Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 2, 1885, Page 1

FOURTE ENTH YEAR. " OMAHA, NEB., MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1885. NO. 166 HANDS UP. huotier Bold Bat Unsacoessul Raid (n the State Trflasfll‘y. This Time Highwaymen Order the Treasurer’s 'Hands Up.” A Bpirited Battle on the Steps of the State Capitol, One Robber Shot Dead, Two More Captured. A Lively Time Among the Law- and Lobbyists. The Omaha Charter Unanimously Pasges in the Senate on Saturday. BOLD ROBBERY AT LINCOLN. Special Telegram to Tar Bek, Lixcory, Neb,, February 28, p. m.— Half an hour ago the boldest robbery ever perpetrated in thiscity or, in fact, in thestate, was committed in the capitol. A few min utes before 2 o’clock threa men entered the state trensurer’s office and ordered the treas- urer and one clerk to throw up their hands, The officials were paralyzed by the sudden and unexpected command, and their arme were promptly stretched towards the ceilivg. Two of the kept their re- volvers closo to the heads of their victims, while the third ran into the open vault, filled his hat with $20 gold pieces and ran from the building, followed by tho senti- nels, Just as the highwaymen wers running down the capitol steps, some man, (at present unknown) who heard the alarm, pulled his re- volverand fired at the gang. His aim was good and oo of them fell to the sidowa k, dy- ing. By this time the cause of the commotion was generally known, and ecores of men put after the remaining fugitives, They wers soon run down, the money recovered and the rob- bors turned over to the police, The robbery created intense excitement, It was coolly planned and boldly executed, but fortunately proved unsuccessful and fatal to one of the desperadoes. The senate and house were in session at the time, scores of persons were passiog in and out of the various rooms in the building at the time, aud when tho cry of *'stop thict’” was raisad it was sup- poced thal the lobby had started a practical Joke, At present it is impossible to got tha names of the robbers, or that of tho man who did the shooting. ANOTHER ACCOUNT, LincoLx, February 28.—A dariog schemo 2o rob the state treasury was neatly frustrated at tho state house just after noon to-day. Yeaterdoy Treasurer Willard was apprised of a echeme of three men to rob the treasary. He was rondy for the visitors, A% ths hour mentioned the men made their raid. Ths de- tectives wero ready and opened fire, Ono of therobbers wasshot at the west frontof ¢h- cap- itol 83 ho started to run. The others escapod through & window, followed by a shower of bullets. Thay can hardly escape. Tha man that was ehot is not yet dead, but threo bul- lei holes give him little chance of recovery. The muu hot is about thirty years of age, sandy complexion, with red mustache. The namos of the parties could not be learned at this late hour, robbera ANOTHER, LiNcouy, Neb., Fobruary 28,—As the ssn ate was about to convenc this afternoon threo shots were heard in the state treasurer’s office. On investigation it was learned that a raid by three burglars was being made on the state trassury. Ono of the burglars nsmed Griffin was ehot dead by Detective Pound, and Mc- Gwyor was captured. The third man es- aped, All the money stolen was recvered Arom from ths person of Griffin, There is wreat oxcitement at the capitol, The Robber; Special Corrospoudence to Trz Bre. LaNcoLN, Februsry 28, —Tutense excitement prevailed throughout tha city todsy, when the news of the attemgted robbe ry of the state treasury was reported, Such crowds gathored at the capital buildiog that it was almost poseible to get the exact facts of the case, though a Bek reporter witnessed the sh roting of one of the robbe An interview with Dotoctive Pound made the matter plain, the facts being as follows: About two weeks ago & man cama to the detoctive and warned him that an attempt was to bo made to rob the state treasury, Who this informant was the detective would not say, He ridiculed the idea of robbary, but nevertheless told the man to keep watch and learn all he could regarding the raid, About a weok ago the tale bearer informed the detective that the attack was to be made last Thursday at 12:30. The govasnor, who had been apprised betore, was told of the time and every ' precaution was taken. Deputy Treasurer G, M, Bartlott was told what to do, One officer was put in ths basomenc wherehe conldilook out of the wisdow, one was placed near the vautt door, aud out of sight of the raiders, and the other at the inner office be- sice the door to the private office opening into the corridors Duc cn this occasion Mr, Bartlett becoming somewhat nervous went to the door and looked out. The thicves saw bim and were doubtless frightened, as they #oon azithdrew, Then to-day was fixed as the timo for the raid sud the programme was «<arrled out, AT@ 0'CLOCK THE YHREE MEN ENTERED e troamrer's offica, the deputy apparenily being the only one present. Two of thew Joresentod cevolvers and ordered up his hands, Tho third demanded the money. Mr, Barte lett told then to come in and get it, but was savagely ordewed to hand it over. This, he replied, he couid not do witbout taking down his hands, and was told to keep one hand up and pase over the money with the other, and the obliging clerk handed over $400 in silver, all the tray contained, The three men then turned to go. In the mesntime Detective Thompson, from the middle or vault room, warned Pound, standing_by the private door, and with a shotgun in hand he stepped into the corridor, HE COVERED THE FIRST ROBBER, McGuire, who threw up his hands and step- ped back sgainat the wall, where he was cov- ered by Thompson, who had followed P’ound into the hall, Griffin was next, and he also was_ordered to halt, but started to run out the front or west entrance, Pound fired one shot over his head, but it di2 not stop him, and the next one felled him to the floor, He drew his revolver as he fell and snapped it Into the air, but the cartridge was not. dfinclumd. The third man opened tho coanter door on hearing the shots, ran to the rear of the room ahd jumped through an open window. As ho jumped Detective Davis fired a gun from the basement where he was concealed, It was the intention of the one who secured the money to mount a horse which he had tied near at hand and make good his escaps, But he rackoned without his host. Whenhe lett the capitol buildiog HE WAS A COIPSE and rode in the coroner's wagen, 4:10, living only about two hours, who escaped is said to be oneof the detectives The fatt that no effort was made to appre hend him leads to this belief. His escape was eany. e men who were captured have been long known in Lincoln as desperato characters, and the hands of both aro stained with human blood. Alvin McGuireis a you has seen much trouble. A fow y quarreled with one named Van™ Aucken and killed him. On the plea ot solf-defense he was sent to the “pen.” Jim Griffin, the dead man, killed aman who came to his_house one night and creatsd a disturbance. On the plea that he was defending his habitation, ha was cleared. Both were well known, and the gen- eral verdict is that both shculd have shared the same fate, OF course the excitemont that prevailed was intense. The senators were just gathering and the house was 1n session, When Detect- ive Pound stopped out of the door to appre herd his men he had to clear the corridor, and being well armed his orders were strictly obeyed, “Even Tig BrE reporter can now say that he has been under fire, the first shot fly- ing not far from his head. He feels free to confess that he got out of the way of the next charge, The able manner in which the whole cap- ture was made is the subject of comment on allsides. Yhen the sevate met (iovernor Dawes sent in a short communication, ad- dressed to the committee on finance, ways and meaus, to 1 his effect: “Ltrust that the legislature will recognize in a substantial and practical manner the sor- vices rendered tho state bv Detectives A, L. Pound, J. G. Davis and George Thompson in thwartiog the attempt and in capturiog the parties who have this dey attempted to rob the state treasury. The detectives are en- titled to great crodit for the manver in which they have porformed this work.” At the time the above was recesved the ap- propriation bills were under consideration and Senator Howe moved to amend by agpro- priatiog $500 to each of the detectives, After a little discussion this was passed. It issaid the house will not concur in this, some of the brave members sayiog the ehootiog was an act of cowardice. ~Counsidering the doeeporato character of the thieves an‘l the fact that they had killed men and would not hesitate to do 80 again does not make the act of the detec- tive cowardly. Sume people are ulways brave when there i3 no danger. Nothing has developed to matarially change the facts @s already written concerning the robbery and shooting. The man who was supposed to have escaped was a detective who was workiog with the two men, McGuire and Griffin. He has bsen placed under arrest. Considerablo talk prevails hero a3 to whother the shooting was justifiablo. He was about to turn on the} detectiva when the latter fired. The state is well rid of such wretches as theso two mon, both being murderers and thieves, McGuire will plead guilty at_his preliminary trlal to-morrow. The detective will of course get off and receive $500 for his efforts. That is if the hcuso covcur in the amendment tacked on ths general appropriation bill by the senste, Tho following diagram will give the posi tions of the detectives and raidere, and also the inside arrangements of the treasurers oftics, He died at The man r Privete Office, Corridor, Detactivo Pound’s posi Detective Thompsos. Bartlett. The threc robibors. The stone step where Grifiin was shot, Window by which the third man escaped, pazsing tbrough tho countes, The Oherter Passesche Senate, Special Telegram to The Bea, - LiscoLy, February 28,—The charter ao amended yeaterday passed the sencte this worning by a unsnimous vote. Senator M- £hane gave this hearty support, Itwas re ported back to the house for conourrexce and will probably be finally passed to-day ANQUEER ACCOUNT. Special telegram to ThE Bix, Lixoory, Neb,, February 28 —The charter amebdment bill passed the senate this morn. ing without a dissenting voice. The aporo- priation bills aro now being considered by the enate, Neither house has adjourned, mor has any time bsea firxnd for s0 doing. The il giving covnty treasurers more than two terms was killed in the kouse this morning, THE SBENATE, Special Coerespondence of Bk, Lixcowy, February Saturday's work of the senate is scarcely impartant enough to call for extended mention, Farly in the morning Senator Olark called up the charter amendment bill for final passage. Thesenate then went into committee of the whole to consider the appropriation Lills, which were taken up item by item and discussed, An amendment of Senator MeAllister to approprirte $25,(00 to build a chemical labora- tory for the university called out some di.- cusson. All the univeraity profossors were presont, and Chancellor Manatt was quite conspicuous in his lobbying, It was found that the tax already levied would admit of this appropriation, #o it was added. With out finishing, the committee rose., The achool land bill was then put_upon its bassage, As soon as the senate could compose its nerves after the robbery episode the ap- propriation bill was again taken up, and rec- ommended to pase, Sixteen other bills were considered and disposed of, several being in- definitely postponed. The civil rights bill was among those recommended for passage, After the committes rose an effort was "mads toput Senate File 12 on ita passage, This is a railroad bill, requiring foreign roads to incor- porate in this state before doing business in the stato, - By somo strateglc fillbustering the third reading was prevent:d, and an adjourn. ment had until Monday at 10 o'clock, A meeting of the echool land fraud investi- gating commitee was held this morning to de. cide upon a report, but no action was taken, A majority of the committee detira to sproad the whitewash with a liberal hand, but others find fgrounda for criticiem, Senator Mills wants to consnre the board for delegating to the commi sioner the right to open' all bids and leasc lands on the samo, The majority want to_construs the statute as the board claime to have done and think it the commis- sioner’s duty eo to do. A report will bs made the first of next week, By general consent it is believed that the day of final adjournment will be Wednesday. Very few membars went home over Sunday, the sassions holding too late. THE HOUSE. Special Correspondence of Tiik Bez, Lixcory, February 28.—1he house met this morning at 9:30 and proceeded with the regu- lar business, A long time was occupied in discussing whether or no certain bills should bo taken from the general filo and engrossed for third reading. The most important of thesa was the bill to enable county treasurers to hold their office as long as they could secure election, Mr. Wright and Mr. Johnston, both of Lancaster, supported the motion to push the billon for third reading, and attempted o stifle discuselon by moving the previvus ques- tion, but this was voted down, and Mr. Net- tleton gpoke in strong terms against the bill, and moved its indefinite postponement, which was carried by a vote of i to 21, Mr. Holwes next moved to engross for third reading H. R. 13, a bill to provide for the erection of two new buildings for the use of the industrial and scientific departments of the Nebraska University at Llncoln, and to appropriate 875,000 for the expenses of the sae. Mr. Holmes stroogly supported the passage of the bill. saying that the money askod belonged to the uuiversity and thoy have a right to it. Mr, Henry urged the house to allow'the bill to pasa. He showed tho absurdity of allowing the money of the university fund to accumu- late aud lie in the treasury when it can be mada beneficial to the state. Mr. King supported the bill at some length and Mr' Troupe said he would do the rame if the appropriation were reduced, He moved the house now go into committee of the whole to consider the bill. This was carried and Mr. Scoville took the chair, The bill having been resd a long discussion ensued, Mr. Corr moved reduction of the vote to 325,000 which was amended by Mr. Riley to read $10,000. Mr. Blaine supported the bill in urgent terms, saying it was better to uso the money in construsting pew university builnings” than to allow itto be in treasury unused.. Me. Russell advised the houss to grant the appropriation, and epoke at some length on the advantsges of aducation, Mr. King wantod at least $25,000 for the university. 0l said careful estimates had been made by the umiversity authorities and it woald require the whole sum asked, Mr. Hale would without more talk give them $25,000 and have done with it, He didn’t want such long ta'ks, Mr, Varnersaid it was the dutyof the #tate to make its university & credit to the state. Men wero willing to voto for 375,000 asylums, but refused to take money now ly. in the bank and appropriate it to a usefnl 1056 Mr, Net#leton opposed the appropriation, eaying farmers wanted some of the money for agricultural educational purposes, He' was understood to have said that there were bettor educational advantages 1 his procinet in Clay county than at tho university, where the A 1C only of every minor subject was fanght. Jehn Kailey would support the £50.000 ap- propriation. "He had visited the university, and was well satisfied that the amount wus required, Ir, Holmes would accept the amendment priate $25,000, This would build a cal laboratory only, but half « loaf wae bettar than no bread, The $25,000 appropriction was then made, and when the bill had been amended so as to #uit the necessary requiroments the commit- tee rose and ordered the bill to be favorably raported t5 the house, The house having reoaved ard adopted the report of the committee, took a recess un- til 2 O'clock, Afterncon Session, Special Correspondence of the B, LiricoLN, February 23,—The house met this aftornoon at 2 o'elock, and was just entering on its business when the members were startled by hearing the reports of firearms, Many of the members became alarmed and rushed from the kouse to ascertain what was the matter. Those who remained bebind were quickly informed by the speaker that.an at- tempt had been made to rob the state treas. ury, and ¢hat one of the robbers had been shot dead, This news given to the speaker by o essenger who rushed into the house and whispored the fact to the speaker, The house Immediately took & recess, and remain- ipg members rushed on t5 tho tcane of aciion to ascertain the facts for themselves., A full report of the circumstancos of the bloody adiray js given eloewhere, After saue considerable time membars returned, all i 4 sidered. Thia bill provides principally for the payment of newspapers for state printing. But several claims of & suspicious character had been sandwiched in between the legiti mate claims. After contiderable discussion in which Mr, Miller, Mr, Nettleton and Mr, Howard fought against lhvhufm claime, such elaims being supported by Mr. Olmstaad on_behalf of the claims committee, It was finally de- cided to strike a fow items out of the bill, There were the claims of W, H, Head for making the arrest of I, ‘P, Olive et al., $350,0f W, H. Almy, a like amount for same arrest, Hitchcock & Co ’s cialm for $1,600 for sheriff's fees was also stricken ont, as Wwas the claim of H. Criswell for &5 for unpaid mileage. In this form the bill then passed through the committes and was ordared to be recommended for passage. The honse adopt- ed the report and adjourned until Monday morning next. Explanations of Votes on Senate File 1¢ Lixcory, February 25.—1'he following ex- planations of their votes by members of the sonats on the railroad commissloner bill, have baen filed: I am satisfied that this bill large majority of the people adk for amd that it expends n large sum of the People’s money with but little opportunity to Benefit the peo. ple at large for the next twn years, But as it seems iropossibla to get such legislation as the constitution of the state has mada it the daty of legislature to make, and as this bill a admission of duty and of the powerto regulate the corporation of the state by statutory law, and as this bil, if it becomes & law, will give the next legislature a batter u{:pwr:mxhy to perfect the law than they, would have if they have to go over the samg arguments that have been used by this legislature, X there- fore vote “‘ayo’ on this bill, [Sigoed| Ezra Brows, I do not believe that Senate File No. 187, will do justice to the people of Nebraska, but as it is on railroad legislation that seems pos- e1ble to secura at this session’of the legislature, T therefore vote ‘‘aye.” A, Dar, is not what a Sevate File 187 has been repeatedly pro- nounced by the most prononnced advocates of railroad legislation 1a this body “‘a farce,” ‘‘a club to beat down real legislation,” a “‘shadow” and & “‘sham.” It 15 so strongly desired by the railrond companies that their advocates on the floor of the senste as well as their lobby wero unanimously in favor of paying all expenses thereby eaused if that would insure its passage, It is an emascu. lated copy of the advisory commission law of Massachusetts, and entails upon the state S6,- 000 for clerks of three of its officers and as much more in the way of incidentals as those clerks see fit to cause. All the duties of this commission could be satisfactorily performed by one man at one fourth the expenee caused by the bill, Not reelng any corresponding advantage to the state to redult from the ex- pense caused, and the people themeelves hav- ing decided against it, T vote *No.” W. G, HASTIN I vote ‘‘aye” on this bill as being the only lezislation that can be secured at this vessi but am of the opinion that it Is only exper ment and will not result in a satisfactory ad- justment of the differences batween the peo- Ple and the railroads without piving the board power to schedule 1ates. G. D. MEIkgLIORY, Mr, President—Believing_that a mojority of the people of the state of Nebraska ate op: posed to rai'road commission, 1 vote “‘no.” M. A, Mius, Me, President~The question of croating a boord of railroaa commisslonera having been submitted to the people of thiy state and by them rejocted, and balieving 3ie bill to be in tho interest of the railroads instesd of the peo- plo and passed for the exprows purpose of do- ceiving the people of thia statd, I vote “no.” Jony 8, McSHANE, e CONCERNING GEN, GRANT. HIS POOR HEALTH—HIS EARLY DEMISE PEE DICTED. New York, February 28,~In regard to Gen, Grant’s health, Col. Frederick Grant said this afternoon: My father is a very slck fact. We have made every effort to keep the true facts from the public, becsuse we knew that as eoon as it should become known he wa® dangerously ill there would be hundreds of letters coming in with every mail, and this would ouly exert him and make the curc less hopeful. My fathor had little rest during the past fow nights. Ho was up and about his room a littlo while yesterday, and we hove to zet him up again to-day, but he is suffering constant pain in his earaed head, For any facts concerning the nature of his disease 1 re- %ar you to his pbysician,” Dr, Douglas said: *‘I s in nowise responsible for the rose-color- od reports that appeared in The Med Journal last week, I'wo days before the ra port was published I had conversations with Dr, Sande at Gen, Grant's house, The re- sult of the consultation was that we both de- cided that the cancerous growth at the root of the tongue was hardening and steadily growing worse, A microscopic examination by an expert proved beyond doubt that the case is malignant epitheliel grow n. Grunt is a very siok man, There is little or uo hope that he will recover, He is breaking down, but has displayed much coursge, For a3 muck as a month he hns done six or eight hours work per dey, but he has had very little sleep during the past eight days. W hava tried to keep the knowledge of his true con- dition from the general, He has hed so many other troubles to bear, , T have all along maintained that his trouble was from & cancerous growth at the root of the tongue, caused, undoubtedly, by excess in smoking, Every time he speaks, or breaths or eats, this is disturbed, = There has been times when the growth has been temporarily checked, but it has never besn arrested and is steadily increasing, There has been con- siderable loss of the tissues of the saft palate. He take nourishent every day in liqud form, He canuot eat golid food, for he has lost all bis teeth, They wers extracted in the kopo of easing the pait in the face, Thie pain, although it resembles nenralgia, is not that, pure and simple, but it is a zeflection of tho pain caused by the cancer in the throat, He haa been suffering from severe pain_in the right ear and the tep of his head. To ease this his head is kept wrapped in hot flannels, I cannot asy how neer the end hois. Hemay live for months yet, but I do not think that there is hope that hesaay ever recover, ————— Fira at Charleston, Cusrrestoy, W.Va, February 24,—Last night a fire broke out in Shield block, corner meditative mood, and the business of the day was procecded wita in a somewhat melan choly wanuer. On gettiog to work, in tho committee of the whole, House Rolls 404 and 406, bills intro- duced by the claims commitéee and author- izng appropriations for the payment of mis. callaneous items owiug by the atate, were con- of Kara and Sumer streete, this city, The building was three etorics and is & total loss. Felenka Brow, wholesals dry goods, ed most of the building, M, Kaufman, wholeeale and retail clothing, occupied one roons. Loss about $7.000, Y'ne fire caught in man, There is no use in loager denying that | i WASHINGTON NEWS. Mr. Clevelad’s Views on fhe Silver Quastion, t|Does Not Coincide With Mr. Keifer's Ideas. The Sundry Civil Bill Changed In Some Resp:ots. Prosident Arthur Calls on the Senate to Convens on the Fourth Day of March, Resolutions Relating to the Question of silver Comage Introduced in the Senate, SENATE, ‘WasHinaron, February 28,—The chair laid before the senate a letter from the attorney general stating that the deficiency bill, as passed by the house, insufticiently provides for the expenses of the United States court, not mora than one-halt the estimates being allowed in any caso, The letter also states that there will not be money enongh to carry on the courts named during the coming foue months, unless a further appropriation shall be made, Referred to the committes on ap- propriatione, an Wyck, from the committes on the Mis- souri river, reported favorably the bill intro- duced by him smakiog an appropriation of £5, 000 for the improvement of the Missouri river at & point near Eastport, opposite Nebraska City. rlaced on the calendar, The substitute for the river and harbor bill was read a second time aod referred to the committee on commerce, which was allowed to set during the session of the senate, Mitchell uffered the following preamble and resolution: ¥ ‘Whereas, The commercial value of silver has so far depraciated that the standard silver dollars coined under the act of 1878 are now worth but 82 centa in the opsn market; and Wherear, The continued coinage of such depreciated dollars, now amounting to nearly $200,000,000, reriously threatens the suspen- sion of gold payments by the government from the necessary and consequent banish- ment of gold_coin” from active circulation; therefore be it Liesolved, That the finonce committee be and is hereby instructed focthwith to prapare snd report to the senate a proper bill to pro- vide for the immediate snspension cf the coin- sge of eilver dollars, and for the resumption SF ok coinage whenever the commercial value of the standard dollars aforesaid shall rise to within 6 per cent part of the standard gold dollars of the United States, Mitohell asked unanimous consent _to hava the resolution considered at once, and to have read, fu connection with the rasolution, a very important letter from a distinguished person, meaning the letter of the president-elect just published on the silver question. 5 Objection was_made by Camaron, of Wis: consin, Harris, Maxley and others, both to the reading of the letter and the presont con- sideration of the resolution. The matter, therefore, went over one day under the 1ules, : i The senate then, on motion of Wilson, took up the house bill to forfeit the unearned land geanted to the etate of lowa to md in the con- straction of the Sioux City & St. Paul rail- road, S The bill, a3 passed by the house, declared such unearned lands forfeited, and required the attorey-general to itstitute legal proce tain and determino their quantity, and provides that the actual bona fide settlors already on the lauds shall have preference of entry at the land office. Yor these provisions the senate _committeo cn public lands substi- of the United States to the lands referred to giving the United States circuit court ju diction to determine all controversies relating tosuch lands that may exist botween the United States and the state of Towa, or per- gons claiming any right to such lands, The substitute also provides that such of the lands as the court may declare belong to th States shall constitute part of the publ main, and be subject to disposal s such, ex- cept that the bona fide settlers’ claims shall be recognized as lawful, Pending the debate on this bill the house bill appropriating 50,000 for the apprais- er's office at Chicago was taken up and passed, A message _being received from the house announcing disagrecment with the senate on the postoffice appropriation bill, the senate insisted on its smendment and th pointed a committes on conference, The debate on the Sioux City & St, Paul land grant forfeiture bill was recumed, course of which Hoar said citizens of Massa- <hair ap- chusetts had invested $8:0,000 at 6 per cent in that enterprise, In order to do them ju tice the bill thould be amended. Morgan did not think it needed amendment It referred to the @n order to do justice, courts the question involved, Adjourned to Monday, HOU WasniaToN, February 28,—Dibrell seb- nference report on the agriculs ation bill, Agrood to. The House then proceeded to the considera- tion of the Senate amendments to the post- The recommenda- tions of the appropristion committee were voted down, kowever, on its recommendation for non-conourrence in the amendment peemiting uumpluaufm of wecond class publications, to cent per ponnd, and the awendment was concurred in. The amendment relative to compensation to Amerizan steam ehips for carrying mails All the amendments Towosend office appropriation bill, generally followed, The committes be tranam| tted through the mails at o was also concurred in. hbvln‘.{ been dikposed of, Holman, T and Horr were appointed conferee: disagreeing votes of the two houses, The naval aypropriation bill, with tks sen- ate amendments, was taken from the speaker’s tabloand referred to the committee on ap wropriation, Hancock moved to swspend the rules e6 that ke house shall go ivto committee of the wholo on the fortificaticn bill, the general de: bate being kwited to two hours, The motion was sgreed to and the kouse went 1nto com upoa the the cellar and is supposed to be the work of [ mittee of the whole as indicated, an lncendiary, He reviewad the proviaions of the substitute d- | sible that this curreucy should go below the tute provisions asserting the reversionsry right | § n the ially upon the for the procurement of @te of American manufac antry wanted guns, the labor of the country wanted work, and when intelli- gent work “could te given to this labor, and the great necessity of the country recognized, why should not co Curtin called atten unrest which existed before the year ol The 1'nflr3 States war, and it was in state of defens the substitute for th g Keifer addressod his remarks to ths silver question and found fault with Claveland’s let- ter. It was assumed in that letter that unless the colnage of silver was suspended, the time would come when there would not be enough gold in tha treasury to redeem all the green- Eacke. He had supposed that the greenbacks might be redeemed at the pleasure of the gov- ernment in gold or silver coin, Hancock defended the committee bill snd criticized the substitute, contending that un- der it not a tivgle gun would stand the test of actual battle, Thomas raid that while the committes bill l)urpmb'(l to appropriate §900,000, in_reality t appropriate 600,000 and enabled the great Ameriean gun burster, Norman Wiard, to hug guns from the United States at one* fourth of a eont & pound and after a slight change sell them back at 50 cents a pound, Dorsheimer thought the specch made his morning by Horr in eulogy of Cleyeland indi- cated that the gentleman was coming over to the democratic party, The public net of tho president-elect which had been subject to the gentleman's eulogy was a lotter addressed to certain members of the house. Ho agreed with the gentleman that the letter containad an abundance of sound doctrine, but he would have preferred that tha presidont-elect had done what he hadho doubt he would do at the first occasion offered him—suggested to congress methods by which the circula- tion, as coin, of the two metals could be re conciled and maintaived, for he did not be- live it to be separable or possible that silyer should be demonetized in this country. On the other hand, he thought it a part of states anship to recognize the facts which existed, and to bring about a reconciliation between the two currencies by a reconsideration of the ratio of their value. In his judgment, the true solution of the question was to make the silver dollar equal to the gold dollar, If the Lsilver dollar were made equal to the gold dol- lar, there would be no reason for plazing any restriction whatever on its coinage, and, in- deed, in this case, it might be safe to make silver the sole foundation for the paper money of the country, Horr wag no surprised that tho gentleman from New York should think he was about to Ko over to the democratic lmrr_y, because he remembered that not very long ago the gen- tleman wes a rowsing good republican [laughter], but that was not his style, He did not se0 why the gentleman should com- plain because he (Horr) was unable to dis- cover a hittle common sense in one democrat in the United States. 1f the democrats had taken his advice. they would not have given their presid:nt thus early the black eyo they had administered the other day, which the president had not deserved, Warner (Ohiv) (who was the recipiont of the Cleveland letter) thought that as the silver question had been imported into the ques- tion, it would not bo out of place to say a word fn_roply. The rilver question was an economic question, and not o political ane, It was not a question to be sattled by mere opin- ion, It was well understuod that the presi- dunbeelect bad differont views on that ques- tion from many members in this house, ~Dia- tinguished republicans held different views from a majority of their party. It was a question of monetary acience and nothlngl?lfile. Onelvord ss’ mn:i:. rm which had been sent throughout the a8 which was to come a8 result of c‘l?; 3 ued coinage of silver, notwithstanding the caro with which the letter referred to had been prepared, notwithstanding the candor with which the views of the presi- dent-elect hat besn formulated, in this par- ilar he was mistaken, The condition of things which was predicted in the public press a3 about to take place was an impossibility, It was a_condition of things that nover had taken place in any country in the world, With a currency of $750,000,000 it was impos- 68 start a boom now? fore, he favored par of gold. It was not In the power of all the banks 1n this country, aided by all the banks of London, to put gold to a premium and keep it thero 'so lung as the volume of money was kept down, aside from gold, to The bill was read by patagraphs for amend- ments, Tllis offered several amendments increasing the appropriation for repairs, ete., of fortifi- cations, but they were rejected. Eilis then moved to strike out the entire clause as being useloss waste of public money, which metion was also rejected, On motion of Reed, the paragraphs were stricken out which presciibe the calibre of the guns to be mannfactared and the manner in which they shall be testad, The committee then roge, reported the bill to the house, and it was passed, This is the last of the appropriation bills, Forney sumumitted the conference report on the army appropriation bill, and it was agreed to. 'The only point of diffcrence between the two houses was the senate amendment strik- ing out the clause itting courts-martial to hold their seesion at such hours as they see fit: The houss recodes from its_dissgrecment and the clauss goes out of the bill, Beunett called np the North Carolina case volving the right of Bennett to his seat, pending which Hummond moved for adjourn. ment, The motion was carried and ths house adjourned until Monday. A —— CONGO AFFAIRS, A MULTUM IN PARVO REPORT, WasHiNGIoN, February 25,—The house committee on foreign affairs, by a vote of six to four, adopted Phelps’ resolution relative to THE NE_W-_GABINET. More Specalations Abont Cliveland’s Cabinet Advisers, ——— The Premier’ $0 be Bayard of Deélaware, Manning to Administer the Fi= nances of the Country With Thurman at the Head of the Indian Department Assisted by Other Ministers of Greater or Less National Reputations, CLEVELAND'S CABINE Specinl telogram to the Ber. Auvaxy, March 1,—While there ia nothing bere in the way of cabinet gossip, simply for the reaton that the city is almost deserted of politicians, it can be stated on unimpeachable authority that Cleveland bas fixed six of his cabinet positions, subject to only such changes a8 may be necessitated by sudden emergen- clon. These positions are: Secretary of state, Bayard of Delaware; secretary of the trens ury, Manning ot New York; secrotary of the interier, Allen (. Thurman of Ohio, post master-genoral Lamar of Mississipp ney-general, Garland of Arkansas; y of ‘war, Endicott, of Massachusette, For the navy depa tment several names are still under consideration, and it Is not impossiblo that Whitney of New York may be selected, al- though it is stated that Cleveland is anxious to give the prsition to the weat. The slate given aboye fully carries out what is supposed to be the Manning scheme of erganizing a national machine, and practi- cally agrees with what was believed to have been decided at the New York conference, namely, to give to the south the postoffice do- partment in order to protect the Lousiana [uhtury men, and to place Thurman in the in- terior department, for the purpose of gaining the support of the granger element., Thab Vilas i oat of the line of cabinet probabilties is admitted by everybody who has talked with Cleveland since yesterday. Judgo Cochran, of Chicago, of Chicagd, who had two long’ interviews with Cleveland, considers that it 18 very doubtful that 1llinois will get the cabinet vacancy, but says if an Tilinois man is taken it will ba somebedy whoso name has not been mentioned That Maoning has resigned the presidency of the Commercial bank is & fact, although an attempt is made to deny it, Manning has also put his political house in order and there is no longer any doubt of his going into the cabinet. The departure of Cleveland for Washington has not yet been finally ssttled, but he will from the present indications not start before Tues- day morning. This evenlog he is the guest of General F'arneworth w ho has besides invited only the closest personal friends of the next president for a furewell reception., URANKS ARKRAIGNED, KT AND MRS, DUDLEY BEFORE THE 3 COURTS. Nrew Yorg, Fobruary 28.—Mrs, Dudley and Dick Short were arraigned this morning in the general sessions court room, the former for thooting Rossa and the latter for stabbing Capt. Phelan, Short wes araigned first and pleaded not guilty to tho charga of assault and battery, The recorder said us the case was an aggravated ono he wonld increase the bail from £3,000 to $5,000. Short was then removed. Mrs, Dudley was then arraig: Her coun. ol said, by his _adyice, she remained mute. The recorder directed that a plea of not guilty be entered for Mrs, Dudiey and hes bail fixed at $5,000. The accused was then taken back to priso Neather Phelan nor Rosea wore prosent during the proceedings e — RAILROAD CKET. b CH1cAGO, February 28 —The execnlive committeo of the Transcontinental Railway association hold another session here to-day, but after successive balloting wera unable to agrao upon a commissioner and adjourned, subject to the call rman, Vote. SeminarieLd. I1L, February 28.—No busi- ness wag done in either house or sonate this morning. Injoint session rcarcely a dozen members were present, One yote was cast, that of Haines, for Morrison, e— The question of increasing the salary of mayor to $100 a year and teat of the council men from $25 to §52, threatens to start a dis cussion in Fremoot. The Herald is na'.nhnli that the raise is a modest one, We ehculd blush, Hood's Sarsapariiia Comblnes, in 4 manner pecallar to itsclf, tho Dest blood-purifying and strengthening reme- dies of the vegetable kingdom. You will find this wonderful remedy effective where other medicines have failed, Try it now. 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