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One Method of Blending the
Tariff and Silver Bills
Into One Measure.
CAN OVERRIDE THE PRESIDENT,
The Nebraska Editor Declares That if
Republicans Refuse the Party
Will Be Injured.

OMAHA, NEBR., Jan. 10.-The World
Herald will tomorrow morning publish
an open editorial letter to the silver Demo
cratic Senators, signed by the editor-in-
chief, Hon. W. ]. Bryan, in which he pro-
poses a unique plan for union to secure
free coinage. He says:
circumstances have placed it within
your power to compel Republican leaders
to consent to free coinage or admit that
their love for the gold standard is greater
than their affection for protective tariff.
The Republicans, having a two-thirds ma
lority in the House of Representatives can
assist in passing over the Presidents veto
any bill which can command two-thirds of
the votes of the Senate. The Populists
with eleven Democrats, can give the Re-
publicans a two-thirds majority in the
Senate. The Republicans of the House
have passed a tariff bill which thev saw
would be sure cure for our financial Ills,
II the Senate and President would only
consent to It's becoming law. The Senate
will doubtless pass the free-coinage bill re-
ported by the Finance Committee, but
even If 1t should pass the House the Presi-
dent would veto it.
desperate cases sometimes REQUIRE he
roic treatment. Are there eleven Demo-
cratic Senators who believe that the imme-
date restoration of bimetallism, even bur
dened by the tariff legislation proposed by
the eHouse-unnecesSary and unjust as it
is-would be better for the country than
the present tariff schedules embarrassed
by bonds and the gold standard? II so |
suggest that they, together with the five
Populists (who would doubtless favor the
plan) offer to furnish the Republican SEN
ators enough votes to carry over the Presi-
dents veto bill combining the tariff bill
passed by the House and the silver bill re-
ported by the Senate Finance Committee.
If the Republicans of the House agree to
such bill the President cannot prevent
the restoration of silver to its ancient place
by the side of gold, nor can he prevent the
enactment of tariff law which the Re-
publicans of the House have declared to
be a sufficient remedy for the present treas
ury difficulties.
IF the Republican leaders refuse to ac-
cept tariff bill when coupled with free
coinage bill it will be an admission that
the maintenance of a gold standard is, in
their opinion, more important than a pro-
tective tariff. In other words, YOU can
compel the Republicans to accept free sill
yer or reject their own tariff measure If
they accept we shall have the free and un-
limited coinage of silver and gold. If they
refuse the Republican party will be rent
in twain"
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-11
BoWERS BILL APPRoVED.
Afs amendment to the Plan of Giving
Rights of Wdy.

At amendment to the Plan of Giving
Rights of Way.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan. 10.-The
House Committee on Public Lands to-day
reported tayorably Representative Bowers
Dill 10 amend the act approved March 8,
1871, granting right of way upon public
lands Tor reservoir and canal purposes by
aoulhg thereto the following:
section 2. That the Secretary Of the
interior be, and thereby is, authorized and
EN- powered under general regulations to
De hxed oy him, to permit the use of right
OF way to the extent of twenty-five feet, to-
gether with the use of necessary ground,
not exceeding forty acres, upon public
IA iahos ana forest reservations of the United
0Cates, by any citizen or association of Clti-
Zens OF the United States for the purpose
OF generating, manufacturing or distribu-
ting electric power"
IN california and elsewhere small towns
ana cities located in valleys can utilize
eieGIrlc nght and power at minimum cost
II allowed the right of way across Govern
meht lands IN the foothills of the noun
talns, as this bill permits. Secretary Hoke
Smith says:
II see no objection to the amendment
suggested by the Commissioner, providing
tnat right OF way through forest reserva-
tions may be authorized under regulations
10 De adopted by the Secretary relative to
the use OF grounds for the purpose Of gen.
eratlng and distributing electric power.'
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FOR Bidders, UIDANCE.
Statement Of the Treasury Department
to Interest on Bonds.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 10.-The
Treasury Department to-day, for the guild
ance OF intending bidders to the new $780,
O00, 900 loan, made public the prices upon
Fe ebruary l, 1896, of United States four-per-
cent bonds, maturing February 1, 1892,
corresponding to certain realized rates of
interest to the investors: Two and half
per cent, 130.S749; two and three-quarter
per cent, 124.9234; three per cent, 119. 3229;
three and one-sixteenth per cent, III. .9749;
three and one-eighth per cent, 116647I;
three and three-sixteenthsp percent, is. 1891
three and.a quarter per cent, 14O506; three
and fiye-sixteenths per cent, 3127 1914;
three and three-eighths per cent, Ill. .5310
three and seven-sixteenths per cent, no.
1892; three and half per cent, 1O9.O856;
three and nine-slxteenths, 107.8900; three
and five-eighths per cent. 1O6.7121; three
and eleven-sixteenths per cent, 105.5516;
three and three-quarters per cent, 104. 1882;
three and thirteen-sixteenths per cent,
lO3. 28l6; three and seven-eighths per cent,
102l716; three and fifteen-sixteenths per
cent, 101 ,0778; four per cent, 100. .00O0
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President Cleveland Would Ger.
tainly Veto the Bill a
Second Time.
AFTER THE PRODUCTIVE LANDS.
Arizonans Anxious That Most of the
Reservation Be Opened for
Settlement.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 10.-THE
GALL CORRESPONDENT to-day investigated
the report that the Southern Pacific was
trying to condemn right of way through
the San Carlos (Apache Indianl reserva-
ton, Arizona, for branch railroad with
out compensation to the Indians. No such
bill has yet been introduced in Congress.
The proposed road is about 140 miles in
length, from Bowie ION the Southern Paci-
fic) to Globe. In the last Congress a bill
was passed condeming a right of way with
ont paying the Indians for the land, but
this was vetoed by President Cleveland.
1t is understood that the railroad will
not repeat its attempt to pass this bill
through Congress, as Cleveland would
veto it again, but the railroad is bringing
pressure to bear on the Interior Depart
ment. The'Apaches were located on San
Carlos reservation merely by executive
order, according 10 Ex-Governor Murphy,
delegate from Arizona, and the Interior
Department can segregate their lands and
open the same to settlement if it chooses,
but Murphy has deemed it best to have
bill passed by Congress directing the Sec
retary OF the Interior to segregate these
lands and open the surplus acres to settle
ment.
The reservation embraces about 1000
square miles, and Arizona people, who are
clamoring for its segregation, claim that
the Apaches only occupy about 500 square
miles, the best part of which is in the
bottoms of ella River
They want seven -eighths of it opened to
settlement. Delegate Murphy has intro
duced a bill for survey of the reservation
by the Interior Departm and a segrega-
ton of the lands occupied by the Indians
from those acres unoccupied and providing
that the surplus lands be open to settle
ment. Delegate Murphy says the northern
part of San Carlos reservation contain
rich coal, copper and other mineral
deposits, which would be valuable to
whites but not to Indians.
This is the territory which the Southern
Pacific wishes to tap. They will make no
further attempt to get their right of way
from Congress until they have failed to
induce the Indians to give their consent
for consideration. 1t is understood that
the Interior Department will send an in
spector to San Carlos to ascertain the feel
ing among these Indians.
1t is altogether improbable that the
Interior Department will arbitrarily
(without the consent of Congress) grant
this right of way, and it is equally i'm
probable that Congress Will pass any such
act with a certainty that the President
would veto it. So the railroad must gain
consent of the Indians before they can
build a road through the San Carlos
reservation.
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SITES FOR FORTIFICATIONs.
The Expenditure Of Million Dollars
Required at Once.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 10.-Gene-
raj Craighill, Chief of Engineers, laid be-
fore the Senate Committee on Coast De-
fenses yesterday detailed estimates of the
money that can be proftably expended by
the Bureau of Engineers during the pres
ent and next fiscal year at the ports of
New York. San Francisco, Boston, the
lake ports and at the Atlantic coast ports.
He also gave a statement of the condi-
tion of work at the present time at each of
the ports named, from which it appeared
that at but very few of them had any work
been done, owing to the lack of appropria-
tions. The question of sites for the forti-
tications was then taken up by the COM
mittee. Itwas stated that at least 81 900 900
is required at once for the purchase OF
sites for Notifications.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-11
Grants to Railroads.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan. 10. - The
Secretary of the Interior to-day approved
the following grants of lands to railroads {:
To the Northern Pacific, 3d. ,55S acres in the
Vancouver and Spokane Falls district,
Washington; 241, ,21S acres in the Lewis
ton (Mont.) district; 1888 acres in the
Vancouver (Wash. district, 1852 acres in
Washington; 1892 acres in the North
Yakima and Walla Walla district, Wash. /;
1861 acres in the Spokane Falls district :
to the Oregon and California Railroad
q, ,S13 acres in the Roseburg (Ore) district.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-11
SMITH, THE BoRAx KING.
He Has Decided Not to Establish a Re
f"ery in England.

fi"ery in England.
NEW YORK, n. Y, Jan. 10-William
II. Chickering of Oakland, Cal, arrived
from Europe on the Majestic Wednesday
and is registered at the Holland House.
Chickering is a well-known lawyer in San
Francisco. He went abroad in September
last as the legal adviser of Frank H.
Smith. the "Borax King" of the Pacific
slope.
1t was generally reported that the object
of Smiths visit to England was for the
purpose of breaking the borax trust in
London. This was denied by Lawyer
Chickering yesterday. Nearly all the
mines from which borate of lime is pro-
duced in this country are owned or
controlled by the Pacific Coast Borax
Company. The greater part of the stock
in the company is owned by Smith, and
the mines now being worked are situated
at Daggett, San Bernardino County, Cal.
For some time past" said Chickering,
"Mr. Smith had been contemplating es-
tablishing refinery at Liverpool or some
other point in England, to enable him to
refine the raw material, which could be
shipped from these mines on the Pacific
Coast, and sell the manufactured article in
Europe. He also contemplated organizing
company under the laws of Great Britain
for the purpose of handling the product OF
the American company, and it was with
a view to examining these matters that
Mr.. Smith went to Europe. After exam
ining into the condition of the borax mar
ket in Europe he was satisfied that it
would be better for him to sell the raw ma
terial to the outside refiners than to equip
and carry on his own refinery. He is now
in the south of France. and has not sold
any of his borax stock, no- was mis- trip to
England in connection with his railroad
enterprises in California"
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SUING FOR THEIR SHARE.
Sons of Ferdinand Helm Seek a" account

Sons OF Ferdinand Helm Seer an ACCOUNT
ing.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 10-F. a.
Helm and George NJ. Helm OF Los Angeles,
Cal, brought suit through their attorney,
W. r. Bacon, III the Probate Court to-day
against the estate of the late Ferdinand
Helm, the millionaire brewer, who was the
head of the Helm Brewing Company.
The plaintiffs are the sons OF Michael
Helm, brother of the late Ferdinand Helm.
They assert that their father and Ferdi-
nand Helm were equal partners in bust
ness which resulted in the large estate
which Ferdinand Helm left at his death
They say that Ferdinand Helm continued
to conduct the business without division
of interest after their fathers death, and
they ask for a hall interest in all of Ferdi-
nand Helms estate.
The estate includes property in st. Louis
and East st. Louis the large brewery in
the east bottoms and ranches and other
properties in California.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-11
NO OFFICLAI ADVloEs.
The Nary Department Atcaits Further
Netcs From. the baltimore

TITO NuCy DepdFtDleNt AtOd1ts FMTtHer
Netcs From the Baltimore.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan. 10.-No off,
clal advices have reached the Navy De-
partment concerning the terrible exps-
rlence OF the cruiser Baltimore in the
China Sea which resulted in the death of
two men and injury to seven others. The
hrst news OF the calamity came to the de-
partment in a United Press disnatch and
the Navy Department expects official ad-
vices by the next mail steamer from Hon
olulu, which point the Baltimore reached
in safety. Her delay in reaching San
francisco has been commented on for sew
eral days at the department, but no hint
was given OF the apprehension felt.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-11
FEATURES OF THE TARIFF LAW.
arguments Made Before the Ways and
Means Committee.

' b""'0'tS HUUe BEFORE We ways ana
Means Committee.
" WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 1O.-Mr.
Summervllle, member of the Board of
General Appraisers, addressing the House
Ways and Means Committee on the ad-
ministrative features of the tariff law this
morning, favored amending the law re-
gardlng the assessment OF additional
duties so as to take from the Secretary of
the Treasury the power to remit penalties
assessed for differentiation. He would
limit the additional assessment to 100 per
cent OF the appraised value of the mer-
chandise.
L. s. Sharrets, also a member of the
Board OF General Appraisers, suggested
that the law be amended so as to allow the
board to determine the value of such goods
by the price at which they were freely
offered for sale in the United States The
committee then adjourned until next
Wednesday.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-11
PROSECUTION OF BoL1IN.
Placed II, JdtI on Itco. Charges of En-
beszIement.

FtUce0 fft Jdtt o1t ItCO4 Charges OF Emu
beszIemeat.
OMAHA, NEBR., Jan. 10-Mayor w. J.
Broatch, who was inaugurated Wednes-
day, notified the Assistant City Attorney
this afternoon to prepare a complaint
against Henry Bollin, ex-City Treasurer,
charging him with embezzlement, and at
o'clock Bollin was arrested. There were
two complaints, one relating to an item of
$35, 900 in the school fund, and the other
an item of $1,000 from the city As soon
as other complaints are prepared they will
OF the deialcation is $115,OO0, but criminal
action cannot be brought for the whole
amount. Bollin was taken to the City
Jail and placed in a cell and no attempt
was made to bail him out.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-11
To Prosecute Peratta- Rearis.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 1O.-Attor-
ney-General Harmon has appointed Mat
thew G. Reynolds, Department of Justice,
special Assistant United States District
Attorney for the Northern District of Cali
fornia, to prosecute James A. Peralta-
Reavis for perjury.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-11

Chain, was so well pleased with the North
Woods that he has bought of DR.. Seward
Webb about twenty-five acres of land at
that point, where First and Second Lakes
join, and will build a cottage, which he
expects to have ready for occupancy next
cunrnpr
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What Bret Harte said of the "Heathen
Chinee" is true of the "Cheap Tailor"
No wonder they're in partnership! "For
tricks that are vain," ETC., this amphibious
animal-half tailor, half clothier-takes the
belt.
If your money is too good for Celestial
support let us show you what clean and
full-blooded style ami quality a little
money will get you in American goods.
All-wool, perfectly lifting suit, 81 so with
made to order" wool over your eyes
would pay $40 and $12); elegant Suits, $40
to SIC.
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SUICIDE OF SWIFT.
The Officer Had No Bad Habits and
Struggled to support a Big Family.

DV'"YUee" To oHPp0'T Big Fdntfy.
OMAHA, NEBR., Jan. 10.-Much sym
pathy is expressed in the army for Lieu
tenant Swift, who committed suicide at
Fort Robinson. He served through the
war In the telegraph corps and was an
expert, When the signal corps was reor-
ganlzed he was transferred to the line.
he had no bad habits and struggled to
support his family of ten and daughter
and her two children, who are also de-
pendent upon him. If he took any funds
IL must nave been to exc out his paw as
second lieutenant to provide for them.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-11
Treas,tru Gold Reserre.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 10.-At the
close of business to-day the treasury gold
reserve stood at $50, 100, 164. The with
drawals of gold at New York to-day
amounted to 81, ,626, 900.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-11

the imposition of the additional Is per
cent on raw sugar Allison and Aldrich
OF the committee are both out of the city
for few days.
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Harrison,s Su,nmer R,,ort.

ROME, N. Y, Jan. 1o.-Ex- President
Harrison, who spent portion of last sum-
mer at Dodds Camp, First Lake, Fulton
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-11
SENATE FINANCE coMmITTEE.
The Tariff Blu to BE Reported as 1t Came
From the House.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. 10.-There
will probably be no meeting of the Senate
Finance Committee until next Tuesday,
the regular meeting day. The Republican
mem bers say that at that time they ex-
pect to report the tariff bill just as it came
from the House. They understand that
Jones of Nevada will no longer insist upon
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-14
 4 LESSON IN JOURNALISM.

There are Journalists" in England as we'll as in this country and one of them has just been taught a needed lesson. Sadly enough that one is a 'lady jour- nalist" the Comtesse de Fremont. She sought to make ccpy'' out of W. $. Gilbert awhile ago. The aibrettist de- clined to meet her and conveyed to her tine fact that he was unwilling to sub init himself ito the proposed ordeal in a written statement that his fee for an interview was twenty guineas. The lady thereupon lost her temper and wrote Mir. Gilbert a sassy" letter. in which she expressed the hope that she would one day have the pleasure of writing his obituary notice for nothing
 MT. Gilbert caused the correspondence
 with some remarks of his own, to be published in the Times. In his. letter he spoke of the lady as "desenib ping her. self as the Comtesse de Fremont" and also remarked that she was Known to him by repute." In these phrases the lady, or her legal adviser, detected inuendoes that she was not really the Comtesse de Fremont, and that her re pute was bad. So she sued MT. Gilbert for libel. In his charge to the jury, the judgs severely reprobated the practice of Interviewing, suggesting that Mir
 Gilbert was entirely within his right in declining to be interviewed, and that the comtesse had ITO right whatever to resent his refusal, or to punish him for it by telling him that she thought so badly of him that the news of his death would be hailed by her with joy
 Wherefore the eomtesse had brought all that followed on her own head and MT. Gilbert's expressions in regard to her must be ienieRSly construed So the jury forthwith found verdict for the defendant aud the right not to be
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-14

across any whites. It's all negroes, and the most superstitious class of col ored people at that. I never could nlake out where they all came from, but just as soon as we'd made landing luhey'd come fiocking out of the woods, three and four on & single mule and dozens on foot.
 ''The show had been doing poorly for some weeks, and We were short of money, when Mack suggested a scheme which he said might bring few hun dred dollars. He got great chunk of iron ore out of the ballast box of the boat, covered it carefully with Ia bit of spotless canvas, and when the negroes
 focked about us at Bayou La Fourche, circulated a report among them that
 we had marvellous lodestone aboard.
 It had come down from the heavens in
 the, midst of a terrific storm a week be-
 fore. he said, and had been picked up
 by the circus hands. We'll, sir, you
 st " " ssteft ssteefft taff let lot of iiaseed
 people in your life. A lodestone is full
 of luck in the mind of a Louisiana negro
 and nothing would do but what they
 must see 'Mack's treasure. Well, we
 showed it to them, and they examined it with great reverence, and snapped at his offer to sell them bits of it for twenty-five and fifty cents, according to size.
 For two days we laid off at Bayou
 La F'ourche, while Mack clipped off bits
 of tlhe ore and sold it to the negroes and when we finally packed up and left we had about $500 of the colored
 peoples money, which they had ex- changed for bits of the ballast. We
 never found out how the negroes dis
 covered the swindle, but they did, and g. lot of them swore ito have Mack's life. They followed the show for nearly two weeks, and the only way we could in- sure Mack's safety was to put him in the bear cage every time we landed,
 The bears were tame enough, but en- tirely too friendly, and they made life miserable for the poor man while they had him in the cage. We finally got out of the country and into civilization, and then Mack quit the show, and have never seen him since. I shall never forget the way he fooled those
 negroes. though, and I guess there's a lot of those negroes alive yet who'll never forget it either."