Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 11, 1886, Page 1

THE OMAHA DALY BEE. FIFTEENTH YEAR, SDAY MORNING. MARCH 11. 186, NUMBER 214 A RAILROAD ROBBERS' ROOST Henley Hanls the Union Pacific Over the Coals Without Mercy. HOW THE ACCOUNTS ARE KEPT. Cleveland May Veto the Des Moines River Lands Bill-Aid For the Omaha Tribe — General Washington Notes. Honley After the nion Pacific. WasniNaros, March 10.—[Special Tele- gram.]—-Henley appeared before the commit- tee on Pacifie ros to<lay to urge the reso- lutions he introduced in the house Monday, After some discusston the committee ad- Journed for a day without taking action. The Tesolutions are to be brought up at the next meeting, ‘The resolutions recite that the Unlon Pacific Railroad company was bro- hibited by the act amendatory of an act in- corporating the company from using stock unless the same was _fally paid for at par value inmoney. It is further stated, it 1sal- leged, that in flagrant violation of law the Union Pacific company has issued 610,000 shares of stock of the par value of $100 per equal to £61.000,00, and only 2,150 shares were paid for in money, and only 25000 in money has been received on acconnt of sales of the stock, and certain illegal issues of in- come, land grant and sinking fund bonds have been made by the company and in utter defiance of the law and in fraud of the rights of the government. The Union Pacitic company has paid out of its ecarnings more than £52,000,000 in dividends and interest to holders of fraudulent stock and bonds, which was enough to have paid its entire in- debtedness to the government, The resolution goes on to say it is alleged the company, in defianee of law and in di gard of the rights of the government, has built and equipped out of its earnings twenty- nine branch roads and caused to be issued to itselt for t construction and equipment bonds of the branch roads to the nominal value of £40,000,000, but which stock is wholly without value. It is alleged $16,000,000 of the ponds are now pledged by the company to various banks and moneyed syndicates for Joans of money, while no provision has been made by the Union Pacific company for the payment of its first mortgage bonds, which amount to £34,000,000, and which have prefer- ence over the debt due by the Union Pacifie to the governwment. By its own records, the gross earnings of the Union Pacifie have di- minished £3,000,000 in one y while the ex- penditures have greatly increased,while at the sametime the expensesaccount of twenty-five of the twenty-nine braneh roads have been greatly diminished, and their earnings greatly increased. Itis alleged the branch lines are supported and fostered chifly by the busin of the main line, which pays to the branch lines a bonus in construction mileage of 13, 137 and 2 cents per mile over and above the regular rate of transportation charged by the branch lines, which rates of construction mileage, amounting to immense sumns of money, are paid out of the earnings of the Union Pacitic company to tl:e branch ronds in order to decrease the exhibit of net earnings, and thus decrease the 25 per cent- age whieti is due to the treasury of the United States, which is a violation and evasion of the Thurman act and in fraud ot the rights of the government. The resolutions further say it is but just and proper that a railroad built by gov- arnment atd should be compelled to be just tothe government, and every abuse in theix adwministration should be corre:ted and the Just dues of the government against them be ascertained and collected, and the right and interest of the government in and to the Lranch roads should be correctly ascertained and enforexd. Then follows a long set of resolutions: ‘That the speaker of the house is directed to appoint a committee of five, who shall with the least possible delay institute a rigid and thorough investigation of the books, system of bookkeeping and business methods of the Union Pacific company, into the manner and methods pursued which resulted in the consolidation of the Kansas Pacitic and Den- ver Pacilic roads with said Union Pacific; what was paid for said roads, to whom paid, and by what authority 240,000 shares of the sa1d Union Pacifie company w ued and what was paid therefos; how much stock in all has been issued by said Union Pacific, and Liow much actual eash money has been paid on ount of it; all the Actails of the before mentiozed pranch roads and what rights the United States government has in them, Also, what the proportion of mileage paid sald branches is due tho government. The comuittee shall report a plan whercby the company will be compelled to provide for the payment of their tirst mortgage bonds, and state whether the company has not violated and isnow violating its charter and amend- atory acts, and whether it would be for th interest of the nment that the company should be placed under governmental control, with roceivers appointed therefor. For the purpose of Investigating monthly detail of said roads, the committee may its diserotion visit such poiuts as may be con- and shall and venient for this inves have the power tosend for per papers, administor oaths, emple accountants and stenographiers, and mak full and final report to congress on or before the first Monday of December, 1556, of all matters embraced in the preamble and resolu- tions, or of any abuse of adinistration on tof said Union Pacitic company not ned herein that they may deem ation, ons prope 2 FEALS THAT THE T DENT WILL VE TIE DES MOINES RIVER LANDS BILL. nt sent his first veto message to the se The bill which failed to secure executi approval was a privato measure, and if all the cireumstances could be printed the course of the president would receive the endorsement of everyone, Presi- 1t Cleveland’s rocond veto message 1s ex: pected to-morcow. 1t is balieved he intends t0 return the Des Moines river lands bill without his siguature. During the past few days he has been besieged by dozens of men interested in this bill, “Yle agents and attor- neys of the Nuvigation company have brought enormons pressiure to bear upon him in op- position to it, and they have so far succceded in their desigus that he has un- doubtedly made up his wind not to sign it, Major. Holwes of the Teuth lowa distriet called upou him yesterday and urged him to sign the bill, He explained that the ls above the Haccoon forks have nev patented, and that the granting act las never been complied with by the Navigation com- pany. He went over the history of the en- tire subject und called the attention of the csicgnt to tha fact that this measure has befure congiess for the past fifteen years; that e ablest reports in favor of the bee bill kad been wade by Senator McDop- ald in the senate and Mr. Couverse in the house, -Me argued that the ouly manner vitieh the various guestions cosld be as by the weats proposed * by tha bl e ¢ s of 4 partics interested would be considered if the bill passed. The president admitted that the statements made by Mr. Holmes had placed the matter in a different light, and he prom- ised to look into the subject more fully before finally acting on the bill. Nearly all the other republican members of the fowa delegation have called on the pres- ident on asimilar mission. To<lay Messrs, Fredericks and Weaver (democrats) beeame alarmed at the ramors current to the effect that the president would veto the bill. They hastened to the white house and explained to him that such a course would prove a serious political blunder, which would cer- tainly result in serious losses in the eongres- sional elections this fall. It is understood that a number of southern democrats also called upon the president upon the same mission, and that Randall promised to take a hand in the affair before night. The lowa republicans believe that there is no prospeet that the president will sign the bill to-mor- row. They hope that he may compromise by allowing it to become a law without his signature. AID FOR THE OMAHA TEIDE Indian Commissioner Atkins, through the secretary of the interior, transmitted to the senate to-day the draft of a bill intended to settle the affairs of the Omaha tribe of In- dians in the state of Nebraska, It provides that to enable this tribe to further impro their condition by making inprovements upon their home s, by the purehase of stock, cattle, agricultural implements and other nee- ry articles, and in accordance with their wishe: 0,000 is appropiiated as the last nine installments of $10,000 cach unappro- priated and sceured to said Indiaus under their treaty of March 16, 1854—pro- vided, that this sum shail be paid per capita I two annual payments of $4500 each, or that thes last one- half be paid in ann installments of £0.000 each, in the discretion of the secretary of the interior. Accompanying the bill are letters from Acting Secretary Muldrow and Commni sioner Alkins, Also, petitions of the In- dians affected by the bill, asking what the bill provides. The acting commissioner states in his letter that the Omaba Indians are a steady, sober and industrious people; that allotments were made to them under the ct of August 7, 1872, to the amount of 72,- cres; that in order to enable these allot- ce8 to improve their farms, build houses and b purchase stock, agricultural mplements, and_other necess he is of the opinion that it would be greatly to their advantage and substantial aid, that payment ofa partof their unappropriated annuity per eapita be granted to them at this stage of their progress. 10 this end he recommended the passage of the bill. Commissioner Atkins concurs In this recommendation and transmits a copy of & communication from Clarles 1L Potter, Indian agent for the Omahas, dated February 21 last, inclosing a petition from 210 heads ot familics, members of the Omahas, in which they set forth the fact that in order to improve their immediate condi- tion they desire a full settlement with the government by the payment of the $90,000 due them, but under the present law to be d in installments of $10,000 a ye he bill and accompanying communications were referred to the senate committee on Indian affairs and will, it is believed, be adopted. OMAHA CROOKS AT THE CAPITAL Detectives Mattingly and Raft noticed two young men acting suspiciously in the lobby of the Washington National bank this fore- noon. They followed them and found that tiey entered every bank in the city and appeared to be watching for an opportunity to make & haul. They accordingly arrested hem this afternoon at the National Metro- politan bank, and took them to the Fifth precinet station house. They gave their names as Jas. R. Powell and Walter Henry. About $30 and a pawn ticket were found on them. hey hail from St. Louis and Omaha, “The police think they are banik burglars. and say they were suspected of being burglars wiien in Omala. PERSONAL. Among the graduates to-night at the Howard university of this city was Benjamin F. Darling, of Denison, Lowa. W. R. Vaughan of Council Bluffs is in the city, e FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Senate. WASIINGTON, March 10.—~The chair laid before the senate Mr. Logan’s resolution, of- fered yesterday, to refer to the committee on rules for investigation Eads' letter denying he had any representative on the floor of the senate, The matter went over in Mr. Lo- gaw’s absence, The land grant forfeiture bill was taken up. ‘The amendment offered by Mr. MeMil- lan yesterday was rejected after some debate. The chair laid before the senate a letter from the sergeant-at-arms containing the list of such private secretaries of senators as had not been reported to the senate in aecordance with the resent resolution, The letter was read. Mr. Riddlcberger called for the reading of Riddleberger then called up the Eads matter, and said he found in the Record a letter from J. B, Eads addressed to Ay, Lo- gan, Hewould like to know how the a- tor ot the Jetter into the Mr, Logan said he had nothing to do with gettine itinto the Record, Mr, Riddleberger said he could 1 the ovd with letters eriticisin espeeially during the presid but he hidd not done it. Mr charge him (Riddleberg with falsehood and put it in the Congressional Record, but a senator could take Mr, Eads’ letter and make it of his own remarks, and as the letter ap- peared in conneetion’ with Mr, Logan’s re- s e (Riddleberger) meant to ansy it such, Alr, Logan was astounded that Mr, Riddle- r should say him with anything, r 1y ed the letter of a respectablo citizen of the United States, Mr, Riddleberger said it was a personal letter to the senator, Mr, Logan replied he had doue no more in the matter thau he would have done for any respectable citizen of the United States, but hie meant nothing personal to the senator. Mr. Riddieberger said he would always re- sont imputations such as eontained in- that letter, “The letter had no business here, 1e wais 1ot 0 great a soldier as the senator (10 1inois, but he would yet discover and un- cover the conspitacy to make the United States governwment indorse for Eads' Ship 1al company. Wea | know, he said, thal [ ctary Windom was at the head of the company Mr, Logan, at the suggestion of several senators, modided his resolution 50 as to provide for reference of the Eads letter tothe eCuiltee on commerce, Mr. Riddleberges sald he declined to ap- pear before any committ Mr. Riddleberger referred to the newspaper Jobbyists, 1n the course of his remarks Le also alluded to Eads’ represcntative who had put his letter in the Record, Mr. Logan said he treated the senator kindly, but if the senator stated that he (Login) was the “representative” of anybody in any seuse, except perfectly proper Lie stated what was absolutely untrue, . itiddleterger said Le werely meant that he was Fads represeutalive to” the extent of putting his letler e leeord, At 20'clock the matter went over without action, ‘fhe cnalr then laid before the senate resolutions from the judiciary eon convcerniog the relations Letween the senate and the pies it Mr. P'iigb said te had expressed his views fuily ns wade i the rapoit from the Judiclary 1 down enatois, mpaigh, 1 Is could not ccwmilies by oy winesity, apd the wmain J accoun) of the po | yoi Luve auy ins| object he had now in addressing the senate in” reply to the senator from Vermont was to prevent—if it was in his power to do so, which he admitted was a_difficult undertak: ing—that senator from changing the charae- ter of the question between the senate and the president. The real character of that controversy could not be 1 nstrued or mistepresented, as it had arisen {rom facts apparent upon the record. and _reported by the majo ity ot the judiclary committee, Mr, Pugh related the facts connected with the Daskin case, and 4 the senate resolu- tion did not call for public or official docu- ments but for private documents_ and papers relating exclusively to the official act of the president in the ghspension of Duskin as dis- triet attorney. Yet the refusal of the attorney general, five weeks after the expiration of his term of office, to send in private deenments relating to the suspension of Duskin was eriticised in the resolution of the majority as an act 5o characte 1 as to be suflicient ground for instant impeachment. As to the relations between the president and his cabi- net ofticers, Mr. Pugh quoted from one of Mr. Edmunds’ speeches on the tenure of oflice act, showing Mr. Bdmunds held a cabinet ofiicer should be“a gentleman personally agreeable to the president, being one of his confidential advisers, Yet the sena a8 asked to pass a resolution condemning the attorney general for obeying the president, whose confidential adviser he was Mr. Pu; in the course of his averred tre non-existence of any case in the history of the government for eighty years where any such documents as those ealled for in the resolution were ever transuitted to the senate in an_executive or public ses- sion on the order of the senate upon the at- toruey general. After speaking in rebuttal of various other points made by Mr. Ed- munds, anong which was that relating to the circumstances of the removal of Judge Shaefer of the territory of Utah, Mr. Pugh called the attentio the senate to the expediency and practicability of sueh a power being exe by the sen- ate, He read from _the creport of the winority as bearing upon the point, a portion of an extract from the mes- sage of President Grant in 1869, calling attention to the embarrassments likely to arise from leaving on the statute books the tenure of office act, and asking what faith the president conld put in the subordinates foreed upon him, and how such offierals would be likely to serve an administration knowing that it had no faith in him. In conclusion Mr, Pugh said his object had been to define the cf eter of this conflict of athority between the president and the senate, ‘and to fortify the view that always been Leld by the democratic and to fortify it by authorities, M land had no fear of an appeal to the people, He was responsible to them. e supposed the majority in the senate had no fe ntqn-nllng to the | o H speech, the ~ omnipotence nlp new the minority had none_in aling to the people upon the oumipo- of the constitution and the integrity of leveland’s administration. Mr. Wilson of Lowa was recognized by the chair, but upon the suggestion pt Mr, Aflison consented that pending business be tempo- Iy laid aside in order that the senate might proceed to the consideration of the urgent deticiency bill, which was then taken up, and an ameridment recommended by the commi roprintions was agreed to, appropriating $:0,000 to defray the expenses of General Gr 5 Au item ot 18,000 deficiency in the de- pirtment of justice to Some debat Mr. Beek wanted the bill held over till to- ow so_that he might look into it, but the majority of the senators wanted it passed at once and it was accordingly passed. The sennte then adjourncd, leaving the sdmunds resolution unfinished business for Zoelock, Mr.” Wilson of [owa having: the oor. House. WasHINGTON, March 10.—Mr. Rogers of Arkansas, from the committee on Pacific railroads, reported the bill requiring the Northern Pacific Railroad company to pay the cost of surveying its land. Placed on the house calendar. B The morning hour having expired, pending action the house went into committee of the whole, Mr. Townshend in the chair, on the Indian appropriation bil After debate the house adjourned. TELEGRAPHIC TOLLS. Interested Parties Argue Before the House Comntitte SHIN March 10.—President Bates, Baltimore & Onio Telegraph company, to-day concluded his argument before the house committee on postoflices and post roads engaged In the investigation of the alleged telegraph monopoly. He stated that the average rate for telegrams eharged by the Western Union ‘Telegraph company was 25 cents, This was a low average as com- pared with the ratein England, and was attributable almost completely to the compe- tition east of the Missouri river. The average rate cast of the Missouri river was very much less than_that figure, because of the t that west of the Missourl river the tarift of the Western Union was very considerably greater. If the land grant railroads were required to accept business from the Balti- more & Ohio Telegraph company and other companies, he believed that the benefit of the competition in rates which had_acerued to the public eastof the Missouri river would, as a matter of course, accruealso to the people west of that river, J. C. Ruff of New York was then int into a history of the establishment of telegraphic communieation with the Pa const. He said that tie telegraph ser of the whole country west of the Mis- it river was under the control of th Western ~ Union, as as of waste paper, contracts, could put it tempt _of c porations to ‘pay interest and diy and stocks that should never ha o1 bond c been issued constituted o erying evil and heard. far called ustified much of the complaint of the labor- “Two-thirds of the Western Union n water, without a speck of that the U]'IA’- Lot ng wen. stock was cle dyein it et congreds”say 1d not combine. aph eompany sl per eent on the actual ion of its existing capital. Let it eom s Pacifie railronds to perform all of their ceording to the letter and spirit of the fter a fair trial had been mide with sueh laws and no beneficial results followed, congress could consider the pro- priety of bus| aklng control of the whole tele- 's5 by the establishment of a tem. It congress would ild prevent coisoli tion, promote competition west of Misfouri river, and prevent the telegraph companies from inereasing the rates they hiad themselves established, it would acconi- plish vastly more for public service than by a post egraph system, Kepresentatives of the Western Union will be heard on Tuesday next. BLACK ON TH;-I RACK, The Senate Committee Begins Invest- igation of fis Charge: WASHINGTON, March 10,.—The senate com- mittee on expenditures of public money began an investigation of the charge brought by Commissioner Black in his report that the oftice nnder his predecessors was avowedly a political machine, and into the manner in which the pension office s being conducted and adminisiered by the present commis- sioner. al Black was present, and re- quested that he be permitted to give the committee the names of witnesses whom he desired to have examined before he wmade Lis own statement. Senator Kenna cw} Lollied the reguest in a motion, Harrison argued that inasmuch as Black had made the stateiaent in his annual report upon which the investigation was based, the usual and customary course of procedure wold lead first to the examination of the jissioner lmself. After some debate s motion was lost. Black in reply to inquiries by Harrison, deseribed the orgini- 1 of the peasion Gifice and especially the ions of the board of review, and the onrse of claims through the ofice from s of the examining to the board of to the commisstoner, Now, Mr. Commissioner, if in which an applica- cted by the board of or colmissioner, on 4! applicant, or tue the the Law reylew i Mr. Mar tion wvas granted or re review, of examine person applying, Will you please give the names and numbers of these cases? Answer—I shall be pleased to furnish in- formation from the files of the office. Question—Are you able to give to the com- mittee the name or pumber of any case 1 think I shall be able to furnisli such cases, Q.—Are you able to do it now? A.—I have no memoranda with me tnow, Mr, Beck—Will you furnish them? A.—I will furnish such cases, In reply to further inquirles by Mr. Harrlson, the commissioner pro- posed to furnish at another session of the committee the number of employes in the office on the day e took control, togeth- er with detailed information as to the duty of those whom he had appointed and their poli- tics, and how many had been employed under the civil service rules. 1In a general way he conld say that he had made from one hundred and fifty-five to one hundred and sixty ap- pointments, of which number one hundred and forty-two were democrat: vt Sebsond SBUGARED APPEALS. The Condiment Needs Protection More Than Morrison Wonld Give. Wasmisaroy, March 10.—The sugar clauses of the Morrison tariff bill were dis- cussed before the ways and means committee to-day. Representative King of Louisiana entered a protest against a reduction of the import duty on sugar. Sugar, he said, was amost important revenue producer, and in the days of inereasing pensions it behooved the committee to act slowly in changing the Telegram.]— riot has been seen in the past two daysin sullen mutterings and thre: lic and priyate buildings, and_to-day an an- onymus handbill has been flame the serious disturbances, meeting at the court house to-night to plan some course of revenge. flammatory Duerr’s house, which was the occasion of all the trouble. house refused to allow the meeting to be held there unless some responsible citizens MUTTERINGS OF A CRAZY MOB A.— | Des Moines Menaced With the Wild Vapor- ings of Monday's Horde. THREATEN DIRE DESTRUCTION. A New Reapportionment Scheme—A Junketing Trip to Select a Site For the Soldiers’ Home ~ The Assembly. The Mob Thirsts For ltevenge, Drs Moises, lowa, March 10.—[Special lie spirit of Monday nights 5 to blow up pub- circulated to in- mob and lead to 1t called for a mass sions of the It contamed an in- statement of the search of The custodian of the court duty. It would be better, in his opinion, ) would guarantee that the meeting would from a revenue standpoint to remove the | be orderly and no damage would duties on the necessaries of life, suchascloth- [ be done. = Colonel Eibaek, editor of ing, shoes, nails and blan From a pro- | the German paper, the Anzeiger, scemed to tective point of view-he also favored the im- | be the spokesman for the crowd, and e went position ofa duty on sugar. King instanced | away to find somo - good citizen who he course of coffee betore and after the re- | ! n zen Iovalof the duty as foreshindowing tho et | ould pledge for e orler ~of Tect of a similar action in the case of sugar, | the meeting. ile came back at 7 There was great danger that the United [ o'clock unable to do so. The leaders of States, by remoying the duty on sugar, would fatten monopolies abroad. i John Diamond, of New Orleans, said the sugar industry had risen steadily from the wreck left by the showing in five years an increase of 80 per cent under a duty aver- aging three cents per pound. When the duty was reduced in 1870, nnd the Touisana plant- ers were forced to compete with foreign slave labor, the industry was partially sold The present duty did not equal the difference in cost between American free labor and slave labo The planters had also to com- pete with German and French beet sugars, protected by government bounties. These sugars were now coming to the United States Hawaiian free su the rkets, That treaty should be t nated. The government has lost £ of revenue without adegnate compens The adoption of the Mexican reciprocity treaty would be still more disastrous in its rwas also destroying cifecis upon the sugar planter, If competition was foreed with Centrai and South America it meanta reduction of wages in_ this country. With our fertile soil and great capacity” for sorghum and beet suga Production, this country could easily supp our whole consumptionand legislation could do for the United States w! it had done for the beet s industry of Europe. The TLouisiana planters notonly protested agains areduction of duty but requested an advance over the present rate, THE PAN ELECTRIC. Senator Vest ells or His Purchase of Some of the Stock. WASHINGTON, March 10.—Messrs, Halo and Millard,desiznated for the purpose by the house special committee, to investigate and report the facts concerning the ownership of the Pan ric telaphone stock by certain public ofticers, took the deposition of Senator Vest at his resideng this afternoon. The senator stated that hé first heard of the Pan Electric Telephone company through a printed cireular sent him_ through the mails, some time in Avril, 1884, The cireular gave the names of the ofticers of the company and introduced a bill tionment of the congressional districts of the state. publican distriets and two democratic, on a basis of the vote for governor last fall. The: two are the Fi: more probably doubtiul, w’ favor of | would be over over 8,000 majori apportionment Dubuque county out Jones Third district by adding Clayton from the Fourth, the district seyeraleounties ing it overwhelmingly republican instead of close, as now, ave in the southern part of the state, where it is proposed‘to take Dayis county, (General Weaver's home) out of the Sixth and put it into the Eighth, while the stronghold of re- publicanism in the Eight, Page county, is to be put in the Ninth. put Congres the proposed mutiny thercupon went away, and it is supposed that a seeret meeting will be held somewhere to-night. Several toughs from out of town are in the city to-night, and some disturbance about 200 people are in the court house yard discussing the situation. vigilant, and extra wateh is being kept to-night. is feared. At 8 o'clock The police are At 1lo'cloc] there was no signs of a riot or general disturbance. A strong posse of dep- uty sheriffs, heavily armed, arein the court house to prevent any attempt to break in the Jail. orders, and ready for any emergency. 1t is understood that the mass meeting of ihe_law- less clement appointed for to held in the rink to-morrow night. The Governor's Guards arealso under night will be Representative Nelson of Story county has in the house fora reapor- The bill, if pas: d, will make nine re- t and Second. The formes I the chanc £ republican. But the Second vhelmingly democratic, with new scheme for ccond distriet rom the Third, and takes and Cedar. 1t further changes the s D Franklin Tenth. It and Hardin _ from adds to the Tourth rom the Tenth, m The other principal changes These changes would man Weaver into the Eighth the purposes for which it was organucd. M6 | district and take outof it Colonel Hepburn, noted that the name of Senator Uartis of | gic one man in that part of tho state who can connected with the enterpr |l b“"."!"“‘ difionliyAaoonaress: ‘He called on: Senator and by him'[ man Hepburn’s present — constituents was referred to Senator Garland, who it was | will object most strennously to such repre -x;to;l was_well ncqlllnlalml ]\\'xlh ulm achange. In the northeastern part of the status of the company and s relations to “olonel o) 'S NON I e oo e Colonel Henderson, congressman for land’s opinion, thé aid | to take, and did take, 100 shares of Pan £ tric stock, for_which' he gave his check for $1,000 on the Metropolitan National bank of Washington, which was paid on the follow- ing day, and'for which he reccived a con- tract showing that he was entitled to shares of stock, which, owing to the incom- plete organization of the conpany, it was not at that time ready to issue. ‘“Ihat stock was issued to me,” said the senator, “‘about one year azo, that is, ninety shares of it. The other ten shares wi pany as an assessment to defray the ex- penses of expeeted litigation withi the Bell company.” “After this tter got into the papers,” continued Senator Vest, *'Stilson Hutehins of this city offered to take my stock off my hands and pay me what it cost. This offer I refused, as it might look like a retreat under fire. 1 considered it a mere speculation, but was willing to take my chances, I have re- ceived a dividend of $12 or since 1 have owned the stock.” Continuing, I have had no conversations Casey Young, secretary of the Pan eet com- pany, and 1 have never met and do not know Mr. Rogers, who, It appears, was prominent in the organization ofithe company. Garland repre that_in his opinion the Bell patent was illegally obtained, and that the Pan Electric stock might be worth some money. At that | w time Cleveland had not been noni the presidency and of course Gar unthought of in connection with the attorney 100 | se posed would be satisfactory to the legislature, tion of start on a visiting trip Friday wmorning. o retained by the com- | T will'be given receptio cities they are to visit. travel is as follow. Indianola, Burlington, leaving ther thence to Cedar Rapids and then spending Sunday at Decorah and MecGregor; they will visit Mason City town on Mond id; I | p in an attempt to consider the Ca weighing coal, and the debate was resumed in th was lost by avote of 20to 53, and the bill ird district, would be buried out of sight in the great democratic majority of the Second district, into which it is proposed to put Dubuque. While some scheme for the apportionment is greatly needed at this fon, it is very doubtful if the one last pro- ‘The joint legislative committec on the loc the soldiers’ home have arranged to hey go part of the way by special car, and at ench of the twelve Their schedule of Friday morning go to thence to Ottumwa, thence to aturday forenoon ; Humpton and Marshall- Grinnell and Colfax on uesday. returning to Des Moines Tuesday night. ‘The house consumed the forenoon session ssatt bill for rnoon, but a motion to reconsider ordered engrossed. bill locating the supreme comt at Des I passed the house to-day, pro- T'h Moines, wh! antaougEht 05 vides for holding at the capital four terms DR e annually in March, June, September and THE CIVIL SERVICE, December. The house also passed on its A Minority Commistoe's Reasons Ad. | third ¥ “cading ~the following bills _of al. general interest: The bill to make possession yerse to 1ts Rep WASHINGTON, March 10, the house committee on civil ser to-day was principally consumed in a dis sion of the report prepared by Mr. Pulit ‘The session of ce reform us- of a governny the sale of liquors evidence of intent to sell the same contra for a levy of one-half mill state tax for th it receipt or a license for to Taw: the bill to provide adverse to the repeal ot the civil service law, | ¥ "i““‘" “"': 1 i halp! il“l_ providing Mr. Stone of Missouri will file a minonity | & ~home or_ lowa solgle and Teport, which was agreed to by all the other | sallors, and for making necessary members, and will subsequently be laid be- fore the house, 1t is as follow Cour committee find that the bill, instead repairs and improvements in s table institutions, and for paying ontstand- ing warrants; the bill for an aet requiving te and chari- of cither improving oF enlarging the scope of Tequ The present uw, shnply. provides for uhcon- | Fallroads to fence thew roads; the bill for an ditional_and absofute’ repeal. They report | act requiring banking corporations other adversely, and ask that the bill o upon table for the following turther reasons: 1—The principal of divorcing the subordi- late oitices of the government from politics and elections, and muking the time of the oflice dependent not upon party service, but upon morals and good behavior, isa good one 50 far as this prineiple is sustained by the present law, and the cownnittee think there | be no change. ' e present Jaw has not been on the statute books long - enough to have had a full and complete trial. I for no other S0n than (uis, the comuitiee will oppose auy than savings banks to “stato” in ther corporate name, and 1o pro- nibit associations, partnerships or individus als engaged in the banking business, buying or selling exchang; counting notes, ete., from adopting or using the word “state” i conneetion with their as- 5 rcorporate $he word vecelving deposits, dis- ciation, partnership or indiviaual name. ‘The senate spent the afternoon in dis- cussing the Clark bill for additional helps to the‘enforcement of prohi bition, It provides measure providing for an absolute repe that injunction 5 way he brought by any 3—No reason o information has becr izen in case of the failureof the district or sented to this committee justifying an uncoy county attorney 1o do his duty, and it pro- ditional repeal of the present law. It may | “jges severe penalties to railroad and ex- reshiaps need improvement, but th reuiedy San amendment, not & 10tal repeal, The Supply of Wh WasHINGTON, March 10.—The March re- port of the department of agriculture on the consumption and distribution of grain erops t and Corn, makes the proportion of corn still in the Lands of farmers 40 per cent of the last crop. One year ago the proportion of the crop on hand was 37,6 per cent. ‘The proportion is lowest in the west, where heavy winter feed- ing 15 required, averaging #3 per cent in twelve states. ' It is 45 per cent in the south. Tihe proportion merchantabie is 826 per cemt, which s slightly | above the averaze for a score of years. “LL ch of wheat in the hauds of fafiners is per cent of the crop. 1t was 831 last year an 5.4 two yeurs bushels, against 160,003,000 last March, and | 119,000,000 two yeurs ago. It is only 9,000,000 | wore than in Mareh, 1552, the shortest invisible hl_un“l)‘unwemmu he visible and in- visib'e supply, Marel 1, was therefore 19 00,200 bushicls press liquors unless the county auditor of the county to they are to b forbidden by law. made to the bill, wirich called out through the entire session, and pen: vote the senate adjowrned. of the Mount Fleasant hospital, is b fng the le build an additional wing It amounts to_ 107,000,000 | sa countie: there wasn't any possill an insane we } had stripped all her clothing - pmpanies for compan transportation of 1 by a certiticate of are to go, that the party to wh ut is to use them for pury Several amendments Some shoeking facts are coming to I ate hospitals, M. Gil ), stperinte isleture for an pproy that yesterday the ame 1o, Mount Pleasant to see if cconinodation for an in the poor house of his She was 50 violently insune that she ad was okt ounty. 1 (colored) up in asmall room six by eight, with manacles on her wrists, with which she had gashed her flesh frightfully. In this pen she was kept in a condition indescribable, with no appliances for her relief. The sheriff begged that she be taken in at the hospital, but the superintendent was obiiged to turn him away, Yor every room in the women's wards, designed originally for ome patient, now have two, and the patients are now sleeping on the floor in the halls, so crowded are the buildings. Yet with this frightful condition of things, many members of the legislature hesitate to make an apprapriotion on account of the small state debt of outstanding war- rants. - —— THE NEW YORK PRE:! Edmunds' Senate Speech Receives Favorable Comment Nrw Yok, Mareh 10.—[Special Telogram. ] —Commenting on Edmunds® speech yester- d the Tribune says: Edmunds demon- strated beyond doubt that all the papers ad- dressed to an officer in his ofticial cap: v are public property and are required by law tobo placed on file, and the statute declares that the attorney general, and not the presi- dent, is the custodian of papers in the depart- ment of justice, The president’s assumption of control over these papers, so as to withhold them from congress, can only rightly be termed usurpation. ‘The utte absurd- ity of his claim that papers relat- ing to the person he seleets to fill an oftice are publie, while those relating to the management and conduct of the ofticial are private, was clearly shown by Edmunds, The precedents cited by Edmunds coyer every species of papers, relating even to expenditures under the ret service fund, 1t remained for this administration, with its fmprovement in public methods, to dety the law and precedents and call it reform, The Sun’s Washington special says his speech was a strong one. ' There wi evasions and sophistries in it, but on its face it was dangerously plausible, and the demo- crats are a little nervous about its eifect on the ecountry. Presidential Timber. New York, March 10.— [Special Tele- gram.]—The Washington correspondent of the World telegraphs: General ‘Terry, who has been promoted to the vacancy made by the death of Hancock, is, I am informed, a re- publican candidate for’ the presidency. He thinks the republican party will want to lave a soldier candidate next timeand he hopes to be the one selected. 1 heard yester- day of a new presidential combination on the part of certain rpublicans, This is the ticket: Logan of Illinois, and Long of Massachu- setts. Logan’s friends declare that the lat- ter will never go on the ticket in the second lace again, He would prefer to remain in senate to any such arrangement s that. ne's friends are perfectly confident he will be nominated in 185, and they profess 1o believe that Logan will yield in the end and take his old place on the ticket. 88, Conkling Out of Politics. Nicw Y oRK, Mareh 10.—[Special Telegram) —The Sun’s Albany special says: Roscoe Conkling’s friends unite in absolutely deny- ing the truth of the statement that he is to re-enter fpolities and the republican party. ‘They say he is making a great deal of woney for the first time in his life and he enjoys the sensation too much to permit anything to interfere with it. ———— THE GOULD STRIKE. No Trains Moving Yet—The M. P. Dis- charging the Knights. St. Louts, March 10.—The_ situation re- matvs about unchanged in East St. Louis. No knights there have struck as yet. A large number of that organization from this city are there attempting, it is supposed, to pursuade them to join the movement. The effect of the strike in East St. Louis upon the cattle trade s especially severe. No stock cars have crossed the bridge and therefore the receipts are materially lessened as the stril proceeds. General Superintendent Kerrigan of the Missouri Pacific railroad this morning issued an order expelling from the Missouri Pacitic yards all Knights of Labor. This order includes the delegation of men appoint- ed by the knights to guard the company’s property. The circular issued ordering them Off the company’s premises is as folloy You are hereby notified that your action in withdrawing from the cmployment of the Missouri Pacific railway company wasa vol- untary abandonment of the sorviee of the its ¢ been strick Who are now liereby no- the same, company, and that you are no longer in Your names hi Al si emnloyment. en from it rolls, hout the eom tified they must iimmed to the end that this company may resume the taflie of the countr Wi K GAN, Althongh the otiicials n no statement concerning it, it is generally belioyed they are now empioying ‘new men to take the places of the strikers and that the movement, of freight trains will be attemy el to-night. Should this prove fr the knights fwill undoubtedly offer resistance, 110 p. m.—It is now authoritatively stated t the M ailway eompany attem) O-IOTTOW 1N ad of to-night to freieht traflie upon its rond. er issued this. morning by Kerrigan ap- Jlies not only to men formerly in its employ 1 this city, but to all strikers and they have all along the line wilitdrawn quictly from the company’s pre vil resume or —A_Post-Dispateh ‘Texas, says that the ttrouble there betwecn the knights and kenights oceurred this morning, when the run its engines we ing their duty and fore I'he strikers then “illed” the en- Quiet now prevails, but it is thought thie bexinning of serions trouhle, A% Crey, Mareh 10.—The Missouri peopte to-dday ordered that the strikers b expelled from their yards. Nothing else of note occurred in connection with the strike. % Succced, CiicAGo, Mareh 10, =The Inter-Ocean’s Milwaukeo special soys: The boot and shoe- strike in this city Is at an_end, and tof the strikers %o to work In the ring. The sivike on the part of both the and_employes has been con- adly orderly and business- huve succeeded in ng all they denianded. T'he Strik m wmannfacturer ducted in a de Jike way, and the A False Report. AGo, M A St. Louls dispateh, intimating tiat a s was liable to oceur on western roads out of this city this after- noon, is denied by officials and employes of the Northwestern and Burling Botl i 1 or exist, LovIsviLLE, the Cou ourn; five masked men ut of the ja , March 10. says: Last night twenty- & Handy Woodward il at Russellville, K and hung him to the'same limb that the i torious Sambo Baily wus bung from two s Woodward was identilied as the y man who atfe to ontrige the 1% old daughter of Charles Johuson, st agent at 1ted, Oak, on Monday, - - Schaeffer Wins Again, , Mareh 10.--The vlay in the 000 point fourteen ineh balk line billiard mateh, botween Schaefier | Vignaux, was resued this evening. Score: Schaetier i, average Vignaux .2, average T e two nights: Schaelfer 1,2 Vignaux i s ion Missovni Wat winds: fair” we Borthicrly wids an sautherly colde fatlowed by sLlshows, | | | | ‘ CONSPIRED T0 KILL BLAIR, A Kaneas Oity Man Secks the Life of the New Jorsey Millionaire, AN EX-CONVICT'S CONFESSION. He Olaims He Was Offercd $50,000 to Remove the Railrond King— The Would-Be Murderer Under Arrest. Indicted for Conspiring to Murden Kaxsas Crey, Mo, March 10.—The Times of this morning publishes the followings Samuel C, Shactter was indicted by thegrand jury at Independence yesterday for coms spirin; murder John 1. Blair, the Blairse town, , millionaire railroad king, and from whom the city of Blair, Neb., derives its name. The indictment was drawn up on the strength of a confession by the man al- leged to have been hired by Shacffer to commit the murder, supported by corroborative testi- mony. Shacfrer was arrested yesterday afters nooti at the Centropolis hotel by Jesse Tuggles, MTor of the county Jall, and- Depaty Sherie Moore. He was not taken to the county jail, but was allowed to rewain in his 100w at the lotel under guard. He will be taken to Inde- pendence to-day and arraigned. “The man who made the confession whi led to the indictment and arcest s an e viet who served six_wmonths in the count {mlnl the same time Shaefler was confined, le was seutenced here under the name of Charles” Allen, but he has several aliases, Ihis story and the allegations set forth in- the indictment are substantially as tollows: When he and Shaciler were in jail together they became intimate, and cifer proposed to him to kit Mr. Bl Shaciier said that e had $50,000 which he was willing to spend ave Mr. Blair and Mr. Willinin Bailey, sident of the Kansas City & Southe: railroad, put out of the way, Allen cow nted 1o do the job, and Shaeffer paid hig: 0 while in jail. At the time of the paym® the matter was published as am aet of eharity on the part of & fler. Allen was teleased “a few days before Shaefter, and when the latter got out the two held secret meetings at various places in this ity and the plans were perfected, Allen was to leave the city and 1 other men ‘T necessary to do the job. On February 1 llen, under the name of A. B. Brown, tele- aphed — to Mr. Blair his home in irstown from’ Little ' Rok, Ark. He stated in the telegram that he knew of & plot formed in Kansas City' to_assassinate him (Blair) and that he coufd bag tie man on the first telegram. Mr. Blair did not answer the telegram but sent a copy of it to his attor- neys in’ this city. Brown, alias Allen, not hearing from Blair, visited himat his home in Blairstown and’told his story. . Blair referred him to his atlorneys in this city, and wrote them that Ailen ‘was coming ou -four hours after the letter was re: Allen arnved and told his In addition to what is given above, h that he had telegraphed to Shaeffer from Little Rock on February 12 for $150, with in- Shaeffer the mone He also telegraphed for from Memphis, but only got 5100, This was sent in the name of ik is. He stated that lie had some trou) the Ellis mone beeause he had s Shaeffer was the name of the wan who was to send it, ‘The attorneys structions to waive identification sent s here did not take much stock in Allen’sstor, decided toinvestigate it. Mr. M. B. Wood, general manager of the Western Unifon Telegraph company in this city, corroborated the story about the telegraphic money orders. He saiit that the first time Shastfer declared he did. not know who A. B, Brown was, but sup- posed he was sowe: fellow who was dead broke, and as he had been that way himself he thought he would help him out, * Shaeffer waived th -‘ ight of identitication at the othcr ine. rank Ellis, who sent the 8100, is a sten- ographer, who was at one time émployed by Shaeffer, and who is at present working in the criminal clerk’ He says hfit Shaeffer went tohim and said that A, B, Brown was a lace salesman for a New York tirm, and was a friend of his, He said he did not want to send_the money in his own name, and asked Ellis to use his name in send- ingit. Mr. Lilis consented and sent the money. He says that Shaeffer told him_ that Lie would collect the money when he went 0 ; New Yor o ) len, d In addition to this it was found t after his release from the county jail, hag shown larze amounts of money i varjous places in this city. Other facts corroborating Allen’s story were also discovered, and it was :‘lrn-n.um-d to lay tlie matter before the grand ury. “Ulie Blair-Shaeffer litication will be well remenml Blair and Shacffer had real estate dealinzs with cach other to the extent of nearly S100,000, Shaeffer_ acting as Blair's cntin the purchase of Kansas City prof orty. ‘Che latter last fall brought suit in the cirenit court elaiming that Shacffer had ae. uded him of $ {000, and iad placed the real estate in s (Shaeller's) nawe an refused to turn it over. ‘Ihie eivil snits were {ollowed by a criminal action for obtaining money by cheat and fraud, Shaeffer w tried i@ the November term of the criminal cowrt, found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary, He~ appealed the case to the suprenic court and was released on bond. 1t will be argued before the supreme court next montl. Besides the civil suits there are twomore indictments pending in theetiminal cowt. It was while Shaefler was confined In the county jail that the plotagainst Mr. Blair's life is alléged to have been hitehed, When the wartant was first read to Shaef- for at the hotel he treated the matier as a joke and sald e thought it was & put-up joby When assured, however, that an indictnient hiad been returned againsthim le grew very indignant and sakd that the whole niatter was afurther attempt on the part of his enemies to inj im. 1o denied the whole story and said it was an infamous lie Sl LAk, Another Good Man Gone Wrong. INDIANATOLIS, Maieh 10.—A special to the Daily News from Vineeancs, Ind., says: A examination of the books, concluded this afternoon, shows an approximate shortage inst. County Trensurer Hollinsworth of $15,215.98, Everybody is dunbfounded and mortitied at this itie expose. Hol- Tinsworth was a prosperous and swealth r when he took possesssion of the of- What he has done with this immense sum of money puzzles everybody, ‘Uhe cons jecture is that it has been squandered in max- gin gambling and i 4 woman over which Hollinsworth has 1 one sult in court, Ex-County I're: W. W, Berry B boou Instatled in chrge of the treasurer’s oflice, PR Trees for Treeless Prairies, Wasin farch 10— the commitiee on agr y, reported favorably the Blish forest reservation dinunds on the and the MOST PERTEGT MADE PRICE BAKING POWOER €O, CHICAGS. ar. Lo