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

S : & : FOURTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1885. NO. 154, ACarn'val in the Nebraska Seuats and Burial of the Freight-Rate Bill, Traitorous Conduct of the Hypo- critical House. Determined But Fraitless Fight cf the Friends of Begulation Parliamentary Usaga Trampled Urder Foot by the Chairmau, The Kearney Lobby Successfully Buttonhole the House. A Champagns Lunch Affeots the Visage of the Committee, And an Approp:iation of lows—A Oustly Re the Warden of the 1te- form School, 0,000 Fol- wence for LINCOLN L EITFRS, Special Correspondence of the Brg. LixcorN, February 14 — After tho routive business of the morning session, teveral bills were intrcduced, among them ove by Senator Olark, providing for county auditors in counties whose property valuation exceeded $5,00,(00. The senats resolved itself into a committee of the whole, Mr. Snell asked that repate file 157, his commiseion bill, be covsiderrd. This wes obe jected to by ths members working for railroad regu'ation, and Senator Brown insisted on the special order being followed. This was agreed to, aud the much mooted 171, with its amendments providing for a railioud commis- fon, was taken up. Quick as o spider webs a fly, Mr. Burr moved that 171, with its mecr porated amendments, be indefinitely post: poned. Itthen became patent to all observers that the railroad gang were resdy for war and had well laid their plans. A commit- tee «f three had beon appointed to reconstruct the treight schedule and this comumittee had as yet male no report. Mr. Brown raisad the point of order that what was in the hinds of the committes could not be acted upon. Ha was vromptly overruled. The wotion wae put and by a vore of 15t 12 the freight regulation bill was kill.d, Being in committee ot the who 1o the vote was a ris ing one but i< asfollows: Favoring the postponing of the bill—Bock worth, Burr, Caerry, Clark, Einsel, Fils n Hoebel, Hows, Howell, Hyers, Noreis, Smith of Lansuster, Sueil, S wers and Spen guin-t postp nen ent—Brown, Day, Do whner, 1.ewis, M -Allister, Meikeljohn, s, Paut, Putu aerwin aud Smith of Fillmore. Abwat—Darland, Meshane, Metz, Iast- ing+ and Skiurer No sooner was the vote announced by Choir- man Paul than Mr, Bure was again on his foot and moved that when the committeo rise it recommend that 187, thy railraad suikers’ bill be reportad back with the recommend - tion toat 1t do pass Serator Brown at once took the floor and held it foe an hour acd forty minut s in hopes that the scheme of the railroad ma s agers would be boaten, He de- clared he was ING AGAINST TIME to prevent 1hs renate from acting on this bil Ho was partienla:ly soviro on Chuch Howe, of whom he accu-od of do ble dealing wnd icanery. When ha finished hs arraign 1t Semator Maikeljohn rose to offer an amend.ent to the commission il The ameudmedt was the swme «ffered Iri ‘ay to the froi he bill and mors explicitly defines the duties of the commis-ion, slwisg them to fix 8 Inthe comse of his remuks he use | the senator from Nemeha of a gross violation of contide Hows having agred Inst nignt o work with ths commi:tes, Dolaa and MeAliirt r, on the freighs schedule but had donn nothir g Mr tten troduced an amendment reduciog the saliries of commissioners trom £2 000 to §1,500 u year, Church Howe than took the floor in his own boha!f and apologized to Mr, Brown for ary offouce b might ha e given in times past and statea that he had met with the railroad commiites uboa’ nine this moraing. The commites thoa arose and repirted and another ¢ffo t was mado to haan ths report rushed theough and adopted on the grounds that the tour was laze, being then nex ly onc p. m. Senators Brown and McAlister both took the fl or and declare] their intentions of talking for » weok rather ‘hanlet the question be put n such a way. After & short spe from Mr, Brown, it was agreed to tuke a recess till two o'clock rather than hear any anore long #paechos, IMMEDIATELY ON ASEMIILIN After noon Preadent Howe unaounced that the question was to adopt the report of the of the whole, Again Me. Burr and moved tha provious question. Ir. Day had gained the fiior and moved to adjourn” The chair ruled Mr Day ous of order nud Dag objuctivg the chair had to cal! him t) order, Toe yeas and nays were wanded in the previous question and the wote was o5 follow Yeas— K th, Burr, Cherry, Clark, iusel, Kils ou, Hotbel, Howe, Howell, Hyere, Lewis, Nurris, Smith of Lancaster, Suell, Sowers ud Spencar, Nays ~Noue, Not votiog—Brown, Day, Dolan, Durland, Gorhuer, Looe, MeAl leikeljohn, Mills, Paul, Putnsm, Sher Swmith of Fillwore, Sinator Maljbn then moved to adjourn, but ths chaic overruled him (n the ground that the previous quastion was bLefore the bouse, aud the original motion to sdop the report f the committee wf the whole caws up, The same silence was maiutained by thoso woking for railroad legiclation and the peopla till Lewis name was teashed, and he votad *‘no,”" and was followed by the others wh bafore had kept silent. McAlister und Moikeljohn witerwand cbanged their votes, the repart be, pted and sconte sile 171 indefiuitely pu stponed by a vote of 17 to L1, N ALLING IT KOWN, The last nail ww driven into the coffin in which the freighe bill was boxed by De Bowers, who moved that the vote be recon- sidored, Mr. Burr came to the front again, and MONOP'S JUBILEE. | moved to lay the doctor's motion on_ the ta ble. Again was the roll called, and by the marne vots a1 before 171 was nailed, I he senat: thea adjourned, in considerable confa<on, till Tuesdsy at 108 m, Numecous charges avd countercharges of unjost rulings were made against President Howe, but he is o glib and his authoi tios 8o well studied up thet it was difficult to prove him wrong, although his Ita'ian havd is plainly seen ia the trickery and _duplicity by which raileoad legislation has been delayed and defeated, The «bject that Church Howe had in view in becoming vresident of the sen ate and the acherae to allow Lieutenant Gov ernor Sh-dd to make up the committees is be gioning to dawn upcn the minds of the fow honest republicans like Brown, Meiklejohn and MoeAliister. 1t is now conceded that this day’s work in the senate KNCCKS IN THE HRAD all railroad legislation. It now remains to be vern how s me of the bstravcrs of publi trust will explain their 1ecord to thele cen midtuents, The railrond mansgrs offered a rpecial train from Lincoln to Omahs for eenators and in case Senators Brown and Mo llister +hould carry out their threat of talking all day, and thus causing members to miss the repulnr traivs, HSenator Smith of Laneaster showed his statesmanahip in fine style just hafore noon to day. The yers and naye were being called on a motion to adjurn tll Tuseday. When Mr, Burr's name was called roms ore answered 0" the chair n.ti iog tht Mr. Burr was not in his jlice demanded t» know who answerad and Mr. Smith ¢ nfased, Senator McAllister then stated that Mr. Burr haa ove ) ome, but had pured with him, Ding A1 UDImpOIt At quertion, it Wes merely amua- ing, but showa the calibre of the Lancaster Sanator, Special Correspondence to The Bre. LiscorN, Februmy 14.—Mr. Olmstead presented a rasolution this morning that the house do adjourn from 11 o’clock until Tues- day morning at 10 Ho promised that if his resolution was «arried members would come back and work night snd day until the end of the session. After & protest from Messrs, Rusell, Nichol and White, of Nixon—the latter always objects to adjournments when- ever made Mr. Olmstead’s motion was car- ried. After passing a resolution to aijourn until 10 & m, Taesday the house resolved it self into committee of the whole t> consid:r houra roll 186—a bill to provides for the erec- tion of two new buildiogs to the ref ormschool at Kearney and to appro oriate $30, 000 for the eame. Whatever may be said of the inclisa tion of the house to pass bills of another na- ture, it is always ready and willine to make appropriations to dispose of the people's money. A very large and evidently influential lIobby ia hore in the interas's of reform - hool build- ings and got it directly mado a special order. Tue wetions of the meinbera engaged in push ig this bill trrough could not but impre s one with the notion that there was_some un derhand busivess eomewhere. It looked more_like o measuro to spend 30,010 on_ Kearney thau on reform scnool buildings, The workings of Messre. Wright and Kiley, and their eviden'ly desice to gat \he the money as speadily as possible emb died with their - ability to answer the very periinent question of Miller gave the question at isus a sus- picious ch rac Were it not thay they were supported in their westehed ard know nothivg ad yof the bill by such menas Mr. Ruvell and Mr Stevenson no cther ¢ nson could have boen arrived at then thas the whole busi- ness was an elaborate schema The f.cus counscted with the Reform Scho ol scheme ars kuown 1 ba asfollows: The com- mittes on finance ways snd means visited Kouney and the school. They were met aud treated i a very sumptuons maoner. A dinver was arranged and they wers then asked if they did no waut © return with- out havieg inspectod the instituton. A member objected to this method of procerdurs” and demandsd that the committes +houll inspect the buildiugs which they di They returned and m.da their appropriations such as was thought sufti cint. The committe on pubic lauds und and tuildings next visited Keirnav and were treated not wissly but oo well They returs el and no doubt brcanse they had not ins pect ed the bl iings they made no offiial report. Consequently to-day when the bil for appro priating $:0 0.0 for new buildings came up no member of the committes was able to say how things wiood alth ugh all wero unxious to pro © ed with the appropriati ns_and get finizhed with it as spredily as porsible Mr, Riley opoued the precsedings and atter recommend eng the appropriation said the buildings;iwere wbsolut Iy mecossary ani that the institution was a most deserving one, Mr. Steve 8.m also supported the bill and id ha looked upon this as un e lue itioral es shment wor hy of every cousidération r. Oimstead said as onw of the committee, he wieh-d the money to consiru.t the build ivg, Mr, Riley s 1 by v upoke twenty-thre arded out for wint of room. Mr. Blain and Mr. Netileton both agroed that the monvy should be appropriated, and Me. R sell wi's of rame opinion, Mr. Thowas, of Cos d there were other institutions that should by looked after. aud he winted to learn more about this affair be. tora he would vots the money Mr. Mil'er wanted t) know what the com. wittes had seen at the sctools and how things stood. He feared there was something of un uuderhan 1 nators somawhere, b cause none of the committee had viven them any informa tion. They ought to know sowething mcre before voting this large sum, Mr Nich I was of the eame opinion as Mr. Miiler, and he declined to vote for the appro priatin On a divicion tha b 1l to appropriate 230,000 wag passod, Me, Wiaspsar and Mr. Biuuner only out of the Douglas county ¢on tingeut, voting against the bill, It being now ele: o'clock, the committee rose, and the houseadjourned until Tuerday next at ten o'eleck, nd enid there were of which were e sath of ‘a Distinguished Musician, New Yok, February 16.—Dr. Leopold Dsorosch, » distingaished musician, died suddealy in this city this afterncon, R — The Socialists, Citicaco, Fohruary 15 —The socialists held their usual weokly meoting to dayand list ned to the customary dynamite speeches, The wession was short, Several leaders have gone on wi sionary trips, NELSON, THE MULDEROUS TRAMP, who sssnulted & woman near Kankakee, was brought here this niorning and lodged 1o jail to save him from lynchivg, 0 3, RULTIVAN, one of tha witnesses in the Mackin election fraud csse yesterday, was arrested to-day on the charge of perjury in giving his evidence, WASHINCTON NEWS. The Senae Committee Finish Some Approp iation Bills, Disoussion of the Indian Appro- priation Bill in the Senate, The Postal Appropriation Bill Amended and Passed. The House Disoustes tha River and Harbor Bill. The Congr:ssional Forecast for ths Week's Business. Giving an Epitome of the Work That is Expeeted to be Done. THIE SENATE, WasHINGTON, February 19.—Hale, from the committee on appropriations, reported the sgricultural appropriation bill with amend- ments, He eaid (he senate committee's dacket was now clear, this being the last_appropria- tien bill sent over by the house. The bill was placed on the calindar, The bill to quiet the titles of tha Des Mornes river settiera was ten placed before the senate and Lapham coatinued h s speech aguinat it. At 1 o'clock the mattec went over till Mon- day, Laphara still haviog the floor. The Iudian appropriation bill was then taken up. A pumber of senats amendments baving beou sgreed to, some discussion arowe ns ty thy proposed amendment of the committee which would strike out the clauses of the houss bill involving general legislation, The special ¢ ause on which & point was raised was one authorizing the secre'ary of the intorior, with the coneent of the Indians, to extend the time of the payment for lands ' forming a part of the Omaha reservation authorizcd by act of August, 882, t bo eold, Manderson fnid although the clause may be legislative, it was just and it could not be wrong t) do justice. Pulmb said if the house items are to be carefully examined, why should not the senate iteme also e investigated, Dawes was oppored to sl legislation in ap provriation bil Van Wyclk said session after scasion we are denying justice to our citizens becauee of a rule of the eeuate, It would bs a little mora sensible to fix our rules eo some legislation could be had. Contiderable discuss'on ensued in which the house provi-ions for tha piyment of claims for In-ian deprcdations formed the leading feature, Daw s said there ware seven or eight n il- lion dollars of thoss claims lying in the in- terior de putment, The cluimants wers p- pa ently convineed of the justice of the claims and i was areproach to the government that they had not been taken up and di posed of. 1f “the Todian department fund was nou enovgh to pay claims, wo should settle the question whether they ¢hould be paid from the general treasury, Coke described the sufferings caused by the the dep edations and hardships imposed on white satlers who were not permitted to ful- low the Indians a:d recover the stolen prop- erty because the robhers were “‘wards ot the nation,” Coke regarded this a3 great in- justico. Miller, of Culifornia, thought the commit- tee ought to do justice to the claims, As a rulo the Sinate ought not to be allowed to stond bevween thy citizens and justice, Cockrell thought the Indians shoull be mwade t pay every dollar of the damage re- sulting from tha depredations, At tha closo of the s sston Dawes got tha Zepate to agres to the commitiee amendment striking ou the legisl: tiva item ivdicated. On thy resding of that section of the bill providivg for the Assinaboines, Vestmoved tomcresse their appropriation from £30,000 to £31,000, When the L.dx ans were dying by hundreds of abewlute sftarvation, Vest had persomally appealed to Commissioner Prics, of the Indian bireau, for raticns to’ keep life in them, but that gentleman could only reply that he *‘had no fuvds . Without nction on Vest's motion, the S:nate went into executive ession and soon after ad- journed, HOUSF, Wa February 14,—When tha house met this merning in o mtinuation of Friday’s session, Willis moved that the ho go into comuwittee of the whole on the river and harbor bill and, pending that, moved that a/l debate be limited to one hour and a half, On motion of Ho'man a seesion was ordered for to night for the covsideration of the legis lative uppropnation bill, The regular order havirg been demoanded the epeaker announced the reenlar order to be the consi of vension bills coming over from last night's session, Willis eaid it was clear that the inte ntion of the house yes'erday was to devote this morn iug’s session to the consid-ration of the 1iver d hatbor bill, and arked vnavimous consevt the regulir order by dispensad with, bot sad objected, The first bill coming over was one a peerion to the widow of Gen. Geo, H, Thom- as and, afte: debate, it was passed, Alter cousidorable discussion tha question racurred on Willis’ motion to limit the debate on the peading section of the 1iver and harbor bill to one lour and a half, Agreed to, The house then went into committee of the wh on the bi)l indicated After the reading of the pending rection by the clerk o discussion arose s to how the hour and a halt should he distiibuted. After several plans had been presented, which were not ratisfactory, the power of recognition was lett to the chair, Turper (Georgia) raised a point of order acainst the Hennepin cinal paragraph, He contended thut in reportipg this c.ause to the houss the committes on rivers and harbors had exceeded their jurisdiction and iofringe upon the jurisdiction of the ralways aud canals, The Heunepin canal clause ~was no mor., in the main, germain to the bill than would be an appropriation to [construct un elevated ruilway from ocean to ocean, or to dig the Nicarazua canal. It also clashed wit the rules in that it changed the existing 1.w and was not in the direction of a retrench ment of expenditures, Henderson (Ilinvis) argued that if there was apy foice in the objection that HINGTON, 130 ranting the committee on rivers and harbors had no jurisdicticn over the tubject, that objection was waived by the house when it referiod the bLil to the committee of the wh Teere were & lot of ocwnals in the country that had not ben constructed by the general government that might be im- proved by tha yiver and harbor Will. This Viry point had been overrulad at the last sea- sion by the committee of the whole on the grouvd that the reference of the bill to the committee was & waive of any objections which might ba raired to the committes ou rivers and harbors. Ontes said that the declsicn had been based on the fact that at the time of the referance the points of order had not been raise 1 against the bill which had bzen the case with the presant bill, Murphy said that the committes had proper jurisdiction over the subject, he bimeelf hav iog referred numerous petitions asking for this legis ation to that committee. If the Hennepin canal was an_improven ent iu the interests of commercs, it wus entitled to a le gitimats consideration at the hands of the committes After further debate the chair reserved his decision on the point of order, The committer then rose, The house proceeded with the consideration of the postal appropristion bill ndments ivcreasig from 84,100,000 to ) 000the appr priation for the letter car- T1e:s increasing by $210 000 thy appropriation for the Star Rout« services, and that striking out the Uauss granting additional compunea. tion t) Awerican steamships for carrying mails, wers agreed to and the bill passed, The house went into committ:e of the whole en the legislative appropriation bill White, Ky., moved to strike out the para graph for th expences of the office of com merce and interual revenue, and cnticised the recent action of the secretary of the trewury in extending the bonded pericd in violation of law and in vhe face of the refusal of congress to legalize such extension. Withous disposing of the matter the com- mittes rose, and recess was then taken until Moaday. e The Pre-emption Sill, @orrespondenc of Tie Bre. WasHINGTON, February 16,—The bill which bas passed both hou es to repsat the pre-emp- tion ack containa a provision important to re cent pre-omption and those contemplating making a pre-emption claim. This provision provid:s that the repeal shail not affect any volid rights, heretofora accrned under pro. emption laws norany hona fide claima lawful nisiated bzfora the fiest dw of July, 1885 The same reservation of rights of bona hde claimants are incorporated in these sections of the bill repealiog the timber culture and des- ert land acts. — Serfous Charges Against Iaternal Levenue Commissioner Evans, Special telegram to the BEE, W asniNGTON, February 15— Wm. Howard Milla of the treasury department hss pre- ferred preliminary charges involviog the mal- administration of office,theviolation of the civil service rules, the misappropriation of public property and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gontleman against Evans, commissioner of internal revente, that some party or faction not including the persons spaaking, would welcome an extra wossion, and it is conceded everywhers that the condition of public businees is such that the purpore, if eutertained, may be ¢ff-cted and perhaps without the disclosnre of the r sponsibility therefor in any quarter Even if eyery one b credited with the strmght forward purpose of working to secure the pass- age of the approprintion billa be fore the 4th of Mareb, the fact e that inden the ling exit 1 RIS the houve, the roads o snsangtemmn | LoG181d Thinks Germany a Good Neighbor for Australia, FOREICN NEWS. Serions Dluess of B e Majesty Quacn Vic'oria. are many and short, while the ways to the solution of porsible parlismintary difficultie are many and fuvolved in five of the most i portant approprintion bills are yet to be acted on by the house. ~And thewe in_addition to| Franco, After a Period of Exulta= the post office L1'], which passed the house % " tion, Now Feels Gloomy. yerterday, must yet be considered by the ees a'e committee of appropriations. At the 1o of proceedings at the house last evening, A Solution Sugeested for the Egyptian Difficulty. recess vas taken tll ten o'clock to-morrow morniog, when further consider.tion will be Riven to the legi-lativerbill, It was gene. ally uude:stood that tha recsss was taken in order to prevent the exocution of the regular order for to-morrow, namely, ths reception of wmotions from committees to pos | Conflioting Reports About the Evan. said he had seen the memorandum filed with the secretary and from its character judgzed that Mills will weaken when he come to follow it with the necessary s ecifications, nevertheless to give him every oppcrtunity the commissioner has rec mmended Mills] be assigned for the present to no othee duty than tha. of preparing hie detail of charge . The commissioner s ho has no_intention s office, Sccrotary McCuiloch s were eerious and will be thoroughly inyestivated. The details ara re- fused till the charees are fully formulated, New Cabiner ¥ Speclal Telegram to the Bk ‘Wasn N, February people here think that Cleveland does not take kindly to McDonald for eeciotary of the treasury, and that he siill hopes to pravail upon Daniel Manning to accept this place, It is contidently aseer ed that Mauning had an actual <. of this position some days ago. This would iadicats that Whitney was to be barred out Lamar is Cleveland’s ideal of secretary of e, and if he had not becn committed to d he would certainly have offered this plice to Laman, when they bad their inter view, It is said hero that Cleveland could sattle a good many troubli some questions by (ffering Bayard the t casury which he pre fers and then give the stats department to Lamar. Thisitis thought would make & cabinet that would commend itself to the country as follow Secretary of stite L. O, C. Loamar, secretary of the treasury Tho Delaw. re, secretary of war Geo, B, McCl4) 1o, New Jersey, sccretary of the navy Jas F MecDonsld, Moryland, secratary of the mteri W. C, Whitney New York, p.stmaster gen: eral W, 1%, Villas, Wisconsin, attorney gen- eral A, 1L Gailand, Arsansis. Ancther cabinet cocstincior would leave MecDonald out and put Thurman in as secre- tary of the interior, transterring Whitney to the navy, leaving the balance stand, Miss, . 'Bayard, ‘I'ne Britich Wheat Crop Last Year, Special talecram to ths Bk, Wasninaroy, Febuary 15,—Official re- turns show the British wheat crop of last year to be 81,216,000 bushels; for flour about 59,- 2¢5 600 bushels has been deliverad, and 000,00) bushels are needed for seed, leaving about 43.270,000 Lushels in the farmers’ hands. The apnual consnmption i3 212,000, 000 bushels, leaviug the annual requirements of forcizn wheat about 138 000,000 bushels, of which sbont 55 241,992 bus| bad been im ported from September 1, 1884, to January 24, 1885, leaving 82 738,058 bushels to ba ini- ported, ~ Of this quantity 19,128,000 bashels were on passsge January £9, 1:85 The for n supply and fresh ehipments will be about 63,600,000 bushels, | ——— Concerning the Dy tions, Special telegram to Tre Bk, WasHisaroN, February 15, — Edwards Pierepont, British consul, is eudeavoring to sccure a reconsideration of the action of the mite tesolu- St of NorthCar house committee of foreign relations on the dynamite resolution: e —e— The vongre sional Forecast, WasHINGTON, February 15,—To judge from the expressions of the members of congiess, when speaking for themeelves alone, and to some extent from the course of events last week, an extra session of congress I no longer probable, but may bs possible, as expressiocs of fear oo conviction are heard on all hands ape.tied measu-es, under snspension of the rules, An «ffort will prohubly bs made, how- Fall of Khartoum, ever, to adjourn the house belors twelve Welock 8o this order may be ob erved. 1f the effort succeede, the cominittee on military af fairs will first be called. General Slocam will endeavor to secure the consideration of the Vill providing for thy retirement of General Grant, Othar committe s are to bs callad in turn, including the naval affairs, postottice ard povt reads, wnd the public lands, and will ask that various evenings be set apart for the con: :i‘:lv'-mlion of business heretufore report.d by | gpacial telegram to the B, S, el Lmpretion. fs {hak th houss| LONDON, Febraaty 10 —Ti a rumored ksl will refuse toadjourn, and in this event the | Queen Victorin's illness exceeds .hs anvounce consideration of the legislative bill will ba [ oot e 0 Osborne that Her Majesty contimued until tinished, 1t in believed the 3 el vill cau be completed before adjournmeut on | Wes suffering from a revere cold and lmd]':f;fl\ legielative day, Saturday, which may con. [ unable to leave her bed for two days. tinne until evening. stated on apparently good authority that she o B e teval L1 | 4 Prostrated by the mervous strain brought to-morrow, and t» call up the following day | on by snxiety as to affairs in Egypt, particu- the one 10portad. The other will be 1 rasdi- [ 1arly the death of Gordon. ness fo action by the house immcdiately af | Wideapread distress s prov lent through- 3’5?’::,‘;,‘,‘,. 2 the ‘aprroptiations il with | out Great Britain at tho emboldened ararchists the viver and harbor bill wherever opportu- |in Eogland Justice, the organ of the demo- mty off rs, cratic federaticn party warns the governm nt It is proposed to hold might ses- |ofhorrible bloodshed, and perkaps arevolution sors during the week, and if the | will ensin if it continues to insult and neglect cundry, civil and paval bills are|the workingmen. disposed of befor iteclore. Tha appropria e —— tior 8 committee expect them to bring forward | Germany will Make a Good Neighbor, g fortifieation ill By . ragon s | special telegram to T L, yaen set apart for the exercises in the hall of 6 X s the houss, connectcd with the dwlication of | LONDON, Febranry 15.—1t in stated {hat the Washington monument, the chief featnres | annevation of the Samoan Islauds by Ger- Signing of the African Interaational Association Treaty by Portu- gal and Fiance, Serious Tliness of Queen Victoria, son from Windeor Castle and_the Tower of London, in order to avold sending boys or raw yokels fnto ths Kgstian dosert Thus the choicest soldiers of the kingdom are forced into the broach, bicause no others are fit. It shows that England is far outside the rank of the great military powers, The sight now of the country dennded of its good troops te prosecute an intavgible ba barian war i an almost anknown oruntry, where Eigland has ahsolutely no interest or quarrel, while geave Enropean oomplications press hor on every +ide, and whiie Indin is directly menaced by the vangused of an army capable of swel- ling iteelf to half a willion of men in a fow montbs. is well oalculate ! to sober the mind of even the w st vainglorlons patriot. T result in growing discontent which threatens adstone's minlstry. Conflicting Rep o ts Abou LoNDON, Khartoum, Fobruary 15,—The press associa~ tion states, under reserve, that Iate on Satur~ day night the war office sent & telegram to Miss Gordon at Southampton that Khartoum had not fallen, and that General Gordon was safe, The government hias eivan the contract for the coustruction of a railway from Suakim to Berber, Work will be begun immod A tel-gram waa_received from thy war to-day trom General Wolseley containing the account of the fall of Khartoum as given by a native ¢ witness, to the en- trauce of the rebels €0 the twb. The in formant kays that Khartoum was euterod by El Muhdi's furces at duynreak on uary 20, Gon. Gordon was kiiled by a volley from the rebel rifl men while on his way from the headquarters to the Austrian consulate. e — WASHING ION NEWS, FRYE'S AMENDMENT TO T11E POSTAL APPROPRIA« TION BILL, WasniNGTox, February 14.—S¢nator Fryo to-day announcad an amendm ent to the posts office appropriation bill and acked its refer- ence to the committee on postoffices and post~ roads, The amendment provides for the traneporting of mails of the United States for the fiscal year of 1886 between ports of the United States and foreign ports, or tween ports of the Atlantic and DPacil through foreign territory, an amount not ex- ceeding 8600,000 shall be paid if the mails shall be carried on American steamships, THE DEMOCRATS WILL INSTRUCE CLEVELAND, Roprerentative Rogan will, on Monday, send to Prosident-elect Cloveland a petitio; sixned by ab.ut one hundred democratic members of the house, avking him not to com- mit himself on the silver question in his icang- of which will be the orations of the Hon | many was in pursuance of a eecret sgreement Robert C. Winthiop, to be read by Revre- | St i sentative Long. of Massachusette, and Jobn t‘:;i"‘:, (0 (e ) G A. Diniel, of Virgivia, E : o eén - The officisls at the colonial office believe In the renate the considera fon «f the Tn- f dian appropriation bill will ba continusd and [ that the agi'ation by the Australians will be may;concluded to-morrow. The agricuttural [ ouly temporary, and sy that the growing bill will then bo disvosed of, The uutivished | feeling iu Australis and Evglavd is that Ger- buiness in the sonate ia the mornizg hour is [ many will be good nei;h'ors, and it is wise tu the Des Moines river land bill, and, after tho | give Germany an interest in tho Pacificislands morning hour, the contract labor bill. The | to offset the aggressions of France, s lmumT.wl iture bill, and the hil} for ——— admission of Tacoma, are measures most Jike - E S 2 Iy to be presced for contidersti n when the| Unbavpy France Feeling Gloomy, Tabor bill is disposed of, if no appropiiation [ Special Telegram to Tre DBek. bills are then ready for discursion. Pans, February 15.—E1 Mahdi is the hero Vita Rl Uoupon Bonds, of the day on tha boulovards as well as on the Riciosn, Va, Febrasy 14, — Judges | Nile. His portrait omaments the newspaper Leard and Hughes, of the United States cir. | *taud® and a sensati nal melo drama bearing state bonds should be received by the state in :f"’"“‘y o ) BAlein ok R BRIy DY payment of taxes and other dues, and in view | bug “the exultation is now giving way to of this order Governor Cameron has irsued a | glcom about the ¢ mrequences that may” en preclawaion to the audit-r of public scc unt-, [ sue in Tunis and Algiees. ) ordering that strict complianee with the lawe [ The ovposition papers now aek whe'her be enforerd, aod that no coupons ba taken, | Ferry did not make n mistake when he went accepted or Taceipted for a8 payment of tuxa | hand in glove with Bismurck, whore intorest and other dues, exc pt in recordance with the | is to let France wear herself out in Chm“ statutes of the state of Virginia “¥")while Russia spends her strength in Asia an ————— England in Egypt. RAILROAD KAOKET. e —— SUIT AGAINST THE READING BAILEOAD DIS- MISSED, Paitavrienia, February 14,—The suit of Alexacder McEwen, torecover $300,000 from tha Raading railrcad company, as com pensn- tion for services in covnection with the prep- jon and execution ot the deferred mcome bond scheme, which has been pending in court for over two years, was today pmssed upon by William W, Wiltbank, who filed Lis report as master. A Mr. McEwen claimed that he originated I sche railond company 10,2 fa-t that the idea wasvolunt ! and concludes that the pluintiff is not entitled to recover any compensation on the greuud that it w»s not impliad in a contract, THE CHICAGO, LURLINGTON & QUINCY. 3081, February 14.—The earuings of the Chicago, Budlingtosf& Quncy ralroad f r D:cember wern 82,204,257, For the year the 1nings were $25,483,071: net earnings, $12, 115,103, A Solution tor the kgyptian Difli- culty. Special Telegram to Tk B Loxpoy, February 15,—Many members o the liberal party ore openly expressing the belief that the rolution ot the Ezyptian diffi culty is to hand ove: to Sultan Abdul Hamid tha control of the Scudan. Gen, Gordon ead last August in an official communication to the British government: “If youdo net makea convention with the sultan you will never get ont of Soudan alive.” “This unintentional prophecy has beea terribly fulfilled. Gerdon s dead, the Arabs are in- flamed and intoxicated with success, and no weapons_but their own can be used agaivst them, The slliance between Turkey and England will be humiliating to statesmen who Iabs ltd the eultan as ‘‘Tne unspeakable Turk,” but it is admitted that Abdul Hamid’s neme m d pedigres would be more potent than the Bogl'sh army in quelling the s-called re- bellion smong the fnatical S udanee, Complications with some of the continental powers we almost certain, No doubt the statesmen of the Berlin school ara doing their best to embioil Ttaly and Turkey in revenge for the former’s sid to Logland, Turkey is just now averce to war, but is vehemently protesting against the continental occupation of Egypt by Eogland, ara e ——— Exposition Notes, NEw Orrvans, Fel ry 14.—The attend- ance at the world's_exposition to-day wre graater than at sny time since the opsning, It is estimated &t 50,00, The Blizzard at Bloomington. ErooyiNatos, Til, February 15, A bliz- zard nivallivg that of last week eet in last night, and uutil 2 p. m. the snow fell farious- Five to rix inches were added to the -atumn snd it is drifting badly. The In di na, Bloomingten & Westein, the Lake Shore and the Kavkakee branch ot the Illinois Ceatral abandoned all traivs to-night, several being stuck in drifts, Many country roads sro filled with snow to the levél of the tops of the hedges, e — e Love and Murder at Shelbyvilie, Ky, LovisviLLe, February 15,—Will Adams, a young man of twenty-six years, and his sweet heart, Fannio Wilmonth, aged eighteen, were found dead early this morninz npon the rail road uear Shelbyville, Ky, Their bodies, be- spattercd with blood, lay within a few feet of each other, and Adums’ pistol, with two emwpty cartridge:, lay close by, He evidently murdered th girl and then shot himeelf, Both were shot in the haad. They walked to Shelbyville early in the night and were last seen alive when they lefc there, A lover's quarrel is thought to L thcause of the tragedy, EIGN NEWS, MONEY FOR THE SUAKIM EXPEDITION. Loxoy, Februury 14, —At the approaching session of paliament the political conflict agarzst ths present government will open on the presentation of the government demand for o vote of a credit of £2,500,000 on account of the Suakim expzdition. It is understood that the conservatives will support the request for avew credit, but will accompany their vote with a vote of censure against the gov- eroment, An early dis:olution and appeal to the people is now expected and discussed. Tt 1 belisved that & majority of the liberals, conservatives and Parnellites alike — will coner in the desire for an early dissolution, LONDON, February 14,—The anthorities again received a letter containiog & warning that St. Paul’s and the Bank of Eogland witl be attacked with dynamite. Dotectives w at work, and will soon have the princlp ness against Conningham and Berlin, are sunc by the frequent recep threats ag vinst their lives, letter advising him to prepa would meet his death before next Saturday, — e The Weatner, WasnincToy, February 16,—Upper Mise slssippi: colder, falr weather, northwesterly winds besomihg variable; eenerally higher nal tdeas, Special Talegram to Tie Big, Loxnox, February 15, -—The very we uk condi, olina Smoking Tobacco. tion of ths British army hss becon.e apparent oven for suchasmall draft as 1000 men, Itactu ally has been necessary to take the pet garri barometer, M ssowi Valley: fair weather, ds bacomivg variable, falling, followed by risicg temperature; lower barometer, ural address, NOMINATIONS, Charles B. Loop, opher F. Ho e e 14 101 FREIGHT REGULATION KILLED IN THR SBENATE, Special telegram to the BiE. Lixcory, Neb., February 14.—Soon sfter the assembling this morning the senato went into committee of the whole. Snell called for consideration of 1871 his commission Lill, Ob jection was raised and the special order called for. This brought up the froight bill with the commission amendment. Burr moved to in- deffinitely postpone and with & rush it was carried by a vote of 14 to 12. Burr then moved that the committse report back 187, the commission bill, to pase. Brown then took the tlior at 10:10 and was still talking at 12 It was o 6libnstering spoech £ prevent the senate from adiowrning. Douglas county membe: s were boh abs-nt, but are probably parred, Metz favoring the commission . apd cShane opposing. The senato is atill in ses- sion, with Browa un the floor talking sgainst time, Belvedere, Loua, 111, THE KEARNEY GRAR, The house can always find time to vote ap- propriations, This moruing $30,00 for the orection of new reform school buildings at Keamey was allowed. The bill was run throw, h until Miller and Nichol objected, and an explanation - f a very unsatistactory uature was mode by Wright; with whom was os ciated Riley, Olmstead, Blain and oth There is evidently something mysterious about this sffair, nobody knowing anything pt that the money waus to be voted, A very largs lobby is here in its interest, and seem to have attaived their ends admirably. On motion of Oin-tead the howre adjournéd from 11 o'clock until Monday moraing. EDWARD KUEHRL, MAGISTER OF PALMYSTERY AND CONDITION ALIST, 808 Tanth strect, between Farnam and Hars uey will wita thesld of guardian epfiits, obtatning for_anyone glance In tho past aug present, and on cortainconditlons in the future. Loote and ebood made to order Porfeot satisiaction guarantesd JAS. H PEABODY, M. D, Physician & Surgeon Rostidence No. 1497 Jones 83 Office, Wo. 1600 Far asm otrees. Offico hours,12m to { p. m.and from 1 4,28 p. m. 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