Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 20, 1886, Page 1

4 ol 3 B R B N B ipih"l;Efi&Tfi_ffiAit. A GOOD MOVE BY MANDERSON He Introduces a Resolution of Inquiry on Orawford's Killing, THE OUTRAGE TO BE SIFTED \ Good-Sized Batch of Nebrasks and Towa Postmasters Commissioned ~Personal and General Cap- ital Information, Inguiring Inte Crawford’s Killing. Wasinisaron, Feb. 19.—[Special Tele- gram. | —Mr. Manderson introduced a resolu- tion in the senate to-day dirccting the s retary of war to injuire and report to the senate the facts pertaining to the killing of Captain Emmet Crawford of the United States army, said to have been siain on or about January 10 last by troops of the states of Chimahna and Sonora in the republic of Mexico. Also to report what steps are being ken for punishinent by the Mexiean gov- ernment of those uilty of the alleged out- rage; whether reparation and indemnity should mot be made to those who suficred, and ample and full explanation and apol- s rendered for this apparently gross in- uit to oui army. The resolution was re ferred to the connmittee on foreign relations, WESTERN POSTMASTERS COMMISSIONED. Nebraska postmasters w conmissioned to-day as follows: George Neale at Fort Cal- houn: Willis J. Peake, ebuighs Henry Bord, Talmages Frederick E. Wilson, David City; Simeon Sawyer irmonnt: Johin Kittle, Soward; George 1L Trac and lowa postinasters as_follows: Charles . Durham, Durham: William W. McEl heney, Evercreens Andrew G. Proctor, Lib- erty Centre:James D, pwart, Mondaming Theodore I, Anthony, Promise City; Alvena Votles, Viola Centre; Anna Brennoc Iap: Charles E, Bronson, Manchester L. Bake, Rod Oalc; Peter D. Minick, Villisea, Postiast been appointed to new as follows: Robert Mapelo, Brown county; John iming, Knox county; George W. enoy, Buftalo count PERSONAL AND OTHI R. T, B¢ Wl is here. mong those who talked to President Cleveland to-day. Mrs, Lyman, wife of the representative from Conncil Blufls, has been confined in doors for several days, the effeets of a severe cold. Col. Nenderson’s Towa constituents and , Wilbes nostoflices in Nebrask Wilbert, will learn with genuine fon that his recent severe troub iis wound has almost entirely disap- o, The senate confirmed the following nowmi- nations to-day: Morris Taylor of Dakota to be surveyor geaeral of Dakota; T. D. Brandt of Dakota to be receiver of public moneys at Watertown (Dak.). wol COMMITTE WasmNGTc 19.—[ Press. | —Senator Morrill to-day the committee on finanee, r orubly the bill whieh ), to enable 8 1o increase and to change their names pproval of the comptroller of cu vote of the shave holders owning of the stoc clogation representing ex-union who had been prisoners of w sed the house commitiee on in sol- var, ad- id pen- sions to-day in advocacy of the bill granting pensions to all who were imprisoned more commi an sixty d doner of pe in favor of the repeal of the viding for pensions to all wid Genel proposes to zive new life to the plan for an American peace congress, or a1 congress of the nations of the American continent, which, under the administration of the partment by Mr. Blaine, came to 50 sudden a terminatfon. Mr. Frye has prepared and will at once introduce in_the senate a bill for a congress of the Ameriean ations southern border. The on our untries be in the bill the. American and Argentine Re- thorizes the president to ns to atiend a congress in Washington, to consider means of defenses, il need be, against the ageressions of any #n power, to discuss the establishnient a customs union, 10 agree upon a silver in which shall be issued by tiie different untries according to the ratio of popula- on, and which shall be current in all the ntries which miy be members of the union, to provide Tor the settlement of international dificulties by arbitra- tion, aml to generally’ consider any subject designed to extend the commerce and promote the welfare of the es 0f this new Ame v congress, The Vill wili authorize the president to appoint twenty-four delegates to attend this conyen- tion, twelve of wh shall be selected from al the different r ties, and from the various gommereal and industrial interests of the country, and twelve of whom shall be versed in international law, ‘These delegates are to seryve without compensation, except for their expenses, and £100,000is to b appropriated for the entertainment of the delegates to the congress, if so much shall be needed, ANOTHER LAND GRAN The hotise committee on publi red to report favorably a bill granting the it of way to the ( har & Clark’s Fork Iroad company across the northern border of the Yellowstone National park by the nearest practicable route from Cinnabar; the Clark®s fork mining distri by the way of Yellowstone river to its jun tion with" the castern fork of that rivel thence along East fork to Soda Butte creel thence along that creck to the Clark's fork mining distriet, The location is to be ap- proved by the seeretary of the interior, sub- o the act of congress of March granting the right of way through public lands, The bill provides that the grant shall not exceed oue hundred feet on ch side of the center of the road, except at such points, not nearer than seven iiles apart, a5 may be desisnated for station, buildin; achine shops, side t aud 3 5, at wh Doints s 200 feet in width and 2,000 feet in length are granted. No timber or other naterials for constraction of the railroad are to be cut or taken {rom any portion of the Yellowstone except Within the right of way. 1f the 1 1ot bo constructed and in running order within two years after the passage of the aet that fact works a forfeiture of the grant. FORTY - ids has il CONGRESS, Senate. WASHINGTON, Feb, 10.=Mr. Manderson offered a resolution directing the secretaries of state and war to inquire into and report to the senate the fucts surrounding the killing of Captain Crawford, said to have been slain on or abont Janu 10, 1556, by Mexiean troops, and to report what steps were being taken for punislinent by the Mexican gov- ernment of those guilty of the alleged out- yage. Also, whether reparation and indenmity should not be made to those who suffered and all due explanation and apology to the United States for the apparently gross insult, In offering the resolution Myr. Manderson said it was due the United S tates, not less thun to the relatives of the deee: quiry should be made as to ihe killing of Capiain Crawford, - Mr. Manderson read the ofticial report of Licute States urmf‘ on the subje that if the faets were there they constitute a ver: Unit ntained set 1orth SOV o0 on the Mexican troops. M. Manderson paid ligh tribute to the couraze and soldieily devotion of Captain Crawford and animaderted with severity on the course pursued by the. Mgy He expressed the Dope that the United States would cowpel reparation, it necessary by force—frow the Mexican government in ease {hat goverr ment should prove to be in any way respon- sible for the conduct of its troops in this in stance, Mr. Butler objected to the present consider- ation of the resolution. M. Edmunds said the eustom of the s ate was o refer to the committee on for relations all resolutions affecting onr tions with foreign governments, The sl cet matter of the resolution should certain be carefuily inquired into, but at this present moment, Mr. Edmunds continued, we wel bound to assime that tie president and sec not_slumbering on the ¢ making eafeful invest nd efforts to bring the Mexican zover lnf‘luli'«h whatever was wrong. Mr, Edmunds certainly hoped so, and could not doubt that was the case, ‘The resolution, with My, sent, was referred to the ¢ eign affairs, retary of state wi subject, bt we tion Manderson’s as- mmittee on for- he edie o as placed before the senate and M ts took the floor in its fuvocacs, 1o ook ip the objections to the Dill. and atter an analysts and diseussion, ex- pressed, his fa ce that they were well ounded, Continuir he said that the peo- ple of tie United 8| a thregtening ites were confronted nd growing mass of iee. Now here was a deliberate, con- servative, thoughtful and honorable measure for the yemedy of that ignorance--a measure which, Tooking in the face of provided by the war, propos abundant resources of the re the situation i to apply the novated and r stored nnion to exert at this time, for com- mon defense and general welfare, the re sourees of the nation, with as lirge and liberal o hand” a8 it had exerted the power to produce the result of the war then general welfs Mr. Ingalls confrasted the systems pre- yailing in the northern and southern states before the war-—-the soutlern states pre ring not to edueate the blacks, the northern stutes believing in universal education. Mr. Wilson of Maryland opposed the bill, He cliavacterize the boldest attempi by to and command the of their education. 1t WAs 10 10 Lo argiie, a5 some senators had arzued, that congress was not by this bill es- tablishing schools in the states, It was the ressional contiol of the school systems of the states, 1 congress could apply the money to the public sehools of astate, why not to” the public r of a state? Congress had nothing whatever to do with either. 1f congress had the power to aid state schools it had the power to support them altogether, and the leaning of the peo- ple of the states'on the arw o fhe national 150 tor ommon defense and congress for sehool aid would end in a grand national scheme of cducation with lead- quarters at lington. There was no greater menace to the libertics of the s debate on the education bill was then ciosed for the day, Aftor an executive session the senate ad- Journed until Tuesday next. House, WASHINGTON, Feb, 19.—r. Kelly resumed his reguest to have printed in the récord a re- W oof the testimony in the itz John Porter case, presented by Judge Advocate Holt. At Brage, who previously objected, said at as the battle w ver, lie was in favor heral wnnesty, and would make no ob- i, The request was granted. Myr. Hewitt called up the tendering the thanks of con I 5 for his lite long sery ity and his countr; perfection of int resolution ress 1o Joseph es to human- 1 in the construetion wine appiliances fe- « thorizing the president to have pr ol |\iu’i<.1|o e presented to As, Passed. The lonse then went into committee of the whole on {he private ealendar. COn the first bill on the ealendar, Mr. ferred a verbal amendment and proceeded to deliver aspeech on flie silver question. He prefaced his speech by expressing his regret that thie gentlemen repiesenting his own political faith had seen proper to their party opponents in their_eritic the first democratic president and secre the treasury who ha pied these posi in the past twe vs, and he de further to say in justicc to a lnize majority of the gentienic who differ with i politically and_ who represent their party in both Dbranelies of congress, that he did iiot_belic would so far ignore f s 10 Intima the organization of wealth had sue- ceeded in alarming the president and secre- tary of the treasury, as_they have done in several previous administiations,” 1f the ze employed in this connection meant anything at all, “it must be construed to mean that the president and seere- tare of the treasury were under the inflience of capitalists, whose interests were supposed to be antazonistic to those of the productive classes and wage workers, What faets sus- ceptible of suell’ construction had been sub- mitted inproof of the charges o1 insinuations. uttered? ‘I'hiey scem to rest only on the bave, unsupported statoments of those who pre gated them. Had the president aod scere Of the treasury in any re t violated the syl tb axis o vy S o they not con- formed to its very lettér? Could not cong concede them as mueh honesty and integrity in the view they e ned unon this sub- ject as it claimed for and could it not presume them to be g selt of doing what w people? It w mended susy fon of the coinage of silver dollars under the provisions of the act of 1835, but conld any one say that such recom- mendations would not ultimately prove to he as wise and well ealeulated to promote public iwml as its continued coinage hud been shown y practical experience to have been of doubtful advantage, After the conciusiou of the debate upon the free silver coinage bill. the honse passed a dozen private bills, after which MY, Bland, of Missouri, Himois consent to otfer olution making the free silver coinage bill on the_ealender the continuing speeial order from Tuesday next. Ar. Stecle, of Indiana, objected, The house then took a recess until 7:50, the evening session to be for the consideration of pension bills, Atthe evening session tie house passed forty-tour pension bills, and at 9:40 ad- Journed, CLEVELAND DON'T CARLL. But a Republican S He Can be Made to, Wastinaroy, Feb, 19, ~The Washington Post announces in a double-leaded editorial that the president will not be affected in any way whatever by the action of the repnbli- e senators. He has ehosen his position and in italics continw “From that posi- tion hie will not recede; he will continue to ake removals and will steadtastly decline to explain his reasons at the demand of any commiltee of the senate, or the senate itsell,” ‘This paragraph, believed (o be authorl tive, was showi to a leading republican sen tor to-day. He read i remarked: SWe shall see: ta persons. ap- pointed to oflice, count off the names of those who have becin nominated upon the recom- mendation of Mr. G of Maryland, Mr, Voorhees of Ind » ndall” of Penn- My, Barnum of Connecticut, and (ing democrats, Every one of them is u political lieutenunt and a personal friend of the man at whose instance the appoint- ment was made, and every one of them will 1, because the president 1efuses apers upon which their pre- suspended, How long are enators going 1o M that sort of when they kiow that if the papers are furnished their favorites will be confirined, There are two ways of looking af these things. ‘The republican senators are in- dependent of the president and the oflice holders, and those who want (o hold ofti but it won't be so funny to the democratie senators i month hencee as it scews now.” - Down With Postal Telegraphy. WasumiNGToy, Feb, 19.—The lhouse com- mittee on postofiices and post-roads, to-day unanimously agreed to report adversely all bills before it for the puichase or construc- tion of felegraph lines by the government, Marchid and 4 the committee will hear a ments from al! persons who desive Lo address the commiitee on the subject of govern- ment contracts with telegraph companies, —— Hog Cholera in Loxnox, Ont., Feb. 19, prevailing in x county and a large num- ber of hogs Lave died. The farmers keot the fuet seeret until the disease Las »l- 1 over a rea. At is reported that a lar NS ey | itor In timates Canada, Hog cholera is ber of hogs are dying in Oxtord county, ALL THE NEWS OF NEBRASKA Dawes Enjoys the First Term of Distriot Court in Its History, SEVERAL CROOKS SENTENCED A Bogus Detective Convicted of Per- Jury at Fremont — Temperance Wave at Beatrico—Her New Postmnaster. Dawes County's First Court. Cirannon, Neb,, Feb, 10— Speciak | —The first district court held in Dawes county has just been finished, Judge Hamer presided, and during his short stay here made a large number of friends, and his decisions, al- though a few were unsatisfactory to the ma- jority of the people, were just and deserving of a great deal of credit. The judge has proved himself a gentleman of more than ordinary ability, and before many years have passed away we are in hopes to see him on the supreme benel There were twenty-seven cases on the docket, most of which were of a eriminal nature, and District Attorney St. Clair of Plumb Creek, together with County Attorney Spargur of this place, succeeded in bringing to justice a number of eriminals who will liereafter All a cell in the penintentiary at Lincoln, A horse thief named Church was abor, Se d forshorter sentenced for six years at hard cral other persons ‘were senten, terms. The most interesting case that of a mandamus proceeding, in which one Carly petitioned the court to compel the present board of county commissioners to move back into the old court house, for which the former board had made a lease for three years at $2,700, without a levy being made previous or hle at the time. Ver. guments were made by Judge Spargur and L M. St Clair in fayor of the defense. This trial lasted for nearly two days, and the court at lst de- cided that the county offices should be moved to the old court house until a more safe place should be previded for the records. The vresent board of commissioners have pro- vided a large safe in which the records have been placed, and the court house is still where it was voted to be by the people—on section 20, which is three blocks from the business part of tiie town. The board by its action in moving lias saved Dawes county several thonsand doilars, and to them a large amount of eredit is due. The most successful attorney that prac- ticed before tue distifct court was R. E. W. Spargur, who won all of his cases, niumber- ing fifteen or twenty Con Frevox trial of George E. tective, came toan end yesterday The attorneysin the case made exhaustive arguments and the court room was packed with people who were mterested in the result of this case which, in ifs various stages, has attracted so much attention. Parks was con- vieted of an attempt to drag an estimable and worthy citizen of this city into the incendi- ary burning of anumber of houses of ill-fame. During last summer no than three liouses of this character were set on fire by some unknown person and completely de- stroyed. Parks, assuming to be a skilled de- tective, in collusion with the coachman of he “de- bug., the falsity of the accusation, and Pa arrested for perjury. This verdiet will be applauded by all good veople. The prosecu- tion has been costly to the county, but it will serve a good purpose in making an ex- ample of the reckless assaulter of good ¢ acter, A Cold Water Commot BeATRICE, Neb,, Feb. 10.—[Special.]—J. B. Montague, the tempe lecturer of Lincoln, (I1L) and A. B. Hutehins of Ne- braska City, are holding a series of tem- pe interes being ta nd the opera house is crowded to overflowing eve it. They remain bere until the 26th, on which date they go to Tecumseh. They hiave held meetings in a number of towns in the state with gratifying results. A Packing House Victory. BraTricy, Neb,, Feb. 19.—[Special.]—The appointment of & ter of Beatrice g d is a Miller victor: €. . Marvin, of the Democrat, who was the Morton eandidate, takes his defeat philesophically, but at the same time thinks he had the first eluim to the office on account of work done in the party. . Ciosed on Chattel Mortgage. OAKLAND, Neb,, Feb, 19.—Max Meye Bros. of Omaha closed the doors of Baletshall's jewelry store to-day. They have a chattel mortgage on his goods for $500, 1t is thought Lie is considerably involved. gl il THI; BEAN EATER BETS HIGH, L. Sullivan Matched to Fight English Smith, BosTo> y Wi, E. Harding, representative of a4 K. Fox, anived from New York this morning and had a pri- vate conference with John L. Sulliyan, The result of the talk is not definitely known, but Jolm T, Kennedy,” manager of Sullivan’s authority for the statement that a been arranged between Sullivan & w. John nith, the English pugilist, and that the tight will { o within six months from signing the articles. Sullivan is reported to have said concerning Swith's proposition {o fight for 53,000 in_France, that' there was lardly money enough in it it he had to o there speially, but he will fight Smith in | private room” in any part of this country, Defore a dozen or less persons, for the ehuni® pionship of the world for a stuke of $15,000 0 §20,000, e Inhaled Gas. sw Yoni, Feb. 19.—Jean Lebersong, vench cook, committed suicide Tue: ay night in his boarding house, No. 402 Fourth avenue. He smothered himself by inhaling illuminating gas. as hundreds had done be- fore him, but his method of doing it was singularly wnusual. 5o had not been seen sine uesday ht, when he went to his room—a little hall bedroom—and locked the door, This morning Lebersong was found lying dead in bed. He had attached the seven-toot-long liose of a droplight in the room to a rm over the Ped, passed it under himself und into lis mouth’ from the other side: then, to wmake sure that no gas should_ escape to prolong Lis struggles or Detray his pirpose, he had swathed his head apped @ shect around ‘his “Then Lie turned on the As the corpse Tested in bed it looked ike a man swoking a long Turkish pipe, Ho letta letter stating that he was tived of ite. SR Eloped with a Barkeeper, ViNcENNES, Ind, Feb. Miss Fle Simmonson, danghter of Alfred Simmonson, an Edwardsport merchant. who counts his fortune by the hundreds of thousands, left honme under the pretense of visiting relatives in Missouii, A ting from the train shie was wet by David Bruner, an port: barteuder. The couple fepair ge of ‘Rev. E. I Whallon and were Miss Sinmanson’s father was b d to her warti with, Bruuner 10WA'S LEGISLATURE. Minority and Majority Reports on the Charges Against Hayes. Des Moises, Towa, Feb, 19.—In the house to-day the judiefary committee reported favorably the bill reguiring foreign corpora- tions doing business ‘in the state to file ticles of corporation witl: the sccrelary of state, Among the large number of bills intro- duced was one by Mr. Holbrook, requiring railroad companies to give rebate tickets for all cash fares collected on {rains. Both houses consumed the session in routine work, nearly all the bills introduced being of local interest. In the scnate the Gateh biil reducing the number ot peremptory challenges allowed the dGefense, was called up by a motion to_re- consider, which failed by« vote of A petifion was presented by q lar of business man Asking that the present sys- {em of sclecting railrond commissioners b maintained, instead of by election by the peovle, i Both honses adjourned till Tuesday, and hereafter the house will hold two sessions dail ¢ house judiciary committee, to whem had been presented the charges against Judze Hayes, made majority and minority reports, the latter signed by six members of the committee. The majority re- port says that admitting that he charges against Ia true, then they are suflicient to justity impeachment. The report reviews the al charges inst him, and says that taken togcther liey manifest a_persistentdetermination and ‘endeavor on the part of Judge Iayes to render the law ineffectial and to prevent its reement.” Tho ' report coneludes that charges are sustained and the committee believe that they show the officer in question to be guilty of willful and corrupt malefea- ance in_oflice. hie minority report recommends that the rges be disinissed_as insuficient, even it true, to ant impeachment, It says that' the dissenting members of the coimn- mittee find_that the memorfalists, in their complaint of tiie conduet of Judge Hayes, have, in nimerous instances, eharged lim with delinguencies in matters whieh were S0t attributes of his office, and that the mat- fers complained of were not acts of his. It vs: “If heacted in good faith in any order hie made or any judgment he rendered, or erred in_any opmion he gave, in our judg- ment his actions and opinions are not a proper subject of review in any court of im- peachment.” The minority report is signed by Keatley, Roberts, Culbertson of Des Loines, Rutick . Steiger and Shaw, all demo- e TECUMSEH TALKS. Denies He Intended to Detract from General Grant's Fame. SBURG, Pa., Feb. 19.—General W. I, Sherman arrived in the ci vesterday from the funeral of General Hancock, In speak- ing of the newspaper strictures on his refer ence to Generals Grant and Smith, he said: The sentence oceurs in a letter written by me to Licutenant Scott, having charge of the records at Washington, Iknew that I could not have written anything intended as a dis- paragement of General Grant. General Smith a brave oflic 1 knew that he had hurt his leg in getting into a yaw wound disabled him, and terminated When he found he was unable to tak of the forces he sent for General Grant, In writing that sentence I cant that Grani had gone down, down., down, and now the oppor- tunlty nad presented itselt which gave Lim a chance fo y his own m 1f Gen, Smith had lived it is questionable whether the opportunity would have come to Grant whereby he could have bronght into play the 1 ug} of his character. 1y never made a roco Te was never in North Carolina, ¢His focord is on paper, and to keep that up, he must seck notoviety. it is idiculous to suppose that I meant to _detract from Grant's fame. The sentence oceurs in letter written to Lieutenant Scott to obtain some records which 1 desived to use in_pre- haring an culogy of Gen, Grant which 1 de- 1vered hefore his old comrades of the Arny of the Tennessee at their reunion at Chicago September 9 and 10, 1683, This letter was wWritten th s before, on September 6, o that T should” have som Is i probable that I would seek t from his excellence when I was o his culog; lerman insists that nearly eyery- says, and_many things which lie » distorted, and frequently spaper in an entirely diffei- his own impressions or it was n('('rwmu'f data. | to d trom ent form thoughts. R o et o Smothered by a Mass of Bricks. Cmeaco, Feb, 19.—Charles Bellstead, contractor who has been building an oven at the county infivmary, was smothered to death yesterday afternoon at the institution. Mr. Bellstead had a visit this morning f1om two bakers who wanted to inspect the oven, Ie went inside the place, which was about five feet high, and removed the wooden supports which hield up the top. Just as he started to leave the top fell in and Ballstead was horne totl i lefely eovered with bricks. rm was iediately given and willing hands commenced to remove the on top of Mr. Bellstead. When he was Uit was found that the unfortunate Iy smothered to death by vesa wife and children, who ) Market street. Death, b, 19,—1 Brooymn the maniac who shot two person caped to th charred bones of the lunatie were found in the smoking ashes, with his revolver and gun-barrel beside him. His brother, Levi Sholty, is unhurt, —The revolver ball lodged in his elothing, Mrs, Sholty received thir- teen wounds in the back” from the gun charged with missiles ranging from bird shot to rifle balls. She witl die, Her daugh- ter received bullet in the ari from the same shot. The barn cost $7,00 and was full of hay and giain; insurance, $2,000, S Henry Wattepson's Condition LovisviLLE, Feb, 19.—Henry Watterson's condition this morning is reported improved., had_an execedingly quict and restful ht. This morning his mind is at times ar for a few seeonds and then wandering, d Shol ast night fived a barn and was supposed to lave es- timber, but this morning the g u His temperature has fallen to 90 and pulse Lovisvitie, Feb, 19.—Watterson con- tinued better all during the His friends and nurse feel comfident that another, and probably the last, arisis is passed, and hope Tor his speedy recovery, His physicians are hardly 50 sanguine, but are very hopeful of ultimate and complete rocovery . — High License in Toronto, ToroxNTo, Feb, 10.~Bie government has decided to raise the price of liquor licenses, and has fixed the following scale: In cities of 20,000 inhabitants, §20: under).000, $200; towns, $150; villages, $40: townships, 100, Saloon licenses in cities will be 500, and in 10wns §230, Shot Dead Feom His Horse, CuicaGo, Feb, 10.~Inter-Ocean’s Me- (1), special: John Mann, a mer, was ambushed this morning OWN Assassins on a road near d from his horse. The mystery, by two'unk hiis home motive forthe deed i Non-Part ection Boards. CorLuvapus, he legislature passed o bill to-day creating & non-partisan board of election in Cineinnati, Cleveland, ‘Toledo and Columbus, The principal duties of the hoard are to eleet judges and clerks of elections. - Celebrating Washington’s Birthday, ASHINGTON, Feb, 10.—Orders were issu ed to-day closing all executive departments on Monday, (Washington's birthday.) < Weather To-day. Mis8OUET VALLEY slighitly warmer | weather; winds generally so utherly, 1 straining every nerve to THE BIG RATE CUT GOES ON War Between the Overland Roads Com- menced in An Aggressive Way. BOTH PASSENGER AND FREIGHT. Comment On the Rates on Dressed Beef to New York -The Pacific Mail Gives Warlike Orders— General Railroad News, The Overland Rate War. Cnicaco, Feb, 19, he overland railway war, growing out of the collapse of the Transcontinental association, was instituted to-day in a thoroughly aggressive way, both as to passenger and freight trafiie. Al the lines running west and southwest from this city having Californin connections were booking passengers to San Francisco at $30 for the first elass unlimited, $00 for first class limited, and 832 for sceond class and emi- grant. In the matter of contracting for freight norates are quoted, but agents have been given carte blanche to scenre business atany figures, and it is known that very large reductions are being made. The Atehi- son, Topeka & Santa e did not announce its rates until this morning, waiting until the initiative had been taken by the Union and Southern Pacitic compani lie offieials of the Atchison company as- sert that the war has been foreed on them against their wistics, and owing to their to what they deemed an equitable per Tihe first vic of overland traflic. of thie Atehison com the situation, said that his company had given notice of its intention to withdr: from the Transcontinental December for the reason that thigyassocintion was nof being eonducted upoavhgt {h propar business prineiples® Th company had purchased an_unfinished road in southern California, kpewn as the Cali: fornia Southern road, and after- vards proceeded to ' construct 100 es additional from Colton. the junction with the Southern 1 to Barstow, the Junetion with the Atlantic & Pacilie, whieh was completed November 1. The purchase and completion of this road placed the Atch- ison company, according to its elajm, in a position to Nandle and control at least one half of the business to and from southern Califor 2 bul two roads into ti they claimed that they were entit {y percent of the business, Tt was on this elain that the association split at its meeting in New York Messrs, Cable. the 1 Potter of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and MeMulli®of the Chicago & Alton held ific, an informal meeting th naon, and re- solved to keep th: Bac t association inaet for the presenteand occupy a nentral i te Chicazo and ) position, ¢ the Missow Beef Rat 3 e Post publishes s of interviews as to the 's actions of the trunk n advancing rates on hd dressed mea rom the west to raboard ina ratio which diserininates tihe landlers and shippers of dressed 1tfinds that the result to the con- T in this city willbe an advance in th price of heef of from * to G cents per poulrd; on mution, BTOFCENTS, aud o Purk, 2 to $ cents. the result of a ser resuits of yesterd line execntive me live stock « the One of the larzest live stock dealers of this city said: “We hope in this way tostarve ont the western dressed meat companics, The cattle trade and slughicre ‘o' been alwost out of business, To-dy o are fully 502 men who were formerly employed in the eattle yards and staughier nouses in this city who liave no work to do. I'he_western people bring “thelr own' clerks and handlers from Chicago, and give no show whatever to New Yorkers. ‘They are underselling us, but should they get a imon- opoly—as they Tiope to do—it would not be long before they advanced their prices. The new rates will force them to quit the busi- ness.” One of the representatives of the Swift Dressed Meat company of Chicago said: “We 1 1o contend against opposition from the railroris and cattlemen ever since we began business here, but our trade has steadily increased, “This new forni of oppo- tion will amount to nothing, for the roads cannot enforce the new taif.” The Pacific M il on Its Ear. ) Yonk, Feb, 19.—The Mail and Ex: pre: The executive committee ot the Pac Mail Steamship company held a meet- ing this morning, when a notiec served 1pon it by the Pacific railroads terminating the contract whereby the steamship company re- 000 per month was the the celves u subsid. subject of d ol § cussion, The result of s, ‘Thiscompany has received not from the Transcontinental associ ing the existing contract thirty du the i5th insf Resolved, T lereby 10~ from t the president be and he is instructed to establish a weekly throuizh line trom New York to San Fran- cisco via the Tsthinus of Panama, on and atter Avril 1 next, taking all throuch business at the best able. Also, that he is hereby instructed 1o at onee take measures to purclinse steamers suitable for the business, nd to build a first elass ship of not less than 0 tons, and report as soon as practicable to this committe Sam Allerton on Dressed Beef Rates, CuicaGo, Feb, 19 unnel \V, Allerton, a prominent shipper of live sto dressed press to- ed beef ship- a long communication to the loca in ssue with the dres pers for objecting to the new east hound freight traflie. Fle says the Trank line roads have found that under the rates in force the past year, the thrce great fims interested in the dressed beef trade (Armour, Swift and Hammond) have rowing o such an extent at the expense of the live stock indus- try that it was only_ a question of time when woulld 1ot only control the railroads day, f but the producers and consumers as well Allerton — maintains that live cattle shippers were thus allowed to be driven out” of the vusiness, the i named would have a monopoly greater the Standard Oil company. No man, he as- serts, could competo with them unless backed by millions, as they would, conspire to undersell iim at'any point ho 1 ght select 05 & warket, Where the Battl St PAvL, F 1 Wil Ite ~The ‘ought, oflicials of the Northern Pacifie railroad are awaiting tle- graphic instructions from corning rat they expe he New Yok con- scifie coast. They say ¢ to recelve orde Passenger rates, to the ! uy mi cut that will £0 down 10 be most bitter, and Paul, Owalia and Kansa: Passonger Agent Feo and General Agent Hannaford are both in New Y Flected an A CincAGo, Feb, 19, nd 5 from here to Por The war, they say, ihe battle ground b General eight ork, ansas Cily trator, Wilson was te Ch i liver Passenger P o permanent arbitrator of {1 cago, St. Louis and association, ata sal Carnival Only in Name. ico palace still is ' it 8T, Pavi, Feb, 18, stands, and th self. A grand eeleb) i Washingto len for two wee The only sport | nival doubtt Lhe tryin durin piritis MONUMENTAL FAILURE. The Grant Committee of New York Giyes Up the Ghost. NEw York, Feb, 10.—Only twenty of the 600 members of the Grant Monumental asso- ciation answered to-day the call that was issued for the special meeting held in the Mutual building on Nassau street to aiscuss the permanent organization of the new Grant Fund association, under the recent act of incorporation passed by the legislature. The twenty members who did attend, though, indulged in some pretty plain talk about the inactivity of the great majority of the members who didn’t attend. The talk began right aflter Levi M. Bates was chosen chairman, Oliver Hoyt, who turned in $1 before the meeting opened, staried to 1 He said he was disconvaged by the failure of the committoa to do anything. He had ex- peeted that it would have ) 1 §500,000 in the treasury by this tini « of that there was only (5115000, The commit- tee had been so inefticient in the main that the lookout was gloomy and unsatisfactory, The rich meu of the city, he said. who should have given from $1.000° ‘to $25,000 had, with the exeeption of a very few, done nothi all for the committee vet. The committe had taken no sort of ndequate interest in_ its work itself. From the stock exchange, an in- stitution which oughit to have given $30,000, of subreription only 53,000 had been obtained, My relly said that of 100 appeals he sent ont pself only six or seven brought sub- seriptions. Others brought sar that a5 S00n as lie was ¢ thing of nation they would be ¢ astic e wly to go into some- al” of local interest ticipate, 1t pa J. J. Little said that althouzh he sent 1,100 appeals to the city and country at large he got not a single contribution. Chairn agreed with M. Little that it wasa matter 10r rearet that 1o money was coming in, and the peopleof the country were work, Immigration pparently taking no interest in the Commissioner Stephenson v decidedly that the committee ouldn’t do any good for the fund, and it would be useless to continue it. Never since he had been a member had more than one: tenth of the six hundred members ever tended. The other nine-tenths didn’t bother their heads about it. After the specehes the twenty members passed Oliver Hoyt's motion, that Coinelius Bliss and V! m H. Wickhamn be ap- pointed to audit the accounts of the Old Fund assoeiation, and that all the moneys, hooks ¢ assets of the old association be turned over to the thi s of the Lew ineor| ed Grant 5001 08 hould be ory Then the twenty committecmen unanimously adopted Conmitterman relly’s motion” that the old committee of six lhundred adjourn sine die. e CAPITAL ANB-LABOR. Convict Labor Goes . a-Begging Want of Bidders. Jorart, 111, Feb, 19.—A remarkable nhase of the conviet labor problem was presented herg/to-day. State penitentiary anthoritie seoni to wplusof convict labor. Ad- vertiscments have appeared in half o dozen leading papers for a month past, offerin men to be contracted for to the highest bidder from five to eixht years. To-day the hoard of for ©» commissioners met at the penitentiary to open bids for conviet labor, but no Ids were received muth to surptiso of the board. The mewbers concluded that the agitation of the convict labor question has intimidated contractors to such tent as to cause convict labor to be ¢ a discount. Authorities are in a _quandar as to what to do yithy the men. It is thouglit that ~nw¢%’.?x’- guestion will be gsb- mhi 2 Vol Deople of the state at the next #eneral efection, and that it will be abolished in this state Coke Bitterness Increasing. PrrTspUiG, Feb, 10.—The action of the coke burners at their convention at Scottdale yesterday in resolving to aecept no compro- mise has had a tendeney to increase the bit- terness of the strugele, and a_ settlement seems farther aw This morn- ing about 1 o’clock Hunarians armed with rifles, revolver marched “with militar, Mount Pleasant to the Standard works. It lias been reported that work was to begin there to-day, and the parade was for the pi pose of preventing resumption. No attempt, however, was made to start the works. An Increas READING, Pu, Fel v than eve 400 men employed in the Philadelphia & Reading Railrond company’s shops liere were this evening notified that an inere 05 in all departments would he made on M The ratio of the proposed inerease was not anueunced, HIS SIST HONOR, A Hoos! Youth Fatally Shot for De- manding Reparation. EvANsVILLE, Ind., Feb, 19.—A shonting affray occurred yesterday evening at Hawes- ville, Ky, between Ed Cooney and John Keown, in which both were injured, the lat- ter probably fatally. Cooney hus for son time been paying attention to Keown’s sister and was engaged to her, but lately showed a dis position to break off with her, Keown demanded that he make good Lis intentions, which Cooney agreed to, sciting Tuesday evening for the time, but failed to ap Yes- terday he pussed Keown's residence, and was stopped by Keown, who demanded an ex- ion of his conduct. Cooney, who was replied insultingly, and then the le “bezan, and the men lost e in cinptying their revolvers, Cooney was shot through the the Lall bately missing the jugzular and ? d. A i rakod his abdo- K t above the left ing throuih the biow bone wotnd to the side of the head, and another ball struek him in the ehin, The ball in the head has not been extracted. Cooney walked back {0 town, when | arrested, ‘The greate 04 exeitbment prevails, both parties friends who are | bitter in fheir exp 5 10 the afinir The mayor of Hawe sthe end has 1ot yet come, and has sworn ina speeial po lice Torce, Miss Keown is a modest wid comely young nd with unsullied name previous to Cooney’s attentions to her, A singular coneidenee is the fact that the scene of the shooting is but a short from where another brother of a been wronged was killed in d honor four years ag distance who \ding her -—— A Quick Breach of Promise Suit, Corunnus, Ohio, Feb, 19.~The quickest trlal on record for breach of prowmise was be- gun and ended here yesterday, Anna Web- ster of Morgan county visited here in 1554 and wet George Williams, a wealthy farmer of Lockbourne. ‘They were e ey and kept up o very loving the spiing of 155, when she heard of age 1o another just as she was u 3 didn't swoon, letters for menced in the a verdict 1 15,400 by sunset, A e made 1o answyer hie cannot appeat, but only fork over -~ The Last Itites to Gough. PuiLaperria, k 19, Brief sery over the remains of Jolin B, Gough w held this afternoon at the residence of Dr. 1. Bruce Burns, in Frankford, where the cbraged leeturer died yesterday. AcMrs, | Gough's request the seivices were private | and were of a rather informal natore. -~ Outgoin orrespondence until | Lis 15 S1 e | | Gold. Jroared, and he said that the erowd reminded New Youi, #eb, 19 fifty thousand dollars engaged for shipmen vem dnmdred and gold bars have heen JIUCFTOW, — A Cabinet Change N, Feb, 19, inistry Fhe king has. summoned the pro- resslonists 10 (orw & new cabiuet, 1 Porty Phe THE PEOPLE TAKE A HAND = Party Lines Broken For the Coming Elec~ tion in Oouncil Bluffs, FICKET IN A Rousing Meeting Of the Best Mem Of the City Nominate John Chap+ man to Lead Them to Vies tory—The Ticket. A FULL THE FIELD. People's Ticket Nominated. Last evening, in response to the call, & large crowd gathered at Temple hall to nominate a peoples ticket to be supported at the approaching municipal election in Coun= cil Biuf The crowd was composed mostly | of workingmen and republicans. The demo= crats, intending to hold primaries this even ing, were evidently afraid of compromising themselves even by being present, ‘The meeting was called to order by John Alles, and the following officers wero elected: D, C. Bloomer, presic G 8. Lawson and Brown, vi Idents; Spencer Smith and Avthur Zipp, secretaries, By vote, each speaker was limited to ten minutes, Spencer Smith stated the object of the mecting, and satd in his opinion the crowd was 100 large to vote by ballot, so he moved a committee of twenty-one be appointed, to cousist of the president and vice presi- ents, and six members to be appointed from each party—republicans, democrats and laboring men, It was moved to include the prohibition party but the amendment was lost. Recess was taken to permit the m bers of the different parties present to meet in caucus. The republicans named F. Grass, Georgo Wright, L. W. Tulleys, Sol Foster, L. B Cousins and 1L De Long. The laboring men named William Campbell, John Ahles, M. Callahan, W. 1. Knepper, J. Killgare and J. L. Hines. The demoerats declined to hold a caucus, but an enthusiastic member of that party handed in the names of Dr. D. McRae, Henry Paschal, S. Haas, Dr. A.J. Cook, Dr. W. L. Patton and R, V. Phillips, and these gentlemen were appointed a committee to make the nominations, with instructions to retive and make up a slate im- mediately and report to the meeting "The committee was out nearly two hours, aitd while they were out the erowd yelled for John Short. e talked awhiie, in spite persistent applause. He finally rem that *“T'le labor question is the animated ob- Ject of our admiration.” At this the audience 7z him of the heads of cabbage in a field—he = could take a dime and buy all the brains in them. There was not brains enough to listen to a sensible man talk. e promised to talk all night if they wouid listen, but they de- clined to listen, so. he announced that he would “‘resign with thanks.” Tlie committee reported Let: For Mayor—John Chapman. Auditor--A. J. Brown. ty Solicitor—Geo. Holmes. dge of the Superior Court—B. W. Hight. Marshal—E. W. Jackson. Engineer—Harry Birkinbine. the following: m Treasures T, Elwell. Assessor—\W. L. Patton, Superintendent of M Alderman at L The first and rkets—Avthur Zipp. G. 8. Lamson. d wards held caucusesin lie Lall. urned to meetat Wies & ovening, Joln Aliles e ov ““The second ward nominated for alderman. A DASH_ Terrible Ending Of the Insanc Wife of a College Professor. EW HAVEN, Conn., Feb, 19.—The insane wife of Professor Waldo of Yale college os- caped frow her keeper this morning. and no trace Iias yet been found, The reciiations at the college were suspended and the students joined in the search, : She was first missed about 7 o'clock, A sty seareh rey 1 the fact that the lady lid seantily d liersell in awrapper. ani with nothing but siippers on her feet had left the honse yelocks this afternoon about 600 students and at least 200 eitizens were w i all diveetions for Abont she was found at Pine Roc Sfrom the Waldo residence, A8 party approached Mrs, Waldo was trying to ascend the face of the rock, whieli s nearly perpendicular, and they ealiéd to her to until they conld come to her assistanee, that moment she slipped on the r headlong down the preeip rocks at the feet of her friend, but a fe ninutes fter being pic Mrs. Waldo was ves two younz chil insanity dates child, three months ago. years of age ind leave i "It is thought that her from the birth of her last She was a native of Philadelphia and ton, of New York, y t recails the attempted suicide’ ol Mrs, Waldo's sister in July lust. L Rickaby D Manage NEW Yons, Feb. 19.-Mr.” Jolm Rickaby, the manager of the Lycenm theater, who hus been Iying ina most” eritical condition for soveral duys, died at 5220 o'clock Wednesdiy morning, He was born in France in 1842, but came to this country s a very young man and soon becane prominent in theatrical enterprises, He was assoch different times with the management of George Knight, Gus Williams and Edwin Booth. e was'also at one time a partnerof Brooks & Dickson, - Another Good Man Buncoed, Provspuna, Feb. 19,—Jolin I, aged 05, id @ member of a well known upholstery fivm, was decoyed intoa buneo room yester- day morning and became so pleased with the workings of the game that he went (o a bank and drow 52,000 and veturned. He was knocked down, and when he recovered found the money and thicves gone. s its vietims to be miscrablo, hopeless, , and depressed in mind, very irritas uid, and drowsy. 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