Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 17, 1887, Page 1

- THE OMaHA Daily BEE SIXTEENTH YEAR, WORK OF THE UPPER HOUSE, The State Senate Transacts Some Business and Takes a Lay Off., THE LINCOLN BELT RAILWAY, The Elkhorn Valley Pushing Work on Its Arlington-Omaha Cut-off— Toughs Captured at Chad- ron—Other State Nows, Senate Proceedings, Lixcorx, Neb, March 16,—[Special ‘T'ele- gram to the Br i'he senate met this morning at 10 o’clock, Mr. Meiklejohin in the chair. Messrs. Casper, Duras, Higgins of Colfax, Holmes, Snell and Vandemark were absent. Houseroll 46 for the relief of Beatrice, 05 for the relief of Robert W, Fur- nas, and senate file 24%, changing the name the reform school to *“I'he Nebras- ka Institute for Juvenile Offend were recommended favorably by their respective committees, Mr. Conger moved that when the senate adjourn it be to Monday next at 4 o’clock. Mr., Lindsay amended to make it Monday at 10 o'clock. Mr. Colby was opposed to both motions, He wanted to keep grinding until there was nothing to grind and then adjourn sine die, Mr, Schminke was of the same opinion, Mr. Brown said the house was behind the senate in days and work. Toward the close of the session 1t was necessary that both houses be together. 1t the senaté sit the two days, the house being in. Omaha junketing, they will be threc days ahead. lle favored adjourning, M chuck favored adjourning to enable the house to cateh up with'the senate. Both the original motion and amendment were lost, The senate went into committee of the whole on the general file, Mr. Brown in the chair. Bill 153 setting salaries of county of- licers was recommended to pass, Mr. Colby’s bill 139, enabling farmers to plant *“*wind breaks™ at will on their farms and yet be entitled to the statutory bounds, was recommended for passag Mr. Robbins’ motion to repeal the present law relating to wind breaks on section lines was lost, ‘The senate roported for passage Mr, Mel- kleiulm‘u reform school bill above mentioned, which also includes the paroling of inmates and sending the feebie minded over to the Beatrice institute. Mr. Sterling’s bill, 179, providing for the annulling of the honds of matrimony by a woman whose husband is incurably insane, was recommended to pass, Mr. Linn’s bill, 212, providing for a lien of the owners of stallions, jacks and bulls upon the get of the same. was substituted for file 241and recommended to pass. Adjourned till Monday at 2 o’clock. Lincoln’s Belt Railway Scheme. LINcoLN, Neb., March 16.—[Spestal Tele- gram to the BEk.]—One of the most impor- tant movenmets for the future of the city of Lincoln was consummated this eyening in the permanent organization of the Lincoln Belt railway which was incorporatedse short time ago. At the meeting to-night the in- corporators decided to increase and amend its articles of incorporation, making the belt line also a union depot and union elevator company,and amended articles of this charac- ter will be filed at once. The plan of the company is to secure the ground and erect as 500N a8 negotiations can be made a $200,000 depot, usmg their belt line as an entrance for all roads built at present and which may reach the city in the future. ‘I'he magnitude of this step will best be appreciated when the cost of reaching central grounds inthe cit; through condemuations is considered. The union elevator means equaily as much for the city, for it will provide for the handling and fin\dlng of grain at this voint and allow of through shipments to the coast without breaking bulk and without passin through Chicago. At this meeting the fq lowing ofticers of the belt line were elecie President, J. D. McFarland; vice president, F. L Koss; treasurer. U. W. Mosher; secre- tary, J. W. Deweese: attorney, T. M. Mar- quett: u\lrrlnwndant. J. J. IinhofT’; directors, D. MckF' 1. Foss, T, M. Marquett, W. Mosher, J.J. Imhoff, . W. Deweese. ‘I'he decision of the meeting was that the pmlhnllmr{ suryey should be made immediately, and if it will be possible to secure a competent force to ruu the lines work will commence on the nur\;fif the com- ing week. The line as proposed will run from the West Lincoln town site to the vi- cinity of the asylum and state peni- tentiary, thence circling east around the «city east of Wyuka cemetery to the Weslyan university giounds, and west of the city by way of the state fair grounds. The positive assurance is given that this line will be built the present summer as far as the asylum and penitentiary, and the pos- sibility is that it may be completed the en- tire circuit within the year. The purchase of the large tract olfround known as the “‘Lord Jones” property 1s now reputed to have been made by the incorporaters of the belt line for the purpose of union depot grounds, and it is understood that correspondence is now prairm with the management of the differ- ent lines reaching this city in regard to the occupancy of a depot of that character. ‘These rapld and substantial movements on the part of the belt line company will be the means of a great influx of material interest of all kinds for the city and the commenco- ment of permanent work in the line through nnrve{n and contracts for building Is given with the most positive assurances, The Elkhorn Valley Cut-Off. FRrEMONT, Neb., March 16.—[Special to the Bre.|—It is now definitely given out hero that work on the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missourl Valley railroad cut-off from Arling- ton to Omaha is to go forward at once. Mr. C. P. Treat, whosa headquarters are now lo- cated here, and who has the contract for con- strueting the line, Is getting his camps estab- lished at Arlington, and says the work will be pushed with energy from now on. All material Is belng rapidiy deposited on the round and dirt will begin to” fly in a few days, the sub-contractors having received their various portions of the work. A steam shovel of large capacity will be a part of the machinery for accomplishing the work. As 800N as bossible 500 teams will be at work along the line, and Mr. Treat thinks it can All be tinished and trains running to Omuaha by the 1st of August. The work is the heay- lest of any contract for a eorresponding number of miles built by the company in Nebraska, Wyonung or Dakota, A Lively Row Near Chadron. CHADRON, Neb., March 16.—A lively fight took placo in a canyon a few miles from town yesterday, between Ofticer Morrissy and four border toughs. Morrissy had a warrant for their arrest and when he ordered them to surrender, they opened on him with funn and bowie knives. Morrissy answered n kind and so vigorously that the despera- does squealed for merey after one of the num- ber had D wounded twice, The officer brought the four men to this eity. Seven knives, two shotguns and several revolvers comprised their uimament, A Slimly Artended Meeting. LaxcoLy, Neb., March, 16,—[Special Tele- gramtothe B —The alleged citizens meet- ing ealled at Temple hall to-nizhtto prepare for a cltizens’ ticket on the Boyd plan in Omaha was attended by about thirty pro- hibitionists and about a like number of lone- some democerats, while a erowd of & hundred or so, drawn to the meeting through curi- osity and through the proposed attempt to ignore party lines, was also present. It was a noticeable feature that not one-third of the prominent citizens who signed the call were 1n atte \dance and an almost total lack of re- Ppublica s participating was noticeable. Sec- retary Lewis, of the Law and Order lengue, alled the ly to order and Robert E:n °Iu‘|"o 'anlgeod orhhllxmn. ml. 9 presented 5| na‘ll' Dame : Wlllll‘l“.. Wfioi&g OMAHA, THURSDAY one to select a city ticket to be presented at a future meeting for ratification, This move- apvroved and an adjournment followed, The total lack of any ominent in the' call being present jpenr that the proposition for & et 15 not meeting with any favor even by those issuing the call, and the move- ment i8 generally rezarded as one in which a tew democrats and proliibitionists hove to make a fighting chance together to get con- trol of the city affairs, A vote of those present would undoubtedly have snowea under the scheme for a citizens' ticket had it come to a vote in the house, A Bad Team to Handle, Stromsnuna, Neb., March 16,—[Special to the Bgr.)—Mrs, Geo) was thrown from a buggy yesterday and received some severe wounds. Shortly afterward the same to, it to another bugey and parties sent for Mr. Richardson, and on reaching the place where the first runawav took place the team became unmanageable and twomen were thrown to the ground but not seriously hurt, Killed by the Cara, HaAsTINGS, Neb,, March 16,.—W. G. Prosser, A switchman in the St. Joe & Grand Island yards in this city, was run over and Kkilled by the cars last evening. He was couplin, cars at the time and it is supposed he slipped and fell under the wheels, He was twenty- four years of age. The remains were sent to Edgar, where the parents of the unfortunate man reside, Stromsburg as a City. StroMspuRre, Neb,, Maren 16.—|Special to the Be. Stromsburg is to become a city of the second class, There has been an effort put forth to get a vote at the election next month to abolish the town charter and make Stromsburg a eity of the second class. Some opposition, however, is being shown by the saloon element, as they think their chance of electing a town board favorable to them will be weakened. P e Iowa Supreme Court Decisions. Des MoiNgs, Ia,, March 16.—| Special Tele- gram to the Big.]—The following decisions by the supreme court were made to-day: John H. E. Saar vs John Fuller et al, Thomas J., Kinken, intervenor, appellant, Mills circuit. Reversed. Nicholas Herron, appellant, vs Susan Her- ron, Plymouth eircuit. Aftirmed. James Pollard vs Diekinson county, appel- land, Dickinson circuit. Aflirmed. F. C. Goodall, administrator, appellant, vs Sarah J, Case et al, Cass ci it. Re ed. Joseph allain v: A, Corbett, appellant, Ida circuit, Affirmed. E. M. Eisefeld & Co, vs Charlotte DIill, et al and Charlotte Dill, apvellant, vs Schoen- man Bros. & Co, et al, Louisa circuit, At- firmed. Mina Horton, appellant, vs estate of John Horton, deccased, Van Buren circuit. Re- versed, Catharine Fleming v: doah, appellant, Page district. Aflirmed, ‘Chomas B. Iiain, appellant, vs Laura B, Robinson, administrator, et al, Dubuque dis- triet, Aflirmed, X J. H. Hawkins, appellant, vs R. K. Wilson, Mabhaska eircut, ersel C. Byson vs G. S, M Kossuth district, Reve Town of Shenan- Pherson, appellant, ed. Cedar Kapids Happening. CEDAR Rarivs, la., March [Special Telegram to the BEE.|—Two boys, Me- Donaugh and Smith, were robbed last night west of the city by tramps. Another mile of paving has been petitioned for. The Clifton house, B. Silloway proprietor, has changed hands. Green brothers, the new proprietors, will improve it and Billy Ander- son will run it. It is found that Edward Myers, who com- mitted suicide at Columbus Junction, killed himselt because his girl, Lizzie Knaub, had betrayed him. 3 t. Mary commandery of Philadelphia, noted for ‘its pilgrimages, has sent a fine souvenir to Apollo commandery of this city for the hospitality tentered then on their last pllgrinage here, Prof. Parvin will formally present the souvenir Thursaay night, Iowa Sportsmen’s Tournament. Srovx Ciry, la., March 16,.—[Special Tele- gram to the Beg.]—The executive committee of the Iowa Sportsmen’s association met here to-day to pertect plans and arrange the pro- gramme for the coming tournament. The dates for holding the same were determined upon, being June 21, 22, 23 and 24, Prepara- tions are making for one of the largest tour- naments ever held in the west. 1t is expected that fully 5,000 people will be present. Closing Secret Whisky Holes. Siovx Crry, March 16.—|Special Tele- gram to the Bek.|—To-day another hole-in- the-wall saloon was searched by the oflicers and a small quantity of beer and other un- lawful beverages seized. Almost every day similar seizures are made. The law and order league 1s manifesting great vigor, and having rid the city of every open saloon now proposes pushing the wi |\ursiswml{ again he enemy until they have shut up also every clandestine place. Burglarized the Depot. Forr Don Ia., March 16,—[Special Tel- egram to the Brg. |—The Mason City & Fort Dodge depot was broken into last night and 879 were taken from thecash drawer. Forty- nine dollars of the money belonged to an eri ploye of the road and &30 to the company. There is no clue to the ones who committed the robbery. Seized Ligquor © ¥ © DEs MoiNes, Ia,, March 16.—[Special Tel- gram to the 2Ee.]—To-day $15,500 worth of liquors belonging to Hurlbut, tess & Co., the wholesale druggists, was condemned by a junihlnbodcslruyed. ‘Phe case will be ap- pealed. demn e Went Through a Trestle, MARIETTA, O., March 16.—The encine and tender of the east bound morning train on the Marietta, Columbus & Northern rail- road went through the Vincent trestle twelve miles from here. Lyla Vincent and Albert Boothby, engineer and fireman, were killed, and John l\l('('ui; and William Stewart, con- ductor and rakeman, badly scalded. Michael Early, a passenger, had his left leg mashed, The engine had been shifting at the station and was backing to hitch to the train when it became derailed and ran off the trestle, knocking it down, P A Wrecked Schooner. Bostox, March 16,.—A dispateh from East- ham this morning says that the schooner re- vorted last night being ashore two miles off the nsett life saving station is fast going to pieces. The dispatch states that of the crew two were saved and one drowned. A dispateh from Orleans, Mass., states that a tug rescued two of the men who were seen clinging to the foretop mast and bowsorit ot the schooner J. B. Eels, ashore on Nansett yesterday. The restof the crew were drowned, he e L Nebraska and lowa Weather, For Nebraska: Fair weather, followed In the northern portion by rain, stationary temperature, winds shitting to southerly. For lo Fair weather, becoming warmer, winds shifting to southerly. Struck by a Tramn, S1. Louis, March 16.--Robert Furnace and Jesse Jennings, two farmers, while crossing the railroad track about a mile from Noko- mis, L, in a_wagon, last evening, were struck by a train and instantly killg Rhode Island Republicans, PROVIDENCE, R. L, March 16,—The repub- lican etate convention met to-day and nom- inated by acclawation the present incum- bents of state officers, from governor down, for party candidates, - ted Stalhiol Sudden Death. LexiNgroy, Ky., March 16.—Mayor 8. G. Thomas’ famous imported stallion, King Ban, died this afternoon of spinal meningitis, He was sick less than twenty-four hours, and | valued at §55,000, MORNING, MARCH 17, 1887. NUMBER 271 THE ANARCHISTS' CASES, Grinnell Starts For Ottawa With His Brief-His Arguments, CiteAco, Mareh 16.—States Attorney Grinnell went to Ottawa to-night to file with the state supreme court his brief in the an- archists’ case. The document consists of two volumes, one on the facts, the other on the law, The first volume contains 842 octavo pages, the second 305, Solomon and Zeisler, of the counsel for the defendants, accompanied Grinnell to Ottawa, where arguments in the case will be opened to- morrow. Mr. Grinnell closes his recital of facts with the following reference to the puh(?' of Mavor Harrison in permitting in- cendlary ulterances at anarchists’ meetings ake front and elsewhere: *If, during s preceding the, Haymarket bomb throwing, ~ the meetings” at which sedition and assassination were openly advocated had been dispersed, = the re at the Haymarket never would oceurred. No better illustration of the s of the fearless enforcement of the law is seen than 1n the fact that ws soon as Johann Most had suffered the penalty im- posed upon kim 1?' English law for hisincen- diary utterances, he left the soil of planted himself upon the and that the officers cause of his teachings, martyrs for the law, instead of being oflicers of the kingdom of ‘Great Britian, were ofii- cers of thio state of Lilinols,” In his brief on the law Mr. Grinnell starts with the general proposition that the death of Officer Degan was a murder resulting from conspiracy, to which all of the plain- tifls in error were parties, that its general oh‘u-rt and design was the overthrow of the existing soclal order and of the constituted authorities ot the law by force. Tlis defini- tion of conspiracy is the keynote to the en- tire brief. Lo it Gringell trenfuently refers, and upon its elaboration mainly depends the threaa of hisargument and his refutation of the points raised by the attorneys for the anarchists. The ~ relevancy of Most's book and < the quantities of explosive and flags is contended for as showing the existence of the conspir: he selection of jury 18 gone into in 1, the case of each talesman called being treated separately. Unlike the briefs submitted on behalf of the anarchists, Grinnel’s closes without a per- ion, simply stating that he believes *‘the ¢ justities the verdict, the record shows no material error, and the judgement should be aflirmed.” e The Chicago Boodlemen. CricAGo, March 16,—The five county of- ficials who were arrested last night on in- dictiments charging them with conspiracy to defraud, were taken before Judge Anthony in the eriminal court this morning. The list includes William J, MeGarigle, warden of the county hospital; Henry Varnell , warden of the county insane asylum; Edward Me- Donald, engineer at the county hospital, and D. 0. Driseoll and James T. Connetly, hos- pital employes. The prisoners were each accompan v deputy sheriff. Among the crowd in the court room were a large number of county ofticials and local politicians, General Stiles appeared on be- lalf of the state and asked that the bail of MeGarigle, Varnell and McDonald be tix at £30,000 on the indictments und that Con- nelly ‘and Driscoll be admitted to bail in $10,000 each. e cited that one of the' indictments against the three principal defendants involved the embezzlement of a sum_exceeding $100,000, Counsel for the defense asked that baji. be fixed at not to exceed $3,000 each. Judge Anthony said the allegations against the pris- oners must be accepted as a hizh grade of crime and said he would fix bail at the the s Bl was and E. ulating the Czar, LoNDoN, March 16,.—De Staal, Russian am- bassador at London, has received from all diplomats in London and from Prime Minis- ter Sallsbury expressions of congratulation on the czar’s escape from_assassination last Sunday, and of horror over the plot against his lite. ] % i, March 16.—The Official shes the following: “Sunday last at 11 o’clock in the morning three stu- dents of St. Petersburg university were ar- rested in Newsky having in their possession bombs. 'l ners admitted hut they belonged to a secret criminal society, ‘The bombs found on them were charged with dynamite. Each bomb was arranged to throw eleven balls, and all these balls were filled with strychnine, The ezar ana ezarina came back from Gatschinato St. Petersburg this morning_and attended a ball given by Messepger. pu Grand Duke Vladimir and returned to Gac- sehina in the evening, A dispatch from St two of the six persons ski Prospect are quite voung others appear _to befong to the peasant elass. All six carried poisons, and t is presumed they intended to' commit sui- cide in the event of their being arrested, but were deprived of the chance bv the' sud- denness of their eapture. Twenty female students of the Bestuscheff institute are among those arrested in connection with the plot. el 4 Church and State in Germany. Berriy, March 16.—The church bill as passed by the commission of Oberhaus grants religious orders restitution of their proper- ties. The report of the commission will be placed before the chamber on Friday next. The measure fails to conciliatethe center party, whose final demands have been form- ulated by Dr. Windthorst. These are that the permission accorded in the bill to form bishoprics in Limbourg and Osnabrouck be extended = to other dioceses, inciuding Cologne, Breslau, Munster and Ermel, and that the bill shall strictly limit and detine the powers of the state to veto clerical appoint- ments, and that the discretionary powers of the minister of worship over the re-entry of religious orders be defined and limited. ~ Dr, Windthorst declares that there can be no peace between <hurch and state unlesss these demands shal’ be 1. Ready For Rowme, Maren 16,—C Pacei, the pope’s brother, received the new cardinals to-day and accompanied them to the throne room, where the pope conferred upon them the mosetta and crimson beretta. Cardinal Masella addressed the pope, who replied. In the morning a vatlean messenger went to the residences of Cardinals Gibbons and ‘Taschereau and other members of the sacred eollege to notify them thata public con- sistory would be held to-morrow. On Tht day the new cardinals will receive their hats, A, Kaiser William For Peace. BERLIN, Mareh 16.—1It is reported that Em- peror Wiltiam, on receiving the French gen- eral, Marquls d’Abzw, said: - *“Tell your com- patriots that there is no danger of war. So long as I live I shall nse wy influence to maintain peace. God will soon call me to Himself. 'Ido not wish to leave my people a heritage of blood. Germany shares my de- sires for good relations with France,” — A Chinese Telegraph Combine, Paris, March 16.—M. Constans, French minister to China, announces that the Chinese government has authorized the join ing of the Annamite and Chinese telegraph system, —— Shook Down the Town. BERLIN, March 16.—Letters from Prague refer to the earthquake on Saturday around Pegibram and say that the villaze of Birken- berg was destroyed, the inhabitants taking retuge in Prague. King William’s Birthday. LoNpox, March 16,—The Vienna corres- pondent of the Standard says It is reported that Emperor Wilham on_his birthday will proclaim Crown Prince Frederick William co-regent, with consent of the bundesrath. —_— The COza Opinion. S1. PETERSBURG, March 16.—The czar is now reported to be greatly averse to war. He rds the recent plot to assassinate him as rl‘;:nly nihllistic one, CHARGES AGAINST CANADAY, The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate Ac- cused of a Shortage in Acconnts, HE MAKES INDIGNANT DENIAL. A Mistaken Impression Prevailing Regarding Butterworth's Reci- procity Bill--Henderson's Views - On Rivers and Harbors. The Story Declared False, Wasnizaros, Mareh 16, pecial Tele- gram to the Bee, |—A great deal of comment was caused to-day by a story which ap peared in an eastern paper, which charges that Ser- geant-at-Arms Canaday of the senate is short in his accounts, The accused gentleman was exceedingly angry when approached about the matter to-day. e stamped the article as false and malicious from be:inning to end, and the facts in the case are such as to justify it. In the tirst place Colonel Canaday has the handling of no aecounts, for, unlike the sergeant-at-arms of the house, heis not the disbursing ofticer of the senate, and the only money Colonel Canaday gets hold of i5 his own salary., The purehasing of supplies comes under him, but he is restricted in that to such a degree that fraud would be danger- ous, not to impossible. 1n reference to the assertion that he had borrowed money right and lert, even from the pages of the senate, Colonel Canaday said emphatically that it was a lie, pure and simple. “The truth of the whole story,” he said, *is shown by the statement at the end to the effect thy I was traveling with Senator Sherman’s party in the south.” Other oflicials ot the senate say the charge is a base fabrication and the accounting oflicers of the treasury kuow nothing of any shortage, THE CANADIAN RECIPROCITY TREATY. ‘I'he bill introdueed by Major Butterworth, of Ohfo. late in the session, continues to cause a great deal of discussion among mem- bers of conzress still in Washington. Dbill 1s to provide for absolute reciprocity I tween the United States and Ca not, as Las been supposed, the preliminary step towards a treaty, In con- versing upon the s f bill with your correspondent Major Butterworth 1 have thought over this subject for years lam confident that ere the Fiftieth congre ceases to exist the bill will be a law. Our interests and the interests of our Canadian neighbors are identical. We a vractically one people and there is no reason why the aw of custom ses should be maintained along our border.” P “1f your bill becomes a law will it not be a long stride towards the union of Canada and the United States?” “Doubtless it would.” replied Major But- terworth, *‘and there is no sol why the countries should not be united. We all come from the same stock, we speak the same lan- guage, and our interests are ident ien you would seem to favor the feder- alization of North America under one gov- ernment?” “No, I draw the line at Mexico. The peo- ple of the United States and Canada are a dilferent race from the Mexicans and [ have no_ feeling in common with our southern neighbors.” *Would not your bill meet with the strenu- ous opposition of the British government?’” “Perhaps: but the British government has practically nothing to do with Canadian cus- tom laws. Canuda has the right to regulate its own fiscal affafrs ana its tariff applies equally to imports fism Great Britain as to those to the United Siates, Canada s a part of the British Dominjon, it is true, but the British treasury receives no revenues what- ever trom the Domimon and it is doubtful if the ownership of the vast territory to the north of us by the British crown is of any practical value to the British government.” **You say that you fcel confident bill will become a law within t Upon what do you place this conf ? “Principally upon the manner in which the bull has béen received. I am surprised at the favor which it has met everywhere. From all sections of the country commenda~- tions have come and the sentiment favor Is growing daily.” ANOTHER APPLICANT ON ITAND, Mr. Joseph E. Woods, of Boston, the for- eign freight agent of the New York Central and Boston & Alb.\n(f' railroads, arrived in Washington vesterday. He called on the president to-day and made a formal applica- tion for a place on the inter-state commerce commission. Mr. Woods presented end ments from a number of prominent people in Boston and elsewhere in Massachusetts, among which was one from Senator Hoar. Mr, Woods is understood to be the lirst man endorsed by the Massachusetts senator, who was one of the very few senators who did not the " petition king the vresident to appoint Senator Conger. The president received Mr. Woods very cordially and asked hima number of questions de- signed to ascertain the extent of his knowl- edge of railroad affairs. 1o seomed 1o be impressed with the letters which Mr. Woods presented, Of course he made no promise, hut he did say that he has not yet decided upon the personnel of the commission and he conveyed the impression to his caller that he is giving the subject of the commission the greatest care and thougiht. Itis the general impression here that the president has de- in its | cided absolutely upon one man only and that man is Colonel William R. Morrison. There 18 mo direct evidence that even this gentle- man has been selected beyond the fact that everyone at all interested in the subject has settled upon Morrison as the president of the board. It is reported that there are now up- wards of 700 applications on fite, AN HOUKLY EDITION, ‘There Is a story current here to the effect that the New York Sun is to try the journal- istic venture which the "Telegram rave 8 a bad job, When L W. English _was he had an idea that a paper in New York city should be published every hour during theday. It was his aim to eventually pub- lish editions of the Sun at interyals of sixty minutes from 10 o’clock till 5 in the after- noon, but he never carried out the idea. The rapid growth of eirculation among some of the other New York dailies has, it is said, induced the proprietors of the Sun to see whether that sheet cannat once more be placed in the lead, and it is believed here that within a few wecks, or as soon as the ssary press faeilitios can e secured, tresh editions of the Sun will be placed be: fore the New York public at all hours of the business day. CORCORAN’S' CONDITION, ‘'L am sorry to say” gaid an old friend of the philanthrooist, w. W. Corcoran,this after- noon, “that there is' little hope for that gentleman. I'saw him a day or two ago and he to all appearances lo)ks twenty years older than he was m year ago. He ‘used to be one of my most intimate friends when I lived near him, he would run into my house almost daily, now he has entirely forgotten me and it is with the utmost difliculty that hecan be made to anderstand who 1 am and yet it is less than a year since he knew me so well, 'W. W. Corcoran, in spite of his eighty-eight years of life,has been until quite recently a vigorous and hearty man, but now he seenms to me like a physical wreck, and I should not be surptised to hear of his death at any moment.” OPPOSED TO AN EXTRA SESSION, General Henderson, of 1llinois, is the only member of the ri: and harbor committee Who has not expressed himselt as iu favor of the nmediate call of an extra ses- ‘The failure of the deficiency bill,” neral Henderson lo—du? “‘has caused nent in many of the certainly be very much better for the government if ‘some pro- vision could be made for the failure of con- gress to get this bill ready for the president’s signature before the adjournment; but it is 2 Illltzely that the regident n coossary call congress together simply because this one imperative bill failed. " There certainly ought to be same provision made,” he con- tinuod “for carrn E: on the works of im- provements of t| vers and harbors of the country, ‘Flie St. Mary’s Falls canal and the short cut across Keweesnaw point should be putinto shape immediately for the benefit of he commerce of the lakes. There are a number of harbors in the country besides which will be badly dlwegl before the new nznmprlnllml can be made, still it 1s not Itkely that the president will care to call con- gress together ln re-enact a bill whieh he vetoed. On the whole I can see no immedi- ate necessity for an extra session but I think itis quite likely that there may be such a necessity before the first of October. PENSIONS GRANTED W/ RNERS, Pensions have been granted Nevrask follows: Charles E. Smith, North I { Edward Newton, Ponca; Altred S Hastings. Increase: Frank R. Pettit, Fair- burg: Riley D, Barton, Hastings: Charles O, Hart, Driftwood: Franklin osdlck, (re- issue), Lerton; William W. Tower (re-issue). Grand [sland. dakota—(ieorge N, 0. White, Glenu Garrett Rathbin, ~ Hartford Wallace Hammond, Tarnel Halsey, Pactola, TowaMoses D. Scott, son D. Gose, New S| Burlingtons' Jos Epnraim Hall, Elkhart Exline; David Bott, Humeston; John I Peck, Audubon; George Barber, Remsen. Increase: Williamson H, Fortune, Davis Irti; Bear Grove; Ran- icorge D, Walter, Tyler, 1pton niel H, Carter, City: Moses W. Rice, Webster City; John Carroll, Libertyville: Daniel Cowle,” West Union; John A, Osborn (re-issue). Leon. te-jssue and increased: John_ J, \Welden, Mondamm, POSTAL CITANGES, Benton M. MeBride was to-day ap- pointed postmaster at Box Butte, Dawes county, vice John K. Calkins, re- signed: Samuel Wood, Unionburg, Harrison county, lowa, vice W. W. Brown, resigned. ‘The postoftice at Keene, Kearney county, was discontinued to-da - Prohibition in 1llinois. SPRINGFIELD, March 16,—House galleries were crowded with spectators this morning to witness the action of the house upon the resolution to submit a prohibitory amend- ment at the next general election. Lamont, prohibitionist, called up the special oraer and delivered a ten minutes’ speech in favor of the resolution, at the close of which he was presented with a floral de- sign from the Womans’ Christian union, of this city. The previous guestion was moved and a division called, The motion was lost by a vote of 83 nays to 50 yeas, Mr. Crafts of Cook offered an” amenament pro- viding for the payment by the state of all damages of property deéstroyed or depre- ciated by carrving out the provisions of the proposed amendment. A motion was macde to lay the amendment on the table, It was lost by a vote of 88 nays to 51 ye ‘The sub- stitute to the original resolution was offered by Collins of Adams, providing for a uni- form license of $1,000. A division was called on the motion to table the substitute, resulting in a vote of 99 yeas to40nays. The motion then occurred on Crait's amendment A spirited debate arose on the point made by Lamont, to the eflfect that the question raised by the member from Ccok was a legal question and should be left for the courts to decide, 1t not being a matter for the I ture to deal with. After an hour’s discussion the previous question was ordered on Craft's amendment and it was adopted by a vote of 91 yeas to 50 nays. B PRIEST AGAINST BISHOP, Rev. Samuel Hinman's Suit For Edbel Argued in New York. NEW YoRk, March 16.—The motion to place the suit of Rev. Samuel D, Hinman against Bishop Willlam Hare, for damages for alleged libel, on the day calendar of the supreme court for trial was argied to-day fore Justice Patterson. The case grew out of an investigation set on foot by the bishop in regard to accusations of immorality against the plaintiff in regard to which the bishop made statement. Hinman was a missionary among the Indians in Dakota and Nebraska in the dlocese aver which the bl!lmp pre- sided. AMer several Investigations without any result the suit was bronght and was de- cided in favor of the plaintiff. The judgment was sustained by the general term, but was reversed on " technical grounds by the court of appeals, and a new trial was ordered. The counsel, in behalf of the plaintiff, stated that his ciient had been un- able to secure employment from the chuich since the publication had been made and that he would have starved had it not been for triends’ kindn Decision was reserved. ————y A Lucky Railroad Wreck. ErMmira, N, Y., March 16,—The south bound passenger train on the Eimira, Cort- land & Northern railroad, consisting of an ensine and threo cars, was wrecked at 4:50 o’clock thig afternoon two miles this side of Parks Station. The day coaches and smoker contafned forty-five or fifty passengers, The coach struck & telegraph pole and wns notthrown clear over. The smoker, ho ever, was turned upside down. About fif- teen persons were more or less injured but none fatally. ‘The baggage car was stood on the forward end. The accident was caused by the rails spreadin: ‘The passengers were brought to Elmira b; jpecial train, Naval Work Progressing. WASHINGTON, March 16.—Chief Con- structor Wilson to-day received a telegram from Naval Constructor Steele at Chester, Pa., stating that work is again progressing on the Chicago. Naval officers generally are much pleased with the opinion given by the attorney general that the cruisers can be complefed with the balance of the general appropriaiions, provided the estimates of the naval advisory board are not exceeded, s Bald Knob Outrage, ST, Louis, March 16.—Advices from Chris- tian county state that the excitement is run- ning high down there over the recent tragedy near Sparta, in which Charles Green and William Eden were called up in the the night and shot down by Bald Knobbers. “very effort is being made to ferret out the erpetrators of the brutal and bloody outrage, nd thirteen persons have already been ar- rested and nine more are expected tobe cap- tured to-day. e A Sour Convention, CiutcaGo, March 16,—At a meeting here to-day thirty vinegar manufacturers, repre- senting nearly all sections of the conntry, ar- ranged to form a pool to rezulate the produc- tion west of the Mississippl. It was agreed to restrict the manufacture and not to in- crease the capacity of any f ory. ‘T'he ea ern manufacturers avreed, without making “m.l arrangements, to stand by the associ on, —— - Double Tragedy in France, Tovrox, March 16.—To-day M. Aubergot, conductor of the orchestra at the Grand the; ter, quarreled with his mistress, an actress named Lery, and shot ber dead just as she was buying 'a ticket preparatory” to leaving the city, The murderer then threw himsel? beneath a passing passenger train and was crushed to deatn, ek B A Victory For the Santa Fe, Toreka, Kan., March 16.—Judge Brewer, of the circuit court, to-day refused to grant the temporary fnjunction applied for by Clar- ence 11, Venner, of Boston. to restrain the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad com- pany from extending its lines from Kansas City to Chicago. -~ A Rubber Fall, CiNciINNATI Mareh 16, orge F. Belden & Co,, rubber dealers, assigned to-day. As- sets and liabilities supposed to be about equal and to reach about $50,000, csl A ) A Disastrous Fire. CuArLESTON, 8. C., March 16.—Half of the business part of Blackville and some dwellings were burned to-day. Loss, nearly $100,000. ‘I'he insuranca is between one- third and one-half of v e Blown to Atoms, LooNpoxN, March 16.—A disastrous explo- sion of dynamite occurred in a stone quarry at Lobositz, Bohemia, All the men at work in the quarry at the time were blown to atows, ——— Beecher's Remains Guarded, NEw Yonrk, March 16,—A guard was set to-day over the vault in which Beecher's re- waing are deposited THE NEW DEAL. The B. & O, Transfer Delayed By Only Minor Details. New York, March 16.—A gentleman known to be in the confidence of Alfred Sully authorized to-night the following state- ment: “The Baltimore & Ohio matter is in abeyance. There are really no new develop- ments and probably will not be tor some time. Such a transaction as the one that has been given so mueh publicity cannot be carried through in a day or a week, and if suddenly consummated would perhaps have a bad effect upon securities generally in this unsettled condition of the market. A large proportion cannot be acquired without in- vestigation into their condition and all the surrounding circumstances, and it is not to be supposed that any transactions of this nature could differ from the natural laws of business, 1f anything is done in this matter it will take time to carry it out, and there cannot be any result reached for the present. PHILADI , Mar ‘The Ledger to- morrow will say: In reference to the matter of the sale of the majority of common stock of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, which car- ries with it the control of that company, weo are'Informed by an authority that is direet from President Robert Garrett, that in the proposed sale the interests of the city of Bal- timore and the maintenance of the trade of that ity are to be fully cared for by placing the Baltimore & Ohiv railroad at the head ot the new railway combination, which will en- e and improve the southern and_ western trade conuections of that city, and also to that extent aid in - improving the commercial relations of ~ Phila- delphia, Weo are further informed that whilst the original arrangement by which Alfred Sully ight have had control of the new combination was not carried out, Garrett has at present another arrangement satisfactory to himselt with a syndicate of railroad managers and bankers who have al- ready fixed upon the price to be paid for the stock and the terms of pavment, but certain details are yet to be arranged which will fully protect the shareholders of the l'tlH\Vnr and material interests of the city of Balti- more, and also secure an outlet by an inde- Qflhlenl and untrammelled line throueh to New York. In the new urrangement the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, so far from hav- ing its identity sunk, will be at the head ot the combination, with Gurrett as executive chief of the orzanization, We are also assured that the Baitimore & Ohio telegraph lines are not to be permitted to pass under control of the W n Union “Telegraph company or under the control of Jay ~ Gould In~ any other form, and under no circumstances will tnis be p mitted. At the same time the indepenaent tel- egraph system which will be maintained will have accessions by arrangements with other independent lines that will extend the terri- tory covered and the efliciency of the service, The adjustment of all these details will prob- ably take considerable time and will not be permitted to be consummated in a hurry, so that everything may be piaced upon a basis satisfactory to the shareholders of the com- pany and o the publie inter T iy A FIFTY P _R CENT INCREASE. Transcontinental Roads Put Up Tar- 1ffs~Other Railroad Matters. Cn1eAGo, March 16.—Representatives of the transconginental rallway lines to-day fin- 1shed their tariff constructive labors, having arranged one tariff based on a strict interpre- tation of the new Cullom-Reagan law ana another tariff designed to meet Canadian Pa- citic and water competition. The first will be put into effect at once. It advances the present rates 50 per cent. ‘I'he attorneys of the several roads are instructed to present the other tariff to the federal commissioners, when appointed, and ask that the transcon- tinental roads be allowed to adopt it, the claim being made that a taviff strictly “com- lllvlnf with the law will drive the railroads out of through business. By instructions from the eastern trunk lines, the Central Traflic association railroads are taking a vote on_the prul‘?millon to con- tinue the present live stock and dressed beef rate under new taritfs and cla tions, and to reduce the rate on dressed mutton, Chicago to New Y ork, from 60 to 75 cents per hundred. ‘I'nhe vote, it 18 ascertained to-day, will be larzely in fesor of the proposition. The managers of the Western States Pas- senger association met to-day to take np the 11-,Yun. of the general passenger agents on the rules and regulations to govern the organi tion and its business. Mueh of the time was given to the discussion of the payment of commissions, No settled conclusion was Another meeting will be held to- DIOITOW, Passes Are Probibited. PriLAoeLrniA, Mareh President Roberts, of the Pennsylvania railroad com- pany, this afternoon made public the follow- ing official action taken by the board of di- rectors of the company at a meeting held on the 9th inst., relative to the issue of passes: *“I'his company, having been advised by the general solicitor that the act of congress known as the inter-state commerce law is in- tended to prohibit the use of inter-state passes excopt by ofticers and employes of rail- road companies, the president is therefore directed to 1ssue to the proper oflicers of the lines embraced in the Pennsylvania railrond system the necessary instructions to l.’lfl?' this prohibition into effect on the 1st of April next.” He will also instruct the proper of- ficers of the railway bridge and ferry com- panies embraced in the Pennsylvania railroad Mi‘sl(‘lll that on and after April 1, 1857, they shall not issue any passes for the free trans- vortation of persons or special cars from one state into another, or into the District of Co- lumbia, except for officers or employes ot railway companies, LA s ‘Will Comply With the Law. WA N, March 16.—The members of the general passencer and ticket ajents asso- ciation to-day adopted a resolution which ex- presses the desire of the association to act in harmony with the inter-state commerce law and pledges the association to a striet ad- herence to the provisions, The conyention adopted the recommendation of the National association of bazgage agents that 150 pounds of baggaze be fixed as the limit for each full ticket and referred to the various local asso- ciations the recommendation ot the baggage agents that a uniform rate of 15 per cent on excess baggage be established. i The Racers Sighted. EW YORK, March 16,—Captain Robinson, of the steamship Erin, which arrived from London to-day, brought the latest news from the yachts Coronet and Dauntless. Tue yachts were seer. on Sunday night 250 miles east of Sandy Hook lightship by the second officer of the Erin, who was then on duty. The captain was not informed of the burning of any signals, but flag signals were shown in such a way that the oflicer was sure that they were not shown by pilots, The night was clear and the wind at the time was east northieast, blowing strong. ‘The schooners were heading east by south! This fact alone attracted the” attention of the officer on duty, for he said 1t was two points nearer the wind than he had ever seen @ pilot boat steer ?’m‘hh were then both close togethe oth going along under all the sail carry, ‘The and hey coiid A L ST Killed by a Burglar, New York, March 16.—The res'den Lyman Weeks, in Brooklyn,wi o burglar last night. e by nt near the basement door, and then guined easy entrance. Weeks heard the noise and Jumped out of bed and rushed down stars, As he reached the lower hall tho burgir pulled his pistol and fired. The buil odzed in Weeks' breast and eaused instant death. T'he burglar escaped. el i G Change of Venue Refused, NEw York, Mareh 16,—Counsel for Alder- man Cleary, who is on trial before Judze Barrett, made an application to Judge Patter- s0n of the the supreme court for a chanye of venue, claiming that the judge and jury were prejudiced. Judge atterson refused the plication for the reason that the trial was ready under progress. SPARKS AND RIS LETTERS, The Land Commissioner as a Leader of Re= form in 1888, HEWANTS THE VICE-PRESIDENCY President Cleveland Denounced and a Democratic Ticket Suggested Reading **Hill and Sparks™— Land Reform the Issue, Trying to Form a Combine. Cuicaco, March 10.—(Special 'rl‘|l‘(fll1 to the Bex.|—The Washington correspond of the Daily News thismorning says Come oner Willlam Andrew Jackson Sparks is accused of having attempted to form a coms bine with Governor Hill, of New York, to defeat the renomination of President Cleves land, and furnish the demoerats with a ticket reading “'Hill and Sparks,” It soun ridiculous, but no one who has met Sparks lately would be surprised if hoe should an- nounce himself a candidate for the presi- dency. Last September, said my informant, Sparks addressed a letter toa prominens deniocratie politician in New York in which he complained that the administration was not sustaining him in his reforms in the land oflice, Iesald he was fighting fraud alone, The secretary of the interior was a tool of corporations and hampered him in every possible way in the execution of his policy of reform. The president, too, was indifferent, even it he was not actually in sympathy with the land grabbers, and even scoffed at Sparks' statements as to frauds perpetrated. In this letter, con- tinued the New York man, Sparks intimated he could not support Cleveland for a aecond term. but would pre- fer Hill. The gentleman who received it submitted it to Governor Lill, who expressed his surprise at the imprudence as well as the vanity of the commissioner, and suggested that 1t wouid be well to auswer the letier and draw him out a littie farther it possible, to see, as lie said, how far the fool would go. A reply was sent couched in diplomatie phrases and Inquirine what Sparks had to propose. ‘Then came a second letter, which was either addressed to Governor Hill him- self or intended for his eye. - In this second issue Sparks came out squarely with a propo- sition tr a combine, 1 sald the KTeat po- litieal issue of the tuture was to be land re- form. ‘T'he time had come to decide at the ballot box whether the people or the corpora= tions should rule in this country and whether the Iands should be given to honest settlers or to thieves. On the platform of land reform he said the presidential ticket of Hill and. Sparks would sweep the country, He said he could get the delegation from 1llinois to ocratic noininating convention ct, it he went at work at once, and was willing to do so, vroviding Hill would enter into an agreement to throw his strength for Sparks for vice president, The correspondent goes on to say that the informant told him these letlers were in the }m:seulnn of Edward 8. Stokes, proprietor of the Hoffman house, New York, and that ex-Congressman Frank Hurd could fix it so he could see them. He went to Hurd, who said such letters were in the possession of Stokes, and that the !‘ol'n‘slmmlem had not been misinformed as to their purport, but that he could not say any more, The correspondent then went to New York to see Stolkes, whom he found to be very genial un- til the letters were mentioned, when he be- came very much excited, and said_he would not have them printed for $250, The correspondent got no further satisfac- tion, but In casting about to discover wh Sto and Hurd were 80 anxious to keep {t shady, learned that Hurd was vrnssin{ [3 claim in the land oftice for $500, for the Nevada bank, of San Francisco, This opened his eyes, ns it is well known that the Nevada bank is John V. Mackey, and thn& Jonn W, Mackey is behind all of Stokes’ schemes, The state the claim 1s in will embarrassing for Coinmissioner Spacks, it is thought, now that the matter is out. The claim of the bank arises from the issue of certilicates for the survey of Fubllc lands, John A. Benson had a contract for suryey- ing a vast quantity of public lands in Calis fornia, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and other parts of the west, and there being no money available to pay him for his work he was given certificates which he got cashed at the Nevada bank. These certilicates were sent to Washington, audited in the treasury department, und their payment or- aered by Comprroller Dunham, as they were perfectly correct and legal. srmku. however, rejected them. He did not dispute that Ben- son had surveyed the lands, nor that the cons tracts were not legal, but he said there had been no need of making the surveys and it was an iniquitous waste of money to do 8o, Durham was indignant and adaressed a let- ter to Sparks directing him to pay Benson’s claim at_once, assuming to be his superior officer. s‘)arkn retorted, denying Dunham’s right to dictate to him, ‘The question was rove finally reterred to the attorney-general to decide who was he big, Solicitor-General Jenks, who decided that they were inde- pendent of each other so faras they were ofticially concerned. ~ ‘Thus writes Jenks on the controversy, and Sparks holds the fort, How long he will hold it when he learns from this publication that his imprudent let- ters to Hill are in_the hanas of the Nevada bank 15 a matter of conjecture. He has ate dempted to betm{ the president, who is not aware of the fact. His ambition to be viee= president has been his ruin, for with such evidence of his treachery existing Sparks cannot remain in office. ‘I'ho documents are within reach and will be forthcoming at the proper time, ————— Injured in a Collision, EVA, N. Y., March 16.—A collision o¢e curred on the Auburn branch of the New York Central railroad this evening at this place between an express train from Rochese ter and a freight train, in which several men received severe Injuries, and much damage was done to the engines and cars, The aps prozch to the Geneva station is by a shar curve and the engineer of the express did nof see the freight until an instant before tha collision, ~As far as can be learned the occus pants of the coacl were uninjured, ekl e L L Virginia’s Big Debt. Rrcnyonn, Va,, March 16.—Pursnant to the governor’s call, the general asssmbly of Virginia met here to-day at noon in extra session, The message from the executive calls attention to the condition of the {lllb"fl debt and recommends the appointment of & commission on the part of the state to meet shimilar commission on the part of the bond= holders in Virginia or elsewhere, thé objeck being to make a true presentation of the reves nues and resources of the state and what the state can do, e 1t 1s Appalling, New Youk, March 16.—The Enginecring News, i d to the bridge wher. the acel= dent oceurred recently on the oston & Pr dence railroad, from the testimony of exs perts, says that the bridie was defective i design and mate “Itis appalling,” says the News, “to think of the tens of_ thousandg of lives which have literally hung by athreads i sing over this bridge during”the pask ) years, 7\ March 16, —1t is reported in railroad cireles thatin a short time fast traing will be put on between Chicago and St. Paul on the Chicago & Northwestern, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, and Wisconson Cens tral vailvoads. Itis expected that the Chicago, Luthogton & Quiney road will follow suite ‘The tialus are o be run in the daytime ins spead of the mght. e, Bostox, Mareh 16.—Testimony before the raiirosd commissioners to-day as to the cause of the Forest Hill accident tended to show that the accident tirst occurred to the tiall and not to the briage, and that the brid) :wm down as a result of the accident to ralg. el