Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 9, 1886, Page 1

A PEACE OFFERING. The Tender of Home Rule Extorted by the Irish Parlimentary Party. JUSTICE, LIBERTY AND PEACE Beginning of the End of Bayonets and Blud- geons in Ireland GLADSTONE'S GREATEST EFFORT The Capstone of a Brilliant Carcer on the Pyramid of Progress. THE CROWD IN THE COMMONS. A Spontaneous Yell of Enthusiasm Greets the Premier's Appearance. AN UNPARALELLED RECEPTION Gladstone's Magnificent Presentation Trevelyan Opposes It ~Parnell Talks of the BiN A Good Night's Re 8.—Gladstone Timediately after Iis official rooms. Thiere he found prepared task of the day and from close personal friends and advisers bearing words of congratulation, festly interested in everything which showed telegrams bearing on th NG THEIR SEATS. night watehman in the House was retieved or the lights were extinguished, a numberof members of parl men possessed of assured admittan ke themselyes doubly certain of privileges by wetting to their MeDonnell-Sulli was the first man to He got in as ¢ ing and at onee proceeded to ms It is alleged ceived his advant polieeman to permit him to the back stairs. TITE CROWDED STREETS, p. . an enormous erowd blocked the strects in the neighborhood of the parliament buildingsand in front of G premier’s appearance. “The weather at this time suddenly ehanged, and the clouds low 1, nationalist from Meath, gain entrance ) this morn- ke certain of o by bribing a friendly ave access by The people outside in- ased, and beeame den: atholic priests pienously numerous inthe erowd, s than 35 branches of the I brganizations of the Irish N were represented by full deputations, whose identity could easily be established, even at a distance, by their gr political elubs, beyond numbering, were also present, taking part in the pe At 4 o'clock deputations from thirty-two liberal clubs were counted in the Before going to the commons TOOK A DRIV throngh 8t. James park, going away from the t end of Downing street. while in the fresh air be- returned to crowd by the we: He desired to be fore going to parlinment. 0ss Bridge street to the house. to make this passage-w and harder yet to keep it open. went in an open carriage, had to work nd his appearance was spontancous and tremendous, iy, and when the whole multitude caught ONE TREMENDOUS Le NG SUSTAINED CIIEF was sent up, the like of which was never be- fore heard in London, and which was plainly The cheering contin- ued long after Gladstone had entered the par- Jiament buildings. Before the speaker entered, the floor of the house, lobbies, stairways and galleries were in the possession o and aristoeratic peopl audible in the house a seattered mob ¢ were fifty times as many persons engaged in the struggle as cou'd possibly be ac dated, and in the surge bishops, peers and plenipotentiaries 1an reporters and people of every s A COSMOPOLITAN In one group there were seen ambassador, United States Minister Sickles, COMMONETS, Japanese ambassador and Michael med in the strug- the speakers’ gallery, reseued, and after being marehed and countermarched about the lobby, into the outer lobby and back to get to the pa ¢le about the door of es seeured for them by an- ted their privileges too boisterously, and had to bo ehecked by the pol “The tall form of Fail Spencer, ex-1rish vice- 10y, towering above ihe polie winutive figure of the Marquis of nestling close to him as were conspicuous in the lobby rushe: was the pressure for accommodation t authorities tolerated and winked at the revo- lutionary innovation of pla BOWS OF CHAILS on the floor space fn front of the speaker's ming the familiar and vene of the hitherto sacred tramping ground of orators into the spec 1o a good modern use, space in the galleries beld “The prince of Wales, his son, Prisee Albert een on duty, and the di- desk, transfc square foot of Christian and Minister Puelps oceupled seats during the spsech in the front row of the v, Plielps sitting beside Prince entered the were greeted with cheers, times the elieers were genuine and hearty ven in apparent wockery. Jol nteved with a feevle ng and approving cheers. ‘The Parnellites gave Parnell and Morley hearty reception, but weleomed Goseheu with ‘The Marquis of Hartington volley of ¢heers from souetimes gi Brigat, who greeted with it derisive shouts, Arew a ruging sides of the house. During a momentary Tull in the confusion of cheers the house was suddenly STARTLED BY A WILD CRY It came from the throats of those who were the first to catch sight of Gladstone gliding towards his seat from behind the speaker’s chair. The Irish members sprang to tuelr teet as one man, and for several minutes the uproar of enthnsiastic applause continued. The full throated 1lrish cheer, that T. P. O'Connor had feared the interlobing tories might deprive of half its power, was repeated | till the whole building seemed to reverberate with its triumphant peal. Gladstone seated himself between Morely and Sir Win. Vernon Harcourt. HE LOOKED VERY PALE, paler even than usual. T'he lines on his fore- head appeared to have deepened since his recent illngss, but lus step, as he entered, was elastic and his bearing indicated he felt full contindence in the success of his forth- coming speech, As soon as cheering ceased, Gladstone rose and moved for permission to introduce a bill to amend previous legislation, and to make vrovision for the future government of Ire- land. Onmaking this motion Gladstone said; lie time has arviyed when botlhonor and duty require parliament to come to'a decisive resolution. It should bo the endeayor w liberate parliament from the restraint under which during late years it had inefiectually strugeled to restore Tegislation to its unimpeded course. [tis our duty to establish harmonious relations be- tween Great Britain and Ireland, fostering free institutlons in which Englishmen, Seotchmen and Irishmen have like inter- ests, “n s sentiment was greeted with profonged chieers, As 500N as quict was restored, Gladstona entered upon a brief review of the general features of the past legislation for Ireland. He dwelt upon the COERCIVE AND REPRESSIVE MEASURES which had been put in foree from time to time, and depreciated any further resort to the rude remedies of intimidations, Since 1883, he said, only two years have passed without coercive legisiation for Iyeland, and in ~|»il4- of all this, Taw continues to be disre- garded beeause it Is invested, in the eyes of the Irish, witha foreign aspect. Were further coercion’ to be ful, it would require two conditions—; v 0l the government nd seerecy of public transactions. |[Parnell- ite cheers,] The.main spring of law in Eng- land is felt to be English: in Scotland, Scot- tish; butin Ireland it is not telt to be Irish, “The tirst condition of civilized life in Ircland demands that the people have confidence in the law and sympathy t ith. The prob- lew, theretore, before parliament at the pr ent time is to reconcile imperial unity witn adiversity of lexislators. “He believed the government had found the solution of this problem in the establishment of A PARLIAMENT AT DUBLIN for the condiict of business both legi and administrative. [Loud cheers by nellites.|The political equalities of thrce countries, said - Gladstone, must be rece nized. Fherefore there must be an_equitable distribution of imperial funds, The peeu- liar eircumstances existing in Ireland make it necessary to establish safeguards for the minority in that country, The government will ‘be obliged to conside class connected with the lands, and the re lations which they will sustain_with the Protestant minority. As Ireland is to have a domestic legislature, it will therefore be impracticable for Irish representatives to come her The intention of the government bill. Gladstone said, is that the parlianient at Dublin shall be A DUAL BODY. It is to be composed of two orders, cach of which shall linve the | ower to veto the action of the othe The first ovder will inelude 105 members, and the second order Twenty- cight of the present Irish peers will continue to sit in the house of lords, and be granted he option to have life seats in the first Irish order. The oflice of viceroy of Ireland will uot be discontinued. The bill in- tends that the viceroy iall remain, and the oflice hereafter will be non-political—that i the incumbent of the oftice will not be expected to retire with the downfall of the Britisk ministry. The bill empowers the queen to delegate ‘to the viceroy stieh of her pre ives ns she may choosé, ‘The Irish constabulary will remain under his authority at present.” The bill pro- vides that the parliament shall have no authority to establish or endow o religious sects. It will be empowered, how ever, with laws affecting trad nd naviga- tion, and affeeting certuin weights and meas- ures, and the postal administration. The bill will preserve the ISCAL UNITY OF THE EMPIRE, but the entire proceeds arising from cuistoms exchangzo duties in Treland will be held for the benetit of that country. These tunds are o be used for the discharge of Irish obli gations, and any balanee which may remain ter, is to remain in the Irish exchequer, he 1uu\1 ons of the bill vest in the Irish cislature tie general power of imposing taxes. Lt is provosed that the maximum du- ration of the Irish parliament shall be five years. It shall have no power to interfere with the prerogative of the erown, such as the army, navy, or other armed forces, 1t shall have nothing to do with foreign or colonial Lairs With regard to judges who liad been con. cerned in the administration of eriminal law in Ireland, her majesty ight, if she saw cause, by an order in‘the council antedate the pensions of those particular judges, In the Tuture the judges would be appointed by the trish government, be paid out of the consoli- dated” fund, and be removable only on the joint address of the two orders. With respeet to civil service, the govern- ment did not think their case was the same as that of the constabulary, and the transter of civilservice to the legidlative body would ef- fect great economy. That was ail, Gladstone stated, that he had to say on the ‘subject of the new Irish eonstitution, “The proportion of imperial burdens which he had to propose that Ireland should bear as one (o fourteen, — He thought that the new Irish parliament ought to start out with a BALANCE TO ITS CREDIT, but the only tund that it would have, if left alone, would a be solitary 000 from the Trish ®lureh fund. He knew no way of pro- viding the necessary money, except by cary- ing it out of this year,s bud and he pro posed that in the Tature Tretand should pay one-ifteenth towards imperial expenditir Gladstone then entered into an elaborat alewlation of the total income and expendi ture of Ireland, in the conrseof which he stated that the total rge to Lreland, as an im- perial contribution, e put at £4,242,000 per annum, e estinated the total expenditure of Dreland, including payment as a sinking fund for the Irish portionof the national debt, at £7,946,000 perannum, Against that there was a total income of £5,:550,000, or a surplus to the government of £404.0, There are two modes of presenting the subject whieh I have argued. One of them is to present what we now recommend as good,and the other is to present it as the ehoice ol t evils, and as the least among the varied evils with whieh, as possibilities, we are confronted. 1do not know whether it may appear too bold, but, in my own heart, I eherish the hope that this is not merely the of the lesser eyil, but that it may broye tobe ere long a good ih itself, 1 have no right to say that Ireland, through her constitutionally eleeted mem- bers, will accept the measire I propos hopé they will, but I have no right to assume it, nor have I any power to enforce it upon the people of England and Scotland. But 1 rely on the ATRIOTISM AND SAGACITY of this house.on free and full diseussion, and, wore than all, upon the just, generous' sen- timents of the two British nations; and looking forward, 1 ask the house, believing that no trivial motive could have driven us, to assist im the work we have undertaken—a work which we believe will restore parlia- ment toits free and unimpeded course, Lask them to stay the waste of the public treasure under the present system of gov- i nd tration in land, S not waste B but waste which it demoralizes while it ex- heusts. 1 ask them to show to Europe and Auweriea that we, too, can face the political Problems which America had to face twenty vears ago, and which wany countries in Ed- rope have been called on to f aud have not feared W deal with, 1 ask that we shall practice as we have very often preached, and tiat, in our own case, we should be ftinn and’ fearless in applyiug the doctrives we lave often iuculeatdd on others— that the concession of local self government is not the way to sap and impair. but to strengthen and consolidate unity, [ ask | that we should learn to rely on_mere written stipulations and more on those better stipulations written on the heart and mind of man. 1 ask that we should apply to Ireland the happy experience we have gained in England ang {Scotland,j where jthe course of generations has now taught us, not as a dream or theory, but as a matter of practice and of life, that the best and surest founda- tion we can find to build on is the foundation afforded by the affections and conyictions and will of man, and that it is thus, by decree of the Almighty, that far more thail by any other method, we may be enabled to secure at once social happiness the power and the permanence of the em- pire. Gladstone res imed his seat awid bursts of enthusiastic cheers, which were sustained for several minutes, Gladstane’s speech was three hours and fwenty-five minutes in dura- tion. e finished at 8 ¢ Trovelyan Talks, When the applause had subsided, Georze Otto Trevelyan, wlio recently r d the po- After eulogizing Gladstone's or Trevelyan vrocceded to say that he interposed fhus early in debate in order to explain the reason of his resignation. He resigned with extreme compunction _and regret, althouch the step, when finally " d up- on, was taken with neither doubt as'to jts pi ty, nor the least hesita- tion. e had joined the cabinet because, as nsidered at the time, tohave remained outside would Tiave been tantamount o confession that the liberal party wasa home rule party. ‘This was a confession which he should never be willing to make. HE COULD NEVER CONSENT to such a seheme as Mr. Gladstone had pro o How long would ithe, if the measure that hias heen submitted should become a law, boetore the Lrish contribution to the imperial exchiequer would be_denounced by the Trish and reprobated as English tribute? “For my part,” said he, *Ihave no hesitation in say- ingthat I think the complete separation of Ireland from Great Britain would be prefer- ble to the plan of the government that has just been proposed, We should then know the worst at once. Parnell on the Measure. At the conclusion of Trevelyan's speech, Mr. Parnell arose and was received with cheers by the Irish members. Mr, Trevel- yan, he 8aid, had stated why he left the go: ernment, but not why he had resigned his postas chief secretary. [Cheers from the Irish benehes.] Mr. Parne!l then went on to justify his past utterances and action, Which had been impugned by Trevelyan's. king of America and assassination ature which fron Par- I sand that most of the i wits neither American nor Irish. “If Trevelyan,™ hie continued, “were to study the litesature of America at this moment, he would find that sympathy for the just scttlement of the grievanees of Treland by the coneession of domestic legislature, 15 Shown by all elasses, whether Irish or native-orn Aniericans, and more especially that native-born Americans are weleoming the efforts of Gladstone, in the belief that they will brin. PEACE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND IRELAND and more espeeially between Irish-Ame: cans and England. " Itis a remarkable fact that a great meeting,now being held in favor of an Irish legislatire, is mainly eziled to gether and~ organized by native- born Awmericans, by editors " and con- duetors of Sh-American newspapers. We recard the fact that during the last five or six months we I r tirely gaining the sympathy of two great parties in Ameriea—demoerats and republicans, 1t is agood omen for the tut [Cheers.) As to the bill before the house, wliile serving his full expression of opinion until he had seen the bill, Parnell congratulated the house on the fact that there was still liv ing an English statesman who could devot Ius attention to this important matter, and begged to thank Gladstone for what would not only ]rl'u\‘l‘ beneficia measure from an Trish point “of view, but which he (Parnell) believed wauld be found to be of equal benelit to Eu nd. The bill, never- theless, contained blots which the Irish mem- bers would do their best to remove. One of these was to be found in - the financ posals of the bill, which he regarded as cially in regard the the imperial ile also complained of the proposition relative to the two_orders intended to constitute the Irish parliament on the ground that the first order, consisting of peers not subjeet to the influence of the pop- ular vote. would have the power of hangin up measures demanded by the people and . their representatives for two or three years, On the whole, however, apart from these defeets, he believed the weasure would be eheerfully accepted by the Trish people and their repre sentatives s a satistactory solution of the fong standing dispute between the two eoun- tries, and as tending to prosperity and peace in Ireland and to satisfietion in England. [Cheers.] The Debate Adjourned. On motion of Mr. Chuwberlain the debate was adjourned, Sir Wi Harcont previbusly stating that Mr. Gladstone would move to-morrow to give the debate precedence over other matter adstone left the house ten minutes after concluding his speceh. 1l wrs affected by the reaction atter the in- tense excitement of the day, and was obliged toretire to rest inmediately after” dinuer. The eabinet has been summoned to- meet on Friday. e Scenes About the Commo LONDON, April 8.—[Special Telegram. ) The doors of the house of commons were open at 6 o'clock this worning, and at noon a large number of members had gathered there. Not during the present generation has s0 much interest been taken in any pending measure s attaches to the premier’s Trish programme to be disclosed in the house to- All London, all England, is excited absut it, ands upon thou sands of peopleare assembling in the vieinity of the parliament building. adstone is to begin his speech at 5 o'clock this evening, The opposition have agreed not to divide on leave tobring in a bill. Gladstone's support ers are more hopeful today than they have been for aweek, But London is greatly tory, andopposed to what the masses mis- call the dismemberment of the empire, Ly ery London paper, daily or weekly, except the News, is opposing stone's seheme, One hundred pounds was yesterday freely offered for one gallery seat outside of the diplomatic and peers’ gallery, In the gal- leries, which are very limited, there are only 140 seats, as follows: In the ladies’ gallery thirty-six seats; in the speaker’s gallery fifty seats; in the strangers® gallery sixty, of which galleries the two latter will to-day be thrown into on 1t was yet early in the morning when all ats ou the floor were taken, The seat chosen, in order to be retained, must be ticketed with the hat of the member who means 1o occupy it, and the must be the hat he is wearing that day, and no substitu- tion is permntted. This rule retains members within the limit able to traverse with bare heads, The present generation neyer witnessed suchi a “hatting” seene as occurred in the house of commons this morning LONG BEFORE LONDON WAS AWAKE. A nunmber of members were afraid to trust 10 the honor of their colleagues for main tenance of the rules on an_occasion like that of to-da¥, and those retained possession of their chosen seats by remaining in them bodily all the day. When they got hungry or thirsty they had food and drink brought in to them. Some of them had been up all night struggling to get in, and these generally fixed themselves as comfortable as possible and slept. When the sun rose and the day be came warmer the river, terrace was sought by @ wajority of the perambulators, and heve wmany expedients were resorted to to while away time. The Parnellites were in a parti- cularly happy frame of mind, acting as if, to use an expression of one of thewm, STUEY HAD A SUBE THING ON.” A nuwber of them borrowed a trieyele and - NUMBER 328 race with it, until finally it collapsed, throw- | ing H. J. O'Brien, the Paruellite member for Tipperary, who was riding 1t at the time, upon his head on the flagging. vicked up bleeding THE NEWS FROM WASHINGTON Sparks Denies That His Resignation Has Been Asked For, profusely and 11is forehead was deeply cut over the eye, and his face and hands were much He was, in fact, 8o seri- ously injured that he had to be removed to hospital, but he fnsisted on going bareheaded, and after his wounds were dressed, he deter- mined to occupy his seat. At 2 p. m. the weathor was warm, clear and Atter exhausting all_expedients to Kill time outside, the meinbers began to as- semble In the house after 1 o'clock. pretty well c animatedly discussing the and debating the possible The crowds outside by this time had increased greatly and presented unusual enterprising These thrifty people made the! appeals to the assembled thousands by mov- sir eards along on sandwich men, hun- dreds of whom found oceupation to-day in the vicinity of the parliament honses, Conservative po lope to influence feeling against the orator of the day, even in thelast for they, too, had sandwich men and placard mong the crowd carrying such ap- and not dismem torn and broised. JERRY MURPHY MIGHTY MAD. Captain Loke's Appointment as Pen ause—Ungentle- Iy Conduct Towards the Bee's Oorrespondent. groups of member: Spark g 3 SORLeE e parks and Lamar, ~[Special Tele- to-day that Comimis- r Sparks has been invited to resign. v this is the result of the pretty at passed botween Secretary Lamar and the commissioner o land order of Sparks, which was overruled by the secretary of tho interior yesterday. Sparks denies that he has been called upon for his resignation, but says it is at posal of the president at any time he desires It is understood that the decision of the secretary of the interior order was reaclied after cousulting with the WasniNGroy, gram. | —It is reported temptations The report sa sharp talk t or the famous ans were not wble moment, to rescind Sparks’ peals as **Let us conciliate ber the empire,” Commissioner arks s reported to-day as intended to be a permanent one, but a temypa find where we stood. istence overa year, and I e crowd outside the palace space down to the Westminster bridge, and It hias now been in ex- extended protty pected to modify order would make a it, but it was a ne- It has saved many million acres of our best land.” At that hour PERFECT JAM OF filled Downint official resider greatrow when I s situated. This crowd was patiently awaiting for. the premier On_ his departure for the house, Gladstone finished reading his papers and telegraphic and mail correspondenc He refused to permit himself to be disturbed by calls from any of the large number of persons who He made but one exception, and that was in favor of Jolhn Morle, for Ireland, whom ne sent for and conferred orders?” was “feel that Secretary Lamar is one of the noblest of men. He does exactly as he thinks s may have presented. itself than it did to me, possession of things watch plunderers deal better than we could & year ago.” A MAD MEMBER. To-night your correspondent called upon Jerry Murphy, of the Sceond lowa district, to mquire about influences brought to bear to secure Lake's appointment. found in a very disturbed frame of In fact he was so mad ho I for either civility tually ungentlemanly and unfit an early hour, to him in a differ but we have so far got now that we ¢ attempted to see The enormous ngland’s giant bell, vings the time in the toweron the the parliament building, stopped this after- noticed by the crowd ended on its tones for Inowing the tiue of day, and was regarded thousands as AN OCCURRENCE OF 111 after 3 o'clock all about St. Stephen’s il attempts to cal i 0 the neighborhoud ha Mounted police were | ling, beeause it was impossible for cers afoot to get along. to which Big Murphy was d lost all regard or decency, to associate doubtless, to the appointment, completely upturned him. few minutes ago from Ben Hall,” said Mur- pliy inan excited wmanner, *of 1t is a surprise o me, but 1 have 1f 1 should tell you thoroughfares Wl Rt elln s0 crowded with il to be suspended. aced on duty patrol- | yothing to say about it. what I think about ment, and the w would not look we It is a Frederick appointment, is it not?” 1 v it was brought about, r Parnell. following cable- gram was sent from her y, and is its own explanation : No, sir: it is not a Frederiek appointment. *s endorsement did not amount to Itis a Black app Jerry Murphy's voice rose like the ro mizhty storm on the Hennepin canal, and his immense physique swayed like mad. o you mean? ieneral Black,commis s replied Murphy with rage. sponsible for the appointment,” he contin- wed, remarking something dling with fowa politicall head threateningly. Colonel Merrill was our man, and 1 was for But Lake was with Black in r, and now Black takes care of him.” So Murphy completely repudiates the ap- pointment, the appointée and endorsee, refused to talk further upon the subject, but Towan, who was present in Murphy's ro0m, began to give vour correspondent a tch of Captain Lake, when Murphy, livid seling, turned to him and hissed: “Are you going to talk It you are, you had better go outside Patriek Exan, Sutlivan, are continuin and 1o injure vou in the ustal way. dence thereof L 0) for parliamentary fund. threaten you that we will conti ¢ until Ireland s governed ex-President Alexander oner of pensions,” “Lie alone is re- by lier own b bout Black med- and shaking his 0 e CiARLES REILLY, Treasurer Irish National League of America; Worthy of Acceptance. President Egan, ational leazue, has received the | Nim all along. of the Irish N following cabl il 8.—To Eye rish_legislatir, Parneil’s lines, is worthy the’ acceptance of 5ST STRIK bout this man An Interview WithSecretary Turner, ights of Labor. PiiLAbELeinia, April 8—The R ecord to ) interview with Se ner, of the Knights of Labor, who stopped to confer with we arrived in uis we found that the company Your correspondent, not wishing to engen- der further feeling, withdfew at once trom Murphy’s presence. What Murphy proposes in his rage to do about this appoiniment not be ascertained to-night, but a feeling among Iowa democrats that cannot be repressed very soon, ppointient is distastetul to cr, of the lowa delegation, on his way to discharging order, Who had in fu fact instead of mbers of the It 15 said the feipated in the strike. criminatioy. A MISTAKE, “Commissioner of Pe at least one serious blunder in p cases to the committee conducting the inyes- s against his predeces- atie senator to your cor- Lvery case presented 5 heen” discove was written i his rej which is being looked into, that the oftice has been used for political purposes. developments may be made, the fact stands out that the statement was made in the report without knowing that they could be substan- consequence the men to make “of_the arbitration or in New York. e district assemblics Nos, 101, 63 settlement s in itnation is worse now than it ever Gould undoubtedly tigation of the char sor,”” said a demog respondent to-day. to the committ responsible for the weakness . Well, he nay the end of the laughs last Laugh think differently bo- At troubles. DESTROYING RAILROAD PROPERTY ., April S.—About 1 o'clock yes- terday afternoon the Missouri ul agent here received a dispateh from X.,informing him that fifty u way to destroy the long dge nine miles south of this point. report was subseque ntly confirmed by acon ductor on a belated south bound train, who five of the party THE BANKRUPTCY Few members believe that a bankruptey bill ean be pushed through the house during the peasent session, notwithstanding the fact that the question has been greatly agit rgiments made for Hoar, who has charge ruptey bill in the upper branch said to-day that he helicved the bill would be assed by the senate within a week or two, There Is too much business of a ing character in the house Lo of masked men the Lowell | the long bri He instantly collected an armed posse, board- threatened point on the Missouri Pacifie rail- There will be blood shed if the ties and masked-men mee ion shown by the litter to sur v, Uhe eity marshal’s foree has asscumbled, and AND SENTAE. It is stated that the pre mueh having become involved in with the senate, and that he s gl levelling down condition, so far nominations is concerned, publicans who voted for th regret their regrets very information to their normial consideration Some of the re- Edmunds reso- n, 100, NOW effort is being made to hold them to the striet spirit of their d Iution, announcing ti the president refuses to furnish the papers, the nomination ehall be rejected, has been already, as It prejudges ter the passen d south, and l; destruction on s contirmation, sheriff and e e had time to reach the The third r L is expected at uny moment, Light infantry ¢ are in‘the armory aw ing orders, while the exeitement AFFAIRS IN BT, LOUIS April §,—It is believed no more efforts to frighten new employes out of the vards like those repd nade by the strikers, and on the eral of the roads there is & determination be- ing shown at present 10 begin to transact business as if nothing had occurred, Burlington has instructed the Chicazo oflices to send all freight offering for declared a nullity CAPTAIN LAKE'S APPOINTMENT. Nothing of consequence last night cone fternoon of C. vesterday will bo could be learned ning the appointment Lake to be United States pension agent for Lowa and Nebraska, The democrats of gation could not be found by your correspondent to-day. good deal of comment upon the appointinent, o Representative Fr Towa, eredit is given and he has been gratulated over it, tain Lake was his choice from the moment he heard of Rich's resignation, and he had, in determined to urge him as Rich's st 1e was no resignation. both the lowa and Ne- ) Rieh, resigned, the lowa del with revolvers and ot Winolios for the appointment, e instructed vigorously and heartily con- Alton line has at work a full force of men and plattorm men. ere trightened away last evening, and aré employ the platform again thi shenils have been stationed in the’ yards in great numbers, as it is thought it will be nee- essary to keep them elear of the strikers, The platform m essor in the event tl The republicans of braska delegations are well pleased Captain Lake was selected as Mr. Kich's suc- He is spoken of and capable man, and ha A Democratic Postmaste 1 honorable 1 a good war record. Warner, who was appoin stinaster here under the present adwinistiation, has re- | 1, e youse this afternoon the lowa and Nebraska delegation stood up for silver when J the fxee coinage Lill was being disposed of, 1o bis coniirmiation is thought w be bad great sport yaciug up aud down . the m\ niotive, They preferred free coinage to no coinage, as the fight seemed to stand, and all of the republicans voted against the amendment to suspend coinage. The proposition for un- limited coinawe was supported by Dorsey aud Laird, of Nebraska, while Weaver voted against it, although he disliked to do so. lowa republican members ocen- pled the same position. They all desired the adoption of an amendment to limit free coinage to American production, and ohjected to that feature of the bill which made this country the dumping point for the silver of the world. The house, however, would not conslder this amendment, Had is done so the bill might have passed. As it was, there were enough opponents to promiseuont free e to defeat the bill, W LAND DISTRICTS IN NEBRASKA The house public lands committee to<day directed Mr. Strait to report back favorably to the house the senate bill creating two addi- tional land districts in Nebraska, POSTATASTERS COMMISSIONED. Nebraska postmasters were commissioned to-day as follows: Samel E. Rigg, Beatrice: Thowas Morton, Nebaaska City: George A. J. Mo, Pawnee City; and lowa postmasters as follows: James Mamon, Mackey; James Graham, Preparation; Mart V. Miller, Sumner; AlbertJ. Weber, Albia; David M. Bossert, Jefierson: James F. Vogt, Lemars; Thos. J. Hudson, Winterset. David D. Bryan has been appointed post- master at Bouton, a new office in Manitee county, lowa 'ORTY-NINTH _CONGRESS. Benate, WasiiNGToy, April e senato re- sumed the consideration of the bill, some weeks since laid over, granting the Kansas & Arkansas Railtoad company tho right of way for a railroad through the Indian- terri- tory. ‘The pending aquestion was Van Wyck’s proposed amendment prohibiting the issue of any more stock or bonds than would represent the actual cost of building and equipping the rond. Mr. Platt suggested an amendment that no e of stock of the company shall be trans- ferable until 50 per cent of its par value shall have been paid in in actual cash, the amount paid in to be sworn to by the company’s oflicers; false swearing about it to constitute perjury. These amendments, and others in the same d ction, offered in succession by Messrs. Subin, Sewell and o, led to & discussion on'the eneral subject of railroad stock watering. ‘Ulie amendments were voted down and the bill passed. The appropriations committeo reported the Indian appropriation bill with amendments. 1t was placed on the calendar, The Washington tervitory bill was placed before the senate, and Mr. \oorhees spokein advoeacy of his amendment, which consists of an enabling act for the adission of Mon- tana territory. Mr. Voorhees' amendment was voted down by a party vote—yeas 19, nays 23, A long discussion ensued, but without reaching a vote, the senate adjourned. My James of New York called up the sil- ver biil, Mr. Anderson inquired whether an oppor- tunity would” be given for oflering aniend- ments. “The'speaker stated that according to the order of tiie housc, the previous question would be considerid, as ordered, at 5:30 o'¢lock this afternoon, Mr. Anderson then asked that at4 o'clock an opportunity be given to members to ofier amendments. Mr. Randall objected to any change being made in the order of the house. Mr. Dibble spoke in_opposition to the bill. Mr. James took the floor and yiclded to Mr, Dible {0 offer an amendwment jroviding that unless in the meantime, through the conenr- rent aetion of the nations of Europe with the United States, silver be remonetized priov to July 1, 188D, then and_thereaiter so el of the act'of February 25, 1875, as anthor- izes and directs the secretary ot the treasury to purchase silver bullion and cause the same t0 be coined, shall be suspended until furthes action by congress. Theamendiment was de- feated—yeas B, nays 201, The question tien recurred on the en- grossment and third reading of the bill, and it was decided in the negative—yeas 126, nays 163—s0 the bill was killed. Adjourned. A Nomination Withdrawn. WASHINGTON, April .—John D. Bent has been appointed receiver of the First National bank of Washington, Dakota, ‘The president Jias withdrawn the nomination of Timothy O'Byrnes to be Indian-agent at Yakiwma, Washington tenitory. The Cabinet Mecting, WASHINGTON, April 5.—Onw of the ques- tions considered by the cabinet was the al 1 - discourteous treatment of the new Chinese minister by the collector of custos at Sun Francisco, THE VIOTIM OF OPIUM. Minister Winston Denies Improper Relations—The Verdict, Curcaco, April 8—F, Winston, ir., corporation counsel of the city of Chicago. Last night sent a cablegram to his father, United States minister to Persia, informing Bim of the publications that have been wade here concerning him and Jennie Waoods, the young girl who died here the other day from the effects of smoking ten pipes of opoum in . Chinese laundry. This afternoon Winston received the following i April 8,—My relations with Jennie Woo® perfectiy proper. 1 tried to educate and make a good woman of her and failed, That is all, Lf letters contrary, they are forgery, Commence libel suits against I papers slandering me. - Sorry am not at home to_ meet my aceusers, but will be there the trial. - Documents proving all I's my hands. (Signed) WINSTON “Plie coroner’s jury to<dayt after hearing all the evidence obtainable us to the death of th young woman, rendered the following ver- dict: “We, the jury, believe that the de. ceased, Jennie Woods, came to her death from the effects of opiuii poisoning: aud we, the jury, from the evidence, believe that thé practieé of opiun smoking'is oo common, and, in the interest of general publie morais, woulld stroy minend the suppression of_ opium dens in this city,” i The remains of the deceased were delivered to H. H. Weaver, of Minneapolis, brother-in- Law of Miss Woods, to-day, ahd were taken to ol e Passenger Rates Advanced, Ciicaco, April 8.—Orders were received here this evening to advance rates by th Atehison, Topeka & Sunta Fe from Kansas City to San Franeisco for first-class limited, froin £5 to $12, making the rate from this eity §21.50, instead of $14.50. The round tiip rates is thus advanced to £43. The $57 round trip rate, good for thirty days, and the $91 round trip rate, good for six months, still remains in force, ‘Ihe second elass rate from Kan: City is adyanced to 57, making the rate fro, Chieago $14. The Santa Fe savs it is com led to make this advance solely owing to its inability tocare for any more travel than is already coming 1o the road, owing to the former low rate for limited tickets, New Yok, April 8.—The following dis pateh was received at the oftice of the Atchi son, ‘Topeka & Santa Fe company to-day Torkia, April 8.—Owing to the difliculty In”obtaining Pullinan and other coachies o enable us to handle the enormous traftic offe ing, on and after the 9th inst., and until further notice, we will make our gross rate Kansas City to California, first class, limited 850, rebate 315, net § ond class 320, 1 bate $13, net 7. - Weather for To-day. Missount VArLey—Light, local showers; winds becoming variable, preceded in southe ern portion by southierly winds. covler, TWO INCOMPETENT OFFICIALS Report of the Investigating Committes Of Towa's Deaf and Dumb Asylume TWO REMOVALS RECOMMENDED. g The Children Given Poor Food J Little of 1t—-The Work of the Joint Conventfon Yosterday. InefMeienct Manag; ent, Des MoiNes, lowa, Apdie.—[§ Telegram.|—~Among other Investieations ordered by this general assembly, was one - into the management of the deat and asylum at Council Bluffs, The investigal committeo reported to-day, and their reflects severely upon the present man mentof the institution, recommending the discharge of the superintendent and matron, Several hundred pages of testimony was taken, and in summing up their report the e tind First, That as to crueland inhuman treats ment of the children at the institution, the evidence tnken is 5o conflicting that they res gard the charges as not fully sustained, Scecond, The committee find that_ the st perintendent and matron have in- many I stan ces failed to care properly for the sit children under their clinige aiid control, an have, in many instances, neglected h“ N & cure tor theut |v||l¥u'\ and suflicient food, as to quantity and quality, Third, The committec find that the supers intendent and matron, Mr. and Mrs, H. €, Hammond, have not used” their best’ efforts to economize in the munagement of the ins stitution, o Fourth, The commission recommend that the trustees of the institution be direct P discharge both the superintendent and his mlu». llllv matron, at the close of the present school y I0WA'S LEGISLATURE, Trustees of State Institutions Selected ~Other Business, Des Moines, April 8.~In the joint eon- vention of the legislature to-night the follows=" ing trustees of stateinstitutions were electeds Regents of the state university—Alphons Matthews, third distriet; J. W, Rich, i district; W. G. Crosby, eighth district; J. Ju McConnell, ninth district. Trustees ' azricultural collego—J. W, Gars ner, first district: C. M. Dunbar, secoy distriet; 8. P, Yeomans, fourth distriet; G M, Paschal, eighth distriet, Normal 'Scliool—). - W. Jarnigan, Powes sheik county: 1L I, Wilson, A ppanovse. R Collega for the Blind—S, W. smenbes. K Butler;” Jacob Springer, DBentonj W. K. Moftsger, Marion, 3 Deal aind Dumb—A. T. Flickinger, Potta~ watamie: C. S, Ranek: Johnson, Soldiers” Orphans’ Home—Clinton Oreutt, Cedar: William Wilbram, Howard; Charles G Hipwell, Scott ol ospital at Mount Pleasant — 'Limy Whitine, Tonry: P W, Levalian, Pages G W. Cullison, Shelby. Independence Lospital—L. H. Smith, Kos= suth: Albert Reynolds, Orton. Fecbl {asyluin—\W. 1L Hall, Clark, Industrial school=\. J. Moir, Hardin; E. R Hasting, Carroll. Toth Tioukes to-day passed the bill for & comission of one from each congressional distriet to ocato the soldiers’ home, the eoms ssion to he appointee by the governor, » 'ne senate passed the bill redistricting the state by senatorial districts. and by con- gressional distriets, and engrossed the house bill for redisrictinig by ropresentatiye: dis it % » Both houses passed the bill providing that onse of Impeachment proceedings this enerhl assembly may adjourn and the sen: cconvene to sitas acourt of impeachs for which service the members shall ¢ a special _compensation of $6,00. & day. ‘The bill was signed by the governor tonight, A The committee appointed to prepare artl- cles of impeachment azainst Auditor Brow reported to-night. Action will be taken on the report to-morrow. : The committec appointed to investigate the office of state veterinarian reported this even- ing exhonorating him from all enarges re- fleeting upou his conduct of the oftice, _The house passad the senate bill ‘allowing judges to send children to soldlers’ orphans home. = I'he house appropriated for the feebls minded institute $11,200; 51450 for deaf and. . - dumb: £565) for orphan’s home of Davens= port: 00 for the prisoner's aid assocla~ tion, Towa's G. A. K. Adjourns. S10Ux Crry, Towa, April S,~The session of the G. A. I state encampiment closed thig evening with a public installation of officers. The principal ofticers are: Commander, W, Mecllenry, Denison: senior viee coms mander, I, 1. Hawkins, Sac City; junior & vice commander, J. L. Geddes, Ames: medis cal divector, G. 1% Hanawall,” Des Moiness - lain, John 1. Lozier, Mount 'V ernom, Dubugue was chosen as the place for the nexg. encampment. Nashvilie endorsed for the national encampment in 1587, A resol! tion was adopted wrging the legislature to rovide h Towa home for lowa soldiers on owa soil, Towa Apnointments. Drs Moines, April 8.—The governor b appointed Henry D. 8 of Jon county, state dairy con Audito Brown has appoi Hammongd deputy auditor, vice S. K. Stewart not proved. S Fine Arts in a Blaze. Pt AnELyina, April 5,.—A fire broke ou early this morning ‘n the Pennsylvania Academy of fine arts, and nany valuable plctures” were burned, and many pieces of statuary damaged. ‘The loss cannot now be estimated easily, as much or what was burned = conld not be replaced by money, One of the Lurgest paintings burned was Harrison’s Shord-de-Mer. — - ail Car and Mail Burned, CLEvELAND, April $.—A mul car on Lake Shore train No, 4, with the muail matter from the west for all the important points east of “Foledo, caught fire east of Oak Harbor, O (P' at this worning. ‘Ile ear was tracked at Oak Harbor. bt the flames sueh control that the car and contents entirely destroyed, 2he Towa Legislature, Dis Moixes, L, April S In the honse, the impeachiment act passed, The bill appros priating $11,200 for the school of feeble minds ed at Glenwood, passed, The senate was nos titied that articles Impeachment against Brown had been agreed upon - The Bardwell Ferry Wreck, SPRINGFIELD, Mass,, April 8.—Eigbt bodies from the wieck at Bardwell's ferry have been brought hiere, up to 10 o’clock this morning, - Armed Guards, 81, Lovis, Apil 8,—Deputy sherifts and United States marshals, avmed with vevolvers and Winchester vifles. are on guard at the several freight depots in East 8t Loulg, B&W eral Gains have alieady been sent out, No interference has been attempted, - . A bare-knuekle prize tight took place near Elizabeth, P Wednesday afternoon, bes tween two coal miners named Tis Al Kellt. Mortis displayed the most seiéhee an: in the fitteenth round knocked his o) ? senscless, The tight lasted forty wi o ? Sun Wab, a Chinamap, was martied | Cliicago, Wednesduy. 1o Mist Mgt M fer, @ comely German girl, 22 s old, by Rey. Geo. B Walker, o Baptist winis The bride s said 1o he o respeet whom the groom uiet in a v sl Wi Cliployed 4s waikicss - e