Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 16, 1885, Page 1

THE OMAHA DALY BEE ];‘()U RTEENTH YEAR. Wi RE ARE WE HOW? The Ricgsters Wrenohed Prom Their Perpeudicnlar by (Riley 1o ten on the commiitee Bt they wte o0 ter | in the minority as to b almost hopele Sowers, of Adume, the chairman, isone im Laird's strikers and one of the unblughing ralrond tools the stato ever duced, Meikeljohn is & runaway mate Brad Slaugh! all that need ba ssid of him, Paul is cut from tho samo piece W Kendal), Both are notoriow serikers, with p es as far Mayflowe woll of Kamey iv o brott Warden Nobes, and a pocket piece of Stout and like *Barkion” is alweys “willir g This gives a partial pedigreo of four out of b nine, Tre fifth one is BROWN, OF CLAY, of aw Tho Brainy Dounglas Membe g the School Land Thisves last sonata and was #o fastidious upon the sub: jeot of railroad legislation that ho was unasle to find & bill wkich in any manner effested rail road intorest ttat snited him Hin olfacts ories are probably as d.licats nowas they were then, heneo 1o vood need bo expictod of b OF tha otter members, Howell, of York is true man and may be relind npon th dy what hin constivontarequire Buckworth, Motz and Hosbel ara new men, and the Bre hopes to b ble to say many good thiogs of them Lefc bill oa tho eamblirg quostion deservas ising at the hands of the member, was in tho And Throws ihe Ualsominers Into a Confussd Heap, Vigorous Pen $ketches of the Senate Railroad Committeo, Bradford Brothers Want $10,000 Foes in the Morton Case, A LEGISLATOR FOR and each session men ok ONLY, to introduce a half n or more bills for the pur Wack- ng those whose interests most affee. Sometimes the bil's e iatroduced by himselt and often by «thers —unsuspocting dummies, who lacking the ability to form & bill thems:Ives, jump at the chavea to offer any & viven them. This for a con: sideration the billmay b strangled in com- uittesy or withdiawn feom comside In this cawe tho gamblera of N st me down with the cold cash or go to other Somothing will ke said of other cymmittees bit had botter bo deforred to some other Thera is contiderabla excitoment yet over the affairs st the osylum, and_investigations will be wany aud thorough, Your sorresgondout haa noticed that the railrosd managers, when there is a proapect of adverss legiclition en- deavor to put on foot a1 maay investigations ag possible, to_divert public attention _from matters affecting railroad interest, and this sewsion will prove no exception. Troup Elated Over His Bargain With Fleld—Ths ¢ step Up and “Howe-de," amblers Invited to THE LEGISL Special Corzespondenc LiNo Nebraska, Jonu: 14, ~Th» house re-assemblad this afternorn at half past two and en procreding to business the follow ing meesag> f: 1 received and read by the ol “The senats concurs in that part of the house'’s resolution of this date requesting the appointment of a committ2e on the part of the sonate to.ack with thy house committee to io- vestigate the management of stato school lands and bave anthorized the committee heretofore appointed under the senaty resol u- tion, said committee couristiog of Senators Buckwowth, Mills, Spencer, Lo Motz, Cherry and Norris to act with the committie of the house; also to inform the house that the sonate has failed to concue in that part of the house resolution authorizing d joint com- mittes to enzago legal sorvices,' ; This gave Riloy, of Dovglas, an opportunity or TURE Tue B y cl Special telegram to Tre Dek, LINCOLN, January 15.—Tn the house the bill intreduced to pay Bradford Dz Washington, D, C.. the modest sum of $10,~ 900 for alleged services in the celebrated case of the state f Nebraska vs J. Sterling Mor- ton, for tho title to the t evrings of the state, a subject which the Brg will dis in a few days. The speaker announced that the committea to investizate ths school land frauds would be glad to have the co-operation of any person_having knowledge concerning the inquiry and that all suchappear before the committec as early as possible. Troup, of Douglase, who is greatly elated over the sne- cessful bargain made with Speaker Field, which purchased him the chairmanship of the judiciary committer, ‘to-day introduced a bill to amend the constitution 5o as to incressa the salary of the sepreme judges. Troup probab- 1y has his eye on one of thoso vacant seats upon the supreme bench, aud desires that the salary ehall be eomewhat commensurata with his brilliant talent. Chief Juslics Troup will plense wait a few days before doumdg the ju- diclal ermine unti) the public jury has time to consider his case. The BrEis of tha counsel in his case. The houss received a visit from a large delegation of ladies, delegates to the state convention keld to sid the homa for the friendless, Mrs, Bittenbender, of Lincoln, was introduced by the epeaker and spoke at some length in support of a requost to appros priate 10,000 for support of the institu!i The leguslature was invited to attend the fair to-night. Stevenson, of Otoe county, cffered a resolution to app.int & committee to in. quire into the necessity of such an appropria- tion which passed, A FIELD DAY, and on the conclusion of the reading message from the senate, ho immediataly troduced & resolution to the effect that the com mittee appointed yesterday by the house be dismissed and a new committeo of six be appoiated, censisting of three republicans and three democrats, to investigate all transac tion concernivg the leasing and salo of school landd in the stats, the committee to have power to ewploy independent logal advice aud imvestigate the whole subject thoroughly and report to the hous-. In support of his rerolution Riley y forcibly maintained that this mvestigation was necessary; that the stb rney geveral wasan improper person to employ as counsel in prosecuting this investi- gatiou, 15 hs, with the commlssioaer of public lands and the sscretary of stats and treasurer, consti the board havirg in charge the dicposition of said echool linds and s euch was unfitted to advise the committes of investigation. He sdv. strongly to the methods used in tha senate in failing to comply with the terms of the reso- lution ot the huuse, and eaid that the action of the senats tang o virtusl retasal to co- operate with the hiuso it should invest'gate the matter thoroughly and alone. He then quoted figares showing thy acres of schoil land disposad of both by public and by pri- vate sale aid showed that the number of neres eold privately was ton times the number 1d by punlic and legal methods, This he id was sig iticant aud suspicious and it was the right of th: peapls to know what had be- come of their heriige, Troup of Douglas, who may sidered < THE CHAMP ION OF SENATE, Special to the Boo. Liscors, January 15.—Precicely at 10 o'clock this morning th scnate met for legls lative work. The lieutenant governor, who was absent yesterday moruing, appeared ut his post to-day, looking well and pleased with everybody, as well as himeelf, McShane, of Douglas, whose chalr has been vacant during the week, was occupled to-day by that wen- tleman, The business of the day proceeded in aslow and interesting mapner, end calls for no particular mention, Clark's resolution calling for o railroad committea of inquiry, came up for consideration, but created nosti Browa daclined to serve on the committe and suggested that Clark himself bo appointed in his place. This was accepted, end the resolution, ns amended, was adopted. The following belng tte names of the members of the committee: Clark, McAllister, S Putnom and Mills, This beivy settled, the clerk at onee proceeded with the reading of the Dbills before the senate, This continued until 11:30, whea a motion to adjourn until 3 P. 10, Was proposed, ed unanimously now bs con- FIELD and Lancaster vings, followed Riley and his rewarks show how com, letsly Lo wag in their posmcasion. The debate was continued by liller, H lmes who vbjrcted to counsel be- causo ot the expenss, King who asid that any committee appo nted by t usewould be ad- mirably qualiied to prosecute ony investiga- on, Dowpler who requested the roport again bo read, avd a g ntlowan from Webster wh moved that thy report be Lud on the table, On the role bowg called sixty-four mombers voted that the recolution be tabled and twenty- eight against Riley why voted in tho affirmative again appeared on the sceue with a resolution that the previous vote bo recon- sided and he gavo as his reason the fact that the senate had appuinted on its committee four republi and threa democrats which was not complyicg with the resolution of yes terday. CTHIS LED TO SOME[CONFUSION and many inquiries wero made of (he speaker a8 to thy state of the procaedings. Olmst ad requosied that tha original reeo- lution et to tho renatobo read, and the clerk read it. This secmed 0 add confusion to the al. onfueed state of things for one eeatleman immodiatoly after the o erk had finished reading wanted to know whe they were now, However, another roember came HOUSE Special to Tug Bex, Lixcor nuary 15.- At half-past nine the speaker took the chair and cailed the lation of the stats. He advised the matter be taken ho'd of t the beginning of the resston £0 that they might have time sutnciently to counsider this important subject and to nct thorcughly in the mistter, Let this matter be agitate 1 in the houte discussion and sifted to the bottom Nettletn, o lutfor . vircd I ) on this subject as speodily a8 Jf Adame, replisd and twitted Holmes On the mo- 80 to b, tion being put it wos carried b nsiness of the This ended the princivsl morning, for of the jon_ wWas oc: cupied by fing bille. The house took a rece 12 o'clock until 2:30 thi ftarnoon. w from e —— AFFAIRS AT KORT ROBINSON, AN INTERESTING DIEPATOH FROM OUR SPECIAL IESPONDENT. I'n. Neb., January 10.—Two shooting affrays teolk place lnet mizht at the RoBINSON, &aloons on the border of thismilitary reserva- | ion, both of w! ich wore the results of pay s first occurrod at whatis called the neh,” a desperate rescrt on the tiver road, resu'ted in the rerious wounding of John Winkler, the barber of H traop, fifth cavalry, Winkler was shot in the 1eg, the ball lod¢girg in the head of the thigh bona. The same night Private Carter, of I troop, while lying in & drunken stupor, on the floor of Denny Regan's galoen,'was shot in the glut- ea! muscles by John Sales, the keeper of a nsighboring “*hog rauche,” The bill passed around the pelvis and was extracted from the front, Sales, callod * Cotton,” left the conutry. al of Gov to organz3 Siuux county, in the petition prosented him from this s loaves our pople without offi to enforco the Jawa or to approhend law breake:s. There i of n vigilance commuttes ubtless be doue £0on in this live if Sioux county is not given self-government under the statat; The storm which recently p ev : western kn betwoen the Dakota line and the Pl c in the memory of t Snow fell for twenty-two consecutive days, and & genu- ine blizz xd wi.h a wind blowicg at the rate of forty railes an hour, and the 'thermometer averaging 28 © below zero, raged for more than a week, Thero are rumers of several deaths among scttlors to the east of this post, but ne of the reports have yet beon authenti- eated, C J.{M. Hameton, bth Cavalry, and Mr. W. E. Annin, of the firm of Paddock & Co., pest traders, had a terrible exparience in the blizzard on their trio up from Sidney, in the Black Hills coach. and nearly perizhed in the storm, being five days and nights makiog adistance of extymiles. “They were three times lost in the blinding_blizzard and spent three mghts on the praitie with the thermometer 2° below zero, Thecoach in which they rived late on the Safurday night after Christ- mar, bad been toiling through the snow from Sidney since the Mouday previous, ajourney usually accomplisbed with easo in twenty-four houra, 3 "The news of an appropriation for Fort Nis- brara has induced strong hop s in the settlers around this point that Fort Robincon wili n it be much longer neglested, as it has been in the past. Military wuthorities concede i5 to Le by far ths most important frontier post in Nebraska, lying as it does on the left flauk of the Sioux reservation and only sixty miles dis- tant from Pine Ridge Agency. The country adjicant to the reservation is settling up very r pidly, and immigraticn hus been largoly in- duced by assurances tha’ Fort Robinson was to be built up a. dmateriallystiengthened as soon us sufficient appropriations to that end could bo secured, Tha nearest milita t to the astis Fort Niobrara, nearly 200 miles dis- tant. avd which would bs_quite useless 03 a plece of refuge for the settlers of th. western part of Sioux county in case of an outb:eak at Pine Ridge. As there are now nearly two thovsand settlers in the county, which numbrr will be doublei by the close of spring, the importanca of Fort Robinon to thia wotion 1 o constantly incrosing oz, especially a3 from Gordon wist the line of sottlement 1 paral'el to the southern line of the Sioux rererve, There1s a steadily grow- ing feeling that it is unfair and unjust on the part of those who have the matter in charge at Washiogton to provideso bountifully f the Elkhorn valley in the way of military protection, whila the settlers on the White river are loft with o rapidly decaying port, and a paltry garrison of f ur companies, in the most importavt military position ia north- western Nebraska, a position which mu t con- tinus equally mmportan: until the Irdian problem been thorougbly solved by the complete civilization of ~the most blood- thirsty savages in the west. With a strongly buillt post at Fort Niobrara on [3 ens and with one, at leust, equally as strong at Fort R binsonon the west of the Sioux reserve, the sottlers in northwestern Nebraska would feel secure from any probable raid from the north, while a general outbreak could be turned suc- ces-fully from the se tlements on our northern frontier. Withoat Forc R binson this entire on would lie completely at the mercy of the smoalle:t band of marauders who might cheose to descend upon tha settlements avd ravage them befere reli uld reach them from either Niobrara or Laramie, "The feeling is bscoming €0 strong among qur people that vetitious are already in circu- Intion, addressed to our eenators, urging them to make a united effort on behalf of enl reing Fort Robinson and rebuilding its tumble- led in to the ro:cao with un smendment t) Riley’s motion to the effcctthatit be Jaid on the table and the amendment was carriod by 69 to 23, The resolution was thereforc lost. Immediately after Riley hud subsided, Mr. Lee, of Furnas, proposed a resolution to the effect that the railroad committee draft a bill at cariisst opportuuity establishing MAXIMUM BATES OF FARES AND FREIGHT to b charged by railroids in the state and re- portsawe to the houso This was weak at- tompt on the part of Lee to appear virtuous, but beiug surrounded by Thursten, Jobn Tat Hawes, John Moncnester, O, H. ( and forty oher railead cappers, ho was speedily frizhtencd and to make smends and fully ewrn his passcs s d other awag, he not only side tr: his apparent good intent/ons but backed the whole thing off the switch by msving to lay his own reswlution on the table, Mr. Lo will find ont before t»-morzow night that it is a bad thing far & railroad member to esmny the ru o of reformer. Howevor, thero i# not much £ ar of his tryiug iv azain for the cisive vote which tabled Mr, Lees resolu- tion (72 ugainst 18) was probably a fair ndi-- cotion of the trength of the reform eloment 10 the lozislature, he subsidized press of the stato at the late lon in order to wake the legislature as rly unanimous as possiblo aguinst legis ravlioad r-form ignored all qnestions in dircction snd ateadfastly talked of mattors forelgn thereto--tariff reform, party supremicy, etc, oto. Tae schemers now managy when questions of this charactar come upto makea party issue and thus whip in many of the unsuspecting members who are inclined to vote for any_reasonabla bill which has a chanco of pawiog, Whilst on this question of rulroads o word on Lieut.( Shedd's committees may bo_striotly in order, Whan M. Stiedd was soeaker e protended 9 tho FRIENDS OF RAILROAD REFORM house to order. After the usual introductory business and ag soon as the speaker announced motlons, at least forty of thoso present jumped 1o their fest with either bills or reeolutions, wishing to present to the house, Nono of thase, however, were of any importance or called for any remarks until a resolation by Cole of Adamis, was proposdd, This resolu- wanto the following effe That the com- mitteo on railroads be instructed by this houze to report back to this house at ite carliest opportunity a bill regulating fares and freights of all railroads in tho state of brassa. Cole, in introduciog his resolution, said he had every faith in the railroad committee, but ho wanted them to act epecdily, becauss the cry of the peogle of the state was for railroad reform, Holmos, of Pierce, objected. bean presented to the house y ought to wait ubtil the railroad o ported on some of the bills alread or cons‘deration. Th at g introduced Ly irresponsiba p wished to obtain notoriety, h Holmes snd moved the resolu laid on the table, is was, howavel Troup supported the resolution hecs people demanded railroad reform, 'Hae suid if he were on any commitieo he would examine ull and any railroad bills and report. Casper daid the house thould drop every. thing for railroad legi-lation and strongly ad. vised the members of the house to go to th library and find out everything concern railways by readivg the official reports statistics, * At this pont Dempster propose sn amendwent that the railroad committes re- port to the houss before the twentisth day of the seasion, and was of the opivion that the committee on railroads should do its work as early as p ble, Howard, of Clay, supported Dempster's amendment, snd said that two years ago they had to wait until all the bills were considered by tho railroad ¢ inmittee, and that when their rojort was made to the howe it was too late for legislation. The same thing would occur now unless this amendinent was adoptad. Price, of Holt, supported the resolution, sud ridiculed the idea that this resolution would cast any reflection on the railroad com- mittea. This'su jeot demanded ths earnest aud speedy consideration of the house, Em- ereon at this juncrure wished the wmendment read, and the clerk read the smendment, Huarlan favored the motion, and ia en earn- east appeal to the house said the time had come for reform. Every where in the state the cory was the same—reiorm the railway legis. No bill had nd the house nmiktes re given thew ns were be sous wh Peterson agrosd tha' ho would appoint a railioad committee which would treut the question of railroad re form * fairly.” His ¢ mmittee when ap pointed coutisted of 50 many new men that it was difficult to de'ermine whether he scted in ool faith or not, but sbssquent ovents show e people that the committoss was as supple to railroad demands as any that could Lave wrll{ e nsslect d o nttem pto” to escape eriticism by sayin that w'iilst scme were nl<w weo, be h{d ')‘Ill’l.! dence they would bo faithful to the people but that they wers unanle to withstaud the iufiu- ence brought to bear upon them. “This time he has discardad all formulity sud announces a couimittee which certainly must bava challenged the admiration of all the rail- road managers iu the siats, There arc & fow down quarters, —— The Striking Brakemen, Fort Wavx#, Ind., January 15,—Up to this hour the situation of the striking railrond brakemen is practically unchanged. No move- ment has beenmad to-dsy looking toward the movenent of freight trains, The strkers hold absolute sway over the yards of the Pitteburgh, Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad, They keep a patrol mosing upon the shifting engines from tho east yards to irand Rapids junction, a distance of two miles wext, to head off any movement of the officials to. wards starting tho trains, The strikers have sinco the strike becn hoiding meetings in eaboose No. 60, near Lafayette street, intide the city limits, but to-day they decided to move into more commodious quarters, 'They, appropriated ger coach, placed it near their caboosojand will hereaftor hold their atar chamber eessions in the coach, while the caboose will be used a8 & recoption roum, Supt Law says that ho has called upon the city and county au.honties for pro cction, but for somo uneeplained reason d has been rendered. It s thought to- night fome arrists will Ly made to-morrow, but nothirg definite 15 known, meantima t yards of the company aro blocked with lond- 4 freight cars, mavy of them with perish- ablo goods, The strikera doggedly assert that nut & wheel shall turnuatil tho obnoxious double-header system is uholished, It is supp sed ghe fireren will join the strikers to morrow. ~ Tha pay car is due to-morrow. —— Iliinois Senatorial Aspivants, CHieaGo, January 15, - The Inter Ocesn's Sprivgfiold, 1lL, spcial says: The Hon David T, Littler gave dinner this eveniog to varlous aspirauts for the United States sen- atorship. Those prezent were General Logan, Judge Wm, Snider, Congressman Morrison, ieneral Black, Joshus Allen and Carter Har: rison, It wai un enjoyable occasion to the participants, who all engaged in good-nstured wrangla over their respetive chanees for election, Hung for Murder, WeLLSRORO, January 15,—George Tra washaoged in jail here to-day for the wmurder of Mariah Sylvia Chasleston, in Tioga, Pa., April 8, 1888, and burning the remains in & vacant barn te concesl the crime. Afterward he drove her cattle away, claimiug to have bought them, He was convicted on circum. stantial evidence alone, member of the railroxd oom- | mittee, hoped the house would pass the roro- | because it w. s spparent the houee de- | 'WASHINGTON NEWS. The McPhersoa Bill is Virtually De- fealed, Speculatious in Regard to General @rant’s Retiremsnt, Randall Thinks all Appropration Bills Will bs Passed, And Recommends that Nothing Boe Done to . Embarras tho Incoming of the New Administration, o Portrait of Ex-Prosident to be Hung in tho Mam Hayes Corridor, SENATE, Wasnixotoy, D. C. January 16, 188 Halr, from the committes on naval affairs, reported favorsbly tho bill for the relief of the suffercrs by the wreck of the United States steamer ““Taullapoosa, Calendar, Miller, Cala,, introduced a bill 2 th pension of the widow of Ge to 81000 4 * “The renate then proceeded to the contidera- tion of tha billt on ¢ On motiom Mil executive se sion, A portrait of ex-President Hayes painted by Huntiwgton, was_received at the White Houso to-day will bohung in the main cor- eenate went into Whon the doors were reopened the senate adjourned. Senator Morgan made a spsech ceutivo ecasion in favor of the Nicar guan treaty. He diccussed the posmble relations of foreign powers to this subjest, and sct forth at great length the advantage to this conntry, which may be expested to follow the construction of this canal, There were no other speeches. An amendment was offered by Sherman looking to negotiations with Great Britain for the abrogation or amendment of the Clayton- Bulwer treaty before the Nicarsguan treaty shall take effect, - HOUSE, WasiiNGToN, D, D., January 15, 1885, — The epeaker laid before the house 'ths est mate from the commission of the District of Columbia for the appropriation of $10, 00 _to enable them to maintain public order during the ceremonies attending the _dedication cf the Washington monument and the insugu a. tion of the next president; referred. The Tousa then went under a epecial arder to pro- ceed to the con ideration of tha McPherson bl Henly wished to antagonizs it with the question of coneideration, but the speiker ruled euch a question could #ot be raised against the special order. Henly gave noticy that he would Saturday press the Northern Pacific land grant bill for A somew hat Sextended debal Phers n bill eneued Cook was amony those who oppsed ¢ the bl Henderson, of Towa, supported éhe measure, decl,ring it in the intereet of e people and not in the interests of tha banfis. ~Pot er op- posed the bill. He gavo nofeof a m tim to re-commit the bill with_iostiuctisng to the committee on banking and currency to reprrt back the bill which hs read entitled a bill torefund the bonded debt of the United States at 2} per cer t interest 0. reduce taxa- tion upoa the circultating banlg note currency and to socure such currency sgainst unneres sary distur' ance and fluctutions by applying the national revenues economieally to the pay- ment of tha national debt, + Hewitt, New York, thought the vote of New York city would'hn found oast againa the McPherson bill. Howitt advocated the Potter substitute, becanse thatw: uld take the surplus mohey in the treasury and usa it for the purpose of reducing the rate of interest on the bond, while the principal of the bonds would still ‘remain as o basis for bauking. Hunt bricfly advocated the McPberzon biil. Warner, Ohio, offered an amendment au- thorizing the secretary of the trems- ury, that whenever the circulating notes national banks shall fall below £303,318 984 to issue United States notes in sufficientamounts keep the vojume of paper ourrency at all 3 at atotal ot $650,000 000, Wilking then demanded the previons question on the bill and_smendmonts, perd- which Millsmoved the House adjourn, stat- iog that the democrats wished to hold a caucus, The motion was carried, yeas 130 nays 112, While this was in o sense a test vota on the Te Pherson _ bill (many members voting in the affirmative in order that the cancus might be held) it operates as a virtual defeat of that measuro, as ths special order is not tho continuancy order, Buckner, chairman of the banking snd cur- rency committee, sald to an associated pr ss reportar: “*“That eettles the bill, we will nover again bo able to'get it before 1he house,” Pending tho anvouncement of the votes, tha house ¢n-curred in the senate amendment to the six months naval avpropiiation bill and Randall, Holman and Long were appointed conferees, Adjourned, en the Me- WASHINGTON NEWS, SPECULATIONS ABOUT THE GRANT BILL, Special Telegram to The Bea, WasniING10N, January 15,~There s cou- siderable inquiry here to-day as regards to the amount of salary Gen ral Grant will re. ceivo in case the house concurg in theill plac. ing him on the retired list,'which pastoi the senate yesterday, Of couree, he will roceive thosame salary as General Sherman now re. ceives, but the difficulty is tosscertain exactly how much General Sherman geceives. Army officers, a5 & rule, conceal the Amouut of their y. The money is not appgopriated direct, as axe ralaries paid the civil employes. 1t goes to them in parcele, so much for salary, s0 much for leugth of ‘service, so much tor rations, and ‘in other ways. General Shermav’s salary amounts in sl to about 17,700 per yer lttle more than double the amount roceived by eabinet officers or justices of the supreme court. General Slocum, who has chargo of the Grant 1ill in tho h use, is urged to move the senate bill us awnbstitute, At the demoeratic cancus to Fe held to-night Speaker Curlisle aays the order of business will be arranged. It is understood that the Grant bill will be one of the measures to be considered, us will also the various pub lic building bills, The idaa is to pass all bills that are meritorfous, and as far as porsiblo to pr m ou the democratic side of the house on auy msasure, In an interview with Col. Lamout, the president-elect’s pri accretary, published in the New York World, ths colonel denies . that thero is aiy matked seramble for office under the new ad- ministration. Ho says the numberof applica- tions for office is quite small, and indicates that Clevelsud has made no pledges of any sort Political Trickery. Special telegram to the Bre, WasHINGTON, Janary 15.—Blaine is getting to be almost as active as he was during the late campaign. Democratio senators trace his mischicvous influence to two very recent attempts to embareass Cleveland, They bold him responsible for the debate over the Sher- man Jefferson Davis controveray, which they OMAHA, NEB., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1885, eny ke had precipitated with & view of etirr. ing the southern democrats up, in the h that they might ray or do would be offensive to the paople of the nozth They regret that any s uthern senator suf. fered himself to be drawn foto the debate on this vubject, but they think tht what was said by the ‘southern men wiil not bs obrox. ious to ho senso of the right «f many, It was brcaueo they detecled Blafie's pur pose that the leaders of the demorati cnt the debate uffering only two dem: crata, Brown and Vance, to speat, and allow ing them on y bee uso they had 'been men tivned by My, Sherman. The other attempt was that embodied 1n a Washington dispatch published recently, which etated that_the routhern advisory board had been oreated by and was composed of suthern senators, who wero tribute the patro of the south for Cleveland. Thisreport was ab olutely un tiuo, s ko pronounced by all southern eenators, including those who were mentioned a8 members of the board, Rivers a The committee on to recommerd an appropriation of $150,000 for Now Orloans harbor on the ground that it is o harbor of rofuge and a cit of & great sevport, Recommendations o appropri (tions for other hurbors onthe Mis- i, made by the Mississippi river com on, will not be eon-idered An appro 0 f $350,000 is recommended for big ol shoal and £50,00) for the Te ¢ viver above Chattan oga, The committee also recommend the ment of & commiseion of soven mom! 1y engine s, onw coast survey cfficer and fonr ciyvilians to examine tha work in progrets on the vartous rivers and ha bors and 1eport to_congress, the comuission to be in existence but one year, The membs of the housn committee on public health express the opinion to be fmpossible, owing to the ehort time romai ing beforo adjournmens of con- gress to pass the bill providin i to protect tho public health, ¥ ever, rec wmend the appropriations cormit- teo to report an appropriation to sid in thy prevention and spread of the cholera, should it appear in the country within the next year THE DEMOCRATIO CAUCUS, Tmmediutely after adjeurnment this after- noon the democrafic members of the house held a short caveus. It was avnounced that its object was to agreo upon a a plan of work duriog the remainder of the eession, No plan, however,was pre ented.§Randall smd he had called the cancus simply t) acquaint the members with 1he condition of the appropria- tion mewsures. Ho was of tho opinion that thera would_ be no diaskreament between the two houses of congress and every appropria- tion bill would be passed before " the 4ih of March, He recommends that nothing be done which would in any way embarras’ the new administration. NOMINATIONS, William A, Richardeon, judge of tha court of claims, to bo chief justice of the court of claime. John Davie, of the District of Col- umbis, to be judge of the court of claims Mr. Davis is the present assistant secretary of state, Richardson takes the place of Chief Justice Drake, retired. e New York Senatorial Aspirants. Special Telegram to Tre Br, Arpaxy, N. Y., January 1 -Governor Cornell has arrived from New York and per- sonally taken charge of Morton’s canvase. One of the Evarts leaders on sceing Cornell at the Delevan houze said: “‘There must be some great necessity or Mr. Correll would not be tummoned here by the Morton leaders,” Mr. Cornell took the room which he occupied while spaaker of the asembly in 1873, Thera he was soon visited by scores of political friends. Thronghout the evening hix rom 8 a8’ crowded al itical Meadguarts.s. Mer. Cornell mede no d sguise of his interest in Mr, Morton’s canvass aud it was evident tonight that ke wes throwing his reat influerce in the state in Mr. orton’s favor, Meanwhile the headquart-rs of Mr, Tvarts and Mr. Morton were full of Life. Persons entering the Delavan house found great plicards pusted up oa the whito pillars of the lower corridor, rtating that Lovi P. Morton, William M. Evaris and Leslio W. Russell were candidates for United States sinator, and that ther headqnarters would be fouud in the corridor above, It was antfe- ipated that & placard_announcing the candi- dacy of Frank Hiscocle wou'd appear during the day, but his managers for rome unknown reason made no such apnouncement, An immense crowd of politicians crowded the lower corridor all duy, Up stairs the Ivarts and Morton leaders were in council nearly ail day Ex Senator Hamiltor Hartis, of this city, took_the man- agement of Mr. Evarts’ canvass, With bim, there was seated at & tuble on which M- Evats’ campaign was marked onk O o, man Henry G. Burleigh, of Whitchiall, " I'he presence of Mr. Burleigh was generally inter- preted as a rign that President Arthurand s friends had_decided to support Mr. Evarts Andrew S, Draper, chairman of the execu- tive committee’ of the republican state committee, aud James S Smart, of Cambridge, who are personal friends of President A-thur, were in friquent consulta- tion with Mr. Burleigh and Mr. Harris dur- ing the day. Indeed the Arthur men made no disguise of the fact that they were gong to do theie best to elect Mr. Evarts, ——— 6t, John Interviewed, MiNsearoL1s, January 15, —The Associated press agent asked St, John to-day if he would coneent to make a public statement regarding the Clarkson-Leeate publications, which re- gord his course dwing the late campaign. “No,” eaid he, “I have thus far declined to make any statement beyond a mere deaial of the accusstions, but I may prepare n state- ment and furnith you with the manuscript before I leave the city. 1 have not yet deter- mined, Tf I conclu 6 to ans«er the chargaat all, further then to deny tho whole affsic £ will Dot depend upou the memory or anyons, hut will furnish the copy to you mygelf, The charges are false from beglnning to end. Le gato s now tha strongest witness against my accusers, and I have vo commusication with him or any oue else about the matter. The associated prees dispatch s for the last few daya shuld bo sufficlent proof to anycne that the chargos are falee, L gato adiita thit theletter, or part ofit, isaforgery All Tdesirs to'say now e, that I am ionocent of tho.e charges, and 1 hope I do not 1ok like a guilty man.If I conclude to make a publicstatement I will furnish you with a copy over my own slgnuture.” This was all the governor had to say about the recont pablications, Iuciden- tally he said ho bad ten times as many offers to lucture as he could accept. S—————— 0pe something which A Harbors, rivers and harbora de. ap- s, Another Big Fire in Fecumseh, Johuson County Journal January 15, At about six o'clock Wednesrday morning the alarm of firs was given by the ringing of bells and the blowing of whistles, The streets were soon filled with of our citizens anxious to reach the scene of the fire and render all possible assistance, Testimony sppears to show that tho flames were first discovered in the room of or liately back of R, P. Bhuck's fruit stand on Clay street, Ina few momerts the flames had possestion of S, Tingle’s building ceeupied by Ofili & Spu gin, 1 bateher shop, and Fred Keymeor, & harness shop, while V, D, Metealf also bud his law office up-stairr, Next came the building ocoupled by Martin & Montz w1 s billiwd ball, owned by Willard Stewart, of Lincoln, Then the building owned and vecupiod by A. P, Wil 80 was consumned, but by dint of hard work the law offica of Pinero & Chapman wus saved and that, too, after the buildiog had cavght fire, 3. P. Mingle had 81,000 insuance on his building; Willard Stewart bad 1,000 insurance. Fred Keymer had his tock insured for $1,000 but geaved imost of his goods. Offill & Spurgin, Martin & Montz and A, P. Wilson saved most of their goods aving light inswance. V. D. Metealfe lost bis entire law library. and maoy other valus. mm NO. 1 R, P. Shuck had " THE W[lifil(ETS. Cattle Lower aud No Improvement Bx- peoted This Week, nrticles, no insurance 0 iuturance on his stock, but saved some It is & mystery how the fire Total loes abous £4,000 or £5,000, December occureod on the 15th took placo oo the 14th, of his goods, orisinated Our fire in while this one one mouth later S— Cincinnati Blection Investigation, CINCINNATI, January 16, The $pringer con groasional commmittos inveatigating the conduct of the Octchor eliction in this district y «d the testimony of Amos Ludinglon, aid o pervisor of the Raco street precives of he Eghth ward, Tho colored people did not take charge run_thiogs their own wav, cunllonged_every nogro, In somo o fore the judges had time to examine the man the dem crats would shout “He's rep.ater” nud he would b jerked down and beaten til ho ran away. The deputy shoriffs, armet with dray pioe, oid-red tho deputy morihas and supervisors out of tho p.lling plac:e Ono of tham way in the reom Low, ad to- day thr.atened the witness, Judge Foraker asked it Phillips was presont. . Witn powuted him out, and Phillips aros and og ing ot the witneks, seid “You lie. Wi 5 1d that ho had bsen told that witne ned him, Witn s eaid that o bickory club in his hand had_ordered it of €10 plling place, Heput his hand on tha ballot box «nd stood at his post. uel Tayloi (culored), a bauk messeng T, told s effort to vote at thia precinet, He wis challenged by o colored democrat, the culy coored man ho I hera, "t judgo. av - poioted men to go with him to see whera o, ho lived. 'Lhe moment ho st-pped CHIOAGO MARKKTS, duwa, ho wan knocked down, Ho got up avd caTILE, ran away, Did not daro to ga back Later s o The Dex, wary 16, —Cattle aro lower while on businoss for the banl, he was pass within & square or two of the polla when he ¢ saw o mob alter Anderson Hennett, (colored.) | aud the outlook at presont is that thero will The mob turned on him, He showed two scats | bo no improvement for the Pemainder of the enthe top of his head and ono on his 1ib | yeele, nt least the receipts aro ave d by wouuds then recsived, He was AP 1 put ina patrol wegon and bad a chanco to sce | 00 per day and are considerably ahe tho mob trying to kill Benuett i the nonso | this time last week, The declive includes -l-{ llm{\flm '\Vvlllvh \\IL‘-‘n- |l]u- h-lukl refuges | a1l gorta, but is;more noticeable on medium Jennett was finally put in the patrol wagon e i aud the mob threw bouldecs at him in the | #nd common steers. 'The spred is wide just wagon.” now between fat and balf fat steors, fally $100@1 25, The demand for cows and mixed stock remains steady; canning stock fhas been rather too plentiful fora day or two, and is elow, and prices on the same rather weak. There is nore active business in stockers and feeders and prices are quoted strovger than on Monday and considerably higher than a week ago. The cold weather hss almost shut Receipts are Averaging About 8,000 Por Day. Advonoed Ten Conts nd Closed Firm: tosd Hoga Hav» o Wheat Flootaated and Clo Trifle Weak. tinues to Rale and Yirm, Oate In Good Demand—iye Firme Provisions Generally Higher and Fir al Tel, Citioaco, ehiiaalm ¥ailure of John J, Cisco & Son, New Youk, January 16,1t was officially announced shortly after the close of business that thoold bankiog finn of Jno. J. Cisco & Son hed mado an_assignment to Louis May formerly of tho fiim of May & King, bankers, who is also the assignee of Halstead, Haines | & Co., which concorn suspended some months ago. The fim was intimately connected fnancially for many years with the Louis- ville & Nashville, and Houston & Texas Con- tral Railread ' companies; owing to _the shrinkago of values of the above securities reports were started several days ago that the firm was _embarragsed. Although the repbrts affecting the credit were denied at the ~timo, they led to a steady and increasing run by “depositors and it was desmed best for the Lenefit of all the creditors to make un assignment without pref- erences, for the purpose of a gridual liquida- tion and 05 genarally believed this afternoon, the matter is rather in the nature of liquida: tion (han a failure, as it is stated that all d positors will be paid in full as goon as the se- curitics can be realized upon, No statement has yet beon mada up. The present partners are John A, , gon of John J. Cisco, and F. A. Foots. The late Juhn J. Cisco was for a long time treasurer of the United States at New York. ~All monies deposited with the firm to-day will be returned to-morrow. — —em—— Frotestant Monks, New Yons, Javuary 15.—The correspon- dence betwean Bishop Lee, of W ilmington, Del., and<Dr, Pyfter, in sion of Mr Huntiogton to the Oider of the Holy Cross, bas been made public. Bishop Leo condems Potter’s action in the matter strongly, characterizing the iofluence of the order as evil and pernicious. He entreats Pot- ter not to repra® the act, wishing the present act might be und ne. In reply Bishop Pot- ter says the ceremony did not “commend jteelf wholly to his taste or judgment. The young man had token practically the ~rame vow taken by a woman who joi the sist: thood, "What is the objection to brotheihood if thera was none to a sisterhood? He laims the course pursuod h'y Huntiogton t0 be & necestity in order to perform a mistion of good among thcse whom he intends to work. Potter then enters into the question of the cffact of his action upen the church and fays if the Episcopata decide to did wrong he will relense Huntiogton from the obligations without however, surrendering bis own judg- ment a8 to expediency and propriety of his action, off trading in milkers and only fancy animals can be dieposed of at anything like a fair price. Speculators and jobbers, who deal in the common kinds, are out of the market at present. Good to choice shipping, 1,3 1 500 pounds, $5 40 @S5 90; 1,200 andf§ pounds, $5 10 $5 60; common to fair, 2400 850 1uferior to fair butchering stock, $2 40 §3 25; medium to choic:, £3 25 24 25; stock- ers, §3 30@4 00; feeders, $1 00@4 6), HC In this marke® business was active and prices stvong and Bien conts higher, reeov- ering the docline of yesterday, selling fully as high as on Monday. Sales: Common and rough packera around abous 4 15@4 25, fair to choice 4 35@4 45, and best 4 H0@4 60 with choice assorted hoavy st 4 66@4 75, Closely assorted light at 4 40@4 50; common light, 4 20@4 30 and pigs 4 10@4 15. Packing and thipping 240240 lbs, 400@475. Light 160@210 1bs,, 4+ 20@4 50. Values on 'change o-day were more or less unsettled beicg sub- t0 alternate spurts of rtrength and weak- nees, the opéning was o few points Jower all aroud but steady buying until well toward noon raised it 1} conte, At figures then current ) P active reslizing and o decline of §, the close at 1'a’clock i e oty e piseo ot Loiolonk belneabon and generally a shade lower. WHEAT. was from joto fc lower at the opening as compared with Wednesday’s closing figores, Until about noon the tecling was stoudy and firm with a tendency upwazd, a larga namber of representativo houses Covering in thei shorts and going long on stuff on its merits. Later thers was & froo realiziog and a pastial loss of thepr vious advance withous the mar- ket being quotably weak. At the close of the morning session the market was firm, No 2 spring was quoted ewly at 814 and nominally at 803c later, CORN continues to rule steady without altracting perticular attention, To-dav it.was relatively stronger than wheat though far more quiet. No. 2 cash sold at 38c. 0ATS wiro in good demand for the favorite specula. tive option, Notwithstanding the unusually heavy receipts fluctuations were within 4 and a the close of the morning session steady. RYE ruled generally firmer and was_in] fair de mand with offarings somewhat below tha av: erage, . 2 cash was called for at Goc, while 66 bid for Ma, Track stuff i24¢ for No, 3 to No. 2, PROVISIONS generally showed a hi her range of prices and more firmness 4% ths opening. owing to the light estimated hog receipts and considerable uncertainty a8 to what they would actually Le, u trains being late, The early strength and upward tendoncy in wheat and other grains added to the better feeling and he'ped the market up 74, but at the advance more stuff was brovght out than the merket could absorb and the subsequent down turn sggregated 15, Lard and ribs wero both steadier with fluctuations within moderato lim Cash stuff wasa littlo better than nominal at the following quotations: Pork, $12 25; lard, 86 85@36 90; ribe, 86 10@$6 Closo of tho morning sossion was firm, e — The New York Bond Market, Special Telegram to Tng Bik, Niw Yonk, January 14.—A weak spot In the bond markot was the default by the Cen- tral Towa on $3,750,000 first mortgage bonds. This is & Russell Bage road and the venorable vice-president is out with an explanation thiv afternoon, He says tho coupons are beiog pu chased by the Mercautile Trust company , and will ba repaid out of the firet g The directors ara ar- ranging o plan for psyivg in cash one-half of the four par cent conpons on the divislonal bunds, the other half to be converted with the consolidated bonds, This is expected to <o the company of ils flonting devt and lo it to complete the brigge across the sippi at Keithsburz, The deficlency 18 buted to the loss of carnings because of ecant cropsin the past two years, Neal Must Hang, LouisviLLy, January 15--The court of appeals haviog affirmed the decision of the court be- low and refused to rcopen the case of Wi, Neal, convicted of murder, Gov, Knott to day signed the death warrant, and fixed ¥ri- day, February 27th, for the excoution, Neal is the last of the awful porpeirators of the Asbland murder, when the Gibbon family was killed after two young girls were euts raged, o —— A Bhort Casbier Missing, BALTIMORE, January 16,—Thomas Grabam cashier of the Balti ro & Obio Worke, at Mouut Cl. is wisting. Ho is short over 10,000, The company i protected by good Londsmen, —————— A Boil In the Neck, PaNama, January 5,—The most alarming condition of sffairs prevails throughout the republic. A general conflict is imminent. civil war is under way In Cundinamaraca, B.yacs, Santander, Magdalens aud secms about to break out in the important state of Cauca. Hera in Panama more trouble may occur, but there will by little blo.dshed. Heavy fight has _al Jace in the interior. The arty has joined a faction of the conservatives, They e endeavoring t» turn oub the ‘liberal governments in different states, which ara etrongly supported by the govern: nt of President Nunez, Then, if they are succee:ful they will nnite the stases thsy hold, and make an attempt to overthrow the general government, Severe skirmishes ocenrred in Sentander aud Boyaca, A cable this morn- ing says a battle has taken place at Tunja in Joyaca, in which the federal forces were de- ated, The commander in chief, Gen, Mon tifar and another general were killed. o — Bandits' Work in Mexico. 8an Francisco, January 16,—The Chroni cle’s Ban Diego special gives the following particulars of the outbreak at Enseada, Mexico: At midnight Saturday the sargeant of the guard was bayonetted by a seatry in the back while sitting in his tent, The house of Captain Rico was broken into and the captain shot dead in bed. His wife was _seized and the ‘money in the house demanded, She said there was none, She was clubbed to death with mus. kets and the house pillaged. One thousand dollars and other valuables were taken, Ail horsesin the village wers collected by the mutiveers who departed. Thedlieutenant who s taked with them ashort” distanca was clubbed and left for dead, He afterward covered and returned to the vilaage, It is thought his ivjuries are not fatal. The noted bandit, Pancho Lopez planned the revolt and leads the party which is campsd at Jacumbe. L — The OCincinnati Whisky Market, INNATI, January 15,—Tho whieky mar kot which was unsettled for the past few days by roason of the large quantity thrown on this market contrary to the usual manner of disposing of the priduction at that point, resumed & mormal condition to-day, The plus from abr ad was bought by two u08, and it is said measures will be taken to prevent a recurrence of the ewbarrvass: ment, 18 tor Grinnell, Boston, January 15, —Rev, Charles F, Thwing, pastor of tho North avenus Congre. gitional chusch, Cambridge, bus reccived "an invitation to bacome the successor <f the ey, Dr, Magoon, s president of the Lowa college at Gringell, Towa, e Cremated, LaNcastew, January 15.—The fourth cre mation took place st Lancaster at the crema: ory to-day noon when the body of Major Chas. D, Isr..a!y, of 8t. Loule, who commitied suicide at his home o that' city on Friday night, was incinerated. ; e e— Oharges Returned, WaASHINGTON, Junuary 14.--Charges pro- ferred against General McKeever by Hazen have been returned by the latter £ cor. No of 1 not'ce can be taken of thew, —— The Hocking Valley, Corvnpus, Ohie, nusry 14,— Reports from the Hocking Valley this evening are thet uwli thing is quiet, though the gencral feeling in of fear that trouble may ccour at wny moment,