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

ey OMAHA FIFTEENTH YEAR, 10WA DENOCRATS DISCUSTED The President Refuses to Bign the Des Moines River Lands Bill, A CHAPTER ON GEN. WEAVER. His Speech on Oklahoma and His Contest With Campbell—-Oppo- sition to Dawes' Sioux Weservation BilL Des Moines River Lands Bill Vetoed. WasmiNGroN, March 11.—[Special Tele- gram.]—As was expected the president to- day sent to the senate a message vetoing the bill to quiet the titles of settlers on the Des Moines river lands, The action of the presi- dent in this instance is unaccountable, ex- cept from the fact that he allowed the state- ments of the Navigation company, through their attorneys, to have greater weight with him than the combined wisdom of the many congresses which have passed upon the merits of the cases in controversy in either one house or the other. The members of the Towa delegation are very much worked up over the veto, They have already began a canvass of the house with a view to ascertain the probable effcct of an attempt 1o pass the bill over the veto, Messrs, Holmes and Hepburn will take the initiative in this matter. Both gentlemen believe the bill can be passed in the house in spite of the adverse actlon of the president. Senator Allison is equally confident that there will be no diffi- culty in securing the favorable action of the senate. The senator is even more sanguine of the success of the billin the house, not- withstanding its veto, than its friends there are, There is no doubt there is a majority of members in the house in favor of the settle- ment of the long drawn out controversy in the manner proposed by the bill. There is, however, a great deal of doubt as to the ability of the friends of the measure to rally 1o their support enough democrats to insure the two-thirds vote necessary to over-ride the veto. It may be set down as a foregone con- clusion that Messrs. Frederick and Weaver of Towa will do all in their power to aid in the passage of the bill now. They appear to be, and undoubtedly are, very much worried over their political future. Incidentally the outlook for the democratic party is also caus- ing these gentlemen some uneasiness, all growing out ot the president’s action towards this bill. For the benefit of the concern comes rather late. If had taken as much interest In the bill a week ago they would have gone to the president before the other side had succeeded in talking him into the mood for vetoing the bill. As it was they left the whole affair to the representatives of the delegation until the last moment. 1t isa fact worth while thinking of in this connec- tion that the only adverse report ever made on this orany similar bill was submitted to the senate by Mr. Garland while a member of that body. Todday he is presumable Cleveland’s adyiser, and as such is undoubt- edly responsible in part for the veto. WEAVER'S OKLANOMA SPEECIL Representative Weaver of Towa dclivered his speech on the Oklahama question in the house this afternoon. It Is said that it was prepared several weeks ago, and was intend- ed to have an influence upon the approach- ing convention in his state, It bristled with demagogy, of course, but it likewise bristled with misstatements, and brought its author down to acknowledging that he had misrep- resented the facts in the case to his constitu- ents for the purpose of getting votes, Weaver stood up in front of a map, hung in front of the speaker’s desk, and with a cane pointed out locations in In- dian territory as he explained his ideas. With much pretention and in stentorian tones he was denouncing President Arthur administration for sufering all kinds of syn- dicates to enter upon the territory and occu- py lands for grazing purposcs, and at the same time driving out with soldiers the poor settlers who only wanted homes and places to earn an honest living, and he also stated that the administration was at present suffer- ing the same condition of Injustice and cor- ruption to exist. I would like to ask you,” interposed Mr. Hepburn of Lowa, “if, during the campaign in our state last summer, you did not tele- graph from here that you had secured a prowise from President Cleveland that the cattlemen should be ejected from Indian ter- Titory?” Mr. Weaver hung his head fora time. Then he replied, “Lam glad of an opportunity to correet the statement I dispatched from this city to Towa last summer. I understood President Cleveland to say that he would do as my colleague has stated and as L repre- sented to the people of Towa. But I was mis- taken. These cattle and Jand syndicates continue to oceupy portions of the territory, and have just as much intiusuce over this ad- wministration as they had o former one ‘Ihis adiinistration is just as reprehensible as former adwinistrations in this matter,” {Laughter. | A number of times during the specch Mr. Hepburn put Mr. Weaver in a hole, and the Impression created by the not in- clined to elevate Mr. Weaver betore the peo- ple. It proved that he had knowingly mis- represented matters during the last cam- paign for the purpose of securing votes, and Lie was now compelled to acknowledge it. i CAMBELL-WEAVER CONTEST. re the house commities on elections today, argument was begun in the Campbel Weaver contested case from the Sixth lowa district. - A motion was made by Judge Har- ttorney for the contestant, to strike out vidence testimony for the concestee taken at Signourney and Richland, on- the ground that the testimony of the latter's notaries dis- closed that they had forwarded their evidence to Weaver's attorney, Judge Cook, at New- 1on, lowa, instead of certifying to and for warding it to the elerk of the house of repre- sentatives here, as required by law, The motion was not ruled upon by the committee, and is pending, The argument was opened by Governor Campbell. He ridiculed Weaver's brief as being more of a kaleido- seope of Cook, Weaver's attorney, than a reply to the brief it was supposed to answer. Ho charged Weaver with using oflicial pationage to influence the election, and with in various reprehensible ways working for the greenback, democratic and Knights of Labor parties. Attorney Cook’s brief soon despoiled of every statement of 1t was shown that there had been allegations made in the brief that were false, and which were intended to mislead the committee, Weaver's attempt to prove colonization in Oskaioosa and Ottumwa was shown to be very transparent, and the attempt o defraud twenty-four colored voters was brought out clearer to the committee. He also spoke of the “car load of negroes” Weaver and Cook claimed weie sent from Des Moines, and de- wonstrated what a bugaboo it was. 1t all | shirunk to nine colored miners, with home: iu Mahaska county, having returned from Des Moines where they were at work, and every one that voted had a perfect | right todo so. Mr. Cook followed. Judge Hais will speak for Governor Campbell to-noriow, When the case will b closed. DAWES' 810UX RESERVATION BIlLL. The Dawes bill, which provic v the opening of the great Sioux rescrvation to settlement. 18 not to pass the house commit- tee without opposition. Dr. Bland, the pro- fessional philanthropist and editor of the Couneil Fire of this city, has taken the fight gainst the bill, and takes up half of the time of the committee in explaining a scheme which he has for the permanent occupation of the reservation by the Indians of the northwest. Bland's idea is to continue this vast territory as an Indian reservation for ever. He would have all the other northwestern reservations thrown open to settlement and the Indians now on them transferred to this one. Bland’s interfer- ence is a great source of annoyance to the committee, especiaily as he is not content withairing his own ideas but must needs in- flict upon that body a scrmon of nearly an hour’s length from the Rev. Dr. Sunderland upon the same subject. The friends of the Dawes bill also find that there are seeret in- fluences at work in opposition to the m ure. Just where this opposition comes from it Is dificult to ascertain, but there are exccllent reasons for believing that ex-Governor Ordway of Da- kota is at the bottom of the movement. “This open and secret opposition has delayed final action in the committes, but the bill will in all probability be ready to report to the house next w and there is littlo doubt that it will finally be sed. The fact that the presidont’s pastor, Dr. Sunderland, 18 opposed to it may, however, lead to another veto, IMPROVEMENT OF FORT ROBINSON, Senator Manderson and Representatives Weaver and Dorsey called on Secretary Endicott and General Sheridan this morning, and urged the enlargment of Fort Robinson. The proposed plan is to build new barracks and three double sets of officers’ quarters, and station there four additional companies of infantry and three companies of cavalry. The buildings now there will also be re- paired. The total cost is estimated $52,000. The secretary of war and General Sheridan favor building new quarters and making it a permanent post, Generals Howard and Schofield both recommended it. The clause providing for these changes will be pud in a bill which the house committee on military affairs is now preparing. Representative Dors d to-day: “This is a very important measure for the people of that part of the state,” MINOR MATTERS, Representative Lyman presented a petition of the citizens of Pottowattamie county, Towa, urging the general governmens to add Honey Creck lake to the park system of Council Bluffs, 5 THE PRESIDENI'S VETO. The Des Moines River Lands Bill Re- turned Without Approval. WasmiNGToN, March 11,—The president to-day returned to the senate, without his approval, the bill to quiet the titles of settlers on the Des Moines river lands in Towa. The president in his veto message, after deserib- ing the nature of the proposed legislation, says that every possible question that ought to be raised in any suit relating to theso lands has been determined by the highest Judicial authority, and it a substantial point remains unsettied he believes there is no difficulty in presenting it to the proper tribunal. The president continues as follow: It scems to me_ that all the controversies which can hereafter ariso between those claiming these lands #have been fairly remitted to the state of Towa, and tha they can be proverly and safely left, and the government, through its attorney’ general, should not 'be called upon to litigate the rights of private parties, It is not pl to contamplate a loss threatened to any in good faith caused by uncertainty in the language of the laws or their conflicting in- terpretation; and if there are persons occupy- ing 3 nds who labor under such dis 5 to prevent them trom a pealing to the courts for redress of their Wrongs, a plain statute, directed simply to remedy such disabilities, would not be obj tionable. Should th meritorion of hardship and loss, caused by au invitation on the part of the government to settle upon lands_ apparently public, but to which no right or lawful possession ean be secured, it would be better, rather than to attempt a dis- turbance of t ly settled, toascertain such losses and do equity by compensating the proper parties through an ap- propriation for that purpose. notwith- standing the fact that there may be pa oceupancy of these lands, who suffer hard- ships, the application of strict legal princi- ples to their claims and safety lies in non- Interfercnce by congress witha matter whieh should be left to judicial cognizan and 1 am unwilling to concur in legislation which, if not an encroachment upon judicial power, trenches so closely. thereon as to be of doubtful expediency, and which at the same time increases the efements of litigation that have heretofore existed and endangers vested rights. GroVER CLEVELAND, FOURTH RATE POSTAGE. The House Committee Will Report Aaversely on Wilson's Bill, WaAsHINGTON. March 1L—The house com- mittee on postoflices and post roads yester- day decided to report adversely the bill to double the rate of postage on’ fourth-cl matter, or merchandise. ‘There never has been any serious danger that congress would take such a backward step as to inereas 1ute of postage, but Senator Wilson of Lowa with a view to endearing himself to hi cultural constituents and the mer of the small citics of his state, intro- duced early in the session two Dbills that are corclated. Ono of th was to double the rate of postage on merchandise in seneral, and the other was to reduce by one- h:lll the rate of postage on seeds, bulbs and plants. The Iatter was expected 'to gratify the farmers and the former the country me chants of lowa, who do not like the people of their state to send orders to Chicago an 3 Louis for goods to be returned by mail, They want a protective tariff of sixteen cents pound in addition to the present rates, ‘Fwo or three gentlemen in the house promptly recognized the value of the bill to double the 1ate of postaze on fourth-cluss wmatter to the country merehants, and also, and very inei- dentally, though very ewphatically, to the W .mh(y ©x corporations, aind infro- dueed Dills like Senator Wilson's, As the rate CWSpApers is 1 a pound and on transient printed watter S cents a pound, the Rouse committee on postoflices his conellided that it is not advisable to raise the rate of postace on nerchandise from 16 to 52 cents & pound., The were proposition to do this, however, has greatly excited merchants in New York, and the papers of that city have been full of the protests of the werchants gainst the change. Henry C. Bowen, of the Independent, has been very aetive in appo- sition, and his been in the'eity to-day on this errand, but returns howe to-night in high spivits.’ Senator Wilson insists that e will get this bill through the senate if possible, FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS, Senate, HINGTON, March 1L-=The committee on judiciary reported back adversely the res- olution direeting that comuwittee to inquire to the right of the United States to canec! patents for inventions and discoveries. Laid on the table. Mr, Pugh obtawed leave to tile a minority report. . Among the petitions Jones from the presented was one Natlonai Bimeta association, and its subject watter, aid, was of transcendant importance te the industries of the country. [ie would unanimous cousent to subuiit a few ob: tious on it. Unanimous eonsent being » My, Jones addressed the senate on it Mr. Hawley, trom the committee on_ elvil service, reported advisely the Vauce bill tor repeal of the eivil servie o The - Lill was placed on the calendar, Alt, Logan, frow the wisority of the com- "Measures were promptly taken to counteract OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING. MAROCIT 12. 1886. mittee on military affairs, submitted its views | on the Fitz John Porter bill, which is the same as presented by the minority in the last congress, with the addition of the Logan mat- terin reply to Grant's article in the North American Review, justifying the conduct of Porter, The bill for the forfeiture of part of the Iand granted the state of lowa toaid in the construction of railroads was jdebated and id over till to-morrow. rthen Inid before the senate the resolution and report from the judiciary coni- to the right of the senatg to papers son laid o mitte % on file in_the departments, and Mr. Wi addressed the senate in_support of the r Tution reported by the majority of the comm tee, Mr, Wilkon's argupient royiewed the president’s actions sined the _election, laying particular stress on the president's utteraices on the subject of civil service reform. The speaker wove these utterances and his ewn estimate of the manner in which Cley had lived up to them into a web whi the main point of his arraignment executive on this question, Mr. Wil Q in conclusion that the present administration had been engaged m the commission of errors, and its position in the Tlight of all that had been promised was jnot a little discouraging. nford introduced suitable resolu- saraing the death of Senator Miller, which was adopted, and after an executive session the senate adjourned. Hoyse. March 11.—In committee of the whole Mr. Weaver quoted from the report of the superintendent of Indian schools to show that at Shiloceo school there was no law available to protect the school from the incursions of Indians or the raids of cow- boys. The cattlemen grazed their herds on the school farm and defied anyone who at- tempted to interfere with them. A race course had been laid out on the school farm, and_horse racing and whisky selling had been introduced, and it was safe to say that more drunkenness could be seen at that school than at all the agencies in Indian t ritory. 11 this was truc of the schools zenc ally,” then he pronounced the industrial seliools a farce, and a shame and blot upon our civiliz He then went on to advo- cate the to settlement of the Okla- Jkee strips and the reserya- tions of southwest Oklahoma, Adfter quite a lengthy debaté on the political features of the Oklahoma question and the cattle syndicates, Mr. Weaver went on to ad- vocate the passage of the Oklahoma bill, and at the close of s remarks Mr. Cutcheon criticized tha present administration for fail- ure to appoint an Oklahoma commission, de- claring that the explanation assigned for this failure was an explanation that'did not e plain. Messrs, Peel and Rogers defended the ad- ministration. Pending further discussion the committee rose. On motion of Mr. Morrow a resolution was adopted authorizing the apvointment of a committee of seven members to join a simi- lar committee on the part of the senate to company the remains of Senator J. ¥, Miller from Washington to California. "The house then adjourned. Doings About the Capitol, WASHINGTON. Mareh 1L.—The senate com- mittee on commerce further considered Ead’s ship railway canal bill this morming, but did not reach the point for action. Several amendments to Vest's bill are pending, de- signed to make it conform to the house bill. It is auso proposed to make the passage of ten vessels instead of one the test of completion, arts to-day presented in open session the petition of the lawyers of Albany for confir- mation of J.C thews,the colored nominee for recorder «ds. This was an executi matter, “lie house committee on foreign affairs to- further discussed the bill to suspend for ty years the operations of the Bur- Chinese_treaty. Rice, republican member of the sub-committee to whom the bill was referred, presented a_minority re- port adverse to the adoption of the measure, and it was considered m connection with the Jority report in favor of the bill prepared by "Cox and McCreary. Final action was deferred. on said WASHINGTON, Yesterday's Cabinet Meetin, WASHINGTS March 11, — Sccretaries Bayard and Lamar were absent from the cabinet meeting to-day. The session was mainly devoted to adiscussion of the names presented for appointmentas comptroller of currency and as ce commissioner, but no conclusion was reached except that it was essential that both ofii 1d be filled A5 500N 48 ented that rendered a the affair speedy appointment desirable. Appointed a Bank Recelver. Was March 11.—The acting comptroller of currency to-day appointed J. Leslie Thompson, of Vanderbilt. Dak., to be ver of the First National bank at Sioux Dak. ———— A LINK MISSING, It Bore an Important Part in Connec- tion With the Preller Gase, S1. Louts, March 1L—An important piece of testimony In the case of W. H. L. Max- well, indicted for the murder of Charles Arthur Preller, has disappeared. It is one of the strongest links in the chain of evidence that will be presented to prove Maxwell's motive for disposing of Preller. The lost link is the ehamois money belt which I’ ler wore around liis waist and <8 which " he carried the money which le did not require on his travels for immedi- ate use. ‘Ihe belt was found after the return of Maxwell's trunks fron Lland in one of these receptacles, and bo ks of having cen cut - from’ Preller’s body. The et ied to have been made with such a pair of curved surgical scissors Maxwell is thought 1o have used in cutting Preller’s unde (:lulhu from his body. Preller’s employers and all who knew him gave testimony to the effect that the deceased known to have a large amount of money in his possession_previous to his departure”for St. Leuis, and there other testimony which will show that Prelle carried a large sum i the manner indicated by Lis possession of this ehamois belt, POISON IN THE POT, A Coffee Kettle Dosed With Four Pounds of Paris Green, LEBANON, Pa, March 1L—On Tuesday afternoon about eighty inmates of the alms house were seized with vomiting and severe pains, Dr. Weiss, attending physician, pro- nounced the'ease one of wholesale polsoning, the polson To-day most of the vietims ar still” sufte elve of ng from nausea, and twelve of thew are still in a critical condition, A investigation revealed the fact that ihose who drank of coffee prepared for the noon meal were sick and the coffee faund lingd with a thick sediment of avis green, The vessel holds a barrel or wmore, and into this some person had thirown almost four pounds of the poison, The do tor is of the opinion that the poison was ta strong, causiug vomiting, or more than ha ot the inmates would have been dead, o {The Magician Wins Again, New Yeoni, Mareh 1L.—The third night's play in the billiard match between Vignaux and Scliefer was a repeater of that of its piedecessors, Sewfer had everything his own way trom the start, completing his third 600 while Vignaux made 255, The score_ for the threo nights stands: Schuefer 1,500, Vig- nuux 1,09, e The Mormons Dissatisfied SaLr Laxe, Mareh 1L.—The legislature today adopted two long set of resolutions censuring the governor for vetoing bills, The veto of the appropriation bill, together with the .slop‘p e of pay from Wasnington, wakes mucli feeling aong the brethren, — Denicd the Application, St Pavr, March 1L.—Judge Brewer, of the Uunited States eirouit court, this morning de- nied the application of counsel for a writ of habeas corpus Iu the case of Edward Laugh- lin, and the examination of Laughlin will be teswiued befare Commissioner Spicr, A EER R R DaAILY BEE NUMBER 21¢ ONLY TWO TRAINS TAKEY 0UT The Gonld Roads Glth;r Rust While the Strikers Gathor.Strength, THE DEMANDS OF THE KNIGHTS Thirtecen Propositions Submitted to Vice President Hoxie by Their District Chairman—Other Labor Troubles. The Great Southwestern Strike. GALVESTON, March 1L—The News’ special from Dallas says: United States Marshal ckman telegraphs to Receiver Brown from Big Springs, that everything is quiet there and traflic is open. Twenty-five mechanics, brought from New Orleans, were sent to Big Springs last night to take the places of the strikers, Freight trains are now moving. Brown received aletter last night from en- gincers on the *T. C.”” division of the Texas Pacific road, stating that they desired to cor- rect the report that they had refused to go out on their engines, and declaring they held themselyes in readiness to the orders of the reccivers, they were mot supvorting To this message Receiver Brow ing: “1 was prepared to_r frank, manly telegr you all the tim respond to and that 1y faithful to yi duties to the r: You will notbe com- pelled to relinquish your posts, You shall have ample protection from the United States court through its marshals and deputies, and through more potent influence, if nece: St Louts, Mareh 11. s understood th: Vice President Hoxie has been in commuy fon with Jay Gould during most of the ,the latter being in- Havana. and the able’ between Cuba and this country hag been kept busy earrying dispatehes betiveen these points and- the offici Judge Porter, eneral attorney of the Missouri Pacific, says lie formal discharge of the striking men wipes out all existing agreements between the company andthe knights, and if any of the Jatter are re-employed it will be under ent new conditions, or no conditions or obligations atall. The peaceful attitude of the kuights, which lias been a marked character- istic of ‘their conduct during the present strike as_yet, has suffered no change. In- deed there has been no need for violence for neither side has offered in the slightest de- gre pposition to the movements of the other. - The general expectation that the Missouri Pacific railway company would at- tempt to move the blockade of freight from their yards in this city last night was not ful- filled, and a visit to the yards this morning failed to ~ discover any ° such move- ment, and at everything was quiet, The ‘company has been hirifig new men eversince Tuesday night, and it is antici- pated to-day they will #ill the vlaces of the striking _Knights the movement of freiuht will b ics of these new men, while being conducted to the yards Iast night to reccive instructions, weré met by delewations of strikers who persuaded them to desist. ‘The knights' are reticent when uestioned about the probuble restlt if the raflway com- pany attempts to move their treight ‘trains is they will to-day, but the genoral opinion r The company £ any such attoupt i snid to have firmly decided upon such a course, and if any fesistance is offered by the strikers, they will cail for municipal, and if n protection. Martin Iror irman of the executive board of the di sembly of the Knights of Labor, pre- pared a statement of the grievances and de- mands of the striking employes of the Gould outhwestern system, and sent them to Hoxie, vice president and_general manager of the Missourl Paclfic, - 1rons denounces the state- ment made in HoxiGs eireulgr, issued a few days ago, Tas wholly false and cousiders” it teo insignificant to_reply to in detajl, and_expresses his sur- rise that railrond ‘magnates who havo so ong insulted the people by npplyln to them the phrase, “Be dumned,” will fall upon their knees and cater to them for their sympntl?'. 'he statemnent proceeds to say the Gould system has inaugurated a sy tematic method of breaking the Knights of Labor organization. lrons submitted the following propositions: 1—That “all unskilled laborers, including section laborers, truckmen and crossing watchmen,be pal 50 per da) —Abolishment of convict labor. B3—That all bridgemen be paid at the rate of $2, $2.25, $2.50 and $2.75. according to the nature of the work performed by them, 4—All house repafx gangs be ratod as bridge- men., 5—That all boarding house bosses for bridge gangs shall be entitied to half rates of freigit on all supnlics for the use of bridge outt 6—That when outfit cars are moved at nizht or on Sunday, the bridgemen shall be allowed one and one-half time while being s0 moved. 7—"That while bridgemen are compelled to work In water at washouts, ete., they shall be allowed double time while so engaged _8—Bridgemen be allowed one and on time for extra sexvice. [ be allowed passe: ment twice a month. ulation of apprentice 11—This Pmpusmun says no Knight of Labor shall be discharged \vllht»?l being given a chance to defend himself before arbitrators, 12—That all men be paid the same wages for the same work. 3 15—That all men unjustly discharged be three reinstated at the conclusion of the strike, 11:30 a. m.—Up to this hour no attempt has been made by the railroad company to move their freight. The fitemen and en- gineers are holding a_seeret imeeting this morning, but it is not known what action, if any, is contemplated by them St, Lous, Mareh 11,—The t of this eity, composed of regularly appointed delegates Trom all trades unions, held a meet- ing and adopted resolutions recognizing the railroad strike asa stru; workingmen to organ taken by the,railroad managers as the rights of workimgmen and the public good, and should b denounced, and e wesses sympathy with the strikers, Pre iminary steps have been taken by variou men with a view to holding public meetings of the Merchants’ and Mechani 10 and other organizations to - de some ns to br ues assembly ise g about a settlement of the o and restore business to its normal condition. : A freight train was quletly ma de up in thi cify this morning and started in the divection Mountain rail- full head of of Carondolete on the Iron , with the engine undc steatn. It passed that city at speed, This uction by the railr seemed to take strikers unawares, for was nted no owlmulnnn atany point 1l the train reached De Sota where a delegation of Kuights boarded the train, side-tracked itand aferwards “killed” the engine, No oppasition was offered by the company 1o the -action of the Kmights and no ‘conlict occurred. Everything was quiet at 2:15 p, m,, and no further attempt will be made so far as known to start trains again. A special from Atehison, Kan,, says that the Missourl Pacific yailroad oficials at that point are employing good men as fast as they apply. A train went out on the Central Branch last evening and another will go out to-day. The strikers haye left the company’s shiops and grounds inobedience to the con- s orders. Merehants e becoming re i S5 ( impatient for the resumption of hu nes Litrre Rock, Mareh 11.—The fore uan of the Iron Mountain milroad company su ceeded this morning in sending oit one freight train with perishable local freight bound south, A large crowd of strikers sembled and on the first attempt 0ok pos session of the engine, ran it on a side tr three miles south of this city and killed it, but another engine was fouud which took the train out, protected by the sheriff and a osse and accompanied by Superinten lent Wheedon and Masgar Mechanie” Richardson, No personal violence was offered and at 1 o'clock all was quiet, Five Thousand Mill Hands Strike. SARATOGA, N, ¥, March 11L—The cotton mills at Vietos were shut down this afte noon owiug to a strike of the operative: The mills employ about 5,000 hauds and they all wentout, ‘Phe men refused an advance 0L 10 per ceut iu Uivir present wages, ‘the party, about equal ARBITRATION REFUSED. Powderly's Intervention Declined by Receiver Brown, PrLADELPIiA, March 11.—Referring to the strike on the Gould system, Grand Mas- ter Workman Powderly, of the Knights of Labor, said this evening: “District Assem- bly No. 1010f Texas has not appealed to the gencral executive board for advice or assist- ance, and the matter is in their hands as yet. We have had the question before us several days. We telegraplied the executive com- mittee of District Assembly No. 101 for infor- mation. and the reply we received differs but little from the published report, Think- ing that we might be instrumental in effecting a settlement, the following tele- gram was sent out last night to the receiver of the Texas & Pacifie railway: CPHILADELPITIA, M h 1 John C, Brown, Receiver of Texas & Pacitic Railw: Dallas,” Texas—Will you meet with a com: mittee selected by the gencral exeeutive board of the Knights of Labor to arbitrate for a settlement of the difliculties’ with the Texas & Pacific onunluyn_i V. POWDERLY.” ved the following te to-night I re allns, Texas—T, V. message receivea asking me if I will” meet a committee cted by the general executive board of the Kuights of Labor for settlement of the difficulties with the Texas & Pacitic employes. 1 beg to say that we have no difli- culties with the employes of the Texas & Pacific railway, and should any a we are most willing, as in the past, to confer with and right any grievance shown by theu to exist. The only Issue between our former employes, who are now strikers and not now in our service, and ourselves is that they haye Powderly—Your committed depredations upon property in our possession by disabling and interfering, by intimidation and otherwise, with the orious and honest men inour service ring to resume the duties abandoned by the strikers. This matter we have romitted to the United States court, and the United States marshal and his as 1ts are settling the troubls for us, so that I cannot see any wood arbitrating with the Knights of Labor could omplish. Jon Brown. “In an edltorial the Ledgz ises me to 2o to St. Louis in order to effect a settlement. You will seo by the telegrams 1 have shown you that it was our inten tion to” bring about a settlement s00n As ossible, Brown has se fit to refuse the meditation of the general ey ecutive board of the Knights of Labor to a settlement of the pending difficulties by arbi- tration. He must now be hield responsible at the bar of publie opinion for T{‘]IIE('HIIL' the offer of those who, having and prosperity of this country at heart. "They would do everything in their hower £o not only set the idle wheels in mo- fon but to keep them going. pected that Brown would some suggestion or remedy to offe, bi‘ which atermination of this trouble could be reached, and 1 must confess that his reply was a surprise to me. Our board had arranzed to have a committee g0 to the scene of action, but if those in authority will not meet with them, nogood can come from any interference on our part,” the weltare A Voluntary Raise. Prerspuig, March 1. —Two hundred and fifty employes of McIntosh, Hemphill & Co., extensive foundrymen, were notified of an ad vance in their s from 5 to 15 per eent, to take effect April The firm’s action was a surprise to the men, as no demands were made for an increase. It is expected other foundrymen will follow their e: Anl}rlm The foupdry trade is in better condition than for years. ‘Want the Mongols Removed. Los ANGrLES, Cak; March 11.—The trades couneil has issued a circular calling on the citizens to ald in peacefully removing the Chinese. A large number of employers are in consequence discharging the Chinese. About %00 Chinamen have arrived here from surrounding districts since the agitation began, No Reason Assigned. Nuw HAVEN, Conn., March 11.—About 125 mould s ana fifty-five laborers In Sargent & They Co.’s foundry struck this morning. are not dissatified with wages, but ar pelled to quit by order of an organi Which they are members. They were given an increase of wages within a short time, A Trunk Strike Settled. MiLwAUKER, Mareh 1L—The striking trunk makers at Carples & Co.s fuctory have satisfactorily arranged matters with their employers, and the factory Will resuine Mon- day. e — FIGHT IN THE DARK, ree Youths Engage in Bloody Com- batin a Freight Car. Cn1cAGo, March 1L.—An Inter Ocean, De- catur, 111, speeial says: Three well dressed younz men, Edward Tvey and Bruce Wood- ard or West 1 and Chatles McKim of Corde son county, Ind., goton the west bound accommodation on the Decatur & Evansville railroad this morn- he purpose of stealing n tur, ‘Ihey Lok refuge in a_box , which was elosed and locked” after them by the trainmen, ~ When within ten miles of Deeatur the trio became involved in a fight which ended in a tragedy Kim shot Ivey in the head, back and abdomen, and Wood- ard, who also had a revolver, emptied tive mbers _at McKim without hitting ne shots were fired in ark car while l\n?' Ia; \llmnllw floor weltering in s life blood. "The noise at- ted the attention of Conductor Willis and with a United States deputy marshal, who happened to be on board, went to the ear, openencd itand found MeKim and Woodard in a hand to hand contlict_over the body of XHF at Mattoon for, ride to De Ivey, who was unconscious. ‘They were brought to Decatur and placed in_jail. Ivey is at the o Notel and was_ thouglit to be dying this evening. Woodard who has “‘worked for riers in Logan county, stated McKim fired the first shot without provocation for the purnose of rob- bing his partner Ivey, and that he (\ ard) did not shoot until’ he thougit M in- tended to kill him, “There was only 85,40 in divided. McKim alleges that bis companions had made it up between them to rob him of his silver \\‘dh'rl and cash. McKim is the only son of a widow who lives at Cordon, The Dempsey-Li New York, March Lablanche, who have ar at 8 p. m, to-ni nged to fight, left aht for Hurrison, Weste county. " At9:5 p, m. about twenty sp men leit for e place, At b1 sheriff of Weslchester county, having got wind of the affair, started froni White Plains with a posse. It s believed that the fighters were bound’ for Rye Beach, which is on the Sound about three files from Harrison, s SR .« Love and Lunacy, 8. Louts, Mareh 1L —David bienry Sayers, aged 23 years, brothier of George Sayers, en- gaged in" the pork packing business, eom- mitted suicide last evening by shooting hi self 10 the temple, at Hotel Noble, this “The left side of lits head was blown away his brains were scattered on the w died soon after, The cause of the suicide is said to be an unfortunate love affair, -~ A Remarkable Family Group. LENA, 1L, Mareh 11.—An unusual circum- stance occurred here the other day. A pho- tographer took family pictures of five gen- erations, the persons being Mrs, Polly Jones, great-great-grandiott aged, 43 G L, T lor, her son, aged 71: Mrs. William his danghter, aged 51 " Jennings, hér danghier, a ville, Wis., and her intant danghter, -— Bank Closed. NEW Brusswick, J., Mareh 11, —~The doors of the Dime gs bank, of this city, closed this worning by order of the see- retary of state. ‘Tie directors refuse to giv any information as to what the trouble is, It TS rumored that Arthur G, Ogilbie, secio: tary and treasurer. is shoit in Lis - uctouuts, | awounting to $80,000, A Savings NKS UNDER DIFFICULTIES Sweeping Supplementary Provisions to Towa's Present Prohibitory Law. THE SENATE DISCUSSES THEM. If Passed the Lot of the Hawkeye Toper Will Not Be a Happy One ~Where the Des Moines River Lands Are. Supplementary Liguor Laws. Dis Moixes, Towa, March 11.—[Special Telegram.]—Tne real fight of the scason on the prohibitory law has been in progress in the senate during the past two days. The prohibition leaders, abandoning the idea of such radical legislation as was proposed early in the session when bills were introduced for state constabulary, police commissioners, ete., have settled down on a general bill of particulars supplementary to the present law. “The bill was introduced by Senator Clark, and is intended to supply every deficiency which a year and a half’s experience with prohibition has shown in the present law. It isas iron clad, sweeping and scarehing in its provisions as it was possible for the pro- hibitionists to prepare, and if it becomes o law it will make it not only very diffieult, but a very serious matter to violate the present prohibitory statutes. The temperance people have tied up to this measure and think that it meets the ease as fully as any supplement- ary legislation could do. Its important features, ns stated by its author, Senator Clark, ars as follows: It authorizes the injunction proceeding, which is the one most relied upon for elosing up oons, to be brought in the name of the state, and imposes the duty of so bringing the action upon the district or county attor- ney, and in case he refuses or fails to do so. any cltizen of the county may do so. Italso provides that the general reputation of the place may be put in proof, as Is now the case, in reference to houses of ill fame, thus en- abling the state to get the proof when the patrons of these places refuse to testity. And it also gives an attorne: fee of $25 for the benefit of the prosecution, to be paid into the county fund. 1t also pro- vides that the injunction sult may be brought in the name of the state as afore- said, and without bond, requiring that the action shall be tried at the first tern after the action is brought, unless continued by the de- fendant for cause, in which event an_ injune tion shall issue of cause. It gives the court power to hear, try and punish violations of the order of injunction, invocation upon af- fidavits orby bringing in the witnesses be- fore him, the penalty for violation being fixed at not less than three nor more than six months. For the offense of keeping a sance it fixes the penalty at not to exeeed and not less than In another scetion it provides for the carrying out of the order of injunction by a sale of the property of the defendant and destruc- tion of the whisky and vess em- ployed in the saloon business, and it also provides for the taking possession of and closing up the building or place for one year. It provides that che defendant who again engages in the business, after he has once been convicted or enjoined, shall be sent to the penitentiary for not less than three months or more than three years, It strikes out the word “knowingly” in the tion providing for the transportation of liquor by common carriers and punishing persons who impose upon earriers by m renting the contents of packages. It fi creates a lien upon the premises upon which the nuisance exists for all fines, costs and expenses oceurring in prosceutions and jus- tices proceedings. The bill has been hotly contested for the past two days, with the whole field of pr Libition retraveled by the various speakers, with the difference from other years that none but democrats now oppose the bill and the republicans stand together for it. debate was not finished at the time of ad- journment, and further consideration was postponed for one we The house spent the day on two speeial orders—one relating to the support of the in- stitution for feeble minded children at Glen- wood, and the other providing for the elcction of county attorneys us required by the new amendment to the constitution. Neither was disposed of, although the lonse debated them for a whole day. 'The prineipal objection to the first hinged on the provision of the bill that made the expense of maintaining pupils in the Institution a debt upon the several counties from which the pupils come. It provides that the state auditor should charge upon each county that lad pupils there the amount puid out by the state for their support. The same provision was recommended by the committee in regard to the college for the deaf and dumb and the college for the blind, This feature of the approprintion bills call forth much opposition, and without re: 1 ching a conclusion the house passed to the second special order—the bill providing for the e tion and compensation of county attorneys. “The main discussion hinged on the question of the saluries to be paid them. Without renching a decision the house adjourned, Speaker Head announced the appointinent of Mr. Ball us a member of the Hayes inves- tigating committee in placo ot Mr, Hol- brook, resigned. The lands affected by the president’s veto to-day of the Des Moines river lands bill, conn- prises several thousand acres in the counties of Boone, Webster, Hamilton and Humboldt, beginning about nine miles novth of this city, ‘They are within five mil of the Des Moines river through these counties, and in- clude ey other or the odd numbered see- tions. Forty thousand acres of the Des Moines river lands are owned by one man, C. Litehfield of New York, The rest are in smaller holdings by seve partie The ands whose titles have not been quieted by reason of the Cleveland veto hiave been in controversy for thirty years, There are per- sons still vesiding on the land in question who have been there continuonsly for oyer a quarter of a century, ‘Lhese persons elaimed to have entered their lands under the general laud laws of the United States. while Liteh- field and the other owners claimed the land as a grant from the govern- wment to the Deg Molnes River Navigation company for improvenents of the river, The tenants’ clainm that the company, having failed to wake the improvement, the lands reverted to the government, and as public lands were opened to settlement. There have been several evietions and mueh bad feeling between thousands of settlers on these lands, whose honies were put in jeop- rdy by the alleged owners who elaimed prior right to the land. The bill which passed con- gress provided that the lands should be ree- ogni @s public lands of the United States, and that bona fide settlers, on proving up their claims should be cutitled to them. | The effect of the president’s veto will be to wake thousands republican votes, General Weaver and other green- | backers and doluaerats have gone up and | down the ng the evictions to the republican W56 one or two tepubli- | torney for the land companies, The demoe crats in town are completely disgusted wi Cleveland for his veto, for it will prove im Towa the most unpopular measure of his ade ministratlon. They have elaimed to be the champions of the poor settlers, and have boasted that if given the power they would right the seftlers’ wrongs. ‘They are mad now beyond expression at Cleveland's course, - —— NEBRASKA NUGGETS, Another Railroad Blossoms With the Flowers of Spring. Coruvmpus, Neb., March 11.—[Speclal Tel- egram. |—Another new corporation was or- ganized to<day, ealled the Columbiis & Northe ern Railway company. The incorpora- tors were Mossts. D, C. Kavanaugh, C. A. Schroeder, C. A, Nowman, J. Gluck, Jacob Greisen, Willlam Bucher, J. I Galley, Paul Hoppen, 1. Olrich, George Lelman, 0. L. Baker, H. Ragats, J. B. Dellsman. The capi- tal of the company is $3,000,000, and they propose to build a road from Leigh to Colum- bus, thereby connecting Columbus with the orthwestern, Another meeting of the Columbus, North- western & Wyoming Railroad company was held tonight, in which many spirited speeches were made. A voto was taken at the meeting and it was unanimous for sub- witting the question of aid to the voters of the couuty. An Omaha Thief Captured Pavit [Special Tel- egram. last night a valuable lorse was stolen from the farm of Lindsley Brown, o mile east of town. Sheriff Camp- belland Deputy Veymouth went to work on the case before breakfast and had the thief corralled in time for dinner. The thief gav his name as Carl Andershott and says ho has until recently boen a boarder at the Euro- pean hotel In Omalia. He will have a prelim- inary hearing this afternoon and ¢o to the Omaha jail to-night. While this thief was taking the horse his pals went through several tranks in Brown's house and took valuables and clothing, Holly Works for Beatrice. :aTnicE, Neb., Mareh 11.—[Special Tele- gram.]—To-night the contract for the Beat- rice water works was awarded to the Holly Manufacturing company of Lockport, N. for $06,854 for the complete system, Bids were in from nks & Co,, St. Louis, A. L. Strang & Co., Omaha, and some othel This will Le_the only complete Holly system in the state, ‘The entire ontfit of bidders com- bined against the oily company, but it only helped them to get the contract. coteted A Drunken Farmer Frozen. PAPILLION, Neb., March 1L —[Special Tele- gram.]—James Ryan, an aged and wealthy farmer, living two miles south of town, start- ed home with n team at 12 o'clock lnst night. He was very drunk and on his way home fell out of the wagon on his head. 11¢ lay on the prairic all night fn the snow and was found by his wife this morning badly frozen, He will die. g AMONG THE RAILROADS, The Northern Pacific Follows the Southern in a Freight Out. St PAur, Mareh 1l—General Frelght Agent Hannaford made a cut in freight rates this morning. Freight can be shipped from Chieago to_ Portland. for 6 cents, per hundred, regardless of classification. This cut was inaugurated by the Southern Pacific railroad and in order to protect its Portland the Northern — Pacific was follow “suil. This was done to chants from shipping ner to Port- 0 pre o San Franc land. The $ Se less than Chicago. 'The Northern Pacitic has contracts with the Chieago roads from Chicago to St. Paul, by which I 5 get 15 per cent of the through rate. The Chieago roads are thus compelled to stand_ by the Northern Pacilie, and thus zet nob quite 10 per cent on through freight for the haul from Chicago to St. Paul. Uniform Rates on Live Stock. Cmicaco, March 11—The four commis- sioners to whom was referred the question of uranging a seale of rates to govern livo stock shipments from Towa. Mintiesota and Dakota, ngreed upon basis to-day. Dix- tinetion is to be made according to the di- mensions of fhe car, those varying from twenty-eight o thirty-two feet in length. Heretofore a uniform rate has been charged, 1o the loss of live stock shippers compelled 10 use the smaller ¢ Want Sisscton Reserve Opened. WensTER, Dak., Maieh 11.—A mass con- vention of the eitizens surrounding Sisseton Indian reservation met at the court house at 1es were present trom Rob- nt, Coddington and Marshail coun- fonel A, B, Smedley of Grant was ed chairman and W. D. Ashton of Rob- erts secretary, A memorial to the president and congress, drawn up by a committeo of thirteen for the opening of the reserva- tion, was unanimously adopted, The con- vention then adjourned to meet at the call of the chairman, e The Turco-Bulgarian Treaty. INSTANTINOPLE, March 11.—The confer- ence of representatives of the powers, which met to eonsider the Turco-Bul n treaty, g other things el Prinee Alexander riler of Kastern Roumelia, has wl the treaty in its entivety, - Big Fire At the Springs, Hor Serinas, Ark. ch 11,—A fire this monring destroyed an entire block of busi ness houses on Central avenne, togetier w th the costly residence of Dr. 8. 8. Buehanan, Loss, $150,0005 inswmance, §53,000, Weath Missovnrt Var warmer and fair we For To-Day. y—Colder, followed by ther; variable winds, —— Pa Ran So Fast He Caught the Devil, y-sehool tencher was telling her 1 how the devil goeth about like & roaring lion, seeking whom he may de- vour, and after the lesson was through she snid that those who wished could ask questions At once u little boy spoke up and asked how fast the devil could run. “Hush, Johnnie,” question don’t run my pa, anyhow, "eruse I heard pa tell n down the street the other day thay he caught the devil the night b came home from the lodge. Unity club mects this (Friday) night in the chureh, Mr. Willinm S. Curtis reads an essay on Adam Smith, Dr. Carter an essay on Prachomme. Prof. H, O, Lewis leads the conversation on Henry George's View of the Land Question, e Accounts show that the saltpeter beds of N la are for better situated for their development than the niter South Ameriea, which is an arid de: Water for all purpose the ocean water and cs d to the niter ficlds, fuel being procured from the mountains in South Chili, In Nevada, the saltpeter deposits are in the viciuity of a rich farming country, with an abundant supply of water and'wood. - Don't fail to attent the great prize masquerade ball on Saturday, March 13, t Muller's hall, near Hascail's par by Bluufuss Musical Union Or ‘Throe prizes will be given, One prize for best charaeter mask. Ounie prize for best gentleman’s wask, One prize for best hl) 's mask. Adunission, 50 ccuts, geutleman and 4 llcaus Lave sowe Uue oF otler acted as at- ) lady