Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 27, 1887, Page 1

A\ THE OMAHA DAILY surgeon shall make study of contagious disease: —To proyide for three county commissioners in counties of not more than comuiissioners ),000 population. f county clerks, a continuous HOW KNAPP WAS CONFIRMED flenator Majors Makes a Sncoessfal Play on Governor Thayer's Credulity. By Tzschuck—To fix fe By Tzschuck—=To authorize the board of in which ther to pave certain ronds. By Vandermark—To compel railronds at construct and maintain By Caso—Authotlzing county commission= ers to approp: I Bt i *h—To provide for the payment o ' legactes and distribution of shares of ai INGALLS' SCALP HIGHLY DESIRED testate o testate estate belonging to minors which I under the valuc of §0 and o€ the | (0 o0 nado Against th Personal Conductof Judge Church, Dakota's Newly-Appointed National Capital News, DOINGS IN SENATE AND HOUSE. thtrodigsd = connecting switches, House Committee Decides to fte- port Favorably on Abolishing the Railroad Commission, Many New value of €50 ar By Minnix—To amend chapter § of the d statutes of 15%, entitied “Braw By Veach—Providing for the payment of legacies, distributive shares of an Intestate or testate estate a A resident gnardian to a non-resident minor or minors or guardian of such money duly appointed at the domicile of such minor. Andres— ownership of personal property is conveyed and the former owner retains actual posses- [ senate mean y a written instrument of | Anthony atter me to maintain Senator Lininger has arran, a comnlete file of the office of the Omals onstituents ean se d of trade, where t pleasure, 1Te state documents and re- of the various departiments for the pe- rusal of the public. Scnator Caspe of theumatisim. The Legislators Surprised Laxcory, Neb,, Jan. 20 to the Bre.] members and outsiders at Go is suffering from an attack Doings in the House, 1 of the prope nee shall ntoracopy thereof tiled with the county conundrum Knapp's confirmation as superintendent of il require the frog which the nsane asylum. The cireumstances under n superintendent still fresh in the public mind, thofl time it w up one foot and slippe s applicable to the house Bills, bills, bills -und three passe Mr. Whitmore's bill_rezarding purchase of lands by railway Companics provi ailways taking or having heretofore ken state lands for right of way, stations side tracks or other purpos { ed in for simple th et out of the w of representatives, Six new ones to-day bills which go to the that body may be considerec poropriation measures in which Knapp was effort of the late Collector Post, and the York gation to the republican state con- generally conceded to , was tied to the coat tails of Among tho knowing ones Knapp's candi- to bo merely an Thayer’s over- "wo are the o for an anditional judge of th Fourth district. the day Watson Pickerell, Senator dacy was sald for Dr. Mathewson's place. powering strengtl made all trades with lightning rod candi- dates needless, and Knapp went home with- at the time the land was mong the legislators extending an 1 to A erand love feast which Beatrice next Monday. ature to oe- At the time the land was taken” may or 4 may not bean African in the woodpile. e nother bill by Mr. Whitmore makes it a misdemeanor to fail to pay for a_livery rig, or hired horse, ot for board of horse Mr, Caldwel also introduced by Mr, Shamp, appropriates & 000 (£15,000 from the general fund and | come within from the temporary university | two-thirds, with — whieh to ereet at | yote in our roposed o he Che progratime is for the leg Dawes put in s oar for Knapp, marily deposing Dr. Matthewson about three weeks before the legislature met without as- slgning speeitic cause for his action, and Knapp was appointed. Governor Thayer had been consultea and Knapp's appointment met his approval. This the governor most emphatically denied. the contrary he declared that Knapp's ap- pointment was an impudent attempt to fore- stall:him, and when the 1 quietly expressed the hope to a number of senators and friends that Knapp's nomina- tion which Dawes sent In would either be ected or hield to the end of the session. Meantime Knapp en to his support, mainly because Chureh Howo known to be friendly to satthewson and adverso to Knapp. very shrewdly. balloting for s senator-elect 1f the signs be not be nceepted. ’s friends do not leet Paddock, they atrice, where treat them well and often, given ont that feel uncoraial to Senator ¢ profitably utilized than in a day’s jun and barbiecue trip, as the guests of are getting down to bu ness this afternoon and it is probab) ber of reports will be re university, a “Grant Memorial hal T voted to the uses ot the military departmeny | in our favo of theuniversity and used as an armory, [ Then there were drill room and gymnasium, and to_remain o ublic monumert to the mémory of Ulysses dv by morning. ature met he members of the house of repre- | by July, 1858, An invitation was received by the hous from the state a: Labor, requesting the prese excused until to-mor committees, the re n's death were A bill to inc ston of Nebraska Sons of Veterans w. mnended for passage, nder reports of plution and memorial on ecommended enator Majors sonic hall this the committee on invitation, said that at tho meeting certain bills now pending which in- tend to change the condition of laboring men would be discusseil - Fhe bill creating an additional judge in the | (©FE8 0 Fourth judicial distriet was taken up and | Wasarevelatio passed without dissent. It makes an imme- | Know now who our fr diate vacaney to be filled by appointment. ‘The house adjourned until to-morrow at 10 tor passage. Mr, Nichol intro- benetit of the The resolution reeites finance commitiee. When_ the legislature enator, he registered his vote for Thayer right along, although he had his own lightning rod up and_had no more de- o elect Thayer than he had Van Wyck. While voting tor Thayer he kept his own lature through his Ne Whereas, The committee expeet omuend aporopriations for the state tions, and as it has no means of knowing the yropriety of the appropriations except upon Resolved, That the committee visit the state fustitutions and the nish transpor sts. Randall, Y asked an explanation of the necessity for the committee’s trip, name before the le maha county made vigorous leawue, Dr. Ml of state fur- tion and expenses. pfforts through another col-- ew, to bring Van W supporters over to himself in the republ Nichol said such Mr. Caldwell introduced an amendment that the committee on public nds and buildings furnished ks transportation and penses, and the amendment was incor- porated in the resolution and then adopted. A number of bills were Introduced, but none of general importance, priating 345,000 to of the legisl priating $50,000 to pay bers and_employes of mbles and r ‘Thayer has up till now regarded Majors as el and carnes this legislaturo. fous for Knapp's conlirmation, made a can- vass among the senators this morning and found many of them in doubt about Gov- ernor ‘Ihayer's wish In the matter, so he finally gov Governor Thayer to give his as- sent, and when the senate committee called on the governor this afternoon to ascertain what action would please him, lie gave them to understand that Knapp's confirmation supporter in ppeared aux- “The bill aporo- threatering to introduce resolutions to expel the representatives of the BEE from the halls slation because the paper has made di respectful comment on their conduct. The bill_appr the salaries of mein- the togislature nassed. lutions from the state board of agriculture, asking the legislature to 16 congress 10 pass bills providing Ml agricultural stations, and vill to provent tha spre ses i cattle, and also asking the n_appropriation to crect a school were received and The Knights and Legislation. LiNcoLy, Neb., Jan. 26 gram to the [ held this evening at M of tho state ass and members of the leg tagious dise: ore one for Majors this time. state vetermary harp on the gov could possibly contrive to play it. rnor as Church Howe Recess until 2 p. requests that the following bills be passed: "To establish a bureau ot labor statistics: to | fi tax mortgazes by taxing mortga in the property and permitting the mortgagee es on the mortgage and present THE CITAT such tax receipts in part payment of the mortgage; to dec road to enter into a pooling contract with other railroad; forbidding usuri- Al “The following bil those of the mornin, By Whitmore—1 5 which the title may be acauired by companies, incorporated under the laws of this state, for right of way and other neces- across tho educational and anils of this state, Also, To prevent boarding stable proprie nich ure appended were introduc rovide the Senate Procecdings, [Special Tele- |—"The senate met at 10 o’clock. A shower of petitions were received —one indemnifying owners of cattle killed by authority of the sanitary commis prevent the spread of contagious diseas erent portions of the state praying that municipal suifrage be granted to One of the ladies who vote took a circuit of the senate with an arm- full of these petitions, and of course the senators who introduce them don’t but present the petitions because it gram to the Br tors and keepers, uch fraud a erime aud to preseribe nine more from dif Also, To provide for draining and protect- lands in the aska, and to repeal an act en- titled “An act to provide for draining or swamp lands in the state of Nebraska,” approyed February 25, 1551, myth—To amend scetion 64 of chapter of the compiled statutes of taken; providing for the pulication of the names of owners of personal property and the aountof property assessed to ‘each; raitroad bi reducing the rates allowed 10 70 per cent of state of Nebr state board of agriculture asks the senate 1551 entitled recommend experimental charzes on a mess: exceeding 20 cens, in the s sessment of $100 worth of personal prop at only one- n 11 of subdi- hools,” of the of 18 of the state of Ne- ska and to repeal said original amended ~To amend sect vision 4, chapter 79, entitled * compiled statute; now before also ask that the | e resolve in favor passage of the Miller bill now before s, for the prevention of the spread of Another petition asks litable building for committee on eral relations reported favorably o the bill relating to theamendment Lo the constitution ates providing for the elec- tates senator by direet vote “The committee on university 1 sehools reported f bill authorizine the state treasure 815,500 from the university fund to the state general fund. “Tho Tules were suspended and a resolution adopted instructing the attorney general to report to the senate what action ho had taken on the report of the committes tiary of the contagious diseases, By Wolenweber—To amend section for tunds fo y which building stand, iminal code of the com- mortzage i mort to the work being done; Andres’ conyict Tabor bill; to repeal the “The knights are opposed to the bills to ant liens to landlords, and to give nieys’ fees on collection of mortgages | Several members of the legislatirs, K nights chapter 50 of the piled statutes of 1585, By Dempster—In Educational Association of N By Caldwell—To provide for the of a building for the to be known as the ** to be devoted to the uses partment of =aid university and for a eymna- sium, and to appropriate money for that pur- orporating the Bantist tion of United of the people. Iniversity of Nebr: ant Memorial of the military y Eggleston—To provide for the_erection of a butlding for the for the practi i the industrial elasses and for inswruction chanic arts, and to appropriate money for that purpose. By Dickinson— of a building for the Uniy for the practical i t the industrial elasses, and for the instruction and to appropriate money for that purposa and to authorize the board’of revents of thy university to erect said building ity of Nebraska ! A New Mcasure to Be Introduced in ¢ instruction al and scienti WaASIIN mittee on postoflices and postroads to-day authorized Scnator Wilson of Towa to report | need not be made up until atfer the 4th of an original telegraph bill as a substitute for | March. _In connection with that introduced by Edmunds, In the new bl the sehiedule of for twenty words where the distance of transmission is 1,000 miles, and 5 cents tor every additional 250 mil rge for twenty words or less shall be more than 50 cents, N payment of certain vouchers,and which was referred to the attorney general for examination. Eighteen bills were Introduced and a num- ber put on second reading, nominations a special order ‘0 provide for the erection The contirina- I in the mechanic Dawes were o'clock in the afternoon. AFTERNOON SESSION, ate went into execu- cssion to consider the nominations of appointment of William Knapp as superintendent of the in- 8ane hospital was confirmed. pointments were referred to special commit- ‘elock the sen To provide for the organiza- tion of the students of the University of N ca into a battallion, and to provide f the comulssioning of officers of said orzani vernor Dawes, The other ap- amp—Ta appropriate the matricula- s of the University of Nebraska and At the elose of the executivo session, a com- state assembly of its of Labor now in session in Lincoln was read, inviting the se this evening wh it Tegislation in theinterest of ng at night and 7 the same pro 25 0f 100, *“*Drop copies” ) cents per 100 words at night and 50 cents ng the d 1 required to re each message, mainder to the comy By Wright— Nebraska, the amount of state tax collected and piid into th afterwards refundad by tax-nayers therein, To provent frand. I'o amend seetion; SLate treasury ani labor will' take d Dixon county to enate then adjourned until 10 o'clock “The following are the bills introduced : srial and - joint reso- 1 congross the pass the Miller live stock bill to prevent spread of pleuro-pnenmonia By Wright—>Me requesting removal Luwber, salt, sugar, leather, and materials of XHI;IHIIHIL\VIIIH braska entitled *Decedents, By Pemberton—To provide clerks or assist- ants for the erunty judge in counties having W0 inhabifants, and provide for pay- Iution urging up among live stock, and joint resolution “I'n acdieate to the use of the ecutive committee for the Nebraska yearly Baptists in t pumber 8 in block number157 in- the eity of condition that a uniforin rate at or bel the lowest rates spec without regard to distance shall be adopted, 1 case the government will deduct only 2cents for each telegram instead or 3, “The company entering into this contract 15 | BT d At one act, such lines as it may have at the time, and is allowed to putin operation such additional lines as way be required, repeal an act entitled ate veterinary live stock commission,” By Snell—To legalize the sale and couvey- ance of certaln 1ots in Faitbury, Jefferson By Wolenweber—To repeal sec 50 of the eriniinal code of the state of “T'o regulate insurance business in the state of Nebraska. _ By Garvey—Providing for the submission to the electioners of ment to section nine (9) of of the constitution. Toamend sections forty article one (1) of of the compiled To provide clerks and assistants counties having ovel 000 “inhabitants, and to provide sa this state of an ticle eight (%) To prevent frauds fters of fire insurancy By Lindsay 10 injunction all be granted to restrain collection of any o By Garver—Tos mperance Ladies Appland Mps, | U er sevanty-seven ( statutes of 155 ALEXANDRIA, Va. nual meeting of the Woman's Christian Tem- peranca union of this state in to-day the following resoiution “That our heart red to Mrs. Fran position she has taken in the ch cle of the nation as a total abstainer from ting drinks, and we pray God's bless- ing on her young life and her Lome, beliey= | marri ing that history will applaud her action as all | forue sincere minds must even now approve her | school 1 » her first appearance i B R e, last night, but sat under The Acme of Legal Subterfuge, ) . Jan. 23.—President Cleve- | calls for the tirst tiwe to-day and her pariors were crowded, NEZRASKA AND 10WA The followiug pensions were issued to-d jolin Cummings, Lined Tucker, Wymore. To provide for norinal sehool at Ord,; Valley By Shervin counts of insane Lospital. Vandemark quire all traius run upon 0uds in this state to come to a full stop crossing any other road and ties for its violation. sston— 10 prov of test wells in th diseovery of salt, Pertaining “to auditing Lo fix maximum bridge le for the sinking state of Nebraska tfor the oal and other minerals, determine the nd towns for damage to persons or property caused by defective By Kent—Recommending the {he Millerlive stock bill Bow before co Fixing qualification for adumiis- sion to praetiee law. By Heartwel liabilities of o provide switable ecourt house, jail, and other heccssary county build- Yo compel railroads 0 authorize the governor to int a state azent to attend s of soldiers and waintain an oftice in unctions and to regulate issuance of bills of ud shippers’ receipts, Such agent to amend section 1, chapter 45, WASHINGTC land has recoived a letter from the national legislative committee of the Kuights of Labor Wi Lo veto the inter-state commerce | for Nebraskans: bill on the ground that it is “the acme of | William Il lezal subterfuge, as 0 its meaniug, By Lord—To trains of all rallways unetion of other roads. T'o refund mouneys to counties sollected by the state to waintain insane hos- 0 coma to full stop at “Interna) Inprovements. Also, To amend section 7 of the compiled Oaths Omical,! Also, Lo awend section 64 of article 1 of chapter 10 of “Boud and By Burpham—Providing that the veterinary OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY Shapter 1S of 41, o etatutes, entttied | VTG ANTHONY MUCH ELATED. Also, To amend section 42 of chapter 28 of the compiled statutes entitled “Fees.” To am 1 0f chapter nd sections 63, 70 and 97 of tevenue.’ to funds, an in- money in_the hands of the provide that whe o exeented and the instru- question. , shall be entitie oad aving possessed it IS Or Supervisors be sold at less than 87 per acre. s bill, a tac simile of which is vote at as an adjunet of the tobe de- The building must be completed progress? sembly of the Knights of | vad «d inlabor legislation at Ma- eventng, Mil Andres, one of members of the lecislature are the corps ainst us. ~(Special Tele- —A large meeting was | oo, ibly of the K nights presided. ‘The knights presented s’ interest | resents it interest is exacted or | Dele 1, with the amend ment of 1880: to vrohibit telew aphic aze of ten words 100 miles and for more than 100 te 25 cents to permit the as- ry urth value, and to assess all onal property full value: to give lien “on” building and lo precedence to en notice prior ed. vernor 00 be g ailway commission say tor. I, 1 Burrows, of the Farmers' the meeting, GRAPH BILL, | Dilond ¢ is not tions, nate com | pa e the Se oN, Jan, nate. —~The provided that no | ALY C ress of twenty are fixed at not cents during the d ata rate for each wordin ex- v, The postmaster gen ain 3 eents from the cha and pay over 5 rges its servic own Cerro Gos Willis_of 2 to open for use, as provided | SWift four years within which | Finia, y thin which !i“ burg, ey anel'( Cleveland, M. Jan. % as elt” thanks os K. ( ley f soc coll and & general uncertainty 1 lowit son Clark, Fairbury; FISHERIES DISPUTE. Pensions were issued for Towans as fol- An Interview With the Canadian Pre- of Stephen on the Sitmation. Brown, Monroe; Jolinston, Des larshailtown § 4 1sance B, Cram- Althouse, Ussian of the complled statutes | She Regards the Vote ia the Senate as a ~ correspondent Great Victory For Woman Suffrage. an interview with Sir John Mae- anadian premior, which the Canadian states that the passage of the Edmunds surprise to him, ilheney, Alder James R, McE Samuel . Wagor, Brown, Droseau, Monroe: Casy lias not attempted to On the contrary, does it not appear as If there were a sort of wolf and lamb spirit shown, with Ca We are willing to have a reciprocs in place of the former SirJohn was government would lier position. government oflicers In questions of this is onc of law, and Nelson, Altoona fon: Charles A, + dylvanus C. Oppett, Rice, Cresco: Bluegrass; Lewis inker, Mechanicsville. United States. Tho following Postimasters ity treaty re enacted Susan B Overjoyed, WAsHINGTO i gram to the Aoe ey asked how far the Engl S, A, Cadetto re kA postoftices Eureka, York ¢ Union Ridge, Casped .]="Does the vote in bolt county, vie lowing Nebr were discons I asked her that ‘Does the vote in the senate mean progress? Well, I should the longest leap the suffr ever taken, working for twenty-tv o years for this blessed day. We are prouder and happier than we for by paying into | can tell. We haven’t had such a good the county treasury the tull value of such | in years as lands, together with the amount of damages incurred by the ra county commission shiall constitute a_board of appraisers who | and Miss shall appraise the value of the land per acre | proudly, *“T'his is the ken. The lands | tinued, “that the question of wc Branch, Ot¢ county, and Wirt, Cust The whole subject tained the vosition: of i in the dead-letter to wlien the bill passed, that the president had final action of the enfc diseretion, and tha president might not be disposed to sugiested that the president would scarc 1t to Mexico on A seeret mient mission, state depart- National Capital Bricfs, WasnivGro Just think of it—twengy-two years work cul- throteh congress 1 unanimously, minated yesterday in the vote in the senate,” At T'o this SirJohn MacDonald added in a “Yos, the pressure will would be the effvet on Canada of the Belmont: bill prohibiting 1 Canadian products and the report adversely the bill introduced by gate Carev of meditative manner: ba very strong. rding pleuro- 't diseases among "This bill was drafted by the Growers' association at their <0, and nrovide 1,000,000 for carrying out the provis- ion of the committeo of Iateh's nan suflrage has ever been voted upon directly in con- Progress,” she exclaimed, * We live been the import of recent session ol said softly: *That would think it was prozress, ing to congress for twenty-two years and in this blessed day of our Lora we have got a indeed bo sey think that congress will proceed to sueh ions of the bill. was based upon_the pleuro-pneumonia bill, § and revenue bill pro Randall and his friends has been printed and the date of its presentation in the house will be fixed ata me it is entitled Tor0NTO, Ont Referring to the Wishington fisheries legislation, the Globe at the United States senate Plutoerats, and that alurming Great of to-day says t avor as we expected. senators voted aye, soven more were paired and that makes twenty-thre ir zame is an old one Britain into bullda to reduce and equalize the duties on fmports, to reduce in- axes, and modify the laws in the revenue,’” for the Louse bill ¢ Randall last session. sident has pardoned James D, Cum- mings, convieted in Januar false vouchers s frand cases, and sentenced to imprison- ment in the distriet jail for two yearsand to His time of imprison- e expired to-day and the Proceedings of the Hhinois Solons and Various States, SPRINGFIELD, debate in the house was caused this morning a motion made by Baker of Moultrie to te the bill vroviding for wouid have voted with us, which shows that from twenty-five to thirty senators are in favor of woman suffrage, 1 am astonished at Jones, of Ne. * continued Miss Anthony. ce of all mem- thought hie would do such a thing, always counted him for us, and good right to, because he has contributed lib- erally to carry on our Work and w of conrse, that he would vote the same u never ean tell, in many other respects, ternal revenue relation to the and it will be a substitut introduced b An exciting recall from the set an appropriation to the live stoc The motion w as the result of the pay a fine of $2,000. ment would pardon remits the tine, At a business meeting of the Woman Suf- ociation held tl o elected for the crs being re-cleeted in nearly every case. which asks for $ sinee tho passage of the bill which appropri- Herrington stated thet the re- appropriation was made and since that time the federal assistance in the 1F0-p N AumonA, appropriation Ou motion of Little the motion lie shot. But y 1is afternoon atos 815,000, port_asking for an right for the senators members of con- gress to say pleasant words to us and act the ' gallant gentlemen, but that is not what w The Railroad Commission. are after. What we want v, Neb., Jan. 20.—[Special to the | yotes. The —The house committee on rallronds | yesterday held a meeting this afternoon and aftera [ our friends brief conference, by nearly unanimous vote decided to report a bill to-morrow wmorning to abolish the railrond commission. The | What to do. chairman of the committee (Whitmore) op- posed the motion to have the bill abolishing the bill reported. 1t is currently reported that several of the government had withdrawn suppressing which neeessitated the NEW YORK STOCKS. Vanderbilt Stock Showing Any Life. New York, Jan. 2.—[Special to the Bie.]—The stock market opened tame and rather weaker, a slight gains over yesterda were lower, although o recorded on early dealings,nor were there any new factors of a pronounced type to produce such results. moderate buyer at the start, but the good cffect that might have been expected from such support was neutralized by the uneasy feeling regarding the influence the inter-state conmerce bill will excite in railway revenue. Hence operators are dispos they become better advised on that point. foreign demand Another flood of petitions protesting against an amendment to the zame law to prohibit spring towl shooting was presented. On the recommendation of the contmittee on r reported favorably the passage of the bills appropriating 10,000 for expenses and $15,000 for the al assembly, a test of politeness bit a test of principles and we know now ere to €0 to WOTK and we have been working ant, groping in the dark to @ gertain_ alony for general restits. "Now we have got will organize at once, changes we appropriations Little abasis to go on any What are we doing? [We are going (o atte s’ fanerals and we are not We will furnish o the graves, we will London was a state printin contingent o ntroduced w ating $41,500 for the construction of buildings and mprovements for the feeble minded at Lincoln and $ per annum for the ordinary expenscs of the ame institution from June 1, 157, until the first quarter after the session of the next gencral assembly; and one by Lamont, pro- viding tor a comm appointed by the governor to inyestizate the effects upon the people a few first cla Zoing as mourners, ch the s We start ouf this morning to carry We shall organize in off those who voted Ingalls ljas zot to go, represents the sentiment of his state. d lature of Kansag nas a larze mn onic hall composed | favor of woman war into Africa, state d to wait until ro was a fair & Nashville fon of five person It now hasa of Labor | bill under consideratian togive women avote lature. Senator | At municipal elections, There is a majority of seven in favor of it in‘the state senate an: overwhelming majority in_the house. republican platform; of Kansas declares in or of woman suflfige and Ingalls misrep- I1e must g0 _and thei who must follow hin strike and wi liuor traftic and if of the state, g In the senato the Logan monument bill was read the first time and - amended b the name of George W, Smith ot boro Lo the eominiss ator Cochran fon for a sceond tion complimenting S improvement when the buying for that ac- count ceased. active and prices very unsteady within a moderate range, Re: peing the most active, while Jersey Central was dull most of the day and a shade lower, shared much Lake Shore being the only stoc that showed a movement worth mers named inthe | Lackawanna ding of his all sgrike havd.” NST CHURCIT. rritories has not yet ngmination Vanderbilts Sell offered an_amendment to the name of Congressman Reagan, of to the resolution, the resolution was adopted by a vote of 6 without amendient., By Miller, in relation to the m aries, providing te The commilico 0 are it illegal for any rail- | disposed of the 5 ’ Chureh, of Dakota, and_the prospect for his confirmation is doubtiul, tiled with the committee affecting the per- futerests on' loans, and de- | sonal habits of Judge Chureh and. the con- the principal forfeited i | mittee consider them wortby of attention, was sent for to-day shiowi the charges, which had not becn seen 1 says they como putable men and wis requested by the com- mittee to notify thgse who filed them that videnee to sustain them not propose to & Bet imvestization, but 1t Jude Cureh is o the habit of becoming in- i s nomination will he "Tliere aré a good many I vor and_one was received {o-d k on that list After a lengt e are charges after a small rally weakened and declined 1 lic was the stock on the list and after an early 1 point, due to renewed reports of de operating expenses and competition the covering of shorts, and with the assistance of longs, who bought ined 1 per cent, but anagement of the consoli- state prisons witi vernor as ex-ofticio member nating one of the pri 2 and the other as an institution for incorrig| the penftent e Gitford rnings, large by him before. they must produce at onee. ‘The committee dos enter upon a_dr A resolution was passed calling upon the commissioners to report to the tonce the condition of disease among Ae known as. pleuro-pneu- to supnort prices, it g a increased” selling. York and New England was active, but very irregular, and atter an carly deeline of % per cent on bull manipula- the cattle of the ted, as charged, b cent, rallied 197 per tions and receded sharply when th tempted to realize. unsteady, and in the absence of Senatorial D TrexToN, N. session of the ley nine members wera present, all democrats, wre cast for Leon Abhett seadle. 1t required forty- At the joint asking that Church be ay only thirty- Piorce evidently knows nothing about thé charges, for he writes as if ho was under the impression that the del at once confirmed, traders, who were working the m hopes of indueing outsiders to come in, hopeless task. show a decided aversion to trading where no ments arc in sight. telegram was sent to . prominent Chicago Thirty-cight votes w and ono for Jos. D. one votes to constitute a majorit Senator Chattle ts), two labor men and cans remained out of the session, mbly this afternoon adjourned for suate will not To-morrow at noon is the time for the v in confirming his intended to benetit him, ys that Church isa zood man and should be contirmed without delay. LSTATE COMMISSION GOSSID, This evening’s Star says: movement of apparently a good deal of foree and baeking to procure the appointment of Senator Van Wyek as one of the inter-state ad commissioners under the new act of 1t is elaimed that his appointment would satisty the public that the commission tribiinal designed to benefit corpora o senator or representative would gible until after the adjournment o congress, but it s suggested that the board wits, however, The following “There is a acitie soon disvlayed consids able weakness, and the entire thized more o a Washingtc President Cle features of the inter-state bil shorts to covering in Union list had advanced to last night’s closing prices when K Texas suddenly droppea a point o) rment that the Ateii was negotiating for a loan of 15,000,000 wi aview to paralleling Gould's roads. news caused another and worse slump of s down a point an was a small recoye nicet Lill Fri- States senator. No new developments, how- at that time, wts as well as repub The few remaining some of the “This started nd objected t. ve left town to-ni liere will me rum, will adjourn 1o the foliowing day. srogramme will be kept up till by Which time the democrats are ks 1o elect ex-S “The ropublicans do not think 1y Jilkeliliood of the democrats being soon suceessful in that dire INDIANAPOLIS, ) the senatorshii AUSTIN, Tex 5 ' follows to-dny next week, the board the orrison and Sena- names of Representative tor Conger are also mentioned for appoint- ates is fixed at 20 cents | ment. 'I'he board will consist of three demo- crats and two repnblicans, and Morrison, Conger and Van Wyck crally mentioned than any others for three of an-requests for the appointment of two of the gentiemen named sht rates are fixed at 15 | are already being eireulated for si cents for 2,000 miles or under, All words | Ther except the date are to be counted and for every live words or less in ex an addition of one-fifth the twenty word rate is to be eharged. P'ress rat duy. carrying pr from which th re'neing more gon: o change oe- A Cowardly Murder. Creaco, Jan. aeter well known about the shipping docks, wurdered by an drinking resort kept by of Clark and South early t is morning. dance at Unlich’s hall, near Wilson’s saloon, during the night and had had a quarrel with the man who urdercd hin Watts entered Wilson's by another man {11t the wine roon in the rear of R afterwards the man he assailed at thé ball enitered the place and, after listening at the door of the wine room, entered and with- out a word of for United States ), and ‘Perrell 2 is no time fixed which the board shall be appointed, ident ean defer making 1t up until after Ljournment of eongress if he sees fit,"” isp. of Georgia, unknown man oree Wilson at the Water streets Watts had been The fourth ballot was t jgan o1, Maxey to adjourn was Regan’s sunporters, but which ge-ulted Congressman ( cénts for cach 100 words sent [ 1tk with the president Ords aent | commeree bill, g state that it will promptly bo si i appointed at once the adjournminent ot eon- andidates for com- and the following a Ex Goyernor strongly resisted by Ireland men catried the motion to adjourn 1says he is authori et oo | the commission po not toexceed | \ithout waiting fo gress. The wissioners is over 100, UhAreS | the most prominent uy as full compensa- | ©f "'“"‘.“,'; i, (¢ ‘The company may | 11508 Gl Seryies i | ntain its own oflice outside postoftices for | 18 J. Morzan, jr, of llinois, the transmission of telegyams upon L Tho contract is to extond over live | Achusetts, S g it tio company shall have fully airly performed its duties it of i Ry Depsorined dia g on | Allen W. Thurnan, son of Judge Thurian, hesstended apother Gve yoars upon | iy D Kernan, $0m of ex-Seiiator Kernan iy Fato AL or Delow | of New York, Con led in this ot and | % 0rk > Coneral Camidy of ex-Governo eral A, It Law plice aceompanied CIIARLESTC ate and lower hou! et i joint assenmibiy at United States senator, John Cainds Commissione warning, dro Camden 1ost one vote which will Lorring, Congressman Lovering of not been arrested wants seven votes, as Congressiman nator Van Wyek, The Commerce WASHINGTON, he president re- ceived the inter-state commerce bill last even- Terrific Boiler Explosion, afternoon one of the most terrifie boiler ex- plosions that ever occurred in this sec working in the vieinity of general for examination. 1t is not likely the president will act upon the bill much before the ten days' period, number of applications have been for appointment on the hi Sereven an Georgia, Senator W, Kenslieof Massachusetts, Johy nd W, I, Foote of California, J, It dolph Tucker and Robert I Beverly of I B, Andrews and C, S William W. Lang, % K, Converse of rorge Dayit es, president of the Atlantic & North Carolina railroad, ex-Railroad Commissioner MeCrady of the Wolt and hout five mites from this city. explosion completely demolistied thé the expiration of commission bill, but the president has not given that par nd William Maill, aged hoiler and engine were thrown several hundred yards in- every tion, cutting down trees two fet Sale of a Tele FEANCISCO, slackey, of the Postal telegraph company, has purehased the bay and tel longing to the South Pae which Tuns from The price 18 1ot nie L. Boneham and At the an- | South Carolina, and V ditorial Postmaste AUKEE, Jan. ito, Wis., was lods He is charged demt o the Alibuna Failrond commission, sion here | Josevh Nimmo, formerly ehief of the bur S0 tere | o statistics. ana Colonél W. W. Peabody o Nereby ten- | Cineinnati, formerl p B e | & Mississippi railrond i | " LAMAR ON THE FLOOR OF 7| Secrétary Lawmar was on senate to-ilay. for the lirst time sinco he was d and was upre here last night, The Rock Island Train Robbe 1 variously e Morris, (1L, special says: murder of the en before Justice like so many publie at the Keriniso jination Was and very few people Two Men Killed, Treasurer Jordan's New Position, | Youk, Jan %.— A new bank to by k u the Western National bank of New Y ork, his been nized here with a capilal of $3.000,000, all of which has been subs - | seribed. N, Jordan, treasuter of the | United states, 15 to be its piesident, He wil B0 wopuine Lis duties Uil congress ad jourihy White Rabbitt am Cox, Shelton; Ju verely injuring Johu Paris, " NUMBER 223, (ONGRESSICNAL PROCEEDINGS Lively Skirmish in the Houss on the Rives and Harbor Bill, NO DEFINITE RESULT REACHED The Measure to Come Up For Final) Action To-day—The Senate Stops Debate on the Railroad Attorney Matter, “ Honse, WASHTEGTON, Jan. 20— The speaker Taid before the house a lotter from the secrotary | of the treasuary submitting estimates of the appropriation to meet the exvenditures res quired by the Mexiean pension bill. Roe ferred. Tt is estimated that £4,605,000 will be tequired for the first year's payment of pen= sions, and asks for an appropriation of $25%e 000 for inereased clerical fore “The granting of leave to report at any time the senate fisheries bill received unanimous consent, there being no objection on the part of any members, As it has been frequently hield that the right to report at any time ear= ries with it tho right of immediate consideras tion, the bill will have right of way in the house as soon as it has been passed upon by the committae on foreign afairs, Mr. Brage of Wisconsin submitted the cons ference roport upou the army appropriation Dill and it was agreed to. Mr, Payson of Hlinols, from the committea on public lands, reported back the resolution requesting the secrotary of the interior to procure the opinion of the attorney general whetlier any further logislation is necessary to prevent unlawful fencing of publie lands. Adonted. Afterastruggle for precedence between the pleuro-pueumonta bill and the river and Narbor appropriation bill, the latter proved successtul, and the house went into - commits tee of the whole (MeMillan of Tennessee in the chair) on that mieasu Mr. Nelson of Minnesota offered the fols lowing amendient as a substitute for the entire bill: That the sum of £7,500,000 ig hereby anpropriated out of any money in the treastiry not otherwise appropriated which may be expended b board of eogince s, consisting of the chief of enginecrs und tour engineers now senior in serviee, either for repair, proservation, construction, or coms pletion of such public improvements of rive id harbors as ¢ L in their judgment afford practical and imy rtant facilities by water o inter-state commeree, 5 Mr. Hepburn of lowa said the proposed substitute was a_pariiamentary trick and nothing more. The tricnds of the bill, de- spaiting of getting it through, proposed to appropriate this lump sum and thus stop all criticism on the dilferent features ot the measure, 1t was expected that the senate would reform the bill, that it would be brought back to the house by a conference committee, and that no opportunity for amendment would be granted. Mr, Nelson expressed his surprise that the gentleman from Towa (Hepburn) should wake such charges as ho had, The gentle- man had charged that the substitute was a trick because it attempted to make an appro- priation in gross. I it was a trick the great triumvirate—the gentlemen from Iowa, Kans sas and Wisconsin (Hepburn, Anderson and La Follette)—had been resorting to just such trickery for the past fow days. | Laughter, | It there was any trick in this business the gentleman from Towa had himselt set the ex- ample; and more than that, the gentleman had attempted to carry out his trick by fili= bustering. [Laughter. | Mr. La Follette of Wisconsin denied the right of any man to accuse him of a trick as the gentleman from Ohio (Grosvenor), had done. His opposition had been open. ~ 118 had stated his reasons for it, and he belioved them to bo suflicient. He was not opposed to the river and harbor bill, construeteéd upon proper principles. After some further debate the substitute was rejected s, 40 nays, 176, The orig= inal bill was then ordered éngrossed and read the third time—yeas, 1435 1 S7i—and the previous question ordered’ on” the final passs age of the bill, Mr. Hepburn demanded the reading of lhfl encrossed cony, and as the bill had 1ot bee engrossed, the house adjourncd. ‘The bill wi come up for tinal action to-morrow. Scnate, WasHiNGToN, D, C,, Jan. 26.—Charles B, Farwell, scnator-elect from 1ilinois, was ad- mnnistered the oath of oftice. He took the seat recently occupied by Mr. Cullom, while the latter took the seat of the late Senator Logan. ‘The credentials of Mr. Gray of Dels aware, Dawes of Massachusetts and Gockrell of Missourl were preseuted and placed on file. Mr. Morgan, from the committee on for- cign relations, made & report on the petition of William Webster, a citizen of the United States, with resolutions stating that after due examination of the matters presented in he petition and of the eyidence in support of the claim for indemnity from the British government for lands in New Zealand pure chased by him in good faith from native chiefs, and duly conveyed to him before the government of Great Britain acquived sove ercignty over that country, the senate cons siders such elaim tobe founded in justicd and to deserve the cognlzance and support of the government of the United States, ‘Plie senate vrolecded to the consideration of the resolution reported yesterday by Mr, Hoar instructing the committee on Ymnuuu and clections o tnvestigate the allecations made by three residents of Washingtom county, ‘Texas, as to their being driven frong their Houses, compelled to abandon thein property and deprived of the right of suffrace in that county, After a long discussion the resolution wis adopted by a vote of 31 to 26, The senate then resunied consideration of the biil to establish asricuttural experiment stations in connection with agricultural eols Jeges extablished under the act of “July 165 Alter a long diseussion and the offe ing of, and voting on, a larzo number of amendiients, Mr, Hawley offered o substis tuie for the bill, and, on his motion, the bilk and substitute were braered printed and the watter went over tll toanorrow, Tie raglrond attorney bill was then takem up, and Mr. Berry obtalned the floor 1o dige cuss ity but the senate hnmediately went ind secret sossion, and when the doors reopene adjourncd The Peoria Fool, Ciicaao, Jan, J. Gramumer, trafig wianager of the Peoria, Decatur & Evansvillg railroad, stated to-day that he had received a & 1 telegram from Commissioner Blanchard says & ing that General Manager Talmage of thg % Wabash had ordered the Wabash balance i the Peoria pool up to December 31 paid forthe | with, The Peoria, Decatur & Evansville, Grammer said, would therefore pay what i * owed in the Peoria pool. He added that Coms missioner Blanchard would at once aran a conference with the Roek Island officialg and endeavor to have the cancel their notie of withdrawal from the pool, thus rvnmvln! all ground for the recent prediction that th troubles of the Peoria organization woul peedily disrupt the Ce Traflic associag i - hanna Flood, The Susqu Lockuaves, Pa., Jan, The immensd 1 et W Feriey Las interrupted travel om | the” Philadelphia & Erie railroad and na trains have cone west of this city since late yesterday, ‘The wd track for the diss fance of nearly w mile i3 covered with huge cakes of wee wiid timber to a depih of froug eight Lo twelve feet. Arouble is feared herg i case tie Jan breaks and uwuch anxioty ex4 ists awong the people ing along the Susy quehania river