Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 10, 1887, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, SIXTEENTH YEAR. NUCH DISCUSSION PROMISED Lengthy Debate Probable on Disoussing Civil Bervice Comn.issioners’ Salaries, CARLISLE ENTERS THE CONTEST The Speaker of the House Decides to Become a Candidate AgainstSena- tor Beck—Army and Navy Bu- rean Consoldations, The President Wants It Discussed. WaAsIHINGTON, Jan, ~[Special to the Ber.)—~When the legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bill comes up for con sideration in the house, the probabilities are that there will a lively discussion on the proposition to increase the salar of the civil service commissioners, as sugeested by the president in his Jast annual 1o to congress, 1am told that the president would like to see this entire question fully debated, and that was his principal reason for recom- mending additional compensation for the members of the commission. A gentleman whose relations with the president are quite friendly, and who accepted a responsible ap- vointment from him early in the present ad- ministration, agrees with this view of the situation. I met him at the white house several days ago, and in the course of con- versation he said the president had several times remonstrated against the personal at- tacks made upon him because he has en- deavored to earry out the civil service law as he found it when he entered the executive chair. He says the president has grown weary of shouldering the abuse frequently heaped upon him by politicians ~ who have been dis- appointed in place hunting. ‘The president takes the ground that congress enacted the civil service law and there is nothing left for him to do but to execute it. If the con- tired of the obnoxious statute it can wled and when the proposition to in- salary comes up, will have the issue squarely beforo them, and it remains to I n what action will be taken, The probabilities are that the anti-clvil service faction in congress is not large enough to accomplish the abolition of the law on this subject, nator Cail, of Flor isnot a firm be- liever in the civil service doetrine and he takes no particular pains to coneeal his views on this question, He has secured several ap- pointments under the present administr tion, but his eircle of political friends is so large that he would like to have some more. He has a devoted friend whom he promised to assist in securing anappointment in one of the unimportant grades of the public service. ‘T'he senator thereupon called upon an oflicial having the power or appointment, whose or- iginal selection the senator had stre urged. The latter laid the claim of the needy friend before the ofticial and added that any court shown in this case would be teemed a perso fayor. Tne ofticial ahrugeed his shoulders, tried to look wise and informed the senator that no avarice existed. The senator remarked that there ‘were a number of republicans who might be removed to provide a small salavied position for his friend from Florida. The ofticial said such an act was out of the question and de- clined to make any move in the matter until a vacaney occurred, The se or then lost his temper and told the oflicial in very plaln language what he thought of nhim, and added that a great many democrats acted, after they secured an appointment, as though no one else had any rizht to recognition after they were. peovided for, ‘There are many such ofticials around Washington, who shouted their loudest to have republi- cans turned out to make room for them, and when requested to do likewise for a fellow lemocrat they say, “We cawnt do it, you know.” RLISLE A CANDIDATE LOR SENATOR enator Carlisle been induced torecon- sider his determination to not be a candi- date for senator against Senator Beek and has authorized his friends to use his name, Senator Beek's term does not expire until March, 1550, He is believed to be very strong with his constituents and Kentuek ians here sav Carlisle will have a v fight it he wins, ARMY AND NAVY BURE It the b which has just pass for the consolidation of the different bureaus for the navy department becomes a_law it will doubtléss Jead to a similar move for sim- plifying the methods which prevail i the army, At present the staff is top-heavy. ‘The quarter-master’s department, the sub- sistance departient and the pay ' corps are three branches of the military service which conflict with one another and there are those in congress who believe that the quarter- master's department could well be charged with the duties which now devolye upon caeh ot the others without detriment to the serviee, Itis estimated that by suen a condition at least $500.000 a year would be saved. gentleman who bas given this subject a great deal of attention, said to your correspondent to-day: “As afliirs are now conducted n the army the paymaster starts out on his trip once 1n fise months and makes the rounds of the stations or posts within his district. For instance, the corps of paymasters are ordered to leave Fort Leavenworth for the purpose of ru)'lug off the men and ofticers in that divis- on, One paymaster may have to travel 50 miles from post to post. 1o hus to have one escort and the trayeling expenses are some- thing enormous, Tho men, too, get their pay allina lumbs for two months and as they have been confined to femperato habits so long for the want of money they naturally beeame hilarious with forty or fifty dollars in their pockets and the result is de- woralizing to the service., ‘Then, too, the commissary orders his supplies of subsistence slores to be delivered at the post and he is compelled to ask the quartermaster for the method of transporting them to the different places where they muy be needed. Now, if the quartermaster had chwge of all the financial affairs of the comy yy tegiment or Josty us the caso might b with his au- hority to draw on New York, could relieve the inmediate wants of the oflicers and men without violating any law, and, instead of Keeping them in poverty for sixty days, and thus allowing the sutler or post trader to shylock on them, they would be able to secure money when they needed itand the men and their families would live much better and with less seandal about drunkenness,” *Do you think any eonsolidation of this Kind will be attempfod? " “1 have no doub all but that a bill hav- ing this objeet in view will be introduced eatly in the next eongress, but the social in- fluciiee of the staft of the army is so great Ahat icis not at all probable that the reform will be broughit about, for sometime to com You see theie is nobody that would be par- tleularly benetitted by this move, It would reduce the number of staff officers and would wipe out the pay eorps and the subsistence corps entirely “while adding to the duties of the quartermaster's department, For this reason the opposition to the move’ will doubt- less be well oreanized and very powerful,” MEATING KAILHOAD CARS Y STEAM. Since the recent terrible disaster on’ the Baltimere & Ohio railioad near ‘Titin, 0., the subject of heating cars by some Other method than that now in vogiie has been the topicof a great deal of discussion, At the patent oftice, whero inventors all went t gether, this sibject has boen one of exceed- Tugly lively int \d during the past thred days that portion of the oftice which has eharce of appliances for railway cars has been besieged by a throng eager to seciire all the inf on possible’ on the subject of heating apparatus which has thus far been vatented, 1t is thought by the ofticials of the departwent that within a month a flood of appliances will be iled for patents on devices for heating trains by the exhaust steam - from the engine, by vicity and by other . methods less dangerous than staves, | Theré have been ugeat wany patents granted for deviees of this kind, but for some reason they have n Jad the general approval of the radway peo- ».0,and the right Fiag tor (he time bas not AU CONSOLIDATION. i the house yet been perfected, evidently. A gentleman who 18 the purchasing agent for one of the largest systemis of railway in the country, Wwho Is in Washington to-day, said that the Inventor who perfects some system for car- heating which will do away with the danger of fire, is bound to make a fortune. This gentleman declares that every trunk line and nearly every other smaller rond in the coun- try would readily adopt such a device, and would pay for it liberaily, he says that everything that has yet been perfected is either too complicated for use or else entirely inadequate for the purpose. A patent attc ney, who handles a great many applications of ‘mechanical appliances, says that he has filed not less than three carveats this week for inventors who think they have struck the right thing. He estimates that there will be ast_one hundred claims for patents in direction filed before the close of the current month A MILITARY MAN'S MARRIAGE To-day's lerald say Captain M, B, Hughes, of the army, stationed at Fort Nio brara, was married on Thursday evening, December 30, at 8 o’clock to Miss” Katharine Yale Stwevens the First Preshyterian ehureh, Brooklyn, L. 1. They have jssned to their friends “at home™ cards for ‘Thursday, the Bith inst, No, 15 Monroe Place, Brooklyi. The marriage of the galiant captain of the Ninth cavalry strikes a heavy blow at bache lordom in the army. as his married friends, who hiad his best interests at heart, had long since despaired of his ever becoming a bene- this SMALL CAPITALS, Dorsey, of and wife are at the Riggs Louse, Spencer, of Burlington, la., Ebbitt. Fitz John Porter has engaged rooms at 1408 H street for bis family. They will arrive the latter part of this week and remain here for a month, General Pocter’s duty as com- missioner of police for New York ‘will pre- vent him remaining more than a few days in the city. Mrs, Charles N, Catlin and niece, Miss Montague, of New York, are to be in the party. tuspector General Absalom Baird has been ordered from Washington to Fort Du Chesne Utah, on public business under special in- structions from tiw lieutenant General, George H. Harris, formerly of Drake's branch of the government printing oftice, but who has been recently employed in- Omiaha, is visitine friends in this city, Mrs, Miles went to New York yesterday to Join her husband, They go at ‘one to Los Anzcles, the newh eadqiarters of the Depart— ment of Arizona. Licutenant Dapray, of General Miles™ staff, will meet them at Chi cago, Lieutenant Gatewood, General Miies other stail oflicer, Is at the National hotel nere on leave, Two army courts-martial in W will make quite a sensation, which will convene at Washington Barracks on Tuesday for the trial of Lientenant Charles Humpirey, Third artillery, will have for its president Colonel Henry “M. Black, ‘Lwenty-third infantry, and will be made up entirely of infantry officers who come here from northern posts for the purpose, Ihere 15 a long story of which this _court-martial is asequel, but it relates toa domestie history of the post ‘The other cour artial, it is reported, will be thatof an officer of the signal corps who las been getting nto trouble with his finances, Hon. J. Cordeal ard Miss Katie IFraser were married in this city to-night. Itev. Father Cullen performed the ceremony in the Catholic chiureliin_the presenee only of a few near relatives, Mr, Cordeal is a dis- tinguished attorney of McCook and is the junior member of the well known legal firm of Colfer & Corde: The bride s a charm- ing young lady, a resident of this city, : - FORECAST OF CONGRESS, The Senate Will Occupy the Week on the Inter-State Commerce Bill. WASIINGTON, Jan. 0.—With the excep- tion of the time which will probably be con- sumed in the consideration of oue or two of the appropriation bills which are expected to be reported back to the senate and ealled up during the week the entire week will likely be devoted to debate on the inter-state com- merce bill. If a vote is reached before the end of the week, as Senator Cullom hopes, Beck will ask that the bill to prohibit mem- bers of congress from acting as railroad at- torneys be taken up and not laid aside again till acted upon. Matters pertaining to the District of Columbia will command the at- tention of the house to-morrow after the call of states for the introduction of bills, The pending measure coming over from the second Monday of last month, for the establishment — of a school board isjthe subject of great local interest and its consideration will consume most of the day. 1t is the intention of Mr. Willis to ask the house on Tuesday to consider the river and harbor appropriation bill, but he may be opposed by Belmont in behalf of the consular and diplomatie bill. - Should either of these measures be taken up the debate will prob- Ably run on for the greater part of the week, the diplomatic bill proposes some radical changes ot sysiem and the river and harbor bill always provokes an earnest controversy. Itis possible that during the week Randali may offer a motion that the house procecd to consider revenue matters, though no plan looking to that end has been form- ulated, Should the motion be made and carried it would destroy the chance for im- mediate consideration of & number of special orders whose managers o carefully watch- ing for opportunities to claim the attention of the house, Ot these special orders the naval reorganization bill and the bill for the creation of a department of agriculture and labor are the two most likely to receive early consideration, It is understood to be th purpose of the friends of the inter-state com- meres bill to postpone action on that meq ure in the house till the senate shall have reached o conclusion on the matter, — - The Crew of Twenty Lost, ORFOLK, VA., Jan, %.—Later particulars from the wreek of the German ship which went ashore yesterday morning on Virginia veach, tourteen wiles south of Cape Henry, ake the number of the crew twenty instead of tifteen, not one man of whom was sayed, ‘This fact is learned from the two men of the life saving crew, who survive and who re- covered consciousness to-day. ‘Tiie bodies of five men of the life saving cr and four of the ship crew, which were recovered yester- day, were in lite preservers, and three more of the ships crew without lite preseryers were picked up lower down the coast this morning. body which has been iden- that — of the captain recovered. —On his person was a pliotograph marked Captain ¥, Halber- stadt, This evening the masts of the ship were still standing, though the sea was breas- ing over her violently, A ported last night, nota word was spoken between the Ship's erewand the litesaving men when they boarded in their desperate atfempt at rescue. ‘The cause of the wreck can never be posi- tively known, althouzh it is supposed that in attempting to make the cape under reefed salls suflicient allowance was not made for the strong currents which caused several dis astrous wrecks along this eoast in the last few years. Nebraska, is at the tified is among those Anthracite Coal Miners. Hazirros, Pa, Jan, 9.—The winers and laborers of Sub-division No. 1 of District Assembly No. 135, representing 100,000 mine employes of the anthracite coal fields, which opened in convention here last Tuesday concluded its proceedings yesterday. Th principal work of the body Was the forma- tion of alllocal assemblies under one head, a result which 18 expected 10 he a source of the utmost harmony, as 1t will strenstien the winers iu tieir uhion as Kuights of Lubor, The White's Oficers Indicted, NEw OBLEANS, Jan. 9,—A special from Bayou Yara to the Times-Demociat says: “The grand jury of the parish of Pointe Cou- peo buve found a true bill of manslaughter against the ofligers of the burned steaiier J. M. White, - Settled Theirbifferences. S1. Louis, Jan, 9.—Commitiees from the brewers' pool and brewers’ union setteled all their differences yestord nd the strike which was beun last September by newbers of the latter has been cndel, OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, ORDERED T0 BE IN READINESS German Citizens in Belgium Prepared to Rejoin Their Regiments, THE PRINCE TO TAKE A TRIP Alexander of Battenburg Will Make a Visit to Egypt—A Thrice Married Woman Leaves France to Avoid Imprisonment, A Significant Order [Copyright 1857 by James Gordon Ben Brussiis, Jan, 9.-[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bre.|—It is asserted that all the German citizens residing in Bel- gium have been by the military authorities of their country to hold them- selves in readiness to join their corps at the first notice. My own information rates this intelligence, A similar re was sent to German residents liere one twice since 1570 and each time war feared. " requested corrobo- uest or was Prince Alexander to Visit Egypt, L Copyright 1857 by James Gordon Bennett,] Benrray, Jan. 0. <[ New York Herald Cable- Special to the Ber.]—In reply to a direet telegraphice inquiry, which I sent to Prince Alexander of Battenberg, asking him what truth there was in the report that at the de- sire of a very high personage he was about to make a prolonged tour, I have just received the following authorized communies from Dorm 1t: *“In about a fortnight his highness, Prince Alexander, thinks of carry- ing out his long-cherished plan of undertak- ing a long journey in the south, probably zypt, but the report that this journey is in any way connected with a wish expressed in certain high quarters is unfounded.” Tins @ives a quictus to the repoits of the prinee’s return to Bulgaria. Took French Leave. LCopyright 1857 by James Gordom Breanelt.) Panas, Jan9 .—|New York Herald Cable— Speeial to the Bre.]—To avoid undergoing the ten days' imprisonment imposed upon her for slander by the court of the ninth correéctional chamber Mme, Rattazzi de Rute has lett the Freneh territory. Mwme, Rat_ tazzide Rute (nec Bonaparte Wyse), mar. ried first the Compte de Salms, second ( bano Rattazzi, third Senor de Rute, a Spaniard, 1n her book led “Matinees Espagnoles” she wiote very freely about Madrid society and was especially severe upon the late Marquis Guell Y. Reute, a Spanish literatur and parfait gentilhomme of the old school, who married the Infanta Josephine, sister of King Franeis A’ Assise and sister-in-lay of Queen Isabella 1L The present libel suit was brought by the late Mirquis Guell’s two sons the present Marquis Guell Y Rente fuis Valeartos, the latter a militar of the Spanish embassy at Paris, and by the sisters and brothers of late Marquis Guell’s widow, the intanta Isabella, Comptesse Guerowski, the infanta of Fancois d’Assise, Queen Isabella’s husband, the infanta Henri, father of the Duke of Seville, the infanta Louise DuChesse de Sessa, the infanta Chris- tine, widow of the infanta Sebastian and the infanta Awclia, widow of I'rinee Adelbert ot Bavyaria, A Denial, [Copyright 1557 by James Gordon Bennett.] Loxvoy, Jan, 9.—[New York Herald Cable—Speeial to the Bre.|—The Central News ageney sends to every paper the fol- lowing statcmen Dr. Edward Auding writes us that on I ival in England he was shown a newspaper paragraph indieat- ing that the ageney had quoted the New York Ierald for the statement that the New York socialists were disgusted with Dr. Aud- ing’s charges. o this he givesa most ex- plicit denial. No charges were made the last meeting was of a most cordial delightful kind, abounding in expressions and hopes for another visit next year from him,™ Severe Storm at Nice, it 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.] Nic 8 — [New York Herald Cable—Special to the Brr |—All yosterday and last night a severe storm has been raging here, accompanied by torrents of rain. The promenade des s suffered considerably and to-day presents anything but an attra tive appearance, being strewn with debris of all sorts, and the gravel being completely washed away in many places, The fact that this was another of the storms predicted by the New York Herald was the subject of uni- versal comment among the crowds who came out this morning to see the surf, which 15 still running very Ihigh, although the wind has now fallen, An Invasion Frustrated, Loxpoy, Jan, 0.—A dispateh from Bel- rade says that Russia has sent 6,000 rifles to Collinje. An attempt by an armed_band of Montenegrins to make = an inyas into rvin was frustrated by the vigilanee of ihe frontier zuards. 1t is rumored’ that Russia will endeavor to inciie another invasion, the objeet being the overthrow of Kine Milan and to put upon the throne a king of Russin'a selection, A Peaceful Solution Probable, Loxpox, Jan, It is stated that the Russian governiment has made proposals which are calenlated to peacefully solve the Bulgarian diticulty, Prinee Alexander, of Battenberg, who ‘intends to make an ex- tended tour in the east in order to set at rest the many rumors regarding his alleged pu rmpu\ returning to Bulgaria, will start tor Zeypt in a fortnight, Gladstone on the Condition of Afair Loxuoy, Jan. 8.—Gladstone, in a telegram to the liberal meeting yesterday, said: *I think affairs are all moving in the sht di- reetion.” It is learned froi a reliable source that Lord Iddesleigh, foreign seeretary, is at present indisposed to take any other - oflice, but that if the interests of the country and his party demand it he will probably Tecon- sider bis determination, Prince Nicholas Recommena. Panis, Jan, 9.—M. Flourens, forelgn affairs In an unoflicial with the Bulgarian delegates to-day mended that Bulgaria accept as Prince Nieholas, of Mingreli; said had no wish to take an the setticment of the simply desired peace Forbidden to Stay in Alsace-Loraine. Beriay, Jan, 9.—"The German government las forbidden Frenchmen belonging to the territorial army to stay in Alsace-Loraine louger than a féw days.” Some manufaclurers in thav province, who are in sympathy with France, have evinced preference for French workmen, Prince Bismark’s Soothing Influence. Loxpox, Jan. 9.—Advices from Vienna say that the influence exerted by Prince Bismarck is having the effect of smoothing the relation between Austria and Kussia. Flect of English Cruisers. Lo Jan, 9.~ The admiralty has adopted Lord Beresford’s oftice to build a fleet of fast eruisers. The new fleet will be completed iu two years, pd, winister of interview recom- ruler nee, he part_in issue, She active uestion at Injured by a plosion. Loxpox, Jan. S.—Ten persons were in- ured by an explosion of gas in a ténewent vuse at Glasgow to-night, THEIR SCHEME FOILED. A Plan to Empty the New Jersey Pen- itentiary Nipped in the Bad, NEWARK, N, J., Jan. O.—[Special Tele gram to the BEr.]—A starlling story is printed to-day of an attempt to deliver all the convicts in the penitentiary at Caldwell and Kill the keepers, Among the noted prisoners in the prison are Charles Strauss and Chatley Bernard, ‘Thiese two men, together w some others on the ontside, were the ring. leaders of the plot. The scheme laid through a secret correspondence earried on with friends outsid A number of small jeweler's saws were conveyed to the prisoners in tobacco, soap and other articles, and were used at every opportunity to saw the iron bars of the cell doors, Scveral of the bars were eut_almost entirely (irough and the eracks filled with soap, colored w shoe blacking so neatly to almost defy detection. The plot was to have been ecarried out Cbristias eve. Strauss, Bernard and another were to liberate then: ves by removing the bars on their cell doors and with these bars attack the single guard, get the key and open the doors and adinit those who had_agreed to be on hand outside. “They then intended to change s and obtain all the weapons re- tom the armory, Ifall had worked well they then were to go upstairs and oyer- power the warden and “his family, rob the liouse and safe, liberate what other prisoner they thoweht tit, cut the telegrapl wires, ta ateam which was to be in waiting and miles off before the afuir was discovered, 1t was distinetly understood by all that {hey were not to “stick at murder or anythini necessary for their safety, ‘The jail ofticial discovered the plot in tine, however, and the whole seheme fell through, ot The “United Labor" Fight, Cmcaco, Jan, 9.--A long and bitterly contested struggle ocenrred last night in the conference of the United Iabor party. The assembly had been called ostensibly to reor- sanise the party for the purpose of debarting as many as possible of the republican and aemocratic nominees from obtaining office under the city government in the spring election. The reorcanization, however, was entirely subordinate to the question as to whether membership in the party should e pend upon takinz a rigid pledge forswearin all conneetion with other political bodies and promisinc imnlicit obedience to the consti- tuted anthorities of the party, meaning the so-called committee of twent » elected when the movement was o all conse- quence. Many delegates anid nizations had rejeeted the east-fron lvlm[ nd when the conference met were debarred from en- tering, The meeting was held with closed doors and at nemly mid- nizht was yet angrily debating the pledge question, ‘while " thie delegates refused admittance ehafed in the narrow halls and stairways. — Among those on the outside was Louis liels, at one time private scerctary of Master Workmen Jackson, of local asseinbly , Kuights of Labor, Against bun a special fizht was being :nade on the ground that he was not an Awerican citizen, . son elaimed that the onposition to him was - work on (he part of the German socia many of “them aliens, whose national udices had heen warked upon by a fesy hcemen in his assembly, :kl 1355 a. m, the conference was still In” Session, but had finally decided in favor of the pledse and enied recognition to all who would not . dackson, though he expressed his willingness to rive his assent to the pro- posed promise, was shut out with others. A new committes of twenty-one was cted in whichi Georze Schilling and other locally prominent socialists appear to have the lead. Sociallsts Oargy the Day, CuicaGo, J 9.—~To*day the socialistic nt added another th its rapidly growing of suceesses in captiring the machinery of local fabor organizations. An adjourned meeting of the Chicago Trades Assembly, was held this atternoon fo_complete the elee tion of ofticers, and the radicals made a clean sweep. Last Sunday, by cffcting a post- ponement aiter losing the chairmanship and vice presidency, the conservatives tempo- rarily stayed total defeat, To-day the rad cals elected over all opposition Louis Hart man recording seeretary, Joseph Plumtrec financial secretary, R, €. Owens treasurer and Dyer B. Lum’st ician, Every ofticer in the’ organization is now a pronounced sympathizer with the eause of the seven nen under sentence of death for the Haymarket homb throwing, Gne oflicer—Lum, statis- tielan—is un avowed anarchist. After the eleetion the Dbricklayers” and stonemasons’ union and Knizhts ot Labor local assenibly No. 4327 withdrew from fhe organization, - —-— A Coal Famine Imminent. NeEw Youk, Jan, .—~The situation in re- gard to the coal handlers’ strike is gradually growing worse and the outlook is serious, 1,, R, Barret, agent for the Lehigh Valley Coal company, said this afternoon thatno business was being done by his company, and that if the strike continued a week or ten days there would be a coal famine, He said that the compunies did not propose to giva in to the strikers and as to wages, the men have becen able towake from $65 to S110 per month, When asked if by a transter of the ears on floats something'of a supply could be fur nished the city he shook his™ head and i that there were not probably twenty-five floats in_the harkor of the kind necessar that their capacity was only 500 tons e Tlie retail dealers in' 116 city have advan the price 50 cents a ton and the coal vards, as i rule, are only seantily supplicd and soie of them empty. “Wholesale dealers have not ad- vanced the price, however, ko dll > Weekly Crop Summary, CricAGo, gan. 9.—The following crop summary will appear in this week’s edition of the ¥armers’ Review of this city: The re. ports from correst ondents show the fields of winter wheat i Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri to be very generally well proteeted with suow. In Atehi- son, Dickiuson, Lincoln, Neosho and Sedg- wick eounties of Kansas the fields are re- ported bare and the ground dry, with the crop looking poorly, There is @ free move- ment of corn (o market reported in 1linois and Nebraska. There is very little move- ment of ecorn in lowa and one-fourth of the counties of the state axe importing corn from adjoining stat I'here are serious reports of eholera amons hozs from {,..uy one-third ot the counties in [llinois, wilh more or less prevalence of the disease’ in Indiana, lowa and Missouri. Iu Adams and_ Mason coun- ties in 1linois the disease is inflicting serl ous losses, was as e s Condolence, Perv, Neb., Jan, 9, —[Special to the Brg.] —The following resolutions were adopted by the senier class of the State Normal school: Whereas, I has pleased Divine providence to remove from among us the beloved father of our friend and classmate, therefore be it tesolved, At we, menbers of the senior elass, extend our mosq heartfelt sympathics 1o Miss 1. Bradfor@ and bereaved friends trusting that He, who is a *“Father to the fatherless,” will sustain and keep them in this, their' hour of trial, - - Money Por Mrs, Logan, Cuicaao, Jan, 9.—William Penn Nixon, on behalf of the comnslttee having charge of the I ) fund that §s being raised in Chi- cago, forwarded to Afrs, Logan last night checks amounting to $6,50, making a total of $13,000 forwarded by the committee. The debts of General Logan's estate, which it is proposed his Chicago friends will pay, are in the neighborhood of $40,000, - s i Death of Judge Shaw, Sr, Lovis, Jan, 9.—Jud Aaron Shaw, for many years a prominent illinois politi- clan, died at lus home in Olney, IlL, Friday night, at the age of geventy-six years, Dur- ing his life Le held the position of siate's attoruey twige, was a meniber of the legislas tureand of the ‘Phirty-ifthcongress, aud was ouce elected ¢l J A UARY 10, 188 THE WEEK 1§ WALL STREET The Settling Up of the Accounts of the 0ld Year Not Yet Finished, A Cessation of the Talk About a So ern “Combine™~The Nickel Pla Deciston the Single Unsete tling Influence. the te ON1 Year Acconnts Not Yet Settled, New Youx, Jan Spe Pelegram to e Bre.]—We have not yet finished settling v the aecounts of the old year, and ti future of the market is much more unecertain now than when the accounts of the old year were balaneed. ‘The footing was satisfactory enough, but theelements of uncertaimty bave multiplied rapidly, There 1s no active party on the exchange, for the very good reason lat believers in future prosperity have already invested, They are willing to take speculative risks, “Their firmness and confi- denee are suflicient to deter traders from reckless assaults on futures and so the two partics seem o be resting upon their arms withont the slightest thought of an armistic “The movements of the week have been most mysterious, for they have not been dic by events. ‘The real drift of speculation to- ward southern securities and stocks and bonds of railroads which have not paid div- idends for years, which haye hob-nobbed with receivers and wearied bondholders, which have made nothing but losses for those who have bought their stocks and bonds, continues to be one of the weights upon the market, Reading securities are being deposited every day with the organization committee, but there is little hope of getting enough of them to assure the carrying throngh of the plan without foreclosure. The time is not too short, but securities are so widely scattered and there are so many of them that they eannot be brought in before the time expives, nor will it be safe to undertake reorzanization it any app ciable amount remains out, ‘The plan is the best thatean be su gested and if all parties interested in it could be made to see it and give it their support they would save a great deal ot time, trouble and_expenses, but that is to much o hope for. The talic ‘about the southern combine is over, and_so_one of the uncertain factors is out of the market, There has been no more unsetling influences than the Nickel Plate decision, which has been wade the foundation of some harsh_eriticism on the Vanderbilt party. Itis hard to er how they eould have done anyting else. They hold large inter- ests in the stock and in the interests of the Lake Shore they were ¢ mpelled to take the stand which thy did. Of conrse the deci sion will_pe appealed, and there is litle doubt thatinnocent bondholders will be fully protected. But it was hardly toibe expected that the Lake Shore peopleseould undertake {0 make a scitlement when there was the slightest question as to their legal status, Nevertheless, there were ood reasonsenough 1o sell bonds, for the holders would Lave to wait a long time for par and interest. ‘The impression is that they will gel what they willbe willing to take long before the supreme courtof the United States has an opportunity to pass upon the merits of the case. ‘There is really less confidence in the market than wight have been expeeted. Itis not heayy, but the people who liave been active m_ the market for some tine are very quiet now, id thoy acg..waiting. tho outcome of -t inter-state commerce bill and the chances of wold exports. 'The jmports have ceased and fhere i now little chance that they will bo re- swmed soon. Money is not going to be an important _feature again. It was easy all week at 5@ per eent, often as low as 8 per cent. Money is coming back to the center now and there was a very large increase in deposits. In the present tone of the market there is no prospect of any scarcity for some OMAHA TW LIF1'Il. An Increase of 137.7 Per Cent the rast Week. Bostox, Jan. %, —[Special Telegram to the Bri.]—The following table, compled from special dispatehes to the Post from the mana- gers of the leading clearing houses of the Uni- ted States, gives the gross exchanges at each point for the week ending January & 1887, together with the perceutage of increase or decrease from the corresponding period last year: | CITIES, Decrease. | CLEARINGS, New Yoik Boston...... 4 hiladelphia .00 Chieago,....oenees St. Louis, I San Franciseo. New Orleanst... Cincinnati. .. Pittsbure Kansas Ci Omaha.. Louisville Provider Milwaukee Detroit ...... Indianapolis venver. .. Cleveland. ... Minneapolis, . Hartford ....... Memphis. ... Columbust .. New Haven, Peoria.... Portland Galyestont St Joseph. Springticldt Worcester. . Syracnse Lowell,.. 580,514 100,000, 1 Wichita® Total Outside New York #Partly Approximated, tNot iheluded in tetals; no clearing house last y Decided in Favor of the New Yons, Jan. 9.—The Oregon and ‘Irans-continental company against Messrs, Kuhn, Loeb & Co., has been compromised for $100,000, and this sum has been paid to the plaintiff, The suit arose from a loan of §25,000 which the defendants made to the Oregon and Trans-continental company ongune 15, 1584, Stocks were de- posited with” the firm as security for the loan, The stocks declined rapidly in price after they were deposited, and on June 26 Kuhn, Loeb & Co. got frightened and after fast calling for additional collateral sold enough of the collateral to pay themselves the sum of the loan and returned the remainder to the borrowers, ‘The company sued the firm for conversion of teral and demanded the difference between the price of the securities when sold, and their price at the time the loan became due and Judge Ingraham decided in favor of the company and the general term supported Lis ruling, - Thirteen Paper Railroads. KaxsasCriy, Jan. 9.—The Times’ Topeka speeial says: An important move in rail- road watters transpired to-night in the filing of charters for thirteen proposed lines whieh will gridiron western Kansas. This scheme isbre'red by the Union Pacifie. The pro- iected roads eonnect w th various points on the Kansas itie and Central Branch of the Unlon Puellic from central Kansas to the western border and extend in all directions. e —— Nebraska Weather. For Nebraska: Warmer, fair weat lowed by Light snow. laintim, suit of the T, fol AN UNCERTAIN MARKET FUTURE | LAWRENCE ABLAZE. A Disastrous Blaze Visits That City— At Hartford, Conn, Lvwrexcr, Kan, Jan. 0.—Just before midnight to-mght a belated eitizen, passing in frout of Kahnweller's large dry gool house in the center of town, notieed a pecu- liar flame in the rear of the store. In an instant afterward the whole of the interior secmed to be ablaze, and before the passer by could turn in an ala or summon the fire departinent, the flames seemed to have obtained & complete control of the Water was turned on but it ran very slowly and in a short time gave out alto. abreak at the new waterworks cutting off the supply from that source. In the meantime the blaze in Kahnweiler's store, a large double structure, had gathered strength, and in less than hall an hour the whole of that structure was a mass of flame: Ihe flames gathered headway each instant. the puny streams which could be obtaine bemg practieally useless to check their pro ieress and soon store buildings on each side of the burning structure were in flames, To add to the general confusion the engine teanm, which had been detached, broke loose from their holders and dashed up the street at full speed, throwing down several pe sons, injuring then more less severely, By this time the five had spread to Folley's restaurant, Montzomery's grocery and Straf- fron’s drag emporinm, all ot which seeme to be ablaze at once. i At 1 o'elock five stores were in ashes. tlames spread slowly but surely onward, By 2 o'clock one-halt the block was in ashes and a goodly portion of the_other half was burning, with more than fair prospects st of the block would be destroyed. ortunately there was a dead ealm and (he burning enbers were not earried over across the stre o'elock almost the entire bloc lind been destroyed, and the remaiuing build: ings were in tlames, It was not then thought lowey the flames would spread be- nd the limits of the four streets, Kahn- siler ad just finished invoicing s stock which he found to be worth $55,000, Iis in- surance is $35,000, i ssiness houses burned will be rebuilt as soon as the insurance is collected. KANsAs Ciry, n. 0.—A speeial to the Times says that the fire at Lawrence, Kan., which started at midnight, burned itself out about daylight, The firemen and citizens were powerless and the flames consumed the entire bloel Fortunatel no - wind was blowini and the conflaeration aid not leave the oviginal block. “I'lic total Joss is $200,000, divided among seven tirms, The insurance is less than 50,000, store, The At Hartford, Conn. Hanrrorn, Conn., Jan, 9,—The most seri- ous tire which has ocenrred in Hartford tor years broke out at noon to-day in the dry goods store of G. O, Sawver & Co. The fite got under creat headway before the frozen hydrants could be thay Ihe fire burned until after 6 p. m. and completely gutted the block in which G. 0. Sawyer & Co's, store was the central building. About an hour and a half atter the five ted the firemen found in the rear of Sawyer's store the dead body of Thomas R. Laughlin, clerk of the fire board and one of the editorial stafl of the Times. e had evidently gone into the re when the fire was first Started and had been unable to get ont, “The burned block belonged to Averclle & Tate, and was valued at 815,000 The insurance is about £10,000, 1. Sawyer & Co. lose $65,00): insurance, 50,5003 Jacobs & ‘Torbes, in the soutl store ot the block lose §20,000; insurance, $10,000, At New York, NEW Yonrk, Jan. 9.—rire tonight de stroyed the five-story. byick building and con- tents of Nos. 530 and 532 West Thirtieth street, The first floor w occupied by the vner, George Sezmer, as a kindling wood tory, and here the fire began, The upper floors were occupied by Robinson & Co,, adjoining was alsodestroyed. ‘Sey men were hurt by falling” walls. loss is §125,000, with som¢ insu unknown. At Bellafonte, Pa. PHiLADELPHIA, Jan, 9. to the “Times from Bellefonte, Fire was discovered early this morning in the base- ment of the Valentine company’s store and resulted in the entire destruction of the building, including the Valentine dry goods store anil groexries, Dawson & Bros’. tory, W. T Twitmeyer, stoves and tin war “Thie’entive loss is 75,000 to §100,000. - - A TERRITORY TOUGH. Broth cuiptress, Death of Robert Ream the Well Known Forr Syirn, Ark., Jan, 9,.—|Special ‘Lele- gram to the Ber Robert Ream, a well known eitizen of Indian Territory, died in this city last night of typhoid fever. The deceased is abrother of the famous sculptress, Vinnie Ream, formerly of Washington, but now Mrs, Hoxie, of Alabama, also of Mys, Perry Fuller, of Washington. Robert Ream lias been a noted character in Indian Terri- tory for wore than twenty years, being an adopted citizen of the Choctow tribe for a much longer period. His early associations among the Indians led him toadopt in a great weasure the reckless disposition of the class with whom he brought in daily contact, and y became dis- sipated, getting into trouble on more than one occasion, getting out of it one time through the influence of his sister, Vin- nie. He was a man of nerve, and added a huge feather to his cap & 6w years ago by killingJones, the worst des) n-|.u{n the Indial territo ever produced, at McAlliste Jones had for years been the terror of that section, and was in the habit of riding into the Jittle towns out there and making the in- habitants take to the woods, On the dayhe met his death he went to MeCallister for the avowed purnose of killing Ream, when ti Iatter got in the first shotand saved his own lite, e was never punished for it, the gen- eral verdict being that be had performed a righteous act, Henry George as a Labor Leader, CINCINNATE, Jan, 9.—The Sun will publish a sensational article to-morrow bearing on the prominence of Henry George in the labor world. Sinee George's candidacy in New York the laboring men have been pay- ing considerable attention to his views, and Henry George clubs, composed of Knights of Labor, have been organized all over the country, A member of a Henry George club in this city, in an It view, declares that the Catholic church 15 bitterly opposed to Henry George's land policy, and that it will use all” its efforts to crush theé Knights of Labor in case the lat ter organization sustains Georze. The article suys that a meeting of Catholic bishops wis held in Baltimore before the Richwond conyention and that the Knizhts of Labor were given to understand that it had best re-elect Mr. Powderly, who, the Sun say s, is devoted to bis religion, —-— Exploding Dynawmite, PiurAprLrnia, Jan, 0.—This evening a quantity of dynamite used forblasting, stored in a frame shanty on Twenty-ninth and States streets, exploded, instantly killing Patrick Powers, watchman, whose body was badly mutilated. ‘The explosion caused houses in the vicinity to rock and glass in their windows to rattle to such an extent that the inmates rusted into the streei (o learn the cause. ‘I'lie torce of the explosion was felt over nearly the whole northern por- tion of the city, Important Cases becided, Lagryen, Kan., . 9.—Two important cases against the Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe railroad company, have just been decided in the district court here. David Clark re celved & Judgment for §02.000 worth of prop erty which was destroyed hy- fire and $15,000 damages for the loss” of lils wife, who was burned at the time. Willlam SIy récovered Judgment for §25,000 for persoual Injuries, - NUMBER GRAND EXODUS OF (UACKS The New Medical Law of Towa Oanses That Olass to Pack Their Grips, 200. KANSAS AND NEBRASKA WARNED The Operations of the Pharmacy Act Being Watched With Interest All Over the State—~Discussing Jim Wilson's Suceessor, A Good Law, Des MONes, Ia., Jan, 0, —[Special #0 the Bre.]—Although the new medical practice Taw has been in operation but a tew beneficial effects are already seen. Some of the most noted quacks who have been ply- ing their vocation and taking thousands of dollars avnually from the people of lowa, have already left the state or are preparing to €0, Kansasand other westorn states that have not yet protected themselves with a law regulating the practice of medicine will by the first Lo suffer, as the lowa quacks proposy to move fn that direction now that lowa will no longer tolerate them. The new law, which went into effect on the first of the year, regulates the entire practice of medicine in the state, saying in efieet who shall and who shall not practice, Persons who can produce diplomas from medical schools of good standing, recognized as good by tne state bomd of health, and persons who have been in cone tinuous, reputable practice in the stato for five years are entitled to certiticates and practice without other action. All others must pass an examination before the state board of examiners. The penalty for at- tempting to practice without a certificate in- cludes fine and imprisonment, making its disregard of the law a very serious matter, ‘There has been some grumbling and coms plaini the law, but it has been well re. ceived by tha peoplo of the state generally, particulutly so by members of the medicnl protession 'who feel that they have at last a measure of protection against irresponsiblo and untrustworthy rivals, who bring dis- grace upon the name of physician, The law is not 50 exclusive in its operations but that it allows magnetie healers, of whem there are o good many in Towa, to come under its provisions, \Where th ve practiced their art for five years, continuously in the state, tliey may contintie (o 1uh peoplo into health if they ean without interference, so far as the law is concerned. THE PHARMACY LAW. ‘The present year will -~ have several new laws to try, and none of them i watehed with more interest than the pharmacy aet, S0 far _as it concerns “the sale of liquors. When the last leslslature met, it wats confronted with the fact that while 'the law prohibiting the sale of liquors had gono into effcet there was opportunity for much misunderstanding, and some injustice in the matier of sales for legitmate purposes, to- Wit: medicinal, mechanieal, eulinaryland sae- ramental, Under some interpretations of the law the druggist did not dare, without a speeial permit, sell even for the legitimato uses not forbidden by In ties physicians could not get a gill of whisky for use'in their practice, or an “ounce of al- cohol to prepare their edicines Under these circumstances it was felt that some re- lief was needed,and the legislature decided to frame an act that should ‘:l\u the druggists unquestioned right to sell for legitimate pur- poses. That was done with the expectation that the right would not be abused, and that the legitimate business could be better controlled in that way than the other. The state pharmacy commissioner gave assurance that such would be the c: and has tried ever since {0 sea that the was faithfully observed, Thero is considerable complaint” in many localitie that the drugists have abused their privie leges, and have virtually supplanted the saloons and suceeeded to their natronago. ‘To some extent the complaint is undoubtedly well founded. There is no doubt that man druggists, some of them in this city, are sell- ing Tiquor yondthe material require- ments for medicinal and other legitimate purposes. ‘Pheir returns to the county aud- itors show this to be true. But it is nlso true that this practice is not that against which publie sentiment was so strongly armed that the prohibitory law was demanded. ‘T'he people who voted for prohibition voted sub- stantially against the open saloons, They insisted " that the saloon was an instity tion wholly evil, and a constant mena to the peace and good order of the state. If was a place where eriminals resorted, ang where erime was bred. It was a source o weakness Lo society and danger to the state Accordingly the saloons were closed, ‘Their ‘YLN'l' has not been taken by the drug stores. Sven if men do undera plea of dyspepsia, carry off bottles of beer every day to their homies, and drinlk them there, the peace and prosperity of the state is not put in very great jeopardy. The purpose of prohibiiie open- saloons, las been accom= which was to elose the breeding place of crime, lished. S0 long as men do their drinking at yine in the presence of their tumilies half of the evils of the practice have been avoided, A SOLDIER FOR WILSON'S BHOES, isa pretty strong feeting on foot for lection of & “union soldier” to succeed tor James I7, Wilson, whose term ex- pires next year, Since the death of Lozan eaves but ¢ union general in the United States senate, (providing Sewell and Harris son do not return), the attention of the re- pubiicans of the west especially is dirceted 10 the unfavorable comparison in this respect with the south which “sends the strongesg of its ex-rebel soldiers to represent it in Washington, 1f a civil i to be returned as next senator from there s little doubt that Wilson will succeed himself, But Just now there is mueh talk about eleeting some good republican who was a £ood sole dier as well, - Among the names mentior e event are General Glven, districs judge, of this city; Colonel Hepburn, cin- ressan for the Eighth distret: General Dodge, ot Couneil Bluffs; Colonel ftender son, congressman for the ‘Uhird distri John L, Stone, of Glenwood, and seyveral other men of gallant record, ‘1t seems just Tittle strange that n state Whose puttiotien poured out the best of its citizens to fight for the union, sending 50,000 soldiers to the war, should not and never 'has elected one of itg soldiers to the United Stawes senate A CHICAGO PAPEI'S SLANDE R, One of the Chicago papers thatii s unders taken to Inanage’ lowa afluits i gens eral, and Sioux City matters in ticular, has a good deal to way aloif Governor Larrabee and the prosecution of the Haddock murderers. It has cireulated the report that the people of Sioux City had requested him to appoint Mr, Luther L, Mills, of Chicago, to assist the proseention and that he had 1efused the tender of Mrs Mills" services, Inguiry at the executiva oftice shows this to be entirely untrue, ‘There liad been i request that the state would furs nish additional counsel to assist the distriet attorney, and at his request and advice the governor has appointed Hon, M. D, 0'Con- nell, of Fort Dodge, formerly Unitcd States district attorney, ‘That is all there 15 to the story . A COMPALISON WITH TWENTY YEARS AGO, An old letter from Des Moines, written toa paper in Ohio in 1561, has just been discovs whieh is ereating considerable amuses went by the compatisons it suggests. Des Moines then had not asingle railroad in place of the fourteen it now has, The town then claimed 6,000 population in place of 40,000 now. ‘The wiiter huppened to be here when there was a fire In town, and he deseribes 1 a yery humorous way the efforts of the buckeg brigade to extinguish it, there not being an engine of wiy deseription in the pl Now Des Moines fias one of the best eguipped and wmost eflicient lire departments in the coun by, 1 In those days steamboats eame up to s Moines in high water, Now boys play teil in [t l of the ri at low water, and wado across it when the tide is in. ut ihe next twenty-three years, it 15 expected, will show still ore startling chauges in 1he growtiiand development of thls city -~ Tea Company Assigos. Porisyovti, N. I, dan. 9.-The Great Fasters T'ea company assigned yesterday fog the benelit of creditors. reported (@ | e only one-utth of the !