Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 6, 1888, Page 1

i et e e e e e EVE NTEENTH YEAR. WILL PROBABLY TALK PEACE. A Momentous Event in the German | Reichstag. BISMARCK TO SPEAK TO-DAY. rope Anxiously Waiting — Com- ments of the Lgndon Press—Prob- able Discovery of Thomas a Becket's Bones. What the Chancellor"Will Say. [Copyright 185 by James Gordon Bennett.] Br 5.—[New York He Cable—Special to the Bee] -Bismar speech to-morrow, it is generally expected, will be of the most peaceful character. In fact, in effeet, precisely like his conversation telegraphed to the Herald last week. 1t may be also that he will disown the unfortunate semi-ofticials which caused the war alarms and place on their shoulders the vesponsibil- ity of Europe's anxicty. The tone of the German provincial press has becn less anxious to-day. The bourses also showed a firmer feeling. The probabilitics are, therefore, that to-morrow Germany cnters on a period of optimism likely to last some months though it is fairly certain that the nature of the speech to be then made will not be absolutely fixed until Bismarck stops speaking as disproving the statement that the publication of the Austro nan treaty will have a permanent peace 1d I have satisfactc authority for stating that during the whole period in which Russin transferred troops to the frontier all the details of thetreaty were as well known to the czar and his chief military advisors as they were known to Bismarck, when in January, 1557, he said in the Reich- stag: “Our friendship with Russia remains undistrubed, We expeet from Russia neither an attack nor an unfriendiy policy.” It is said Liere that a portion of the most offensive Russian militery transfors were carried on without the czar's knowledge, or at least be fore their threatening nature was fully compreliended. is, however, no iden that these officials will be disgraced, and, vegardless ol all assurances which may be privately given by the chancellor, there is little hope expressed that any de peaceful action can be expeeted from Russia, At 9 a. m,, New York time, Bismarck is expected to begin his speech upon which the 5 rs depends, fate of & Comments of ing's London Pape ‘War Crisis." yright 1855 by James Gordon Bennett, | N, Feb. 6,40 m.—[Now York Her- ald Cable ~Special to the Bee.]—All the morning papers devote great space 1o what the headlines call the *‘war crisis.” For instance the Stendard has four columns of different continental dispatches and thus concludes a leader: ““The facts are patent. Germany and Austria are aliied and avow- cdly preparing azainst the possibility of an attack by Russia which is notoriously arming for a struggle with some power, Germany and Austria have now said, as plainly as they well can, that, in their opinion, the Russiun armaments are directed against themselves, Thus, diplomatie conflict between them has bogun and in that diplomatic conflict, one side or the other must consent to be worsted unless it chooses to run the risk of having to fight. We must do the emperor of Russia the justice to confess that he is jealous and sensitive of his honor in the old signification of that word; so is the German emperor, so is Prince Bismarck. The controversy, there fore, i8 a dangerous one and wateh its pr h anxiety and he News has a perfectly non-committal article. The Times devotes four columus to continental specials, which mainly hint be ligerency. 1ts leader on the subject de clare t this juncture Signor Crispi's speech in the Halian chiamber on Saturd important, for it- scems to have been inter- preted by some of his heavers as foreshadow- ing some active step on the part of the allied 1 55 W powers toward ¢ Russia to aceount for warlike preparations, 1If this interpretation of the tenor of his speeeh is aceurate it adds to the gravity of the situation.” - 'S BON appreciably BECK Probability That The « (Cop Hav at Canterbu Dt 19SS by Sames Gordon Bennet?. | een Dis- Loxvoy, Feh, 5. York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee|—1 became to- day a Canterbury pilgrim and visited the an- cient cathedral in consequence of a published report that excavations beneath its subtei- ranean chapel had resulted in discovering the long-searched-for bones of Thomas a Becket. 1 found the immense and complicated edifice, sometimes called *A world of masonry,” farrly bathed in spring-like sunshine, ) his seemed® 1o beam particularly benignantly through eignt out of the hundreds of win- dows. These eight contained stained glass commemorative of acts in the lifo of the great ecclesiast there assassinated cight centuries ago. The sunshine could mot, kowever, reach the form of the famous Black Prince, nor that of Archbishop Langten, of Mazna Charta fame umong the hundreds of buried greatness. Phe morning service wus proceeding when [ entered the vast interior, so almost exhaust less In historic interest. Archdeacon Smith, with five cunons in attendance, was preach. ing from the parable of the Sower, his fecble curiously echoing through the vast It was St. Agatha duy. Afterwa of twenty-two voices and n furnished soulstivving music. After evice ended and there had been sed a congregation really large enough il an average church, but which in the colossal edifice looked like a handful of lilliputians, T eaptured a verger, who was put through a pleasant cross-examination voice pile. rds o the grand He showed the indubitable spot where the primate was ussassinated. Of course the once famous shrine was gone sacrificed—with carvings and statuaries and windows to Cromwellian times, when the roundhead sol bi The diers stabled thewr horses there and vouncked in the transcepts and chapels. pavement around the spot is made, howe sufficiently monumental by having been worn down by the knees of the crowds of worshipers that during at least centuries h thereat offered myriads of and ablutions. Those are the phrases. 1 did not ask him about th thousauds ot American sight-scers who had rubbed sole leather thereabouts very ablu- tionless, Jt had long been a disputed ques- tion among ccclesiastics and autiquaries at what spot Thowas u Becket was there buried, Began the verger: “We—" and ho placed stress on the pronoun, “‘began excavations in the crypt beneath the spot where the—" it was on his lips to say “old chap,” but he said — “bishop fell on the pavement above us.” To cut short his longprosy story,his Canter bury tale as it were, amounted to this: tens of At one stage in the excavations last week the cautiously handled picks struck upon something very hard, which soon proved to be thetomb of Thomas Brawardine, a Can- terbury arch bishop of 1349, The skull and scepter were] intact and the inscriptions set- tled his identity. Not far away the pickaxes again struck hardness and hollowness. The obstacle proved 10 be the hd of a stone coffin When denuded of th and the lid raised it contained not only a skull and bones but broken bits of an alt piece. The skull showed a breakage near by violence. The cathedral immediately opined that at least the, found the remains of the old chancellor primate. The skull and bones and prot pieces of the altar shattered by the death blow were then reverently taken to the house close by of Mr. Austin, a zealous antiquarian and the oMcial surveyor to the dean and chapter. A few days ago he had the skeleton and rearranged altar piece photographed. As yet there is only a negative. These remains arc in his drawing-room, lying ona smooth board covered by cloth, They are put together in almost perfect shape. During the coming week Prof. Huxley d several anatomical experts have promised to come, and by meas- uring and comparison of what they the stature of the primate, obtain r conjectures, The remains have amined by Gilbert and Becket, sons The former is the author of the libs the opery o Canterbury Pilgriu latter is on the staff of Punch anda b, the forchead, as if ruthorities had been Arthur William of the old editor of Puanch. tto of ex- Both are descendants of the old e« The latter son id, lawyer-like, cathedral authorities committed trespass, They should never have removed the remains from the cathedral precinets,” Dean Stanley has 1oft on record that Beeket's remains were tainly buried in an iron coffin, which throws doubt on its validity. In a short time the interesting question will perhaps be set- tled. Meantime Canterbury inn keepers are happy over a probable new enticement to visit Canterbury. A Paris Clothing House Burned. [Copyright 1858 by James Gordon Bennett.] Paws, (via F ') Feb. [New York Herald Cable al to the B —At 7 ., an alarm of fire was raised in the very center of Paris at the Magusins de la Belle Jardiniery, one of the largest ready-made tailoring establishments in Europe. Five minutes later the fire engines began to arrive on the scene from the neighboring fire station Boulevard du Palais and the station in the rue Jean Jacques Rousscau. An immense crowd collected round the big shop, which stands at the corner of the quay on the Seine near Pout Neauf. The fire broke out simul- taneously from four or five points on the ground floor and in the cellars, where huge quantities of flannels and other goods were stored, thus pointing to arson. Colonel Conston, head of the Paris Pompiers, him- self was on the spot busy with his men tr ing to get the fire under control with ten or twelve fire engines. At 10 o'clock the fire was checked. A huge quantity of goods were ruined. The damages are estimated at about 500,000 francs, said to be covered by insurance, Five pompiers were half suffo- ed and carried off to be attended to. No s were lost. - THROWN FROM THE TRACK. Four Persons Killed and Several In- Jured tn a Pennsylvania Wreck. MeAbviLLE, Pa., Feb, s train onthe New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad, was thrown from the track by a broken frog while passing Steaniburg s tion, N. Y., carly this morning. ing persons were Jalled: Miss H ared 17, of Sheflield, Til.; Georg ., conductor of fre Dean, of Merdville, Pu., brake' man of the freight train. Tl injured W Mrs, ra Beatty, Sheftield, TIL, left shoulder and body iss Bessie Batty, Shefiield, 111 sut and bruised.” Several N ed more or less se e Condition of Wyoming Cattle, DovGras, Wyo.,, Feb, 5. ial Tele- gram to the Bee.] ~The editorial in the Bee of the 2nd inst., entitled *Cattle Losses in the West,” is o mistake as regards referenc made therein to Wyoming. Douglas is pr tically the center of the stock growing in- terests of the territory ond from ull obtain- able evidence I feel safe in asserting that thus far this has been the most favorable winter for stock in the past five years. Th hus been absolutely no loss as’ has been very little snow and no s recent blizzard did not touch the tal. Range riders rt no dead anima 1 conver: with a stock- man who has just returned from a trip of 100 miles north and west who says he did not se half a dozen dead animals ulluyullu'l Ilulu WS S0 it losses northwestern Wyoming, but th a whole has not sufferod in the mercury has not been so 10w as zel we in the Platte, Big Horn and Powder valleys are in splendid condition. - Henry George Supports Cleveland. WasiiNg Feb. b.—In an interview to day Henry George said: Cleveland has sct b in’ three s and cattle on the Laramie plains and river his face clearly in the direction of f: trade. He is even now in advance of his party and has made the issue. It canuot be dodged or evaded. I am with the administration and opposed to a third party idential candidate as long as the adw ation and the democratic party tond tow e a strong belief that Presid is a far more radical man th °0 his mes: and that he will at the opportune moment take a stride that will make bLis last advance look msignificant. The Texas Capitol Dedication. Avstiy, Tex,, Feb. The board of diree tors of the Texas International and Inter State DA association have issued an ofticial cireular containing o prospectus, list of prizes and regulations ming the in B 14 t0 19, in honor of the dedication of the new capitol buildin. The woney prizes offered aggreg surer Caught. 5.—Istael Lucas, the ab- of Anglaize county, O., arrested here to-nignt. sconding tres and his wife were » United States on August 10 in his possessiol. nument, pecial Te Grant Monument am 1o Associa: the Bee. tion has isst »d a circular addressed to artis- tie architects Jand sculptors, inviting com petitive designs for & monument to be erected over General Grant's g Prizes are offered. 1o cost §500,000, R Steamship Arrivals. PuitApeLPuia, Feb. 5. —(Special Tel to the Bee.)—Arrived—The Nederland, from Antwerp New Youk, Feb. 5.—Arrived- dam, from Amsterdam. “The Zaan. e Killed in a Salocn. Sureveront, La, Feb. 5—W. C. Farmer, a commercial traveler from St. Louls, s shot and kilied last night in a saloon by one Charler Parker from Georgis, = Fnimer's friends live at Ashley, 11l OMAHA, MON l)AY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1888, | ON BEHALF OF THE BIVALVE. Senator Platt Introducesa Bill in the Interest of Oysters. ‘THE FIGHT ABOUT PURE LARD. White of Indiana Makes a Good Show- ing in His Contest For a Seat in the House —The Tele phone Cases. For the Protection of Oysters, WasimiNeroy Bureav tne Omana Be B3 Fourw Wasmisero 3 Senator Platt, of Connecticut, intro- duced a bill divecting the prosecution of in- quiries by the commissioner of fish and fish- eries is respect to the distinetion of oysters in the natural oyster beds lying within the waters and jurisdiction of the United States by star fish, winkles and other animals des- tinctive to oyster life. The bill provides for anappropriation of £10,000 for this purpose and requires the fish commissioner to report to the next congress whether any and what protective measires should be, adopted to protect oysters, THE FIGHT ABOUT PUK The second engagement of the lard war took place at the department of agriculture ay ufternoon, The first engagement »d in the room of the senate committee ilture ten day: », when the lard were given a paring upon the bill which was introduced by Senator Dgwes and which proposed to place it on the same footing as the manufac- ture of oleomargarvine. At that hearing a man by the name of Kimball, representing a Boston establishment which pretends to furnish the only pure lard manufactured in this country, astounded the commit by making that claim. Senator Plumb asked him if he could substantiate that statement. The man said he could. an you name twenty respectable manu- facturers who adulterate their lard (" asked cnator Plumb. 1 can,” said the man. +*Can you name one hundred (" 1 can," said Kimball. “Well,” replied Scnator Plumb, “twenty will be sufticicnt; give us the list."” Mr. Kimball was not prepared to give the list just then and wanted time. He w given two weeks to name twen! LARD, on agri manufacturers of the commtr turers of impure lard, and a_cire peeted whenever he antiounces the name Mr. Duane R. Fox, of V on, who is looking after the interests of . F 1l & Co., of Chicago, has been paying some at- tention to Mr. Kimball since he ade that as tion and discovered y ay that he had n to the agricultu irtment with twenty samples of lard which he wanted to have a 1 at the expense of the govern- ment by Wednesday next, the day on which the agricultural commitice meets, Mr., Wi A the chemist of the department said e could not have the work done in that time and would not be able to furnish an_ analy of the specimens until the last of the month. Mvr. Fox then stepped upon the scene in the company of Representative Phelan, of Mem- phis, and asked the commissioner of agricul- ture to require Mr. Kimball to submit with each sample of lard an aMdavit setting for the manufactory frou which it came and the sumstances under which it was ob- tained. Mr. Kimball declined to do this Mr. Fox then asked fora list of the manufac- turer cnted by the samples of lard submit . Kimball. This the latter also refusedo give. Mr. ox then to the commissioner,who thought his tion was fuir, and notified Mr. Kimball t he would be required to_furnish the inform tion cailed for. Mr. Kimbzll declined to obey the direction of the commissioner and asked for time to consult an attorne, was given until Monday morning. Mr. requested that the commssioner of ag ture go into the open murket and purchase much lard as he liked the brand of Fairbank & Co. and analy tead of ceepting the samples furnished by Kimball, el he claims are cooked for the occasion THE TELEPHONE CASES, It is said that Chief Justice Wi gaged in preparing the opinic court in the telephone ea: a possibility that it may be read in court to morrow. But it _is more probable that the announcement will be postponed until after the February adjournment. A CASE NOCUOUS DISUETUDE, Tt appears that General eld has suc 1in ning a suspension of Secretary e issucd carly in the present oft s 0f the army te is en of the supreme and that there is staff dnty more than four Captain J. . Sawyer, of the rtillery, completed his fourth e as a member more than two ud that e would be ordered to oth vice, but he nas not been, and it is understood that he will not be. No official order has been issued from the department revoking the cast iron reform or modifying its provisions so as to cxcuse Captaiu Sawyer or any one cise, but it is said to be in the condition of innocuous dis- quictude. MIL INGALLS SHOULD The New York Herald tod A dis- agreeable story 1s discussed here among sen- ators in relation to the selection by Mr. In- galls as acting president of the senate of the special committee on the Pacific railroad commission report. In the selection of the stauding committoes in_the senate the two parties meet sep ¢ in caucns and each side sclects the for that side for ecach committee ssident of the sen- ate names the lists which are then handed to him from the two sides. In making up spe- cial committees a similar custom has long prevailed, the caucus committee of each side ina more or less formal consultation fixing upon the wen for the committee, special committee on Pacific ordered by the ser wan of the democ: consulting with s sen ators and with their agrecment, the list of democrats for that committee, - The names thus fixed on by the democratic sen- ators to represent them on the al com- mittee w G The Senators Cockerill, Harris and e names Senator Beck handed to Senator Ingalls, the acting president of the senate and of cou supposcd that the names could be announced by him, according to tue custom of the senate. To the astonish- went of the demoeratic senators Mr. Ingalls, without warning to Mr. Beck, named Senators Morizan, Butler and Hearst' for the demo crat side of the committee, here is a strong fecling among anti ors on both sides of the s Ingalls owes it to himself as we Beek to expls regularly pr i out notice to the demo his own. rporation senat- atic list and with s substituted one of WIITE A PROBABLE WINNER. © has been any doubt heretofore as some of the contested election e against White, of Indiana, there is none now. — The house devoted yesterday of cousideration of this case and adjourned with- Laving reached a vote, but there were izl signs to point very conclusively which the wind “is _blowmg. W. Bourke n, of New York, who had a wide as an orator before he came to 5 . was the first democrat he behalf of White. He said that there was no question of law involved, but simply & ques- tion of fact. He called attention to the stutc ment that the record of a court is not a of the judzment, but simply an evidenc such judgme In this case Mr. White was cither na 1 in 1865 or he Was a perjur He (Cochran) had read the speeches care fully on both sides and he had failed to find u single imputation made against the char- weter of Mr., White. On the contrary, he had been excecdingly popular with all clusses of citizens for more than thirty had fought and bled for his count preferred to believe that a wan w served his country so well as Mr. White aud who came to pongres with an { undisputed majority of 2,500 votes was not a perjurer, but that, on really natu He should of th majority of t lized and entitled to therefore, vote against th ommittee on ele the contrary, he was his scat eport tions, Mr. Cockran made an eloquent speech and was frequently applowded. came from demoerits us The applause well as from repub- licans, and it was cvident that he produced an_excellent effect. He was followed by Judge Wilson, of Minnesota, a democrat, and one of the most learned lawy west, who made a strong argument, standpoint, t of Mr support of White on the a great many ready to vote for Whit that™ there will be and possibly thirty cast against the majority of the « democratic in the north- from a in which he maintained the White to retain his seat. » the only democratic s Theso ches made in floor, but there were members who are e It is predicted at least twenty democratic votes mmittee. Among these are Randall of Pennsylvania, McAdoo of New Jersey, McDonald of Minnesota, of Massachusetts, Brice and Cockran of Wilson, Rice and Morse and Collins McShane of Nebraska, ew York, Ford of Michigan, Weaverof Towaand several others. White's friends assure b a majority of at least twenty-five in his favo Nad 2,500 majority, and t his distr mocrat or that he be unseated, is T wmpopular th votes of his party, White's fa No taken before Tuesduy. s he lost nearly im that he will have fifteen and parhaps The fact that he hat the only man in republican, who asks Lowrey. the wan so five thousand ong card in Mr. a s vote will probably be Penny S, Hearti, Congressional Probabilitie: 5~The edu O Wasmisaros, Feb, begius its fifth week of senate to-morrow, and Mr. for a specch upon it. It fon bill consideration in the Call has the floor is likely to be set aside temporarily as heretofore for a variety of purposes Senator Saulsbury morrow his resolution prope ses to call up to- g to interna- re tional coinage for debate and action. pose to spealk tomorrow the president’s delay he me subje nator Beck te) rnnl revenue, ator Davis during the W rnator Allis Senator Platt has given nossage, the Saulsbury ¢, and Senator Teller, portunity oceurs, will addre notice of his pur- upon the tari® and though he may be resolution until if a good op- s the scnate on tlaterdn the week. is booked fo ¢ to Senator Brown's speech upon in- reply at an expects to call up for action k the dependent pension bill. n is expected to make a re- port upon the undervaluation bill Tuesday or Wednesday but will probably ask that the measure be cecommitted for amendment be- fore it is brought forward for consideration and action. Scnator Riddleberger at some can effect it, by the publ British extradition sions. The me before d busine: the treaty, Indiana_contested clection ¢ house to-morrow as unfin- and several will be at the disposal of those members who promises to be heard length by his colleagues, and, if he ic us well, upon the and’ secret ses- hours of time wish to speak. If any time re- mains afterward Mr. Crain will secck to hav ed, und a pa suspension of the rules, the proposed consti- i amendment fixing the st tution Janug congross, The urgent deficiency will probably be pressed sage carly in the week, day of the date for the assembling of v appropriation bill to the point of pas- and if Mr, Foran shall have sufticiently recovered, he will ask the house to t up and pass the pension appropriation bill, Which is in his charge. Statistician Dodge in Danger. WASHINGTON, sigmed by king for Dodge, was rec missioner of agr unde Daree statistician’s erop re Feb. 5. it members of congress, the diswissal of ived yesterday b; culture. tood to have originated w wers, who wer: —A communication Statistician the com- The movement is h the to- > agerieved by the last summer. i e R LIBBY PRISO! The Famous Structure to Be Placed on Exhibition Cmicaco, Feb. tion of a se and remo Libby prison, of here yesterday. capital of #100,000 and the option from the owr During the war ing a dimension built with 600,000 bricls, its bare walls more than union_soldiers. The take the building down arefully and r roration wh al to thi will surround it with anc glass roof and on the wa of the prison will buve a the St, James riv The comy expects ny A new dep: line of relic warship has been ti The preliminary steps for chmond, V The corporation will have a this of com move it to C will be set up precisely as orizi and the ¢ in Chicago. rture in the ken in this the forma- 0se object is the pur. 8 city of the famous , were taken has already seeured of the buildings. old prison hav- 0,032 feet, and ad confined within thirty- h ther buildi 1 opposite t panoramic untry beyond. to complete the re- moval and sctting up this year. - Indianapolis and t INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb, b gram to the I are making strenuous efforts to secure national convention for understood that the mov of Governor Gray's candidacy viee-presidency vention will be in his favor, if it is in th The follow are said to be favorable vention in Indianapolis. workers will be thickest Governor Hill would like to fight on neutral ground aspirations. some discour apolis hotel k take to cnte the li has declined to s soment in cpers are in the will make no promy netion readily cared for in this has some of the best Lot everybody know propose to dam Ising to take ceeds their cay Ly The Fire Cuieaco, Feb. 5, —The the five story building N avenue, burn the structure gating $90,000. re the 00 heaviest suffel insured for § (40 H. , and C. O. Thiel b, and H. A. 0 building, & St. Lovis, tre and Odd Fellows gate £155,000; insurance - Politicians ouvention, mvention, since it is to wre of @ crowd that far e Re The other losses arc are as follo: £17,0003 Schoot & Co. R. R Mo R. Eagle he Convention. politicians the Indianapolis. It cment is in the inter- for the It is supposed that the con- nflucnced to greater extent e midst of his friends. rs of Governor Hillof New York, to holaing the con The administration in New York and have a free in his presidential are mecti with the fact that Indian- unwilling to unde At least ses of ability in this Oue of the most prominent proprietors the claim that the be brief, n be city. Indianapolis cols in the west, as + proprietors do not reputation by prom- ex ord. two upper floors of 0s. 63 and 70 Wabash 1 this morning, and the rest of and its contents w damaged by water, causing damag AR Barnes & ( e badly agere- , printers, Their loss is ,000 among twenty fully i vs: C. H. Blak ,leather he & Co., print- & Co., wholesale & Co., lithographers, Kahn, owner of the Feb. . —PFire this morning des ¢ the Hildreth Printing tablishment und seriously Mermod & Jaceard's jo Joms. mpany’'s es od Herzog Iry house The losses agirre about two-thirds, dau; Stole Jewelry Worth $30,000. Norrorg, Va., Feb. ing burglars eutered the rly this morn- welry store of Chapwan & Gale, took the door off the safe and stole all the diamonds, gold watches and valuable jewelry, Tl large stock of the Rockf goods which they were plan. The value of the mated at £30,000. burglars, s firm was carrying u rd Watch company's selling on the club nods stolen is esti- There is no trace of the —_— Cox Sent to ai Dy, Feb, and sent 10 an infirmary. lgst Lis appetite. 5—Cox, M. P., removed from his cell in the Limerick § nfirmary. has been 1 He is said o bave REDUCING PASSENGER RATES A Revulsion of Feeling Among the Pcople of Iowa. LOWER FREIGHTS DESIRED FIRST. A Resolution to That Effect Returns the Two-Cent Fare Bill to Com- mittee—An Efficient Board of Health, Towa's Big Show, Drs Moixes, Ia, Feb, 3 to the Ber]—The legislature is drag- ging its slow length along, and while in session is the main topic of Towa interest. There is a steady throng of visitors at the capital, new faces being scen every day. The people of this city who think they can go any day, as a rule never go atall. But to the people in the rural districts and distant cities, a visit to the legislature presents great attractions. 8o the hard-handed farmer, the pert country lawyer, the over- worked merchant who wants a little rest, the young bridal couple, all turn their faces to- ward the state house and tarry for a few hours or days with the statesmen. They usually scek out first of all “our membe and it is a common sight to sce a legislat summoned to the lobby to grect an enthusi- astic delegation of his constituents, who gaze with rapt admivation and pride upon his greatness. He escorts them to comfortable scats and points out the objects of interest, and they go home and declare that “our member” is perfeetly lovely. Thus do the great men keep themselves solid with their constituents. THE PASSENGER FARE AGITATION. The agitation over the 2-cent fare bill shows that it is possible for sincere reformers to go alittle too fast. The great demand of the people of Towa for the last year or two has been for better freight rates and relief from unfair discrimination. They haven't com- plained of the rate for passenger fare, and until the inter-state commerce luw cut oft passes, and spe trav- — [Spec elers, the passenger rate wasn't alluded to. ‘immediately following the vanishing parting special mileage favors, mund Trom the traveling men for A good many country editors he time in fare, joined in the hue and d in getting county conventions to approve the idea. But the 1 workingmen, whose inte ve been firstconsulted were not con- 2-cent far who were asked fo years to and suee here and the farmers should | sulted, and do not approve of this course, for they | know that the result will be fo hurt them m the end, The railvoad employes all over the state are sending protests against this reduction for they say that the railroads will_endeavor to recoup themsel charging wagres, tion th should the bill he passed, by dis. employes or cutting down their They say that every such legisla- the sipts of the rail s further and compels them to suf- t's why they oppose the bill. The rs oppose it for anothe ¢ that they rideon the ¢ and_ the proposed reduction saving to them of not more than fifty cents on a dollar in the course of the year. But they all ship produce of one kind or another and have to pay freight on most things they use on the farm. They argue that if the passen- ger fare is reduced there is little likelihood of getting any relief in the other direction. So they are m-mhlv. in their protests and coming in person 10 say that this movement for the 2 cent fare rs but would make a too pro should not be pushed for the present. The business men in the small towns not on ,the main lines are ) oppos ing the bill. The reduction tc to only first eluss roads, of trade. On the other 6,500 miles there will beno 2 cent fare, They' agry if the roads are compelled 1o reduc main lines they will retaliate by reducing the num- ber of tvains on the branch lines, substituting cabooses for good coaches, withdrawing pas- pens uts applics with say 1,500 miles N-ny'm trains that didu't pay in many wi The peop ones 1o sation, th Wil bo. tho Ve no compen- S0 the opposing bill. Thus it appears that the real busi- ss and farming mterests, together with the yrkingmen of the state, o not want th sislation which some of their fric proposed for them. The Bri's torial on this subjeet, sugwesting little too soon to attes state no more populous than lowa, has been read with interest and is being endorsed by many legislators, who are coming to look at the matter in the same light. A SCARCITY OF CARS. The scarcity of cars to move freight is ing o great hardship in northwestern Tons upon tons of baled hay have pricd up alonge the track, waiting for a mar] Snow has upon it, and a little will about ruin it. The farmers who have been relying on this bountiful hay erop to help them out with e taxes and furnish much needed moncy much by the scareity of slieve the situ- ation they would make the heart of many an Towa farmer glad. AN EFFICIENT BOARD OF HEALTIL The promptness with which the state board of health has taken hold of the small- pox matter has & its efticiency and pub- that it is a ut this reduction in a lic worth. One of the discase was bronght into the state. The board promptl notified every other state, issued warning to ds of health, inst cautions against the disease, and put_everybody on board has indicated its right people think that after all it amount to something, antine instituted 1 who had been exposed, of the rd. The exist and to A Liv Des Moises, Ta., k spondence of the Bk ] —The past we q 1 an exeiting one i railway and legisla nator Your cent fare the railroad attorneys nappin and before they fully realized the situatio the author of the bill had pushed it through the railroad committec of the senate, with little or no opposition. An effort was then ing and on Wednes. n to repre of several roads to pre Iroad side of the case, Hon. J. W. MeDill, of Creston, spoke for the Q. and predicted dire results to all the commercial interests of the state should the bill pass. John F. Duncombe, of F Dodge, spoke In much the same strain in be half of the Illmois Central, and President Ives, of the Burlington, Cedar Rupids & Northern, represented his own line. These addresses had little or no effoct on the com mitte rd on Thursday afternoon the Young bill was reported back by Chairman Sweeney and placed at the very head of the calendar. The gang of railroad strikers now took a new turn, and prevailed upon the chairman to favor a delay A resolution introduced by Senator Wool- son, of Henry, remanding the bill back to the railroad committee with instructions to re- port on a bill regulating freight trafie first, was long and hotly debated and finally adoptod by the decisive vote of 30 to 18, Thus in the first_skirn ween the corpora- tions and the pec ctory perches upon the railroad banne ¢ ihat the anti- m......r,xm. were dismayed at this result, would express it far too mildly, but while acknowledging a defeat they are neither dis- aged nor dishearicned, and will renew e flzht at owce. There are two whole months yet for legislative work and the house is 'y itly anti-monopoly and will force the scuate o take sowe defluite ac a rehes day forenoon audience sentative sent the made to secur: tion on all of these quostions tive Cumming, of this eity, clected a railroad attorng Representa. who, although has assumed oy the role of a reformer, has created some thing of a scusation by introducing a bill to prevent a railroad corporation from dispensing of 1ts stock for less than %0 per cent of its value. In advocating the passage of this bill Mr. Cummins said that the consin, Towa & Nebraska railroad, otherwise known as the “Diagonal,” -was bonded £64,000 o mile, while it was recently devel- oped in the course of legal inquiry that the road actually cost but 12,000 per mile. It is A Quantity of Dynamite NUMBER:23: SPANISH MINERS SHOT DOWN, Troops Charge a Mob at Huelva ‘With Fatal Results, FOURTEEN CIVILIANS KILLED. beiug taxed to pay interest on this enormous Discoverey amount of watered stock that the people of in Possess £ the Rioters— Tow y complain. There is A strong No Disturbances Among the suspicion, however, that My. Cammins, who 5 represents the Rock Island, a road whose Pennsylvania Strike stock is way above par, designs to eripple the new and weak lines by this bilt rather than 1o protect the people. The scareity of cars in Strikers Shot By Troops. northern lowa has induced Representative | Manin, Feb, 5.—A dispateh from Huelva Chapman, of Wright county, to introduce a | gizies that a mob of miners on a strike boing bill requiring railronds 1o ‘furnish cars on ordered three day i fived up *notice, with o penaity of $10 fine for cach duys' default, and some bill of this character will likely become a law. he house railway committee of which Hon. Silas Wilson, of Cass county is chair- man, working at the numerous railway bills with which that committee has been flooded, and will hardly report before wounde The civ nied by the last of the coming week. ‘This commit- | civil gus tee will report in favor of prohibiting all free | gav. passes, and cutting both passenecr and |y S freight rates about one third. All of these i smmendations shall be adopted by the [ thousan house, cony of SAALL GOSSIT. rostore The farmers of this logislaturo hard on the lawyers, At pres docket is published free and a co to cach practicing attorney. There is a movement on foot to compel the lawyers to pay for this workand it 1€ claimed that a say ing of R300,000 in taxes will the be saved. Tt is 0 Representative Mack, of Madison, has also \ introduced n bl empowering the district L judge to limit the time of counsel in making [ cases of are rather the court v furnished dynamit was fin: his argument exeept in of felony. lowa [ One tho It is stated that ten civilians were and voice with shouts and fived pistols and thre troops wore then ordercd to fire. to disperse, refused to do so, and was on by the troops. Scveral persons are reported to have been killed and five d. Killed, il government of Huelva, accompi- two companies of troops and some ards, arrived at the seene on - Satur- found the streets oceupied by o ning wob, numbering about fourteen A, The governor spoke from the bale the mumcipal building, and tried to order, but the crowd drowned his v soldiers. Tho The erowd soldicrs wero o cartridges at the 11, Two y dispersed. wounded. rtained that five more civil- « from their wounds, and other wounded persons have come to light. i upy the town OW asc and soldiers now oc is blessed with somo ver ndy lawyers and | and surrounding villages, Magistrates sent. this bill will receive strong suppo to investigate the affair found arms and The legislature is after the Bohemian oats [ 8 FERHELE TIC BHEE TG O swindle nd these gentry-will likely give | dynamite scereted in a number of houses, this state o wide birth in the future. " Hon, Richard Price, senator from Madison, has in- troduced, and the senate has passed, a bill Socialist agents were also discoy nday Among the Strikers, . making the sclling of erain at fictitious Suexaxvoan, Pa, Feb. 5o Nothing has values a penitentiary offense. This is, in [ yet occurred to break the peace of Sunday substance, the Ohio law, which has driven | The rioting Poles have kept tliem- theso meancat of all mean swindlers entirely | ycives in the saloons that sre thoir heads e effort to reduce the price of school | Quarters dvinking and discussing plans for books is likely to prove a failure. Fifty bilis [ to mo have been introdueed on the subjeet, but the committee is hopelessly at sea and unable to décide upon any line of procedure. Many | cith do not \ OW. cither the R It is currently understood they low anybody to work at ling orindividualcollicries ad™ work or other work if they propose to t o teachers of the state bitterly oppose the uni- | ean siop it. They believe too that they have form system, claiming it would do away with | the power to pi 1t 1t and boast that the all competition and b tendency to direct | moral support of many others is at their the educational influ n grooves. e | ik, state will most likely endeavor to purehase e o ¢ the books at wholesale, I ah distriet Driven to the Poor Housc {0 Bolaok Lbhn e Resnina Pa, Feb, le shutting down n that they s of 80w od can only be ch and the election of United S by the people haye passed the senate and will meet with v 1e opposition in the house, The house committee on suppression of in mperance is working away on the iron-chad prohibator, v it will he Th Yo fow being no demand for o iron ore ing, in furnaces for want of coal has in an unexpected quarter, , many of the st Pennsylvania Miners who have Ly misery mines along the E wsed down, but 1o 90 conts per con n when work- st ah About thirty minor amendments, Astrong lnhl:_\ nf women | of them, with th have been com- is present working for t bill and also for to seok aamittance to the Ih-v'l\v and municipal suffrage, I county poor hotses until work is re- — sumed. Constables Held Des Morses, la, Feb, gram to the Ber.]—The the prohibition constable blackmail and perjury has ercated a great sensation. There has been amoral convie- tion for a long time that the constables had been levying blackmail upon druggists and all others who sold liguor for any purpose. Contemp vrost last night of on the charge of to the | cral stri the rate whmh Pioneer ; ! duced ta 3 s it s generally beli other bought off. Then the prosecution sse for a while, This gang of con stables have done more to bring p would me Miners Reso south of this ¢ 'l‘lu-\ have been paid ¢ conts per. tu and is T, ] = Allof the miners in cight mines ha agreed to begin a gen- ke to-moriow. They demand pay at of 4 cents per bushiel or &1 per ton. its per bustiel or 80 insist on the increase, very generally rofused. The mine has been paying the price usked, but the miners there have been in- ) join the strike to help force the s into making the raise by vike general and threatening maugurated to- ) I row it will throw above five hundred into disgrace in this eity than allother en) abohrork: combined. They are eleeted or appointed in some of the adjoining suburbs of the city Union Men Protest. and come here to carry on their operations, COnioa Fob, 5—The Times {0-MOrrow The republican thom, has had to course, and it is e ¥, thougis not endorsing (ffer by their odious timated that the repub mailed t will publish the text of a lett Go, r that has been ot Cloveland and anothel ns have lost five hundred votes here in | similar in character, to Chairman Bacnu, the city on account of these men. 1t is their | of the democratic national committee, calling practice more than anything else that started | atpontion to sl employment. of 1on- the independent vepublican anti-prohibition | Yuion workmen in the construction of the movement here lust fall as a protest against | giditorium building in this ity and the h disreputable procecdings. So there is 1rejoicing to-day that the toils have tened around two at least of the gang. - - AGAL HEARD ys His Intentions Towa MeNamara Wej Desver, Colo., Feb, tothe Ber.]—A telegram from Omaha pub lished here yeste rding all ous conduct both in Omuha this ety of William He broker of Denver and Mrs mar, of Omiha, has creaf terest and is by many pronont far as their conduct here Heagle was scen by the repr chavge used in counten convent HEAGLE He ¢ FROM. d N of the | ganizat sean o and announ T 0 | The Mr, s coll whether the | the convel Cnicaco, Feb, house m not oceur to-da Financial stone” hus been he question is asked Burnum will national auditorinm building, should »to Chicago. The numes he letters and the or- present are withiheld, that e the structu esident and M 1vic ance holding the democra ion in the ons they Failed to Mee Tho of packing 1z al d striet did as was intended, 1t is now ur Sunday next. ARANCE RECORD, tions of the en to or, ced 10 0 11 C Past Week, most reduction made luy was on packing house products from Kansas important yested members of the Hatfield gang, now in juil at « Pikesvilte, Ky., and who we tuken forcioly from the state of West Virginia. Governor B says it is'a matter for the courts to | and (€ decide, and the friends of the prisoners will | tucks ¢ Have 10 depend upoi & WHLOf Babeas corpus. | aring o Loxnox, Feb. b utative of the | Bostox, Mass, Feb, b [Special Teles Buk to-day and said that Mrs. McNamara 8 | gram to the Bre]-The following table a most etimuble lady and unless her rela- | compiled from dispatehes to the Post from tives succeed by their prescnt. wethods in | e n rs of the leading clearing-louses proventing him he expects o make her his | & A e 4 wife, e denics thut sho is insano or | Of the United Statcs, shows the gross ex: i o e M S ver | changes for the week ended February 4, she purchascd him diamands or lavished | 1558, with the rate per cont of increase or de- money upon him s alleged in the Owalia | crvase us comparcd with the amounts for the telogram vs that . R. Sulliv o e S Tal T Tady her has been opposed to he GOLISIDONGINE WO IEPY 0N o ing any one because in that event her prop- orty w pass from the possibility of his -+ eswasou] contr cont visit which Mr. Heagle CLEARINGS paid to Omaha, he states, was for the purpose of paying his attentions to the lady. He e b stopped at the Paxton hotel in that city and | Now York. .. spent v money in paying all his bills. | Roston % Mr. sserts that Mrs. M ira's | Philadelphin ing that violent means only m.m L:m R, him 1o break the expected Bl doull:i . his awrest on the charge of vagrancy, | Nw Ocloms. it that on the following day he was released | Rattimol by the palice judize on hisown Pittshurge He then returned to Denver bec Cinciunati | further persecution. from the irat oL Mrs. MeNamara., [Shasas 11 Cashed Forged Paper. e New Youk, Feb, 5 [Special Tele 8t Paul the Bik.)—Some extensive forgeries have | ietbolls........ o just come 1o light. A number of checks pur- | Clevel | porting to be signed by President MeLean, | Mombiis of the Munhattan Life Insurance company, | Denver . lately sed through the cleaving house, | Hartiord were protested, and then discovered 10 be | g donh fo hey came from eastern banks and ranged from a few hundred to #1000, o I\H'I\H; Hpolls believed 1o have been drawn by Ui Nowlileoy the company who lately skipped to Car SPrinaol It is supposcd that he deposited them i the | G bank and then drew against them. The 1 Portlaid amount he realized is not. known yet, but the | & e losses will fall on the banks that cashed | Wichin the forged puper. Even their names canno | Lot = | G 1 B Packing Product Rates Reduced \ CHICAGO, b, The western railroad | Outside New York. .| 34 120 war is being prosecuted with vigor. The [ sbhututh net iu luded in totuls, Hewitt's"High Aml icn, City, Omaha and all other Missouri river [ 2 Youu, iob legram points to Chic This rate was reduced | 10 the Brek.]-The dcmocrs it Mayor from 25 cents per 100 pounds to 15 cents, and | Hewitt to run again, but it is quite evident the private dispatches received from Omaha | mayor wants to be president. He tlaughs s state that they arc offered a 13 cent | at the suggestion, but his own actions indi- eate that he has an cye on the white house, He received a letter the other saying: O Raa want you to go to Wi aud 860 QR P if uny im v in can be to the agent of | made” Mr. Hewitt was have all the governor of West Virginia, in the matter | papers print the letter, and his anxiety to sea of the demand made upon him by the state | 1t in the papers showed wany that the mayor's of West Virginia for the surrender of the | Political anibition aims excecdingly high, - aty With Italy. he treaty between Italy rmany stipulates that if France ate ither country the other shail send s 10,000 wen to the Frouch frontigey nany's Tr I 1 e