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: THE OMAHA DAILY IFTEENTH YEAR. p number of SPARKS' SUSPENDING ORDER | srsozumver et wtors show that they are of the opinion that dis: tribution of the appropriation bills t number of committees wiil generally inere Oongressman Laird Expresses Himself Eme | the eize of tie biils o hatically Opposed Thereto, ing out of them. A very prominent pusLioally pposec SHEreth tlie senate approvriations commi oo y o Ay expressed limself as belieying that | OPPOSED TO WESTERN GROWTH. ‘ tribution the manner pro ed was not o istake but liable | to cause serion s d conplic ous in Some Leglalation He Proposes to up the Iu i Push Forward During the Session | cnate I8 setting to work vigor- —~Yesterday's Washington News It has shown a good deal of activity of Western laterest | nitiee work, ‘The fudiciary commit- | appointed a sub-commiilee o take up and act upon the bankraptey bill, aud has in Jim Laird on the Suspending Order. | (oiced its members to hotey forward this WasniNGT6N, Dee. 17.—[Special 0 the | w4 ug rapidiy as possible. The presic BEr. A nuwber of bills of vital impor- | a1 quceession bill, as aiready announee tance to Nebiaska will be introduced in the i the tirst call of states by Amon | has been fnvorably teported, 1t discussion and will doubtless fore the holiday adjonrnment. Edmu tends to rush through his amendments t Repre them will be bills | Kneval lands; | house sentative Laird, for the relief of & 1o pas for the csiat leultural exye ti-polygamy laws swion, and the ments at wll stations in agricultural seetionss | B oduentional bill NI HeNG e | to require laud grant ruilroads’ to pay the | ey date. taxes of their land or declare the &ame for- | s o W™ ol 06 FiE PRESTDENTS feited under the recent declsion of the su- | 51je New York Herald today lias an inter preme court: to amend the animal industry | o with Morrison about his alleged atack bureau act, Increasing the amount of Woey | yyon the president in which Morrison denies to be expended on dotestic animals, ete, 1o | i e carrespondent explained by will also present a joint resolution instruets | wiive that Watterson, of the Louisville ing the « foner ot the general land | ¢Gyierournal, told him that Mortison was e Lo so modify his order suspending the | yqhior of the statement, Morrison then 18suc of patents as to allow all homestead 160 Lt 116 Seidto. Watkorson that e and pre.emptionenteics in & distrlctof aert- | \CESied with the president’s utters cultital land In N y Kansas and Do S on the tarifl, and thought that the in- kota, to which a final receipt s been issued, | jjonces surrounding him were sueh as to to ko to patent according to ul 8 | prevent him taking such ground as would be satisfactory to the free trade element, HiE MINGLED WITIH THE BOYS, A party of six Indians ol the Sac and Fox specifie eliarce of fraud is found or pending against the same; in other words telling the | commissioner to obey the laws of the United | states, . | tril essed in all wdy paraphernaiia hechdhihbols @il Al bl Al Ly Kr the aboriginal tashion, atiacted no little izttt bkl B0 d o ik bl A | agtention at the eapitol to-day. A reporter chalsed Wi sthg Jnalo 8 perol | appronchied one of the Indians who was in Upon' Gominissioncr Sparks relatl | tently examining the paintings in the ro- ikl - it Gty ANl | tunda, and upon puiting a question ascer- might have said of the 1SSIONETS CON- | gip 0 that L6 spoke English distinetly, He duct has not heen of a pers wes T giid he befonged toa portion of the Keokuk llm\;u ll 11‘0‘. yr‘“ ‘ v‘u\ ;ulw l,'m‘)'ryl’:tl' tribe which reside in Towa: that is a rémnant nen and measure n A T groune [ i ibe owa le i owa whi ey ha than thatof mere nersonality, That the of- | po e e foner of the nances of gricultural Kunsas and question. One feet of the r % of general land ofiice sus) patents isinjurious in the extreine portions of wesiern Nebra Dakota 1 think i3 beyond serlons consequence of pension of the natural operation of the luw by the connmis- sloner, and his rerusal in advance to issne patents upon final receipt ot the loeal land wding i We do alittle farming,” he said, “Where did you learn to speak English?” inquired the reporter. “Oh, runningaround with the boys,” ke replied, with a good natured simile, THE PLATTSMOUTIE 10 TOFFICE Dr. Black of Plattsmouth is in thecity with war paint thickly spread. e is after the calp of Wise, whose appoiniment as_post- olliec to m it impossible for se s 2 holding final receipts to get loans of wmoney | (”« y” \h"xz!fln:{l ‘v:u:”nn -vi :lz“nu-\ i'u:l‘- upon their lanl. “Chis they had depended | (0001 New York, and keeps a telegraph LRk by ';*|'1':<l"*‘>’ | wire ot in the transmibssion of his fiug wected hardships o 1 ) Piatehies (o senators, urging their support 3¢ aLLtonul Land come cast where they | 40 conjirmation of Wise, He makes an ap- can ve Ll ch th winter. 1 peal on the ground that the appointment is a ndreds of complaints from Bl personal one, D L on the other hand, cton this subjeet. The ex- | 5 ¥y s rortil th atlidavits, and V. show of this hardsiip to seitlers ean be : L :4\,\[KH:(: \’1‘\\ I-|H\l“:'Et'\H“’lu[L‘l“h 'l‘ly» rstood when it @S known that i i which Wise is burdened. 11K DELEGATION GOES HOME, The delegation from Chadron, which has been here some days in the interest of the new land district In northern Nob. 4, went home to-day, The bill recently introduced in the senate by Senator Vau Wycek with this itier connty within (he last year there nupwards of 109 new homestead ition locations by actial setilers, wishies to interfere with Mr. Sparks’ effort to prevent fands upon the public do- main, but ler fu Nebraska will un- lerstand the fore hts, U 5 ihere X S X Sy o : ML B Lin view will beduplicated in the honse B e L v | By/Coni an Dor: so0n as the house of availuble agricuttural land there need be | oY ouse is organiz no fearof sucecssful frauds. Tho right of contest given by the lasy will sueecssfully pievent all that. ‘Phe statement that 90 per |y . Miller, of Des Moines, are at the cent of the entries of public land in Nebragka | yigy, are fravdulent is an outrazeous falsehood, 1 'S SUOCESSION ME and so faras Lean learn isbaze Lupon a report A TON, Dec. 17, —[ Assoc of s wnty, who makes o speeitie al- | M Randall bas'prepared a bill for introdc- Tegations, only . general sweepiig charge, | B0 in the house, providing that presidential LT NG ROLI YA D OLC Piig charge. | Gactors shall hold office tour years and elect Forexample, suppose the then commissioner | within one montha successor o the president of the general land ofiice had suspended the | and viee president whenever vacaneles exist. fssnance of Nebraska west of the | An eleetion of the president would be ne sixth piineipal weridian from 1502 to 1875, sary only in ey }n.m'm oceur i - i n the oflice what would have been the effect of it upon eones the developinent of the state? It would have strangled its growth, That is what Is being SONAL MATTERS. Edward Russell, of Davenport, Iowa, nd ident. of vice pre and other have the it of succession during the inter- done witn the territory covered by this order. [ FSBUIL L Now the presumption of luw is that | Sepator Manderson introduced a bill to- public ofiicers do their duty and t direeting the board of manugers of the howe settlers upon public lands arve neither thieves | for disabled volunteer soldiers to loeate a meh of the howe at some s lier of the states of Low ko, Coloraao or Dakota propriates $250,000 1 grounds and the erectic AVTER ILLEGAL The secretary of the interior has requested the attorney ‘weneral to institute suits in abort fory ‘additional ¢ cattle- men for legally fencing | inds in Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming lovado, Inanany of these cases erhminal action will be brought SENATE BILLS INTRODUCED, Among the bills introduced in the senate able point in Minnesota, Ne- ;. Itap- ot orliars, et those wh suffer, but do not punish the fnuocent. The commis- sioner ks no authority to suspend thy and usucp both the powers of co as e hus, s ord proceedin AMr. Ludrd will at the same time introduce a bill to quict titles to those who have taken pre-emptions, and having paid for them after- wards took up a homestead, which Commis sioner Spaiks says cannot be done, and | to-day were the followin which decision he holds tobe retroactive, “._-“n“ "li"m llul xtend :m;' rights of ‘This decision, Mr, Lalrd says, If sustainedin [ PENSIOns 10 steainhoat men and others acting absence of legisiiion. wonld unsettle anout | Wnder orders from United States oflicers dur- . N ing the war, one-half of the titles in all of the great a; By Mr. Ingalls—To authori the construe- uletural states west of the Mississippi. Dridie across the Missouri. river at o i SRR Plorre, "Dakota. Ao, o Uil o provide tor Y : L0z additional judges i Dakota territory. Also, Col. Moirlson spent most of his thme | 3%ijj o cr.ate fwo additiounal land districts in yesterday electioneering among the democrat 1¢ representati in favor of the ¢ the rules and met with a fair d¢ Dabkota territory ange in BEOWN AB AN ENDORSER, e of suc- | In compliance with the senate resolution recently Introduced by Mr, Hale of Maine, cess. Itwas whispercd that Morrison en- | 100 troduced by Mr. Hal ain tercd upon his task clothod with certain au- | bg° Bonionics departuient i preparing list thority from the speal of the house to for My, Brown of Maine, The list, it is said shadow the principles which will be likely to | Will comiprise one hundred or more names of control hin to a considerable extent in the | Postwidstens whose papers bear his indore- distribution of ehalrmanships and committeo | ot it i VLD st that B was ot due places, and it Is understood that several aspir- g ing democratic statesinen were taken up to YNCHED the high place from which they thought they ey sladitenap ) could desery the coveted chaitmanship and | * €orored }:I,‘i“,',‘(.",;“:“;:f: Ppifor:his snug committee places for themselves, Sim- LAUREL Miga:Doo 17— A cclored sromen ultancously almost 1t s sunouced AWy | named Eliza Perryman was murdered here hat these wero some of thoso who had been i g fernoon, together with her two chil- outspolen against the distribution scheme, | g/ 8 REERR SR MCE 0 G s whilo others who had been on tho fence had | giveloped at e Inquest that Sam Wil all veached the conclusion that the appropria- | bey ! AR A Niss NI TSN, tion bills ought tobo scattered. Many w EOLOTRG, AKRG AURY B YeArk bad (REINE Lo ) absence of the mother and boy attempted to Ing democrats have been assured that the ad- outrage the girl, and then killed her with an ministration regards the plan with favor, ax. {10 ‘thah onticed tho boy, 1nto the house THEY MUST UNITE ON A BOLDIER, and slew him, after which lig broke open the The democratic delegation from Iowa, hay- | woman’s trunk and took her money and sev- Ing succeeded in ehanging the incumbents of | €ral valuable articles therefrom, Tlie wother all the federal olices In Towa so far as futer- | [EE WhIIS Wilsan was in tho house, and nal revenue collectors, district attorneys and | fhen setfiro to the house and fled. The fire marshals are concerned, are now centering | was discovered in time to reseue tho bodie all their guns upon Hon. Jacob Rich, pension | Shortly afterward the villain was captured, agent for lowa, Nebraska and Minnesota, | He Was Iynched instante whose headquarters are at Des Moines. There P —— S o Seriotm aTRenisee 1o, the. way. an | AR Histarie Sigeture Orambling: L ARLS, Dee. 17,—A sensation was caused ever, The first 15 the splendid record and | pore to- by the collapse of a portion of abilities of Mr, Rich as an ofticlul of the gov- | Point Neuf bridge, which connects the |l do ernment; and second, that the delegation | Ia Cite, on which' is sitnated the cathedrl candidate, Hon. L. G. Kinne, formerly dem- | church of Notre Dame, with both sides of the ocratic candidate for governor, and for years | BT SIney U1 e Jurgest bridge In Parl chairman of the democratic state central | structed in 1552, Ln its cenire is & bronze conmiittee, was not a soldier, If the demo- | statue of Henry XIV. ‘Thousands of paople crats could unite upon sowe good soldier for ;::“\:fi:\‘blxll:ufi'.‘lis‘;:"l'rlmlv};.“\l\ll‘ W ll-'l;nml'lh_u this place the unrelenting won banded rule of | JEFEh W G5 GG NEC ROVARSe WLo: the congressional delegation would be bro- | Qisaster. ”The water eontinues to rise, and ken in this case, and the soldier candidate | disastrous floods are feared, would doubtless eventually secure the oftice, = S — WORK OF THE TWO HOUSES, The 8o Oalled Legislature. Of coursethe houso will accomplish nothing | 87 Pavt, Dee. 17.-A Huron, D. T, before the holidays. It never does; and this | Special to the Pioncer Press says: The so time 1 il be less ltkely o thun ever, for the | Called legislature, having pertected 8 1ist of speaker will not get the standing committees i § i ie, o wmade up 1o time to make 1t possibie that uny | b e Sorcrmon . 08 dits 10 meak on call work should be accowplished before Jaunary, ————— ‘The propored new rules are silll the principal Galesburg's Latest Tie, tople. Debate on thewm in the house has GALESBURG, 1115, Dee. 17.—[8pecial to the already shown something of the interest felt In that way, but it way be added that the sen- | ried here last evening to Mixs Martiia Belden, ate Is watching the proceedings with a good | daughter of Marcus Belden, a promineat deal of lnterest as well, Talks with a very | grain dealer of tuis place. BiE. |—W. H. Brevoort, of Chicago, was mar- | the newly elec were vead. Mitchell Bavne of 2 The chair Jaid betore the senate a letter | feated thr ~\,;x;v;.«-\ BQrots Opposie of Mr. from the secretary of the easury i L AV TALLTE LI i L) : fered by Mr. Payne of New York to sive the ting the report of the superintendent o commiftee on revision of laws jurisdiction ! const and geodetic survey. v {he | - winen dments o the consti- Mr. 1 y from t ouimittee on privileges | on. Thy endment was lost 1 elections, reported Tavorably the bill to YII"H me ulie u'tl“'fl‘ww ee on ac | fix the day tor the meeting of eletors for | €W SEEIASEOIRINS @ oge woveral president and vice president, and to provide | attempts to abolish the commitiees which he tor and reg the con » vote deeme oss, declaring that some n president and viee presic <ton | did no by except select elerks, but his ko oar | #TOTS wers unsuccessfu of diishtions erising Hicretom. Hoar | 750 i an elfoit on his part toabolish tho The South Car e imtended ¢t AT e T OAVE " | ot the inferer drawn | | Berree an incroesn 6f expanaTthres of that [ Betadoption of this repart would: increase onz the s, was equalls gratuitous. Tew remarks by Mr. Burrows of proposed ehang auses for amend- m\‘f:i.(n A liigan in support of t revision was read by ¢ s, Mr, Springer of Tilinois offere mend for a diviston of committee on rail- . wavs and canals into two committees, and Hoar's Succession Bill Passes the Sen- | {70000 was' favored by Mr, Hender: ate-Sam Randall Opposes tho on of Tlinois, Mr Surliy of Towa, and Appropriations Distribution of the advocat fennepin eanal sject, who contended that the interests of Scheme in the House, s rallways and can eie 30 antazon one to the other, that they <hould not be Knocking Territory's Proceedings. A DAY'S WORK IN CONGRESS. an amend | bined under the Jurisdiction of one eommit- Senate. tee Waetivatoy, Dee. 1.—Me. Dolph pre- | The house, hiowever, refused to order the sonted the eredentials of John H. Mitc LU A e 2 | sente 4 d s ML A proposition to_creaie a constitutional | senator from Ore as then swe ofly W ndment conmittoey Pennsyivani an presented by Mr. ving been (e up the Uil for aetion im- the disposal of the presiden- n bill and_the bill tixing the ted States district judges, The lendar, sald e would c uiediately afe al suceossi salary of Un bill went to the ¢ committecs on pu the executive department, Journed. THE cxpenditires in the house ad- GRANDEST KNOWN. fons Made to Re- Elaborate Prepa The chair la betore the senate a resolu- tion by Mi . ealling for commitiee ceive the Irish Leader. to 1mqiite a8 to alleged orzanization of the | Npw Youk, Doe. rations for the wrriory ot Dakota election of Unitud s Harrison id gl up to the present are represented (o b reeeption of Parnell, conducted in privat on a grander seale than any former lrish e and alleged mmittee necessary 101 it purp s of Diakota, he said, were: pertectly respeetial to | movement in this elty. The eo-operation of we Utlited Sttes. 1ts new constitution | syely Irish Americans as Eugene Kelly, John tully recognized the authority of the United Staies, and stayed the hand of the new state Orsanization niil e new siowld be approved by con years the peopie of Dakota have T secure action by congress looking to their adinission, Tne se had passed a bill tor their relief, but the bill bad not been pussed D. Crimmins, Mayor Graee Joseph J. 0'Dan- I Coleman, and others well known In banking, business and professional cireles, has been sceured in tho formation of a citizens committee, togother with delegates from the National league and varions other by the other hol Tri 1 2 Ao aathor yishi sociecte, . aud evervthine but the minor s e inguired by, phat authority | details of the feception have been arranizod all the city oflicials of Irish bir id many prowinent Ameri d their support to the movement. 50 expected that Goyernor Hill will Dakota. % Mr. Harnson replied that he could show that senators lad hitherto been elected under ¢ promi 1tis orecisely s lar eire! stance cota ha 0 precisely suntias ircumstances, “pakota bad | LSS R Rtehtion, Sulible Artne: Calitornin and Miciigan lind proceeded ments will be 1 o give the plice A e ‘remankid (it 1 tho procecd- | OF lonor to yisiting delegations from other Yo states and cities, one would more quickly reeog thun himsell, He had offered the resoiution for the purpose of ascertaining the tacts, He thought the senator from tndiana had worked <ion unnecessarily honor to k of Amernic wen hers are heale een it clear of even the suspicior u party politics. Prominent Iris av that unless Chicago dissensions the convention which is to meet Dt e ot fn a | 10 thAteity n Junuary will bo o failure. " In wsion senator,” said he, “lias neyer | evidence of this feellug an urgent n A passion or e’ wouid bé able to dis- | ffom - prominent = New Vork iminate.’ [Laughter.] Mr. Harrison | ™ 1 LA cabled to _Ia nell, asking hun to not jeopardize briclly teviewed the histo of territories, and said thit the demoerats at any rate ought not to question the propriety ol the action of Dakota. My, Butler inquirea whether Mr. Harrison would in action by the territory ot Utah simila ction of Divko My « that he would, but v S the power o approve or disapprove their constitution, and thit power was reeognized and admitted by Dakot MeMillan said that Minnésota b his position by coming to this countiy at_all Parnell has replied through one of his Jie tenants that he ving the matter his most careful con: iber of parli liament, who contidence, ha written 'to a friend in this city andsays un- less the deplorable Chi rrels and at- templed ostacism of Irish citizens are spe stopped, the Irish leader will not come to America or give the convention any countenance, It is predicted that the parlia- vithe p enabting | mentay tund now being collected by th L e e commiliee Lere will reacih $100,000 in a”short an were rendy to take (heir Seats iomedi diniss aiely on pas; Aller till to-mo sion bill was ta dressed the sena fig of 1t DTHING. MUCH ADO ARQUDT A San Francisco’s So-Ualled Conspiracy and the Cause of It. that the vession provided for by th Yo ¥C De 17.—([Speelal Tele- now before the senato was the oniy possible | gram.]—The Tribune this morning, in coustitutional_exerciso of a limnited | SaTaTh Mveh e S eE bt T powor afforded by the constitution to congess. Mr, Evarts spoke about an hour, and was listened to with utmost attention. i Aftera few words from Mr, Edmunds In reply to Mr. Evarts, and differing from b a3 10 thy v mitéd power of congress, th Edwunds amendment was voted on—ycas 21, noes 37, (‘The Kdmunds dment was the comment on the dynamite plot in San Frane co. It &ay e plot would be less ex plieable and more surprising did we not know thatof Iate a premium has been put upon all kind: of crankiness in San Francis- co by the implicd endorsement ot It involved one striking out_tie claus Uhie bill then | in the election of O'Donnell us cor- passed without division as teported from the | oner, Such men s ho and Den- committee. ; Suoh ; & X lie ehair then laid before the senate tho | Bis Kearney, — with their =~ wild larangues, have done more than any toward inflaming the weak minds of those inelined s went into exccutive session, and | towards socialism. wtor Stanford and en the doors reopened adjourned. Chanles Crocker, of course, are doomed be- Housc. cause they are ad wen and men who re- «miNGTON, Dee. 17.—In the house the | fuse toallow such persons as O'Donnell to subject of the rules was up for discussion, [ manage their affairs.” In the case of Gov- My Morrison of Illinois, stating he would | ernor & n the article openly says he and close the general debate at 4 o'elock | has done much to “encourage” crime of late by his reckless and fndefensible distribution of pardons to inmates of the penitentiary and closes by saying, > business men of that eity may be brought by this discovery to bill fixing the salary of the Unjted States Judges, but without action o that bill the .3 an of Tennessee and Mr. Me- Adoo of New Jersey then spoke in support of the minority report. Several other speeches followed, including | realize that such people as O'Donnell canuot one by Mr.Caswell, of Wisconsin, who disap- | be eleeted to office without creating the con- proved making distribution of the appropria- [ vietion inmuany minds that the doctrines they tion bills, but he believed the appropriation | preach have also been endorsed at the baliot committee should be deprived of the power | box.” S Prohibition in Kansas, Torexa, Kan, Dee. 17.—Before Judge Brewer came the noted Douglas connty euse Involving the question at issue in the matier of John Wolruff of Lawrence and his brew- ing business. The o is this: Wolraff ap- plied to the probate judze of Douglas county for permission to manufactwre and sell beer to engrait legisiation upon appropriation bills. He did not believe it was the policy of the republicans to dethrone the dewmocratic party by assigting it in its blunders; rather let them do it as it should be done. Mr, Randall of Pennsylvania, in closing debate in opposition to the majority repori id he knew and the mewmbers who |l rved upon the appropriation commitiee knew, that in the effort to resist undue ap- | for medical, mechanical and scientiio pur- Hiere world be those i public station: wiio | TUff then gave notice ho would continue his business, as he lad complied with the law and was entitled to such permission, The county attorney complained of Wolrnff on would rize up and condenin a man or set of men who were engaged in the laudable p: pose of saving expenditure of the public Ioney. ) e gentleman trom New YOrk | tho ground of nuisance, and District Judge BOO0 . A JLIOUEIL | Benson granted a teporary injunction en- to his discredit—that on one occasion:"in | foiiine Womuir from eontinning bisness, order to exeeute a certain poliey, he had [ W uled o etition. of ramoval Lo found it incmubent on him to delay the ap- a the United States court, elaiming that his Tights as granted by the constitition of the United States had been violated, particular stress being laid on the fact that private prop- erty had been taken for publie use without dué process of lav, ‘Il state movoed that the case be remanded to the court from which canie and the debate to-day was on that tion, Judge Bre thinks there is a feder question introduced and he will keep the ¢ in hus court, Coupled with the Wolrul ¢ propriation bills, He (Randall) submitted that as to the tariff, river and harbor, and Inter-state commerce bills, the commitiee on appropriations n { interposed except whien itwas essential thatcongess should p the appropriation bls. The policy wh the colmiities ou approprivtions had adopted when under the control of the democratic puty had been one of economy, and he i to find anywhere dec ions of his party in convention where that prineiple was cour, Souiod il Lio 1) Cl not announeed s the one whica would be | Wil belive cases from Atchison which are in followed ¢ the ol eninusted it wih L TROPESHILN SRR PIRSIPIR: PO, e ( dadl) hiu me lere during " lie war. Ho was 10t going to refer to whiy A Orunb for Tiider his courseof conducthad been during that | WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, iumediate period. @it when that war | gram.—New York democrats hero Wag over )‘:w hxvrll(hh';l the t“f"z""y 10| greatly surprised by ¢he nomination of Joe €0 suaight back to @ sirict ° con- | Dicolow for ae e Naw Struetion ~of the conshitution—to the | BiClow for assistant treasurer in New York, to succeed Acton, ‘They agree it was done to pacify Tilden, who is said Lo have been much grieved because his advice concerning se const defenses was not accepted by tho presi- dent. founder of democracy, Thomas Jefferson— that there should be 1o money appropriated for any purpose unless there was dir authorify In the constitution of the Unit. States to that end, The river and harbor bill was only objected to when it went outside of the constitution, and congress had no right w colleet taxes in order to make such a distri- bution of thom. He remembered very well the declaration of the late candidate for the presidency on the other side, when he pro- posed 1o divide the surplis funds in the ———— A Bloody Molee, CixcINNATL Dee, 17 Somers' (Ky.) speeial says that during & general melee at Beaver Creek mines yesterday, Win. Par=ons killed Frank Wilsonand Charles Gordon and reasury amony the states,” ‘T'he people’s W. A, Owen fatally stabbed two other wen, ply bad Deen that ~ this govern- | nawes not known, PParsous cscaped but the went possessed no power to take | two others were arrested. from the people of the United States taxes to distribute among the states, and that the great objection thereto was that it wade the states the vassals of the federal Sudden Death of Bishop Krathbour. :EN BAY, Wis., Dec. 17.—Ley, F. H. Krathbour, tor a year bishop of the Catholie government. He did not say one et of men g ) ; were abler than another, nor thatit possessed | dlocese of Green Bay, was found dead in more integrity of purpose than another. He | bed at the parsonage this morning. Apo- objected 1o the proposed ehange solely be- | Plexy is ussigned a3 the cause of death, caise he believed it was entering on the dan- ge10us tield of uppropriation of the public oy and he ailivmed with positiveness 4 5 - "1 | the Jate vice president, dropped dead this {hieh was cascotial to, every party In power, | uidniing. Lo Was prosiinent ih Graad Aliby 140 pledues that Had wiaged circles. it wer, ~ Air. Morrison of Lilinois assump- = Another Hendricks Dics Suddenly, AtapisoN, Wis., Dee. 17,—Paul Hendricks, Weather for To-Day. tiou of the gen D framn Pennsylvanis — that anybody found fault with the appropria- Misso VarLey—Fair weatlier; winds tion committee or any member of it canse | generally shifting teo the northwest and it hiad helped to reduce expenditures was in | southwest, and ocea-ionmily variuble; slight & lurge part gratuitous, aud the assuuiption l chunges 10 teiperatute. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 183 BA NOME RULE FOR IRELAND, m__ With an arliament Scheme, THE TORIES MUST GIVE WAY. The Pabliahed Lxcitement of C from Plan Creates M The Storm Cl Disappearing ald Isle. nturies the Eme The Liberal Home Rule Plan, Loxpoy, bee, 1i~The Pail announces this atternoon that de tial denial of Gladstone this morning, a Lib seiteme for home rule in Treland Las beon decided upon. This scheime provides forthe creation of an Irish parlisment at Dublin the acts of which the erown will reserve the tight to veto o pon the advice of the Iri spite the par ministry, rish members will continue sit in the Tmperial pariiament ab Westui ster. The seheme turgher provides that Ire land shiall have control of the local police, and 1 to furnish guars o minority and the lords will be eeted DuBLLY, Doe. 17,—A spectal dispateh from pdon to the Preeman’s Journal says: tls Granville and Spencer approse of Gladstone's sehemne of howe tule for el Joseph Chamberlain, Sie Charles Dilke, aid the marquis of Hartington are wavering in their ol tions to the seheme,"” A London dispatch to the Lrish Times says: “Should the queen’s speech on the opening of not allude to local government one will meve an tating that such Varnellites will ures Parne ts of partinment royal SO I8 Necess) stpport the motion, Gl oftice and introduce a bill granting home ruio to Ireland. The London correspondent of the Ixpress telegraphs as follows: *“There s 1ol any” doubt that_Gladstone has approac members of the royal family regarding hiish nd is seeking to enlist the Prince help remove the obstacles theret titorial in the Preeman’s Journal [reland regarding the situation tatement that showid the M Salisbury offer one worthloss s howe rule for Freland the conservative gov- crnment will inevitably be ¢ ed by ‘the combined cfforts of the liberuls wud Par- nellites, LONDON, Dee. 17.—The opinions of various aders have been soughit on the subject of > Irish home rule proposals, which bave used a great sensation in political elicles. The Pall Mall Gazette, ing alleged that arl Spencer had acaulesced in the schen, Earl Spencer tel o scheme of lome rule has 1 yTo Mr. Childers tei tiat he' has no knowledge whatever adstone’s alleged proposal Sir Charles Dilke says it is premature to discuss the subject. Mr. Healy says lie cannot express an opin ion on the Subject before his party meets, Mr. O'Connor declares that Ireland will not be satisned with less than Canada enjoys, and will not contiibute to the British ex: chequer Lord Mayor Sullivan, of Dublin cannot understand how any a save what the landlords call” their craph ived i} s of They will perish by the inexorable | ture. The mino lilic safe in Ireland The Parnell shouid approach the liberal party in a reasonable and eonsiderate spirit, they would fairly and im partially exmmine any o) Is "he might make, and adopt them 1f they agreed with Gladstone's principle. DupiaN, Dec. 17,=~The Evening Journal v 1t is reasonable of England to re- quire a guarantee for protection of the land- lord'sdegitimato interest, The most hopetul schieme s for an Irish parliamoni to purchase the Iand, repaying England by annuity, Eng- Land to dpportion the jurchase moncy treland to deal with the tenant fallure to pay the annuily to tihe im- perial exchequer would virtually impe reland’s independence. It s ~therefore thought imperative to encouraze Irish indu tries, which English lewislation and unfair competition by English eapitalists have de- stroyed. But “w ¢ willing to restrict the jower of protection in order to assure kng- Janat "ty our purpose 18 uot, & hostile one. Wo wish Gladstone God specd. We beseech Irishmen to remember bis difti culties and to be prepared to aceept a reason- able compromise on our rizhts, i 4 sacrince of our principal rights be not involy T} insy ch ived from Gladstoue to-day by the News Assoclation: Hawanney, Dee. 17,—The scheme for Lowe rule in Lieland published in the Stand- ard this morning, and purporting (o be my plan for settlement of the Liish question, i an inageurate repre ation of my views, 1 presume it is speculation upon them, 1t was published without iny knowledge ot author ity. 0NDON, Dec, 17.—The following addition al telegram was received [rom Gladstone at o late hour to-night: “My reply in regard to the Stands ments apphes also o those of the Pall Mall Gazette and Daily News. Although these statements were unauthorized the proposals 's ptate. iy conveniently b canvassed. Only an Irish pariigment will meet the cise. Local ORI, ele., Wonld be tseless, “The right to veto their "aets wonld be an fllusion. the exervise I propose, instead, 1 e 0f i min of & sovereign power on th ister responsible (o the jmp “The suggestion of an 1yis] unworthy of atten; The privy suryives only as a relie, The substitn cabinet. Quiestions of commeree and police are difiicnlt ones, but with linitation I be- lieve that home rale may safely be wranted, and that it would tend to raise the claracter of the Trish members,” The press association says fhat Gladstc forseeing the increase in sirenzth of the 1 nell party, dratted a scheme four monthis for sell government ot Ireland, ording to which the power of veto by the crown could be exercised only on the “advice of a privy privy espeelally to diseuss tho The other points in the sc same s alieady publisied ‘e projeet was submitted to a few political triends of Gladstone, Ninee the eleetions there hi been o formal cousultiing on the subject, and it is ne own whethe; or not the detajls of tl 1 have s been modificd, 1t Is supposed thit Goschen, who i3 almost “certain “to be peellor of exchaguer in the next Gladstone t, will support the secheme, Parnell was al Chester on Wednesduy, but hiad no intervies with (Hmlw}mn: or any one eophected with the cx- premicr, Burmese Bazouks. RANGOON, Dec, 17— Advices from Manda- lay state the Dacoits ade a d in the vieinity of that place and fred on the British outposts, wounding Ma nd kil - ing a native. The Britsh returned the five, killing scven Dacoits, Alexander the Goyernor, Loxvoy, Dee, 15.—A dispateh from Berlin to the Standard says the saltan appoints Priuce Alexander govern or for life over East Rowmelia, with rights of succession, A Hiteh m the Commission. TenERAN, Dee, 15, —There is a hitch in the work of the Afghan frontier connnission in dewiareating the frontier Jine at Merucha Operations are belng delayed, Discount Advanced, LONDON, Dee, 1T.—The bank of England advanced the rates of discountfrow 3 to 4 per ceut. ¢ - The United Lines' Acquisition. ALBANY, Dee 17, deed by John Whalen, referee, to the United Lines’ Tel cgraph company, of all the rights, privileges and franelises of the Bavkers' & Merchunty | Telegraph coumpany, s been tled i, Mall Gazette | BEE. NUMBER 153, AMONG THE RATLKOADS, | NEBRAS \ 'A NE V‘ A Nine Monthis' Report of Unton Pa | l‘bR\ “'\ A D m“ \ f ]“ b‘ ciflo Operations, - ro¥, Mase,, Dee, 17.-At tho quarterly | g cocoq o0 i Boo be its Ooros of Bve | meeting of the diccotors of tho Union Pactic | 0cn¥esed to 0 Beo by its orps of Special railw vesterday statement of the tinan (1!)“‘3]“\\\«(‘)1‘*4 cial op @rations of the company for the nine months ending Septeniber 0, in compari<on | SUPREME COURT DEGISIONS. w ith the cortesponding period of 1884, was sublitied by President Adams, From the ataternent it appears that for nine months the | The Painting Process Suddenly carnines wero SEISGUL the exyonse 5.0 Ceased Ben, Wogan ae Grand o okl 11 Ve totra Island Overdose of tyeat wpliy was Morphine. LIRS the nrst nine months ot e & to the Kan Tows Supreme Court Decintons, - Y e G erus o Nt eon Dis MoINEs, t, Decd 17~ [Speetal Tol- | solidated morigase, and npplicd to payient | € Tlie supremo court to-day rendored of con 15 o bouds s by that morl wing decisions waze. D onths ot the | 2. Scott, Richman, et al, v& Suparyisors of Prosent ye vles | NMuscatine _county, appellants, Muscatine onnting on - vetained | eireuit. Aned [ by the trustee to the purchase S 1. Coon, appollant, Mit aid OxtnuiSInent o $i200 o1 the out Aftitmed | stand If this sum had been e Nants, va W, npp ) | nine months would amount to §1.227, Carter, oUal, ap- | S76, or an increase of S130, 180,08 Rovenods > over 1884, 1he fleating debdt, | which on June 80, 185, wad & 1,700, been re od to 251115265 v the sale of bonds of the par valto of 185,000, for which $2.089,55.49 was d. D o I ) the funded debt of the cor ticed SLOLTGRM0, and the net thas been reduce 13, 248,50, tota tuction ol To accomplish this there were use addition to the surplus income of the company the i: ceeds of S1180,00 Oregon Short” Line tailway company bonds, and 3200000 Atehi son, Colorado & Paciie Railioad” company bonds, wi withdrawn from the pany's inves ount. the gross floatin 1S 000 Kans: L we debt 18 Pacine Rail- ¢ eomsolidated mortzae bonds n Union Paci ol com pany’s sinkine fand bhon as these se cuiities had alesady been eartied in - the funded deot of _the company ng increase in that debt arises f thiuse, The sinking fund in the Unite s treasury w 506,120 December 1, 1884, had inc {0 % Soplen 18 The Tane sales tor nine (81 ter 30, W de of 25 535 and $ 0J inthe amount v ved, To Reorganize the Pool. NEW Youe, Dec. 17.—An informal confer- ence was held to-day between the repre tives o the eastern and western x Commissioner Fink’s oflice. The r that the Chivago pool or western po be re-cnacted it onee, and on Junuary nexta meeting will be held at Chies and new Imnl“fi\ be organized. 113 prov b retr v until | January 1. sioner Fink was authorized to live stock rates and prepare a report 1 Justment of the same, The Graud@iunl Was represent 1. No Prospect of Settlement. SAN Fraxcisco, D Lhe committes of three on reorzanization of the I tinental railway assoc ity and wminorivy rey The former was sivned by vepreseniatives of the Central Pacitie and Union Pacitie, the’ minority by the Atehison, Topeka & Santa Fe reprosen- tative, No action was taken, It Is stated to-night th sociati all probability adjourn to New York, being no pr pect of reaching a scttlement before Clirist mas, The Texas Pacifle. NEw Orr. On application of the Missourl Pacilie railrond eompa dee i the United States con Mower, a)pel- lant, Benton eounty. Aflirmed Comnty of Vs County of Linn, Linu cirenit o Atii )W, H Union connty, Adamns trict co ! State ol Lown vs AL Mitehell and Lockard, »muu_ Fayette county district cotirts Kate Hooks. appeliant, vs ). V., Eyang, ob. al, Harrison district court. Reversed, Clhundes ‘Tabbs vs 0L D, Garrison, appellant, Harrison ciceuit conrt, Afivmed, A. B Epley, appeilant, vs Mary Kly et aly Ly disteict’ court, - Atfirmed, State of Towa v sterrett, appetlanty Louisa distriet. 1 Mat Cieswell and ot Stack ctal, Pottay versed. Palo Alto county, appellant, vs T, rison, Palo Alto district com Re S0t ' vs county of Dicki Atiiied. by gnardian, . apellants, v8 A. i elreuit court, W. Har- d. W, nppel- ik va Alex, i, | - district, Reverse 1te of Towa, by ity of Cedar Raphds, v8 B3 Haleomb, lant, Lynn disttict cowil, Atlinmed. Their Paint Pot lun Dry Wysoni, Neb, Dee, 17.—[Special to the Brr.]—Four of our business wen wero en- cazed in painting the town searlet here last nightand at a late hour entered Chamber- Iain’s depot lunch room. Finding a lad about 17 years of age in ehargy, they in- formed him that the o of thelr vislt was to clean hin out, dohim up, cte., accompany- ing the information with a liberal doso of nose paint thrown in his face by one of the party. The young man drew a revolver and procecded at onee to put two or throe bullet holes throuzin the hat 1e of the intruder: the wearer sinking to the floor. His com- panions stood not on the order of their going butwentat onee. After the retreat of the besi i the youns mau sauntered ng in officer m into his charge. No de against hilm, Ben, Hogan in the Interlor, GRAND IsLann, Neb., Dec. 17.—[Special Telegram. | —Ben. Hogan spoke Jast night to a large and enthusiastic congresution at the Methodist Episcopal church, He gvo ong of s cha tie talks, which wii*produce good effects. His coming is for ihe good of gave lims appearatice will be 1 during the entire wee sointed ex-Governor Brown. of Tenng and ex-Governor Sicldon of New'Mexico re- civers of the Texas Pacific raiload coni pany. A MURDIROUS MANIAC. ing In a Mad Effort to Kill His Wito He Attacks Himself. PmrApeLpits, Pa, Dee. Telegram.]—At Seventieth streets there oceurred yes Sy Howhill bloody ealay a <t between William P.Dobson and the po- lice. 'Thie man, who has been deranged for some time, came into a roomr where his wife was sewing, and autacked bLer witha long carving knife, gashing her body in severnl places: then thinking he had killed her he hed upstairs, and, locking the door, began to sharpen We knife. 1is wife was found by a servant suftering from the knife thrusts and a loss of bluod. When the po- lice were informed of the attempted murder they went to the house, and upon trying the door of the room wh Dobson had coniined himself, found it tocked. They burst it open, and not having been told that the man was erazy they wero amazed o see him standing in the center of the floor a half- clothed, raving manize. There was a wild glarc in his eyes, and a crazy expression on Liscountenance. In his hand he A cary- ing knife, and as the oflicers entered the room he drew the biade across his throat, cut- 1inz it from ear to ¢ Then grinding his teeth ina frewzy he raved and roared, and flourished the kuite in a dangerous manner, When tinally captured he fought desperately and had to be dragged to the police station, Dobson was wealthy at one thne, but, becom- ing poor, moved from Baltimore to this city, and it is thought that his reverses turned his brai 1t is thought that the wife cannot A FLORIDA FIR A Damaging Blaze, With One Firve man Killed, JacksosvitLe, Fla, Dee. 17.-A fire in Hubbard's brokie out last nightat 1a. m. ware houses on the dock and spread to Abel block in which were located the Herald, Ha- zen’s bil fand parlor and sev ther Duiid ing o the rearot MeConibiie’s, Hubbard s and Abel's Dlocks on’ the contents were destroyed. Huobuy on building and stock is 31 00,000, Benedicet i% §14,0000 Abel's lus 0003 Veuitz Bios., 31 AlCE, $15,0005 Herald, $20.000, pastly nsured, Other minor 105568 WeLe 5 . The nre is likely to ings, ‘The e 1s sonville has ever spread (o nel g the most disastrous known. JACKEONVILLY Th tre on Bay s this morning e Koin, diet’s store oi the e, 1) e lit in- cluding MeConelry's Durdware store. About Lo'cloek @, my o portion of the wall of the Abell block th., crushing four colored fire Ien, one of whon, Willian Bradley, was i Thie other were badly but not fatally injured, while a fiveman numed Gotl was badly edt by talling brick. During the day a min work mong the vits_sutfoeated by sioke and carricd hospital in a helpless condition. Th nremen are stll playing on the swouldering Tuins. The loss is Dnated at $450,000, @i thie Isuranee at 350,000, L A Cyclone Strikes Colon, PANAMA, Dee, 17.—Colon has been ~LATER— was stopped | higott & Hi visited by avery severo eyclone, which b considerable dwmage, Iy eon cnced on the 20 inst., about 2 p ., and next day lalled cod dgain with terrib uers i the port were pat 1y, They returned wnd | Thie dainage o property very heavy and the loss of life most serious. Uit following vessels were sunk with their crews: Holden, Kurman, Blanche, Ortolun, Atwoad, Aviel, Veterah, Ocean, N Avelina, Stella, Catating, v others whose names « iierd, Doug nld not Rain powred down in tone wale of wind set in from i ‘ e Boyal Mail whinf and otilce were destroyed by the storim. 4, belonging 10 the Panauia railioad, was uiont demolistied, the ratls having besn tom | up and e vartiworks destioyed by the | 4 Buice of tie 10 uade | | i 1he | e the city, and we trust e will st with a8 Swallowed by the Big Fish, Brartricr, Neb,, Dece, 17.—[Special Toles grum.] ~To-day the two co-operative life ine surance compnnies of this city consolidated, under the name of the Western Mutual Be- nevalent association. This is a case of the big fish eating up the littlc ones, Col. O, C. Sabin is seeretury, and William Lamp presic dent. An Overdose of Morphine, .. CresToN, lowa, Dec, Special Tele- i Harry Hopson, aged 52 yoars, o, lead- izen of this ¢ ty, died yestorday from an overdose of morphine administered by his v It is belicved that hedid not unount he was taking or what its result would be, Engulfod by Ico Cakos. nrorK, Neb, Doe. 17, cram.]—James L. Criley, whose pareats reside at Pittsburg, Pa., was drowned last night while attempting to eross the viver on the ice. His body has not been recovered, Killed by the Cars. =) iy, Towa, Dee. 17.— [Special ‘Telegram. | —Edward Ganity was killed by the cars here to-day, by his own neglizence In- attempting to boazd the ears, o ST FOUL, Burning Sensation bie Tragedy. MURDE Detroit's House Proves a Ter Dyrrorr, Dee, 17.—Y esterday’s tire in the sububs of this eity, in which the bodies of Frank Knoch with his v Nd two children were burned, now proves to be an appaling murder, Thiserime was suspected yestovday, but the finding of a rev with all tho eartridges diseharged, was all the evidence ed, At noou to-day a post mortem ex- amination of the bodies was made, Aud re- suited in proof positively substantiating that theory. Bullet holes anid a 22-ealiber buileg weze tound in the skull of both Frank Knoch and his wite. No suspicion 1s attached to an + s yet. The tuil | eld (his afternooh. All four b d ina single colltn, - G hers Toon Punoral. WASHINGTON, G funeral of Gen, Robe ¥ D 17.~The t Toombs took plaee here to-day in the M. J. chureh, The whole town is in mourning. The chureh was ape propriately draved. Tho casket was brouze, with wrought leaves of beautiful workman- ship ornwmenting it. Governor MeDiniel and wany prominent eitizens of (ho state were present, The funcral discourse was preachicd by Bishop Beekwith, - The Whisky Makers. Ci1eaco, bee, 17 ~At & meeting of the estern Expoit association held here to-day to consider the question of surplus stock, it was decided to rediee the piice of raw goods Trom 31,11 10 5110 per gallon, and to iimisall distilleries ut present punbing to 835 pox cent of their enpacity. 1t also decided o €x= port even at alo: nd o cqualize exports aceording to domestie demand, - A Spiritless Spivitualist. Bosion, Dee, 1. (special Telegiam,]— Chutles Fostor, & once noted spivitualistie wedinm, who ten years azo made such a fu in this ec ry and Purope, died yeg. terday afternoon at the residence of his aunt, Mrs, Call, in Salaw, of softening of the brain with which he had been allicted for years. - Atlanta's Liguor Law. ATLANTA, Dee, 17.-Judge MNarshail Jo Clark, of the Fulty county superior court, sranted a temporary Injunetion to-aiight res straining Ordinay Cathoun trom anuoune result o the moasibition thon, Ml henr an arguinent for i permaneny injunetion next Motdiy worning. - A Greasy Blaze Do, 17— Fire ut 1he west cnd 5 morning destroy il ul Lass $04,0007 it w ¥ a"‘ ] MoNTEEAL abatloir Louse,