Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 19, 1883, Page 1

e ycame George T RS i Sty 4 \ L “ ] —— 4 ‘ . THE OwmaAHA DAILY BEE TWELFTH YEAT. e reeereee——— THE ROBBERS’ RAID. A Beneral Assault on the State Treasury, Oheeky Claims Defended With Brazen Impudence. An Union Paciflc Official as a Lobbyist. Frantio Effort to Defoat tho Rail- rosd Tax BUl Special Correspondence of Tho Beo LixooLN, February 18.—The raid on the state treasury still continuea Atfter voting awsy about $900,000 in the general appropriation bill and lm- posing & special tax for & $500,000 addition to the capitol, the lower house has put through the commi‘teo of the whole another batch of claims that rival in sublime choek the bogus $3,000 clalm of rquatter Governor Pearmsn, These fraudulent claims were eandwiched into the miscellano ous appropriation bill with a fow righteous claims that should be paid. The debate over this bill was in sorme respests interesting. Befora the va- rlous items were passed upon, Rot berts, of Buatler, moved an amend- ment that the claim of Pat O. Hawes to $1,048 26 be incorporated in this bill. ' This motion met with some op- position, Hatch argued tha! as the claim was a parfectly fair one it ougat . to be ailowed. Johnson hoped the amendment would prevall, as ihe geu- eral sentiment of the houso was that the claim was a juat one, Mr, McAllister wanted to know by what suthority agents were appointed. If the claim was a fair ons, he thought the state could oollect it without the aid of agents. He was opposed to establishing a dangerous precsdent of this kind M. Payne explained that this clalm arose cut of a contraot made with Ex- Governor James, that Mr, Hawos was fally entitled to his commieston, Tho amendment was finally carried. Franse moved that tho sum of $150 allowed in the biil to Crawford aud MoLaughlin for defending a murderer named Heary Schuglor, bo made $600. The trial had lasted two weaks and he thought $1560 was insuffislont compeneation. N matter how great the criminal might be when his Ille and liberty was at steke' he was on- titled to the best dcfonce that could be had. Ho appealed to them whether it wae fair and right to establish the principlo that filteen cont attorneys W JMAHA NEB MONDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 19 s Lay, voted him w., . " In duoe tima they ar.. aat they had allowod him $950 more that he was ontitled to, and the following summer Pearman’s trees planted ou the capltol grounds nearly all died, A very warm debate took place in the house thia afternoon over senate fila No. 1. Senator McShane's bill to amend the ravenue act which required the sssessment of depote, depot grounds, machine shops and other Improvements to be asseesed by local aszersors, Last night P. P. Shelby, general freight agent of the Union Paoific, boasted he would beat this bill, and neazly ell the railroad. attorneys out- side of Douglas and Lancas er, where they did not dare oppose such a just measure, wors massed against the bill, They rmade specious appeals to rural raembers to vote this bill down because it was designed to hold Omaha Jand Lincoln and thoy were succersfal in gulling the grangera with such ohaff, and the bill win defeated, Thls will beat Omaha, Plattsmouth, Lincoln ard Grand Island out of elty taxes on over $2 000,000 of 1ailroad property—it beats Dong- las, Oany, Lancaster nnd Hall counties ons of the county taxes on this prop- erly, and beuefits ouly the raileonds All of thero improvements whon pooled with the roliing stock and rosd way don’s eahanco the aggregate tax able value §5 a wile, and honce they alone renp the benefit of exemption. Me. Shelby's miselon {s not entlrely on tha tax qaestion. He wes clozeted with the house railroad committoe last night, and is making frantic efforts to beat the senate railroad bill His plea ia that the Union Pacific would be wrecked and ruined by reduced passenger and frelght tolls, and the attornoye ond cappers are echolug his blarney. Petor is a demoorat, and like Artemus Ward, who was willing to sacrifice ali his wife's relations in the war, Peter is willing to pat the republicans en record as opponents of the only railroad bill that has any pos- nible show of passing. TH#® FLOODS. Relief Comine infrom All Parts of the Couatry for the Ohio Valley Suflarere, SUFFERING OPERATIVES, Inpianaporis, Fobruary 18, —Io- formation from the flooded districta uive & wmost gloomy aceount of the suffering, At New Albany the river has fallon two foet. The weather is very cold. Oae thonsand three hun. dred familics are drivea from their homes, By the stoppage of the fac. tories 1,000 familics are dependent on charity; most of them lost every thing, It will require months to re— should be employed to defend mur- derers, Howard arged that ths committee had very carefully consid- ered his claim, and they had come to the conclusion that $160 was sufficient compensation. Castle pointed out that in allowing the defense $600 they would be allow- ing the dotense more than the prose- cating attorneys, aud he thought this ‘was far from right. ‘Whitzel strongly opposed theamend- a8 he considered $150 quite enough. ; The amendment was then put and ost. A feeblo effort was made against Bill Stout’s claim for $2,000 for en- larging the gallery in representative hall, Several members thought Bill had put it on rather heavy and some expreased the opinion the gallery didn't cost one thied of $2 000, but the claim was finally voted, Then Canfield’s clatm for $634 45 back pay for bosrdlog the militla doring the Omaha sham riots, This is one of the chsekiess claims ever brought befors any legislature, The clerk of the Canfield honse meds & contract with the ohlef quartormaster to feed the militia at 25 cants a meal. At the extra session last spring Oanfield presented his bill at that rate, It was voted to him and pald in falll and Canfield was well satiefled with tting 1t. Now he comes in with a fill for back pay at forty cents a meal, or fifteen cents additionsl, be- cause the legislature last sprivg al- lowed Swobe and Marshall, of tne U, P. depot eating house, forty centa for meals—for which they claimed fifty cents, MoGavock, of Douglas, hopad that the claim would be allowed. He informed the house that Canfield was away from home when the militla came to his hotel to be boarded, but when he retarned, he made a general under- standing that he would board at the same rate the other hotel keepers were boarding them. (This wasn’t Oanfield’s story last spring ) The legislature had only allowed him at the rate of 25 cants a meal, whereas they had allowed the others 40 cents, This claim of §634 45 was to make up the 15 cents, so as to make the pay at the rate of 40 cents, as the others were pald, There wae no contract made, and he hoped Mr, Canfield would receive the additional 15 cents per meal, Hollman knew that Oantield was not there at the time the mlilitla arrived, He strongly urged that he be pald the extra amount In question, This was finally agreed to by a close vote. Then there was about $3,600 back pay allowed to sheriffs aud marshals, Among these was Gran Enslgn, $568.- 26; D. B, Ball, $68 20; H, 8. Moody, 8209 30; George W. Gay, $108.20; J. H. Batler, $300; Simon V. Seeley, $265 50, The everlasting penitentiary which swallowed $139,000 in the general ap- propriation bill came in again with extras to Bill Siout, contractor, $2,- 109 34; G. Nobes, warden, $341,12; Wheat & Ford, photographs of con- victs, $375. The Omaha Smelting works waltzed up with a clalm of $313,- 82)(or farnlshing the militia during the memorable strike when they imported build the factories, meantime the em- ployes must be cared for, The Wa- bash at Terre Haute reached the highest point this afternoon, TRAINS PELAYED, 81. Louis, February 18, —The cold weather has not affected the rise in the rivers. All streams are booming, Numerous bridges have been carried .'l{. All trans are trom one to twelve hours late. Some roads are uslog track of other lines ' in order to run trains at all, ICE GORGE BROKE. Torevo, February 18,—The gorge below the clty broke this morning. Hogo masses moved rapidly out. By daylight tho water had fallen five feet. The river is now comparatively free from ice and still falling, Iu its out- ward passage the flood carriel away the remaining ions of two bridges. A fow smsll craft were torn from the docks and carried rome disfa ce down the river. Thero is no serious damago to sbipping, At six this evening the water had lowered ten foet from the highe:t point, RIVER FALLING, Louwsviuig, Februsry 18, — The river coninues to fall slowly. The weather ia clear aud cool. ~ Collec- tions for the relief fund were made in all the churches. Many of the poor need help for weeks, as they have ab- solutely nothing, CiNcINNATI, February 18, — The river continges to fall half an inch hourly. It is retarded in the fall by lato rains above. No incident of note to-day, CINCINNATI ALL RIGHT. New York, Febraary 18.—A spec- ial from Murat Halsted to the World o8, Cinclonaii comes out of the flood in good form with no element of her vitality impaired, and will enter upon a prosperous spring business,spite anything that congrees may do or leave undone, It would be hard to say more than that for any town. Mol L Postoffice Changes Special Dispatch to Tu Lxx, WasHINGTON, February 18 — Eatab- llshed —Klida, Nevada, Cal., Theodore F. Vanelycke; Point Sarmounter, Cal, Charles H. Bixby; Wellsburg, Multouamah, Ore., Jacob F. Hodges. Dliscontinued— Bronson, Toulomne, Oal.; Gabel, Columbia, Pechistan, Yohahama, Washington territory, Appointed--Gold Mountain, Es. meralds, H, H Roblnson; Lewis, Lander, Nev., Joseph Hill, Mulino, Clackomus, Ore., Willlam J. Dill; Chenowith, Skamania, Washington territory, D, K. Ordway. e Frozen to Death, Special Dispatch to Tuk Brx, Cnicaco, February 18.—A Tharder Bay, Manitoba, apecial eays: A party of twenty-five men left Lawson's csmp on Friday for Burke's camp. The party separated, four atriking out acroas the ice for Portage at Sawyer's bay. At that point they met Indians, and fearing an attack retraced thelr steps. It was very cold, and on the way Max Mallaver, Gabe Gerser and L. Gellogast lay down, exhausted. the colored labrers but this ~little bill was notallowed, * And this remidns me of Pearman’s historle tree bill wheretn that chronlo bllk presented a claim in 1871 for Isaac Lourille pushed on to Brown's, which he reached overcome, Next morning he started out with assistance for his companions, and found them frozen to death, THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Complete Exhonoeration of De- Long and Party by the Ceurt of Inqury, Programme of the Republicans for the Remaining Days of Oonprees, No Prospect of the Fassage of the Tarift Bill This Bession. Items of Intorest frem the Natiomal Capttal. OCAPITAL NOTES. Speclal Dispatches to Tun Bxn, THE JEANNETTE INQUIRY, ‘WasuineroN, February 18.—The Jeannette court of inquiry reports the followlog facts as decmoed established by evidence adduced conoerning the clrcamstances of the loes of the Jesn nette and death of DsLong and others of her cfficers and men. Although the welght of the evidence shows the Jeannette was not especially adapted in strength or model for arctic explor- ation, The fact that an experiment axplorer had made two cruises in her to the arctic seas, sustaina the judg- ment and care shown in her selection. ‘When last purchased she was strengih- ened and improved, and the condition of the vessel on her departure from San Franoisen was good and satisfac tory,—her officers, fcrew (except that the was unavoidanly deoply loaded, & defect which corrected itseif by the consumption of coal), provisions and stores, KEvidence reiating to the man- agement of the Jeanustte up to the time of the loss, shows that the chances reaching Wrangle island wero sufficiently good to justiiy the commander in attempting to reach it, rather than to return to some sonthern port to paes the winter in idlenesa. Had be done otherwise than he did he might farly beeu thought wanting in the high qualities neccessary to ex. plovers, Through tho expedition every opportuity was improved jor galning sclentitic informasion; three isiunds wore discovered, two of which were visited, ex- plored snd taken possession of in the name of the Uuited States. 1n the managemons of the Jeanette up to the time of her deteniion, Jommander DeaLong, by his forosight and pru dence, provided measures to meet emergencies and enforce wise regula- tions, The fact of the ship's having paseed a second winter in the ice with- out the appearance of gcurvy on board, attests the excellence of sanitary ar- rangements adopted and r« flacts great credit upon Sargeon Ambler, as to the circumstances of the loss of the vessel. The court attaches no blame to any officer or man and reports say the provisions made and the plans adopt- ed for the safety of the crews upon their leaving the wreck were judicious, o8 it isshown that ninety days afterthe destruotion ef the Jeanette, the officers ard wen were in fair condition, not- withatanding their terrible journey. The story of the retreat from the ves- sel, with accompanying sufferings, disappolntments, dangers, difficulties and deisys, death of DeLong, and his companions, subsequent discovery of their dead bodies, 16 secured at con- siderable length and ths. conclusion reached that everything poseible was done by the various cfficers to insure safety to perties under their Immedi- ato charge and for the relief of other parties, A list of cffizers end crew of the Jeanotte is givon, showing their arravgemeut to boats on the retreat aud their final fate. The general conduct and merits of each and all officers and men of the expedition 18 summed up as follows: Tnere is conolusive evidenca that, asido from trivial difliculties, such as occur on ships, even under the most favorable circumstances, which had no influence inbrivglng about disasterand no perniclous erfect upon its general condition, every cflicer and man so conducted himself that the court finds no ococasion to impute censure to any member cf the party, Io view, then, of the long dreary monotony of the cruise and the privations encountered, the disappolntment consequent upon .want, the important results, the uncer- tainty of their fate (and apart fcom a natural desire to trend lightly on the graves of the dead), the general con- duot and personnel of the expedition seems to have been a marvel of cheer- fulnese, good fellowship and mutual forbearance, while the constancy and endurence with whish they met hard ships and dangers that beset them entitle them to great praiso. Bésldes mention salrcady made, how- ever, special commendation is due to Da Long, for the high qualitles displayed by him tn the conduct of the expeditlon; to Chief Eagineer Mel- ville, for zeal, energy and profszsional aptitude which elicted high encom- fums from his commander and for his subsequent cfforts on the Lena D:lta; and to Seaman Ninderman and Sweet- man, for services which induced their commander to recommend them for medals of honor, Finally, it should bo stated there are several survivors of the Jeannette who have not yet re- tarned fror Siberis, and whose testi- menf might or might not modify the conclusions set forth in this report The Incldental allusion to trivial dif- ficultles is the only thing in the report that can be consicered as reference to the alleged troubles between Do Long and Collins, THE TARIFF, Upon expected early recelpt by the house of the tax and tarlff bill now pending in the senate that measure will be lald on the speaker’s table and the problem which now glves rise to so mauch speculation as to the means of reaching it for actlon on senate smend- ments. It will then doubtless become the sabject of caucus discussion, and If the present very formidable diffioul. ties be not speedily .umma ill i“en of effooting & comprehensive ro- vision of the tar/ff In this congress will necessarily be abaudoned. THE REPUBLICAN PROGRAMME, The programme of the repul in the senate for the coming week is substantially identified with the un- falfilled programme outlined last Bun- day. Fival action upon the house bill to reduoe internal revenua taxa. tion, with its multifarious tarlff amend. mente, is now confidentlally expected tor to-morrow night, the chairman of the finanolal committee having glven notloe that he will insist upon press- ing the bill to afinal vote beforo Taeeday, as the chairman of the committee on sppropriations will then olaim the floor as an i|\dlqpomghla condition of eecuring ruffizient tine for actlon upon the annual appropris- tion bill, Of these the army bill fs fisst to be censidered, Ifl.l'ln“ the avy fortificstions and District of Columbla bills to be called vp from the calendar for action by the senate during the remsinder of the week. The chances for general legislation are of course rapidiy diminishing cach dny s the session draws to a close, but the shipping bills may possibly obtaln consideration in tho senate 1883 048 THE OLD WORLD, Improssive Funeral Ceremonies of the Great Oomposer, The Conepiracy Trial Still O:e- ating Ureat Bxcitement in Ireland. President Grevy Announces His Accoptauce of the French Ministry. Miscollaneons Nows from All Over ‘Europe. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Spocial Dispatcbes to Tan Biw, WAGNER'S FUNERAL, Baverure, February 18,—Wag- ner's widow was so overcome on the arrivel of the funeral train here tha she was obliged to be lifted from the towards tho end cf the week unless the number cf appropriation bills a ready on the calendar be mennwhile augmented by the legislative, execu- tive and judicial appropriation bul, which now awalts the roport of the o mmittee on ngpmprhulnnl. The regular order in the house to-morrow will bo the call of committees for motlonsto saepend the rules. Tho first lmportant item to be reached on | vy, the list to morrow s the ways snd means committee, which will offer for passage by this method a bill identiosl in terms with the internal revenue provielona of the bill now pending in the senate, as amended by the senate to the present date. This bill fs to reduce taxation by an amonnt varl- ously estimated at from $30,000,000 to £40,000,000 per annum. It will probably obtain the requisite two- thirds majority, Other committess, low ou the lst, will offer motlons as followe: Judiolary, to pass the sen- ate Lill to establish a court (f appeala. (Chis is 2 measure commonly kuown as the “Davis bill,” destgned to relleve the sapreme court of a part of itn accamulat- ing business ) O mmerce, to fix a day for the consideration of amend- ments; Townsend’s bill creativg » commisrion to investigate the subjoot of inter-atate commerce; agricolture, to paes Auderson’s bill to create an agriculture commineion, The prinet- pat duties proposed for this commis- elon are to investigate tho movement of agricultural products, and report upon all questions relating to the maintenance of reasonable and just ear. A goard of twenty-sevon oftl- z3ns watched vhe bier thronghont the night. - The romains were borne from the car to the station platform, the band playing a funoral march from Siegfried. Eerr Mauncker, in an address alluded to Wagner's ser- vices at Bayreuth, and laid on the bisr a wreath presented by the town. Hure Fenotel spoke of the foreizn Wagner assoclations, Amid the toll- ing of the bells of the town, the pro- ceasion started. The hesrss was drawn by four horses, and was pre- oeded by two carriages loaded with wreaths, Followirg the hearse came the clergy reprosentative, King, many deputations, artists, and military and olvil officers and a large erowd of peo- ple. Oa che arriyal of the prosession at Villa Wahufried, the coffin was taken from the hearse and at the de- tire of the widow, laid in the tomb with only a simple religlous blessing. Almost the entire town was draped. Wroaths were sent from most of tho theatres and socloties of Germany and Austria, also London. Paserges from Wagner’s opera were aung at the tomb., Surprise was ex- prossed at the discussion intendent ab the Royal thoatre, Berlin, not giving any performance in honor of Wagner MURDERERS SENTENCED, Aiexanpria, February 18, —Of the persons arrested in connection with the murder of Prof. Palmer and party, five have been mentenced to death and the others to from three to fifteen yoars' imprisonment, THE NEW MINISTRY. inter-stata transportation and traflice, If this can be set aside, the regular order will be the announcement: of the spaaker's deciston on Carliale’s polnt of order interposed against Haskell’s mo- tlonto cut off debate. On the remaining schedule of the taxiff bill, regardless of the nature of this forthcoming deolsion, there ap pears to be po prospeot of the pending bill to the poiut of final action by the house, and even. if ita conslderation be resumed to morrow 1t will probably be luid aside agaic dax, ing Taeaday’s aessiou, 12/ order to Lk up the sundry civil appropriation bill, which ordinarily ocouples eeveral days, which in turn may be follqud by the river acd harbor bill, or possi- bly by the general deficiency biil. RELIEF FOR OHI) VALLEY, The American aszoclation of tho Rad Oross reports the sstociate socleties at New Orleans, Vickeburg, Memphis snd Rochester at work for the suffer- ers of the Ohio Valloy. All money contributions will be received by the central committee, through Secrataryics Folger and Lincoln and Commissioner Loring, and the board ofjtrustees, and wlil be distributed through sgents of the Arsociated press. Gollision on the B. & O Speclal Dispatch to Tun Bux, WaeeLiNG, February 18, This morning two heavy freight trains on the division of the Baltimore & Ohlo rallroad collided in Franklin tunnel, eight miles west of Bellaire, Thae cars piled on top of the evgines, smashing the roof of the tunnel, let- tirg down debris and completely wedging the tunnel up. The engineer and fireman were killed, One brake. man was serionsly injured of tho crst bound train, The engineer and fire- man of the west bound were slightly injared. It is enid the telegraph op: erator failed to notify the west bound traln to take elding, e —— The Braidwocd Disaster. Special Dispatch to Tux Bxe, On10a6o, Febroary 18, —The Daily News Braldwood, IIL, special ssys the situation at the Diamond mine is practically unchunged., There are no additions to the list of drowned re- ported. A large numoer of people from the surroundin ; country are vis- iting the dreary 1cones. The dam around the sink uole is abput half completed. Itis expoted to befinished by to-morrow, and the work of pump- ing out water has begun, Doubts are expressed whother the dam, as being built, is strong enough to resist the water from the surrounding pralries after the pumping begins, and it may become necessary to dig a ditch to Goose lake, a distance of five miles, befora the work of getting the water out can ba successful carried on. The mayor of this town called a mas meet- ing of the citizens for to-morrow, to tako necessary steps to relisve the diatress In the families of the drowned miners, LR L D Levee Broke, Special Dispatch to Tin Bax, Vickssure, Febroary 17 — Illa- wara levee, 65 miles above the Lou- isiana side, broke last night. Three hundred feot are gone, The water s going through rapidly about three feet deep. The point where the lovee broke is & new work, Many planta- tlons will be overflowed. TUUVEYIMeJ e suvus ) wmicuus, UURG S, 0] menns, raw, 4o ! will do ] Paris, February 18.—~At a meeting of the cabinet to-day President Grevy acoepted the resignations of the min- fsters and cflivially announced that M. Ferry had been entrusted with the formation of a new ministry. He stated that M. Ferry will assume the post of minister of foreign affairs, M. Martin Fouillo mintster of the in- terlor, M. Waldeck Roeseau minister of finance, General Thobandin minis- Vtor of war, M. Raynal minister of public works, M. Cochery minister of 1‘\ dod hhgup‘. Berthelot minis- '8 Bustruction, N Pierre E¢ Geand minister of commerce, M. Demshy minister of agrioultare and Charles Brun minister of naval affairs, Paris, February 18,--Jules Ferry informs the presidont he will confer with friends before replying finally to the request from the new ministry. The republican union is resolved to support the eabinet and determined to use existing laws against pretenders. COMING HOME, Loxpon, Fobruary 18 —The Mala- gasy envoys, with Robinson, late American consul at Madagasear, will start for Amerlea to-day. Robinson's presence is expected to greatly facili- tate the proposed treaty. HONORS TO MORSE, Rome, February 18.--The muni- olpality has placed a memorial tablet in the house which Prof, Samuel F. B. Morse inhabited here in 1830, The syndic informed the Amerlcan min- lster the unveiling of the the tablet will be deferrad until the wishes of the American colony in regard to cere- mony are made known. EXPLOBION. Paris, February 18, — A powder mill explosion at Oorbeil killed six persons, THEATRE BURNED, Vienna, February 18.--The new theatre at Altarod, Hungary, burned this mornirg. WAGNER'S SON, Munich, February 18 —The king has undortaken the education ot Wag- ner’s eson, Liegefried. ARRESTING WITNESSES, Laverroor, February 18.—Several persous were arrested npon thefr arrl- val from Ireland. They will bo taken to Dablin, as they will probably be ablo to give valuable evidence in state triala, WANT EXTRADITION, " Lonpon, February 18 —The Times states that H. J. Skerldan and Thomas Brennan, alluded to by Oarey, now in America, and Great Britian, requested thelr exradition, THE IRISH TRIAL, Loxpoxs, February 18 —The evi: dence Saturday In the preliminary in- vestigation at Kilmalnham court house caused intepse excitement. It {s reported an Jrish member ot par- liament is arrested. 1t is asserted the police have warrants for the arrest of cortaln persons in England, F O'Oonnor Sexton started for Dublin Saturday. There s much conjecture a8 to the obiect of his visit, NUMBER ONE. Dupriy, February 18 —Number one {san Irish-American, Ho resided some time In France and Germany, and sppeared to have the disposal of an unlimited supply of money. A large banking firm from Parls replied to the Inquiry: ‘‘Gentleman In ques- tlon has seemingly unlimited means. derlved from large drafts, American,” ‘ No. 1" {s abous five foet ten, well preserved, has fall face and light hair and moustsche; allghtly lame In right leg from a wound received during the Franco-German war; also served in the Amerioan war, Police bellove he has gone to Amerios. Mrs, Byrne, mentioned by Oarey as the wife of the secrotary of the land labor league of Great Britain, was arrested In London on the charge of consplring to murder government officl P TELEGRAPH NOTES Special Dispatohes to Tun Kxn At tho funeral of ex-Governor Morgan, Saturday, President Arthur and ex-Presi- dent Girant wero pall-boarers, orror Stephen Hem tond, sec- wor of Towa and the rot lawyer who settled in Tows, died suddenly at Du. buque Satueday of hoart diseace, aged 70, He w.s for many years an sotive politi- cinn. Ho died much respected, but poor. A prize fight between Chinsmen wns fought at Philadelphia in the presence of forty srectators, who paid £2 each. The contestants were Loo Hing and Hi Sing Foon. After n desporate | u unscientific battle of eleven rounds Loo Hing gave up. Saturday morniug e_the Wabash Can. non Ball train from Chicago stonped at the R, & L junction, forty miles from Kansan Uity, the rallman caught fire and burned. The coupants escaped with the loes of nearly all their property, A new theory is sdvanced regarding the cause of the Newhall fia, On Tuesdsy Iast tho body of a tall man was found under tho_sidewall, buined beyond recog- mtion, The body was found by Inborers who were shoveling out coal, Tt ia sald now that tramps were in the habit of eneaking into the coal cellar for » night's lodging. The engineer of the hotol states that he_ diecovered & tramp soveral times in the basement, one time a big, burly fellow smoking a pipe right near tho base of the elevator shaft. It s belioved by some that the firo was ciused by trampr. The grand jury has finished its testimony. Henry Sheldon, of ilinoke, shot bis wite twice, Thursday night, at Exeter, Oswego county, N, Y. He then shot himself, dy- ing instantly, His wife is thought to be fatally injured, The Rock Island dummy, at Obiay Saturday nivht, backed into n feeight train of the Kwtern Tndisna road stand- fog on the track st Stoney Island and a torrible wreok resulted. Soveral thousand dollars’ worth of property was destroyed. All the passengers wero well shaken up, and the fireman of the Rock Island was fatally hurt and died soon after, O the morning of April 15 last, R. W, Stubbs, ex-mayor of Polk was awakened by hearing & m room. He sprang up, waking Mre, Stubba s ho did 1o, and made toward the in- truder, who fired as he started down the stairs, the ball taking effect near the henrt, and Stubbs foll dead. Soon after & young man named Delare was hanged to o treo near Polk Oity, who maco a confessi throu h fear, but was afterward released, In October’ Chirles Woir and Ch Klive, both notorions criminale, wore ar- rested, avd after a long exsmination ware bound over by Justico Labour, charged with murder in the first degreo, Kiine has been liviog at Corning, and produced much evidence to prove sn alibi, snd has now an application for releasy on habeas corpus, In January, Charles Wilcox, another hard oase, was rrested in Kousae, haviug removed thero last fall lodged in_jail at Des Moines, and waiv examination, Detective French, who wecured Wiloox's confidence before he moved to Kansas, and thereby secured the arrest of Wier and Kline, has secured re- LINGOLN LAW-MAKERS, The Jdob of the Militia Briga- diers to Draw Big Pay for No Work. Mre, Oolby Ocoupies the SBenate Floor for an Hour in Favor of Brown's Resolution, And the Benate Heartlessly Kills the Reeolution by In- deflnitely Postponing. Lanoaster Statesmen Put in Their Claims for the Fat Offloes. Corresponderce of Tun B Lixoowy, February 18, - The reo- ords show that Douglas eounty has threo renators, although one cf them {3 sometimes called the gentleman from Sarpy county, and Lancaster has two senators according to the same record. It Is generally conceded, however, that Sonator Oanfield is a first class Lincoln representative and is under the apecial oaro of Brown, of Lancaster couuty, The bill providing for county attor- neys instead of distriot attorneys, passed the senate with but one diseent- Ing vote. The bill known as the occupying claimants’ law, which provides that the person who may pay the taxes on any real estate, lnpm\clng that the roperty belonged to him or her, shall E-vo a Jlen apon eald real estate for all taxes and Interest pald there- on., This is intended to cover the olaim of a large number of peop!e who have been occupying and payng taxes on land that has recently been deoreed to belong to the St. Joo & Denver railroad company or thelr as- sigus. This bill met with very little opposition, only two votes being reoorded against it, The general appropriation bill, hav- s | ing parsed tho houae, was brought into t:m senate yeaterday for considera- tion. Tho senate held an evening sesslon, last night, to consider the joint reso- lation of Brown, of Douglas, in rela- tion to the amendmont of the consti- tution allowing women to vote on ex- tending suffrage to women, On motlon of Senator Butler, Mrs, Colby was invited to address the sen- ate, and ehe spoke for nearly an hour, Hor arguments, though very good, failod to convert any cf the senators, who in a heartless manner proceeded to kiil the resolution by indefinitely pulvlponlng the same by a vote of 18 to Those voting for an indefinite post- nement were: Brown, of Olay, rown, ot Colfax, Butler, Oanfield, newal of Wilcox's statement, which is that Weir drove the team from Colfax to Polk City, that Wilson and Kline left Wier in the buggy half a mile from Stubbs’ house, ard that Kline did the shooting. The party had heard Stubbs had a large sum of mnngl- he bouse and went ex. I fo. and Wiloox u) or the m1 der, but on the way to Colfax agreed to keep recret his identity, Wilcox, so far, has refused to employ counsel, His wife and children visited him to.day, WaLLiNGeorp, Conn., Februar: Willie Meyer, Willie Howe an Franks were killod and Alico Mattron se- rious injured, their sloigh being struck by & locomotive, MoKersporr, Pa,, February 18,—The United States iron and tin-plate works at Deannla station were totully destroyed by fire this morning. 1,88, $100,000; insur- ance, $50,000, Three hundrsa men out of employuient, GaL February 18,--A News special from Bracket says four small chil- dren of Michael McDonald wore burned in their beds from the explosion of & lamp left standing by their mother for the re- turn of four dsughters at » ball, Annarouis, February 18,—Four ndore cadet officers were reduced to the ranks last night forengaging in recent acts of insubordination, New Youk, February 18, —Under the minagement of Frederick A. Schawb, Mrs, Langtry and Dion Boucicault bufln in April a professional tour of the Pacific const, 18-~ Alice — UTAH’'S SECRETARY. Hon. Arthur L. Thomas Reappointed Arthur L. Thomas, for the past four yoars secretary, and a portion of the time acting governor of Utah terri- tory, arrlved In the city Saturday night and registored at the Miilard, Mr. Thomes is just returning home from Waghington with the commission in his pocket entitlivg him to four years more In the same office, He quite an energotic, painstaking ¢ fivial, and has given good satlsfection In Mormondom, and his friends generally will rejolce i Presidont Acthur's a pointment, Uteh {s aleo fortunate io the posses- slon of agovernor like E. H Murray, tpot morder him, Wiey' nipot m 'n “! Conkling, Dolan, Danphy, Harrison, Ueist, MoShane, Norris, Patterson, Rogers,. Sang, Schoeaheit, Sowers, Tl:.l":u 5 Wll‘:n—.:-fli 4 i 0 voti Inst tponement were; Bnmg!rdnn, Brop:'n. of Doug- lns, Oonu‘i Dye, Filley, How Brown, of Lancaster, e, Deol Fisher, Harrls, Kiocaid, Rich—8, After the voting and before the amendment of the same, Senator Batler changed his vote from ‘‘no” to “‘ayo,” and gave notice that he ghould move a reconsideration. A communication was received from the state auditor in anawer to a resolu- tlon of the senate, setting forth that he had received $14,178 62100 fees, all of which he had turned over into the treasury. The attorney ger- eral sont two comwunioations to the senate. One was favoring the appro- priation of over 13,000 for the relief of the Nebraska City national bank and th:hothur wnloxplnln'lngfilggo fa- voring the appropriation of to -emugux olgipmlpnpon lota in Lincol.n, xnown as the Glllesple property. The Armitage militia bill was in. definately postponed in the senate last night. Senator Norris, chalrman of the military committee, made a report sgainst the bill, and before 1t was koown what billit was his report to {ndefinitely * postpone was adopted. This is & job put up by the many brigadiers of this state who desire to have all the pay and make the pri- vates work for nothing, Under the Armitage ‘bill the private’s pay wag ralsed from Iortx- conts ffla day to two dollars, and tho pay of the brigadler was re- duoced from $16 a day to the same as the private, Senators may be able to explain their peculiar actions in re. gard to this bill, and tell the rank and file of the Nebraska militls why they think there is so much difference in men, This bill was postponed thata big brigadier steal might be forced through the legislature at the last mo- ment. On motion of Senator Brown of Douglss, this bill was reconsidered this morning and after a lively fight 1t who Is an able man and a perfect gen- tleman, in every respect, with the nerve to do his duty under all clrcum- stances. ——————— DEATH'SDOINGS. The Grim Reaper Gathering His Har- vest.y Undertakor Jacobs yesterday re- ceived an order from Grand Island for a fine casket for a party who dled there yestorday, who is satd to be Mr, Geo. Boehra, the hrewer, who was for- merly a rexident of this clty and well known here. Mr. Fred Motz has one out to Grand Island,and it is un- fientmd that the body will be brought to Omaha for interment, Charlie Wood, well known in this clty as & member of the firm of Hep- finger & Wood, barbers, Hubermann's block, dled yesterday at Greenwood, Neb., offeonsumption. The fremains will arrive In this clty at 10 a. m, to- day. was placed upon the general file and’ the prospect is that it will pass, The senate was {n committee of the whole most of the forenoon, consider- {ng bills on senate file, Brown, of Lancaster has filed his applicatlon for the office now held by Judge Crounse, and Peter Walker, one of the senators from Laucaster, has laid in a clalm for the marshalshi) of this district of Nebraska. Il bot! of these gentlemen get the office they are after, this county will be well pro- vided for, It is wlso stated all the boya in the country have filed appli- oations for the secretaryships that are to be created by the passage of the railroad bill, S ———— T1he Oreek Rebal Special Dispatch toTun Bes, 81. Louts, Fobruary 16,—Advices from Muskogee, Oroek nation, say Spleshee, the rebel leader, has been ordered off the Sac-Fox reservation. Gen, Porter, commauder of the con- stitational foroes, is advancing on him, There are good prospects for & fight. +D. B. BEEMER, General Western Agent, Omah