Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 12, 1886, Page 1

| S et S e P 5l FIFTEENTH Y EAR. WAS 1T A L]BLI 0US CHARGE 7. Milton Hoffman of Lincoln Den Heavy Damages fru.u the Bee. SUED FOR THIRTY THOUSAND. | nd The Governor'as Private retary | Takes Exception to the Charge of Bemng a Horscthicf- Papers Scrved Yesterday, i The Bee Sned for Libel, New Yorkeieviivve Lixcory, Neb an. 11.—({Special Tele- | Boston.... . @ gram.|—Mr. Edward Rosewater, editor of | Philadelpfia the Bes, arved here this morning on a [ Chicago | business errand. Late this afternoon fie was | 1t ot served with a summon answer to | Cineinnati a suit bro by in | San Frane which the latter ver £00,0000 | Pittsbur damages for an alleg publistied in the | Lot it Be during the scssion of the legislat Kansns City winter. The article appeared during t Providence iteme tattendant upon the at d rob- | Memphis ber state treasury, and intimated tha | Minrieapolis Hoffian, the governor's private secretary, | Gt might be in eoll nwith the gang, as he | Gaiy n had onee h d for hos stealing, | Detroj Why the ac slayed until this Jate | Cloveland Bour is ot known. e, Rosewater has heen | {{isnipolis in Lincoln a dozen times since the alleged | 114 fond libel was printed, ways regl New Haven at the leading lhotels, and ook easily liave been summoned to anssier atany | Yot time, eitliey there or in O Sty fter the papers were served sewater engaged Mason & | clty to defend the anl tiial at onee. e says hie pub- m good faith, without malice - Tmmediately Mr. don of th will press it t lished the art s toward Hotfman, and had good reason for be- lieving the charges true. Abont six weeks ago Mr. Blackburn, of the Union Pactiic terat the Bk ofiie Rose in called on Mi, Omaha as the representattve of Mr. Hoffinan, and soughit tobring about an interview he- tween thom with a view to effect o reconeilia tlon and secure a statement Mr. Hoffman’s side of the ea Rosc- water then said he had nothing ag Mr. Hoffman personally and was ready to meet Dim, and that the columns of the Bre were at his service for any statement lie desired to make. Mr. Blackburn was at the same tiy Rosew lad to the publie of My plainly told that M no ro traction to 1w d was given in cor dence all the particulars of the ease, Mr, Hoffman never came for the interview, and the next heard from him - was throush the suminons today. Thirty-siv Boars in the Drifts, ND ISLAND, Jan, 1L—{Special.]—The (ings and Grard Island passenger train I left Hastings Thursday L Jan drift between liast- e they rem il ¥ lielp a from the uly buried. orli ase tl rined to snow in which the train was n ‘I'hie supply of hard coal for the 1 In the coxclhies ran out, and ih and train erew had to take up could b (tors rers in car and bazg fire up by carrying o engine, The farmers in the vicinity of the snaw-bound train looked aiter the comforts of the passengers and train men, so that they suffered not for good fare. George Locke, cageman, bad both feet badly frozen Shoveling snow Otherwise the crew and passengers arrived here in good shape afler their siege in the sno Two Engines Demolished. OAKLAND, Neb,, Jan, 1L—While two en- gines, coupled togetner, with a caboose tached, were coming from Sioux City with men toassist in clearing the road between hiere and Craig last evening, on a curve one mile north of Oakland they struck a broken railand jumped the tr Both engines were ditched and | molished. Sam, Allen,fireman on the first engine,was thrown headlong in the snow. the only man injured and not seriously. The first train sinee lst Wednes into Oakland this after- noon from Sioux City and returne The road between here and Omaba will be cleared by fomorrow night P ening l » the St. Joe Road, N ISLAND, Jan. 1L—(Special,]—A Targe force of men left here yesterday morn- fng with a snow plow and two eugines to open up the St. Joe & Grand Island railroad, which has been ed with snow drifts since Janwary 8. No through irains have arrived here from St. Joe for the past week and it is hoped the present force out will soon clear the road. UTTERLY INADEQUATE, Mr. Nimmo Speaks Out on the Mor- mon Question. NEW York, Jan, 11,—[Sp 1 Tel —In an iuterview with the Tribune fngton correspondent, Joseph Nimmo, ex- chief of the bureau of statistics, speaking of the Edmunds bill, says: *I regard that bill y inadequate to the exigencies of the 1t is mainly dirceted to the cure of a social evil and fails to provide means for sup- pression of a much more flagrant political evil; besides it renders the ]»u'\rnl inongru ernment more involved. Sections 21 provide for a sort of tluulll\' headed government, Twenty-five years before our forefathers were called upon to proclaim lib- erty they eradicated tho evil of union be- tween church and state, but for the last forty years thers has existed in Utah an eecle tical rule more flagrant than anything Jeffer- son was called upon to consider. The reme- dy is to place Utah under control of a com- mission with legislative powers. There aie abundant precedents for this. 1 refer to the case of the northwest territories and the cases of Louisiana, Florida and Michigan, The president recommended that expedient in the case of Louisiana and Florida for the reason that the people were not prepared for uh-gou-mmen[ WILL NOT FORCE MATTERS, But Will Settle by Arbitration if Sat- pecial Telegram.) —The Tribune says: The cigar makers laye about made up their minds that manufac- turers will not force matters by ordering a lockout until the International Unlon has had a chance to say whether or not there is tobe astrike. The fact that the strike In Kaufman Bros', shop Is now four days old apd the manufacturers have as yet made no aggressive sign leads to this conclusion. The tenement house workers affected by the new scale, some 2,000 in number, have made up thelr winds tostrike against the reduction of pay, and it is sald a majority will stop work to-day. The manufacturers have invited dis- satisfied employes to confer with them at the Grand Unlon hotel this afternoon, and the probability 1s that some definite eonclusion will be reached in regard to the watter at that conference, George Frisbie Hoar for President glw YoRx, Ju ll-—lBlleclll Telegram. | dent n Nuw ulbl 'fi‘i Dl' e cnllu nfortunate .".,.w' ND TRADE, MONEY The Clearance Record of Thirty-One Feading Cities, Bostox, Ma Jan. 1. —<Thef ecompiled from a1 d from the leading cleari Unit ed States, gives the the week ending Ja r of iner with the correspon Springi Syract Lowell | Total...... cer = ide New York yri--Minneapolis, Denver, Omaha and «lin totals The Visible Cricaco, January 11 ures, taken from the ol board of trade, to b posted on ¢ morrow morning, show in_ bushels the amount of grain in sight in the United States and Canada on Saturday, January 9, and the amount of decrease over the prececding Galveston ot includ cment, he following fig- cial statement of the week: Wieat Decrease.. .. COrNLveuens Decrease. Oats... Chicago elevators on t Wheat, Corn, Oats.. R British Trade Review. Loxvox, Jan, 1L--The M Lane Ex- press. in its review of the British grain trade for the pi Inglish wheat has n i Trade reports show the harye nmineh in excess of the estiniatos, able « ld wheat lish wheat onsid nantities aud that ¢ Londeney, “Foreign Wheat is sta cargoes of wheat arrived—two were sold, one withdrawn, threo remained. At to-day’s market wheat was unimproved: tlour dull n steadys oats, barley and beans steady, but inactive, —— BITS OF THE BLI Four vietinis of treezi ported from Texas. Joseph W frozen stiff in bed at Jop- lin, Mo., Saturday night, Gulveston reports continuous raw and cold ather throughout Texas, Mobile, 5 expes weather in its histor. The St. Lawrence is flooding the eity of Montreal and causing serious dumage, Sioux City hung about the zero point all The Hlinois Central is still blocked. tano Tenn.,, reports ™ below o yesterday, Cold” gencral throughout the state, All th were ni fous d “Ten helow at noon yesterds town, Towa. 'Ihe railroads of the drifts Advices from St. Paul state the weather is ARD, g to death are re- W neing the coldest 127 above. - railronds entering Kansas City ving tiains yesterday without ser- ¢ at Marshall- ¢ digging out moderating throu northwest. No damage will oceur to winter wheat. Intense cold prevails at Baltimore, Ship pini is retarded on account ot ice flowing Into the bay from rivers emptying into FANOUCE severe suow storm pre Western trains from Ki Npected to sufter detention & s in s City N to- fred Boyd of Gardy, Jacob Koeningham ] s of 'Voltaire, and a boy ver from Voltaire, are reported zen (o death at Wallaee, Kiisas, Sev other persons are missing who are pro frozen. Indications for To-Day Missount Vai Fair, slighil warnier weathe variable winds, general south- erly: i ¢ barometer, and tollowed during Wednesdiy by local snows. - A Chilly Inaugural, Coruymus, Ohio, Jan, 1L—Tha ceremo- nies incident to the inanguration of ¢ lect Foraker took place to-day. severe weather of yesterd diminished the attendance of military The olitical organizations. The spe hearing the governor's party from Cincin: nati, was an hour late, which _delayed the progianne. - Fhere werl wbout 200 of inili tary and members of elubs who participated in the procession and made a brilliant dis- play, 'The governor's party was met at the depot and escorted Lo the state house, where the inaugural exercises proper occurred in the rotunda of the capitol. Governor Hoadly, in delivering the commission to his suceessor, gave expression to his own personal good will and congratulation A Lear End (.rlllh. Prrrsuura, Jan, 11—About 8:30 this morning the West Newton accommodation on the Baltimore & Oblo railroad ran into the rear of the McKeesport accommod ation, standing at Salt Works station, seven miles cast of this city. The West Newton train was going at a figh rate of speed and the engine crashed through the smoker ot the McKeesport accommodation, filling It with steam. Fortunately the passengers in the smoking car were notified of their dang before the trains came togetl i Y njury, Jumping fiom tho ear escape 5 number, lowever, were slightly cut and bruised. Sl ‘Would Trench on Free Speech. SaN Fraxcisco, Jan. 11.—The order in- troduced in the city council on Monday last by Supervisor Farwell, prohibiting sand lot uu‘ellnfi came up for final aetion to-night. 1t ws efeated by & vote of 5 to 4 on the ground it was in_contravension of the con- stitution of the United States to trench on the rights of free speech, — One Man of Eight Saved, BALTINORE, Jan. 11.—1t was learned to- day the schooner Crissie Wright, Captain (‘llll. whh-h sailed from Baltimore for Sa- V&ull on fiumlwl 80 Jast, was lost at sea 5 | committ Beautort, N. C., on Bunda Only one man of her crew of eight was' saved. The captain’s ‘was recovered. — Ashore Near Cape Lookout. ‘Wasiuineron, Jan. 11.—The gigual corps station at Fort Macon, N, C., reports the schooner Livoula Thomas reported ashore un a rough polnl near 0- kaoun Boats 3 .thulfie aqmm have i““'"‘ 0 partici At 1s reported svme lives are lost. OMAHA, [ DAROTA'S D\\ l\ THE SENATE | & New Bill for Admission Evpoxl Committee on Territories, MAJORITY REPORT. A STRONG Facts and Fignres Cited to Show Her Right to State Double the Required Number of Legal Inhabitants, Defending Dakota's Cans Wasmivaroy, Jan. 1L—[Special g Senator Harrison revorted from th + on territories to-day a new bill providing for the admission of the territory of Dakota into the union and for the organi- zation of the territory of North Dakota, Ac companyin y report pre pared by Senator Harrison, who has made a close stidy ¢ subject, The main propo sitlon of thel veport states, is that the taken by the people of that part nt ferritory of Dakota lying : forty-sixth paraliel of north lat- ch resulted in the adoption of a titution by & popular v mber 8, 1%, shall be and ratified by congress and the state of Dakota be admitted to the union on cqual footing with the other states, The history of the movement for statehood is recited by the report, showing that every- thing had been condueted in order and with propricty, 50 far vive all the authority legislatur that tory al proceedin of the pr south of th itude, w state ¢ on No aceepted e of ter The report ature had authority the and its full le s that the lexi e an election of delegates o con- al convention, and ealls attention to that lowa, Miclizan and Oregon like manner. The official cling delecate ratifying the con the report. Senator that it s ing majority of the approve the the procecded in returns of the elections fact the convention and tution accompany Harrison says that an overwhel| of South Dake cople constitution and desire present admission mto the union framed ean in ition to The constitution d 1o be repu ives full recog of states under it, by Dakota is de forim and spirit, and the supremacy of the constitution and laws of the Unito 1 5 solute re- . throws : life and s of the citizen a saf and provides In the most tberal way for a per manent system of publie schools, The con- stitution was framed by the people who are to live under it m the exercise of the Ameri government, It lieves, can prineiple of poular meets their wishes and, the report | their wants, 1t is not the province of congress,” states Senator Iwrison in the report, “to frame constitutions for the new states. In some cases congress has authovized the president to announce by proclamation the admission of a state if he found the constitution adopted to be republican in form and to contain cer- tain articles of compact stipulated in the enabling act. In such cases, of course, the state constitution was never laid before eon- gress, As early January, 1571, a memorial was unanimously adopted by the terri- tory and legisliture prayimg congress to divide Dakota from the forty-sixth paral- Iel, and to orzanize two territovial govern- ments for the people, The political conven- tious of both of the gr political parties have repeatedly declared in favor of division, and some of them in favor of the adwission of the south half as astate. The newspaper press of the territory has very generally voiced the same d Democrats as wyll have taken part in all of of the people to whicl we as republicans the movemen o referred. A comprehensive abstract of the several treaties of the United States by wiiich cessions of ferritory have been acquired and sowe territories admitted to the union is given in the report, showing the gal right of Dakota for admission into the union. ‘Then follows a long line of prece- dents, forming a formidable line of argu- ment. The southern demoerats in- the sen- ate who have 50 bitterly opposed the division of Dakota and admission of a half of it to statehood are reminded by the report that their states were admiited in every instanee with less claims and inaless legal way than Dakota has and it is proposed that she shall come into the union. The argument, so far law and precedent are concerned, is very exhaustive. ‘The opinions of presidents from Washington down to late years, bearing on the subject of ad- statehood, are quoted, in Lehalf mitting tervitor all furnishing the strongest proof of Dakota. Hcnry Clay, during the course of a report made from. the @ mproinise com- mittee of thirteen in relation to the admis sion of California, sai ‘There are various instances prior to the case of California_ of the admission of new states into the union without any previous authorization by con- gress, The sole condition required by the United States in respeet to the admission of a new state is that its constitution shall be republican in form, The territories admitted into the union of stutes during the past decade or two, it is observed, were admitted by o preliminary action almost identical with that alisady taken by Dakota, When Oregon was ad- mitted into the union, on February 14, 1559, there was quite a protracted debate in the house upon the bill. The debate, however, turned chietly upon the question of popula tion, There secimed to be no other point at is It was conceded on both sides that the possession of a population equal to the ratio of representation in the house of repre- sentatives was all that could be demanded of & territory applying for admission. Under the ordinance of 17 only 60,000 fnhabitants could be insisted upon a3 @ requisite for the ad- wmission of a state, and those who combatted thie proposition to admit ternitories twenty or thirty years ago simply insisted that the should be the unit of population, which was 43,420, to entitle a texritory to representation in congress. Now congressional representa tion in the state is based upon a representa- tive for every 151,911 inhabitants under the census of 1550, 3ut we do not need to insist upon that, however, in the ease of Dakota,” states the report, referring to the population. “Where a larger population has been insisted upon in argument by the opponents of the adwmission of a new state, they have not gone further than to claim that the territory should have a & population equal to the unit of representa- tion in the house of representatives, In fae t, three states, Florida, Oregon and Nevada, were admitted when their population was less than the existing ratio of representation. 1n the case of Kansas, congress in terms de- clared in view of the contingency of the question of the rejection of the Le Compton constitution, that In that event the people of said territory are hereby authorized and em- powered to form for themselves a constitu- tion and state government by the mame of the state of Kansas, according to the federal constitution, and may elect delegates for that purpose whenever, but not before itisascertained by a census duly and legally which have been ed From the | tion o of taken, that a po 1 the for a represent President B port as havir sion of Kans which congress ha hang saidy to be extended and rendered apj which may_hereafter i “This exeellent provi applied to Kansas ot of #ahl territory eq representa \tive to congress, an i8 quoted in the re referring to the admis "able to kK admis- sion into the union.” When Oregon was admitted she had a population of 44,630, while the existing ratio of roprescntation was 05,402 In regard to the population of Dakota the report says: “Weare not left to conjecture or calculation of the population of south 1. Under the provisions of section act of March 8, 1870, a census was taken of -h- date of Jun thereof duly certifie interior. In mation, the sec retary plied with & tabular population, number establishmenis, ete of June 1 last sl south D 3 A Ing a total « representation nd that of n tory proposed for adi to two e m state ever organized hiad at the time of a the pre From statistics pre fsseen that the pr would be the eighth fornia, Colorado, Ka da, Oregon ot while the te ated o would be only exce Nebraska, be more as Indiana, larger than 1liinois, than Arkansas, $,000 Wi i ti cor than - FROM BEYOND 1 W, in the house of rep tives being 151,911, that portion of th it ponnlation of sou itory of Lincoln, wh of the other The proposed 1 more ) ast, and the retumns | d to the secretary of tie toarcauest tor infor- of the interior has re- statement showing the of farms, manufacturing in Dakota, as the census ws, The population of kota. the sc orth Dako! The present basis of senta- tervi- mission would be entitled al representatives, No from the public domain dmission anything like h Dakota, in the report it of Dakota only Cali- ota, Neva- lar area, I is ere- portion of Dakota, Lin area by one state, state would twice as lar: 00 square miles 00 square miles larger square miles larger than two and a half nted oposed st state in ares nsas, Minn, as havine HE SEA. The Queen of It Allowanci NEw York, “The Sun’s London ¢ an. 11—[Spec aly Cats Down IHer s, o The N nj st cable says: correspondent at Rome says that he has heen inf domestic scene Hmnln'n wasrecentl, expenses of the dences of the most ¢ found on all sides. Tarly shocked at dise rned by high court oftici t the Quiring it, having became s of a curious palace. King TR GO armed at the enorin- royal household, stravagant luxury we The King was particn- rovering that his consort Queen Margherita, insisted on having aheap- ing plate of strawbe) year, althongh the fr in winter at exorb stormed at the queel rging Lim with ice. compromise 1 only in each v v eatin ad of becoming th The ki ordered that not mor tle shall be hereafter whiel is the usual dr! National BERLIN, Jan, 11 the spirits bifl and s desroth, At leng K if the king wonld ast off clothing to be sold reed rries every day in the it can only be obtained ant cost. The King n and she retorted by nany needlest acts of ex- sth the queen offered to 1z strawberries two days order hereatter, in e perquisites of is lack- to this and also re than 7 francs per bot- be paid for ehampagne, Inkap the royal tabie. Control of Liquor Trafic, The emperor has signed ibiitted it to the Bun- The bill proposes to compensate those deprived of a livelihood through its operation on the basi each person ten y to be controlled T which will app le vending of ppoint retu r will be states to 1o the proc Possession sons, abov penal offens refined spirt 110 add 50 elling pric operation in Ger Loxpox, Jan, 11 received here th fled. A fore: of the German man consul then flag and run up ¢ The Somoans th Gennans, suls prot wans, i war sh Loxvox, Jan, 11 id Bulg imes sayvs England key shall also g anish and e slands, ntin 1IN, Jan, 11, ence to-day resolved alterable seeure the rights of the leading g affairs was postponc . Parnell, Loxvox, Jan, suspendes heavy, as the hank m the monopoly «d by the state untwein fied minim, will be a also the importation of raw or Communes will be empow- i colors in ing Dow demobolize their hboli vern determination ‘The liabilities are is of two cars more to in the trade, the traflic amonopoly of the minis- int agents to do whole- rits, the federal i |[|«|n~ by ned s ilers, Res allowed to with, by pri cent to the monopoly { passed, will go into August, 1888, Intelligenee has been many has seized the the an, The were insalted and finally aines were landed from ip Albatioss. The Ger- auled down the Sumon 1t stead. make war on the nd British con- n ot the ¢ n the Arvmies. ~"I'he Telegraph says the e, Servi oses that Tur- 20 her arny. ent has refused to ling stution on one of also pre we the Fight, ‘The Parnellite confer- to continue with an un- their struggle to Consideration Irish arrival of Treland. stlons «duntil egarding the ank. hie Jersey bank has Aid 1ot to be was reported s doing only w small business, The Reverend KANsAs Crry, Mo, a general disposition that Jardine’s death suicidal, d N1, Louis, Jan, 11, e Suicide, , Jun. (L—"There is quite here to take the view was accidental and not He had been for sowe time ad- ed to the chloroform habit, —Funeral ser ces were Leld this evening at Trinity church over the remains of Henry yesterday, and the "body to the deépot and placed on a train for Kan City. Jardine, who suicided was then conveyed Reports of cattle | blizziard are claimed ated, Dorel in the storm Frid osses in Colorado by the w be greatly exagger- lia Kuba of Greenpor 18 is supposed shic wa Iy wight. Gladstone held a pecaption at Carleton ter ening. All the liberal leadors we uous by their absenc ‘Three hundred Chinamen were discharged from different manufactaries in Sa White men will take their pl Thurman was yesterday nated by the democratic eateus 4 yesterday Allen nto al nowi- their can- didate 1or United States senator from Ohio. A M. Bigelow & Co., wholesale leather d Boston, failed yesterday for §200,00, Thie collapse dréw with It e him of J. A. & G, I, Roberts, Tlleullnblllllu are unkuown, —— Bonner's Ca d. Great, Frsul:edumon in all kinds of Household goods during holidays. Full lines of Furniture, Lamips, Iu.cribody wivited, 1315 Douglas St. Croikery, Hanging Stoves and Holiday' Presents. No cards.. Jauis BONNER. — Gireat clearing sale of fine_clothing commences December 4th at mammouth elothin street, corner Tent| lg house, 1001 Farnam Elgutter's | TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY ' PIECES OF THE POLITICAL PIE ired | 12, 1880, 1 la -Mouthed Cax Awaiting the Parcelling Process, AND PRINTER THE SPEAKER And Those Who Anviously Aspire to These Important fons —The Towa Legislature Convenes Other Hawkege Nows. Delogates Dug Out of the Drifts. Des Moises, lowa, Jan. 11,—{Special.] The snow blockade omised at one time to be a ‘“biggor man” than the ieral assembly, and many members found _themselves lodged in snow banks in different parts of the state. For this reason they have been very backward in coming forward. T i for the vari- ous oftices in the gint Hl the legislature have me to the (ront ready to grab every member ashe landed. It seems as if there were an unusually large number of candi minor positions, and they are making lite miserable for every promivent man about the capitol, 1t is possible that in self-protection the legislature way yet be oblige in order tosave themsclves from being talked to death, man with' any possible influen, sed by acrowd of expect ants, and in most cases worthy office Many of the candidates for minor positions, such as engrossing clerk, post- mistress, paper folders, are ladies, and - their pleas are bard to resist. Some of them are iters of men killed or erippled in the war, others ot men who once held high y tions in the state but have been reduced to poverty and their ehildren compelled to earn sir own living, There are many pitiful poured into the ears ef eve sympa- thetic listener, and if the members could only vote for all they would gencrally be glad to do so. One bricht little fellow who wants to be in the senate, writes to one of atorsasking hishelp, and concluding, “Remember that my father 1s dead and my mother is poor.” It will be pretty hard to forget the touching eloquence of that appeal, and everybody will hope that the little 12 year old whose father is dead and who has to Bielp his mother will suceecd. lie contest over the speakership is ra warm, with dozen candidates, thou, most of them are simply ing” for good committeeships, hoping to develop enough strength for the former position to be en- titled to 1 places in the latter. Repre- sentative Weaver, of Hardin county, seems to have the lead and will probably be eleeted speaker, Ex-Congressman Thompson, of Cedar Rapids, is a_formidable opponent, and Captain Buson, of Klin connty, also is pushing him closely. The field will be di- vided between Butler of Story of Adair, Lyon of Guth: nd Head of Greene. Ther a very spirited contest over the state printership. Finaneially itis the best oftice in the st and usually i I'he present incumbent, Geo: of Fort Dodge, bas had the oflice two teris and 15 a candidate for re-election. Ilis friends elaim that he has on the first ballot enough members to cloct. His principal opponent is Mr. Ragsdale of the Le Mars Sentinel. He is picking up what strength he can as a general opposition candi , getting the disgruntled members of the party as an anti-ving or anti-somethi candidate. He will get left, » Charley Junkin of the is also a candidate, and friends, le is preparing the w years hence, and would rather s re-clected than have R new man get the position. Wilkinson, publis Army Advoeate, and prominent mem ber of the G. A. will probably be ected secretary of the senate, while there is W movement setting in to put baek Sidn Foster of Marshajltown in his old plice chief clerk of the house, altliough le has so far refused to be a candidate, he sudden breaki down of Judge Leon- A Smith, who was taken to the insane hospital at Mt Pleasant a few days ago, isa peculiarly sad case. He has been one of the ngest lawyers in the city, and twenty years ago was one of the leaders of the bar in this part of Towa, He wasa great friend of Kasson, and through the latter obtained an appointment us jusiice of the supreme court of Dakota. But Cleveland removed him a few weeks ago, not for “offensivo partisanship,” as in 50 many cases, but on trumped up charges of taking excessive fees, physical ineapieity for the work, ete., charges which, though ut- terly groundless, hurt Smith's sensitive nature very keenly, and the strain of the heavy work there, and this cha sxin and mor- titication to his feelings eaused his mind to give way, and he emme e to Des Moines o few days ago in a shatlor .« condition, paying a very nice income, iven for thice terms at least, E. Robeits, s making many for two > Roberts her of the Grand Mr. Kasson, by the way, is expeeicd here from Washington ina fow days. It is re- ported that his work on “Diplomacy” will shortly be issued. He has been preparing it with great care, having had access 1o the ofli- eial archives of Great Dritian and other European countrie It is understood that it wiil give special atiention to the d watic history of this country during the wa and all wlio know lowi nplishe diplomat will tnlerstand that it will be a finished and authoritive work, ‘The work of the city and con ofticialy in closing the saloons indicates U this will be a dry legislature, The Legislature Convenes. Dics Moinis, lowa, Jan. 11, egram.]—The twenty-first gene of lowa convened at 2 o'clock to-da, recent snow blockade las delayed many mewmbers, 5o that but thirty-four out of ity senators responded to the roll call, and but seventy out of 100 members of the house, The senate was singularly destitute of proper persous to call it to order, Lieutenant Governor Manning having removed from the state some months ago, and the last presi- dent pro tem of the senate having also left the state. ‘The last secretary had been elected secretary of state, two assistants had been elected to other positious, so there was not one of the odd officers on hand. Accord- ingly, Donnan, of Buchanan county, called the senate to order and nominated Senator Whaley of Butler, senior member of the legis- lature, for temporary president, Dr. Hutehins, formerly assistant secretary, was elected secretary pro tem, ‘I'hie roll call showed fifteen absentees, most of them detained by the snow blockade, Without attempting to perform more than temporary organization the senate therefore adjorned till 10 o’clock Tuesday morning, In the house;Wesley Redhead, senior mem- ber from this (Polk) eounty, called to order, and Representative Mitchell, of Jelerson county, was elected speaker pro tem. The former ehief clerk, Seduey Foster, of Mar- shalltown, was elected temporary clerk, The roll call showed thirty absentees, about equally divided between republicans and democrats, Othe® temporary officers weie selected, and adjournment taken till 10 o'clock to-morrow. Republican caucuses to nominate for the s for the | prohibitory law more (ve, amd bring all possi luend ar to induce the lesis- | Iature to adopt their suggestions, A strong | Ticense lobby w beat work, and what | the result may be is hard o conjecture. 1t | | willdepend o great deal on the position 1 the regular . The chief in the speakership. Representative | in the lead, his friends 1ty-si< votes for him, Representas I, claiming thirty votes th will probably o to Head and ces to Weaver, It this is do Weaver will be elected without di ¥ Governor Larrabee and wife arrived this | mornit i have talen rooms for the win ter at the Ki L Hehas seleeted Prof. 1 t, of Fayetle county,as his private Taking Time by the Forclock. Dis MoiNes, lowa, Jan. 11— [Special | ~The prohibitionists have taken time by the torey lock and called a state convention, to mect | Iliis convention | ary to make the | in this city on the 21t inst will determine what is neces taken by the leading party orzans. The city authorities Lave turned overa new leaf in the past few days, and are raiding the s every hand: A large quantity of contraband goods has been condemned, and the end is not yet. GENE Yeste oons on - - AL WASHINGLON tay's Wo NEWS, K in Nominations and ivmations. WaAsIHINGTON, Jan, 1L.—"The president to. sent the following nominations of post masters to the senate VA isle at Mis- souri V Frank D, Travis, Hold da 3 Henry O, Goodrich, Jerseyville, 3 Charles ‘I Haske!l, Vivginia, \ Ay Trousdale, Metropolis City, 1L3 . Scoville, Morris, 111, ‘T'he senate to-day inexecutive session con- firmed the following nominations: Ben, F. Jones of Lousiana, to be colleetor of customs at Now Orleans; Alfred P Edgar- Trenholim aton s Tud, Wi, L. nd” Do Yorlt, to be civil service ¢ ton of Fort Wayne, of Charlestc of New nt has withdrawn the nomina- 1. MeAvdle of Mississippi, to Sian Juan del Norte, he having the ‘appointiment. WIS REPURLIC » s tion of \ be con decline VOUCHED FOR In the executiv lay, when the nomination of Eathn eane up, Senator Logan m fiat he (Katon) was a *aug\w nd that the spirit of the civil serviee law required tiac one of the commissioners be a vepubli can. Senators Evarts. Hoar, and one or iwo others vouched for his republicanism, Yhere are said to have been fourteen votes cast aainst Eaton’s connrmation, one-halt of which were by republic AMENDED 111 The honse committec on territ took up the senate bill o legalize tion of the territovial legisiature ot ine, and nended it by striking o vision authorizing the legislature tion the territory into cou tative distriets aid inserting a_elan tuting the zovernor, secretary of the ter and the president of the eotieil a hoard of ap, portioniient, ‘They are direeted to mecet ANISM to- nan B, A point ession of the send e the, elec- Wyou- the pro 1o appor- In September nest and reapportion the men bers of tl Land hotse ol representa tives on a basisof the voting population, Whe measires as amended will' be report to the house when the committee is allow to report. In the court of cluims to-day judguent’ was rendered in yor of John M. Langston his suit against the government to 1 the difierence, between Lis salury as minister in ver 10’ Thaytl, o (IXET-HY MWV amount paid Lim under ti ppropriations by con- ress, The amount claimed in this case and judgment was givon for the ADMISSION OF DAKOTA e on W I|I||l(nl|n‘~ ny the bill for adimission of th the Union and the or tion ¢ of Lincoln, was reported by Senator Harrison to- It covers more than one hundred pages ol manuseript in ad- dition fo its printed appendices, s the main proposition of the bill is that «ding taken by the people of that present tervitory of Dakota lying south of the forty-sixth paratlel of north Jaii- itude, which resulted in the adoption of a con- stitution by a yvote on the #dday of Nov ecpted and ratified by conress i Dalota be admitted oting with the rest ves_ the history of the organization of “the e, for the passaze of the aet of the rritorial legislature authorizing the Sioux uls convertion to the present G Tt has not been el , the e that this act of the legisiature was a ne sary preliminary toTiolding a constitutional convention, and if it were adinitted that had 1o legal Toree whatever, and the pro ings which followed are fo be treated as putely popular, still it gave the people the machinery nec v for the expression of the popular will inan orderly and effective way. The conventions which fram 1 the constitutions of lowa, Michigan Oregon, and perhaps other states, dw T ys, were held ander acts of thie territorial legislature. journal of the procecdings of the convention is alluded to as giving evi- dence of a high degres of intellizence, publie spirit and industry. The submission of the constitution, in accordance with the ordi- nance of the convention, 1o i vote tors 15 descs spiion of che constitution by n i ot 1,500 1o 101, waking it clear, in the opinion of the senate committee, that an overwhelming majority of the people of south Dakotn approve the consiitution and desire the present adiission into the union of states under it, - CHESS CHAMPIONS accony of Dakota'in the movement for new st A Contest Begun for the World's rophy. New Yo n. 1L—A chess mateh for can today ), Buek of the championship of the world 1 at No. 20 Fitth avenue, Charles New Orleans is refere id holder of the $4,000 stakes, and Thomas Freyre acted as umpire for ferr Wilheln Steinitz of New York, w » Adolph Woble weted tor Dr, Zukeitort, the Hungmian, Tae attend ance was unex pectedly large, Moves were duplicated on a gigantic hoard and watched with utinost — eq; S5, A special code of vules to govern the contest hus been drawn up and signed by the con- testants, 1Uprovides it 1 mateies shall be decided by either player winning the drgw games not to be counted, The ¢ 15 to be divided inio - four g o be played in New Yok to be won by “one pla St Louis, and thiee Ihirty moves must | 1o liours of each guime and lifteen 10ves an hour thereafter, nes a week are to be played with'intervals ol one day between each gune, Loth contestants appeared in excellent condition, and at 2 o'clock this aiteruoon tossed up acoin to deeide who should @ the fistwove, It was won by Dr. Zukeftort, WO chose the white pieces, wnd opened pliy by moving & puwn o the queen’s fourt, This is known as the “queen’s gambit,” but 1t wits ned by Herre Steinitz, who réspond ed with a pawi to the queen's ffourth, The hours for play baviug been fisee al fiom 2 “to 6 i the alternooi and 3 to 12 at night, and s bo'clock had arrived when Dr, Zukeltort hid made his thirty-fist wove, play was sus- pended for supper, the situation al that mo g U inent beinyg decidedly Tavorable to Hen Bteinitz, The evening ¢ame was, as exp favor of Herr Steinitz New Yourx, Jau. 1L -As a result of the cut of 85 in west bound passenger rates, made by the Baltimore & Ohio road, ity ticket offices In this ity have been crowded all the mornl The etfect ol the reduction upon the business of uther tunk lines b not as yet been made tully apparent. - Music at wholesale price Epnoly & ERICKSON'S. 'FROMTHE COUNTRY'S NUMBER 174 B CAPITAL Tutroduced in the House by Tows Members, THE GREED OF DEMOCRATS, Congressional Office Beoker: ke & Authority to Bridge the Missouri General Washe ington News, Bills by Towa Member Wasiinaron, Jan. 11 [Special Tele cram. |—Representative Conger of lowa fne troduced in the house today a bill to_ amend an act entit'@ § “an act tor the establishment of a burean of animal industry, to prevent the exportation of discased cattie, and pro- vide means f wpp Eession and extirpas t of plucro-picumonin and other contas ghons discases smong domestic animals, ap- proved May 19 15587 Also, bills for the re- liet of Mrs 11, R, Relikopf, and inereasing the pensions of soldiers and sailors who have lost the hearing of both ears, Other Towa members iniroduced bills as follows: By Mr, Murphy—For the relief of €, 1L Stibolt, Wiley M. Jones, Thos, Fagan, By Mr. Hendersen - Providin sions which may have been or i 1o granted by special act of cof placed upon’ the same footin spect as pensions under the general law, ox- cept insuch eases where congress shall fix the rate, commencement and duration of sucli pensiong. Also, a bill for the relief of Baleom. Mr. Fuller—For the relief of Lllenry S, Morzan, By Mr. Holnes ling the limitation of arrears of p the pay=- ment of the same, By Mr. Weayer Hanson, James G “rawlord, It 1l pen- v hereafter cress shall bo in every ro- Hiram La Hu isions and detining ief of Samnel 8. 0y For the r Hogan and Capt. By M. Struble—For the relief of James M, Bacon, Joseph 1L Benjaming W, W, Norrls and Sidney Sherwood. THE GREED OF DEMOCRATS, Ttappears that the democrats are no more in favor of civil service reform when it affects members of their own party than when it affects the republicans, Quite a number of democrats who held positions in the depart- ments here under republican rule have been dismissed. Under the reorganization of the house of representatives | t bulk of employes have been turned out although they were all democrats, 1 i the same: greed cost of demo- Ly republicans retained under for oftice when it comes at the crats, as when it is paid oy Scareely a democrat has been the reorganization of the hos “The men seem o think that the ofiicers ought to rotate and that new men should be put into the oftices ais offen as possible. OFf all the thirty- e only three ox four, retained. five page boys in the hou 1o a halt dozen have bee CONGRESSIONAL OFFI VEEIAGY “1shall vote for that proposition,” said sntative to your cortespondent to-day, him a cirenlar trom Vil service ase King him to support a bill making ce for a menber of congress appointments in the federal service, “1 think that bill should pass,” continued the member, “and L Lave uo doubt butthat it will. “Yes,” suggested {he correspondent “members of congress are generally in favol of unioading their work, and of course the civil service law will be amended as you sng? gost,” “It is not specially to unload my dutles as a congressman that 1 wonld vote for this bill, but to break np a wrong that isbeing inflicted upon the cotntry. This thing of national law-makers trying Lands for the purs pose of securing positions for their con- stituents tends to impede legislation and make bad laws, It has come to pass that a binet officer throuzh the distribution ot his 1ze can defeat almost anything before and secure the passage of alinost anything.” ©a 0 BRIDGE THE BIG MUDDY. Senator Spooner today introduced a bil ithorizing the construction and maintes nance of a bridge by the Dakota Central company across the Missouri river ind o on and over the bridge & railway track authorizing further that the company may construet and maintain wi arriages and ¢ing and recely ing such reasonable tolls therefor as may be approyed from time to time by the secretary of war, The bridge must be built so as to not inter- fere with navigation. It is set forth th: agreement with the Sioux Ind tained on June 12, 1550, by which the rl;,lm for use forrailvoad and transportation pur- poses of one scetion of land on the western bank of the Miscouri at or nen in consideration of acre, was secured, and the bil contivms the transaction and sets aside the Jand which has been selected to the rail Company., WITHOUT BED TATE DI Scnator Allison in the senate, and Repre- sentative R, W. Dunham in the house, to- day introduced bills alike in character, pro- posing to amend the statutes relative to the immediate transportation of - dutiable goods, 50 that merchandise, passengers and baggage arviving from foreign countries may bo transe ported to inland points by railronds and ex- press companies without the red tape snd delny which the Iaws now impose, The pros posed legislation is in the interest of all peos ple away from the seaboard, and does not ins terfere with the rights or interests of board cities, WANTS MIS MONEY BACK, Senator Wilson of lowa, to-duy introduced abill directing the secretary of the treasury to puy Leslie Bussett, lule jostmaster at Richmond, Towa, $85, the amount forwarded by hin to the designated depository, in pay= ment of & balance due the United States for the third quarter of the year 1555, and which being inclosed in a registered letter wag stolen from ihe malls while in course of transit, —_— Returns to the RReading. PritApELEmA, Jan, 1L-The shares holders of the Philadelphia & Reading rally road company held their annual meeting here to-day. The meeting was remarkable for the restoration of ex-President Franklin B. Gowan, who 1wo years ago retired from ity management. The Gowan tickel was the only one voted on. Williwm W. Harknesg and William K. Harkness, who were chosen secretary and treasurer, are in Gowan’s Ine terest, and succeed men who have becn in the service of the comuany many years, - You can buy furniture cheaper of A L. Fiteh & Co., 12th st., bet, Furnain and Douglas, thun any other place in the city, - Every person will be able to weay El. gutter’s line clothing, A special redue- tion until Deeembe . 1wl Farnamy street, corner Tenth, - Wlhen you buy furniture be wure cot prices at Howe, Kerr & Mar ha{‘i’ 'im, buy from the best m.mumum;:’ 8 andguarantee to mnk the very low prices. Opposite Falconer's, Douglas e ikt