Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 13, 1887, Page 1

SIXTEENTH YEAR. BACK T0 THE BATTLE FIELD Jim Laird Hurrying to the Scene of the enatorial Fray. WEAVER PUSHING HIS CANVASS, McShane Arrives on the Ground and Con Gallagher Springs a Chest- nut Threat—Doings in the Legislature, Trying the Combinations, LiNcoLys, Neb., Jan, 12.—[Special Tele: rram to the the Bre.] —When the Honorable Jim Laird picked up his grip and started for Washington post haste in the midstof the speakership contest it was glven out that this man on horseback had gone to the na- tional capital impelled by a high sense of the duty le owed to the state and to the whole nation. To-morrow our Jim will take up his hind- quarters again among the bottle-scarred vet- erans that had been marshalled for the fray by the Burlington railroad. Jim's backer and banker, Bostwick, has quartered himselt in roows 69 and 71 at the Capital. These very odd numbers are suggestive. They run al- most against numbers 66 nd 77 In which Mr. Marquette and partner, Deweese, ntertain so royally, Here all traveling brethren are annointed with the oil of peace, refreshed with the wine of joy, and fea upon the corn-Cobb ot plenty. How beautiful for brethren to dwell together in unity, As a matter of fact our Jim has no idea of be- coming Van Wyck's successor, His role is only to gather in the boys from the Republi- can valley and upon whom the B. & M. com- bine, Weaver has been working hard during the past two days and he feels contident of a majority in caucus in case Van Wyck goes in and fails to receive the necessary forty eight votes. Van Wyck has made considera- ble headway since Mondayand he has no fear that his opoonents can muster strength enoueh to beat him in or out of caucus, John A, McShane arrived here to-night. Con Gallagher, who is here playing guiie, philosopher and friend for Morrissey, has given out to-night that McShane will presently give talwarts a chance to beat Van Wyek, v have threatened so often toa democrat thata formal pro- posal will be made to them to give McShane thirty votes or take their chance of Van Wycek. If this programme is carried out Valentine, Vandervoort, Humphreys, Carns, and other bulldoze and blatiierskites, will have a chance to show how many re- vublicans they can deliver on eall. ‘I'be demand for lightning rods is inereas- ing every hour and dark horses are more numerous at the eapital than Texas steers at the Omanha stock yards, Among members 1 notice a very quict determination to carry ont pledges made before election 1n good faith in spite of the impudent and persistent pressure from the horde of hirelings and henchmen that seek to decoy them from their path of duty. Atalate hour the B. & M. strikers have given out that they have secured forty-seven signatures for a call for a republican caueus, but I happen to know from a personal canvass that some of these names are downright fo geries, or the story s concocted for effeet on the eredulous. Even if it were true there is nothing in it to alarm Van Wyck’s sup- porters or imperil his suceess. 1t would take twenty more votes to eleet, and those twenty cannot be had unless Vang Wyek withdraws from the race. Another impedim ent in the way cambination is the fact that_the fort opposing votes eannot be united on o1 without hreaking up the combination, . ROSEWATER, of this seven man Proccedings of the Senate. Laxcol Neb., Jan. 12,—[Speeial Tele- gram to the Bep.|—In compliance with a resolution of the senate, the secretaries of the railway commission transmitted the original reports of railways doing busine in the state, which were referred to the committee on railroads, The committee on federal relations re- ported back the memorial to congress urging the passage of the inter-state commerce bill and recommended its passage. The comwittee on medical legislation re- ported favorably on the bill regulating the practice of dentistry, ‘I'he committee on printing the governor's messag@ reported in favor of 6,000 copies in nglish, 3,000 in German, 1,500 in Bohemian, 1,500 in Swedish, and 1,200 in Danish. Tne seeretary of stato was instrueted to get bids 101 the (ranslation and printing, Mr. Colby of Gage moved thata committee of two be appointed to act with a like commit- tee of the house to arrange for the joint con- vention to elect United States senator, The chair appointed Messrs, Colby and Moore uch committee, ne tollowing bills were introduced: By Duras, S, —Memorial and joint resolution urging upon congress the submis- slon of an amendment to thyy constitution of the United States providing® or the election of United States senators by a direct vote of the people, By Fuller—To relieve parties holding con- tracts for the purchase of lands of the sta By Suell=To regulate fees of county clerks, i By Colby—To provide a uniform system of sehool books .. i By Colby—To regulate the practice of med- icine, surgery and obstetrics. By McNamar—To amend an act entitled county and county oflicers; to provige for formation of new countie By MeNamar—To deline Timan county Walbach—To provide for the sinking of tost wells in the state for the discoyery of salt and other minerals. By Sheryin ~To prolibit the maintenance of willow or other hiedge row over three and o half feet higlh within: 100 fect of a public hizhway. By Meikleiohn—To relieve parties holding coniracts for the purehase of leased lands, 1y Meiklejolin—"To dedne the boundaries of ‘Thurston county, By Keckley—Joint resolution to amend state constitution (section #) giving the sen- aty fity members and the hotise 100, By Mo 0 1ix sa‘aries of town oflicers, By Moore—To incorporate cities of the first elass having a population not less than 60,000 and more than 25,000, Senate tiles No, 21to 52 were read a second time and referred 1o the RPPIOpriate cowmit- tee, Mz, Majors of ) boundaries of emaba introduced a bill pro- viding for the publication of the session laws 10 1w couuty papers where the population is over 10,000 and one paper in counties of less population; also providing that printers in cach eounty print the iaws within four months after the hnal adjournment, Adjouined to 10 0'cloek to-morfow morn- ing. OTES, A letter was reeeived from Senator Campbell of Surpy, senator was seriously iff Dr, Matthewson s the wife of stating that the ome, and states that he will ‘contest s right to the position in the insune hospital which the state board deposed nim from. * This will doubt itoale Iative iuvestiation, which will create soime very interesting reading tor the general public. % Moore of 1.1 er, in his billin, eities of the L s5, presents the lonzest ! bill yet intoduced in the senate, 1t is, of course, the city charter of Lincoln, or ereated to meet the requirements -of this mwunicipal- ity. The merlis of the bill will be recited in thie BEs when it comes up for diseussion, Phe Nebraska State Historieal society in- | vited the senats to attend its meeting in the house of representatives this evening, ‘The wanagers of the howe for the friend- doss exténded an invitation to the state oi- ticers and seuators to attend their rece a4 vorating . ready been introduced aiming at the nn]lhr\krv\'flnm:n{ January 13, from 7 o'elock p. , The senate, though fully organized, is doing very little business, and may not be expected to do much until after the election of United States senator. This mny take place next Tuesday and may not take piaco 101 WO W All the work done this morn- Ing, 0 speak of, was by Secretary Secley, in reading e second t This all per- vading inertia on the part of the senate prom- 1ses an early adjournment this week, as last, it being the opinion of some of the senators that an adjournment will take place Friday, until Monday afternoon, Majors of Nemaha introduced a vill to-day cli will meet the approval of the state 4, 110 doubt. It nrovides for the publica- the session laws of the legislature it months after final adjournr 0 papers in counties of more than lation, and one paper in counties of opulation. The rate fixed s 5 eents per inch. Thismanner of insteucting the masses upon the laws of the land will prove a most satisfactory one, should the bill become a law. C. L. Hall, of Omaha, is getting out a biographical “manual of the legislature Judzing from the work Lie published of the session of 1881, it will be valuable and Inter- esting, ‘I'lie fact that the printing of senate bills will all be done in Omalia this session will probably cause some delay. Under the rules adonted by the senate all bills will be printed before reierence to standing committees. This will prove a great bonanza to the printer, for the reason that many a bill finds its grave in the committee room, and in that event, of course, is not printed. But now they will be printed and killed afterward, Another objection to this ruling is that mar bills of the same nature and intent find the ay to the committees, and in almost every se are all thrown aside and ‘& substitute de by the committee which embraces all the wood poinis of the lot. In cases of this kind the printing of large numbers of bills will be a dead loss, o AN THE SENATE CLOAK ROOM, The professional lobby is pretty well rep resented at this eatly hour of the session, While they cannot Hope to accomplish much in influencing or controliing members whose attention is fully attracted by, and carncstly bent on the election of United States senator, they are busily cngaged in eajoling members mto their dragnet, and prevailing upon them to introduce bills whicih are ostensibly gotten up solely for the welfare of the dear” people, but which are in reality born to work a thorn in the flesh of some moneyed interest, which is expeeted by the lobby to pay handsomely for the defeat of the measure. This, of course, is the same old story. Not a_sihgle session has ever escaped tho eunning prac- tices of the lobbyists, and with the material growth of the state, the ingratitude of their transactions increases, ‘Their opportunities are thus greater than ever before and they of course are making the most of it. A bill that was suppressed by the lobby last session was introduced by an’innocent member this session, and as the bill isreally a worthy on the honest members will supportit. “It toc £500 to kill the bill last session,” a lobbyist boldly remarked yesterday, “and - it will ~ take that miuch to’ kill it again. Of course, if you want the bill to zo throngh and have got” 500, we can probably arrange 1L Lobbyists cousider money placed with them to influence legislation as merely a fee for services rendered, and ot course they will not part with it if the necessary votes can be influenced by - argument or persuasion. Otherwise they have to “divy” up. This session of the legislature, during whieh it is moraily certain Van Wyek will b elected azain to tne United States senate, leads one in a reflective mood to look back upon the session six years azo whieh hon- ored the senator for the first time. 'Lheso beautiful halls of legislation were at that time but a dream of the future. ‘The old eap- itol, since then torn down, will soon be for- gotten, but the actors in it will live longer in the memory of the people. The old senate chamber was a relic of the dark ages. Its dimensions were about 75x60. What was termed a gallery described three sides of it. It was supported by 4x4 “pilasters” painted a rich mnd color fact, the whole interior bore a tingze of sthetic coloriniz, ‘T'he chandelier which hung to the center was was so black and dusty that it often stopped the clock, which hung on the wall above *“'the of the senate,” This bar also partook of general character of deeay. It reminded oncof the pulpit ina country church, The top was a_wooden monument to the energy and musele of a generation of Mr, Presidents, whose zavels had beaten a_hole in it as large as a butfalo wallow. But in those da or more senators were wont to spi @ time, and 1f they all rose at once, Mr, Presi- dent had to “decide the case after the stylo of Barney Shannon—the flrst man up had the floor, The windows of the old senate were of stained glass, twelve panes to the window. Just what the stain was no- body knew, but it answered the purpose. They didn’t have an assistant janito them, nor could the state afford a tedious investigation which might erve only to deepen the mystery, The lobby was about six feet square and usually ful so full that to admit another the sergeant-at- arms was compelled to step ont into the cor- tidor in order that the visitor might pass. Lonu, zigzag eracks were traceable upon the plastering of the walls, through which the gentle zephyrs whistled from day to day, wiiile the mereury stood 25 degrees below, On either side of the room, away up nearly to the ceiling.was a port-hole, possibly desizned as a skylight or ventilator, "But the cobwebs of muny seasons found a refuge within its casements, and the smoke of many battles by the eannon-stove, had veneered the glass 10 such an extent t the winter sunbeans didu’t stand a ghost of a show. But despite these unfavorable surroundings tho senate is again in session, and the goy- crnment still lives. Oratory was wont to soar in gentle reverberations among the cob- webs and dirt, and who ean tell but that laws were enacted there just as wise and justas will be those enacted within the gilded walls of the present senate, “Che abolition of the state railway commis- sion is almost a foregona conclusion, Kyen those who supported the measure in’ its in- fancy Lave realized its utter uselessness and want the state relieved of the unnecessary expense. As will be seen by the proceedings of both house and senate, three bills | vtl' :114 holi- tion of the commission One ot these by Senator Robbins abolishes the commission absolutely, while the one by Senator Meikle- John does away with the eommissicners and Proposes o estabiish in their place a board of itrator to 10 e tion of within f int POy Doings in thie House LiNcoLy, Neb, Jan, 1f vecianl legram to the Brer.| — Immedin 3 upon the opening of the house thi morning M Newcomer, from the joint committee on the governor's message, presented a report, the substance of which is as follows: That 6,000 copies be published in English, 5,000 in German, 1,500 in Bohemian, 1,500 in Swedish, and 1,200 in Danish; that the translation and printing be done as early as possible, contracts for printing to be let to the lowest responsible bidders, and that bids be advertised in three newspapers, two in Omaha and ove i Lincoln, The report was adovted, ‘I'he speaker announced the following in- crease of committees and new eommittees a: uthorized by the resolutionsof the house: Additional wembers of the apportionment i Crane and Wiignt; of the peni- y committee,Watson and Wetherald; of the publie lands and buildings commit- tee, Harrison and Minnix; of the elalms committee, Simamek and Slater; of the luna- tie asylum committee, Fox and Andres; o revenue and taxation cowmittee, Diller and Knox: of publie printing, Barrett and Schwab; the new commitiee on asylhims, ford, MeGrew, MeKinney, Cole, Wilson, Young, Green, Whitwore and Tracey. The reauest from the Historival so- clety for the use of tho hall of the Louss this eveining was granted ‘The following new bills were introduced and read a first time: By Whitimore, No. ¢ appointment of & de public instruction Also, No. #—To fcompensate Robert N Farnas for service réndered to the state of Nevraska at the New Orleans exposition, Also, No. 97—Providing tor the establish t of a state school for dependent chils dren. By Minnix, No. ‘To amend section 1, chanter 26, page I87; laws of Nebrass 1, iy No. #—T0 provide. the wanter of yotiug by stockbolders iu all elections for di- -To provide for the ty superintendent of rectors or of incorporated panies, By Kinney, normal school at the Also, No, 101—For Fulton, Simms, No. chance in saloon By Sweet, No. 103—To fix rease imum rates for the transportation over railroads in the state and to just discrimination ° By Andres, No, 104—To amend chapter 35, entitled, “Revenie.” Also, No. 105—To amend seetion 7 of chap- ter i of the compiled statutes, entitled, “Elections B3y Cole, No, 100 managers com- No, 100~To establish a state ity of Red Cloud, the reliet of Willlam 10210 prohibit games of 1able max- of revent un- To establish, locate, ereet and maintain a hospital for the incurable insane within the state of Nebraska, and ap- propriate the necessary funds therefor. By Fuehs, No. 107—To provide for the pay- ment of Jurors fees in the district court. Also, No. 108—Denining the erime of usury and providing a penalty therefor. By Cameron 109—To amend sections 9 and 10 of chapter the compiled statutes of 1885, entitled “Chattel Mortgages,” and to repeal said sections. By Sullivan, No. 110—To provide for main- taining and repaiting bridges exceeding 500 feet in length in counties under township orzanization. By Watson, No. 11110 amend sections 4 and of subdivision 17 section 8 of subdivision 2: section 9 of subdivision i3 sections 11 and 19 of subdivision 4: section 1L of subdivision 5 sections 1,2 and 3 of subdivision 6; sections 3amd 4 of subdivision section 0 Sections 3 and 4 of subdivision sections § and 4 of subdivision 1 1 of plor 1, compiled statutes of Nebraska. Also, No. 112=To provide for the publica- tion of the session laws in one or two news- apers in each connty of the state, By McGrew, No. 113—To authorize conn- ties, precinets, townships or town, citles, vil lages and school distriets to compromise their indebtedness and issne new bonds therefor, A large number of bills were introduced, which were given in the Beg, were placed upon second reading and were referred to ap- propriate standing committees, Mr. Caldwell offered a resolution that a committee of two be appointed on the part of the house to meet a like committee on the part of the senate to make the necessary rangements fora joint convention for the elec- tion of a United States senator. The resolu- tion was_adopted. The speaker, who had temporarily called Miller ‘ot Butler to the chair, resumed his seat and appointed as the two members of the committee contemplated by the foregoing resolution, Messrs, Eggle- ston and Watson, Reeess until 2 p, m. AFTERNOON SESSION, ‘The further consideration of bills under second reading was resumed, and the pro- posed measures were referred to appropriate committec resolution that Messrs, § ndall, Cole and Eisley he added to thecommittee on relief for indigent soldicrs. Adopted.. ‘T'he tollowing bil By Slater, No, 114 intoxicants by emple tions within® thy sueh employes By Tracéy, No. 115 tracting of conviet labor By Andrews, No. 116—To amend certain sections of the code of _civil procedu By Russell, No. 117—To amend 12 of chaptér 4 of the eriminal the compiled statutes ot tho s braska, and to reneal said sectio y Wardlaw, ) 0 provide for the erection of one building furnishing it, one laundry and laundry apparatus and one Dbarn on the crounds of the Nebraska institu- tion for feeble minded youths situated near the ity of Beatrice, Gaze county, Nebraska, and appropriation of funds thercfor, By Smyth, No. 119-‘To apportion the state into judieial districts and - for the ap- pointment and election oi judges thereof and to repeal cortain acts and parts of acts named therein, By Cole, No. 120—To amend sec chapter 15 and seetion 61 of chapter L4 and ion 13 of article 2 of chapter 14 of the compiled statutes, and to repeal said orig- sections, The amendment is for female suffraze in city and town elections, y Cole, No. 121—To provide for the punli- eation of the names of all ex-soldiers, sailors and mariness in Nebraska, By Smyth, No. -To pay Patrick O. Mawes for collecting certain claims trom tho United States government. The bill contemplates paying O, Hawes $4,300 for col- lecting 315,000, I introducing it Mr. Smytn said that he did not know the merits or ‘de- merits ot the bill, and might oppose it By Eggleston, No. 123 —To dedicate to the use of the Seventh Day Adyentist congr tion of the city of Lincoln, lot No, 6 in block No. 211, in the city of Lincoln. own, No. 14—T0o amend scetion 2 apter 71 of the \-mnrilwl statutes, By Fenton. No. 125—~To amend scetion 655, lon 659 and section 660 of the cod civil procedure of Nebraska of title titled “Juries.” By Miller, No, 1 the use of siecping ea alty, The cents for the were introduced : o prohibit the use of railroad corpor Nebraska, while Prohibiting the con- ction code_of ¢ ol Ne- ion 14 of o regulate charges for and providing a pen- axin charges are placed at 50 tirst_hundred miles and at $1 for any distance within the state, By Raymond, No. 127—"To dedicate to the use of “the Danish Evangelical Lutheran chureh of Lincoln, Neb,, lot No. 5 in block No. 153, in Lineoln. By Raymond, No. 125—To provide for the redemption from morteages to the state to seczo” moueys owlng to the educational funds, By Horst, No. 120-To amend_section 54, article 1, chapter 18, of the compiled statutes of 1855, entitled counties and county ofticer Mr. Newcomer introduced a resolittion that acommitiee of seyen be pointed on ap- pointuents and election of employes of the hiouse not provided for by the rules of t house or laws of the state, and that the com- mittee shall report to the house what ditional employes are needed, Mr. Fuller of Gage said that the resolution was substantially the same as a resolution which he had “previously introduced and which liad been almost unanimously voted down. As that had been the action” of the house, he was in tavor of its being consistent mH oy ed that this resolution be laid on the table. Spealier Itolmes. having called Mr, Bow- man to the chair, said that he was in fayor of the tesolution, a8 it was apparent to him th the speaker had no authority to appoint more employes than were proyided for by the Statutes, Mr. Whitmore stated that he was in favor ot the resolution for the reason that he had a personal grudge against Mr. Newcon who would be ehairmian of ‘the commit and he wanted to see lim besieged by hungi applicants for place. (Laughter, | Mu. Fuller desired it to be understood that, personally, he was in favor of the resolution ; but he was in hope that hereafter, that when a resolution was introduced the nouse should consider it upon its merits independent of whom would become the chairmau of a com- mitlee ere A therel Mr. Newcomer disclaimed any knowlea; that Mr, Fuller had introduced any such olution, and averred that he had no desir assume’ the responsibility of entertaining anorous applicants for appointient, The resolution was passed without dis- sent. The house then standing work, GOSSI® ABOUT THE LOBBIES, There is the best authority for contradic - tion of the rumor that Chiirman Jeary, of the house commitiee on enrollments and en- grossments, by whom about twenty lady clerks are employed, required all applicants tor clerkship (o pass a civil service examin- ation. It was Mr wdjourned to permit the committees (o commence their rof Pierce county instead of Mr who introduced the bill yes- terduy to wmend the act to fix a maxinum standardof treizht eharges on railroads and to prevent unjust diseriminations or secret iates or drawbacks, niittee on privileges and elections will probably report on the Fishourn-King eontest case tomorrow, 1t is believed that whatever may be the report of the cominittee there will be music in the ai, The house is remarkable for the numbers members who ate physically in their Fow gray heads and fewer bald ones e seen on the floor, onaurhicy, wife of the representa tive trom Polk county, and Miss Julia Has- call were among the Visitors at the house of sers have bean supplied with con- venicnt e books for priuted bills by the see retary of state, and the complement of stat- | utes,” compiled laws and session laws has heen satistactorily tilled, The state oticers and legislators Lave been invited to a reeeption to be given hv the man- agers of the Home of the Friendless, to be given to-morrow evening at the lome, Discussing the Omaha Charter. Lincors, Neb., Jan, 1 Special to the By The Douglas delegation on 1l charter bill, organized by the selection of Lin- inger, as chairman, and the clerk of the se ate committee on cities and towns as cler The delegation has 1ead fifty sections of the harter. Those to which there were no ob- jections were adopted an 1 notes made regard- ing the sections to which any member of the delegation made objection. 1t was agreed that inall cases of objection the majority should rule and sections would be adopted by vote, A second meeting was held in the afte noon. City Attorney Connell was present to cxplain “the Important features. The reading of the charter occupied nearly th hotirs, ~Objections by various members were noted by the clerk of the committee, but no debate was had and no conelusion reached on the points in controyersy, The work on the new charter will be continued from day to day until it is revised aud the bill is ready for introduction, pat .7 NEW YORK STOOKS. No Comfort Obtained By the Bulls Out of the Market. New Yonrg, Jan, 12.—[Special Telogram to the Brr.]—There was nocomfort for the bulls in the stock market to-day except in Rich- mond & West Point, which made a gam of 2 per cent immediately after the opening. The rest of the list was weak. Grangers were especially soft, it belng claimed that these roads would be the most seriously affected by the passage of the inter-state commerce bill. Northwestern broke to 111°%, and it was eclaimed that the recent issue of 4 per eent bonds had proved dis- appointing, as, in view of the present rate for money, fnvestors would not buy 4 per centsecuritios of this company at par, The report that Mayor Hewitt, of New York, was dead caused some selling in stocks. London also figured as & moderate seller and the advance in rates of sterling exchange was regarded as a polnt in favor of the bears, inasmuch as it removed for the present any prospect of further shivments of gold to this “The expectation that the senate at iton would reach a vote on the -state commerce bill prevented any good buying. Most traders preferred to remain out of “the market until a better understanding was had as to what the effects of the bill would be. “Washington dispatel generally conceded that its passage was a fore- zone coniclusion, The turn taken by Rich- mond & West Point was a surprise to many traders who have been following the deal of late. It was expeeted that the stock would be made weak and held around 40, but on the contrary it jumped to 42 and held very strong at t ire. At noon the market was barely steady, “sales aggregating 125,500 shares, The announcement trom Washing- ton thit no vote would bo_taken te-day on the inter-state conmerce bill afforded a pre- text for rallymg the whole list. Shorts nelped the market up and the report that the strike among emploges of the eonl roads had been settled made “all coal stoeks strong, New Enzland and Richmonda & West Point were particularly buovant during the last Tiie List closed Lirm with nearly ail of arly declines regained. The total sales were about 240,000 share: e i DOINGS AT COLUMBLUS. Completion of the Organization of the Board of Trade. CoLusius, Neb, Jan. 12—[Special Tele- cram to the BEES—-Late last night the Columbus board of pleted its organization by the eleetion of J, N. Taylor, president; George Lehman, viee-presidents O, T. Roen, treasurer, and the following gentlemen were elected directors: J. E. North, R. H. lenty, J. IL Galiey, L. A. Clark, Carl Kramer, A. Jacgg, E. Pohl, Henry Ragathe. This organization is time There are important interests to our city that will come before them. In the construe- tion of a permanent bridge across the Loup fork, n grave question has arisen whether, under township organization, the county can be required to keep the Loup fork bridged at this vot, or if the township in which the bridge is loeated should keep up the erossing of tiie viver, 'The securing of a twine and bacging factory, the firemen’s tournament nest August, and to devise means to avert the coal famine that will be inevitable 1f the threatened cold wave should reach ns tonight, are other subjeets to be considered, A young Polish girl, Mary Garbats, siv teen years old, swore ot a warrant before Justice Cowdry on a charve of bastardy against John Czathki, living in the west part of the county J. B Muntur, furniture dealer, made a transfer of his stoek to Dewey & 'Stone, of Omaha, retaining his undertaking stock, The erand ehancellor was here to-night to wind up the affairs of the Knixits of Pythias lorze at Columbus whicl died”from fnani- tion, Guarded By Colored Troop: Riciniosn, Va, Jan, 12—There has been no riotous demonstrations by the strikers at Newnvort News since last nizht, This morn- ing a train with nearly a hundred laborers from Albemarle county reached Newport News and the men went to work moving freight under protection of the state guard (colored company) from Richmond. = An arbitration connnittee of tue Knights ~of Labor assembly asked for a_confercnce with General Wickham, vice president of the road, but he positively refused to arbitrate. Some of the negroes are very insolent and intimate that there will be bloodshed to-night. The members of the police foree say most of them are armed with revolvis, ‘The new hands will be under protection of the military to- night, There are no indications at present of a collision between (he military and strikers, Carousals at Fort Niobrara, VALENTINE, Neb., Jan, 12.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber., |—Pay day at Fort Niobrara hus been attended with the usual nnmber of fights among the soldiers visiting town. They were of a more serious nature last night. A severe cutting affrays ocemred in EFisher's saloon between a colored soldier and iite one, the lagter beinz badly eut in the m. " Anotfer affair, also of a_scrious , occurred at llog ranch. A party amed Brown, employed at the post, beconi- ing offensive, was elubbed over the héad with a six shooter, the pistol exploding during the process, causing a big stampede of the - mates, ‘Ihe parties are under arrest, Fair Oficers Elected, BLUE SPRINGS, Neb, Jan. 12—|Special to the Bee.|—The Inter-State Fair association (the Wymore and Blue Springs fair) held their annual meeting yesterday and elected the following offieers: President, J. W. Bri: denthall; viee president, Hobert Fenton: treasurer, 11, M. Southwick; secretary, W. C. Gow. Blue Springs held a majority of the shares and captured the mecting, Although ILix o joint alfair betwoen (he two towns, it, like all othier atfairs, Is terribly disiointed and there does not exist that love that charac ized David and Jonathan. - Another Vietim of the Horror, CLEVELAND, Jan, 12—The testimony be- fore the coroner at Vifin to-day in the inquest of the B, & 0. wreek, added another ue to the list of the killed. A revolver picked up at the wreek was identified by Henry M. Ice, of Mannington, W. Vi, a5 belonging to his son, Kilby B. Ice, of | eld, 111., who was on his way home trom a visit fohis father at Mannington, A deposition was received from Harris C. Forester, of Chileagzo, in which be says he tatked with Ice on thé ill-tated train before accident. Nothing else of interest was brought out bythe testis mony to-day, > Death in Raw Sausage. CLEVELAND, O,, Jan. 12.—A Youngstown, O, says: Merman Donker, wife and babg, and his wife's father, Frederick F, Smeltz, are all affected with trichinosis from eating raw pork, special from ACTION AGAIN POSTPONED. The Senate Fails to Vote on the Inter-State Commerce Bill, MORE SPEECHES TO BE MADE: The Honse Passes the Tucker Substi- tute For the Bdmunds Anti- Polygamy Bill-The Provie sions of the Measure, Senate, WasmiNaroy, Jan. 12.<The on claims reported the senate bill to extend the time for filing claims under the French spoliation act for twelve montns additional, and on his motion the bill was considered and passed. Mr. Manderson introduced a bill to facili tate promotions and to retire from active service or on their own apnlication officers of the army who served during the war of the rebellion three y s as ofticers or enlisted men in the volunteer or regular army, Re- ferred, ‘The committee on coast defenses reported (as an amendment to be offered to the bill to encourage the manufactire of steel for ordi- nance), an item appropriating £5,000,000 for fortitications and other works of defense, Ordered printed, The commitiee on apvropriations reported back the army appropriation bill with amend- ments, Ordered printed, The senate at 1:15 resumed consideration of the inter-state commerce bill and was ad- dressed by Mr. Call, who declared his con- currence in the great objects of public policy that were soucht to be carried into effect by e original bill and by the conference. 1e- hort. ! Mr. Mitehell of Oregon said he would vote for recommitting the bill with instructions to amend the second and fourth sections by striking out the words *“‘under substantially similar eircumstances and conditions,” Mr. Cullom stated that there were three or four senators who desired to speak on the bill and who had engagements for this even- ing. He would not therefore ask for a vote to-night, but would do so betore adjourn- ment, Mr. Harrison asked unanimous consent to have the vote taken to-mogrow, but Mr Aldrich objected, > After an'exeeutive session the Jjourned. committeo senate ad- House. WasmiNGToy, Jan. 12.—The sveaker an- nounced the appointment of Messrs, Skinnes Peel and Perkins as conferees on the bill tor the allotment ot land in severalty to Indians. The tloor, under special order, was accorded to the committee on judiciary, I'he house then proceeded to the considera- tion of the Edmunds anti-polygamy bill and Mr. Tucker's substitute thercfor. Mr, 1. B. Taylor of Ohio gave abrief sketeh of the_establishment of the Mormon church in Utah and the efforts which had been made by congress to suppress the prac- tice of polyuani These efforts had by only partially siiceessful, owing to the dif culiy of obtaining proof ‘of polygamons ma riages, Congress should take the matter in hand, not in & spirit of persecution, but with a determination that the evil and wrong of polygamy should cease. 1t was now growing strongerand was not_confined to the boun- daries of Utah, — Wilile he heartily favored e muin features of e PEnAIng bill, e+ unalterably opposed to one provision of — that abolishing femala suffr. of Utah. But thouzh protesting ae rovision, he would waive his objcetion and Rentiy support the biil, Mr, Caine of Utah earnestly opnosed the measure as undemocratie, un-American and wantonly destrnetive of human rights, He sketehed — the settlement — of Utal by the Mormons, depicted the per- séeutions to which “they had been subjected, and highly enlogized the Morinon people for their industry, inteliigence and wonesty, 11 this bill beeame & law it would place the Mormon people at the merey of men whose objeet was to plunder them of all their earthly “possessions and drive them from their lomes, Inall eandor, he firmly believed that a law directing general ontlawry againstall who did_not publicly renounce and recant their belief in the Mormon ehureh would be mereiful in corarison with the etfects of the proposed law, e asked the house to pause. He pledged his word and character that the statements upon which the sisiation was based were without founda- tion in fact, To the gentlemen who had freed from bondage the negro slave, who loved liberty and cherished the instititions of our country, and who would bequeath them unsullied to their children, he pleaded thaf they would not consicn his people to such inhuman slaverv. [Applause]. Mr, Bennett of North Cavolina opposed the bill, Mr, Caswell of Wisconsin heartily enda the bill, while disclaiming any wish to p cute the Mormon: Mr. Scott of P'ennsylvania asked le: offer an amendment to the bill, Mr. Tucker declined to permit him to do so, saving that he wanted to pass the bill her and now, 5o that the 12th of January, 1857, would be memorable in the history of the country. [Applause, | ‘I'he house substitute was then agreed to an dthe senate bill, as thus amended, w passed without division, only eight members rising to demand the yeas and na: The house then adjourned. The anti-Mormon bill, as it passed the house to-ay. by the adoption of the Tucker substitute for the Edmunds senate bill, make the lawful husband or wife of any person prosecuted for bigamy, polygamy or unlaw- ful cohabitation, a competent witness against the accused, and further provides for the reg- istration of all marriages, making it a misde- meanor for any person to violate the provis- ions relative to such registration, It aunuls all the territorial laws providing for the identitication of votes of electors at any election, and also all laws conforring on territorial courts the power to determine divoree eases, and abolishes woman sulliage in the territory of Utal. Penaltics are pre- seribed for “unlawful intercour and polyzamy is defined as marringe between one person of one sex and more than one person of another sex, and is declared 1o be ot A ‘The finaneial corporations known as the Chureh of Latter Day Saints and the Per- petual Emigration Fund company are dis- solved and the attorney general is directed to wind them up by process of the courts, and all laws for the organization of militia of the territory and the ereation of the Naivoo legion are annulled, Polyzamists are made ineligivle to vote, and a test oath is preseribed 1o all persons desiring to vote that they will obey the laws of the United States and es- pecially laws in respect to crimes defined in this and the original Edmunds act. ‘The bhill provides for the immediate appointment by the president of all judges and selectmen of county aud probate” courts, and by the ioy- ernor of all justices of the peace, sherifls, constables and other county and district ofi- cers, The Dbill, as amended by the adoption of the substitute, will now be transmitted to the senate for the action of that body. R Discussion on Hennepin, OWasimiNGron, Jan, 12.-At a meeting of the house committee on rivers and harbors to-day the Hennepin eanal project came up for discussion in- connection with the report of the board of engineers presented to the house yesterday. In eonsequence of tie ab- sence of Representative Henderson the com- mittee took no action in the matter and it will be further considered wlhen Henderson returns from Illinois, Tae triends of the anal wish an appropriation of $50,050 (o be included in the river and harbor bill, as well as a elanse accepting the grant of the' [ilinois & Michigan canal, but eonsiderable opposi- tion has already developed in the comittee, several of the wembers taking the position that the letter of the sceretary of war trans- mitting the engiin port, as well. as the report itself, eannot be re-arded as endorsing the project’ unless extensive changes are wiade in the present line of route, - aska and towa W sbraska and foy sed ve to Nel For 1 weatbier, preceded by snow, i Uhiaritnye - { e arasor ST SEQUEL TO A DIVORCE CASE. A Prominent Chicago Merchant Mar- ries His Ex-Cashier. Jan, 12,<[Special Telegram to the Bre.]—Just a year ago society folks on the south side, were startled by the report at Mrs. Augustus Wheeler had suddenly left ier clegant home on Michigan avenue and encaged board at the Sonthern hotel, January 24 she began suit in chancery for a divorce, charging cruelty and adultery, The bill did not state name of the woman with whom Wheeler was charged with being unlawfully intimate, The charge, as filed, specitied “With a woman in his employ.” On January 20 Augusta Eddinzgton, a female cashier in the employ of Wheeler at No. 141 Lake street, sued Mrs, Wheeler for libe! and slander, placing her damages at $25,00. IHer leading counsel was the late Emery Storrs, In the declaration which Miss Ed dington filed some of the counts were for libel and some for slander. The lady averred that the sentence in Mrs, Wheeler's bill charging her husband with adultery “with a woman in his employ,” referred to- Augusta iddington, Miss “Eddington’s solicitors, after four or five tilts, did not succeed in getting the declaration to “stick.” On the same date th the hearing of the bill - for divoree was had _ the trial took place before Judge Shep 1 without jury of the case of * Miss “Wdington against Mrs, Wheeler. No de- fense was made as Mrs. Wheeler did not ajp J and no one was present exeept her at who sat quietly by and listened. The htered a decree for Miss Eddington 000 and costs, which Mr. Wheeler him- self promptly paid.’ Mrs. Wheeler's bill was amende ing out the charge of adultery and leaving it on the ground of cruelty. Mrs, Wheeler secured a decree of divoree on May 13, 1886, Mr. Wheeler paid her $40,000, The cistody of the only child, a beautifal girl of sixteen, was awvarded to the mother, Ancustas W, Wheeler, who s worth about £500,000, has been living at the Palmer house reeently. Not long ago he sold his stock of hardware on Lake street and subsequently disposed of a piece of real estate, for which he recoived S100,000. Miss Eddington, it is stated, beeame Mrs, Auzustus W. Wheeler this afternoon. A gentieman familiar with the inside history of the divoree case said this atternoon: 1t the suit of Mrs, Wheeler had come to a public trial newspaper readers would have had a sensation_ontrivaling any of the tales of Arabian Nights. A, W. W heeler isa man about thirty-cight years of age and his ex-cashier twenty-eight. J-/\\' GOULD, His Opin of the Inter- n- merce Bill-A Tour of Inspection, St. Louis, Jan. 12.—|Speeial Telegram to the B Gould, accompanied by A. Hopki New York, and General Manager Clark, started this morning for an extended tour of inspection of his Pacitic railroad property. gomng first to Texas, In 1 interview Gould confirmed the statement recently made in these dispatehes that arrangements are in progress to practically abolish the bridge arbitrary rates here and to operate the bridge so that its revenue shall cover the fixed charges. Ie also said that General Manager Clarke has been authorized ns for a union depot from local architects, and that during the coming year he honed to see the building completed. 1t 15 to be situated between Twelfth and Four. teenth strgets, be 600 feet long, with the east and wost enfrances of suflicient width to coverall tracks in the present depot yards,to be astiucture of modern architecture, embracing all the late improvements and to cost up- K000, e also thought well of tho prospect fo cstablish extensive stacls yards in the western suburbs of the city. Il Said he was eonsider/ne plans for the ‘exten- sion of the Missouri Pacific_into Colorado, but while nothing has been done definitely anumber of extensions and feeders wiil b built during the year and probably as many miles of road be added to the system in 1887 asin 15, When asked his opinion of the inter-state commereo bill e added: *Lam in favor of it, provided itis revised i made clear, which the original bill is mot. Th¢ long and short haul elause, as traflic men interpret it, amounts to prae- tical exclusion of the products of the far west from the markets of the east, While it will have a damaging effect upon the west, it will be of advantize o many. eastern states, as Ohio and Indiana farmers will be benelntted by it. The section of the bill making its vio- tion a penal offens ledly ambiguous, That elause will h a most detrimental effect upon the west, where there will be elamor for its repeal, ‘The wisest course to would ve to appoint an intelligent ssion and let that body pass upon all questions arising.” Crrca -~ Nlinois Legislative Proceedings. SerINGrieLy, 1L, Jan 12,—In the senate this morning the appointment of A. 1., Clark on the state board of health was contirmed. A communication from the veteran club of Chicago was read, asking the support of the senate for ex-Governor John M, Hamilton for the position of United States senator. Senator Funk presented a resolution asking con to enact laws providing proper quar- antine agaiust the importation of diseased cattle. Adopted. Resolutions of respect in honor of Judge John G. Rodeers were adopted. Eyans ot Kane introduced a bill asking for an appropriation of $74,000 for a new insane asylum at Elgin, The following bills were introdueed: By Bacon, making dis- franchisement the penalty for selling votes; by Bacon of Will, miners’ truck bill; by Gar- ritty, providing for twenty-live wards and fifty aldermen in the city of Chicago; by Cochran, for an act to enable corporations to extend thefr enarters; by Eckhart, providing for the refunding of Waest Park bonds; by Humphrey, mwaking it a felony for any person to hnport into the state any dy- ute or other explosive to he used: io thic 1y person and punishing aiders 5" ol such manufacturess by Hie- gins, providing that the state inspector of mines shall ascertain the capgeity ol every car used in raising coal 1 any mine anil brand the same upon the side, and that r- wards each miner shatl be eredited with the full weicht and measuro of such he shall turn; by Orian, fixing weights for different measures thronghon state, making sixty- eight pounds ver bushel for corn; by Johnson of Whiteside, to make an appropriation of £2,000 tor the relief of John A, Lyle, of Ster- linw, who lost both arms at areunion of vet eransy by Collins, to rezulate the manutaetire and sale of explosives and intlieting punishment on persons manufac- turing the same for the destruetion of life and property; by Dwvyer of Cook, to compel persons and corporations reqniring deposits frow employes to pay interest on the same; by Faller of Boone, providing for the repe of the act in regard to judginents on confes- sions; by . Herrington of Kaie, making an appropriation of $25,000 for a live stock cominission, to be used” for preventing the spread of contarions diseases among cattle; by Johnson of Whiteside, to amend” the act rélating to eriminal jurisprudence and pro. viding Tor couusel {Gr every person charged with erime, b - - The Rio Disaster MILWAUKEY, Jan., 14—Brakeman Wells, arged with being responsible for the Rio was arraigned at Portage this morn ing for man ter and pleaded not guilty, His eonnsel promises to make tional developments when the Wells try and proy Hankey eaused the aceident, British Extradition Discussed, WasuiNGroy, Jan. 12—"The senate in secret session took up and debated tor an liour the British extradition treaty, but ad- Jourued without action Ohio Mincrs Strike. 0., dan, 12-Four the National o, near an advatce SO0 SEns ial comes off, vill that Conductor Lundred mines of Crey coal winers at Watters & For struck to-day ton. AND, —_——— S— UMBER 200 N THE WORK OF WRECKERS. The Missouri Pacific South-Bound Express Ditched Near Dunbar, Nob. DEWITT ENGINEER KILLED. D, W, Hoffman and James Bell, Bee lieved to Be the Perpeteators, Cap- tured and Lodged in Jall at Nebraska City ~Great Indignation, A Cowardly Deed, Kaxsas Crry, Jan, 124 [Special Telegram to the Brr.—The south-bound passenger train on the Missouri Pacific extension, Which left Omaha last meht and due here this morning, was wrecked near Dunbar, Neb., avout midnight. The wreek was caused by the loosening of the rail, done by ties unknown, Several spikes and fish plates. had been removed and the train, coming along at the rate of thirty miles an hour plunged fifteen feet down an ombankment and landed ina snow ariftt, James Dewitt, of Wyandotte, Kan, the engineor, was caught under the boiler and killed, bis body, not betng recovered at last accounts, Frank Henoweth, oxpress messenger, whose home is in this city, was Internally hurt and may! die. A lady, whose name was not learned, was badly hurt, but no other passenger was seriously injured as far as known here. All were shaken up, however, and more or less brulsed, The entire train left the track and probably the loss of, life would have been great exeept for a snow= bank, which broke the foree of the plunge. The Missouri Pacitic ofiicials here state that the wreek is the result of a third attempt upon the life of Dewitt, the engineer. They say some of the men engaved in the strike Tast spring cherished o grodge against Dewitt because he was an active supporter of the company during the great strike. They as- sert that the wreek near Wyanaotte, for which Hamilton has just been tried, was the. result of a plot against Dewitt’s life, but his train was not the first to pass over the track, as they exnected. Subsequently, they say, a second attempt was made and last nightis the third, Several suspicious looking men were seen loitering about the station at Duns bar last evening. Tracks were tound leads ing from the scene of the wreek which may furnish a clue. The sheriff and several others are searehing the neighborhood and & reward will be ofiered for the wreekers, A number of California excursionists were among the party. OMANA PEOPLE 1 Arcnrson, Kan.,.J 1 jured in the Missori lic train accident last night were all brouht here to-day and cared for. "The eause of the accident was the removal of wrail by two men, who were scen to leave the spot as the train approached, Am examination showed that the spikes and fish plates had been removed, and elose by a elaw bar beloneing to the Burlington & Missourf River road was found. — ‘The {ool house of the Burlington & Missouri River at Dunbar © was also found broken open, —The wreek occurred on & enrve where the road rounds a sharp bluffy The entire train was turned over. Two men who were yesterday turned out of the depot at Dunbar are suspected. The following are amon the injured passengers 5. CoSNuii, Omati, M. G. MoRAN. Onaiia, M. KixNox, Omah Mrs. K. Cross, O ha, C. G Bonros, Omali! MATTIEW LINDELL, Oniaha, Jases McCrorLey, Omalia, The Miscreants Captured. NEBrAssA Crrv, Neb., Jan, 12.—[Special Telegramto the Bre)-—The terrible acels dent which occurred last night on the M souri Pacifie vailroad near Dunbar, in- which the brave James Dewitt, the engineer, lost his life, has been so fullv and strongly pushed to see who the misereants were that made tho derailment that caused his death that to-night D, W. Hoffpan and James Bell are confined in the jail in this_city under tho cotoner’s verdiet of being the perpetrators of this hell- ish deed. J. Stilson Potter, who prosecuted the search on el of the Mise souri ic yailrond, Ed Mar- neil, editor of th Nebraska — City News, and to Sherifl MeCallum certainly be- longs the credit of ferreting out and bring- ing the gnilty parties to trial, There is ins tense excitement at Dunbar, and if the pris- oners had not been brought to this city to- night there is no doubt but there would have been alynehing. The evidenee adduced be- fore the coroner’s jury was such as leaves no doubt but the guilty parties have been founds - The Ferry Div CHICAGO, Jan. 12%.—[Spec the BEk. [—Mis. Abbie I against her husband, William 11, Ferry, w yesterday dismissed in Judge Shepard’s court on Mrs, Ferry’s niotion. The discon tinuance of the proceedings, which promised: JUneD. The persons ins ce Ons Telegram to rwell Ferry's suit sensational developments when the easo was commenced, was the yesult of & compromise between Feriy and hls wife, brought abous, it is said, by the efforts ot Mr. John V. Faf well, Mis, Ferry's father, The agreemen arrived at between them 15 that tlicy shal live separate and apart withont a deeree of court, and that Mr. Ferry shalt pay for the. maintenance and education of four boys, while Mys. Ferry is to be supported by lie futher. -~ A High Lit NEW Yous, Jan. ¢ tothe Brnl—The Stay : Iashionable socicty at Long Braneh is agitated over the sient that George Hoey, son of the onnire, John Hoey, president of the Adams Express company, bas been indicted by the Monmouth county grand jury for forging his father's name to a draft-for §150, The eulprit ha el detectives are on his track, ‘Thisfsnot the first time that George Hoey has been euilty of a like offense. ‘Ihis tim e, however, the father determined Lo puns ish him, and made compluint against him on which e was indicted, Hoey has virtually disowned his son, Geor I5 thirty-two years of nere, and has a lovely wife and iwo heantis ful ciidren, Meis an actor, but a very noor o, 5 15§ SUYS naal, clal Telegram - A Socialistie Colony New Youk, Jan. 12.- (Special ‘Telegram to the B he Tribune says: A gentleman who justreturned from Mexico says that J, K. Owens’ socialistic colony at Topolobampo 1s bound to prove a fail The telvgraph reported the other day ke departure of more than one hundred and twenty recraits for this colony fiom Tombstone, Arr, The conntry i which they are to seitle is repres sented to be a desert wiich can be made produce anything only by irrigation. and that i5in wmost” instances impracticable. on - g count of the searcity of water, ‘T'he Mexican EOVCTNINent is unable or unwilling to afford adequate protection o 1ite and prope ity as to mmake everything uncertain there, n Mexico, re, Pros) I Pamine Hazreros, 1 The ntive committee of the winers and laborers' subs division of the Knights of 1 which in= clude the entire antn session here terduy and resolyed o des clate a gencral strike I employes ens g it and preparation of 20al Zoing 1o places allceted by the strike ot the New Jersey coal handler oviding the strikers approve of tuis a i the mosy flective wmann ot rendering them assistunce, Powderl o i the action of | e committee is approved by the strikers, v toone hundred t and mines Lin the wnthracite coal Lields will ye 11 | | | [ E .