Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 5, 1885, Page 5

THE DAILY BEE--THURSDAY, MARCII 6, 1885. fl____—_—l—""_____——_'—_.——————-————————_ LINCOLN NEWS. Our Legulstere Dies a Fair [ay’s Wk, Hawes Relief Bill is Ef- fectually Tabled, Ths Pat The Norfolk Asylum Bill Pass The Senate. The House Passess The Much- Talked-0f Railroad Bill, The Full Text of the Majorily Report. Joint Resolation Asking Congreas to Placo Genaral Graat on the Retired List, THE 8 Special Corrorpondenc LixcorN, March 4, —Like a tale that is told was the senate's work this morning, The House Rolls so industriously and specially re- commended to pass yesterday were put upon thoir passage. The Norfolk sylum bill, cons cerning which thero was some excitemeat, ro- caived twenby-nine votes, Senator Day slone voting no, l'nros senators were absent. The saline land bill met with little opposition to what was anticipted last night, The demo- cratic membera were given an of portunity to distinguish the mselves on this, the fourth of March, by voting for a civil rights bill. The bill granting the claim of ex-Senator Saunders was passed, out Pat O. Hawes' relief bill was recommittsd, and will probably never see light, At high noon Senator Spencer moved that, in view of the great event about to transpire at Washington, the senate tuke a recess. Sen- ator Skimner amended by moving that the senate stand with bowed heads for ten min- utes, Some other senator moved that the democrats be excused for the afierncon, and Senator Durland _proposed to excuso those who indulged in champagne last night., This crows-fire of political humor was kept up for some time, but finally a recess was taken, The treasury 1aid of Saturday is making less disturbance now, though muny are loud in denourcing Pound aud the detectives. No grand jury has yet been summosed, as was previously stated, Whatever may be the out- come of the cuse, it is certain that Pound was honest in his patt of the work, and £ 1t secure in being backed by the governor in his ac tions, One thing is certain, if the thisves had escaped the town could not have condemned strovgly enough the detectives who leb them sl ATE, of Tur Bee, e the railronds refused to transport the legislators w New Orleans free of charge, n number of tho members are gotting reaay for an excursion on_theic own scconnt. A stoaper has been chartered and o crowd of them will leave here Sunlay moraing for_ the “Sunuy South,” As the members all have B. & M. passes which do not expiretill March 81, they are suro of frae tracsportation at least as far s Kansss City, Afwernoon Session, Special talegram to tho Bie. LiNcovLy, March 4.—OF the fourten bills pacsed by the senate this afternoon, the most important was ths bill granting county judges clerical aid in counties where the population exceeds 25,000, McShane's cow doctor bill wenb through, and a bill making pravie chickens ripe Septem- bar 1, instead of August 13,’and one to create etate holidays, Pat O'Hawes’ reliof bill bobbed up serenely, but McAllister insisted that it had been re_ ferred to the general file, and not yet consid- ered, 1t was left for a time, The report of the committee on the insane hospital was called up and McShane moved the adoption of the minority report. Mc- Allister smended by subwitting the majority roport. McShane said that the rezommends {100 of the majority were not 1n accord with the testimony. He'then, at soms length, gave the records of the various witoes:es, making a and exhaustive speech, Ho was followed be Church Howe, who made the bost speech of the sersion. 1aying personal feelings and interest in the matter, he was prepared to set forth facts most favorable to Dr. Matthewson. He favored adopting the mnority report, and was surprised at the verdict of the committee. MeAlhster thought Dr. Matthewson should be removed, not Leing the man for the place. He @id the Lest Lo knew, but there wera bet- ter men, Burr and Sowers both spoke favorably to De, Matthewson : None of the committee defondsd the astion of the minority report, which was adopted, twenty votes being cast for it The wmembers of the committes not votiog were Day, Do- lan, Hyors and Putnam, being excused on the grounds that they were not acquainted with the evidence. McShave offered it was the semse of the senate that all ap pointments of help at the hospital by th governor be on the recommerdation of the superintondent, who should be held responsi ble. 1Haul introduced a long resolution to the effoct that as no charges of fraud had been sustained in the school land investigation, t majority report would be endorsed ns #he souse of the senate, McShana objacted strongly and cousiderable pelitical bombast was indulged in, echoes from lust fall's cam. paign. Tneentii evening session was spent n the passage of bills, About twenty-five more re main for passage tomorrow, so it is probable work will be tinished before nigat. a resolution tl THE HOUSE, Special Correspondence of TiE Bk, LixcolN, March 4.—The house was called to order this morning at 9:30, Mr, Holwes preseuted a resolution provid- ing that the employes of the house should re- cerve mileage at the same rate as members, which was adopted by 45 to 44 votes. Mr, Henry next introduced a resolution which set forth that Miss Carrie Carnahy had been employed as engrossing clerk from Jan- uary 2) only, but that as she had been very Industrious since and had not wasted her time in the gallery, her pay be allowed from the. beginving of the tession. The resolution was ldo‘rlv.ed unanimously, The joint resolution asking congrees to place Gen, Grant on the retired llst passed the houss with one_dissenting voice, that being Mr, Davis, of Cheyenne. Senats file 14, Mr, Snell's S-cent railroad bill, which caused e much discussion and many amendments in the sonate, came up for third readiog aud was 'pased ‘wikhout comment, The railroad lobby, being satisfied of the utier usoleasnoss of the bill, did not sppoar on the acens, and allowed the bill to go through without opposition, The following gentlemen yoted in favor of the bill: Adams, Aikin, Bailey, Baruey, ot Bickley, 'Blaco, Blaine, “Booth, Brandt, Brunuer, Buffington, Buraham, Callahan, Casper, Cole, Conger, Cope, Cornelius, Corr, Cox, Crook, Dempster, Eberman, Emerson, Everett, Gill, Glenn, Gumaer, Hall, Harlan, Hnen, Heimrich, Henry, Holmés, Holt, Howard, Huff, Irwia, Jindra, Johnston, < Kehos, Kilmer, King, Kuooy of Merrick, Liebhart, Lies- veld, Luce, Marble, Martin, McArdle, Milew, Miller, Mulyahill; Muun, Neligh, New- myer, Newcomer, Nichol, Olmatead, Osgocd, Poyuter, Peterson, Rice, Riley, Robersan of Nemaba, Robinson, of Stanton, Koot, Ku sell, Bmith, Scoville, Staver, Stirliog, Steven- son, Sutherland, Taggart, Taylor, Thomas, Cas, Thomas, of Colfex, Thompson, Troup, Targer, Tortle, Varuer, Waitt, White, Whit wore, Williame, Winspear, Wolbach, Wright, Mr. Speaker, 4 Those voting sgainst its pas:age wes Orawford, Hocknell, Higglng, Tec Furnas, Holdsworth and Nettdeton, Tt may be interestitg to many to know nomething of the only piece of railroad legisla tion whieh bas passed this session, The fol wing i3 & copy of the bik tion 1. Tt shall be unlawful for awy rail rond corporation operating a rai'rond enst of 115t meridian in this state, to charge, collect, transp rtation of ag0 not exceo ! ing ¢ 8 in on any train over its line of road, & sum ex tho rates herein prescnted, av Railways to be kaown as claes ¢ befng those that entn in this state §1.000 or apwards per mila per annum, @ thrve oemts per mile, linilwavs to be Jnown » a 15" being thoso that earn lees thas £1,000 per mile per AunUM, gross earn. ing three and a half (3}) conts per mile; Pro- vided that the gross camivgh herein provided shall b construed as the gross eatnings per mile fre tion cor the entire sy in this state, its branches, extensi lies laased or operat per milo from tha 101st meridi westorn boundary of the etate shall ot excerd four cents, Se Megsr . Suid railcoad_corporation shall not , collect, demand or receive within the limits aboye spacified for the trausportation child under %en ysars ol in tha care control of any passcnger on auy train, a m excoeding onehalf of the rates pre serited in section one of this act. 3. Nothicg hercin shall ba construed a% to prevent any railroad company from udopting the rale that when the fare is paid ou the train the conductor may charga and collact, not to exceeditwon y-fi nty in ad dition to the reguler f for which he shall baek to such passenger a conductor's ock which #hall be good for the sum o d at any station on #uch road on pre- ion to the ngent ot said road. 2. 4, Tt shali e unlawful for any rail- rond corporation operating a railioad in this atate, t expel or femove from any cosch used for conveying passenrers over their ling ot rond auy person peison who offors to pay the regular rate of fare, ot to exceed the maxi- mum rate hercin fixed for conveying passen- gers along the line of maid road; Provided, Said persons conduct themselves properly while remaining therein, § Sec. 5, Any railcoad corporation violating any of #he provicions of this act, shall upon conviction thereof, forteit and pay for each offense not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, such for- charge feiture to be paid into the school fuad of the county in which such forfeitare is imposed, and shall also bs liable to the party injured for all damages ho or sho sustained thereby. Soc, 6. The term, ‘‘railroad corporation,” contained in this act shill be decmed and taken tomean all corporations, companies, or individuals now owning or operating, or which may hereafter own or operate any rail- ‘way in whole or in part in this state; and the provisions of this act ehall apply to all per- sous, flems, and companies, and to all assccia- tions of parsons, whether ihcorperated or otherwive, that shall do business s ‘common corriers upon any of the lines of railway in this state (street railwayw excepted), the samne a8 to railrond corporations hereinbéfore men- tioned. A fow other bills were road a third ime and paesed, the most important being Senate I'ile 1i4, which provides for_extsa district judges in catain districts, ‘The districts aifected will be those around Omaha and colu, Mr, Newcomer at noon moved, that as this day of all others was, after & quarter of a cen- tury, one of “great rejoicing m. the country | & among all deniocrats, be it resolved, that the house take a recess until 2 o'clock, The reso- lution was adopted, amidst muchlaughter and applauie, he following is the report of the school land investigating committee, as prezented to tha house: T'o the President of the Senate and the Speak- or of the House of Representatives of the State of Nebraska: Your joint committee appointed to inquire into the “‘condition of all trausagliovs ralating toselling and leasing the rchool lands of the state,” would 1espectfully submit the follow ing raport of their proceedings: We held our first meeting for the taking of testimony Jax 20, 1855, and continued the kaie from day to day as the cir- cumstances and our duties permit ted, The committes issued sub. ponas for and examined a large numwher of witnasses, and gave full Iiberty to sl persons who desired to come before the committee aud give evidencs upon all_questions besriog upon the leasing and sale of the educational lands of the state, The committee, as far as possible, have had all parties bafore it who were suppesed to have au; knowledge ¢r could throw any light upon the subject under investigation. The committee have given the widest latitude in their examination of witnesses in order that the full and exact tacts might be elicited and after duly consid- ering the evidence your committes have reached the following conclusions : 1. That thera is no evidauce that the board of educatlonal lands and funds or any mem ber of kaid board has been guilty of any fraud or wrong in the sale or leasiog of the educational lands of the stata, Your committee fiud from the evidence that the custom of the board of educational lands and fuuds, since the organization of the department has baen at each regular mesting on the sccond Tuesday of each month, to pass the following order and spread {he same upon the records of their proceedings, viz: *'On motion, the bids for educational lands aro referred to the commissionsr of public lands and buildings, to examine and award to the highest bidder, where the land is subject to leaso,” The evidence further shows that the said commissioner, his deputies and clerks, made such examination and awards in pursuance of such ordor, but fails to show in any pirtion- Lur or singla instance that in making such ex- sininations and awards there had bzen any wanipulations, fraud or collusions with bids projudicial to the interest of any bidders Thu evidence of two ex-members of the state d is to the effect that au extended exam- ion of ew h bid by the state bo rd wonld o much of their time, and being exeeutive s same could nos be spared from dutisa incident to their respective depart: ments. The evidenco further showing the fact that the examination of bids and award ing them uud the issuing of contracts some months required the attention of tha commis- sioner and bis entire clerical forca from five () w0 fourmen (14 days 8, The commtttee further find from the ev. idence that the matter of opening bids avd awarding them and isining contracts was carefully guarded to prevent any fraud or collusion on the part of any one connected vllll.ll the departwent and outsidors or bid- ders, 4. Thatthe existiog lawa are inefficient is patent, In that they allow one person to ob- tain an unlimited quantity of land at a v ery low price and on loog leases at & timo when the lands were constantly and steadily in- creasing in value, consequently ths commis- ioner of public lands and buildings and the d of educatio lands and funds ve been placed at a great disadvantage in conducting the disposal of lavds to the best iuterests of the state, but that there has been any wilful neglect or wrong com. mitted by the board or any member of the board, there is not the least evidence to show, on the contrary, it seems to have been thei alm to 8o diepose of the lands as to bring the larger income to thestate under their construc- tion of the law, A. D, BuckwertH, F. P, OLusteaD, T, L. Lawis, Joux T, Seexc C. H, Nogk1s, H., 0, 8wirs, OnERRY, MINORITY REFPORT. ‘The minority of yourcommittes respactfull; submits the followtog fraport: From the tes. timony before your coinmittee we have reach. ed the following conclusions concerning the leasine and sale of the dpnhlio school lande, The board of public lands and buildings s b the constitution charged with the manage- ment of our educational lands. The duties and powers of this board, and the conditions under which school lands are to be disposad of by sale or lease are fully defined by the statutes. It was admitted by all the members of the board wh testified before this commitiee that its proceedings as such were merely formal, although the governor, secretary of state, treasurer and atturoey geueral ‘are each s wuch charged with the duties and responsi- bilities imposed by law upon the board as the ¢ mmissioner of public lands and buildings. It appears that the whole conduct of selling and leasivg the school lands was left with Mr, endall, the late land commissioner. It iy also showa that Mr, Kendall has often dels. the funetions which n the board or upoa the land commiesic Thas gross negligence on tha part of the beard oponed the way for flagrant_irreaulati. tien snd violations “of law, which, whethar g or uajustly, have subjecied the bosrd, 1 note especinlly M. Keadall, to grave of dishonet collusion with land suspicion T'he onening of bids for the leasing of school Innds by M K ubmitted to the bowd was od to create the provailing impre and speculators were atforded iteeif which enabled them to | s thown | ud leases, It w y lessen wera for the moss pa awarded to parties who had no other d n than to dispose of them at n heav vance, while the testimony of these specu Iators fafled to disclosa how profitable these transactions have been, and no evidence was produc:d to show that some of thess doalers held leases for many thousands of nores of sckool land at nominal ficuras, indicates & Lanage pablic lands excuso and which cannot be too reverely coade We further find that some of the tural land in Cedar coun ment on th common school lands in Gre been leascd without first off the statute contemplates, We further find that a largo amount of land leased by speculators are now held without payiug their rentals, and that the same have boen delinquent in & great part for a year or move without any ¢ffort having bsen made by the ard to cancel the same, Wealso find from the evidence that Mr, Kendall ask21 that linds in Custer cou which had been appraised for leasing purp should be reappraised, as the first appraice nt¥was too high. His request was granted ing for sale as ! and thoapprased valus was greatly reduced, which kaid act of Kondall as land commission” er was without statntory warrant and wholly inexcusable and cannot Lo too scverely cen sured, We also believa that had the board of pub lic lands and fands discharged its duties as the law directs, the school lands conldf not hava boen leasad in tha wholesale manaer by speculators as has been doe, We alio believe wsid board to be gnilty of gross aud 1nexcusablo negligence in thix mat ter of selling and leasing the school lauds, and thet all membera of said board cannot be too severely censured, aud we also belicve that the governor _is especially censurable for his eross neglect of duty_ns member of said board. M. A. MiLis, Fiep Merz, W. H, Crook, . HoLswon, GRNE MUNN, The undersigned wish to submit the follow- ing to your honorable body, in connection with the two other reports of this committee: We protest against the admission of such exprossions as are found in line 12, page 1 of the minority raport, 1t was admitted by all the members of the board that ths proceed- ivgs were merely formal on the ground that L, Only two of eaid members testified be- fore the comumittee, and, 2, They did not make any such admissions as stated herein; also in lines 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 82 and 33, The testimony of the members of the board shows that there wero no ctuch collusions and that they were practically im- possible. Also, the charges wmade in lines 23, 24, 25, 7is justified by the ecisious of tho attorney gencral on the ound that the said lands were valuzd so muuch below the mmimum prica as to maka the offer of avle a mere formality aud expense without benefit, Also that the first section on page 3 relat- ing to the landsin Custer 1aud commissioner was jus asking for & reappraisement as the said appraisement wag made uner understandiog 118 by tho and was. mlni!ustlr too high, of same page, we beliove the L authority uzder the law to of land leased $o each indi third section of the same pige there is bo ground for the censure of thegovernor as ex- pressed here, as the h-;timun( will show, (Signed) . 0. Sy L. T Ewis, L. NoRnir, Afternoon Session, Special Telegram to THE Brk, LixcoLN, Neb., Morch 4.—~This afternoon the house had heard the report of the school land investigation committee, Johnston moved the adoption of the major ity, Riley the minority and Hall every report and the committeo discharged. Johnston said there was not the slightest evidence of frand, and that the greatest guus of the opposition were lame, Henry moved that the msjority report be | ! adopted and the whole bo printed and dis- tributed among the people, This motion pre. vailed, and read as follo WhinEas, The senate filo 157 i an emasculated copy of the Iow g many features etricken out, and is in its pres ent form a deception upon this house and upon the poople; therefore ba i% Resolved, That vhe further consideration of said genate file be indefinitely postponed. arlan at groat length supported tho resol tion, and described the bill as usoloss, without substance, Holmes supported the bill and asserted that if the bi.l passed, the anti- monopoly avoeation would by forever gona hemoved to tuble the resclutton, Holwmes motion eventually ca , Th> following geutlemen ve olution: Adams, Aikin, Lrazd*, Bronner, Burnham, C ng to tablo Jlahan, t, Cope, Corr, Cox, Dempster, Limerson, Glenn, 1lale, Hazen, Heinrichs, Henry, Hock- nell, Holmes, Holt, Johnston, King, Kuong, Lwa of Furons, liee of Merrick, Liesvields, Luce, McArdle, Mulvahill, Newcomer, New- myer, Olmstead, Osgood, Petersn, Rice, iley, Robertson, Robinson, Root, Russell Scoville, Smith, ' Staver, Tuggart Taylor, Thomas of Cass, Tho m, Troups, Varuer, Waitt, White, Willims, Wright and Mer, Speaker, Araivst—Barney, Bassett, Buckley, Dlaine, Buffington, Caspar, Cole, Cornetius. Crawford, C fberman, Everitt, Gill, Harlan, Higeins, Holsworth, Howard, Huff, il Kilmer, King, Leibhart, Mar- Martin, Miller, Munn, Neligh, Nettleton, Nichol, Poynter, Stevenson, Sterling. Suther- land, Thomag, Turner, Turtle, Whitwora, ‘Winspear, W olbach, At the evening sersion the committee of the whole of the house considered Senate File 041, introduced by Church Howe, seeking to reorganize & system of leasing and sale of tho state school lands. The bill was read section by section without comment and ordered to be reported for passage, The houss resumiog, the bill was resd & third time and passed. Adjourned, Railroad Notes, The Unlon Paclfic road is adding con- stantly new emigrant cars to the eervice of the road to meet the increasing emigrant traffic. The following circular has been issued: ““Terra Ootta, a statlon located In the Third distrlct, Kansas division, 205 miles west of Kansas City, and 4532 miles east of Denver, has been opened for business as » passenger and freight statlon, with D, E. Burrall a agent.” John Ochs, passenger agent of the Union Pacific, with headquarters a‘ Davenport, lows, is in the city. Eugene Daval goes int> the cffica of General Superiatendent Smlth as secre- tary to B, R. Thomp: e — The tempersture of the mines on the Comstock vein s exceedingly high, At deptha of 1,600 feet and 2,000 feet the [thermometer placed in a fresh drilled hole will show 130 degrees. Very larze bodies of water have ran for years at 150 degrees, and smaller bodles at 170 de- groes, The tewperature is kept down to 110 degrees by forcing In fresh air ccoled over ica, e 1t is reported from Woolwich arsenal that in wilitary circles it is understood that the government have arranged to hold in read news 160,000 treops for services against Russia in Afghanistan, Kenda!l's clerks before they | 1 * I niow THE BOURBIN KING: Continued jrom First Page, t was con aid down it, aud y cheered Arthur ngratulave oath was taking pl fclnod, and s Pr 1 the «in sh | th Bible, after reveren Wk bands with the chie (‘> § first to congeatulate bim nd lomg. Ex-Pres Wt second man the president McKenney and Sena Cleveland was thenin in Ages of the sup to Lieuten. sueral Sheridan and to General Hau- her farsons on the platform then pressed forward, and many of them shook his hind, As here-onterad the capitol he was sirain groetad with cheers. He walked to the basen t entrancs, where hefirst came into the building, and entered his cartiaga to be deiven in the procession_to the White House After purticepating in { 1 ceremo: nies ab the east front of the capitol, the sena tora retw ned to the chamber aud the senate adjourned. At the conclusion of the mauzural ceremo- tha capitol, the pr.cession escortad the ntial party back to the Whita 1 carringes which contained Preside Cleveland and ex President Arthur, and V President Hendricks and tho senst b tes of arraugements, tock positions in the first division d the line started. The greateat cuth was manifested all along e roate, swd on the sidowalks b increased o it was impossibld to pasa through it. Many people were forced ont into the rondway and the police had all they could do to keap the avenues n fer the prc sion, When the head ¢f the line reached Fifteanth stroet o halt was mnde aud the canisga containing the president and the ex-president loft the lwe and procseded by tho way of the executive avonue to the White Houw which the party re he vice-prasi dent’s carriuge proseeded up Fifteonth sireet nearly to Now York avenue, before leaviog the ime. Mr, Hendricks, ver, soon juined the president at the White Houee, and when everything was in readiness, the entire varty procseded’ to the reviewing etand on Pennsylvania avenie directly in front of the mansion and the order was given for the line tomove. The reyiewing staud had been pro fusely decorated with flags and bunting and presented a beautiful appearance. The presi- dentand ex-president were placed on a pro- jected platform which was coversd with flags, #0 a3t0 make a bandsome canopy, and at the same time so arraigned as to afford a clear view ot the prosession. Arm-chairs were placed upon it for them, but the prosident remained standing during the entire review. pre L'he tw EX-PRESIDENT ARTHUR sat on his loft. Vice President Henricks and the members of his household oceupied seats to the right, and just_back of the president while the families and friends of the piesident and ex-president sat in the front row on the right: Among those who oceupied seats on the presidential stand, were Secretaries Fre- linghuysen, McCulloch, Lincoln, Chandler, and Teller, Postmaster General Hatton, Lieutenant General Sheridan, Major Genvra Huncock, Daniel Manning, Mr, Villas, Mr, Endicot, Massachuaetts, Senators Bayard and Garland, and Col, Limont, Mayor Grace and ex-Mayor Cooper, N. Y,, and & largs num ber of other promient persons including maay officars of the army and navy, a-d the diplomatic corps. There wers a_great mauy Iad1es on the stand, and their rich costumes anded to the brillisncy of the scene, It is estimated thero wern on the stand about a thonsand persons. a9 2:10 when the president, es- corted by Col, Berrett of the inaugural com- mittee, took his place at the front ot the atand and the head of the procession started from the corner of Fiftcenth street to pass in review. Tho president’s appearance was the signal for a general chout from the concourse of pec- ple, who had gathered in front of the stand and filled the streets for several hundred yards both w: The president quietly bowed his good deal of confusion was caused in the vicinity of the staud by the efforts of the polica to clear the strests for the procession, The work was tinally fac. complished, but with great difficulty, mounted police riding into the ~dense throng and driv- tug peopla back with their The re- view from the presidential and it was the generally expresscd opinion no more brilliant pageaut has ever been wit- nessed insthie country. All the organizations gave the marching salute as they passed the grand stand, and the president recoguized the compliment by raising his hat, The first di- vision was composed of regular U, S. troops aud all the local military orzauizations. As they passed the stand tha president saluted ths chief marshal and his aides, and the chief companies, which marched 1 good time, The second division was compozed entiroly of igadiers of tho Pennsylvania National rds, There were about 7,700 in this di- n, Governor Pattison rode at the head of the division. The president slso raised his hat ae a token of respect to tha battle torn flags of the Thirtcenth and Eighteenth and saveral other regiments, The president paid _the same f to the Sixty-inth New York regiment, Rochambesu Granadier and Bush Zouvaes of St. Louis. A lnrga pumber of colored troops included in the Third division and thair soldierly bear ing and good marching elicited much from the people. The New Jerscy soldiers in plain uniform with red blankets rolled above their k cks, aleoattrasted attontion as did the Washieton infantry of Pittsbur, and in navy blua with black eliakos, the Fifth Maryland, about 500 strong, in black heliets blue suts who are old favorites iu this city, wero warmly welcomed, The siiking uniform of olive exeen, with black plumes, which attracted so much at tention, was worn by the Clark guards of Au- wusta, Ga, The New York Sixth-ninth reg- iment was ia this divieion about 60) strong, and it fine bard and excellont marching ful'y mot the expectation which had been arousetl o8 to the appearance of this_regiment. The nadiers Rochambeau of New York, wern alzo well received, The Busch zuvaes of St Louis, wore s most Leautiful uviform in t procession, Company C of the Ohio nationsl guards, 14 a chowy uniform of gray, closed this civision of (he procession, ‘Tho last was composed entirely of_civic_organizations and was commanded hy Maj. Thomas J, Luttrell, of ~ the Jackson demociatic association of the District of Columbia, carrying_rough hickory sticks, ucted escort to the New York organizas tious, After them came six Indian braves, in war-paint and fcathers, bearing Tammany's baoner, Tammany wen, who numbered 10.0, carried silver-headed sticks at their shoulders and marched nine abreast. They were fol- lowed by the Tammany l\'nickergackeru in quaint costume, carrying long gold-headed staves with which they beat marching time on the aephalt pavement. Leving Hall was rep: resentod by 10) gentlemen ail wearing silk hats and spriog overcoats and carrying canes Gilmore's immense band heralded the ap- proach of the county democracy long before they were visible. Tifteen hundred men in light grey overcoats and silk hats, carrying canes with Cleveland’s head wrought in siiver ani wearine purple and gold badges on the lapels of their coats, represented this branch ot the New York democracy, The Albary phalanx, numbering alrhtz men, presented & neat appearance clad In_brown' coats, white ers wod carrying silk umbrellas. The King's county democracy bad about 135 men in line, dressed in dark blue evercoats and carryiog the inevitable cane. The Buffalo legion, injdark clothes and silk hats, brought up the rear of the first biigade. In the sec- ond brigade the division of the Bayard legion of Wilwiogton, Delaware, was the first out of the_town clubs, and was followed by the iloul Parker club, of Nawnrk, N, J. The orty rapresentatives of the Iroquols elub, of Chicago, and the Columbus, Opl, Gles club, dressed in geay and carryiog minature brooms n the lapeis of their coats, Ope of the neat- est uniforms ia the line, was the Duckworth club, of Oincinpati, consisting of a lignt over coat and dark trousers, high hats and gold and purple badges. There was not finer lookivg body of men in the procession, and as they turned into Fifteenth street, marchiog twelve front, the ereat crowd cheere lustliy sud the ladies c'ap) their hands and waved their handkerch The Jefferson_club, of Cincinnati, followed, ‘und” made the most creditable displar, and were slso greeted with applause and other demcostrations of #p proval. A colored man clad in @ 1ky blus swallow-tail coat and bright red pauta loons, sad wenrinf on his breast au enorious silver plate and bearine the name and organization, preceded the Jackson u.,.;.umnu %lu!-, of Columbus, Ohio, Its eighty membars’ were dres: tay aud carried canes ab the salute,ed 1© B | ton and Mrs, o | Justice Tie'd, ——— Maroon overcoats and yellow kil gloves distinguished the one hundred members of the Amerions club, of Philadelphia, The Samuel tandall ass ciasion, ot Philadelphla, had it an equal mumber of men in line. The e legion, of Philadelphia, h 1in brown venth Ward Randall ¢ re w magnifieent Lanner of Lins pruch and gold with an excellent jortemt of the patrom of the club. One hiadred men representid the club, of Harrisburg, aud they wore gray ove coats, blaak hats aud red sik badges. The Calumst club, of Baltimore, ented an ex cellent appesrence with ¢ atly attired moan in lina, Ths Topoka Flamt made & fine nppearanca, Th club, of Chieago, turaed out forty memt weny overconts, silk bats and club and the Trogquois the samo cily, were reoeivel marked favor, Som conr was excited by the appeara cession of the Blaine inauguration Maine, A splendid banuer of black flcated over 500 men repr cent clab of Baltimore, * A notuble feature of tho procession was the flug cavalry of the Diss trict of Colambia, in which the electoral vot of tha states that furnished Cloveland’s ma- jorities were reprosented by horses, one_ for each vote arranged 1a states by oolor. They wers followed by the Cleveland and Hend ricka club of Lewinsvills, Virginia, and by a number of mounted clubs wewing colored Cortral with club of and gold enting the Cres. The live roosters which were carried by Tammany club and connty democracy of New York, wete made conspicions as they pa the stand and caused much amurement, Tak allin all a8 a combined n i Tty At the cone and party proceeded fo the diniog room of the White House, where they partook of Inmchy order.d for them by ou Pessident Ar thur, The public eelebration of the day ended with a display of fireworks. In character it wan like all displays of ficeworks, but in vol- ume and varisty it is sad to have excelled any former pyrotechtical exhibition upon this continent, The brilliant finale of the inaug uration ceremouies was the ball to-night in the unfinished new pension building. As the door opens on the interio: tho eye is dazzled by a sudden blaze of light and color, and the mind confused by the immensity of the scene revealed at a glance. A hall 316 feot long by 166 wide s lighted by mxty gigantic gay burners of 500 cavdle power oach, which are suspended from the roof, whose peak is lost to sight, ninety feet above the floor, in a perfect forest of streamers and flags. On_the acre of waxed floor thousands of couples in brilliant t ilets are moving about in the mazes of the dance, while thousands more circle around on the outekirts in ceaseloss promenade, and other thousands look down on_them from the num- berless balconies surrounding, The decorations, rich in color, cover the whole interior of the structure, the red, white and blue tints of the American flag predomi- nating. DBauks of tropical plants eusround the baces of the eight large columns which Fuupport tha roof anl wreaths of evergreony | [are twined around the columns from base to capital, On the broad faces of the columns are rea'tered, with unique effect, great leaves of palm, At the cast end of the hall a plate glass mirrors, 16 feet high acd 10 fest widoand & frame composed of 600 piecesof cut g las: rises from masses of flowers against tue background of deap erimson and reflects from its surface the lights and colors of the ball room. The music stands are hung with rich giean and purple silk damasks and flags are twined sbout their supports. In each of the four corvers of the ball room tiers of stands which reach the height of the balcony are placed, and on_these, forns and other foliagan are massed in profueion, Tha richest part of ths decorations, however, is on the front of the balceny. Alseg the entire length around the ballroom is stretched on this balcony a deep band of meroon velvet two yards wide, ;heay- ily embroidered for half its “depth with gold thread in elegant design. Tee background of this baleony is the tricolored bunting with which the walla are hung, Outlined against this are small pillars which enclose the balcony snd support ome above it, of these is ruspended an American silic stand- ard surmounted by a circular shield on which is emblazoned the arms of one state or terri: tory. At the height of the balcony atone end of the hall a large spread eagle formed of gas jets &nd at either end a fine painted star formed in the same manner. Over all is the bewildering net work of half moon shaped flags projecting downwards from the peak of the roof and from which epring a marvelouy number of streamers inall conceivable colers, The rooma set apatt by the committes for the uge of the president are magnificently decorat- ed and the air is heavy with their perfume, of flowers, which abound everywhere, on the walls and ‘ceiling, and are grouped in Jarge stands distributed about the room, A prom enade concert opened the festivities of the evening and was contirued from $ to 11 p. m. Dancing began upon the close of the concert, 1t was 10:50 when President Cleve- land arrived at the ball room. He was im- mediately eacorted to the president’s room, where for half an hour he held an informal reception, The president was accompanied y Miss Uleveland and Mrs, Hoyt, his sis- ters, and by his_brother, the Ltav, W, A, Ci land = acd w and their two eons, Mr, Husti his nephew; Miss Hastings, Miss Nellie Zeamans, and Liz Yeamaos and Mrs, Bacon, the president’s brother-in-law aud wife of To ledo, and Col, and Mrs, Lamont. About the same time ex-Pesident Arthur arvived and he too was escorted to the president’s room. With him were Secretarys Liocoln and Chand ler, ry Attorney General Hat Hatton and Secretary Teller and Mrs, Teller, Vice Presidens Hendricks arrived about the same time and joiced the president, In the room at this time was o large and distinguished gathering, mcludirg persons of the most diverse shades of political opinion Besides the versons already tamed there were present: Seoator Baysrd, Col. Vilas, of Wisconsin, Gen. and ‘Mrs, Shendan, Gen, Rosecrans, Daniel Manning and wife, Sen- ator Pendleton, Richard 1. Merrick, Wade Hampton, Senator Brown, of Goorgis, of the supreme court, and Spesker Carlisle and Mis, Cuarlisle, Thera was no formal reception by President Cleveland, but & lurge number of persons preseed about him, and rome of the gentle en standiog in the immediate vicinity made plesentations, After;half an hour spent in this manner, the room became over.crowded, and the president and vice president, the former escorted by Secator Pendleton and Richard I Merrick, and the latter by Repra- scntative Faton and 8. V. Niles, left the room snd made the ronnd of the ball room, the band playing ‘‘Hail to the Chief,” After the presidential party had left the reception room the crowd continued to pour into it_through other doors, unaware that Mr, Cleveland had left. Standing in the center of the room was Senator Bayard, and the crowd pressed about him and shook hands with him as they passed, apparentl under the impression that he was Vice Presi- dent Hendricks, When the senator at las discovered that he was being mistaken for somebody elee he abandoned the room, The #pectacle in the ball room st this ti msgnificent one, The great hall with its wide aweep of floor and towering galleries filled to its utmost, while the bright toilets of the la- dies and glitteriog array of diplowats and army and navy officers, the flowers, sparkling jewels, decorations and lights were prominent Teature of the scene, which, It 1n safe o 88y, wlll‘nmu be forgotten by any of the partici pante, The president, after making a tour of the ball room, returncd to the reception roow, and for a little while received all who came in to pay their respects, but at 11:30 he and is party left the builning, and Vice P'resi- dent Hendricks aud his party also retired, Danciog continued until a very late hour, and 10,000 appears to be a low estimate of the number of pereons present in the ball room and balconies durivg the evening. —— The following testimonial is from Mr. SoLouos WeIL, a gentleman well known in Baldimore: Mr. Weil's case was considered hopeless from the start, rieads actua ly Raviog ar- ravged for his tuneral, haaring of the curative qualities of Duffy’s Malt Whisky suggested a trial, The suggestion was acted on with great success, for in a short time he was cotirely cured, aud by tie use of this whis by alone Mr, Weil is to-day attendiog to his busine:s a3 usual, Bavrivore, Md., May 5, 1551, The Duffy Malt Waisky Cormpans: Gentlewen—In Decombar last | was sad dealy stricken at 1y ho'el with » severe hom orthege, losing abeut one gallon of blood at the tirst at wnd large quantities fre quently thereafter. My case wan o nsidored 1 the stark, and so certain wern T would die that they actually d for my fuaeral. On the &%k dwy of b 1 [ wes removed ) the Hebrew tios , and was thera crdered by my physician to use Cod Liver Ol and Whisky “On advice, the whisky d wis your famous sur Male. Tnashors el “disearded the oil usng only your whisky. 1 feel that 1 owe my life to the saving qualities aud purity of your whisky, and earnestly recommend it to any person Rufforiog from _pulmovary com plafuts or hemorthage, Yonrs, vory sincerc ly, SOI, WEI or Olothing House MINTATURE FLOODS. Plumbems mirike and Water Mains Baret,—An Unfortunate Com Late Exor binatic Some two weeks ago, the clty counci passed anordinence ralating to the oper- ations of plumbers ia Jaying gas, waper and sower mains and requiring all plumb- ora to furnish £1,000 bouds befors enter- toring upon the performance of c'ty work, Violent exceplions to the bill have been taken by the fraturulty throughout the burg. Thoy claim t there is but little profit in olty wosk and that the expenzo of farnishing a bond and complying with the geroral requiro. ments of the ordinance, will make the performanco of clty contracts Impossible, They have petitioned the city council to modify certain provislons of the ordinance and are ealmly awaiting results, In the interim, with hut cnas exception, that of Duncan & ;Wallace, the plumbirg firms dacline to taka the city work, The pracical disadvantages of this torn of affuirs were well demonatrated yesterday afterncon when the connecting water main of Simpson’s carriage factory, on Dodgy street, botween Fiftscnth and Fourteenth, bursted. The basement waos scon flooded and {ha inhabitants were ferrified. Tbe plum of the city refused to come to the rercue, while Dancan & Wallace, tho only firm having complied with the terms of the ordirance, were unable to do sc, by reavon of sn undue prassure of work. The matie: was finally remedied by icduciog the water com. pany to turn off the flyw in that district, which was promptlr done, not, however, b.fore the buildings adjacent to the Slmp:on fac'ozy kal been thoroughly floodid. Th's state of affalrs will con- tinue 5o long as the main is unrepaired. Meanwhile the business tirms In that dis. teict, ioclusive of several blocke, will be cut off from water privileges. Dewey & Stone’s bewoment, on Far- nam street, wes aleo flooded later in the evening. e ———— Horsefurd's Acid Phosphate, Marked Benefic in Indigestion, Dr. A. L. Haur, Fair Haven, N. Y., saye: “‘Have presertbed it with marked benefit in indlgeston and urinary troubles.” e BELFORD'S TEMPERA CIPLE E PRIN- His Remarks inthe Houscon the Bill Doubling the Liquor-Sell- ing License Foe the wistrict of Col- umbia. I move to strike out the last word. There I8 no mistaking the fact. Mr. Speaker, that therc 18 a grow- ing sntinent throughout this country in favor of temperance, especlally as repre- sented by the distingulshed statesman from Kansas, Mr. Saint John, Iam castting no refloctlon on Saint John, of 1sas, or any other Saint John who ex- fatcd there or in Palestino, |Laughter.] But | think we sll recognizs one fact, and that is that people will eat bread, drink water and drink whisky, There is not any doubt sbout that fact, and _you have got to regalate theappet to. Now will vote forany bill waking ita felony for any man who seils ono drop of adul terated liquor. |Laughter.] No man bas any more right to adalterate the li- quor I degire to deink than ke has to adal- terate the hresd that I desire to eat, and this is the rum and subetance of the whole temperance question that wili be coagidercd to-day and for generations Lereafter, Noah gotdrunk, Christ menufacturad wive, Everybody knows people will drink liquor, Now, let us get st the sabstsnce of the whole question and de- clare openly, positively, and vigorously that any man who sells one drop of adul- terated liquor in this country, liquor cor- rupted or pofscned, thall be regarded as afelon and be sent to the penitentiary, [Laughter and spplauce | A member, ¥ora night. Mr, Belford. I%r ull time, [Largh- ter.] Upon no cther theory can you gt through, It 1sa flimsy pretext to im- pose & liceuse 1ox of 8100 a yeur. A liceuee for what? A licenso ) poleon and ruin thousands of men, A license to 0i ze and disirrange millions of out of the 55,000,000 of peopls existing in this conn zy. 1f we are golng to legislate on the fem- perance principle let us legislate upon a theory that, ths practical judgment of this world will recoguize and respect, and that is if & man ee'ls Jiquor ke sball sell pure liquor just &s the man who salls flour sha'l sell unpofsomed flour. [Laughter and applause.] You smiling gentlemen go down to Welker's and drink twelve courses of liquors, commencing with a sup of brandy, then a drink of whisky, next a glass of Sauterne, after that some Johannisberg, and after you have gone Mr. Belford, SPECIAL MARKETS. {Evrylhivg Was AR ctid by Remo®s of ¥ir. Wheat Succesded in Goting Back to 0ld Fieures, And Corn Also Follewed the Coarse of Wheat, Cattle Are Inolined to Reach Higher Prices, But ths Hog Market was a Little Slow. Pirk Tmss Active Toan Yesterday, and Not 80 Much Trading Done. OHICAGO MARKET Special Telegram to The Bee. Cicaco, March 4,—~There was war in the wheat pit again to-day, dispatehes decl wing that England, to maiutain her position in ro gard t encroachments of Russin in Afghan- istan, had a material effcct on the crowd at the openingof the morning session, The May option in wheat which closed last night at 70§ @ » opened firmer, Commission men hed plenty of orders to buy the stufl at 80c, but noue could ba got uuder 804s, 1t woon sold up to 81k and then droppad baek, holding firm at from 800 to 808 This firmness was aleo due to reports which wore circulated that Ohio wheat crop would, be 25 per eant loss than last year. There was quite a nervous feeling smong the commission men ;Telegcams kept pouring in asking w1 whothor ' was 8 good tune to jump in and buy. It was rumored that some of tho big shorts cov erod In their lines, Thero was o good export demand in Now York, and this was an elo- ment i excitiog firmness, while May wheat was the option which atdracted most atton- tention, there was cousiderable domo in Muy CORN, It opened at 418c, which was Je higher than the close last night, Optionw held firm, prices e during the worning kem dle to rork was gomewhat lews active tham I was yastor- day, and there was not a0 much trading dono init. May pu;k sold from $12 524 at the opzning up: to $12 60, and then sagged do to 812 50, G At the clote of the morning session wheat closed at 80jc, corn 91¥c and povk at §12 b4, CATTLE, Recsipts weeo again light, and for the week 8o far are about 8,000 less than for the corresponding time Inst week, There isa ce for higher prices, should the supply continto light for the romainder of the week ., For this week so far the best fat steers on the market have sold within a range of $5 (0@ 560, and fair to good $4 G0@4 80, with com- mon at $4 25@ 1 50. Thero in a fair demand or milkers and epringers, and the stock calf trade is beginning to revive for the seasc with sales to-day at $12 per head. Stock and feeders are " in brisk demand and ars making high prices. Farcy young steers are | making S4 40@4 60, and nge $4 00@d 30; 1050 to 1260 pounds, 1703 1200 to 1300 pouuds, $ 0 1500 pounds, 85 25®5 2 @6 00; cows, commo $2 00@2 60; medium, $: 73 good, $3 @4 00; stockers, $3 50@4 00; feadere, active at $4 20@4 70; Texans, $4 00@4 75, HOGS. This market was slow and wwk at the opening but toward tho close became more active and steady, closing u shade stronger on m avd light sorts, Packing and ship- 260 §0 400 pounds, $4 60@H 95; light, 150 to 2.5 pounds, S 00@ 4 67 ek o i TELEGBAPH NOTES, Owiog to the absonco of the atornoy for Macking, the motion for a new trial in the Chicago clection fraud case was postponod until March 1 The supreme court of California has do cided that Chinese children must be admitted to the public echools, R. Calhoun, 4C years of ag:, of Marion Center, Kansae, has been sentenced to 42 years imprisonment. Calhoun was euperin- tondent of a Sunday scheol and member of n church, and was couvicted of the debauchery of fourteen girls aged ten to fourtern years, members of his Sunday school. guilty to the first two indi a8 eotenced 21 years in each. His inhuman ticea commenced about o year ugo and caused fury and excitement in the commu nity when it became koown, He is supposed to have a wife in Indisna, The two s Gonoral Gordon have do clined the offers f goverument anuuity. The Spanish authoritics have eapturcd two Cuban insur, cut chiefsand they have been condemued w be shos, Afferin will pross palms with the Afghanistanon the 25th inst, and st him iu reviewing 28,000 troope, A Canadian conrt has decided tha divorces granted in thé United Statas are not binding i Canada “The St. Paul plow works wero destroyed by fire Tueaday, Mrs. Eliza Tueeday. The declaration of Franeo making rice contrabaud of war haw forced the price 20 y cent in China, ‘ TUTTS PILLS 25 YEARS IN USE. Tho Greatest Medical Triumph of the Age! Jlaine-Walker died in Balti- through all these twelve courses you|L come home with a bill of this character, in the name of righteousness and godliness and decency, and preach sobriety to us, [Laughter.] Why don’'t you stand up: with me and 53y that any rom-seller who sells wine or wh'sky or Sauterne or Jo- hannisberg, or any other wine of liquor —and I bave been acqualnted with them oll [lsughter| —that any oce who s:ils adulterated wines or liqaors shall be sent 10 the penitentiary, and not quibble over 8 little licanse provision of $100 per year snd kill 100,000 men, [Laughter and spplauec, — — HOSPE'S BIG AUCTION Sale of PICTURES AND FRAMES! uesday, Wednesday and Thursday Evenings. d N. ally adapted r o a 1 CONSTIPATI TUTT'S PILLS are to such cases, one dose effects such @ ‘hange of feeling as toastonish tne sullerer. Ancrease ite,and cause the b A » GRAY HAIR or WHISKERS changed (o & GLOSSY BLACK by & gle application of this DYE. It imparts a natural color, acts instantaneously. BSold by Druggisis, or nt by express on receiptof § 3"!0 + 44 Murray St.. New York. — Fifty dozen genuine kid gloves for 45 ceots, worth $1.20 and $1.50, at Smith's to-morrow, e — According to the data obtained byv 8an Francisco atatistician the actval pop- ulation of the Chinese Eapira ls 280,000, 000. Thls congregation of human beings 18 80 vast that were there no more births in China 1t would rcquire the death of one person every scocnd for s period of nearly vioe years before the Mongolisn race w.u'd beocme extinot, B Chie Vage 1l 48, . S TREA’ DE TISKE O SELF OF TUE FEMALE BUST," color , full explasation, medical eplaions, ekc d: condition {a alnormal snd uns to full snd prope: VELOP: op for 30 chb, Addreas - I @ Drawer 179, BUFVALO, N ¥o,