Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 13, 1887, Page 2

o CANNOT PASS OVER THE VETO The Dependent Parents' Pension Bill Prac- tically Killed, OPINION OF LEADING BOURBONS. No Prospects For Any More Pablic Building Measures to Go Through —Ofiicers of the Next Congress, The Mensur ered Dead, WAsHINGTON, pecial Telegram tothe bre. |~ 0 prospect of the passage over the president’s veto of the de- pendent parents’ bill, whieh Is generally un- derstood that it will not emerge from th house committee on invalid pensions. The rush of business before both branches of congress and the fact that but seventeen working days remain of the session, when coupled with the further fact that the ereat bulk of democrats ars adverso to voting against the president’s vetoes, make proposi- tions to pass this mensure by & two-thirds vote almost out of the question. ‘The south: ern members of course approve of the veto, while many northern democrats_endorse it enough to defeat its passage. Mr, Warner, of Ohio, says that the principle of the bill as a whole was vicious and it cannot be passed through the house over the veto. A bill making provision for dependent mothers of soldiers who fell in battle, such as 18 con- tained in the first part of the bill, ho thinks, could pass and ought to be and would be slgned. He says that the Mexiean pension bill, however, contained much ot the same principle. and the prosident’s position would be stronger had he vetoed both. Mr. Murphy, of lowa, says the vresident may be Tights he don’t quite know yet. Ile 15 in- clined to think that probably there is no bet- ter way of distributing thé surplus among the people than by giving it to the old sol- d He is in doubt as to how hn would n upon the bill. Mr. Andeison, of ho thinks the president’s position is strong. Hle is inclined to think that the forny of tha bill was vicions and that it did notdo what it was designed to do. 1e thinks tho people are always elud to provide for their erave soldiers, but do not want to include the skulkers, cowards and camp followers and men who enlisted_and ped off in the field near home, Mr. Cobb, of Indiana, says he g the president is right avout it. Thus it will be scen that the democratic members of the house are endorsing the vresident’s course and there is very little, if any doubt, that the bill is quite deid. A PROBAY FIGHT FoR “There Is going to bo one of tie prettiest fights over the offices of the next con:ress youever witnessed hore,” said a democratic member this morning. g we do not want to re-elect any of these ofticers, and they ure all coing to iry to stam- pede the thing. 1t is customary to give an ofticer two terms, where he is eflicient and rleumslhr majority. ‘Ihese men have all had two terms_except the doorkeeper, and one term is quite too much of him. He has made a fist of the distribution of oflicos and has pleased mo one in the general dis- charge of his duties, “Leedom, of Ohio, cannot got a re-clection a3 sorecant-at-arms, because he is not popu- Iar and hecause his friends promised the Iast thne that he would not ask forathird term. He got it the last time by n seratch. Clerk Clark, of Missouri, cannot get his own dele- gation, and if he could lie would not be re- elected. He is fixed upon for decapitation succession. ‘The only one of the four principal ofticers who has the ghost of a chance for being re-elected is Postmaster Daiton, of Indiana. His duties are manifold and complicated. He has made the most. ac- ceptable officer wo have had here during my stay of twelve years, Hels efliciont and las done the best that a man could do 1n the dis- tribution of his patronaze, There is an ex- cuse for him stayi and he may be kept. But theother officers must and will go, be- cause th y have served out their time and have not”iven gencral satisfaction. ‘Uhere Wwill be a general scramble and a good chance for dark horses to plunge in, Of course the men who enter the ficld first get the pole in these races,” WEATHER BUREAU GOSSIP, There continues to be a great deal of agita- tion of the proposition to remove the sizn sorvice ton civil branch of the government, thus relieving the war department, and it is believed it will succeed. While it 15 known that a great many army officers are eager to succeed General flazen as chief signal otlicer, very few formal applications have been filed at the war department. It is thousht, how- ever thata number are bringming their in- fluence to hear upon the president dircet, while many more, realizing the uselessness of making a move durimg the present unset- tled condition of affairs in the signal service, are quietly watching events, Should congress fail to transfer the service to a civil branch of the government the applicants will make a slege npon the white louse and war department. KIONE FOR TOW The following pensions 1n been rated forincrease: Isaac Da Gran, Cedar Rapids; Daniel W. Camp. Lincoln William Baxter, Lake Mills; Wiliiam 15 Phitlips, Marion: William J. ‘Ball, Decatur City; William Benson, Crese David Spe cor, Mason City: William Edg M burg; Asbury Sutton, Osceola; Riley Ca Wyoming; Samuel Warner, Onawa, owa pensions vranted: T ck Gump, Beymour; Frederick C, Asechtig, Fort Madi- son. Increase: David M. Jolinson, Orman- ville; Perry M. Bird, Oskaloosa: George Smith, West Liberty: Honry A, Itath, Man- ley Junction; William Parkhurst, = Cedar Ravltds; John W. Rankin, Promise City; George' W. Keyes, Cedar Rapids; Ambroso Warren Reissue, Chillicothe. PUBLIC BUILDING S¢ MES DEAD, Owing to the fact that the house com- mittee on rules has before it the Blair educational bill which may be called up a8 an amendment 1o some measure, it concluded to not give a day to the committe * on publie building and grounds as the educa- tonal bill would” be surely offered as an amendment to one of thé measures which would then be considere This makes i Ampossible to pass any public building bill eopt by unanimous conent, when one obje tion would defeat it. Thus consideration of Lills providing for public buildings at Fre- mont and Hastings are the same as dead. ARMY MATTERS, William . Chambliss having been reap- pointed a major of eavalry, is placed on the :g&rufl list with that rank trom December 21, _The order of First Lieutenant Lewis 11 Strother, First lnhulrx, to duty at the Vir- inia agricultural and’ mechanical college, S revoked, _The leave of First Lieutenant Robert H, Young, Fourth infantry, is extended eight montls for sickness. ‘T'he leave of Post Chaplain O. J, Nave has been extended six wonths for disnhlm{. Captain George Mcl‘reery. assistant sur- geon, is granted one month’s leave, with per- . mission to u]uxly for a month’s extension, .. Private William MeBeth, Second artillery, is retired, ELRASKANS, ebraska have - Becond Lieutenant John C. Walsh, of tho f signal corps, who was recantly eourt mar- . tialed at \suhmzum barracks, ’:m a charge A n::-nm by Captain Greely of cenduct unbe- 3 ing an ofticer and a gentleman, in mak- ing a false report witn regard to storm warn- ! ings, was found not kuilty by the court. ‘T'he findings of the court have been approved b General Sheridan, and Lieutenant Walsh has been restored to duty. Another case of ullafi«d duplication of pay Mccounts by an ariny oflicer has been discov- ered by the war departient. #aid to be Second Lieutemant John J, Shaw, Sixth infantry, who wa: omoted from the Tanks In 185" When last heard from Lisuten- ant Shaw was at Hot Springs, Ark., but where he went from there is unknown. POSTAL CHANGES, The following lowa postimasters E‘nt«d to-day: Henry fi via, Jeflerson mux:}x. vice Margaret Greenland, removed; Miss M. R. nson, Gravity, Tayler ceunty, vice Samuel inson, resigned: Theodore Koester, Me- derville, Clayton county, vice Poter Schuitz, 2 u&lfned. 'he postoflice at MeKnight, Humboldt ~ county, la., was discontinued to'day. CAPITAL NOTES, Museatine, 1a., has lprlxed for free mail delivery under thoe new law and a special t of the po tent Las been iled to visit url cléy and investiguto bher for the service, , Scott, of Nebraska, Is here. his evening's Star says: “Mrs. Van rok, wife of the sonasor from Neoraska, JJ’ @ very enjoyable recoprion this after- 4008, v her sister, Mrs. Broaahead, . ,‘ Aliss Conkling, of Now York City. 8 7an Wyck will recelve next Tuesuay, us- Isted b, several young ladics, ‘The ottender is were Ozden, THE STOCK MARKET, Light Trading and a Feverish Feeling Peryade Dealings. New York, Fen. 12.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.|<London quotations for Amer- ican securities were all lower and the political situation was said to be getting squally again. English consols and French rentes were also lower, and it was anticipated that the stock market would reflect the depression 10 a certain extent. The settlement of the strikes at New York and vicinity counter- acted any effect which the foreign situation might have had, and opened the market with an advance in all active securities, The coal stocks, in particular, telt the favorable eff: of the settlement. Lackawanna and Re ing made fractional gains, but the continned interruption of telegraphic communication prevented the execution of a €ood many orders and served to neresse the duliness of the general market, Susquehanna & West ern attracted more attention than anything else. Preferred stock advuneed 2 per cent, and buying was said to be for the account of the pool which had been formed a fow days ago. The talk was that it would be_put to 40 within a week. St Paul, Pacitic Mail _and other eligued stocks were inaetive and in- clined to sell lower. Altogether trading was light and the feeling rather fey The market raliied a fraction during the hours, The bank statement, showin in reserve of nearly $2,000,000, was re as an_unfavorable featare, but traders claimed that there was no stocks for sale, @ wag notably strong, closing at top prices. The total sales were about 500,000 shares, e — Strikers Rushing For Work, 2 Yong, Feb. 12 — Following the declaration of district assembly No. 49, that the strike was off, thero was & general rush of longshoremen and freight handlers along the river front this morning to get back to work. At some viers along East river the strikers had not even waited for orders from headquarters, but had gone back to work on the best terms they could make. As early as 6 o'clock ganis of strikers were scen around the piers waiting to eateh the foremen and superintend- ents. As they came to their respective p atthe Maine Steamship company’s piers, old hands had returned. At the Clyde, Mal- lory and Ward piers also many old hands had founa their way back, but in no instance were they reconized as union members, By Monday it is expected the business of the companies will have resumed normal shape, ‘e strikerson the Lehigh Valley raiiroad pier went to work this morning. A large number went in on the Jersey Central pier, At No. 4, of the Pennsylvania, a score of strikers asked to be put to work, but were re- fused, Agent Uoden stating that they could not come back under any cireumstances, At the other piers the old hands are being taken Ihe big pites of freight are fast disap- ni. “The members of district assembly 49 met to-night and heard the reports of th delecates. ‘These were to the effect th old hands could return to work on the piers at the old seale of wages, It was unani- mously voted that no member of district 49 return to work until their demands for an increased scale had been conceded. S HONO®ING LINCOLN, His Birthday Anniversary Fittingly Celebrated in New York. New Yong, F 12.—The first annual din- ner of the republican club of New York on the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, was held at Delmonico’s to-night with about more or less well known re- publicans, including Governor Oglesby, of Illinois, Governor Foraker of Ohio, Governor Lounsbury of Connecticut, and ex-Governor Foster of Ohio. The list of toasts was as fol- lows: “The Republican Club of the City of New York”—the president, James Foster. “*Abraham Lincoln”—Joseph R. Hawley. *The Empire State”—Senator-eleet Hiscock, *“The Republican Party”—Governor Foraker, “Reform of the Party Within the Party”— Senator Harrison. “Young Men in Politics”— Chauncey M. Depew. “*WarGovernors” —Gov- ermnor Opglesty. Dsas Agencies of Party Ore 2 T. Bartlett, “A Tariff for I’rotection Galusha A, Grow. “Civil Service Reform”—itenry Cabot “Our Legislators”—Speaker Husted, ne had been expected to respond to the toast of Abraham Lincoln, but at the last moment he sent a letter of regret. The speaking continued until a late hour. Blaine, in his letter of said, after referring to the versary and paying a tribute to Washir and neoln as the two Innmortal names in American history: “Your club meets to do honor to Lincoln s a republican. It was the republican party that gave Lineoln to the na- tion and sustained him step by step throi out his extraordinary carcer. The celebration of Lincoln’s mname s the cele- bration of the republican |\1\rt?‘. To that party he was 2 attached, to its principles he was len devoted, in its suce he found the v ous issue of every great policy of wl was himself the personal exponent. T'he re- publican party makes no attempt to narow ihe possession of fame that is recognized on all continents, that will last through all cen- turies, that belongs to humanity. But the political organization which supported Line. coln has the right to claim the prestige of higname as it continues to labor in the great field where he wrought until all the harvests of his planting shall be gathered and gar- nered.” Senator John Sherman wrote that pressing business in the senate prevented his presence at the banquet. In the course of his letter, Sherman said: “We have tried a change, and what has been the result? A discordant party, unablo to agree upon a line of foreicn and” ' domest polic, divided upon the tarifl, hopelessly ¥t sea on all financial questions, obsequious in its foreign rela- tions, distinguistied only for the prominence it bas given to confedervte soldiers in for- gn courts. And now with its term of of- fice half spent, the house of representatives, democratic by'a large majority, is unable to formulate a slngle measure of political fm- anco upon which it can agree with adem- ocratic president. Surely the time has ar- rived when the ublican party should as- sume again its great mission, “The time is opportune. Under the operation of laws placed upon the statute books by republi- can administrations the taxes are "so lovied as to produce an overflowing revenue with- out serious burden upon the people, We are at liberty to choose between reduc- ing our revenues or expending our surplus in greatand benelicient objects of national desire, we can combine the two lines of vublie poliey, We could readily reduce the tax on sugar, while gh'iuf encouragment to domestie products in the form of a’ bounty, We could repeal or reduce all taxes that do not tend to encourage and protect domestic production, we could commence and es- tablish & system of coast defenses that will ~ guard the Ereat arteries of our commerce. Wecould place our navy again in a condition to be respected, and renew our rumclbnnuu in foreign commerce, We could make suita- ble commerciul arrangements with our neigh- bors, the Dominion of Canada, and thy nvoid all future controversies about the rights of our twol-lu to fish in American waters, and in (his way, by gradual meas- ures, knit and mould the f{nterests and de- sires of our neighbors with our ow Letters of rezrot were also read from Gen- eral Sherman, General Sheridan, Robert T, Lineoln, Hannibal Hawlin, and Senator Evarts and Warner Miller, e A Tiquor Man's Legal Luck, Kroxuk, In., Feb. 12.—[Special Telogram to the B —In the district court to-day Judge Casey made an important decision in two cases umder the prohivitory law. In both eases Jacob Okler was indicted by the grand jury in this city for vidlation of the mfllflbllm'y law and on trial betore a ’ tice was found guilty and fined $400. He ap- pealed to the district court and set up want of jurisdiction under a provision of the old net of the first general unm!mblty which di vided the criminal jurisdiction of Lee count; His offenses were committed in the township which should report to Fort Madison, but in- stead he was conyieted in K Judge Casey, after hearing the argument, dismissed the cases and set the convicted wan free, T The Car Drivers' Strike, Bostoy, Feb, 12.—The Cambridge Horse Car company started a car for Boston, and it is expected others will run to-day. There is Do interference with the progress other than the usual hooting by hoodlums. On the South Boston road the cars were started this morning, at intervals of eight minutes, A large foree of police is scattered along the roule. The South Boston company propose to mn_dm to-night if police protection is assured, . regrot, HIS CHILD'S LIFE AND HIS OWN Jacob 0. Jacobsen Sacrifices Both in a Fit of Insane Despondency. AN AWFUL DOUBLE TRAGEDY. The Mad Father Strangles a Helpless Infant and Then Hangs Hime self—Details of the Affair (he Inquest, A Double Tragedy. “Oh, my God, I can't beliove it! T won't believe it! My poor husband! My poor baby! Thesa words, the moaning utte a half-broken lieart, were spoken by Mrs, Chrictina Jacobsen, of 810 South Nine- teenth street, last night. She had just been informed upon returning from a trip down town that her husband killed himself, by hanging, after stran- gling their four-months-old boy-baby, which she haa left peacefully slumbering in its cradle. A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY, A reporter for the Ber was summoned, with Coroner Drexel, to the scene of the double tragedy, sbout 7 o'clock last night. The house in which the Jacobsen family lives is asmall one-story cottage on South Nineteenth street, resting hig on an embankment, Its interior plainly, though cheerily and tastily fur- nished. A neighbor who wag there at the time led the newspaper man to the dead body of the smicide and murderer, Jacob C. Jacobsen. 1t was lying on the cellar floor, white and rigid. A rope which had been cut from n rafter, lay ne: hand, and {old its story only too pluinly. The man had = strangled his baby and then hung himself, The s a singul peaceful look on his face. The eyes were slightly uplifted, the eyelids a trifle 4 A sharp bruise on his neck showed how the tightening rope had done 1ts deadly work, There was a bruise on the fore- head, which had been caused 1 some mysterious way. The infant vietim of the terrible trag- cdy Iay in the cradle. By the uncertain light of the lamp one could not have told but that it was still slumbering, as in mother’s arms, so placid and natural v the expression on its face. The e) were closed, the little lips parted, the tiny hands rown carelessly over the adle robe: ‘The bruise which had been caused by the strangling cord was all but conces {c\l by the dainty rafile which encircled the little oue'’s throat. Altogether the picture was one of peace- ful sleep rather than one of death. 1 'O DESPONDENCY. For some time past, ever since Christ- mas in fact, Jacobsen, who was & man about fifty years of age, had been sufl ing from an ulcer of one ot the varicose veins in his leg. This had kept him closely confined, so much so that “he rarely went out of He felt gloomy ov matter and at times was extremely pondent, saying that he did not belic the uleer would ever heal up. Of late, however, he had been getting better, and was in a somewhat more cheerful frame of mind. Yesterday he had been a trinte des- pondent—though not espeeially so—and remarked several times that he wished he could be at his work again. About 5 o'clock in the evening Mrs. Jacobsen, having arranged everything comfortably for her husband, leaving the baby quietly aslecy in the cradle, went down town to do some shopping. Secarcely had she oft the house, wl cobsen turned to little eight-y old daughter, Chris- “You can go out i the k own bill if you want to. Don’t be out too long.”” The little one who had been in the house all ¢ delighted with the prospect of hour's play, and went out doors, littl dreaming as she loft her fath y would never see him alive again, About 6 o'clock, Christina, having consted to her heart’s content, returned to her home. She went in the back way, but when she came to the ~door which leads into the sitting room were she had left her father, she found it locked. She knocked and pounded and shouted, but to no avail. There was no reply. Discouraged and frightened "the_little girl idered about the house, trying to find some way of entrance. Justut that abody appeared, having comeo isit Jacobsen, who had been under care. Christina told him of her trouble and asked him to force his way i The doctor happened to have a key which fitted the locked door, and using it, he stepped into the sitting room, Chri tina following him. A tew moments in- vestigation laid bare the tragedy in all its ghastliness, and then the little one al- most fainting with fear and horror fled from the house. The doctor, omposed, though but little less hor- , gave the alarm to the neighbors, which was quickly communicated to the coroner. Coroner Drexel arrived on the scene about the hour that Mrs. Jucobsen re- turned from down town. When she entered the house and saw the strange faces, she cried, as though a horrible premonition had seized her, “0h, my God, what has happencd®” A$ gently as he could the coroner broke the awful news to her, At first she would not believe him, and declared that he must be ¢ —out of his senses —to tell her such a thing. My husband a good, kind man,” shé moaned, e would never kill the poor little helpless baby. On, you must be mis- taken! You must be mistaken!” At fivst her gricf was of that tearless, awful sort, which, it is said, if not relievea, must result in insanity. But fortunately, after the first paroxysms of agony were past, tears came to her relief and she sobbed like a child, She was taken to the home of her next door neighbor, Mrs. Cook, where everything possible was done to relieve her suffering. THE INQUEST. Afte r thenows had been broken to the bereaved wife and mother, Coroner Drexel at once empanelled a jury and set to work to investigate the case. The jury was composea of the following named: P. P. Pomeroy, A. J. Kendrick, C. W, Baker, R. Engleman, A, M. Waite and C. Prosbtl; ‘T'he first witness examined was httle tina, the eight year-old child of the cased. She testified to the facts as statedabove.in avoicewhich was broken by sobbing. “Just after mama went away,” she said, “papa asked me if [ didn’t want to go out in the yard and plu{. 1 said ‘yes' and went out to slide down hill. Papa did not sui' one word about killing bimself when I left him. Pretty soon got cold and went inside. I found the sitting room door locked, and knocked and knocked, trying to make papa hear, you kuow. He thd not answer me and then Igot seared. I went out doors and met the doctor and asked him to bresk in the door. He opened it with a key #nd then we went inside—and then— Here the child broke down . completely and gave way to passionate sobbing, ery- ng “Oh. what made papa dothat thing!* The coroner assured her soothingly she continued: Then we began to look about for apa. At firsk we could not find im. After a while, the doctor and I went down cellar and there we saw papa hanging by a rope. Then we went up stairs and found our LUttle baby dead in its cradle.” “Did your papa say that he felt bad, afternoon®™ asked one of the jurors. 0, 8it," replied the child. “‘He did not say anything about want- g to die?” “‘Not one word " “'Did be seem to Be happy when you left him? “‘Yes, sir, he did.” ‘‘How long hid you been play fore you went back to the house?™ “Idon’t knoty. Maybe half an hour."” Here the child broke down again. Considering the excitement which sho was laboring under{ her story was re. markably well told, Sheis a bluo-eyed golden-haired creature, of rems hle beauty and more than ordinary intelli- gence. As she finished her story, Mrs. Jacobsen who was near by broke into a fresh fit of sobbing., The little one ran up to her mother and throwing her arms about her moaned, “Oh, mamma, please don’t er; Please don’t. It hurts me.” THE DOCTOR'S STATEM T The child’s statement had be aken in the house of Mr. Cook. The jury then removed to the house in which the murder and suicide had been committed After the dead bodies of the father and fant had been viewed, the testimony of Dr. Peabody was taken, He said: *1 was called in to attend Mr. Jacobsen on Sunday last. 1 found him laid up with an uleer on the leg, which, however, | did not consider at all dangerous. He seemed gloomy, 1 told him_ that such sores were bound to heal u‘- in time. I saw him again on Wednesday. He was better and less despondent. 1 told him that there was cvery chance that he would soon be on lus feet again. I left him, promising to call again to-day. This evening about 6 o'clock I eame to the house and rang the door bell three or four times. There was no response, Then the littie girl came around and told me the honse was locked and agked me to break the door in. I went into the kitchen and finally managed to open the door into the sitting room with a ke which 1 happened to have with me, I went in and found no one in the sitting room except the baby, which, in the dark, appeared to be quictly asleep 1n the dle. Isaw nothing of the ,:uh(-r and suggested to Christina that perhaps he had gone down town with her mother. *No,” she replied; ‘he hasn't, I know he hasu’t. Look down in the cellar, maybe he's killed himself.” What put that thought mto the child's head, Tam sure [ don’t know. She must have had a premonition of some sort. At any rate I went down cellar and sure enough there was the dead bhody of Jacobsen hanging to the rafters. 1 eutat down, and as there was some in the lungs, tried e means of resuscitation but unsuccessfully. After working five or six minutes I gave itup. When I cut Iim down the ‘dead man was hanging with his kuees almost on the ground. The rope was short and it is evident that he could not bave been strangled by the sheer weight of lus boay. He must have adjusted the rope about his neck and then, raising his Knees from the ground, actually JERKED HIMSELF TO DEATIH. *‘How in the world he could have sum- moned up courage for such a terrible death, I do not know. He must have been temporarily insane, “After satisfying myself that the man was actually dead 1 went up stair: I was startled to hear Mrs. Rasmussen, a neighbor who w led in. exelaim: ‘Ol my God! He's killed the baby, too.’ Sure enough, the infant was lying in 1ts 1. A piece of ciothes line, twice knotted and tightly drawn, had choked it to death. The body was sti warm when I uatica the rope, but life was extinet,” “I saw no reason for nondency 1 eventuaily 3l d.” This was all the evi, nd the jury made up the following g “At an inquisition " holden at Omaha, Douglas county, ou the 12th day of February. 1857, before we,'John C. Drexel, coroner of 2 nty, upon the body of Baby Jacobsen, lying dead, by ‘the jurors whose wines are Nercto subscribed, the said jurors, upon their oath, so say that to the best of their kuowledze and” belief, based upon view of_the body, the premises and the evi- dence of witnesses examined, said Infant Jacobsen came to its death by 'stranzulation at the hands of its father, Jacob Jacobsen, *In testimony whereof, the said jurors have h;-rmmm‘.wz their hands the day and year afores 2: ng be- well and C. V. BARER In the sccond verdlet the jurors set forth, that, “to the best of their knowledge and belief, based upon the testimony heard, safd Jacob Jacobsen died by his own hand, ' hav- ing hanged himselt with suicidal intent,” T'he tact that this little girl, Christina, told the doctor that perhaps'her father had killed himself, suzgested the thought that the ehild might be keeping some- thing back. Being questioned, however, she positively denied that her father had “spoken’ to her about killing himself, or that she had seen his body in the cellar, througha window on the sonth 3t which might have aflorded her such ht, before she entered the house, MRS, JACOBSE The wife of the dead man was too much agitated to speak at length about the matter. “'Oh! I cannot see why he shonld have done such u thing,” shé moaned, “and to have killed the baby, too. My husband Wil rful to-day—he did ‘not hint at such a thing as killing himself. He was ;q gon]ll nnd kind! Oh, why did he kill hin) {7 Mrs. Jacobsen was particularly grieved beesuse the baby had died un- named and unchristened, according to the vrites of the church. She shudderingly declared that she knew this circumstance would imperil the salvation of the infant’s soul. THE MOTIV s no doubt but that long brood- iug over his sickness, with its attendant annoyance und expense, drove Jucobson to a temporary it of insanity, during which he committed the awful deed. His friends all agree that he has been very despondent, though none of them antiei- pated such an aflaiv as occurred last night, There THE DEAD MAN. Jacob Jacobsen was fifty ars of age at the time of his death, and'leaves a wife and two children, the latter aged eight and six years. For twenty ypars he has resided in Omaha, and for sixteen years has been foreman for G. H. & J. 8. Collins, He was hard-working and frugal, and was worth §15,000. About ten years ago he went to Copenhagen, Denmark, the place of his birth, and marriéd the lady, who is now his widow. The Danish association, of which he was a member, will take charge of his funeral. - Kiiled a Wildcat, Evpona, Ia., Feb. 12.-r|Special Telegram to the Beg |—Wednesday evening Just at dark as My, John Grahaw, who lives about five miles southeast of Eldora, was eoing home, a huge wildeat crossed the road just ahead of him but a short distance frow home, The animal was not inclined to run,but stood and looked at Mr. Graham. He went to Mrs, Walker's and W, W. Walkerjtookhis dog and startedout for fun, The dog soon encount- ered the beast in the hazel brush and Walker came within about thiee rods and fired a charge of shot that laid the animal out, He ought it 1o town. 1t 13 about three feet eigbteen iuches high and weighs about Y pounds, A Benefit For Veterans, ONAWA, la,, Feb. 12.—[Special Telegram to the Bek.|—The supper and ball by Hans- com Post, G, A. R., the soclal event of the season, was largely attended last night, nothing oceurring to mar the harmony and pleasure, The receipts were about $:i00, Which will net upwards of 8209, which is for the relief fund for the beneit of needy and deserving comrades, LOTTERIES AND LOBBYING. Washington Work Both Inside and Outside the Government Buildinga. CONCERNING “CACTI-COUSINS."” How a “Bill'' is Born, Nursed and Gen- erally Killed—O1d Time Talk of Veterans—Congressional Hang-Day. WAsHINGTON, Feb. 10.—[Correspondence of the Bex. |—~A contracting builder tells me that half of the magnificent residences and business blocks under course of eonstruction in this city and which have been buiit during the past two years have a bonded indebted= ness on them, and that it has become v popular to bond a block even before it is coni- structed, He says that mueh of the_ real es- tate held by the wealtnlest men in ton is bonded. The property is generally bonded for from one-haif to two-thirds its real value and the bonds, drawing from five to six per cent, are sold ‘at par. More than half the churches in the city ha a bonded Indebtedness, Real estal pays on the average twelve to fifteen per cent, and it can be seen that it pays even wealthy men to bond their property. s There is a practice in vogue at the depart- ments and in the principal bureaus which is Koing to lead to tronble, It is an old prac- tice, but has grown so bold and agsi ive that it is about o strangle itself. 1t is that of having from one to tour men employed to by congress for appropriations, ete. These MEN 0cCUNY POsItions as assistants, and draw good salaries, yet they seldom have any other assignmoit at tie hands of their su- veriors other than that of *“attending to ma ters up at congress,” and their faces have become quite as familiar in the lobbies of the can.tolas those of professional lobbyists, Tn nearly e lepartment are now trom one to four ex-members of congress who hold posi- tions as assistants, Many.of the bureans have them. It they are not ex-members and have the privileces of the floor of the house they are men who “stand in with the boys,’” and are fitted for their work. *¥e There is a law in this di prohibit the sale of lottery tickets here, but it s not etiective, One day this week, as the time for the monthly drawing of the vrinci- pal lotteries was near approaching, 1 saw a fong line of carriages, owned by the most tashionable families in the city, drawn up agal he curbstone in {ront of a broker's office promnent on F street, one of the most frequented thoroughfares. Pedestrians, who cross the streets here ad libitum and never think of going to a crossing proper,as in other cities, were compelled to walk' almost a square out of the way to find an openine through which to pass from one sidewalk to the other, 1 was unable to understand the cause of the great jam of ea: and in- quired it of a policeman. He explained that the man who had the exclusive sale of lottery tickets here, ana who used to be located up the avenue, had just removed his office, an(l the people were “fixing themselves” for the drawing on the morrow. On the inside of the office I found the “dealer” ata desk handing out the vickets and taking in the bills with sueh rapidity that o Indy’s serviees were ired to pack up in piles and keep in or atter. A great stream of people poured out and in, i the utmost publicity was given to the transaction. A man who haunts the place nd spends his surplus earnings montnly, 1d that the saies of lottery tickets here aig- grezated more than forty thousand dollars a month, He voluntecred the further infor- mation that the companies gave the seller 40 per cent of the gross reccipts; that the ad- vertising and other expense of the company amounted 1o more than 20 per cent addi- tional, and that it was an open secret that only 20 per cent of the money paid in went outto the ticket holders again, Yet that man has infaliible faith in the investments he makes monthl, “If the United States ever annexes Mexi she will have to do it by :st,” said southern senator this mornin 1lived in Mexico two years and made a close stndy of the habits and ambitions of the people of that republic, I uever saw a peoble, unless we except the French and Spanish, who are so i ous of their territory, The' Mexieans be- ieye that their country”is the mecea of the uni ¢, and that thelr laws and rules and habitsare the best under the sun. I have trequently talked with their leaders about an- nexation and they always pooh-poolied the i and declared that they could never live American nment, “There is something about thel weird government and_lite which is as tho- roughly Mexiean as is Mexican blood. They believe in dynasty and their tyranny of their Iaws and eustoms and would not part with the mild from of inquisition which is a part of their code. Of course, as soon aswe would secure that republic we would begin a sys- tem of purging which would amount to revolution, and this would be re- to fthe Dbitter end. We would ed in the exceution of what e began, but it would cost a great deal of blood and money. Itis true that the states of Mexigo contiguous to our southern border containty large element in favor of annexation, but it is made up of that revolutionary people who are little less than pirates upon themore sta- ble element. lie mon men and the men of influence there want to retain intact the whole of their republic. ‘They have achieved a degree of affluence, and they believe that this would leave them the moment their form of government was taken from them, They are superstitious, and enjoy the exeitement which overspreads the country every time they elect a president, There “is something more barbarous in the ideas of those people about running a government than there is in the notion of our Indians coneern- ing the encronchments of the white man, ‘They will fight to maintain their dirty old palaces, brutal laws and unjustif acts toward other nations. But the Mexican re public will not stand as she does to-day through another generati T'here is some- thing about her very constitution which will cowmpel her in time to l:nllul‘lmr own weight.” riet intended to wild and * People on the Pacific Slopeand In the ox- treme northw contend that the effect of the inter-state commerce law will be beneti- cial to the Canadian Pacific railroad. This great railway corporation was constructed through the aid of the Canadian government by means of a bonded indebtedness on the sime b on which the Pacitics of the United States were constructed. It runs the entire length of the British possessions and has an outiet on the Pacitic ocean or the Sound, thus giving the British crnment a swit and _economical carriage all around the United States. as British vessels connect with the railroad at its western termini. True, the inter-state commerce law would control rate cutting on this road the samo as on American roads, but could not affeet it after it reaches British possesstons, Itis stated that the British government de- signs the encouragement of extensions of the Canadian Pacific all along the Pacitic coast, and morg elaborate connections by water down to San Franci ‘I'he connec- tions in the United States can’ charge full rates to the trunk line, whence traflic may be carried throukh to the end of the line and to the point of destination on our northeastern porder free of cost, it need be, to make the long haul or total fariff so much eheaper than that which must be charged by lines in this country with which our roads eannot compote, This ‘evasion of our newly enacted law cannot be brought about by re- billing the goods trausit after’ they reach the Canadian Pacilic, and then again after they reach tue border of the United States at the other end of the line, An exp I traflic manager tells your correspondent that unless something is done 10 stop transportation of goods from the Pacitic slope to the Atlantic via the Canadian Pacific, wo are guilty of playing into the hands of a British corporation in an effort to maintain the advantages of American insti- tutions, ‘The suggestion may be worth a future inquiry by congress, 5. * Ttis an interesting thing to trace the course of a bill in congress from the tine it is tirst introduced until it becomes a law aud is vlaced on the statute book . “The first thing in_order is to seeure some senator or representative who is sufliciently interested in it to introduce it, In the senate this is a comparatively easy watier for the senator takes it in hand, as be has no trouble in obtaining the floor for that pur- wose. I the house he has a hard strugzle to ‘cateh the speaker’s eye,” and when that is done he sends to the clerk’s desk and has read the title of the proposed bill. The speaker quickly catches the pruport of the B as h T 15%he comnittaa I charke of that branch of ion. Then it is docketed on the books of the committee, and in due course of time the committee takes it up and if, in their judgment.it is meritorious, itls ordored reported favorably to the Louse and it fs placed on the calendar, In all probability thera are several hundred bills aheaa of it on_the calendar, and it has 0 wait {s turn, without the member who in: troduced it has sufficient influence and knowledge of parliamentary affairs, to have it given precedence In some of the many ways known to the older and more exper- fenced ones. ‘Then comes the tug of war in the house, and if he succecds in gotting it considered and it is passed,it is <ent to the sen- ate, where, after being read by its title, as in the' house, it is referred to its appronriate committee, and in due course of time finds its way to the senato calendar. There it sticks until some day & notion is made to take up the house bills and clear the calen- dar. 1f it is successful in passing the senate it 18 then signed by the presiding officer, and the house notitied of its passage and signa~ ture. ‘The bill after being handsomely on- grossed on parchment coes to the president for his approval or disapproval. He refers it to the department affceted by it, where it is esamined and reported upon, 1t tavorably considered, and_there appears to be no ob- Jeetion on the part of the exceutive, the pres- ident signs it and notifies the house where it originated. The Jparchment copy is then sent to the state department where it woes into the record division, ‘Thiere it is coditied, and a_certified copy, which of cotrio has been very carefully compared with the origi- nal. goes to the government printing. oflice, whero a suflicient nnmber of coples are printed and circulated among the persous concerned, chment copies are kept on file in the state department for reforenc and even all the ¢ been taken, many errors are discovered and cor- rected in the various hands through which the law passes in the state denartment before the Iaw takes its place on the statute book and becomes a part of the law of the land, »n One of the eharacters which has figured in the lobby here for over two scores of yoea Colonel Jolin Harmon, who was tayd Detroit when that now flourishing city was trading voint for Indians and the commodity fu Colonel Harmon ably as much Indian as American Jin blood, is nearly four scores of years in ade, stands six feet two in his shoes, has long raven black hair, and a hich in brightness and plercing resemples the cagle's, During an investigation in the Forty-seventh con- gress Colonel Harmon was a witness, and the l]llvwllun under ingui related to ex- penditures by a local corporation for in- fluence in congress to procure desirable legis- lation and prevent that which was not de- sired. The witness stated that he had long been retained in this work, but refused to say what his salary was. It was prob the first instance on re where a lobbyist acknowledged his business under oath, Colky Harmon said afterward that he did not so mwuch objeet to stating what his remunera- tion was Tor work, in contact with legi tor s 1t was respectably large but he did object to the principle of congressional com- mittees inouiring into a man's private affairs 5o mueh for one who has attracted much in- terest in Washington and who is re andmark in the corridors of the ¢ olonel Harmon the other da Edgerton, president of the eivil mission, and the two began to scenees of the thirties and fort *Do you remen said Colonel Har- mon, “‘what you said to me when we were passing Harper's v on our return from the Baltimore convention, which nominate Polk for president in 442 My, Edgerton studied a moment, plied that lie could not rec “Your memory is v defective,” ued the colonel. man who brush up his memory to the neidents ot that time is pehindhand “for a civil service com- missioner. Why, you remarked to me as wo were going over the ferry that you sincerely hoped that we would make Poik president, for we wouldn’t ‘turn the rascals out’ with him in the white house. ‘TI'hat has been more than forly years ago. 1t seem J but yesterday. I believe that vou, Mr, ton, orizinated this trite expression. To this moment, however, the r 5 have not been turned out. Do you remember now what you said?” Mr. Edgerton, who_is one of the brightest gentlemen in Washington, hung his head and Looked hard on the tiling under his feet, then replied do remember that observation of mine, and 1ugree with you that the ras o vet behind the fortification Wao were then én- gaged tryving to turn them out, and I expeet whien we both 0 to the grave we will be at the same laudable occupation, with quite as little 1o show as results as at the present.” ¥ sot apart Friday of ench week for the consideration of the hills on the private calendar, but this rule accom- plishes very iittle as thé private ealendar is the object of attack of every member who Is anxious to secure consideration for some measure in h he is more directiy inter- ested than he is in the claims which so many people haye against the governiment.. Tae private calendar is the obieet of univer sireers from the press, and men who eome to congress with claims “are looked upon as frauds to be avoided. it congress is the only court to which appeals for justice ¢ b2 made by those who have been” defrand of their right by the government, and there is less justice dealtout in the ha congress than in the most corrupt municipa court in the world. There are accounts un- settled between the United and individuals to which United States is the debtor, which been running almost since the time the ernment was or.anized. These unsettle accounts are from millions down to very in- significant sums, but they are all treated alike, There isin fact one bill which ha been constantly introduced in every congress since the first, its merlt is indisputable; time after time one house or the other has passed upon it and still final action is lncking., The cost of printing the papers in this case would probably goa long way towards liquidating the indcbtedness of the government. — But congress would rather spend a million in de- laying a settlement than a thousand in bringing one about. Constant efforts haye been made to seenre some general legislation which shall relieve congress from the necessity of examining into and passing upon the merits of these private claims, 1T competent jurisdiction should be given to some conrt theé saving of the government would be enormous and the relief of the pressu on the lezislative Lranch would in itself be compensation enouch even if every claim filed should be decided in or of ll;l' cluimant, Y orineipal S prob- to remin- el 5 * The rules of the hot States the *Tx An instance of the injustice of the United States to it itors Is scen in the casy of Alr. Gine Liis gentleman was an ltalian ofticer on the staff of ribaldi who met o young American girl in Europe, back in the Sixties, wooed, won and married her. 1o re- signed his commission and emigrated to the U He took up his residence in just at the close of the war. Here he represented his father-In-law who was a merchant in Now York, having largo southern intercsts. Ginesi concluded to co into business tor himself, and with this idea directed his representatives in Italy to dis- pose of his estate, With the proceeds he purchased $15,000 worth of claret, brandy, olives and_such eoods and ordered then shipped to Savannab, They were sent yia New York and were placed in the bonded warehouse and there kept for six months be- fore Genesi was notified to pay the duty upon them, or to withdraw thein forexport. He at onee wrote Collector Arthur that the des- tination of the goods was Savannah, and not New York, and requested that they be shipped to their last destination, which was done. On tue arrival of the goods in Savan- nah they were re-guaged and found to contain 110 gallons less brandy out of twenty casks than the guage in New ) ork called for, Of the consigninent of tne claret, forty-one cases were found to have been tampered with. He offered payment for the amount of duty upon the actial number of callons and cases of wine received as shown by the gauger at Savanuah, but the col- lector there refused o take less than the duty assesed by the ecollectors at New York, Genesi ‘withdrew all his brandy and wine whieh was intact and refused lu{ Ay duty on the 110 gallons of brandy whicn b been absiracted from the twenty casks which ered with, He wicd for two or threo years Lo secure redress (rom the treasury depariment.” Finally threo years after thu nrfl;nml Teceipt of the goods in Savannah they were sold at auction for the amount of customs charged against then, That was nearly lifleen years ago. The government realized besides the duty some $4,000 from the sale of that con- signment. For lifteen years this gentleman has been teying o get the 1nited States to pay him the money received frow the sale of B1 goads 1n exces of the eharges. Of conrte he hiis* been unsuceessful, When he purchased them he was a citizen of Italy, al- lmmgh a resident of the United States; since that tiwe he has becou citizen of this glorious land of the free, which, perhaps, accounts for his failure to secure what is his due. Now he proposes to fall back on his former ltalian citizenslip, and to ask the Italian minister, Baron #ava, to press his claim before the state deparinent. If Le does this he is likely tolsucceed at last, as the Uuited States is mich more ready w pay the claim of a forelgner than it is o oue of its own cltizens. P. B Heartu, WEEKLY BUSINESS REVIEW, But Few Important Features Develop in the Weost's Finanoial Affairs, BORROWERS GET LOWER RATES, Satlsfactory Statemonts of Leading Railroad Lines Enconrage Specu. lators— Effcet of the Inter-State Commerce Bill Counteracted A Satisfactory Financial Week, CriicaGo, Feb, 12.—[Special Telogram to the Bee.|—No important features have de veloped In local financial affairs. Dankors, ng | arule, report & moderately active demand for money, and with a¢ood supply of loanable funds on hand borrowers were enabled to obtain all the accommoda required when able to present undoubted collateral, The deliveries ot produce on February eon~ tracts released some funds among spoeulas tors and some short date has been taken up, Wholesalo merchants have also cancellod some of their indebtedness, The demand for money on behalf of speculators was mod- erately active especially trom operators in stocks and provisions, and bankers dise counted some paper on rather wide marging, Packers and shippers are apparently strang. ers at the banking institutions, There was consid ble inquiry for loans on behalf of varties in other cities of the west, and some money was pla on warehouso T celpts for grain. Wholesale merchants were only moderate borrowers, and mainly from partics propared for the spring trade. Interest rates were a littlg more favorableto borrowers. Call loans were accepted at 5l4@0'¢ per cent and time paper at 6@S per ecent nc cording to the standing of the borrower or the amount of money required Outside paver generally commanded 8 per cent, The shivments of currency to the country were fair and the receipts compar- tively light, Collections were reported slow, Owing to the unseasonable weather and bad condition of interior roads. Money at east ern finaneial centers appears to bo in « supply, with fair demand from miscellaneous wenlar change in in- financial affairs ex t wo. Money IS appar itly quite plenty h interest rates favor- ing borrowers, cw York exchango was quict throughout the week, “I'ho offerings were small and the demand limited, Foreign exchange was inclined to quietness during the week, Offerings of shippers’ bills werd light and the demand was limited. Ship, sixty days documentary bills on London were quoted at $4.885, @481, and closei steady al S4.83%, @4, "The undertone to the tock market indicated rather adiness during the past week ign stock markets were stronger in a general w with more trading, espeetally in American seeurities. The effoct of the “'w Ca appears 1o have dled out. The earn: of the llflulil ¢ lines so far this year are generally satistactory, showing creased business, and speculators have be encouraged to take hold more frecly, ‘T'he effect of the passage of the inter-state com. merce bill appears to have been discounted by the recent shrinkasge in prices. Trading has been quite active and rumors of “syndi- cates” in feading stocks have assisted in ad- vaneing prices somewhat, though there ap- pears to be an improvement generally throughout the list, The prospects of a scttle. ment of the labor troubles had some effeet in strenghening stock of the lines reaching the u ‘I'hie sales of stock on the stock exchange for the week aver- i 100 shares. ‘I'he leading produce markets were quite active during the past week in a speculatiy nd attracted a little more attention wn usual. An unsettled and weak feeling prevailed throughout the greater portion of the week and prices ruled with considerable firezularity. “Grain showed considerable weakness 0wing to more Liberal offoring: by rties who have tired out, and the down- ward iurn in prices brought out quite a_largo number of “stop orders™ which added to the depression in a general way. Provisions, on the other hand, wmanifested considerable strength and higher prices were realized, but not tully snpported to the close. The for 1 mirkets were rather unfavorable te ders of grain and more encouraging e ot provisions. ‘ILe eastern markes were auite netive and the fiuctuations i prices followed closely the course of those i the western markets. " The receipts of grain ¢ st were light and the aln{u ments only falr, ‘The labor trouble: at eastern points interfered with export business to some extent. The ship ments of provisions were moderately free “The erop conditions in the winter whent dis tricts have not been altozether favorable. Rains early in the week removed the snow and the liolds were covered with water, and asudden change to colder weather migh! cause some apprehension as to the safety of crops, and there was some buying on this theory, As to the future of the market there is a feelinzof uncertainty. Lower prices s not unlikely, At the saie time a reaction from the present decline s not impossible. There has been a g of wi sold out, and pressure from this source is {:ruu(ly lessened. The market is thought to be largely short, and if this should be the case, and considering the other contin- gencies which are likely to arise in the shupe of crop seares and war rumiors, the buying in of this shortage might result in a sharp it only temporary advance. At the seaboard exporters were credited with mal ing large purchases, vossible again previous sales, though the louding up on this deeling and then the exporting o considerable wheat which mignt again place the market in favorable shape (o reap a hand- some profit on the in ment, would not by 1 Impossible. The packing of the west ows a further decrease and there is now little doubt but the shortege will be further enlarged during the next two weeks, Thi opinion prevails that the hog e and this encourages buying on outside ue count, ‘The caleulation “is now made thal the packing of Chicago will oxhibit a shori of wbout 700,000 hogs—a loss of nearly 30 per cent as compared with the returns of = last season. There — will no doubt, be u decrease fn weliht eq; 1o about 15000 hogs of last year's weight, The stocks here are comparatively light for this season of the year, and the movement for the week shows further reductions, The revival of business in the manufacturing dis- tricts of the country, varticularly of fron and cotton goods, has had a beneficial effect ou the market for hog products,and larger quan tities are being distributed at interior points than tor some months past. The quan tities forwarded to foreign markets are al-c larcer than lastyear, and include a lareer ntage than usual of deseriptions usual ly ited to demestic trade, - Towa Could Furnish Her Quota, Des MoiNgs, la, Feb. 12, S gram to the Br, | —~Adjutant ander was asked how many troops lowa could furnish in case of war with gland, and he replied: *‘I'wenty-four hundre | drilled soldiers on twenty-four hours' notice and a quarter of a million men In rescrve, who eould be ready in twenty-four howg longer. Tha lowa national guard eontuins forly-eight companies, in two brigades, who uld rendezvous under arms ready to mcvs cazo or Detroit in case of war woth England in twenty-four hours after war was declared,” terest rates, hibit no mates - ruieles addition see ady. on 9th page. o Don’t wait until best lots are all sold in Wise & Parmeles addition on Monday morning. Frank H. Dunton, editor and propris etor of Dunton's Spirit of the Lurf, of Chicago, one of the best informed and most able turf editors in the country, is making a short visit to Omaha. - The president has appolnted Alexander ¢, Haskell, of Columbia, 8. C.," governuent director of the Union Pacilic' railway ¢ u- pany, vice E. P, Alexander, resigned. - The senate committee on commerce will likely report favorably the Honnepin and Portage canal projects, but an advers: rejort is expeeted oi the Sturgeon bay project, - Dr. Hamilton Warren, Magnetic Physi eian and Surgeon, Room 8, Crounse block coruer 16th and Capitol avenue. Diphe bieris and nervows diseases u specialt,