Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 9, 1888, Page 1

R Nt A Y S aag (7 2R A SO, N o THE OMAHA SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9. 1888, A MILLIONAIRE MURDERED. Amos J. Snell Killed at His Mansion in Chicggo. THE WORK OF BOLD BURGLARS. Surprised While Ransacking the Ha , They Shoot Down the Owner and Make Good Their Escape—A Capture. Murdered By Burglars, Ciicaco, Feb, 8.—Amos J, Snell, a million- aire and owner of the toil road running through Jefferson, was found murdered in bed this morning at his residence, 425 Wash- ington boulevard. About 2 o'clock this morning a servant girl heard a noisc like a pistol shot coming from Snell's room, but paid no attention to it. Later he was found with a bullet hole in his left breast and one behind the left ear. En- tra effected by the murderers through a back door, they having taken out a panel and sawed out the lock. Snell was one of the largest real estate owners in the city and allhis business was transacted in the busement of his own house, in which were several safes. The theory 1n regard to the murder is that a carefully lanned robbery had been arranged. It was nown that during the first part of each month large sums of money—the pro- ceeds from rents of Snell's hous: were kept in the house. It 18 beli that burglars effected an entrance to the house and were at work at a safe when Snell, learing a noise, went down and surprised the thieves at their work. His body was found in the hall just at the entrance of his office door. ‘The burglars who entered Snell's residence made the ruid during the night of several houses in the neighborhood, “tracks in the snow showing they went from one back yard to another. Upon reaching Snell's they bored sixteen or eighteen augur holes through the kitchen door, and finally” cffected an en- kitchen they proceeded in the front of the house. Hereit uppears there was nothing of value to them to be found. The safe and desks were filled with papers, and after ran- sacking these they proceeded upstairs to the parlor floor. The door at the head of the basement was skilfully forced, and the men were in the front parlor when, it is supposed, Snell, who sleeps above this room, heard them. He left his bedroom and, taking a re- went down the front stairs. The docrs into the parlor were shut,but it is BUPPOsEa thit he haard the noise in the room, for he fired a shot through the doors, Tha burglurs opened the doors und returned the fire, the bullet striking the woodwork, and rebounding hit Snell in the breast, who then ran back towards the rear of the hall. ~ The burglars must have followed him and shot again, for the murdered man was found at the head of the basement stairs, with a bullet hole just behind the ear. The Snell house is a large three story and basement structure, solidly built of brick and stone, and the most imposing of residences in the neigh- borhood noted for fine architecture. The building's only occupants last uig] owner, a man aged sixty-four, two Kirls, and two- little givls, grandchildren of Snell, who were spending a few days there. All' during the winter Chicago has been overrun with crooks and thieves of every description, and many daring burg- lariés have been committed, the police being unable to stop them or discover the criminals. Snell leaves a wife, two married daughters and a son. Mrs. Sneil and one of the daugh- ters, Mrs. Frank Coftin, are visiting in Mil- waukee. Mrs, Snell is very ill, and the news of her husband’s death will be kept from her for the present. Snell was one of the wealthiest and well- known citizens of the west side, and has been connected with Chicago aud its history for @ great many years. He was born in Little Falls, N. Y., and came west in 1544, stopping for a_few months m Cincinnati and then coming to this city. little later he went to Milwaukee, |1'lmu\|\u here in about a year and opening a hotel at Schaumberg. After a residence of six years there he moved to Jefferson, and there luid the foundation of his fortune, which at s death amounted to 3,000,000, The most extraordinary feature of the crime is the fact that, ummmh the murder was committed about 2 o'clock, the noise of the shooting was heard by servant givls at that time, and they paid no attention to it, explaining their action after the murder had been discovered, that they thought Snell hud accidentally fired a shot.” It was, therefore, not until about 7 o'clock, that the coac man, who slept m the barn, entered the house to look after the furnace and dis- covered the body of Snell, Later it was discovered that the burglars had taken a check for £,000 made b son-in-law payable to Snell, from an iron box an the oftice. What else they took will prob- ably never be known, as Snell himself was the only one to wnom the contents of his strong box was known. It was said there Was 1o negotinble paper or money in the box, s he never kept such pupers in the house, ‘To-night a young man who was carrying a large bundle was arrested on a down town street by two detectives. The fellow failed to account for himself satisfactorily and he was_taken to the central station the bundle examined. It was found to contain aix dark lanterns, six chilled augurs, one e tension bit, six slung shots, six steel knucl 8, two punces of dynamite, two ounces of giant powdsr, three dirk knives, three alarm * whistles, four helsters, four 35-calibre Colts revolvers, four jimmies, six boxes of fuse matches, a lot of mail pouch keys, a large bunch of skeleton keys, and several skeleton saws. The prisoner told Chief Henshaw that his name was Charles V. W. Benedict; that he was 1 old and his N He said that I old; George D> ci Hall, twenty and himself, all’ re of Marshalltown, had agrecd fo form u gung of burglars, and he had been sent to this city to purchase the nccessary tools with which to begin work. He firmly denied having had anything to do with the Sneil murder and insisted that his accomplices were all in Marshalltown awaiting his return. Chief Ebersold telegruphed the chdef of police at Mashalltown asking us to the whereabouts of the men named and received answer that they were not at that place. They are all known to the chief of police in halitown, but he does not know their | where- abouts. The extension bit found n Bene- dict’s possession is a new one, but bears evi- dence of recent use and it tallies in size with the oue used in_boriug the holes in the back door of Mr. Suell's residence. One revolver Henedict had upon his person wus not loaded, but each chamber had in it an empty shell' and the revolver showned signs of having recently been fived. The buliets in Mr. Snell's body were thirty-eight colibre, which is the same sizo used in the pty revolver in Benedict's pocket. dict was formerly a postal clerk on the . cago, Burlington & Quiney railroad. The police refuse to say that they think he is the murderer, e A Monument to Lunacy. Rocugster, N, Y., Feb. 8.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee. Che will of Mrs. Louisa Ramsdell, of this city, has not yet been en tered for probate, but the terms of the do cument were known before her decease. The property left is valued at £120,000, and the whole of this amount, with the excep- tion of acarpet and a stove given to her daughter and #00 left her grandson, is to be devoted to defraying the fuueral expenses and to erecting a monument to her memory. Her daughter aud her son, to whom nothing is given, are inmates of au insune usylum. —_————— Licutenant Brainard Marvried. Portiaxp, Ore, Feb. S.—Lieutenant Bralnard, of the United States army, a sur vivor of the Greely Arctic expedition, was married last unight at Walla . Walla to the duuthr of Hon. H. M. Chase, eune of the llflw‘ thlnxlon “rnwry [ BEER MANIFESTO Circulars Iullle(lTSvT\rnwery Proprie- tors and Employes. MiLwavkee, Feb, 8.—~The United States Brewers' association has taken a hand in the trouble between the Milwaukee brewers and their men. It is learned that at a meet- ing of the national associatign, in New York last week, a private circular to all the mem- bers were drawn up. This was adopted by the Milwaukee association and will be dis- tributed to the members, The circular en- joins upon the members strict compliance with the pledges, and urges them to do all in their power to sustain the Milwaukee brew- ers in their opposition to the *despotic rule of outspoken anarchists, who ate to-day mis- leading workmen.” The circular further refers to the fact that the contract with the the workmen—conceding all demands in regard to wages, working hours, employment of umion men, etc, was faithfully lived up to by the brew in spite of the petty annoyances until they were boycotted by their own men's national organization because they refuse to allow the guiding . spirits of the latter to dictate to them where they should put their material. After the boycott had been declared and put into execu- tion the employers refuscd henceforth to recognize the union, which had flagrantly broken faith with th 3 The result of the resolve not to r in_their employ any members of lhn\\nx Union No. 9 was that cent of the workmen left the union. This proves,” snys the circular,, “‘that the majority of the workmen feel thé degrada- tion of lu-lnf guided by men whose principles are regarded with abhorrence by every hon- orable man and are rapidly becoming con- vinced thac they must discountenance such unions. This is not a fizht agaiust working- men, but asainst the outrages of those irresponsible and unscrupulous men who by trickery and treachery, have succeeded in terrorizing our workmen and are now using their power to create a strike botween labor and capital, seeing that without such a strike the occupation by which they thrive would be lost." The Brewers' workmen union has also is- sued o mamfesto headed, “An appeal to or- ganized labor and its nds in the United States and Canada,” After going over the details of the strike the circular says mugst be clear that just as judicial rder at Chicago was intended to terrorize the univer- sal movement for the cmancipation of labor into timorous apathy, so here, too, is an ef- fort being made to crush out organized labor and eripple the independent political power of the largest union in the northwest at a time when the spring elections are approach- in 2 . - NATIONAL TROTTING CONGRESS. Adoption ¢f Several Amendments to the Racing Rule: NEew York, Feb. S.—The bienmal session of the National Trotting congress began here this afternoon with 185 tracks represented. A large number of amendments to the racing rules were adopted, among them the follow- ing: Establishing arequirement that changes in names of horses must be given to the sec- retary, with afee of £0, the high charges being intended to discourage name changing; declaring that added money shall not be con- strued as part of the stakes in a walk over,” fixing the fee of drivers substituted by judges in case of “puiling” av not less than 10 nor more than 50 per cent of the purse; allowing recording of time in fifths of a second instead of quarters. The following officers wore unanimously elected: President, Major l P. Johnson, of Kentuck, first e president, A. Loudon Alun of Pennsylvania; second vice pres J. McM. Shafter, of San Francisco. For district boards: Western di: rl(‘l—.\l('liludc, Cedar Rapids, In, ; John L. Mitchell, Milwau kee, Wis., and W. R. Woodward, Chicago. Resolutions of thanks toJudge Grant and the board of review were unanimously passed and Buffalo selected as the next place of meeting. The Big Walk. NEW Yonk, Feb. 8.—The score at midnight in the walking match Albert, 348; Panchot, 342; Gurrero, 3303 Hart, 31 Strokel, 200: Noremac, nt, 2405 Da, i ; Collins, y 102 \'u\ll Knifton Challenges Sullivan. [Copyright 1883 by James Gordon Benngt.] LoxDoN, Feb. 9, 4 a. m.—[New York Her- ald Cable—Special to the Bee.] —The Sport- ing Life has a challenge to Jack Knifton, in which he says: *1 shall be glad to accept the £200 to stand in front of Mr. Sullivan for six rounds; or, in the alternative, to fighting him in the prize r for £200 a side, this amount Leing the limit of my resources at the bank at the present time, and I can only depend on one backer, who has hitherto nobly supported me, v Mr. Ben Clark. With reference to the chal- lenge issued to Smith, I will, with Mr. Sulli- van's permission, accept the same in Smith’s place, and fight him within fourteea days after the fight with Mitchell.” Governor Hill's Boom. NEW YORE, Feb, 8.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—One year ago Governor Hill jour- neyed to Brooklyn to attend a dinner given in honor by the Young Men's Democratic club, and made a big mistake. He ordered a letter of regret from Mayor Hewitt, 1 which reference was made to certain demagogues, who were striving after the labor vote, should be suppressed. His order was obeyed, but he public soon knew the contents of that let- ter. Te-uight Goveraor Hill will go again to Brooklyn {0 a dinner 0 begiven by the Kings County Democratic club in i y of the birthddy of Samuel d, Tilden. The g has signitied his intention of umkmuu speech, in_swhich he proposes to demonstrate that “the unpleasantness at the recedt meeting of the state committee has not alienated him from Kings county democracy.” It loaks very much as though the “me al” dinner will deteriorate into a boom. B Monopoly in Manitoba. Man,, Feb. §.—The annual re- port of ‘President Ashdown, read before the bourd of trade yesterday, fiercely attacks the Canadian Pacific railrond company and Dominion government on the monopoly ques- tion. The illiberal policy of the Canadian Pacific railroad had driven tens of thousands of Canadiun settlers south to Dakota, In conclusion he broadly intimated that a tinuation of the prescut policy of the Domin- 100 government might result in a strong move- to the United States. NEW Yok, Feb, 8.—J. Humphrey & on, neckwear, made an assignment to-day, i preferences to the amount of §17,000. ISP ELD, O., Feb. 8. —~The Springtield Maunufacturing company was placed in the hands of a re ver this afternoon. Liabili- Pirrsnvia, Feb, 8, —Three 0( the colorod non-union workmen at the Solar Iron Works were arrested this forenoon on the charge of felonious shooting, preferred by the uncle of the boy wounded in the riot last Saturday. - Steamship Arrivals, PuiiabELrILy. Feb, S.—[Special Telegram to the Be.]—Arrived—The British Priuce, from Liverpool Grascow, Feb. Arrived—The State of ToLeno, Feb, S, (Petroleum” V., than twenty-four sumption, 1t is thowght D. R. Locke Nasby) witl not live moye hours. His disease is con- POKING FUN AT PARLIAMENT. “Punch” Anticipates the Meeting ‘With Comic Cartoons. FUNNY MEN TO THE FRONT. Another Interesting Chapter In Con- nection With the London Jockey Club Scandal—Sir George Chetwynd Backs Down, “Punch” Cartoons Parliament. Copyright 1858 by James Gordon Bennett.] LoNpoy, Feb, 8.—[New York Herald Cable Special to the Beg.]—Punch to-day ushers in parliament with two original pictures and one cartoon, the best in years. The latter bears the sign manual of Tennial and repre- sents “In the Arena—The Parade Before the Conflict.” The scene is in the Roman colliseum. Entering on horses are armoured Kknights, one set led by Salisbury and Hart- ington, with in the front rank Chamberlain, Goschen, Lord Hamilton and Balfour cap-a- pie, who are all passing ancther set headed by Gladstone, looking scornfully, and Par- nell, with an independent wink, followed by Harcourt, buiky but pecksnifian, on & huge steed. The text is a parody on the Macaulay lay, dascribing each knight thus: But now his fiorcest foe Is Chamberlain, better known as Brumango, ‘Who beards his ancient chieftain with even more of ire, And backs his ancient loemfln\vllhycuuom zealous fire. Not so the stout Harcourtines, him of the triple chin, He backs the grand old manlius, as one who's bound to win. O1d manlius Gladstone, when others shy or sull, And leads the ancient warhorse with big complacent bulk. The next picture is an owl with spresd wings perched on & branch labeled “Cloture and faces the house leader, Smith, with a Shakespearean parody in one verse, thus: When bores blare forth and boasters blow, And jeering drowns discursive jaw When Peel sits brooding, brows bent low, 1 Healy's nose is cocked atlaw When hot home rulers hiss and groan, “Then nightly sits the wateh ful owl, Tu-whit, Tuwho—a warning note, He's on the pounce, they'll cateh it fot. Another picture is in Harry Furnoss’ best imitative vein, representiug Mephistopheles on the stage raising a broken scene, Salisbury as cloud king, in defiant pose, surrounded by his cabinet gnomes, in good portraiture, Irish imps in vapor-land, while among them, wildly floating about, is Gladstone as a Boreas, near 10 whom swims in the mist Charaberlain as a mermaid and Lord Randolph on the bounce. The comic text is evidently by Heury W. Lucy, late editor of the Daily News, who docs the usual essence of parliament. I lgarned at Charing Cross from a fellow passenger on the Gladstone special train that the latter assiduously thumbed his fresh copy and laughed heartily over the conceits. It is safe to predict that the news agents of parlia- ment yard to-merrow will need to brew much Punch. THE CRITICAL MOMENT. How Affairs Appear Just Before Par- liament ©pons. |Copuright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.) LosboyN, Feb. 8.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Brr.]—The night be- fore the battle is alwaysan anxious time with the government as well as armies. We have reached that critical moment. Accord- ing to outward appearances the government is stronger than it was, The opposition is somewhat disheartened, but the session has many vicissitudes in store for both sides. For the most powerful minister one enemy always lurks in the background. The unfor- seen has some surprises it is sure to have re- served for the “ins,” as well as the “‘outs.” 1 have just been taking a preliminary survey of the theater of operations. 1t is very like a real theater which has been shut up for some time. There is a damp, mouldy smell in the house of commons where the green benches are being uncovered and the dust sheets taken oft the canopy of the speaker’s chair. In spite of the coverings the dust is thick every- where, and a large staft of men is busily en- gaged endeavoring to get rid of it. The brass-bound box on the table which Glad- stone pounds when speaking is covered, his usual seat, 100, is, as 1f it had been deserted for years. He is destined to speak again from the box on the other side, to the right of the speaker. There he has spent the greater part of his life, not in the cold shades of the opposition, where he never seemed to flourish. One thinks of the invincible party he once led, bold and defiant, évery wing under a capable chief—Bright, Hartington, Chamberlain and the rest. Inthe words of Hans Bretmann, “Where is dat party now?" Broken up, but only for a time. The liberals will reunite some day, though Gladstone may not live to see it. Meanwhile here are work- men dusting with impartial hands the places of the combatants. The vaults have been searched, but Parnell was not hidden there. Dr. Percy’s territory, that weird chamber under the house where you hear everything and see nobody, ks been thoroughly explored. A narrow door and small _gtaircase lead to it, No stranger could find either. The way of approach to the house is guarded. Two or three of the new men, impatient to taste théir Bonors, have already been there, They will not be so anxious to come when they have had a little more of Along the coridors carpet fitters at work. In the libraries books are being dusted. Five months of peace have the librarians enjoyed, but the tormenters will soon be upon the! See how calm is the sleepy river below. A few barges floatdown with the tide and & wierd-looking man, suggestive of Rogue Riderhood, pulls lazily along in a rickety boat. Look close under the terrace wall and you will see four men in a much smarter boat_intensely watching something in the middle of the river. They are Thames po- licemen looking out for dynamiters. But what they ave regarding so curiously now is only a sea gull which has taken a fancy to journey thus far up the Thames. Even on the terrace clouds of dust arise, for the un- limited carpet shaking going on whirls dust overywhere, Thus we at> mgking ready. And is the gov- ernment getting ready for war! I believe not. The impression is that R ueither desires war nor driven permaturely into it. Bismarck 1s not ready for war, though he kunows it must come. France would rather wait. The czar will play a cautious haud. The truth is he Las shown much more prudence than Bis- marck anticipated or desired. Had he been quick to take offense, hostilitics must have broken out weeks @ago. - Unlike Napoleon III, he has detected the trap laid for hiw and declined to walk into The governmeny bers kuows all this, and will allow herself to e} and feels well assured that there will not be ‘war at present. So much the last look around tells us before the perférmers come upon the stage and the curtain rofls up. A few hours hence and the play will have begun. Who can tell how it will end, pr howmany of the players themselves will be spared to look on at the closing scenes? A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. The Queen's Speech. Loxpox, Feb, 8,—~The queen’s speech was read at the ministerial banguet this evening. After congrntulating the country upon its pacific foreign velations, she announces the intention of the goveriment to introduce a bill declaring squares dnd thoroughfares un- suitable for public gatherings; a bill of broad scope dealing with the Irish valuation and English local government bill. The speech expresses satisfaction ' at the diminution of crime and the improved social condition in Ireland. Other measures were announced. The speech does not refer to the European s, 'The reference to foreign relations is l‘I)V ted chiefly to the Afghan boundary set- tlement and the sugar bounties conference. England's Unrivaled Tyranny. LoNDON, Feb, 8.—Upon his arrival at Char- ing Cross station this evening Gladstone was eived with mingled cheers and hootings by an enormous crowd in and around the sta- tion. On the way from Dover the train stopped at Shorn-cliffe where Gladstone was presented with an address. In the course of is reply he said: ‘‘In neither Europe nor America could have been seen such a puinful spectacle as is observable in England—the spectacle of one nation holding down another by force. Russia would be ashamed to say of Finland what Englishmen were not ashamed to !u? of Ireland, Nmt 82,000,000 of people were afraid ol 5,000, 000, lnstrncflon- to Conservatives. LoNpox, Feb. 8.—The government has issued an imperative whip instructing its supporters to be present in the commons be- fore the address in reply to the queen’s speech is moved. The attendance of con- servative members is necessary, the whip says, because there is reason to believe the Parnellites will attempt to raise a qnestion of privilege regarding the imprisonment of their colleagues. Bismarck's Speech. St. PETERsBURG, Feb. 8.—Journal De St. St. Petersburg say As Bismarck has em- phasized the purely exclusive defensive char- acter of the Austro-German alliance, and in terms which do honor to him has expressed absolute confidence in the word of the czar, whose pacific views have been distinctly de- clude that peaco 18 fully assured. this peaceful guarantee to that of armaments, but we will not insist upon this point. We will congratulate our- selves if this remains the future basis for re- lations boetween Germany and Russia. -~ First Native'ihdian. —A Sioux squaw at Colonel Cody’s camp has given birth to a daughter. This is the first Indian child ever born in England. The infant has been named F'r: ces Victoria Alexandra, in honor of M Cleveland, Queen Victoria and the Princess of Wales. England’s o Swindled a Priest.. Paris, Feb. 8.—Prince Phillippe, of Bour- bon, son of the Duke of Agriela, and nephew of the Emperor of Brazil, has been sentenced by default to thirteen months imprisonment aud to pay 5,000 franca: damages for swind- ling a priest in a jewelry transaction, ey O Lansdowne's New Office. Loxpoy, Feb, 8.—Marquis of Lansdowne, governor general of Canada, will succeed Earl Dufferin as governor general of India at the end of the present year, Lord Dufferin desiring for private reasons to return home, Lord Sumlc_y, of Preston, will be Lord Lans- downe’s successor, Lord Stanley's Successor. Loxpox, Feb. 8.—It is stated that Baron Henry De Worms will succeed Lord Stan- ey, of Preston, as president of the board of trade. The Pope's Advice to Treland. RoME, Feb. 8—The pope has requested Curdinal Simmons to advise the Irish bishops to preach to the people of Ireland respect for laws and to maintan a calm, prudent line of conduct. The pope alsoannounced his inten- tion to send to Ireland permanent apostolic legate. e Another M. P. Sentenced. DubLiy, Feb, 8.—Patrick O'Brien, M. P., has been sentenced to three months’ impris- onment for inciting tenants not to pay rent. -l TP The Military Bill. Benruiy, Feb. 8. —~Themilitary 1.7'] was read the third time in the reichstag to-day and passed en bloe. (el 1o M NO QUARTER. The Freight Rate War Still Being Fiercely Waged. CuicaGo, Feb, 8.—To-day's rate cutting among western roads started off by the Chi- cago & Northtvestern reducing rates from Chicago to Duluth, Ashland and Lake Super- ior ports to the same basis as the cut rates made between Chicago d#nd St. Paul. This move was in retaliation sgainst the Wiscon- sin Central for reducing ratés to Duluth, as the competing lines thought it possible to keep reductions out of that section. The ac- tion of the Northwestern did not please Milwaukee & St. Paul officials, and they came back with another reduction between Chicago and St. Paul of 16 per cent below the recent rates, making rates on first-class 25 per cent; sccond, 21; third, 17; fourth, 14; fifth, 10; sixth, 8, The Burlington, in order to hit the Mil- waukee & St. Paul at Council Bluffs and Omuhn, reduced rates on live stock from $55 5 a carload to Chicago. The Milwaukee & St. Paul has a dressed beef contract at Omaha which is based on relative live stock rates and the Burlington's reduction pulled down_ the St. Paul’s dressed meat revenue, The St. Paul re with a similar reduc- tion on live stock rates, {rom: Kansas City and southwestern Missouri points {3 Chicago of £37.50 a carload. The Chicago and Chia river lines met 1n the morning and reduced meat rates from Chle? to Atlanta, Gi other southern points, b cents per 100, was done to meet the cut rate comp from Kansas City wia St. Louis. Dressed meat rates from Kuansas City to Chicago were brought down by all lines from 80 to 20 cents per 100. The Burlington decided to meet the cut rates to Des Moines and de- creased figures to that mt were also ex- tended to Davenport, Dubuque, Ottumwa, Oskaloosa and other principal Iowa centers’ This ended the cutting for the day. No at- !4-muu are made to bring about a settlement of the troubles. e — CREMATED WHILE DRUNK. An Intoxicated Tinner Burned Death While Asleep. Asrey, Colo., Feb. 8.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—Zachary Hinckley, a tinner in the employ of Durand & Lux’s hardware house, who has been on & drunken spree for 2 week, went to his room in the company's warehouse {o-niight, builg up a fire and, half intoxicated, threw himself on i hed, Half an hour latér the building was discovered it flames, and in spite of the efforts of the de- partment the greater part of the building was destroyed. After the fire was out the body of Hinckley was found lying near the bed, burned to a crigp. It is thought that a coal from the'stove set the building on fire, and Hinckley, in his drunken condition, wids un- able 1 save himselt, to THE READING, INVESTIGATION. A Knight of Labor on the Personnel of the House Committee. UNDOUBTEDLY A PACKED BODY. Chicago in the Lead as the Place For the Next National Democratic Convention — Reaching For Beck's Ear. Packed Against the Knights. WasniNgTox Bukeau Tne: OMAHA BeE, WasiixaTo 3 . I saw one of the local leaders o( the Knights of Labor to-day and asked him what he thought of the make-up of the committee appointed to investigate the Reading strike. He said: “This committee is pacl beyond doubt, and the report it will make is as plain as the handwriting on the wall. It can make but one report. It appears to me that this is a move on the part of Carlisle to straighten the account he hold with the Knights of Labor for the trouble caused by the contested election case from his district. Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina, the chairman of the committee, is a bitter and unrelenting enemy to organized labor."” THE DEMOCRATIC CIHAIRMANSHIP, William L. Scott, of Pennsylvania, will un- doubtedly be the chairman of the next demo- cratic national committee, particularly if Cleveland is nominated upon a tarm plat- form. Mr. Barnum, of Connec ticut, the present chairman of the national committee, and Mr. Gorman, of Maryland, the chairman of the execcutive committee, are both high tarif men and have no sympathy with the president's recent message. CHICAGO WILL WIN AGAIN. The Washington correspondent of the Bal- timore Sun, in speaking of the location of the national democratic convention, says as fol- lows 1t is also pretty well agreed among committeemen in this vieinity that Chicago is the most desirable city in which tohold the national convention. ‘It offers,’ said a com- mitteeman recently, ‘greater facilities from almost every standpoint than any other placo yet mentioned. Besides, it will be nothing more than a ratification meeting to formally indorse Cleveland's renomination and select @ popular western man to go on the ticket with him, The democratic principles are about the same now as they were four years ago, and the party has no occasion to be ashamed of the record it has made while en- deavoring to maintain them during the pres- ent administration, Four years in the con- trol of the government has not diminished democrutic ambition to continue in power, and there seems to be no outery of the peopic for animmediate change. Many of the wounds that wero inflicted during the early stages of the present administration have been healed and the party appears to be in splendid con- dition for the coming contest. SMALL TALK. General Sheridan says that he had a glori- ous time in Boston. Congressman Butterworth, of Ohio, is going to Chicago to make an address before the Union League club. Several other re- publicans willalso be invited. There is a flood of petitions in both houses of congress from all parts of the country for the passage of the prohibition law in the Dis- trict of Columbia. Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson who hag_been in poor health for several weeks, left for Florida-this worning for a short vw.nuon The people in e gullurxm were amused by afunny scene on the floor this morning. Senator Beck, talf and stalwart in form, was ing around the space in the rear of the desks and was met about midway and_at the head of the main_aisle by fSenator Sawyer. The head of the Wisconsin senator reaches about to the shoulders of the big-framed and big-hearted Kentucky senator. From the gallery it seemed that” Senator Sawyer had something of importance to communicate, for, as he confronted the Kentuckian, he stopped immediately in front of him and, reaching up both urms 8o as to inclose Mr. Beck's neck insofar as the shortage of Mr. Sawyer's stature would permit, he struggled to reach the Kentuckian's eitr. ' The Wiscon- sin senator occupied an attitude of apparent discomfort. He had to stand upon tip-toe and even then fell short of the ear which he was vainly striving to whisper into. It seemed to be arelief to both senators® when the scene was ended. ONE MORE ELOPEMENT. ‘The young people of Washington still con- tinue to get married without consulting their parents, Another was add the long list of elopements to-day. J. C. Silcott, the son of the cashier of the house of representatives, left the capitol yesterday after adjeurnment, went to the residence of Mr. Sterns and in- vited his daughter to take a walk. They went to the court house, got a marriage license and started at once to the residence of Rev. Br. Parker, where they were made man and wife. Then they returned to the young 1ady’s home and introduced themselves in their new relation, much to the surprise of the parents, who accepted the situation and gave them ablessing. Boththe bride and groom are from Ohio, and the former is a niece of Governor Foraker. RIDDLEBERGER AGALN RAMPANT. Senator Riddleberger made another dis- turbance in the senate to-day, both in opl‘u session and after the doors wara ol executive session. He persisted in the rules by discussing executive session rules in open session, and has been called to order frequently, each time refusing to obey the orders of the chair. To-day when he was called to order, Mr. Ingalls, who was presiding, spoke to him very s and told im "to take his seat. Riddleberge refused to do so and resumed b remarks. A second time the chair told him to take his seat. Riddleberger still refused to do so, but, seeing that Iugalls was in earnest, stood in silence for a few moments before his'desk and then walked out of the chamber. If he attempted to continue after being called to order the second time the ser- geant-at-arms would have been directed to place hun under arrest. In executive session afterwards he again became obstreperous and the sergeant-at-arms was sent for. The senator from Virginia was given a very se- vere lecture by the presiding oficer and noti- fied that his conduct woula not he tolerated any loneer; that if he continued to violate the rules hid would be arrested, as the rules required. He made on m-olo;zy to the chair and other business was proceaded with, To- day, as yesterday, he was intoxicated and has been almost continually so for several weeks. His object in bringing before the public the fact that there is pending in the execu session an_extradition treaty with Englar has been accomplished and” the senators do not propose that the disgraceful scenes that have been occurring almost duily shall be continued any longer. There is some curios- ity to sec how he will behave to-morrow, but if he attempts to violate the rules, as e has done heretofore, summary meusures will be taken to shut THE ALIE The house committee on judiciary, through Mr. Caswell, of Wisconsin, has decided to report favorably a bill providing that passed by the lust congress to rest Qwnership of real estate in the territories to American_ ¢ shall not be applied to land aequired in good faith by mercantile and manufacturing corporatiops organized under the laws of the United States, or any state or terr ogure of execu- or taken in payment o +adness due to such corporations in the ordinary cots f_busigess. Hefore the bill was roported by The gemwaitics an attempt was made to amend it so that bapkers und mortgage companies of foreign capital wi loan money upon real estate in the territo- ries, who ‘become possessed of property by foreclosure and by takigg it in vayment of indebtedyess should have @ rewsonable e 10.dloposy 0f UG same, bub \bis sugges tion was voted down. A statement ¢V made to the committee that foreign capi ists had been loaning immense quantitios of money upon real estate security among the farmers of the west and at _lower rates of in- terest than were charged by local bankers and that this capital was used by the settlers to muke improvements upon their farms, It was argued that foreign capitalists should be encouraged to bring money into this country and in case they became possessed of real estate in the ordinary course of business they would be allowed a sufticient time to of that property without being sub; losses by forced sal but the ca would not listen to any such proposition and ordered a favorable report to be made upon the bill as described. RIVER AND FLARROK APPROPRIATION, The committee on riversand harbors work for two or three hours duily, prepari the regular appropriation bill, which will m- ready to report to the house on or before the 18t of April. The purpose of the committes this year is to limit the umount appropriated in the bill to 15,000,000 and apply the money only to most necessary improvements. IO RATLRO that he will eall to gother the special committee on Pacific rail- rouds on Saturday for aconsultation as to what should be done b, 8. He hopes to hold frequent meetings thereafter and re port something in the way of a scttlement of the indebtedness to the government without much delay. PERSONAL. Richardson, a ort, I, With his wife, have quartered District Judge Hamer well known Nebraska law ney, Neb., are at the Riggs. Mrs. Paddock will hold her first reception to-morrow. She will be assisted by Mr Billings, Mrs. Smith, Miss Coppeck, Mi Carlton, of Terre Haute, Ind., her two daughters and her nicce, and Mrs. Annin. Mrs. Senator Manderson will also hold_her lust reception to-morrow, assisted by Mrs. Colonel Blount, Mrs. Dr. Middleton, Mrs. Olmstead, Miss 'Willard, Miss Edie and other Indies. Perny 8. HEATIL Nebraska and lowa Pension WasiiNatoN, Feb. 8.—[Special Telegram to the Bek.]--The following pensions for Nebraskans were granted to-day: Increase— George F. Lukens, Logan; Henry D. Win- ship, Chadron; Jacob Rhode, Wakefield: James M. Campbell, O'Neill; Kingman Fisher, Pearce; John R. Gilmore, Valley; America Bunch, Palls City; William Crane, Superior; George E. Slade, John €. Williams, Lincoln; John C. mah; Augustus Holmgrain, Red Cloud. Pensions for Iowans: = Increase—Perry Van Winkle, Washington: Daniel Holder, Batavia; Gottlieb Harsh, Ottumwa; A. Pat- terson, Eldon; Monroe R. McClanahan, Mt. Ayr: William Mulvain, Marengo; William T Thomas, Ottumwa; Cyrus Phelps, Oskaloosa; Matthew aher, Wheatland ; Simon Hughes, Chickasaw:' Frances H Waite, Belfust: Lewis B. Gardner, Dubuque; Judson R. Keith, Brush Creek: Noah P! Willse, Charles Jeremiah_Goughnour, Allertown:; Benjamin Wert, Des Moines: George Dogan, ", Cedar Bluft; Thompson Smock, Spencer; Thomas Townsend, Lowell; Joshua Burle, Rinply. Reissue—Condrad L. Gabrielson, New Hampton, d Mr. Tilson, all s, both of Keur- Democratic Congressional Committees WasHINGTON, Feb, 8.—The caucus of the democratic members of the house called for this afternoon for the purpose of selecting representatives on the democratic congres- sional committee resulted in the choice of the following named persons: Alaubama, James T. Jones; Arkansas, Thomas McRae; Cali- fornia, T. 1. Thompson; Connecticutt, R. J. Vance; Delaware, J. P. Pennington ; Florida, R. H. M. Davidson; Georgia, T. W. Grimes; Nlinois, R. W. Townshend; Indiana, Benja- mm F. Shively; Iowa, W. L Hayes; Ken- tucky, W. P.—Feulber; Louisiana, M. D. Lag Mnrylsnd Barnes Comptent Michi- O. Fisher; Mississippt, J. M. Mumcsmn, J. L. MacDonald; Mis- James . Burns; Nobraska, McShave; New Hampshire, L. . McKinney; New_Jorsey, William' Me- Adoo: New York, L. 8. Bryce; North Caro- lina, . M. Simons; Ohio, Beriah Wilkins; South Carolina, Samuel Dibble; Tennessce, Benton McMillan; Texas, W. Martin: Virginia, G. D. Wise; West Virginia, C. E. Hogg; Wisconsin, Thomas R. Hudd: Arizona, M. A.'Smith; Montana, J. K. Tole; New Mexico, A. Joseph; Utah, J. T. Caine; Wash- ington territory, C. S. Voorhees. In the case of states where there are no democratic rep- resentatives, or whose delegations failed to make selections, the full commttee is granted power to fill vacancies in_ the representation. National Capital Notes. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. —Thé commissioner of ulture has not received the resignation of Prof. Dodge, and many persous are ap- pealing to the commissioner to retain him. Mr. Belmont, chairman of the house com- mittee on forcign affairs, said to-day he un- derstood the draft of the proposed treaty had been transmitted to the Chinese minister containing such modifications of existing treaties as would bring about the combplete exclusion of that class of emigrants to which the »egglq of the western coast object. He believed that within a month the coun would have a treaty which would effectually dispose of the question, Mr. Belmont added that no clause permitting the extradition of a citizen of the United States for any political offenses was included in the British extra- dition treaty sent to tho senate. It is reported that the senate in sccret ses- sion this afternoon postponed further consid- eration of the British extradition treaty until next Dect embor Another Fatal Accident Results From the Breaking of a Grip. Kaxsas City, Mo., Feb, 8.—The lever of the grip car on the cable road broke this evening just as the grip and attached coach passed over the edge of a hill. The cars flew down the incline at a terrible rate of speed and struck another train standing at the bot- tom, almost totally demolishing the cars. The passengers in this last train saw the cars coming and got out of the way. Kus- sell, an employe of the road, wus not so fortunate and was fatally crushed be- tween the middle bumpers of the train. The gripman on the runaway car had a leg broken. The brakeman had his right arm broken and eight passengers were badl shaken up and bruised, although the injur of none of them are very s garded as miraculous that killed. Missing Steamers. Pmapeenia, Pa., Feb, 8.—Shipping cles in this city are alarmed as to the whe abouts of the British steamers Darion, Lu praand Algetha. All three, each with a crew of about twenty-five men, saiied from Cardiff early in December for Carthagena to load iron ore for Philadeiphia, It is learned this evening that the steam- ships Lufra, Darien and Algitha were not bound for Philadelph Weather Indications. For Nebraska: Light snow, light to fresh northerly winds, shifting to easterly, station. ary, followed by rising temperature. For lowa: Light snow, preceded in north- east portion by fair weather, stationery, fol lowed by slowly rising temperature, = Light to fresh 1o easterly winds, C For Dakota: Slightly warmer, fair weather, light to northerly wil beco ig variable, Seizure of Opium. WATERTOWN, Feb, S.—The United States customs officials last night captured $75,000 worth of oplum which was being smuggled Aeross the boundary line ut Redwood, and arrested the smugglers, he French Scandal, Pams, Feb, 8.—Wilion has been summoned to-appear before the correctional tribunal on February 10 to” answer charges connected | wit decorating Legrand und Crechin, e NUMBER 236, prominent lawyer of | THE OPENING OF OKLAHOMA, Moeting of the Indian Territory Conference at Kansas Olty. GOVERNING "NO MAN'S LAND,"” Resolutions Adopted Urging Con to Immediately Authorize Scttlement By Legitimate Home-Seckers, Settling “No Man's Land.'" Kaxsas Ciny , Fob, 8.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.|-The great Indian territory conference, having for its object the adop- tion of plans looking toward the opening of n's Land” and Indian territory, met city to-day. Governor Morehouse, of Missouri, was choscn president. Quite early in the day delegates began to throng tho ofice of Secretary Miller, of the board of trade, to register and get their badges, Sturdy farmers, merchants and cattlemen from Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas, with a sprinkling of dark-faced residents of the In- dian territory, jostled good-naturedly local business men and discussed the burning question of the hour. The word “Oklahoma' was on every tongue. The fact that the house committee on territories agreed y terday to recommend the passage of the bill to create Oklahoma territory caused wides spread satisfaction. “Weare bound to win the fight,” said & prominent Kansan, and it was evident from the faces of his hearers that they were equally sanguine of success. The conference was enthusiastic throughout and a committea of seventeen prominent citizens was ape pointed to visit Washington City and prope erly present the question before congress, The following resolutions were adopted : Resolved, 13y the convention of the citizeng of the states of Missouri, Kansas, Arkausas, Colorado and Texas, and the territories of New Mexico aud Indiun Territory assembléd at Kunsas City, Mo., February 8, 1888, that the time has fully V] the social, agy ricultural and commercial interests of tha whole southwest, the moral, educational, financial and political interests of the Indiand themselves and those of the country at large demand the opening of Indian Territory to settlement under the laws of the United ble to other territories. hat for ull lands taken for this the present owners shoutd be fully nsated, but that it is con- to the public good to allow them to re: and obstruct the advance of civilization or to maintain the present lawless condition of affairs in the Indian territory by arbitraril refusing to part with lands they do not ne: and are not using_and that would othepwi: become a source of happiness and Wealth 1 our industrious, law-abiding and prugn-u»iva ¢ und a source of strength to the govery- ment. Resolved, That if it be deemed inadvisable or impractitable at th13 time to include the five civilized tribes within a_general plan of corganization, that the solidification of all reserved lands west of the Five Nations, gether with “No Man's Land,” under a ulur territorial government, is an act of plain political and social necessity to which we demand the present congress should at on address itself, | Resolved, That any law passed deflmn’ and establishing a territorys of or from thi Indian territory suould provide to the fullest' extent for the wunts of Ame n,uulgm seckers, holding in check the tendency g: sorb lurge bedies of land under single owners 8 d« solved, That we look With suspiciop an, alarm upon any system which permits pert sons and corporations to negotiate and obtain from sister tribes or individuals cons tracts for lands, coul of other minerals, and that we call upon the department of the general government for a vigilant enforcement of every regula- tion and law for the protection” of this domain from monopolies and to kecp intact all its resources which should be available to the settler whenever it is opened by law for his_ occupanc Resolved, That the chairman of the cone vention appointa delegation to present this memorial to congress and to urge upon that body the action heremn contemplated. ny eloquent speeches were made andy the conference adjourncd amid the greatost enthusiasm. el b REPUBLICAN TIMBER. her Blaine or Sheridan For the Presidency. NEW Youk, Feb. 8,—[Special Telegram to the Beg. |—The politicians had much food foxy discussiou yesterday in the dispatch froml Chicago to the Herald, which intimated doubt that Blaine would be the candidate the republican party for president. “I don' believe,” said Chauncey M. Depew, *‘thi Blaine will not be a candidate at the next col vention. In fact I feel pretty certain he wi| be, and T feel pretty certain he wiil get thi nomination by acclamation. There will be no balloting at all. None will be necessary, for Blaine will sweep everything before hiuiy Nor do I believe Blaine has written a letter to Congressman Phelps instructing him to withdraw = his name as a candidats whenever he thinks it prudent. I have no 07 ion off thaspeint. “If, haw- strongly emphasized the “if")—“Blaine has written such a letter an if he is determined not to be 8 umrnd t then General Sheridan will get the noth tion. General Sheridan would make a gmnd cany o “‘Blaine," said ex-Judge Noah Davis. “will, in my judgment, be the choice of the convens tion.” T seeno reason why he should rot re- ceive and accept the nomination. Sheridan would, if Blaine were not the neminece, make a splendid candidate. — -— Ended In a Devate. PrrrssvnG, Feb, 8. —The scale committea this afternoon presented the following repord to the inter-state miners’ and operators' con= vention: Resolved, That the base scale for the year beginning May 1, 1585, and ending May 1, 1889, shall be as follows: Hocking Valley, 60 cents per ton; Pittsburg district, 69 cents ; Reynoldsville, 65 cents: Indiana block, 80° Indiana bituminous, 65 cents. The committee disagreed upon the scale of prices to rule the coming year and after th report was submitted Colonel Yoeman, of Indiana, moved thut the base scale agr upon be fixed as the paying scale for 1 A heated debate ensued, O Ask For Arbitration, PuitaveLritia, Feb. S.—The general execs utive board of the Knights of Labor to-day prepared a letter to President Corbin asking him to meet members of the board and a com- mittee of tie strikers to discuss the question of arbitrating the existing dificulties, If thi fails, it is sald a member of the board will be chosen to take charge of the strike, e Car Robbers Arrested. Pratie, Neb, Feb, 8.—[Speciak Telegram to the Bee. | —Last night warrantd were issucd and the arrest made of Charled Jr., John 'Tilf , Nick Quirk, Joseph W. Zibert and M.'O'Br for stealing #3,000 worth of merchandise, Id.w.u, made and about $3(0 worth pes - & the Northern Pacific. HELENA, Mont., Feb. 8.—In the territoriall miners’ convention resolutions were passed denouncing the attempt of the Northern Pas cific to gobble thie mineral lands of Montan and petitioning President Cleveland to refus pateats to miueral regions, *