Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 16, 1883, Page 1

et ' ent except ¢ ' TWELFTH YEAR. THE STATE CAPITOL. “\\ Passago of the Railroad Com- ., ission Bill By the Senate. Only Three Members BSuf- ficiently Salted to Vote Against It. 'he Oapitol Tax Supporters United and Primed For the Fray. ‘While the Opponents Search 4 For Powder in the New Wings, Boore of Bills Few THE SENATE. | Special Correspondence of THR Bn. JUDICIAL DISTRICTS, Lixoony, Neb., February 14,-—The Judicial commitiee have had under consideration the bill dividing the state of Nebraska into judicial dis- tricta inoressing the number thereof, and reported the same back with the recommendation that it do pass It s questionable, however, whether thls recommendation will give it force enough to make a law of it. The biil as reported provides for ten districte, four more than we now have. SOME INQURIES, Sonator Dach this afternoon intro- duced tha following resolutiona: Resorvep, That the auditor of stato hp and is hereby directed to re- port to the senate the amount of feos he has received during the years 1881 and 1882, from what source derlved and how much of the amount he has turned into the state tressury.” Also: ResoLvep, That the treasurer be and he is hereby requested to inforn the senate what is tho total amount of money which has been pald out in his office for the erection and completion of the two wings of the capitol build- ing, this amouns is to include 'every Item of expense whether embraced in the cozt of the structure, tho fixtures included therein, as well as all the furnitnre therein placed, stating sep- arately each particniar ftem. These figures called for in the firat resolutions a:e wanted for the purpose of use when the capitol appropriation bill shall come up, From thom it is expected that the opponents of the bill will be able to show that the new oapltol wiih all its fixtures and farnl- ture will not cost less than one mil- lion dollars. THE OAPITOL APPROPRIATION BILL was reported from the house as passed by that body and after it had bsen read by the secretary, Sena.or Me- Shanre, of Douglas, moved that the bill be lndafiuikli postponed., " Senater Butlor vhought that it was due the houss that the bill be allowed to take the regular course. He did not think he shounld vote for the biil buthe did think that this was the ocourse to pursue, The house might retaliate by treaticg our bills in the SAmME manner. Brown, of Lancaster, said that there were several members absent who ds- alred to vote upon this bill and he moved a call of the house. A call was had which resulted inshowing all pres. Senators Bomgarduoer, Sowers and Walker who wero absont on leave. Brown, ot Lancaster, then moved aa an amendment to the motion of Ssua- tor McShane that the further consid- eration of the bill be postponed till to- morrow at 3 p. m. The president de cided thatthe motion was out of order. Brown, of Clay, thought that the bill should take the regular course. If the question to indefinltely post- pone a bill was debatable, it seemed to him that it was simply a gnestion of slack jaw, and if he had to talk against time, he thought he had about a8 much bottom es any one, and could do his sharo till the absent members coald be got here, He was opposed to the bill as it now stood; he was not in favor of appropriating ona mill tax, but would favor & half mill, He should vote agaioet the bill, if it called for any more, Senator Raynolds sald that he had not seen the bill, and did not want to, He should vots egainst any capitol appropriation bill in any form, Senator Dach ar, that the senate were ready to nct acd if 1t was as the gentleman from Clay had said, eimply as & matter of ‘‘slack jaw,” he hoped that they might bs allowed to have all the jaw at this time, He moved the previous question, aud the ques- tion was submitted by the chalr which was not seconded by the bedy. The question then recarred upon the mo. tion of McShane, which was defeated by a vote of 20 to 10. Those voting aye were Brown of Douglas, Brown of Colfax, Conner, Dech, Dye, Harri- son, Kiokaid, McShane, Reynolds, Saug—10. Those voting no were Barker, Brown of Lancaster, Brown of Olay, Batler, Canfield, Case Conk- ling, Dolan, Danphy, Filley, Fisher, Harris, Helst, Howell, Norris, Pat- terson, Rich, Rogers, Schoenheit, Thatch—20, Abaent and not voting were: Bom- gardner, Sowers and walker. THE FREE PASS BILL The bill prohibiting officers of any precluct, coanty or state, or any dele- gate to any political convention from recelvirg any railroad pass came up on ita third reading and passed by e voteof 18 to 0. Thoee voting In the affirmative were Brown, of Douglas, \ THE OMAHA DALy BEE OMAHA NEB FRIDAY MORNING FEBRU tive were, Canfiold, Oase, Conkling, Filly, Fisher, Helst, Norrls, Rogers, g, Tfie bill to organizd} Br was passed by the senawe ..“701h gy position, This bill having passaa . bou.. will become & Jaw as soon as it receives the signature of the governor. CONVICT LABOR, LisxcorN, February 156, —At the close of the sesslor last night Senator MoShane offered the following resolu- tlon: ResoLvep, That the special com- mittee to Investigate the penitentlary be instructed to inquire as to whether the contractor for the couviel labor has complied with the provisions of his contract and the extension thereof. The rules wero euspended and the renolution was passed, This resalution is intended for the purpose of inquir- tng into tha cell bullding at the peni- tentlavy, Under the soatract of W, H. B Stout he was to bulld a large number of stone ceils, and he is now socking & second extension of time and many of the senators imagiue that if this extension is given that the cella will nover be butlt, BROWN'S RULE. The first business this morning was the consideravion ot a motion iatro- doced by the senator from Douglas, Mr. Brown, which reado as followe: “Moved that from and after the adoption of this mo'ion eenate files shall be considered in the committee of the whole, and in open seesion in the order in which they were sent the printor, and that house rolls in the or- der {n which they have been reported from the commiitees to which they were referred, or incase thesume have not been referred in the order in which they wore received from the house, and that the clerk of the com- mittee of the whole be and he is here- by instructed to at once make out a liet of senato files and house rolls in accordance with the above for a guide to the senate in conformity to the above regulation,” This motion wes fought by the frienda of the capltol appropriation and defeated by a vote of 18 to 13 Severa! members not voting. The following report was submitted and upon motion of Brown, of Doug- was laid npon the table for futare Your commi'tee the matter of t of the leglslatare tly report that they d with a like commlitteo appoin’ed by the houso nnd that said comumittee recommend that final ad journment of both houses be made on Thureday, February 22ad, 1883, at 12 o’clock p. m. McSnane, Chairman, The capitol appropriation bill was read a second time in the senate this morning, and referred to committee of public lands und boildings, and five hundred copies of the same ordered printed fop the use of the senate. THE RAILROAD BILL fixing frelght and passenger rates on all railroads in Nebrasko, andappoint- ing a railroad commissioner camo up on its third reading, and was passed by a vote of 27 for, to 3 against, A number of the senatora desired te be allowed to explaln thelr votes and have the same made a matter of record. Sanator fhoenheit explainad . his vote a8 follows: “I vote for the, bill for the same reason that Ohrlst was crucified. The rabble cried ‘orucify him,’ and they crucified him. The people howl for railroad leglslation and I am in favor of giving it to them.” Ths vote on the bill stood as fol- owa : Those voting in the affiemativo were Brown, of Douglas, Brown, agter. Brown, of Clay, Brown, f Colfex, Case, Conklig, Connor, Deoch, Dolan, Danphy, Dy, Filley, Fisher, Harsis, Harrison, Heist, How- ell, Ki kaid, MeShane, Norrls, Rey- nolds, Rich, Shoenheit, Sowers, Walk- ker--27, Those voting in the negative were : Canfield, Rogers and Sang. Absent and not voting ware : Bom- garduer, Patterson aud Thatch, Th'_a senate then adjourned till 1:30 p m.; to whom final adj would resp of of THE HOUSE. KILLED BILLS, Lixcory, February 15.—The house convened at 9:30 thls morning, A great portion of the morning session was spent in deallng with committee roportz and a few unimportant bills were put through thelr final passage. The f.llowing bills wera killed: Worl's bill for the reliof of the heirs of J. D Simmons, Field’s for the re- lief of Peler Prebitt; Davenport's to omend the revenue laws; MoAllister's to amend certain sections of the civil procedure; Savage's to amend certain seotions of the compiled sipintes on- titled frande; Barton’s anthorizi appolntment of a state deteotive, and the bill providing for the assessment of ‘dogs. A motion was made to dlspanse with holding eveuing sessions on account of the inclemency of the weather, but it was voted down. AFTERNOON WORK. Special Dispatch to Tue Bre. Laxcowy, February 15.—The only excltement In the senate to-day was the questlon of submitting the suffrage amendment to the constitution, Ex, Governor Butler spoke in favor of the proposition for an hour and & half. Brown, of Dougles, also made a long argument in ita favor. Before final actlon was taken, the senate ad-. journed, The bill of Senator Reynolds, to prevent rallroad corporations from collecting more than regular fare from passengers who pay fare en tralns, was Indefinltely postponed. The bill regulating voluntary assignments Brown, of Lancaster, Brown, of Clay, Brown, of Colfax, Butler, Counor, Dolan, Dunphy, Dye, Harris, Har- rison, Howell, Kinkald, McShane, Patterson, Reynolds, Rich, Schoen- heit, 18, Those voting in the nega- passed the menate by a vote of 27 to 4. The bill di- dividing the state Into judictal dis tricts was made a special order for to- morrow at 3 o'clock, In the house the principal part of the afternoon sesslon was taken up with reports of committees and the reading of bills passod by the senate. © ~wal unimportant bllls were passed, Q. Cisrk’s bill to presoribe rof judges and clerks of elec- tlons, and Hollman’s bill to remove the duty off barbed wire, and MoAl- listor's blll to prevent deception In the male of batter and cheeso was de- feated No ovening session was held, Conslderation of the railroad commis- sion bill will be taken up to-morrow, ottt FATALI WRECKS. A Passenger Train Ditched Near ¥lint, Mich, Special Dispatch to Tin Brn Cuicaco, February 16.—A passen- gor train bound west on the Grand Trank line struck a broken rail one mile esst of Fiint, Mich, ditohing three coaches and one Pullman, The englne, mail and baggage car passed safely. The engincer, with conaider- ablo bravery and presence of mind, stopped the engine lmmediately, and got two pails of water and stopped 1he fire that had broken out in one eoach, thus saving a holooaust. Mrs, Hulda Seaman, aged 74 was killed instantly, She resides at St, Vineant, Out., and waa going to Nebraske. Her daughter, Mrs. Hill, was injured badly and be came ineane, Thomas Lindsy was injured fatally in the chest Several others were iujurad Threo Mon Mo tally red. Bpecial Dispa cbt Tns bus Onicaco, February 14 —Th: ee men were mortaily injured by the collision yesterday 1o t'e southwestern rubu-bs between the Chisago, Barlington & Quincy and Milwaukee & St. Paul tralns, —— Another Tcs:n Ditched. Spocial Dispatch ¢> Tin Exn, St Louis, February 156 —The 8¢, Louis ¢xpress train, wbich left Kansas. City last night, when about twenty miles south of Mobeily, Mo, at six o'clock this morning, encountered a broken rail, and five of the six cars constituting the train were ditched and wrecked, The enginesr was scalded to death, and the fireman cut into four pieces. No pastengers aro injured. Froight Wreols. Speciat Dispatch to Trm Bri. Laxoasrer, Pa., February 156.— There was & detention to travel on the Ponnsylvavia railway cansod by tho acsidents at d points, T'wo oas d bound freights collided at Atglen at 2 o'clock this moraing, wrocking five cars and com- pletely blocking the track for several hours, —_—— New York Notes. Spectal Dispatch to Tuw By, New Youk, February 15,—Booth’s theatre has beon sold to James D. Fish, president of the Marine bauk, for $560,000. Tho Express eays: “The rumor was circalated to-day that the Mutual Union company in- tended to reduce its stock from ten million 0 two mil- lion. Baker said that the matter been under consideraticn, but no definite aétlon was taken, There had been a suggesilon that the re- duction of stock would obviate a number of difficultics which had te sowa extont omburraseed the eim- pany. The euggestion of reduction in etock immediately aroused im- torest in tha Western Uaion case which had been announced as & guar- enles of 1) per cent on stock, In- quicy disciosed the fact that the Waestorn Union company sgrees to pay $260,000 per annum on ascount of the Usion stock, $500,000 for ' ainking fand and fater- ¥ + Watual Uoion bonds. The 350,000 to ba paid on stock 18 the fixod sum, entirely independen: of he amount of stock, rent Sohodulos in askignment for the beneti of creditora by William Armsirong, dealer in leather, wore filod to-dsy, Lisbilities, $450,382; nominal asssts, $1,420 354; actual as. sets, $132 5 o el **ubbell’'s Trsachery. Special Dispatch to TuE Bxs. Derrorr, February 14, - After the firat ballot to-day the convention took & rocess. Upon reassembling five more ballots were taken., On the first two no change was made in Ferry's vote. On the fourth seven fusionists weut over to him, running his vote up to 53. The fifth deepened the Inter- est, a5 one more accession was scored from the fusion ranks, awelling Ferry’s total to b4, ton lege than necessary to a choice. A sixth ballot was tuken amid much excitement, and eight new recruits from the oppouition ranke agaiu recorded their votes for Ferry, but one of his stannch supporters bolted, The joint conve ad- journed for tho day, T stood; Ferry 53, Jud ton, democrat, of Flint, 35, Stout b, Willetts 11, Burrows 8, republicans seattering 14 on seven different candis datos, The investigating committee this aftergoon had before them Nathan Chareh, the editor and proprietor of the Graud Rapide Times. He admit- ted having received money at various times during the summer aud fall from Hubbell, which had been spent in giv- ing dinuors and other entertainments to help on the opposition to Ferry, He had spent from $1,000 to $2,600, bat could not say how much, His opposition to Ferry he dcclared arose from the bad treatment kLis frisnds had roceived in the matter of uppolnt- ments, Ho had not reccived anything fom Habbell eince he had been iy Lansing, 8. 8, Bailoy testified befove the legislative committec that he had made cffers of offices to inflaonce votes, though without aay direct authority from Senator Ferry. Everybody not a novice in politics knew the queation of patronage had much to do with politics, and if he didn’t kuow It he should be put on new milk, A, B. Tarner, the editor of The Grand Raplds Eagle, told the witness that Hubbel! offered him thou- sands to oppose Ferry, Nathan Chureh, editor of The Grand Rapids Times, agreed with Hubbell to oppose Forry for 8700 down, and 81,800 later, He admitted | r A TEMPERANCE WAVE. It Sweeps Away Every - Ob- stacle in Its Path in the Ohio Valley. Hundreds of Buildings He- pulfed in the Besom of the Torrent. The Tallow Dip and Ooal Qil Coming t5 the Front in Louisville, An Explosion of Damp Kills Four Persons in Oin« cinnati, 'he Obio Stationary at 68 Feet, 3 Inches at the Latter City. fhe Monongahela and Alle- ghery Rivers Beginning to Hoflate Their Beds. Thousand of Poople Oat of Employ- ment and Business Stopped: pecial Dispatches to Tur Bun. . A BAD OUTLOOK, Louisvivie, February 18,—The river has risen alowly all day, and is now rising an inch an hour, but owing to preparations much less damage ls being done than at the beginning of the flood. All along the seven miies of river front to day the water has been creeping in the second stories of the buildings. One hundred sddl- tional buildings are more or less inuu- dated. Since the last report this morning the heavy embankment of the Short Line railroad broke at the foot of Clay street, The road is now under water for a distancs of nine equares at a depsh of four feet. 'Lhe 60 feet break causes 127 houses {o be fnundated hicherto protected by tho fill, At 10 a, m, a man and womnsn vith & trunk were scen in a ekiff. They had no oara. A party set off ¢ rescuo them, but before they eould be reached the skiff struck @ log and broke in two parts, Tho man and wo man were loat. The trunk was found and contained chiidren’s and other clothing. Visiting cards in the trank bore the name « f Rosina M. Gresbaum, Toere was nothing to iudicate the name of the man, This is the only addition to the death list to-day. In the cut-off diatrict one hundred fami- lies axe liying in the moat substantial two-story houses not removed. They are furnished supplies by boats con- stantly running under directions of the mayor and relief committed They refuse to leave their homes becsuse thieves are plundering in ovdq direo- tion at every available ops?.flult 3 Police are patrolling the ~distrlot L boats, Twp brothees lie in thyarrret of their howe on the vat oft sa ~m‘ifl- pox withous attention. Police Lieut. Browning and family, euppoecd to be lost, were discovered to-day on timbers supporting the roof of = stable near their former home. They were brought out and cared for. In the suburbs the floods have backed into Bear Grass Oreek, which rans through the city, and broke over the banks this evening. Thirty houses are under water to the fist story, and should tho back water rench 20 Inches higher the flood will pour down Broadway and inter- sect the residence portion of the city, cutting off communication in all direc: tione, rave by boats. The iron portion of the bridge is twisted out of posi tion, More than a mile back from the rlver it is reported that 2,000 bar- rels of whisky are under water, and a 1.t of cars on the dietillery switch of the track are lying In the water. At Portland, the extreme western limite of the city, a number of additional houses are urder water to day. Bus- iness is at a_standstill, aud the central idea is to devise ways and means to tako oare of thesufferers. The board of trade are doing eplendid work in subscriptions, The council voted §5,- 000 last night, whick will be followed by moraaa it is needed. Prlvato in- dividuals are generous in their torders of ald, No sane man would attept {0 egtimate the amount of damage al- readydone aud to follow. STILL RISING WoursviuLe, Fobruary 16.—The river is rising one.inch an hour, and there is a warm rain prevaillng. STILL RISING CINCINNATY, Kebruary 16 — The river at 2 o'clock ts sixty-six feet and four inches, and {s rislr g three-fourths of an inch hourly, AT CLEVFL'ND. CLEVELAND, Febr 6, —The rain has fallen but not very heavy., As was faared the lce 4 rgo at the mouth of the river passed out itself, and the water there s flowing freely. The dymanite failed to break the lumber gorge at the Central rallway. The river there and above is still rising at midnight, L) AT ST, LOUIS, 87, Louis, February 14, —The mild westher yesterday and to-day has caused a rapid thaw in tho river. The Doepere, a little stream flowing throngh the western and southern parts of the ity, hus overflown its barks and con- siderable damage Is dono to dwellings aud factories on the lowlands, An ice gorgo at Maple island in the Mis- slssippl between hore and Alton is ex~ pected to glve way any moment, Steamboa’ men are anxiously watch- ing their crafts. The rise in the river 80 far is not formidable, Prrrssura, February 14 —FPrepara: tlons are belng made for another flood, A heavy and incessant rain is falling here and at all points along the Monongahela and on the Allegheny rivers since before daylight with every indication of its continning, Night dispatches roport the water rising rapidly, At this polnt the rivers com. menced awelling at 4 o'olock and have tince beon coming up very fast. Old river men look for & Elgher atage than any roached last week, A TERRIFYING EXPLOSION, CincryNary, February 16,—At one o'clock this morning people in tho vicinity of No, 50 Wilstach street, on the border of the Inundated dlstrict in the western part of the oity were startied by a loud explosion which broko glass In the windows. A throe- story brick bullding ocoupled by four familios, numbering seventeen, was found In roins, The explosion was oauscd by fire damp or sewer gas in the ocollar and all the people wore burisd In the debrls, A scene of ter- ror followed, It was supposed the explosion was cavsed by the pressure of water in the sewer and the people thought other explosions would follow, Many loft their houses in utmost alarm and flod, thinly clad, toplaces of safety. Tho fire alarm was turned In, which added to the consternation. The department responded prom, ¥y and finding no fire, began the work of rescuing the unfortunate vietims, Four of the Inmates were taken out dead, and several others of the fiftoen occupants of the house were badly in- jured, They were resoued with groat difficulty, Two boys in the bullding were bullding & raft, wanted lumber In the cellar, went for it, with a can- dle, when the gas or damp exploded. The adjolning house was injured by the explosien, A STANDSTILL, The river has been at 66 feet, two and a half fnches since 10 this morn. Ing. This shows no rise since this morning and gives hope that there may be no farther rise, The work of rolief goes on with much energy. The weather ir very warm and oleudy, with occaslonal sunshine. The river is fluctnating, apparently declining, bat very slightly. It stands about 66 8. The floodin the Licking and other stroams, it is expeoted, {f they do not swell tho stream here they will chock the fall, ENTIRELY SURROUNDED, InpiaNarouts, Fobruary 15,——Jof- forson, Ind,, I8 entirely surrounded by water. Every streot is under water. It is fmpossible to get any hore without boats, At New Albany iver 1s still rising with prospects two more feot. Many people aro moving out to higher ground. The olty 13 completely surrounded by water, At Hardintown the rlver rose one and a half feet last night and is still rising. Some houses were swept from their foundations and the roofs taken from the new brick houses, No easualties are reported. AFFAIRS AT LOUISVILLE, LovisviLLe, Feb, 156.—The flood is unabuted. No additional loss of life reported, but probably one hundred additional dwufilngl. Bueiness houses are overflowed. All manufsctaring estallishments near the river are closed, Thousands of work- men are out of employment. The entire populace are on the streets, no business done The water works, on the extreme eastern limit, . the cut off, which held out " -agtingt the flood, evioumbed this mornivg and the machizery «'op- ped. Two large basins are filled with mililons of gallons of water, Thero is not much danger of scarcity. The gas works yet hold out, but a few more inches rire will bring the tallow dip and coal oil lamp to the front, PROSPECTS AT PITTSBURG, Prrrssura, Fobrusry 16, —The Mo- nongahla and Allecheny rivers con. tinue to rise, with 19} foet in the Mo- nongahala at 1 o'clock this afternoon, and about one fost more in the Alle- gheny. The rain which has been falling since yesterday morning ceased this morniug, and the weather fs now clear, Dispatohes recolved from hoad- waters roport more rain, end rivers are rising steadily since last night, which would indlcate that there will be 25 feet here before the flood reaches the highest point. No damage except from inundation {s apprehended, Frankrort, Ky., Febraary 156.— The river is falling, but another rise isexpected; 15,000 people are being fed and lodgad. Loss, $200,000. Marierra, O., Februry 156 —The heavy rain all yesterday continued till this morning, Both the Muskinggum and Ohio rivers are rising, Raln is reported at Zanesville and a flood equal to that of last weok 1a expected agaln, — Minnesotn Temporanoe. Special Dispatch to Tix Bxs. 81, Pavr, Februsry 14.—In the Minnesota house of ropresentative to- day 8 bill proposing a prohibition smendment to the constitation was indefiniteiy postponed by a vote of 49 to 38, Forry Weakening. Spocial Dispatch to Tis Bxs Derrorr, February 16, - The ballot taken for senator to-day shows Forry weakening, In the leglslative bribery investiga. tlon this morning the witnesses Balley and Church were further examined. Nothing new was elicited, but yester- day's testimony was further con- firmed. W. G, Thompson, mayor of Dotroit, was put on the stand. He testified to being in Washington last spring, and was called on by Ferry, who requestéd his co-operation in securiog the delegation from Detrolt to the state . leglslature who should favor Terry’s rebellion; witnoss demurred, giving among other reasons hls oppoattion to Bell, col- lector of oustoms of Detroit; Teary then said he had taken yretty good care of Bell, paid about all he owed him, carliy for himeelf, relatives and friends therefor; Thompson agreed to support him (Ferry) {f he could have the Detrolt custom house; Thompson accepted, cams back to Detrolt, proceeded tofix thinge for Ferry, did all he could, made spseches at the conven- |1 tlon requesling the nomineces for the loglslai to vote for Ferry, the reso- lution -being handed nlm by Wm. A. Gavett, special treasury agent; ARY 16 1883 lnbuqmntl{ ho learned Ferry fntend- ed to appolnt Bell whereupon ,he wrote Forry, dlsolving partnership, nnnonnelns his determination to do all l::.?ioul t;;&ol:lfl ]il'flm' Thomp. son emphatioally Fe: romised him the oustom houe"l'ndp all at. tempts to shake him were Ineffectusl, THE NATIONAL CAPITAL A Sensation of the First Mag- nitnde Developed in the Star Route Trial, Rerdell Throws up the Sponge and Appeals to the Oourt For Meroy. The Agitation of the Nicara- gus Oanal Bcheme Re- newed in the Houee, CAPITOL NOTES. Spocial Dispatch to Tus Bxx. THE 1/THMUS CANALy WasniNaroN, Febraary 14, —Friends of the Niocaragua canal bill lope to secure passage of the bare act of In. corporation, to which the measure has lately been cut down. Rosecrans, who has lately been very active in behalf of the messure, under pressure of the mercantile {nterests of the Paclfic ocoast, I8 about to prepare a brief ad- dress to the members of the house on the subject. He will explain briefly the provislons of the amended bill, as now reading In both senato and house, and set forth the advantage of simple incor- poration as a guarantee of good feel- ing on thndurt of this country to Nio- aragua. He will arguo that such en- dorsement should not be dented to any party of respectable oltfzans of the United States, who propose to embark upon a grand enterprise, in which thoy ask no financlal aid be- youd their own rosources. It is prob- lomatloal what the vote on the bill will bo. There are so many members of congress who seem to foar that the canal company might bo enabled to make & profitablo investmont of tholr monoy that they fool bonnd to defoat tho possibility of such & result. THROWING UP THE ®PONGE, In star-route trial to-day Rerdell croated a seneation by withdrawing his plen of not guilty and ontoring a plea of guitty snd throwing himself on the mercy of the court, THE WEATHER BUREAU, WasninaroN, February 14, —Gen- Hazon has written a lettor to Secro- tary Lincoln requesting that an inves- tigation of his adminisiration of the signal gervice cflize bo made by a com- mittee of tho senate, and that such committee be empowered to send for persons and papers, and make the in- vestigation comprehensive and com. plete in every partioular. This re- uest has boflmmuie‘b-:m of the g charges of ongreasman Beltzhoover concerning the conduct of the signal bureau. THE JEANNETTE INDUIRY, " “'The repcrt of the Jeannette bontd! has boen submitted to the secretary of the navy, who has approved it as a whole, but has returned it to the board for a fow verbal changes. When those have been made the report will proba- bly be tranemitted to congress as soon as the asecrotary returns to the oltly. Moanwhile the queation of continuing the board until the return of the survivors of the Jeanuette from Siberia hos not yet been acted upon by the secretary. It is pretty well nndoretood that tho board will not b discharged until these men have been examined in relation to the alleged DeLong-Oolling difisulty, which mat- tor will then be made the subjact of a supplemental report, CONGRESSIONAL., Special Dispatch to Tis Bax, SENATE PROCEEDINGS, WasHINGTON, February 16.—Sena- tor Morrili presented s removstance sgalnat the reduction of the tariff upon books below 25 per cont, signed by Oliver Wendell Holmes, T. B. Ald- rich and John G. Whittier, as writers of books, Aftor a short executive sesslon the senate resumed consideration of the tertff bill, HOUSE PROCEEDINGS, Mr. Willlams (Wisoonstv) eubmit- ted a conference report on the Japa- neso Indemnity fund bill, The effict of the bill, as agreed to In conforence, is to return to Japan the original snm received from that government, $785,- 000, without interest, to pay the officers and crew of the Wyoming $140,000 and cancel all bonds cumprising the Japanese in- demnity fund, Suevoral members expressed the oplnion that the attempt to pay back only a part of the money due another government was disgrace- ful, but the majority seemed to think the adoption of the report would be a step in the right direction and the best thing obtainable this sesslon, and that bill did not bind future congresses from dolng justice in the premises, So the conference report was agreed to, 122 to 37, The house then went into committee of the whole on the tarifi bill and con- eideration of schedule ‘K" (sugar) was entered upon, Mr, Voorhees moved to strlke out the first paragraph imposing a duty of 1 25 100 cents per pound on sngars above No. 13 Dutch standard, tank bottom, &o., testing by polarlscope not above 75 degrees, and 4 100 of a cent additlonal for every additional degreo or fractlon of ‘degree., Ho statod that he did this for the purpose of moving to put sugar on the free Hst. The motlon gave rise to extend- egonrgnmaut, byt was rejected, 26 to [Nore,—Up to 3:45 &, m, the re- maining proceedings had not been recelved, owlng to th wire in the m{]o Aipoliapesol A 046 THE BAR'L TAPPED. One Member Seoures $500 For His Vote on the Oap- itol Steal, The Sudden Bomersaults of Certain Opponents Hx- plained, The Bame Influence Becures Bupporters For Bo. gus Olaime, The Railroad Bill in the House and Its Ohances of Buccees, Equalizing the Texoes on Railread Property. Spocial Oorrosporgonce ¢ Taw s Lixoory, February 16,—The oapi- tol appropriation is game for that olasa of patriots who are In this legla- Iature for the asle purpose of gathor- Ing spotls and plander. They came hore with tho deliberate Intent of lluing their pockets with greenbacks in the senatorial deal and they were sorely disappointed, There were sev- oral barrols in sight when the mill oponed, but nuch a racket was ralsed over the Infamous scheme that the barrel-holders did not dare to tap them, Thiswas desperately provoke ing, but they had to grin and bear it. At last they have struck snother lead—1u fact SEVERAL OF THEM, and they are making sun while the hay shines. A prominent attorney from a north county who is here on business, while walklog with a Lin- coln merchant on the, principal thor- oughfare yestorday, passed a member of the house who saluted the mer- chant by shouting, “Good morning— how are you?” “Good morning; very well, thank youn,” but no sooner had the honorable member passed beyond hearing, the merchant exclaimed with bitter scorn: “The damned scoundrel; wo had to pay him §500 for his vote on our capitol appropriation.” It Is an open secret that sevoral thousand dollara of corruption monay have been distributed where it will do the mosé good to carry this appropriation. It 15 an outrage that a community should thus be bled by A SET OF PERJURED LERCHES, and it is & sad commentary on public molr:.ll %lm l:gn:t.’ memb:hn wdho are #0 largely in the majority should allow such jobbery to be carrled on under thelr noses, and even asslat the rognes, wh;.m in open market with their vo! oither through .u.hu.n%w:flmwm ed the manifested aboat its 'm house, So far all meritorions bills iu the house have been choked off by Speaker Humphrey's packed committee, but there Is A LIMIT TO ENDURANCE, and the house is now in a frame of mind to resent thls imposition by pas- sing the senate bill. There will doubtless ba sowesmendments offered, and there should be an effort made to make the freight sshedulos that wera in forco on the st of Januafy, 1883, part of the bill, In other words, the schedules should be procured and at- tached to the bill, or better still, the legislature whould revise these schedules with the 20 per cont reduc. tlon, and have the correct rates pub- lished cffisfally. Of course it 1astilla mooted question whother the legls- latare can doelegato the power to revise the rate It has established by law, to any commis- sion, Asmight have been expected, there Is to be a desperate effort by the rallroad attorneys to beat every bill that proposes TO TAX DEPOT BUILDINGS and grounds, machine shops and other local improvements by local assessors instead of pooling these Improvements with the road bod and rolling stock. Mr. Bierbower, who is to lead in the onslaught, says he proposes to enlist all the granger members in opposition to the proposed change on the ground that it would deprive them of their share of taxable property. This gag worked well four years ago, but it will hardly dupe the western grangers now, Under the pooling law of 1879 all tho depot bulldings, shops and millions of Improvements were pooled by the mile and the aggregate was lons than it was the year before, when these improvements pald local taxes. The depot buildings and grounds on the U. P., for Instance, were thrown in at $100 each, when Omaha alone pald $200,000 for the depot grounds donated to the U, P, But even if th. had been properly assessed the pool- fng system is robbery, because it exempts improved real estate In towns and clties from city taxes. ———— s A Utah Appointment. WasHiNGToN, February 16.—The President has nominated Arthur L, Thomas, of Pennsylvania, secretary of Utab territory, 3 The president will leave here to- morrow evening for New York for the purpose of attending the funaral of ex-Gov, Morgan, - A Siok Singer. Special Digpatch to Tu Bsk. GriNnziy, Tows, February 14, — Litta, the prima doona, is quite Il ere, i e Ceont F for th N isndponiddyed Ly hagdionnen oppar Awsaxy, N. Y., February 16, —The five ocent elevated railway fare law passed both houzes to-day.