Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 11, 1885, Page 1

FOURTEENTH YEA LINGOLN. Auother Interesting Batch of Honsg | ehe e Bills Ontlined, A Variety of Subjects Tackled by the Legislative Solons. Omaha Senators’ Favorite Pas- time, Fixing the Slocum Law, Liucoln Swarming With Railroad Lawyers and Agents Busily Priming Thamselves “for the Anticipated Fight. Oapital “hat—The Zediker Family— Lady Clerks—Roller Skatiog Pay of Members, LEGISLATIVE LITERATURE. A FEW MORE BILLS OUTLINED, Spocial Corre-pondence to Tue Bre, LiNcory, Neb., Februsry 11.—Following isa brief outllue of the bills now before the house: COUNTY GOVERSME House, 207—(iienv, Detailed echedule for ABHORROTY, Hlouse, 168 -Taggart, Relating to echool government aud school di-tricts, House, 230 —~Winspear, Oath and duties of assessors, House 164 —Crook, Authorizing treasurers 10 sell real estate in villages for delinquent taxes. House, 203 —Hazen, Establising a umiform rate of assessment throughout the state at one-third valum. House, 137 - Luce, Abolishing township or gonization, House, Paterson, Determining the lia- bility of ‘counties and towns for injury to pee- ot or property by uefective high vays, House, 257— Rovertson, Debniog method of submitii. g to voters relocation of couuty seats, requiring o throe-filths vote to change, ana prohibiting change whers the county has expen ed over $2,000 ia buildiugs, House, 259 —Waite, Proviving tor the pub- lication of treasurers’ statements annually. Hous:, 2 6 Riley, Authorizig commis- sioners of counties in which of civies of the firat class sre situated, to grade or pave roads leadiug «hereto, two third« of cos to by paid out of road fund, balance assesscd to abutting property. House, 248—Liebhart, Defining qualifica. tions of coun y saperintendonts of schools. House, 224 ~Muon, Authorizing shade traes and sidewalas along u lic rosds and pro- Vidiog f. r trimming hedges and cutting wee s along puble ruade, House, 240 Adams, Authorizing bounties for killi g wolven, wildcats and coyo.cs. Houte 189 - Emerson, Form ot bilance sheet { r treasurer, to be fileu with clerk semi annually. House 228 ~Thom son, Providing that senior commissioner shall b3 chairman of the board and sign xll warrants on the treasury. House 212-Mu m, Providig for couaty court in o gavized counties Hous R tax and cxemptions Jherefrom, THE COURTS, House, 154—Wright, Authorizing judges of district conrts £ appoin. & couce e mmis sioner, who shal be an attoim-y, to whom tha court may rofer, with ¢omsent of parties, ity cases, questions of fact, and tuking of acconnts Hou of Cuvil code courts. House, 165 - Branver, Organizing instead of county coarts, t oftice for four years au year. House, 211—Johnston, Pro iding that su preme conrt judgeschall fie writien opinion withio wixty auys uiter ¢ use is submisted, which opinion #hail not witsrwards be changed or modifie 1, ting to road Amending section 1100 jug to actious in justices circuit judge to hold alary of $2,000 u AGHICULTURE, House, 177—Th mpso s t0 pay @ brunty of 8355 per acre to any person who shll plant aud cultivace forest trees, nut 1 ro (hau ¢ight {Le; apart, in row and ros four foct aparc, Houso, 2603 It, Proyiding for printing £,0.0 copics of 1he anuual repoct of tav stats Board of a u'tace, House, 67 Newcomer Providing that a edge of O«ago 0 ange of at least 000 row of anc, bitesn inch s wpart, shall ¢ nstitn o wiul fonce; willaws, 15 inches wpart, 2 Wiameter, wnd 6 feet igh. Houw, 242—H I, Providing for_appoint- et of police at state and county sairs, authorizing coun a cLatys,t 209—Bailoy, of Clay, Whereas and wher foe, H C. Dawson wis warden of the peurtentiury ¢wo years snd ¢ n months, aad during that term I+ p i lont o s o wa pocket the coxt of supportiog his family—hmss rent, fuel, conveying mail ond other living ex penses, and appropaating $4,980 to reiwbucse . Houso. 1 House, gene Munn, *“Wh Tan ¢ e raska is justly indebt Samuel Baeon iu the sun .00 ways the titl-) for kaevic s as priveipa of the blind institute, wnd approprisiog the above amount, House, Stevenon, 411,004 to rei uburse Ot i reurre dia ihe f W ‘averly mu durer. House. 176-~Holmes, Appropriating 8 826 to, sy u number,of Lincols citizens for money alle god to haye been wdvinced to tha uni- Vers \ty for repairs in 18/7 SIATE INSUTUTIC Ho, 15% 186—Barney, App opriating $30, 000 fon the erection of two addiions to the Kearns v reform school, Houw * 236 —Ka'ey. Estsblishing a normal school at Rad Clus, providiog, the town put up the co +¢ of the biidiog, 811,000, House, 3~ Howard, tavidiog the univer- sity into five depwitivents, viz: Literature, sclence and »rti 2 wdustrial college; 3, law; 4, medicioe, House, 00, Providing for a ¢ ntral asylum for th, +iusane at Columbng axd ap Propriating $1. 0,000 for the swme. il Stovenson, Revreaniving the “Wom n's Asso clate Coarivdes” as a state institution « nd @) ‘propriating ¥15 000 for the erection of neces nildings as Li-eola, House, efors, d 1o Anpropriating 10 county for ex ponsas al of Quin Bohanaa, the Seal of North Carolina ia| (80 | roviding fur the estab . R. lishment of *“The College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts,” the loeation to be «pen & county competition, The bonus must uot be lens than 640 acres of 1and and $2,000 cash The bill appropriates £,000 for the erection ol necessary bulldings, onme, 235 Buffington, The state peniten tiary bill recently pablished in full, MEDICAL, House, 144—Adams, To prevent the spread of contagions dis ases among domastic animals and providiog for the apoointment of a vet erinary surgeon at a saiary of 82100 a yesr; alko a +anitary commission of threa persons to act with the surgeon when any contagious dis: ense appears, House, 185—Taylor, Similar to 144, PUBLIC CARRIERS, House, 219 ~Lee, To prevent freight and ouns ruction tr. ins runping on Sunday, coptions are made in case of war, insurr orriot, or to furnlsh relief for suff-rer canes of wrecksand stock trains; penalty for vivlation, House, wabling employes of railroads to recover £ psrsonal injuries, MISCELLAEOUS Peterson, Auhoriz'ng the in corpor tion of | detentive association, with bond of 10,000, to futhfully and honeetly terret cut coimina's, preserve ioviolate secr ts of state avd other wecra's c nfided to the m:mbers, must not chirge ¢ xcessive feer, and must swear tosuppo.t the Unitd States and state constitutions, Houee, 268 Johnston, Charging the name of the First Mothodist church of Lincola to 85, Paul Methodist church, Houss, 171 -Harlay, Punishing parsons who attempt tha releass «f prisiners by force or by the introduction « f tools into prisons, ¥ 108 - Lew, Exempiing pensiners, dirabled soldiers aud iavalids fron payment of poll tax, Houte, 124—Cole, Establishine a military code and appro; riating 10,000 annu dly for the eupport of the mi itary, The aljutant general i« t receive $500 a year uud the hieh p ivates $2 a day while on duty, on parids and encamnpmeant, House, 170—Ru-sel, Providing for a geo: logical wnd mineralogical survey of the state. the chief to recoive $2,000 a year; assistant $:00, House, 197—Riley, Concerning of carrying into effect of intent of parties conveying real estate, ax shown in couveyance. 246 Making it a mirdemeanor for any officer to charge an illsgal fe House 259 Williams, Authorizing coun- ties, precinets, towns, villages and school dis tricts to fand their indebted ness, House, 263 - Munn, Providing fr the care and management of cemateries, House, 264—Blaco, To leza'ize the contract betwesn George Southerland and Was' ioeton and Hurt couuties for digging the Fish creek diteh. House, 2/7—Kailey, Providing that towns and villages haviog between 1,500 and population shall be cicies of the sacond cliss, House, 241—Thomuson, Providiig for can- celling insurance policies at request of party married, Hou-e, 208 -Callahan, Providing that tixes ehall become delinguent May 1st of eich year House, 191 -Howard, Defining gambling and betting aud providiog for suppression of botb. House, 175 —Nettleton, Providing for tak- ing the ceusus of the state this year, in nc- cordance with the forms 1-ed by cone gress and making approprintion thersfor, House, 244—Johnston, To prevent pooling in insurance rates Hose 226—Cole, Defining duties of judges 1 ction. House 232 - Holt, Providirg that sub-divi. sion of less than five of territny coutig: nous to incorporated cities, shall becoms part of 51id cities. H use 245 -Cole, Definiog tax on ineu-avce premiums, 3 —Thomas, Appropr'ating 335,000 t of incidental expenses of the leg- House, 195 of iel ture, House 217 Hous mort ag d p Hous 2 18 Trwin, Same s 208 Enerman, Regulating sale of perty. Finance C mmittee, Travsfer- t sink ne fuid lor, Provi g for ce stock brand by the secratary of state, SENAT Lixcowx, February 10, nate put 1n the morning bour in hearivg reports of com. mittees, and considering bills in the com 11t teo of the whole, The Mete liguer bill was ymmeod=d to pass, Senator Paul intro- duced a W1l to d-fine embeszlement on rail road trains by employes, Semator McShuns introduced avother liguer amendment, 1t seems to be a fuvorite pastime for the Omaha senators to tamper with the Slocumb law, wkich i+ gonerally considered nearly perfect. The committeo of the whole, with Senator McAllister in the chair, spent mo:t of the time in ring Sinate Kles 61 Thess wers iuteoduced Spe ording onsid b Ly Senator r, aud the first provides for the ab lish- {ment of the genoral grind jury sy-tem, and the second for’ the eleciion of ¢ unty at ney, and fixiog his datice and pay. Atter © o sid ab'e aicossion and sy mwor | amendments, the bils were recommended to wpas. Tueyare nearly the sawe io sub- stance as tho Lills p sed tw s years ago, snd d by the governor. Whother they will the sama fats tuis time renaing to be a1 1 bby oc upiad saata in the gal- lery this morning aod s fied tha vear phy ognomy of tw varions senators. Son; work 14 baing done ia view of the appr ache ing fight tr-morrow. L mnett, of the Pull man car compuny, i+ here working aginst & bidl futrouuced i the house o of sleapiog and dwiog cuo. Tha oduce 1 by Represutative H 2 Tuis pesbablsa n membors wiil soon be eating sud sloeping in Pullman cars, AFTRRNOON Special Tolezram to the By, LixcoLN, February 10,—The senats €pent the entirs 2/te noon ssasion in the committes of the whole und rushadninstean bills theough, killing three of them, Most of those were SESSION, crimiual cota, Threa railroad bils wee Among the uuk' r couridsead, aud they weie rocommen ded tur passage withous dis-ent. The bil's wers for the erecti m of bullstin boards at all ststions, & vieg the time of ar rival and departace ot all trains, compelliag the ralro.ds to sche'sle dor public usy the pa coger.s id { eight rates, snd com ,ml i0g 3ounsctiog rovds to roceive and trane: or froight. Senasor McShaue presded over the committee. THE HOUSF Special correspondenco to Tuk Bax. Lixcows, February 40.—Ths rauk sed file and 62, | ctive | relative to the | amendm ndments to the compilad statutes on | week. uennlly turn up on Monday morning early but it was eveniog of the same day before they marched into line on the present occasion. They are at their posts sup. plemented by many new officers who until now have been absent. The highways and Lyeways have been scoured to bring these ad ditional helpers into the fold. Toe entire railroad lagal staff s here with the ticket ngeots, the freight agents and % It strikes one that the ouly persons belonging to the Jines not at present in Lin coln are the eoginecrs and conductors and those absolutely neceesary to work the roads This will give your readers how desperately the railroads will fight in order to frustrate legislation beneficial to the people of the On authentic authority, 8 person on whoss 1 overy reliance may ba placed, says that y effort, every device and every available o biing tried by the railroad corpors. puppets to nullify even the sap of which has been thiown at the They w tons pacitication people and which the 1agis ators flatter them selves by caliing bmnteous radroad legisla tion, Gentlemen who are private citizens of Liocoln who have hither o been allowed to ssowpo the temptations and intrigues of the rai'r ade have been lately approached and entres ed teas st Th sescheming lobbyists having conquered the hearts of most of the political wor.d are emboldin-1 by their suc cesa to penctrate other spheres They have undermined by corruption the political and now wish to subdus the domestic areva, The citizeus of the siaje pever bave succeeded in extracting more than he most meagre rail oud accommodations for which thay have been compelled to pay luxurious prices, and now when an attempt is being made to remedy this state of thipgs the railroad lobby try by corruption to maintain this eys: tem of extortion, The business of the house this morcing was of a formal character. One or two reports were received from committees: a resolution of mo importance except to javitors of the house, ani recond and third rewing of bills was the order. House R 1l 26, 23, 20 and 17 were read and passed. The time in calling the roll obcupyiog until 11:30 when the hou.e took u recess until this afternoon- Special Telegram to ThE Dik, LincoLy, February 10,—In the committse af the whole the hou e couridered the capitol building appropriation bill this afterncoa, This was tulked over and the amendments proposed vesterday but nothing was done, The original bill propotet a levy of one mill on ths dollar for the buildiog appropria tion, Mr. Nettleton moved for a half mill, and to-day Olmstead proposed three-fourth of amill The bill stood as above when the committes reached 1t this afternoon. Nattle tin quoted figares to show his proposed half lovy would meet the requirements, aker Ticld who yesterday wanted a mill the dollar assessment wou d cw accept thres-quarters of a mill. Ster ling criticised Stout’s action as contractor, aod thought ope-half a mill enough. Stev- wson was of the same opinion. Casper, Miller, Howard and Cole all agreed wil Sterlivg, in support of the oune-balf mil. Olmsteat supported this three-quarter amend ment, and was jrined by Lee, of Furnas, Harlan and Bruuner followed, ard_fought the high awessment party with considerable vigor. Wright had his say in f.vor of the large amount, tut on a divizion the half-mill ssment was allowed, The whole of the Douglas delegation voted for the reduced rate ex-ept Troup, who was too busy w.rming himself at the stove to vota atall. Thenext sectim provided forthe pry- ment of the ¢ ntractor, and Howard sougntto amend it +o that Stout might not draw inter- est on the state warrants, This is in agreo ment with his coutra 't The Lancaster ring, headed by Speaker Field, supjorted by Wright aud coached by Stout, fonght this with considerablo energy. But Miller, Ste vinson and Winspear were too many for them and they subsided. Howard’s amendmens passed. No other butiness of importance was trausacted, and the houss adujorned, APITOL CHAT, pondence to Tue Bre, February 10,—Some of the legis- 1ators ara changing their minds in regard to the extension of the session to for Upon invest wlaw it is found hut it provides that a member's pay for two yeass is $500, paysble quarterly, Scme of the members disiike the idea of serving elxty or even forty days for 0. One memhar, fearing the supreme court would declare the amendment carried, diew 360 of his pay the othor day. Speakiog of financial matters, the numerous Iady clerks in the houss committes rooms are very indigna t 2t Chief Clerk Zediker, who | wrate to bis paper Lo tha effect that there was | & vast army of lady clerks in m»} legislatnre whose pay would almort de- plte the treasury, and that the ladies wera paid for doing nothing. Tue ladies in turn accuse M Zediker of drawiog more thau his share, I+ has his bu-ivess pirtner to assit him, They each get St a diy. 7 diker's son isaclerk at $taday and b daughter is in the renste committes rooms b ome people are inclined to speak famly wilaic, 1t isn tgenerally known, but it isa fact that roller skating is the popular amusement among the legislators, It is intimat-d by | druggist that the demand for arnica | cour. plastar is unprocedented. Representa- tive Winepoer is smid to have badly split three | puirs of pants, while a nubar of oth-r mem | bera are waid to fasten on theic clothes with shing'e nails, owing to a loss of buttons, It in hinted that Senat r Brown is quite a fasci- nating sk ter, and b iog a single man attracts much attwtion from the far sex. No per- suasion can induce Senator Metz to try on the rollors, One of the most numerous men in these parts is De. Baar, of Norfolk, Ha wants an office under the administration-—and he wants it bad. Ths next most numer us men are Messrs, Dewesse and Green, o1 ths rail- road lobby, and ‘Boss” Stout, of his own lobby, Tae Siate Journal aonounced the | other day that Stout had gone t) New Or |1eans, but the “Bos” has other fish to fry, He is not concer 1 the expo Oclears as v uch as in the Nebrasia circus Feank Walters iv on exhivition daily in one of the Commercial windows. Ho 18 just as pretty as ever, and looks just as be did woen 16 left Omaha, MARGINAL NOTES! Epecial Correap ndence to tha Bix, THE RAILKOAD BILLY, LancoLy, Februsry 9. —Interest stili eenters in the railroad question in legislative circles, Sincs the three.cent mileage bill passed the touse the question is, What will the senate do? Tha bill will prohably come before the { of the railroad lobby e senate for its concurrence to-morrow morning. howrs late on the soene of operstivns this | The indications are that no action will be | prod SDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY taken until Wednesday mprning, at 10 o'clock, the kour set by theeenate for considering the raflroad bills, Senators Burr, Durland and Spencer are the leaders in having the rate on branch roads raised to three and a half cents, Senstor Durland {s from Madison county, and Senator Spencer from Dakota, and both of them claim that such reduction would cripple the prospecta of the roads ia their respective localities, Senator Bure opposed the reduction on general prin ciples—the principle that he Irepreseuts his constituents and his constitue ts are pretty much . & M. satellites. The vublic may be surprised to learn that Colonel Howe will{vote tor the three cent bill. 8o also will DrSow. ers, B. & M. surgeon at Hastings, Will he lose his official lead thereby? THE OMAHA BILL, The bill that has much to do with Owaha's intercsts, was brought down from Omaha by Represertative Drunner this morn wg. Ic s quits lengthy and is the wok of Attorney “Connell, who spent all dey yesterday and til 2 o'clock this morning on it It was necessary to have the bill intcoduced t)-day, a8 thisia the last day for the introduction of bills in the house, Owing to this haste and the length of the doc ument the Bk reporter could get but a brief glimpeo of the bill. The provision« are abou the same as those announced in a previous le ter. The power to suppress opium joints is wiven the council, which, it is claimed, they could not do before, The erection of & mar- ket house i also provided for. A * commis- +i 1 of adjustment ' is authorized by the bill, This commis fon_is composed of thiee mem- bers, the city engineer and two competent civil eogineers, who are to plat stiests, addi ions, d visions and sub-divisions, ion 3 of the bill comprehends forty four poiuts, and the provisions are snid to be very complete. The full text of the bill or its salient points will be given as soon s it s possible to obtain them, Special telegram to the Bee. Lixcory, February 10. — Two witnerses were examined by the lard fraud mvestigat- ing ¢ mmitt Ebbinger, treasurer of Ced county, was the first witness to tell what he did not know, His testimony was to0 unim- portant to record, The other witoess was A. Garrow, of Nebraska City, one of the ap praisers of the Hayward farm near Talmage, which J. Jterling Morton mentioned He ead it was apprased at seven dollara per acre, which he thought was too much, aad that it was not woith ten to day, beivg swamp land. He had heard Mortoa's stats meit:, aud had talked with Morton, who said the appraisers erred in judgmeat. How much limger toe investigation will continue is hard to tell. It is an expensive luxury. e — Dr. Murphy Shot and Killed by = & Squaw Man. Spectal Correspondence of THE I Varesting, Neb, February 9.— Dr. phy. formerly of Kearney, ond well known throughout the state, was shot and killed by & squaw man by the name of ‘Krenchy,” thir(y-eight miles west of Valentine, on Saturday evening. The quarrel was started by “Frenchy,” who shot Dr. Murphy, and then sh t the doctor’s nephew, a boy about sevonteen years old i e hand, The docior was on his recurn from Valen- tiue, with provisions for himself and family, to his ranch on the Nivbrara river M Murpty leaves a wifs and luge family in destitute circumstances Tais iadi-ciimmate shooting has brought disgrace on our new county, and when thelaw is_invoked in this cate we hops the culprit wiil be made an example of, OBSERVER, ———————— Inots Senagorial Contest COnicaco, February 10.—The Journal's Springfield special says: There was not a quoram of either party in either house. Both houses by common consent took a recess until ten to-morrow, to give the absentees time to arrive. As only a recess was taken the leg! tive day continues aud a ballos taten for sen- ator will be in compliance with toe law, The committee on uneesting rep esenta- tives is iu sesdon this a‘ternoon. Notices ave been served on contestants in the first avd eighth district. ~ County Clerle Rryan is expected with ballots this aftervoon. The democrats hold a caucas this evcuing, The The | republicans sra anxious to have the absent ALUTs L0-MOTTOW, — The Chicsgo Election Frauds, Cricaco, Febraary 10.—The trial of Joseph C. Mackin and fother persons rupposed to have been concerned in thealleged Bighteenth erd election frauds, now in progees, is ¢ ing great interest. The evidence thus far ed has been very ¢ nvincing inshowiog that the ballot box was rifi-d of its original cont uta and that forged ballots were printed which wera afterward found in the bal ot box, and ha i evidently been placed there afier th box hiud b en given into the custody of the clork, Testimony has been offered by engravers aud printers tiat the forged tickeis weie printed at tho request of Muckin, —— Fren nt H cster Works Assigned, Fignost, Ohlo, February 10.—The Fro- mont_Harvester Co., of Kremont, Obio, signod to-day, No statement of assemsiient or liabilities yet, Causes its victims to be miserabie, hopeless, confused, and depressed in mind, very irrita- ble, languid, and drowsy. 1t is a disease which does not get well of itself. It requires carcful, persistent attention, and a remedy to throw off the causes and tone up the diges- tive organs till they perform their dutics willingly. Mood's Sarsapavilla has proven just the required remedy in hundreds of cases, “1 have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla for dys- pepsia, from which T have suffered two years, 1 tried many other medicines, but none proved 0 satisfactory as Hood's parilla.” TioMas CooK, Brush Electric Light Co., New York City. Sick Headache “For the past two years I have been aficted with severe headaclies and dyspep- sia, I was induced go try Hood's Sarsa rilla, and have found great relief. I cheer- fully recommend it to all” Mus. L. AxNABLE, New Haven, Conn, Mrs. Mary C. Smith, Cambridgeport, Ma was a sufferer from dyspepsia and sick b ache. Sle took Hood's found it the best remedy shie Hood’s' Sarsaparilla Rold by all druggists, $1 x for §5. Made puly by C. L HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. N0 “Noses | One_Dollar. Smoking Tobacco. WASHINGTON NEWS. Bierbower Will Doubtless be Confirm- od United S.aes Marshal, An Extra Session of 0 ongreesis Very Probable. Dakota Asks the Senate for a Division of Territory. Lieut. Kislingbury's Diary of the Gresley Party Made Public And it is Anything but Favor- able to Lieut., Greeley. xplanations Concerning the Refusal of Banks to Take Silver or Silver Certificates SENATE, WasHINGTON, February 10,—Allison pre- sided over the senate to-da; The chair laid beforc the senate a memorial in the form of a joint resolution from the leg- islature of Dakota, urging the division of the t rritory and the admission of its eouthern portion as a state Coneideration of the bill te prevent unlaw. ful occupancy of public lands was reswumed. This is the bill known as the anti-fencing bi ], introduced by Senator Van Wyek, Tas bill passed with a slight amendment. Cousideration of the pansiona appropriation bill was continued, The senate commuptee amendments were concurred in, Tngulls said he understood the renate by its action yesterday had resolved that there ¢hould be nomore general lvgislution upon ihe gaperal appropriation bills, He asked alliron, chairman of the committee on ap- propriations, whether he regarced the action of yesterday binding upon the committee. Allison—I certainly regard the action of the senate vesterday a8 requiring the cominitteo on appropritions, as well us the senate, to observe the rule, and while I cannot speak for wvery mewber, for myself, I belicve the ¢ mittse to be instructed to repurt these bills without legislations Tngalls—And that there is to be mo sur- render in the committee on couference, Alli on—1I regard the instruc ious yester- dny a8 requiring the coufercuce ¢ mmittes on the part of the senate, nct to report legisla- tion here without instructions, Ingalls—And the commi.tee are to adhere £ instructions even if the appropriation bill should fail” Allison - Well, Mr, President, they would probably take the advice of the senate, I certamly would not unvertake to force an extra session of congress with reference t) the appropriation bill without taking the advicr ot the senate. But I repaat, I wou'd not, as & member of & couference committes, feel it was permitted to agres to legislation upon an apprupriation bill without turther orders from the senate, Tugalls—Now, Mr. President, there ap- pears to have been some disciimination exer- ercired by the committee on appropriations in their repurt upon this bill. ~ Some of the gene- rel legislution that came tous from the house has been stricken out. Other features of that legislation the committee have allowed to stand. I am unableto see why if the rule s to ba app ied it should not be applied uni- formly. Inyalls here poirted out ccrtain feature in the hiuse bill which the senate committee had sllowed to remsin unchanged ar d asked the senator from Jowa (Allison) whether the were not gencral legisati n, Une clause pointed out by Ingalls was admitted by Auli- won to be of that character, but he (Allison) bad not bgen willing to recommend that it be etricken out, It was the clause providing that the presumpion of soundners &t the tims of enlistment should operate now in case of applicinta for pensions Ingalls supposed the reacon why Alligon wished it retained was that it was a valua ble and necessary leg 4 Allison s.id not t alone, byt that the renate had alre dy twice passed on the pro- i In the amendment that logalls oved to strike out, as gencral legislation, the clause requiring that tha presumpion of | roundness shall oper t that such pre- sumption may be rebutted, Togalls explamed he had mads Lis mot { for the purpose of raising the puint regardin tlia genate rulo. The committes of appropri t1.ns had stricen out some provisions on the ground that they were general legislation, but had retained other provisions precisely of that charact This would reem to mean that the senate rule was to be coforced when the senators wanted it to opsrate, and not to be enforced when not wanted Sena ator Ingalls’ own conviction was that the provison as it came from the house was sound, snd that the senate ought toagresto it, This would nece sarily require the voting down ot Ingails’ own am ndment. After further discassian the Ingalls smend- ment was voted down- yeas 16, nays 41, In- galls i elf voting in the negutive, Thebill then passed substantially as it came from the senate cemmittes, all egislative raeasures found on the billas it ca from tie b use, relating to the compensation of pension attcreys, etc, being struck ont, the sepate haviog wlready pasecd aspecial bill cont sining those. The bill now goes tu the house for con- currence or non-coneurrence in thesenate's ac ticn in striking out the provision referred to, The senate then resin 1 1h widorati of the bonse bill repesliug vhe pro-cuipiioi and the timber culture laws, Dolph proposed an amendient providing that ail entrics heretofore made under the pre. emption laws on which final proof eud pay ment bad been made, to which there are no adverse cleime, and which bave bean sold to nocent purchasers, thall be confirmed and patented upon presentation of eati-fact ry proui to the proper department. Affirmed. Sherman th ught this might operate to de- prive the United States of the right torecover the lands originully obtained from them by fraud, Without discussion on the amendment the senate adjourncd, HOUSE WaSHINGTON, February 10.—The Liouse met In continuation of Saturday'ssession, and went immediately into committee of the wkole, with SBpringer in the chair, on the postoftice appropriation bill, Bingham criticized the acvion of the com- Jdeen teverywfiere, Because every- P where recognized as indispensibie fo Peafer a\og Why? 11, 1885, mittet in cutting down below estimates the appropriation for letter carier service, Ding'ey advccated a more liberal policy in compensation to American steamshipe for carrying the mails, Pending completion of his remarks the commities rose, the house ad journed, and the session of Tuesday begun. On motion ot Townshend the house resolved itself into m committee of the whole for the fu ther consideration «f the postoflice appro prindion bill, and Diogley concluded bis speech, Holman advocated a proposed charge in the manner of compensat ng railroads tor mail transportation, Peuding further action the committee rosc, Phelps, from the oommitteo on fore'gn af- fairs, reported back the resolution requesting of tho president the personal correspondence in the hardy of the g vernment relating to the case of O, A, Vauhwmken, an American citizen imprisoned at Port Anpunce, Hayti, Adopted. Lieut, Kisliogbury's Diary. WasHiNatoN, Februa y 10.—Tne disy of Liout. Kisliughury, of the Greel.y expedisior, is made public. The following are extracts: “Licut. G.'s conduct late'y threatening to thoot Cross without the slightest reason the other day and swearing to the men on other occasions with out reason, his silly actions in 1 tely controll ing launch, when there a ¢ better men who can do it His carrying a pisto). a & small kelt-ccking arrang.m- ut, is t1o ridic ulous, Co found the man. Why can'c he be sensible and do things right?" “S.eping Lags covered with snuw and no tente, Lieut, G, on the luunch alongide the binler, ¢ vered by canvaes and comfortable ™ *The arrest of Dr. Pavy was w put up job, as will ba proved when investigated,” Roferriog t Greely again, ha writes: “It fact, he d cs nothiog right, and our reaching this place i- due only to our good fo tune, and the herd work and good management of the men.” After learaing of the wreck of thy I'rot u Kislingbury says: *God bless my friend (Gur lington for his eff rta, asa'so our gover nment. I was st uck favoratly when readi g Garling- ton’s loet record, teliivg us of the wreck. In closing, he thowed suca indifference to their own enitical ¢ mdition snd wisfortunes, and said he would do anythiog thit mun could do for men. I was affécted pearly to t ars, and my voige nearly failod mo when reading it alud.” he 118t enery in an account of how Greely acked Kislingoury's forgiveness for his treat: ment of him Only a faw days later ho flew into a passion, and 1 a 1 insnlting man- ner called the latter a liar, aud Lieutenant Greely says to-night the pistol mentioned in Kislingbuiy's diacy belonged to Lieutevant Lockwaoo 1, and he (Grecly) carvied it as a fa- vor to thit officer. Greely also declares hy is not a profane man, but did use very emhatic la' gnage when the launch grounded on the fallivg tide. It s true he called Ki-lingbury a liar but subsequently apolgized, and be- fure the death of the latter they became rec- onciled, WASHINGTON NEWS, WasHINGTON, February 10.—The ‘‘anti land fenclug” bill passed by the senate to- day is the house bill, but hasing been amend- cd by the senate, must return to the houss for further consideration, The secretary of the treasury to-day trans- mitted to the house in responss to a i esolution a communication from’ the secretary of the treasury of the United N'ates, relative to the alleged refusal of certain banks and bankis ass Cations to receive rilver dull rs and ¢ tificates 1n setslemens of their balances. Thp tressurer says: ‘Lt ia not known to this offise that the clearing house association in New York, or any nationul bank thereof has sirco the paseage «f the act of July, 1882, refured to receive silver dollars or rilver cer- tificated 1n settlement of their balancee, or has it at any tims refused to receiye rilver dollurs or certificates from the gvernment in payment of balances due from the gover nment. to the assciution. Membirs of the clearing houss have continued to settle their a'nuces n gold coin or certific tes or United States notes, ud as no silver doliara or silver certific:tes bave been tendered, none have Deen refused, the treasury thongh not a party to the w derstanding, that silver doll.rs or certificates shull not be tend red, and though it has never n ary way waived the r'ght to pay demands on 1tin suy kind of money thut may be lawfully tendere | for tha purpose, h s conformed to the practice of 1he aeeocinted banks in paying balinces apaiust 1t at tie clearing houses, The department his dermed it iexpadient asa matter of public policy to force the issue of silver dollars or certific wew at the chi. f finuncial centor of the country until comipelled to that step by the condition of the treasury, Silver cortificates have recently been issued in part payment in the day's bal nce against the treasury, and have beem accepted by the clearing louse, They will Lo again 50 ured whenever the sta'e of the fundsin the tressury may 1equire it To the kecond portion of the resoluti n s a8 to what amount of gold cam: o the treasury in excl ga at par for silver dollars and silver cortrficates during January, 1885, the transurer saye: There was deposited with lhe as istunt treasnr r in New York during January, 1885, §575,000 gold, for which drafus, parable in silver cortificates by the assistant treasurer in New O:leans, wore issue i by the wero was also received durivg month £42,000 in New York which were collected th: clearing honse, in exchange for wh dolinrs were f. rwarded hy the treasury, These drafee, while not payable in gold, becanie equivalent to gold' receipts by reducing the balance agsi st tha treusury at the New York | cleariog houre. The exchunge was made at par. 1t is not known tht any other amounts of gold come iuto the treasury in exchange for silver dullars or mlver cer'ificates.” _In reply toanother portion of the resolu tion, the treasurer soys: “The treasury not being a membar of other clearing house thau at New York, it has no anthentic infor mation a8 to the rul s or practices of other clearing houses in the receipt or payments of vilver d-llurs or certificates, It in publicly repor'ed that silver cortificates are sc eptod in settlement of ances at the clearing house in tsoston er oertificates are used in payment of public creditors, ivcluding na- tional hanks st all the sub treasurics except New York,” Jo responsa to that portion of the resolu- tion asking information as to what amount of costorns reven es bad boen recewved ver coin or certificatas, the treasurer submits a table showivg that duriog fourtoen mouths beginning in January, 1831, §650 000 in silver and § £2,604,000 in silver certificates were paid for customs duee, BPEAKER OARLISLE SICK ABKD, Spealcer Carlisle is confined to his bed from illnens, occasioned by n ccld contracted dur iug his recent visit to Albany, e— United In Death Siueve, Obio, February 10, — William Poters, a jiltad lover, shot and fatally wound- ed Laura Chester as she was lsaviog the roller ! rink for home, Ho then put the revolver to bis owa Lead and blew out his braine. Becausde we welecttlebest oo from thep best Jobacco T vc}éa nh :»f p(:vutk '6M¢o«. @orwumer. ‘éna«, and stotre ¢t oo, | freighted 52, NO. 1 ON 'CHANGE. No Large Receipts of Anything Dur ing the Snow Blockade. There Was Really no Cattle Mar= ket to Speak of And ths Hog Market Was Not Much Bettcr, The Wheat Markst Was Rather Bullish Than Otherwise. Corn Was Again Firmer and a Litile Higher, Oats Keep Rather Steady— Take a Drop ~Pork Dee Cents—Lard CHICAGO MARKETS, CATTLE, Special telogram to the Brr, Cuic. February 10, ~There was really no market, Shippers were again shut ont on account of ronds running cast refusing to tako stock, Dreesed beef operators were also thut out fur some cauee, and then again reccipts were 80 light that there was no inducement. for buyers to look about. There are buyers here for stockers and feeders, but the refusal of rairoads t) ship anything out has about cuspended operations in this branch, Prices in o general way are 26@40c per 100 higher thau on Saturduy last, Among the salen were steers of from 1100 to 600 ibs ,at §0 70@ G 25; 1300 to 1400 lbe., §6 30@b 60; 1000 to 0 1be., £4 50@d 10; cows and wixed common medium, $3 00@3 50; choice, stockers, $310@1 005 foeders, Texaue, $8 76@4 Y0, HOGS, In a general way prices are 15@20c per 100 pounds higher than cn Satu d.y last, Best h-avy sold at €5 00@h 1 ; common ane rough packers sold at $4 80@4 £0, and light rorts av $160@4 +0; packing and shipping, 972 10400 pounds, §190@b 25; light, 100 to 210 pounde, $4 50@4 Y0, WHEAT, The market opened ic to jc higher for March and ic for May The feeling was rather bulli-h than otherwise, owing to falling off of receipts and the uncxpected smulloess in increase iu the visible supply. According to the statement snd figuring of our auchority, this incre.8e wason'y L 7 446 bushels of wheat Tnst week, but the Now York statement made the increase 882,00 bu hels, and it looks na though this grain figuring was in a hopsloss mudale. The disciepincies cons antly cceur ing between here and New York ure of such a character as to lead to the suspicion that one or both are constauvtly wrong. 1f the New Yok etatement had been less than ours it would have excited no com- ment, bacause that is its tiue porition, leav. ing out, as it dyes, Minneapolis and St Pauls. bat with the:e left out to have it rome 60,000 bushels in excess of ours, shows there is & radical error somewhere, Liverpool was quist and steady and murkets the sume, although cargoes off the coast were s 1d firm. Receipts to-day Were S4cars ngainst 157 yester ay, and this is tho usual day of big recoipis, too. New York early was up f@§: and St Louis advancid ahout de. Our market kept pace with them, but business was light and large Jocal in character, ko) conN was again firmer and a little higher, in sym- puthy with wheat ind pork, a though Liver- pocl wae reported weaker on and the usual 8 pply sn ivcresse of 3 446 bushels last week, which the New York statement swells toaround 1.000,000, The receipts to day were only 179 cars, acaivst 61) cars yesterday, and of this lot only 9 graded No2. New York and St. Louls early were abous steady on corn, While our market advanced fo for May, of cou +e no Jargs receipts of anyihing can ba expected, until the results of the storu areout of the way. Shipping demand in grain however, will probabliy diminish wich the re ceipte, So that the usual cquilebrinm will be maintained, An increase in the visible eup- ply of oats Jast week was ubout the same as that of corn, 34,163 bushels, and w der the influence of s fact the market kept rather steady. PORK was the attraction on 'chavge. tivn storted at $13 20, 4 d was then let down to $13 10, but just us the th rts pnt out theix hands was jerked back to $13 20 sgain, here is a big thort interest out,” said a provision trader, *'aod the sharp [ llows who wait for the break to cover will pay_the heay- jest royalty.” From the instant May pork touched $13 10, and after a great lot of stoff had beon sold out on t'p orders snd by tho “tailers,” who thought bulge had collapsed, it was ck 1y an invisibie power for & few The May op- that 1he yanked L | minutes tigures dapgled about 13 15 #nd then kept on up and just out of reach of the fellows who were rorry they #old until at a little betore 1 oel ck, they teached 13 45, and tho pit was crowded There was nothing to talk ahout except that there was an amuzingly lot of stuff for sale, sud a host of buyers and fif teer dullars within the vext thirty days isstill the best “‘point.” On call the grains were all about an eighth higher whils provisions took adrop, Pork deciined ten cents. Lard 24 cents, | —— Dry Goods New Yonuk, February 10,—Without epecial aetivity there has been a more general in- quiry than yesterday with afeood volume of business completed, Al stapled of stap'e and fancy ¢ twns, ncluding wash dress fabrics particivated i ths atte tion extonded, Agents advanced the price of Nushaa R, 86 in brown cott ns to t0jc; Nashna E, 40¢c to 48c, Kx- ports, domestic cottons, 5,083 packa es, make ing a'tot ] of 8 packoges since Janusry against 14,625 duriog the wame time last year and 1 5 wame time in 1885, C — RAILKOAD RAOKET, CH10AGO, February 10.—The southern pas- senger rate association met to-day, and fixed excursion rates to San Fravcisco via New Or- leans. The rate from Chicago, with stop-over allawance to see the exposition i made $140, and from New Orleans $110, age alone ins patts,