Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 17, 1886, Page 1

AY OFFICE WITHOUT ASKING John H, Oberly of Illinois Appointed a Civil 8ervice Oommissioner, SUSPENDED OFFICERS' PLACES. Our Hog's Relations With Germany— The Number of Strikes Creat Alarm—Patents Issued to Westerners, New Civil Service Commissioner. WasHINGTON, Maren 16,—[Special Tel gram. | —John 1. Oberly of Tl1inols was to- nominated by the president to succeed Civil Serviee Commissioner Trenholm asa mem- ber of that board. Although the nomination was sent to the senate as early as 1o'clock, Oberly, who was busy at his desk in the Indian bureau, was in ignorance of the fact until one of his elerks read the announce- wment from an evening paper. A rumor wi in circulation several days ago that a tender of the place would be made to Oberly, but it could be traced to no reliable source and was generally disbelieved. The president sald to-day that no one had suggested Oberly’s name to him, but in looking around for a suit- able man he lind decided that Oberly was better qualified for the place than any of those who liad been recommiended to him. He said the administrative ability Oberly has displayed since his appointment as superintendent of Indian sehools, satisfied him. _1le passed the proper qualifications for a ecivil se missioner. There are more of friends who are not as much surprised at the president’s action as Oberly himself. Tne president consulted nobody In regard to the matter—not even the members of the cabinet, His acauaintance with the Illinois gentie- man began shortly after the presidential election, when Mr. Oberly went to Albany as the representative of a Chicago news- paper. It was an open secret in political circles here that Oberly’s appoint- mentas Indian sehool superintendent was only a temporary affair until something bet- ter could be provided for him, but his admin- istration of that office was so gratifying to the president that he hesitated about” removing him until certain _abuses in the service had been roformed. ‘The pay of a civil service commissioner is 83,500 per annum, but con- geress will be asked during the present session of congress to iner e this to $5,000, WILL TILE OLD OFFICIALS DROP BACK? There is still great uncertainty in the minds of a great many people about the re- sult of the failure of the senate to confirm the nominations of the president. Of course the persons who fail in confirmation drop out. But the burning question of the hour is what will become of the men who were suspended to give thesomen their positions, The pub- lished statement that the attorney general had given an_opinion to the effect that the old officers drop back into the places has - never been specifically denied, There have been some fecble attem pts to laugh it off by the attorney gen , but without sue- cess. Senator Conger of Michizan, who s an able lawyer, was riding home from the senate the other day when your correspondent asked him what he though® about it. “I have no doubt,” he said, “that the original intention was that the suspended persons should drop back iuto their positions again in case of failure of the senate to confirm their successors, But it really makes little difference in this case, for it 18 to be supposed the president will imme- diately suspend them again and put somebody else in theplace.” GERMANY AND OUR TG, The German minister, in conversation with your correspondent to-day in regard to the Tesolution of Representative Phelps, calling upon tho secretary of state for information concerning the exelusion of American pork products from foreign countries, said: “American pork is not prohibited In Ger- many becanse it is American pork, but be- cause it is a dangerous article of food. Americans do not cure and smoke their york sufliciently, and it was found that wmuch of it formerly sold in the German markets was spoiled and unwholesome in_consequence of that fact. Tins, and the other fact that trichin: tound in American pork, eaused our ment to prohibit its impos ion, In our coun- try all pork is inspected, and to permit unin- gpection of American pork in our mar while requiring inspection of the home arti cle would be manifestly unjust. 1f Ameri- can pork would be honestly inspected before exportation I think it would find no objec- tion to enter ATING ALARM. agood deal of the hor trouble: corn nmong the manufacture v, They look with a good deal of 1 upon the situation, Some of thoso who hiave been here in gattendance upon the rings of the ways and means committee, thoy are thinking seriously of closing dowii thelr works until the troubles are over. “They ean not. they say, makeany caleula- while tlie present _condition of things gocs on. They do not know what to de- pend ons they do not know when they may have trouble among their own workmen, or be obliged to increase wages so that the prices now paid will be im- profitable, They look upon the situation as quite alarming PATENTS 1 Patents were Alya K. Brown, ) WESTERN 1 [P NVENTORS, L to the following to- ewton, lowa, garbage destroyer; Arthur I gelborg, Owmaha, horse detaching device for vehicles; John Gearon, Alta, lowa, railway tie; Charles C, Gilmon, Eldora, lowa, fire proof ceiling; John Grant, Omaha, artificial stone; Joel Heacock, Brighton, Towa, roller skate: Theo- dore 8, Metealf, Cedar Rapids, lowa, printer quoin; Russell H. Miner, Atkinson, Neb., liay barning apparatus; Dayis Potter, Des Moines, Lowa, steam engine: Ira B, Warren and €, M. Potter, Waucoma, Lowa, drag saw, Isnae A. Weatherby, Towa City, Towa, re- volving photographic background and fore- ground. + THE LOBBY DISAPPOINTE ‘Ihe lobby is pressing Cavtain Eads, Its <aembers had an idea that the captain was going to seatter bis money pretty lavishly his season. They have been bitterly disap- pointed, however, He does not seem to be working through the usual channels, 1f ho is spending any money it isin a very quiet way aud outside of the ola lobby, hence the howl, They say they could get plenty of Prowises, but Eads' promises are not as good 45 governent bonds. HOUSE BiL RASKA MEMBERS. Mr, Weave ska introduced in the house to-day a duplicate ot the bill intro- duced in the senate last week providing for the sale of the site of Fort Omaha, the sale or removal of the improvements thereof, and for a new site and the construction of suit- able buildings thereon, Nr. Dorsey introduced bills to increase the ;lullou of Louisa A. Puillips and M, Wetzel, red K. Heine; granting a peusion to Henry A. Pierce, Barney M. Riehe and Johu R, Herron, HOUSE BILLS BY 10WA MEMGELS, Pue lowa del tion introduced bills in the house to-day as follows: By M. F THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FIFTEENTH YEAR, OMAHA. WEDNESDA¥ MORNI NG, . MAROIL 17. 1886. arrears of pay due him for services in the late war. By Mr. Struble—To pension John G. Ayres, Squire A. Davis and Daniel Johnson. By Mr. Lyman—Granting condemned can- non and carriaze to Harlan post G. A. R. 10WA POSTMASTERS COMMISSIONED. Commissions were to-day issued for the following fowa postmasters: James Maller, at Ossian: Chatles E. Campbell, at Collins; Henry M. Woodworth, at Bagley. CAPITAL GLEANIN The house public lands committee has agreed to report favorably the bill to repea tiie timber culture, pre-emption and desertl land acts.a The committee of cattlemen, who have been here some days, return home to-day, with the exception of Mr. Wilson of lowa, who will remain to look after the interests of the cattlemen. They report that they experi- ence less difficulty with the southern states riglits men than they do with Senator Ingalls, who does not scem disposed to favor the ex- tension of the powers of the commissioner of agricalture. Mayer W. R. Vaughan of Council Bluffs is here on his way to New York, where he goes to arrange for the publieation of “The Life and Publle Services of Thomas A, Hen- dricks”: also the publication of *“The History of the Governors of Towa and Nebraska Mr. Vaughan has his gold medal and gold- headed cane, but his card is not conspicuous as it was when last here. FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS, Senate. WASIINGTON, March 16.—The chair laid before the senate a letter from the s of the navy, transmitting information, copics, nd reports of the recent survey of al route, made by Civil En- v crred, tie floor to speak upon the Edmunds resolutions, but gave way to Mr, Morrill, who then addressed the senate upon these resolution Mr. Morrill's remarks were very brief, and when he coneluded Mr. Cullom took the floor. 1le said the refusal of the attorney general to furnish the papers called for by the senate was a denial of the right of the senate to in- quire into the management of a public office, The attorney gene an oflicer of the law. His duties were Taw, and it was his duty to_obey the law, whether it cost him his ofiice or not. A prominent fact way that when either branch of congress had called for any information it had usually boen furnished, and that in excepti ases in which it had not been, the refusal was not ased on the constitutional prerogative of the y ent, When the president suspended Duskin, he did it under the tenure of office net. So the case stood that the president * provosed to obey the law in getting men out of oflice, but questioned its constitutionality, Wlhien the senate under that law said it had the right to inquire into his act of suspenslon, and to do that intelligently it needed all the wapers on file. The president used the law n suspending men from oftice, and then in a volunteer message intimated that the senate vas attempting to interferc with his highand i the chief executive. s jewel conspic- elfersonian s of the irginia_ (Kenna) {as public paper, Mr. Cul- lom safd the importance or rele of pa- pers must be judged by their sub- stance. The irrelevancy of liypothetical let- ters suggested by Mr. Kenna Wwas apparent, Following that_ senator’s idea, Mr. Culloni suggested a probable communication to a public officer which would be a public paper: Bhippose, lie snid, some demoeratshould draw up apaper bearing the semblance of an in- formation or true bill of indictment charging arepublican incumbent of an oftice a demo- crai destred with all sorts of offenses. This Jas brobably sworn to and then arded to the president, by whom it was filed i prover departiment, This pa perl ollowed by its author's application for office. It might perhaps be ass: that the president has the right, ashe claimed, to con- sider such communications as private pape but atter he forwarded them to the de ment and placed thewm on tle they hecame public papers. 1f the president removed no 15 except for cause, some such papers must bo Cfiled. - deed, such document had been invited by the present administration, in_evidence of which Mr. Cullom read the celebrated confi- dential létter of Postm General Vilas, showing that documentary evidence would berequired in making removals, in which er- cular the postmaster general stated that he spoke for the president. If such papers were now on file, the senate was entitled to them, and the president ought, in good faith, to produce them. 1 there were no such papers on file, let him say 50, and the country could judge "how well ‘he ' lad redeemed” every pledge he had made to the people, OMr; Cullom! discussed at some length the constitutional questions involved In_the president’s power of removal, He was wil ing to_allow Jarge latitude to the pre dent in that mafter, but as the very hungry and very thirsty were elam- i cats at the oflicial feast, there was danger that falsehood, or even_ nérjury. might be yesorted to. If the president had acted in good faith he had been deceived, for, said Mr. Cullom, persons had been remi in 1l than Whom no more faithrul pub- lic servants could be found, and against whomino oflicial eharge of misconduct could be sustained. ‘The senate knew, and all their neighbors knew they were hone: men. 1t they had not been suspended for political purpases what I heayens name \ad been their offenses? Mr. Cullom dis- claimed any intention to keep friends in oflice, but rotested against secret, or chamber” proceedings that reflected on the personal character of honest men, Mr, Maxey followed Mr. Cullom. IHe op- hosed the resolutions reported from the ma- Jority of the comuitieo Following Mr. Mr floor in support of the majority report, Tire senate adjourned with My, Dolph re- taining the floor. simplicity. ) senator from W to what constituted offic Dolph took the WASHINGTON, March 16.—Under suspen- sion of the rules the bill passed for closing of the business of the court of commissioners of Alabama elaims, The senate bill passed authorizing the comptroller of currency to permit a receiver of national bank to use trust funds for the purchase of property upon which the bank holds & mortgage or other evidence of indebt- edness, Mr. Bland of Missouri, under instructions from the committee on coinage, weights and measures, moved to suspend the rules and adopt a sésolution making house bl 5060, Sfor the free colnage of silyer,’ order for Saturdays, the stants, ay the 8d of Ay to be again taken up Tuesday, the morning hour for the consideration of bills veported by committees and so to continue from day fo day un til disposed of, provided, that unless sooner ordered by the 'house, the vious question shall be pending thereon at Thursday, April 8, this order not to cre with the revenue or general appro- priation bills, except on Thursday AL 8 fixed for final disposition of this order, lie motion was seconded — to 25, tie motion to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution was agreed to—yeas 119, 000s 8T, peaker announced the apnoiutment of Atr. Rowell on the commiitee on elections, and of Mr. Hudd on the commitiee on leve and improvements of - the Mississippi river, to_till vcancies. ‘Thie house then adjourned, Pension lverease for Widows, WasmixGToN, March 16,—The senate this afternoon passed tie bill to increase the pen- sions _of widows and dependent relatives frow §5 to $12 per month, The bill passed as it came from the house, and now only re quires the signature of the president to be- coine a law, e Major General Pope Relieved. WASHINGTON, March 16.—An order was issucd from the' war department to-day ve- Lieving Major General Pope. 1t is under- stood that the nomination of his successor and of two brigadier generals, with conse- er~"Ta pay Williaw M, Canady | Quent promotions will be wade to-wmorrow. GRAPH MONOPOLY. stern Union's President Heard .On the Subject. WasmiNGToN, March ‘The he office committee to-day heard Pres vin Green, of the Western Union Telegraph vmpany, upon the alleged monopoly,of the telegraphic facilities of the e rarlroads, He said that when the Pacific roads were built the charters contained provisions allow- ing the Overland Pac! “alifornia State and United States Telegraph companies to recon- struct or remove their lines, and it was also stipulated that the roads might contract with telegraph companies and authorize them to establish telegraph lines for public accommo- dation and of the roads in lieu of their own lines. The Western Union now in- cluded the Overland Pacifie, California and United States Telegraph companies. The United States company, as absorbed by the Western Union, had included the United State Telegraph _company, the Indendent Telegraph company, ited States sion Teleg ‘\gh company, In company ang pa Theref wires ran over the Pacific roads, not by companies consent, but by its right under the act of congress. There was no doub the Pacitie railroads were bound to t nies- sages from all companies, nor was there any Wt that they were prepared to do it. eir superintendent, D L was_in the room and had told hini (Dr. Green) that the railroad companies were always ready to take any message offered by a competing line, Tlie company, hesaid, that figured the largest in this investigation had not a wire within 400 miles of the Pacific roads, ‘The whole ob- ject of this attack was the Western Union— a company that had raised money and built overland wires in time of war when nobody else would undertake it Dongherty said it had been complained that the Western Union discriminated against other companios, that it was a monopoly. Dr. Green replied that_that was a question of law, and the Western Union had nothing to do with it. The railroads were at liberty to take anybody’s business. the opposi- tion compunies took business for points the: did not reach and transterred that busines: to the Western Union, necessitating two dates, the Western Union charged them for the second date, They did that in the case of individuals as _ well. In the matter of rates the Western Union did not_propose to allow these opposition companies, that did one-tenth of the busi- <, to control the price of the other nine- tenths, He would say frankly that the West- ern Unioa had put up the Mutual Uni npete with the opposition com ap rates. But it was a remark: 1 the public wus 10t s service as for good servi r' fon now regretted that it had not allowed the postal telegraph bill to pass a_few s ago, beeause it would have been like the rest —it'would have done 1o business, At this point the hearing was postponed until to-morrow. COMMITTEE WORK. The Congressional Side Shows Con- sider Sevoral Measures.} WasHINGTON, March 16.—The committee on ways and means instructed Breckenridge and Reed to endeavor to-day, under suspen- sion of the rules, to pass a bill relating to the prohibition of, catching or landing of mackerel during the spawning season. “The Morrison tarifl bill was then' taken up for detailed _consideration, beginnjng with the paragraph relating to_Imber. The provisions of Morrison’s tarllt bil relating o lumber wero agreed to by a strict party vote. "The house committee on_foreign affairs to- day, by a very elose vote of seven o six, post- honed consideration of the Morrow Chinese ill, and instead will take up’the president message recommending thé payment of i ity to China for the oitrages pern trated on Chinese subjects in this _countr: Mr. Belmont, chairman, who cast the decid- ing vote, declared hiniself opposed to the Morrow bill on the ground of its being a vio- lation of treaty obligations. “The house committee on public land azreed to report favorably upon the bill to repeal the pre-cmption, timber culture and desert land aw. CARING FOR THE INDIANS. The Conclusions of Holman’'s Investi- gating Committee's Inguiries. WaAsHINGTON, March 16,—The Holman committee, apvointed to inquire into the ex- penditure of moneys in the Indian serviee and Yellowstone park, submits a draft of a bill to provide for the appointment of a com- mission to inspect and report on the condi- tion of the Indians and Indian affairs, and makes a number of recommendacions, among them t| mon ter appropriated for the education of Indian children shall be used for the establishment and support of in- dustrial schools and the number o be reduced. The report is signed by I sentat Holman, Hatch and Peef minority of the committee,consisting of Rep- sentafives Cannon and Lyan, beifeve that the proper polic pecially on the ations and Montana, isto cutup the reservations system at the root, abolish tribal relations, allot to each Indian a tract of land in seve and sell the remainder to actual s Von Moltke On the American Army. WASHINGTO! 16— Lieutenant General Sherida ng to-day of the sertions which have lately gained renewed currency that the celebrated General Von Moltke some years ago expressed a contempt- uous opinion of the military ability of Ameri- can ofticers in the war of the rebelllon, de- clared that these stories were entirely without foundation, and as one evidence of this he exhibited an autograph letter from Von Moltke, dated June 17, 1876, of which the fol- lowing literal translation: To G al Sheridan, Excellency—1on- ored General—One of my general staff offi- ptain Count Arnim, proceeds to Phil adelpiia, and is dosirous 10 utilize this jour. ney by meeting the celebrated men who ae- complished so much during the war under such adverse circumstances as 10 awaken the wonder of military men on this side of the ocean and to spur them on o emulation. Particularly will he appreciate a welcome from your excellency, and in that wish I per- mit niyself to join expression, seizing the same fayorable opportunity to recall myself to you, with assurances of distinguished re- spect, by signing myself, sxeellency’s very devoted TKE, Marshal, ent Nor- the Western Union CornT M Fi The Brittin Land Case. WAsHINGTON, March 16,—The secretary of the interior rendereda decision in the exparte cuse of James Brittin, reversing the ¢ of the commissioner’ of the ge oftice of Novem 2, 1885, which held that under section 2201, reVised statutes,a per- son was entitled to but one pre-emntion right, hecould not after perfecting one pre-emption right be permitted to commute s homestead entry into a cash entry under section 2501,re- vised statutes, as this would be equivalent s a second dise of the same right. In re- spect to the interests involved this decision is regavded by the land ofticials as the most im- portant public land decision made by the in- erior department in many years, Nominations. WasmxGToN, March 16.—The president sent the following nominations to the senate to-day: William AL Trenholm of South Caro- ina, to be comptroller or the currency in of Henry W. Cannon, resigned; John berly of Lllinois, to be civil service com- missioner in place of' Williaw L, ‘I'renliolm ; Charles Laymer of Connecticut, to be civil service commissioner in place of Dovman B, Eaton, resigned, Honors to the Dead Member, WasmiNGroN, March 10.—Rey, Mr. Mil- burn, chaplain of tae house, conducted brief funeral services over the remains of Repre- ative Hahn of Louisina this afternoon, which the reiains were placed on the ) p. . train for New Orleans, where the final services will be held: - For To-Day. — Blightly. weather: Weather ) Missouri VALLE Wilmer ; southerly. winds; fal Inland Extension i | the | THEY CENSURE THEIR MOSES Towa Democrats Fail to Orawl Out of a Perplesifig Position. PROTEST LAID ON THE TABLE. 0Old Keokuk Pictured on Canvas— A Stringent Bill For the Sup- pression of Togus Butter —Prececdings, The Goneral Asasmbly. I March 1f—[Special wos a lively tit in the vt of the noerats fr N vetn of Dees M snosiats tried to re are passod last Sat i to tile on the nst the way vasolution 1n 1 reprosent- bill, 1€e azain vt b prestident fo r lansd bill, wsider the v urday, or at journal a reco in whieh it was pass the first part co. dlthe I atives for W for they conld mot comsistently ect to that, for the démocrats lave on several occasions joined with the republicans of the lex u n memorializing congress vor of this mcasure. Dut it hurt them much to have to censure the president along with the approval of their congressmen, so they hinve been fryiug every species of parliamentary tacties to avoid having to do 0. After a good deal of skirmishing to-day the republicans concluded they might as well settle the matter onca for all, and so put the motion to reconsider upon the table and sent the protest to the same place, which settles the subject and leaves the "democratic presi- dent under censure by the democratic mewm- bers of the Iowa legislature, The senate adopted a concurrent resolu- tion to-day providing for accepting an_ oil portrait of the Indian chief, Keokuk, fromthe artist, Mrs.” . Campbell of Lee County. This ¢, from whom the city was named, was a chief of unusual exeeutive powers, and in the carly days of the territory conducted treaties with the whites, and exercised so much influence oyer the Iowa Indians thathe is sometimes spoken of asthe first governor of Tow: His vor- trait 1s to hang in the governor’s reception room along with the pootraits ot other goy- ernors, 2 ‘The legislature has shown a special earnest- ness in preventing adulteration of dairy products, and more petitions from the people have been received on this than on any other subject. To-day the semate passed on the third reading the committee’s substitute for the Robinson bill. In its protection of Iowa’s large dairy interests it is very sweeping and stringent. It calls imitation butter and imitation cheese anything made in the sem- blance of those articles from anything but pure milk or eream, and then it procecds to ordain the penalties for any attempt to treat the bogus like the genuine article, It requires the manufacturers of bogus butter or cheese to mark, by branding or stenciling, every such package in large letters an inch and a half long and half an inch wide. - It snbjects to a penalty shippers or carriers whi send or transport any bogus products unless marked as desie nated, and imposes thi same penalties for dealers who offer the fraudulent article for sale without making known its character. Itrequires that all hotel or boarding house keepers who use oleomargarine orany other bogus dairy product, shall hang a placard upon it telling what it is. In order to make these provisions effectual it provides for the appointment of a state dairy commissioner, at a salary of $1,800. Hle is to secure, as far as possible, the en- forcement of this act, and is to have power to summon witnesses and exercise other judicial powers. The provisions of the act are very stringent, and will tend to protect the dairy interests of Iowa in the highest de- gree possible, After passing a number of legalizing acts the house spent the rest of the session in de- bating the bill providing for compulsory edu- cation, and pending decision adjourned. ‘Ihe senate passed on the third reading the McCoy bill, requiring railway companies to fence their tr: The genate provided for forenoon sessions hereafter on Tuesdays, Thursdaysand Saturdays, The house is now holding two sessions daily. The resolution to adjourn March 21 was called up, and an amendnent was offered fixing the time at April 9, but consideration of the whole wat- ter was made the special order for Thursday afternoon, The legislative committea on soldiers’ home returned to-night after visit- ing twelve cities, and starts to-morrow night to visit five more in northwestern Iowa. e T COLUMBUS FLOODED. An Ice Gorge In the Platte Drives the People Out of Home, Coruynus, Neb., March 17.—[Special Tel- egaam. |—At 2 o'clock this morning the ice gorged at the Union Pacific bridge in the river, causing the whol@ bottom to be over- flowed. ¢ Hundreds of people are leaving their houses to secure safety to their liv The water is now alnost up to the Grand Pacific hotel and vising rapidly, As yet we know of no destruction of life, Convicted of Gambling, Lixcory, Neb., Mareh 16,—[Special Tele gram,]—August Saunders was convicted in the district court to-night of being a common gambler. ‘The penalty is a fine of $100 and thirty days in the county jail, and payment of the costs of trial, which will be about $300, ‘This is the first prosecution of the series begun by the Law and Order league against the gamblers and sporting women, Conductor's Ifmb Broke RisiNGs, Neb., Mareh 16.—[Special Te gram. |—The westbound freight train met with an accident three miles east of Lere this afternoon. Four cars and a caboose were derailed, shaking up the passengers and breaking the leg of Conduetor Shropshis, LRl BURLED, The Murdered Express Agent Burled at Ohicago. Cu1cAGo, March 16,=The fuueral of Kel- log hols, the murdered express messen- senger, was held this afternoon, Long be- fore the appointed hour the friends of the deceased poured into the house and an im- mense crowd of curiosity seckers lined the street, and tried without avail to gain admis- sion. All the officers of the express com- pany, together witha large number of Kel- logg Nichols' assoclates and fellow-em- ployes, were inattendance. Laige del tions from several benevolent organizations, of which the murdered wan Was a member, were also present, CnicaGo, March 18.—The Inter Ocean’s Shelbyville, IIL, special says: Detectives this morning arrested James Beshears, charg- ing him with being one of the Joliet express robbers. Beshears had just returned to town after several duys abgénce, e could “not satisfactorily ‘explain how Le ‘received an ugly laoking wouud on lus bead, J. FIVE DOLLARS FROM 'FRISCO, Five Cartwheels the Cost of the Long Ride to Omaha. SAN Fraxcisco, March 16.—~The Southern Pacific company issued the following sched- ule rates to<lay: Limited, Omaha, $30; Chi- cago, £30; New York, 830; Boston, §52. On each of these a rebate of twenty-five dollars on reaching destination, As soon as the cut was made known it was'met by the Atlantic & Pacific, which issued a_schedule making y making ne as offered by the Southern Emigrant rates are also reduced on all roads to the following pr and Kansas “hicago, $25 York, 837 ), with rebate of §15 | to all'points. NEW Yor Burlington & Mi: nde rond to- ger rates .—The Union Pacifie, ti, and Denver & Rio v met the lowest cutin h had previously been by ollier 1o e rate_now beimg the Misson ver to San Francisco, <5 rebate for first-class limited tickets, With 8 10 rebate, for second-class or Thesecond class limited rate to San_Franciseo is reduced to €21, and emigrant $11 froim here, Reading Reorganization. Pureapireiiy, March 16,—The Reading trustees to-day finally agreed upon their re- construetion plan. It provides for creating a new fifty year general mortgage at 4 per cent for £100,000,000. Under the plan the general bondnolders are asked to deposit their bonds with overdue coupons with Drexel & Co, and receiva therefor certifieates at the par valuo of the bonds bearing 4 per interest for three years, or until reor- if sooner effected. These depos- laced with a trust company to be selected by the trustees so as to make the certificates negotiable at the stock exchange, The St. Paul Going to Kansas City CiicAco, March he Inter Ocear Milwaukeo special says: General Manager Miller of the St. Paul road has received a telegram from New York announcing that the directors of_the road to-day signed a con- tract for the building of a new lne to Kansas City. Herman Clark of New York was awarded the contract between Ottumwa_ and the Missouri river. ‘The road, Miller s will probably eross the river at'Wyandotte, it LM SE SILLY GIRLS. How a Number of Farmers’ Daughters in Pennsylvania Were Decelved. READING, Pa,, March 16.—A horribie ex- pose of the doings of two pretended Mormon missionaries is made public here to-day. Moses Wagonlorst, a respectable citizen of Whitehall, Lehigh county, called upon Al- derman Denhart and other public ofticialsand the faets known. Several weeks ago two paty -looking elderly men.wearinz long white beards, called upon‘the - farmers of his seetion and those residing in _the lower see- tion of the adjoining ecounties and_a nounced that they had been sent by the Mo mon church in Utah to make converts, They tried to persuade a_number of farmers to sell out and ally their fortunes with the western Mormons. ~ They met with very little encouragement, however, from the staid, substantial ' people ‘among the Pennsylvania Germans. Then _they devoted themselves to the young women of the neighborhood, = and showed how by _moving west they could maixy rich Mormons' instead of re- maining mere drudges at home. with.no prospect of obtainin, er- crowded east. "Th 5 women of Lehizh and adjoining cou embrace the Mormon faith, Lhey agreod 1o pay their fares west and held out golden opportunities to them., ‘The two men s with the young, innocent farmers’ daughters by way of New York ten days azo. Nothing was heard of them tili Friday when four of the oung women returned, and related a sad f how they had been deceived; how they liad bean taken to places of infamy in that city and told they had been procured to lead lives of shame. The alleged Mormon missionaries merely proved to be agents of these’ places. 'The remaining three young women refused to go back, and weré bent upon leading wayward lives. The four others . escaped, glad to get back to their parents. —— THE ILL-FATED OREGON. Incidents of the Wreck—More Mail Bags Recovered. NEw Yok, March 16,—The committee of the Oregon’s passengers appointed at yester- day’s meeting to take steps to recover the value of their property, called at the Cunard line office this morning and left a statement of their grievanc The Oregon lies in 120 feet of wate It is |MH||3’ thouzht probable that the steamer can bo raised, he cargo, engines, and valuable puils of the vessel will be brought to the surface. Richard Ringk, master, and Eick, purser, of the steamship Fulda, to-day filed u libel in the United States district court against the owners, at present unknown, of seven cases and one package of diamonds, which were taken off the steamer Oregon when she sunk off Fire Island. The libel states the of the diamonds to be 0. T'his afternoon Postmaster Pe: mn W yised by Mr. Vernon I Brown, of Cunard mship company, that a numbe: of additional bags of mail brought by th Oregon had been found by the wrecking steamer and would be forwarded as soon s possible to the general postoflice. The ad- Viee was followed by the re 10 of cight bags of mail, making 1of 118 bags saved of 595 bags dispatehed from Liver- pool and Queenstown by the Oregon. Utah's Governor SALT LAke, U present adu ust Resign, h, March 16,—When the nistration went in force, Goy- emor Murray signified, through Judse Harland, his resignation was at the disposal of the president whenever desired. To-day he received from Secretary Lamar a telegram stating his resignation was desiied. Governor Murray replied saying the same would b handed the president by R, N, Baskin, dele gate chosen by the non-njormons to proceed 1o Washingtoh to represent their intercsts., - Apaches Show the White keather, WiLCox, Ariz, March 16,—A courier from the camp of Lieutenant Maus reports the lat- ter has four Apaches who came in saying all the hostiles wish to surrender conditionall General Crook will proceed to Licutenan Maus’ sur SaN it unp as s00n as possible to effect the , March 16.—A later dis- pateh from says that all the hostiles now out desire to surr v unconditionally and not conditionally, as telegraphed this morning. - New Y ork Dry Goods Trade, ew Youk, March 16,—Exports of domes- tie cottons for the past week have been 8,319 packages, making the total for the expired portion of the year 45,605, against 55,170 the same fime last yeal 08 in 1884, 28420 in 1885, and 27,019 in 1552, The demand from agents has been more quiet, as usual to Tues i but from jobbers demand has been well ved, and business is of very good pro- Bl St. Paul’s Lat Tragedy. 81, Pavr, March 16,—It is now stated that Smith, who was murdered at the transfer registered at the Sherman house here as W W. Blake, Dubuque, Towa. St Pavr, Mareh 17.—Martin, held for the murder of the man supposed to be Dean Swith, this afternoon positively identified the wurdered man as Buchanan Moore of Attica, Iud, R hofa Chicago King. March 16,~The Evening Jour- nal received a dispaten announcing the death of Tuthill King, in Georgia, this morning. King was one of the oldest resideénts of Chi- cago and a very rich man., He was about 50 years.of age and his. marriage fous months Ao 10 & lady wuch younger than himself o tracted considerable attention iu Cul D FOREIGN NOTES, The Fortnightly Meeting of the Irish National Leagune, Drnriy, March 16.—At the regular fort- nightly meeting of the National league here to-day, the lord mayor presiding, Timothy Harrington, treasurer of the parliamentary tund, announced since the last meeting there had been received from different branches of the league in Treland §2,080, and from Can- ada_and Massachusetts $1.445 The lord mayor stated that despite the utmost exer- tions of the league, it had been found impos- sible to entirely stop agrarian outrages in note districts of the country, and he be- lieved that nothing would ever prevent their ocenrrence until the country had its land sys- tem placed on an entirely different basis from that it now rested on. Continutng, his lord- ship said he had reason to believe that Glad- stone meant to heal the long standing trouble of the Irish people. The very threats which the Orangemen made to resist home rule, if it should be accorded to Ireland, justitied that feeling entertained toward them and their English supporters by the great buik of the Irish people, and which was sometimes pronounced to be disloyalty. British Cabinet Splita, 1.08DON, March 16.-Despite all stories to the contrary, it Is learned to-day authoritatively that both Chamberlain, president of the loc government board, and Trev for Scotland, Tt in the hands'of ( Y elined to accept their resignations. There was much spe jon in the lobby of the house of commons this evening as to who would be the successors of Messts, Chamberlain and Trevelyan in the eabinet. Of the gentlemen mentioned for the places, Messrs, Fowler, Sellar and Borlase are thonght to have the best chances of being selected. Although it is expected that Par- nell's support of Gladstone will be solid, it comes more and more evident that” Cham- berlain will secure a re following. ry ions r de- resigna The premi Six New Cardinals. Roxte, March 16.—It is ofticially announced thatat the consistory to be held on April 12 next the following dignitaries of the church will be made cardinals: Archbishon Tascher- eau of l}lwln‘(\ Archbishop Gibbons of Baiti- more, Monsighor Ferrata_ nuncio at Vienna, Mousignor Derende nunclo af Pa Mon- sienor Rampolla del Tindaro nuncio at Mad- vid, Monsiguor Musscla, formerly nunclo at Lisbon. Not So Quict as It Might e, LA (via Galyeston), Mareh 16,—The clections are going on tranquilly throughout the country, except at Huako, where a sharp strugele for possession of the voting tables resulted in thirteen persons being Killed or wounded. Alarmed at Russia's Movements, ViENNA, March 16.—In view of the impor- tant military measures adopted by Russia, Count Bylandt Rheydt, Austro-Hungarian minister of war, hias~resolved to mass larg forees of troops on the southern frontier, - i — THEY FOUGH 'TY ROUNDS. The Shameful Spectacle Afforded by Two Ooslorado Brutes. LrADVILLE, Colo., March 16.—A prize fight lasting one hour was fought the other after- noon at Carbonate hall, between Jack Cunningham, of Silverton, and Byron Camp- bell, of Lewdville. Both men were con- sidored hard hitters and used soft buck gloves cut off at the second joint. Fifty-three rounds were fought, during which the men succeeded in knocking each other down soveral times, but wero always up when time was called. In the next to the Jast round " by one of Cunninghain’s secom free fight then commeniced, but was stopped by a_dozen po- cemen who jumped into the ring with drawn oivers, Order was soon restored, and the referce ordered the men to seratch, Cunning- ham responded, but his antagonist was_con- pletely exhausted. The battle was therefore given'to the Silverton slugge s ONE OF ;JA:I'URE 'S PRANKS, A Pine Tree in Georgia that Grows Acorns as Well as Pine Burs, Washinton (Ga.) Reporter: Capt. John L. Martin, a prominent citizen of this county, dropped in to sco us Monday evening last, and, after exchanging the compliments of the day, he thrust his forefinger and thumb into his vest pocket, taking therefrom an acorn; handing it to us he said: “Now, what do you think of that?”’ Taking the acorn from his proffered hand, we, a brief inspection of the same, pe that it was a fine specimen of the acorn—only this and nothing more—and replied to his in rogation to_that effect. *‘Very true,” said he, “but if I re to tell you that the acorn, as you see it there in its perfect state, had'grown and matured on a pine tree, then you would not only consider it a fine specimen, but o very remarkuble production would you not?” We agreed to the proposition and asked the eaptain to explain, which he did in a brief and satisfactory manner, as follows: Near his plantation home, which is situated eigit or ten miles from this place, stands_the tree which bears the unnatural fruit. The trs n ordinary, medium-sized specimen of its kind, and to o person standing twenty steps away would atgract no special aftention among the others standing thickly grouped about. A nearer inspection, however, would reveal 1its remarkable identity. Thickly perched upon every twig and bough to be seen these acorn, ing in size the same as they flourish 6n their parent stem—the oak. Interspersed nere and there upon the trees are the orig- inal pine burs, Capt. M. considers it a markable fr ture, and he nly correct. n form no on for the mation annot in any wiy aceount f ate thus established acorn js there to show captain will take pleasure in showing it to any one who would like to soe the wonderfal euriosity. The acron is now on bition in our ofiice, where those de ing can have an opportunity of exuam- ining it. - ompleted, od farmers,” with their wives and childven, were given a free ride, which was, to some at least, their first jouaney by the rail. Their ap- peard nd morc especizly their ens toms and habits of speech, I shall never forget. One old lord of th osted an elderly maiden with: “Wal, 1, how be you? and how’s Eben?” Oh, 'we're well,”” was the reply jot done hay- in'?” was the next tion. “Oh, yes,” said the old ludy » got done Nayin® last weck, and w on gaddin’ ever since [which, be preted, meant isiting’], I tell Kl ' better gad now till hi SWal," said the man, “you'd better come up to our I ce and gad a spell. My folks would be awful u‘T:ul, Come up_an’ gad with us.” “Ob" was the reply, *we don’t owe you no gads,” - Held to the District Court. David E. Douglas and William M Morey, the two horse traders whose de with Adolph €. Hubbard, a farme caused their arvest some time ago, we; examined before Just Anderson yes terday afternoon for horse stealing, and we ound over to the district court in the sum of §500 each -~ Fine line Surgical Instruments at y & Oleson's Prescription Drug | store 1807 Farnam. 4 'NUMBER 219 KNIGHTS STILL THE MASTERS Argy Pygphased to Puncture Those Ine clined to Riot. BOYCOTTING BOARDING HOUSES The Horny Handed Have the Upper Hand at Fort Worth—Chief En- gineer Arthur Goes On An Unknown Mission. Progress of tho Strike. Sunrpvevort, La., March 16.~The ramcr that arms are being purchased here to be used against the strikers at Marshall, Tex., and along tho line of the Texas & Pacitic road for protection of property created no little excitement. Investigation developed the fact that Marshal O'Reagan of the east- ern district of Texas has sent a request to the railroad agent here to purchase a num- ber of the latest improved Winchester ri- fles for his deputies, Several were pure chased and rorwarded last night. The agent received & telegram that enough arms had been purehased through the United States authorities and _turther purchases Forr Wonrn, Tex., Maich 16.—The Knights of Labor have the upper hand here. Boarding houses and hotels which ac- commodate men who take the strikers’ places are being boycotted, even butchers refusing to sell them meat. Al this is true, but sentiment of the people I against the strii and business men are afraid of being boy cotted. John Taggart, a boarding house keoper, was boycotted yesterday. ‘The water- man from whom Taggart has been purchas: ing his water for drinking purposes, refused to sell any more to hiw, and now he has togo two miles to secure water. His landlord, one of the richest mon of Fort Worth, ordered him to vacate the house: ¢ _some poison was {hrown into ater barrel and one woman and girls were poisoned and lie in o feal conditi . Lot The situation is ua- nged nere, 'l orning at the Missourl Pacific yards an attempt to send ont the Kirkwood accommodation train_failed, the firoman deserting the engine before it was attached to the train and tho engineer re- turned it to the round house, No attempt has been made to resume freight tra—c as yet. The situation in’ Eas Louis 18 un- changed, no strike having ‘yet occurred among the dissatisfied switchmen, Vice President Ioxie to-day recoived a dispatch from Sedalia, signied Martin Irons, chairman of the Knights of Labor, asking when a conmittee of the Knights of Labor would be admitted to a conference with him for the purpose of adjusting the pendin troubles, ‘To this Hoxie replied he could no see how such a meeting would adjust the troubles, as the reason for the aifliculties was the discharge of an_employe of a road not under his control. Hoxie said further the strike had so far reduced traflic that the road would 1ot S00n again require s many nen as heretofore, but all zood men desiring em- ployment and who were acceptable to_ the iperintendents would promptly be paid for services rendered, and should they have any complaints he would take pleasure in meet- ing them to discuss the same, Something in the Wind. CLEVELAND, 0., March 16,—1, M. Arthur, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engineers, left for Sedalia, Mo, to- night. Determined for Law and Order. PorTIAND, Ore, March 16.—During the progress of a meeting at tho court house, v Mayor Yates to consider the alarm- ing growth of lawlessness consoquent upon unlawfully driving out the Chinese, about five hundred anti-Chinese ngitators entered and took nossssion of the circuit court room. “The assemblage of law abiding citizens was called tgorder in the county court room, Mayor Yates presiding, and unanimously : adopted a resolution to uphold law and order by means of such lawfnl measures as they iy deem advisable. A comuuttee of fiftecn was appointed to consult the authorities to this end. Considerable excitement prevails but no riot has as yet occurred. A Strike on the Extension, CimicAGo, March 16.—The Evening Jour- trom Clinton, Iawa, says: Word here from Savannah that about 00 track builders on the new Chicago, Bur- lington & Northern railway have struck. They compelled the engincers and firemen of | the construction trains to leave their cabs, “The company is paying off the strikers and they are drinking ily and 1l armed with clubs. No ‘information was received as to the cause of the stri —— AT AND FLOUR. Big Figures Showing Keceipts and Shipments at Minneapolls. rov1s, Minn,, March 16.—The Min- neapolis wheat receipts lnst week were 614,850 bushels, against 860,240 bushels the previous week, and 265,500 for the corresponding week in 185, The shipments for the weck were 0 bushels, against 73,00 bushels lnst week, and 43,000 bushels for the correspond- ng week last year. Local mills have shipped out 82,432 barrels of flour during the week, I, reduced to an equivalent in wheat makes 591,552 bushels. By adding the flour shipments and wheat shipments for the week, the amount 532 bushels, against 645,880 bushels number of barrels of tlour made for the week by loeal mills is a little less than the number shipped out, though not v is estin © are the eit 200,000 barrels of flour, mostly patents, with some low grades and less bikers'. The receipts of wheat for the twenty-four hours ended lust night, were 181 cars, and L in transit for Minneapo- 1is on all road to arrive {o-m row morning. ‘The movement from farmers’ bins hs been fair for this season of the year, though a large part hias been: stored on farm= s’ account. The ligntest movement has been on the Manitoba and Northern Pacifie rouds, a little und — A Couton Firm Fails. Mpspnis, March 16, morning, mount to § Tuding two plantations an and 0 bales'ol cotton and stock accounts £100,000, ost in aggregal Beware of Scrofuld Berofula is probably more general than any other disease. It i3 insidious in character, and manifests itself In running sores, pustular eruptions, boils, swellings, eularged foints, abscesses, sore cyes, ete, Hood's Sarsaparilla expels all trace of serofula from the blood, leaving it pure, enriched, and healthy, 18 severely afflicted with serof ar had tWo Tunning sores on my » thles Hood's Sarsaparilla, aud am E. LovEdoy, Lowell, Mass, A, Aruold, Arnold, Me., had scrofulons sores for seven years, spring and fall. Iood'y Sarsaparilla cured him, Salt Rheum Ts one of the most disagreeablo diseases caused by fmpure blood. It lsreadily cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier, William Spies, Elyria, 0., suffered greatly from erysipelas and salt rhieum, caused by handling tobacco, At times his hauds would erack open and bleed, He tr arations without & aparilla, and now “My son had s on the caives of his legs. He tood Hood's Sarsaparilla and is entirely cured” J. B, Stauton, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Hood's Sarsaparilla Hold by a1 druggiate. - $11 o for B ¥y 0.1, HOOD & (0., A pothnchris 100 Doses One , and Low Dollar