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HEAVY FAILURE.
THE MAMMOTH HOWELL IITMRER
COMPANY GOES UNDER.
Claims That the Debts Can Be Paid
The Liabilities Said to Be
S20O,OOO.
Special to the REcoRp-uN1oS.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
OMAHA, July 15.-fhe mammoth lum-
Der interests represented in Omaha by
the Howell Lumber Company are in
financial distress.
This afternoon the company executed a
bill of sale to c.. l.. Chaffee of the entire
STOCK, book accounts, ETC., of the local
house, the consideration being S112, ,355.
This was Immediately followed by an at
tachment in favor of the First National
Bank of Chicago to secure large claims.
The amount is not made public. Moth
ing definite is known here of the extent
of the trouble or the amount of the COM
pany's assets or liabilities. The main
office and yards of the company are in
Chicago, where r. Howell, President,
lives and manages the business. The
Omaha branch is run under the name OF
the Howell Lumber Company, and an
other at Atchison, Kan, is under the
name of Howell 81 Co.
The local yards form one of the largest
lumber interests in the city, Under the
management of B - Jewett. the How
after manner of their own, and do not
let rivals know their modes of CONNER
cial transactions.
AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO July 15.-The work of at
tachlng the property of the S. r. Howell
Lumber Company, which was begun yes
terday at Omaha, Neb., and Atchison.
Kan, by the First National Bank of this
city, was completed here to-day. when O
N. Charnley, representing the bank. took
possession of the property in this citv on
claim for S200,000. The firms attorney
says 1t can pay dollar for dollar and have
surplus of $500, 900 left.
President Gage Of the First National
Bank, in speaking of the matter, said !:
While Spooner Howell had almost un-
limited credit, personally, in the bank,
we found it necessary to foreclose'
howelFs brother was going at such a
rate, and 1t was rumored that other cred
itors were to swoop down, so we he'd to
get in to save ourselves"
NOT A GOOD MANAGER.
The local attorney for the firm said that
the trouble had been brought about bv
George Howell, who managed the FIRMS
affairs in the South. He made breaks of
huge proportions which the local end had
TO see through. AS a result they over
drew their accounts, and finally the
banks threatened to foreclose. The first
note got there first. The firm will nav
the Liabilities, he said, and resume bust
ness at once.
President Howell said the trouble is all
in the Western branches. Here the firm
was making money. but they had been
paying until it became too great.
Several months ago Howell was in
dlcted by the Federal Grand Jury for
violation of the interstate commerce law.
the company being charged with bribing
the weighmasters of various railroads.
Many rumors gained publicity at the
time, one being to the effect that the rail-
roads had to pay large sums in damages.
Howell to-day admitted that rumors
OF this kind were an clement in the finan-
cial trouble, as they had damaged the
company's credit
The exact standing is not known, but
last March the assets were placed at
y, 800, 600, and the liabilities at $500, 900,
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Special to the Rrcorn-uxrox.


WAsHINGToN, July IA formal notice
OF the Postofiice Department, inviting
proposals for ocean mail lettings, was ia
sued to-day. 1t cites the Act uf March $,
1891, and is unusually explicit, because
the Act of Congress requires the adver-
Using of the route, which must be set
forth in full and all the details of time,
trips, etc.
The law requires The insertion of tho
advertisement in at least two daily pa
pors OF fourteen of the principal cities,
but no appropriation was made to pay for
the advertising. The Postmaster General
is hampered by small appropriations
made annually to cover the ordinary adj
vertising of the department. The con-
ditions OF bids, the classification of YES
sells and the instructions to bidders are
not made part of the advertisement, but
are TO DO had on application. The sched-
ule of the routes is very lengthy.
Proposals are invited from steamship
companies for carrying the American
mails To foreign countries in vessels of
American build, construction and of the
highest speed in their respective classes,
mlnutely described. The advertisement
is the product of a three-months' confer
ence at the department
The American ports from which the
service is proposed TO start are Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Newport News, Norfolk and Port Tampa,
with service from Mobile, New Orleans,
Galveston, San Francisco. Seattle and
Tacoma.
y new line on the Pacific Coast from
San Francisco to Chile and the west coast
OF South America is proposed, and n new
line from Seattle to Tacoma and japan,
and also a new line from San Francisco
to Melbourne.
Provision has been made to secure
quicker service, reducing the time by
one-fourth to Panama, and as much as
SIX days between Panama and San Fran
cisco.
The most important requirements are
that only American-built steamships
constructed after the latest types and
with all modern appliances shall be en-
ployed. They must be owned and otii-
cered by American citizens, and their
crews must contain a certain proportion
of American citizens. The use of these
steamers as Government transports or
cruisers upon the payment to the own
ers of a fair actual value of the same is
stipulated. The contracts are for ten
years.
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TEACHERS IN COUNCIL.
Fifteen Thousand Of Them in Session
at Toronto, Canada,

F1fteen Thousand of Them in Session
at Toronto, Canada.
TORONTO, July 15.-The great Teachers
Convention is now in full course, and
most of the delegates concur that it is as
successful gathering as any in the
history of the association. About Is, 600
teachers are in the city, and although
many enjoyed the excursions and short
trips during the day the departments
held crowded meetings.
The mass meeting tonight was at
tended by nearly 5000 delegates.
This morning the Horticultural Pavil-
ION was filled with teachers to listen to
the papers read by State Superintendent
j. X. Preston of Mississippi and SUPER
1ntendent a. S. Mackay of Halifax, n.
s., on teaching patriotism in the public
schools
DR.. Preston set forth that though the
ola ldea OF patriotism was to be ready to
Gle Tor ones country, the modern and
truer idea was to live and work for the
Fatherland and strive to leave it better
than we found 1t. The speaker was su-
preme in the belief in the perpetuity of
the American Union. The eternal
principle OF free government will fuse all
dlscordant elements. Public schools are
great fusing furnaces, he said, and from
a plastic stream of American childhood
they must mold American patriots.
DIR. Richards, the first President of the
New England Association, followed with
paper dealing with the history of the
association.
This afternoon the kindergarten, sec
ondary education. higher education, nor.
NAL acts and music sections met stimuli
taneously. They discussed papers and
transacted much important business.
Tonight, at great mass meeting, the
United States Commissioner of Educa-
ton gave concise and lucid account of
tile present status of education in the
United States, showing how both the
white and colored population were
equally taking great advantage ofsplendid
educational facilities within their reach.
and how vast strides were made in their
education. He spoke of the money paid
from the public funds for educational
purposes during the past thirteen wears.
and referred with pride to the fact that an
annual endowment of 100000 had been
donated for many years past from the
private purses of wealthy citizens.
The Ontario Minister of Education, Mr..
Ross, sketched a general plan on which
the Canadian system was based.
A monster concert was also given the
teachers this evening
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EA STERN RACING.
The Tracks Good and Some Fast Run.
ming Exhibited.

The Tracks Good and Some Fast Rum
ming Exhibited.
CHICAGO, July 15.-The weather is clear
and track fast
First race, five furlongs, Rossington
won, Farine second, Julia May third.
Time, 1:04.
Yale '9l second, Lake View third. Time,
1:44
Third race, Dearborn handicap, one
mule and one furlong, Donatella won,
Valera second, Homer third. Time,
1:58s.
Fourth race, one mile and seventy
yards, Minnie Elkins won, Pick Up sec
ond, Sir Planet third. Time, 1924.
AT BRIGHTON BEACH.
BRIGHTON BEACH. July 10. = The
weather is fair and track medium.
First race, six furlongs, Anomaly won,
Harrison second, Rosa third. Time,
1:l64.
Second race, five furlongs, Pedestrian
won, Madrid second, Fidelia third.
Time, 1:034.
Third race, seven furlongs, Cruiser
won, Kitty second, Monterey third.
Fourth race, one mile, Tanner won.
Pearl Set second, Benedictine third.
Time, 1:42I.
Fifth race, one mile and one-sixteenth.
Potomac won, Lowlander second. Tam
many third. Time, i;51
Sixth race, five fu,longs, Azrael won,
Count second, AirslIaft third. Time, l:03.
AZ pzrTsBURG.
PITTsBURG, July Is. -To-day's races
resulted as follows:
First race-2:19 trot, $40, ,Oo0-St. Elmo
won, Almont Wilkes second, Lig Light
third. Best time, 2:22l.
Second race-free for all, PAGERS, S, 200
Hale Pointer won, Dallas second, b. b.
third, Sallie c. fourth. Best time, 2l6.
Third race-2:27 trot, 81. .70O-Pilcestor
won, Play Boy second, n. L. H. third, J.
NJ. ID. fourth. Best time, 2:224.
Fourth race-nlatch for 81, 000-Vespas-
con won, the last three heats and match.
Mack was not able to keep his feet. Best
time 2:24l
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SALTON BASIN.
Where Some of the Water is Coming
From-More Breaks.

Where Some of the Water is Coming
From-More Breaks.
YUMA, July l5.-Cleone MARTINEZ, a
well-known cattleman, arrived here this
evening from Cocopat Placers, Lower
California, and reports that an immense
body of water is running through the
Colorado into the desert. Martinez is
familiar with that section, and he says
that should the channel be cut a little
deeper the water from the Gulf of Cali
fornia will find entry into the desert.
He reports four other breaks from the
Colorado River, the one of next i'm
portance being at Algadones, forty five
miles below Yuma, running a big stream
of water by way of Cooks Wells and
Alamo Mocho into the Salton BASIN
Martinez passed the Hardy's Colorado
on the 18th, and says that all the breaks
and creyasses can be repaired or shut off
by the use of piling and levees. He re-
ports that scarcely any water is flowing
in the river below Hardy's Colorado
Some Cocopah Indians who arrived to-
day assert that the main channel will
run through the Algadones crevasse, fol-
lowing the edge of the sandhills and
flowing through by way of Cooks into
the desert
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Special to the REcoRn-1rNrnx-

NEW YORK, July 15.-The steamship
Alice arrived to-day from Jamaica. The
purser states that everything in Hayti
bids fair for general uprising.
Legitime, who is in exile at Kingston.
has started an agent for New York to
purchase vessels and munitions of war.
which will be secretly ship ped to the seat
of the trouble.
The other steamer officers concur in the
opinion that the people down there are so
desperate that war may come at any mo-
ment.
News received from other sources from
Hayti confirms the report that an out
break is imminent. Hippolyte is said to
be popping off his opponents right and
left, and many are fleeing from the coun-
try. The Haytian refugees at Kingston
met IN general assembly June 29th and
elected General Anselme Prophete conf
mander in chief of their forces.
Prophete has issued an address to the
people OF Hayti, saying that General
H1ppolyte's long-restrained ferocity has
just burst upon the people in such a sim
lister fashion that silence is no longer par
donable- A thirst for blood has captured
his diseased brain. He slaughters to-day
with his despotic hand those of his friends
whom he cannot sell.
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Valuable STATISTICS.
A Complete Resume of the Resources
of the Pacific Coast

| n complete KeSune OF the Resources
of the Pacific Coast.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 15.-The CARS
special from Washington, D. c., says
Major 5. G.. Brock, Chief of the Division
of Statistics, has submitted to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury an interesting report
concerning the resources of the Pacific
Coast. Complete statistics are given of
Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Ne
vada, Oregon and Washington
The exports from Alaska during 1855
amounted to $3.50, ,730, representing an
investment of 81, ,ll0,000. OF the total gold
and silver product in the United States
GIL per cent. of the gold, ~ per cent. of
the silver and 5l.5 per cent. of tho totaliof
both was the product of bhe Pacific Coast
The total for the Pacific Coast from 1881 to
1889, inclusive, was $500, ,SSi 900,
The following are the number of acres
OF public lands surveyed up TO June so
1890: Arizona, IL, ,9S3, $685. California, 3S,-
750,564; Idaho, S,03S.277 Nevada, n ,3I6,-
Washington, 4, ,l55,l7.
IN thirty years, from 1850 TO 1880, the
area of improved lands in these States
has Increased from lSl ,6l4 acres to II. .366.-
90. The wheat crop alone nearly EQUALS
the total value of the gold and silver pro-
duct for the five years from 1885 to iSSo
For these years the gold and silver pro-
duet was S2l3, ,536, ,62l, and the wheat crop
S2il ,344, ,SSl. During five years the wheat
crop IN California exceeds the gold and
silver product by S44, ,256, ,433, and in
Washington by $50, ,626 26l. In 1889 Cali
fornia's gold aud silver product was Sl4,-
034,Sl3; wheat $30,646, ,S44; cattle and
sheep, S32, 100000; and fruit SIC, ,000, ,00O.
From 1882 to 1890, inclusive, Washing
toms wheat crop was valued at S35 6I7. 500.
From 1869 to 1889, inclusive, Oregon's
wheat yield was S142, G52, ,627. The pro-
duct Of the salmon industry for 1889 was
1866 cases.
In 1890 Texas led in the number OF
sheep. California coming second, with
4,035, 120, and Oregon third.
The exports of lumber from tho Pacific
Coast during 1880 amounted TO s., 2,379, ,432.
In Major Brooks report 500 pages are
will be ready for distribution in about n
week.
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Excitement Still at Fever Heat
at San Diego.
THE FIVE WOUNDED SAILORS OF THE
CHARLESTON MAY RECOVER
Evidences of a Murder at Healdsburg
Navajo Indians Are All Right-The
Destroyed by Fire The Salton
Basin.
Special to the REooRp-USros.

SAN DIEGO, July 15.-Great excitement
still prevails over the fracas which
took place here yesterday afternoon be-
tween the Deputy Marshals and the sail
ors of the Charleston, in which Fireman
Brown was killed.
Everybody condemns the officers for
the brutal manner in which they acted
The sailors. after being handcuffed and
helpless, were beaten until senseless.
During the affray the officers called on
the driver of an express wagon to help
them. The driver responded by striking
a sailor with his whip, cutting out his
eye and knocking him down, and then
deliberately drove the wagon over the
PROSTATE man. One sailor, after having
been beaten almost senseless and then
handcuffed, was dragged face downward
to a wagon several hundred yards distant.
despite his piteOuS cries for mercy.
These exhibitions of -blooded bru-
tality and the sad results that followed,
have'aroused popular Indignation.
An autopsy. was held this morning on
the body of the dead man. An inquest
will be held this afternoon.
Three officers are under arrest and 9TH
ers are TO be taken into custody
Deputy United States Marshals Breed
love, Coates, Grether, Currie and Men
dendhall, who We're arrested late last
night for the murder of Seaman Brown
of the Charleston, were before the Coro-
ner's Jury to-day and fully identified as
the persons who committed the assault on
the sailors from the Charleston yes
terday.
The evidence procured by the pros
ecutlng attorney shows that the sailors
were on their way TO the ship at the time
the assault was made upon them, having
already secured boatman to take them
over.
Deputy Webb, one of the assaulting
party, has not been found, and it is sur
missed that he and Gillespie, teamster,
who assisted the deputies, have crossed
the Mexican line.
The inquest is being held in the Supe-
rior Courtroom, which was crowded all
day.
The prisoners We're not brought into the
courtroom, the feeling being so strong
against them that trouble was feared. 1t
ls expected that verdict will be reached
tomorrow
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AFFAIRS IN CHILE.

Prospects of Satisfactory Negotiations
-Favorfng CongressionaIists.
PANAMA, July 15.-It is thought proba-
bic that the present condition of affairs in
Chile will continue until the entry into
office of President-elect Viciuna. Then
negotiations for satisfactory arrangements
will not only possible, but very proba-
BILE.
The transport Maypo has turned up
with munitions for an army of %, 600 men
for the Congressionalists.
The foreign element in Chile seems to
be greatly favoring the Congressional
cause.
The sympathy, both direct and in
direct, of the British element with the
Congressional party is notorious.
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PAST THE CRISIS.
VIII the Western Traffic Association
Now Dissolve?

Now Dissolve
CHICAGO, July 15.-The fact that moth
ing was accomplished at the meeting of
the Advisory Board of the Western
Traffic Association in New York causes
no surprise in railroad circles here. The
Presidents agreement is still looked ON
as a makeshift to tide over the crisis in
railroad affairs, and now that the crisis is
supposed to be past it is believed the
organization will be permitted to grad
ually sink out of sight
1t is said that the disposition of jaw
Gould's pet scheme for the establishment
OF Joint agency was predimated. No
doubt the secret of the opposition is dis
trust py Gould, The recent rate cutting
performances of the Missouri Pacific ap-
parently convinced the other roads that
Gould is looking after his own interests
exclusively. Another reason given by
the railroad men for predicting the down.
fall of the association Is the failure of the
effort to bring the Alton, Kansas City
and other important roads into the COM
bine.
Yesterdays SESSION.
New YORK, July 15.-Atto-day's meet
ing of the Advisory Board number of
members of the association absented
themselves. Jay Gould and his right
bower, Sydney Dillon, were among the
missing. The fact is, things went wrong
with Gould at yesterdays meeting, and
he left the hotel last night greatly dis
appointed at the failure of the joint
agency plan, the adoption of which was
earnestly advocated by Gould, Dillon and
Clark. 1t was unexpected, and the sub
sequent decision regarding the appeal of
the Missouri Pacific on the Hutchinson
salt traffic was virtually defeat of tho
Gould interests. Mr.. Gould is said to be
in a delicate state of health, and it is
said that he has left the city.
The Advisory Board held but one ses-
sion to-day, and adjourned early in the
afternoon until October, when the next
meeting will be held in Chicago.
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STABBED THIRTY TIMES.
Terrible Act of Desperate Lover in
Perm

Terrible Act of Desperate Lover in
Peru.
PANAMA, July 15.--A terrible murder
is reported from Peru.
A woman named Viscaria had been
living with one Castellanos, but left him
because of his brutal treatment He be-
sought the parish priest to intercede, and
promised TO marry her at once if she
would return.
The priest summoned both before him
and argued with the woman, but she was
obdurate.
This enraged Castellanos who, despite
protestations of the priest, sprang at the
unfortunate woman and stabbed her
thirty times with dagger. To increase
the horror of the affair, the woman was
enciente.
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Warden Eromn,s Renort.

NEW York, July 15.-In compliance
with the law Warden Brown of Sirg
Sing to-day filed certificates OF death for
tho four men recently executed. With
the certificates was deposited q Statement
signed by Drs. Mcdonald and Ward.
stating that Inconsistencies was instant
with the application of the current in
each case. The opinion is expressed that
the method is the best in USE
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INTERESTING WILL CONTEST.
A Son Who is Declared Not to BE a
son,

Son,
ABERDEEN Is. d., July Is. - The
matter of the appointment of an admins
traitor in the estate OF Mrs. May Dayton,
after lengthy argument between at
torneys for James c. Reed, her son, and
Lyman c. Dayton, her husband, was
continued until September l4th. Dayton
filed long list OF objections against the
appointment of Reed, alleging that the
instrument on file is not the last will and
testament of Mrs. Dayton; that Reed is
not her son nor any relations that said
May Dayton was of unsound mind when
the will is alleged TO have been entered;
that Mrs. Dayton was separated and con-
ccaled from her husband for upwards OF
three years by said Reed and others; that
said May Dayton has at all times de-
clared to contestant, Layman G.. Dayton,
and numerous parties for a period of
more than twenty-five years that she had
no children,
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METHoDIsTs AND CATHOLICS.
A Riot In Durango, Mexico, Between
These SectS.

These SectS.
SAN ANTONIO (Tex.l, July ia letter
from Durango, Mexico, says that on Sun
day, July 9th, while the Methodists were
laying the cornerstone of their new
church, riot occurred between the citi-
zeno of that faith and the Catholics.
Rev. Gilmore, who officiated, said:
My friends, for the sake of that gentle
Christian in whom we all believe, let us
all proceed in peace"
Scarcely had he finished when he was
knocked senseless by a stone which
struck him on the head.
Policemen dispersed the crowd before
further injury was done.
The letter says that the American resi-
dents OF Durango have called on their
Government for protection, and that the
more ignorant among the Catholic resi-
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Opposed TO Convict r,abor.

NASHVILLE (Tenn.), July 15.-The at
tempt to operate the coal mines at Brace
vile, in Anderson County, with convict
labor has led TO serious trouble. The free
miners yesterday drove out the convicts
and guards, and the Sheriff has been
ordered by the Governor to enforce the
law against the mob. fthe troops are
needed the Governor himself will ac-
company them.
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Grasshopper PIngue.

DENVER Coli, July ia special to
the Neaos from Brush, Col, says: The
whole country south Of here is COM
pletely infested with young grasshop-
pers of the locust species, the same that
laid waste Kansas and Nebraska a wear
ago. They seem to be increasing daily,
and now are so numerous as to drive
sheep and cattle before them. Alfalfa.
unripe grains and gardens are being
completely ruined,
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Murderers Confess.

SOFIA, July l5.-The police to-day ar
rested two students for the murder of
Constantine Baltchef, the Bulgarian Min
lister of Finance, on March 9TH last. The
prisoners made confession and accused
DIR. Mouliff, DR.. Rutchief and Colonel
Nissoh of hiring them to commit the
deed, and they have been arrested.
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Public Land Snr.veva.

WASHINGTON, July 15.-Tho apportion-
ment of funds for the public land sur
veys was made to-day as follows: Ari-
zona, $1,000; California, $4,000; Colorado,
1000; South Dakota, so, 900; II orth Da-
kota, $25, 900; Idaho, S35, 900; Minnesota,
$4,000; Montana, $4,000; New Mexico,
Sc, ,000; Oregon, $50, GOO: Utah, 1900; Wash
ington, S64 900; Wyoming, $4,000.
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ASSEMBLED EDIToRs.
Something About CanaGa's Feeling ON
AnneNation.

ST. PAUL, July 15.-At the Editorial
Convention to-day James w. Scott of the
Chicago Herald delivered an address on
metropolitan Dailies." This was fol-
lowed by an address on Interior Dailies"
by 4. S. Ochs of the Chattanooga Times.
Andrew Tuttello, President OF the Cana
dian Press Association, made an interest
ing talk, dwelling principally on tho
question Of the talked-of annexation of
C.tnada TO the United States. He said
Cauada looked for separate Govern
mont, and that when the time to form
such came the Canadians expected Eng
land would bid them god-speed.
This afternoon the delegates took trip
to Fort Smelling and after that reviewed a
fine parade Oh the Police and Fire Depart
mentS.