Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 5, 1887, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE o ———— SIXTEENTH. YEAR. YE GODS, LET'S WEEP! The Senator from Saunders Communes on the Quiet With His Conscience. VANDEMARK TAKES A TUMBLE, And Colby Falls Upon His Frame, Shout- ing High Hosannas, FUTILE ATTACK ON THE CHARTER A Review of the Legislature's Doings 8o Far and a Forecast of the Work Yot to Be Ac- complished, Procecdings of the Senate, LiscoLy, Neb, Feb, 4.—|Special Tele- gram t the Bek |—Another abortive at- tempt to knife the Omaha charter bill was made this morning just before adjournment, It came to the surface from an unexpected quarter and from a man who voted yester- day to have the bill engrossed for third reading. Just what caused the change of heart in the gentle- man from Saunders (Vandemark) since yesterday is a matter of conjecture, but his action is the monumental flop of this ses- sion. e said that hecould not reconcile his conscience to his vote yesterday, which shut off all consideration of the bill, although the bill has occu- pied more time of the senate than any other, and in the name of fair rla' he moved that the vote yesterday by w hich senato file %4 was “ordered” engrossed be reconsidered and that the bill be referred to a special committee, with instruction to report the bill back within five days. But Mr. Lininger was ready for him and asked: “‘How did the gentlemen vote on the quesion?” Mr. Vandemark—I voted yea, Mr. Lininger—Now, Mr. Presldent, we have had this measure before uson two ditfer- ent occasions at both of which it was ordered engrossed. No more time should be wasted for the sole intention of blocking this bill. T'liis 18 the sole intent of the motion to re- consider, ‘Therefore I move to amend to lay the motion on the table. Mr. Tzschuck rd the motion to amend, but the el N occupi Moore of Laneaster, ailed and recognize him, and © way to Mr. Colby, who was elamoring for the floor, and who exhibited a feeling of innocent surpriseat the motion of Mr. Vandemark that was actually painful. In this he made another flagrant mistake, for the senate could not help seeing the transparent plot which had been hatched during the still hours of the night. Then the v iden of Mr. Colby being surprised by a deserter ot the enemy coming into his cainp was ludierous, He said: “I am surprised at the resolution of the gentleman from Saunders, But then Ithink it is in the line of vight and I hope the other members of the senate will come to the same conclusion which the gentleman from Saunders has reached. I hope the senate will reconsider and refer senate filo 84 to a committee of five. In furtherance of the motion of the gentle- man from Saunders, and that the senate may more fully understand the position of the Omaha charter and its provisions, and to illustrate what I should say, I desire to read a letter 1rom lon. James E. Boyd, mayor of Omaha, to myself, In the letter the mayor said ~that the board of police officials should be indepen- dent of the mayor and council; the board of public works should remain' as it is at present. He sald publie improvements had 'n carried on in an honest and economical manner all because the board of public works were in sole charge; there was not a man in Omaba who was dissatistied with the board or desired a change.” 3 Mr. Lininger—This fs simply a continua- tion of the tacties to kili thi er by thos who are opposed to it. The points just raised have all been settléd by the committeo in Omaha. You ean get letiers on every clas in the charter protesting azainst them. You all know that it would be impossible to get & charter tha would ~ suit every- body. AMr. Boyd is mayor. but is no more in this matter than any individual should be. I propose to have a petition from the peoplé at large in Omaha, and 1 ask this senate 10 let the matter stand where it is and Iay this motion on the table until you can hear from a majority of tha eitizens of Omaha. All I want is fair play, and I pro- test against this underhanded work."” Mr. Robbins of Valley said it the senate ook up the matter again to-day it would take two or three hours, and the heatof discussion would preclude a caretul and considerate re- view of the bill, He wanted to read the bill alone, when he would Dbe prepared to vote on it, and asked other senators to do the same, For that reason he movi at the senate do now adjourn, which was carried b, vote of 16 to’ 8 Thus was the railroad crowd bafed again, The unanimity with which the senate adjourned this morning had another significance, Mr. Colby had set the pins for the railway commission bill (repealing the commission) to come to a vote, expecting to defeat it in the absence of the senators, but the scheme did not work, B SENATE DOINGS . Mr. Schminke offered a motion instruet- ing the secretary of state to provide transportation for the committes whose duty it is to examine the public build- ings and institutions of the state, for which Targe appropriations were asked. Mr. Brown of Clay objected on the ground that he opposed these public junketing tours which would cost the siate & large sum of money, e said they wereof no importa) Mr. Schininke said these committe asked to report favorably on the passage of these appropriations, and could not do 50 in- telligently without a personal tnvestigation. Mr. Moore of Lancaster did not have time to make these investigations but he thoueht it a matter of public interest and he was will- ing to go and in favor of the motion for that reason. > Mr. Fuller of Wayne thought these per- sonal investigations absolutely necessary. His people wero asking an_appropriation, but he certainly could not ask the senate to take his juagmient on the justice of the claim, He knew of a case where such committee had saved the state $50,000, Mr, Sprick of Washington said the objec- tion was not worthy of consideration, These inyestizations were necessary, and would not cost to exceed $600. They would in all probablility save to the state uoless than 100,000, Duras of Saline was not a member of f these committees, nor did his district ask any appropriations, but he thought these fnvestizations. i the line of publie policy and good, and tavored the motion of the gen- tlewan from Otoe, Mr. Brown then withdrew his objection, and the wotion prevai Mr. Holmes moved tha adjourn 1t adjourn until 10 o'etock Tuesday 1o give the investizating committees time to wake their trips, which was carried. ‘The senate went through with the usual routine of work, but nothing of speeial in- terest was doné excepting the attempt to drag the Omaba charter bill before the sen- ate again, which is detailed above. ‘The senate did not go into committee of the whole to-aay, and therefore did not reach Ar, Keckley's anti-grain pool bill, which is the tirst bill Bow on general tile, NOTES, 1f the friends of the Omaha charter bill in the senate ean next Tuesday prevent a re- consideration of the vote by which it was ordered toa third reading, the time will have passed when a recousideration can be made under the rutes. Ar, Tzschuck s suffering from a se cold, from which he can get little reliet. 1 have talked with several senators relative to the action of Mr. Colby betore the senate this week, notably upon the railway couw- mission bill and the Omaha charter bill. One of them said to me: “He has certainly over- reachied himselt, His ardor to serve the rail- wiays has caused biw to lose his head. The exhibition be made disgusted every member, and we couldn’t very well do auyibing jelse but rebuke him.” 5 Auothier said; “ile has certainly lost all when the senate ere influence he may have had in the senate. Shich methods ns he emploved In the senate yesterday would not be resorted ‘o by any man with honest convictions upon the sub- ject nnder discussion. His action was, cer tainly dictated by very poor judgment, other said: ~ “‘His aspiration to be the leader of the senate will never be realized. ile has put to naught all influcnce he may have heretotore worked up. He does not possess the qualities of a leader, but as a filibusterer he s certainly a success. Another said: I would not have pursued the course he did in reference to any subject e has literally lost cast in the n Mr. Moore of Lancaster, as chair- man of the senate, failed to recognize Mr. Tzschnek’s second to Mr. Lininger's motion to table Mz, Vandemark's infawous motion this morning he incurred the displeasure of the Douglas delegation, and gave Colby another chance to howl. Everybody admires honest Paul Schminke, When he has anything to say, he says itin a rough-shod and’ positive manner, which is none the less foreible on accountof his Ger- man accent, W/ Mr., Brown of Clay jected to the inspection trips of the senate commiitees Mr. Schminke said: you kick because you ain't on the commilteo yourself. You come mit me, I takes you around and we will have a good time, don’t you forgit.,”” Right in the heat of the tusilade upon_the Omatia charter bill yesterday, I'saw the Lan- caster delegation wheel into line with beauti- ful pre “We have a charter bill of our own,” they: “so we have decide togive and take.” They actod wisely, too, for later in the day_ the committce of the wlhole recommended their bill to be engrossed for a third reading. And there was not one word of opposition expressed, which shows conclusively that there is no objectionable tax clause in it And the hosts of Douglas fell upon the citadel of the state of Leatrice and demol- ished it, Lam preparing a few chapters under the title of “Cupid in the Committee Rooms, or a Romance of the Senate Representative Whitmore has taken a deep interest in the passage of the Om bill intact. e left his seat to hea bate in the scnate yesterday and rendered all the assistance he could, asalso did his col- league, Mr. Smyth, With these and other able advocates in the house, it is safo to pre- dict the success of the charter bill in that body. Doings in the Hons LINCOLY, Special Tele- gram to the en members of the house answered at roll eall this m orn- ing and from the beginning of the session it was apparent that dissolution was n the air. The friends of some bills which are on file for fimal reading manifested {uneasiness, for if the bills should come up on passage thirty-four could defeat. Several othe were anxious to go home over Sunday. Consequently, after several motions for an adjournment hiad been lost,a resolution by Mr. Sullivan that when the house adjourned it should be until Monday at 2 o'clock prevailed, o'clock a motion to adjourn was also Mr. Caldwell’s bill, which upon unfavorably postponed, was res general file, A resolution by Mr, Miller setting fi that serious complaint is being made regard- ing many insurance companies and that “'it is absolutely n for the protection of the people of this state that all companies having the certilicate of authority to_act do comply with the letter and spirit of the in such cases made and provided, and th companies doing business in this state with- out authority for so doing shall be subject to the fines and penalties as provided by law for transacting_any business without having obtained said certifi the appointment of a’special ~committee of five to investizate the official record, as well as the books, records and papers of ‘any company or companies, and have power to send for persons and paper. adopted. ‘The resolutions by Mr. Kenuey that the judiciary committee be instructed to report 10 the house the necessary legislation to pro- vide for resurvey of townships wherein the original survey corners have been obliter- ated, was adopted, Mr. Whitmore presented a memorial from the tes to the national conference of charities and corrections, held in St. Paul In summer, urging favorable action on_ bills before the legislature providing a state home for children now in_ poorhouses, the children of drunken parents and orphans, Revorts from committ : That the bill lixing regular meeting of boaras of supervisors of all counties under township ization in January and in June should pass: that the following bills do not pass: to provide for destruction of sunflowersand foul weeds; to prevent fraud; to amend the revenue law so that men in' the business of fattening live steck may be exempt from tax- ation on borrowed capital; to authorize the auditor of pub rcounts to appoint a travel- ing accountant. These reports were adopted. The followlng bills were introduced 1 the house to-day: By Baira=To prevent swindling, By MeConaugly—To repeal chapter 43 of the compiled statutes of Nebraska for 18 entitled internal improvements, By Watson—Relating to the purchase, lease and sale of railroads in certain cases. By Watson—Defining the crime of lar- ceny from the person and providing a pen- alty therefor. By Andres—To amend section 230f chap- ter 50 of the compiled sfatutes of Nebraska, entitled “Liquors.” By Egeleston—To provide for the ercetion of a building to be connected with the in- dustrial collége of the state university, to be known a8 the State Veterinary institute of Nebraska. By Babeock—To district the state into sen- atorial and representative districts and for the apvointment of senators and representa- tives and to fix the number of the same, and to report sections 1 and 2 of chapter 5 of the compiled statutes of Nebraska. : Adjournment was taken untit 2 p. m, Mon- day. Legislative Review and For L N, Neb,, Feb, 4,—|Special to the Beg. |=The flifth week of the legisiative ses- sion closes with twenty-one days of the con- stitutional forty having been absorbed. The legislative net result of the twenty-one days’ work is the enactment ot three laws. The work of the house and senate may be sum- marized as follows: Totat number of bills Introduced, 628, of which 405 are on the house rolls and 215 on the senate files. In the house 104 measures have been reported upon favora- bly by standing committees, ‘I'wenty-eight have been aeted upon by the committee of the whole and seventy-six are now before that committee for consideration, ‘Thirty- 8ix bills have been buried by Indelfinite post- ponewent. Eleven bills are ready for final passaze or rejection, Eight have been passed. 1o the senate about one hundred have been reported back from ecommittees favorably, Fourteen are resting Iu the grave of indeii- nite postponemnt, The commitiee of the whole has reported favorably upon nineteen, and thirteen have been passed. 1t is casy to see that the remaining nin teen days of the legislature will be busy on if_ an attept is to be made to clean tie cal endars, For twothirds of the propo enactments the handwriting of fatal delay 18 already on the wall, Both the senate and house im\’e the task of removing the present railroad commission law from the statute and then the greater one of bringing forth some more satisfactory legislation on the railway question, A yigorous at being made to bring about a joint we the two railroad comuntives, followed by other joint 1 -5, for the pur- pose of presenting to the ature one bill which would provide for the a tion of freight wrifls and the prevention of diserimination, It is conceded these are the two points to be looked after in the aathorization of a commission if it shouid be decmed wisest 10 recreate a commission law, The joint connnittee would have live or six bils 1o consider. 1t it were possible to take from each its best provisions and then combine these, it cannot be doubted but that something alike fair to the corpora- tions and proutable to the people could be placed upon the statute books. But the mon- sters of personal ambition and “green eyes” are in the way. Representative Agee in the house has formulated a bill, every line of which hie is jealous of. He has two motives in desiriug 1o see it pass wuough the logis- was reported sterday, and indefinitely urrected and placed on the th ast. lature intact, One is that his name may o thundering down through the ages (this is not intended as & pun) attached to a railroad law. The other is that the gentlemen who shaped up the bill for him have left him few discretionary powers as to_its phraseolc and insist that he shall make a str fort to secure its p: ures and ail, i< probably the sol nator Meiklej: author of the bill and has studied the subject carefully, he too would be adverse to its being “eut and slashed an unfeeling committee, and ezotism of an intellectual character would prompt him to oppose any effort to materially change its tenor. 1 esentative Whitmore is quictly lying back with his bill, too, and it is violating no confidence, your correspondent believes, to say that Mr. Whitmore regards Mr. Whit- more’s bill as worthy of as_much considera tion asany of the other Thus, between the Seylla and Carybiis of lobby vressure and steem, the joint-committee production is likely to have a tough time of it even if it is born healthy infant. Over the appropriation bill there will be a big pow wow. 1t is noticeable that the chair- man of the committee on finance, ways and means, Representative Nichol, avails him- sell of every opportunity to cry out against the exhorbitant demands which are coming in from state institutions, and to prophesy that the committee will make _some scalpel- Ike reductions in estimates. Now, while it is not exactly fair to be too_suspicious, it is proper to be just suspicious enoughi; and thera may be a motive in this talk concerning thie efforts, which the committee are making in the direction of economy, It isto be trusted and hoped that the report of the com- mittee will demonstrate r economy, and that the vociferous claims of cuttinz down in some directions will not cover up too liberal appropriations in others. 1t is safo to prophesy that the constitutional amendment for prohibition will not be sub- mitted to the people at the next general elee- tion, The constitutional number, three-fifths of the members, no not favor transporting the [owa 'phm, ith 1ts concomitant disturb- ances and break ne upof volitical precedents, into Nebraska soil. Fully two-thirds of the representatives believe that loeal option and community prohibition, as made possible by the Slocumb law, is the' best plan, Pullman Superintendent Bennett is lere closing ~watcling the bill introduced by Mr. Miller. Inasmuch as the majority of the members don’t care much about it, and_all othier things being equal, it is predicted that the bill will not reach the governor in the form of an enrolled act. Bezinuing with the last days of next week the house will probably hold evening ses- sions. Forensic displays will then be in order. U to the present time no really good speech has been listened to in- the popular branch ot the legislature. It is not very en- couraging, but it is a reluctantly written truth that” the oratorical timber 1s scarce Possibly, however, somo embryo D mostnenes is holding back for the right oe- casion. Thereis a fine ovportunity for some man to distinguish himselt, llASTlNGSil!‘\ DLY SCORCHED. One Hundred Worth® of housand Dollars »perty Burned, 1asTiNGs, Neb,, Feb. 4.—[Spe gram to the Brr.j—At3 fire broke out in the rear end of Fink’s cloth- ing store on Hastings avenue, and before the fire department arrived the flames were en- tirely beyond control, The building occupied by the clothing store was a large frame struc- ture. The flames soon reached an adjoining frame building. The hercu- lean efforts of the fire department vented, as was thought, further spread of the flames, but in about an hour the fire was discovered in the Interior ot the large brick Dbloek adjoining the burat building. The fire had been communicated to this block by the joist holes in the side of the building. The weather was intensely cold and 1t was almost impossible for firemen to work at all. ‘he entire block was consumed, including Shackelford’s wholesale commission house, T. J. David & Co's jew store, Winel's drugz store Wi book. music and jewelry store, and the postoflice. The loss will reach $100,000 partly covered by insurance, The postoflice doors were locked and guarded, while Post- master Evans and a force of clerks collected and sacked all mail. Al postoflice fixture: ineluding lock boxes and drawers, and dis tribution tables, were carefully removed without damage. The mail is being distri buted by special carriers. Entire new qua ters must be secured, and the postoflice will probably be opened in the new Masonic tem- ple block. L'ele- this morning a Ruan Down By a Train, Fresoxt, Neb, Feb, 4.—(Special Tele- gram to the BEE.J—A farmer named John iarsten, living five miles north of Fremont met with a serious and probably fatal acci- dent at 5 o'clock this evening. He was rv into while crossing the Fremont, Elkhor, % Missourl Valley raflroad track at the north- west corner of~ the city limits by the passen- ger train from the north, His team of mules were both killed instantly and dragzged with the wagon several rods rsten was badly hurt, and may not recover. A Train Wrecker Convicted. Corumpus, Neb., Feb. 4.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber.]—The jury in the case of the state v Andrew Leis, for putting obstrue- tions on the Union Pacific raillway near Columbus, after fifteen minutes deliberation brought in a verdiet ot glnllg. ntence was deferred, ‘The trial of the co-defendant, John Moliski, for the same offense, has not yet been determined. e —-— Safely Jailea at Peoria, Pronia, 111, Feb, 4—J. Finley Hoke, the Dbank forzer and embezzler, was safely landed in jail here this morning. He pleaded to be assigned to the debtor’s row, but this was re- fused and he was locked up with the other prisoners, Shortly after his arrival breakfast was taken to him by his wife. This was their first meeting since his return from Canada, but there was no eyhibition of emo- tion on the part of either. ™ After breakfast Hoke held a consultation for an hour with his attorne; ‘T'he remainder of the day was spent in reading novels. His return 1o the scene of his exploits excites but little interest and very few people called at the jail to see him, He refuses to be interviewed and would not talk when a representative of the press was present. He will waive prelimi- nary examination and allow the case to go before the grand jury which meets next week. 1t is believed Hoke has left about $20,000 of the spoils with which to fight the proceedings. ial Straw, .—[Special Telegram to Beg. |—=The World has been polling the slature on the presidency, with the fol- lowing results: Ninety-four republicans are classed as follows: For James G. Blaiue, 40; 3 non committal, 203 l\ll) 5 as follows: For , {63 Mill, 20; Thurman, 3; Cleve land or Hill, 1; Cleveland, Hill or Hewitt, 13 Hill or Thurman, 13 Hewitt, 1; non-commit- absent, 9. Forty-one republicans be- lieve Hill would be the strongest democrat and 12 Cleveland, Thirty democrats believe Hill would poll the largest labor vote, Give Them a Chance to Choose, MoNTGOMERY, Ala,, Feb. 4—The senate to-day passed by a vote of 2 to 1 a joint reso- Lution providing for submitting a constitu- tional awendment prohibiting th iquor traflic to the people at the next general elec- tion, - The Tichborne Claimant's Luck, NEw Youk, Feb. 4. —Charles Ogden Ferr! alias Sir Rozer Tichborne, who was con- victed in the United States cireuit court in Brookiyn recently of fraudulently obtaining a pension frow the government, was to-day sentenced to five years in the penitentiary, —— A Grocer in Trouble, New Orreans, Feb, 4.—John Cordez, a groeer, to-day petitioned for a respite of twelve, elehteen and owenty-four wonths. Aasels, $100,000; LiabuUities, §50,000, "OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNIN , FEBRUARY TAKEN FROMTHE DETECTIVES Pals Rescne a Robber From Cleveland Cfi- cers While Ea Route to That City, A DESPERATE TIHAIN BATTLE. The Two Men Make a Plucky Resist- ance But are Greatly Outnume bered — Their Recovery Considered Doubtful. A Bold and Successful Rescue. CrevELAND, Feb. 4—[Special Telegram to the BEE.|—Detectives Hoehn and Hulligan, who arrested Harry McMunn, who is sup- posed to be concerned in the extensive fur robbery of last week, left Pittsburg with their prisoner last night en route to this city, securcly bandeuffed. The prisoner was placed on board the train at the outer depot in Allegheny., He took his arrest very cooly and seemed anxious to cause the detec- tives as little trouble as possible. The ex- vress sped on, and at 2 o'clock this morning Allianee, O., wos reached. At that point five men boarded the train and passed through several of the cars. Finally they saw the officers and their prisoner sitting in the smoking car. No sign of recognition passed between McMunn and the men and they set down a few scats from the prisoner and in a few minutes the express continued on its course. When Ravenna was reached the fivo men arose suddenly from tieir seats and without warning drew their revolvers on the officers, There were but a couple of other passengers in the car, and the confederates of McMunn were complete masters of the situation, Their quick action gave them the drop on the oficers. One of the men demanded their prisoner, but instead of complying with their request the oflicers jumped to their feet and tried to draw their revolvers, They were too late, The tive men opened fire on them, Captain Hoehn reeled and tottered over into the aisle with bullets In his shoulder and thigh. As he fell, one of the gang jumped on him and kicked him until he lay still as death. When the firing first commenced Deteetive Hullizan received several bullets in hisbody. He still attempted to defend himselt and another voliey was fired at him until seven bullets had pierced his body, e tottered and fell insensible in the seat. Iie was then kicked until his head was split open. The few passengers that were in the smoking car became terrorized and hid under thescats. The alarm spread to the other cars, and the trainmen and other passengers hurried torward. A fright- ful scene met their ga; Stretehed out a few feet apart were the bodies of Des teetive Hulligan and Captain Hoehn. The tloor was covered with blood and the seats in the car near where the shooting hiad oceurred were pierced and shaitered by bullets that had sped from iive revolvers. The prisoner and his reseucrs had disappeared in the ex- citement, having jumped from the train. All trace of them was lost in the darkness. The Ravenna police were notified and a pos: started at once o scour the country. train bearing the two wounded men “arrived in Cleveland about 7:30 o’clock this morning. At the depot the ambulance and a large, easy springed, covered wagon were in waiting, Captain Hoehin was placed in the wagon and sentto the city hospital. The ambulance took Hulligan to his hame. On arrivalat the hospital the house phySician examined Cap- tain Hoehn's wounds.: The brave officer was shot in the hip, thd bullet having passed lengthwise down his Jog and being imbedded in the flesh. Another bullettook effect in the left arm and passing from the wrist u wards came out of the elbow. He also eceived a severe cut in the head. Hulligan had four cuts Ono w% made by a couplin in the head, On g pin, and this, £ 18 feaged, fractired his skull Ono ear was also half cut off. The ph clans think that Hoehn may although his Injurics are very serious. lizan’s condition is ve If infly ation sets in he wi One of the burglars was shot, but his “pals” ecarried him from the train and wade th pe. Captain Hoehn, in his statement of the murderous assault, said that he learned that three sus- picious characters boarded the train at Alliance. Ils took the precaution to walk through the car and look out on the plat- form.” Seeing no one Lie xeturned to his » At Ravenna three men entered the ear f the rear door facing the captain. walked through the aisle until they req the seats occupied by the two oflicers. IHulllgan’s back was toward them, and draw- ine a coupling pin wrapped in white paper one of the men struck the datective a terrible biow on the head, knocking him almost senseless in the seat. At the same thoe two of them covered the captain with their re- volvers and ordered him to remain quiet. Hulligan called for help, and Hoehn, dis- regarding the pistols aimed jumped fo his feet, drew hi tired. The assassius returned the fire, and the man with the coupling pin again struck Hulligan, then ran along” the aisle and broke the Jamps. 1n a moment the car was in total darkness, and a terrific hand-to-hand strugglo ' between the police captain and his four assailants ensued. T'wice the thieves knocked the captain senseless to the floor and both times he recovered con- sciousness almost immediately and returned to the combat, The first time he fell one of the murderers said, “We've killed him; let him lay there.” e did not lay, however, but jumped to his feet and pluckily continued the lizht. All this time Hulligan was uncon- yus, and the assassins dragged him, hand- iffed to the prisoner, from the car'to the ground. Hoehn finally found his way to the sar, where the baggageman aud conductor found him, The eounty commissioners and wvolice board have offered a reward of §2,000 for the capture of the burglars, Both the wounded oflicers arc resting quietly to-might, but the chances are strongly against them, The country about Rayenna is_being sconred by detectives and policemen in the hope of cap- turing the burgiars, New Jersey tion Frauds. PrizADELPIIA, Feb. 4.—Some sensatio evidence was presented before the New Jerseyasseinblyelection committee inCamden to-day by republicans to prove that the ballo box of Centretown township was opened by democrats and enough votes changed from Haines to Turley to insure the election of the latter to the assembly on a recount. William C. Chambley, a locksmith of Phila- delphia, testitied that he went over to New Jersey last November and, in eompany with two men, drove into the country agood aistance and stopped at a private dwelling, Here he was shown a box which he identined as the Centretown ballot box, which he opened and was paid §10. By a vote of § to 2 the serceant-at-arms was instructed to take the witness in charge and see that he dia not ‘l‘h« committes then ad- journed till later jn the afternoon, The re- publicans claim that they can sustain Cham- loy’s evidence by other testimony, and that have discovared the details of the demo- eratic conspiracy to change the result in the Third distriet, — - More Figures From French, NEW Youk, Fab, 4.—[Special Telegram to the BeE|—In a Washington dispatch to the World, ex-Railroad Commissioner French says that in 1579 the Union Pacific expended the following sums, which he disallow notbeing necessary: Samuel Ward, $ Senator B. H. Hill, October 20, 1570, for sers vices as attorney in the supreme court, £10.000; Sidney Dillon, attorney fees, ete 8 :Jesse Banus, advertising, $5%0; Jay iould, to relmburs” 4im for amount paid E L. Berthond for various surveys and services on the lease of the Colorado Central railioad, $5,0003 H. V. ¥oor, for publishing his opin- lon on the deeision of the supreme court in the Thurman law case, 82,00 ohn J, K nan, advertising 0. These and other dis- bursewents awouuied 0§04, krench adds: “Believing that the Union Pacifie was less corrupt than the Central Pacifie, that is after the investigation of 1873, the auditor was disposed to accent many explanations which the light of future developments ap- pear to him now to have been wrong. Catholic Party. MuNtcn, Feb, 4.—Cardinal secretary of state, in answer to an inquiry made by Baron Fraunkenstein through the papal nuncio here as to whether the curia regarded the existence of a center party as superfluous, in which case the baron dec many members of the party would resign, informs Baron Frankenstein that the pope acknowledged the services of members of the center party and urges them to continue in the work and complete the removal of excep- tional ecclesiastical laws effecting the Rowan Catholic church in Germany and to ameliorate the position of German Catholies and the pope. The pope, the cardinal further says, admits th party’s liberty of action in non-ec Umatters, but says that the septennate question embraces relig- jous and moral considerations, which justify him in expressing the oninion that he may expect from the center party’s concilia- tion towards the measure benelicial effect In the tinal revision of the May law nd he hopes in this case to work through the center party to maintain ce. In addition to his, Cardinal Jacobini says that the pope 'sires to meet the views of the emperor and ince Bismarck and thereby induce the powerful German empire to improve the position of the papacy. ‘The pope asks that all members ot the center party throughout Germany be notifled of the views of the holy see. ini, papal —_— JOHNNY BULL IN EGYPT. Plain Talk in the Commons on English “oivilization." Loxnoy, Feb. 4.—1In the house of commons this afternoon, Raikes, postmaster general, announced that the present agreement with the steamship companies for carrying the American mails would expire at the end of February. McCremor, radical, moved an amendment to the address in reply to the queen’s speech demanding the immedis call of all the British forces in Wilfred Lawson, radical, in seconding the motion said: *‘We have raised the funded debt of Ezypt from £00,000,000 to £100,000,000, S]l\lnfll(l‘l‘n'\‘ many thousands of natives, erippled the national chamber bombarded the prineipal eity of the count under cir- cumstances of the greatest horror, inereased taxation, promoted horrinle debauchery in the capital, s dissensions between the khedive and his people, and crushed out the first little spirit of independence that had been scen in eastern nations for ages past.” Hon. W. H. Smith defended the covern- ment’s policy. Ho said the evacuation of Egypt by Englaud would throw tiat coun: into a state of anarchy. McCremor’s amenc ment was_rejected by a vote of 203 to Parnell adjourned the debate. —~———— A War Rumor Denied, [Copuright 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.l LoxpoN, Feb. 4—|New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bre.|—Your corre- spondent called at the American consulate this morning to see General Waller in conse- quence of tha report—an incident in the war seare—that he had suddenly been recalled to Washineton for a consultation regarding foreign affairs. He saw Vice Consuls Pen- field and MofTat. 'es, the consul general has a short leave, but is not to return to America on a visit,” said Mr. Penfield. *“‘He has been tn London now for two years with no holliday whatever. 1leis now at South- Li a queer 0 o now he has wited to usto send him certain statistics needed to complete his report to the state department. He is not ill, however, but needs a change of air. Nothing is know about war in this oftice, which represent: these peaceful pursuits of commerce that Invite ncessant work day and night.” ‘Fhe Financial Pulse, Loxpoy, Feb, 4.—Noon.—The stock mar- Kkets opened firm and then became panicky. Sellers are largely in excess of buyers, Prices are receding rapidl Consols and Russian and yptlan securities bave all fallen. American railway sccurities are flat and de- vressed. Panis, Feb, 4.—2 p. m.—The feeling on the bourse to-day is wenerally better. Brokers still hesitate to do business, however, and are waiting until more is known about the sct- tlement of current accounts, ViENNA, Feb, 4.—The bourse is calmer to- 1,ONDON, Feb, 4.—1 p. m.—After prices had falien below those of there was a recovery and evervthing has a better ten- dency now. There is budding all around, especially for American sccurities, At m. consols were quoted at both money and account, an advan: tor money and ¢ for account over 's closing quotations, Fraxsrort, K 4 on the bourse to-day. Pans, Feb, 4 p. m.—Three per eent rentes have advanced one f nd iive cen- times from the closing_quotations yesterday are now quoted at 77 franc Lo b, 4.—3 p. m.—The stock ex- change prices are buovant, especially for an_securities, Other foreign and home securities are inactive, The”general tone of the market is better. Consols closed at 100% for both money and account. Panis, Feb. 4.—3 p, m—The scttlement proeresses favorably. BERLIN, Feb, 4.—3 p. m. now fivin, A firm tone pre he markets are They Talk Peacefully, Loxpoy, Feb, 4 —The latest European dis- patches are of a more peaceful character, It i ably stated that M. Herbette, French ador at Berlin, and Count Herbert Bismarck met yesterday and exchangea peaceiul assurances. M. Herbette, it is said, asserted that there would be no movement of French troops without the consent of the counsel of the state, while Count Herbert stated that 70,000 reserves would return to their homes as soon as they had been drilled ; that 20,000 more would be catled out, drilled and dispatched to their homes, and that then there would be no more levies, They Publish Warlike News. Beriax, Feb, 4.—Berlin papers report that General Boulanger, the French war minister, made a flying visit to the fortitied town of Verdun to-day and that he rode as far as Amanweiler on the German frontier, making strategie reconnoissance, i The Beriin Post denies that Emperor Will- jam in recently announcing at a reception that the reserves were to be called out for rifle drill, declared there would be no war. All that the emperor said, according to the Post, was that it was necessary for the re- serves to learn to bandle the new repeating rifles, SR Jumped Into the Fire, NasuviLig, Tenn, Feb. 4.—To-day Thomas Allen, the noted safe blower’s, term expired and he was released from the peni- tentiary. A letter which the authorities in- spected made an_appointment with James Moon and Jerry Harain for to-night. Alien followed and all were arrested. The police are after others, and it is believed will s ceed jn breaking up a dangerous gang. S — Eubmission in Hlinois, | RINGFIELD, L1, Feb, In the house this morning Mr, Lamont introduced a resolu- tion which was referred to the committes on judiclary, providing for the submission of a constitutional awendment prohibiting the wmanufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors toa vote of the people, the law o go 1nto el- feet1n 1500 it adopted. - A Joint Convention of Two. Trextoxn, N, J Feb. 4,—Asscublymen Seudder and Walker attended the joint meeting of the legislature at noon to-day and after both had voted tor Governor Abhett for United States senator, the wmeetiog ad journed UL WO WOITOW Boou. NUMBER 232 AT STRIKE. ore Men Go Out _and the Blockade Still Serions, NEw York, Feb. 4.—The Star steamship ublic and Cunard line steamship City of Chicago, scheduled to sail to-day with trans- Atlantic mails wiil not bo able to get of on account of the strike. There was a slight condition of affairs on morning. improvement in the the river fronts this I'he steamship companies are re- covering from the stagnation of business that the strike at first caused, and are mov- ing freight with more dispatch than on any of the past four or five days, Nowhere is this more noticeable than on the East river front, Steamers are being got away on their recular sailing days, and freight lines are onee more otving and delivering goods, In most eases work on the steamer piers is being done by green hands, and on freight lines by the deck hands of freight boats. At the headquarters of the Ocean assoe tion to-day it was announced that Smit MeNeill, restaurant keepers, ®ad agre supbly & quantity of provisions for the fam- ilies of the strikers and many landlords had agreed not to press them for” rent. Supplies flered also by butehiers and bakers, strikers on the pier of the New Hayen & Hartford railroad, East river, were to-day ad- mitted into the union, This makes over 400 admitted this week. The caulkers and joinersat work repairing the Guyandotte, the O1d Dominion steamer that was damaged by the explosion of an nfernal machine, struck to-day. They had no grievan but struck out of sympathy with the freight handie Their aces will be filled to- morrow by non-union men. The coopers employed along the piers, with the mill- wrights, joined the strike to'day. The painters and mochanics on the Guion line struck The Italians who took the place of strikers at the Hudson river depot quit work this afternoon. The Lehigh Valley company closed its pier gatesat3p. m. The Penu- sylvania and Jeysey Central, and in fact all other piers along the river front, had some blockade and diflicnlty in moving freight. J , FFeb,” 4.—The Erie railroad brakemen, after remaining in conference all this morning and discussing the advisability of a strike, decided to return to work. A delezation of Pennsylvania railroad brakemen waited_upon them and attempted to per- suade them to go out, but the police drove the Pen Ivnnia men from the ds. Su- perintendent Barrett, of the Erie road, prom- sed to advance the waees of the brakemen, Foremen of gangs will receive an ine $11; the second man in a gan z an inereas £7, and the others an increase of $5, Printers De a More Wages, C11CAGO, Feb, 4.—There are premonitions of difliculty between the publishers ot Chicago daily papers and the typographical union, ‘The union has advanced the price of composition from 57 cents per 1,000 ems on afternoon papers to 40 cents, and on morn- ing papers from 40 cents per 1,000 ems to 45 cents, and have given the publishers the necessary thirty * notice. The publishers decline to accede” to the advance and demand that tho question shall be submitted to arbitration. The | s, on the other hand, say they have been beaten twice by arbitration and that they will not submit their claims to any such tribunal again, It s difticult to tell what the result will be as all the publishers stand together. ‘The contest will be watehed with considera- ble interestas it involves the situations of four or five hundred men, ‘The union men claim that there are very few non-union men in Chicago and that the publishers will Vi to come to their terms or stop publication. Beecher Denounces the Knights. New Yorg, Feb. 4.—In the course of his reply to a toast at the annual banquet of the Amberst alumni association to-night, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher said: *“This abomina- tion, the Knights of Labor, is the result of ity of governs ment. Because & few men in New Jersey think that their employers have wronged them, all this nation is called upon to suffer on the order of this paternal government — of the Knights of Ttnb( " This is from a want of intelligence. God knows I am a friend of the workingman. I am a workingman. 1 came from working stock. My grandfather and s father were blacksmiths and my mother's people worked in leather, ‘Tl working people are being taken caré of by the |\'|li|.$}ll\ of Labor, and people all over the land are being punished and business is stag- nated because of it—just because a few men in New sey have done wrong. The de- struc tion of the poor is their iguorance. Iron Workers Out, PIILADELPIIA, Feb, 4.—O0ver 500 men em- played in the nut, bolt and rivet works of Hoops & Townsend struck this morning, demanding o reinstatement of about twenty men who been discharged since the be- ginning of the year, Prevsinvng, Feb, 4. speeial says that 200 men employed in the Ella and Fannie furnaces have sirack for an advance of 25 cents per day. ¢ every turnace in the Shenango valley is elosed on unt of the strike. About 1,000 men are A Waest Middlesex Strike, A meeting of repres al assemblics of the long- shorcmen, wdlers and kindred organizations, representing in_all ¢ men, was held to-night in South Boston, Resolutions were adopted endorsing the action of Distriet Assembly 49 of Now Y ork in the present strike and pledeing support to the strikers in whatever manner it can best be rendered. THE STOC A Better Feeling News I New York, Feb, the B, —There was a better fecling on the stock exchange at the opening to-day. Although London prices did not show any improvement, cables brought news that the paniky fecling abroad subsided and the French, English and Russiau sceurities were higher. German houses were large buyers of American stocks and this served to strengthen the feeling of confidence in con- tinuance of p among the nations of Europe. Coal stoeks were lifted about 1 per cent notwithstanding the fact that strikes were unsettled and that there was a prospect that the Reading men would be called out, New England, Louisyille Nashville, and Western Union made notal gains, and the Ik was that the cliques behind themn would work them up rapidly on any favorable market, Ihe introducing in congress of a resolution to investigate the Union and Cen- tral racitic rallroads caused a bad break in Union Pacitie. ¥urthermors, it was conceded that there was no chance for the passage of the tunding bill, in which event it was be- that Union Paciie would be to meet tits charges and government requirements. A betwr feeling was noted in all the Gould ‘stocks, the de- mand for Texas Pacific being espacially good. 1t was claimed that the recent rise in w England stock was due to progress in the scheme of connecting it with the New York Elevated road. Washington dispatehy stated et the president had not signed the inter-state eommerce bill, and a good many traders wer ined to believe that the bill would be vet ‘The better feeling abroad and hiel 'es in London for American securitie the shorts to cover and pro duce a quick rally of about1 percent throuzhe out the list, Neiws from Washinzton in re gard to Union Pacific was very feverish, but in spite of adver i stock rallied a point with the shorts scramblivg to co The warket 1eaeted a portion just before tl clo The sales were about 500,00 shares, d by the om Abroad. —[Special Te tot Boulanger Makes a Denial Panis, Feb, 4. al Boulanger that auy ofticial in the war ofties sad that the mobilizution of French troops wa iuwinent, 1tis nied that th ench reserves in k have beon recalicd. denies has semi-ofticially de and - Talmage's Bevival New York, Feb. 4.-A great r¢ vrogress in Dr. Talm turch 1yn. So far 2,000 persons have 1 Vverted vival in Br begu - cou= THE PRESIDENT APPROVES, Oleveland Attaches His Signature to the Inter-Stato Oommerce Bill, THE MEASURE AT LAST A LAW Attorney General Garland Renders & Favorable Opinion, But Refuse to Express His Views to the General Public. Signed at the Eleventh Hour. Wasmsaron, Feb, 4—President Cleves land has approved the interstate commerce bill. The signing of the measure by the president was in full accord with the opinion of Attorney General Garland rendered to him on iast Mon and it is very well un- derstood to be in accord with the views of the cabinet. The attorney general was askoed itto give his views In regard to the bill and explain wherein it differed from the senate bill of two years ago which he opposed on the ground that it was unconstitutional, He declined to do so, saying that he regarded the opinion he had givem to the president on the subject as strictly contidential. 1t Is stated from trustworthy sources that the at- torney general as well as the president cof siders the bill which has just become a law free from all the material features which were objectionable in the senate bill of two years ago. According to this intormation the attorney general’s objection to the old bill' was to the vast powers of a l\!xh\ll—, tive and Judicial character that were given to the commission. The attorney | general is said to hold that the present bill does not conter judicial powers on the coms mission but put them in the courts on a re< port from the commission, and that it does not confer legislative power exeept in the fourth scetion (the long and short haul{ clause), and this is warranted by numberless | precedents in the legislative history of the government. OTHER BILLS APPROVED, “The president has approved the act to fix the day for the meeting of electors and to provide for the regular counting of the votes for president and viee president and decision of questions arising thercon; the act author- izing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi riv St. Louis; the act to amend the aet entitled “An act to provide for the muster and pay of certain oflicers and en-, listedmen of volunteer forces,” apvroved June 3, 18513 also, fourteen private pension Dills Manning and Jordan Will Rotire, WASHINGTON, Ieb, 4.—Treasurer Jordan admitted to-day that Secretary Manning s’ said to be president and he (Sordan) 8 to be vice president of the Western National bank of New York City, The resignations of both officials are in the hands of the_president and will be aceepted in due time. It is expeetod that Manning will be relieved soon after the adjournment of congress, Itis even said lis successor will be nominated before ade journment. Department oflicials say every= thing now points to the promotion” of Ase sistant Seerctary Fairehild to the head ot the department. Jordan will not leave the de= partment untll April 1. —_——— The Spanish Minister Rampant. WASIHINGTON, Feb. 4,—A reporter called on the Spanish minister to-day for the pur- pose of verifying an interview published by & Havana journal in which the minister is rep- resented as saying that unless negotiations for carrying out the reeiprocity treaty bee tween Spain and the United States reach a favorable result by the 1st of March he fas vors coercion and rep) I5. The minister s engaged and could not seo the reporter, sent word to him that the interview was and his views were aceurately and ectly given. Sl e 2 Refused the Injunction, 4.~The district su- preme court in torm dismissed the petition of Morris 8. Miller, of Alder creek, ! Oneida connty, N, Y., asking for an injune-' tion or order to restrain the eivil service coms missioners from exercising their powers on account ot the ged unconstitutionality of the civil service law, Judge Hagner, who delivered the opinion, said that the” court in general term did not have original jurisdic= tion of sueh a case, and that” it must come up in due course trom the court below. Nominations Made, WASHINGTON, Feb, 4.—The president has sent the following nominations to the senates Riehard A, Jones, of Oregon, to be chief Jjustice of the supreme court of the territory of Washington; Frank Allyn, to be agsociate justice of the supreme court of the territory of Washington: James H, Wright, of Mis- sourl, 10 be eniet justice of' the supréme court of the territory of Arizona. - The A Mygamy Bi WASIHINGTON As the result of a conference lasting all day on the anti-polyge amy Dill the representatives of the two houses are reported to be slowly aps proachiiig an agreciient on the measure more nearly resembling the house il than that passed by the senate, Appointed on the ian Cominission, WASHINGTON, b, 4.—H, W. Andrews, formerly a clerk in the Indian oflice, bas been appointed a member of the northwest- ern Indian commi ice C. K. Larrabes, ame his duties in the Indian oftice, Conferees Fail to Agree, WasHINGTON, Feb, 4.—~"The confer on the pre-emption timber culs ure and desert land laws held a final meets ing to-day and resolved to report to- their res spective Louses a total disagreement on the bill, TELEGRAPH NOTES, Snow, followed ~by falr and warmer weather, is the prediction for to-day. sin | Itis ofticially denied t Kansas City Jeague eclub has purchused the St Louis franchise. Five Mono a river coal firms have conceded the demands of their employes and are again i operation, ‘e Halian chamber of deputic voted fayorably on the eredit ¢ asked by the government tor sending reins forcements to the Souda Charles ‘Talbott, the Memyhis hotel who vanis}h ith Fanny Davenport’s dias wonds last Puesday, has “been captured at Kansas City with thie stolen property in hig Dossession, “The gas works of Lynn, Mass., blew up last night, seyerely injuring the engineer and Liremin and badly damaging the builds ing The city was left in total darkness durs iug the nizht, It 15 reported in Paris that Emperor Wils ham has written the czar that Gernany has no intention of attacking France. Prines Bismarck has senta similar communication 1o the Russian winister of foreign atlairs, Tue cut-throat policy of eastern and wests ern window gliss manufacturers was ended vesterday at a weeting in ( id, when an assoclation was formed for the mutual protection of all concerned. Fach faction will now rey prices in the other's terrks tory. Ihe sehico the stean: | edge. 1 1 Fred W, Chase collided with p City of Atianta in Cha fay and was cul to the waters’ @ disabled vessel was driven on the ot Folly island and will g H Her w of elehit anen are still on b 1 itis thouziit they will be sived if the weathes | moderate - Fatensivo snow ble kales on the Omas ho & Republican Valley, and the Northe crn ¢ lines ure reported,