Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 21, 1885, Page 1

THIRTEENTH YEAR. / OMAHA, NEB., SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1885, AT THE GAPITAL. Sterelary Endicolt Detemiced 1 Make Al m‘m'{ Officers Leava the Capital and Report to Their Commands. Senator Van Wyok Exposes the South Americau Commission, The President Will Visit the Bat- tle Fisld of Gettysburg, The Work In the Treasu:y to Be Simplifi=d, And the Official and Clerical Work Will Be Greatly Reduced ana Rearranged. 1dlo Army Ofticers to Xeport to Thelr Commands—Van Wyck's Fx- posure of the Sonth Ameri- can Commission Junk- eting Four, Special telegram to Tie Bee, WasuiNGtoN, March 20,—Secretary Endi. cott's call for a list of army officers on duty in Washington, whose positions here are not fixed by law, togethe: with the Jength of time each has been on service detached from his regiment, is creating some stic among the barnacles, while the former eccretaries have been unable to drive them back to their re- spective commands. Most of them, how- ever, prefer to think that Indicott will not be able to make them any mo e troublo than his predecessors have made when they fiest come in, and that the storm will soon blow over Certain influence bas teen their main protec: tion heretofore, and they are making arrange- ments to bring it to bear as they can com- mand when theic trouble begine. SECRRTARY LINCOLN SAT DOWN UPON THIS OLASS derstood that the matter has been brought to the attention of the president, and he express ed himself aa desirous of earrying out to the Intter the civil servioe act without regard to tha special rnles, 1f this is done Trevitt's 0o as chief of the appointment of divi s canmot be f by an arbitrary appoint t. — — SENAT Wasnizarox, March 20,.—The resolution for the appointment of the Alaskan commit teelwas Inid before the senate, and Manderson moved its reference to the committec on terri- tories, A debate followed, during which an attack was mado on the manner the South American committeo had declaring that it had n. junketing teip, Van Wyck mada a long speech denouncing the payment of the bills of the commiesion as worse than highway robbery. Manderson referred to the resolution of Van Wyck providing for a committee to pre pare a detailed statement of the expenses of the improvement of the Mississippi river, under which Manderion said h's colleague might be able to make a junketing excuraion from the head waters to the North river, Vest eaid that Van Wyck reminded him of a boy who participated in the murder of his own’ father; he saw that the old man was about to be beaten to death, aud ashe could not help it, thought ho would give him a lick to help him cut of hia misery. After some furfher debate the Alaska resolution was referred to the committe on territories. The executive seasion then adjourne conduc —— — The Work in the Treasury to ho 8im- plified and the Force Reduced. WasiiNoTox, March 20— The secretary of the treasury appointed Aseistant Secretaries Fairchild and Coon and Arsistant Treasurer Groves a commistion with instructions to make an examination of the treasury depart- ment with special reference to the simphfica- tion and improvement in the methods of do- ing business and to a reduction and rear rangoment of the cfficial and clerical force. Tha president has accepted the invitation of the veterans of the First and other corps to visit the battlefield of Gettysbure when thoy make their historical visit there on the 4th and th of May, unless prevented by sume urgent nece sity of the public service, The president is anxious to be on the field when the leading generals of both armies are there to explain their movements, Judge Mackey to-day concluded a very able argament in behalf of Gen. Hazen before the general court al. The judge advo- cate, in summing up, simply reviewed the charges and specifications ard evidence that he considered had been adducsd to eustain them, and at the conclusion of his remsrks the court went into secret session to consider He compelled officers to return to his regiment who had never bsen with it but of society favoriteism in a most pre-emptory about a month in his life, and had contrived to keep himself in a comfortable place in the war department for about nine years, When Lincoln got after him he threatened to break up the government by resigning, and went to the secretary to notity him of his intention, After doing 80 he asked for the usual four months leavewith full pay in order to famil- iarize himsolf with the business of civil life, Lincoln told him very frankly that what he needed was an opportuity to familiarize him- self with the soldiers, and” orderod him to his regimont for the tims, refusing to accept his resignation, He went and isin the army yet, though this was twn or three yewrs ago. Secretary Endicott will probably have a simi- lar experience with these people, but, unless he is unlike the other members in the cabinet, it will serve them to little purpose. There 13 a probability that fashionable society on the frontior will soon receive some very desirable acquisitions and also that the efficacy of the service in that region will be measurably 1n. creased, In the senate to-day SENATOR VAN WYCK | again caused n wemsation among the grave and roverond seigniors, by expressing in plain language the methods of the South American commission junketing tour. He said that the first thing they did was to go to San Fran. cisco, then to New Mexico and then to the New Orleans exposition. Each memver was provided with 37,500 for his expenses, The comm ssion CONSISTED OF TWwO MEN AND A BOY, for its chairman remained in Albany, The first thing that these two men and the boy did was to hire a palace car for which the total l{mout waa 31,417 before they got to New Orloans. " Thery thoy furnishod thomselves withsupplies, The other commission boldly charged for lager beer and wine, This com- mission only charged for supplies, which doubtlesy included liquids aud sclids, He would ask his friends on the republican side of the chambrr if it was not timo to stop this, as the senate was all the party had left, The democrats had possession of the other end of the capitol and the admunistration, Abont the 1st of January the commission got rendy to start from New Orleans. From the 1st of October to the 1st of January their expspses were $0,000, MEN WHO ROBBED SAFES WERE COMPARATIVELY HONORABLE, This money was taken from the pockets of the taxpayers, who wers hardly sbla to pay $2 anight for a lodging on Pallman cars whon they trav elled. In addition to this expenso they paid for their supplics and their cook, and wore allowed $7,5 0 « year each beside, The chairman of the commission, who never left New York, resigned on the 25th of Janu- ary, and drew out of the treasury $4,679, It cost the government about 45,000 for this commission beforo_the two men 'and the boy got ready to leave New Orleans. This waste of monay was & great wrong upon the people who paid the taxes. What made it Worse was the outragecus bil 5 of that commission that had been approved and paid. Ho denoun: this as worse than highway robbery, He sai the man who enters a house at night and robs is_honorablein comparison with those who robbed the treasury by such expenditures as he described, 1t is worse, he said, than steal- ing the public lands, and here he referred to the Backbone patents as the robbery of seven hundred thousand acres at one lick, e —— Senator | Van Wyck Denounces the Southern Excursion Party, Special telegram to the Bik, WASHINGTON, Marcn 20,—Van Wyck's ex- posure of the methods of the South American commiesion was brought out by Senator Man- derson's resolution offered yesterday provid- ing for a commission to visit Alaska at the government’sexpense. When the senate met this morning Mauderson's resolution was laid before the senate and its author moved itd reference to the committes on territories, Van Wyck denounced the scheme in vigorous language aud impugned Manderson’s motives in introducing it. "He then gave some perti- nent facts concercing the South American ex- cursion party, S —— Violating the Civil wervice Rules, WassNGTON, March 21 —A misapprehen- sion appears to exist in regard to the office of ~chief of appointments of \he division of the treasury department. The present incumbent of the office, Mr, Trevitt, tendered his resig- mation about two weeks ago, and it was ac. cepted by Secretary Mauniog, to take effeot April 1st, Trevitt was granted leave of ab- sence till that date. In the meantime Kugeno Higgius, of Baltimore, was given the position on the “fraud roll” of the speclal ' agents' divislon, aud assigned to duty as acting ohief of appointments of the division, being prom- ised the office as #00m as Lrevitt's resignation had taken effoct, A question has arisen which 1may prevent Higgins recsiving the ap: polntment to the offioe to which ey b S selocted, If Higgins Is peramanently appointe ed without aun axawmination, to the office to which he has been selected, it is claimed that ;: will be in vmhlln&tht olvil service law, but accord with the rules blished by the civil service cunmh:?mr.“ l’:‘h un- manner, one of the the case. — — WASHINGTON NOTES. THE NEW COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUF, WASHINGTON, March 20,—Mr. Miller, the nowly appointed commissioner of internal rev- enue, entered upon the discharge of hia duties this morning. Ho was the recipient of many congrat ulations from callers and by mail, and duriog the day received all the principal of- ficers of the bureau. CONFIRMATIONS, Morton V. Montgomery, Michigan, com- missioner of pateuts; Milton J. Dunbar, Kentucky, first comptroller of the treasnry; Maloom Moy, of Pennsylvonia, first assistant postmrster genoral; J. D C. Atkins, Tennc- soe, commissioner of Indian affairs; James 1. Portes, Tennesae, assiatant sscretary of state Ttis understood that at an informal con férence of senators of both parties it was agreed that the senato should adjourn next Monday or Tueaday, unless the dent shall signify his dosi'e that tho session Fo prolonged, e — After the Blue-Eyed, ied-Whiskerad, 3 Large Gentlema SeRiNGFIELD, T1), March 20.—A local paper this morning makes the following charge: “It will be well for a cortain large eentleman with light blue exes, and red chin whiskers to go slow aud take notice that his attempts at bribing members of the legislaturo in the fen- atorial contest is known. Thero are no ro- publicans that aro buating him. o might n a contingency become a partner of Mackin,” e — 11linois Stull Paying Ball ot, Cricaco, March 20,—The Journal’s Spring- tield, IlL., special says: Despite the announce- ment of the death of Senator Streeter, the democrats decided to proceed to ballot for senator. On the joint ballot 101 democrats responded to roll call, Balloting proceeded in an uneventful way until the fifth ballot, when Morri on's strength began to disappear. On tho seventh ballot the vote stood l\{orrlr son 89, Ward 2, Lawler 2, Palmer, Harrison, Curran, Downs, Moerrit, Black and & one each. Noither Heroly nor C voted. The eighth ballot was the same as the seventh and the joini assembly then ad- journed. —— Conjectures Concerning the Iilinois Senatorship. SruiNarIELD, March 20, —Tho effect of the death of Senator Bridges nay haveupon the United States senatorship contest is consid- ered purely conjectural, 1f the democrats pursuo tho eams policy that the republicans have sinca the death of Represontative Lo- gan, it means o furthor "delay until Apr 20th, which is the earliest date that a suc- cessor to Senator Bridgas can be elected, “The ropublicans will have 102 members pres- ent next week, snd if they oannot suc in securivg a quorum, and electing their candi- dato, itis thought in some quarte:s that a permanent ad journment of thy joint conven- tion may then occur, — lowa City Liquor Dealers Respect the Probitory Law. Towa Crry, March 20.—Ia view of the re- cent decision of the supreme court on the pro- hibitory law, the liquor dealers of this' place declure their intention of closing their busi- ness and oboying the law. At the same time they and thelr fricnds are planning an active campaign looking to the repeal of the law by the next legislature, e The Hill-Sharon Divorce, Sax Fnaxcisco, March 20,—The supreme court issued an_ order to-day that no alimeny be paid to Mre. Hill-Sharon, nor fecs to the counsel until the parties shall have appeared before the supreme court, L T e Gen, Grant's Health Better To-Day, Special telegram to the Bk, Niw Youk, March 20.—&en. Gran was re- ported last night asloep and resting, and when be awoke this morning he expressod himselt as feeling better than he has for some time, About the first_thing he sid this morning was: “Nellie will cortainly arrive to.day - AL9 o'clook Gen, Grant was Gressed by bis attendants, and_ when breakfast was brought to him he 'sald he had good appetite. . Ho expected after that to do some good work upon his bowk, The genoral's fanily are of the opiion that be will continue on tll aboat the last. of the mouth, when thoro will be & decided change for good oF batter, e —— PAYS His FINE. THE EDITOR OF THE ENPORT GAZETTE PAYS 8500 YOR LIBELLING JUDGE LEWIS, Swrx Ciry, Tows, March 20.—The Jour- nal's special from Cherokee, Iowa says Robert Buchanan, of the Davenport Gazette, to-day pald his fine of 8500 Jand costs, imposed for uxhlhldnz a libel on Judwe Lewis of this dis- ot This was paid after a mittimus had beer placed in the hands of the sheriff for his e Py T ar was paid by the citizens of C| 'n8 ml:mdupnfi given to the press on THE OLD WORLD. Generel Grahalfi"s Acc]fiul of the Batlle of Hasheen, he Irish Lancers Win the Honors of the Day. Osman Digna Gets a Pretty Sound Drubbing. Denial That Wolseloy Has Been Appointed Governor of Soudan, German Cities Threatened With Dynamite by the Anarchists, France Has a Right to [8earch Nen- tral Vessels for Contraband Bound for China. FOREIGN LVENTS, A DATTLE IMMINENT, Savkiy, March 20.—The British forces set out again this morning at daylight in the direoticn taken yesterday, They carry two day's rations and 23,00) gallons of water, and bave six gardner guns, A battle is belioved to beimminent on the hills beyond Has- heen, THE MUDIR 18 ADROAD, LoxpoN, March 2'.—XKorti dispatches state the mudir of Dogola is twelve miles above Merawe with 800 Egyptian troops and three guns, including one Gatling, Heis also supported by the Kabbabish and Shaysmeh tribes. The mudir is about to attack 1ebels at Hassaniyet, and if ho overpowers themr will move against Berber, It is reported the Mahdi’s followers are deserting him in large numbers, FRANCE AND CHINA, LONDON, March 20.—The St. James (ia- 7otto asserta that, tho Feench government in- timate to the Chinese micister at Berlin it connders 8 renewal of peace, negotiations desirable. The minister replied that China would never pay the indoianity demanded by France for the Langson affair. In view of this reply the Gazette conclude if the negotiations of peace aro resumed they will be on the basis of a completo sess'on of Tonquin to the French. The GGazette says China will not permit temporary occupstion of Formosa, THE DUKE OF ARGYLE, Lo~xnoN, March 20 —The duke has published a letter in which ho s he hopes all parties in Grout Britain will firmly insist in maintaining the independence and integrity of Afghanistan and the domi- cant influence of Englavd in that country. FRANCE HAS A RIGHT TO SEARCH NEUTRAL VESSELS, Tilzamaurice, under foreign’secrotary, in the house of commons this afternoon, stated that the government reccgnized the right of France to search for contraband all neutral vessels bound for China. Fitzmaurice denied that Lord Wolseley had Leen appointed governor of Soudau. Tha mayor of_Cork publicly announced his intention to_officially ignore “the visit of ths Prince and Princess of Wales, OSMAN DIGNA GETS A DRUBBING. The Telegraph’s Suakim special says: A five hours’ buttle was fought this morning be tween the Britisk troops and the forces of Os- man Digna, O:man’s position was finally captured by the British, The Arab lesees are 2aid to Lo very Eroats GEN. GRAHAM'S ACCOUNT OF THE BATILE WITH OSMAN DIGNA, Loxpoy, March 20.—Gen, Graham tele- eraphs as follows: HASHEFN, 3:30 p. m.—We moved out from camp at 6:15 this morniog, leaving the Shrop- shire regiment to guard it. On reaching the first hill ot 8:30 a. m, we found the enemy had retired, and occupied another hill, & mile and a quarter distant. After a short halt the Berkshire regiment and marizes wers ordered to clear the hill, the Indian_contingent aud the Guards supporting, This was done very effectually, the enemy being driven off the ridge ard streaming south towards Tamai, were charged by the squadrons of Indian lan. cerain the bush, The cavalry then retired toward thaGuards, Many ot the enemy passed the Guards at the foot of the hill and made for him west of Hasheen, These were sholled by ths royal horse artillery, while the other partics moving round our right were enzaged in the bush by fifty lancers, Meanwhils a Zoroba with four entrenched posts on a hill commanding it, is being formed. The ad. vauced troops have all returned to this posi tion and will return to our camp, leaving tno last Surrey regiment with two Krupp guns and four Gardners and water tanks and signal applisnces at the entrenched position, Ouc killed are two officers and mon of the British, and Sepoye. The wounded are, two officers and twenty six men of tha Brit sh, and one ofticer and six men men of the Indian col tingent, The infantry behaved with great steadiness, The number of rébels is esti- mated at4,000, The rebel loss is not knows two but is heavy. ' The engagemont lasted fi hours, The Arabs carried off the dead and wounded, The natives report numbers of Osman_Digna's men daserting, § having be- come disheartened. ‘s fighting was noticeably of a different charactar from that of any preceding engagemont, The Arabs maintained a steady rifle fire, retiring slowly from each position held by them and avolding close quarters THE BRITISH RETURN 70 SUAKIM, Svakiy, March 20,—The DBritish troops returned to this point, Osman Digna sent reinforcements numbering & thousand to Hasheen Thureday night to assist in opposing the British, Konri, March 20,—The natives state that the rebels returned to Breti and Shukul pass and are fortifying these places, ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE, LoNDON, March 20.—Another account of to-day's battls, Svakni, March 20.—The battle betwoen the British troops and Osman Digoa lasted fi hours, The marines were first sent to the front to drive the Arabs from the hills west of Hasheen. As soon as pas o they were reinforced by batterios of Gardner and Krupp guns, and by cavalry. There was & hot en- gagement for s fow lours, during whicl: the ritish cavalry charged repeatedly upon the Arabs, while the machine guns were worked with deadly effect whenever their fire could be made available, Tie Arabs displayed desperate bravery, The marines drove the Acrabs from the hills and forced them down to the plain, Then the Indian troops charged upon the Arab position, but were outflan! aud unsuspected a body of Arabs succeedsd in getting bebind their line, The Indians found themselves between two fires and fled. During this retreat they were closely pressed by the Arabs, who hsmstrung the oraes and ¢ peared the riders, The Bengalose fell back in coufusion upon the Koglish in- fantry and guards, who had bec fortaed in hollow square, and the square gradually re tired, while the Arabs were yelling that " thi had regaived their lost position. At th ture the artillery came to the rescue and a brisk fire of small hot trom the machine guns, and shells from the Krupp ficld marters drove the Arabs from thelr po- sition, The marines malntained steady fir- ing throughout the ment, but the hon- or of the day are probably due to the Insh lancers who changed the tide of battle by » desperate charge, and retrieved the fortune of General Graham's command, when they secmned almost hopeless, The British troops have returned to their former camp near Suakim, AN ANARHIST RUMOR, Brniis, March 20, —1¢ is reported that the hists have arranged plans to Lcelebrate anai Emperor William's 8th birthday on Sunday by simultancous dynemite explosions at Ber- liv, Hamburg, Frankfort and other important cities and seaports of Germany, A LION DRVOURS HIS TAMER, ViEsya, March 20.—During the perform ance at Renz's circus this evening one of the lions attacked the lion tamer named Seoth and devoured him alive, | ——— AEFORM IN MIGHTY CHUNKS. Democratic Fice Workers Coming fo the Front With a Rush. The Oklahoma Question and the De- feat off Phil Thompson—Senatos rial Families and Incidents —Household Rleforms, Special Correspondence of TrE Big, ‘Wasmineron, D, C., March 15, —Clvil service reformers and some republican newspapars have been thrown into a nervous excitement by the appointment of ono Higgins, of Baltimore, to ba ap- pointment clerk of tho treasury depart ment, vpon the recommendation of Sea- stor Gorman, of Maryland. To my way of thinking thus is carrying the matter to the extreme. It is aseuming a little too much to denounce an appointment be- cauee & democratlc senator recommended it. These poople are tco hypercritical, too impractical. (I use the word ‘‘im. peactical” internationaliy.) Lot us bs honest about this business. Can iz ho supposed the republican party, when {t returns to power four years hence, will ratain democrats in confidential positions, such as sppointment clerks? I should hope not. I concede to the democratic adminlstratlon the same rights and privileges I would clalm for a republican administration. Naither can claim any speclal credit for eincera devo- tlon to civil service reform. And it is not surprising that this cauee has no larger real following than it has, when it is borne in mind that Carl Schurz and George William Cartis aro Its devoted, self-constituted champloas; the former a kind of pelit'cal Heseian, the latter hav- ing viclated every sentiment of honor by his course at the republican convention in Chicago and subsequently. Dorman B. Eaton, ckalrman of the civil service com- miselon, lobbied seseion after mossion for the creation of the commiasion, and when it was created he was the first to apply for the best positlon under it, and he got it too. THE OKLAHOMA QUESTION. The poeltton taken by the new administratlon In regard to this matter evinces a determination to give the boomers gome show; or, rather to place them and the cattlemen onthe same fuotlng; to requlre the Jatter to get out of that territory with their herds and to basten further negotiations neceseary to secure full title from the Indlans and then to open it to all for settlement. While the whole power of the army of the United Stateshasbeen used to equelch the boomers, who wanted to go there to make homes, caltlvate the soil, bulld towns and ciizs and found a s'ate, scores of cattlemen and syndicates Pave been permitted to go cnto these same lands with their immense herds witkout let or bindrance, and fence in large ranges, se ifjthey were lords of the manor. There 18 no question on this pciat; the largs cattlemen sre there, on these same lands from which the boomers are kept by the army, Why the lateadministration allowed this groas injustice, this invidious dis- tinction between the boomers and the cattle syndicaters, I cannot understand, unless the desiga was to aid the latter and opprees the former. If Mr. Cleve- Jand is determined that all parties, cittle men and settlers, shall be treated alike, that seems to be his purpose, he will win the gratitude of the people, 1t is to tha discred.t of the late administration that cattlemen were allowed to go upon theee lands, and at the same time sottlers were chat out. . KENTUCKY'S ONLY Phil. Thompson, an ex-member of the late house, was backed by the strongest politdeal influsnce for commisgioner of in- ternal revenue. Senator Beck and Black- burn, Speaker Carllsle and the whole delegation from that state pressed Thompson esrnestly for that vosition, but the whisky influence of Kentucky was for him also, and that beat him, Cleveland determined he would not yleld to it, and thereby provea Lis icdepend- ence, The Bayard aud Sallsbury families seem o have had & monopoly of the Del- aware sanatorship for many years, It is a mooted question whether the legialature of thatstate will sucseed in finding a Bayard to send to the senate to succeed Thomas F., now secretary of state. One of the ssnators from Delaware has been a Bayard for nearly a hslf century. Themas F. succseded his father in 1867, and the latter was praceded by his uncle, K. W, Bayard, Tho present senator, Eli Salia- bury, from the :ume slate, sncceeded his brother, Willard P, Sallsbury, In 1871, and thiy reminds me of A LITTLE INCIDENT that occurred at the time. was a man of brilliant talents, of an at- trective personsl appearance, and was a very %lolnnt, genial gentleman, but he ad one unfortunate fail- ing. He would eometimess Indulge s little too feeely with fire water, and had done 50 on this oocasion, His thme expired at 12 o'clock on the 4th of March, 1871, Vice-President Colfax had declared the senate of the forty-second congress adjourned without day—had called the new senste to order—ocaused the pres'dent’s proclamation, convening the senate in extra sesslon, to be read, and was engeged In swearing in the sen- stors, when Millard P, Salisbury, whose time had expired with the old senate, and Willard P, .| who was sitting next to the writer, arose and addressed the chair in a loud volce, “Mr. Preeldent " The vice-president looked at him with ss:onlshment, as did all the sopators. The writer sald to him, sotto voce, ‘‘Sallsbury you are no longer @ member, you can’ inthe senate now.” “Why," ssid he, ‘I have not de- livared my valedictory yet.” To avold a acene which wes impending, taking him gent'y by the arm, and a:k'ng him to go mto tho oloak room for a few minutes, wo walked out of the chamber, and he then left the capital. Gen. Yates, the war governor of Illlnois, was another brifllant member of the senate who had the same lamenta. ble failivg, but would go off by himaelf whon he indulged, to be seen by no one who knew him, and then unexpectedly make his appearance in the senate. To- ward the closa of the sesslon, on one os- casion, the senate had anall night sitting. Between four and five o'clock In the moruing, Yates tuddeniy entered the chamber, not having been scen for a week, soon got the floor and delivered a speech in favor of giving suffrage to the cclored race, and then disappeared, and was not seen again for the remafndor f the session, THERE ARE SEVERAL INSTANCES where senatorships and memberships «f the house have run In the sam» families. Don Cameron, it s well known, succeeded his fatber, Simon Cameron, who had been a member of the senate three tlmes at different pericds. Nathan F. Dixon of Rhode Island, elected to the house last winter to fill the vacancy caused by the transfer of Jona- than Chace to the senate to fill out the unexpired term of Anthony, deceased, is the son of Nathan F. Dixon, who was in the house in 1867, and aes'sted in passing the bill admittiog Nebratka as a state. His father was & United States senator from Rtode Island. Chas. S. Voorhees, ason of Senator Voorhees, has been elected o dolegate to the new corgress from Washington territory; p'easant for tho father to sit in the eenate and the son in the house. But the most inter— esting cate cf that kind wes that of the Dodges. Gen. Henry Docyy was the delegate from Wiasconsin tercitory, and his son, Gen, Aug. C. Dodge, was the delegate from Towa territory, at the same time, and they tat eide by side in the house. On the admiseion of those torri- terles as states, cach was elected to the senate from his respectivestate, end the father and con eat side by eide in that body. The cass ¢f the Washburne brothers will be remembered by moset, Three brothers, Israel Wash~ barne of Malve, XK. B. Washburne of Ill,, and C. C. Washburne, of Wis- conain, were members of the national houee for years at the same flme. An- other brother, W. D. Washburne, of Mian., has since been a member, making four brothers, representing four different states in congress, One of them, C. C., wasgovernor of Wisconsin, another, Is- rael, was governor of Maine. E. B. Washburne will be remembered as our minister to France, under Grent. An- other brother was minlster to Farsguay and Uruguay. THE PRESIDENTIAL HOUSEHOLD have started In upon an era cf republi- can simplicily in the White House which s commendable; and if they carry it througn, they will be instrumental in {navgurating reforms fn s:cial life which are sadly needed. There is too much of a tendency tc mske wealth tho standard by which people are to be measured; tco much of a tendency to make a show, to iryg to ba sristocratie. There are con- {inually, daring the sessions of congress, and jealomsy between the wives of cabinet offisers, of the judges, of senators and members; as to which rhall rank $he others. On these questions of rank they discount ihe army and navy a hundred times over. f the president and his tister will set an example that will help to do away with the shams, the hypocracles, the mock- eries of the would-be aristocracy here, they will accomplish much good. The wives of all in cfficlal life must have a day eet apart for receptions: it is oumt- rageous, and I am told that the wivas of toms of the messengers In the depeit— ments have gnt to holding recaptions, so a8 to bo in fashion, AWAY WITH WINE, A delegation of temperauce ladies celled upon Miss Oleveland yesterday. They did not quite demand that wine thould Le eternly banished from the White Louse table, but that was the b ject of the call. I trust Mr. Cleveland snd Mizs Cleveland will bs left to dec do whet they wiil have upon their own table without interference frcm any one. Hayes snd his wifeimade a cheapireputa- tion for temperance by ignoriog wine, when tne real reason was, to avoid the expenee of wines. If Hayes was away from home, at places where people made no special pretanse of temperance, he would take his hot Scotch with as much gusto as avy one. T HAVE HEARD MANY REGRETS expressed because Dr. Miller is not in the cablnet. 1 regret it. The doctor bas always been an earnest and zealous worker for Nebraska’s interests, and he would have been a atrong friend in the cabinet for our state. 1 have always notlced, and I speak from experience too, that wherever the senators and representatives from Nebraska were trying to secure, and did secure, benefits for i*, they always had Dr. Miller's cordial support, and he was always ready to award them full credit, though they were all republicans. Hon. G. W, E, Doreoy, who passed & a part of the winter here, familiarizing himeelf with congressional dot esand the ways of doing buslncss in the depart- ments, 85 that next winter he will not come &s an entirely new hand, has lefca very favorable impression upon all who met him here, | predict that he will prove an energetic and valuable member for Nebraska, J. M, THAYER, o — Two Murderers Hung at Los Angcles Oala, Los Axokces, Cala,, March 20.—A, Stlvas and M., Martinez were hanged to-day at 3:00 p.m, Silvas last July stabbed a man named Melntyre to death, simply because he brushed up agsinst him on the street and refused to apologize. Martinez murdered a man at San Ferando, California, for twenty dollars The exeouti i was private, tho gallows being hid from view by large canvass, Their necks ‘were both broke: C—— How Representative Bridges' Death I Affocts the Illinois Senatorship, Speelal Telegram to Tae Bek, SeriNarieen, IlL, March 20,—The death of Benator Bridges equalizes the strength of the democrats aud republicans in the joint assembly, Kach side now has one hundred and one members, Next week, however, Representative L gan's successor, who will be undoubtedly a republican, will take his seat, and the republicans will then have a majority of vne in the joiut ballof, The democrats of course will ref having one Iess than tha constitutional ram will be powerless to clect a renator, A wiit for a epecisl election to fill the vacancy caused by Senator Bridges doath will be is sued without delay, and until the v is tilled there is httle of aoything bemng done toward electing Logan's successor. ‘The death of Bridges is looked upon as a severe blow to Morrison. It ia thoucht that his forces will now fall to pieces, He has now for some time held out hopes, thinking he could get the fall demo- cratic strength, and a republican vote or two would be forthcem ng. His claima in_this regard aro no longer credited, and tho delay o which ia now forced upon his party i almost contain to prove fatal to his hopos, Disinte eation has already eot in and now thero will bo breaches all along the line, Tt is whisper «d now that Morrison will soon retire grace fully. This will be_di of this kind R—— Negro Murderer Hung. Sax Fraxcisco, Mard 12:10. girl bo buried with himn was granted, Lufe was extinct in ten minutos after the drop. Governor Oglesby, ot Lilinoie, Calls a Special Election, NSPRINGFIRLD, TL 87th district, Saturday, April 11, done to-morrow, Senator Morrison is report &d to be in a very despoudent mood to night over the death of Bridges, and Speaker Haines told an Associated Pross reportec to night that before he conld be expocted to support Morrikon or avy other candidato for eloction tha lies which have been told about Surcoter will have to be taken humself _and back, His poreonal reputation has been in jured, and he proposes to have it righted, 1 1n eoid that Judge Powell is u possible candi: date for Senator Bridges’ pl The Nationsl Humaoe The Feonsylvania Road, Prrrssure, March 20. The Humane eocie. ty of this city entered suit to-day in (he Unit- ed States court against the Pennsylvania rail- road company, alleging that ths recent act of congress which provides heavy penalties on all public carriers of live stock for the failure to pml)erly care for tho animals during trans- portation, has been shameles:ly disregarded, the defendant company havizg allowed live stock chipped from Chicago to bo on the road sixty-two houra without foed, water or rest, The suit fs a test one and is brought at the suggestion of an agent of the National Hu mane society. law in all parts of the United States, — Failure of the Scholarie National Bank, Scxorartg, N, Y, March 2).—The Scholarie National bank (Scholarie village) suspended. The bank officials claim that the assets excesd the deposits and the depositors will be paid in full, o —— The “Mother House" of the Sisters of Charity at Emmetsburg, Md, De. stroyed by Fire, Bavrimorg, March £0,—The building occu- piad by the Sisters of Charity at St, Josoph’s Loss ““The Mother House” of the Sisters of Charity of academy, Emmetsbure, burned to-day, £50,000, insured, St Joeeph’s is the Uuited States, and among its inmates ar many who 1n their old age have returned t sisterhood, — Uneasiness ot the Cattle Kings In Oklahoma~—The Boomers Pe. tition the President, Arkansas City, Kas,, March 20,—Some of the cattle men in the Oklahoma country man- ifest uneasiness on account of the president’s proclamation, One of the prospecting party paseed through hore to-day with a view to se- curing & ranch in southwestern Kansss on which to hold cattle the comirg summer, Two more parties are reposted on the way from the territory for the the same purpose, A party of colovists arrived overland y esterday from Colorado at the boomers’ camp here, and The main body of the colony seems cotormined to remain The boomers have pre- : President Cleveland which will be forwarded by mail to-morrow, nearly 1,500 signatures will accompany the several others are en route, here for the prosent, pared a_petition to 50 to vote, and their opponents alt for him to do as his trienda will not lsten to any suggestions Stephen Jones a negro murderer was hanged here to-day at Jones in jealoussy murderod his white mistros, Mary Agnes Ripley, June 8, 1888, Hin wish that a photozeaph of the murdered . March 20.— Governor Oglesby to-day issued a writ calling for an election in place of Senator Bridges in the The dato set for the election is Largo numbers of the members aro leaving for home to-night, and it Is not expeoted that any business will be Society Sue$ Sheuld the plaintiff win the case an attempt will be made to enforce the spend the close of life in the home of early 0 Wit Highor Prices, The Wheat Trade Was Only Local and Speoulative. Corn Was in Good Demand With a Slight Advanoo, The Cattle Market Was Again Firm and Prices Higher, Hoas Were Dull and Prices 10 Cents Lower, Provisions Were Unsteady, But Asm Rule Firm, And Finally Glosed at An Advance, Specal Correepondence to Tk Bik, Citioaco, March 20,—1lhero was o fair amount of trading in grain and provieion cir- cles, and prices cloced higher than on yes torday. o WHERAT £0ld on a fair scale, but trading was mainly of a local and epeculative character, Prices were womewhat unscttled and irregular, but the undercurrent was firmnoss, owing to a repetition of the crop damage reports and stronger advices from Liverpool and New - | York, Pricos closed §@jc higher than twen t | ty-fonr hours ago, and No, 2 for May oponed at 8033, with sales during tho se 8C{e, closing at 803@80} gram quoted wheat dispatch says: “1a - | Lano steady, and Paris quiet.” Ouar rece pts to-day wera 101 car loads, 58 being deliver- able on contract. One of our leading mills to- day made a contract for teventy car loads of chuice Utah wheat, to anive hecs about May lst, CORN was in moderate request for speculative pur- , | poses, and in good demand for shipment and local consumption. A firm feeling existed, and we bave to noto an advance of j@ic per . | bushel; No. 2 for May opened at 41ic, and ranged from 418@42¢, closing at 41542, Liverpool was firm and higher. Tho receipts horo were 221 car loads, 123 being deliverable on contract, 0ATS were fairly active for May future in way of filling shorts and the market was firmer and ic higher ~ Sales were at $1}@31c, closing at Slfe. Samples ontrack were in zood demand and stronger, s PROVISIONS were a little uffsteady, but as a rule firm and finally closed at an’ sdvance of 15@20c_on mess pork, 5¢ on lard and 5@74c on short 1ibs. Mess pork was tolerably active on spoculative account which at the opening sales for May at812 15 and & rage of $12 02@12 224, closing at $1210. Lard was quiok, opesior 1t $6 90 for May, and ranging at §6 873@6 924, closing as $8 90, ; f CATTLE market again was active and prices ruled firm atan advance, Wednesday buyers claimed that prices were strong and 10¢higher on the ordinary run of sblpping cattle, Prices were strong and the demand active, butchers’ sbock of ll sorts making es strong prices as ever. Bulls were rather slow but no lower than a weck ago. The etockers and feedér trade was slow, and prices especially on com- men mi"’ quoted 15@20c lower, So far this week there have been but fow country buyers present and rcarcely any countr orders were received; 1,010 to 1,250 lbs,, 84 7¢ @5 25; 1,260 to 1,350 lbs., $530@5 60; 1,350 t0 1,600 1bs., 85 50@b 90; cows ard mixed common, 3250@4 25; medium, 83 30@3 75; ood, $1 00@4 50; stockere, $3 D0@4 10; eeders, €4 20@4 70, HOGS, The market was dull, and prices strong 10¢ lower on medium and choice heavy. Values are now 25@30c lower on medium and heavy than on Monday, and in the meantime mess pork has declined [ 0@60c, and other high pro- ducts in profortion, Sules to-day were made at 84 30@4 50 for rough and _common, 84 50@ 470 for guod to choice, and $1 7! 80 for best heavy; light, 140 to 210 poands, $1 80@ 470, 0 0 ——— petition, It “rocites that several hun-( Ay Elopement—Extradition Proceed- dred citizens from pine i i states, many having their inge, and household goods and farming utensils, St. Carnamngs, Ovt., March 19,—The aro now encamped hera preparatory to settlo- ment in Oklahoma, having disposed of thei homes elsawhere, After roviewing the situa: tion and the recent cocgressional astion au. thorizing the president to open negotiotions with the Iadians, they petition} him o ap- to adjust tha inter- point a commi sion poring obstacles to tho rett] nent of Okluho- ma a once, and ask that the commission to in- clude at least one member known to favos the opening of Oklahoma to immediate settle- ment., o — Disastrous Fire ac Seattle, W, T, Searrie, W, T., March 20,—A fire thi morning at thres o'clock destroyed jured, Jotopiog From the builgien, vens fatally, ————— Heavy Fire in Boston, BostoN, March 20,—The works of the Bos. ton machine manufacturing company burned to-night, Loss, $175,000; insurance, $120,00), the Oriental hote), a framo building, The Eouse was filled with guests. Eric Jchoson, a Bwede aged thirty-five, was burned to death and J, Tobin and Edward Douney fatally in- Ten others wera soverely injured principal talk on the etreets to-day is the re- ported clopement of Malcolm Wilson, ledger keeper in the Bank of Commerce here, and ¢ | Mra. Harkey, wife of the manager of the same bank. I6is said they have gono to Buffslo, N. Y., DMra. Harkey has three young children and Wilson has two daugh- tors, one of Whom is a young woman 15 or 16 yoars of age. 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