Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 2, 1886, Page 1

OMAHA DaAiLy BEE. FIFTEENTH YEAR, OMAHA. TUE SDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 2. THE LEAST FOR THE LONGEST Mr. Powers Calls Attention to Injustice in Missouri River Improvement. WORK OF WESTERN MEMBERS. Dakota Men Very Much Elated—Van Wyck Aims to Protect Honest Settlers—~No Land Rings in Utah-Capital Notes. Salls Into the Commission. Wasmivaron, Feb. 1.—[Opecial Tele- gram. |—To-day Representative Murphy of Towa sent to the house committee on rivers and harbors a letter from T. Powers of Chicago, formerly of Dubnque eounty (lowa), now general manager of the Fort Benton Transportation company, calling attention to amatter of much importance to steamboat- men on the upper Missouri and the people of Montana and Dakota—that of improving the Missouri river from Sioux City to Fort Ben- ton—and asking apprc priations therefor, Mr, Powers says that the Missouri river commis- sion, in its estimates to the secretary of war, recommends an appropriation of $100,000 for the lower Missouri, 1,200 miles, and $160,000 for 1,500 miles, and he asks that the unfair- ness of the commission in making its esti- mates be brought before the committee on rivers and harbors, and that when making further appropriations for the Missouri it be stipulated that at least one-half shall be expended on the upper por- tion of the river, which exceeds the lower both in distance and commeree, and at the same time offering greater obstacles to navi- gation, there being rocky sections which he says are suseeptible of permanent improve- ment, and the necessity of largor appropria tions arc apparent, He asks that the engin- ecr who is to take charge of the work be sta- tioned at Bismarck, the engineer who has had control of it having heretofore been sta- tioned at St. Paul, 450 miles distant. 10WA'S WORK IN THE 8 In the senate to-day Mr. Allison presented a petition from citizens of West Liberty (Towa) for pendment to the constitu- tion of tae United States so as to protect the women of all the states and territories in the enjoyment of the right of suffrage on equal ferms of men. 1le presented a petition, numerously ed by citizens of Newton, Jasper county, (lowa), praying that the coinage of silver be placed on equality with the eainage of gold, ete. Mr. Wilson presented o petition of M. S. Saunders and 105 other citizens of Iowa, praying foran al citute of unearned lands within the limi the Sioux City & St. I Also, a petition of A, L. ather eitiz ns of Towa for the or of the territory of Oklahoma and for the wpening of the lands there to settlement. HOUSE MEASUIN In the house to-d bill repealing limi arrcarages of pensions, The other Iowa members introduced bills as follows: By Mr. Henderson—To extend the benefits of the act of March 3, 1579, and the act of 1885, to certain pensioners whose caused by amputation, and te therefor By Mr. Conger—For the relief of Joseph Howard, Aaron C. Johnson and Synthia Pratt. By Mr. Weaver—For the relief of Joshua Johnson. By Mr. Holmes—Restoring the name of Mis. E. L. Cooke to the pension rolls. By Mr. Hepburn—Ine: ing the pension af persons totally disabled to $40 a month, pond granting a condemned cannon and car- Yiage to the Osceola G. A. R. post. By Mr. Lyman—For the reliel of John A. Duncan; inereasing the pension to $30 a month of soldiers and sailors totally dis- abled, VAN WYCK STANDS BY THE 5.0 Senator van Wyck introduced a bill in the zenate to-day that is of special importance to Settlers in the northwest. Commissioner Sparks has ruled that timber culture entries made upon lands upon which there is any v whatever are not legitimate and not with the spirit of the culture his ruling he has declared to be re- ctive. Senator Van Wyek proposes to determined whats r dispute there may be pending now by declaring those who have al- ready made entries in good faith, and can malke good proof of having fulfilled the re guirements of the law at the time the entry was made, are entitled to patents, Senator Van Wyck also introduced a bill in the senate to-duy for the erection of a pub- lic building at Beatrice, Neb, to cost not 1ess than §100,000, HOUSE BILLS BY NEBRASKA MEMDERS, Representative Dorsey introduced a bill in the house to-day to provide for holding terms of United States district courts in Ne- braska. 1t provides that there shall be at least one term of the United States district and cirenit courts for the district of Nebraska held at Omalia, Lancoln, Nebraska City, Hastings, Norfolk and Kearney in eac year. and ome grand and ono petit jury shall be summoned to serve in both cowrts at each term; that the Judge of thedistiet court shall, on or before e first] day of January of each year, fix the date upon which the term of the disf cireuit cousts will be held during the ye A Dill was introduced by Mr, Weaver, granting the consent ot congress to the erec- tion of bridges over navi certain conditions, the same being the Beymour bill of last con Also, a bill for the reliet of Mary E. Carey, of Richard- You eounty, giving her 160 acres of land, NO RINGS IN UTAM, Surveyor General Dement, ot Utah, now in Washington, says the assertions about a great ring in Utah weie all “bosh.,” There were Yand frauds in Utah, but there were worse trauds in other territories. Commissioner Sparks also denies the stovy of trewendsus alleged land frauds in Utah, as published in the Now York papers and clsewhere, lie says there are some land frauds in all the territories, but that the stor is 80 great an exuggeration as to render it absurd, WILL RETURN TO THEIR PLACE Senater Ingalls of Kansas, in an interview his Mng, renews the assertion alluded 1o 1n these dispatehes weeks ago, that in case of failure of the senate to confirm appointees, the suspended oticials will resume the duties of thelr oftice when the senate adjourns. ‘This operation, in view of the prospective dead loek between the seuate aud the pre deut, will interest @ ood mamy people tiroughont the country, POOR FHOWING FOR HENNE Congressiian Murphy and Colonel Willis addressod the bouse comumittes on railways and eanals today in favor of the Hennepin canal Anoctber mmeoting will be held Thurs- day, ‘The bill will doubiless be favorahly r ported, but us chanees i the Louse we very | poe ssioned ostotice at Laird, Frontier connty, has been removed five miles northwest of the oid slte. DAKOTA MEN OVERJOYED, The Dakota men who have been here for some time working for the Dawes bill to open a portion of the Sionx reservation to settlement, are very much elated to-might over the fact that the bill passed the senate to-day without a dissenting vote, They say that it will certainly pass the house with almost equal facility, if it can ever be reached, and this they expect at an early day. PROSPECTS OF TARIFE LEGISLATION, WaAsniNGTos, Feb, {—[Special. |—“There isn’l the least particle of doubt,” said a mem- ber of the house committee on ways and means, “about there being a good deal of tar- iff discussion 1n congress during this session. A bill will be reported to the house before March, and it will get into the senate before the appropriation bills eome up for discus- sion.” ou seem to take it for granted that the bill will pass.” said L “Yes,” replied the member, “it will pass the house. I am not prepared to state the ex- act character of the bill, for, tobe frank, 1 do ot know just what it will be, as it has not been made publie yet, but it will be more rea- sonablo than the last one. It will be of the horizontal variety, however. Mr. Randall will not lead an organized host against it as he did the other one. Itis hardly probable that it will go throngh the senate, ; in fact I think there is no ility that willp there need be no bout it by the business interests of the count: It will fultill the its mission, however—it will make a cam- paign test THE DAKOTA QU will undoubtedly become a national issue it the Harrison bill dividing the territory and admitting the southern half to ehood is defeated,” said Representative Struble of Towa this afternoon. *“You see, the injustice 1o those people would be so palpable that it would have an influence everywhere azainst the party committing 1t. To refuse admis- sion to statehood on purely political grounds —and it cannot be on any othel T s, No territory ever came i ything like the qualifications Dakota has. To my mind, we don’t want anything better for a national issue, if the bill is defeated, than the Dakota outrage.” THE AUSTRIAN MISSION. “This government never committed such a blunder as it did when it insisted on Austria accepting Keiley as our minister to its court,” sald an accomplished diplomat to your correspondent. “Now, every one kuows that our diplomatic re tries are almost wholly social. When h-iley was refused by Italy he ought to have been setaside as faras the diplomatic ‘service is concerned. If a man is sent to me to mingle inmy society and associte with me for any , who is offensive—say, because uses tobacco and I do not— 1 do not want to as- sociate with him and so inform the source from whenee he came that he is offensive and ask that another man sent, that should suflice. T ought not be asked why I object to the . Itis enough that I say he is offen- sive and that I do not want to associate with nhim. But the state department wanted to know why Auw objected to Keiley, and contended for his reception. It wanted to force him upon Austria, because it did not want a prominent wau of the party relegated. I should not wonder if, as reported, it will ruin our commercial {rade with that coun- try.” ¥ JANUARY DEBT sTATE ‘WASHINGTON, Feb, 1L—[DPress. lowing is a recaplitulation of the Interes| ar 412, interest 88,283, ; debt 6n which inty 4,472, decrease of ! 3 : cash in total available for 'reduction of debt, $831,451,550; rescrve fund, held for re- demption of United States notes, acts of January 4, 1875, and Jul; 2, 1852, $100,000,000, for reduction’; total, & ertificates held as cash, nce on hand, 79, Ty, S408,980,852, net ¢ash In treasury, S79, debt during the month, here Sunday morn mington, Del., at 4:30 this af terment. The body was accompaniad by the retary and his two daughters, and_Bryan, to Bayard, The president Cleveland, secretary and Mrs, Man- ecretary and’ Mrs, Whitney, and’ sec- and Mrs. Endicott mpanied the i 5 ayard is CARKIERS, committee on labor ernoon, a committee from the Letter Car association of the United States was heard. What the carriers wanted to know was whether the eight honr law ap- plied to them. It was explained that the bill now pending before the committee, and upon which a favorable report had been ordered, nnnll.‘ln\)lnh'a the extension of the eight hour law to the civil service, and would cover let- COVERS I At the meeting of t of the house tli f ON OF YELLOWSTONE PARK The secretary of the interior to-day trans- mitted to the senate the rveport of W, Hallett Phelps, speclal agent to inquire into the con- dition of the Yellowstone National Park, In view of the fact that there is uo well getined Jegal authority in the park, he recommends pintment of two commissioners to r justice within the park in cases not involving wmisdemeanor, with somewhat of the same authority as was conferred upon the commissioners in Alaska, Attention is called to open violation of the regulation prohibiting the sale of intoxieating liquors within the lp;u'Lz_ He is decidedly opposed to allowing the railroads to enter” the park, as destructive of its beauty and not ealled for hy the publie, CAPITAL GLEANINGS. preme court of the United State: 4 coupon cases, reversed the de- cision of the eourt of appeals of Virginia, and decided that a tender of coupons in pay- wment of taxes is legal, Lt is stated the treasury department that eighty-nine national banks hold about $6,- 140, of the ten million thice per cent bonds, wh are included in the one hun- dred and thivty-third eall issued on Friday, About $0.500,000 of the bonds embracéd in the one hundred and thirty-second call, which watured to-day, have alteady been re: ceived at the trcasury department for re- demption. MIDWINTER RE VELS. St Panl's Ice Palace Appropriately Dedicated to *Beautiful Sport. Sr. Pavr, Feb, The wost magnif street parade ever seen in the northw justclosed. It was preliminary to the mal dedication of the ice palace for winter carnivals. There were 4,000 unifornied men)- bers of L obufi snow shoe and skat ng clubs in line, with torches and transparefices, The stzeets were lined with citigens and vis- itors irom all of the princel- pal points in the United State ada and Byitish Northwest. The along the lide of march weie ex ted with trlumphal arches at prineipal points, illuninated with transpar- encies, ‘I'he dedicatpry exeietses consisted of & formal trausfer of the palace to this city by Prosident Fineh and a ye-tianster o the city by Mayor Rice, in fitting speeches inter- spersdd \\}m w}:rolprlm musle. The great day of thd carnival ill be Tsnllml;\) and eyening, when the fire Itlng will arrive and sail the pal efended by thesnow king. —— £ Want to Join. Punianereiia, Fob, L--The officers of the Phitadelphia railvoad say that alicady more than Ly 1 the ser- | vice of the company ha ben- | eiit retiet department, compiay 20 the applicd fo ions with all coun-" ) THE PAPERS PICEON HOLED. The Hayes Tmpeachment Memorial Shelved for the Present Session, AN INQUISITIVE LEGISLATURE. 7 With a Predeliction for Investigating Suspicions Matters Connected with Several State Institu- tions—~Other News, The Towa Legislature, :& Moixrs, [owa, Feb, 1.—[Special Tele- gram.]-The Hayes impeachment matter came up in the house to-day, on the resolu- tion of Mr. Weaver to have a special com- mittee of nine appointed %o investigate the charges against the judge, The sentiment of the house didn’t appear near as enthusiastic foran investigation ns some had supposed it ould be, for there seemed to be a gereral disposition to go slow on a matter of so grave importance as the impeachment of a judge. When the speaker announced as a special order the consideration of this ques- tion Mr. Holbrook (dem.) from JIowa county moved that the whole matter be referred to the judiciary committee instead of a speclal committee. He urged that so far there had been nothing shown in the memo- rial against Hayes that could render him lia- ble to impeachment, if true, unless it were the exercise of certain discretionary powers which were vested in him as judge. He therefore thought the judiciary committee the proper one to consider the matter. Mr. Weaver replied that the judiciary com- mittee had already in its regular business all the work that it could attend to, and he thought that a question of so much import- ance to the state, and Judge Hayes as well, should be considered as a special matter by itself. Mr. Keatly (dem.) of Pottawattomie, made a vigorous speech, with some little party feel- ing, in whieh he claimed that unless it was sought to make party capital out of this mat- ter, it ought to go to one of the regular stand- ing committees of the house, which were not made up with san ends in view. 1t was plain to be seen that all the demo- erats were going to make a party matter of it and oppose any investigation, and it was also apparent that many republi would not think that enough of a case could be made to warrant a formal and expensive investi- gation, and so when Mz, Ball (dem.) of John- son county moved to amend the resolution by leaving the memorial of the Muscatine citizens with the judicia that committee report anything in it worthy of consideration, the amendment was adopted without a dissent- ing vote. EThere is where the Hayes matter is now, and there is where it will probably be the rest of the winter. This seems to be a yer) ture. 1naddition to the investigations al- ready ordered, two more were set on foot to- T'he senate ordered the commissioners the new Clarinda hospital to make another and detailed report of the funds al- ready expended and the plans begun and fur- proposed. There have been some re- at Clarinda has not been carried out just as the legislature ordered, and that the plans now proposed would require several millions to complete, so the senate wants to know a little more about it than the short and some- what indefinite report already wade shows, In the housearesolution was passcd ordering the legislative visiting committee to the deaf and dumb asylum at Council Bluffs to go back and make a thorough investigation of certain charges affecting the management, which, it is reported, are supported by strong afidavits. It is likely before the legislature adjourns there willhave been a good deal of investigation done. inquiring legisla- Elevator Burned at Carson. Cansox, Iowa, Feb. 1. gram.|—About 1 o'clock this morning Caldwell & Co.’s steam clevator w ered tobe on fire. The town wa ringing the church bell, and in a few mo- ments most all of the citizens were around the burning elevator, but it was too late to save it. 'There was no wind and the structure burned to the ground. with the flames shooting dircetly heaven- ward. This no doubt saved the entire bloc! from being consumed, as Anderson’s eleva- tor stood only fifty or seventy-five feet away. The burning building being full of graiu made a very warm fire. The loss s about 85,0005 insurance $3,200,$1,500 in the West- ern Home ot Sioux City (Towa), and §1 in the Farmers of York (Pa.) Tle fire origi- nated in the cob house, and is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. -~ Fatal Bridge Fall, DEs MoixNes, lowa, Feb, L.—[Speciai Tele- gram.1—A span of the iron bridge over the Des Moines river at Pittsburg (Iowa) fell to- day, carrying down with it five men. One was fatally injured, two seriously and two escaped with slight bruises, The accident was caused by the breaking of the derrick, which fell on the span with such force as to carry it down fo the ice fifty-two feet Delow. John Jamison received Injuries regarded fatal. Sl p ey A Wreck and a Rescue. Newrort, R. I, Feb, 1,—Captain Wight- man, in charge of the steamer Eolus when she went ashore Saturday night, and Bag- gagemaster Keith wero driven some six miles to the ferry landing, where they chartered the Jamestown ferry boat to g them to Newport. On the information, Superintendent Warren got the government tug Cohassett to go to the rescue. When the tug arrived at the scene the passengers, nine men, four women and one child, had been got ' onto the island, and were provided ~ for at the farm houses, for sometime the most intense excitement prevailed, and as soon as it was known that llm island was but a few feet away and could be easily reached all hands be The tug Cohassett brought the from the Island to this city at 1 o’ terday. osition, nd eight miles from e brave. DASSengo) flock yos. The vessel is in an extremely bad about four wlles from Rockford Newport, with her stai- board side sto The whole frame work is tertibly sprung. When she struck she quick- ly filléd sufficiently to extinguish all fires, An Ex-Convict's Happiness. Jorwim, 1L, Feb. L—Burt Coatman, a cowboy conviet serving a sentence of three years at the Joliet prison from Wyoming, was released this afternoon, having served his term. When Coatman was brought into the clerk’s oflice to be discharged, the clerk handed him a package of bills, amounting to nearly $1,100, and informed him that 81,000 of the money had been sent him as a Christ- present by one of the cattle kings of Wyoniing. The ex-conviet was nearly par- aj) zed with astonishment,and left the prison dors with a light heart, —~— Advanced One-Hall the Demand. 1kwiN, Pa, Feb, 1.—The Westmoreland and Penusylvania gas coal company have advanced the wages of their employes & cents per ton, The winers recently de- manded an inerease of 10 cents per ton, but it is understood will accept the operators’ Klo osition. About 2,000 wen are ewployed ¥ the two compauies, OMAHA SECOND ON THE Leading Every Other Oity Except New York in the Percemtage of Increase in the Last Week's Bank Olearings, —— BosTon, Mass, l_&b. 1.~The following table, compiled from spectal dispatehes to the Post, from the leading clearing houses of the United States, shows the gross bank ex changes at each point the week ending Jan- uary 30, as compared with the corresponding week in i LIST. CITIES, Now York Boston.... Philadelplia Chicago St. Louis 1 Francisco altimore neinnati Pittsburg. Louisville. Kansas Providence Milwaukee Omaha Detroit 5,155,000 77,48, 40,903, 41,524,00 14,251,001 Columbus. Memphis Galveston. Peoria. Portland Outside N i . Denverand Galveston not Visible Supply Statement. Crieado, Feb, 1.—The nnmber of bushels of grain in the United States and Canada, January #0, and the increase or decrense compared with the previous week, will be Elgin Dairy », Feb., 1.=Elgin, (11L.) Ocean speeial: ‘The buttermarket to-day steady, with regular sales Ibs, at 32 334 e wasrdulland quotable af ful 1 'm:‘l s, P Inter- uled ter were =g e THE STOREY WILL CASE. Both Sides COlose, ‘and the Matter Taken Und @visement. CuicAGo, Feb, 1.~ Wilber I, Storey will case was concluded be- fore Judge Rogers this afternoon. Charles K. Dennett, formerly managing editor of the ‘Times, was the first witness called this morn- ing, and questioned by Mr. Goudy, attorney for Anson A. Storcy, brother of the deceased, said he entered into service on the Times in 1873, He wus asked to state the mental con- dition of Mr. Storey during the last years of his life, but objection was raised by Judge Trumbull and sustained by the court. Mr. Dennett WQs Andre Times S 3 He was intil 1, ociated with Mr. Storey during his long period of service on the paper, but failed to have any intercours with him after 1880 or 1881, To other qu tlons by Mr, Goudy as to the mental condi- tlon of Mr. Storey, objection was raised by the counsel for Mrs. Storey and sustained by the court. The witness was then dismissed and Mr. Goudy finding it impossible to get in evi- dence of Mr. Storey’smental condition under the ruling of the court, stated that he had a dozen or two of witnesses by whom he expected to prove the question, but if this testimony was barred he would not call them, and thereupon he an- nounced he hiad no further evidence to offer. was finished. The case bt the making out ol the arguments. rumbull_delivered the opening s S for Mrs. Storey, ou lining the legal course that had been gone over, and refer- ring to the poi i ved in the obligation, M, id he did not care to make an r. Dexter closed on behalf of The case was taken under ad- ment. M Storey. e e CONSPIRATORS FOILED. Diabolical Schema to Overthrow the Government of Guatemala, PANAMA, Feb, 1.—A most diabolical plot to overthrow the gevernment has been discovered in Guatemala. It was a scheme to set fire to the Grand'hotel and theatre at a given time when there might be expected to be a full house. In the panic that would cer- tainly ensue, the intention of the conspira- tors was to take possession of the barracks without any great risk to themselves, then to murder President Barrillas and his family, next to attack all foreigners and finally to sack the city. Fortunately the plans of the consvirators were revealea In time to prevent their con summation, The discoyery of the plan led to the arrest of about fifty p nels goiag trial tor their government commission, consisting of Professor Rockstroek and Mr. Walker, has been sent from Guatemala to report upon the probability of an‘eutbreak of hlc Pacaya volcanoes. ‘The report of these gentlemen annoupce the IQ‘:I destruetion of the village of San Vincente Pasaya. Some forty-four tile roofed houses completely collapsed, mak- ing such a cloud of duf 1o creato the be- liet that a new crater had opened, and the hot springs surroundigg Lake Amatillan cmit large volumes at a higher tem- perature than usu crater of Pacaya Temains, }lm'l)h]“; that of Fuego has been veiy liv R The President apd the Senate. NEW YoRK, Feb, L—{Special Telegram.]— According to the Werld's Washington cor- respondent, a promiment senator says: *I wish some one would disabuse the public ot the belief that thede is going to be any trouble between the president and the sen- ate. The ident is absolutely master of the situation, If he refuses the information we ask, that settles it. We can refu: confirm and put him tg the trouble of out another slip, at the end of the session, re- appointing his man and that's all. This talk about a deadlock and a controversy is all the veriest rot.” —_— Willingly Dery the Law. CINCINNATI, Feb, L—Thirly-three mem- bers of the companies which performed last night at Heuck's two theatres appeared be- fore Justice Sanderson to-day and pleaded guilty and were fined §1 and costs each. As they were not arrested at the instance of the Law and Order league, it was hinted the mat- ter was artanged beforehand, to prevent the assessient of heavier punistouent, e testimony in the | bavers, all expenses to be -.u:.lih‘d;\hrw\ing‘ CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS Bill to Open the Sioux Reservation to Set- tlement Passes the Senato, ELECTORAL COUNT DISCUSSED. Hanback in the House Claims a Ques- tion of Privilege—Limitation of “Pensions Repeal Bill Passcs the Lower Body. Senate. WasmNGToN, Feb. L—The chair laid be- fore the senate a letter from the secretary of war, transmitting a report on the militia of the United States, Also. a letter from the sec- retary of the interior, transmitting a report of W. Hallett Phillips, relating to Yellow- stone Park. Also, a letter from the secretary of the treasury transmitting a copy of a com- munication from the superintendent of the const and geodetic survey, with a draft of the proposed biil to authorize the supplying of standard weights and measures in the terri- tories, Mr, Call submitted a resolution, which, at his request, was laid over for the present, directing the committee on military affairs to report a bill providing that ex-union soldiers shall not be required to submit to the civil service examination before appointment to A‘\ny position embraced in the civil service aw. The senate then went to the calendar and took up and passed the bill providing fora division of partof the Sioux reservation in Dakota, and relinquishment of the Indian title to the remainder. The next measure on the calendar was Mr. Morgan’s resolution relating to the appoint- ment of officers of the United States (trustees provided for by the recent Utah bill) to par- ticipate_ with the officers of the Mormon church in the management of the affairs of that church. At 2 o'clock the electoral count bill dis- placed Mr. Morgan’s resolution, which there- upon went over. Mr. Hoar then moved his amendment here- tofore published as intended to be proposed Dy him, and said that he did not propose t. g0 over the argument in this ¢ 1 hundredth time. Of all the schemes ey suggested for dealing with the subject, ) Hoar said, the scheme proposed by the Sena tor Trom. the chalr (Mr. Sherman) ws the worst. Mr. Hoar was disposed personally to favor the selection of the senior judge of the United States supreme court as arbiter in case of disagreement of the two house: he supposed the consent of this gener would not be given to mingling the funetions (t:!)'.'\jullu'i:\l office with the funetion rererred Sherman would prefer to see the pro- vision requiring that the vote should be counted unless both houses agreed that it should not be counted under the amend- ment proposed by Mr. Hoar, it even the two houses of cong greed that the governor ol astate had certitied illegal returns, yet the returns signed by him would have to be ac- c«é{m-d and counted. AMr. Hoar replied that the points involved had been debated week T week and month after month during the sessions of congress for twelve years past. The senate therefore was prepared to deal with it now if it ever could be. Mr, Ingalls obtained the floor, but Messrs. Hoar and Sherman continued their discus- cussion, and created some merriment by the cagerness with which each intérposed a reply to )‘lomt! made by the other before the points had been fully made, Mr. Ingalls expfos: erl his amazement at the suggestion ifmt lfil 8 bill was as perfect as the senate could make it. Ile moved Its recommendation to the Judiciary committee, and in doing so called attention to the fact that the recently pa presidential succession bill had hardly been sed when it was discovered to be defective. lngullsmx_robmod the declaration made by the B‘“fll ing officer of the senaté on the occasion of the last presidential count, and although there was practical abdication of the power of the genate, Mr. Ingalls admit- ted that the presi ing ofiicer had the right to make that declaration. No sovereign had ever laid down the scepter and crown more absolutely and unnecegsarily, or more in violation” of what Mr. Ingalls conceived to be the proper functions of a presiding oflic on this subject than was done by the se from Vermont (Mr, Edmunds) on that o slon. Inthe great contests of the future emergencies might arise, under the state of the law on the subject, when it might be well for us not to be confronted with that perni- cious precedent, enate had never nouneed its anthority to its presiding officer to count the vote that was inhis possession. Referring to the constitutional proyvision dealing with the ‘inability”” of the president, Ingalls said undér that provision, James A. Garfield fell {o the floor in a ad station, penel od by the bullet of sin, the powers and duties of the residency devolved pon C. A, Arthur, Fortunately difficul ted. The com- posure of the American people then was convineing proof of their capacity for self government. But we did not then haye ice president who od Iai exercise exccutive functions, tempt on Arthur’s part to assert such a while a breath of life remained in Gariield’s body would undoubtedly have precipitated a convulsion in our nolitics that might have been pregnant with disasters and peril to the republic, After reviewing the gencsis and history of the electoral college and the chango effe by the people in its practical opervation and t, Mr. Ingalls characterized the whole affairas at present conducted as rubbish, Mr, Evarts obtained the floor and the sen- ate went into executive session, and when the doors reopened adjourned. House, WasmyGron, Feb, L—In his oponing prayer the ehaplain said: *We commend to thy infinite pity and tenderness Thy servant, the seeretay of state, who sits with his ehil- dren in a home desolute, because twice within a fortnight death hath entered. In this time, when earthly estate and human sympathy availeth so little, may the spivit of flnlinn;; God come to cheer and comfort him.*" Mr, Hanback, rvising to a question of per- sonal privilege,'sent to the clerk’s desk to have read an editorial from yesterday’s New York World, entitled, “The Telephone Sean- dal,” but the_reading was immediately terrupted by Mr. Breckenridge of Arkansas, with a point of order that there was nothing in the ediorial which reflected upon the gen- llulimn from Kansas in a representative ca- pacity, : The speaker inquired if there was any - Iusion to the genteman from Kansas in it, Mr, Hanback shook his head., Speaker—Then the gentleman must tion of privilege is. The house_will undérstand what the question is after reading the article, i My, Speaker— But unless the articlo reflects in sowe way on the gentleman from Kansas, in a representative capacity, there can be no question of privilege involved. Mr, Hanback—Not at all. I elain that, but sked that the article be read, Mr. Speaker—The article does not appear to cun]l‘uluuny reference to the gentleman from Kan; A Mr, Hanb: e articie to be read, and other articlcs etlect on the liouse, il on that I elaim that it is & question of the bigh- est privile A short discussion ensued on the point of order, in the course of which$ Mr. Dunn maintained that the question of privilege must be cled hown before the records of the bouse were made a vehicle to cart scan- dals before the country. 1n order to get around the difficulty, M. Hanback effered the following resolution: Ttesatved; That the commitfee on expendi- tures in the department of justice be empow- ered to make full inquiries into any expendi- ture on the part of the government relative 10 the right of the Bell I\Ilt)l Pan-Electrie tele- lone companies, and for the purpose of Dy investigation and to the end that the people may be fully adyised, the conmittee is granted the right” to send for persons e , gt St o B "‘X‘r’«&'."lfixo"'mm“\ tigling Ject, Morrison c\lfi?fl" - tin- e y Z.wous conde t the resolu- n 02 immediately considered. Mr. Beach showed a disposition to object,but eyailed on by Mr. Robertson to give his consent, and the resolution was adopted without dissent. After the call of states, Mr. Bland offered for reference to the coinage, weights and measures committee a resolution calling on the secretary of the treasury for information as to whether any arrangement was effected by the treasury department with the clear] house commitice and if so what authorit law that department assumed to virtuali pend the coinage of silver by hoarding money in the treasury, It also calls forin- formation as to the amount of silver dollars in the treasury,unrepresented by outstanding certificates on' the 4th of March last, and what is the amount to-day. Also, what amount of interest bearing debt is now sub- ect to call and what policy is to be pursned n the payment of silver thereon and on other dues, Here the house found that it had not yet escaped from the subject before Mr. Hanback was again upon his feet with a question of sonal_privilege, and was proceeding to opld_article when he was again rrupted { Mr, Hammond witha point of order, that as there was nothing in the article reffecting on the gentleman, there was notii- ing upon which to base a question of per- sonal priv Mr. Hanback, after stating while there was nothing in the article reflecting "ll"'“ him personally, that it did reflect upon the honor and integrity of the house, made several e attempts to read the ediforial, Breckenridge of Arkansas was in each upon liis feet ready with objections, and expressed his astonishment that the tle- man should x|||1;ru|n'lmr‘ the article to himself, The speaker tinally decided that the gentle- man had shown 10 question of personal Speaker,” began Mr. Hanback. Mr, Speaker—The chair has decided the question. If the gentleman wishes to appeal he ean do so. Mr. Randall suggested that as the original object of the gentleman, as stated by him, had been accomplished, there was no use in \Va!tllli; any more time in this connection. Mr. Speaker—If the gentleman from Kan. sas desires to take an appeal, the chair will put the question to the house. M. Hanback did not appeal but continued toaddress the speaker, amid loud calls for the regular order. The matter was finally dropped. Under the call of states the following bills ntroduced and referred: v M, Ki Louisiana—Appropriating osing g in the levecs of the and strengthening and When the cal s completed s 1 motions were made to adjourn on the republican side, but they were all voted down and Mr. Matson having the floor moved to suspend the rules and put upon its passage the bill increasing the pensions of soldiers’ widows from $8 to $12, withan amendment providing that this act shall ap- Dply only to widows who were married to de- ceased Soldiers prior to ils passage, and to those who hereafter matry prior to or during the service of a soldier. Mr. Browne inquired whetlier the effect of the passage of the bill under suspension of rules would be to put to one side the amend- ment which was pending to the bill repeal- ing the limitation on arrears of pensions act, and on recefving an aflirmative reply moved that the house adjourn, ‘The motion was lost Mr. Browne said if any one promice had been erystalized in political speeches and party platforms, it had been the pledge to re- peal _the limitation to arrears of pen- sions” act, and__ put -all wounded soldlers of the conn a platform of perfect equality. -Jivery respfctable politi- cal party had resolved to “do this thing in its national convention, and but for “‘Rum, Romanisim and Rebellion" that party have baen in the ascendancy to-diy. measure now, however, has gone to the con- rressional cemetery, and we will have heard he last of it when this bill is passed. A motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Wwas agreed to—yeas 198, noes 66, Adjourned, ————— COLLAPSE OF A BANK. Indianapolis Institution Goes Urider Suddenly. INvIANAPoLS, Ind., Feb. L—Rltzinger Bros’ bank, established in 1867, which done a large business among Germans, did not open its doors this morning. The proprietors, Frank L. and Augustus W. Ritzinger made an assignment to George B. Yandes, The papers were exeeuted after midnight this morning. While there has beon some talk affecting the standing of the bank, it was not An bad been talked to s yet no statement of the assets and Jiabilities have been made, and will not until the sehedule is completed. One of the attor- id that the assets amount to between 00,000 and $400,000, but much of it is in real te not casily convertible. Ile would ex- press no opinion as to the liabilities, but they amount to a great sum, it is belioved. “The suspension naturally caused much ex- citement, and some feeling among the depo: and great crowds surround the there has been no demonstration, although much bitter talk is heard. A run has begun on S. A, Fleteher & Co’s bank, but it is hoped and believed they will be able to weather the stol ‘Thiis bank is the old- est in the ity and is regarded the most sub- effeet has yet beex felt by the Al banlks yelock the run on Fleteher's bank had ptibly decreased, and at no time had cen any disorder. In anticipation of eing known, oring - eonfi- ovided th Ril: s banls, found A, W. Rit inger, juni rtner, and excitedly thrust a histol into his face, threatening to” kil him, 1¢ was taken away befor e done any harm, INDIANAPOLTS, Ind to-night that the lin Co, are in round nun 000; other debts, $100,0003 cheduled at $200,0005 notes and other tics are semi-ussets and oy held as seeurity for money advane 000, When the debts are discliarged for ‘which {1 held, they will probably bs exhausted, leay: ing $200,000 of real estate to pay & 30,000 of deposits, Under the present condition of the real estate market, the probabilities are that the depositors will not realize more than 26 cents on the dollar, e A Raid on Pacific Railvoads. New Yonrk, Feb, 1.—[Special Telegram. | The Times Washington special says: ‘The experts who came to Boston to examine the books of the Union Pacific railroad have returned with a report in which they find that moneys have been paid by that cor- poration to the 1% Mail on freight ae- count. 'These payments it is understood they will insist should be stopped as being made in violution of the agrcement with the government, It is said by & member of the house com- mittee on ruilroads vit is becoming evi- dent t i government rail- roads may b before long, and that Feb, 1.—It is stated tics of inger & Deposits, $530, ussets, real ¢ the entive line of stoeks roads, Wearlie MissoUrt Var al snows, ¢ pt ather, winds, ge southern p northern —~— If you buy lambe flvse otting Hoaglauds lose money. - for To-Day. low sather and tion: falr 1y, cold- ¢ without prices you will " NUMBER 193, WHAT MAY BE THE MINISTRY. A Torecast of Gladstone's Probable Selese tions for the Liberal Cabinet. IRISH SECRETARYs i MORLEY FOR Ths Ex-Premier Receives a Personal Command from the Queen to Form aNew Government —General Foreign. Gladstone's Proposed Cabinet. Loxpox, Feb, 1.—Gladstone has drafted & cabinet, but several of the gentlemen he has named are not pleased with the positions as- signed to them, and it is therefore probable that moditications will be made, delaying the publication of the oftficial list. ‘The Press as- sociation gives the following as the latest forecast of the new cabinet: iladstone, f lord of the treasury and of the exchequer, Sir Farear Hersehiel, lord high chancellor. £ Sir William Vernon Harcourt, home secres ary. ”‘y 1 Granville, lord president of the coun- cil. H. C. H. Childers, secrotary for w: ‘The remainder are liable to alteration, but they will probably be as follows: ¢ ui 0. Treveylan, president of the board of rade, A J. Mundell, president of the local gov- it board, !murur, secretary for foreign affalrs, Hosebury, secretary for colonies, Klmlmrle‘ secretary for India. ‘hamberlain, first lord of the admiralty. forley, chief ary for Lreland, s understood the quesn objects to Mor- ley, because he is pledged to home rule, Mutiny on a Prison Ship. Livenroorn, Feb. 1.—-A mutiny occurred to-day among the lads on the reformatory ship Clarence, lying in the Mersey. At a preconcerted signal the lads In a body at- tacked the officers with belaymg pins, fire arms and other weapons. The oflicers drew their revolvers and fired into the mutinous crowd and tried in vain to force them to lay down their weapons and return to their The boys continued the assault and compelled the ofticers to seeks the cabi The lads then the boats, into which they crowded ifted down the stream with the tide, larence’s office fter the departure of the boys, made signals to the authorities ashore” and soon several boats filled with police, put out from the shore and called upon the boys to surrender. ‘The youngsters deeming resistance to be useless gave up an were taken back to_the ship. ‘The ring leads ers wer in irons. Eighteen lads and two oflice ceived wounds in the tight. Gladstone Sces the Queen. LoxDoN, Feb, -1-—tGladstone left London for Osborne in response to a command of the queen this morning. At the railway station he was greeted with cheers by the people gathered there. e will return to London to-night. adstone received an ovation at Ports- mouth, He made a few remarks, thanking the people for the kind rwm]lllun and saying the present uncertainty would be short. one arrived at Oshorne and received command from the queen to forn . It is ofticially announced this afternoon that Gladstone kissed the hands of her majesty on recelving her command, Both houses of parliament adjourned til} I‘l‘l;_lrsdtuy. pending the formation of the new cabinet. French Treaty with Madagascar. The text of the treaty be- tween France and Madagascar has been sub- mitted to the chamber of deputies. The doc- ument consists of nineteen articles ot agree- ment. Inaddition to_the privileges nlread described in these dispatch the |rent¥ le Frenchmen In Madagascar free fron native taws and subject to those of l"l‘nnc? Religious libérty is guaranteed. Com: eie amnesty is graited to the prisoners aken on both sides during the recent war. The Temps states that France has not thus joined the other powers in coercing etce. The Expelled G an-Americans. B Feb. L—An American named Thiclemann has been re-admitted to Pruge sian citizenship at Flensburg. The govern- ment, after onsidering the ease of the German-Amerieans, Messrs, Jappen, Nickels Z, WHo were ored to leave oher, has finally decided to re- tion to be allowed to remain sen and Riew the island of F fer their e until the 12th, Parnelli 1 Coalition, Dunnix, Feb, Freeman's Journal states it has re believe Gludstone agreed with Parnell to join fore in parlia- ment for the passage of a bill which shall es- i in Dublin to deal slature 1o be 80 of the integrity of the cmpire and the rights of the crown. A Fronch Commission Appointed. PARts, Feb, 1—The government has ape pointed a permanent commission to examin into questions in relation to the monetan standard at home and abroad. e KEARNEY'SMODEL POSTMASTER, An Opportunity for One of the Omaha Herald's Special Staff Avtists, NEY, Neb,, . 1.—[To the Editor,] —J. C. Morgan, the postmaster at this city, who has obtained widespread noe toriety by being not only the first postmaster appointed under the demo- cratic administration in Nebraska, buf also the first transgressor, retwned Saturday evening from Lincoln, whither he had been to testify against his confidentinl elork (picked from the guter), who was convicted at the present term of the United States courg of purloining several registered letters, In view of the fact that Mr, Heath, the elerk, will go to the penitenti and that our wors thy distributor of Uncle Sam’s precions mise sives is exonerated, it is in order for Dr, Miller to send Nis “‘charcoal mitist” and present to the readers of the Herald a of the chairman of our iepul central connnittee, Mr, A, G, Scotf 50 strenuously endeavoring (o hay his ideal of a “bourbon” postmaster eons lin]uv:! by the republican senate for *‘revenue only. 1 count; Distasteful Postmaster Driven Away. , Fob. 1T, J. Water postmaster at Quiney, & small settleme Newton county, has been driy neighbors on account of yrievances of a per- nuture, growing dislike of his Jf treating persons having husiness at office, Al last accounts Wal aspor, the o aw and @ fow 1 b in sioged, shots oceusions ally being exchang {iveon the partics, il Heard Nothing of It, EW Youi, Feh. L—"The Commercial Ad- vertiser's special from Washington says; The president this morning had heard nothd ing of Seeretary Bayard's reported intention of tesigning, and should the resination bo ofterced e would b mast sty ¢ urged by Cloveland and the wholz cabinet fo withdraw it. It is known that Bayard had tho matter whder copsideration belore his wite's deathy ~ Minors Steike A, Lixcors, [l iners empl g ddemin | pewilen (ront romn &1 e ¢ prices of supplie i lion on the