Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 7, 1888, Page 1

THE OMAHA Dany BEE SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, SATURDAY. MORNING, JANUARY 7. 1888, A (OLD DAY FOR CARLISLE. The House Election Committee Con- siders His Contested Seat. SOMESTARTLING FRAUDS SHOWN The Speaker's Friends, Finding That He Was Defeated, Started in to Vote e Him the Next Day trong Evidence The Speaker Will Have to Hustle, ¥ There was a full meeting of the house committee on elections ay to consider the Thoebe Carlisle con ertion Contestant Thoebe was b with his counsel, Messes, Sypher and Stever, of this city. No one formally repre sented Mr. C: Mr. Sypher began the presentation of Mr. Thoebe's case, taking up first the brief already submitted, with the , which assumes as a basis of the case t the state etion laws were violated in the appomtment of Judges of election. This ction of the law, he asserted, was suftl ent to warrant favorable consideration of Mr. Thocbe's claim, but if the committee did not agree in this view he was prepared to present evid to satisty them of his cli- he record alone, he said, al the facts in the case, and it to at once lisle. or four years had been an independent. 1f the committee refused to reopen the case the workingmen would say: “Had Thoebe been @ democrat or @ lawyer they would have listened to him Let the committee show the toiling millions either that Thoebe was elected or was not elected, If the case was decided against him he would £0 back to his factory and work, but would not Guit voting. Cooper—If things are as you say, the use voting Thoebe—That's what I say Sypher presented a resolution that the papers in the case be printed and referred to a select committee 1o be charped with an in- vestigation of the congressional election in the sixth district of Kentucky. The committee then wont into secret ses- sion, In secret session the proceedings were confined to the reading of several of the aftidavits and without an attempt to come to an agreement upon the propositions submit- ted by Thoeba's counsel, the committee ad- journed until to-morrow. Tariff and Revenue Reform. WasniNar Jan, Chairman Mills, of the committee on ways and means, said he will call the committee together without delay and proceed at once to consideration and formulation of a tariff reform bill, having in view revenue reduction as well. He says: ““The condition of the country and the treas- ury is such that it requires immediate action upon the question of reduction of revenue, what's The president asks it and the seeretary of the treasury urges it and [ shall do all 1 can to carry out their wishes." The Sioux Reservation. WaAsHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The senate com- mitteo on Indian affairs listened to argument to the district to as tin the facts while it could be done. Al dy important papers had beeh destroyed, as le was preparcd to prove by afidavits, Paking up the details of the case, Mr. Sy- pher sad that on the night of election it became apparent to the judges of clec tion at Covington, K that Mr. Car lisle had been defeated by more than two thonsand votes, At 1o'closk they sent for Carlisle and brought him in a carriage to the Jouse o nd. After consulting with Carlisle aphed to have the returns of outside counties withheld, “Who are ‘they " inquired Mr. Heard. ¢ Why, friends of Carhisle,” replied Continuing, he said it was a fact that the returns of six outlying countios wére withheld for five days 1 Carlisle had pub sed that he was defeated. “You do not attach auy importance to this point " suggested Mr. Heard. {0, 1 just mention it,” roplicd Sypher, ir. Hayes, I think, confesscd defeat suid Heard, “Yes," replicd Sypher, “and [ think he ought to have stuck to it.” Sypher said that in seven of the eight precinets of Carroll county poll books were written, * signed and certified to all names, in one handwritin and it was cvident that all must have been written after clection by one man, as he could not have been m ail the precincts at once on_election dn, Sypher next read the aMdavits of phn ~ J. Pierce in support of his statements. In this paper Pierce tells that the signatures on the poll Books were in one hand—*a peculiar hand” —while the signatures of the election officers to their oaths were in different handwriting, Continuing his_statement, counsel said that Carlisle had Tailed of clection through neglect, In some precinets no tickets were printed until 3 o'clock, and there was vir- tually no election held in some precinets, In one case only the three judges voted-—two for Carlisle and one for Thoebe, In Boone county 200 votes were cast on clection day, but the finally showed 57 votes, In Carroll county there was practically no el tion. He could show t voters had failed o o to the polls on election day, but when they found that Carlisle had been defeated they voted the next day. Not ouly was this the case in Carroll county, but also in one of the outlying countics. Sy quoted from a statement by J. J. Blake who was, he said, a prominent democrat and an attorney of Covington, to the effect that twenty-four names appe to be added to one of the poll books after the signatures of the judges had been aftixed Continuing counsel said he would state somcthing which he had no aflidavits to support, but which could be proved by wit- r the election seven of Carlisle's conferenc the fede building to endeavor to save Cartisle. Yhey sent for an cighth gentleman, a prominent and honorab) tlemun, C R W. Nelson. They told him that C: was de- T ¢ wanted him to cor with them to devise some means of changing the result. *“rhereupon,” said Sypher, “Colonel Nelson left, declaring that if they were up to anything of that sort they musk count hun out. Carlisle dure not contradict this gentle. man,” said § r. “He is a democrat and a Kentucky man of as high stand Carlisle.” ” Counsel next took up the af by contestant to the effect that Carlisle's fricnds had corrupted his (Thocbe ney and induced him to abandon the case and suppress testimony. In the course of a gen- eral statement of the transaction Mr. Sypher said they had been given the name of & man who had purchased the attorney (Wood), and if thew informants told the truth, that man was a relative of Carlisle’s, Th ' named for Wood was 250, “He sold cheal added counsel. Touching Carlisle’s vefu: to Jon him in taking testimony, v re- murked: “Hedid not dare meet me, He did not dare to go into that district and take wstimony.” Thoebe's — afidavit Was next read where he aceuses Wood of delay ing the taking of testi; v and with telling him (Thoebe), there might be money in it for both of them if he would withdraw the contest. Sypher declared that the was enough evidence in his brief to warrant the committee in scating his client, but if it did not think so, certainly the was at least suficient_ground for the reopening of the case. I Carbisletis the honest man [ think he s, said Sypher, “he will come down out of his seat and ask for the appointment of committee to go to Kentueky and sca case. With what is he, M), fore the committec! N I tifieate of election. Either he knows th has no case, or he is going to throw hiwmseif upon the merey of the court. He has trifled h his election or he would have been ed.” In conclusion he told the committee that it was known to those intevested that both of the old parties had been cogquetting with the industrial party—both secking its votes for the next campaign—and the com mitteo could not afford to vefuse to investi gate the claims of this workingman (Thoebe), in the face of the disalosure he had made to the committee, Constaut Thoebe was next allowed tomake a ten-minutes statement to the committee. After the election he had toid Wood that if he had not enough votes he did not want the seut. He would not rely upon technic: and if Carlisle had one » vote (Thoebe) had, he ought to after the election the fnquiry was generall heard upon the streets of Covington, not something be done for Carlisle™ In one county witness was informed that he had recoived thirty-five votes, but in u fow days when Wood went down th he was i formed that no votes ha st for him. 1t was some time in July when Wood, refer ing to witness' cuse, sald: 1 don't know what can be done about it.” This, to witness mind, “looked as if he wuated tolet down easy: to let me know ity case gone.” Woud also told him on &everal sions t wonoy could out tho sons hal told Two dexocrat ness’ broth lonel him the swme thing workers, one of them wit m-law, had ealled upon him and 214 not ey outof it, . If the case found that he was vhen he Lad left the 3% em- ho had nocrats st such a | ma us L Ho (Thoebe) had not been | W8 sloong @ deliocraty bub for the last thice | push tho A#1,000 | were ! case e could make nio: Wwas a good thing to I reopened it would be eleeted by 600 majo! the factory on Wedn ployes, th not said h in favor of opening a portion of the Lyons reservation in Dakota, between the White and Cheyenne rivers, to settlement. i -y FORTY FIENDS A Frightful State of Affairs Develops At Dulut Deremi, Minn., Jan. 6.—[Special Telegram to the Bre.]—In hopes of securing the money and arresting all those participating, the police have kept the particulars of a fiendish outrage from the public. The Evening Her- ald, of this city, published the item and a rigid investigation confirms the statement that Mrs. S. E. Davis, wife of a respectable veterinary surgeon at the west end of the city, attended a dance at Join A, Anderson’s oon Saturday evening, drank repeated] became intoxicated and was taken in tow by Anderson, who outraged her. He was fol- lowed by the bartender and she was in confincment until early Monday morning, when she made her escéapy During the time she was visited by over forty men who paid Anderson $2 cach for ‘“use of the keyto the roon stupefied with liquor all the time and re home in a serious condition Her record is that of a drinking woman d rumors as to her bad reputation have been frequent here- tofore, but the husband has condoned her faults, He is generally respected by all. A large number of the men interested have lefi the city, are on their track. JEx- Iynching bee, DIRECTORS HELD RESPONSIBLE. A Big Mining Suit Growing Out of a Defaleation, Ciicaco, Jan. 6.—A suit for §50,000 was Dbegun an the superior court here to-day by the Horn Silver Mining company against one of its directors Augustus D. Byran, who lives in this city. This isoneof a number of suits, all the rest of which were begen in New York ugainst the directors there, to muke the company’s directory responsible for a defalcation of $450,000 by G Francklyn, former president of the company, and one Brown, who was vice president. ancklyn was general agent of the Cunard Steamshiip company and_his Shortages in the various concerns with which he was conneeted, were reported in the New York dispatehes some cks ago, to be nearly §100,000,000, “The dircetors under the by-laws of the mm- ing company, which is a Utal corporation, arc linble for the acts of the oficers elected Dby thewm, A SY Nathan ECH O Sutton SAN Fraxcisco, Jan, an 3. Sutton was hanged at Oukland to-day for the murder of Alexunder tin, a ranchiman, in Septem- ber, 1856, Strenuous efferts were made 1 Sutton’s defense for commutation of tence, but Governor Waterman refused to interfere. Since Waterman acquired oftice four months ago, six ecutions have taken ¢ in the stute, Strong efforts in behaif of the condemned men have been made in every sase Governor Waterman has refused par Vi on was placed on the scaf b Among other W y the firm stand or Waterman has taken in the matter anting commutations and pardons, 1f he holds his grip, he will have but little to complain of as regards the showing of exec- utive clemen e Janauschek Wins Her Suit. PROVIDENCE, R. L, Jan 6,—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—The case ¢f Mme. Jan- auschek against Henry Bull, jr., proprietor of the Perry house, Newport, for 20,000 damages for injuries sustained by falling down stairs, was resumed yesterday in the United States district court in this city. Bainbridge Wadleigh, of New Yord, ad- dressed the jury for the plaintiff. The jury, after being out an hour and one-half, re- turned a verdict of $12,000 for Mme. Jan- auschek, who appeared deeply gratitied at the successful issue of her suit, Harvest. Cricas 1l Telegram to the Bee.]—The West Side Street. Railway com- pany have ceased selling its new issue of tickets, after having lost over $£2,000 in less than @& week by the conductors making themsclves beneficiaries to that amount. When the Yorke syndicate opened the road, coupon tickets, twenty-two rides for 1, were introduced, the conductors being instructed to “‘ring up” as cash, every coupon taken The conductors studied the'subject and have since been taruing in all cou s and no cash, thus Larvesting 10 cents on every dollar, J it The Northwestern Meets the Cut, Cuicaco, Jan, 6.—-The Minnesota & North- western to-day announced its intention of putting on sal once @ similar thousand mile ticket to that of the Illinois Central, namely, at the price of §25, with rebate of £5 when the cover is returtied to the company. Other western roads will take no action until a meeting of managers, which is to be held Suturduy next, i A Comedian Becomes a Count. Mixyearorss, Minn, Jan. 6.--Comedian Jacques Krueger, has just been notificd by New York attorneys, of the suceessfu of alaw suit by which he comes possession of u valuable cstate in Br: becomes Count de Cartier de lu B e e The Fire Re Atcnisox, Kan, Jan. 6.--The Atchison union railwiy depot was destroyed by fire this afternoon, ‘The pper story of the build ing was occupiod g I insuran ditors. ~R. Wilbur, one of win merchunts in to Canada, He leaves n sums of from §:,000 to Swindled Mis ¢ Burraro, N. Y, C wost widely k this city, bus creditors, ewir £13,000, e The Death ecoed. Gencral Herwau Wanselle Lo bead of e poutu Rows, dan, 6 SCENES OF HORROR. Description By Eye Witnesses of Wednesday's Middleton Wreck, Wixsieee, Jan. 6.—Canadian Pacific pa sengers who arrived from the west to-day d scribed Wednesday's accident at Middleton, Two freight trains met on a trestle eighty feet high, between 1and 2 o'clock Wednesday morning. The engine of the west-bound train became fastened in the trestle work and stuck there, while the tender and several cars jumped right over the top and went to the bottom. The engine coming from the east went through the trestle immediately after the collision and took down a number of freight cars, Two engineers, one fireman and one brakeman were killed outright. One man, wedged under the wreckage, was noticed to be alive, and one of his comrades undertook to remove him by grasping his hand. The rescuer was horrified when he broke the man's fingers, which had been frozen while he was in this deplorable posi- tion. Another man was seen underneath the W all his body being visible except his head, which was horribly mangled. Nobody wcemed to know the cause of the accident, It was thought the men had been too long on the train going east and had fallen asleep. phiiitiipn-aSstatataty KNOCKED OUT AT BOTH ENDS, A Prize Fight For A Girl and Its Re- sults, Bostox, Mass., Jan. 6.—[Special Telegram —George Brown, a barber, and Anthony Thompson, a clerk, aged respect- ively ninetecn and twenty years, became enamored of an attractive young salesgirl the establishment of Jordan, Marsh & Co. The young woman is the daughter of a well- known west end grocer and bears an_excel- lent reputation. The ®arber, thinking to ad- vance his cause, told tales to the girl reflect- ing upon the character of his rival, and she put the latter “‘on probation.” A collision occurred between the men in the street, but without decisive results. They then de- cided to settle the matter by an ap- peal to fistic arbitration, and each went into training for two weeks, Last night they met in the rooms of a w end club house, and the usual preliminaries of a prize fight were carried out. The men were evenl, matched as to weight. They fought Queensberry rules with two ounce gloves Ten exciting rounds were fought, at the con- ion of which neither was able to respond 1l of time. Kach was *knocked out™ in the most approved fashion. The young woman fecls greatly mortified, and will have nothing more to do with either of them. ——— KILLED AT ST. JOE® Young Man Struck Down By An Incoming Passenger Train. . Joseri, Mo., Jan. 6.—(Special Tele- gram to the Bex.]—This morning about 7:30 o'clock Charles Lyneh, a young man about thirty years of age, was struck by an incom- ing passenger train and died within a few minutes. No bruises were noticed except slight wound on the head and_death was the result of internal injuries. Lynch stepped off the Hannibal track to ajlow the e: bound passenger trainto pass him and in doing so stepped on to the track of the Rock Island just as the west-bound train was com- ingin. " He was on the south sideof the track” and the fireman of the Rock being busy firing at the afd not ~ see him. He was apparently watching the Hannibal train and was struck by the Rock Island engine, the collision throwing him up onto_the pilot und throwing him to the left side of the track. Justas the engine struck him the engineer caught a glimpse of him and stopped his train as quickly ns possible. Whether he saw the Rock Islind train and stepped i front of it purp. in order to end his life whether he was totally unaware of its a prouch, has not yet been determined. Lynch was a married man and had two children. e Glass Workers Sue For Damages. Pir1sBURG, Jan. 6.—Members of the Amer- ican Flint Glass Workers' association unem- ployed at the Central and other glass works at Wellsburg, W. Va, will enter suits against the firms next week, claim- s for breach of contract. The men e last July, which, they claim, Yesterday ks would be new scale A shut down unless they accey prepared by the Manufactur This was rejected and the closed. The first suit will be Monday against the Central Gl: - An Increase of Westinghouse Stock. Prrrsn meeting of the stockholders of the Westinghouse Air Brake company this afternoon the plan of the board of dircctors to in the capital stock of the corporation from $3,000.000 to £5,000,000 dopte It is stated that 21,000,000 of this increase will go to the stockholders m dividends, and the other $1,000,000 will be available for iption_at par by railroad covporations which adopt the improved West- inghouse freight bry instituted on company. A Mystery Cleared Up. New Yorg, Jan. 6.—The committee of m- solvencies of the New York stock exchange has been requested to examine the books of Dater & Timpson, which were found in the Hackenack river. The mystery regarding the books has been cleared by a statement of Alfred Sidman, former, confidential clerk of Dater & Timpson, to the effect that while Jaboring under mental aberration he took the books, put thewm in a sleigh, and,- driving to the Hackensack river, threw them in. oted Mexican Bandit Killed, Jan, 6.—Information of the killing of Eraclio Bernal, the famous Mexi- ban bandit, has just been received. Bernal and a portion of his followers had a desperate v near the town of Cosala, Sin- Mexican troops, during which killed and his mother and three or four followers captured, The fight was short, but desperate, The loss on both sides is unknown but 1s supposed to be very heavy. Aide 2 The Reading Strike Unchanged. PoreaveLniia, Jan, 6.—The situation of the strike is unchanged and the end scems to be far off as ever. Coal is becoming scarce and the prospects are of dvance in price. At a meeting last night of a local as- sembly of Knights of Labor composed of Reading railroad employes it was resolved that in the coming election for congressmen they would support only those men who are pledged to vote to repeal the tariff on coal. - The Pacific Railroad Debt. NEW YK, Jan, 6.—([Special Telegram to the Bee.]—A special to the World from Washington says: Senator Cullom, of Illi- noi he does not see how else the Pa- cific railroad debt could be collected save by the proposed plan of granting an extension of time. If the roads are economically managed they can, within a reasonable time, pay the debt. . ———— The Last of Timber Rafts. Se. Jonss, N. B, Jan, 6.—Hugh R. Robert- ector of a big timber raft, says there will be no more timber rafts con structed, but a timber ship will be built with spars and steering apparatus and provisions Work on the ship will be be gun at once at Joggin: o - The Weather To-Day. For Nebraska and Towa: Colder, fair weather, fresh to brisk northwesterly winds. For Dakota: Generally colder, fair weather, followed in the northwestern part by slightly warmer, light to fvesh variable winds. Cold wave signals are continued in Wisconsin, Iowa and in the eastern part of Minncsota until Sunday morni The snow will drift heavily in Wisconsin, Io and Dllauesota on Suturday und Saturday uight. aloa, with Bernal w THE SEAT OF THE SPEAKER. His Chances For Holding It Down Looking Rather Doubtful. CHARGES TRICKERY. Members of the House Elections Com- mittee Given Good Chairmanships in Order to Capture Their Votes. THOEBE The Kentucky Uontest. WasnixetoN BUREAU THE OMAnA Bee, } 518 FOURTEENTR STRERT, Wassington, D. C., Jan. 6. A large crowd of ' congressmen and private citizens hovered around the room of the house committee on elections to-day to hear the ar- guments in the contested election case of Thoebe vs Carlisle, fnvolving the seat of the speaker. Intense fnterest was manifested and eagerness was evinced in the promised sensation in the form of affidavits showing that there were bold frauds perpetrated in the returns which gave Mr. Carlisle his seat. Mr. Thoebe was present and followed J. Hale Sypher in presenting his case. Mr. Thoebe is a mechanie and was run against Mr. Carlisle by the labor organizations of the Sixth Kentucky district. He is probably 5 feet 10 inches in height, has steel eyes, light brown whiskers on the lower part of his face, is very slender, probably thirty-six years old, a bright fellow, full of energy, and is an honest-appearing man. He did not make a speech in his own behalf, but contented himself with plain statements of facts and answers to interrogatives pro- pounded by members of the committee. He declared that he was elected and that if it had not been for the most outrageous frauds the speaker would not have received his cer- tificate of election, He said that on the night following the election the speaker admitted Dis defeat by over two thousand majority and was called out of his bed at 1 o’clock by dem- ocratic strikers and friends, when a confer- ence was held and telegrams were sent out asking that the returns in the outside counties be withheld. It was shown by the testimony thatthe returns from many of the precinets were made and certified in the same handwriting. He charged the speaker with direct participa- tion in the frauds, and did not, as heretofore held by Mr. Carlisle’s opponents, simply the frauds to friends. Mr. Sy very able attack upon the sped the grossest fraud. He offered asking for the reopening of the case, and that a special committee be sent into the dis- trict to take testimony, or that the case be reopened in such a way that the testimony could be taken by the committee in Washing- ton: also that time be given for taking the testimony and making a new case. A COOKED COMMITTEE. There is a great deal of talk to-night about the exposures made in connection with the election of Speaker Carlisle, but 1t is gen- crally conceded that the party lines will be drawn and that all of the democrats on the committee will report in favor of the speaker. In fact, a democratic member of the commit- tee said to-night that the majority intended to cut the hearing short when the committee meets to-morrow and report for the contestee. A majority of the democrats on the committee have been given chairmanships of committees by the speaker, while the others of the majority have been well provided for in the formation of the comm . It is probable that democratic gratitude will be overlooked in this case and the speaker will have the benefit of reciprocity. It would not do, as a party matter, to attach much gravity to this case, and 8o the democrats will try to cut it as short as possible. Judge Lyman,the mem- ber from Council Bluffs, who is on the com- mittee, was prosent and is taking an import- ant part in the hearing. DISSATISFIED WITH THE COMMITTEES, Many menibers ave much dissatistied over their committeo assignments in the house and the consequence s Speaker Carlisle is coming in for a great deal abuse, The speaker de d the announ ment of his committees several days longer than he did at the opening of the last two congresses, and longer than did Mr. Keifer, his predecessor, or Mr. Randall, the speaker before the latter, and as a result there is dissatisfaction than has been shown for fifteen you HOW THE NEBRASKANS ARE FIXED, Blis of New York, is not made chair- 1 of the Pacifie railroads instead of Outh- waite, of Ohio, Stahlnecker, of the same state is very hot at the speaker because he on 2 place on appropriations and will not serve on committees were assigned, the Nebraska members are congratulating themselves upon their good fortunes. They are all well pleased and are much more. fortunate than the average. Mr. McShane assigned to places on public buildings and grounds and Indian affairs, both committees being import- ant ones and giving him an opportunity for much needed local legislation. Mr. Dorsey was placed on territories and private lund claims, both influential committees in this congress, the first being especially important on account of the proposition to create four or five states out of the territories. Mr. rd was equally fortunate. He was as- signed to the committee on military affairs, where he served in the last congress, and an agriculture, both affording an opportunity to legislate for his constituent T0WANS ON COMMITT It was a disappointment to bis friends when it became known that Mr. Fuller would not be given a place on the s and means. 1t is not true, however, as repor that he was not recognized for this place because his views were too liberal on the question of tariff revision to suit the strict protectionist republicans, for Mr, Fuller, although not as extreme us Mr, Kelly, of Pennsylvania, or_Mr, McKinley, of Ohio, is a protectionist He thinks, however, that there can be some good done by modifying the present tariff laws, and this fact pre- vented by some who wanted others giventhe plac Mr. Fuller, however, was given a position on the committee on flulwmr).\\‘!m-h isone of the best im the list. The other lowans were provided for as follows: Wea- ver, chairman of patents and second on pri- vate land claims; Holmes, Pacitic railroads and enrolled bills; Henderson, appropria- tions; Anderson, commerce and reform in the civil service; Conger, agriculture; Hays, ac- counts and territories, and railroad and canal ruble, territories and pensious; Kerr, claims and expenditures in the stato department; Gear, military affairs, STAHLNECKER GETS H1S TURN, Mr. Stahilnecker, of N York, who feels 50 badly over not being given u place on the committee on appropriations, will have an opportunity as chairman of the insignificant house committee on library to g with somebody. He camnot, howe phials of Lis wrath npon Speaker Carlisle for appointing him on the committee on libra Mr. Stahlnecker will play an important part in the purchase of furmiture for the new li- brary building. Some time ago the members of the library commission, including the mermbers of the senate and_house committee on library, the architect of the building, et had sketches made for a large oil paintng of themselves to be placed in the new library building. When the photographs and sketches for the paint- ing were made Mr. Stahlnecker was at the tail end of the house committee on library, and such men as nators Morrill and Vorhees, Secretary Lamar aud Speaker Carlisle were placed in the foreground, while the present chairman of the house committee on library was to be seated in the background. Mr. Stahlneck is over six feet high, maguificently proportioned, wears burnside whiskers and isreferred to as the apollo of the house, beng of handsone physique and stylish in dress. He was considerably cut by b left out of the oil painting and Mr. C: being put in his place and was ot slow to make bis complaints. Now that he is ch man of the house committe id will Lave a loud voice o accepting or vejecting the | Kendall, Hawburgh; Joun P, Koss, Muoj painting from the artist, it is said that he proposes to have some revenge and steadily refuse to accept the picture. TOWA AND NEBRASKA BILLS, Mr. Lyman, of lowa, introdiced in the house private bills mostly for pen- sions, as follo: For the relief of E. J. Aldrich, Nancy J. Lucas, Willam_McGrath, Arlington M. Harrington, Wells O. McCoal, William Randall, David H. Thompson, John S. Herwick, William Reed, Ransom L. Har- ris, Sarah K. Myers, Eliza Boyd, John W. Duncan, Wilson H. George, Emerson F. Fales, Mrs. H. N. Campbell, and Emma An: derson, Mr. McShane, of Omaha, introduced a bill to pension Mrs.’ Logan, widow of the late eral and United States senator, John A. gan, at the rate of §2,000 a year, Mr. 'Dorsey introduced bills as follows: For the relief of D. L. Bainard and_others, and William 8. Hall. " He also presented the {oint resolution adopted by the Nebraskn egislatnre requesting the state delegation in congress to vote for the report of the limita- tion of the arrears of pensions and the me- worial adopted by the legislature making the same request as to the passage of a bill to give a silver medal to the federal soldiers in the late war. IT MAY BE EXPECTED that the nomination of Mr. Stockslager of In- diana, to be commissioner of public lands in the place of Sparks, resigned, will_be sent to the senate within' a very few days. The president is now looking about for a successor to him as assistant commissioner and hus offered the position to Mr. Hugh Wallace, re- ntly receiver of public moneys at Sult Luke ¥, Utah. The aspointment of Mr. Stock- slager will be n the line of promotion and out the president’s well known views 1 service reform. He has been a faith- ful and able officer, is popular on all hands and deserves credit' for honorable and faith- ful administration. THAT INFERNAL MACHINE, Sherbourne G. Hopkins, the caliow news- paper correspondent who sent the bogus in- fernal machine to Chief Justice Waite shortly before the execution of the Chicago anarch- ists, and who has figured in the courts exten- sively since on the charge of attempting to fraudulently obtain money from newspaper correspondents for a sketeh he wrote of his prank, plead guilty in the police court to-day and was fined $100. The young man’s father appeared as counscl and stated that his client realized and decply deprecated the wrongful et which he had committed, and was willing to receive punishment therefor. The father stated that his client, being & newspaper writer, was led most naturally to complete the hoax by writing it up and that he may technically have violated the li\v in disposing of the information; that he deeply regretted the thoughtless act and was willing to plead guilty. Hopkins has been completely ostra- cized by the legitimate newspaper corr pondents and he seems to have had his da, innewspaper writing. He has been denied admission to the reporters’ galleries in_ con- gress and is a hubitue of newspaper row no longer. 3 TAMAR'S AGE. ascertained to-day that Secrelary sixty-three _years old, He was niber, 1825. The inquiry which overy was brought about by objection being made to his confirmation for 4 place on the supreme bench on the ground that he was sixty-six years old and therefore too ancient to assume the judicial ermine. ter has been reccived from Prof. George trong of Oxford, Ga., in which he says; *Yes, T remember Lucius Lamar well. When he was an urchin of abont twelve years old in the manual labor school near Emory col- lege, in 1887, he was under my supervision a8 one of a number of small boys known as the ‘‘drop sheet gang,” I being put over them .as an older boy. But there is better evidence than my personal recollection. I have refer- ence to the matriculation book of Emory col- lege, & public record, in which each_ student ou entering college Has to have his namo re- corded, that of his father, time of birth, residence, ete. Itis now before me, and 1 copy the following from a long list of names: ‘Date, 1841. August; name, L. Q. C. Lamai father, L. Q. C. Lamar: when bor 525; month, September; date, 17th, ete. once a member of one of t the Phi G cords report identically sume s to the time of his birth, September 17, with other particulars, place of birth) Ho lit- GETS A DLACK EYE, good deal of talk here over the action of Speaker Carlisle in ap- pointing Mr. Clements, of Georgia, to the chairmanship of the committee on reform in “lements was a member of committee inthe last house, king to the uncond: tional repeal of the civil service law ' ferred to that committee and within a very short time an adverse report was brought in signed by every member of the committeo xeept C: The Georgian brought in a minority report in which he howled about the inequality of the civil service law and id that it was enacted solely in the interest of keeping republicans in ofice. This made Clements solid with his hungry constituents who were but on the hunt for loafs and fishes. Now the question is asked, why has rhisle placed at the head of the civi pmmittee a man who is not ser opposed to the enforcement of the civil ser- vice law! Has the administration chan, base? Has Grover Cleveland at last resolved to cast aside his mugwump allies and trai with the spoilsmen? At any rate ther wood many very mad mugwumps in ington to-night over the action of the spe in placing in the hands of Clements a we h might knock the mugwump's hobby . PADDOCK'S RECEPTION. enator Paddock held he tion at her parlors in the She was assisted in_receiving by her two duughters and her niece, Mrs, W. E. Annin, A very large number of the prominent so- ciety people of Washington were present dur- ing the afternoon. GENF L. WEAVER'S REFORM. Chairman Weaver, of lowa, has appointed his son, A. C. Weaver, clerk of the house committee on patents. TOSTAL CITANGES. Star mail service from Stockville to Tndia- nola, Neb., will be discontinued after the i4th inst. Postoflices in Towa have been discontinued as follows: Garficld, Appanoose county, mail to Centerville; Kirkwood, Appanoose county, mail to Udell. Agnes Thomas tress at No vice Mrs. Alic seded. The postofi was discontinued to-d MORE MAIL FACILITIES, A strong effort is being made by braska delegation, and especially by $ Paddock and Congzressman McShane, sure the placing of the railway mail’ service on the Hustings line of the Elkhorn Valley road. Mr. Paddock yesterday held a long personal interview at the postoffice depart- ment on the subject. Mr. McShane put in an hour to-day on the same matter, Mr. and Mrs, Cushing,of Omaha, are in the aty. Prny S. Heatn st recop- Portland, appointed jlls county, Whitney, supe at Dany, York county, the Ne- nator to in- Nebraska and lowa Pensions, WasHiNarToN, Jan, 6.—[Special Telegrdm to the Bee. | —Pensions were granted to the tollowing praskans to-day: Charles M. Wittrock, Firth; Charles L. Hall, Paris, Thon P. Longstreet, Edgar; Alvin D, Bonner, Cambridge, Original—Mortimer G Taylor, Jessup; John B. dwards. Benkle- man; Albert G. Parke Nebraska Cit Increase—James M. Metcher, Seward ; James M. Beymer, Grand Island; Amos Quein, Odel Pensions for Towans® Eliza J., James Holister, Bellevue; minor 1 Whishard, Bloomfield; Surrilda, widow of Q. P tta, Clarinda; Dora widow of George L. Beyers, Davenport; Josephine, widow of Elil Burth, Montrose, Mexican war—William Zwick, Cherokee; Frederick Hecker, Waterloo; John L. Harl Prairie’ City; Savah of Abraham, H. Reb nebus * Anderson, Ki John Gardner, Leando widow of Wil G. How ors, William E. Morhaus, Mitchell: W Marlow, Ruthven; H. C. Ferguson, City: James F. Adams, Durham; Re Grandy ert / NUMBER 203 James A. Dunnan, Mount Sterlinj Hellister, (deceased) Bellevue ; James Kellerton; George Egbert, Council Bluffs; William H. Crown, Farmington: Dennis Myers, Charlin, Increase —John Hansman, Des Moines; Jared Strauser, Fontanelle; John R. Madison, Manchester; Henry £, Routzong, Henderson; ~August A. Dran, Scranton City; George W, Deardosff, Newell ichard Gonzales, Allison: Isanc Saunders, Delb Robert McClintock, Charles Cit Jesse Clint, Baxter: John H." * Printz, Ottumwa; William A, McCroady, — Farmington: William H. Fairficld, Sanborn: John H. Park, Grinnell; James P. Lennington, Centerville: Adam S Carper, Des Moines: Martin I Fleshe Alexander Church, Wedell; Hamlin . Williams, Glenwood: William S. Hus Ottumw William J. Dorman, Bo Andrew Hoover, Fort’ Dodge: Grandison Able, Mason City; Charles R. Franklin, Rockford; James' M. Hepland, Nevinville; Charles H. Barr, Lamont; Martin I Laug, zuma. Restoration Taylor, Kinney, ali and reissue Tayler, Keency. Landon rders —[Special Telegram ‘ Chandler Eakin, First artill been found incapaci tated for active service by an army retiring board, is ordered to proceed to his home and report by letter to the adjutant general. The leave of absence granted to Second Licutenant L. W. Carnish, Eighth cava Ogtober 24, has been extended one month the leaves of abscnce granted to First Lieu: teuant G. B. Walker, Sixth infantry, August 9, is extended two months; the leave o sence grauted to Captain John B. Guth Thirteenth infantry, October 15, is extended ten duys. Wasnis to the B Clerks of House Committees, WasniNaroy, Jan, 6.—Among the clerks of house committees chosen this morning were: A. C. Weaver, of Towa, vatents; J. P. Hume, of Wisconsin, expenditures. In the depart- ment of the interior, Alexander J. Jones, of Illinois, territories; Henry Talbot, of Tl1- inois, principal clerk of the ways and means committee: George B. Parsouns, of Illinois, wmilitary affairs, — EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON. The Osage Chicf and Interpreter Going to See the President. Kaxsas Crry, Mo, Jan, 6.—[Special Tele gram to the Ber.|—Mr. J. F. Choteau, the interpreter of the Osage Indians, in company with Neheavahkopah, the president of the nation, and Big Heart, the chief of the coun- cil, arrived in Kansas City to-day from the Indian nation, en route for Washington. To a reporter Big Heart said, in very good English: “We are going to Washington to et the surplus money in the treasury belong- g to our nation. T think the amount isabout £350,000. If we get the moncy we will build school houses with some of it and invest the remaiuder in farming lands for the poorer Indians of our ion. The schools have been doing us a great deal of good. A number of fine houses have been erected by the Osage Indians and we expect in a few years to get along_entirely independent of the government. We have enough corn and wheat to last us all winter, Our horses and cattle have nearly doubled duri: the past year. The squaws learn the ¢ zed ways much more quickly than the men. The peo- ple of the Osage nation are the most civilized of any tribe of Indians. We work all winter as well as summer. A little more help from the government and we will be able to meet the white man n business. All the Indian bois and girls go to school.” Big Heart is a large mau with as pleasing a countenance as an Indian can possess and is a rapid and fluent talker. Choteau, the interpreter, is u cousin of the late John Choteau, a pioneer settler of Kansas City. The Stewart Will Contest. New Youk, Jan. 6.—(Special Telegram to the Bre.]—The contest of the will of the late widow of A. T. Stewart was begun yes- terday. This contestant, Rosalic Butler, is wghter of Mrs. Louisa C. Butler, late of B. C. Butler, and sister of Mrs. The accusation against ex-ud Hilton charges that the will and codicils were “procured by fraud and undue influcnce and cireumyention practiced against and upon Mrs. Stewart by Hilton.” She fur- ther chargoes t ubscriptions thereto and publication thereof r cured by fraud, deceit exercised upon her by Henry Hilton.? case is st down for the 16th inst. Hilton denies all the allegations. — Cowhiding a Slanderer, JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 6.—| Specinl Tele —A sensation was ercated ¢ the report that John 13. Clark, amemberof a leading grocery house inthis city, had been cowhided by Mrs. Mrs. Talliafiero arrived in this city o few weeksago from New York, in scarch of her husband who had descrted r, she claiws, owing to Clark's influence. i husband, who had been in Clark's em ploy, gotwind of her coming and disap- peared. Clark, who was related to her hus- erudge ag e, and since her here has persceuted and slandered her, She stood if long as she was ableand then cowhided him in his stor - American Progress in Hawaii. SAN Fraxcisco, Jan, 6.—A private letter received here from Honolulu, dated Decem- ber 24, says the cabinet has made a demand that Judge Jonmathan Austin, Honolulu- American, shall be offered the place of God- frey Brown, recently resigned from the cabi net. The cabinct hus also demanded the ap- pointment of Sanford Dott, a prominent law- yer, born here of American_parcuts, 1o fill ihe vacancy eaused by the death of Jud ‘ornader of the supreme cort. At last ad vises the king had decided to accede to the abinet’s demands, knowing that the reform ague would otherwise pluce Mrs, Dominus, the king's sister, on the throne - Kansas Mi LEAVENWORTH, Kan., | egram to the Bee. | —The Riverside mine, south of this cit days ago the superintendent discharged an old miner for dishonest we u favorite and half the force hu his morning new men were put to work and en the pit under police guard, the strikers esting a disposition to interfere, e ¢ Clasp Hands JACKSONVILLE, I n. 6.—At the annual camp fire of the local Grand Army post to night Major General Schofield made a pat viotic speech to the assembled federal and nfedery id had o dramatic g with ( V. 8. Waller, of the confederate army, who was in the Mexican war with Schofield. Judge ial Tel- at the Three e manife The Blue and Business Troubles, New York, Jan. 6.-The suspension of B W. Timpson, the remaining member of the firm of Timpson & Co., has just been nounced on the stock exchange, PHILADELVIIA, Jan Hamrick & Son, jewelers, ure temporarily embarrassed, witii liubilities estimated at §50,000, e ot stk Anti-Administration K. of L. PuitaveLeiis, Jan. 6,—The provisional committee of the anti-administration Knights of Labor has decided to begin suit in_ equity against the gencral officers of the order for an accounting of funds and to deter whether uny of the oficers have been g of criminal acts an - Ex-Governor Parker's Funera Freenown, N. J., Jan. 6.=The funcral of ex-Governor Parker took pluce this morning from the Presbyterian church. A large u sembla of disti shed cltizens of the stale abd wation were preseut, DIED BY THEIR OWN HAND A Doctor and a Hotel-Proprietora Son Commit Suicide. LOUP CITYANS ARE AROUSED¢ They Offer $1,000 Reward For thy Capture of Incediaries—The Hawke 7/ eye Legislative Fight braska and lowa News. A Doctor Suicides rMoxT, Neb, Jan. 6. (S gram to the Bre]—Dr. T, W. Street, an old citizen of Dodge county and a regular prac titioner of the medical profession in the westd ern part of the county, suicided yesterday by taking laudanum. He was locked in his be room in the residence on his farm where he was boarding und was nearly dead before h d. Domestic troubles cause 1 to perform the rash act, He was clected oner of Dodge county last fall on th democratic ticket, PR Arthur Opelt's Sudden Death, Lixcory, Neb., Jan. 7.—(Special Teley to the Brr:]—Arthur Opelt, oldest son o the proprietor of the Opelt house, was foun dead in his room at the hotel about mid night. At supper he was apparently in goo health and the best of spirits. He retired t his room early, and the inference is that his death was caused by an overdose of mor! phine, taken either accidentally or with suis cidal intent. An inquest may probably shed some light on the matter. Fremont's Progres: Fresost, Neb,, Jan, 6. —[Special to the Bee.]—The Tribune, last evening, printed handsome holiday edition, in which th progress of the year 1887 is elaborated. Th ires show the city to have experiences createst growth in its history. The tog tal value of permanent improvements for the year amount to §18400, The value of thd jobbing trade for the same period amounts to 527,500, while the value of m.nmfnvlurm‘ products ' reaches to $705,000. Amonx thd metroj features acquired during the year were fine packing house, electrio lights, street raflway and free mail deliveryf while'three new lines of railway have bee built into the city. Altoge he show is a magnificent one, of which Fremont cit zens arc, and may justly feel, proud. —— A Reward For Incendiaries. Lour City, Neb,, Jan. 6. cinl Teles gram to the Bee.)—The citizens of this place have become thoroughly alarmed at the re peated attempts to burn the west side of the square and to-day u purse of 1,200 was raised for the apprehension and conviction of th person or persons who have made the a tempts. This purse is open to the world an the citizens feel that the amount is sufficien! to bring good workers who will soon succee in bringing the guilty ones to justice, ——— A Baby Poisone FurLertox, Neb., Jan, 6.—|Specigl to th Ber]—The six-months-old sonof O. H. Lumr was killed Tuesday by a dose of morphiney accidentally given. Conflicting reports are as to where the blame rests, and @ core jury is investigating the matter. The Towa Legislative Fight. Des Moixes, Ia., Jan. 6.—[Special Tele, gram to the Ber.]—There were no new def velopments in the legislative fight to-day number of new members arvived, nearly all now being here. The opposition to Senatol Wilson is still unerystalized and lacks leadere ship. Colonel Hepburn's friends ave enthusié astic for him, but an analysis of their figures doesn’t show good, solid ground for their on: thusiasm. The Wilson men have the organid zation and are using it with great effect, Hopburn's friends hope to g~ by delay trust to captu ny Wilson men if given time enough. t for speaker goes ot with inereasing interest. Berryhill, of this city, is the candidate of the led monopolists and feels considerable of success. The caucus for the spea will probably be held Monday night. Will Decid Stovx Crry, T, Jun. to the Bee.]—Chairman Sloan _ all probability the board of supervisors will vender a decision in the liquor permit cases just before an adjonrnment, which will likely be to morrow afternoon. There is considers tlation us to what the board will do, iling opinion being that the permits narian Stalker Reappointed. Moies, In, Jan, 6.—[Special Teles @ram to the Bek]—Governor Larrabeo to-day reappointed Prof. M. Stalker as stato n, with the following deputies: B. Miles, State Center; J. A. Campbell Moines: K. M. Nicholson, Suo City; H vah; M. . Johnson, ; Keokuk; John Tillie; Ames, L An O1d Lady Burned to Death, Drnvque, Ta., Jan, 6.— [Speeial Telegram to the Bee.)—An old lady, aged ninety, known as “Aunty” Pendergast, was burned 10 death about 2 o'clock this morning in her shanty, whereshe lived alone, Her body was brought in and an inquest held at the court house. THE The Secretary Reports Nearly Five Hundred Thousand Enrolle PIILADELPIIA, Pa. . 6.—Responses to the notices of General Seeretary Latchman for the payment. by local assemblies of the Knights of Labor of theJanuary tax, are pouring in to the several offices of the order, E tary Litchman says the showing is ex- cellent, ““We have” he says, ‘“‘nearly ll\_'u hundred thousand members now, and all in good standing. We are ready for the new, year under the very brightest of prospects.’ Blown Eue, Pa., Jan. 6. occurred on the I Shore t Westticld, N. Y. Dr. James M, Cassoway, asurgeon 1 the United States marme hospital service, and his son James, a boy cleven years old, were passing from thd drawing-room car to the dining-room cag while the train was running very fast and high gale blowing. The boy was lifted of the car platform by the wind and hurled to the ground and killed. Mr. Eaton, of Buffalo,! who attempted to cateh the boy, was alsd thrown from the traiu, but not scriously ins Jured. accident morning nawanda. New Youk, Jun. The captain of the bark Levanter, whic ived nere to-day, reports that on the d mst. he spoke to tha disabled steamer Tonawanda, at anchor sixty wiles cast by north of the northeast light, and supplied her with provisions. el 2 Eight Nihilists Hanged. LosboN, Jan. 6.—A telegram from Russian frontier states that eight nihilists in= cluding the Cossack, Tschernoff, condemned to death for making an attempt upon the life the czar during his visit 1o the Don Cos- sack country, were hunged at St. Petersburg Junuary 2 News F th SR ) sasing at Valparaiso. -A private dispateh from chelera Lns increased at vining extent, the number reachiing 1, 0f Which wbywly f, prove fatal, Cholera In 13, O, Jun, 6 alparaiso | @hat po | u L un