Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 25, 1887, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAy BEE SIXTEENTH YEAR. K SOLITARY NEGATIVE VOTE, The Fisheries Retalintion Bill Pacses the Senate By a Malority of Forty-five, A SPIRITED DEBATE INDULGED IN Ingalls Depicts in Scathing Terms the Cowardly Attitude of the Brit- ish Government—Proceeds ings in the House, Senate, WASHINGTC . 24,—The credentials of Chatles B. Farwell, elected to fill the vacancy 1n the senate caused by the death of John A Logan, were presented and placed on file, Mr. Allison presented petitions from the national banks of Chicago, Minneapolls and 8t. Paul, recommending certain ehanges and modifications in the house bill s to national banks, now pending before the senate mittee on finance. Keferred, I'he credentials of Cushman Keller D y senator-elect from Minnesota for the term of six years from March 4, 1857, were presented and placed on file, “The senate bill concerning postofiices of the third class, providing that they shall not be changed into postoflices of the fourth elass where the gross receipts amount to $1,900 per year and where the box receipts and commissions constituting the postmaster’s compensation amount to $1.000 was, on 1o tion o Mr. Wilson of Towa, taken from the calender and passed. At 1:05 the senat munds, proceeded on motion of Mr, Ed- to the consideration of tho senate bill, te authorize the president of the United State protect and defend the rights of Americs fishing vessels, American fishermen, Ameri- ean trading and other vessels in certain cases. Mr, Hoar suggested the insertion ot the words ‘“or unjustly vexed or harrassed therein by the authorities thercof.”” 1o thought the bill would be much safer if it contained that general phrascology. Mr. Ingalls thought these fishery diftienl. ties must untimately be settled cither by ne- gotiation or by war. This measure was distinetly one of retaliation. It was an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth; fish for fish; insult for insult, wrong for wrong. e thought it important before the senate was called upon to vote that the committee on forelgn relations should advise the senato whether this measure was intended to be pa- cific or hostile, whether it was in effect an invitation to negotiate or praetically a declara- tion of war. There was no use in disguising the proposition. There was a feeling of iritation, the real party in interest being t DBritain, and not Canada, which was at any moment, if the present attitude was continued, liable to lead to disccatent which might ripen into exasperation and this into open hostility. It was therefore of very great importance that at the threshold, the outset, in the vestibule, the semate should understand whether the bill was intended as a pacitic or a lostile measure. ~ 1le quoted some sentences from thie reportof the commitiee on foreign rela- tions and remarked that countries have been Inundated with blood on less provoeation, The conduct of the Dominion and t Britain, according to this report, was sufli- clent lu{u\uly and wazrant a declaration of war on the part of the United States. It was a violation not only of the treaty right guar. antecd by repeated conventions,but it showeid a purpose on the part of the government of Canada and her ma s government to harass and annoy and aestroy the American fishing imterests simply for the purpose of elther private gain or some public advantaze. It appeared to him that, in case of those seri- ous allezations in irritation and discontent known 1o exist between the two countries and the reporting of a measure which author- ized t‘l.e|uu~'nh-nllu\'llh'l’wimfi-ly on a pro- cess of retaliatlon was hardly consistent with the gravity of the situation. 1t was a dangerous course to authorize the president to continue the same line of conduet and pol- icy with the inevitable result either of ne- gotiating for the purpose of settling theso questions or else going o war i defense of rights under the treaty of 1818, fe thought it would be better and” more in_accordance with the dignity of the subject and with the morality which'ought to prevail among n tions as among men to declare’ s the convi tion of the senate that the relations between the two powers are such as to require nego- tiations, and that there should be an authe ity not to issue letters of marque and reprisal, but to select a commission to consider th subject, and if possible to reach some basis of understanding between Great Britain, Canada and the United States in regard to the fishery question. Mr. Frye said that Mr. Ingalls forget that Canada was playing the same role now which she had played twice before. She played it for but one purpose and that was to secure negotiations for reciprocal treaties, and these reciprocal treaties had turned ou to the disadvantage of the United States and to the advantage ot Caij e belisved it his duty to group the outrages which had been committed by ada within the Iast six months then he would let the senator from Kansas (Ingalls) say whether or not he thought the United States ought to resort at once to negotiations, M Frye made a very impassioned speceh, eharg ing the Canadian authorities with oufrages and inhumanities that would have disgraced Fiji islanders, and declaring that the purpose of the proposed lezislution was to notity the government of Great Britain that a con- tinuance of such a course must be at her peril. e intimated very plainly that the proposed legislation was desired by the presi- dent and members of the cabinet. Mr. Ingalls accepted the interpretation of thebil rrectone, At meant war, Al- though Lnunds denied that it nec sarily did so mean, he expressed his pleasuro at hearing Mr. Frye's interpretation’ of the bill that it was'a declaration to Great Britain Tecounizing her ageney in the matter, and notifying hier that she will continue in it at acr peril, My, kdmunds asked Ingalls whether he meant to say that any act which the people of the United States micht consider a viol tion of the treaty was necessarily a casus belli, Mr. Tuzalls and avoy treaty obliv seemed to Imean to say that declared and continued violations of ticns or of international law are a casus belli, Mr. Edmunds—It does pot necessarily follow that every breach of a treaty is to be followed by war, Mr. Inzalls—1ow about continuous, delio- erate, willul violations of the treaty? My, Edmunds—That is a different thing, Mr. Ingalls—"That is this case, ‘Ihis trouble has kot fo be seitled—so far as this bl is concerned —either by diplomaey or blood, land has always been a rufian, a coward and a bully among the nations of the earth insolent 10 the weak, tyrannical to the feeble and cringing and obsequious to tho strong . Her history for centuries had been of erine agalust the human race—in Ireland, in Seot land, in Wales—against the Roman Catho- Jies, against the Boers of South Africa against the Hindoos and Chinese, Wherever there bas been a feeble, & weak, a helpless nation, Great Britian has been there for the purpose of rapacity and plunder and con- quest, England bears no good will to this country, 0 memory of the two defeats ikles, ! dare say, in the the breasts of Eng- lishmen. When 1say that Great Britain is not friendly (0 this country 1 wiean that the classes are unfrienaly to this country, Her course has been always one of wrong, insolence and outrage, Eug- lana cheated the south w false hopes of reeognition ired the north by viola © o veslp tion [ believe that there is no baity of good will on the past of America towards England. Thero are few Americans who do not rezret Water: 1oo. Thare ue?e“ Awericans who Jo not Jocogniza the fael thal the course of Feg- land towards this couutry has been one 3t Ansolenoe and susplclop \ad ouirage (rem 1 begioying 87 eur natlonsl exfatevce. 111 read Gis cotion wright tharels wo o i LAk Dopdle —— on the part of Great Britain to secure a peaceful solution, a pacific interpretation of the doubtful provisions of the treaty of 118, but rather a deliberate purpose so far to fo- ment irritation _and discontent between Canadn and the United States as to prevent that pacitication in the Immediate future, which would be inevitable it both people were left to the operation of the natural laws trade and society. 1 see vers plaie Iy what the purpose of Great Britain has been in the matter. She desires to render it impossible for free, friendly re- ciproeal e political and othersise between Canada_and the ( Iherefore I was glad to hear of the interp tation placed on the proposed legislation by the senator from Maine (Frye), that so far as he s concerned s to be aration to Great Britain (rccognizing her agency and her power in the matter), that she will per ist further at her peril M. 1o clared that the proc ings of ities in this matter were undertaken for the purpose o interfering with a matter which is purely of our own domestic concern, It s not that Canada might eateh fish without molestation was that she might sell nee of the American rded this unon nt acts of hostility short of actual war stand, howey Kansas that was to bring about to be his opinion e Canaaian author 1 will a certain dom most enphiatic and fla. thatcould be committ He “did not unde with the senator 1o nbject of this measure either war or further diplomacy. It was micrely sayin to the British government and Dowinion of Canada that so long as they attempted to interfere with our domestic ar rangements in this way so long they should not be permitted to sell their or other products in American markets at g Mr. Morean followed Hoar, Mr. Evarts argued in support of the bill which, he said, was not in the nature of n wenace or tending at all i that direction. It was the duty of congress, Lie said, to take the subject away from local disturbance, irri- tation and resentment. So far from the bill tending to war or tending to umbr age it was intended to lave a contrary efteet. 1t was an immediate announcement to the peoplo that they had only to trust their protection not to personal resentment but to the government of the United States and when the opening of summer should bring about a recurrence of the fishing season and of the fishing dangers the question would bo removed from that theater of collision and, if not concluded, it would be under the control of both govern- ments in a deliberate conssideration of w should Te done in order to have stability o intercourse and in order 1o give stability to the peace and dignity of two great nations— the United States and Great Britain, Mr. Hale declared himself earnestly in tavor of the bill. Its provisions were: not harsh, but moderate: not rash, but well con- sidered, and he believed that those provisions, when enacted into law and carried out by thé executive, would be eflicaclons, Mr. Vest arguc n tavor of the bill, Mr. Riadicberger opposed the bill beeanse it was in the nature of a trealy with Great Britain. He wanted no treat An amendment offered by Mr. Vest for tho appointment of a commissioner to take testi- mony in regard to losses and injuries in- flicted by the British authorities_upon Amer- iean tishermen was lost—yeas, 173 nays, “The bill was then passed—yeas, 46 (Riddleberger). The text of the bill was changed only ver- bally. 1t was recently published, Mr. Beek gave notice that he would to-mor- row ask the senate to consider the bill pre- venting members of congress from acting as attorneys for railroad companies, The senato then adjourned. House. WASHINGTON, Jan. ‘The speaker laid before the house a communication from the secretary of the treasury in response to the house resolution calling for information con- corning the indebtedness of the subsidized cific rallroads and the eficet of the passage of the house funding bill. Ordered printed. Under the call of s s the following bills, ete., were introduced and referred: By Mr. Morrow of California—A resolution of the Callfornia legislature asking for the 1estoration of ex-Governor Stoneman to the retired list of the army, with the rank ot colonel. By Mr. Springer of Illinols—Proposing a constitutional amendment changing the time for the assembling of congress to the first Wednesday of January of each year. By Mr. Lawler of Illinols—A resolution directing the committee on naval atfairs to inquire into the expediency of immediately appropriating 50,000,000 to bo expended under the direction of the secretary of the navy for the construction, equipment and ar- muiient of such new vessels of war as may be deemed necessary. By Mr. Clardy of Missourl—To Incorporate the Atlantic & Pacitic Ship Railway com- pany. R By Mr. Thomas of [llinois To increase naval establishment. It authorizes the struction of two steel eruisers of about 1ons disy ment of the type of “Cruiser No. 1" at a cost, exclusive of armament, of not more than $1,500,000 each; five steel gun- boats of the style’ of “Gunboat No. 1" at a cost, exelusive of “armament, of not more than £520,000 each; and six steel torpedo boats. having a maximum speed of not less than twenty-four knots per hour, to cost, e clusive of armament, §100,000 each. AMr. Belmont of New York, from the com- mittee on foreien affuirs, reported back tho resolution requesting the president o trans- mit to the house the fisheries correspondence Mr. Thompson of Ohio, on_behalf of the committee on private land’ claims, called up the bill abrogating the powers of the execd- tive ofticers of the United States In allowing indemnity locations or serip for confirmed un satisiied private Jand claims and vesting that power inthe United States courts, Passed, “The house then went into committee of the whole, Richardson of Tennessee i the chair, on the river and harbor appropriation bill, Mr. Hepburn of lowa offered an amend- ment providing that the appropriations made in the bill shall be_expended without the in- tervention of the Mississippi and Missouri river commisions. More than an hou in securing a quorny ment was rejected—7 o 157, Without advaneing one step in the eonsid: ation of the bill the committee rose and the house adjourned. the con- 4,000 andahalf and as consumed then the amend- - ELECTRICITY VS, HANGING, Attempts to Change © tal Punishment, BrrraLo, N. Y., Jan. 24.—[Special Tele gram to the Bk, |—The report of the capital punishment commission will be presented to the legislature on ‘Tuesday next, Dr, South- wick, of this elty, member of the commission, was asked what the result of the commis- sion’s labors would be, He replied, “The weight of opinions expressed in the replies recelved by the commission in the circular sentout to prominent lawyers, judges and others in the state, asking their views on the subject, s against hanging and in favor of electricity, The report, therefore, will be in favor of the adoption of sowme eleetrical ap- paratus for executions, That is the end to which 1 have been working for six years, and if the report of our cowmission does not cul- minate in the passage of a bill abolishing hanging, I shall begin to think I have been working iu vain. -I have noticed that the bill introduced in our legtslature last year was covied in Paris and a similar one s been introduced by a Frenchman in the legislative body of France. Germany has taken up the question, and I have just read that in New Jersey attention has been called 1o our agitation of the matter. 1 wish that the Eumpire state would take the initiative in this step toward broad humanity. ‘I'he only argument that can be brought in faver of hanging is that of its deterrent effect, bug [ maintain thata paiuless death would have just the same influence upou society if it were accomplishod in secrel. Let the pris- oner be conlined in a state prison and be re- moved from life painiessly and secretly, lont the hurrah” aud tends A bangiug.” Mode of Capi- Anuthor Bood &v Yors, Jan, ¥ —The 1, "Nolli, the thisd of the Indlated slgermen ot boatd ¢f ¥ dovras bz ey | 15 00 hette: whaa "OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY ‘)_—)‘ 1887, THE RAILROADS ALARMED. Possibility of Van Wyck on the Inter-Sts Commission Startles the Lobby, THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE PEOPLE, No Truth in the Report That the Presi- dent Will Veto the Mcasure— Candidates Being Put For- ward—Capital News. The Lobby Startled. WasmiNaroy, D, C., Jan, Special Telegram to the Ber ilroad representa- tives who hiave been hovering around Wash- ington during the pending of the inter-state commerce bill, were thrown into a fever of excitement yesterday, consequent upon the discovery that leading democrats who have confidence in the administration, are quietly but no less cffectively at to induce the president to appoint Senator Van Wyck ns one o the republican commissioners, created by the inter-state commerce bill, provided he is or can be ma ot the position, Their argument is that no man prominent in the republican party more nearly repres public sentiment on railrond transportation questions than Senator Van Wyck, ‘The report that the president would veto the inter-state commerce bill evidently was based on some remarks he made to & con- gressman on Friday last. The president said tie had beeu reading the bill and had found the fourtli seetion to be very ambiguous, He thought that congress, whilo it was making laws, should use as great perspieuity as pos- sible in order that the meaning could be un- derstood without calling on the courts to in- terpret the language, 1t was often the case and he understood it was so with regard to the inter-state commeree bill that two mem bers of the committee differed as to the meaning ot the languagr in which it was framed.” This, he said; was all_ wrong, 1t congress Knew what it wanted to say there were words in the English lansuaze capable ot expressing the idea without ambiguity, AS it was, he feared th tiio difference ' of opinion a5 to the meaning of the fourth seetion of the inter-state commerce bill would lead to long and expensive litigation, which would be a burden and annoyance to' the people it was intended to benerit and relieve from expenss and annoyance. ‘These: sensible remarks of the president show that lie has sounded the bill and understands its strueture and weak ness, but lie did not show any sizns of a veto, On the contrary he spokeas i he intended to sign it. “Thiere s a rush of eandidates for the posi- tions ereated by the bill, The state of Ken- tueky has offered eight applicants for the comimissionerships, with scveral of the back countics to hear from. Congressmarn Morrison and Senator Conger appear to be the only ones who aro sure of appointment, and there is a_theory that Oberly will be & candidate, in which eévent Morrison’s pros- peets will'not be so good. Governor Stone- man, of Californig, is also considered a prob- avle apoointee. New England and the south are crowding politicians forward. The con- stitution appears to prohibit the appointment of Conger and Morrison, for it provides that 10 meniber of congress ¢an be appomtea to an oflice ereated during his term. To get around this technicality, however, all they have to do is to cease to be members of eon - gress, when they will be eliglble. AN OLD SOLDIER'S REGRET, “Tam very sorry about the defeat of Sena- tor Van Wyck,” said an old union soldier from New™ York to-day, “and I think N braskans wiil sce the day they will univer sally regret it. _General Van Wyck 1s one of the” most ardent friends the “soldier boys have. He stands by them as Le did in the dark days of the eatly sixties. Well do I ro- member when my regiment was passing through Washington on its way south and we camped over night in the capital. Van Wyck, then a member of congress, stayed with us, giving us cheer and substantial as- sistance, 1le stayed all day and through the night with us, franking letiers to our friends. He never refused to do an act of kindness to bldier, nor in fact to any deserving per- work WILL NOT INTELFERE. Representatives Jolinson, Owen and Steele received telegrams to-day from greenbackers in Indiana asking them to advise the repub- lican members of the lecisiature to vote for Allen, the labor candidate statini that he could be el was lield on the floor of the determined that this was a matter tl should be left entirely to the leaders of the at [ndianapolis and not ealling for any ce from this end of the line. TIE WHEELS OF JUSTICE BLOCKED, Oliver I. Shiras, district judge at Dubugue, In., has written a jetter to Representative nderson requesting a change of terms of court in that district. He says that the rail- road betwesn Dubiique and Fort Dodge is blocked by snow so that he eannot get there 10 open court; that this difliculty is met every wintel id t i8 no rewedy save a chan, of time for holding court, 1o encloses a bill to be introduced to this énd, but there is no hope for such legislation at this session. POSTAL CHANGES. ‘The following Nebraska postmasters were appointed to-day: Curtis R. Young, / non, Custer county, vice Chas, I, Lioyd, r signed Mansell, Clister county, vie N . A conference house and it w CAPITAL BRIKFS, James Hutehinson, of Dublique, fn., hus sent to Representative Henderson, of that state, the outline of a bill for the organizi- tion of a new national banking system. 1t vrovides for the issnance of silver certificates to national banks instead of the present national bank notes, the deposit of gold, sil- ver or government bonds at par, allowing Dbanks o issue in full. It permits banks to loan on real estu ‘The communication was referred to the committee on banking and curreney, 4 The Cattle Growers' Assoclation of the United States, under daté of lowa City, [a., January 12, has petitioned the lowa defeg tion to Support the plearo-pneumonta bill, Miss Ella I, Larkin, of Nebraska, a 000 elerk in the general'land has peen promoted to $1.000, Senator Mavderson introduced in the sen- ate Lo-day the petition of sixty-eight men and twenty-five women of Milford, Neb,, for wowan suflra; Senator Alliscn introduced a_ bill to-day to remove the charge of desertion trom the milis tary record of Charles O, Bradiy, - The Telephone Cases, WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—Argument in the telephione cases will begin in the United States suprenie court this afternoon, and will ontinue for two weeks, Counsel in these ases asked for sixty-four hours, or about threc weeks, but court decided to limit them to forty hours, or ten court days, The court room was _erowded with specta- tors and members of the bar when the court assembled at 12 o'clock, Justice Grey will not take part in the hearing of the telephone case. ‘I'wo of the justices of this court haye delivered opinions in these cases in courts below, nauely. Gray and Blatehford There is an extraordinary array of counsel representing the various teléphone com- panies. ‘Uhere are also presenta number of telephione oflicers, experts and inventors, in- cluding Prof. Bell The chief justice notified counsel that the court, in view of the lmportance of these sases, had decided to postpone the usual Feb- ruary recess one week and allow counsel two weeks' time for this argument—that is, from to-day until a week from next Friday, - Indiana Senatorial Contest. INDIANAPOLLS, Jan. 24.—The genc.al sembly met in joint convention at noon to-day and took one ballot, which resulted: Turpie, 74; Harrison, 10; Allen, 4. All the wewbers, with two exceptions, were present aud voted, Wormall, democratic represen- tative, is detained at home by siekness and is paited with O'Brlen, republlcan. It is not known Low much longer the friends of Allen will continue to cast their \‘l)lfl for bim, bui 1t 18 consideredicartyin they will 40 80 for sev- eral ‘tava yob, oq Dhe b It oo, ce, sking as- vect far eleotlrn, | § ENGLISH ON AMERICAN, Views in London On Incidents This Side of the Atlantic, [Copyright 1887 by James Gordon Benniett.} LoNDON, Jan, 24— New York Herald Cable Spectal to the Bee.]—American—that is to say United States—affairs now largely oc- cupy the London press every day. Yet itis not long ago that news from New York was printed in space and type microscopically small, and shared a similar fate as did the few lines from Lima or Buenos Ayres, The fisheries, the international treaty, fast cruis- ers and Dr. McGlynn, however, still continue to be the current topies of comment here, The Globe alludes to Dr. McGlynn and Archbishop Corrigan this atternoon. Doubt- less it will be interesting to New Yorkers to read the viols expressed three thou miles away from where the incidents taken place “The attitude assumed by a single priestis likely to open up as to the relations of church, state, soclety and start fresh ones. It therefore shows but little aporeciation of the in- volved on the part of Dr. MeGlynn’s parish- foners and cuoristers, that these shou!d think of influencing the case by the rough and ready process of boyeotting the services condueted by the substitute during the sus- pension o the disciple of IHenry George. Is a priest bound to take nolitico-econon fcal views from his ccelesiastical superior That the way in which Dr. Me- Glynn would state the question, answering it with an iIndignant denial. Itmust be owned he has contrived to put Some in a considerable dilemma. Commun- ism has never been repudiated by the Cath- lic chureh, A doctrine, if it be now repud- ated for the sake of foreing discipline in this particular case, the ehureh will weaken itself as it invariably weakens itself by the formation of a new dogma. It s always a political blunder to add to the list of heresies, yet, if Dr. McGlynn be allowed a personal triumph over his archbishop, one may be sure the clurch will be regarded by all communists everywhere as their ally. Rome, however, has always well compre- hended the great good of del and if Dr, McGlynn fancies he has succeeded in what the great Father “Tom” would have called “making a hare pope,” hb is probably exces- sively sanguine. To Lold opinions may be lawful, while to expr them at an inoppor- tune moment may be a gross breach of dis- cipline.” The St..James Ga I'ne Globe says: questions issues otte thinks, “the con- flict between Dr. MeGlynn and the vatican will grow interesting. ~ At present it israther like that one-sided combat ubi tu pulsas ego vapulo tantum, Arehbishop Corrigan and the prefect of the propaganda assail Dr. McGlnn with ord injunctions and remon- strances, to which he pays no attention. He did not even call on the archbishop to receiv the message from Rome and the papal mis- sives have to besent nim by post as though they were circulars recommending a Cali- fornia champagne or some mnew system of life assurance. The priest still deciine altogether to go to Rome or budge from hi declaration that private ownership in land is against natural justice, and that he would, if he could, confiscate all property in land without one penny of compensation to the miscalled owne Will the vatican endure Dr. MeGlynn’s disturbanee as well as his bad theology? If so, it will bé very encouraging for Archbishop Walsh, anfiother clerical sup- porters of ‘the plan of cafipaign.’ TIE FISHERIES. Other papers call on Canada to stand firm in the fisheries dispute. Some taunt the senate with fearing Irish sentiment if they pass the extradition treaty, and that they are therefore lukewarm about it. OTHER QUESTIONS, Not a few papers support view of armed merchant eruisers, while com- menting forcibly on the purchase by the Italian governmentof thesteamship America us its eruiser. One evening paper mourns the blow at hand labor through the recent use by aluciter mateh making company of an American ma- chine that, attended by one or two persons only, cuts mateh blocks and makes 150,000 splints per hour, which rapidly dipved come out ready for boy The en rising Daily News,almost daily, through its wic corre- spondent over the Commereial cable, feeds its readers with trans-Atlantic incidents, the Herald's Austra Preparing For War, VIENNA, Jan. 24.—Ap order proliibiting the exportation of horsas is daily expected. It is estimated taat the landsturm will apply 1,000,000 additional wen to the army. The regulation appended from the deeree relative to the landsturm directs that if the men are summoned before uniforms are received they must wear insiznia_consisting of yellow and black arm bands and bearing the number of the reziment to which thev belong, It is further ordered that each man must provide himself with a metal case in which to keep papers by which Lie may be identiied. "I'he men wearing their own clothes shall be al- lowed 10 kreuzers daily, ‘T'hese instructions to the landsturm are régarded as indicative of an early campaign and cause disquietude. Although the Bulgarian situation is im proved, military preparations of the Austro- Hungarian government continue unabated, In event of mobilization, three great armies will be formed, each corps having noless than two hundred and fifty thousand men. Com- manders for these corps have already been designated. It is believed these wigantic preparations have been undertaken from fear of war with Itussia concerning Bulgaria than with a view of the contingency of war between France and G which would induce additional conpli French Af PAnis, Jan, 24.—Meyer, the alleged Ger- man spy, who escaped at the time of the eap ture of his two companions at Lyons, been arrested, All three Insist that the sol dier who accuses them trumped up the story that they had tried to bribe him to obtain for them one of the new Freneh repeatin A dispateh trom Tonquin says that Brissard has carried the rebel position at Mikivhie, and that 50 insurgents were killed. The French are pursuing the rebels. ‘I'he statement published in the London Daily News that England is alarmed over the information in its possession that Germany intends 1o ask France for an explanation of the meaning of Freneh military movements on the frontier is ofticially deniéd here, The Freneh government declares that nothing bas been done to justify sueh a renionstrance on the part of Gerniany nancial Markets. ONDON, Jan, 4, —There has been a semi- vanic in the stock market this afternoon in consequence of the unfavorable aspect of the al situation. Consols for money closed ay at 100 7-16, 4 decrease of % from the closing of Saturday, The quotation at to- day’s close for account was 100 9-16, a fall of 516 from Saturday, PARis, Jan. 4. —Three per cent rentes, which closed” Saturday S franes 124 centimes, are now quoted at 0 fraucs 20 centimes, Royalty's Spring Junket. LONDON, Jan, 24.—A dispateh from VPetersburg says the czar and czarina @ rauging for a trip to Burope in the spring, urope's ¥ St Capture of a Defaulter, St. Louts, Jan, 24,—Shentl Ferguson, of Wyandotte, Kau., passed turough this city yesterday with Ed Gilday, of Charleston, Ohio, ariesé=d at the instance of his ewploy ers, James Campbell & Co., wiio sendiim out Rbout & year ag0 with $10,000 to purchase forphe rs. . Ho had wado na purchascs ‘AW bad o Sowe ceard snyililog trow Wi, O'NEILL CITY ALL TORN UP. Masked Vigilantes Compel a Newspaper Man and a Lawyer to Leave Town, SUSPECTED OF POISONING. A Wisner Woman Arrested For Dosing Her Husband's Whisky With Ar- senic—One Person Dead—Two Brothers' Horrible End, A Fine State of Affairs. LivcoLs, Neb, Jan. 2.—|Special to the BEr.|—O'Neill City, nccording to in- formation received li ere this morning, is “all tore up.” The sherifl of Holt county was down to see Governor Thayer this morning and ascertain his duties. From the news the sherifl brought it appears that on Monday night last a party of masked men escorted Sam Claiborne and wife to the railroad train and instructed them to leave town. They took one Tebault to the railroad, and pressed him with an - invitation to g0 east- ward or westward—they “didn’t care a d—mn which,” according to Tebault's statement, but that he should forthwiti and immediately “slope,” they insisted. The action of the masked men was the outgrowth and culmination of troubles which been for a long time brewin Claiborne and his wife have been runnine newspaper called The People. Out of utter- ances of this paper and personal expressions ashooting afttay occurred about six weeks ago, the_ facts of which were given in the Bre, - The People has been at war with ihe Frontier,edited by Matthews,and the Tribunc, cdited by MeDonough, for some time in fact. The whole thing is considerably mixed up, it would appear, and_there are reports that Claiborne has commenced divoree procecdings against his wife, that Tebauit is a_co-lelend- ant, and_ that the masked crowd had con- cluded it was the proper thing to get rid ot all three parties at once. But of these reports there Is no substantiation. ,The sheriff was informed by Governor Thayer that he must extend to the parties who had been forced to leave town the full protection of the law, should they return and behave themselves. “The sherifl stated that the maskers were young men who had been in attendance upon a_masqhierade ball, and that they 1 attempted no violence to Clay- borne, Mrs. Clayborne or Tebault. How much threatening they had done he ‘was un- able to say. He assured the governor that he would suppress any future vigilance com- mittee business, Lincoln's Law and Order League. LINCOLY, Neb., Jan. 24.—|Special Tele- Sram to the Bre.j—The Citizens' Law and Order league held its annual meeting to- nizht, ‘The attendance was small and but little interest manifest. The secretary re- ported the work of the year to have been sIXty-two cases brought for prosecution, about half of which had resulted in- verdicts for the league. Ninetcen of these cases were acainst gambling houses, thirteen against liquor selling, nine against houses of ill- fame, cight against Sunday law violations, and the balance minor affairs. 'I'ie sceretary in his report, severely criticised the courts, the city officials and_ the police, considering the lly against the league, Ley. C. reighton, Chancellor Manatt, A. J. Saw- arquett were' among the . Oflicors were elected for the com- % year as foliows: Dresident, C. I Gero; secrctary, F. W. Lewls; treasufer, John 1t Clark. ~Mr. Gero announcod that bie la | not time to serve and no one else was around in the room who seemed willing to take the- place and the leacue adjourned, leaving the retiring presiden’, A. wyer, to acj. A New Nebraska Road Neb., Jan. 24.—[Special to the Che prospects are now that another railroad will be built through northeastern Nebraska the present year. The surveyors, subposed to be under the supervision of the Union Paciie, are running aline from Nor- folk to Sioux City, fa, The survey passes near Randolph and Coleridge, tlience to Martinsburg, near the center of Divon county, thence by way of Jackson to Sioux City, Ta. The Tine passcs through a fine farming country, and the road would ereatly help todevelon this part of the state. Tho peoble are erying for cheaper rates and they aconipeting road would materially the exhorbitant rates chargea at reduce bresent. Two Horrible BLOOMINGTON, Neb., Jan Special Telegranm to the Bk, |—One of the most hor- rible oceurrences ever heard of here was that which brought about the death of Vatrick and Charles MeDermott, of this county, Several weeks ago Patrick wot drunk, layed out of doors, and froze both legs and both arms, which'siterwards had to be amputated, Lo-day news reaches here that both Pt and his brother are dead, the latter dyin: from the effects of drinking the liquor with which his brother’s legs and aris had been washed. Deaths, Poison in Whisky. West PorNt, Neb.. Jan. Telegram to the Bee.|—Ferdinana Knester and wife, of Wisner, have been quarreling for some time past and she has made several attempts on his 1 Friday, as is claimed and suspected, she put poison'in his bottle of whisky, with "which he afterwards treated the family of John Wherer, All were taken suddenly” ill and Louise Wherer 15 dead. ‘The others will recover. Mrs, Knester will e arrested to. day Horse Thieves Shot. ITASTINGS, Neb,, Jan, 25.—A rumor has just reached here that a couple of horse thieves who stole two saddie horses from Pratt’s livery barn here last Friday were overtaken in Hall county and both shot dead y the oficers in the attempt to capture them, —~ Slugged With a Bottle, Hawrrow, la., Jan. 24, Spec; 1 gram to the Bee.|—Saturday night a row occurred in this ity and in the quarrel which followed William Swerley slugged Lou Kule, proprietor of a billiard hall, over the head with a eidler bottle, knocking him insensible. He was removed to his home and now lies in a precarious coudition, Sioux City Saloonists Arrested, Sioux Ciry, I, Jan, 24, cial Tele- gram to the Brr.]—Quite a number of ar rests were made to-day of saloonists indiete by the late session of the grand jury, The defendents all appeared in court, waived ar- ralgnment and were placed each’ under 5500 bouds to appear on Wednesday and plead. Dedicated Out of Debt, Towa Crry, Ia., Jan gram to the Dy new church was dedicated here yesterday, structure cost 87,00 An unpaid debt of $1,600 was raised at the dedication seryices, which were presided over by Rev. W, Bryard Craig, of Denver, formerly of this city. Run Over and Killed, Keokus, Ia, Jan. 24— [Special tothe LEE]—Newton Van Valk young unmarried man residing at Laelc Mo., fell between the cars near Sedan, la Satiirday nlgnt and was run over and bilied. Th Tele; . Jan. 24.—[Special Telegram to the BEE.|--Dubuque's building improve ments last year foot up $1,026,501, The body of Thomas Scilly' was found yes- terday in a clump of willow brush at Euw melisbug frozen to death, Lt Steamer Ashore SavaNau, Ga., Jan. 24.~The steamer Delaware, of the Clyde line, is ashore in the breakers near St Audrews. Sound tugs nave goue to uer asslstauce. No particulars FRLR VIR I [Copyright 18 B ARCK BOILS, The German Chancellor Tries a Game of Bulldozing by James Gordon Denn: BERLIN, Jan, 24, ~Special to th New York Herald Cable To-day's sitting of the P'russian chamber of deputies was one of the most stormy and riotous on record, I'he chancellor suddenly broke into the debate and fell to abusing Dr. Windthorst person- ally, cal led the opponents of the army bill generally Herods, Pilates and enemies of the empire. dozin casm but 1 given was le rall Each greeted by the ministerialists, almost exting He appeared to be under the in fluence of deep excitement, but many think his violence was a deliberate attempt at bull fre d, and v son sh with attack howls Poor Windthorst was Ished during the commotion, tehing at particularly marks made by his assailant, that it looked very much as if the govern ment's policy would end in- the abolition of universal suffrage, an insinuation w ally repudiated. narck spoke several time chianc Prin declaring the ing to the s had men ehanc lor sa 1ee Bi ) do tate engenc might el i grew vern ith thing: lered be add m ford as he went on. tion, rated the reichsta the voted by the reichstag. of the ment in led to and sar of delight a chance strong re he faltered out oh the again, would have noth- triennial wish the army, and more like Straf: mpromise An examination of vope, sald he, that 200,000 The Ho lectured the opposi and invoked the royal prerogative with emphasis, which is dounl day i “Executive y signi ismarc ficant from the fas that yester- had o long talk with the kaiser, power alone,” he thundered, Eugene 1 chancellor is so identiiied with the empire that he tichter confronts th and tho only dang chane cllor.”” WAR N Tests with snarled monarchs back: *“The empire with himself, r to the crown is the WS CREATE A PANIC, The Daily News alarmist telegram caused a mo nentary anie i n the B erlin bourse to. day, but there is no contirmation of such dis- quicting reports coming, be restored to a calm, S bon things will Indeed, the electoral wire-pulling makes it difticnlt to dstinguish truth from falsehood. port is doubtless a re! Correspondenz reports, again The Daily N WS’ re- I from the Politische - The kaiser is well NOT CRITICIZED IN LONDON., “Ruddygore” Bolstered Up By the Eaglish Critics, | Copyright 1857 by James Gordon Tennett.] LONDON, ecialto the B | Cable devot o more Jan. space to 24— New Th the York Herald daily papers production ot “Ruddygore” at the Savoy theater than to the treasc “Pinafore mito e th groundless war scare, n London it is se the author and composer of " “Patience” and “The Mikado,” and all_the erities gush over them this morn- Every paver, with the exception of the Times, conceals the fact that the audience displayed dissatisfaction. men of the general gush, which is taken from the morning Post: “From the time the curtain rises until i ing. falls work, out., there Each is "There is Here is a speci- not a dull bar in the whole wealth of melody through- song 18 a gem in i way. The music deserveS to be counted among the classics of the form of longs.” £ ‘The Times, Towever, as discriminating as in the da mu: fair Ida,” adds: : “In verage ‘Soreere s i e kind, iching being but superior the rt to which it be- no to hissin “Ihese should give Mr. place, for we have no hesitation in attr ing them to the feebleness of and the downright stupidity of the denoue ment. 1t to rei just possible that present the th wedge, and if that plied to Mr. ( public once begin think, all the quibbles and tlashes of enuine humor to be tound in “Bab Ballads,” will not Comments On the Herald Daily Telezraph, oLn Cab! woiz W Jan, 9 pecial in in instrument bert’s airy structures, 1t the eriticise of Joln Oxenford, elaims of the neral it may be said 1t is of a ot equal to the the ‘Princess , the ‘limes Gilbert a ut- the second act these may he sald edg the storehouse of revent disaster, of the critical is once ap- or even to the 0 MARKETS, Uneasy Feeling h Exists, [Copyright 1857 by James G LONDOY, don Bonnett.) m.—[New York to the its monc Ber.|—1he article this morning, thinks that the ease in money and the influx of gold exhibited yesterday will to-day steady the market. continental bo excha ter i ure t little other enced ments, nge, tted han Inaw wir rse: although to it support general public. considerable effe upon one hourse [t was from in t the a the ullers, who o led in this way until are over, when one motivs suspicion and disquiet will ces rebulkes the which existed in Capel Court yesterday The Times However, the ma the German ele It adds that the @ at present extremely sensitive to the disturbing n overlonded with securitics, while the stock ‘o month ws, as they are by pres - derives of the Ty way severe 1420, tions A few sales have therefore and anything like a scare wcts and r y perfectly ets upon every amiliar to experi- inate such mo: s will be tronb- fons for stimulating se to exist, panicky feeling and remarks that so far as the immediate s!tua tlon i groun whicl s con 4wl i have srned, tever f disty bed there or th appears the reckless to be no rumors tock exchanges and caused people everywhere to talk of war as imminent, though no plausible e us belli can be defined, If the relations of the powers have ¢ at al during th two, they have changed uot fc for the better, ANOTHER High ( QUi ald Heral betw Win, ’Y N Cubles d TOWN as OCEAN Prevarling Irish Coast. yuright in 1557 by Jarn jan Special torm, predicted n the ¢ to d and 24th, b It inereased in foree as from the southwest, the m The foree, port that the B harbor the in passe Alal cently n oul the sf orning Bothnia S0 1 ner ngers t retu r harbe torm tc advan . which ligh we to o the od N th to str and arrived s running off hnia was eom) ) transf tender, rned here i read 0 abate Metregor, from Ge ing up the fune: ship I ashore garded here as a great b coast pilots, fishermen, ard bound, u Mr, out whot teven e, The and w Herald Clax eritie; Lol Enge ol; Geary B, Hoj Schiaick. of Liy v Tor Mauz and th Wate, 190t Lne, er in front of the g all ) A e Jan,. 4 y for The ung, from Glasgow fos T chooner past the week or worse but STORM, Along the i Benn ew York By I'he ke this const zan at midnight " Ier still cont to-lay, felt e its this led to enter her mail and Ihe State of New York, re- and for Helen wany for Cork, or dur rowly eseaped collision with et t Lave nee Ken The T gave way aho down is clear o8 1y derges L can 0 passenger Cary, arnings aro re b captaing, Aurania, ht the wale. among the musical and Jenking | jamn 1oe N jan ™ this mar TR TR e falicn ove: peased g | | | | | NUMBER TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS LEET, The Time Which the Legislature Ho Accomplish Much Work, wWiLL to BUSINESS BE PUSHED. Provistons of Some of the More Ime rtant Measures Which Been Int ol Interest the Have Bills That Pubdlic. Work Before the laxcory, Neh Jan, By Ihe legislature diysleft. Speaker Harlan just said that tho members of the honse intend to utilize them. T'wo hundred and one of the bills i rodueed by representatives are in committees, Threo have been ordered enrolled and will probavly pass tomorrow. They I'o provide for anothe de in the ¥ district; to ap- vropriate 45,000 for incidental expenses of the legi i o approprinte 50,000 to pay and employes of the legisla- ture, Some of the others will be reported on Wednesday and pushed along as fast as is consistent with proper examination, So few of the representatives are in Lincoln that the it to learn what will be teports of com- mittce: on some of the most important bills is practically fruitless, A bill of some interest to incorporated companies is that by Representative Fox, 1t provides that “in all clections for directors Or manag of incorporated companies every stockholder shall have the right to voto in person or proxy for the number of shares of stock owned by him, for as many persons as there are ditectors or managers to bo elected, or to cumulate said shares and give one candidate as many votes as the number of dircetors multiplied by the number of his shares of stock shall equal, or to distribute them upon the same vrinciple among as many candidates as he shall think fit,and such directors or managers shall not be efected in any other manner.”’ presentative Simms has a bill provides that “*no billiard tables, ables, dice eups, dice, cards, ote., shall’ bo ept or allowed to b kept, not shall any person or persons play o allow to be played any gane orwames. of billiards, pool, o cards, orans other game or games of chane or skill in_any place or places where liquors @ sold according to law.,” The bill further provides that there shall be no direct com- munication between a place where sueh gamos are played and a place were liquor is sold, “The penalty 15 a fine of $25 to $100, Representative An tres’ bill on justices of the peace provides that “'in all citiés of metr politan elass there shall be but three justices of the peace, and 1o more.” The Lard of county commissioners ate to divide each city in their county into three voting gistriets, for cach one of which a justice of the peaco shall ba elected. Reprosentative Cole’s ineurable hospital bill establishes the hosy four miles of IHastings, if that ei 160 acres therefor. £15,000, Reprosentative Tracy’s anti- bill is short, s et and I'he board of publie lands and buildings Il not, nor any other authority whatso- er, renew or extend any existing or pend- ing contract, for the employment of any con- viets inany of the prisons, penitentiaries or reformatories within this state,” Representative Miller’ sleeping car bill provides: “Thatany patentee of n sleeping car or his legal reprosentative way place. his car upon auy railrond of this state, with the assentof the company owning such road, and sueh patentee or his representative may charge for the usa of such ar, in all cases, to cach passenger ocenpying the same, 50 conts, whieh sum shall entitle such passenger to the use of a berth 100 miles, and kof * at the rate of 4 mills for each additios mile, vut in no case shall the eliarge exceed 1,05 A violation of the provisions ot the bill will ineur a penalty of 3100 hine, and commitment in fail until the fine and codts are paid, epresentative Fox propeses to amend the Slocum law so as to prevent any bondsman tor one liquor dealer becoming bondsman for any other dealer, and to punish the selling or giving away of liguor on eleetion day$ or Sundays by a fine of S100, Representative Minnix proposes to change the weights of bushels of various products 8o that for a bushel of dried apules 24 pounds shall be required, for barley 4% pounds, for castor beans 46 and wh beans 60, for bran 20, bueckwheat broom-corn seed 46, coal stone 80, shelled corn 5%, ear corn 70, corn- meal 50, hair for plastering 8, Representative Ewing cives the cattle fat- tening business a loophole on taxation in a bill which has a proviso as follows: *1'ro- vided, that all persons who make a business of fattening live stock known as ‘eattle, sheep and swine for market, shall be allowed to furnish the asses- sor with worn statement of the amount of borrowed capital invested by them in such Live stock, and it shall be the duty of {he as- ses<or in ixing the value of said live stock to deduct from the same the amount of bor- rowed eapital so invested,” Representative Crane has an idea in Nis bill which provides that “any child of school age, resident hool district in which u high sehioo aintained, may attend any high school of the county of its (the child’s) residence at the expense of the school distriet of its residence.,” ‘I'hat expense is fixed at £1.50 tuition per month and iy ba collected from the district of which the pupil is a resident, as in ordinary eases of debt, DT IN WAX, wegislature, 4.~ [Special to the has twenty-cight ourt lature; mbers TS which insane al within v donates The building 'is to cost mvict labor radical. - It says: il VAN ZAN A Dime Muscum Figure Nina. Cnicaco, Jan. A.—[Special Telegram to th %) —Atadime museum on Randolph street to-day a figure of Nina Van Zandt, the woman who is endcavoring to marey Auarchist Spies, was pliced on exhi= bition. The face was modeled by o Gernan cxpert, who wias formerly conneeted with M Tussards in London, The likes ness i8 a remarkably good one, doing ample jwstice to the original, The Van Zandt of lie musenm is thus attited: Upon her head i5 4 Cleveland hat of Prich seal, trivmed in front with a costly black ostrich feather; tho hairis coiled up high ox the hiead from the ears depend digmond solitaires; the neck is diessed in a standing collar with u finely ehecked steel pin and a biack silk t the form is enveloped in a sealskin walking cout; the dress is also of seal, Other featu ol the costume are. patent leather honts and black kid_gloves, 1 her ¢ land Miss Van Zandt carvies a silk wmbreila with a hammered silver Lan Her loft grasps a reh, gold trimned hand In all the papers yesterday the mus LAY ane nouneed that the figure would be on exhibis von to-day and he used a large cu. Miss Van Zandt in his advertiscnenis. Lats this afternoon Judgo Garnett sranted a petition of Nina Van Zandt, made thre <h 1 at- torneys, fora temporary et mginst the proprietors of the dime wuseu, profiibs iting them 1r exli ting the w fizure of the The figute was at 0uce re- noved of the Now 1 dong Tennessce's Senalor Nasuviree, Ve, Jao e Lire to.day Unlited States seuat Bate, 81; Marks, Warde, 14; Wi o Swmith, 2 son, 1. The e after a few b st returned trom the "Ilis insures bis ‘ itod On, the ‘Tens Ladiot for oLLws: Loew, 1; 13 ite il aar, and nuied Bate, w0 g P sz v Beconanen o, Jon, t4, of the wercnants’ axeksng A1 mOntbly meeting i ety adop . ¢ e law M iy Foivia St tor e Sluies fo, 5 Motrleey e omuweni ihe e g o1 1hi- bale com