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

SIXTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 1887. BN WADE THE ECONOMIC MOVE, The State Lawmakers Agree to Bounoe Sinecure Olerks and Pages. GRAND ISLAND GETS THE HOME. Majority and Minority Reports Made on the Omaha Charter Bill as Pre- dicted—McKenna Wins His Contest Over Snell Senate Proceedings. : Livcors, Neb, March 4,—|Special Tele gram to the Brr.)—A vetition was re- ceived in the senate from Farragut post, Lin- coln, signed by the following as 8 committee: H, C. McArthur, O, C. Bell, William M. Gillespie, Phelps Paine, strongly urking the passage of a soldiers’ and sailors’ home bill. ‘'he committee reported favorably upon the biil to allow Judge P, 0. Hawes his claim for collecting money due the state for suppress- ing Indian hostilities. Sr. Lininger moved that the bill be placed npon third reading, One or two members objected, but the fact that the money was al- ady in'the state treasury upon which the ent. for collecting was claimed, caused nate to carry Mr. Lininzer's motion, The special conimittee to report upon the employes of the senate subnitted a list of the same, which embodied a condition of things which the senate was quick to rectify after forty days. g Mr. Linn moved thatall committee clerks be discharzed after the fortieth day, except the clerks of the encrossing, enrolling, print- ing, judiciary and finance, ways and means committees, r. Robbins objected, wanting the mat- ter left to the diseretion of each committee. Mr, Linn said that he proposed that each senator should o on record on this question. He knew positively that many of the clerks held sinecures and were wholly unneces- sa M:. Fuller moved an amendment to except the committes of redistricting, as it had a great deal ot work betore it. The amend- ment prevailed. i Mr. Robbins moved to amend by giving the ehairman of the committee the option of dis- charging clerks. Lost, Mr, Casper moved that the number of clerks of the committee on engrossedand en- rolled bills be limited to tifteen, Mr. Snell thougit the uestion should be left with the committee in the case of ladies. ‘The senate had no right to come in and cut the committee out. It did not know the per- sonality as did the committee and could not realize how cruel It would be to throw half of them out upon the cold, cold world. Mr, Casper had some doubt’ as to the gentle- man’s (Suell) ability as chairman to resist the smiles of the fair ones when they asked to be retained. Mr. Casper’s amendment revailed. When the surplus number are re- fi\'vcd there will be weeping and wailing, Mr. Linn’s motion carried, whieh will re- duce the force to a reasonable number and save the state a large amount of money. 'he bill locating the soldiers’ home rand Island was passed by a vote of 81, dissenting voice. 'Le bill granting P. O, Hawes $4,520 was passed. Recess till 2 o'clock. AFTERNOON SESSION The senate went into committee of the whole and took up house roll 137, compelling insurance companies to ay taxes. The vill was introduced in the house by IRepresenta- tive Cole, and advocated in the senate by Mr, Meiklejohn, It reads as follows: ‘‘Each and every insurance company transacting business in this state shall be taxed uvon the 8XC0ss of premiuwms received over losses and ordinary expenses incurred within the state during fhe year previous to tho year of list- ing in the county where the azent conducts the business, properly proportioned by the company at the same rate that all other per- sonal property is taxed, and the agent shall render the list and be personally liable for the tax; and If Lie refuses to render the list, or to make aflidayit that the same is correct, the amount may be assessed according to the best knowledge and diseretion of the a: sor. Insurance companies shall be subject to no other tax, fees or licenses under the laws of this state except taxes on real estate and the fees imposed by section 32 of an act regulating Insurance companies, passed Feb- ruary 25, 1: ‘I'lie bill was recommended to pass. Ilouse roll 106, to establish, erect and maintain & hospital for the incurable insane at Hastings, was taken up and strongly ad- vocated by Mr. Heartwell, who depicted the wretchedness of nearly 600 of these pitiable creatures within our borders. He spoke for those who could not advocate their own claims, many of whom were sadly neglected and totally without care and protection. Fol- lowing are the chief provisions of the bill: at the sald hospital for the incurable in- sane of Nebraska shall be and the same is hereby established and located within four miles of the corporate limits of the eity of Hastings, Neb.,, on such site as may be deemed the most practical by the board of public lands and buildings; ~ provide ever, that said city of Hastings shail donate to the state of Nebraska a tract containing not less than 160 acres of good iand upon which to locate th.e said institution, and it is hereby made the duty ot the attorney general to see that a good d sufficient warranty deed is made to the state for said tract of land as s00n as the same is donated and the d thereupon; provided, that y of Hastings fail to donate said quantity of land as herein contemplated on or before the first day of June, 1837, the sald board shall at once proceed to loca hospital for the insane at such place as comply with the requirements of this section, and as said board shall deem most advant- ageous to the intcrests of the state. ‘Lhe su of seventy-tive thousand ($75,000) dol- lars be and the same i3 bereby approvriated out of the state general fund for the vurpose of erecting the necessary buildings.” Mr, Sterling moved to amend that the in- stitution be located at Lincoln upon the ymunuu adjacent to the Nebraska hospital or the insane, and in moving its adoption he said that the proposed institution could be built and maintained at a great deal less expense to the state, & Mr, Kent favored Hastings principally be- cause Grand 1sland got the soldiers’ howe and because the house had almost unani- mously passed the bill, Mr, Keckley opposed the tendency of dot- ting the staté with such institutions. Lin 20ln was the place because the state board +2ould much better svvervise the building and :onduct of the institution. Every such en- sorprise located outside of the capital cre- ated a precedent wiich would sooner or “ater bankrupt the state treasury, Mr. Robbins started out with'the old chest- wit: “Consistency thou art a jewel” The <entleman had yesterday voted for such an institution at Grand Island, M Km‘klef‘ ‘The cases are not parallel, The soldiers’ home is proposed on the cot- tage plan, and in the very nature of the case that would be impracticable at Lincoln }'livlh‘!nnm‘t’. the soldiers wanted 1t at Grand sland. ‘The amendment of Mr. Sterling was lost, ‘whereupon the committee recowmended the Dbill for passage. Nr. Wright's bill fixing ransoms for scalps of certain wild animals was considere. Mr. Linn offered an amenament to include 1'1“’1:‘ 5 cents, but the committee did not rat- Yy ‘After Indulging in a little pleasantry at the expense of the bill, the eommittee recom- mended the bill to pass. House roll 393, introduced by Mr. Watson, was taken up. It relates to the purchase, lease and sale of railroads in certain cases, Mr. Sterling opposed the bill because it would enable the railroads to take control of their lines by reason of incorporation in other Stat 5,50 that they might be treated as torelgn bodies in case of ‘litigation. 1t was just what they wanted. If they weve foreign cor tions they could take ons out of the state courts up to the United Siates courts, where they always go, and it is distastetul to the people in general wno have occasion to liti- with corporations to have o go into the i nited States courts to do so. He was not favorably impressed with the measure. Mr. Fuller thowght the bill to be a dan- gerous one. ‘There was nothing in it to compel these foreign compan s in - purchas- ing ihese stocks 10 become tions In his state, and if red that if a suit were brought acamnst foreign eorporaton vperaling 1o this state, it would necessarily h States oouris, He to s, . law to brimg all at no the roads within the the state courts would be proper to pass. He understood that to be the objeet of the bill, which especially provides for ser- vice upon its agents. The bill did nct exempt them from taxation. 1t would then the right to build, purchase and lines in the state in their own names, with- out doing it under some other name. He saw nothing in the bill against the interests of the state and was in fayor of its passage without amendment, Mr. Fuller moved that the committee re- port progress on the bill and ask leave to sit again upon it He said if there was a ques- on raised s to corporations becominz In- corporated under the laws of the state that was sufficient to bear investization, and it looked as if that were the point against the bill. If not, it would deveiop later. The bill allowed foreign corpoiations to purcliase and control lines of railroad in the state, and there wasa serious question as to is<uing sunimons, whether they could compel liti- ganuts to go lito the United States conrts and sue thew or not. The bill ouzhit to go over for further consideration, Mr. Moore said as ne understood it the efiect would be to authorize such railroad company, upon being sued, to transter the case to the United States courts. le was unable to see wherein the bill would be of advantage to the people of the state, but could see where it would be of adyantage to the railroads. By virtue of their beinz for- eign corporations they are authorized to zo to the higlier courts, ~ As state corporations they could not do so. Under our state con- stitution they eould not build railroads until they incorporated under the state law. He auoted the ccustitution in support of this statement. ‘The bIll was agzainst litigants in the state courts and would be productive of immense expense to them. As itis now the roads must abide by the decision of the state cour He objected to the bill, Mu. F motion to further consider was then carried and the committee then arose. e house bill reviewed above to erect and intain an institution for incurable insane at_Hastings was passed. The house bill “compelling insurance com- panies to pay taxes on premiums taken in the state In excess of expenses, was passed. “The senate then adjourned until 10 o’clock to-morrow. NOTES, Mr. Conzer says he will get even with the senate for cutting off his committee clerk. He will dogit in this way: He will pay the clerk $3 per day—out ot his own pocket, Little Miss Hayes is the most _alert and In- dustrious page in the aenate, The boys are :nu much inclined to be boys in business hours, An_ elevated platform should be built on either side of the president’s desk for the re- porters, who are _very poorly provided for, The senators should not forget that the n. ws- papers greatly assist them in making a record, “Ihe reporters’ claims were much better recognized in the old capitol than in the new, Give the boys a chance. One of the sad realities noticeable at this stage of the session is the hopelessness of the cause of woman suffrage. ‘I'he ladies who ought to have been men seem to have “aban- dotied the work of reformation and consigned the state to inevitable doow. The members are very much disturbed over the appearance for the past thirty days of a mysterious reporter in the gallery, think he is here in the interest of the anarch- ists. Look out for bombs, Mr. Lindsay's bill to limit the number of employes and oflicers of the senate to fifty is a very meritorious measure and should re- ceive the support of every senator. It is in the interest of the taxpayers against the chronic office-seeker. me of the senators at times have not energy enough to vote audibly. Doings in the House, LiNcorN, Neb, March 4.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber.]—Mr. Peters of Boone, from tne special committee on employes, re- ported that the business of the house required thirty-seven employes. The names of these it presented, with the suggestion that they be retained. This provoked a spirited dis cussion, in which many members took part because the forty-seven assistants whose names were not recommended seemed to stand in danger of being discharged. Mr. Jeary, from the committee on en- grossed and enrolled bills, said it would be false economy to discharge the clerks of that body Mr. Keiper of Pierce secured the recommit- ment of house roll 457, relating to records fees. indefinitely postponed yesterday. ‘The chair signed house rolls 121 and 88, .\{r. Peters moved the adoption ot his re- vort. Mr. Watson ot Otoe moved that it be not adopted, Mr. Kinney of Webster thought they had already wrangled too long over the subjeet. Mi. Randall wanted to know what ‘it all meant. Were they playing out some other boys’ game or acting as legislators for Ne- braska? He wanted the supertiuous employes discharged immediately, Mr. Watson knew the committee had not given the subject the attention it deserved, ‘They certainly had not spoken to him_about the work of the claims committee, with its hundreds of bils Mr. Caldwell knew that the work that re- mained to be done would require, to save time and expense toward the close, from twenty-four to lhlr!?'e crossing clerks. Mr. Milier ot Butler favored the report. Mr. Smyth of Douglas moved to recom- mit the réport and the committee be in- structed to invite the chairmen of the several committees to set forth their need for cleri- cal assistance, There was no doubt that the clalms committee needed clerks and there were committees reported who had been al- lowed clerks and who did not neea them, It was announced that the gavernor had signed house roll 17 for the reiief of Otoe county and that the senate had passed the house rolls 247, establishing a soldies home at Grand Island, and 122, paying Pat Hawes his commission, Mr. Underhill of Otoe opposed the recom- mitment and Mr. Pemberton of Jefferson showed the state would have been $20 ahead if the house had vever considered the ques- tion, Mr. Nichol protested against this discharee of his elerk, and Mr. Brown ot Hitcheock wanted to get home early and the question decided before leaving. Mr. Peters said tney had special reasons for not asking the chairmen about their clerks. Some of the latter were partners and relatives of the chairmen. A hostof motions and amendments fol- lowed and the result was the force was re- duced by fourteen, seven of whom_are pages at $1.70 per day, Seven clerks at £3 per day, mesing a savini of $31.50 per day. Messrs, Whitmore and Russell foreibly ar- raigned the house for the cowardice it” dis- vlayed in treating the Snell-McKenna con- tested election report. As a consequence ade a special order for Tues- ‘The Lincoln charter was de a special order for the same day at 10 o'clock. Recess till 2 o’clock. AFTERNOON SESSION, Mr. Whitmore called for the special order, the Snell-McKenna contested election. Mr. McConaughy of Polk asked w0 be ex- cused until Tuesday, Messrs. Whitmore, Smyth and Truesdell objected until action xn“lnuld be taken on th e subject of the special order. Mr. McConaughy disclaimed any intention to dodie a vote npon the election case. But he desired to attend to certain business and it \urmu tirst time Le had asked to be ex- cused. On vote of the house, he was granted per- mission to 2o home. d ‘The liouse was called on the Snell-McKenna contest. no& of these gentlemen ure from Sarpy county, McKenna holding a seat *in the house which is claimed by Snell on the ground of illegal voting. Mr. Whitmore then moved that further action on the eall be dispemsed with, This was lost, and the echalr im- wediately ordered the doors closed and uo ermitted to go abroad, while the » 1. (-Arms was sent to search for mewdbers ahsent wit out excuses. Mesars. Brown ot Hitcheock, Slater ot Wayne, Gar- vey of Dougias, and Fuchs and Bowman of Platte were suceessively brought to the bar of the house, and, on’ wmotion, discharged trom custody, As the absence of some par- ticular meniber was not ced, the sergeant-at- arms was dispatehes in search of him. The proceeding occupied about an hour, during which time notbing was done exeept to en- Jjoy the novelty and the ludicrousness of the scene. Further action was at length dis- pensed with, Mr. Dempster of - Fillmore moved that, in view of the fact that thq evideace of the con- lease | urisdiction of ‘ test was lengthy, thirty minutes be allowed each side in which to present its case, Mr. Whitmore thought the committee of the house was just as_competent to give a statement of this contest as was required, and he was opposed to allowing outside at- torneys to appear before the house. M Tingle of Brown shared opi Mr. Newcomer thought each of the parties who had an attorney ought to have their wishes respected and their lawyers given permission to speak, ‘I'he motion prevailed. ‘Ihe clerk then read the port of ~the committee on " prive ileges and elections. It recommended the adoption of the report made by the same committee some tine n it favored the seating of the conte: . J. D. Snell. This recommendation w based upon alleged iliegal voting, McKenna had a majority of twelve votes, while it was claimed tha Suell had proven to the committee that more than that number of illegal ballots had been cast for McKeuna by non-residents who wete at the time of the election building a railroad in the vicinity of Forest City, Sarpy county. McKenna's vote was 601, while the number ot alleged illegal ballots deposited for him amounted to forty, Deducting this number from the total places McKenna's vote at 557, ‘The minority report Is in effect that its makers cannot agree with the recommenda- tion of the majority because the testimony does not show that the fourteen votes in question were illegal, and, it they were, for whotl they were cast, the contestant or *co testee. - They were cast after the oath pre seribed had been taken with all the other statutory provisions. _Attorney Lee Estelle appeared for Me- Kenna and Mr. Magney of Papillion spoke for Mr. Snell. Speeches were afterwards made by Messrs, Russell of Colfax and Riet of Hall. Mr. Newcomer moved tiat the report of the minority of the committee be substituted for that of the majority, and called for the pre- vious question. 'Iiié question prevailed and the vote was taken upon the adoption of the minority report. It resulted in a vote of 46 to 84, and McKenna was declared entitled to the seat he has held during the session. Mr. Whitmore presented the majority re- port of the Douzlas delegation on the Omaha charter and asked that it be printed so as to be ready early next week. Mr. Garvey of Douglas presented a minor- ity report, which was signed by himself and Mr. Knox of the same place. It recommends the adoption of the judiciary committee’s re- port. House rolls 452 to 4953 inclusive were read a second time and enzrossed for third reading with the exception of 404 and 405, which were referred to the committees on normal school and university and judiciary respectively, House rolls 45 and 345 were made special order for Wednesday at 10 a. m. Mr. Agee's bill 44, introdu afew days ago after ing been killed on the same day. was objected to by Mr. Liesveld of Lat- caster for that reason,” It provides for two ‘I'he chair announced that o this majority re- normal sehools. 1t would be reférred to the comumittee on pub- lic lands and buildings, Mr. Dempster objected to this because the committee of which he was chairman,normal schools and university, was lhekmper one to which the bill should be referred, Mr. Agee of Hamilton made a lond specch in favor of having his bill referred to a com- mittee which was not. hostile ‘The chair neld that Mr. Li tion was 1ot a tenable one., M:. Dempster repliedto Mr. A by re- marking that ho had no hostility to the ter’s bill, but simply wanted to hiave it go the proper committee. Mr. Smyth said that he always liked to have abill go to the proper cominittee, In his mind, the right place for the bill in question was the committee on normal schools and university. ‘To assume that it could not go there now with safety was to cast reflection on the character of the chairman, and to send it to another committee would be to ask the house to believe that Mr. Dempster could not bury his prejudices in the consideration of matters coming before his committee, s course had been an honorable and maniy one during the forty days he had been in the louse. Mr. Knox said that he favored the sending of the bill to another committee than that of normal schools and university because he knew the chairman of that committes, ot which latter he was a member, was opposed to the bill, Several other speeches were made amidst great noise and confusion, Finally Mr. Agee’'s amendment that the bill be réferred to the committee on publie lands and buildings put to the house and lost by a vote ot 55 to 1 [he bill was then referred to Mr. Dempster’'s committee on normal schools and universit Mr. Watson of Otoe offered a resolution that all those who had not been included in the recon:mendation of the commitiee on employes as mentioned in the morning’s proceedings, be discharged from the seryice of the house. It was adopted. 1t was agreed that the house would g to-morrow at 11 o’clock until 10 o’clos day. Adjourned. d's objec- to journ Tues- day the house has had in a long time, The tloo) s thronged with stran Half the business was un- interesting to many of the wemvers and a xrs;;nldunl of talk, noise and confusion pre- vailed, Twenty Iady teachers {rom Beatrice visited the house to-day. A large number of the Irish League dele- gates were in the capitol this morning, ‘The governor has sigued P. O. Hawes' bill, and also that for the relief of Utoe county, This was the noisi ——— SHE CAUGHT HIM. A Family Meeting 1in Des Molnes Creates a Storn DEes Mor Ta., March 4.—|Special Tele- gram to the BE.|—Last night a man of respectable appearance, with a youngish looking face which seemed to place his age at_about thirty-five, accompanied by two children nicely dressed, aged five and eight ars, and also a young lady about eighteen years of age, who seemed to be anurse to the children, appeared at the Miller house. ‘The man registered as George W. Reynolds, Maysville, Mo, Upon re- tiring for the night he left word with the hotel elerk to call him for the North- western train which leaves at 6:35 in the morning. he company were awakened, obtained breakfast and were all ready to step over to the aepot when a woman came rush- ing into the hotel and, seeing the man, be- came frantic and accused him of ruining her and of stealing her children. She pulled the children to her and caressed them fondly and shed tears. Next followed a ° very excited conversation between the two, in which the wife accused the husband of infidelity and claimed that he had run away with the young girl whom he had with him. The husband denied the charge and claimed that he took the girl along to take care of the children. They were voung and had to be cared for better than he could attend to them. He said the girl had been in the hmll%I some time. ‘They had adopted her, The husband claimed that his wife cared nothing for him. She went with other men, was a bad woman, and he had stood the torment of living with her as long as he could, so he took the chil- dren and ran away. He savs he is a respect- able farmer living near Kingman, Kan. and sold most of his property and ha the result of its sale in his pocket. He cal ried with him $1,400 in cash. He said he was willing to take care of the children and had left o $4.000 farm for his wife. The wife did not seem a bad kind of wowan and was about thirty years of age. 'The trouble became so violent that a yolicenan was called 1n. He succeeded In calming the couple down, and when taken over to the police court the wife refused to file an Information against her husband, and be agreed to go back home with her. e e The Milwaukee Printers’ Strike. MiLWAUKEE, March 4.—There Is no change in the condition of the printers’ strike here. The several newspaper offices are receiving additious to their forces by almost every TV condueted *Viciory s asoured. or e ully con s assul or the publishers. The file-tail organization known as the Printers' Proteetive l-'nmnlet! met in Kan- sas City yesterday and elected officers, The neat meeting will be held in Clevelaad, | ALMOST AN OPEN RUPTURE, | A Clash Between Cleveland and Congress Narrowly Avoided, | MANY BILLS LEFT UNSIGNED. Weaver of Nebraska Fails to Secure Recognition on the Omaha Poste olflice Measure=National Capital News, Grover Made Them Mad. WasniNGToy, March 4,—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber. here came near belng a serious rupture at the capitol just before congress adjourned. The usual committees were appointed in each house to wait upon the president to notify him that congress was ready to adjourn and awaited his pleas- ure for further communications, ‘Fhe nmem- bers of the committee on the part of the sen- ate were Messrs, Sherman and Saulsbury and on the part of the house Messrs. Morrison, Tucker and Reed. The president had stead- ily refused to accent the advice of friends and g0 the capitol, as has been customary with chief executives in the past, so as tobeina position to handle measures as they passed congress up to the last moment of the session. He did this for the purpose of teaching con- gressa lession in business experience,7as he did not believe in the practice of holding back bills for tinal action tothe last moment with a view to escaping the serutiny of the pr dent. Besides, he said, the president’s office was at the white house and measures requir- ing his signature shiould be sent there and be sent early enough for his deliberate action. In other words, he held that congress should conform to the convenience of the president instead of the reverse. 1t was shortly after 11 ¢'clock when, for the purpose of waiting upon the president, inquiry was made by the members of the committee whether Mr. Cleveland had yet arrived at the capitol and whether he was in the room adjoining the senate, which was very many years ago set aside for the work of the president on the last day of the session of congress, A uega- tive reply was received and surprise was ex pressed that President Cleveland shoula ig- nore this old customn and courtesy to con- gress, as it1s a convenience to that body ‘The bills passed after the beginning of the last ten days of the session must receive the signature of the president or they die, wliereas, those passed prior to that time may become laws without the signature of the president by virtue of a_constitutional pro- vision, so it can be readily seen there is gr necessity for the president to be close hand that he way sizn bitls up to the last minute congress is in session. When the committee was informed that President Clevelana had refused to visit the capitoland sternly protested that it was the duty of con- gress to cater to his convenience there were uttered words of mot only disapproval but contempt. Then it was proposed that the committee set down and write a report to the two houses to the etfect that it had called at the room set apart for the occupancy of the president on the lastday of the session of congress and that it had not found his ex- cellency therein and that it had no report to convey from him. This was agreed to unani- mously, the democratie members of the com- mittee agreeing with the republicans that Mr. Cleveland acted contemptuously in refusing to do what all presidents from George Washington down to and in- cluding Arthur had done promptly, This re- port was conveyed tothe president pro tem of the senate and speaker of the house, and although it was not announced, it soon be- came noised about and created a great deal of excitement. Instantly telegrams were sent to the white house by Speaker Carlislo and Senator Harris, informing the president of the action of the committee and advising him to come to the capitol. It was then after half- past 11 o'clock. Presently a dispatch was re- cewved from the executive mansion to the effect that Mr. Cleveland was on his way to the capitol. When he arrived there were a nuinber of enrolied bills lying on the table in his room, and before he bad examined themn it was lock. ~ Quietly the hou the clocks in the two houses wel back to permit the completion of business, ain the hour-hands were shading 1% o'clock and the committee was not reaay to report from the president, and_again” the hour hands were turned back, Finally the president refused to delay adiournment onger, informed the conimiftee it could re- port no further communication from him, and, drawing on his great coat, left hastily for the white house: but he left to die a mis- crable and disgraceful death a number of meritorious measures, for which members of both parties had worked tong and faithfully and in which the entire country was inter- ested, Intense indignation wis expressed on every hand at the action of the president. Ile “should have gone to the capitol last night and remained all night if necessary to attend to the work for him to do, but instead he remained at the executive mansion and two carriages were required to carry clerks back and forth with measures requiring his signature. More than that, two or three extra cle had to be enlisted for the pur- pose, and it rained and snowed and was as disagreeable as could be for that enormous amount ot extra and unnecessary travel. presented by any legislative body as that wit- RECESS IN THE HOUSE. It is improbable that such a scene was ever nessed in the house at 10 o’clock this morn- ing. Paper and tobaceo quids and stubs of cigars and other filth covered the carpet so completely that one couid not discover the color of that article, 'The members had been up continuously for almost forty-eight hours and were sore-headed, sleepy and uneharita- bie. ‘Tne speaker, antieipating a staipede, nad posted a tiusted sentinel twenty teet in front of his desk to assist him in the event of an emergency, ringer, Holman and Curtin were designated for purpose, and one of them occupied a chair at the head of the center aisle in a semi-circle in frontof the speaker all the time. During the last half hour the sessiom Curtin sat in the chair, but Lie appeared so nearly exhausted as to be of no assistance to the speaker, ‘I'he duty of tliese sentinels was to ebject to cunsideration of bills under a sus gion of the rules, in- troduction of resolutions and anything clse which might embarmess the presi ‘f ofticer or house. It was' their special duty to see that nothing was eonsidered which was to be to the disadvantage of the predominant party. There was @& great clamor to et rec- ognition, and some’ members stood up and howled themselves Nosrse, and in anger tore up the bills and nd flung them on the floor in full vie the speaker. One of the most persistent: fof recognition was Mr. Weaver, of Nebraska.! e had a bill appro- priating $100,000 for the enlargement of the government building &t Omaha, and for an hour he stood beside Bis seat and called for the speaker's eye, H® tried every possible scheme in parliam tactics, even resort. ing to rising to a question of privilege, to & question of order, to make parliamentary in- quiry, which he would turn into a plea for ketting recognition far the consideration of Lis bill, Then Mr, Weaver went down in front of the speaker’s desk and spent the re- maming hour yludnc. traaing, combining and then denouncing, but it was all to no avail. He finally labosed for fifteen minutes with Mr. Springer, who objected to the con- sideration of the measure and who sternly refused to withdraw his objections, When Mr. Reed offered the resolution on the part of the house thanking the speaker for his uniformly iwpartial administration of the functions of the presiding offi- cer. and the speaker had replied in feeling terms, and when all was quiet and everybody else was in his seat, Mr. Weaver stoud aloue in the semi-circle in front of the chair with his Omaha blil and accompanying report ready to ask recoznitlon. This IL but o‘u‘ hnt ry many ml stances ol ow were spen io sugious effurt to do what it bLad J———————— NUMBER 259 been decreed days ago should not be done. In the senate there was better order. In fact, one could not have beem impressed by casual glance thers that o session was dr ing to a close, while in the house there was an uproar on the floor whicn 1 bedlum and a crowd in the gailerie corridors, making it almost impossit to move about or breathe. "I'nere was the e eold and seeming indifferent atmosphere in the senate which at all times marks it fr the order of the housa. By to-morrow night two- thirds of the legislators will be out of the city and on their way home, and before the of next week very few will be left. At lea one per 1 of the riddance, and that is P d. lle says he will be happy t trom the unceasing importuniiies for oftice which he has lad to ud for months, There will be a Iuil hington for a few week en it wll grow breezy, statesmen and politicians will business or oflices, talk will begin about nominations next year, the presidential bureau will open and Sehiemers will begin to scheme, so that before autumn the national capital Is expected to present the most active and interesting feld it has for W0 years. DORSEY'S POPULARITY. Representative Dorsey was on his feot almost continually during the last thirty-six hours ot congress working for the considera- tion of nis bill appropriating $50,000 tor a government building at Fremont. “He failed only because it was decreed several days a that no measures of this character should come up under a suse pension of the ruless Mr. Dorsey left tl evening for New Y otk, whence he goes to his home in Nebraska. During his service in cougress no s made more frends and more effective in his work than Mr. He has formed a prominent ailiance in the louse, his most ardent of friends and co-workers being such men as Judge Kelly of Pennsylvania, Reed of Maine, Hiscock of New York and McKintey of Olio. Ilis social relations have also been with the most potent workers in both branches of congress, and his constituents may expect even more clive results in the next than they hav ed in this congress at his hands. No m stands higher at the national capitol than Mr. Dorsey. As much may also ve sald of aver, of the Omaha district. He, s rallied to his help the very best class statesmen and all regret his departure from public life. He has shown himself to be a faithful member in committee and on the floor of the house and no one bears him L will, TROTTER MAKES THEM TIRED. Quite as much indiznation as surprise was expressed by residents of this city when it becane known this morning that the senate nad contirmed Trotter, the second colored wan nominated as recorder of deeds for the District of Columbi: It was taken for granted by almost everybody that the nomi- nation would be rejected on'the grounds that Trotter was not a resident of the District. But the republieans and several democrats concluded to vote for the coniirmation, fear- ing that the ground of objection would be midinterpretod or misconstrued and the peo- ple of the country would lay it to the fact that he is a colored man. There is the great- est indiznation expressed to-night and no one can be found, unless he is a mugwump, who endorses cither the nomiration or confirmation. This evening's Star, whieh, till T'rotter was nomi- nated, heartily endorsed the administration, speaks the universal sentiment as follows: *“I'he contirmation of tter has a practic bearing on prineiple. Practically the despotic power and avawed interest in this matter of the president (who is king in the District if only president elsewhere . conpled with the sharp trick of appointing Trotter deputy recorder, had already doomed the District without hope of escape to have this carpet- bagger londed upon its shoulders and to pay him in fees, unaided by the govern- ment, at the rate of $1,000 per month tor his trifling = services as the ‘old man of the sea’ Practically, therefore, the wrong done by the president has not been azgravated by the contirmation of ‘Trotter, The revolution of the recordership -pop-dish has been stopped and a possible Kround of objection te tiie legality of the rec- ord of subsequent District conveyances 1s re- moved. In principle, however, theaction of the senate cannot be sustained. In the con- test with the president iLhas gone to the wall, It has abandoned consistency, cast suspicion upon 1its previous action, sacriticed principle, and connived at a wrong done to the District by the president in pursuit of a supposed party advantage, MORRISON'S LAST OFFICIAL WORDS, The Iast speech delivered and the t act committed by William R. Morrison, of Mllinois, ~ was when he announced to-day as a member of the committee which waited on the presi- dent_just before conzress adjourned that the chief executive had no further communica- tion to make, [tis improbable that any man leaves public life who feels cut so de Iil does Morrison, It is understood that he will be of the inter-state commerce commission, when he will come to publie notice agaln and probabiy not return to conres REJEC FOR NON-RESIDENCE. ‘The nomination of John P. Irish, of [owa, as surveyor zeneral of Nevada was rejected lfi' the senate on the same zround th: atthews, the colored man from New Yorl was rejected for recorder of déeds for this district—that of non-residence, PENSIONS FOR NS AND 10W Pensions = granted Minors of Thomas T. Russeil, S minors of Philip Lallhands, Ashlands Robert ‘Wilson, Shelton: Rufus Pricer, Kalamazoo: John Albaugh, Dubois. Pensions granted lowans to-day: Naney L., (for widow of Jobnson C. Rosenberger), Washington: minors of Johnson C. Rosen- burger, Washington; Danie! M, Robbin Jesse L. l‘irls{. Shelbergel Uhance, Union: Daniel Driscoll, Spragueville: Martin V unders, Reasonas George 8. Rogers, Mount Vernon; ‘Thomas J. Johnson, Bartlett. DECISION REVERSED. Secretary Lamar to-day reversed the de- of the Niobrara land oflice in the case of George M. Foster vs John Q. Smith, ad- ministrator of John Preiss, POSTAL CHANGES, The postoflice at Van Wyek, Lincoln county, was discontinued to-day. AL A Legal Shark Convicted. (Copuright 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.] LoxpoN, M 4.—[New York Herald Cable—=Special to the Bre.|—T'here was a strong commenting here to-day upon the wisdom ot the warning given months ago to persons’ believing in those agents who adver- tise estates and funds in chancery and in the Bank of Enzland awaiting owners. The central criminal court to-day convieted and sentenced George Anderson, an American Iawyer, to five years penal servitude for ob- taining woneys trom John Deakin, of Sus- quebanna, Pa., by false pretenses as toan English estate awaiting the latter. The case has been already described. An- derson was astounded at his conviction. and sentence, He is now on his way to Portland prison, for he discovered tuat there is no game of battledore and shuttlecock technicalities here between jud.es and coun- sel after convietion. It is perfectly safe for your readers to treat as fraudulent any and every advertisement or allegation that any chancery funds or unclaimed estates within the United Kingdom exists unbarred by the statutes of hmitation. —~~ Crofters Receive an Ovation. \Copyright 1857 by James Gordon Bennelt.] EvIiNoURGH, Mareh 4.--[New York Herald Cable—Speeial to the BEk.|—A great dem- onstration took place to-day in which many thousand Scotchmen celabrated the release from jail of the Skye crofters—Maximillan and McDonald—who were convicted of riot over the evietion and resistance to the law on that island. They were discharged early in the day and furnished with free passes howe and advised to depart immediately, but their friends and sympathizers in great numbers awaited them at the prisor gates with highland pipers. ‘The releused martyrs, as they were consid- ered, were taken to a large hotel near by, the crowd swelling at every miuute. There a fine breakfast was spread and the prison fare forgotten. Speeches were made emboaying many of the facts as to the outrages by the landlords and oppression by the ofticials. ockville; | Stat A LICAN BORDER GHT. Armed Greasers Enter the United States and Are Fived On, SAN FrANCIsco, March 4.—The Bulletin's Nogales (Ariz.) speelal says: Last night Deuty Sheriff James Speea saw Licutenant Guittereg with four armed soldiers crossing & bridge over a small dry ereek into the United He immediate called on Henry Littlepage and Dr. Purdy to go with him and see why an armed party should enter the United States. On arrivinz in front of the American custom louse Lieutenant Faub, of the Mexican (roops, stopped in front of Lit- tlepage and, covering him with revolvers, de- manded the release of a Mexican named Rine: whom they sup- posed the Awerican authorities were hold as & prisoner. Littlenage r i "1 have no priconer,” and im- mediate atehed a six-shaoter out of tl lieutenant's hand, placing him un; rrest. ‘The American officers started for the miin eet of the town. The lieutenant called on some other Mexican soldiers coneen the drv bed of the ereek to rel fmediately ran to the one of the soldi ttlepage with ritle, demanded release of his lieu- nant. Sherill Speed commanded Littl page to fire upon the soldier,and immediate fired himselt at the soldier who had Littl page covered, ‘The soldier also fired at Littlepage, but Lit vage knocked the gun aside and at the same time, arawing his revolver, tired at the M . The tirine then became general between the three officers and the Mexican soldiers, the Moexicans retreating across the international line into Mexico, the American ofticers following and shooting until their weapons were empty, By this time the American povulafion was aroused and every man who could procure weapons armed himself, expecting an attack every moment from the Mexicau soldiers, who had been ordered out by Colonel Arvizu, their commander, and stationed_on the railroad platforw in front of the Mexican —custom 101 The ne was brou:ht one Mexican oldier was tally wounded, Acting United Consul W. B.Grozelose has taken the mat- ter in hand, and this morning made a de- mand upon the Mexican authorities for Lieu- tenant Guitterez. More trouble is looked for to-nizht, as it is expected that Colonel Arvizu will seek revenge, Governor Jones has been advised of the situation and will arrive here to-morrow morning, General Miles nas been requested by the United States attorney at Tucson to send troops here immediatel The ptain of the home guard at Crittenden has been requested to forward all available arms and 1,000 pounds of amumunition for the arming of citizens. st i MRS, POTTER TALKS, America's Aspiring Actress Tells of Her Plans, [Copyright 1557 by James Gordin Bennett.] Loxpoy, March 4.—(New York Herald Cable—Special to the Brr.]—I saw Mrs, James-Brown Potteragain to-day and showed her the following extract from this morning's Daily Telegraph: “Unless negotiations fall through the Hay- market will shortly again be the scene of an experiment interesting to society but debata- ble in the immediate interests of art. Mrs. James Brown-Potter, an American lady of «reat personal attractions, has heen persuaded to follow the example of Mrs. Lanetry and will leave the drawing room for the stage. Failing in an engagement at the Haymarket, Mrs. Potter may take the Gaity for the sum- mer season and select Lier own play and com- pany. The character proposed at the Hay- market for the debut of Mrs. Potter is Anne Silvester in ‘Man and Wite." ” Mrs, Potter had not yet seen the paragraph, so she read it attentively and said: “As L observed yesterday, this partly is premature and partly incorrect. Only this morning un offer camo from Salvini’s wanager, but as yet 1 had not decided anything. Iitook a long time before my tinal step was taken, and [ want to decide my opening engagement also at leisure. The Bancrofts of the Haymarket have been very kind to me and have made me an offer to appear there before the Lon- don season closes in July, The salary they offer me is, they say, four times as much as Mrs. Langtry had for her debut. It was they who suggested my opening as Anne Silvester, but I don’t like it at all. 1 think Scotch marriages have been done to death. Besides this, 1 want to make my debut in something more artistie—say in Dumas’ last Paris success, Ihear, however, that the lord chamberlain would not allow it to be played here, but perhaps he might be got over. Of course I recognize that to make a success means for me time. I don’t want any fictitions boom, but a genuine . artlstic success, and my friends with whom I have studied in Paris tella me I shall succeed. 1 mean to for my own sake and for thut of my country, which I loveso dearly. 1am sure it I am successful it will mean a great deal for the American stage, as 1 shall then do all I pos- sibly can to elevate American brother and sister artists, 1f I cannot then come to terms here I shall return to Paris and re- sume my studies, *'As to what the Telegravh says on the social attitude, I way add that I have been received very kindly by the Prince and Princess of Wales. The princess sent for me and said my going on the stage would make no differ- ence whatever in our friendship.” e —-— A STEAMER ASHORE. One of the Atlantic Liners Strikes on Goodwin Sands, [Copyright 158; by James Gordon Bennett.) LoNpoxN, March 4 a. m.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bre.|—The serew steamer Waesland, belonging to the Red Star line, bound from New York to Ant- werp, is ashove on Goodwin Sands neur Deal, Dover straits. The passencers—thirty aloon, twelve second cabin, and about seventy steerage- and the crew were rescued by the steam tug Duora and landed at Deal, where they received great Kinduess at the hands of the station master, who tele- graphed to Dover to delay the Ostend boat, ‘I'hey proceeded by the train to Dover, where they boarded the steamer for Ostend. One of the passengers said: “We loft New Yeik on February 20 In the Waesland for Antwerp. All proceeded well until Wednes- day, when we experionced a dense fog, Cap- tain Veberweg ordered an extra lookout, He himself remained at bis post on the bridge, not leaving it for one moment. In this way we proceeded slowly for two days and nights, and to-day we ran ashore on the Goodwin Sands. We all feel that the captain was not to blame.” One and all speak of the great kindness shown by the authorities at Deal and Dover. Itis not known whether the vessel can be got off. The tog was still very dense at a late hour last night. Lalis WAt An investigaticn of the cause of the reeent floods at Motrisburg, Ont., by which $75,000 damage was done, reveals the fact that the ice which caused the water to back up was eut and Hoated by smugglers into a narrow channel of the river to forw an ice bridge, Correspondence is now passing between the United Suates and Canadian governments regarding the matter, and several arvests are expected to follow — - Mother Angelia, one of the most widely known womien inthls country, died suddenly at 5t Mary's acadeny, South Bend, Ind., yesterday ~ She was a niece of Thomas Ew- ing, secretary of state under President Har- rison, and a cousin ot Jumes G, Blaine and of the wite of General Sherman, She was a :'l_lemlm of the Catholic order of the Loly TOS8, SETTLED WITH A REVOLVER, A Little Game of Draw Terminates in & Murder., A DAKOTA COUNTY TRAGEDY, Brilliant Celebration met's Dirthday By the State Irish League—A Church Split —Other State News. of Robert Eme Killed Over € 3 DAROTA Ci1y, Neb., Mareh 4.—([Speclad Telegram to the Bee.|—Clinton Norrls, of Homer, this county, was shot and killed at’ 5390 p. m. yesterday by one Nute Purdy, & Squaw wan living on the Winnebago ageney, Llie dispute arose over a game of poker, which took place in a saloon run by Cole Lane on the nightof February 10, whick the doonied man, his brother Ed, the prisoner and Frank Sampson were having. ‘The mur- derer came to Homer yoesterday and was met by Ed Norris, the murdered man’s brother, who wanted him to retract some statements made by him, which he would not do. Ed then went to his brother Clinton and told him if there was any manhood about him he would give that man Puidy a thumping, upon which he armed himself with knuckles and procecdea to the drug store run by Charles Curtis and commenced to thump Purdy. The latter was knocked down, and while on his knees pulled out a 44-calibre British bulldog and snot Norrls, the ball strikine him about two inches to the left and about an inch above the navel. The only words spok: by the wounded ma; were, “Lam shot,” and he immediately tell down dead. ‘The murderer was then pursued by Ed. Norris, but locked himselt up in & room and terwards delivered himselt to Justice of the peace. Coraner Bates was at , and is now holding the post- mortem, while the aecused is in the county Jail at this pla The wmurdered man was about thirty-n; years ol age, and was a harnessmaker trade. He leaves a wife and two children, The Emmet Me Lixcory, Neb. gram to the Brr orial Meel 3 Mareh 4.—[Special Tele- At the Emmet memor ial meeting held this afternoon under the auspices of the Irish National league state convention, Funke's opera house was packed to the doors with one of the most intelligent audiences that ever assembled in Lincoln and standing room eommanded a premium, “The stage was filled with prominent citizens of the state, including President Fitzgerald, Hon, Patrick Eazan, Governor.John M. Thay- er, Speaker Hatlan, Hon. T, M. Marquett larze number’ of menbers of both the senate and house and clergymen of differeng denominations, Rev. George W. Papper, of Olio, was the prineipal speaker of the even- inz, "He gave one of the most eloquent ad: dresses upon Kobert Emmet, the Irish patriot, that a Lincoln audience ever gave their attention to, He spoke for over an and his speceh was an oration, every point bringine out the most enthusiastic ap= plause. Governor Thayer and otbers added to the topic of the evening with words that were cordially received, and the meeting vas one that in cvery respsct was a great 8, A Baptist Church Split. GRAND 1SLAND, Neb.,, March 4.—[Special to the Bre.| —The Baptist society of this eity split last night on the question of employing Rev. J. H. Storms as their pastor for the en- suing year, commencing March 1. Forty-two mervers withdrew and met at the parsonage, and will employ Rev. Mr. Storms. The bal-: ance of the conzrezation l’eld their session at the church and will employ another winise ter. ‘T'here is to be a division of the churely property, and those seceding will probably hold services on the South Side. ~As the feeling had become so strongly positive this seemed to be the only way in which to settle the matter, yet it seems a* calamity (0 what has been the most active and cessful chureh in the city . Heirs to a Small Fortune, WEsT PoinT, Neb., March 4.—[Special to the BEE.|—About five years agoa man died in this county. He was a quiet, secluded old bachelor. His surname was Moegal, and he rejoiced in the christian name of Henry, He left several thousand dollars. No one knew of any I The thing slept for several vears, A year azo last .lm\uur&' Bryant, the present county judge, institute investi- - gation, which” résulted in the discovery of neirs in Dresden, Germany. Frederick™ W Melelier, of Omaha, is the exeeutor. A Schoolmarm Badly Injured. Cor.umprs, Neb,, March 4.—|Special Teles gram to the Bee.|—Last evening as Miss Aunie Dufly was driving nome from school near Lost Creek where sheis teaching, she was. thrown from her buggy, the horse taking fright. Miss Duffy sustained scvero injuries, having both, ars broken and contusions on lier head and breast, Aid for » New Road. FammonT, Neb,, March 4,—(Special Teles gram to the Bee.]—Falrmont citizens are ex- cited over the prospect of the new railroad, the Omaha & Kansas City. This evening a large mass meeting was held at the opera house, and everybody was in favor of votin; bonds. A vote wiil be taken to-miorrow an the bonds will carry, Starting a Canning Factory. GRAND IsLAND, Neb., March 4..-[Specia) to the BE Ihere was a meeting of the citizens of this city in the boaid of trade- rooms last night to start a large canning facs tory in tius place, The enterprise ments with general favor and will go through, Trouble Ended In Minnesota, ST. Pavr, Minn, March 4.—The state legisiature closed its session at noon to-day, Several important wmeasures died for lack of time to consider them. - St The Bulgarian Rising. Sor1a, March 4,—The leaders of the revols at Rustehuk have been ordered shot. The government autiorities have placed under arrest thirty persous, including Karaveloft and Niciproff, who were found to be in_com= munication with the insurgents at Silistria and Rustchuk, They are also charged with being fmplicated in the plot to enlist thirty armed men for the purpose of creating a dise turbance here and adding to the complica~ tions with which the regency have to con- tend. ‘Uhie rising at Rustehik has been supe pressed. — All the insurgent oflicers were either taken prisoners, wounded in battle with the loyal troops, killed or drowned. The revolters, after arresting the loyal officers and commander of the garrison, sumuon the infantry to surrender, whieli they refus to do. Firing then commenced, and the mu= tineers were attacked by the militia and foreed to retreat. ‘They were pursued d driven into the Danube by the infantry, ‘Ihe pioneers took to bouts and endeavored escape, but their boats were stopped by gun- boats und they were compelled to )'luh.{ The loyalists entered Silistria without opposition, ‘I'iey found there the corpse of the coms mander of the garrison who had been killed by his men. ‘The other oflicers escaped to Koumania. VIENNA, March 4,—Servia, as a precau= tionary measure in view of the troubie im Bulgaria, has sennmnrom the frontier. 1§ is also reported that the Servian reserves have been called out. LoNnoN, March 4.-A dispatch to the Limes from Bucharest states severai persons were killed in tfighting at Silistria between the insurgents and loyal troops, Two offi- cers and sixteen privates wuo were engaged in the revolt were captured and shot, Panris, March 4—A telegiam from Giurgevo says risinzs have taken place at ‘Tirnova and other places and that the insur- ents are reported to be masters of affaire’ irmova. Communication between Sofia an; the provinces 1o interrupted. Auaichy ‘ spreading in Buigana