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WHAT ITS SALIENT POINTS SHOW,
The Set Revenue fpr the Last I IscaJ
Year mi ID cient to ray 3.75 Per Cent
on the KoniU Outntnndlnir—I he
St. I.oult ami Colorado llraucti
I nprotitable — AuxlUltiry
Companlej a Big Drain
'Kew York. Nov. 13. —The report o
Expert Little, who has been investi-
gating the accounts of the Atchison,
Topeka &. Santa Fe railroad company,
has just been inatle public, being is-
sued at the same time in New York,
London and Amsterdam. It is ad-
dressed to R. S. Hayes, chairman of
the Santa Fe general reorganization
committee. Its salient points are as
follows:
The net revenue for the year end-
ing .June 30, 1894, exclusive of the At-
lantic & Pacific,Colorado ^ii Hand and
St. Louis *fe San Francisco lines, was
So,950,614. This includes an install-
ment of $350,000 of the Sonora railway
company subsidy, which sh >uld be de-
ducted in considering crnings as a
basis for a plan of reorganization. If
this subsidy is deducted the net earn-
ings would be reduced to $5,40(5,014.
Interest charges, which are prior
liens to the interest oi the 4 per cent
general gold bonds, leave the sum of
$4,816,204 applicable to the interest on
$128,365,605 of these bon s outstand-
ing in the hands of the public, which
is equal to only 3.75 per cent.
The Santa Fe company 1 it $9.%,824
by operating the St Louis, Kansas
City and Colorado railroad, and the
net earnings would have increased
$341,401,being the amount contributed
by the Santa Fe company under the
tripartite agreements with the At-
lantic and I'acitic and St. Louis and
San Francisco railway companies.
These two sums added to the net
earnings would bring them up to 4.09
per cent.
auxiliary comhanies a drain.
In accepting these figures as a basis
for reorganization, it must be taken
for granted that the present floating
debt of the company will be provided
for and will not be a charge against
future revenue. Hut while it may be
said that the interest on the general
fours has been substantially oarned,
the earnings depend to some extent on
the maintenance of the integrity of
the entire system
The auxiliary companies are a se-
vere drain upon the Santa Fe com-
pany, under the present system of
fixed charges, the loss for the yo*r on
the Atlantic & Pacific being $1,300,034,
, one half being chargeable to S; nta
Fe, the loss on the Colorado Midland
9647,794, and on the St, Louis d San
Francisco $599,662, all chargeabl to
the Santa Fe. On the results of the
adjustment that may be reached with
these companies, if retained in the
system, depends the real surplus
available for payment of interest on
the Santa Fe general fours, taking
the earnings for the year ending .June
30, 1894 as a basis.
The net floating debt of the entire
system exclusive of the indebtedness
on the one company to another now
overdue and accrued interest on
funded debt is $9,149,588; on the At-
lantic A Pacific, $589,509; on the Colo-
rado Midland, $183,358| on the St.
Louis & San Francisco, $487,752. The
gross unfunded debt is $15,106,381 and
the gross assets $4,696,179. making the
total net unfunded debt $10,410,203.
deficiency for four years.
The indebtedness April 30, .1894, of
the Atlantic and Pacific \yas $5,889,-
535 to the Santa Fe company and
$♦>,849,200 to the St Louis & San
Francisco. The indebtedness of the
St. Louis & San Francisco to the
Santa Fe $1,061,209 and of the Colora-
do Midland to the Santa Fe $1,595,916,
which claims aggregate $16,040,9*20,
are apparently worthless and should
be written to the debit of profit and
loss.
The interest on the funded and un-
funded debt and the deficiency in
eacli year from 1891 to 1894 is as fol-
lows: 1891 interest 97,169,164 deficien-
cy, $1,904,285; 1892, interest, $7,941,-
111, deficiency, $00,938; 1893, interest,
$8,220,433. deficiency, $134,825; 1894,
interest, $8,894,857, deficiency, $3,008,-
242, a total deficiency for the four
years of $5,168,292.
AS VIEWED BY LEWELLlNU.
The Kansas (Governor Declares That
I'opnlism Was >ot Repudlated
Topkka, Kan., Nov. 13.—Governor
Lewelling was in his office this morn-
ing for the first time since the elec-
tion, having been resting at his home
in Wichita since the close of the cam-
paign. To a reporter he said concern-
ing the result of the election last
week: ,4It was the unrest of the peo-
ple that did it Existing conditions
were burdensome and the people,
confident that the situation could not
be worse, struck a blow at the party
j in power in Kansas us elsewhere. It
was not a Populist defeat. It was
not a Republican victory. It was
a rebuke to the Democratic party
which came into power at Washing-
ton two years airo on the heels of
Republican maladministration and
mismanagement, and instead of avoid-
ing the errors of its predecessors fell
into them. Thus conditions have gone
from bad to worse, and, although the
Populist party out here in Kansas
was in no wise responsible, it went
, down in the cyclone. In the South
and all over the country the Popu-
lists made gains. In Kansas they lost
; only the Democratic vote which they
had in 1892. If that vote had stayed
with us, wo would have won by about
the same plurality which we received
in 1892. I think an analysis of the
vote will show that we made inroads
iuto the Republican ranks, but it
looks as if the labor vote which we
expected failed to materialize at the
| polls.
I "But we have been defeated only
I temporarily. The People's party has
! come to perform a great mission, and
I it will not disappear until it shall
j have performed it
"As for myself, upon whom the
scandal mongers made their greatest
! fight, I have only to point to the vote.
I I ran ahead of my ticket in nearly
every precinct, in the aggregate
i something like 0,000 votes. As to my
| own future, I shall go back to my
I business in Wichita. Personally, the
! result is gratifying, for 1 can make
| more money in business than I can
save out of the governor's salary, al-
! though, for the good of the people, I
| wish it had been different. My busi-
ness at Wichita pays about $3,000 a
j year, and by close attention to it I
i can make it do better than that In
! the two years 1 have been governor I
have saved out of my salary and re-
ceipts from my business about $1,500,
i so you see the ollice which 1 am about
to retire from is something to which
a poor man should not aspire."
mrs. cleveland its sponsor.
The Huge New American Merchant
Steamship St. Louis I auncliod.
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. lg.—Short-
ly after 12 o'clock to-day the magnifi-
cent new steamship St. Louis of the
American line was successfully
launched at Cramp's shipyards in the
presence of fully 50,000 people. Mrs.
Cleveland, wife of the president,
broke the bottle of champagne on the
bow of the noble ship as it glided
down the ways, at the same time ut-
tering the words: "I christen thee
St Louis."
All the preparations for the launch
had been ca-efully made, and, al-
though the ship is 120 feet longer
than any that has ever been built at
the yard, the feat was accomplished
without a hitch.
After the launch the invited guests
to the number of 400 pere entertained
at a lunch in the office of the builders.
1'ennsylvaiiia Mills Start I'p.
Scran tow, Pa., Nov. 12.—The south
mills of the Lackawanna iron and
steel company started up to-day for
an indefinite time to fill orders. The
Lackawanna knitting company, which
has been running on quarter time, is
now running full time. The Scran-
ton glass company, which has been
idle for a year, will start factory No. 3
this week and another during the
month.
Mother and Child Horned.
Hastings, Neb., Nov. 13.—-Mrs. Jacob
Thomas and child were burned tc
death here this morning.
cen. clay not yet married.
The Son of the Noted hen tuck Ian Pre-
vents the Projected Misalliance.
j Lexington, Ky., Nov. 13.—General
i Cassius M. Clay, aged 85 years, is hav-
ing more trouble at Richmond, Ky.,
to-day than ever in trying to be mar-
ried to Dora Richardson, aged 15. His
son, Brutus, is a very influential man
in that county, and has persuaded
the ministers and civil officers not
to perforin the ceremony One
•squire had promised to perform
the ceremony to-day, but, like
the others last Saturday, he
declined to do so when the time ar-
rived. The old man being unable to
get any clerical or civil authority to
officiate at any price, announces that
he and his protege will go elsewhere
to be married.
General Clay became attached to
the daughter of a poor farmer named
Richardson, and adopted the girl,
giving* her an elaborate education.
Not even the intimate friends sus-
pected that in her he was educating
the future Mrs. Clay. Miss Richard-
son is a pretty brunette of slight
figure and an innocent, child-like
j face.
I General Clay was a close relative
to Colonel William Goodloe, who was
i kil1 -d in the duel with Colonel Swope
at ti e Lexington postouice. He has
been the hero of many duels. It was
: he who made Goodloe a present of the
i dirk with which he killed Colonel
Swope, and Goodloe became expert
in handling it uqder Clay's tutorship.
| For the last ten years he has lived on
i his estate in Madison county, and
| besides an occasional dabbling in
I politics has settled down to breeding
! thoroughbred sheep. Since going
I there he has gained the name of
! "Sage of Whitehall." Ha is as lively
, as a 2-year-old. He has killed four
: men in personal encounters result-
ing from political or personal in-
sults. In personal appearance he
would attract attention among
a thousand, lie is over six feet tall
j and as straight as a sapling. He is
| heavy built, with a thick neck and
j close cropped hair, with mustache
and side whiskers as white as snow.
In 1871 he delivered a famous speech
in St. Louis, in which he urged speedy
reconciliation between the North and
South and bitterly attacked President
Grant's administration. He was one
of the leaders in the Liberal Republi-
can movement in 1872, and supported
Greeley for president Soon aftt he
joined the Democratic party and sup-
ported Tilden in 1876 but advocated
Blaine's election in 1884.
he discusses the recent
election results
TARIFF REFORM WAS NOT TO BLAME
lie Hard Timet* the Main Cause for tlit
Defeat of the Democratic l'arty I he
lcl.iy and andal In th<< Senate
Over Certain tariff Schedules
Also uii Important Factor
— Hopeful for 1890.
Nr.w York, Nov. 13.—In a letter to
the Press from Washington. Honora-
ble William L. Wilson of West Vir-
ginia, chairman of the committee on
ways and means, gives his views of
the causes of Democratic defeat in
the recent election. After declaring
that it is neither a discreet nor a dig-
nified thing for a member of a de-
feated party to attempt to explain his
own or his party's djfeat, he says;
"None the less, however, it is the
duty of the Democratic party, after
such a reverse, to make a deliberate,
honest and unsparing scrutiny into
the causes and forces which wrought
its overthrow and into the condition
on which it may gain its ascendancy
with the American people.
' Undoubtedly there were local in-
fluences, as there were individual
candidates and factional fights that
contributed to and emphasized the
general result, but it must be ad-
mitted that there were strong forces,
everywhere operative, that really
shaped and brought about that result.
And the greatest of all these forces
was the severe industrial depression
that for a year or more past has
hardened the lot and made anxious
the lives of a large section of our
people. Hard times is an enemy be-
fore which no political party in
America has ever been able to make
a successful stand when in power.
"This is, and perhaps always will
be, a weak point in popular govern-
ment. When labor is out of employ-
ment, when farm products a^c low,
when our financial system is dis-
organized, the wisest administration
of government and the most whole-
! some laws do not avail to save a
| party from temporary and disastrous
overthrow.
"Without attempting to apportion
the responsibility for the 'hard times'
between the two parties and stoutly
disclaiming an}' large share of it for
the Democratic party, I pass from
these general issues to the second
point and that is 'The defeat of tariff
reform.' 1 do not believe the people
have rebuked or discarded tariff re-
form in their action last Tuesday,
for when 1 look over the whole coun-
try 1 do not find that to have been
the common ground of their action.
"If they have inflicted chastisement
because of its dealings with the tariff
it has been rather because the party
did not carry out with sufficient
promptness and thoroughness the
work they committed to it and be-
cause they have held the whole party
responsible for the action of a few of
its representatives in thwarting, de-
laying and maiming this great work.
The long and indefensible delay in
the senate, the sinister suspicions
that gathered around certain sched-
ules and duties, as they are framed —
nowhere more vigorously denounced
than in the Democratic press of the
country—kindled a disappointment
and disgust among the rank and file
of the party that led to apathy and
even misju ed hostility in the re-
cent elections.
"It is hazardous, of course, to in-
dulge in hypothetics, but I have no
doubt that had the bill which passed
the house on the 1st day of August
passed the senate as early as April or
May in substantially its original
shape, the result in Missouri and in
many other sections of the country
would have been reversed and the
Democratic party might even have
weathered the industrial storm with
credit, if not success.
the wilson bill.
hot iu His Haclielor Home*
Lawrence, Kan., Nov. 13.—William
Ward, an old bachelor living near
Williainstown, was shot in his own
house last evening by some unknown
party, who fire.l through a window
with a shot gun. The • injured man
ran half a mile to a neighbor's He
had just sold his farm, and i*. is sup-
posed that robberj* was the incentive,
although Ward was not moiested
after the shot was fired.
The Little Trial to Hegln Thnriday.
Olathe, Kan., Nov. 13.—The A. W.
Little trial was called by Judge Bur-
ris in this city this morning and a
special venire of three hundred was
ordered returnable at 1 o'clock Thurs-
day. Subpoenas were issued for the
witnesses to be served in the mean-
time. The trial will probably last
till sometime in December.
i arkliurst for President.
Denver, CoL, Nov. 13.—In a sermon
on "The Lessons From the Recent
Elections." at Trinity Methodist Epis-
copal chureh, the Rev. Dr. Mclntyre
cat led the Rev. Dr. Parkhurst of New
York the "hero of our country," and
expressed the hope that he would
live to cast a ballot for "that great
and good man" for president
Washington, Nov. 13.—The statis-
tical bureau of the department of
i state has published a set of advance
I sheets of consular reports embodying
i reports of the United States consuls
j upon the operation of the new tariff
| act, so far as they have been mani-
fested. There are reports from Brad-
ford, the great English wool center;
from Sheffield, the cutlery depot; from
I Northern Mexico, whence hides and
! live stock comes; from Marseilles, the
great exporting city of French finery;
from Glasgow and Columbia, the lat-
ter particularly interesting as show-
ing the failure of our retaliatory
policy.
All of the reports depict the great
depression existing at the seaports
under the McKinley law, and the
stimulation of trade consequent upon
the passage of the new tariff act.
Narrow l-.scape at Chicago.
Chicago, Nov. 13.—Hundreds of
men, women and children who were
passengers on the special train on
the Chicago A Northern Pacific road
en route for Waldheim cemetery yes-
terday afternoon experienced a very
narrow escape from serious injury and
probable death by the derailing of the
engine and one coach. The only per-
sons who received injury were Patrick
Lahey, the engineer in charge of the
engine, and Walter Charlton, the
fireman. Their injuries consisted of
slight bruises about the arms and
body.
Famous Hotel Hurued.
Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 1 3.—The
Arlington Inn, one of the most fa-
mous hotels in the South, was burned
yesterday morning. The total loss
approximates $150,000. The guests
narrowly escaped with their lives
without having time to look after
their personal effects. One lady, the
bride of Hon. B. W. Camp, lost sev-
eral trunks containing a costly trous-
seau which, with her diamonds, was
worth nearly $10,000.
NUNS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Justice Dean of the Pennsylvania Supreme
Court 1 efuse.an In junction.
Pittsiipro, Pa.. Nov. 13. — Justice
Dean of the state supreme court to-
day affirmed the decision in the case
of John llysonget al vs the school dis-
trict of Gallitzin borough of Judge
Barker, who refused an injunction to
prevent nuns from teaching in the
public schools dressed in the garb of
their order. In his opinion, which is
very lengthy. Justice Dean says:
"The court,after full hearing,found
as a fact: There was no evidence of
any religious instruction or religious
exercises of any character whatever
during school hours. But the court,
further, found that, after school
hours, the school room was used by
the teachers in imparting Catholic re-
ligious instruction to children of
Catholic parents, with the consent of
or by request of the parents. This
the court enjoined, because it was a
use of the school property for
tarian purposes after school hour.-,
"The school board committe*l ao
unlawful act in selecting these CatllO*
lie women as teachers, because by
moral character and certified attain-
ments they were qualified and their
religion did not disqualify. The
dress is but the announcement of the
fact that the wearer holds a particu-
lar belief. The religious belief of
teachers and all others is generally
known to the neighborhood and to
pupils, even if not made noticeable in
the dress, for that belief is not secret,
but is publicly professed.
"In the sixty years of existence of
our present school system this is the
first time this court has bt'en asked to
decide, as matter of law, that it is
sectarian teaching for a devout
woman to appear in a school room in
a dress peculiar to a religious organi-
zation of a Christian church. We de-
cline to do so. The law does not so ;
say."
GERMAN WAGES FACTS,
Vice C ommorcial Agent Murphy of
Luxemburg (Jives figures.
Washington, Nov. 13.—After an ex-
haustive examination of the wages
paid in the la^ge manufacturing es-
tablish in >nts of Luxemburg, which,
he says, are about the same as in
other parts of Germany, George H.
Murphy, United States vice com-
mercial agent there, transmits to the
state department a report in which
he declares that, generally speaking,
the average earnings of ordinary
workmen amount to less than 8200 per
unnum. Women earn about half as
much as men. The average wages of
miners and foundry hands is less
than $1 per day. Tho salaries of pri-
mary school teachers are §224 far
males and SI 70 for females. A
very large majority of the em-
ployes of the government earn
less than $400 per annum. A
workman's expenditures for cloth-
ing and rent may possibly be some-
what less there than in America, but
in the town of Luxemburg coal costs
S7 per ton, eggs twenty-one cents per
dozen, rye flour three, wheat flour
five, sugar eight, butter twenty-five,
beef nineteen, veal and mutton six-
teen to twenty, fresh pork twenty
and smoked pork twenty-three cents
per pound. Frugality aud industry
can hardly be expected to accomplish
any miracle greater than that of en-
abling a thrifty workman to keep out
of debt.
THE SEALING CATCH LARGE.
Despite Disadvantages tho Year's Total
Is the Largest on Record.
Victoria, B. C., Nov. 13.—Tho offi-
cial statement regarding the pelagic
sealing of 1894, compiled from log
books sworn to, has been forwarded
to Uttawa, London and Washington.
The hunters confined themselves to
the use of spears, but only about half
the fleet wore able to secure spears-
men, and these did remarkably well.
The tytal for the.year is the largest
on record, the catch of the iifty-nine
vessels being 94,474, against 70,332 for
the fleet of fifty-five in 1893 and 45,385
for the sixty-five schooners in 1892.
There were engaged this year 818
whites and 518 Indians.
One of the most important features
of the whole report is the statement
showing how many of the seals taken
in the liehring sea were bulls and
how many cows. The figures the col-
lector has obtained on oath go to
show that the proportion of bulls is
far higher than had been claimed by
some who fear the extermination of
the seal herds, and the conclusion ar-
rived at is quite different from that
pointed to by figures reported sent
from San Francisco to Washington a
few weeks ago.
Anarchist Mowbray Hack Again.
New York, Nov. IX—Charles Wil-
fred Mowbray, the English anarchist,
returned here secretly from England
on Saturday with his son and name-
sake. satisfactorily answered the
questions of the immigration inspec-
tors and were permitted to come to
this city. Yesterday he spoke to a
gathering of anarchists at the Thalia
theater on the Bowery on the hang-
ing of the Chicago anarchists. After
the meeting he said that he did not
anticipate much trouble from the
police. He has arranged to speak at
a number of meetings in this city, as
well as in Newark, Pittsburg, Balti-
more, Philadelphia and Boston.
Dftndits I.et OAT Lightly.
St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 13.—Lee Friz-
zell and Fred Jones, charged with
conspiring to rob a Rock Island train,
pleaded guilty to tho charge this
morning and were sent to jail for
thirty days, the conspiracy being held
by the court to be a misdemeanor.
The men, after being sentenced, ad-
mitted that they belonged to a gang
organized to rob trains and said that
if they had not been arrested at
least one train would have been held
up. Newburger, the worst of the
gang, is still at large.
Another Cook <*ang Outrage.
Pehrv, Ok., Nov. 13.—Seven men,
supposed to be a part of the Cook
?ang, went to the home of Jim I)ink-
ins, a farmer, twenty-five miles cast
of here, yesterday and called for
something to eat Dinkins told them
he was poor and could not give them
dinner. This enraged tho men and
they bound and gagged him and his
wife and daughter and plundered the
house. The victims were not released
for several hcrjr*
i japanese mm.
port arthur easily taken
by the mikado's troop3.
WAS CHINA'S GREAT NAVAL STATION
Chinese Commanding Officers Flee an I
the NoldlerM Surrender In rusllanl-
uious I nth Ion—The Victory M ost
important for the Japanese
China Wants L'ticle Sam
'or au Arbitrator.
L mm,m Nov. 12.—A dispatch re-
ceived here from Shanghai says that
the Japanese captured Port Arthur,
the great northern naval station of
China, yesterday morning after meet-
ing with feeble resistance from tho
Chinese, who laid down their arms
and yielded themselves prisoners
after a sharp bombardment Tho
Chinese commanding officers aban-
doned Port Arthur during the night
of November 0.
Port Arthur has been pronounced
impregnable by the naval experts of
Germany. Li Hung Chang has built
there three modern gun factories
which rivaled those of the Krupps
and the place was given over to the
assembling and making of modern
war materials. It is in some respects
similar to the Brooklyn or Norfolk
naval yards in the United States,
although three times greater in ex-
tent. Moreover, Li Hung Chang had
centered there the pick of
the Chinese army, (treat quantities
of war material and implements
for making them were secured. The
capture is further important because
it gives to the Japanese a fortification
inside of China from which they can-
not easily be dislodged. The Japan-
ese soldiers will undoubtedl make
the place a depot of operation , and it
will also afford a protectr! shelter
for the Japanese fleet while the gun
factories which have been the chief
reliance of Li Hung Chang will hence-
forth be at tlie service of Japan.
It is reported that some of the rep-
resentatives of foreign powers will
start for Pckin immediately.
Advices from the armies com-
manded by Field Marshal Oyama,
uow operating on the Lcao Tong
peninsula, confirm the reports of Jap-
anese victories at < hin-Chiu (Kinchau)
and Talicnwan. Last Tuesday morn-
ing one brigade of the Japanese
forces captured Chiu-Chiu and on the
next day Talienwan Wtts bombarded
and also captured. A British war-
ship was at Talienwan during the
bombardment. After the place was
captured the warship started for Chee
Foo, which is across the gulf of Pe-
Chi-Li, some eighty-live miles south
of Talienwan.
A dispatch from Tien Tsin by the
way of Shanghai, says that the em-
peror and his court are preparing to
leave Pekin for Sing Janfu (Tsing
Kiang Pu), iu the province of
Kiangsu, about 125 miles northwest
of Shanghai.
uncle sam for arbitrator.
Japan Does Not Seem to Ho In a Croat
Hurry About tlie Matter.
Washington, Nov. 13.—Up to noon
to-day Japan had not agreed to per-
mit the United States to act as medi-
ator in the war in the Orient
Lengthy cablegrams are passing,how-
ever, between the Japanese capital
and Washington with the prospect
that a final decision will not be long
| deferred. A cable from the Japanese
authorities was received this morning
asking for more explicit details. A
lengthy answer was sent giving not
only the details, but adding features
which, it is believed, will show the
Japanese government tiie desirability
of the arrangement.
China has formally notified Secre-
tary Gresham that she will join Japan
in acknowledging the independence
of Corea, and will also pay a cash in-
demnity. Should Japan and China
accept the United States as a inedia-
tDr, this country will occupy a com-
manding position in deciding Asiatic
questions which have heretofore had
the attention of the Europran powers
only. At present these powers are
endeavoring to reach an agreement
among themselves by which they
I will forcibly intervene.
The hesitation of the Tokio author-
i ities is taken to indicate that they
I want China to fix the exact figures of
the cash indemnity. If Japan's reply
■ be favorable, an armistice would un-
doubtedly be proclaimed by both
' countries.
eloped with a musician.
A Talented <• irl of Eldorado, Mo., Mar-
ried Despite 1'areiitul Objection.
Fort Scott, Kan., Nov. 13.—Robert
W. Best, a professor of music at
Nevada, Mo., and Miss Joannie De-
brell of El Dorado, Mo., were mar-
ried here to-day. The bride is a
graduate of Drury college at Spring-
field, Mo., and holds three gold medals
for elocutionary accomplishments.
She is l'j years old. She met Best at
El Dorado during the past summer,
while he was there with an orchestra.
Her parents objected to his attentions,
and last night, by a prearranged plan,
she lumped from the window of her
room after the family had retired,
and they drove to this city, a distance
of forty-three miles. They arrived
here at sunrise and were married by
Probate Judge Hackett, and left im-
mediately for Nevada. Best is 30
years old.
pugilistic belt stolen.
Thieves Capture the Diamond Trophy
From a Davenport Drug Store.
Davenport, Iowa, Nov. 13.—The
Richard K. Fox diamond champion-
ship belt exhibited by James Corbett
in the window of C. E. Sheriff's drug
store, was stolen last evening by un-
known men.
The belt was valued at between
87,000 and $8,000. Corbett won it in
fights with Sullivan and Mitchell, but
had to win once more before it be-
came his personal property.
peffer is hopeful.
What the Populists I.ost In Congressmen
They Made t'p in Votes.
Washington. Nov. 13.—Senator
Pcffer has arrived from Kansas. Dis-
cussing the result of the recent elec-
tion he said the Populists had no
reason to feel discouraged.
"What we have lost in congress-
men," he said, "we have moie than
made up in votes. The reports gen-
erally published would lead people
: to suppose that we had suffered a
I material loss iu all respects in Kan-
sas. Such is not the case. In 181)0
we had about 105,000 votes in that
state; in 1892 about 113,000 and in the
late election, from 120,000 to 12.'),000,
in the face of the fact that about ".'D,-
000 of our voters had left the state
on account of the drouth. We
failed in the election of officers lie-
cause we were not paired with the
Democrats, but we have every reason
to feel encouraged for the future. In
the country at large I feel confident
that when the returns are footed up
they will show our total vote to be
little less tnan 2.000,000, which is
about twice the Populist vote of two
years ago."
The senator declined t< discuss the
question of the probable organiza-
tion of the senate after the 4th of
March by the Republicans with the
aid of such Populists like himself as
had affiliated with the Republican
party before they became Populists,
further than to say the time was too
far distant to speculate upon, and in
a general way to remark that if the
time should come when the Populists
should hold the balance of power in
the senate, ho had no doubt "they
would exercise the power continu-
ously and wisely."
Senator Stewart of Nevada was less
guarded than Senator Peffer in speak-
ing of the assumption that certain of
1 tlii' Populist senators would aid the
Republicans in the organization of
! the senate. He says emphatically
that, so far as he is concerned, he
; will not enter into coalition with
either of the old parties to secure the
1 organization.
postoffice department.
A Deficiency of Over 1M>0f),000 for the
Past Fiscal Year.
Washington',Nov. 13.—Tho revenue
of the postotlice department for the
year ending June 30, I8D4, shows a
falling off while the expenditures
have increased. The deficiency for
the fiscal year of 1893 was 8." ,06<i,703,
while the deficiency for 1894 is$9,243,•
935. Tho decrease of receipts was
$810,434 and the increaso of expendi-
tures $3,250,409. Tho total expendi-
tures tor lAul are 8^4.244.414 and re-
ceipts $75,080,479. Tho department
suffered losses amounting to $63,882
by outstanding bad debts and compro-
mises with debtors. The difference
will be made up by appropriations.
Some of the facts regarding the
stamps Issued taken from the report
of the third assistant postmaster
general are interesting. There were
issued during-the time t .. order was
in force 2,014,233,100 Columbian
stamps. Of these 1,404.588,750 were
two cent stamps and 449,195,550 one
cent stamps. The use of the Colum-
bian stamps necessitated a change in
the color of the special delivery
stamp, as there was a great deal of
confusion over the similarity.
There has been a falling off in reg-
istered letters during the year 1894,
of 510,850, the total pieces registered
amounting to 15,050,554. There have
been 5,920 complaints of cases of reg-
istered packages lost during the year,
of which 4,209 were investigated by
the chief inspector and 1,C57 are still
outstanding. Of those investigated
there was no loss in 2,448 and loss in
1,820, with an actual loss after being
traced of 923.
First Assistant Postmaster Jones in
his report recommends legislation to
correct the abuse of the franking
privilege of congressmen, and also in
regard to the abuse of the second-
class mail matter privilege.
the haymarket anarchists
Annual Memorial Kxerclses at Wald-
heim Cemetery, Chicago.
Chicago, Nov. 13.—Twelve hundred
people were present at Waldheim
cemetery yesterday to celebrate the
deaths of the six anarchists executed
for participating in tho Ha3*market
riot. The exercises were of the usual
character. Herr Most was there and
made a long speech in German. His
presence had the effect of keeping
away the more conservative of the
socialistic element, in fact, most of
the old-timers were conspicuous by
their absence, and only a few, among
whom were Fielding and Grief, were
seen there. HerrMost's speech was
rather tame. When he concluded the
members sang and the crowd dis-
persed. Then the anarchist monu-
ment was decorated with green
wreathes and floral pieces.
GRAIN MARKETS.
Kansas Citt, Mo., Nov 1 3 — Wheat -Car
lots by sample on track at Kansas City at t e
close sold as follows: No 2 hird 53j No.
3 hard. 49c No 4 hard, 46&47c rejected
46c No. 2 re.I, 484^49c No. 3 red, 47 £o, So. I
reel. 4f>'if(.46c rejected, 4:1^41c.
Colts—Offerings of corn wore rather lar^e
and there was a fair demand, though the tone
of the market was rather w<iak Receipts of
corn. 1J1 cars, ayeara/o. 14"> cars Sales by
sample on track Kansas City: No. 2 mixod
corn, 4 cars 43c, 4H carl 42*fc. 2) cars 42l£o;
No :i. nominally H '.-Vic less than No 2 No.
4 mixed, nominally 41 c41'ic; No. 2 white, 6
oars 4H4 cars 42fcc No 3 white, nominally
*, </'fo under No 2 white.
Oats—MjI with fair do m ind. A good many
samples were on sale. Prices were unchanged.
Receipt< of oats, 10 cars a year a;o, 15 cars
Sal-s by sample on track Kansas City: No 2
mixe 1 oats 2 cars, red 31c, 2 cars 3)V«c f> oars
;.0c, 2 cars 29^c: No. 3, 4 cars 2)l4c; No. 4.
nominally 27c. No. 2 white oats, nominally,
I e No 3 white, nominally 30.^3lc
I.lve Stock.
Kansas Citt. Mo. Nov. 13—Cattle-Re
celpts since Saturday. 7.727; calves, 799
J shipped Saturday, 2.2JJ; calves, IJ8 The
market was fairly active aud about steady.
Texas cattio strong to higher caires strong;
bulls dull, 1 Jo lower
Hons—Receipts slnco Saturday. 2,314 ship
monts Saturday. 1.160. The market was
active and about 10c higher, closing strong
Tha too was £1 &"• and the bulk of sales 54 50
to *4.6 , ajalnst i4.tw for top and 4J ta M53
for bulk Saturday
Sheep-Receipts since Saturday, 3,963 no
shipments. The market was active and strong
for «ood muttons and lambs, other.* very dull
and unchanged. ^
Hofscs -Receipts, HO shipped Saturday,
74. 1 he horse market was quiet
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