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The morning call., 1893-04-27
WESTERN RATE WAR.
Beginning of Bitter Struggle
for Traffic.
The Probable Outcome of the Rio
Grande Reduction Beneficial
to the Public.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

CHICAGO. April 26.-The first blow of
what may be long and bitter warfare in
Western passenger rates was struck to-day,
when the Denver and Rio Grande an
nounced that it had decided to put into
effect 20 per cent reduction in rates from
Denver to Santa Fe and other southern
points. In addition rate of s45 was an
nOunced from Denver and Colorado COM
mon points to Chicago. The rates an-
nounced are to take effect over the Missouri
Pacific, and it is understood that they will
also be adopted on the trains Of the Bur-
lington and Rock Island as well.
The Atchison has notified the chairman
of the Western Passenger Association that
it will withdraw from the association May
20 and meet the rates made by other roads.
and, if the Western passenger lines east OF
the river make reductions, it will meet
them at once. 1t further announced that
unless the reductions are withdrawn by
Saturday it will make a through rate from
Colorado to Chicago on the same basis as
the Rio Grande.
DENVER. April 26.-The cut in the
Worlds Fair rates made by the Rio Grande
has created CONSERVATION among the rail-
way men in this city. The representatives
of the big lines centering here refused to
talk this morning, but Ii is generally be-
lieved the cut Of the RIO Grande is the fore
runner of one of the greatest railroad wars
on record.
BosToN, April 26-Charles F. Choate
presided over the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Union Pacific Railway
Company and called 1t to order this morn-
ing in Horticultural Hall. The meeting was
called to elect directors and vote upon the
proposed change of the bylaws SO as to pro-
vide for the creation OF the Office of chair
man Of the board ofdirectors. for the annual
election of such officer, and prescribing his
powers and duties.
The directors ticket is the same as that
of last year, with the exception of George j.
Gould and Sidney Dillon Ripley. who fill
the vacancies caused by The death of Jay
Gould and Sidney Dillon.
After the acceptance Of the annual report
balloting began, and recess was taken for
two hours.
The report was the most favorable the
stockholders have received for many years.
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GONE TO THE REVIEW.
The President and Cabinet Leave
Washington.
An Amicable Settlement of the Choc-
taw Trouble Clearance
OF the Pension Rolls.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

WASHINGTON. April 26. 1t has rarely
happened in the history of this country that
the seat of government has been entirely
deserted by the President and his Cabinet.
However this was the case to-day. The
President and the members of the Cabinet
left Washington at i 80 o'clock this after
noon in a magnificent special train to witness
the naval review. large crowd of citizens
gathered and watched the departure of the
chief executive and his wife, his official fam
lily and their wives.
The internal dissenSious in the Choetaw
Nation are in fair way to peaceful settle
ment Indian Inspector FaisOn viii leave
for the Choctaw country tonight. II is
understood that he has fun powers from
the President to bring about a sett eInent Of
the difficulties. This adjustment, it is said,
will be along the lines of the Choctaw Gov
ernment allowing its courts to determine in
a legal manner all questions which have
arisen.
II. Z. Parker, J. E. Thomas of San Fran
cisco, D. T. Bridges of Oakland and Henry
r. R. Olds of Los Angeles are among to-
days arrivals. Israel Lawton thinks the
"ex'' rule does not amount to much. His
formal application for Superintendent of
the San Francisco Mint was filed at the
Treasury Department to-day.
Thomas Beck is still here, but says he
has given up his candidacy for office since
he failed to be appointed Collector of Gus
toms. He complains that the President
did not examine the papers of candidates
for this position as he should have done.
Acting Commissioner of Pensions D. 1.
Murphy has transferred about fifty clerks.
who had heretofore been employed on
statistical work." which, as far as he can
see, was of no value to the Office, to current
work. in order to>faciltate the bringing up
of business to date.
Murphy is decidedly of the opinion that
among tile 95SO0O pensioners on the rolls of
the bureau there are many fraudulent cases,
and with view to purging the lists of such
as can be reached he has issued an order
to special examiners in the field, directing
them to use all diligence in searching out
such cases as require the attention of the
bureau.
The Eastern Presbyterian Church direc-
tory has decided to issue call for Rev. I.
c. Easton of San Francisco, who for several
years was pastor of Calvary Presbyterian
Church. The salary will be $1,000 per year.
with the probability that a parsonage will
be furnished him.
Pensions were granted to-day as follows:
California; Orgnal-Chare j. HiudIey,
James F. Newman, P. Jacob Apffel. Addi-
tional - William P. Wilder Original
widOw-EIIen NJ. Hickey. Mexican widow
Virginia E. Murphy
Oregon: Original = Christopher Ltven-
good, Ward Len. Reissue-Joseph B.
King.
David G. Browne, Collector of Customs
for the District Of Montana and Idaho.
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THE GREAT SWEDE
Statue to John Ericsson
Unveiled.
CEREMONY IN BATTERY PARK.
Uncovered to the Tune of the Monitor
MiantOnomoh's Turreted Gums.
The Sculptor.
Special to THE MoRNfNe CALL.

New York, April 26-Whle the great
steeEclad warshiDs of the maritime powers
were maneuvering on the bay this morning
a ceremony took place in Battery Park
which was peculiarly appropriate 10 the
occasion 1t was the unveiling of statue
to the memory of John Ericsson, the man
whose genius revoutioGized the science of
naval warfare.
Inc ceremonies were simple. They were
under the combined direction of the Erics-
son Monument Commission, the Park Com
missioners and special committee ap-
pointed by the Mayor. The special conf
mittee was composed of General Mcmahon.
Napoleon LIE Brun, John II. Starin, Paul
Dana and G. P. Morosinl. A chorus of
between 200 and 800 voices was furnished by
the different Swedish societies of this city
and Brooklyn. The statue was yelled by
American and Swedish flags, and the un-
yelling occurred just as the great procession
of warships passed up the North River. A
national salute of twenty-one guns was
fired by the monitor Miantonomoh Just off
the Battery.
After the unveiling of the statue Colonel
Church formally turned it over to the Gus
tody of the Park Department. President
Dana received it with a few appropriate
remarks and the Swedish choir sang the
national hymn. Then an ode written for
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is not likely to be called out again in the
time Of the present generation.
The anchorage was reached at half-past
II o'clock, and the vessels dropped anchor
and swung to the food tide 10 wait for the
review tomorrow. The ships were moored
in the order in which they passed.
The MiantonomoE. having finished her
part in the dedication of the Ericsson statue
by firing salute. left the Battery for her
position in the North River, Just an hour
behind the feet.
At the review to-day the feelings of more
than one were echoed by New Yorker.
one of the many who fringed the green hills
of Fort WadswOrth. He said: 81 have seen
the marine parade in New York Harbor on
Evacuation day, the fine Statue OF Liberty
celebration and the magnificent scenes
which accompanied the international
yachtraces several years ago, and the marine
display q few months age, but never saw
so grand sight as l am now looking at, and
L never expect to see it again in these
waters"
BY all odds the American line made the
finest showing. That was the opinion of
every one. Certainly Americans. and they
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the occasion was read and an Grafton de-
livered. An interesting feature of these
exercises was the assembling of nearly all
OF the survivors of the crew of the Monitor
at the time of its fight with the Merrimac.
The statue is feet inches high, and
stands on ell-prnportoned pedestal OF
granite, feet inches high. It was erected
by the municipality of New York, at cost
af $4,000. l. presents an heroic figure OF the
great inventor.
On each of the four faces of the pedestal,
which is about seven feet square at the base
there is bronze panel, 27 by u inches, pre-
sentiGg in low relief views Of the en-
gagement between the Monitor and the
Merrimac, the first screw steamship, the
Princeton, and various other inventions OF
Ericsson. The monument stands just north
of the Whitehall boat basin, and about fifty
feet west of the United States Barge Office
The erection of this imposing tribute TO
the memory of the great inventor was au-
thorzed by an act of the Legislature Of
1891. That act created a special commission
OF fourteen persons, with authority to erect
the monument. subject to the approval of
the Park Department. The members of the
commission are: Colonel William c. Church,
chairman; William C. Whitney, C. S. Bush
nell, Vademar F. Lassue, John o. Sargent,
Thomas W. Rowland. George Innes, John
D. Crimmins, Daniel T. Wordeu, William
H. Shelton. William H. Webb Samuel w.
Taylor. Ashley w. Cole and George Fl.
Robinson.
After examining several designs for
statue, the commission decided in favor OF
a design submitted by Jonathan Scott Hart
ley. That sculptor made number Of full
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miral Gherardi, consisted of the American
fleet, with some of the visitors thrown in TO
balance, in the following order:
Port column: United States-The Phila-
delphia, Newark, Atlanta, San Francisco,
Bancroft, Bennington, Baltimore. Chicago,
Yorktown. Charleston. Vesuvius and Con-
cord. Argentine Republic-The Neuyo de
Julio. Holland - The Vanspeyk. Ger
many-The Kaiserin Augusta, Seeader.
United States-The Miantonnmoh.
The start was made so promptly at 9:a5
o'clock that the thousands of spectators
who had gathered to witness the spectacle
from Nayesink Highlands. the heights of
Fort WadswortlI and other points of van
tage on Staten Island, had hardly taken up
their position before the guns of Forts
Hamilton and Wadswor:h doomed their
welcome to the advancing fleet.
Sreaming neck and neck, the two admi-
rails and their fiagships led tho way at rate
of between eight and nine knots an hour
A brisk breeze curled the waters into white
capped breakers, but the magnificent ships
glded along so smoothly that the influence
of the waves scarcely seemed perceptibe.
A cable and half's length-300 yards-sep-
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The Company earned about S1s per cent on
the capital stock, which was twice the
stockholders surplus in the previous year,
ana compares with deficit of S275. 900 in
1890 Out of 2.O69, 757 surplus for the year,
Sl9o6,0O0 remains in the form of actual cash,
the Total cash on hand December 81, 1892,
being $3.50, ,17S.
The reduction in the expenses has been
quite general. The funded debt of the sys-
tenn In the hands OF the public is, less The
current resources due from individuals aud
companies outside the system, $500 55S. .24S,
or an average per mile OF sos, 7l2 The cash
receipts in all the land departments are
S1.546, 312.
The amount OF stock in Massachusetts
and New England shows a slight increase
over one year ago. Tie holdings in New
York have somewhat increased, while
foreign countries have correspondngly
diminished. The number of stockholders
has become less in all these cases.
The directors were reelected and the new
bylaw adopted, the foreign vote not ap-
pearing. as the books abroad closed too
late. The directors then reelected officers
and chose Alex e. Orr Of New York chaiF-
man of the board
The directors elected the same committees
substantially as last year. &. NJ. Lane was
added to the finance committee. Comp
troiler Oliver w. Mink. on motion of Ames
was made also second vice-president. This
office has been vacant since Lane left the
eompany's service. f. 4. Atkins was
chosen first vice-pTesident.
WASHINGTON, April 26.-The President
announces The following appointments:
Government Directors of the Union Pacific
Henry f. Dinock of New YORK, Don NJ
Dickinson of Michigan, j. w. Donne OF Hi
nois. Fi'zhugh Lee of Virginia. James w.
Huddock of Nebraska.
Topeka. April &c. = A. A. Robinson.
second vice-president ana general manager
OF the Santa Fe. has accepted the presidency
OF the Mexican Central. The headquarters
will probably he at Boston.
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SIOUX CITY FAILURES.
Two More of Hedges Enterprises Go
TO the Wall.

CHICAGO. April 26.-Wi!l;am A. Giles
said to-day that the assets and Liabilities of
Giles Brothers, the jewelry firm which
failed yesterday. would approximate $780,
000 The business is being conducted under
a receivership.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa. April 26.-Two more
of the Hedges -Garretson enterprises went
to the wall this afternoon, and the end is
not yet. Although yesterday men familiar
with the affairs of the two millionaire oper-
ators tried to shut their eyes to the actual
nature and extent of the collapse. they TO-
day were ready 10 admit that they see no
redemption for any institution projected
and fostered by the two capitalists, unless
it be their railroad ventures.
Two assignments were made to-day by
the Sioux CITY DrY-goods Company and the
Sioux City Dressed Beef and Canning Com
pany. The dry-goods company is capital
lied at S50G,000 and occupied six floors of
one of the Boston Investment Company's
big buildings. The assignment was made
to W. E. Thomas for the benefit of creditors
in general. The liabilities are placed at
S232, ,0C0, and the assets at S371.17
About o'clock the dressed beef and can
ming company made general assignment
to Henry j. Taylor without preferences es
to creditors, with liabilities of S2l567I and
assets placed at S27.7l6, exclusive of real
estate not valued.
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numbered thousands. who looked down
upon the Philadelphia, Newark, Atlanta,
San Francisco. Bancroft. BENNINGTON. Balti-
more, Chicago. Yorktown, Charleston,
Vesuvius and Concord. had reason to feel
proud.
James n. Tappen, John Austin Stiven8
Sr. and John Austin Stivens Jr., represent
ing a committee of 100. went aboard the
Philadelphia this afternoon TO extend q
formal invitation to the naval ball to the
admiral and his staff and to the captains,
commanders and officers of the American
fleet.
Tomorrow night over seventy search
lights on the meu-of-war will end darkness
for an hour and throw pyramids of light
five miles high.
3 a. MI began to rain at O'clock this
morning, with the wind in the southeast.
and the indications are for occasional, if
not frequent, light rains to-day. PEOPLE
who are awake are praying that the ele-
ments may be kind and not spoil what on a
fair day would be one OF the finest and
grandest sights the world has witnessed.
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ARRIVAL OF THE PRESIDENTS
Cleveland and His Party Safe in the
Metropolis.

New YORK. April 26.-President and
Mrs. Cleveland and party arrived here from
Washington tonight. The Pennsylvania
depot in jersey City was hung with the flags
of all nations, streamers and innumerable
yards of bunting in honor OF The arrival of
so distinguished party. A rush was made
when the train pulled in. The men doffed
their hats and the women viewed Mrs.
Cleveland with admiration as tile Prcsden-
tial party was escorted by the members of
the reception committee down the platform
to where the carriages were in waiting.
The party proceeded to the Victoria Hotel.
President Cleveland excused himself from
accepting the invitation rendered by Clar-
ence W. Bowen on behalf Of the Union
League Club to attend banquet there this
evening. The Cabinet officers were also
compelled TO decline similar invitations,
owing to the lateness of their arrival.
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sized models of Ericsson before he produced
one that suited his own artistic taste-and
that one WAS promptly accepted by the
commission.
Mr.. Hartley was bornln Albany in 1916
and he developed taste for art at an early
age. He studied with Palmer, the sculptor,
in Paris, for the greater part of the period
between 1879 and 1873. He took a gold
medal of the first class at the National
Academy in England, and subsequently
wen the special prize of the Salmagundi
Club here in a connective trial, in which
"The Wind was the subject. Hartlry's
Satan VauQuished" is regarded as a re-
markable conception. lie was the sculptor
of the heroic figure Of the Pilgrim in Spring
faId Mass
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TROUBLE WITH NAvAJos.
Colorado Settlers Are Determined to
Ayeupe a Murder.

DURANGO, April ga letter from Farm
ingtoD, where so much excitement was
caused last week because of the numbering
of an Indian trader named Welch by
Navajo Indians, was received to-nighr.
Settlers are excited and say If Welch's
murderers are not brought TO justice they
will take the matter in their own hands.
The Indians who killed Welch sought pro-
lection Of their companions in the vicinity
of FarminEton, who determined not to
surrender the criminals. Trouble is prob
able.
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UNION LEAGUE RECEPTION.
Brilliant Gathering in the New York
Club Rooms.

New YORK, April Pa reception was
given to the officers of the visiting naval
fleets and the Duke of Veragua by the
Union League Club this evening 1t was
most brilliant affair. The clubhouse was
handsomely decorated and Illuminated,
and mpressiveness was added to the scene
by the presence Of marines and detach-
ment from the Sixth Artillery, acting as
guards and escorts. In the assemblage
which gathered to welcome the guests there
were 1000 people.
The Duke of Veragua, escorted hy Cor
Delius y. Bliss. arrived shortly before 10
O'Clock. With him were his brother and
son. He was escorted to the library, where
the visiting admirals from our own navy
were presented to him, as were the admirals
and other naval officers from the foreign
ships. Fully half the guests were in uni
form.
The supper was served in the banquet
hall, and the visitors went back to their
ships shortly after midnight with good
impression of New York hospitality
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during the trouble in Hawaii, and led the
marines that hoisted our flag establishing a
DrOteetorate over the islands.
Gilbert C. Wiltse was native of New
York. and was born on November %. 1888.
At the age OF II years he was appointed to
the Naval Academy, and in 1859 was at
tached to the frigate Congress in the Bra
lillian squadron, where he remained till the
breaking out of the Civil War He took
part in the memorable engagement between
the Congress, the Cumberland and the rebel
ram BIerrimac in Hampton Roads on
March 9. 1862. He was thereafter attached
10 the West India squadron ana subse-
quentlv in 1866 was with the South
Atlantic biOckadlng squadron. He partici-
paied 10 the engagements of the monitors
with Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1868. In
1865 he was commissioned lleutenant.cOm-
mander, became commander in 1873 and
captain in January, 1887.
Captain Wiltse though an able and con-
scientious officer. was unknown to fame
until he was forced up on the pinnacle by
the course Of events at Honolulu in the
spring of this year. Captain Wiltse hap
pened to be with his ship. the Boston, in
Honolulu harbOr when the American resi-
uGutS VI buC iolduuS. hloGuStGu Will tub
conduct of affairs took the native queen
down off her throne, established n provi-
sional government and opened negotiations
for the annexation of the islands to the
United States.
AT this iuncture Minister Stevens. con-
sidering life and property in danger, owing
to the unsettled state OF the Government,
ordered Captain Wiltse to land his marines.
which the captain did. and it was bu: n
short time after that one of the captains
subalterns, at the command of Minister
Stevens, raised tie stars and stripes over
the Government building, thus establishing
the prOtectorate.
Shortly after these events Captain Wiltse
obtained leave of absence and came home
TO America. Before leaving the islands he
was rendered reception aud ball by the
annexationists OF Honolulu.
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A BIG FIGHT PROBABLE.
Likelihood of Fierce Struggle Among
Whisky Men,

CHICAGO, April 26.-By the action of the
directors of the American Distillers and
CattIe-feediDg Association to-day it is more
than probable that one of the most gigantic
fights ever witnessed in the whisky market
is inaugurated. This action was the deter
mlnation to issue bonds TO meet the neces-
sary expenses of buying out the present
distributors of the companies products,
and If this cannot be accomplished then to
make the company its own distributor and
to establish plants throughout the country
which such step involves. How much the
amount of the bonds to be issued will be
cannot at present be accurately estimated.
In fact the directory adjourned to meet
next month, by which time those assigned
to the duty will be able to present state
ment, making the matter clear. There are
however. fity-two distileries. The plants
OF some of these, according to Greenhut.
would be valued at from 5000 coo to $780,
coo, therefore bonds will be issued for a sum
ranging from $40, 0C0,OO0 to $4,000 600
Cardinal Sepiacci Dead.
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All Ouiet nj ReIfast

BELFAsT, April 26.-Up to Q late honr
Tonight there was no recurrence of yester-
day rlotlng between the Orangemen and
Inc Catholics The city appears to have re-
sumed It's usual aspect, although, on account
oil the presence OF rowdies, the worst dis
Iricts are patrolled by troops.
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WOES OF RUSSIAN pEAsANTRY.
The Wretched Creatures Killed by
Soldiers and Crushed by Cars.

ST. PETERSBURG, April 26.-Many rumors
are current regarding the cause of the sud-
den stopping of the imperial train while en-
route to the Crimea and the resulting fright
by which the Gar was made Ill.
One rumor is to the effect that thousands
of peasants living in villages near Charkoff
laid themselves upon the track in order to
stop the Cars train, and thus have an
opportunity TO present to the Car petit
ton against certain local abuses. A con-
fct ensued, it is said, between the train
guards and the peasants, and the general
result was forly-two peasants and fifteen
soldiers were killed in the fight or crushed
by the train.
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New York Walters Did Not STRIKE.

New YORK, April 26.-The general strike
among hotel and restaurant walters did not
take place as scheduled this evening. The
reason given out was that a number of the
hotel proprietors had signed castiron con-
tracts drawn up by a committee from the
International Association
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CLEANLINESS IS a virtue. especially IN contec.
uons. The greatest possible is taken in the
manufacture Of Whites Yucatan Gum.
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Booths Condition Unchanged.
New YORK. April 26-Edwiu Booths
condition remains unchanged.
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CAPTAIN WILTSE DEAD
Sudden Ending of the BOston's
Commander.
Congestion of the Brain Takes Him
Off at New York-Review
of His Career.
Special to THE MoRNING CALL.

WASHINGTON, April 26.-A telegram was
received at the Navy Department o-day
from New York announcing the death there
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SERRIED SHIPS
Impressive Spectacle on
New York Bay.
MOVING UP THE RIVER
All of Gotham Witnessed the
Sight.
ANCHORED ON THE HUDSON.
Striking Appearance ofithe American
Contingent-Re Reception to the Off
GERS by the Union League.
Special to THE MORNING CALL
MOVING UP THE RIVER
ANCHORED ON THE HUDSON.
Special TO THE MORNING CALL

Ew YORK, April 20
Never before in its his
tory has the harbor
of New York, the most
beautiful sheet of in
closed water to be found
anywhere the world
over, seen such a mag
niicent spectacle as that
Of to-day. Never be-
fore since the days
when naval warfare first
figured in the conquest
and defense of nations
has there been gathered
together. in celebration
or in battle, such an
- - - ! -. s.a-n
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Cardinal Sepiacci Dead.

ROME. April 26.-cardinal Luigi Sepiacc
is dead.