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THE OMAHA * ESTABLISHED JTJXE 39 , 1871. OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MOR 'tNG , JUNE 1G , 1S97. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. SITS ON PETTIGREW Senate Tables His Tariff Bill Amendment Eclating to Trusts. TWO DEMOCRATS VOTE IN AFFIRMATIVE Morgan and McEnery Line Up with the Republicans. / LIVELY DEBATE OVER THE QUESTION - Hoar Holds that the Amendment is Nut Germane to Bill TRUSTS SHOULD BE OTHERWISE HANDLED Senate Complete * CiMmlilerntlnii nf Mi- schedule IIxtM'lit 1'rov | M | II He- K to Iliinull WASHINGTON. June 15. The eeoate tnado a great stride forward today by com pleting the consideration of the sugar sched ule of the tariff bill , except the provision relating to Hawaii , which went over. This schedule ban been the storui center of the entire bill , and with it dlspcsed of there is a belter prospect for upeedy action on the bill as a whole. The first paragraph of Iho sugar schedule hie served to bring out all the speeches and the test voted , and when this was passed early today the other paragraphs cf the schedule were agreed to without further opposition. AB agreed to. the ( schedule places on bugar not above No. 16 Dutch standard 1 cent per pound and thrce-hundredths of a cent for everj degree above 73 , and on sugars above No. 16. Dutch standard , 1.S5 ceiitu per pound , but on sugars testing below S7 degrees ouc-ttnth of a cent per pound shall bo deducted. The other provisions of the schedule relate to maple sugar , maple syrup , candy , etc. Only one yea and nay vote waa taken during the day , on the amendment of ilr. Lloisay of Kentucky , to make the rate 1 S cents per pound on sugar abovrj No. 16 , Dutch standard. The amendment was defeated 32 to 35. . The Pettigrew- amendment , relating to trusts , was then taken up and discussed at length. It developed considerable divergence of views on both sides of the chamber , the two Alabama senators , Mesrs. Morgan and Pettus , joining Mr. Hoar In opposition. Mr. Allison finally tested the sense of tbe sen ate by moving to table the amendment , which motion prevailed > eas , 35 ; najs , 32 two democrats , Morgan and McEnery , voting with the republicans to uble and thus turnIng - Ing the ecale against the amendment. The detailed vote was a < s follows : Yeas Republicans : LIVELY DEBATE. The consideration of the Pettigrew amend ment called forth a lively debate. Mr. Pet tigrew desired to have it voted on ss a part of the sugar schedule. Mr. Allison teked that It go over , but Mr. Pettlgrew said he felt like having the kuue now , unless overruled by the senate .Mr. Vest remarked that he had not tup- posed there was any difference among parties on the propriety of the amendment. It waa time to dispose of it. otherwise the whole sugar dsbate would be reopened at a later Etage. The sugar subject was a source of calumny , scandal and Irritation and there would be no peace until it was disposed of. Mr Pettigrew said this anti-trust policy hart been a plank of the republican party up to the time of the St. Louis convention , when It waa left out of the platform. Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts sjlj he ex pected to do everything in hfi ! power to check the evils complained of. But the amendment had no place In a tariff bill , he tald , and should U- dealt with a ? a eepa- rate measure. He trusted that such a meas ure would be devised. Mr. Heir said he epeclficall ; objected to that feature of the omcndment which permitted three or more men to form a combination and thus force the articles handled by them on the free llat. llat.Mr. Mr. Faulkner of West Virginia Insisted that tbe amendment would not bear such a construction and that the danger pointed out by Mr. Hoar could cot arise under thU amendment. Mr. Hoar declared that the amendment was an "abomination' through and through , PETTUS SAYS GO SLOW. Mr. Pettus , democrat of Louisiana , paid he begged his associates to "go rlotv" ou this kind of amendment , which by III ac tion might break down all classes of man ufacture and commerce. It was patterned , be cald , after the Canadian- law but was wholly unmited to our institutions. He sympathized with the aim of the amendment , for we hid become a government by tbe trusts and by money and the government's feet chould be put on the neck of this sys tem. tem.Mr. Mr. Nelton cf Minnesota painted out what be- regarded as radical defects In the Pet- tlgrcw amendment , although he supported the senml principle of it. He esld the ftmendmt-nt might r < ult In cutt ng off th : .revenues of the government. It would Uo pUce an entire Industry ou'olde of any tru t , subject to penaltlra becaua > some email trust was formed In that lln ? . Tbe senator urged that senators should vote down all amendments , pits the tariff bill and then turn their attention to some effective rem edy againt trust ? Mr. Lindsay Ironically pointed out thit U would be carious , by this amendment , to kill tbe Sugar trust , after tbe bill took tuch care in the sugar schedule to foater the trust. Mr AllUcn agriln urged that the amend ment ought to so over for the time be-Ing , and he appealed to Mr Pettigrew to allow this to be done , but the Utter refuxM. He said the objections were In the nature of excise ? and the weakest of these bsd come from the penator from Massachusetts ( Hoar ) . He maintained tint every objection could be met and he was willing to < o sraend his proposition M to make It an effectual rem- * dy against tru ts > . In the courre of his remarks Mr Pettigrew- referred to the rise In eupar stock during recent das , where upon Mr , Gear ssld the sugar debate of three year ? ago sent up eugir stock 40 point * . NEW POLITICAL PARTY "I think. " exclaimed Mr. Pettigrew. ' 'that the two debit * * on sugar now- and three years ago Justify the existence of a new political party" Mr Morgan of Alabama pointed out what tie regarded s fatal defect * la the amenj- tarnt He regarded tbe existing Fbcr"-i- Dtl-trust act , reinforced by tbe reran c < e clslon of the United States supreme court. as the real remedy agalnet trust * . Mr Alltecn moved to lay the Pettigrew omfndment en the table This speedily de veloped romcthing of a breeze. Mr Chllton of Texas moved an amend ment perfecting the procedure under the Pettigrew amendment Mr. Allison had remained standing , claim ing tbe floor. Mr. Chllton yielded the floor to Mr Faulk ner , who declared that the purpose of Mr. Alllton's motion to tible was * to avoid a direct vote on the trust proposition. Mr. Allison hotly resented this bugges- tlon and claimed tbe floor. Three ten- ators were claiming the floor Allison , Chll ton and Faulkner. The presiding officer , Mr. Gatllnger , beln * temporarily in the chair , held that Mr. Alli son V.ES entitled to the floor. Senators 5sed to perfect the amendment , but Mr. Allli n lnsl ttd on testing the * ense of We tcnate with his motion. The vo'e-was taken and the amendment was Uhled 23 yea * , 3 ! najs HAS ANOTHER AMENDMENT. Immediately after Senator Petllgrew's amendment was laid on the table he gave notice of another amendment of the same character in the shape of a proviso , aa follows lows- "That none of the Increased rate ? of duty provided for In this act shall apply to any article ? or commodities , ths "ale or manufac ture of which Is controlled by trusts In this country. " Senator Chllton of Texa alee offered an anti-trust amendment , as follows- "If any manuficturer , dealer , coiner or other person knowing that nny article or articles of like character upon which duties . are levied under this ct. arc manufactured ' or the eale controlled , or their price af fected by a trust or combination , shall sender or transmit any such articles from one state to another such manufacturer , dealer or coiner shall upon conviction before anj circuit court of the Unlted Statrs be pun ished by imprisonment not more than three " years Senator PartO gave notice of an amend ment which differs from Senator Pettlgrew's original amendment only In detail , princl- pilly a ? to the means of proceeding in court to determine the existence of n trust. One of the provisions requires the court to de termine whether a trust proved to exist af fects the raw material or Improved article In ca ? the court finde an article to be the subject of a trust the secretary of the In terior It to make an order directing the customs officersrto permit Its admission free of duty. Ths tobacco schedule was passed over and consideration of the agricultural Ffhedule resumed. On the first paragraph (23 ( ) . but ter and substitutes therefor 6 cents per pound. Mr Jones of Arkansas moved to reduce the rate to 4 cents per pound. Dis agreed to 29 to 34. At 5 o'clock the senate adjourned. vniinicT AT L'lilintitH Action cif tlie Authorities In AH Iti' | toct . URBANA , 0. . June 15 Coroner Hewitt rendered the following verdict last night on the death of Harry Bell , who was killed when the first attack was made on the county jail on the night before the Ijnching of Click Mitchell : I do find that the said deceased came to his death from a iwound in the head pro duced by a rifle ball tired by n member of comcany D , Third regiment , Ohio National Bvard , vvhl.c under orders from the captain of sala compan > and while attempting to de fend trie county jal ! of Cham' aign county nnd prevent a crowd of people there assem bled from doing violence to a prisoner , Charles Mitchell. Jr. . confined therein , charppJ and convicted of rape on the mom- Ins of June J , 1SS7. I fail to find from the testimony of the vvltnesse-s examined by me any failure or neslect on the nart of Gu\ernor A."a Bush- nel. to promptly responn to any request made to him or the sheriff. Lewis McLain , 'or troops to nseist In defending said jail or protecting said prisoner. And I do not find from the tet-tlmonv yo taken bv me an > failure on the part of Sheriff Lewis McLain to use all means at his hands for the pro tection of said jail or said prisoner 1 further find that Mayor C. H. Anderson directed the I olice force of tl.e city to do all In its power to preserve order , nnd that he did not In any wav attempt to ucuri > the pj er of the sheriff , or.in any manner clclm to represent him in dlschaiKins his duty , but that he , a the mayor of the tlty , ad- vlsed the crow I there assembled not to at tempt any violence to the prisoner. Char'cs Mitchell , Jr. and that his conduct on that occas'on was wholly directed toward pre- ventlnK any violence being done to the prisoner by the persons there assembled and any further killing of the peopleby the militia. A similar verdict was rendered as to the death of Upton Bakfr. HOT ALL OVUH THC .fORTHWEST. Vo I'ronpect * > t Ilcllcf for Sevcrnl Uny * to Conic. CHICAGO. June 15. One death end twcatthrec prostrations , none of them seri ous , wae the result of the high temperature today. The death was that of Chirles Alaen. a carpenter , vvho , while dellrioua from the effects of the teat , attempted to cool him self with a drink of carbolic acid. ST. PAUL , June 15. The hot weather con tinues. 74 being the official figure at 7 o'clock this morning In this city and 92 being given as the maximum and 72 as the minimum for the past twenty-four houra. The diy started with all indications of at leaot equalling yesterday acd Sunday. Winnipeg , Huron , Bismarck and Moorhead each report 70 at 7 o'clock and Duluth with 62 Is the coolest at that hour La Crcssa having a record of 76. IVDIA.VS GUIATIV STIIIIIKD UP. Mutt Glie t'i All lint One Wife on Jul > - 1. PERRY , Okl. , June 15. The Cheyenne and Arapahco Indians are wrought up over the new law which goes Into effect July 1 relating to polygamy. After that time each of the forty Cheyenne Indians who has more than one wife will have to choo-.e one o ! two of the vvivei he has and the other wives must go back to their relatives. The Inter est between tbe squsws. who have become enlightened to their situation , has become Intense. Every squaw vv o wauls to remain with her husband Is doing her btst to please him , so that the will bo the lucky wife. There are forty of these polygam ts , and in all they have over 100 tquawi. I'ri-'unifii'M liitcrnntionnl Convention. DETROIT , June 15. About a hundred delegates to tbe International Pressmen's convention and more than that number of union prettmen who are not delegates were present this morning at the opening tetsplon of the convention In the cUv hall csuncil chamber. M % > or Majbury made a happy ad < Jreof welcome which WJB seconded by Prwldect John McYlmr , himself an old time printer. President Theodore F. QEulivskoufki responded briefly. A list of convention committees were announced by tbe president and meanwhile the committee on credential ? cnt into fe&'lon to examine credentials and consider the protect ottered against five New- York delegates. The .protest against their admission TV as bakci on the fact that thty are feeders and helper ! , and as such are onlj auxiliary mem bers of the union. The committee on creden- tiib rcpor'ed In favor of their admission as delegate * . auJ the report was adopted al most urinlmoutly. Delegate Meran of New- York existing tht only negative vote. A pleasure trip up the river auJ acrw ( Lake St. Ctair was enjojed by delegates tbte fiftcriiooa. to Jli-n-a Droirnril. COLOMBO , Colon , June 15. The British steamer Sultan , Captain Collins , : , < UO tons , -und jfrom Jeddah for Calcutta with a large number of Mecca pilgrims , has foun- Jerrd near the Island of Socota , twelve mlU-s east of Cape Ciuartlaful. th eastern extremity of Africa. Ten natives were drowned , but ail the crew of the Sultan and the remainder of the pilgrims have betn landed here , MovriurntM of Ocnin Vrnirli , June At Copenhagen Sailed Island , for York. At New York Sailed Hov c , for Llv rpool , S iah fnrUrtmm. \ _ Lve-p-JUi Arrived Cuflc , from New POSTAL CONGRESS BREAKS UP Delegates Conclnda Their Easiness and Make Eeadj to Leave. FORMAL EUT FtLlCITOUS FAREWELLS * from Participant * In the e > lon n\irt'Ht | Sentiment * of llen ure ami Snttnfactlon with Their Itecetit I M > erlotie.e * . WASHINGTON , June 15. ( Special Tele gram. ) The closing session of the Festal Congress held this afternoon ' presented a most Impressive specta cle. General llachellor , in his fare * well speech , reviewed the work of the con- i Kress and made the prediction that the first ; decade of the twentieth cntury would witness - j ness still closer relation ? between alt nations - I tions through the adoption by the civilized I [ world of devices that vo-jld revolutionize j [ I modes of communication , and substitute Ule- ' graphic correspondent" far letter mall. Farewell - | well speeches were made by Delegates Delas- , sart of Switzerland. Sptncer Walpole of Great j ' Britain , Chlarlardla of Italy and Chavez of Mexico. All expressed hlqh appreciation of tfio reception of the congress by Americans , and gratefully acknowledged the hospitality j of the country , and expreraed unbounded admiration for ls uatura ) resources and mar velous development. Incidentally paying a glowing tribute to the American president and American delegation. 'The response on behalf of the American delegates and the Postoiflce department was made by E. Rcae- water , who briefly reverted to the fact that the congress had. on Its recent excursion , been afforded an opportunity to traverse a large section of America and view Its greatest lakes and rlvcrr. and enjoyed ovations from the public spirited men and women of Its mcst progressive cities. They had been priv ileged to frtand In I lacts most revered by the great rejublic and to < o-t < hl every facility for becoming acquainted with American Institu tions. While the American delegates felt proud to have been associated with such a distinguished body of rep-usentative men from all parts of the glolic , they felt proud also of the fact that the Ur.iied States ? had given proof of its generous hospitality and progressive spirit. All the speeches were delivered In French. Tomorrow night the American delegates to the congress will be entertained at dinner by the Japanese min ister. Most of the delegates from foreign countries leave for their ho'mes within the next three days. LOOKING UP THE BEATRICE CENSUS W. S. Bourne , mayor of Beatrice , who has been in the city for some days , called on Comptroller Eckels today to learn the touice of the reputed census that is said to have been taken In his city , whereby one of the national banks of that place Is enabled to leduca Its capital stock from $100,000 to $50- 000 under the statute of the United States which sets forth that In cities where the pop ulation falls below 6.000 banks may cut their capital stock in two. Mavor Bourne asked the comptroller for the census , but was in formed that it was an office matter of a mo'st secret character and therefore could not be given out. The comptroller informed the mayor , however , that the census had been ordered taken either by the chief of police or some one acting for him , and that if it was not true he would be pleased to correct H. Mayor Bourne says he proposes to ascer tain who has been in the census business without authorization of the city council or aav on > connected with the city government empowered to direct the taking of a census He eays that the last school census taken shows the city to have upwards of 10,000 In habitants and he believes today that Beatrice has nearer 14,000 than 6.000. M. J. Hull of Edgar , Neb. , who was re cently reinstated In the Treasury department upon the request of Senator Thurston. aad who parced the civil service examination for promotion to a cbiefshlp , will tomorrow ae- sum the position of chief of the review di- vUion in the office of the auditor for the AVar department. Nebraska men In Washington were well pleaeed today at the news received from Springfield that Governor Tanner had ap pended his signature to the bill appropriating money for the Illinois exhibit at Omaha Senator Thurston , Mr. Rosewater and others s * nt congratulatory telegrams to Governor Tanner. First Assistant Pcstmaster General Heath today Informed Congressman Mercer that he would increase the fore * of carriers of the Omaha pcstotnte by adding from six to clsht new men after July 1 , the beginning of the new fiscal year. Congressman Mercer has been anxious to have this accomplished for .tomo time , but Mr. Heath explained to him that it could not bs done until the new fiscal > ear , as the appropriation at present is en tirely exhausted. NEBRASKA'S NATIONAL BANKS. The comptroller of the currency today made public an abstract of reports of the condition. May 14. of ninety-five national banks in the state of Nebraska , exclusive of Omaha and Lincoln. The principal items are afc follows- Loans and discounts , $10.- 97.SC3 ; due from banks , national and state , $371,079 ; reserve In banks and deposited with reserve agents , fSS2.C6o , of which $ l&5,236 was In gold ; total resources , { 1S.SS2.735 ; lia bilities , capital stock. { 6,025.000 ; surplus fund and undivided profits , $1,577.611 : due to banks , national and ntatc , $762.315 ; deposits , $8,777,734. Average reserve held was 32.60 per cent. Reports from 163 banks In Iowa , exclusive of Des Molties , show total resources of $ J7- 54 205 ; loans and dhcuunts aggregating { 27.- 934.920 , and reserve fS,6M .330 , of which $1.500.177 v.at' Kold. De'po. lts amounted to { 23.27S.W7. and the average reserve held was 34 70 pr cent Twenty-eeren banks in South Dakota and on May 14 total resources to the amount of $0.712.537 , loans and discounts amounting to $2,919.716 , and reserve to $1.- 4S4.4S6. of which $326.045 was gold. De posits aggregated $3$41,316 , and the average reserve held was 3S.01 per cent. Total rr- Eourres of eleven banks In Wyoming on the date mentioned were { 3.22S.774 , loans and dis counts being $1S05.5 > 9 ; re rve , $567,944 , of which the gold was $160,707. Deposits were $1.924,972 , and the average reserve held was 29 67 per cent. The secretary of the Interior today affirmed the decision of the land commissioner in the case of the town of Chamberlain , S. D. . against King and Reynolds The decision holds that the land In controversy was part of the Indian reservation at the time of the extension of authority over it by the town of Chamberlain. He also hold ? that the land ai , therefore , not subject to townelte entry. In view of this fact , and awards it to the boraestesJers at the first entrvmen sfter it became part of the publlr domain. Rev J M Wilson of Omaha. Rev. J R I.cia of Clarkson , IJev. Joseph WiUon of Lincoln. Rev. Mr. Rundus of Wilber and Rev P. S. Thompson of Nebraska City a're In Washington en route to New York to attend the rational tvnod of the Presbyterian church , which convenes there June 30. J. W. Griffith of Omaha 1s In the city. Nebraska postmamrs appointed- Jackson , Dakota county. James Flynn. vice I ) . C. Hef. fcrznsn. removed , Virdel , Knox county , J. H Barker vice W. Tucker , dead. \\ditic or TIII : i'osT.vi < CO.MJ ISS. ItfOllllIC Of tllf IlfkllltN ArC-OlIll'HkllCll ! } I lie lluily. WASHINGTON. June 15 The Universal Postal Urngreu ; the fifth convention of the kind In the world , finlsl-.M Its labor * today after a closed testlon lasting several hourc. The next congress , the tlxth eextennlal one. will be held at Rome , Italy. In February. 1903. The final tettlon waa devoted to the formal ilgulng of the general treaty and to detailed articles. Ever ? delegate r.sntd these two fets of papers , acceptable en iho formal ratlfl.jtlon of his gavcrnmen' tlgiia- tures to oth r oet * of do'-umcuU , wen- . lived u&der a gcasral authority for their execu tion. The originals of all thtse documents will bo placed In the arenh-es oft the State department for preservallcti. and certified copies will be forwarded 16 11 the govern * mcnts concerned. The following is an of ficial rerumf of the reculu of the -work of the congress- Flirt The principal treaty , which exclude * the entry of Corea Into the pt > ? t.tl union , the declaration of the Orange , Free State , which failed to rend a delegate to Washing ton , that It hoped x > n to enter the unbn , and the declaration of the Chinese empire ( which was rcprucnted Imtbe congress ) that It u-lll observe thet rguaUon ! of the union nsioon as the organization of Its service permits. , Second In the IntermedUry rate transit hn ? been facilitated and the tariff dimin ished quite materlnllv- a.graduateil scale for the en.culnc six years. ' Third I'nlform colors have been projected for jwstace stamps. Fourth I o'tal cards untuilil nre subject to a double tax. that is. 4 < ent In place of the former lax- which wim 10 cents , the snni * a ? for unpaid lettenf Fifth Circulars produced on a machine < ti-T.rltten > In quantities yf twenty circu lars , all of the 'jme character , are admitted to the International mails at tbe , amc rates a > i printed circulars. Sixth Snmp'e of merchandise are admit ted up to ay > grammes. Seventh Object * of natural hl'tory. ani mals. drie < l plant ? or precsrved geological pjclmens are admitted a i samp'e . Eighth The question of Jhp creation of n universal postal stamp wasbrought up and the proposition defeated e > n account of the difficulty which would occur In puttinc Into practice the Inn .vatlon , * peclallv because of the diversity of currency star.aanls. Ninth Special arrangemrnt ? concerning packages of declared values , postal orders , book of Identity and sub rrfptlon to Jour nals have been thoroughly revised. Thl" country is not actually concerned In these arrangements. They moslli * SCect the states of the continent of Kuropg , . The new treaty will become operative Jan uary 1 , 1S99. Most of the CSlegates left the city for their homes touighii having booked passige on the ocean liners.tor this and next week. iiv FINISH Titinn uusixcss. J. G. Tnte of Ncliriiskn CliONrii n * Su preme Lrrtiir'cr. MILWAUKEE , June 15 , The supreme lodge of the Ancient Order of United Work men reached a final adjournment this after noon. After o lively fight -as to the next meeMng place , Asbury Park , N. J. , won over St. Paul by a email nujoriiy. J. G. Tate was engaged as capreme lecturer for the order for the coming jear A move to amend the constitution so as to have a "sui cide clause , " refusing to pay death benefits in case of suicide , was Ictd over without de bate until the next annual session. The supreme master workman was empowered to reorganize the order in Oklahoma , where it * has been conducted In a clandestine manner for some time. The supreme W3y adjourned at 6 o'clock this evening , after completing its business. Th nenly elected officers were Installed and the following committees wtre appointed for the ensuing jear Laws J. A. W. Kinsley. Montana ; J E. RltTP , Kansas City ; A. W. Walker , Wls- con = ln. Finance T. A. Case New ork"E ; H. An drews. Maine : A. X. Taylw.l Texas , Appeals Web McXaul ] , Kansas ; AH. . Harwlck , New York ; C. RV-Mattson , Illi nois. Statistics A. P. Riddle. Kansa ? . Advisory A. H. Sesj-iionE. South Dakota : S. D. Hlrshbaum. California ; W. C. Rich ardson , Missouri. Degree of Honor W. H. Barnes , Califor nia ; G K. Lalng , Minnesota ? ; J. A. Tinker , Michigan. tj i\DO\V A CIIAHITY1 I'tllltnrlnn IMiin of ' oiiii-t enti- CHICVGO , June 1 ! The sami-centennlal of the Indepei dent Order 'Free Sons of Israel will o cur next jear..and Instead of celebra tions by orations arid feastlnfr. the order de cided at today meeting t.b- celebrate the event by _ rBl lcg a fund to endow- some charitable "purpose. A resolution to this ef fect was presented by Justice Hamburger of Chicago and It was adopted without dls- < > nt ' Whether It ehall take the form of an asylum for widows or otphans or aged members or all combined is to be decided at the end of the jear , when * the amount of funds will be known. The piysent method of investing the endowment fund through the joint action of the endowment committees waa ordered continued. j. Shoot * Ills AsKit CHEYENNE , Wyo , Jun < > 15. ( Special Telegram ) While Charlie I swell , a West ern Union operator here , Tt on his way home tonight from work he ? as attacked by ten or twelve drunken soldiers of the Eighth United States infantry from Fort Russell. Erswell defended hinneelf with a revolver , shot tvo of the attacking party and , escaping from tte other , reached his home The soldiers followed acd broke in the windows and doors of Ersweli's house with rocks. They v ere finally drhcu away by the city police. One of th.e wounded sol diers waa found and seat tt > the post hos pital. He is In a critical condition. The other man could not bo fcuad and it is be lieved was killed aad carrlld away by hi ; comrades. Ilniicliiiitm IK Shot Iiy \elulilior. . CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Juire 15. ( Special Telegram ) Joseph Wilde , /'we-iltby ranch man living at Fort Larynle , and Fred Hoblg , a neighbor , qcarreled over business matters jesterday. Wilde beat Hoblg , who later laid in wait for AVllde with a rifle and shot him through the body Hoblg at tempted to escape , but was captured and taken to WheatUnd to escape lynching. Honorary Ir rrcK from Oiford. LONDON , June 15 Amoag the recipients of honoriry degrees from tbe University of Oxford are Wilfred Laurier , premier of Canada : Sir William V. Whltway. premier of New Foundland , and E. L. GodUn , editor of tbe New York Evening Post. Too WEST POINT. N. Y. , June 13-Bertram Sanders and a youth from Arkansas , whose name could not be learned , returned to their respective homes today and'decllned to take further part In the examination for cadet- ships on the ground thatjthty had been severelv hazed. They alleged that Cadets Scott , Magtnnis and Neblt * jad hazed them ; that they wert unwilling to fubmil to It and would no longer put thtmsavti In the way of such experiences Sanders comes from the Sixth Indiana district , " I'll ) * . NASHVILLE , Tenn. , Junfc15. . The more Important event of the wi-tk'was the an nual mmlne of the expostyfarf'stockhcldera Ian night DlrctorGene rIiewls made a si cciflc report fhowlns' that tjiejrecelpts ach day Flnt-e the exposit on opened hart more than paid expenses aiv4 jhatjlf tnere was no increase In the average attendance the ex position would stl'l piy all indebtedness , run ning expenses and have 4 surplus left. Of course the attendance Is expected to In- creace and is Increasing , t To dinner n llouii'rtnry Line. KANSAS CITY , June > . Ed C Uttle , private secretary to Goy -nor Letdy of Kansas , is In Washington1 5jn business , one result of the successful conilution of which will be to move the western boundary of Missouri east a half mile or so , giving Kan sas a narrow fctrtp of land extendlni : fnm the mouth of the Kaw soujh to the Ind in territory It Is said the presc-nt populUt ad ministration Is aUiut to make a fight to re cover the coveted territory Jolum HfiiiUiuM Cojitjiirnceuient. IJALTIMORE , June 15'Commvncemtnt excrcUcs i-t Johns Hopkins .today ere ren dered doubly Interest ng by" tbe fact that for the first lime the degre of M. D. wai bestowed upon its graduate ! and becaure of the recipient being a > oung oman- She U Mils Marv ScorJ Packard , a resident of Dayonne. N. J. , a graduate of Vassar and th only one of her tex In u---laEs of fifteen. There were ninety ? raduatty. Knrtlu. nnkfk In Irxlco. 'MEXICO CITY , June 15. Earthquakes at and near the town of Tthauntepee. In the southern part of the country , continue and many people have It ft tb n'.ao * , Including the corre i > ordent Of the Impartial a news paper of th 9 r'tr ' , wv. ) * * rtt ihii he cou'd no lonper faftl > rt.ra fie -ral jha\t Lecn ftlt In t v i.t > M' JllhAiN RLLIU MAM Death of Barney Baraato and Its Echo in London's Stock Exchange. SDUTH AFRICAN BOOM IS INVOLVED 2ml of the CSrt-nt Inflation Sclipnic Sccnm to lniifiiil , with All Itn flnniicliil AVoc for Uupctl ( Copyrlcht. 1W7. by rr < - s l ubluhins t'ompnny ) LONDON. June 15. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Tel-fcram ) Barney Bar- nito's suicide must cause \\ldcsptead ruin among email Investors. Thty had pinned thslr faith on him. The big speculators , having Inside knowledge of his serious condi tion , have , cither cleated out or have been manipulating his stock with considerable profit. Barnato's tragic end has convinced the public here of the utter rottenness of the South African boom , which now easily takes rank as the blgg it stock inflation schem * ( not to say swindle ) of the record-reign. The KatHr market on the Stock exchange opened today In a condition of tremendous excite ment. Although persistent efforts were made to discredit the story of B mato's death , the operations of a powerful bear party eoon be came apparent , but they were encumbered by a still stronger combination formed to support th ? market , not so much in the In terest of the Barnato stock as to prevent a gtnTtl panic in the South African market Inquiry at the Stock exchange at 1 p. in. elicited the statement that the Barnato stocks had eo far fallen only U per cent. The pale , anxious faces of many of the brok ers as they left the Stock exchange bore evi dence of excitement prevailing Inside , while knots of Investors gathered in Throgmorton etrcet , excitedly Inquiring for tbe last quota tions. DKOP OF TtmEE-FOUrvTHS IN VALUE. Barnato securities were quoted eighteen months ago at the capital value of $60,000X but in the last six months thev had fallen to about J15,000,000 , though they recently Im proved on bstter accounts from South Af rica. Mra. Joel. Barnato't sister , told me last night , before anything was known here of the death , that friends Intended to land Barney Barnato at Funchal for a month s rest , as bis health was not such as to ren der his return to Londor. advisable. No se cret Is made of the fact that his breakdown was accelerated b > heavy drinking , which began when the Kaffirs' slump started , even before his departure for South Africa , which was hurried and private. His mind showed signs of falling under the strain eight months ago , on which account he was sent away from England. There had never been any sensible improvement in his condition. All manner of biographical fiction has been written abou' the "Diamond King. " Here is an authentic account of his life , never pub- lithe ! here. His real name was Isaac Barnet. His father was an old clothes dealer in Petticoat lane , the Ghetto of White- chapel. Barney at first sold penny canes in Hyde Park. Then he was an assistant street conjurer. T-aenty-seven years ago , when IS years old , he w ent to South Afrlca _ with , a circus. After wandering about there sjlongj time as a.pul > llc entertainer he was em ? 'plojeSTbr'ttie Urrton Steamship company for three years to organize entertainments among the passengers on the steamers be tween London and Capetown. STARTS HIS FOUTUNE. His next venture waa to invent his eav- ings In a small diamond mine at Kim- berley. According to well authenticated stories current in the- city ( London ) he laid the foundation of his fortune by buying etones from Kaffirs without Inquiring too closely how they got them. In five years he had accumulated J300.000 , largely b > transactions of this description , which. In viewof the rigorous penalties attached by the Cape au thorities to Illicit diamond dealing , was a game attended with grave risk * . But Bar ney alwavs was clever , and tbe astuteness which enabled him alone among his coterie to keep clear afterward of the Jameson plot and fiasco may have been acquired in this dangerous avocation. The amalga mation of the De B ers and Klmberle-y mines made Barney a millionaire. Since then hli career as a financier has been a. matter of public notoriety. He came home to Eng- Und at the beginning of tbe South African boom , a few veara ago. He floated numerous companies connected with the Rand mining industry , and at the height of the boom was reputed to be worth at least J50.000ODO. Society smiled on him. He met the Prince of Wales at luncheon , and won gclden opinions by the lavishnc&s with which he gave financial tips to his aristo cratic acquaintances and by masplficent presents , which they were not EcKiincd to accept in return for their perfunctory hos pitalities to him. He then executed the big gest financial operation of bs ! career , and about the last Ho Issued etok for a com pany called Barnato's Consolidated , which Included the pick of all the companies he bad floated. The nominal capital was J15.- OOO.iXK ) in * 5 shares , which was frenetically competed for ct about J15 premium , so that the actual capital waa tCOKK.000 ( ) Tbe trou bles of the Rind brought these shares down on the run. and they stand today at 1 * . This transaction , even at the outset , was severely criticized , but tach was the belief of ignorant investors In "Barney's" genius that the shares were greedily taken up. Lord Major Renals entertained him at a banquet at the Mansion bouse , for which he was attacked by London papers for prosti tuting his office , and on retirement from the majoralty Mr. Renals was refused the usual vote of thanks by the corporation of Lon don on that account. STAR BEGINS TO WANE. Thenceforwcrd Barne > 's star was decidedly on the v\ne. His responsibilities weighed heavily on his mind and he sought "solace" too frequently. His naturally robust consti tution had been undermined by his laborious , exciting life and symptoms of softening of the brain manifested themaelve-s. His family ami partners became alarmed at the probable effect on his securities If this was known , at they were believed to be depending sole ! ) on his persorallty. So they used every tftort to gel him off to the Cape and place him Ic Efclusion for a time In tbe hope that he would recover. He did not. > raut to le-avo London , but by a ruse they induced hlnf to go on board a steamer to aee a nephew off to the Cape , and be was kept talking in the cabin until the ship had parted with tbe tender. He was thus shipped nvvay against bis will. This explains a ctory , made much of at tbe time and now renewed , that he went tbe last time to South Africa EO un expectedly that be had only tbe clothes be stood up in. His condition decline woree In stead of better. He made a public exhibition of Icfanlty ct Jobannctburg about eix ue k ago , but It was attributed to temporary cjuees , His friends know better , ho vver. and a good deal of telling of bh securities for a fall lias been Indulged in during the clump by well informed speculators. Tbe collapse has not been as great ax was looked for , b : cause the 'Belts and other big South African hoiisei have combined to keep up prices. At the tame time it has been more than suffi cient to prevent a newly attempted boom In these securities , on which the Stock exchange has been reckoning for a few weeks. After Barnato began building a lordly pal ace for himself on aristocratic Park Lane hU phenomenal fortune de rtfd him. Among the city financiers a millionaire smitten with tbe houte-bulldlQg rnanik li a doomed man It id considered a eure cymptcm of mental decay. Many Instance ! are-cited of million aire * who erected mans.uns they nrver la- habited. Barnato'g house cost. It U ettl- nuled , JS.000,000. It U now approaching completion and tbe Internal decoration U partly done. The exterior U ornate In the extreme , Barcato having given unlimited discretion to the architect ( a embellish U with tracery , pilaster * and itatute * . The significance of statutes vai much canyawed until a. witty stock broker said they were intended to represent "Bar neys" petrified stockholders. It Is understood - stood that Mr. . Barnato has no desire. If she could afford It ( which is impossible now ) , to take up her residence In the Park Lane mansion , now- generally epoken of as "Bar nato's folly. " Ultimately it will have to be disposed of at an Immense sacrifice , as no pane man would give what it cost Uarnato. HAMMOND'S IDEAS. John Hays Hammond , the leadln lean In the Rind mining Industry at ; tlmate friend of Barnato , cald to In the Hotel Cecil " 1 am very poor Barnato , for despite some of , tricks he was a good sort. I flra to South Africa with him and elated with him in the Klmberl mines for B.me jears before th amalgimation He waa alwayi erratic , eo much so that perron know him Intimately might f. no' quite responsible for his a never noticed any sympto about him. In buslDcs ? he as a razor. It Is tmpos what fortune he has left. determined by the cou'se of the keU In th next 'ew days. For my part I anticipate a crash in the -Harnato securities , but that won't affect the general K.ifflr mar ket. Barney bad not been taking any part in the management of his business for six nicntha. U is In the hands o'f bis nephew , Joel , who is Just as clever as Barney was him- telf Mtutal breakdown was feared by his family and friends before he left England aud his departure was quite hurried. " The relatives of Mr , Baruato were Invisible today. Wolf Barnato Joel has long btcn at the head of Barrato's enterprises In Eng land and Is to a. large extent responsible for the success of Kaffir stooks In London. The general realization of this probably explains why the Kaffir stocks did not heavily flump on the Stock exchange today. Speculators have known for a long time that W. B. Joel was the real head of Barnato's affairs htre and Sol Joel at tbe head of Baruato's affairs in South Africa. MITCHELL. OP iiAiirvATirs r.n-n. x Ovrrbonril Without Rt\liiR Wnrnlnt ? < t IN Drnu tied. FUNCHAL , Madeira , June 15. The follow ing details have been obtained of the euicidc of Barney Barnato , while on the passage here from Capetown. Barnato , who had been In III health for some time past , seemed to Im prove after leaving Capetown , but he was never left alone , and some one was con stantly detailed to watch him. Yesterday. after lunch , between 2 and 3 clock In the afternoon , he ecemed to be in very good spir its and was walking up and down the deck on a passenger's arm. Suddenly Barnato asked his companion to give him the time. but before he received a reply he wrenched bis arm awav and Jumped overboard. The fourth officer Jumped overboard after him Im mediately , but he failed to save the life of the South African speculator , as heavy seas were running , and the vessel was steaming at the rate of seventeen knots an hour. So soon as possible the steamer was stopped , a lifeboat was lowered aad pulled to the spot where the two men were last seen. The fourth officer was rescued In an exhausted condition , and later the body of Barnato was recovered , floating head downwards. His re mains have been embalmed and will be taken to England on board the Scot. Mrs. Barnato and her children -were also on board the Scot. The Barnatoa lived In Spencer houce for several jears , and were returning to occupy their gorgeous home. just being finished on Park Lane , opposite Stanhope gate. The deceased speculator leaves two children , Leah Primrose , named 'after bis first ralne , and a baby boy named " Rosebcrry. Althougrr'tCl StogV exchange Tfas excited by the news of Barnato's death , there was no panic. The Barnato companies were not allowed to fall much before they found buyew. The opinion is expressed that the death of the great South African speculator cannot have much effect upon the market , as Barnato has paid little direct attention to business recently. LONDON , June 15. The death of Barney Barnato has caused a sensa tion in financial circles. His office here was besieged this morning by hundreds of eager inquirers , and even then his firm had not received confirmation of the newe Throgmorton street was filled with ex cited crowds of brokers discussing the news of Barnato's death. His self-destruction is generally supposed to have been the out come of his recent illness at the Cape , which , according to rumors on the Stock exchange , was in the nature of brain trouble. The African market , as a result of the death of Barnato. was depressed today. Barnato Consolidated was % lower , Jo hannesburg Investment went down U. Char tered company's securities fell H , Deubers mines went down 5-16 and Rand were H lower. The Pall Mall Gazette this afternoon. commenting on tbe death of Barney Bar nato , sajs he had been mentally unwell for about three montho. and that he hat , been under constant surveillance CLEVELAND , June 15. Mr . Blackman of 405 Perry street , vvho sa > s she U the legit imate daughter of Barney Hlrnalo , will at cnco take stpa to acquire a t-hare of his fortune. Mrs. Blacktnan and her husband will at once proceed to London for tbe pur pose of demindlng her interest in the for tune. Mrs. Blackman says she ia a daughter of Barnato by his first wife , whose maiden name was Anna Esther. She eays the couple lived together In London for fifteen years and finally went to Poland. Later a sep aration occurred , and mother and daughter came to this country. Mrsr. Blackman .s determined to go to Johannesburg if neces sary .to prosecute her suit NEW YORK , June 15. Miss Alice Hoi- brook , tbe sister-in-law of the late Barney Barnato , was much Indisposed todav and suffered from the shock , but ehe consented to speak to reporters In order to clear up cer tain misconceptions. "As to the circumstances of Barnato's death. I have no direct knowledge. The statement that I had received a cablegram was an error. Flv-s days ago , however , I re ceived a letter from my sister , Mrs. Barnato. in which she { aid that her husband was quite melancholy and much upiet over business. He was \ery busy and much worrlsd. There was uo hint however , that his mental condi tion was serious. " Mice Holbrook wished to dvnv manv of tbe storlts toM about Birnato's life. He was not a London street waif " she * ald. "He came of a good English Jewish family , as we doMy sister wag never a barmaid. "Mr Barnato wat never a circus clown and I did not teach him to spell. He was a fine. Intel ligent wan hla succets in business ihows that. It It not true that I did not like him. " Miss Holbrook could not account for Bar nato's tuiclde at all. , nitiTi.sii 11 OVA LTV. Killer * of Jinny .NnlloiK AIIU-u l , > Tien of Ilttiuil. LONDON. June 15 , The Timw published this morning a table showing that In the ordinary course ef nature , tbe future rulere of Germany , Raisla , Greece and Roumania would be immediate descendants of Queen Victoria. Commenting editorially on the fact the Time * observe * : "Tbe British monarchy today has more definite recognition among the courts of Europs thin even a century ago Such dynastic considerations ere perhapj of ltt > < Importance now thaq they were formally , but they tend to develop friendly Inter- ccuree. " \o ChuiiKf In I InI'rourruni , ( Copyright. JSS7 , ty I'rtti J ublltrini ! ; Compan > ) LONDON , June 15. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) The belief wbiih wes general that the bomb thrown at President Faure would change the arrange ments for tbe queen' * jubilee -procession was dispelled today. Sir Francq : Knollys inform * me ttet no alteration will be made In the- program. BALLARD SMITH. \rlliiTliiutU AMSTERDAM , June 15 Tbe result of the election to tbe Second Chambers of States General to tbe Netherlands , are. w > far ta known tbe return cf twenty Catholics. twenty-two liberal * and thirteen orthodox Prote-itanta. At least toity-flve i cond bal- lotlngs are ntct-ttary. POINT NOT GERMANE Culpability Not Avoided by Charging that Only Checks Were Taken , COURT WILL NOT DISMISS HARTLEY CASE Motion Filed by ths Defensa ii Overruled. JUDGE BAKER ORDERS TRIAL TO PROCEED No Question About the Sufficiency of'tha Information. TREASURER HAS CONTROL OF STATE FUNDS llefeiixe U Given n Clmncc to Kitnb- ll h byVlint Authority the County Unmix Were I'urehiiNed. In the Hartley trial nearly the entire morning session of the tmirl yesterday was consumed by counsel for both tides In mak ing tlfeir arguments on the motion for a dismissal of the case , filed Monday otter- noon by the defense. The motion was over ruled by the court and the defense was ordered to proceed. ? 4onday afternoon the defense served Sta.e Treasurer Meeervo with a subpoena to produce JS3.000 of Otoe county bonds and J79.000 of Saundcns county bonds uhlch had been purchE&ed by the treasurer under th orders of the Board of Educational Lands anu Funds. The defense Intimates that U Intends to show that the funds which Bmley Is charged with embezzling were used to pur. chase these bonds and that no money baa been lost to the state. Mr. Mi-serve pro duced the bond ? in court , but stated that no order from the state board ordering the pur- chtse of thcee bonds could be found In tha treasurer's office and a hitch In the program , of the defence was caused bv this disclosure. Tli * wHntt-6 wvs unable to Identify a record of the state board which he bed nl o been orr.ered to produce. He < > ald It purported to be a record of the proceeding * of that body , but he had no personal knowledge that It was ei.ch a record and court was adjourned to allow proof to be produced of Its authen ticity and also to give the defense time to bridge over the gap caused by the failure of the witness to produce the order for the purchase of the bonds. ARGUES AGAINST DISMISSAL. When court convened ve tcrJay County Attorney B.ildrlge opened the argument for the state against the motion filed Monday by the defense , asking the court to direct a verdict for the defense. He called the atten tion of the court to section 124 of the crimi nal code , under which the information against Hartley was drawn. This section provides that any officer charged with , the collection etc. . of public money , who shall convert to his own use or the use of ethers "any portion of , the public money , or any other funds , property , bonds , securities , assets or effects of any kind , " etc. . shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement Ho argued ttat in the case at bar .there waa really an embezzlement of money. In the language of the statute he said the term "credit" did not appear. He said the law made a failure to turn over the atsets of the office to the officer's successor prlma facia evidence of embezzlement. The peculiar nature of the assets could only be positively known to the outgoing otBcer and a charge of euibzrlement of "money" under such circum stances would be good and U would not be cccessiry to deSne the exact fcrm of the assets * . He charged that the passing of the check from Bartley to the president of the Omaha National bank In pajment of the warrant was as much the exchange of money as though the actual money had been passed over the bank's counter. The county attorney read from the Etate depository law to show that the word money was used In that act as meaning the funds of the state on deposit in the depository banks , and was nowhere referred to as "credit" or in any other manner than as money. Mr. Baldrigc announced that he would ac cept the challenge of Mr Mahoney , that the state could cot produce any case where a court of last resort had held that a credit in a bank wes money. He issued a Counter challenge to the defense to produce a caoe where a court of last resort had held that a bank credit was not money. He then produced a ease from the state of Washington in which the city treasurer -of the city of Seattle was charged with ens- bezlcmerit and In which money passed by means of a check In the same way ag In the cae at tar , the supreme court of that state , in passing upon the case , saying that It would be a travesty on Justice if a crim inal could escape the punishment for his crime by such a shallow subterfuge. He also produced a California case in which the same rule was followed , and two case * from Michigan. The county attorney argued that It would- be impossible for a piosecutor to tell In what form the money of the mate was kept by the treasurer , and It would be Impos sible to ever make a case If it were neces sary to de-scribe exactly the form In which the assets were kept by that official. He held'that the form of the Information wai sufficient to notify the defendant of the crime with which he wag charged , and that his rights had not been Infringed upon by a failure to specify the exact form of the public money which he was charged with embezzling. LOST BV BARTLEY'S ACT. Attorney General Smyth followed th county attornej. He argued tnat wnm Hart ley had the proceeds Irom the sale of tbo warrant transferred to hi : pen-onjl account , be thereby dot.Ud the ownership of the elite o such prec eds and exercised his dominion over that fund and the psjmtnt of the state' * money to Mlllard wan e conversion of the atate fund. He bald thit it wa.i unnect-smry that the money ebculd actually be paid orer to Bartley and banded by him to MHlard la order for there to be conversion. By tha drawing of the check and the delivery of It to Mlllard. the aame re-auk waa accomplished. Me said If State Treaturer Meeerve had gone to the Omaha National bank and demanded si ! the money of the Mate on deposit there , , he would cnly ha\e received the money left after tQe amount represented by Bartley' * check had been deducted "Who can r ay. In the fjce of the teitl- money , " td ! the attorney ginera ) , "that the cute bai not lost { 201,000 ? And bow waa that money loit ? It was by the act of Bart ley in ordering the bank , by drawing hla check , to tike out of the state's funds th amount represented by that check. We think , therefore , that the motion should bi ovc-r- .ulljd , " Attorney Whedon followed for ttv * defense , Ht > eald if the language of the criminal coJe was not to bo followed , It might as well be said that the defendant could be charged with embezzling money and convicted of era- bezzlln ; bonds of the tchool fund , or any other asset. He charged that It had * * shown that not a cent pasted In the pro ceedings Involved In the case and It could not be argued that certain things might have happened If the money hrd passed over the bank'e counters , He said the whole cat * rested within narrow limits. The Informa tion chirged the embezzlement of money and the detente muit prove value. Tbli , ha laid , had not been done. He also tsld tfcit In a criminal rzfu every doubt must be held I ? favor of the defendant , and * maa eould not be convicted on the ground that b b4 vlcUted tte spirit of the fcUtute. Mr Mihoney closed the arcument for the defcnsr He replied to tb * challenge of toe county ottirnty and ( aid the slste bid cot come anthere near iboalnc that any court of last r c.rt bid ever bt-ld thit monty vu