would take off his collar and necktie , as they wore choking him. She rom- piled and had scarcely returned to bed when she heard the report of the pistol. Carrlgan had fallen on the floor and the flow ot blood showed that the bullet had entered his right ear. Ho soon expired and Coroner Maul was notified. On the table was found the letter whlcr , Carrlgan had been writing , and which ac counted for the deed. It was Incoherent Ir composition and Indicated that he was elthoi much excited , or out of his head. H was written on the back of an agreement for the organization of the Anhcuser-Biuch Base Ball club , of which ho was a member , and was : To the best woman In the world : I wouli ] ask your kind Indulgence. Make Ed Aller glvo you a reference as to my honesty whlls In his employ. The wind and sun does come I'll Ids * ; them. them.JACK JACK , THE MISJUDGED. " Under this was another sentence In whlcl ho said that If Allen Bros , were honest the ] would not have asked him to quit his job knowing him to be honest. "That's hell , ' concluded the letter , 'after which ho slgnec his full name. Carrlgan was 32 years old and was a mem ter of the Woodmen of the World. Tin verdict of the coroner's jury was sulcldi under mental derangement. it tin : rs. The cruiser San Francisco has sailed fron Naples for Algiers. The flrst car of cherries from Callfornl , left Vacavllle yesterday. Carl P. Cummins of Canton , Mo , , has beei appointed a cadet to West Point. A cloudburst at Hermanvlllc , Miss. , yester day flooded the town and did great damage. The president has pardoned Charles E Bailey , convicted In North Dakota In 1890 o robbing the malls. The miners' strike nt Pomeroy , O. , Is near Ing an end. Miners are returning to work a the operators' rates. The National Tube werks at McKeespor have granted their 4,000 employes a 10 pe ; cent Increase In wages. ' Two boys named Hanner near Merldan Mis ? . , were killed -lightning yesterda ; while plowing In a field. Yesterday was the hottest day ever knowi In May at Baraboo , WJs. The thermomete registered 95 In the shade. A windstorm swept over northern Callfcr nla yesterday and did great damage to fruit Cherries suffered the worst. Th ? trial of James Nutt for the killing o Jesse Peyton and Leonard ! Colnan at Atchl son , Kan. , was commenced yesterday. Admiral Meade has been granted a year' leave of absence. He has also askd an ean granted leave to .retire on June 1. John Cameron , a prominent local pollttclai jf Cincinnati , died of starvation yesterday brought on by the excessive use of cigarettes There Is no change In the condition of th strike among the smelter men at PitUburj Kan. There Is no present prospect of a settlement tlement of the trouble. Little change In the .miners' strike Is re ported from Plttsburg. The mines that ar running at the 60-cent rate are recelvln some new recruits dally. Mrs. Allen Sells , widow of Colonel Sell ot circus fame , was married at Kansas Cltj Ksn. , yesterday to ( Simon Greenspan , money broker of Topka. The 3,000 coat makers at Baltimore wh struck for higher wages , and better hours ar gradually returning to work. The contractor agreed to the strikers' demands. H Is reported that San Francisco custom officers have seized $10,000 worth of die mends which were attempted ! to be smuggle Into the country from Australia. Fifty non-union hod carriers were pu.t t work at St. Louts yeiterday. They are beln protected by the police. Strikers caught non-union man and severely beat him. The brace of highwaymen who bold up th stage near Callstoga , Cal. , were- capture yesterday at Berryson Valley. One ot thei was shot and wounded by the officers. The Emerson school building at Dulut was struck by lightning yesterday and badl damaged. Teachers and children were badl frightened , but none of them were hurt. The International machinists convention i Cincinnati yesterday spent , the day In seen session considering grievances. A scheme ha been started to create a $ CO,000 emergenc fund. fund.The The American Medical association has di elded that hereafter their journal will publls the advertisements ot no medicine which not accompanied by the chemist's formula ( Its preparation- The democratic sound money conventloi which met at Waco yeiterday , adopted resi luttons declaring for gold as the standard i value and the largest coinage of silver coi elstent with sound finance. The fecond day's session of the Interni tlonal Young Men's Christian association coi ventlon was devoted to routine matters. Tl east has so far captured most ol the prlzi In the educational exhibit. Rev. E. L. Prather , "a minister , was coi vlcted at Sallna , Kan. , yesterday ot Indtcei exposure of his person on a Union Pacll train. He was fined $150 and costs and se : tenced to sixty days' Imprisonment. E , R. Walter of Colorado Springs , co vlcted of forgery In bavin * ? names Insert ! In the Colorado Midland pay roll and drai Ing the money thereon , was yesterday se tenced to eight years In the penitentiary. A crowd of armed men Is pretent In tl court room In Washlta county , Oklahoma , th ? trial of Jeff William * for the murder Bob Moore. Feeling runs high between tl friends ot the accused and his victim ai fighting U feared- ; Delegates are now arriving In Washlngti to the southern .Baptist convention. It Is e pected between 1,000 and 1,200 will be pre ent. A proposal for the .reunion of the nort ern and southern branches of the church w come up for discussion. Judge Ricks ot Cleveland i yesterday a pointed a rocHver for the Ohlo-Colcra Mining and Milling company. The actl was taken nn application ! of a etockholdi who claims large block * of stock have be Alexander NTchoIj Wi s iot and. rs wounded at Chicago yesterday by Jam fa Leckle , manager of a private dctec'lve ' b rcau. They quarreled over 1160 , whi Nichols had pill Lecklt to secure him a po lion cf night viiUcUmati. but \vh.cti be ( all THEY ARE NOW ON THE WAY Train Lend of Gorgeous Freight Started Northward from Now Orleans. MARDI GRAS FLOATS COMING TO OMAHA Commit tee Closes the Contract nnil Ship * * tlio Ulltlatl 1'lcturcs that Will 1'orni the Street I'ngennt of the "Kcnst of Mondiimln" Hurliiff i'olr AVeok. As soon as It was settled that the state fair had been located In Omalm the business men and the members of the Commercial club commenced to plan for street attractions that would glvo the visitors to the fair the worth of their money , providing they wanted to come to town and spend the night after the daily closing of the gates at the fair grounds. Many meetings were held and many plans for furnishing amusement were discussed , and at last It was decided In the event that funds could be secured , to purchase the floats used In the MardI Qras parade at New Orleans. Some parties tried to throw cold water upon the scheme by declaring that to buy the floats would require an expenditure of at least $20,000 , and that so large a sum of money could not be raised. At this time Major Wllcox and W. R. Dennett jumped Into the arena and expressed themselves In a most forcible manner , urging that double that amount ot money could be raised It It was necessary. The statement had the desired effect and a soliciting committee was ap pointed to go out Into the wholesale- and re tail districts of the city. This committee went to work with a will and It was not long ere the , JulU amount was subscribed. The committee ! having been successful , a public meeting was held and by a unanimous vote It was decided to buy the twenty-one floats which were used In the last MardI Gras parade at the Crescent City , In the event that their condition was as had been represented. Before the adjournment of the public meetIng - Ing It was decided to send a committee to New Orleans to examine Into the condition of the floats and negotiate with the parties by whom they were owned. The committee was made up at that time and consisted of the following business men of the city : Dudley Smith , W. R. bennett , E. M. Uart- lett , H. D. Kooser and G. A. Rer.ze , who were given authority to purchase and close all contracts looking to the buying of the street attractions. Ten days ago these men left for New Orleans and a few days later they telegraphed that they had closed the contract for the purchase of all of the floats. Since then all of the members of the commit tee , with the exception of Mr. Rcnze , have returned , he having remained to see that the floats were loaded on the cars. Thursday night a telegram was received frpm Mr. Renzo to tfio cffec'i ' that the floats had been shipped over the Missouri Pacific road. With no bad luck they -vlll arrive In Omaha about next Wednesday , when the work of repainting and reglldlng will be commenced. To transport the floats to this city re quires a train of fifteen cars. Each float Is 15x35 feet In dimensions and each will b3 mounted upon flvo large wheels. H will require four horses to pull each of these gilded pictures of magnificence. The following Is the name and description of each : "Daeuf Gras" Representing a white steer covered with festoons' of red roses. Four k'ntglits stnn'dlng on the float as a guard ol honor. Artistic designs in old gold and white. "Chronicles of Fairyland" An Immense book with a mammoth butterfly opening the leaves. Shrubbery , Imitations of butterflies , mushrooms and frogs. Gilt and white em bellishments. "King of the Carnival" A beautiful float with the king arrayed In repal splendor , sit ting on on Immense golden crown , il luminated by electricity. At the base ol the crown will be eight large Imitation roses with beautiful women between each rose , holding a gilt staff erect. The sides of tht float will be studded with an imitation ol jewels and mirrors. "Introductory" An enchanting picture or wheels of a forest scene with a fairy queer leading a virgin In white. Eight angels encircling - circling the pedestal upon which the centra ! figures stand. Ornamental finishings In gjlt- terlng array. "Dallad ol Faery Tales" A landscnpi topped with a dragon , a giant and a castle with an armored knight , sword In hand. A study In green , even to the wheels of the float. Illuminations In the castle. "The Faery Library" A floral float sur mounted with a tower of leaves and pampas plumes. A bewhlskered woodsman salutlnf a fairy who sits In the center of th ( float , reading from two Immense leaves o : autumnal tint. Two grasshoppers of colossa size are Interested spectators In the front o : the structure , while autumn leaves , buds am flowers of various tints are scattered In pro fusion around the edges of the float , thui framing a panorama on wheels of the varlou ; seasons of floral beauty. "Foamlna. and Salamander" A group o three , IncludlngSa huntsman gazing In silen admiration a' Uhe flreproof Salamander as hi stands In crimson costume amid an Imltatloi of flames. A fairy queen draped In white , Ji striking contrast , standing on the front o the float surrounded by water nymphs. Nea : the queen Imitation fountains and mermaids thus representing fire and water on the sami platform. "Duldy's Arrival at Metella" A dream 01 wheels. Duldy In costume surrounded by hi escort. Tropical plants and a canopy o glittering splendor , with nn Immense urn o flowers on top. This float Is In the form of s chariot , painted In red and gold , with tin edges ornamented with Imitation vines. "King Araio's Fountain" An arch for > background to a fountain of lofty magnitude the king with officers of the court standlni near Its spray , whllo the queen lazily stir veys Its beauty from a couch ot upholsterei elegance. The sides of the float are coverei with laurel wreaths and Jeweled circles. The Water Witch's Revenge A marln < scene with the witch on the crest ot a tlda wave which Is about to engulf a weddlni party. The witch has a luxuriant growth o hair , evidently on the Sutherland order , am she Is w.avlng a scepter In evident glee at th prospective doom of her victims. "Duldy's Reward" A float elaborately dec orated with crests , shields and regal trap pings. Duldy on the throne. Heralds wit trumpets gladly announcing his success , t terraced platform covered with blue and gill and a group of friends extending congratula tlons to the monarch In the chair of state. "Tho Queen and the Rose Faery" A quee In Immaculate white with a greyhound at he side , standing near an urn ot roses and flow ers with a canopy of foliage. Standing 1 the center of a large rose In the front of th float Is a fairy who extends a rose to a beaut In red , whose hands are eagerly outstretche In anticipation of the gift. "Moon Faerlea Before King Oberon" Fol age dotted with falrlea bowing to a moiiarct "Revelers of Tltanla's Court" A basket c roses hanging pendant from an arch ot Imlt : tlon flowers and birds. Harps , fairies an jewels , with a cherub utilizing a tulip for trumpet ; the queen as the- central attractloi "The Wise Owl" A clever Imitation of th trunk of a tree with an owl perchei serene ! on a short limb. Forest ecene and a hunts sleeping at the base ol a tree. Game an foliage , with a wandering grasihopper gazln curiously Into the sleeping nlmrod's faci Rabbits , etc. , Imploring the owl to com down , a request which he evidently regard with supreme Indifference. "The Golden Goblin" A terraced float wit six central fit-urea on a pedeital. Large gel llns In gilt. Car covered In red and gold. "Ch Id of the Faeries" A royal nurser on wheels. carpeted with flowers. Falrli watcjiing with vigilance over a sleeping li &nt. Date ol float In maroon. "Shrine ol Eternal Light" A pretty dl play In red and white with angels playlr on harps and welcoming an old man In it * boat , who has completed the voyage ot It id ami lauded on the shores ot eternity. an elf riding on a foam crested wave , and driving a four-ln-hand ot flili. "Tho Giant Dunderhead" A giant with Indifference to bnrbcr'i ( hears , seated near a huge * cauldron and engaged In the tank ot preparing a meal. A background of shrub bery and numerous butterflies ot various hues. "Tho Enchanted Forest" Is thc > last and crowning glory ot the floats , H Is n scenic gem of trees , flowers and vines. - Frogf , rabbits and other Inhabitants appear In the magnitude that characterizes the display of figures on the preceding floats. Flowers of every conceivable cojor are features of the trimmings of this float. The parade In which the floats will appear will bo known as the "Feast of Mondamln , " and will be given twice during fair week. The participants In the "Feast of Mon damln" pageant will all wear costumes. The parade necessitates an endless number of good looking fairies , queens , kings , mer maids , princes , princesses , knights , guards , courtiers , heralds and other human orna ments. The Commercial club will select the people who will thus bo honored. Colonel Cody was suggested as the local King Rex , but the committee- ascertained that he could not serve , BO they are now looking around for another monarch , who will be the biggest man at the carnival ball. 1IOUO1IT < WOim AXlt FAILKI ) . I.oulR Arnold Arrr ted After Heine Trucked Ac rum the Occnn mill Duck. SAN FRANCISCO , May 10. Louis E. Arnold , a member of the defunct and notori ous West Coast Plumbing Supply company , Is behind the bars at the city Jail. The po lice have been looking for Arnold for two years , having trailed htm constantly since that time , even across the Pacific ocean and back. He was caught In a lodging house In this city yesterday. Ho was recently In dicted for felony and embezzlement. After the organization of the company flvo years ago It was represented to have $100,000 capital , though It really had only $16,000. Louis E. Arnold , the manager and vice presl dent of the company , was sent east and bought a largo line of fine plumbing supplies , all of standard make and readily worth their value In cash , being about $31,000 , from well known houses. The bills ot lading came within a week after Arnold's return and were hypothecated with banks and money lenders. The pur chase of goods was settled by four months notes due In August , 1893. A week before the notes were due the firm failed. The sheriff could find no assets. At the same time Arnold disappeared and with him all the books , correspondence and other papers of the firm. It Is said that there Is ample proof that $37,000 In gold coin passed through the com pany's hands within sixty days prior to the maturity of their paper , but that not a dollar was devoted to the payment of the creditors and goods. ' CARELESS WHEELMAN'S CRIME. Ho Huns Over n Vounc M'omnn , Indicting Serious Injnrlce. A careless bicyclist was responsible for a serious accident which occurred at Sixteenth and Chicago streets yesterday morning. At that time Miss Bessie Galllgan alighted from a southbound motor car. A man was riding a wheel Immediately behind the car , and as Miss Galllgan stepped on to the pave ment he turned to pass around the car and ran squarply Into her at full speed , ' She was knocked down and the whe'ol1'passed over her. ' / / / Vu\V , < Miss Galllgan was picked Alp'WnWipPctators and carried Into Schaoffer's drug' store , where she was attended by Dr. Wheclor. It was found that she had sustained n severe fracture of the collar bone , and sbveral pain ful bruises. Her Injuries were .lepiporarlly . dressed , after which she was taken to her home. ' , ' ' f The wheelman who was responsible for the accident has not been located. H > | B claimed that he did not even stop to see how badly Miss Galllgan was Injured , but kept right on and got out of sight as soon as possible. The spectators claim that the accident Was di rectly duo to the rider's carelessness , and an effort will bo made to ascertain his Iden tity , and If possible , prosecute ! him to the full extent of the law. AUVE FJt.lUUS Cll.lliaKD. Suit for Itomovitl at President Looker ol the Mlrhlviin Mutual. DETROIT , May 10. A sensational suit , Ir which an accounting of the Michigan Mutua Life Insurance company and < the removal ol President Arthur Looker are prayed for , was brought In the Wayne county court thlf afternoon. The complainants arc cx-Vlcc President Joseph W. Duzenberry of this city , et al. Several officers and director ! of the company are made party defendant ! with the president. The bill alleges that foi ten years past President Looker has mad ( false statements concerning the company1 ! affairs , reporting the value of Its real estate for Instance , at a large Increase over Iti market worth. It Is charged that mortgage : taken to secure future premiums on llfi Insurance policies have been treated as assets without any counterchange In the accounts o policy holders , or otherwise ; also that reporti , made to the state Insurance commissions have embodied policies which had long slnci expired. Various other charges ore madi against President Looker- the effect tha he has manipulated the company's balanci In his own Interests and with the Intent ti defraud the stockholders. An Investlgatloi and accounting Is prayed for. Imnr.ince UniOiu'fn ( hunjoi Hands. SAN FRANCISCO , May 10. An Insurant deal of local effect certainly , and posslbl ; terminating the existence of one company al over the country , was announced yesterday The American Fire Insurance of New Yorl has been reinsured by the Phenlx of Brook lyn. Tha manager ot the former company H. M. Grant , stated that his telegraphic ad vices Informed htm definitely only so far a the business on this coast is concerned Whether the Phenlx will take the liuslnes of the American all over the United State Is not positively known , but rumor says tha such will prove to be the fact. NEW YORK , May 10. At the offices of th American Insurance company , 140 Broadway It was learned today that the company wa being thoroughly reorganized , and that BOY eral changes had been made In the odlcln staff. During the last few years the com pany had taken on more new business tha It could create a reserve for , and on Tuee day last an arrangement was made with th Phenlx Insurance company of Brooklyr which reinsured a large proportion ol th American's business. The American Fir company , however , will still continue In bus ! ness without any Interruption , and the Intel ests of Its agents are protected by a ntlpula tlon In the agreement with the Phenlx com pany that the latter shall not compete fo the renewals , which are to belong solely t the American company. Collrgo rnprr ilUnckci ! the I'arulty. BERKELEY , Cat. , May 10. The editors c Blue und Gold , the annual publication ot th students ot the University ot California , wl not be arrested for lampooning the facult In the 1895 addition. The committee o students' affairsconsUtliiBot _ _ Profr. Gears Edwards. Frank Soule and Thomas R. Bacoi d r to whose charge the faculty of the iinlverslt committed the Inquiry Into the meaning < E certain articles which appeared In th * publ cation , has made the following report : 1. That A. J , HUES , the editor-in-chief , t severely censured for violation * ol proprlet : for which he Is unquestionably responilbl and that the president of the university 1 requested to administer thi * censure. 2. That the students ot the university t notified that hereafter similar violations i propriety In tlio college publication will 1 severely dealt with , 3. That the committee on student * ' affal ; be hereby Instructed and authorized to lal measures an UK discretion may luggest prevent a repetition during the next academ year ot the evils rommonly Incident to tl ALL SIDES TO FILE BRIEFS Interstate Commerce Commission's ' Order in. Bridge Arbitrary and Koarnoj Goats. ORAL ARGUMENTS TO BE HEARD LATER : Attorney ! Will do to ChlraBo or WntliliiR * ton to Mukn Their Spcoclica Action on Several Other Cniri from the WeiU General Solicitor Mandcrson uf the Bur- llngton west of the Missouri river returned from Chicago yesterday , having been in attendance upon the session of the Interstate Commerce commission , the commissioner sitting being Morrison , Vcazcy , Clements ani Yeomans , the only member absent , Mr. Knapp. In the case ol the Colorado Pud and Iron , company against numerous railroads , the Burlington Included , some additional proofs were token and the case' was argued by ; Judge Brcenier for the fuel company , J ml go Martin appearing for the Southern Pacific. The matter Involved Is the question of a , reduction on Iron and steel products from Pueblo to Pacific coast points , the rate now ; being $1.CO from Pueblo to San Francisco- and common points , against a CO-cont rate from Chicago to San Francisco. All the roads Included In the citation , with the ex ception of the Southern Pacific , are willing that the present rates should be reduced. CONTIIOI , oi'THI : UK-AUINO KAIIHOAI > Itumor * of Kinr Internal * I.oolilnc nt the rroprrty with CoiotmiB KJCK. NEW YORK , May 10. An Associated pres * reporter today Interviewed several members of the Olcutt-Earle-Readlng reorganization committee In an endeavor to obtain Informa tion touching the reported change of control of the Reading road. All agreed that whllo the street was full of rumors that a new In- tercst had already secured or was endeavoring to secure a voting control of the property , tho- committee had no knowledge of the fact and was not concerned In the project and wag simply proceeding In the matter of the fore closure with all possible haste. The general Impression In speculative circles Is that tho- movement to obtain a majority of the stock Is In ) the hands of the New Jersey Central people and J. P. Morgan & Co. and that the- lalter's trip to Europe was to confer with the foreign holders In the Interest of the project. As yet all appears to bo conjecture * . Meanwhlls the stocks of both roads are bslnff moved up on the strength of current reporC KICLIVIK : : FOR THIS 01110 SOUTHI.HN Haiti ! Dcclnroil to Itn Insolvent nnil Unnbla to 1'uy Taxes. COLUMBUS , 0. , May 10. Mrs. Mary Ros- culp to day at Lima , as administratrix of the estate of Philip Rosculp , asked for tho- appointment of a receiver of the Ohio South ern railway. The petition alleges that tho- road Is Insolvent. The claim Is $500 for real estate ? sold. Judge Ritchie appointed George W. Saul , receiver. Mr : Saut Is president of the com/ pany. The petition alleges that the road la. Insolvent ; that Its property Is covered with liens and mortgages ; that the road Is bonded for $9.000,000 and has a floating Indebtedness , of $400,000 ; that taxes are duo In every county through which the road passes , and 1C Is mortgaged to the Union Trust company ot New York for $2,800,000. The Union Trust company , the Contra ! Trust company of New York and the Lima. locomotive and machine works are madi- parties to the suit. Trc n ' ! ' Over Hrloim ami Ocdrn Itntrs. Lines composing the eastern committed of the Western Lines Passenger assoclatloa cannot agree on rates to Helena and Ogdcn applicable to the summer tourist business , for the reason that there would be a scalp- of at least $2 passing over the northern lines and returning through the Missouri river gateways. The Helena rate would cut the Ogden rate at Intermediate points and the eastern lines are opposed to nn/ such manipulation for the benellt of brokers. Unless some agreement Is shortly reached the Hummer tourist rate sheet , of which Louis Storck of the Elkhorn Is compiler , will not show rates from the cast to tha points mentioned. From Missouri rlvee points , however , all rates have been agreed to and the rate sheet will shortly be lssud , In the case of Klndel against numerous roads which concerns shipments east and west from Denver , all parties Interested ) took time to file briefs. This case nov/ Involves not only the lowering of rates botfx wuya from Denver , but an effort on the part of the Colorado capital to make Itself & basing or terminal point. In the case ot A. J. Gustln , who IB the representative of Kearney Interests , against numerous roads the parties In Interest were given time In which to file briefs and the same order was made In the cases ot the Commercial club of this city on tha bridge arbitrary and the Texas rate matter ; wherein the most flagrant discrimination 1 $ alleged. The commission Intimated that 18 would probably nsk attorneys to present oral arguments at Chicago or Washington , the ) places to be decided upon later. Hill MIIIIU I'liclllo Sti'nin rn. ST. PAUL , Minn. , May 10 , Regarding th object of J. J. Hill of the Great Northern in visiting Europe , U Is asserted that Mr1 , Hill , having demonstrated the success ot hi * venture In the Northern Stearrehlp company ) on the great lakes , now proposes to extend that service by placing a line ot vessels , flvtf In number , on the Pacific , to connect wltn the Great Northern , sailing out of Sfattlo lot China and Japan. Just before the war be tween China and Japan five splendid vessel } were built on the Clyde , Scotland. Now thes $ vessels are for sale and Mr. Hill , It Is said * may become their purchaser. i For llenrcnnlzliii ; thn Norfolk Western NEW YORK , May 10. J. Kennedy TodiJ , A. H. II. llolssevaln and Robert Fleming have been appointed a subcommittee to draft ) a plan ot reorganization for the Norfolk & Western Railway company for aubmliilon tc > thn reorganization committee of which Qea era ! Fitzgerald ts chairman. Knllivuy Nnttn. B. M. Crijplr. traveling freight agent of the Canadian Pacific , Is In town. j Last night the Union Pacific put a slecpet from Omaha to Denver on Its fast mall leaving at 6:15. : _ JU..IVIC Htrnnge Dlienio In Mluourl to Which ttlft Ilortor * Olve Ihli Nninr , GALLATIN , Mo. , May 10. A strange dfr | case which baffle * the skill of the local phyi alclunK li prevalent In the northeastern e < A tlon of thlo ( Davlcs ) county. About thre deaths have retailed Irom Its effects within the patt few weeks , and ijulto a number of caiei are yet unoured. The phyilclani pro * nounc * It black eryclpelas and claim It I * not conUgloue. The ca e , however , h , T nearly all been ilmlUr , and In inoit lnstanc have proven fatal. It Is most malignant among women und children. The symptom * In tnoit caees are an eruption ot the ikla similar to that accompanying cryslpela * wltH a high fever and ( swelllns of the face , car * and tongue. The latent report received li Ul ihe effect that no now caie have broken ou ! and It li Uiouuht lUoie who F , BQW recc-\r. , ,
