Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 5, 1887, Page 2

HOW CONGRESS PASSED AWAY | Bketclies of the Dying Hours of the Forty- | Ninth CQongress. SOME IMPORTANT BILLS FAIL, Review of What Has Reen Accom- plished Ty Both Branches Dur- ing the Sessfon—A Record- Breaking Body. Senate, WAsHINGTON, March 4.—At § o'clock Mr. Plumb, from the conference com- mittee on the Distriet of Columbia ap- propriation bill, that the commit- tee had bee I lle moved that the senate insist on its disagreement and ask further conference. So ordered. He presentod a conference report on the bill for rellef of settlers and _purchasers of public Jands in Kansas and Nebraska. ~ Agreed to. Also the conference report on the postoftice appropriation bill, ‘the senate receding from the scction for mail steamer service to Bouth America. Agreed to, The deficiency bill again being called up, an item was inserted to pay the Choctaw L jans 8,858,000, the amount of the judgment of the supreme couit at the October term, 1886, Finally the bill and amendments were “l’()riml to the senate. On demand of Mr. cPherson, the yeas and nays were taken on e of the Pacific railrond amendments and was agreed to, yeas 27, nays 17, The yeas and nays were also taken on the amendmant for the French spoliation claiws, and was agreed to, yeas 34, nays 12, Mr. Morgan moved to insert a provision for fifty copyists tor the pension office and made an affecting appeal on behalf of the many re- spectable, educated, but poor women who are seeking employment in Washington, but cannot get it under the civil serviee rules. After discussion the motlon was laid on the table. Finally, at5:15, the bill was passe message to that effect was sent to the Mr. Allison presented the c on the legislative, executive and bill, agreement being reached on al excopt as to clerks to senators, the senate insist. So ordered. The house bill authorizing the construc- tion of a bridee across the Mississippi rive at Winona, Minn., was taken from the cal- andar and was passed. he house bills authorizing the construe- tion of rallway bridges passed as follow: To cross the Mississippi river at Fort Madi- son or Keokuk, [a: across the Missouri river at Pierre Ci Jak., and across the Missouri river at Yankton, Dak. Other house bills were then taken from the calendar and passed. They are of minor importance. ‘The senate th 6 o'clock, weat into voints He moved executive session, ‘The doors were reopened at 10 a. m., the senato having in the meantime taken two hours recess. Mr. Plumb presented the con- ference report on the District of Columbia appropriation bill, which was agreed to. r. Dawes presented the conference report on the fortitication bill, saying the confer- ence had not been able to agree. Mr. Dawes sald that It was with infinite regret that the senate conferees were uhllfied to make this report. They had concede ver{g much in order to reach a conclusion and to save the essence and vitality of the measure and u?rom coast fortifications. 'he plan which they had submitted to the committee a8 adopted by the senate. He would move t be printed in the Record, and along with it would have the plans submitted at the last moment by the house conferees. The cauntrx ‘would judze between these propositions an: decide where the blame lay for failure of this congress to do ln¥lh|lll towards inau- anntlnl some efticient system of fortifica- lons. The irreconciliable difference between the senate managers and the house managers was on_the question of purchasing steel for the purpose of making steel guns of the highest type. The question might be summed up in one sentence, whether steel guns should be subordinated to cast-iron guns, or cast-iron subordinated to steel guns. Mr, Hawley, another of the conferees, sald that he desired to emphasize this most ex- traordinary condition of affairs. There was no fortitication bill for the current year; nor for the next year. o far as concerned the army, coast defenses and heavy iuns.notnlng whatever had been done. “There was no money to keep up the repairs on existini ports, all Ewpeny ‘was left to go to rack an ruin for the coming two years, The president and cabinet reached the capitol at 12 o’clock, actual time. The clocks of the two houses have been set back. l’l‘hn time, noty want of time to engross it. ‘'he fortitication bill was abandoned in the conterence. The senate bill appropriating $30,000 tor the senate investizations ordered this session and the house bill for a loan of government articles to the industrial exhibition at Min- neapolis, passed. Benators Sherman and Saulsbury were ap- pointed to join a like committee apvointed ‘on the part of the house to walt on the presi- dent and inform him that the two houses had completed their business and were ready adiourn, During the closing quarter hour of thesen- ate the enrolled District of Columbia ap- provriation bill was signed by the presiding officer and sent to the president for signature. Theconference report on the deficlency bill could not be reported in time and died. ‘The usual resolution of thanks was tendered to the presldlné officer, and the president having signilied he had nothinz further to eommunicate the senate was declared ad- jom]‘nod. ‘The following bills were approved by the ident before he left the white house for i for return of the ‘Twiegs swords: to repeal the provisions of the law relating to the purchase of arms for the use of states; making appropriations for the lesisiative, execative and judicial expenses of the guvernnent: relative to the Minnesota Industrial exposition; making appropria- tions for the ‘mmmee ‘departments; to regu- Iate the jurisaiction of ecircuit courts and making appropriations for the naval service. ‘The following bills passed both housea, but s they were not signed by the president they failed to become I ‘The river and harbor bill: the claim of Kmery for §100,000; the bill to prevent ployment of alien labor; the oill to apen 8 strip of public land south of Kansas for ~ settlement; a method for settlement of between nter-state railroad corporations: the bill to annex a oart of Idaho to Washingion territory,and a number of private relier Lili; —At 4:30 8, m. the house engaged in the consideration of mis- cellaneous business awuiting the preparation of the conference report on the legislative ap- propriation bill. As soon as the report was submitted it was acted upon. The naval ap- propriation bill as axreed to in the conference passed the house, At 5 o'clock Mr. § Struble of lowa called up the veto message of the president on the senate bill for the ercction of a public build- ing at Sioux City, la. ‘The nouse refused 10 pass the bill over the president’s veto by a vote of yeas, 107, uays, 77, not the constitu- tional two-thirds. Mr. Herbert of Alaba forence report on the bill, Afte t ne Boutelle of Maine criticized the action of the committee on 1 1 atfairs for failure to nke appropriations for the rmnvlullnu of Atlanta, Boston and Chicago, the report was agroed to. son of Minnesota moved to sus- E“d the rule i 0 the larks Fork pany au right of way through the Crow reserva- on in Montana. Avreed to, and the bill passed. At 5 o'clock this morning the effects of tho slxtoen hour session were visible in the ap- ’.T:‘”M the hall of the house th members of the body, The floor was strex ‘with seraps of paper and remnants of docu ments and reports, ‘The atmosphere of the was very impure and oppressive and 'was well impregnated with tovacco s '\ potwithstanding the repeated llbwnl» of the ker to the menmpers reauesting them to observe the ruic which prohibits smoking on A few minutes after five Mr. Blount an- need that the confercuee report of the mittee of the postoffiee appropriation bill reachied an: ugreement by recession of the gonferces from the subsidy amendment. The .%w agread o, thus disposing ot the submitted a con- naval appropriation ate, in - which Mr. nally. ulfl six o’clock the legislative appropria- came frow the sonate and was im- noke, | i an called w| Alr. Holman, who ex- . plalued that the pv"h?‘y of dicrence renialn- THE MARCH ing between the two houses was the item for secretaries for senators. Mr. Holman moved 1o the senatorial amendment, Mr. Bayne of Pennsylvania, the house recede from its disagreement to the amendment and agree to the same with the amendment glving clerks to representa: tives, Lost, Mr. Holman's motion recelved a majority vote and the motion was declared carried, passing the leisiative appropriation biil. ‘The riyer and harbor bill failed to receive the president’s signature, It reached him several days aco but was pocketed vetoed. ‘I'he conference report on the bill amending sections 5101 and 5162 revised statutes, was presented and agreed to, Mr. Reed of Maine (Hateh of Missouri being in the chair) offered the following resolution, whieh was adopted unanimously by astanding vote: tesolved, That the thanks of this house is tondered John G, Carlisle, the speaker, for courtesy. ability and fairness with which ue has presided over the deliberas tions of the Fort, Mr. Forney of G tee on conference on the fortitications bill, reported continued disagreement. {r. Randall of Pennsylvania stated the nditure of $40,- 000,000, while the house bill, which the m: Jjority of the conferees were willing to adopt, appropriated 817,000,000, He obtained leave to have the two measures printed in the rec- ord in order that the country might judge tween them. Mr. Butterworth of Ohlo regretted that congress must adjourn without taking a step 1n the direction of providing coast defenses. "The failure to agree ho attributed to the delay in the conferees coming together, Mr. Reed of Maine criticized the position of the house conferees, declaring that it meant the manufacture of iron guns instead of steel guns. Mr. Butterworth replied that this was an entire mistake. ‘T'he house conferees had agreed to appropriations for steel guns, and he declared there was nota word of truth in what the gentleman said. Mr. Reed relterated his statements, arzuing that under the provisions of the louse bill steel guns could not be manufactured. “Uhe report was accepted and the bill dled. Mr. Burns of Missouri presented a confer- ence report on the general deficiency bill and it was agreed to. It contains a provision for the completion of four steel cruisers, but omits & |)rn¥rlnt|m| for the payment of the Central Pacific and Choctaw claims The message was recelved from the presi- dent saying he had no further communica- tions to make to congress and the speaker after a short speech thanking the members for thelr resolution, declared ths house ad- journed, 1t 18 said at the white house that there isno Ernl\nblll!v of a special session being called y the president for the purpose of acting_on nominations or for any other purpose. “The inter-state commerce commission and the successor of Secretary Manning will proba- bly be appointed next week, or the week fol- lowing. Work of the Session. WaAsHINGTON, March 4.—The congress which ended its existence at noon to-day has afforded a striking illustration of the increase in the volume of legislation de- manding the attention of congress which has been going on for the last three or more congresses. More bills were introduced in both houses, more committee reports made, more bills passed, more becamne laws, and more were vetoed than ever before. The most of these measures were of comparative unimportance, such as bills granting private pensions and special relief i erection of brid and the like; but many, not only of the bills and reports pmsenwd. but of the laws enac were of general interest and impor- tance. A number of bills enacted into laws were old end familiar claimants for legisla- tive favor. In this catecory belongs the presidential succession bill,” the electoral count bill, the inter-state commerce bill and the bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter. The Forty-ninth con- gress commenced Its session on the 4th day of December, 1835, and was in session until the 5th day of August, when it ad- Jjourned until December 6 and continued in sesslon until its close to-day, coveringa total {u‘rlo(l of ten months and twenty-six days. )f this time the senato was in session 224 days and the house 251 days. There were in- troduced in the house during this time 11,258 bills and 203 joint resolutions, on which over 5,000 reports were made, being several thou- sand niore bills and over a thousand wore re- than were made in the l"orl{-olgmh 23S, which had in its turn beat the rec- ord. Inthe senate there were introduced 8,357 bills and 118 jolnt resolutions, on which 1,988 written reports were made, being up- wards of 500 more bills and over 400 more re- ports than in the record-breaking Forty- eighth congress. The total number of laws enacted was ls]lmxllunlely 1431, of which 1,093 originated in the house and 328 in the senate. ‘Two hundred and sixty-four of these became laws by expiration of the constitu- tional ten days’ limitation. Fifty bills failed to become laws owing to the adjournment ot congress, nine of them at the ‘close of the tirstsession. There were 132 bills vetoed by the peesident, or 21 more instances of the exercise of the presidential prerogative of the veto than had occurred from the founda- tion of the government down to the begin- ning of this congress. Ot the vetoed gllla ninety-four originated in the house and thirty-nine in the senate. Butone private bill, that granting a pension to Joseph Romeiser, and one public bill, namely that providing for the erectlon of a government building at Dayton, 0., succeaded in passing both houses over the president’s veto, although several others obtained the requisite two-thirds vote in the senate only to fail in the house. ‘The death roll of this congress was also an extraordinary one, comprising the unpre- cedented number of thirteen names in the house and senate. But one election case was decided by the house against the sitting members and congress was characterized by an absence of that acrimonious discussion which such contests usually awaken, The Rhode Island case of Page vs, Pierce, in which the house decided that neither party was entitled to the seat and a new election was ordered, was t| ne instance of a seat peing taken from a sitting mewber, Of the 1,053 house bills which became laws 275 were of a more or less public nature. Of the rewmaining 778 bills (granting pensious of rehief to specially designated persons), 156 be- c|.l|||: laws without the approval of the presi- den ‘he following is a list of the more im- ortant house bills which became laws: To orfeit the Atlantic & Pacitic railrvad land grant; to inerease the pension of widows and dependent relatives from $8 to $12 per month: to abolish certain fees for oficial services to American vessels and io amend the shipping laws (the Dlngle{ bill): to amend the Thurman act; the increase of the naval establishmerts; to pension Mexican war veterans;: to impose a tax and regulate the manufacture, sale, importation and ex- portation of oleomargarine; to huthorize the transfer of the Highwood tract, near Chicago, to the Unitad States for military purposes: to l)r homestead settlers within railroad imits: to ¢nablo national banking institu- tions to inciease thelr capital stock and change their name and location; for the con- struction of a congressional library build- ing: to forfeit tho New Orleans, Baton Rouke & Vieksburg railroad (Backbone) land grant; to reduce fees on dowestic money orders for sums of less than 8253 to make al- lowances for clerk hire to postmasters of the first and second classes 1o cover the cost of clerical labor in the money order business; toextend the inmediate delivery svstem; to pronibit the passage of local or, special lays: n territories; making appropriation for ad ditional barracks at the southern, north® western and western branches of the na- tional soldiers home; to provide for the clos- ing up of the busiuess of the court of Ala- bama claims; to establish additional nhfe suving stations; extending the free delivery system to towns of 10,000 inhubitants: for the sale of the C| i pol cot statutes 50 as to require breweis Vi s for three time monthly tax; for the allowance of Fourth of July eiaims reported by the accounting ofti- cers of the treasury department (one bill for each of the two sessions); for the issue of notes in sums of less than B validate the general laws of Dakota regarding the ineorporation of insurance companies; to provide for a school of instruetion for the inspection of to- bacco, cigars and snuft, and to reveal section 151 revised statutes; to provide for the fill- £ of the office of United States treasurer in the absence of the treasurer and assistant treasurer; to restrict the ownership of lands in territories to American eitizens; to pro- hibit government employes from hiring or contracting out labor of ['nited States prison- ers; to amend the act prohibiting the impor- tation and immigration of toreigners under labor contracts; amendatory of the act divid- ing [Uinois into judicial districts and provid- lnf for the holding of terms of court at Peoria; refative to contested elections; for the em- ployment of mail messongers in the postal #2rvice; to rogulate mlsd on of United States circuits; for adjustment of land wrants and forfeiture of uuearned lands; to erokeereservation in A 3 | s their estimated | ‘I | bank ‘reserve citles, that the bousa recede from Its disagrecment | | than 2 moved that add a nnmber of cities to the list of national and to allow part of resefve o be Kept in cities other *w York: for the relief of settlers on public lands in Kansas and Nebraska; to pro- vide for bringinz suits against tne govern- ment; to increase the limit of the cost of pub- lic buildinegs at Peoria and Keokuk, Ia.; tor the completion ot the fmprovemont of the public buildings at Des Molnes, Ia. Forty house joint resolutions became laws, the prineival ones being as follows: Direct- ing the commissioner of labor to make inves- tigation as to convict labor; to authorize the president to protect American fishing and trading vessels and American fishermen in Canadian waters (senate retaliation bill); authorizing an investigation of the books, methods and accounts ot the Pacific railroads, Of the total number of bills which passed the senate 520 hecame laws, including 115 of a public_and 205 of a strietly private na. ture, The following is " a list of the more important senate bills placed on the statute books by the vresent congress: The presidential succession bil devolviog the heirship of the presidenc upon members of the cabinet in the event of a vacancy in the office of president and vice resident; the Cullom-Reagan bill to rezu- ate Inter-state commerce; for the retire- ment and recoinage of the trade dollar; the electoral eount biil; for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians and extendin, the protection of the laws to the Indians of the various reservations; to repeal the tenure of office act; to Increasa tho annual appropri- ation for militia; to establish agricultural ex- periment stations; for the study ot the effects of narcotics and Intoxicants in the publie schools: to legalize the incorporation of trades unions; authorizing the transmis- sion of weather reports through the mails freo of postage: to increase the pension for the loss of an arm or leg; to indemnify the Chinese for losses sustained by the Rock Springs, Wyo., riot; for the relief of Texas, Colorado, regon, Nebraska, California, Kansas, Washington territoryand lasho; au- thorizing the sale of certain government Sropcrly in Chicago; to_relieve the charge of lesertion from the records of soldiers who re- enlisted without having received discharges on account of their first enlistment; to estab- lish two additional land districts in Ne- braska; toamend the laws relating to pat- ents, trad rks, and copyrights: to author- ize the postmaster general to allow compen- sation for railroad apartment car serviee fur- nished pursuant to agreement; to_bridge the Mississippi river at St. Louis; toallow receiv- ers of netional banks to buy in tmstpropeny on the approval of the comptroller of the cur- reucy: to provide for the execution of arti- cle 2of the Chinese treaty of November 7, 1880, (it prohibits the leoru!Ion of opium into either country by the citizens of the other) ; for the erection of a public bullding at Milwaukee, Wis, Of the foregoing measures seven became laws by expiration oi the constitutional ten days’ limitation, viz: The mormon polyg- any bill; the trade dollar repudiation bill; the mulitia bill and four private bills. ‘The senate bills vetoed were 39 in number, 11 being of a public and 25 of a private char- acter. 'The public bills vetoed “were as fol- lows: Toquiet title of settiers on the Des Moines river lands |Fni!ml over the veto in the senate, but failed of the necessary two- thirds In the house) ; for the erection of pub- lic buildings at Zanesville, O., Lafayette, Ind., Sioux City, In, Dayton,' 0., (passed over the veto in both houses), and Lynn, Mass.; to extend the provisions of the im- mediate transportation act to Owmaha, Neb.; to grant railrouds right of way through the Indian reservationsin northern Montana. ‘The 93 house bills vetoed included $7 private bills and 6 bills of a public nature. The pub- lic bills vetoed were for the erection of federal bulldmfis at Springfield, Mo,, Duluth, Mit; =, Asherville, N. C., and Portsmouth, 0., to distribute 810,000 worth of seeds among the drought-stricken people of Texas, and to grant pensions to dependent soldiers and de- pendent relatives of deceased soldiers. (An effort made to pass the dependent pension bill ov.i the veto falled.) 'Lhe regular appropriation bills which failed of enactment were: The fortifications blll, tor both congresses; the river and har- bor bill of the Pruwnt session (which was not signed by the president), and the de- ticiency bill, on which the conference report was not submitted in time for action. The failure of the fortifications bill was due to de- cided differences of opinion between the con- ferees of the two houses, Fifty bills, in addition to those which be- came faws and those vetoed, were sent to the president but were pocketed by him on the adjournment of congress and therefore falled. The most important are as follows: ‘The river and harbor; to prevent the employ- ment of convict and ‘alien laber on public works: the O'Neill labor arbitration bill for the settlement of controversies between in- ter-state rallroads and their emi),lo{es: the- Morrison surplus resolution. ills estub- lishing additional aids to navigation at the mouth of the Mississippi and forfeiting the land grant to a railroad from Octonagen to the Wisconsin state line also falled in con- ference, while the bill to create a department of agriculture ana labor was killed by the In- abllity of its friends to send it to a” confer- ence committee, About 150 bills and joint resolutions which vassed the house falled of action in the senate, some of which, however, were de- feated by adverse committea reports. About 750 bills finsed by the senate failed of pas- sage in the house. _The Camerun-Hale twin bills appropriating $35,000,000 for the increase of the navy were sent to the naval committee and died there, although provision for addi- tional vessels were inserted in the naval arnmmlnlnn bill. The twin fortitications bills which passed the senate were allowed to sleep in the house approvriations comunt- tee room. The Dakota admission bill still slumbers on the house calendar. ‘T'he bill for the admission of Washineton territory failed of action, as did_the bill to grant Dearborn park to the city of Chicazo. ‘The following measures of national im- portance failed of action of an afirmative nature in either house: The Morrison and other tariff bills which the house, ou a test vote, refused even to consider: various bills on the silver question; to establish a uniform bankruptcy law; the Hennepin canal bill; the Oklohoma bill, and the Dunn free ship bill, were all reported from the house com- mittees and all falled to get beyond the stage of general debate. ‘The bills to repeal the clvil service law and to grant woman suffrage were killed ia the house by adverse commit- tee reports, and in the senate by adverse test votes. A resolution favoring open ex- ecutive sessions was defeated in the senate, Owing to the failure of the deficiency bill the recent act of congress extending the free delivery system to cities and towns havin not less than 10,000 inhabitants, or posti revenue of not jess than $10,000, becomes in- operative until the beginning of the next fiscal year, when the regular appropriation act goes into effect, A Very d Failure. WasuINGTON, March 4,—The effect of the failure of the deficiency bill will be more serious than is generally belived, inasmuch as it contained provisions for supplying pressing demands for postal cards, stamps and other items connected with the stal service, the denial of which will, it Is ex- pected, seriously embarrass the department and the publie. *‘The lezal machinery ol the overnment will be materially disarranged during the remainder of the fiseal year, as no woney will be available for jurors’, nesses’ or marshals’ fees, and many prison- ers cannot be tried for months to ‘come. A number of soldiers’ claims, aggregating $700,000, whieh had been certified by the treasury, will fail also of settiement. Nominations Acted On. WasiNaToN, March 4.—The senate con- firmed the nominations of Captain A, W, Greely to be brigadier general and James M. Trotter to bo recorder of deeds for the Dis- trict of Columbla. Also, Arthur K. Delaney, of Wisconsin, to be coliector of cus- toms for the district of Alaska; Owen MeGlauplin, to be _surveyor of cus- toms for the port of Dubuque, Ia.: John M. Mercer, of Iowa, to be surveyor of cus- toms for the port of Durlington, la.; Thos J. Ashby, of Nebraska, sister of “the land office pgton, Neb., Sterling P, Hart, of Nebraska, to be register of the land oflice at McCook, Neb.; k. Hudson, of Ne- braska, to be veceiver of publie moneys at Lincoln, Neb.; Jacob Steinmetz of Ne- braska. to be recciver of public moneys at MeCook, Neb. ; Commodore Lewis A. Kim- berly, of 1L, to be rear admiral in the navy; Saniuel ¥. Burtch, register land oftice, Val- entine, Neb, Postmasters-—E. K. Pitman, at Leon, Towa; Charles W, McCrane. at_Alexandria, Dak.; William MeClintock, at West Union, lowas H. W. Mill, at 8t, Charles, Minn.; R. M, Scott, ‘at Ashland,’ Neb., J. "W, Olsen, af Iils., and S, it Sandersen, at Plano, n {he nowm'nation of Oliver Shannon of North Platte, Neb., as receiver of publie moneys at that place was rejected by the senate thls morning, i A Slight Shake, the Nick, March 4.—Another slight earthquake shock has been felt here. OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, Arrangements Perfeoted Expediting the Southwedstern Service. WasHINGTON, Marth 4. —The postmnster general has nade greapgements for fast mail service between thajeast and southwest. Heretofore the fast mail leaving New York p. m. has Arrived at St. Louis by assenger train the sacond mornlng in time only to reach Kansas City the second even- ing. By the new arrangement a special train of postal cars on the I'ennsylvania line will reach St. Louis at 2:45 a. m. and the mail be transterred at once 4o, special train of postal cars on the Missouss Pacitic which will leave St. Louis at 3 and drrtve at Kansas City at 11 in the morning. Itig expected the outgo- ing morning train from Kansas City to Colorado, Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona, southern California, southern Kansas, Arkan- <as, Indian Territory, Texas and the south- west generally and up the Missourl to Omaha will delay departure and take the mail on the arrival of the fast train at Kansas City. The value ot the change will be more ap- parent from noticing the saving of time effected in the delivery of the eastern mail at some of the prominent points. At Sedalia, Mo., and generally in southwestern Missouri the gain i3 above eignt hours, and at Kansas City eight hours and a half. Practicaily at these points the gain 13 a full business day, the mail arriving in the morning instead of the evening, ‘The new proyision will bexin with the train leaving New York on Saturda night, the 12th of March, and the service will be a daily one. o — TELEGRAPH NOTES. Rain orsnow is predicted for to-day. Ono hundred people were killed in the out- break at Rustchuk, The George K. (){‘lor Manufacturing com- pany, of St. Louis, has made an_assigument. The Canadian Pacific railrond has com- pleted arrangements for through connections with China. Three roustabouts were fatally scalded by the bursting of a steam pipe on the Fleetwood near Cincinnati yesterday. Five unnaturalized citizens of Knox county. lliinols, have testitied that they voted for Congressman Worthington. A report that the czar has withdrawn from the alliauce of the three emperors is not be- lieved in German diplomatic circles, State Insurance Superintendent Carr, of Missouri, has made application to the courts for the discontinuance of the Union Mutual Lusurance company of St. Louis. Armed incendiaries burned a large number of tenants’ houses near Limerick, Ireland, Thursday night, Those whose houses were destroyed paid rent and the outrages are set down as political, The passen -er agents and railrond man- azers who have been in session in New York all week have at last arrived at a complete understanding and the report ot the joint committee adopted. ‘The scheme for consolidating the Chicago gas companies was completed in New York yesterday, and the business will be con- trolled by the United Gas Improvement coin- vany of 'hiladelphia. ‘The joint schedule committee of the league and Ainerlcan base ball assoclations met at Columbus, Ohio, yesterday tc arrange the dotes for games. The result of thieir delibera- tions is as yet unknown. A mob of 200 armed men broke into the jail at San Marcas, Texas, early yesterday morn- ing, took out’ a colorgd boy named Trin Blocker and hung him to a tree. The prisoner was charged with attempted rape. Mary Goshert, living in Elizabeth town- ship, Pa., shot and ‘killed Levi Brooks, a relative, yesterday morning. She claimed that Brooks was coming up her steps with a knife in his hand and she feared for her life. The defense of J. Fln%ey Hoke, the P’eoria bank fnri.’er. will be that ‘the United States revised statutes defing'the alteration of na- tional bank checks to be a misdemeanor, whereas he was exttadited for the crime of forgery. States Attorney Grinnell, of Chieago, has requested the Cook county treasurer to re- fuse to pny warrants of three wardens and a large number of county contractors on ac- count of the recent ‘‘boodle” investigations. Une of the persens thus debarred has turned states evidence. Inspector Byrnes, of New York, arrested Geor; Frederick Parker, E. Witherell and George W. Gibbons for de- frauding the public on the old swindle ot ferreting out aud securing vast estates in Enzland for heirs in this country, The swindle was worked under the titlo of the “British American Claim Agency. e AN AKRSON CONSPIRACY. Unearthed by Omaha and Chicago Detectives. For a few days past Pinkerton of the famous Chicago agency has been in Omaha “nosing around” in his pecaliar style. The nature of his business herc leaked out yesterday. In connection with Mr. J, J. Neligh, of the Western Detect- ive agency, he has succeeded in running to the earth a band of arson fiends. About six months agoa certain locality in Chicago became subject to fires which were breaking out without any apparent cause, and were presumably the work of arson fiends. There were many circum- stances which pointed to the theory of arsen and the case was placed in the hunds of the Pinkertons. ~When the rantter was fully investigated it became evident that there was a conspiracy among three or four parties to insure certain houses for more than they were worth, burn them down and secure the insurance mongy. In this way a sum amounting to thousands of dollars was obtamed. ‘The names of the offenders were soon unearthed and then the still nunt com- menced. The fellows were tracked to Omaha and from this point south. De- tective Neligh who was called into co- operation by the Pinkertons, sent two of his men southon a trail which eventu- ally led to the capture of ong of the fire- bugs at Jacksonville, Fla., and of an- other at Milan, Tenn. The third man was found to be hiding in South Omaha, and was arrested on a nominal charge of disposing of mortgaged property. Th rge was made vecause the man liams, alias “"Roxy,” Adair had sold a lot of morlgagnd‘!)roperts which he claimed was destroyed in one of the burned buildings. "The names of the other two are McKinney and Schembold. The three have been taken to Chicago to await trial. Rail Notes. B. R. Thompson, car, service agent of the Union Pacifie, has gone to Chicago. William Pike, a Stonographer in Gen- eral Superintendent Smith been appointed chief clerk of the sta- tionary departin of the Union Pacific. The Union Pacific freight department has issued some stickers in the }m'u\ of a shield, with the stars and stripes on it, across the face of which is the logend, “'Ship your freight over the Union Pa- citie The stickers are little larger than a postags \d come in perforated sheets, i orty. The 'be v will be in full opora- tion it is believed by the first of May. It was so decided when Mr. rk was here last November, The neceesary passenger rolling stock is now bemmg built There are three depots on the line at Chatham, Wainut Hill and W Side, Another will be constrneted im- mediately east of the wge building in South Omaha. Missou now runs three nger 1. Col. J. M Eudy, vice-president of the road reports that 6,000 cars of mer- chandise per month is being handled. i it SHOOTING AGAINST SKINNER, A Crack Shot Done up by Omaha Amateurs. Mr. Skinner, of Cincinnati, represent- ing the King Quick-Shot Powder Co., was in the city a few days ago. Mr. Skinner is a erack shot. and took ocea- sion to make a sweeping challenge to the iocal sportsmen for a little contest at pigeons for the price of the birds and shells. His challenge was accepted by H. A. Penrose and “Blanch” Kennedy, resulting in four matches, which were shoton Tuesday afternoon on the grounds cast of Athletic park. The first contest, at twenty-five American clay birds; re- sulted as follows: Penrose....1111 0011111101 1. 1001110111 10, 1100111011 =20, ‘The second contest was between Pen- rose and Simpson against Kennedy and Skinner, at twenty American _clay birds ach, The mateh was won by Penrose and Simpson, by the following score: |‘a'||ruse....ll;l(lulllllllllllll 1;‘nooonloxuux Simpsnu“..llllliq'lmn1111111|1 Skiuner...111111101001111001 0 013, The third contes! twenty-tive birds, s won by Penrose, Kennedy and Skin- ner tying. In the shoot-off Skinner won. ‘The score on the first shoot was as fol- lows: Skinner.... Kennedy 1 1 1 1 Skinner... } 11 10 1 10 00 11 Kcnumlyu.l‘ ¢1 01111100011 _;g'xnnnn 1011011110 1—-19. Kennedy, apparently wearied of the fun of paying for everything, and won the sixth contest by the following excel- lent scor I’enrose.... 0 1 1 1 1 o Kennedy. t: 1 SHE WOULDN'T HANG HERSELF. An Abused Wifa's Plea—Three Di- vorce O Marie Dettelfs commenced a suit in the district court yesterday for a divorce from her husband, John F. Dettelfs. The plaintiff alleges that she was married to Dettelfs in Germany in 1874. During the past year her husband has become abu- sive and has frequently treated her very cruelly. She cites that on February 23 he knocked her down and kicked her brutally without any cause whatsoever. On February 28 she was again assaultea by her husband, who tried to drive her from her home. He knocked her down and kicked her, and then tried to per- suade her that she ought to hang herself. She states that he even offcred to put the rope around her neck. On this account Mrs. Dettelfs asks that she be given a de- cree of separation and the custody of her three children. She also asks that she be z‘iven&m ch the defendant has in the savings bank, and that he be re- strained from drawing the money from the bank or interfering with her use of the houschold property which she also claims, Neville issued the desired restr: g order and will hear the argument in the case on next Thursday. Ellen 'Neill commenced a divorce proceedings in the district court yester- day against her husband, Jeft O'Neill, to whom she was married in Carroll, Towa, in 1880. She alleges that her husband committed adultery last month, with a svoman living on South Sixteenth street, in this city. She asks for a divorce and the custody of her two children. Alf. R. Brown wants a divorce from Maltida Brown to whom he was married in Nebraska City in 1877. Degertio alleged as a ground for the desired di cree. The plaintifi’s petition is not near- ly so pathetic as that which “Jedge’ Cooley made to a reporter to state that he is the attorney for the plaintifll i He Charged Too Much. Charles G. Smith, a hackman, was ar- rested terday for overcharging two ladies whom he carried from the Union Pacific depot. He charged them $4 when the legal rate allowed him was only $2.50. Judge Stenberg took hold of him yesteraaveadr, him a lecture on the enormity of h of-is fense, and fined him the full limit, $ and20 costs. —-— “When we two parted taken cold,” said Thom: akeintime, ‘“‘and next morning I was hoarse indeed. But a 25 cent bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup fixed me up.” Contentious women are slav ache, but twenty-five cent. bottle of Salyation Oil will r mony in the houschold. — —— Governor Gordon, of Georgia, has pur- chased a gorgeous carriage of the French style, rich with silk and silver and rare woods, for his own use. 1 felt I had « to head- ent for a tore har- This is the Season When a good medicine is o necessity, The impure state ol the blood,the deranged digestion.and the weak condition of the body, a1l en!l for the purifying. rogu- luting, und strengthening jntuences xo happily nid effectively combined in Hpd's Sursapariils. - Itover- comes that tired fecling, eyiréd headuche and dyspep- sin, and expels every tafut, of serotuia from the vlood. 4 AT usk of any one s to try a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla and sce 1ts quick effecs. It takes less time und quantity to show 1ts effect than any other preparation 1 ever beard of, hwou'd not Ba without itin the house,” Mus. CA¢ M. HUBBARD, North Chili. Mouroe County, N. Y= spring Medicine © huve used Hood's Sarsaparilla for severnl . and feel proud to recommend it as an excel- je or to b Used at ull times usa Dblood purifier. For chil irenas well as grown beople we consider 1t the best. We set aside one bottle for our boy to take in the spring. e @ uine years old und hias enjoyad good health ever sinc RIViog It to him. We are seldom without Guover, Rochessor, N. N. B.—If you have made up your mind to get Houd's Barsaparilia do not take any other. ye ient spring mes “Twomonths ugo I commenced taking I ur- srparilla us an experiment, as I had no appetite or strength, and felt tired all the time. 1 attributed my condition to acrofulods humor. | hud tried severs) aifferent kinds of med without receiving any benotit. Butas soon vakon balf & bottle ot aparilla, my appotite was restored, und nach felt better. I have now taken nearly three bottles, and I never was 8o well in wy life." Mits. JESSIE K. DOLUEARE, Pascong, R. I “Hood's Sarsaparilla cured me of dyspepsin and liver complaint with which | had suffered 2 years." J, B. HORNBECK, South Fallsburg, N. ¥, Building-Up Power “Igladly attest the peculiar bullding-up power of Hood's Sarsaparrilla. For some time | have besn unable to81tend to business, but finally atthe request of u triend L used part of a botde of Tood's Sursa. system feel young Guan. VILLET. WOODS, 64 and 6 Lod Ohio. “Ho liver J. B. HOR ¥ BECK, Bowth Fullabarg, N, V. 4's Sarsuparailla cured me of dy h Hood's Sarsaparilla 801a by all druggists. §1; six for §5. Prepared by C. L. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Muss. 100 Doses One Dol 8old by ull druggists. §1; six for §. Prepared by ¢ 1. HOOD & €O, Aposhecaries, Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses Oue Dollar office, has | SOUTH OMAHA - Beautiful Residence Lots FOR SALE Also Business Lots LOOXK. On the large map of Omaha and ohserve that the two and one-half mile belt from the Omuha postoffice runs south of scction 33 and through the north end of South Omaha. TAKE A STRING Aud pencil, then get one of J.M.Wolfe & Co's maps of Omaha and South Omaha combined, PUT YOUR FINGER On the string at 13th and Farnam, Omaha's busines center, and your pencil on the string at where Bellevue street entors South Omaha from the north. THEN DRAW A circle and note wher . SOUTH OMAHA Is, and also that many “Additions,” “Places" and “Hills" ave far OUTSIDE This magic circle. THEN STOP And think aminute what will make outside property increase in value? THE GEOWTH OF OMAHA Is all that will enhance the value of real estate other than at South Omaha. Atthe latter point we have three important factors to build up and make valuable the property: First—The growth of Omaha, which has and always will follow the transportation lines. Second—All the great railroads center there, thus making it the best manufacturing point of any in ornear the city, Third— THE IMMENSE STOCK YARDS INTERESTS Dressed Beef Business and Pork Packing Industry Will make a town of themselves. SEVERAL NEW PACKING HOUSES Going up this year. A Gigantic Beef Canning Establishment To be put into operation at once, YOU FOOL Away your duy of grace when youdo not get an interest in South Omaha before a mgher appraisement is made. The best locations are being taken Make your Lobs that sold for $300 in 1854 cannot now he bought for THRE VIADUCTS shifures hetween stions now: Over the railway track wili make sufe and splendid thoro: this city and South Omahn. A STREET CAR LINE Will run to the Stock Yirds this year. The minute it does lots will dou. ble in value, as this will afford guick and cheap transportation cither by Dummy, Cable or Horse Cars. Yo further information, maps, price lists, and descriptive " ©. E. MAYNE, Agent for the South Omaha Land Companv N.W. Cor. 156th and Harney. sulars,