THE OMATTA DAILY BEE : WKD7T13SDAY , 30 , ISOfi.
TEXTILE JO'S ' TARIFF IDEAS
Mannfucturon of Cotton ? and Bilks Esprws
Thennelvss ,
HEAIIIUGS BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE
Semiof Tlioni Do .tnl Auk for Mticli
of nn Int-roiiHc , hut ' 1 liej-
VoNfly liifciUio Spe
ulllu Diitlc-fl.
WASHINGTON , Doc. 2D The ways and
nioann commltteo devoted the day llstnnlng
to the reports of delegations Interested In
the schedules relating to cotton manufac
ture and mlk and silk goods The attend
ance was not as largo as yuitorday and the
number who apt cared to make oral argu
ments was much smaller. The committee
Is incomaglng the filing of briefs wherever
j)0n llle. ) The feature of the day was a
iirlof oral argument made by I. C. Hovey of
Now York , representing the Textiles Manu-
fjutmeivr association , In favor of more
stllliK nt icgulatlons to pi event undcrvalu-
ntloim Hiul fraud on the tevenuc. Mr. Hovey
has a tjuasl connection with the New York
lioalJ of geiveial appraisers. The others
who appeared before the commltlee today
vvoio Arnold E. Panford of Tall Klvcr , In
behalf of npcclflc Instead of ad valorem
ililtku on cotton ynins , Simon 11 Chase , In
behalf of some amendments relating to cot
ton cloth , Uoboit PlllliiKS of Philadelphia
for a change to npeclllc duties on cotton
hosiery , and slightly higher , Robert M
Cooper of Olu-ey vlllo , U 1 , who nuked for
40 cents a dozen nnd 30 per cent nd valorem
on cotton hosiery ; James Talcott of New
llrlttaln. Conn , and W. H. Dllyou of Phlla-
ilelphli for higher rales on hosieiy , W. H.
Ornlg of Vlcksburg , Miss , for a duly on
Egypllnn cotton , U. T Stoner of Wrlghts-
vlllo. Pa , for a new clarification of em
broidered goods ami an incicasc of the rate ,
and W. H Chapman of Eist Hampton ,
Mass , who asked that silk buttons bo placed
In the Bilk schedule
A. P. Sanford of Tall River. Mass ,
representing the Spinners' association of
thti United States , about 1,000,000 spindles ,
said that the main trouble with the pres
ent law was that the duties levied were
practically ad valorem and permitted an
c-xtenslvo undervaluallon The present
schedule will bn satlsfaclory If the two
provisos were stricken out , which limited
the duty on ynins not exceeding 23 cents
per pound to 8 cents , nnd on yarns exceed
ing 25 nnd not exceeding 10 cents , 15 cents ,
nnd exceeding 10 cents , 15 per cent ad va
lorem
Mr Sanford produced stntlsllcs showing
that In IS'JI the Impoitatlon of yarns was
17.000 pounds , nnd In Ih'JG , 2.131000 pounds
Ho said that thu cohimoner grade of yarn
could be manufactured In this country , and
especially In the south , owing lo long houis
and cheap labor , perhaps as cheap as In
England He recognized , ho said , that some
time In the future the south might become
n competitor in the manufacture of the
finer yams
ASK roil NO INCREASE
Simon H Chase of Pall River , Mass , on
behalf of the cotton cloth manufaclmcrs.
H.ald those whom ho represented did not nsk
nn Increase of duty , although on the liner
grades the-y have no adequate protection
They reconnl/ed thnt the new classification
in the act of 1S9I was In Iho right direc
tion. What they desired were two OP three
nmcndmcntB to compel Importation of cer
tain classes under specific duties , as they
were persuaded that abuses had crept In
They also dejslred one definition of cloths
of 300 threads nnd upward to the square
inch. Upon embroidered or figured woven
goods , a class of goods of recent manu
facture , they asked an additional duty of
CO per cent Mr Chase also asked for some
provision which would protect them from
handkerchief manufacturers who manufnc-
tmed cloth marked off with simple lines of
color. This , ho claimed , was a clear eva
sion of the law.
Mr. Chase anil Mr. .McMlllln had a sharp
tilt over tlio effccllvencss of nd valorem du
ties. "Ad valorem duties. " Mr Chase
Bald , "catch nothing In the custom house "
In reply to a question from Mr Wheeler.
Mr. Chase expressed the opinion thai It was
hnrdly possible that the output of the man-
ufacluru of coarser cloths In the south was
but two-thirds of the countiy's manufac
ture Ho said th exports of the south
went chiefly to China , and were of such a
class that the cost of the raw malcrlal
mndo up the bulk of the value Proceed
ing , Mr. Chase said that the selling pi ice of
goods wns kept clown to the lowest point
-by competition.
* 'r. McMlllln attempted to show that thin
was iio. . the fact In the cnso of many pro
tected arii ics > mit Mr chase Insisted thnt
It was true. e\w0t that where artificial com
binations existed -
"Then In your opinion -nrtlflclnl comblna
lions do exist ? " asked Mr NjicMillln.
"I have so understood,1 - ypllecl Mr.
Chase. m
"Well. " ejaculated Mr Stceobs ! Indiana ,
looking blandly across the table at Mr Me-
Mlllln.J'what nro you going to do abont It. ' "
A series of Interesting questions p'uf by
Mr Dlngley developed the fact that the
inanufnrturer.s here paid much heavier taxes ,
than In England Mr. Chase said his mill
paid $ J1OUO taxes , whllo a similar mill in
England would pay but $3.000 In IJnglana
eveij thing was done to .stimulate manuf.ic-
Ums , the employes vvetv dealt lontenth
with and Iho workmen were forced to give
up part of their wages Here the employer
paid all and Iho employe paid nolhlng
"Como down Into our country , " said Mr
Wheeler , "and we will fairly exempt you
from the taxation. "
Tliat Is one of the advantages the south
offers , " replied Mr. Chase
AGAINST EGYPTIAN COTTON
A representative of cotton growers of
the Mississippi valley , W. R Crais of Vlcks-
burg , Mlsa , appeared to uigo a tariff duty
on Egyptian eotton. This product wns under
selling the extra staple cotton of the Mis
sissippi valley , having gieatly decreased In
prlco during the past ten yecis Extia
Htaple , ho explained , was worth 4 to 5 ceaiU u
pound moro than the upland cotton , and
could bo used for most grades of glossy
goods In which Egyptian was utilized
Many Now * England manufacturers bought
Egyptian or American for the. same pur-
jioars. according to which was cheapest The
year's growth of extra staple In tlio Mis
sissippi valley was 100.000 bales , and the
Egyptian Importations from the port of
Alexandria alone were 60,000 bales , the
Egyptian halo * being 50 per cent heavier
than American If the Industry were once
established It would ne--il no protection for
no other country could gran cotton so
( heaply as the United States Tor tbo pres
ent a duty of 3 cunts a pound on Egyptian
cotton was taxed , and such n duty would
help to Improve tliu quality of cotton grown
in the fcouth
Tlio snmu question wns discussed bv C P
HaUer. treasurer of the Lawrence Manufac-
tutlng company of Lowell , Maes. Ho said
that the Egyptian cotton was finer than
Iho American roods , that It had less waste
nnd n better color , that the American
product could rot bu used for ccitaln good * ,
for which the Egyptian was employed , nnd
manufac'urors were willing to pay I1- cents
n pound moro for the Egyptian goods , In
which either class could be used The ex
pense of producing Egyptian cotton was
great because the land had to bo Irrigated
"Tho south would be selling Its birthright
for a IU.1J3 of pottngo to ask for this protec
tion " commented Mr Wheeler of Mabama
"What do you call Itn birthright ? " asked
Chairman Dlnglcy.
Tree Institutions , free trade , free every-
tlrlntc , " icplled Mr Wheeler
MADE- CHEAPER IN OBRMANY.
Robert W. Cooper , president o * thu Ilrltlsh
Hosiery company of Olney.lllo. R I. , pro-
Runted figure * to show that the cost of pro
ducing the grade of gooJs manufactured by
his firm Is Jl.fiti per dozen In the United
States nnd 85 cents In Get many The labor
cost Is 72 cents In the United States end
21 cenis in ( iermany Workmen In f-e
American mills earned > 12 a week and
vvonion $0 , wbllo men In Germany made
$1 and women 11 75. In behalf of his firm
1m nskc-d that a duly of 40 cents a dozen
and 30 per cent ad valorem , SI cents per
dozen protection being needed to place the
American goods nu the market on anquality
with thu Gorman ,
Mr. Paynu of Now York. Incidentally , said
that tlin freights from Germany to New
York and Chicago were often a * cheap as
from Now England points to the sauiu cities.
' h" American Hosier ?
com , mny of New Ilrlitain , Conn manufar
turcM of full faslu.md h-u and underwear
mated that at the prrvnt rate of fie pe
cent ad valorem hU mills had been Idle o
running on limited time under tin * Wllsoi
law. Thij rate should bo raised high enotml
to Kivu Inc Rovcrnment revenue , or to keel
out foreign nooJg
" " "y11 of the '
, iW > . . . * 1'hlladclplil.a Knit
Urn ; mill * stated that the hose manufac
turers would later present n schedule o
rates desired by them.
Ilob rt I'llllng ! ! of Philadelphia , represent
im ; the manufacturers of cotton hosiery
pve notice that he would later submit n
brief In favor of some changes In thl.
schedule The mnln dllllculty with the prea
ent schedule' , ho said , was In the Imnor
tatlon of fashion Roods , mostly from Ger
many. In reply to a question by Mr Dlnglej
ns to the labor conditions In Germany , the
chief manufacturer of cotton hosiery , he
said the wages here were four times those
paid In Germain
SIUCS AND SIUC GOODS.
At the afternoon session silk and silk
goods were taken up. P. P. Stoner o
Wrl(5htsvllle ( , p , filed a brief asking for anew
now classinca'lon of embroidered curtains
and other embiolderenl goods The duty ot
such goods was reduced by the act of 1SD
from fii ) to SO per cent Most of these goads
ho said , were no.v made in Helglum , nm
many millions were annually Imported. He
askud for both ad valorem and a specific
duty.W. .
W. H Chapman , n sill , button manufac
turer ot Uost Hampton , Mass , made a brie
argument In favor of placing silk buttons
In the silk schedule.
I C. Hovey of New York , representing
tlio Textile Manufacturers' association , ap
peared to make a general argument In fivoi
of a return to specific duties The subject
of umlerv dilations leading to extciulve
f i amis of the revenue , he urged , should bo
o.arofull > examined by the committee lie
s-aid he had made an extensive tour abroad
lest > car to look Into this subject and as a
result he appealed to the committee to look
carcfull > at every schedule to secIf It
could not wipe away every loophole by
which tlio dishonest Importer got the ad
vantage of the- honest men. Mr. Hovey was
no connected with the Hoard of General
Appraisers of New York and sajs he Is more
Interested In the administration of the law
than the duties Imposed Ho expressed the
opinion that specific duties , .vhero levlc-d ,
vvcrj a perfect remedy against fraud , but
ho rrall/ed that specific duties In man >
cases weie Impracticable In rcplj to ques
tions by Mr llngle > ho said that the duties
Imposed by Great Britain , Prance and Ger
many were almost exclusively specific
"I know of but two countries , " said he ,
"which cling to ad valorem duties One Is
the great United States and the other Is
Turkey " ( Laughter )
Mr. Hovoy severely scored "tho stool
pigeons" to whom Imported goods were con-
hlgned and declared that so long as these
stool pigeons wore permitted to receive
goodsN or the real owners so long would the
government be defrauded He did not see
why the responsible consignee could not be
made to go on record He gave It as his
opinion that on silks' , owing to undervalua
tion. ' ) , the government received but 33 per
rent , while the duty was 15 per cent.
This completed the hearing for today and
the connnlttvo adjourned until tomorrow at
2 o'clock , when thd sugar schedule will be
taken up.
n \ mtrics wn.i. J T\V.
I'cnr.s of St. IoiiN Allnji-il l > j iiu Of-
llfllll Stllll'lllfllt.
WASHINGTON , Dec 20 In view of-the
commotion that has boon caused among the
people of St I/oiils and vicinity over the
reported determination of the War depart
ment to abandon the army post at Jefferson
Harracks , Mo , the following ofllclal state
ment of the facts In the case has been given
out at thr > headquarters of the arm >
"Tho Inst of October Gcneial Miles , com
manding the army. In returning from his tour
of Inspection of military posts , found at
Jefferson Harracks moro comnlalnt concern
ing the location of the post than of any or al
of the other stations ho inspected Them
was complaint that there was and had beer
many cases of tjpbold and other fevers , ani
Lliat the uilnclpal cause to which this was
attributed was the fact that the land was
honejcombed with deei > lagoons , some of
depths which reach below the level of the
river , and It Avas believed that the sovverago
from St Louis so pod thiough the qulcksaml
at high watet , and as the waters reeedeil
left poisonous germs at the Ime of the great
lagoons , that there were a largo , numhei
of them on the reservation , which also ren
dered It dlfllrult to maneuver a considerable
body of cavalry In fact , the commanding
ofileor stated to the commanding general of
the army that it could never b j.icie
cavalry po.it Ho snld thM it est $0,000 t"
fill up ono.oi .nwniKDons. and that there
were at least fifty on the reservation , which
would rcmlci thu expenditure appalling
"Tho commanding general of the ann >
directed n board of experienced officers to
make a thorough Investigation of the sani
tary condition of that ground and report re
sults , and for no other purpose than to pre -
serve the health and welfare of the troops
and guard the Interests The silly pretense
that General Miles was aciuateii by anj
prejudice * toward St Louis or the action of
.my membera of the J.ojul Legion is utterly
without foundation
"Geueral Miles has not the slightest
prejudice against St Ixitils or any other
section of the United State's , and ho never
luieu until ho saw It in the paper that the
representatives of the Lojal Legion voted
for his old friend. General Gibbons , instead
of for hlms < > lf. In fact the meeting In this
clt } at which General Gibbons was made
commander of the Lojal Legion , General
Miles did no tattcad , although Invited to dose
so by his friends The election of General
Gibbons was entirely satisfactory to him
"Tho question ot the Arcadian \alley was
a matter alicady decided as far as General
Miles was concerned , an ho had befoie this
on November 10 recommended the puichase
of that ground for the rifle range , so that
a dlscutjlon concerning the hcalthfulness of
that region was not called for by his In
structions General Miles has never recom
mended the abandonment of Jeffci.sou bar
rack" , and his future action will bo governed
by the professional and oincial reports and
facts concerning that station. There are Just
three questions to bo determined One Is
the sanitary condition of that ground , the
second the causes for any unsanitary con
dition , nnd the third the necessary action to
be taken by the government. "
nni.cvno iv A MII.ITUIY IIOSIMTVI. .
SpuiilNli Alllliurltl.-n HI > IIII > HI > I ! to
( il\i > Him Pull Trrilt ) UlRlilN.
WASHINGTON , Doc. 29 Secretary Olney
today received a rooort from the United
States consul at Havana resardinc the case
of Hcnrj Delgado the Cuban correspondent
of the Mall and Impress v\hos capture- and
confinement b > the Spanish authorities thu
secietary ordered limstlgated The secre
tary subsequently made the following public
statement "It wears from a report of
the Havana consul that Mr Delgado woi
inado a prisoner by the Spanish troops In
Uio course of recent inllltaij operations In
the piovlnco of Plnar del Rio , that he is
ropoitod lo have belonged to the ktaff of the
Insurgent major general. Macco , and to have
be n In command of the artillery , and that
i letter to Marco and one from Maceo to the
lircfect of Las Tiimbas were found on life
licrson It be > lng iepiescnte.il . to the comul
Lliat Dolgado is a native born American
, | tlzen , all the rights to which ho Is en-
; ltled under our treaty with Spain and sulrtP-
lucnt protocols have been claimed for him "
Mr Deltrado U confined In the military
lospltnl of San Ambnwlo , outsldo of Havana
rho rights spokcm of In this statement con-
slxt of a trial bv the ordinary judicial
luthorltles unle s the i - | oner ' Is taken
with arms " Then ho must bo tried by a
. ouncll of war.
NIMIM for tli < ( Army.
.WASHINGTON , Dec. 29. ( Special Telo-
; ram ) Captain W. H. James , Twenty-
ourtb Infantry , has been detailed for duty
Yltli thi ) National Guard of New Mexico.
The resignation of Plrst Lieutenant IVed-
irlck Wooley. Tenth Infantry , ha been ac-
rptcd by the president , to taku c fleet Jan-
irry 1.
Private Jamc P. Jones , company C.
rwtmty-iecond infantry , now at Port Crook ,
S'rb , bfts been urdnrrd d lie-barged.
Coiiilllloii of flic Tri-HMiry.
WASHINGTON. Deo. 29. Today's state-
ncnt of the condition of the treasury aliowa :
Ivallablo cash balance , 1227,007,516. Gold
eaervo ,
COMMISSIONERS COME NEX1
Frositlcnt Olcvclantl Sugpcsta the ExpoaitSo
to Uis Cabinet Officers ,
*
NO HASTE WILL BE TAKEN TO NAME THEf
IHriM'lort of ( CiiM-niniciil Kxlilbl
lit ( In'I rnn < < iiilN > ilN- < | | I\IIOM- : !
( lini 'Mii > Soon ! ! < I imf-
llvlnll ) Aiinounvi'il ,
AVASHIN'GTO.V. Dec 19 ( Special Telegram
gram ) At the cabinet meeting todav th
matter of appointing commissioners for th
Transmlsslsslppl Exposition was but In
formally alluded to , suggestion being mad
to the cabinet olllccrs present to suggea
ropreaotuativen for appointment to thepreil
dent , who would take the same under advhc
ment. It la not ccipoetcJ that any hajt
will mark the appointment , two month
still remaining for the president to close u
legislation begun during his term.
Hepresema'lvcs of the beet sugar Cac
lories in Nebraska are arriving , to bo pies
ent ut the hearing by the ways and mean
committee tomorrow when thu sugar sehcil
ulo will bo taken up Norfolk and Gran
Island representatives arrived today.
SecieUiy PraucU today alllrnu < l the do
elision of Ccnm..s3loncr I.unorout In th
case of Lewis A. Simmons and Anseliu 12
Cobb against James M Smith , from the De
Mollies land district , Iowa. Cobb's contca
agnln < < t allov Ing Smith's transfer to him
mons rejected In the cases of K. Donaldson
and Peter KEictti from the Huron district
South Dakota , the commissioners decision
was also allirnicd. Leave of absence wa
denied on ( he ground that the reason as
signed for tlio ( tame does not como wllhli
the scope of the statute
Iltpresi'iitatlves of the Crow Creek bam
of Sioux who have been In Washington fo
the past tow days were glvem an utuvve
today to their request for payment to the
tilbc of $187.000 , now held in the treasury
to their credit Commissioner Ilrownlug In
formed them that the act of congiesa ap
proprlatlng the money provided that 1
should bo held In trust In the treasury nm
should draw i per cent Interest. This In
teiest , when It comes due , will bo paid In
Installments on recommendation of the agent
There Is now about $21,000 due
H G Loavltt of Grand Island and R 51
Allen of Ames , Neb . and SilasV Gardlue
and wlfo of Clinton , la , reglstc'red In Waah
Ington tonight
L II. Partridge has been appointed post
master at Kenesaw , Adanvs county. Neb
vice II D Klnspahn , removed. J. W I < ea
is appointed postmaster at Phebe , Perklti
county. Neb. vice II A. I > ea , resigned.
Tha postolllce at Finis , Henry county , la
has been discontinued. Mall will BO to
Hcme
AIM : IN coon COMHTIO >
I'omiltrolliT r.i-Ki-lH SIMM TluTO IN <
< "nux < - fur \ Infill.
WASHINGTON , Dec 29 Comptroller
Eckels said this afternoon that he feels no
apprehension over the bank failures vvhlcl
have occurred of late Two moro failures
the Commercial National bank of Iloanokc
Va , and the Columbia National of Mlntio
apolls , were added to the list today They
are comparatively small Institutions , how
ever , and under ordinary circumstances
their failure , It Is said would attract only
passing attention Mr. Eckels , when askei
today by a representative of the Associate !
press as to the general banking situation
said "Of course- bank failures are more or
less disquieting , but the o which have oc
curred recently have little or no geneira
significance attached to them They wen ,
duo largely to local causes , wholly uncon
nected with the general condition of the
banks throughout the country at large The
case of the Atlas bank was not a failure at
all , but was a mere voluntary liquidation
every depositor being paid In full. The two
failures today are of minor Importance , In
each case the bank's capital being only
$ .100.000. As against these few failures
based on local causes , the general condition
of the banks is excellent. The- reports re
ceived under the last call , that of Dcecmbei
17 , are universally favorable and show an
aveiage reserve held of considerably above
the 25 per cent required by law Ono ol
the last reports , that of the Hrooklyn
.
l > er cent , and mo t of iho reports run 5 or
10 per cent above the leial requirements In
each case , too , the assets in detail makean
entirely satisfactory showing as compared
with the liabilities On the whole It Is
ev Ident that the national banks today are as
stnblo as they over were , and the sporadic
falluio of the banks , hero and there through
defects peculiar to the falling bank Is of
small Importance , wholly without General
Ignlflcanco
"I am advised from Minneapolis that the
failure there has occasioned no disturbance
beyond the Institution concerned. "
nr.Muruvrs wn.i , inn.p nruois.
Si-uutor Hi-tlirllH to Iillllio to U'orl.
for HIM Itf-Ulfftliin.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2J Senator Dubols
and C. A. Wetr , secretary of the democratic
national committee , have gene to Idaho to
conduct a campaign In aid of the former's
re-election. The democratic senators have
written a letter to the democrats of Idaho
urging Dubols * ro election.
When asked today what part the demo
cratic notional committee would take In
ho Idaho contest. Chairman Jones , chair
man of that organization said the commit
tee had had no meeting and could not act
as such , but several members and many
cadlng democrats of the country had ex-
iresaed themselves as desirous of promot-
UB Dubols' chances In every vvny possible
"Wo consider , " ho said , "that Senator
Dubols and the clement he represents were
jf material assistance to us In the late
campaign , and I , for one , feel as anxious
that Dubols should bo returned to the sen
ate as though ho were a democrat The
lemocratlc senators feel thus about the
natter and they have united In a letter to
.ho Idaho democrats expressing their opln-
on to this effect Wo feel that no effort
which can properly bo made should bo neg-
ectcd In Dubola * behalf , nnd will continue
our exertions in his Interests as loug as
there Is any likelihood of success "
Senator Illackburn takes the position that
1m alliance between the Idaho democrats
mil populists inado by their respective state
Lonventlons cannot bo binding upon the
senators and members who derlvo their
> ewer from other sources
"Wo OHO Dubols n debt of gratitude , " ho
< nld. "and nothing should bo allowed to
stand In the way of Its settlement It Is a
lebt of honor and llko nil itchts of honor
should ho paid In advance ot all other obll-
; atlons"
in c\itni\i ,
Noulxr I'liKonlo Itoiiniiiirlo Ili'Cilillrn
( lUllltfNN lll > 11olll.l--llllllfl'IllI.
WASHINGTON. Dec 29 MUs I.oulso
; ugenio Donaparte. only daughter of the
ate Colonel Jerome Napoleon Donaparto ,
uul Count de Moltke-Hultfeldt of Denmaik ,
vero married at 11 30 o'eloek today at St.
'aura Unman Catholic church Caidlnal
llhbotH ofilclatod Only 100 Invitations were
Fauo'l The marrlagc > ceremony w < is followed
> y the celebration of a nuptial maiM by ltd/ ,
father Poey ! ami later Mi-i Ilonnpnrtn ,
nether of the bride , cntei > .alneil the bridal
i.arty. relatives and a rouplo of Intlmatei
rlemU at breakfaat Count and Countow
lu Moltko-Hultfeldt left this afternoon for a
loneymoon Jaunt , and will return by Jan-
iary C They wilt sail for Kuropu January
0 and will spend thU winter In Paris ,
hherd the mother and Immediate family of
-otint ili Moltke-Hultfeldt rcaldo at picacnt.
'ho bride Is the g-oat granddaughter of Mmo.
Elizabeth Patterson llonaparte , daughter of
Vlllliun Patterson of Daltlmorv , who , on
'hrldtriias eve. 1801. became the wife of
eromo Honapartf. the youngrat brother of
I'apoleon , first coiuul of Kr nce ,
Sclf-IJ * lili-nl Counterfeit \ < > < < ,
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29 Chief Hazen of
ho secret service has Issued a circular
taming against a new counterfeit $10 na-
lonal banknote on thu Union National bank
f Detroit , Mich. The note U the product
of thn name hand which produced the recetil
counterfeit on the Natinoal Hink of < om-
inerco of New 'Hork Urf6 distinguishable
feature Is that the baMr uf the note Id up
side down. |
TIIIUI : rmr.Mis ivrYuMcn { IMCKI.I :
Will 1li < TrliMl I ntlrr n > MV Section
of tliu .NciitraH > limi > .
WASHINGTON , Dee ,53--Tho , , rlllliorltlci
of tlio Treasury depart ijentt.and | the Iipart ) <
ment of Juetlcc , expect the prosecution ol
the alleged flllbufltcrlmt 'eitnor , Tlto
rrlrmls. will be under ? Mfdn 5'JSJ of the re <
vised statutes This will 'b ' * a new metho.1
of prosecution. Heretofoio Kho iiroofedlnp
have be'en itnalnly under itcctlan 5,2sG , reverIng -
Ing expeditions Section , 5 5S2 U i Irceteil
against the aiming nml mounting ot M"i'
on n vc8s ° l Intended to be u ed apalcet n
friendly nation. As thcao on ' card the
Three rrlnnds liave given elroums'antUl de
tall ns to the mounting and flrliK ot a Hotch-
klffl rapid-fire nun. It 1 bcllove'd by ofllc als
that section r > "iJ will apply to the r.v.e
The proceedings against the vessel tire uucli
ni n re severe than In the caae c.f n libel toi
fitting out an e\pedltlnn. The Btituto pro
vides tint on conviction the . -cseel and all
tackle , stores , etc. shall be fonel'cl to the
Utiltrd Plates The proeee lines ere In i barge
of District Attorney Clark nt Jackio.ivllle . ,
who Is acting undei general Iratriftliia and
li nol reporllng on the details of the picsenl
case , although the generjl chiru'or of the
procedure U known here DIP imls'ant eol-
lector of custous will turn the < os el tver to
the legal olil eis of the governui'iit on her
airlval at Jacksonville , and theioaftcr Mr
Clark will have entire control of the jJrosecu-
llon.
JACKSONVIIJ.n , Fin. . Dee. 29The mas
ter nnd owner of the fillhusti'rliiK stetimer
Diuntlc.'s lodaV prcsenled a manlfe-st of her
cat go nnd n-sked for elearan e papers to
Ncuvltaa Cuba The cargo consisted of nrnw
nnd ammunition The collector refined c'ear-
anco until he should hear from Washington ,
nnd a telegram was sent , nsklng for In
structions. No reply was received up to a
late hour. In case eleirnneo t-hill bo 10-
fuse < l , the owners of the Dn'tnllots will bring
aiilt against the goveinmenl for daniines
NEW VOHK. Dee 2n Olllelals of th ?
Culnn Junta In this city disclaim any knowl
edge of Dr llelancourt whoso at rest In
Havana has been repoited The Junta of-
llelals also deny nil knowledge of tlio re
ported failure of tlio Three Prlenda' ex
pedition , and assert tint so far as thev know
i-or arms and men were landed safelr on
Cuban soil
CINCINNATI , De 20 A sneclal to the
Commercial-Tribune from Jacksonville , ria
savs The tug Dauntless one of the alleged
Cuban filibusters of this port , left hero thla
afternoon ostensibly on n toning expedition
An application was made for cKainnce
papers to Port Antonio Jamaica , but thh
was only to cover her purpose to clear with
arms and "ammunition for Cuba The col
lector refused to IBSUO papers until ho had
informed Washington of the matter After
waiting until late this afternoon the tug
steamed , down the river While Washing
ton officials were studying the legal aspect
of her captain's demand tlio Dauntless left ,
escorted by the lioutwell. A night report
from the observer at Port George , b ° h\v
May port , at the mouth of the river , falls
to show her present whereabouts The Hout-
well is at .Maypoit now , but whether the
Dauntless has shipped her cargo and es
caped from the cutter cannot bo ascertained
tonight.
PENSION i'tocii > riii : .
T vo llnillriil rinmui-H' ) - | : < 'II lo
Mliilml/ ) < > ln4 III ITI ! ( < .
WASHINGTON. Dee. 21 Two radical
changes In the procedure of the pension ofllce
have been made All fllatms for Increase ,
save In cxtraordlnaiy cases , heienftcrvlll
bo sent direct to the medical division of the
bureau without having to be passed upon by
the board of revlow , ashas , been customary
for years This action Is taken on the
ground that the bulk ot Increase cases involve -
volvo only medical action , nnd that much
routine detail In going thiough othoi' chan
nels of review will be paved Another step
In the simplification nnd qulcl.cc adjudica
tion of claims is that hereafter there will
be no necessity for caBen l > eroro the board of
review being passed upon by three or four
examiners This has bceu a long continued
practice , but Commissioner Murphy has fixed
the number of examiners who must review
each claim at two This , he thinks , will
minimize errois and dclav and bo of benefit
to the service Doth now rules nro In
line with a decision to abolish useless detail
In pension adjudication
WASHINGTON/ Dee * * Tlie president
hns extended Iho civil ecr.Tro'rfr'f3 ! ? ;
elude all oflleera and employes In the fe-dei ii
penitentiary tcrvlce , who are by law subject
to classification. This principally affect ? the
federal penitentiary at Leavenworth , Kan .
though It Is to apyly to all such government
Institutions and to all penitentiaries heio-
after created immediately upon their estab
lishment Attorney General Harmon. lJ sub
jecting the recent civil servlio schedule as
affecting the Department of Justice to a rigid
scrutiny The piesent amendment Is to
svercomo a defect in the rules promulgated
November 2. Further amendments ou alml-
lar lines may bo expected
\VIII Slop Iho Short I.lnc Hilton.
CHICAGO Dec 29 All the. direct roads
jctween Chicago and Ho"k Island , Council
! 3luffa and Omaha , have Joined In a notice lo
.heir connections from Evamnllle , Nash
ville , Chattanooga and Louisville that on and
after the first of the year the application
of short line rates from these points. > ia
Chicago , muat ceaae The reason given from
he notice la that the icRiilar latea between
Chicago and the points named are seriously
lomoralli'ed by the short line rates After
January 1 all roadi limning out of Chicago
vlll ira'at upon their divisions being paid In
full local rates.
Tor rheuma'lsm nnd neuralgia you can-
lot get a better remedy than Salvation Oil
Mt-vlcii IiiipriM IIIKT II * llnrlioiN.
SAN DIEGO. Col , Dee 29 The Mexican
government , recognizing the increasing 1m-
> ortanco of Its vve&t coast commerce , Is de-
ermlncd to improve the harbore Arrange
ments have been made to raise a consider
able sum for this Important work , In addl-
lon to the $5.000,000 for the Improvement
nt Coatzacoalcos nnd Sallna Cruz , the ennl-
rn and western tcrmlmm of thoTchuantcpcc
oad The move to improvement of the
tarbor Is aUc caused , It Is said , by the
apldlty of railroad building toward the
Mexican Pacific coast , which will open
ertllo country and develop u largo ctim-
norce through the ports below Mazatlan
; ; ' "PEN PICTURES PLEASANTLY AND POINTEDLY PUT.
t
C -atm n -
> i
Want lo buy n piano ? of fomso you
lo It'.s tin * pilcilli.tt liolds you Imc'U
low's l.r.r.XV ( ) It'H been iihutl-but
vo'\o put It tluouKli our factory and It
alily uhliic's now UN In llr L cOnst
omlltloii anotlie'f for svsoo u S.'MX )
iu tor ijlixi-ii $ ro ( KlmlMli coiic't-it
ilniio for .VJS.T all on thu caHli-nt kind
t' terms and wo thiovv in u haiiilMiiu >
t'ftrf and stool with eae-li OHO thche
ret grand pl.itio
A. HOSPE , JR. .
VOUCHES FOR THE CHARGES
Galbrahli 0 , K 'a Them , but Dickinson
Tnrns Them Down.
WITNESSES TESTIFY BEFORE CORNISH
lulu the
of tlio I iilon I'm-1 lie Itallioiul llov-
lllllll flttlll I * ItOMIIIIIfll III MllN-
lci--lii-fliiuic-frj Com'I.
The Investigation into the management of
the Union Pacific ho plt l f "il. Instituted
by a number of the Order of lliillvvav Teleg
raphers , was continued yesterday before
Master-ln-Chanccry Cornl'h. The peti
tioners opened the case nnd occupied about
an hour's ttmo In Introducing evidence
through % arlous onicl.als of the company to
show that Chief Surgeon G.albialth had en
dorsed two claims agnlnrt the hospital fund
slid which were later turned down by Gen
eral Manager Dickinson. General Solldtor
Kelly then began the defense , and In
troduced representatives of various branches
of the company's service to piovo that there
was no general dl'satlsfaetlon among the
employes with rcgaid to the management
of tlio fund The testimony brought out
duilng the morning session appeared to be
moat favorable to the defendants.
Krastus Young , auditor of the Union
Pacific , was the first witness called He said
that two vouchers had come to him from
the hospital department , approved by Chief
Surgeon Galbralth. and that he referred
them to General Manager Dickinson The
one vas for S4T70 , expenses of William T
Canada chief of the Union Pacific's special
service , foi a trip to Hot Springs and ox-
prn rs there The other was for Robert H
Sutheiland assistant superintendent of the
Ncbra'ka division , nnd amounted to $117 to
H was for the expenses of a trip to Hxcelslor
Springs Mo. and hotel board there Mr
Young had objected to the payment of the
claims because he thought they were not
proper charges against the hospital fund
The1 matter was referred to the general
manager Neither of the bills , nor any part
of them have been paid out of the hospital
fund
Auditor , of Disbursements Andc won wna
next called In his opinion the ch.aigcs of
Messrs Canada and Sutherland were not
proper claims against thc hcvpltal depart
ment It S Ego. chief clerk In Mi. Ander
son's office , testified that ho had objected to
the approval of the bills He had held n con
versation with Chief Clcik McMullcn of the
medical department who also thouBUt that
the claims were not proper ones
MADi : A IKST.
General Manager Dickinson was called by
the petitioners In uuponae to a question
by Attorney Dolphin he said that It was
within the bounds of his duty to pass upon
inch vouchers He did not undertake to
pass on all vouchers , but anything out of
the usual run ahvays came befoie him
Klther Secretory Orr or Chief Surgeon Gal
bralth had called his attention to the imttei
before tiio vouchers were presented to him
lie bad told them that he- would pafs upon
the mattei when the vouchers came before
him His beat recollection was that he had
personally advised Dr Galbralth that the
charges eould not be approved Ho did not
consider them proper charge's against the
hospital fund and refused to approve them
He had vvilttcn a statement to Dr. Galbralth
to that olTect
On crces-exmnlnatlon Mr. Dickinson stated
that Galbialth had told him that he wanted
to make a test of such charge and have
the matter settled once for all Oalbralth
had said he bad Lcen urged to appiovo the
payment of the two expense bills and wanted
to know whether such charges weio proper
Judge Coinish at this point ordered a note
made in the record of the court that Ur
Gilbralth'A Hlgnitiiro was attached to a
statement that the charges were' correct and
that the blanks for the names of the officers
approving the payment of them had novel
been filled
A letter signed by n Dickinson , general
mina < ; cr of the Union Pacific , adlrcsaed
to the auditor's department , was exhibited
It a-'ied on what theory such bills -ould ho
allowed Uclow waa a postsrilpt In : he
geneial manager's handwriting It nald
"This Is a decided depaituro from the nilc
la It not' " It was addressed to "W. J G "
and signed "C D "
It It Sutherland , assistant superintendent
of the Union Pacific's Nebraska division'
snore that he had been Injuicd while In
the cmplov of the company , on March IS
1S9J Ho was coming In from a pay trip
/jtfjintlnie The ear was ditched an 1 . -
conductor we.hT . ZO ? , ' ' ° " l'P" ' "
waTV11 ' "ljl"r1 "V XS
him HU spine ;
-
Veb and QM
WJ-H
taken to Columbus.
thcie for tv.o vvceksy incn he v. in con
fined to his homo for four or six weeks
Dr Galbratth then performed on operation
on hln , and he was In the St Joseph hospi
tal. Omaha for six vvinjlu Ho was theii
taken to Hxcclslor Springs Mo Dr GaJ-
bialth accompanied him there and remained
with him one day Dr. Galbrallh made one
tilp to BCD him during the six or jevou
vvceka ho was at Hxcelslnr Springs He
filed an cxncnse account of $117 11 He > had
be a in th employ ot the company for
twentv-three yeara. nnd was n contributor
to the hus ; > ! al fund and felt that the bill
was a proper charge
THOUGHT IT WAS ALL IUGIIT.
William T Canada , chief of the Union
Paclflc'a special service , waa clchely quna
( loncd about li's ' expense bill for $1370 He
testified that ho had been Injured on the
railroad on Pebruary 18. 1S9"i Since then
ho had been n infferer from sciatic rheu
matism Ho was advised to go to Hot
Spiing for his health He- was a ctm-
tiibutor to thehoppltal fund nnd when be
came back ho put In hl'i bill He gave It to
Dr. Galbialth , who said he thought It was
all light The charge was never paid
General Solicitor Kelly then called H M
Smith of Omaha He wcs famlllir with HIP
management of the Union Pacific honpltnl
In tills city and had an oppoitunlty far ob-
nervlng consldciahlo of tlio woik done nt
the hospital. Attorney Dnluliln protested
against this testimony , declailng It watt not
the purpose cf the plalntlffj to question the
methods of the hospital Itself or the woik
done by the phy.slch'iu nnd surgeons HITO
An agreement was therefore made between
the uttornoyfl that this phase of the matter
should not bo taken up and Judge Kelly
abandoned his plan of showing the character
nf treatment administered at the various
Union Pacific hoanltala
W W Keen , a passenger conductor of the
Union Pacific , waa next called Ho had
been In the employ of the company since
1S79 , and had belonged to the Order of It.ill-
Wo bought a lot of iu s-\vc' had a
lot ( if rujiH c'oiislnm-tl lo us oik'iitul UI H
V\0 lll.lllt' lot.S Of IlltfS ( lllllVt llllVC'
lots of c'ilipflln > , ' .s lo iiiilKc Into nip , lW
people- ho want ni s t'uiMjif 1,13Mxi' -
miMMito jour loom nnd Ti't UH know
vvli.it Hl/t > rui ? jou want wo will for
thi > ni'.xt fc'\\ ( liijK sell niKs for ICH
imtiny limn rtifrscru t-vcr Mild for in
ru hlntoi.vIf . > on want nipt this l.s the
buhl niB dmwv you'll have.
OMAHA CARPET CO , ,
1515 DOUGH.
iwtnain * . JUKI MO kit
iftj r-v ! > < T vTlth n bit tt. Illaelcwell's Octmliin Ilu
BH.ST Is Inn class by lt < elfott vlll Mini
0011)1011 ) inside "Met ! two ounee bag , illid two
puns insldu ciu li four onnro bag of
Blackwell
Smoking Tobacco
liny n tins of i liMcoii'b-'it 'tnlwrc-o.nl.1. r'-vd < borouxin |
blchkiN es iiliiuof valuable pre'sonlblimlliOH to get tliim ,
wft&'lmy&tf&sV
way Conductors since l si rh.it older hnd
not taken up tl e romplulnt against the
management of the luxiplt.il fund Ho hnd
never heard ai'v comp ! ilnt He bellev d
the reputation of Dr Gilbralth among trnln-
men was good On eroi examination hi-
admitted he had not attended the meetlnga
of the older for the past six months lie
belonged to the lodge In Council Illutfs. and
not In Omnha
Theodoie Livingston , a locomotive en
gineer , testified thai ho wia the chic *
engineer of the local branch of the Urother-
hood of Locomotive1 Engineers He hnd
never heaid nny en-nplalnt against the hos
pital department Ho thought Dr. Gal-
Inalths loputntlon amntiK the englmus
wns goo ! On crcas-evamlnntlon he admit
ted tint he did nit serve on the grievance
commuteof the brotherhood , and said hu
would not know of any action thai com-
mltteo took unle s he heard of It througli
an outsldn channel.
Engineer Klik gave nlmllnr testimony
He liHil not hiard the mliter dlscufcsed nt
"all He admitted he was not aiithoilzed to
appeal or upopk for the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers In anv way. He
was iiiot a member of tin1 gilevanro com
mittee Ho had lecelved benefits from the
hospital fund In 1SSC , when he was Injuied
while In the employ of the company
The Investigation will bo rontlnued , ami
possibly concluded this forenoon
TAKE UP GILLILAND CASE.
At the afternoon matinee In Judge Cor
nish s court the scenes were shifted some-
\ hat. nnd matters pertaining to Iho dis
charge of K E Gillllnnd from his position
as station agent nt Papir.lon v.eto rehearsed ,
and the hospital show pushed Into the bacK-
Stound L II Korty. superintendent of Ilu
Union Pacific telegraph department , vvis the
principal actor , and ho was well equipped
with the original telegrams on which Gllll-
Innd Is allege 1 ! to have made oveichaigcn.
Mr Korty was on the stand most of th
afternoon Ho Identified Gllllland's hand
writing on telegrams , on which the amounts
had been raised A telegram on which the
tariff charge wns 2. > cents hnil coat the sender
10 cents Another telegram ou which the
proper charge would have been 10 eenU
had cost G3 ccnls. nnd the latter amount
had first been written In pencil and then
marked over with 40 cents lu Ink. Attor
ney Dolphin asked If It might not bo pos-
slblo Ihat a mistake had been made about
the proper charge , and then when the
operator discovered hH error had corrected
the amount on tha IclcKrnm. Mr Korly
replied that such a course was possible , bill
that It was hardly likely to occur In so many
Instances.
It was brought out that If them wcro anv
shortage In nn operator's accounts ho was
tbo one compelled to stand tlio losses If
io inado any undercharges It was his loss
"In reply to n query Mr Korty said that the
company iilums endeavored to collect such
sums , but that many tlrica 11 could nol ,
owing to the departure of the operators for
other pirts of the country Ho was further
questioned nt much length nbout lh man
ner of handling Mich mnltei.s and the icla-
llons sustained between an oncintor and
Jio lelegraph depaitment.
Nothing of a note-vorthy character was
brought out In the examination The dc-
fniso announced that U wmild move that
Glllllaml was 'In North 1'lit'o on the days
the senders of the o-er-haiged mrusngEs
alle-'od to have paid him the amounts a'
voney in question , and that the me ances
veio U'cclved by persons connected with the
station ether than Gillllnnd As-
Carpenter oM'apim
was called , a.T'S5'RnNl ! TiTtlonal In
formation concernlnt ; the telegrams in ques
tion H merely corroborated what had al
ready b.pn rirovcn
U -130 o'clock the court adjourned until
this moinlng at 10 o'clock It U expected
that the case will bo finished foilav
1'IoiiNOil li > 111Dclllon'n I'l oniolloii.
At a mooting of the Prelght Agents' asso
ciation of Council niufts , held yesterday ,
the following resolutions were adopted
Wlurenn , We heir v\lth jjmlnoss of Uio
promotion of oui follow nffint , namely Mr
Giorso H Dcnton of the Itock Islund , to
the important cillU'i of commeict.il agent ,
with lieadqu.ait < rri nt Omiihn , Nib , nnd
Whereas , Ml Peiiton lias eitrneil the
res ] cvt nnd oontldi neo of Ills associates In
this cltv iluilnt ; his throe yeais' uorvlco in
oui initial. tlH'rpfore , be It
Ui solved , That we , the membeiH of the
C'ouncll Uliifl'H I.oeal Tielwlit Agenla' nsso-
clittlon , of vvhli'h he' Is piPHldtnt lender to
Mr Denton our he.uty conduit illations
upon this Haltering promotion
H < solved , That n copy of tbeso resolu
tions be luimlfcl to Mi Hi 11 ton ami also
that eopliH of the nn.e be- tent to tlio
U.illle depiitmcnl of Die C'hUago , Itock
I ilind S. . I'liclllc lallway and to the inan-
a er of Ihu Tiuvelers1 Oitlel.il Itallvvay
Guide1 , ami to thn dally piess of Council
nitias and Omaha
PtiKt l"rrl lil Sertiuf lo Oinaliii.
The Northwestern , the Nickel Plato and
the Pltchburg rallioads have recently com
pleted arrangements for faster freight serv
ice between Boston and Omaha I ) I ! Mor
gan , general western freight agent of the
Nickel Plate , has been working to secure
a reduction In limn for nearly a year past ,
and now that the desideratum has been ob
tallied , ho declare * ! thnt It will bo perina-
iit.nl Under the new arrangement freight
from Boston destined for tlilu city will bo
Now wo nro Helling lipntliiK stoves of
all Ultids at lc > ss pi Iocs than an } body
It's n tlioioti 'h nidlc-al cut all iilonj ;
Ilic line tlio "Acoin" l.ihi > biiiiiei'rt for
Inhtancc InoludliiK n nunibcr of styles
and hl/cs always M > lar ahead of ollii'r
hfiit ( > IH In point of huivluiI'tononiy
bc-auly and pi Ice anso far irduccd
In prleo that the-n-'s no Ion'c-r ( any e.\-
for Ini.vln any oilier.
JNO. HUSSIE HWI ) . CO.
2107 Cuiiiiiig Street ,
pmrtlnllv lianllel on rxpiess time I- will
leave Hos on nt 1 oeloik p m. le.nh Chicago
cage on the morning of the third dny nud
be delivered Into Omiihn warehouses on Ilia
morning of the fifth dav
ritounu \Ts IT TS NOT THI n.
MOI-J of tin * I'nc'llhShort l.lniI'roJ -
cc'l IN MiHinil on H * I'nrt * .
SAN rilANClSCO , Dec inTlio an
nouncement that nrnngemonts were in
progress for survey Ing .1 now trinocantlnen-
tnl line from SlouCltv , In , to an rr.in-
Cisco , lo bo known ns the Pacllle Sliorl Mui' .
Is rcgat ded by local inllioad olllelals here
ns erroneous , ll was staled Ihu the work
was In charge of Donald McLean , a rnllioad
piomoter , who was lucked by $3JOOOOOJ of
English eapltnl Vice Piesldent Cioiker of
Hie Southern Paelllc ( ninp.an > when steu
today , said "Thete Is no tiuth In the ro-
poll , lu my Judgment It would not be a
wise buslne'B move to parallel tht > lines
now running to this coast fiom the Mis
souri river In any case. Secondly. 1 do not
bc'lle'vo this man McLean , of whom I never
heard until todav. eould gel capital to the
amount of $3J 000,000 to engage In the en
terprise In the third plan , the go\ em
inent Is nbout to foieelo'e Its liens on tlio
Union Pacific system. In which ease the
road must be sold Under piuh elnum-
stance" ? foreign capital could not be Intlin nl
to Invest In smell a gigantic enterprise.
There Is nothing to the story "
Other rallroid olllclals , when questioned ,
expressed similar views
TH VIJI.IM ! MlTHi"l ! IN
TIiriMitfii lluihlorn Iloiitls nidi nil
VKlliitlon f < ir n TMIIII | I'll 10.
CHICAGO. Dec 2'l I.nat nlRht In thU
city a convention of traveling men adopted
a resolution. Maying In effect that Immtmch
as Hie roads of Iho Wewtcrn Pa onger
nesoclntlon h.ad refused to take notion lookIng -
Ing toward Hie adoption of a ! > ,000 mlliw In-
terchnngenliU' mlleige ticket , Ibo conven
tion. as a body nnd Individually pledged
llself lo work for the ISUP.IKC by the ne\t
legislature In this state ol n law making 2
cent.s per inlle > the maximum iale foi paii-
aenser trnllic The roada , In fact. 1m o
never refused outright to adopt any midi
ticket as the traveling men demand Tlu-y
have all along sild that they weiv entirely
willing to adopt ome form of nn Inlcr-
rhangcablo lliket. but as long ns Hie caut-
ern roads huve > put the tlckel Inlo opera
lion , ( liny have thought tt better to wait a
short time nnd heo how tlu > plan woik.s If
It goes well It Is altogether piobablo that
the western roadj will adopt It but If It
dura net work lu a Hrttl.f'.irtorj manner the
vvcatcrn lliic\T will tiy some other method of
ne'ctlng llie dcimnds of the traveling men
Oltji i-IInu : to Itiillroiul l.cK
roPUKA , Kan , Dec 21 lly appointment
President i : P lllpley. Third Vice Preside nt
Paul Morton , General Solicitor U D Kenna
snd General II C Whltehead of the Santa
To Hallway company held a lonfirru e with
Govcrnor-c'lcct Lecdy at liU olllee In this
city The oliklald It Id said , argued ninlnut
n maximum ftelght i.alo bill claliiung
It ks Impi irtleable and that ate
to the one t ropcsctl In Nebiaakn < jfiia tle-
elaied uncon.s.ltutlonal. Theyj' lci | tjlnt
only 10 per cent of tlieciur- | ! ' 1tll lu tlanl ( ;
T . . . , eoliy
, , , „ „ , ) u
ouch legl-ilalloii The of
Intimated thnt the toad would have
no o'jjni tlon to the passage of a stringent
nntl p ss law _
\sl.N for . , Vloic 1)U lilrnilN.
NRW VOIIK Dec L'.i lustlco Prynr In
the Hiipromo court , granted an order today
to .sliou cause why tha Mnnlm'tan Oovmcd
Railroad company should not be > rehiralnod
ficm paying dividends on Its ntoik The
Older Is returnable December SI The pro
ceedings wore ex-parte The acLinn vvus
nKeii at th li.stanco of Mortimer Htndrleks ,
who some days uio asked the stateat'orn ' y
general to proceed agnlnst the Manhattan
liallwny company to pi event Its paying divi
dends upon Its stock and compi-1 1' to ac
count foi dividend payments which ho al
leges vvete illegally made Hendrliks Is a
mnall holder of Manhattan sccuii'les
\iiii-nili-il trlFi-lcx Plli il.
LINCOLN , Dec 29 ( Special ) A copy nf
Iho amended chailcr of Ihu Kansas City
Northwestern Hallioad company has been
filed with the secretary of state The load
Is Int'-Pided to run Horn Kansas ( .ty to
Virginia , Gugo county , Neb a length of
173 in' ' lit ! The principal ofllco for btulmvia
will bo at KMIPUH City 'Iho numo * of Iho
nine dlrectois are- George J Gould Howard
Gould. C C ? Wniner , W I ) Duddrldge. P.
W. liolitnd , II P Wagginer. W P Wag
goner. i : A Sherrlll. C1 M Itathlmrii This
amended darlcr H filed In aecoidanco with
a resolution adopted by the board of ell-
rectors on the -lut day of December. Ih'Jii.
KH of Ilii- junta IV.
CHICAGO , Dec 23 The net earnings of
the Atclilson system for the month of No
vember weio I9IC.819 , an Incrcaxo of 152-
li ! ) over tlio amo month of la.st year The
net earnlngi for tlio last Hvu montliA have
been Jll.l5,88"i , an Incrcaao of $1IOJ,17S
over the wame five months of last year
Diox L. .Shooniiin has two of n Ulnil
Is jj.li.00 and tlui other Is jj.j.10 and
wo want to say illit ; hi'Kt that thcrc'rt
no lioiiso In Anu-ilca thai can KVO ! 1ho
ladlc-s a hi-lli-r Ut In a . ? . " ( ) ( ) slim , than
wo do In our two spi-clal lines at iy'-.OO
and ? ' _ ' .r)0-elthi'r button or law any
stjlo last the nptodiiti-st di-Hlt-im
( 'ood and hiibstantlul ijnalltlistoo. .
DREXEL SHOE CO it
1110 FAItNAM STKU15Tit