Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 29, 1883, Page 1

BE *x3 T Yike G 32 2 Special . bb = “« Y i iy R N e AOOAMN Bt mese @ EE OMAHA DAIiLy BEE g, TWELFTH YEAR. OMAHA NEB MONDAY MORNING JANUARY %9 1883 ll " THE STATE CAPITOL. Progress of Important Measures Through the Le. islature. Brown of Douglas Rasps the State Treasurer and His Defective English. The Watch Dogs of the House Becurely Seated in Front of the Speaker. Pasenge of an Amendment to Oma- bo's Charter, Relating to Railcoad Crossings Vigorous Bounce of Two Splesonthe Republican Caucus THE LEGISLATURE. Special Correspondence of Tun Bxe. RENATE — AFTERNOON SESSION, LixcouN, January 26.—The bill read was one to logalizy the dis- s3ction of human bodles in the etate, and the mortal remains of all pauperas and unclaimed persons are hereby do- voted to the surgeoun's knife, under certain restrictions. The bill to prevent {domestic ani- mals, having any contagious desease, running at large, was read a second time with tho emergency clause at- tached, In response to an inquiry of the senate, the treasurer s3nt a communi- cation upon the items of interest ac- connt. It brought out from Brown, of Douglas theremark chat the reso- lation ought to besent back to the treasurer with the intimation that if did not understand English the scnate would furnish him an interprater, and that the treasurer was trying to bam- boozle the senate. The committee on counties reported Mavorably the bill to define the bound- ariea of Loup couaty, The senate went into cenvantion of the whole, with Mr. Harrizon in the chair, who brought the committes into working order with unexpected skill, Mr. Reynolds bill No. 5, for the regulation of, and to prevent abases and unjust discrimination by railroad corporations, was posts Bill No. 11, to amend the code of civil procedare, iutrodoced by Mr. Shoenhelt, was similarly postponed. No. 12 for the re location ot county szats belog noxt in order was then coneidered, Mr. Rich introduced a change in the title couf uing ite application to county seats within five 1ailes cf the centre of the county. Brown, of Clay, apposed the change aa belng a kind of special legislation. The change of title was accepted, and it was resolved 1o report recommend- ing the paseage. ficat The next bill for consideration was | one Introduced by Mr. Dolan to authoriza counties, precincts, town- ships and tewns to vote bridge bonds for internal improvement, &, Mr. Brown, of Douglas, wmoved to striize out the word “‘railroads’ Mr, Caee moved to changa the rate of per cent. of valuation from 10 per cent, to & por cent, Mr. Scheoniiheit moved to make 1t 5 per cent. Mr. Batlor spoke in favor of allow- ing the people of tha state to bond themselves for works of internal im- provemant and even railroads. He referred to the cass of Douglas county and the city of Omaha, Before the people began to issue bonds he could have fed end fattened one huudred head of cattlo in thestreotsof Omaha, but now it was tho most yrosperous city on the Missouri pivér. With bonds eame prosperity. The amencment to reduce the per cant of valuation were lost, and when Mr. Polan ozplalned that they only wanted a construction of #he present law 80 a8 to include bridg:s, hecause his peoplv wented a bridge across the Rapubltcan, the bill was reccmmended to pass with the amendments made. The committee then rose and reported, and the bills were ordered engrossed for a third readiag. SENATE —¥ORNING SESS ON, LiNcoww, Jenuary 27.—The talk of this morningls ax lacident nat strictly legislative, and has reterence to a couple of citizens, hitherto wagarded as reputable, who were found trying, in a serreptitious manner, to learn the secrots of the republican caucuc. The editor of Ter Buw is credited with patented and exclusive rightsén this direction, and it is fitting and just that these infringes shoald held .up to g’ublin reprcbation. Tt eeeme that hilpot and Courteney, legal lights of the caplital elty, seomoted themselves in & room adjolning the one in which the caucus was held. The rooms con- mected by a deor, and over the deor was & transom. Dunring the meeting wome of the members of the cauous #cw a face framed in the transom. A newspaper was put up to baffls the |l spy. After a while the newspaper was in & motion, and it was found that the trausom was open, 8o that every word spoken was heard by the latener. On this discovery two stout cau.cusmses burst open the door; there was a racket, as of falling faroitare and scuffling, hurrying hamao feet, and difficnlt to convince any court or jary that any system of gymnastics prac ticed since antl.delavian times re- quires an athlete to placo himself in a darkened room and hang by the lobe of his avr cular to the open transom of a door, beyond which fmportant political business s being trausacted. The senate did not convene till 10:30. The journal wasread and Sen- ator Brown, of Douglas, moved that the ntatement of the president why he ruled that the senate conld not ad- journ from day to day, until the elec. tion of a senator of the United States should be stricken frem the journal, He contended that it had no more right to be spread upon the pages of the jouroal than the speeches of mom- bers. Sanator Butler opposed the motion, and thought he unders:ood the motive at the bottom of the matter. He road from the manual, and thought the optnion of the chair ought to ap- pear, and gave expression to s general feeiing as to the value of the argu. ment of the chair, In cpposition to the proposed adjournment. He thougnt i; one of the most able de- cision upon the question involved yet given, The motion was lost. No other business was transac'ed and the senate adjourned to meet in the house in joint convention, Af- terwar1 adjourned till Monday 11:45 a.m. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS, Toe house in the committee of the whole yesterday afternoon considered among other things, the militia bill introduced by Mr. Armitage, House Roll No. 41. This blll provides that the officers and privates shall receive the same pay when called out, and that amount shall not exc:d two dol- lars a day. It also reduces the pay of the adjutant general from §500 to $300 a year. It also reduces the pay of staft cfllcers of any kind. The militia offi sers entered a protest against this bill, but the committee of the whole were almost unanimous in re- commendirg it back to the house for passage. Tae record of ““Camp Damp" which is still fresh 1n the minds of the people of Nebraska, with its wine suppers, and high priced cffisers and poorly pald privates who did the work bad its influence. The bill us origin- ally Introduced provided for paying the ofticers €3, and the privates §2, but it was amended by Gen. Hollman to make the pay of all alike. The question of dividing the state into juaicial districis is one of fmport- ance, and any division that can be mado is bouna to meet with consider- able opposition. The suggestion has been wade to bring all the lawyers in both brauches iuto a cancus and declde upon a redivislon among themselves, and then support the measure with a will. Taero 15 a bill in the senate but none in the house. The general snp position is, legislation will favor muk- ing nine or tea districts in the place of six which we now have All the law- yers favor making more districts, but the farmers are generally opposed to 16, Hall and Wolph, of Cass county, who occupy chairs just to thé right of tho apeaker, are looked upon by all job- bers with anything but a friendly look. Like Klmunds in the United States senate, they are known ns the watchdogs of the treasury, and fow moacures with an appropriation cou- ucoted therewith escapes their notica, They are both farmers, and are among the most useful on the floor. Mr, Hs!l was in tho last house and Mr. Wolph terved a term in the legiala ture in territorial times. [ouse roil No. 83, a bill compeliing employers f femalo help to furnish chaira or acats to such employees was read a third time and prssed, House roll No. 4, a bili for an act to amend section 15 of an act entitled “an uc to incorpovate cities of the first class, and rogulating their daties, powora and goverament,” introduced by Colpetzer, was raad a third time aud put upon its passage. It being a bill pertaining omly to the city of Omgha there was no opposition and it passed, As we understand it, it is a re-epactment f the law that la now in force, except section 41, which reads as follows: 4lst. To regulate the crossing of rallway tracks, to regulate the running of reélway engines, cars and tracks within the limits of the city, and to make other and farther rules and re- strictions to prevent accident at cross- ing, &nd on the tracke of rallroads, and to prevent fires from engines; also to ald in the constraction of viadaots or bridges ever, or tunnels under railroad tracks ac street crossiegs with neces- sary approaches, by causing to be is- sued the konds ¢f tke city in an amount not exceeding thirty- five thousand dollars for such work and not exceeding one-half of the cost thereci, which bunds shall not draw interest at « greater rabe than six pcrl centum per annum, amd payable not| more than twen:{ ears {rom the date thereof. Provi n{, Thet oo such bonds shall ke issued wntil an ordl- nance providing therefor ehall be Iicst submitted ta, aud ratified by, s major- ity of the legal voters ¢i such city voting thereon at a genera! or special election, There were enly two votes against th: bill, namely, Mc(iavock and Badi- ek . THE BALLOT Spee. & Dispatch o Tu Bex. LincoLy, January 27.—The jolnt convention met at 12 o'clock and vo- ted once with the following result, Fight members were absent: Ktickel Courtney fell a captive te his in-| 14, Saunders 16, Bogd 23, Browa 3, Cowin Conner 4, Crounse £, Jefferson), Dodd, Junes, Town, Werhan, Whitzel, Young—14, For Manderson—Bomgardner, Walker, Cox, Jenson, I Walker—8. For Boyd—Brown (of Douglas), Can- field, Conkling Patterson, Nang, Ashby, Carnaby, Clark (of Douglan) Davenport Denman, lhqulm(:( Cass), Franse, Hai oloric Sowers, obberts, Sadelek, Hollman, Laird, Luthey, A o, North, Schroder, Thomas, Watta—28. For Saunders- Brown (of Lancaster), Heist, Beirbower, Colpetzar, Draper (of Knox), Gow, Grimes, Grinstead, Hom r, Johnson, Miller, 'almer _(of * Dixor), Palmer (of Saline), Rainey, Roche, West- cott--16, For Thaver—Brown of Clay, Fisher, Harrison, Howell, Cole, Cook (of Nuck 1l¢), Fablinger. Howard, Martin, Nett , Ranvey, Russell, Spanogle, Steever, Swearingen—15, For Brown—Brown (of Colfax), Thatch, Turtle—3 For Connor—Butler, Stedwell—1, For Dye—Connor—1. For Cowin—Dolan, Kincaid, Norris, Bat cock, Christopher=on, Colline, Chapi Dawsop, Gordon, Hall, Lee, Taylor, Wis- sénberg and Wolpb,—14 ¥ or Morton—Dunphy, Rogers, Hoebel, Pavne, Tower—5, For Millard—Filley, Harris, Schoenheit, Abell, Castls, Charlston, Field, Morrison, Savage, Sessions, Stephenson, Suessen- bach, Thompeon, Humphrey—11. For Ashby—Barton—1 For Sivage—Clark (of Colfax), Graver Haven, Rateliffe, -2, For Futler—Freeburn -1, For Orounse—Hatch, Kuoney For Like- McAllister, Whedon— e ‘Washburne on France. Spectal Dispateh 1o Tk Bxx Cuicaco, January £7 —The News pnblishes a telegram from Ex-Minister Washburae on the present political complications in France and their probabis outcome. The ridiculous im- portance which is attached to Jerome's manlfesto is accounted for by the gen- eral detcstation of the Bonapartist plotters. “Plon Plon's” croaking has directed attention to the gauzy claims of the Orleanist ard bourbon proceedings. The intense hoatilities to all Tmperialists has thus been aroused. Flame was added to the fuel of popular {indignation by Eagenie's ill timed visit to Paris and her expressions of sympathy for the puny plottors. Honce tho de- mand ¢f the exilo of all pretenders Washbara says that an irresistable sentiment in favor of free institutions has imbedded itself in tho natioun’s heart, and ho glves it as his deliberate judgment that no extsting hostlle in- flue1ces can encompass the ropublic's downfall. Gambotta’s death, ho says, has encouraged adventurers, but their secret scheming and pub'ic prating will be wholly feattless. The Chinecss Question. Special Dispatch 10 Tiix Brw WasimiNaToN, January 27 tary Folger h legraphed leczor at wncisco th nese laborer who =as in the United States November 17, 1880 and left before the act May 6, 1682, has a right to laad withont vhe s*atute cer- tificato on proof satisfactorily to you or the court act names the day., The date of the proclamationof the treaty October 5, 18~1, is Immateri The har been celled now onship- department’s atten to tha cass of Chin: board at San Francisco. fllers Fail. Spectal Diepatch toCue Brw. Crxcisnary, January 27.—Mohr & Monr, distitlers, made ao asslenment this worairg to Caavles Raukin, The boud hae not yet been givon, and no atatement «f asaets or liabilities has boen made, It is estimatod that the Jiabilitiea will not excand §£150,00( Bafore the assignment to-day, they ed chattel mortgages aggregating $33,000, one «f which, for $20,000, was to Mr, Solomon, of Boston, a member ot the firm, A Vermosut Fire. Specisl Dispatch to Tur Rex, L] Wiscaskr, Vi, Janusry 27.—At 7 o'clock a car rin off the track, collid- ing with another car loaded with kero- sene oil, which exploded and set fire to a large wooden storehouse close to the track. The storehouse was con- sumed, togsther with its contents, which conmsted of wool and mill snp- plies of all kinds belonging to the Burlington Woolen company. The lost is $125,000. Insur 000. A Wabash Accident. Special Dispateh to Tik s, WanasH, Ind,, January 27.—At 11 o'clock last night, a mile east of here, the west bound express train on the Wabash, St. Louls and Pacific struck a broken rail, and the chair car and sleeper rolled down a forty-foot em- bankment. There were bat eight passengers in the two cars, and none were seriously Injured excopt those in the sleeplug car. The wounded were brought here. Budg Special Dispatch to RostoN, Janum wife. night, Fashouer visited his wife to- quarrelled with her skot, Ry A Westerm Man Dead. Speaal Dispatch to Tes Lirn, W asaiNaroN, January 27.—Col. O, H. Irish, chief cf the bureau of en- graving and printing, died to-day of paralysis of the heart, ——— The Amonut Gone. ispateh to T Hrr NASHVILLE, January 27, — The accountant finds the deficit of M. T h, late state troasurer, to be §292,. consed visitors, was taken through t} 14 q > 25, meeting and uncarmoniously ejectod, | Thayer 15, Manderson 5, Millard 14, - . — A farther inspection ¢f the reom re- | Morton b, Sava Dye 1, Lake 2, The Aunniversary of Payne. vealed another crawn, cf the name of | Butl Ashby 0, { Spectel Disnakoh o THa by e e tick order | BUter L, 4 & BN e A New Yok, January 2% - The an- ! steps of his pariner in lu.| The s adjourned till | niverasry of the birth of Tom Payne s | o'clock on M nday and the senate till| ywug celebrated to-night in the Ger- iore has boer stery for 6|12 o'clock the same day | i Masonic tomplo. * ddreases were time about th with which | - | inade advocating tree thought the secrets of the cauc and pab. | THE VOTEIN DETAIL - . licity. Phillpot clalma he had | Special Corr The fice. The Marived Popular Favor To1e o s S T Lincov, January 27.—The follow-| o Hob Paoch" (s smply was al e room in wsad for physical ex- |ing is to-day's vete for United States|ranted. No othes g ; '| « .] r‘ 3 o bring an ’ o cat eade supplie b4 he thrsdtans i brlog an | sanstor 1\- mannfacturers’ prices by M. A, Mo ainet the cagens for amault |y Syjokel—fiarker, Dech, Dye. liey: | Namara. Families supylisd by &, H. Ty I think he will find 1t |polds, Kich, Armitage, Berkloy, C ok (of ‘.._,u ne, Uuivhs Ne 25, — Klizabeth Weassels, aged 14, killed her brother- in-law, Henry Fashouer, a disslpated follow who was separated from his little beother and while abusing him was THE INQUISITION. A Lively Session of the Special Railroad Committes. Odorous P, Mason Froths and Fumes Against '‘Aggree- sive Agrarianiem,” But '‘Poeitively Declines” to Give the Name of His Client. Attornoy Laird Maneges to’ Sub- sist on Free Passos and an Annual Retainer. Merchant Humphreys Detalls a Few of the Troubles of Shippers. Specm] Correapondence of Tus Bas. Linconn, January 26.—The epectal rallroad committee held another meot. ing at 3 o’clock this afternoon. Thero were presont Senators Reynolds of Butler, Dech of Saunders and Brown of Clay, and Mr. Grout of Otoe, who, as on former oceaslons, acted as chair- man, Mr, Galey appeared on boha!f of the committee, and Judge Mason and Asatstant B, & M, Attorney Deweese were present o look after the railroads. Senator Reynolds made a request that " JUDGR MASON be sworn, which betng complied with, the learned judge was put through the following examination: Question. Will you state to the com- mittee for whom you appear here! Answer. I appear first for eitizon Ma. 8o, Q. Weli, for any other persons? A, Yes, sir, Q. State, please. A, Well, if the committee desire to know, If a ma. jority of this committee desire to know, 1 have no objection to telling. At this juncture in the prooceedings coneiderable discussion took place, and Senator Dech moved that it is the sense of this committee to know for whom Judge Msson appears. Senator Reynolds seconded the mo- tion. Senator Brown wanted to know what bearing it was supposed to have. Senator Reynolds explained that if Judge Mason appeared s an atiorney for some particular persom, the com | mitteo ought to know it., He wanted to know 1if the juodge was there on railcoad business Sonator Dech thought it was very plain, that in the evidence which wiil g0 before the people, it would ba un- derstood that Mr. Galey appeared for the cowmittes for the peopla. He (Me. (taley)_asked a particalar live of queetions, which it is thought will bring out particalar evidence on which Jodge Mason appeated to be there as an attorney to stk questions in en oppovite directic’r appurently, to take away so much of the real ef- fecs of the questioning as was pobsi- ble. Toe public would want to know why = theso quostlons were asked by Judge Mason if it were not in the interest of the railroads. 1f Judze Mason appearad for the rati- |roads then the cimmittee and the people should know it that they might draw their own conclusions, Judge Mason said he did not desire to delay or avoid or disguise any matter. So far as his appearance thers was concerned up to the presane tims he nald three gentlemen who were exam ined by the committeo had asked him to appoar and neither of these throe gentlemen had any conncction with the railroads. “If,” continued the learned gentleman, ‘‘we have reached the point that it is a crimo to appear for a railroad in the estimation of this committee or any member of it we are stepping very closely upon the borders of aggressive agrarianism.” (What- ever that may be.) After pointing out that he had ellcited more important facts agalnst the railronds than the gentleman who appears for the committee and in- forming them that he did occasionally try law suits and do business for the B. & M. aod on one ocoaslon even tried & soit for the U, P., he emphatically added: “If I was to see thelr inter- oste imperilled here I trust Iam not 80 lost to a sense of propriety as to allow elther wmy pride, my impulses, my hatred or my spite to overrun my judlcial propriety to interpose ln their ehalf. But up to the present time no memher of any rallroad has spoken to me; up to the prosent time 80 far the matter s mine. It looks to me as If the gentleman was trench- ing on private business. In other words, the gentleman might as well ask me what me and my children eat for breakfast, or what we expect to have for supper, or whether we sleep on the floor or on & feather bed." The learned gentleman concluded his speech with a brilliant perora- tlon, Senator Roynolds pointed out that he did not wish to blicken any per- son. Ho was well aware that the judge had a right to appear for the rallroads, but the comm'ttee had a right to know 1t Mr, Galey eaid he thought the com- | mittee had a right to kuow in what railroad compaay of this state, or at- torney of auy railraad compiny in this atate. A. Noue of your busi noss Mi, JAMEK LAIRD was then called and sworn. He teati- capacity Jadge Manon appesrad. eupon the judze jumped up and exclaimod: T decll absolu tely to answer. You entertain what | spivion you please. You will get no answor. '’ Mr. Galey then put the following question to the learned gentlewan Q. Iwill ask you to state, Judge, whether or not you appear at the in stance or request of any officer of any | | fied that he had been retalned by the B. & M. R. R. Co. as attorney, hut was never put on the salaried list, He recoived a certaln sum as & general rotainer, and after that was pald in ac- cordance with what he did. Was nover engaged to perform any politioal servica for any rallroad in this state With regard to passes, he had some times had some for the purpose of moving witneeses, ete. Mr. Diweese had given him a fow passes for per- sonal friende, whioh he atked for,and that was all. Senator Ragnolds inquired whether Mr. Laird had a pass l\lmnolf, and the witness replied “‘I have." 5 The witness added that whenever the Burlington road had given passes to dolegates they had given them in- dlecriminately so far as he knew. ME. GODFREY was tho next witners examined, but nothing very fresh was eliclted. Ques- tlone ' respeoting discrimination in rates itness sald that he had told railrc d men that he thought thera was ¢ crimination, bat whenever he had « «ed for any favor or reduction they i «d Invariably told in a most sard : 10 tone “the law forbade them."” Mr. L. W. Raymond, wholesale gro- cor ¢i hiscity, was next examined, bat 1. hing of particular public inter- eat tra.spired. MR. HUMPHREY of thia city, and In the hardware aud agricultural implement, and storage and commission business, was the last witne:s exsmined, Asked to state whethor ho knew of any cases of dls- crimination on the part of the rail- roads, he said that last snmmer le recelved a notice from the B. & M. that they would not advance ba eharges on feeight unless it was ship- ped over thelr line, and af:er that notioe he made a shipment to Palmyra and they refused to advance back charges, although it had sl ways been the custom pricr to that time to advance back charger, Askod whether he knew what their reason was for for refusing, witness re- plied that it was because he was ship- ping over cther lines. That is what he supposed was the reaton. The U, P. who had some frelght come in at the time over the same road were al- lowed back charges. Senator Reynolds asked the witness whether the rates from Lincoln and Omaha are higher now than when the Atchinon & Nebraska was operated as an independent road? Witness re- plied that the rates were higher, prob- ably twenty-five per cent higher, and he thought the volume of business wes double. The committee adjourned to wmeet at 10 o'clock this merning. A UHURCH RECORD. Not u Debt in the State—A Suudoy Sermemn. Before the sermon at the Fimt Presbyterian church yesterday morn- ing it was announced that all but a few hundred dollars of the heavy | debt which had been a great burden to the church for so long had been raised, and it was desired to have the remasining burden removed, The pastor gave the cougregatios into the chargoe of tho session, who in a short time raisod every cent required, and at the debt on any Preebyterian church in Ncbraska, The for “Then aatd the Lord of the vineyard, what sball T doi 1 will scnd my be- | loved sou; it may bo they will welcomeo him wheu they see him Timay have appeared to the mem bers of the congregation, and not to tho members cf the church, that the gopel to ther was void and useleos, on account of the past sermons in roforenco to the fact that the Holy Spirit had been directod e:pecially to Curistians, Bat overyone who | hears the gospol of Christ should not be without an interest ia it, and that interest shoald be vital and not present time there is not a pattor chose his text: | igure we have the vineyard —our ltfe—which is hedged about by providences and caltured by the mind and heart, and the good accomplished for man and the glory rendered to God arethe fruits 'of that vineyard. In this we see that everything has been done for man, and that the Son of God has been sent In order that the vineyards, which take from the earth its barren peaks and desert wastes, may glve to it beauty and life. And before this Son have humanity fallen cnd sald, holy, holy, holy, In this life they see perfection. Ksnan, in his Life of Jesus, so brilllantly ends this ~ork, It casts a suoshine of dis- oredit on all he had previously said sgainst christianity. And as his fame has conquered the world will you not reveronce him! But you say you can- not grasp the truths of the Bible; you cannot acoept his word a8 true, And here you need the Holy Splrit. You sa) you say you will walt and let this sai- vatlon come to you. It may seem proper to His Majesty to grant you only the privilege of accepting that which he offers you, and not be so im- pertinent as to be in danger of deserv- ing a resentment. As the hasty mo- ments of thwe fly, the weary hours of eternity pass slowly away, every minute opportunity to make life a suc cesn i grasped, while the great oppor tunities for maklng eternity a success are allowed to pass with a sorrowful glance. And the work cf the Holy Spirit s to cavse you to look at etern- ity as it 1, to consider the respective positions, and to apply the means by | which heaven muy he obtained. [ The philosophy of Hobbs, could not | rostrain him from saying, as ho was dying, “T am taking a fearful Jeap in the dark And men, though they he men of talent, if they have disregardac tho cleims of the Holy Spirit--th present agent of the trinity—they make it known to others ero they take | ® the “leap In the dark Soorates was puzzled, ashe saw the soulptor and the farmer absorbed in their ealling, while they dlsregarded should not the Holy Spirit be grleved a8 he soos this lack f spiritual aspira- tion—mental gravitation? The ‘‘langh- Ing water,” as it winds its way to the oocean of eternity, is to some the acme of joy; but In the briny deep it lashes its waves in angry turmoll, FATAL ACCIDENT. A Little Girl Drowned in a Clstern. A sad accident, rosulting in the the death cf a littlo girl, E hel Rich. ard, about 4 yoars and ¢ months old, daughter of J. M. Richards, book- keopor of Fearon & Cole, took place at noon Saturdsy, on Kieventh streot, between Harnoy and Howard stroots, Tiseems that while some water was be- ingdrawn froma cigtern inthokitehen, the opening to which was right in the doorway leadlng from the dining room to the kitchen, that the little girl, who was playing arouad atarted to run out to the kitcken and jumped straight into the clatern, from which she could not ba taken, as there were no mon around the house, until Iifo was exiinct. D¢, Mercer was on hand as soon as the little ono was tak- on out, which was in about ten min- utes after she had fallon. PERSONAL. Col. Harry Brownson, accompanied by Lis wife and daughter, and hix wife's sister, Miss Bourdan, of Vermont, lefc Omaha Saturlay for 1w Angeles, Cali- fornin, Col. Brownson will spend three months at Lo Angeles in hopes of benefit- ting Lis health, Sonator Canfield 0sm > up home to spend the Sabbath, and looks s if the weighty responsibilities of his cffice sat lightly on his shoulders J. C. Morrissey, M. Morrissey and Fd Morrissey, of Plattemouth, the Paxton yesterday. regstored at Miss Zimmerm n f and i the ; Gaylord, visiting in Ownhe, R E, uest of her sister, Mrs (', H. Hendrix, of the military head: quarters, has pone eaet 10 re rate Mr. and Mrs. Groeahow were east bound pas-engers yesterday. Col, Geo. T. Baleh, of Saratogs, N. Y, i registered at the Paxton, Watson J y and family, of Hoston, aro greats at the Millard, Hon, James H, Kyner retarned from the mountainy last night A Comstock and J A, Evans, of Den. ver, are at the Millard. Phil. Caiu and Ed. Hurlbut, of Colum- bus, are at the Millard, Marsh 8 wville, of Kearnay, registered at the Millard yest rday, General Passenger Agent Morse, of the U. P, has gone east. Supt. P. J. Nichols returned from west yesterday. Hoo. Low M city last night. the of Fremont, was in the Dr, snd Mre. Grossman bhave returned from California. Tien. W, Auetin, of Dallas, Texay, is at the Paxton. ton, of San Francisey, in at . Squires and lady left for St Louis Tast niyght. Charles H, Taylor, of 8/, Paul. is at the | Millard, €, N, Crandall, of Liacoln, is st the Paxton, C. L. Whitey, of Ouliand, Col,, i« in town Dave Landen, of Genos, is at the Mil- lard, Luke Voornees, of Cheyenne, is in the city. J. W. Richards, of Denver, is i the city ¥. B. Sewple, of Denver, is at the Pax- ton, . C. L. Willson, of St. Joe, is at the Pax- ton. Boclety News. An early lent is forcing soclal event and tho fashionable world seem de- termined to have something to be pen- {tent about in the way of shamelees flirtations and late hours before Ash Wednesday casts its pall over soclety. What with an unusual amount of sleighing the numercus club receptions and several private partles, Omaha has been busa enough since Chrisimas time, The Wednesday afiernoon hoj at Fort Omaha are always enjoyable and the visiting guests from the city speak londly in praise of the excellent mansgomeat and charming hospltality which prevails at the gufimu Wednesday evening the Sana Cere- monie held one of thelr delightfal re- ceptions at the Millard, which, not. withstanding the cold weather, was largaly attended. On Thursday evening a sleighing party to Happy Hollow, under Mr, A, 8 Patrick’s auspioes, left Omaha Among the particlpants were the Misses Boyd, Lyon, Lshmer, Cong. don, Balcombe, Shears and Dunlap, and Messrs, McMillan, Raff, Berlin, Crary, S MoCoraick and Wy man, The Paxtonians gave another of their receptions on Tuesday evening, at which quite a large number felands from the city wase present luvitations v A racopilon on Tueadav ¢ i X Misses Boy v 0 Mayor Boyd Ja re Also presenting tho lim Me, and Mrs for Thy lay evenin t the N lard } 1 o's Notes 1 WIDENCE, Jauuary 28, —Chatlee, tes the first dividend of ten per cent ou the liguidation of the Sprague mortgage notes will be paid February the higher culture of the mind. then Gth, THE UNCROWNED KINC. Oaucus Rules the Hour at Lin- coln, bat His Tenure is Mighty Brief, The Railroad Organs Jubi ant Over a Temporary Victory. The Becret Ballot and the Bar'l Go Hand in Hand for Millard, But Finsl S8ucciss is Far Re- moved From a Dead Qertaisty, The Uaion of Damoorats and Antis Impossible Browbsating Attoracys THE TRAP OF "RICKSTERS. Special Dispateh to 71w Bxx LitcowN, Junuary 28.—When the lepislature convened quite s uumber of republicave, who had been elected on anli monopoly pledgee, diclared positively that they never woulu cuter a acnatoriul cavcus, because they did not propoze to surrender their iudi- vidual liberty to the dictates of the majority which might nominate s pronouncsd monopolist. Later i the day there were fully thirty members who declared wost vmphatically that they would not enter a caacus as long as Millard wan liable to be its nom- ince. Up to within three days a very large majority wora outspokon against a secrat vote by ballot, bat THE LASH OF THE PARTY LEADERS] and the prossure of caundidates and their backers has finally driven every republican iuto the caucus, and to-day the railroad urgan in this city declared that king caucus is sapreme, Froma ropablican standpoint there will be no serious objection to a caucus, becauee it affords the only chance cf excluding from the choice all those who are not etrictly mombers of the party. Fom he outset, however, it was well un. id the caucus wus to 1w the means of whipping into supp.st (f ob. noxious candidates; that olaos of re- publicans who had o consciercs and were not to be bought with mncy or promises of patronage. Hod the re- publicans enforoed a reoord: d vote, ro that no man who s1d ont conld go back to hits constituen'a without THE BRAND OF TREASON upon him, the procending might have received the sanction frim the repub- licaus, but now the jobbers and trick sters oan have it all their own way. They csu mani;ua'e men %ih no itk o being found ~ont or punsned, beoause it 1 no crime to bay votes in a cauct 8, and the scoundrel wio ce'ls himoelf encipes co'ertion when the work i3 done, while those who are honest willbo as lisble totha charge of | bribery as he, Those who beiieve that Millard has shown his whole etrengih, are very much mistakon. Up to Friday night hahad no cha « bucause oaly twenty-two men hava been willing to pot themselves on record as hie supporters, bat now the way is opon for thos= who sncak he- hind the secrat bal! + Lo GET WHAT THEY HAVE LONGED FOK Onge the work s done and nomina- tions made thure ard fow men cour- agoous enough to holt king oaucus and oven if twonty vepoblicans should bolt Millard’s manacers boast thoy can fill their places with democrats. In the absence of a lurge majority of the members the city has been comparatively qulet during the day aud the U. P. train to-night brought only the leading candidates who had gove to Omaha for a breathing spell. While everything is comparatively quiet there is an under current of activity that will break out perhaps la a new qrarter. It is not at all certain yot that king caucus will rule. Many of those who have been taken in un. der heavy pressuro, Friday, nights sre now dorst RESTIVE AND UNEASY because they see they have been en- trapped. The prospect of s union between the anti-monopolists and democrats is not very promising. The democrats have all along insisted elther upon a straight democrat or upon & man who has been w democrat. 1t ls now clearly mauifust that no demoorat onn get the entire an'i monopoly vote, snd 1t is even less probably that an anti-mon- opoly republican could get more thau ball of the democratic vote. There waa a time last week when a union of these forces could have bsen effected with comparative safety, had the democratic candidates not been two sanguine for carrying the day for themsalves, CILIZEN MASON'S CONDUCE t the special railtowd committes is \ ) ap the portinent ques- ry cilizsn in Nebras- t to interposs objoctior ion and browbeat wit | nesses who aro wimply called to give {information cancerning the manage- f | ment of the ilways 1 their rela- [ tion to the public If cltizen Mason retained aa an sttorney of the rails roper time in their bshalf but when eneaks bahind the cloak of 1 he assumes a role that he caunot sustain, i | roads he could get a hearing at the ¥ - A true friend to the weak and | valescent is Brown's Iron Bittere, | | con- Repmings, Russis Salve har proved it efticiency by a test of 70 years' constant usa, Try it