Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 26, 1883, Page 1

S8 I G ‘Saturday night and sank & rapidly, *He remalned abr: THE OmMAHA DairLy BEE TWELFTH YEAR. W RLawler THE NATION'S LOSS. Sudden Death of Timothy 0. Howe, Postmaster Genera', The Veteran Senator Passes Away at Kenosha,|Wis- coneln. Brief Bketch of His Hventful L fo from Ohildhcod to the Grave, His Collesgues in the Oabinet Shooked by the Sad Ina telligenoe. Special Dispatches to Tus Bas. Mruwavukeg, March 26.—A Keno- sha dispatch says: Hon. T. O. Howe, postmaster general, died at 2:20 this afternoon at the residence of his nephew, Cel. Jas. H. Howe. He con- tracted a severe cold a week ago at Green Bay, retorned to Kenosha and was very ill Saturday, when he seem- ed to improve, Physicians pronounced it pneumonia, He was taken worse pasting away peacefully this afier- TELEGRAPH NOTES. 4pecial Dispatc) s to Tra B, David Davis and bride are at Atlants, Georgin, The Malagasy envoys leave New York for Boston Tuesday. P.trick Egan, treasarer of wu Land League, is in Chicago. 2 The deficit of Ex-State Treasurer Churohill, of Arkansas, foots up 823,600 The straight democrats of Rhode Ialand resolved to put a state ticket in the field, in opposition to Sprague. The printers’ union, of New York, yester- day decided on thirty-five cents per thou- sand ems as the scale. No strikes will be insugarated. J. A. Blackman, ex-member of the Kan- oas legislatures, and a postal clerk on the Missouri Pac'fis, has been arrested for em- bezzling samples packages of merchandise, William Asbiston, brother of Colonel Frank Asbicton, well known in Californis, died at Tdaho Springs, Colorado, of moun- tain fever, He leaves a family in England, The United States double turreted iron- clad *“Tarror,” reconstructed, waslaunched at Philadelphia Saturday. The navies of the old worid will now make for havens of sufoty. Billy Madden and his English pugilist, Charles Mitchell, who defeated Tug Wil- son, arrived in New York yesterday, He expressed a desire to meet either Sullivan or Slade. Tte Cornell Memorial M, E. church, in New York, was dedicated yesterday, Ad. dresses were delivered by Bishop Simpeon, of Philadelphia and Bishop a’nmn. of Atlanta, Georgia noon. THE PATAL ILLNESS, Howe'a illness was the result of a severe cold contracted by walking half half a mile through a bad storm at Green Bay last Sunday, which, on his arrival at Kenosta on Monday, devel- oped into pneamonia. Dr. Isham, of hicago, was called in, and under his vare he Improved, but last evening a chaunge for the worse ensued, and ab- eent members of the family were sent for, his daughter arriving from Wash- ington at 11 o'clock. Up to that hour he was coneclous, but his mind after that wandered, and at 2:20 p. a. he passed away without a struggle. The faneral will ocour at Green Bay, buat no arsangements have yet been o, SKBTCH OF HIS LIFH, Timothy O. Howe was born In Liv- ermore, Maine, Feb. 24, 1816. After receiving an academioc educatlon he stadied law and was admitted to the bar. He was a member of the legis tare of the state 7 Maiue in 1845, in the latter part of which year he re- moved to Wisconsln, where ke was elocted judge of the clrcult and su- preme courts, He was elected to the United States senato as a union repub- lican to succeed Charles Darkee, and took his seat in 1861; was re-elected to the senate In 18¢7 and in 1873 Daring thess eighteen years he held important committee positions, betng one of the most prominent and {nfla- ential members of that body. His term of office explred March 3, 1879, The famous triangular con- test, in which the election of his successor was E., W. Kees and Matt Carponter were Joseph B Haverstick has applied for lesters of administration upon the estate of his brother Wilbur, killed hy George W. Conkling, Jr., in New York. He values toe estats at not over $1,200. Missours Pacific train No. 4, east bound was wrecked at Monten station by s broken switch, The engine, mail and exprees cars were totally destroyed. The fireman, Frank France, was slightly injared. The Tennessee house of representatives has passed a bitl making it felony to keep @ gumbling house or establishment of games of chance, such as faro, monte, ete, The bill will probably pass the senate, Judge Donohue has decided that Conk- ling, who wurdered Haverstick, in New Yori, is entiiled to bail in a reasonable amount, anddirected that he be taken be- fore the police magistrate for hail purposes. Conkling was admitted in $500, The governor of Missouri approved the Downing high license dramshop bill, net- withstanding thag strong pressure was brought to bear by the opponents of the measure. He prefors that the constitu. tional questions {nvolved e settled by the courts, MThe republicans of Chicago have com- Lined with the ivdependents and jointly put in nomination Kagene Oary for mayor, Emil Deitch for city clerk, both republi- cans: and Dennis O’Connor for treasurer and A. . Richolson for city attorney, both democrats. The milk war resulted in & gain of 1§ cents over the year previous, The prices agreed upon for the year is as follows: April 8 cents, May and June 2}, July and August 8, September and October 34, November, December and January 4, Fel- ruary 4, March 3}, An agent of Salmi Morse was in Cin- ciauati three days of last week, quietly nruugins for a production of the Passion Play. He made application for Music Hall for two months tagiunlng May 28th, The trustees on Saturday gave him a sim- pilo refusal, giving no reason for their ac. tion. Two troops of cavalry, one of infantry Assinaboine early Friday morning, under invoived, and in which Judge Howe, l-nd a_party of Indian scouts left Fort the participants, & contest which finally ended in the election cf Car- panter, will be recalled. Judge Howe then retired to Green Bay, where he had made his home since his removal to this state, He was not permitted, however to remain long in retirement and was tendered by Pronldent Gac- field the appointment as member of the board of commissioners, sent by the United S:ates to represent this government In the {ater- natlonal monetary congress at Parls, his associates being ¢x-Sen ator Thurman of Ovio, and William M, Kvarts, of Now York. abont six months 8oon after his return he began to be prominently mentioned as a possible member of Presldent Arthur'scabinet. In December, 1881, he was tendered the postmaster generalship, which he accepted, to the dutles of which ho has since devoted his attention. Hoe strongly favored the reduction of postage made by the last congress, and has been largely instrumental in securing improved mail facllitles throughout the country. Judge Howe's wife died in 1881, and the only surviving relatives are his son Frank, his oaughter, M Totten, his nephew Colouel James H. Howe and neice, Miss Grace Howe, of Kenosha. RECEPTIONS POSTPONED, WasHINGTON, March 25. — The prestdent received thls evening tele- graphic information of the sudden death this afternoon, at his home in Wisconsln, of Postmaster-General Howe In consequence of this sad unexyected event the dinner which was to have been given Tuesday by the president to ex-President Disz and company, who are to arrive in Wash- ington Mondsy morning, a8 the guest of the natlon. will not take placa. The reception to have been given to the same distinguished v;uelt by Sac- rotary Frelinghuysen Wednesday will not take place. KELATIVES OF THE DEAD, Colonel Enoch Totten, son-in-law of Postmaster General Howe, left for Wisconein this cvening, accompanied by Mrs. Totten snd Frank Howe, son of the dead postmaster general. 0ol. Totten said this evealng, after he had heard of tha death of Pos:- mastor Ganeral Howe, that when that gentloman was in wington two weoks ago, he was in betier health than for seveutesn years, Private business called him to Gresn Bay, and returaing from that placa he atopped at Konosha, where he contrasted the fatal tllness. The first news of his slckness yeached nere Friday last, and Mrs Totten, Judge Howe's daughter, lmmediately made preparations to go to him, She left Saturday morning and s supposed to have reached Kenosha about noon to-day. His son, Frank, was prepar- Ang to leave to-night when news of his father's death reacl him. The family in this olty have heard nothing as to the funeral arrangements, but «Col, Totten belleves the body will be diceot order of District O r Ruger, to fntereept the marauding of Creek Indians before the latter reach the Oa- pudian border, toward which the savages seem rapidly proceeding. Iron ore has been offered in the Pitts- burg market during the past jew days by the Republic Ore onn:mx for $8.50 per ton, delivered at Clove , $1.50 per ton Jess then last year, This it is believed will will break the ranks of ore producers, who for thrie months have been united in hold- ing up the price and fighting the blast fur- nace men, The postmasters at Ashbury Park and Ocean Grove, N. J., have received official notice that owing to lack of necessary ap- propriation they will receive no allowance for clerk hire this yesr, Last year the Achbury Park offi s paid the government 87,000, while the salary is $1,800, The zunmnters will resiga unless the decision reversed. A few weeks 8go the puddlers in Ooo- per, Hewitt & Co.’s mill, Trenton, N. J., had eubmitted to them the alternative of a reduction in wages trom 84 per ton to $350 or a temporary shut-down of the mill, The latter alternative was accepted ani 1,000 men were thrown out of work, Friday the superintendent called the pu 1. lers together, and, after a free interchange of views, they agreed to accept a compro- mise and resume work at $3 75 a ton. 1t is stated by authority that H. F. Royse, for 25 years superintendent of the Towa division of the Rock Island road, becorues.assistant general manager of the whole line, with headquarters at Daven- port. General John Givens, superintend- ent of the Keokuk and Des Moines line, succeeds Mr, R yce, aud removes to Des Moines. Gen, Given's successor is not yet n-med, and it is understood no changes will be made in subordinate positions. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Bpecial Dispatch 8o Tus Bus. LonvoN, March 25.--Dauring the service at St, Paul’s cathederal Satur- day, & well.dressed man ran up the altar steps with his hat on, leaped up- oun the altar and dashed the cross can- dlesticks, vases and flowers to the grouud. The dean and several chor- {sters sccured the man after a strug gla. and gave him in custody of the police. In the excitement many per- sons left the church horrified at the sight. The health of Emperor William con- tinues to impreva, The second ballot taken in Gam- betia's district In Parls yesterday, re- suited in the election of M. Sigismond Lacroix, radlesl, Two strangers, in Havre, supposed to be English detectives, vainly tried decoy John Walsh on board a vessel bound for Southampton, Prince Bismarck is suftering from sclatica. Emxperor William refuses to accept the resignation of Vies Admiral Batsch. Goneral Von Caprivi, the newly appoiuted chief of the minlstry of marine, has requested to remain inhis former command, owing to the opposi- tlon to his appointment. The sentence of death ughll..ml the Peltzer brothers, Brussels, bee! commated to life-long penal servitude, ‘The eruption of Mount Aina ap- pears about to cease. Queen Victorla remained In doors all day, although the weather was fine, Her knee s stiff but her health taken to Green Bay for Interment |ls good. m: where the family burial lot is. | Voleanic ashes have been falling at OMAHA NEB MONDAY MORNING MARCH 26 1883 aae. i0im, Norway. It ls supposed an eruption of Mount Heola has oo- carred, Two thousand infantry have been ordered to proteot public buildings in London. The Cold Stream guards have been posted In the parliament bullding and Buckingham palace. LoxpoN, March 24,—The Times saya the evidence on the part of the government adduced at the trial cer. tatnly lends foree to the government's allegod ropresentations of hostile speeches and writings of Irlsh Ameri. ns, Two anarchists named Gatz and Dabris, arrived here, and their object is to arrange for a great con- ference of soolalists in Londor. Da- bris left Parls to avoid arrest. The Manchester Guardian says: The queen. who has heretofore attended the parish church at Osborne, is ar- ranging for the establishment of a private chapel there end says the change is due partly to increasing fears of her majesty and alao to the precaution forcea upon all prominent persons by the Irlsh troubles, Loxvoxn, Maroh 24 ~-Oapt. O'Shea, homerule member of parllament for the county OClare, has notified Sir William Harcourt that when the commons assembles after the Eister holidays, he will ask whether Ledy Floreuce Dixie formerly hoaxed the ublic bv the invention of a lotter rom Cetewayo, and whether as the result of the lvquiry Into the alleged assault upor. her at Windsor, the po lice have concluded that Lady Fior- ence {aan {mposter, 178 REVELATION A I]I“n FAOL. The Relinlo;_—of—(—’hlfl ' Oom. pared with To-day's Ma- terialism. Unbelief the Most “Desolate, Dismal and Ghaslivet of Time's Phenomena.” Leoture of Father Calmer at Holy Family Churoh Rev. H. M. Calmer, 8, J., of St, Louis, delivered his lecture on *‘Re- velatlon, a Divice Fact,” In the church of the Holy Family last even- ing Despite the unpleasant gonditicn of tho streots, the attendante was large, indeed filling the spaclotis body of the church. It was an exsellent tribate to the ability ¢ fthe géntleman Fathor Oalmer has not been anocou- pled eince his arrival In this olty, Be. siden his lecture on St. Patriok, and the one of which a synopsis isherewith presented, the revarend gentloman has dellverod several cermons at fntorvals duriog the Holy Week, juat olosed, In all of theso his shining qualities as an elocutioniet, atudent and o have LoxpoN, March 24,—The Times poiats out that the jury which yeater- day at Belfast rendered a verdiot of gullty upon Nugent andjtwelve other members of the Armagh assassination society, who were charged with con- spiracy and murder, accepted ss au- thenio the dlary kept by the plotters, in which it was said that the man had sworn at the request of the land league to kill a landlord named Broone. Parts, March 24, —Three soldiers of the 108th regiment, who were ar- rested on the charge of socialism, have been found gullty and sentenced to join their regiment in distant p arts of Algeria. HORRIBLE CEREMONIES. Beastly Rellglous Rites of a New Mexican Sect. Special Dispatch to Tus Bas, Dexver, Col., March 26 —The Her mano penitent I8 a fanatic religlons sect, numbering about 2 000, in the territory of New Mexlco, who beiieve in perfodical atonement of sin by in- flicting oo the body agonlzing tortures, They inhabit principally but four countles in the territory, Great ocare is taken to prevent discovery of thelr identity by spectators and all are masked while conducting the annual peuance. A body of the penants re- sido at Los Geiegos, a small Mexican village near Alberquerque, Friday morning the ceremonies were Inaugn- rated by introducing a prooeasion con- talning about thirty Jnnn and women, it The procession purification by torture began at 10 o'clock. Five men, naked black hoods to conceal their identity, were seen to issue from an adobe lodge houseof thesect,led|by the master of ceremonies oarrying a veritable oat- o'-pine talls. Two huge wooden orosses, welghing two hundred and fifty pounds each, were placed on their naked shoulders of the two self-tortur- ers,the sharp edges outting into thena- ked fl :8h,causing the blood tc spurt out and drop to the ground. One penitent produced a sharp goad, which he thrust into the flesh of fellow sufferers from time to time while the procession moved vp the street, to a wild gibbar- {sh chant in Spanish. Halting once, the orosses were trausferzed to others’ shoulders, the atténdants apply- ing the rawhide whips merollessly, each blow taking off the akin and biws of flash, The procession took iws way to a good half mlle away. Dar- ing the march not & groan was heard or a word spoken, but just before reaching the goal, a amall ‘adobe hat the ordeal encountersd trled the nerves of the boldest, For some dis- tance before the door cactus had been strewn thickly on the ground, and as the barefooted cross bearers approach ed It one hesitated. Instently a half dozen whips descended on his bare shoulders and with a bound he sprang lato the cactl. His every stop and that of his followers was: marked with blood. As the torture grew more terrible the ochant grew louder, and the lashes feoll with mora vigor, Reaching the door of the house they were lost sight of. Bentlnels guarding the entrance and only broken whips and pools of blood bear witness to what transpired with- tn, Issuing from the house, the pro- ceaslon returmed and turned to the house ot worship, and 8o the horrify- ing exercises were ocontinued, one batoh of penitents succeeding another until night, when a grand procession and chant wound up the exerolses for theday, Darlng these marches to and from the house of refuge the scens’ at times was too sickening for desorlp: tlon, Powertul men sabmifted their bodleg to ba moet mercilessly flogged, until in some {nstances the bare mus- cles had been seen, coverlng every blow. The whole proceedings were a savage attempt to honor the Easter season, Hitherto the men made no attempt to check the wild exerclses, slthongh one penitent, who threw an- other bearing a cross Into the river near San Juan and drowned him, was lynched by luforisted witnesses, The Mississippi Flood. 8peclal Dispatch to Tax Lixs. \ New Okieans, March 25,—The Pioayune’s Thebadeaux special says tae crevasses arefolosed. But little damage was done the town, It will soon be free of water, Officers of the s‘eamboat Alexandria n | report the water pouring over the levee at some plantations, covering th fields. This seems to indicate ‘fln‘: the flood level below Bonnet Carre has been raised. e m—— Consignment of “onlon sets” will be sold cheap. Jorx G, Wl:.l.u. m20-6¢ been greatly dlsplayed. In the leoture last eveni there features were not loss nof than in his previous efforts. Fathae Oalm. er returns in a day or twoto 8t. Louis. He will long be romembersd by many of our poople, as one of the suc- cersful of the pulplt orators who have visited us, In opening his lecture, Kl . Oal- mer said: Itisa singular that free-thinking has no ad- vance. The difference land the arguments—if assertions #hade palatable to the crowd by and broad faced humor can be | hu- mor—are as threadbare as & orn garment, What the infidel of $o-day advances s a rehearsal of what Thos, Palne saidin his ‘“‘Age of Rasson;” and the contenta of that work 8 8 new dressing up of Voltaira and the ency- cloj u: lists of the seventoenth century, the tore runners of whom were the ra- tionallsts ot tho middle ages, 080 champlon of old was Pano.s-u, ‘whote precursor was he of whom the Wise- man speake: *“The fool hath eaid in his heart there is no God, us crown ours: lves with roses, | morrow we shall die.” This genealogy of froe-thinking, has it made no original adva advance it has made, It isa dismal, nay one of the ghas time's phenomena, that the of unbelief is making ocon to the best of my knowl not epea‘ing at random, has watobful eyes and o wish*8o' ob- , Jet him 5o in any .flv ba- that of a single swt il soo the signs all around him of con- versions to the madern apostasy. As some one has strikingly said, that la tropical forests one can almost hear the vegetation growing, so one may also say that nowadays one can hesr faith decaying. The causes of this deoay, says a late gifted writer, have been mataring for 300 years, ever singe the Protestant retormation, and thelr effocts prophesied for 50; indeed not prophesied only, but in some de- gree accomplished, Bat what 18 now beginning 1s thelr general actlon, Hitherto they have iInflaenced few except the so-called professed think. ers, Now thelr work Is beginning on the mass of the people, whose various powers of thinking may be great or small, but whose special ocoupation is not thought. ‘‘There seemed to be,” sald the lecturer, ‘‘a power in the air arouud us, by which faith is paralyzed. They that boast of the progress of the century imagtue that their intellects have acquired a new vigor and a olearer vision; but the result of ite growth is, with many, to have made ftan incubus—and it lles upon all their deepest hopes and wishes ‘Like a weight Heavy as frost and deep almost as life,’ Advance, therefore, but why not original? This results partly from the natural limitations of the system (if 80 chaotic & medley as free thought deserves the name) as regards Amerl- oan free thinkiog, from the metaphya. {cal character of the American intel- lect. A practical people by eminence, we deem it loss of time and power to speculate about questions, which rea- son tells us must be settled, If at all, by facts and historical evidence. Rave- latlon is simply & question of fact, to be proved as all facts are, by compe- tent testimony." “It I clear that to confuse the faot and record of revelation with the na tave of its contents, ls to be gullty of & sophism, Yet that is what the apostles of unbellef have been, and are still doing. The confaeion which ensues from keeping theso two ideas separate, ran through all the answers and rejoinders which have wearied the readers of the llterature of free thought, The elmple question that should be Insisted on, 1s: s charity a divine revelation? in other words, ‘ls the revelation, of which Christianity is the snpreme embodiment, and of which the Catholic church is the con- crete exemplification, a divine fact?' " *‘If," said the lecture, ‘‘we are once convinced that revelatlon or Chris- tlanty 1s a divine fact, no matter what be the difficulties, 1t Is most rational to eubmit our intellect and submit our will to the tenets of its belief.” 1n support of the affirmative ansawer to the question, the lecturer proposed the argument which, he clalmed, had never been answered, that Ohristianity or Oatholicity ls a divine fact because its unjversal propagation and conser- vatlon are the fulfiiment of the proph. eoy, and the great standing miracle in the moral order, “It must be evident to everyone that 1f God ssuotions a religion by sealing it with hia divine signet ring ~—a miracle—that religlon must come from God, and, therefore, be a divine revealod facs, whioh forces man in the moral order, to sabmit his will to fte tonets by an act of faith, Moreover, that propheoy Is a micacle, and the fulfilment of & fmphmy, as displayed in the propagation and conservation of Ohristianity, is & striking proof which boars along with 1t the best founded convlotion of the divinity preached to the world by Ohrist and His apos. tles.” Thereverend gentleman then defined prophecy, which he clalmed to bea certaln predioti n of a future event, which cannot be known through natural modie; it must, therefore, be an event, the fulfillment of whtoh Is dependent on the free action of man; it is an event, thercfore, the knowl odge of which can only be imparted by Gad to the prophetic “1f, therefore, God alone oan prophesy, prophecy is, furegard to the couficmation of u religlon to bs Inati tuted and founded, a positive inten- tion by which we are enabled torecog- nizo the divine origin of a religion.” It follows upon this brief analysis of the nature of prophecy that, if the propagation nns conservation of Uhristianlty were prophesied, and that prophecy falfilled, that we have in this faor an [undeniable and irrefragable proof that Christ was God, and the religion He and His apostles preached to the world was dlvine in its origin, and the doottine it proposed divinely revealed The lectarer then enumerated many of the most notable prcphecles, and showed how they had been oconfirmed by history even to our time, supple- | I menting the proof by well-known ex. tracts from Draper and Macauly. Ia enlargiog upon the divinity of Ohristianity, the revorend gentleman adverted to the nnparalleled snocess which accompanted its diffasion through suoccessive generations, which success he held must convinoe every impartial and unblassed thinker that Jesus Christ, the man God, was the author, its guardian and protector,and that the Oathollo church, which is the ltviog organism of that Onristianity, has the sanction of high heaven and is divine. It the church were human, we would naturally expect to find In her history the evidence of decay, decline and dissolation which are met in all merely human institutions, Chbris- tiaus, he olaimed, were willlng to rest the isano upon the application of this teat, aud were content that even the most bitter adversaries of the churoh should make the application, The lecturer then viowed the church | b struggling and triomphing during a weary pligrimage of nearly two thous. and years, and pronounoced it evidence of the moat remarkable fact {n history. And in confirmation of this belief he reviewed the pyeachers of Christianity and contrasted thom with the power— ful oues on eacth. He then referred to the vatare of the doctrines they taught, many of them transcending the lunited capaclty of a naturally proud and aspiring reason; to the morality whioch was as severe as it was uabenair g in 1's exactions, which re- ired tho srcritice of every irregular peactice nnd every inveterate vice. How d.flicalt the task! How impossi- ie, in mere human ground, for these apostles, weak and unlettered men in the eyes of the world, to have been successful! Their trlamphs, however, was & miracle, because it could only have been wrought by the divine power and assistance of God. The speaker then gave a graphlo and eloquent desoription of the en- try of Peter to Rome, .the struggles of ohristianity with paganism, the success of the former and the over- throw of the latter after a contest of many centuries, Introducing in the review, appropriate references to later times, and conoluding a follows: The church hes walked patiently and lovingly, bearlng her orown of thorns like her heavenly bridegroom; she has been often soourged as he was through many a blood stalned Jerus- lem; bat, like him, she bears a charm- ed life, “‘Doomed to death but fated nottodle,” A pligrim of falthand love, with her home in jthe heavene, she asks only a free passage through the world, and though the world and its powers oppose, {mmortality is written on her brow, and she will wear for evermore the laurel wreath of glorious triumph which she has worn for nineteen centuries. - THE JUNIOR PUMPED, Senator Manderson's Views on Lepsed Leand Grants and High License. Chlcago Tribuve. United States Senator Charles F. Manderson, of Nebraska, was at the Grand Paclfic a short time yesterday, on his way home from Washington, and was seen by a Tribune reporter. “There have been some changes in the Federal officeholders to your state,” sald the reporter. “‘Yes, a fow,” replied the senator. “‘Any political significance In them?'" “‘No; none that I know of " ‘‘No paying off of old scores?” “Nothing of the kind. You see, Judge Post has replaced Judge Orounse as collector of internal rev- enue and D, D, Stephenson has been made surveyor general in the place of George 8. Smith, The change was brought about simply because *mith's term had expired, and 1t was a good thing to have a little rotation. Aud then Judge Orounse Is a good lawyer and an ex-member of congress, and he can make more practiclng law. Oh, no; everybody was satlafied." “Will there be any more political swapping of heads of offizes in the statel” i I guess none of any importance.” LAPSED LAND GRANTS, “What are your views on the lapsed land grants question?” 7 “I have not glven that subject much consideration yet. However, the matter of railroad laud grants is a serlous question In our state, the rallroad companies p.{lng no taxes on them, because they allow the title to remaln in the United Btates unill they soll them. This works a serlous injury to the state, because the rail- roads are In possession of the lands and pay nothing towards the support of the state government from them. The Unlon Pacifio, the Burlington & Missourl River In Nebraska, and the Norther:l Pacific n}lrudfil are l'lu interest parties, It will require congresaional legislation to make the companles pay taxes.” ““Will you work to bring thisabout?” “I will, of course. companfes rather expeot just such legialation, and it is in the line of falr treatment, to which, certainly, they can't objeet.” HIGH LICRNOE, By the way, how does high llcense operate In your state?" ‘‘We have the best liquor law inthe Unitid States, and its operationsjfar- ulsh excellont results. The ltcense in citios for onch saloon is $1,000 per year, and fn the little towus $500 per year. Qmaha had 160 saloons before the license law went into effoot, and some of them were pretty bad, too. Now we have only ninety saloons. With 160 saloons the revenue from them was only $16,000, and with onl; ninety, the revenue is $00,000, whiol is 80 much for the school fund, The law I8 of large benefit to the body politlo of the state, In that it has cut off all the little low doggerles, which were the ones that made our troubles, and the ocharactor of the men who keep saloons is better, They are more careful. They had to glve a large bond ~ $6,000—and no saloon-keeper is al- lowed to go on another saloon-keeper's bond, o that there Is no reclproolty between them in this way, which is a good feature of the law. We feel Rood over the fallare of prohibition in 'he rallroad |. and Kansas, for our high-license m gives us control of the liquor troffio, and it lessens many of its evils. You ought to have just such a law in your state,” *‘What do you think of the political on.t};oi“l" foredt t 1s yet too early to jprediot any- thing as to 1884 l‘,tun 1s yet & l‘(:l' sesslon of oongress to intervene. thiok, however, that the prospects for republican sucoess are very good." OIVIL BRRVICE, ““Will the civil service commission be of any practical benefit” ‘I haven't met any of the gentlemen oconstituting it to talk to them since they were appointed. It is the In- auguration of an .xgnlmant_ There aro a great many diffizalties to be overcome. The aversge politician does not like clvil service reform, but 1t 1s certainly a step in the right direc- tion, It relieves, or proposes to re- lieve, menators and congressmen from the placeseckers, who are really the ane of a ocongressman's exlstence. Mr. Eaton, the president of the com- misslon, isa man who has given the subject much atudy, and he s the best man in the country to iaugurate the experiment. I don’t know anythivg about the other members of the com- misalon,"” ————ee PLYMOUTH'S PROTEST. The Malagassy Embasey at Beecher s Church. Spocial Dispatch to Tum B, New Yonk, March 26.—The mem- bers of the Malagaseyj#mbassy attend- er spoke of their oppression and the intrusion from forelgn source, and sald, while this country could not in. terfere between natlons of the Old World, the Uhristlan world should raiso {ts volos in protest. After Mr. Beeoher had spoken, the chlef of the embassy replied in his native tongue, which was {nterpreted to the ocongre- tion, He spoke of his nation striv- ng to raisa in the scale of clvilization, and prayed that the intentfons of Franoce might be frustrated and his natlon be permitted to retain posses- session of thelr island in peace, By motion of Mr. Beecher resolu- tlons were adopted glving the right hand of fellowehip to these brethren andexpreasing ‘‘the [warmestsympathy for “‘the sovereign oitizens of Mada- gasoar in their sttuggle for liberty and independence; and we protest in the name of God, liberty and reputlican- ism against the interforence of any Christian and especially a state c {tse!f republican with th falrs of the island of Madagascar.” A Groundless Report. Bpocial Dispatch toTun Bun, On10A60, March 256.—The report from Pittsburg that the diffsrence be tween the Amalgamated Iron and Steel assoclation, and umflnyu in the Fourth distriot, embracing Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri, had been ad justed on abasis of reduction of 33§ per ocent, seems without toundation. It probably grew out of agreement be- tween the Jollet Iron and Steel com- pany and its men. e ———— The Apacbe War. Bpecial Dispatch to Tus Bux 8r. Louis, March 256.—A dispatoh from Globe, Arizons, says it 1s report- ed and belleved there, notwithstand- statements to the contrary, that the Indlans now ralding through that country killing and depredating on property are White mountain Apaches from San Carlos reservations; that they number sompe 300, divided Into a number of small bands, and are oper- ating In different directions, Tucson, A, T., March 26,—A band of twenty-seven Indlans, who attack- ed the Winchester party, were driven off. They killed twojmen near Win- chester, one sald to be Judge Dibble, of Tombstone Anotherman killed was near Total Wreck. Agent Wilcox says no Indians are off the reservation, Caught ou the Fly. Spectal Dispateh o Tix Brx, Ounicago, March 26,—John ¥, Bar- rell, ex-grand treasurer of the grand lodge of Masons of Xllinols, convicted at Carlinville, Friday, of embezzling the funds of that body, was arrested bere last night as a fugitive from jus- tloe, The arrest was made on the strength of a telegram from the Springfield authorities. He ls under bail pending & motion for a new trial, but as two more indlotments covering other than that imbodied in that on which he was convicted, it was thought he meant to forfet his bal. Hels held pending the arrival of the Spring- fiald officers, THE'ENTOMBED MINERS. Recovery of the Bodies from the Flooded Mine near Barid- wood, Il Thousands of Bxcited People Flock to the Scene of the Disaster, Several Bodies Brought to the Sure face in a Horrible Condition. A Horrible Grave. Special Dispatch to Tux Cnicaco, March 26.—A Braldwood special says early Saturday morning the ' boss of the diamond mine descended to tho bottom, and after oxploring for a short dlstance in different directions, finding several placos where the mino caved in from the eftect of soaking by water and dlscovering black damp plentiful, he went into the south working, which wos found In better condition than the others, About five steps from the starting polnt he discovered the body of one of the drowned miners, water soaksd and bloated beyond recognition, and a little farther on another in the same condl- tlon. Without proceeding further he returned to the surface and on con- sultation it was declded to keep the matter qalet for fear of large crowds assembling before the regular search plrll‘{ entered. The secret leaked out to The Tribune correspondent, how- ever, and the story was told in that paper {to-day. Braiowoon, Ill., March 35, —There are marks of the destroying augel plainly visible in the little town of Dlamond, where at midnight to.night, were brought to the surface the bodies of the miners who loat their llves by the terrible catastrope of Feb. 16, From the earliest hour of the morn- ing, up to the time of the recovery of the bodles, the roads leading to the scene of the awful dissster were blocked with excited people. Last night it was announced the bodies which had been found by the ex- ploring party would be brought to the surface and placed in the morgue. By 10 o'clock a, m. 2,000 peoplo had gathered about the shaft, discussing the probabllity of identification of the bodies. The water was virtually out at midnight last night, enough so as to pormita party of workera to carry on the prep- arations of removing the soapstone and debrls that had fallon in the passage. way. When first entrance was made to the main shaft, it was ascertained the roof had caved to a slight extent. This csused great excitement amon, those above. It was then detormlnus it would be Injudicious to bring up the bodies in the morning, as it was first proposed. During the day private search was instituted and a thorough examination made. While in the sonth workings of the mine the party oame acrous the trap-door, which was embedded in the caved roofs. made i an spite of the black damp that choked them, and discovered, not far ahead, two bodies, both lying upom thelr face. Proceeding further two more bodies, and still fur- ther two more, Upon two of them were huge piles of scap store. Without removing or In way touching them the party retreated before the b) damj that was coming upon them faster an fastor. At 8 o'olcck this evening a searching party secretly prepared for the journey to the depths below. Without attraoting attention were lowered to the cage plates at the bottom, where stood nine inches of water. Prooeeding to where the bod~ ies lay, they were placed upon canvas stretchers and borne to mouth of the main shaft, where ““I were to remaln until midnight when they were to be en- cased in wooden boxes and holsted to the surface. 8, trains that were running dnrln‘ the day have been heavily laden with passengers curlous to gaze upon the discolored features that it was expected would be brought to the surface, At mldnli‘ht two great soft coal torches were, lighted and the party below instructed to send up the frst body. A slight pufficg of the engine, a gentle glide of the oage up from the gloomy shaft, and a body was at the surface ready for removal. A ty of willing par hands selsed the box and it was borne thé morgue where it was placed ipop the floor and crowd allowed to fl:.' und and view the dead in pés that some one would identify the corpse. Nearly half the crowd had passed, when a small boy looking futo the box recognized the features of his father, and orled out, ‘4t Is my father.” The childish identifica- tion proved correct. It was the body of Paddy Wall: The face was in a terrible ocondition, the flesh be- ing red and white and the scalp badly brolsed. Other bodies were then ralsed and two.of them identified as belng Willlam, Johnson and Joo. Huber. Developments are expected to-morrow. Two shifts will be at work all day, working their way through the immease piles of soapstone that has fallen from the roof und blocked the passages. 7The .oearchers, though in great danger of their own lives, so far have met witly no acoldents, Lareo orowds and greak excitement will be witnessed here to~ morrow, Secretary Falger's Condition. Special Dispatch to Tun Brs. W asHINGTON, March 25, —Searetary Folger's physlelan reports at a late hour to-night ihat the conditien of his patient 1s improved. It i true that the secretary 1s suffering from erysipe~ las in the fase and u..fl. hrought on by asevere cold. The dlsease Is ag- gravated by the lowered vltdngl and impaverished condition of the blood, dae to overwork and want of praper natrition; bat it is not ht there l; aa yot any resson for oo appres 0 4 P (I R ] -y -~