Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 16, 1886, Page 1

Measures Introduced in the Honse By Mom- bers From the Hawkeye State BILL TO ALLOT INDIAN LANDS. The Work Done By Nebraska and fTowa Senators —An Examining Board of Surgeons Appointed for Council Blufls, Honse Measures By lown Mombors. WasHINGTON, Feb, [Special el gram.]—Towa members introduced bills the house to-day as follows : By Mr. Frederick— Providing that all per- sons manufacturing, selling, or offering for sale, any substitute or imitation of butter or checse ofher than that manufactured wholly out of pure millc or cream, shall pay an internal revenue tax’thercon of not less than five cents a pound, and all packages con- taining such substitute or imitation shall be stamped as vrovided for by the internal rev- enne laws of the United States. (Senator Allison to-day introduced a sinilar bill in the senate), By Mr Conger—Donating condemned ordnance for monumental purposes to the G. A. R. posts of Dallas copnty (Towa). By Mr. Struble—T#%cnsion Joshua L. Mr, Wes b pension Mrs, A, Whipple Handy, Rebecea B, Bush: Mrs. Catharine Al rthy, Nathaniel Bravy, Claybourn Collison and Tenry Barton, . Murphy introduced a memorial to-day from the bar of Muscatine county, (fowa), asking for an increase of the salaries of United States distriet judges. AN INDIAN LAND ALLOTME! M ent Cloveland sent to the nintnication from the se submitting a bill prepared by tho commissioner of Indian affairs to amend the third seetion of the act of March 3, 1355, pro- viding for the sale of the Sac and Fox and Towa Indian reservations in Nebraska and Kansas. The bill provides that any member of the Sac and Fox or Towa tribes of 1 dians properly enrolled at Pottawat- tamie and Great Nemaha agencies, who shall elect to remain upon the rese tion of s respective tribe, shall be allowed to select 100 acres if he be the head of a fam- ily. If asingle person over iS years of n orphan cluld under 18, 1t a minor ¢l heads ot and minor AstR anate to- iter wilies shall seleet for themselves childien, and the United States Indian nt for orphan children. The Tands so selected shall be accepted in full sat- isfaetion of his interest and to said reser- vation, but his right to share in the other funds and eredits of the tribe shall not he impaired, The lands sclected will be held by the governwent in trust for twenty-five years, at the expiration of whicli time pat- ents will issue, WILAT WILSON OF I0WA BID. Senator Wilson todday introduced in the scnate vavious matters from Iowa, among then petitions from 1. Wood and fifty- other leg citizens of Spencer, ¢ that congress submit to a vote of the peovle the question of woman suffraze; from B. F. Coonand twenty-three other Towans, for absolute forfeiture of the un- ned lands within the grant of the Sioux ty & St. Paul railroad company, and from he Knights of Labor of Des Moines on Chinese immigration, WORK OF NEBRASKA'S SENATOR Senator Manderson introduced a bill in the senate to-day, from citizens of Nebr siding at Stockville, praying for woman frage; also a petition from the citizens of Hanton (Neb,), in favor of pension legisla- tion as recommended by the G, A, R, national pension connittee, Senator Van V distriets in the k's bills, establishing land state of Nebraska, were to-day reported favorably from the senate commit- on public lands, and since the senator is giving them his personal attention, they will likely pass both houses at this coming session. HOUS) NEBRASKA MEMIERS, introduced bills in the louse to-day as follows By Mr. Weave 0 pay John Palmer 52,508, losses ineurred on account of Indiar To pay Uenry Grebe of Omaha $215 for | cellincous expenses of courts ineurred in the arest and prosecution of counterfeiters, To pay 1L 8. Jenkins of Pawnee county £1,500 for property taken by the United States and appropriated to its benefit. A BOARD FOR TITE BLUFFS. Representative Lyman has secured the establishment of a board of examining sur- geons ut Council Blufls, which will consist of Dr. Donald Macrae, Dr. T\ B, Lacy, and Dr, F. 8. Thom The new order at ouce, 'he sen- ate, in executive session on Thursday, the 10th inst., confirmed a large number of hom- mined 1ot to nolify the president or to make them publie until after he following exceutive session, in order to give an opportunity forreconsideration, The contirmations made to-day are still under in- Junetion of secrecy. The following the contirmations of the 10th inst.: 1L West, United States I ern district of Wisconsin: 8, Tudian agent for the Navajos, postmasters, Frank Shutt at Lite Ambr s Patterson, w Mexico! field (11L), M. Millerat Lincoln (11L), t Dwight (1L, James Haines at 1), Thoinas Hennsberry at Brald- Jaine dore W, N Hartenbower' (Towa), A Hutehinson at Buriington (lowa). Samuel lenderson at Mount Ayr (Iowa), T, O, Ca= lisle at Missouri Valley (lowal, Claience Sunyder at Racine (Wis.), C. B, Draper at Oconomowoe (Wis,) MANCOCK'S AND POPE'S SUCCRSSORS, ‘T'here seews to be no dount as to General ’l‘(-n?'spmumuun. 1t | n in the minds of some, how General Howard will be the other fortunate officer, Should he fail of promotion General Miles is counted upon, He has a good record, and is backed by Sherman’s influcy General Crook rnmi\ls next in order, with Sheridan’s jor general, will retain ion of the Missouri, the most active command of the army. General Howard will doubtless go to “Governor's Island as the immediate successor of Generap Hancoek, General Terry is stated for the command of the division of the Pacitic. e sed of unusual logal ability, and will bea good of the division, in which delicate questions requiring eareful action are continually arising 1 conneetion with the Cni WORK OF 1 Ny MY 8, ‘The silver fight wasrenewed in the house ccmmittee on coinage, weights and measures to-day, ‘The bill entitled “An act to mal tain the purity of silver and gold” was in- toduced as a'substitute for all the other bills on the silverguestion. It proyides that as the falth of the Uniled States is pledged to a restoration of silser to an equality with otil, that the president Le authorized to ke a teaty with forcign powers to open thelr miuts 1o tha frce nage of silver, ete, aud appoint commissioners to conduct the nedotiations, After a warm discussion the DIl was defeated by a vote of # 1o & My, Hewplill, in order fo test the sensy of dhe conufttee, sud at the same time hulw sywpathy with the objeet of the 10 report favorably Kepresen! n's bill te provide for the free and colnage of silver, The motion | the was lost—-yeas 4, noes 8 Representative Bynum then moved to report adversely Rep- resentative Wait's bill to suspend until fur- ther legislative action so much of the act of February 25, 1878, as provided for the coin- age of standard silver dollars, Mr. Bynum's motion was lost—yeas 6, noes 6. Representative James then moved to report adversely the bill introduced by Representative Bland this morning entit “A bill for the free coinace of silver and other purposes,” It provides that holders of silver bullion _shall be entitled to have it coined upon like terms with gold, and that silver doilars so coined shall be legal tender, ete, 1t also provides for the repeal of the act authorizing the purchase of silver bullion to be coined monthly into standard silver dol- lars. Mr. James' motion to_report the bill adversely was carricd—yeas 7, noe: Rop- resentative James will make n ma port and Representative Bland will w minority report recommending the of the bill, SECRETARY MAN The sceretary of the tre: Colonel Morrison, chairman of the committee on ways and means, a communication in re- ply to the letter from that committee, asking his opinion on the proposed joint re<olution ordering the payment of the “surplus in the treasury in excess of $100,000,00) on the public - debt. In his reply the secre- tary ~ quotes the languige of the resolution, whicl provides t whene the surplus or balance in the treasury, in- cluding the amount hield for redemption of United States notes, shall exceed the sum of $100,000000, it shall he the duty of the secre- of {he treasury to apply such exeess, in sums of not less than $10.000,000 per month, during the existence of such surpins, to the paviment of the interest bearing indebiedness of the United States, option of the government, and says “The langu; iis resolution is such as to inelude in the surplus or balance in the treasury the amount held for the redemption of United States notes. This is in no sense ufln?vlu 5, but is sel apmtand appropriated as the minimum security and reserve for redemption —and — payment ol of United States notes been issued, ING'S REPLY, 1y to-day sent to the 6,081,016 have _both V. nised in the act ) (RS, 5603), This revenue. 00, should of course ch- which of whicl of M samounting to 100,000, be hietd above a1l possibility of an encra ment like that which my u|,~\in<rruiq|uul pre n 1 McCulloch, (page strained xhibit resolution now befor equires that there should be at no time a surplus in the treas- ailable for the general needs of the governmnent, to_exeecd $10,001,009 and that when this sun is reached it should be imme- diately paid upon the public debt. After nearly twelve months experience in the con- duct of thisedepartment, and forecasting as well as Lam able the future requirements of the trea s now defined by existing laws and as they may cted b lation yet to come, and cons wwse of futire receipts, which are tiable to influence from many cause ich as the fluctuation of iim- ports, a_ prolonged depression of tiade and the marketing of m or less of our aurieultural — prodi abroad, 1 eannot now foresee a state of things which Wil make it prudent to limit the sur- 1) eserve in the treasury to a sum ranging rom nothing to a maxinium of $10,000,00 “The legi n now before congress relating to pensions will, if perfected,” inerease the nds upon’ the treasury to an nt which it is impossible to esti- and the late decision of the superior judge of the supreme court subjects the gov- ernment to a repayment of duties collected, sgate of whicliis tarze, but altogether deimite. Those things are mentioned to siind the comuiittee that neither the ealls upon the treasury nor the exact time that such de must be et can be pre- ¢ foreseen. It would seem to follow. pusiness proposition, that if the govern- it is to maintain its eredit in_ the sense of being prepared to meet all just demands, which are impossible, or ainment in a vance, there should be a reasonable sum laid by or kept on hand for that purpose. Re- specttully yours, Da L MANNING, Secretary. his™ last 0 con- and deplore. "The cessor, AL T A BRUTAL WRESTLER. Evan Lewis Displays His Inhumanity in a Contest With the Jap. Curcaco, Feb, 15, —[Special Telegram. |— Fully 8,500 people, representing largely the respectable element, assembled at Central Music hall to-night to witness the second catch-ean wrestling match between Sorakichi, the noted Ja) § and Lyan Lewis, appropriately The Strangler.” In i mateh Lewis' favo hold, the strangling lock, was barred. Har Palmer was chosen vreferee and at 8:57 the men shools hands for the first bout. After a cou- ple of unsuceessful manwuyies on both si Lewis got Sorakichi on his stomae placing ns knee on the calf of the «l his foot with both hands and b bending the foot in such a manner wrench the ank out of the socks shout of ndignation went up from the crowd at this inhuman treatment, and cries of ‘“Hang the scoundrel,” “Piteh him in the lake,” “Kill the big coward,” ete,, arose from the audience. The Jap, compelled by pain to give in, was turned over on his back and lay there unable to rise to his feet, and was carried off tl stage in the arms of his trainer, Edwin Bibby. Lewis stood appavently taken aback by the tuniult he had occasioned, while loud eries of “Shame” and “Foul” rose on every hand. The referce an- nounced that he could do nothing but award the match to *“The Strangler,” but it is safe to say Evan Lewis will never drow another erowd Chicago. He appears to have no selence, and relied solely upon his supe- rior weight and brute force to carry h point, The Jap's ankle was found to be di located, and he was carried to a carriage after the doctors had attended him, MURDER MEXICO. A Dispateh Says a Council Bluffs Ma is the Victim. Paso, Tex., Feb, 15,—J, T, Preston and ptain H. Hawser, while enroute from Sinslon (Mex.) to this city, were attacked by two M an bandits near Parrol (Me: Hawser was killed and Preston wounded in the arm, Both men were from Council Bluffs (Town). ‘Phey were heavily interested in mines in Mexico, The defense made by Preston caused the bandits to flee, [''he above dispateh was received at a late hou th ~.|.mr_mn\; An inguiry of the BEE’ Couneil Bluft’s Bliveau failed to elicit any in- formation as to the parties named above. Their being residents ot Council Bluffs is doubted, as no one who could be reachied at the hour of publication—4# a. m.—had any recollection of any persons oi the above nawmes, | named in e She Says She Won't Tell, SArr LAKE, Feb. 'he wife of George Q. Cannon, Martha Sully, before the grand jury this afternoon refused to answer the question whether she was a pregnant woman with children by George Q, Cannon, 8he ported the matter to the court which in- structed her these were proper questions and she should answer. Sherefused, whereupon, in view of her delicate condition, she was given till to-morrow afternoon to conslder, er bonds being made $2,500 additional, or 000 in all, P s e Killed by the Cal CLEVELAND, Feb. 15,—A groceryman do- ing business at 40 Wabasha, aud an unknown man, while erossing the track of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad, at Woodland Hills aver was strack by the eastern express, killing both men and horse and wrecking the wagon. i Geronimo Wants More Time. ELP. Tex., Feb, 15.—-One of Crook's sconts here says Geroniwo has asked until st iust, meet Crool, 50, 'OMAHA. TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 16. 1836, DAY'S NEWS OF TWO STATES The Business Transacted Yesterday in Towa's General Assembly, GAGE COUNTY'S COURT WORK, Sending Up Criminals—A Batch Breezy Items from Tecumseh— Baptist Church Destroyed by Fire. of The Towa Legislature, Mors Towa, Feb. ~In the senate ay several petitions were introdueed ask- ing for a soldiers’ home; also, for a sewerage system for cities of the second class; also, asking for the passage of a law putting mutual benelit associations under control of the state. Among the bills introduced were one to extend the jurisdiction of eireuit courts in probate matters; also, for levy- ing a tax on all patented articles produced in the state; also, to prevent fraud in sales of cattle by misrepresenting their pedigree or condition; also, to increase the s of the deputy state oflicers and the governor’s private secretary to $1,800, resolution was introduced by Glass, ask- ngress to appoint a board of inspeetion mine and license railway conductors and engineers. Among the bills introduced wag one establishing a uniform gauge for cream at two quarts to an ineh, Dodge’s bill forbidding the transportation of the bodies of persons who have died from smallpox, Asiatic cholera, typhus and yellow fevel ul requiring all other bodies to be shipped in antiseptic s hermetically sealed, was put on its passage and discussed atleneth, but without being acted upon was made the speeral order for Wednesday. In the house a large number of petitions were introduced, asking for a soldier’s home; also, for the prevention of adulteration of dairy produets, The principal debate was on Berryhill's Dbill to exempt from taxation the team, har- ness and wagon of a laborer, farmer, physician or public ofiicer, The bill was in- definitely postponed. The Brown inves ting committee has commenced work and is now colleeting re- ports from the banks and insurance compa- nies as to the fees that have been paid to the auditor’s office, whether regarded as exor- bitant and whether under protest or not. The committee expect to make a report in about two weeks, Towa Disposing of Gage County Crooks. Beatnicr, Feb, 15, — [Speeial] — Judge Broady i y erinding away at the dis- triet court docket for the February term, and will hold court until some time next month., A few eriminal cases have bern disposed of. ‘The case of the state vs A, B. Morse goes over sh, the most import- ant witness for the state, has skipped. A short review of the case is that in the sum- mer of 1854 Mj B. Morse, aged about 30, died suddenly from the efTect of strychnine. The post mortem examination and subse- quent trial showed that the poison was prob- ably administered by her husband, A. B. Morse,a man nearly 5 years old., Tt was generally known that they did not live hap- pily together. At the last term of court Morse was found guilty ot murder in the fivst degree, but owing to an informality in the verdict, a new ti was granted to be held this term. Walsh was the officer before whom the inquest was heldand is the only witness who can identify the stomach of the deceased. It is thought that he has been paid for leaving, In the ease of M. Worl, who escaped from thepenitentiary last fall, broke into a store at Cortland and exchanged his convict suit for one not e to travel in, the court finishe up in about the short- est manner on record. e w Towa in a few weeks after his escape and re- turned to Lincoln. Warden Nobes brought him down Thursday night at 8:30, and by 10 o'clock the following morning his prelimi- nary examination had been held, he had been committed to the district court for trial, pleaded guilty, waived all delays and been sentenced to a further term of one year in the pen. Saturday W. 1. Richards, of Liberty, was found guilty of selling mortaged property, and also of embezzlement. He has not yet received his sentence. He was a school cher and dealer in musical instruments at ty, and was thought to be honest. Oneor two other minor eriminal cases were disposed of this week, The case of the state v; Mrs, Emma Horn for maltreating a child and causing its death, was continued until next term on account of the delicate health of My Horn. The surveyors for the Roc arrived he Tsland road with their line yesterday. Affairs in Tecumseh, Trevsseir, Neb, Feb, 15.—[Spec are goinz to have the railvoad c visit us in the near future, as afidavits have been sent in, It seems a car from Vesta, eight miles west, to Oberlin (Kan.) cost $18 less than from Tecumseh. One party paid it last week, and some parties east of town are going to load a couple of cars this week. $18 per car for an eight mile gons, We await their verdict to see if things are allowed to go on in this way. This would be a good point for a com- petingline, as our folks would vote bonds, There is no let up in the postoflice fight, The slaughter-house demoerats seem to be in a large majority, King James hied hiwself to Omaha last week to reconcile the ele- ments, but keeps 1t 50 muwm you can’t find out what he did, T'hie B. & M. have put ina steam pump to keep their tank supplied at this place A hotel to cost §15,000 is talked of fora starter for the boom of 1886 opposite the Sherman, Chu —We mmission — &h Destroyed by Fire, »§, Towa, Feb. 15.—(Special Telo- gram he First Baptist ehurch of this place was fully destroyed by fire Sunday nizht. The fire was discovered about 10 o’clock, shortly after the church service, It is supposed to have been the work of an in- cendiary, There has been some bad blood growing out of the settlement of the McKin estate which gave the ehurch several thous- and dollars which was claimed by the heirs. Some attribute the fire to the nezligence of the janitor. The chureh cost originally $0,000, and $1,400 were added for improve- wents last year, The inswance was $3,000, It also destroyed three altars, the Sunday school library valued at § and the pastor’s private library valued at $1,000. Rev. W, W, Avery, the pastor, lost all his private prop erty, Including his commission as captain in the army, his marriage certiticate, and other papers. Admitted Its Paternity. BLoc MINGTON, Neb., Feb. 15— [Special Telegram, |—A Miss Reynolds, stepdaughter of M. Duerr. living near this place, last week gave birth to a child. At sirst she refused to say who was its father,and it is said was severely treated by her family, At last she made a sworn statement that Stephen Duerr was the father. The latter is a son of Michael Duerr, and is married. He denied the charge at first, but to-day settled the matter. The affair created quite @ sensation, as both par- ties have been considered highly respectable, Hen Hogan Persuading: FrEMoNT, Neb,, Feb. 15.~[Special.) —Ben Hogan spoke in the beautiful new Congrega- tional church last night to about 1,000 people. A portion of the assemblage was composed of the non-chureh-going people—drummers, saloon keepers and sporting men—and they were deeply interested. IHis subject, “De- moniacs,” was handled in a masterly man- ner. About fifty stood up for yer at the close. ——— FROM BEYOND THE SEA. Affairs of the British Empire Briefly Told, WDoN, Feb, 15.—~The British steamer Douglass, trading locally in China seas, has been wrecked at Swatow, One European and seventeen Chinamen were drowned. Lord Dufferin, vieeroy of India, has de- cided to garrison Burmah with 16,000 troops under the command of Gen, Prendegast, Military occupation and martial law will be continued for some time, as Lord Dufferin does not think the country’ is ripe yet for the establishiment of civil 1 He has deeided ‘l(l‘ ”M‘llll a military expedition to Shan ills, The committee appointed by Childers, home secretary, to inguire into the causes of the recent. riotious demonstrations in Lon- don, held its first meeting this morning. The deliberations were condueted seeretly. Viscount Edward Caldwell is dead. A dispateh from Yarmouth says the unem- ploved workmen of that city are making riotous demonstrations, Many interesting features are promised at the hearing on Wednesday, before Just Ingham, of Hyndsman, Burns, Champion and Williams, who have n summoned to answer the charges of inciting to riot, con- tempt of law, cte., during the disorders in London last week, adstone, Cha and Henry Broadhurst have beén subpenaed by the soc and the examination of these men will be-watched by all parties with intense interest, BERLIY, ment in Berlin over apparently well authen- ol Prince Bismarck is pre- ng to yield entirely to (he vatican in the religious dispute which nas been waged by Prussia and against papacy for the past fifteen years. A bill has been deposited by thie government with the upper howse of tlie landtag, revoking. witha few trivial o xcep- tions, all features of the many laws wh have been so odio ustothe Catholies of ¢ man, The Torics Caucussi LONDON, F .—A meeting of conser; tive leaders hias been called for next Thur day atCharlton elub. The Marquis of Salisbur. will preside. ‘Thes meeling will be in th nature of a caneus, to determine what policy the conscryatives shall pursue in parliament. The prineipal question to be considered will be what stand are the conservatives to take in regard to Ireland and the proposed legis- lation of the liberals A Birmingham Mob Suppressed. BinamiNGiray, Feb. A meeting of un- employed workmen was held here to-day, at- tended by eight thou d pe s, The ad- dresses delivered were of the most inflain- matory nature, and the ussemblage degener- ated into a mob, which attempted riot in the and pillagey g.gm shops, The p red and sudeeaded in suppr nf; il“‘ rioting and preyeating any act of pil- age. st Speaks, Dupriy, Feb. 15.—A numberof the nation- alists assembled at Ballyduff to-day and buil a house for an evicted tenant. Mr. Ryne, member of parliament, and Rev. Father Hod- , of Chicago, made speeches. The latter d'the Iandlords had obtained possession of Ireland by murder, r: and plunder, and the result of the recent election was merely an evidence that Englishmen indorsed the Jjustness of the'Irish national cause. THE EASTER! The Water Receding in New Eng- land—-More Damage pected. Port JArvis, N, Y., Feb, 15.—Miles of lands in Orange eounty, and extending on to 5 county, New Jersey, are inundated ) overflow of the Wallkill, The roads are impassable. Thousands of ties, to be wd in_the construction of the old South Mountain railroad, have been washed away. Seve mill dams have been destroyed by the flood. BosToN, Feb, 15.— At 1 o'clock this morning the water had receded twelve inches since 1 p. m, yesterday in flooded districts, The damage to property here is estimated at $1,000,000, At Newton Upper Falls, $35,000 worth of machinery and finished work were flooded with great loss, At Malden the flood abated eightinehes, The damage approaches 0,00). At Brookline the tloods ubsid- ing. No further damage is te ) are returning to their homes, At d the railroad bridge is down, and Campbell's railroad isreportedwashed away. Several other bridges were washed away. The condition of atfairs at North Middleboro is_worse. In that part of the state where the Newmarket and Bridgewater unite, forming the T river, which is a roaring torrent,is ove in sole places a mile wide, Losse and dwellings approximate $1 reported that th llu-m to mnlls at ( .000. The Turkeyreddie wor t fony lost #50,000 and at Atlanticnills § Bostoy. Feb, 15,—At noon to-day the of the flood was twenty-two inches below the highest point reached. 1t is now thought that the regu outlet of Stony Brook will earry off the water in forty-elght hours, At East Dedham the dam conneeted with the Merchants’ woolen mill is in great danger. Should It fall an immense volume of water will be precipitated upon the bridge below and upon the dam at Norfolk mill, whieh 15 in a valley at a mueh lower level,' The fall of the latfer would involve the destruetion of Norfolk mill and gi havoein Hyde pal "RANKI, Mass,, Feb, 1 his morning the dam at the factory yielded to the enor- 1ons pressure of the accumulated floods and fell with a crash. The country below is flooded, but full particulars of the extent of the 1ge have net yet been received, The road between Wranbain and Franklin is im- passable, Fears are entertained that dams below will give way. P THE POSTMASTERS' MEETING, Proceedings ofthe Third and Fourth Class Gathering, GrICAGO, Feb, 15,—The third and fourth- class postiiasters of the United States met here this morning to gonsider various mat- ers to be brought to the attention of con- gress for the betteyment of their condition. About 400 delegatgs in all responded. Thirty- three states and three territories were repr sented. Among the delezates were twenty- two postmistresses. J. I, Sacriote of Illinois was hamed tewmporary chairman, and afte the appointment of & commitice 'on perma- nent organization the convention adjourned until 2 o'clock this afternoon Upon reasse following ofticers J. 1L Grubb of Mis, Ewuw { Johnson of 1t eneva 18 Belle- 0,000 level afternoon the Presudent, 2 presidents, Jersey, J. C. Kans; A G, ckey “of Mi sour " J. Pickeit of Nebraska; s tary, Thowmas Brady of West Virginia, The afternoon was taken up in the formation of commitiees as follows; On resolutions, on mailing letters on trains, on boxes and box rents at th on improving the registry systeu, on the money order system, on’ coinuiissions and the cancellatfon of stamps in- fourthee . on postiast- ev’s bonds, on postal savings bank and tele hy o0 appropristions for cleik hire, on Al delivery system, on the delivery of 15 to and from trains, and on thé organ- lon of a postmaster 1l benevolent elation 1 without any further aclion, adjourzed till te-worrow fore- nooun, ana ; New CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS Railroad Lands and Nebraska Land Dis- triots the fenate Disoussion, HAWLEY HAS A SORE SUBUJECT. Secretary Lamar Transmits Called for Papers — Hanback's Sweeping Resolution of Inquiry in the Telephone Case. Senate. Wasmiyaron, Feb, 1 [he following letter was sent to the president pro tem of the senat Department of the Interior, Washington— President Pro Tempore of the Senate—Sir: —1 have the honor to acknowledgo receipi of the senate resolution of the 5thinst in words as follows: olved, That the secrotary of . be directed to communicate to e all copies and all papers which e been filed in the interior department, and all napers which have been presented to any ofticer of that department, touching the ofticial and personal conduet of Henry Ward, Indian inspector, during his continiance in said office.” L transmit all the official papers on file in the department which I understand to be embraced by the resolution. The oftie reports made to this department by Her Ward as United States Indian inspector are voluminous, and as the clerical foree of this oftice is limited and otherwise fully empioyed, 1 ha deemed it best to transmit “the original reports, As they are frequently consulted in the transaction of the busi of this department, I have the ho quest they be returned to its files when they are no longer required by the senat am directed by the president to say that if the object of the resolution is to inquire into the reasons for the suspension of Ward, these papers are not to be con- sidered “as constituting all the evidence submitted to him in relation thereto, 1am also direeted by the president to say that he does not consider it consistent with publie interest to transmit_ the copies of unofticial papers frow private citizens held in my eis- tody for him, which relate exelusively io the suspension of incumbents, I have the honor 1o be, very There accompany’ committee on Indian aaiffrs. Senator Van Wyck submitted an ment to the house bill to inerease sions of widows and _dependent d soldiers and sail amend- the pen- ives of ling that month £10 when pension- e and sed: that the e extended to 18 years, and that fathers and mothers only” b required to prove dependence at the time of applicatiom iog penzion M both | able age Wyek, from the committec on reported favorably the bill {0 es- Jlish {wo additional land distriets in state of Nebraska, and authorizing the p dent to appoint registers and receivers for Mr. Hawley presented a bill, whieh was re- ferred to the committee_on publie tands, ve: lating to the taxation of railroad lands ind for other purposes. M. Hawley said the bill yelated to ibject. An execee ingly larze quantity of land—perhaps 6 seuare miles—had been granted (o the North- ifie Railway company, but it was pro- vided by an amen act of cangress that o patents should be issued for the land until after the nayment by the company of all the fees relating to surveys, ete. The fee was only about tiwee cents an aere._The railroad Jiad paid fegs upon only about 0,000 ncres of its fmuense graut, 1t had, nevertheless, proceeded to give fo sctilers warranty. deeds for millions upon millions of acres of land, The company had ingeniously got property enough to try {o locate villages and cities upon its own selected sections, lands that the company conveyed by v ranty deed cree had been settled and improved, and in wany cases thriving villazes had grown upon them. It turned out now that by the recent decision of the supren of the United States none of these of acres were ta that_court were ragable, but congre should immediately provide by law a remedy for the difficulty “involved. "The railroads had refused to pay the three cents an ac and the communitios inferested therefc found themselves without the power of tax ation. Mr, Van Wyek added that but one-ha the enormity of the outrage had been stated. All the land grant railroads in_the west wero fuilty of the same offense, He was glad to see Hawley's bill introduced. “Telier said the fault lay with congress. o departments” of the goyern- ment had for years been reporting to congress the full measire of the evil referred fo, and requested legislation to enable the executive to protect the settlers. In three reports made to congress by himself, as secretary of the intericr, had ecalied attention to these abuses. The senate then went into exceutive ses- sion, and when the doors reopencd adjourned. WasniNGron, Feb, » Hanback in- troduced a bill for the most sweeping inquiry concerning the charges made reflecting on magm[y and official action of cer ors of the government in connection with the Pan Electric telephones. Under the call of states the following bills, introduced and referred : Morrison—To reduce tariff taxes, y Mr, Hanback—A resolution ealling for the appointment of a special committee, con- sisting of eleven members of this house, fo make mquiry intoany expenditure on ihe of the Eovernment ineur ive to he rights of the Bell and Pan-E! c tele- phone companies to priority tents, said inquiry to include all the organizations or companies thift have sprung out of the Pan-Electric Telephone company, or for any other purpose; and also to make full inquiry into the issuance of the stock known telephone stoels, or any y other company, companics or springing out of ihe Lone coipany, 10 any pers persons connected with either the legisla- tive, judicial or execative departents of the goverument of the United States, to whom, when, where, and in what amount, and for t consideration in money or influence d stock was delivered. Also, as to what opinions, decisions and crs have been —made by any officers con- neeted with thé government, and by whom, and all cireumstances’ connected therewith and arising therefrom. And, also, what suit or suits, it any, have heen brought in the name of the Unifed States to test the validity of the patents issued, or any other right in controversy between the Bell and Pan-Electrie ephone companies, what ntracts have been made, what money: JAId T any person o persois 18 assistant counsel to the attorney neral or solicitor general of the United States, the reason or authority for constituting the 'United Stal a ]mrl?' o said suit or suits, Referred to th committee on rul i) psolution @ ution ereating a by Mr. Hanback, 'he following the re seleet ¢ submitte be so amended as to authorizo the *said com- mittee 1o inguire whether any of the tele phone companics have In any W oy nflucnced or attempted to influence oflicials or ofticial action through newspapers acting from inter ested or lmproper motives; and also, whethe any corporations, or their anagers or repre- sentatives, have contributed large sums of money for olitieal Algn purposes upon the agréement that a certain person acceptable 1o them should be appointed a judge of oue of the courts of the United Btates whieh muf‘ have to decide the hitiga- tion concerning the telephone patents. Also, a bill glying a pension o ear to the widow of the lite G lancock. ‘The house then went in amiwittes o whole, Springer in the clair, on 36 itz Joun Porter bill, and Wollord resumed his b in favor of the bill. ley spoke against the bill, as did TN committee then yose aud the house i adjourned. el Weather for To-day. Missovni VALLEY,—Fair w er, winds nerally shifting to southeriys «ising, - pre ceeded insouthe 121on by jieiy station J ey temperate 5 Paron THE COUNTRY'S CLEARINGS. All the JLeading Cities Show a Per- centage of Increase. Bostoy, “Nass., Feb. 15.—~The following statement of the leading clearing houses in the United States, shows the gross bank ex- changes at each point for the week ending ebruary 14, in comparison with the corre- sponding week In 188 CITIES, New York Boston... adelph New Orle: Cincinnati. Pittsburg. Louisville Kansas Cit Minneapolis Providence. . Denver. Detroit Milwauk Omaha leveland Columbus Galveston., Memphis. ATV 3 ; Hartford. .. oo 1, 0| 116454 740,000 g St. Joseph LU0 150.8, Springtield Syracise. Lowell.. Total. Outside New York Philadelphiv, it Hartford, New ven, Portland, Woreester and Springtield iy ostimaded. Denver and Galvoston not ineluded in the totals, Owing to the freshets, which have inter- rupted communication in New England, the exhibit of clearing house returns is neces- arily imperfect. ‘This interruption has de- ayed rece s of offiefal returns from Phila- delphia, Cleveland, Hartford, New Iaven, g nd. Woreester and Springfield, and the figures given for these points are vartly approximate, Revicw of English Trade. Loxnoy. Feb. 15—The Mark Lane Ex- s, in its weekly review of the British ys: Itis too early to makea forecast of crops. In the meantime English wheats can be supplied. Sales of wheat during the week past werg ¢ tors at 21 nst 58,814 at 525 10d duri the same W last vear. Flour is free supplied. and underbids foreign flour. Ioi- i ats are more inactive, but the mar. i, The Awerican option is the ot the world and paralyzes business i iondon and Liverpool, "Trade in e Las been yery restricted ; there were tw als and one sale:; two eargos were w rewained, both ¥ there was only quiry for wheat. Corn and 5 dearer. Beans and peas were 6d dearer. Grain in Sight and Store, Cr1eAGo, Feb. 15,—Tlhe nnmber of bushels of grain in store in the United States and Canada, February 12, and the increase or deerease compared with the previous wegls, will be posted on_’Change to-morrow as 101- lows: o Wheat, Decrease, 91 Inerease. Elgin Dairy Market., “eb. 15,—Inter Ocean’s Elgin ruled steady to-days regular 720 pounds at i Choese shows more firmness: regular sales, 550 hoxes at se for hard skims and 10¢ for one pound skims, Private sales of 32,816 pounds of butter and 50 boxes of elieese were reported. The total sales aggregated 470, o »ru nfiz‘ BUILDINGS, Senatorial Homes Provided with Costly Edifices, New Yonrg, Feb, 15=Special Telegram,] The Tribune's speeial says: In one day last ed twenty-nine bills ap- prop 000 for the construction of public buildings in various parts of the coun- try. Altogether theie have been 143 such bills introduced in this congress calling for an aggregate appropriation of about $20,000,- 000, and there ave many counties yet to hear from. ‘Theliome of Secretary Lamaris at )xford, hence in that village, with only 15,000 inhabitants, and the entire postal receipts, which amount to only $3,4%0, the gov- ermment is creeting a $50,000 building, Aberdeenis, another village of no greater importance, and there 15,000 building is to b2 erected under an appropria- tion made lastyear. Dover, Del., isthe home of Senator Sanlshury, and though it has only 16,000 inhabitants, it has a postofiice building which was erec cost of S ator Coke’s home isat Wae ulation of which, ing to the c was For the rent of its postoflie the government paid $513, but | $100,000 was appropriuted for a public build- ing in the place, In wsimilar way the wa- Jority of appropriations for bulldings can be acconnted for. TRAGIC Bu the Burraro Gar, Dak,, Fel rram. ] —George Hawkins of Saratoga (N, Y.), o carpenter, 24 years of age, suicided in n tragle manner in Buffalo Bill's saloon on Main street, this city, to-day., Noca known, It is supposed to be a_case of porary insanity, Ho was well known this vicinity and bore a good reputatio! e Ready Response With Aid. DexvER, Colo., Feb, 15.—At 1 o’clock afternoon, while the board of trade w session, the following telegram was r by them: "Che citizens of Flagstaflf (Arviz) appeal to you foraid, as they are made destitute by a avaging fire destroying all the business por- tion of the town, leaving the peoplo without food, clothing, bodding. or sheller, 1t any contributions can be secured, send the same 1o us at onee, 1. CAvE Treasurer Relief Con, Inside of half an hour the members of the ard donated provisions and clothing sufii- cient to fill a car, which will be forwarded them by express train to-night. oo Lo Ran Away from Omabha, letter from the chi \inson, Kansas, w 1CIDE, wlo Gap Glves Up host, 15.—|Special Tel- Citizen ¢ A ived by Capt ad thit o boy from Omaha, wow in juil the The boy elaims w0 nave run away from his home in this y, and says that his father, John Daw | o etk ta tie Union Rualle ehane. { Tie police da not “know of any such son, but will investigate the natter o il i Wewill tuke u few mors Omaha city j AOALS AL S0 W ules, JoW. & B L Seuin Council Blalls, lowa. f of police of | MORRISON'S TARIFF NEASURE The Out Horizontal Bill Proposes to Make in the Nation's Revenue. $10,000,000 ON SUGAR ALONE, An Estimated Aggregate Reduotion of $20,000,000 Would Follow it the Bill Should Be Passed. A Slash at the Tarifm WasHixGToN, Feb, 15-Morrison's tarifft il was introduced in the louse to-day. Mor- rison says the bill will efieet an estimated res duction of 520,000,000 i revenues from cus toms based on the revenues of Inst year, The greatest reduction in any one artiele is in the cast of sugar, where tho new duty will result in a decrease of $10,000,000 In receipts, The additions to the free list will involve a loss 00,000, and the reductions made by the Dbill on other articles about £5,000,000, Added to the free list are: Lumber, timber, wood, (anmanufactured), laths, shingles, salt, lemp, Jute, iron, sulphur, lead and copper ores, and 1. Besides these there are many articles of less consequence to the revenue, such as potatoes, hay, corn, bristles, beeswax, dye woods, unmanufactured earths, undressed stone for building purposes, acorns and dan- delion. ‘The bill provides that from and after July 1, 1856, the following rates of duty shall take effeet: Wood (manufactured), for each side planed or finished, 50 cents per thousand feet, board measure, Cotton thread, yarn warps or warp yarn, valued at from 25 cents to $1.00 per pound, S conts to 36 cents per pound according to quality; when valued at over $1.00 per pound 40 per‘eent ad valorem, The principal reduetions on are in the coarser materis Metals—Iron in- pig: piegelisen wrought and last ser: Sc teel, 1f of 1 eent pu W s, welghing more the K150 per ton ; steel railway bars and failwiy bars made in part of steel, weigh= ing more than pounds to the yard, S12.50 per ton; iron or steel T rails, weighin, not over 2 pounds to the yard, anc iron or steel flat rai's, punched, $15 per ton, a slight reduction on and rolled ron, iron beamns, girders, ete. ‘There 13 also some reduetion in Teaa and copper, Sugar—0n all sugar 80 per cent of the sev- eral duties and ra of duty now imposed on said sugar, inoperative as to sugars from countries levying exnort dut Wools and” Woolens—Wools of the third class, such as Donskol, native South Ameri- can Cordova, Valparaiso, n Smyrna, and including all sueh wools of like character as have been heretofore usually imported into the United States from ‘Turkey, Grecee, pt, Smyrna and elsewhere, 2510 cents Waoolen cloths, woolen shawly nufactures of wool of every des in part of wool not 11y enumerated ovided for in this at not exceeding 80 cents pey pound, 25 cents per pound and 50 per cen ad valorem. Flanne blankets, hats of wool, knif 11 goods made on LuilIinL’(l.lml.i cotton cloths’ kentledge, S, iron and I- than rounds to oo Balm wool ted yarns, and all manufactures of deseription, composed wholly or in X '4‘. the hair of the alpaca, goat, or otl imals (except such a are composed in 0l), not .qwninlla enumerated or provided for in thisaet, value at not éxceeding 50 cents per pound, S cents per pound; abo and not exceeding 401 cents, 10 eents per pound: above 40 and not exceeding 60 cents, 16cents per pound : above 60 and not exceeding 80 cents, 20 cents per pound, and in addition thereto, tpon all iy above named articles, i5 per centum all . valorem. Woolen: linings, Iali; ption, composed \d children’s dress eoods, cont 0 cloths, and goods of like de h part of wool, worss ted, the hair of the alpaca, the goat or other iials, valued at not exceeding 20 cents per square yard, b eents per square yard, an Mition therefo 50 per eent Ad va alued at above 20 cents pe ents per square yard and valorem. If composed wholly wool, worsted, the bair of the alpa at or other animals, oF of them, § cents per square. yard per cent ad valorem, But all Such goods with selvedges, made wholly or in part of other materials, or with threads of other materials introduced for fhe purpose of ng the elassification, shall be dutiable rd and 35 per_centum 1 such goods 4 ounces per square yard shail 5 cents per pound and 85 per of t ad valor lizht but reductions run through the wool sehicdule, and have also been made in the cases of flax, linen and hemp, window glass, plate glass of high quality, carthops ware, glassware and china, wheré 'the duty is believed to be exeessive. The duty on rice, marble, castor beans and a few chems icals is also slightly reduced. —— DAMAGED BY I0f, The Great Gorge Break at St. Loufs Injures River Boats, 81, Lours, feb. 15—In addition to the damages sustained yesterday morning and evening by shipping intercsts at that point from the break up of the ice gorge, it has just been learned that the government fleet anchored behind Carrol island, consisting of tl teamers, forty barges and about twenty pile drivers, valued at about $200,000, The ice the boats to b ¢ tron their and ? ver, Major Ernest, of the corps of civil engineers, states that he received dispatehes from Chester, IIL, thiat seven barges had been recovered ut' thad ,mlnl in good condition, No estimate of the otal damage can be wade, os only a few of the whole nmber of vessels have been heard from. No serions damage et resulted in addition to "y 2 ‘The steamer Gilmore has gone aground at the foot of Carroll i land with six barge 1t is thought she will escape with slight dam- age. Mumphreys is still” floating down the river without yct having been injured, Swelling the Parnell Fund, PuILADELPILA, Feb, 15,—At a mecting of the Catholic Total Abstinence union of ’hi adelphia held Sunday afternoon, the braneh ties made response to the recent eireulay calling for contributions to the Irish parlia- v fund o returns aggregatad )A cablegram was at once sent l‘f) J;‘. . announcing that over £1700 had been contributed by the meeting. “The eon- tributions received by Mr, A, J. Divsel, urer of the citizens' eonmitioe, in ald of Parnell fund, amount to 511 it Boycotting a Banquet. Duprir, Feb. 15.~The lord wayor bas ins vited a deputation of tradesmen to attend banquet to be given on Tuesday to John Morley, the new chiet secretary for Ire Sinee the invitation was issued anonymous placards liave been posted, urging tradesmen o boycott the on the ground that the lowd “mayor i or 1o the Dationl cause, | in having joined the atlempt at Galway 0 hamper M, Parnel) inflicted yester -~ Another Democrat Sericusly I, Louvisvu Feb, 15.--Houn, Deniy | Watterson is ro sy this worning end | sare more hopetul, At a eons clock it s decidod the big ol Death of Bishop Batix S1. Lovs, —A spoecial to the ! Dispateh from Alton; 111 i | Balte, vishop of the dioc