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THE OMAHA . DAILY BEE. . . - _ _ . . _ _ . - . - . . - . - -ml _ i _ I J- - _ _ L- . . . - - . . . . - - - _ . . : . . - . ; . ! . _ - - _ _ ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAIIA , FRIDAY EOHXlifG , MAY 28 , 1897. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. INVITES THE WORLD Omaha Asks Nations of the Earth to Visit the Big Show , FORMAL INVITATIONS ARE SENT OUT Transmississipp ! Exposition Put Before the Princes and Potentates , RULERS OF THE GLOBE ASKED TO COME Etate Department OonEents to Push the General Announcement. GOVERNMENT WILL DO ITS PART WELL Store Attention Will lie CUcn to tilt * Nolirnnkn Project Than TIICIMLnt Atlnnta I * WASHINGTON , May 27. ( Special Tele- Rram. ) Congressman Mercer nnd Mr. Rosc- naler had on Interview with Ihe Slale de partment and formally presented for trans mission to American representatives In for eign countries Invitations to be presented to the rulers of nations. Inviting them to par ticipate In the TratiBmlsateelppl and Inter- imllonal Exposition. Third Assistant Secre tary of State Thomas W. Crldler , recently promoted from the position of chief clerk of the diplomatic bureau , who has had charge of all diplomatic matters growing out of the expositions at Chicago , Atlanta and Nash ville. will have a like connection with the Transmlsslralppl Exposition. Secretary Crld- Icr Bald to the representatives from Omaha that he would go farther In calling the at tention of American officials abroad to the TransmlssUslppi Exposition than he did cither for Atlanta or Nashville , the law em powering the government to make an exhlbtl at Omaha being much more explicit than In the other cases mentioned. The letter of Invitation to foreign rulers IB general In character , setting forth the vastness - ness of the area covered by the Transmls- slsslppl section ami places the population at 3(1000,000. ( Invitations arc dlrecled to the rulers of Corea , Greece , Persia. Netherlands , Hotimanla , Portugal , Austria , Servla , Bel- Blum , Italy. Great Britain , Germany , Japan , Denmark , China , Slam , Turkey , Spain Switzerland , France , Sweden and Norway , countries In which the government of the United States maintains diplomatic officers. Three Invitations are signed by President Wattles of the exposition corporation , and nro wrltlen upon official paper of the asso ciation They will be accompanied by the rules adopted by the Treasury dcpartmcnl for Ibe admission of goods for exhibition purposes duty free , and also by copies of the act on the part of congress , appropriating J200.000 for purposes of the government ex hibit. These , together with the announce ment of the State department , will make a formidable package for delivery to poten tates and rulere of the world. Assistant Secretary Crldler says that he would prob ably have his Instructions to diplomatic offi cers ready for signature by Sccrelary Sher man tomorrow or next day , and that the whole mailer would be ready to go out by the next steamer. TILLMAN WANTS AN INQUIRY. There Is rumor tonight that Senator Till man proposes lo have the senate committee appointed to Investigate sugar frauds grow ing out of the Wilson tariff bill Investigate the manner In which Ihe sugar schedule of the Dlngley bill , and as amended by the prceent finance committee of Ihe senate , was arrived at. This committee , it Is under- Btood , was never discharged and Is therefore competcnl lo take up any Investigation which It Is directed to make by the senate. General Grosvcnor's statement , largely cir culated during the past few days , that the eenato amendment was directly In favor of the Sugar trust , was emphatically denied today by Chairman Aldrlch to tHe editor of The Bee. Senator Aldrlch stated that neither Havemeyer nor Searles bad auylhlng to do I ( with the making of the sugar schedule as reported , and that no member of the Sugar trust ever appeared before the committee. tAs to the ad valorem duty embodied In the ! amendment , he defended It strongly , stating that It was the only Ihlng that could be done to properly take care of some of the lower grades. The supervising architect's office Is en gaged on plane for the South Omaha public building , and will push them rapidly lo com pletion. The engineer's report on the slle selected has been approved by the depart ment. Senator Thurston has been chosen to de liver the address to the graduating class of the law department of the National univer sity at the commencement exercises next Monday evening. President McKlnley * ill present Ihe diplomas lo the graduates. H. A. Harding of Oakland. Burt county , hue been given a place In the War depart ment at fl.ZOU per year , awaiting a transfer to the government printing office , where he v , 111 "take a position as proofreader , having passed the civil service examination. CongreEBinan Strode , accompanied by Mrs. Strode , left for Nebraska this afternoon. I'helpa Pulno of Lincoln left for his home today to take a place In the Bureau of An imal Industry at South Omaha on June 1. George R. Putnam of Iowa has been promoted meted from J 1.000 to U SCO lu the Coast and Geodetic survey , Treasury department. The contract for furnUhlug fuel for the next f.scal jear for the Sioux Palls ( S. U. ) public building was today awarded to James 1J. Nleld ot Sioux Falls at hU bid ot $1.324. lira. 1C. H. Crawford and C. S. Bowman bare been appointed pension examining sur geons at Davenport , la. Secretary Bliss today denied the motion for review flled by Ibe plaintiff In the land case of Lewis Sankey against Edward Oliver from the Grand Island district , Nebraska. Oliver's timber /culture / entry In held Intact and Sankey's contest l dlsmlrued. IOWA'S ixi'osrriox COJIMISSIOX. H Ktrct Olllfrm anil Will VlnU Oninliu Nvt Month. DBS MOINES. May 27. ( Special Telegram. ) The lowu coramltiloneri for the Tranimls- sUslppI and International Exposition met and elected officers today. The officers are : President. 8. H. Mallory , Charltou , Eighth district ; vice president , Allan Daw-con , Drs Jloln s , Seventh district ; secretary , F , O. Chase , Cedar Falls. Third district ; treasurer , George W , McCold , Logan , Ninth district ; chief of promotion , J. S , Browning , D Molnts ; executive committee. S. B. Packard , Manhltown. . Filth district ; S. D. Cook. Davenport , Second district ; R. H , Moore , Ottumwa , Sixth district. All Ine members were present except A. W. Krwln of Sioux City , for the Eleventh. Ac Invitation was accepted from President Wattles of the exposition Inviting the com mission to visit Omaha and confer wllh the board ot managers. The commission will go lo Ornaha Iho latter part of June. The commission will undertake little work be fore ( hli visit No plans were conildereU for carrying on the work ot the commission. The question of whether commlialoners are entitled to any compeniatlon was ills- cutsed. The commissioners contend they arc entitled to expense money ; the executive council lays they are not. The matter will be laid before the attorney general. CurlioUc Ac-Id for TTVO. MILWAUKEE , May . Mrs. KUIe Neu. miller , crazed by domes-tie trouble , gave her 6-year-old ton carbolic acid and then took r doae lieretlf this afternoon , It U trautrh the boy may recover , an hv rujcctt-d a poi Uon of the aose when Ifwus given to Uliu. NEGOTIATIONS FAVOR GRKHCK. En Kin nil Seem * to He Kxerllnjr Con- nliternlile Influence. LONDON , May 28. The corrctponlnt of the Time ? at Athens says : The dUpalchea which the government 1ms received from represenlallves ot Grces abroad Indicate that peace negotiation : have taken a turn more favorable to Greece. Tur key's proposal to occupy Thtssaly no longer receive * any consideration , owing to Eng land's attitude , while the proposal to abolish ish the capitulations In the case ot Ora k subject ! In Turkey U rejected and the BUg- grated extradition treaty Is apparently i-ct arlde. The powers have fixed 6,000,000 as the hlgrst limit of Indemnlly and will allow only such a strategic alteration of the fron tier as will not Involve the subjects ot any Inhabited district to Turkish rule. Ger many's demand for an International control of Greek finances has not been favorably received , as the government hopes to raise a loan abroad , on the guaranly ot England , Hues la and France , at low Jnterest lo pay ( he Indemnity , conceding certain revenues , but not accepting Ihe principle of foreign control. BERLIN , May 27. According to a dis patch to the Frankfort Zeltung from Con- alanllnople. Count Muravleft. the Russian foreign minister , told the Turkish ambas sador at St. Petersburg that Turkey must renounce her Impossible claim to annex The'esaly. He added that In hta opinion the claim had only been advanced to prolong the negotlallons , or afi a pretext for renew ing the war , which Europe would on no ac count permit. This stolement so Impressed the pultan thai he has been making special efforts to restore friendly relations with England and to this end ordered the whole palace enlourage lo altend the garden party given at the English embassy In honor of the queen's birthday. LONDON , May 28. A dispatch to the Times from Constantln-ple eays : "The atll- lude of Ihe grand vizier is Ihe subject of much comment. He was regarded as only the obedient Instrument of the sultan , but he now shown unexpected vigor as an advo cate of an exacting policy toward Greece. The reply of the Porte , delivered this evenIng - Ing ( Thursday ) confirms tbe report thai It would not discuss the conditions of peace. " ATHENS , May 27. Tne Greek government has sent a memorandum to the powers pro testing against the Indemnlly demanded by Turkey and also protesting against the pro posed rectification ot the Greek frontier. It Is reported that the Turks have con fiscated 125,000 bushels of wheat at Vole and that the Turkish commander has Issued a proclamation calling on the peasants lo call and galher the harvest or their crops will bo confiscated. LONDON , .May 27. The Dally Mall's cor respondent at Conslantlnople says : The porte has replied to the note of the powers and consents to negotiate for peace , provided Ihe Greek commanders flrsl sign an armts- llce. As teen as Ihls is done the govern ment will negotiate as to the peace condi tions with the ambassadors and tbe treaty will be signed by the Turkish and Hellenic plenipotentiaries in Therealy. TARIFFS INJURE ITS BUSINESS. HiiBlInn Firm Mny lie Compelled to ENtiilillKlt a Factory Here. LONDON , May 27. At n meeting of share holders ot the Nobel Dynamite trust todaf1 the chairman. In his opening address , spoke ot the injurious effects upon the trust's bus iness of the protective tariffs of Mexico and Iho United Stales. In regard to Ihe latlcr country the chairman said the directors were considering Ihe establishment of dynamite factories both In the eastern and western parts of the United States and one site had already been procured In a suitable locality. This may require an Increase of capital , probably $2,500,000. No definite decision on the subject was reached at the meeting. MovementH of Fo ter. LONDON , May 28. The Dally Chronicle says that John W. Foster , the American spe cial commissioner on the eeal question , will remain In London for a few days only and then go dlrecl lo St. Petersburg. With lAm- bassador Hay and Henry White , secretary of the legation , Mr. Foster paid a number of otficlal visits yesterday , among them visits to the foreign office and visits to the French and Russian embassies. Hnrrj-lnur Goodn to America. LIVERPOOL , May 27. At the request ol several large shippers Ihe Cunard Steamship company will dispatch the steamer Servla for New York , on June 21 , Instead of June 22 , In order that goods carried by It may reach Ihe Unlled States before the pending I ' tariff bill goes into effect. TO FIGHT TIIC 1ICLITELEPHONE. . Oppoxltlou ConiimnleN Combine to Donn the Monopoly. CHICAGO. May 27. Nearly 100 represen tatives of Independent telephone companies throughout the central and western states arrived In Chicago today for tbe purpose of participating In a convention called for tbe announced purpose of forming an associa tion for tbe purpose of fighting tbe Bell Telephone company. Tbe object of the as sociation Is to organize all tbe independent companies In tbe United States to combat the Bell company and to protecl the smaller exchanges against any action ( hat might be taken In tbe courts by the Bell company in reference to the recent Berliner decision by tbo United States supreme court , SHOOTS THE WIIO.VG MAN DEAIJ. Polleenmn Kill * fJeorKe A. Diiejof the AiHoelnteil Prenx. CINCINNATI , May 27. George A. Duey , who has been connected with the Associated press here and at Denver. San Francisco and other places for many years , was killed to night In a most peculiar manner by Pollce- man Amos Booth. An alarm ot burglars had been given , calling Booth to the place. Duey woe cnrouto home at the time and refused to halt , when the- officer shot him dead , mis taking him for one ot tbe burglars , who mnilo their escape. Duey had rece-nlly been employed In Chicago cage and was here visiting his parents. Ills brother , D. J. Du y , is the chief operator of the Associated press. uns AI.OM : i.vrun POOR HOUSE. Untimely Fate of n Nephew of. Mil lionaire RiinMi.il Suite. JOL1ET , III. , iiay 27. Last night at tbe poor house In this county , George Sage , aged 21 years , son ot Ellzur Sage of Shannahon township , died of consumption , hastened by worrying over tbo affairs of bis parents. HI father , after paying bis uncle , Kutsell Sage , HO on the mortgaged house , could not af ford ( o give George any of tbe delicacies needed. George also worried greatly over tbo attempt of his mother to commit suicide two weeCs ago. The supervisor of Shannahon wrote lo Russell ( Sage two years ago , asking him to make provision for the young man to keep him out of the poor bouse. The appeal was unanswered , CHINESE ATTAC1C THE MISSIONARIES. Humor of tlir Munler of Kiitlter Mnxel of Loll , SAN FRANCISCO , May ST. Private ad vices per steamer Glen Avon , which arrived today from Yokohama direct , under charter with the Paclflc Mall company , itale that tbe far-away province of Kwelsan , China , was tbe gccne of ui attack upon ( he Christian mlnslonarles recently , and it Is rumored thai Rev. Father Mazel , who was In charge of the chapel at Loll , was murdered. it la feared that other whites were muxacred. Owing to the remoteness of the scene It wa Impossible to Dbtalnxagy details of the affair , _ MeLuurlu IK Appointed Senator. COLUMBIA , S. C. , May ? ; . Governor Ullerbec had corutuUsloiud John Low nee Mc- f.surln cenalor of South Carolina until tbe flection of his ucce * orij \ the legUUlure , OUTVOTE THE WESTERNERS Forest Eesorve Compromiss Stands in the Sundry Civil Bill , ORDER IS SUSPENDED UNTIL NEXT MARCH I'eUlcrrcwr , Cnnnon niul Sterrnrt Mnkc Strong PIcnN for the * Kntlrc Abolition of the Clc\c- Innil Order. WASHINGTON , May 27. The altcndance In Ihe senate galleries Is gradually falling ou" , owing to the long prelude of roullne business preceding the tariff debate , and the avoidance of tariff speeches. Only the front rows were occupied when Ihe session opened today. The final conference report on Ihe sundry civil bill was laken up , an agreement hav ing been made lo vole at 2 p. m. The main questions Involved In the conference report related to the suspension until March 1 next of President Cleveland's proclama tion embracing large areas as forest reserves ; making Immediately available $2,1)33,333 ) for contract work on the Mississippi river , and appropriating $10,000 for the Improvement of carl harbor , Hawaii. The question of forest reserves was dis- ussed at length. The senators from stales ( Tecled by the forest order urged the rejec- on of the entire conference report , and an isolutc suspension of the president's order , r. Cannon of Utah referred to the order s barbarous and Inhuman , and Mr. Slewarl 1 Nevada characterized It as a "disgrace lo mcrlcan civilization and Ihe worst outrage f Ihe last half century. " Mr. Pctllgrew asserted lhat the order was 10 result of "the Ignorance of Grover Cleve and. " He said that In South Dakota the rca Included In the forest reserve contained eventeen poslofllces , 15,000 people and fitly miles of railroad. He urged also that the cadcmy of Science , which recommended ils , should bo rebuked and he favored the cfeat of the sundry civil bill rather than ave Ihe order stand. When Mr. Allison said this was the best rrangement that could be made with Ihe ousc , Mr. Tillman of Soulh Carolina ejacn- alcd : "Ob , they have no ! : ouse over there , nyway. They have one man running It. " Mr. Berry of Arkansas said the Missouri Iver Item and other important features of Je bill would bf jeopardized by a rejection f the report. The vote was then taken and final conference report was agreed lo , eas , 32 ; nays , 25 , as follows : Yeas : Idrlch. Hanna. Platt ( N . Y. ) . lllpon. Hnnsbrough , Prltchard. : nte. Haw ley. Proctor. affery , ' Kenney. Quay , 'handler. L > 'n < ! tay. Spooner , 'ullom. ' Hennery. Turple , ) eboe , MerKnn , Vest , "all-banks , ] * a coe. Walthall. 'aulkner , I'erklns. Wellington. . .car. J'ftlus. i Wetmore 32. ray , Platt ( Conn. ) Nays : Jaccn. Harris ( Kansas.PettlKrew , Jutler. Heltfeld. Hawllns , Cannon. Jones ( Arkansasrtoach , ! arter Jones ( Nevada ) . Phoup. j lark ' Kyle. Stewart , lay McMillan. Tillman , ' Daxl's. Mallory. White , orakcr. Mantle. Wilson 25. nt > TARIFF BILL. The tarlft bill was taken up at 2 o'clock .nd the formal consideration of Ihe measure jy paragraphs proceeded. Mr. Vest of Mls- ourl moved an amendment to paragraph 10 o as to fix the rate on crude borax at IV * cnts and on refined borax at 2 ccnls per ound. After a brief debate the amendment was disagreed to , without division. The ommltteo substitute was then agreed to fixing borax at 5 cents per pound , borates 3f lime or soda 4 cents and 3 cents , accord- ng to strength. The committee amendments on refinei camphor , ground chalk , manufactured chall and chloroform were agreed to. Mr. Vest emarked that the chalk Item showed another rise above the McKlnley rates. When paragraph 19 , relating to barks beans and like drugs , was reached , Mr Aldrlch moved an amendment of U cen per pound lu addition to Ihe 10 per cent ai valorem provided by the bill. Mr. Aldrlch said the foreigners were securing the trad on Ihese poorer classes of drugs under th iresent arrangement. Mr. Vest questioned this , saying the Amcr cans controlled the market and exporte- f200,000 worlh last year. He demanded a roll call , onwhich the Aldrlch amendmen was agreed lo , 35 to 21. The vote was a party one , except that Jones and Stewar of Nevada and Petllgrew ot South D.tkcte voted in the affirmative. Committee amcndmenls were agreed lo on Icorlce extract , cblcolc , magnesia alizarin assistant , cottonseed oil , poppy seed ell lusel oil and peppermint oil. Mr. Aldrlch withdrew the commltte amendment on opium prepared for smoking leaving it at J6 per pound. Mr. Jones o Arkansas resisted the olhcr fealures of IB opium paragraph , saying great Increases hai been made on a drug of universal use. H moved to amend the rate on morphia from I" to 50 cents per ounce , and said he woul later move to place crude and unmnnufac lured opium on the free list. Mr. Jones amendment was disagreed to , yeas , 2 nays , 39. When varnishes were reached , Mr. Vcs protested against the Increase In duty , bu said it was useless to take a vote agalns It. Mr. Vest again made a protest on th white lead paragraph , saying the Increate duties would accure to the profits of tbe lea trust. He moved to reduce tbe rate ftun , cents to 14 ? cents per pound , and manded a yea and nay vote. The nnuncl ment was rejected , yeas , 27 ; nays , 35 ; th vote being on party lines , except that Mr Petllgrew voted with Ihe democrats an Messrs. Cannon , Heltfeld , Jones and Slewar ot Nevada with tbo republicans. DEBATE ON PAINTS. The paint paragraph led to some debate Mr , Aldrlch stated that the Increase wa justified as a measure ot protection to American paint makers. Mr. Vest answere that the export of 1880.000 worth of pain refuted the claim , that the producers neede mora protecllon. The paragraph was agree lo , however , without a vote. On lead lllhaig Mr , Vest moved an amendment to reduce th duty from 2g cents to 1 % cents , which wa disagreed to. without division. Mr. Aldrlch offered a committee amend ment to Increase chlorate of potash from 2 to 2 % cents. This vie resisted by Mr Vest , who said the article was required I manufacturing cotton goods. He made general plea against taxing raw materials. Mr. Platt of Connecticut t = ald the chang was designed to free the United States from dependence on the united alkali trust o England and to encourage an American com pany , which proposes to utilize the power o Niagara Falls. Mr. Galllnger said this had started a new American industry just as the tin plal duty had started a new Industry. "You can build up anything if you enl give subsidy enough , " declared Mr. Gray "You tan , grow oranges under glats In Ne Hampshire , " Mr. Caffery opposed an Increase on potash Mr. Galllnger remarked tbat It was just fled on tbe eame grounds as tbe 'bounty ' t Louisiana sugar producers. CAFFERY CRITICISES. Mr. Catlery responded tbat a duty on suga waa the keystone of the democratic arch o a tariff- for revenue and be declared tba the sugar bounty of 1690 bad been a "de- moralizing and debauching gift. " "The senator and bla people were ( he beneficlirles ot that gift , " interposed Mr. Gear. There waa * proverb , Mr. Caffery eald , not to look a gift horse in the mouth , but he Insisted that A duty on sugar rather than a bounty waa ( he ideal measure of protec tion. tion.Mr Mr , Aldrlcb's amendment Increasing the rate on chlorate of potaulum to Z'A cents WM agreed to , jreu 33 , nif 27. Uceirc. Jones , Stewart and Cahnem voted with the republicans and Harris of .Kansas , Heltfeld and Kyle with the demijcwus. The com- mlttee amendments tfere UKrced lo on ochre , orange , mineral , redileaa. { rarnlthew , ver- mllllon red , white leadgoxiae ot zinc paints , acetate of lead , caustic'potash-and prusslate of potash. J" The following paragraphs Vvcnt over : 14 , coal tar dies ; 16 , collodion ; 22 , gelatin glue ; 38 , olive oil ; 43 , Mue ! CO , ultra marine blue ; 68 , phosphorus , fc At 6:10 : p. m. Mr. Aldrlch Xsald that In view of the good progress made be would ask to have the bill laid aside. Up to thai time paragraph C3 , relating to potash , had been disposed of. " . 'X The senate held a brief executive session1 and then adjourned. TRY TO FORCE CuilAN UUESTION. Speaker Ilccil Sit * DoTtn on tlic Demo cratic Airaln. WASHINGTON , May 27 There was an at tempt to bring forwardthe-Cuban question In the house today as eoon as the journal was read. Mr. Lewis , democrat , of Washing ton , arose on a question of privilege and sent to the clerk's desk a resolution for the recognition of the belligerency ot the Cubans. , "The genlleman should otate his question , " Mr. Dlngley Inlcrposcd , This Mr. Lewis began lo do , saying that the senate had recently passed such a reso lution and that the house should take It up. Mr. Dlngley made the point that this was not a privileged question , but Speaker Reed said nothing and Mr. Lewis proceeded with a parliamentary argument. He con tended that any question foaling with the foreign relations of Ilia government was one of the highest privilege. Itr.aupport ot this proposition Mr. Lewis quoted Fox In the British Parliament ; Kmry Clay , In 1822 , on the question of recognition of the Spanish republic , and a rctolbtlon 'relating to Ha- all which Mr. Dlngley ha'd attempled lo : all up In the second eesilon of the Fifty- bird congrccs and against"which Mr. 'Me- Creery ot Kentucky had attempled lo make point of order. It had been then reported , , e .said , that the present speaker said a iuestlon of foreign relations was always a rlvllegcd question. The speaker permitted the resolution to > c read. It follows : Whcreis , The United Stales senale , ns- embled , has duly , by a proper form of reo- ullon , declared for a slate of neutrality , ccordlng lo Ihe island of Cubn. all rights as belligerent against Spain ; and , Whereas , It Is nerted tlmt such right f recognition exists only vlth the exec- tlve of the United States , therefore , be It Resolved , by the house ot representatives , 'hat as n forelsm pollcjj of the United Itates It Is the rltf'nl nml aulborlly of the cnato and the house of r4prosentatlve In idoptlnR- forelpn policy x > f the Unlled States to recognize , nn , congress , the bel ligerency ot and declare 'the attitude of H-utrallty of the United Stales lo the Island if Cuba or any olhcr grpvernment or coun- 'ry when In the fense of the house such a : ourso Is demanded by the esclstlng condl- lons. i The rfsolullon having 'been read. Mr. Reed promptly declared it 6utxof order. "Such a resolution can be Introduced in the reg ular course and can be referred to a com mittee. " he said. "Does the speaker hold Hf'at the resolu- .tcn thould be referred .to eomc committee .hat Is yet to bo appointed ? " Sir. Lewis nqulred. . ' "Certainly , " replied Mr. Red , tersely. From this ruling Jlh Lewis-appealed , and Mr. Dinglcy's motion ( o table the appeal was carried , 4)1 ) to 57 , Messrs. Cooper of Wisconsin , Linney of. North Carolina , Mahoney - honey of New York , of-ilbi * republicans , and Berry of Kentucky , MeybryntsLoutelana , Mc- Clellan of New York. SeUlo.of Kenlucky and other democrats refrained Ifrom voting. On L roll' call the speaker was sustained , SS o 51 , prcpent and'np voting 17 , and he an nounced "no quorum. " Immediately Mr. Dingley moved to ad- ourn and wllh several democrals shouting 'or recognition the motion was carried by a party vote and at 12:05 : p. m. the house djourned to'Monday. .NOMINATION IIY THE 1'BESIDEXT. Three VncnnclcH lu tlie Itaiik of IlrlK- Gciienil Filled. WASHINGTON , May 27 , The president today sent the following nominations to the ' senate : War Colonel James , F. Wade. Fifth cav. airy , to be brigadier general ; Colonel John K. Mlzner , Tenth cavalry/ bo brigadier general ; Colonel William Graham , Fifth artillery , to be brigadier general. Treasury Alexander R. Avery , to be col lector of customs district of Huron , Mjcb. ; John M. Ewlng of Wisconsin , to be deputy audllor for Ihe Navydepat-fanent. Justice William T. Jonas , atlorney of Ihe United Stales for the jnorthern district o" Alabama ; Solomon F. Slab ) , marshal of Ihe Unlled States for the wealern dlslrlct o" Arkansas. Navy Commander CharlesO'Neill , U. S N. to be chief of the Bureau of Ordnance with the rank of commodore ; Rev. Thaddeus S. K. Freeman of Indiana' ' to be a chaplain. Postmasters Arkansas. ) < W. L. Paine Argenta ; California. 0. if. " Cornell , Corona Oregon , Ezra B. Woo'dward , Newbcrg. The nominations for brigadier generals , li confirmed , will bring : about tbe following " promotions : Lieutenant Colonel Noyes , "to be colonel ot the Flfttt cavalry ; Lieutenant Colonel Henry , to be colonel of the Tenth cavalry ; Major Chaffeo , to be lleutenanl col onel of Ihe Second cavalry Major Cooney. to bo lieutenant colonel off the Third cavalry Captain Forbush , to bej lieutenant colone ot the Ninth cavalry ; Captain Augur , to b < lieutenant colonel of the Twenty-fifth cav airy ; Lieutenant Goldman , to be captain o the 'Fifth cavalry ; Lieutenant McComb , to be captain , Fifth cavalry : Lleulenan Colonel Rodgcrs , to bo colonel of Ihe Fifth artillery ; Major Haskln , to be llcutenan colonel of Ihe Second , artillery ; Major In galls , to bo major of the First cavalry ; Lieu tenant Best , to be capta'ln of the First ar tlllery. COMIIINING PENSION AGENCIES I 4 President MeKlnley Will Shortly Ac oil CoiiiiuliiHloiiur XTviifea' Itrport. WASHINGTON , MaJ' , 27 . President Me Klnley has under consideration and shortl will act upon a report submitted by CommU sloner ot Pensions Evani-on' the contollda tlon of pension agcncrfe * ordered by Presl dent Cleveland shortly before ? Ibe change o ' administration. Tb'cij report- recommends a complete revocation. of tho'urder. Seplembt 1 was fixed aa Jhe date for President Cleve land's order to take effect : There Is n doubt but the * order ot revocation will b promulgated wlfhln.u few weeks. Commissioner Evan/saya tbat probably al the pension agencies Trill be consolidate into one In this clt some time In the future but that there Is no necessity for such ac tlon at this time. Tlitr provision of Presl dent Cleveland's order replacing the agcn cles at Topeka , Kan. , anil Oca Molnes , la. with one to be established at St , Louis , tb commissioner saya , would ttvult In 1C1.00C pensioners being pild from that city with out any advantages overt the present system Con drum timing WASHINGTON , May , * ? . The senate I executive eenslon today confirmed the foi lowing nominatioui ; Edwin H , Conger of Iowa , to be miniate to Brazil ; Charles Burdett Hart of Vfes Virginia , to be minister to Colombia ; As slstant Engineer D. R. Dlsmukei , to b passed assistant engineer In Ihe navy. Paymasters : Kansas Joseph Carey , a Garnett ; W. E. HoKueland , at Yates Center Missouri U , O. Holley , at Slkcston ; Iowa James L. Berry , at Humeaton ; C , N , Marvin at Sbenandoah ; J. A. Wilson , at Williams burg. fur tbc Army. WASHINGTON. May 27. < SpeeJaI Tel < gram. ) First Lieutenant Alexander R. Pipe Fifteenth Infantry , baa been ordered to th Soldiers' Home , this city , for duty , BAD WRECK ON SHORT LINE * ine Men Silled Outright and Several Others Seriously Injured , HEIGHT RUNS INTO A PASSENGER TRAIN nttcr In Snmlliin nt ( lie Station nnil the VrelKlit OetK Iteyoml Con trol While Coining llonu , n Illll. . . . . , POCATELLO , Idaho , May 27. A head-end olllslon between a freight and a passen- cr train at American Falls , twenty-five miles west ot hero , at 4:30 : o'clock this morning , caused the death , so far as known , f nine men , and the serious Injury of eight thers. Two ot the latter will die. This s the worst wreck that has occurred on he Short Line In many years. The westbound passenger was watting for 10 freight at American Falls , and was landing In front of the station building , he ] freight coming cast ran away on the h. 111 , east of American Falls. It Is thought lat the air was tampered with. The relent , running fifty miles an hour , crashed nto the passenger train , which was already jacking up , right In front of the station. Two men were on the station platform. One as kilted and the other fatally Injured. The elation building was shattered. Both ngtnes were converted Into scrap Iron and wenty freight cars were piled up In a heap. Eight box car passengers sheep shearers nd tramps were crushed to death. Up to eon five bodies had been taken out. George loorc , the engineer of the freight Is serl- usly Injured ; the fireman , Dick Cosgrove , ad a leg broken ; C. E. Hcckman , engineer f the passenger , sustained slight Injuries , le stayed with his engine until he had re- ersed It. The. conductor and brakemen were on top of the freight setting the brakes nd Fireman Cosgrove had climbed back to iclp when the crash came. "LIST OF CASUALTIES. The dead are : C. W. SHIELDS , about 35 , residence un- cnown. D. L. THOMPSON , Dayton. Wash. JOHN H. COOPER , Wellsvllle , Utah. J. STEFFEN , Dillon. Mont. FIVE UNKNOWN MEN. all sheep shear- rs , beating their way. The Injured , besides trainmen already men- ionecl , arc : G. W. Brennan , Pearl , Idaho , leg broken. F. D. Springer. Dayton , Wash. , leg broken. John Borgan , Brlgham. Utah , leg broken. John Peters , residence unknown , leg iroken. William Connelly , Great Barrington , Mass. , crushed and Lionels torn out ; will die. STOCK TKAI.V IIHI3AKS IHALF. . Tvro. SeetloiiN CriiNli Together nnil Cause ti Had "Wreek. SCHUYLER , Neb. , May 1-7. ( Special Tele gram. ) An extra stock train from the west oaded with cattle became uncoupled some- \here 'between here and Rlchland this morning , shortly after 10 , and when the train topped to sidetrack for the westbound train , To : 1 the six wild cars crashed Into the rent section , causing a wreck. 5i which hrc-e cars were completely ruined and section of the train was thrown , out of con dition for use. Though it was a seeming mposslbllity , none ot.he cat'.le in the vrecked cnrs were killed or seriously burt , nit two in the other cars had their legs broken and two had horns knocked oft. 1 he men in the caboose saw that their end of he train was running wild Just before they struck , but it was too late for them to do more than He on the floor to save Lelng terribly shaken up. None of the train ' crew were hurt. Fortunate'ly the wreck occurred past the first switch , so traffic was not delayed at all. The wrecking crew came up at noon and the main line was opened by G:30 : p. m. HAD FLOODS I.V THE SOUTH WEST. Levee * IlrenU nt El PIIHO Hirer HIxeM nt Simla Fc. EL PASO. Tex. , May 27. The heads&tc of the large canal running through the south ern past of the city and the levee separating he canal from the river , gave way at 2:3 : ( o'clock this afternoon and the water came through In torrents , Inundating the Santa Pe freight yards and halt a mile" further south flowed In behind the main temporary evee erected the past week , to bold back th water which has settled itself to a height of ; rom six to ten feet on the southern river 'ront. A general alarm was sent out by : lie fire department , and all the assistance possible was given to those in the midst o : : he flood. Some seventy-five residences , sit uated between the Santa Fe freight yards and the canal on the river front were Inun dated within half an hour after the break but nearly everything movable was carrlei to high Kround. A great many houses are Riled with refugees , but there are yet fully 200 families shelterless. At 10 o'clock tonight the flood had broken through the second levee on Fourth stree and the waters bad advanced to Second street , causing' several hundred more poor families to flee from their homes. There will be over 400 homeless families on the streets of El Paso tonight , and a large num bcr of them are without food , as they are laboring people who have been fighting the flood Instead of earning bread for the pas fifteen days. The water la running Into the county Jail and around the Texas & Paclfii depot. The river Is reported falling. DENVER , Colo. , 31ay 27. A special t the News from Santa Fc , N. M. , says : ; rise of eight Inches in the Rio Grande Is re ported from the Colorado llnej today , and 1 haa been running continually over the RI Grande water thed , north of this city al day. The prospects are that a fresh Coo < carrying from one to two feet more wate than Is now flowing , has started toward E Paso tonight. The rainfall at Santa Fo fo the past month has been nearly four inches or about three times the normal supply Dispatches tonight report a fresh downpou all along the Colorado line. CALLS OUT THE STATI5 MILITIA Governor II nut ley Get * After the Ken tuekj- Toll Rntv Haider * . LEXINGTON. Ky. , May 27. Company E Kentucky State guards , fifty strong , acting under the orders of Governor Bradley , let hero on a , special at 8:30 : o'clock tonight fo Owingsvllle. The company will reach Ow ingsvlllo about midnight. The company wa ordered out by request of Sheriff Lane o Bath county , who , It Is reported , had In formation that a strong mob ot toll gat raiders would try to take Johnrton. tliel captured thief , from the Owingavllle jail to night. Falling In tnU It is reported tba the raiders will attempt to take Johnstoi from the bands of the court during bis trial tomorrow. rircM of n Day. FREMONT , Neb. , May 27. ( Spol3l. ) The fire department was called out last nigh by the chimney of the Ideal laundry buruln out * No damage was done , thougn , on DC count of the wind , it caused some excite ment. CHICAGO. May 27. Fire thli afternoo destroyed the William H. Bunge vlncga factory , one of the largest In the west. Loss N75.000. SIoveiiientB of Ocean Vmvelii , Slay - " At New York Arrived Burgundia , froi Marselien : ; Phoenicia. from Hamburg Sailed Fuerst lilsmarck , for Bremen ; Zaan dam. for Amsterdam. At Liverpool Arrived Rhynland , from New York. Sailed Waetland , for Phlladt phlu ; Pavonla , for Bonton. At QueenMown Sailed Germanic , if New York. At Genoa Arrived Ems , from New York Salltd-Kttlser wilhelm II , for New York. IKCOGMTIO.V OP PAUTY LOYALTY. Veatern I/enRtie DelrRntrn Mnnt lie In Accord with Hennlillenii I'lntforni. CHICAGO , May 27. The National Rcpub- Ican league hug served notice upon the eaguo In the western silver states clepates to the National Republican I onventton In Detroit In July must /J / ecord with the party platform. The l\e committee ct the league met .uclltorlum today to make nrranKcm lie coming convention. The condMe bf he league In the western states , wu party vote was nearly wlpeJ out V5J i as brought up through the Pre/Sjt / * of obn A. Dcwee.'c of Denver , whmM V ho eprcsented the republicans who [ $ &m f ° r IcKlnley and he wanted to know/sViy / the onvcntlon proposed to do In the wj flf rcc- gnlzlng the republicans who stofl Hthdr > arty In the sliver slates. Ho < ll8W tmod icing a place hunter , but he thought the eaguo should recognize that the leaders In Colorado had deserted the organization last all. He suggested that the league be re- rganlzed In that state. The executive com mittee delegated to President Woodmanseo md Secretary Dow ling the duty of appoint- ng a provisional organization In Colorado ml In any other state In which It might ap- iear that the old organization Is no longer n control ot republicans lu accord with the parly. The basis of representation to the July onventlon was made four for each congrca- ional district and ten at large in each state. President D. D. Woodmanseo ot Cincinnati ireslded over the meeting. The following nembers were present : Illinois , Judge C. W. laymond , Ora A. Chapln. Senator I. M. lamllton , L. K. Tarbett. Ira Copely , State Auditor Constantine ; Ohio , Judge J. M. Thomas ; Wisconsin , O. N. Wlswcll ; Indiana , A. M. Hlgglns ; Alabama , A. G. Negley ; Colorado , John A. Dewccee ; Tennessee , Luke \ Walker ; Michigan , F. L. Edtnborough. E. V. Dlngley ; Kentucky , L. J. Crawford ; low a , F.V. . Blcknell , F. R. Conway. Minnesota ohn Good now. Reports from the several states Indicate hat the Detroit convention will bo the uost successful one In the history of Iho irgnnlzalton. Speakers of national rcpula- lon will be In attendance and President IcKlnley Is expected. Following the an nouncement from President Woodmanscc hat he would not be a candidate for re flection to the presidency , numerous candi dates have entered the field. Hon. L. J. rawford of Kentucky Is a candidate , and ion. Theodore Roosevelt ot New York Is also prominently mentioned for the place. OHIO SILVER MI2X 1CONFERENCE. . For Anyone or Any 1'nrty Which FuvorH Free Colmine. COLUMBUS , O. , May 27. The etate confer- ucc of silver republicans called by Provi sional State Chairman Davis of Flndlay , under Instructions from National Provisional Chairman C. A. Tow no of Minnesota , met n the Board of Trade auditorium at 11 a. m. with Dr. Spencer Garwood of ill 1 ford Cen ter In the chair and about 100 persons In the audience. Allen W. Thurman of this city , ate democratic candidate for governor , and 3eneral A. J. Warner of Marletla , 'Aero among those present. The morning was devoted to appointment of committees and speeches. Mr. Towne Is present. Ho served as a republican In con- _ jress one term from the Duluth district. Provisional Chairman Davis says that the organization -which is being formed Is for the free and unlimited coinage of all the jold and silver that comes to the mints at the ratio of 1C to 1 without watting for the consent ot any other nation , and for the support ot any party that fully expresses these ideas on this subject. . Committees are to be appointed with power to nominate , a state ticketIn the future. If necessary. There was a lively discussion at the affcr- noon session over a resolution Introduced providing for the reorganization of the re publican party. Some of the delegates thought this was presumption on the part of the conference not warranted by the nu merical strength of the free silver repub licans , and It was voted down. A resolution was adopted providing for the organization ot a etate central committee and giving II authority to decide whether an Independent ticket should be nominated or the candi dates on some other ticket endorsed. MEET TO APPORTION THE PLUMS Soutlt Dukotn'H Hlsr Five Doling- Out Federal OllleeM. SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , May 27. { Specif Telegram. ) This Is the most Important day In months to the politicians of South Dakota. This Is the evening when the big five , Messrs. Klttredge , Elliott , Crawford Gamble and Rlngsrud , meet to select the candidates for the federal offices. There are about fifty prominent politicians In the city besieging these gentlemen and pre&ent- Ing endorsements. For United States mar shal there are twenty candidates ; for as statant district attorney , fifteen , and for the others , land oflfccs , postofllces and In dlan agencies , a great crowd. No Indlca tlon has been given of the selections y t , am probably will not be for some days. It IB whispered that the fight for marshal , which Is the biggest plum to be given out , lies between Frank A. Morris of Trlpp and E. C Kennedy of Eureka , -with the five dispensers pretly evenly divided. The surveyor gen eralsblp will probably go to the Black Hllli with the assistant district attorney , and the Internal revenue collectorshlp to Brooking county. .M'LEAX WILL RU.\ FOR THE SENATE ipectif to Make tlic Fleltt on n Free Sliver Platform. CINCINNATI , 0. , May 27. Ex-Congress man J. F. Sorg and Congressman Lentz hav recently announced their candidacies for tb democratic nomination Cor governor , ; special from Washington contains au Inter view with John R. McLean , In which he an cornices his candidacy for senator to succee Blaik A. Hanna In the event of the nex Ohio legislature having a democratic ma Jorlty. Mr , .McLean states be will not at tend * the democratic state convention a Columbus next month , but he experts th platform to be In accord with the Chlcag declarations and the financial question t be more of an issue thn It was last year This is regarded ae significant , as It Is un derstood that Bryan haa promised McLea : to stump the state this year. Local Electloim In Vlrnrinln. RICHMOND. Va. , May 27. The vote today was light all over tbo state. The election were for county officers and on the question of calling a constitutional convention. Re turns up to midnight , covering about three fourths of the counties In the state , rcnde It certain that the proposition to call a con ventlon to frame a new constitution Is de feated by an overwhelming majority. So fa as party lines were drawn In the clcctloi for county , town and city officers the net re suit Is a victory for the democrats. LATEST nimiiAvr VAJIV A FAKE Old Koldler Ilrj-nnt Proven to lie End neiitlx Unreliable. SAN FRANCISCO , May 27. A letter wa. received today from \V , T. Biyant , the old soldier who recently uwore to a eensatluna affidavit to the effect that he caw Rev. J G. Gibson , patitor of Kmanuel church , carry Ing the body of a woman up to the belfr ; on tti. < date of the Blanche I-a moot murder which effectually disposes of that documen and proves the unreliability of the writer Although this letter waa mailed at Mont Vista , Colo. , four days after Bryant mad his affidavit he Ktates he never taw elllie Glbspn or Durrant , , to his knowledge , bu that two women , Hester Hicks and Henrlett Blgsby , bad effered him 15.000 to iwear tha be was in the churchat the time the mur drr wa. committed and that Gibson com rnltted the crime. Nothing Is known o either woman and In the light of recen events Chief Ltce haa no Uerltancy ID pro Bouncing Bryant i prodigious liar. i MUST STAND TRIAL Cannot Escape on Technical Errors in tbo Papers Filed. EX-STATE TREASURER IS HELD TO ANSWER \ Bartloy Will Como Before tbo Douglas County Courts. MOTION TO QUASH INFORMATION DENIED Defects in Pleadings Cured by Subsequent Acts of Defendant. HENCE WAS A WAIVER OF RIGHTS "ouiit- Attorney llenily to I'rt > eee < l Cane Wherein the State Out rice Kmliexr.lement of If-Ol- | SSI.O- State FuiulK. Yesterday morning Judge Baker overrule * he motion to quash the Information In the ase against Joseph S. Hartley , the cxrstalo rcasnrer who IB charged In the criminal ourt of Douglas county with the embezzle ment of J201.SS4.05'of Blalo fumU , which o 1 ; alleged to have withdrawn from the Omaha National bank and converted to bla wn use. The motion lo quash was argued before- udge Baker Tuesday of this week , the notion being based on alleged defects In he warrant ot arrcsl and Ihe transcript } f the proceedings In Iho police courl. U waa alleged that the defect In the warrant made Hartley's arrest Illegal and that sub- equent proccecdltigs were therefore Illegal , and from this point It was argued that the lefendant bad not had a preliminary cx- mlnatlon , nor waived the same. In passing upon the motion yesterday fudge Baker said the flret question was whether the police court acquired jurisdic tion. He held that If the lower courl did acquire jurisdiction it mu t have been by virtue of the warrant. The Judge raid the warrant was defective In thai It had been ssued to Ihe wrong porcon , but held that I I : he court had acquired Jurisdiction because the de'ect bad not been taken nJvantaco of In Ibe lower court. CURING THE DEFECTS. Regarding the transcript , the judge eatd t was full of defects , but it was held to bo used on Ihe Information filed in Iho case and was sustained. Regarding the point that a similar pro ceeding is now pending In the criminal court of Lancaster county , the judge said this presented a serious question. The judge said he recognized that complications might arise In case the defendent should bo re quired to be In both courts at the same time , but said that tlile bridge would bo crossed when It was reached. Aside from the affi davits and certified copy of proceedings In Lancaster county , the judge held that there was nothing to show that a similar action was pending against the same defendant. Under Iho slatutes of Nebraska It waa held that evidence was not admissible under a motion to quash , and therefore the affidavits and certified copy -would not be considered. The motion to quash was overruled and a motion filed by the stale to strike the affi davit and certified copy from the files , waa sustained. The county attorney announced ( hat he was ready to arraign Bartley If he was ready to plead lo the charge. T. J. Mahoney , attorney for Bartley , said his client was not ready to plead. He an nounced tbat he would file a plea in abate ment this morning , Mr. Mahoney said unless the plea In abatement was demurred to by the stale he would have several wit nesses , some of them from out of this counly , and would ask for a jury. If a demurrer was ifiled , Mr. Mahoney said ho would bo ready lo argue the mailer this after noon , but if a jury trial was necessary , ho would ask for a llttlo further time to get bis witnesses. POWKL.L OVKUHllI.ES OIIJECTION * . Holiln tlmt Conrt linn Jurlmllctlnn la Cane ARrnliixt Hartley' ) * Iluiidmiicn. Judge Powell yeslerday overruled tbo objections to the jurisdiction of the court * of Douglas county In the civil case brought by Atlorney General Smyth against Joseph ) S. Bartley and the sureties on his bond ao stale Ireasurer for Ihe recovery of $555- 790.C6 alleged to have been embezzled by Bartley 'while holding tbe ofilce ot etalo Ireasurer. In pacelng upon the motion. Judge Pow ell said tbat tbe objections lo Ibe Jurisdic tion of the courts of Douglas county had been raised on the ground tbat the alleged cause of cctlon did not occur In Douglas county. The court said Ihe Hill case had been cited as grounds for the objection. In this con nection. Judge Powell called attention to tbe fact ( bat when the Hill care was started tbe state depository won not In force and It was then the duly of the ttate treasurer to keep the state ffinds In vaults In the office of the state treasurer. The court said that under1 these circumstances the supreme * court held tbat the "conversion" of funda took place In Lancaster county at tf < > lima when the funda were withdrawn from tbe vaults of the treasurer and that It could not have taken place In Douglas county. Judge Powell said that the difference be tween tba Hill case and the Bartley cane ) was that under tbo old law , the treasures was required to keep the funds In bis ofilce , while under the new law tbe treasurer Is required to keep tbe etate funds in. the legal dejxisllorles. The courl * ald lhat It must be assumed that certain otate funds were lawfully in tbe Omaha National bank , tbat bank being one of tbe itate depositories. FUNDS WRONGFULLY WITHDRAWN. ' It was charged , the court said , that Hart ley ( Jrew J201.884.05 from the Omaha Na tional bank and converted Iho tuune to hla own uie and refuted to pay the same ovrr to bli lucceeeor upon demand. The court i > ald tbat If , in tbe Hl | | case , the conversion of funds occurred In Lancaster county when tbe funds were drawn from the bank , as held by the supreme court , then the conver sion of funds In Douglas county occurred when the funds were drawn from ( he Omaha National bank. The court said tbat tbla withdrawal of funds was not necesiarlly un lawful , unlet * It was shown lhat there WB a refutal to turn over ( he money upon de mand. ThU fact , the court eald , wao fulljr. set forlh In the prtllon | , In conclusion , Judge I'owfll Bald , "ITpoq tlm foregoing consideration , I conclude that from tbe petition that It appears tbat * Ute fundi were wrongfully withdrawn from the Omaha National book by Barlley in Doug las counly , which were not aflerward ac counted for , that a cauie of action there upon accrued against him and hl bon&imeu and that this court bat Jurlicllcllon. " After Iha court had announced Itu ruling , tha attorney * foi the- defendant gave notlco that they would file a demurrer to tbe poll- lion cd It v > ta * gr 4 tbat tbe argument *
