Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 11, 1888, Page 1

SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1888, - e NUMBER 238, SHEDDING CROCODILE TEARS. Pathetic Scone Before the House Committee on Pacific Rallways. HUNTINGTON'S GREAT EMOTION. The Big Magnate's Painfal Recital terrupted By Some Very Eme barrassing Questions—Pros- pective Land Legisiation. A Sad Story. WasmxeTox Beamav tie OMAna Bee, } § FOURTEENTH STHRET, Wasnixarox, D. €., Feb. 10. ent C. P. Huntington, of the ific railroad, was before the house committec on Pacific railways this morning for one hour and a quarter in advocacy of the bill to extend the time for the ligui ion to the governme of indebtedness of the various Pacifics. Mr. Huntington confined his remarks to the interests of his own road and attempted a pitcous appeal in - behalf of a poverty-stricken corporation. Referring to, the remarks of Mr. Huntington as to the hearing, Mr. Mason, of the committee, said: Vice Pres Central Pa “He came with tears in his eyes and pruncs in his throat.” A stranger to Mr. Hunting- ton and his past career would have been im- pressed with the idea that it was the widow pleading for the retention of her last mite, but to those who are acquainted with the his- tory of the management of the Pacifics it was @ fine piece of irony and sarcasm, To begin with, Mr, Huntington detailed in a racy way the trinls and tribulations encountered by Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, Charles. Crocker and himself in raising money on their individual names, buying materials and labor at fabulous prices, suppressing the Indians and chiseling their way through mountain and desert to complete a road ‘which has never paid them a dollar in divi- dends and which always has been extrems poor. He hau often wondered how they ever pulled through and for years he wanted it off his hands. Huntington’s voice trem- ‘bled, and as he looked at the members of the committee and, gazing into their cyes, pic- tured the time when he and the other three men who were the architects of the Central Pacific were farm hands at §7 a month, tears trickled down his cheels and his heart seemed ready to burst with f as hie found himself, after these long ycars, unable to the government a check for its balance He repeatedly called attention to the poverty of the road. “And have you, Mr. Huntington, and your companions kept poor with the Central” Pa- cific?”? inquired Mr. Mason, imitating the trembling voice of the railrond magnate. Th was a painful silence for a moment, but the reply finally came: “Well, no; we are said to be rich, but mind you, we became 80 through our individual exertions and not through the Central Pacific.” Then Mr. Huntington branched off again on the cost of the road, telling the committee how he had bought rails from $40 to $100 a ton, sending them around Cape Horn to the Pacific slope, and in most instances not being able to use the materials, on account of de--| lays, under a year from the date of shipment. He said he had paid as much as 2,000 for locomotives when he recently bought better ones for £5,000. He said, too, that the gov- ernment had given the Northern Pacific more than it had louned the Central and had en- abled their northern rival to so cut on rates as to take away all the profits on through business. Mr. Weber, of the committee, wanted to know how much a duplicate of the Central Pacitic would cost with its equipments. “*About as much as the first mortgage in debtedness,” replicd Mr. Huntington, add- ing: “Yes, less than that amount, and the road is not paying. No, it is not profitable.” “Wel,” said Mr. Collins, ‘‘if that is true, would it not be money in your pockets to throw up the road to the govérnment for the debt?” For the first time the magnate was non plussed. He stammered: “We prefer to pay off the debt and keep the road.” Again Mr. Huntington branched off into the carly trials of the projectors of the roud, pleading for an equitable settlement. He talked a great deal about the equity of the romd as between it and the government and declared that, in_reality he did not think the = read owed the government an thing. He was willing to let that be detel mined by the courts, however. The commit- tee were a good deal surprised at the my: terious and continuous talk about ‘‘equity, and requested him to submt them within a fortnight what he meant by the road’s equity, together with a proposition for the liquidation of the debt. He said he thought the entire indebtedness to the government ought to be put into one sum, to date say July noxt, then divide itupinto 250 payinent to be met ni-annually, aggregating $1.- 000,000 o The commitiee began to figure that this was an extension of ‘when Mr.Hun.ington observed, placidly, that it was an_extension about filty-two No one but Mr. Huntington could sc that way. RIDDLEBERGER THREATENS SHERMAN, Senator Riddleberger threaten to play havoce with Senator Sherman’s presidential boom by throwing all of the responsibility for the British extradition treaty upon Mr. Sherman, who is chairman of the committee on foreign relations, Riddieberger says the treaty is in opposition to all Irish-American institutions and hopes, and that no man who has any sympathy with home rule for Ireland and who is opposed to the oppression of the queen will have any patience with senutors who have cutertained the idea that the treaty should be ratified. Mr. Riddleberger did the country aservico by making the fight against star-chamber | ices and the barbarot executive or secret sessions of the 3 He had a holy subject and an_admirable op- portunity to show his strength in the con sideration of the British treaty, but he scems to haveacted so outrageously that Le has lost all of the respect he won in the fight he made against tho treaty and against the sceret sessions. His latest threat agaiust Mr. Shernan :snot considered & very scrious natter. IMPORTANT LAND LEGISUATION. “There will be some very importan laws enacted by this congress, 1 thin Roprosentative Payson, of 11iinois, going up to the capitol ina street éar to-day. *The first thing will be to stop the commutation of entries. The practice of entering under one law and proving up under another has led to reat frau The cowmittee on public rmnls is advised that in certain sections of the country thewe are men who make a busi- ness of solling relinquishments and that they advertise thew for sale. This is, of course, in_direct violation of the law, at least the spirit of the law, although there is no way of punishing it. That is to be stopped. A Taw will be passed which will make it next to an impossibility to sell a relinquishment or 'y in any way to another nd aid Mr. Payson is the oldest member of the committee on public lands in the house and one of the best authorities on land ions. TPUL MAN. In the rotunda under the dome of the cap- itol a man probably fifty-two years old, a wvery little gray, of medium height and build, modestly dressed, with a broad face fringed with a sandy beard, resembling a seagrass rope, and wearing p slouched lat, stood for 2 an hour this afternoon gazing at the lmfiv paintings on the wall, and soldom ooked around at the many people Wio passe im going to the house and sen: he scrutinized every one and was obseryed by all who were near Lim. Ho rolled his largo, deep-seated and wicked-fooking eyes at overy one, and could trace the | by $,long distasico by his ability to tura his cyon is face was so remarkablo and’ bis ey many stopped Wom W oaway, o most, 1 T yes 80 penetrating that and in wonder peerad at him. ked into his eyes dr lood ran cold. It was th Laco Wey bad ever seen, theiv n who | pliot stalked down on the floor below and visited the committee rooms. 1t was observed that he talked to many members and that most of them were from Missouri. He went to the unoccupied senate chamber to sce the two Missouri senators and seemed to have some- thing on his mind, although he was as cool a8 an ice chest. I asked a Missourian who the man was, and he said: *“Maxwell, from St. Louis, father of the young man who is to hang for murdering Frel He came here to work up a pardon for his son, He fright- eus everyone who see him - NEW YORK POLITICS. Tn spite of the confident assurance of one of the New York state commit which he stated that the even divi state committee on the question of a successor 1o Hubert 8. Thompson had no_ presidential significance, there is a d ed feeling of un- casiness in white house circles overthe want of harmony in New York state. The presi- dent is worried over the outlook. His kitchen cabinet has been called together and nervous consultations have been held almost daily to devise ways and means for cement- ing the democrats of the Empire state to- gether for harmony and Cleveland, Among those who have been consulted are ex-Mayors Grace and Cooper and Morris Powers, who have spent a great many hours with Cleve- land within a few days past. Sceretary of State Cook arrived to-day and lost no time in procecding to the white house, where he was closeted for a consider- able time with the chief magistrate. Just what the outcome of the conversation was caunot, of course, be ascertained at this time. Other prominent democrats have been sent for and will shortly be here, and, if possible, some plan will be irranged by which _differ: en can be healed and harmony inaugur- ated when the national committee meets here on the 22d. There is still small amount of patronage for distribution in New York state itself and several more or less importaut of- fices to fill in Washington, and New York 18 etting her share und rather more. Cleve- and may not be a candidate for re-election, but he has all the candidate’s symptoms, and, if reports are to be believed, he'is leaving no stone unturned which will aid him in secur- ing 1t. It is probable that the first two dele- gates to the democ convention will be chosen for the District of Columbia. The Washington city convention will meet within @ week after the meeting of the national com- mitte The city is divided up into twenty districts, each of which scods three delegal 10 the city convention. The word has passed, and M Claggett and TRos! ' e f deeds, recorderof wills and postmuster, are working might and main in a quiet way to control the sclcetion of delegates to the city convention who are friendly to Cleveland’s interests. The workers of ‘the party are not among the number. Nearly every inan in Washington who took a prominent part in the clection of 1854 is opposed to_ Cleveland. They assert that they collected £33,000 in small sums in 1884 aud sent it to New York, and then, be- sides, they sent upwards of 250 voters home to New Yprk state. In return thel leader has been ignored and every prominent man among them has been disregarded in the local appoint- ments, consequently they propose to send William Dickson, the present secretary of the nutional commiittee, and_another to the presidential convention. Dickson will not vote for Cleveland this time and his col- league will vote with him A member of the democra mittee said to-night: “Cleveland may pull > at his com- mand, in fact, he is pulling them all, but it will be impossible for him to control the city convention, and it is as certuin as anything can be that the two delegates for the District of Columbia will vote for Cleveland under no circumstances.” COBB WANTS RECOGNITION. DEx-Representative Cobb, of Indiana, put in an appearance at the capital to-day. It is said that Cobb is fishing for an appointment of some kind and that he is so anxious to get into public life that he has no choice about the recognition he is accorded by the admin- istration. Some of the Indiana democrats ¥ho have been working for_the appointment of Acting. Commissioner Stockslager to be commissioner of the general land office say Cobb has been working for the piace himself and are inclined to speak a little harshly about him for rt. They say that if he had kept away from here Mr. Stockslager would weeks ago have been appointed, but that since he has been hanging around neither will getat. Mr. Stockslager and his friends are unable to fathom the object in delaying the appointinent of some one to the cominis- sionership. STOCKSLAGER PUSHING THE WORK, Acting Commissioner Stocksluger, of the general land oftice, scems to have turned out cat volume of work while he has occu pied that desk at his department. Du the past three months over sixteen thousand land patents have been issued. M tock- slager, who is a modest man, said to-day that this increase of cases settied was due to a change in the system of transacting the busi- ness of the ofice rather than to a change of the policy which has prevailed during the present administration. He acknowledged that the work of theoftice chind, but say: that it is due to inadequate r| foree suys that business is dispatched as rapid), it ever was with al tor LANEOUS MATTERS, Captain Phillips, of Lincoln, and the Hon. Chiarles F. Goodman, of Omaha, were at the capitol this afternoon. Mr. Dorsey’s bill for the relief of the Greely aretic sufferers has been favorably reported to the house by the committee. Representative Conger and Captain E. L. Moorst, of Iowa, called on the president to- day. POSTAL CIANGES Star mail_service between Fairbury and Kesterson, Neb,, will be discontinued after the 15th inst. After March 1 the service from Almena to Pueadum will be increased to tri-weelly. “The time schedule of star mail route from Beaver City to Spring Green, Neb., has been changed a8 follows: Leave Beaver City Mondays, Wednesday s at 0 m.; a at Spring G Leave Green Mondays, Wadnesdays and at 1p. m.; arrive at Beaver City by tic central com- Staunton was to-day appointed posg- master at Potter, C i John Seagul, deces name of the postoffice at_Bainbri lan county, was changed to-day to Huntly, Prruy S, Hearu, neil Bluffs, ‘eb. 10.—Postmaster Gen as entered into a new con. icago, Burlington & Quiney company for fast mail service be tween Chicago and Council Bluffs, to take effect march 13, The present contract calls for a fust mail service on a schedule of six- tecn hours west only six times a weok. ‘The new contract is for a daily service both: cast and west upon a schedule of fourtecn and one-lalf hours. leaving the time at cither end to bo controiled by the postofiice department. BBy this_avrangement the California mail, leaving San I°rancisco in the evening after business hours, and arrivigg at Council BLafMs in the afterncon of the thitd ken up hy the fast train o for the fivst y on the fourti: day from the § is the purposeof the superintendent 1o sec if possible, a fast mafl from Chicago cast, leave Chicaga on the of the Pa const tramn und mifke £ in about (i ty-five hours frow Chicago, and about ono © hours from San Frau- Fast Mai WasmiNGio: eral Dickinson tract with the C railrond : const. 5 ific [Special t Vau V he city last even- ort Union, N Telegram 1 v depun present were Hawley amd m and Cicer 5 lectue Vs i e from instantancous the experiments made All present expressed them- iterested in thé invention Fast Lickicaint George 3. \hs, s un vh with the iy o Hunter, Third_cavalry, duys’ leave; First Lientenant William W. Tyler, Third infantry, granted leave, having béen found incapacitated by a retiring board. granted fourteen Nebraska and lowa Pensions, WasniNGroy, Feb, 10.—[Special Telegram to the Bek.]—Pensions have been granted Nebraskans as follows: Original invalid— William D. Davis, Waco; Edward dJoslin, Franklin, Increase—Henry Logan, Lincoln; Samuel Hemphill, Achland. Reissue—Andre €. Chamberlain, Stanton: Charles Q. Wyatt, Madison. _ Original—Widow and ‘minor of James T. Smith, Pickerell, Pensions_ for fowans: Original invalid— Abraham Pope, Sharpsbury; John Galla- gher, Laporte; David Morgan, Hawleyvilley Vashington L. Davis, Woodbine. Increase John T. Deuser, Bedford; Henry C. Le- nd, Council Bluffs: Henry 8. Lee, Webster City; Ambrose Warren, Chillicothe; John N. Wolf, Troy; Joseph D, McGarraugh, East Des Moines; Thomas C. Gregg, Rockwell City: James Axley, Marion. _Reissue (navy) —Homyn B. Fish, Rolfe. Reissue and in- crease—John M. Wortz, Lyons, NEBRASKA NEWS, Half of the Busincss Portion of Platte Center Burned. Prarre Cexter, Neb., Feb, 10.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—One-halt of the business part of our town was burned down this morning at 5 o'clock. The fire started in the store of R. W. Hughes. The following arc the losses: Hallen & Byrne, $4,000, in- surance, £2,000; R. L. Rossita, loss $500, no insurance; T. Brady, loss £00; A. Henry, Omaha, §2,000; Platte Center Argus, $2,000; Paist & Co., £500: D. H. Carrey, 1,000, in- sured for £300. The damage to Dr. Eaward store and stock of goods is &00. R. N. Hughes, total loss of stock, insured for 4,000, The fire is supposed to be the worl of an in- cendiary. Dr. Edwards' brick building was saved by hard work. Never in the history of Nebraska was such hard work done at a fire without water- works. Our people are now red-hot for waterworks. Board of Trade at Friend. Fiiesp, Neb., Jan. 10.—[Special to the Bre.]—A board of trade was organized here last night with quite a large membership. The following gentlemen were clected di- rectors for the ensuing year: L. E. South- wick, Hon. M. McDougall, J. Warren, J 0. Frantz, H. K. Johnson, Hon. H. P, King, D* P. Burley, Wm. Porter and J. D. Pope. After ilie board of trade meeting the citi- zens present discussed the mysterious_disap- pearance of William E. Bes and appointed _a committe consisting of H. P, King and A, S. McKay to go to Lincoln and make a thor- ough search of the city to see if they could find any trace of the missingman. Up to the present time nothing whetever has been dis- covered to lead to his whereabouts, - CAPITAL STOCK INCREASED. Meeting of Kansas City & Saline Pass Stockholders. KANsAs City, Mo, Feb, 10.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—A meeting of the stock- holders of the Kansas City & Saline Pass railrond company washeld in this city to-day, four-fifths of the capital stock being repre- sented. The capital stock of the road was increased from $2,500,000 to 33,000,000 First mortgage forty years 6 per cent bonds were voted issued to the amount of £3,000,000 to take up #2,485,000 of firstand second mortgage bonds previously issucd. The $515,000 re- maining after the old bonds are taken will be used to pay for equipments. It was declded t0 build the road from Kansas City to Pierce City, Mo., this year, o distance of 171 miles, the cost of construction being from £15,000 to £18,000 per mile. The Sabine Pass roud, as it is called, will extend from Kansas City to Sabine Pass, Tex., passing through the In- territory and Arkansas, and, when com- ed, will be 660 niles in length. Assignment Papers Filed. Nsas City, Mo., Feb. 10.—[Special Tel- egram to the Bee.]—A copy of the assign- ment papers of the firm Kurtz, Blanchard & Co., bag manufacturers of New York, for the benefit of creditors, was filed in the recorder’s office this_morning. A_branch of the firm transacted business at 1204 West Eleventh street in this city up to January 21, The as- signec’s name is Lucius | . of New York City, and the liabilitics are placed at $113,80 6. No statement of the assets was filed. The assignment makes provision for the payment in full by the assignee of all the unpaid employes and’ prefer them to other creditors, & Pacific Reorganization, v, Feb. 10.—[Special Telegram W. Smith, president of the company, H. C. Nutt, pres- and Pacific, and H. R. Atlantic Kansas Cr to the B attend a meeting at Alberquerque looking toward a_reorganization of the Atlantic & Pacitic railrond compar Preparing to Consolidate. Kaxsas City, Mo., Feb, 10.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—A meeting of the direct- ors of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf and the Kansas City, Springfield & Memphis railroads was held here to-day and prelimin- aries were arranged for the consolidation of the two lines. At the next meeting the con- solidation will” be effected and a name adopted. General Manager McCool Resigns. r. Josknn, Mo, Feb. 10.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—D. McCool, general man- ager of the St. Joseph & Grand Island rail- road, handed in his resignation to-day, to take effect March 1. Mr. McCool goes to Los Angeles ; g mana; Cahfornia Central and the Californ ern, the Atchison, Topeka & inthat state. 'The two roads have a milea; of 450 miles, A Three Ce erdict, Kaxsas Ciry, Mo., Feb. 10.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—After two year's litiga- tion the suit of R. W. Middleton against vin Moore for §10,000 damages was con- uded to-day in Judge Gill's court. Middle- ton traded land in I s City for land in Nebraska with Moore and claimed false rep- resentation as to the land in Nebraska on the part of Moore. Moare alleged fraud on the art of Middleton, The ju urned a Middleton for #335.35 and for - Dangerous Digging. 11, 1°0b, 10.~Some men were dig- o dynamite which had been bur- ied near Bellevue, O., to-day, when one of thew struck the exlosics muterial with his pick. The explosion instantiy killed them, None of the injured will di e injuri were mostly by fiying fra The nc Methodist church at Wa Pa., 300 feet away, was comploetely w No ce of the packing house was | not even the foundation. Rocks weighing over one hun- dred pounds blown to the top of a mountain 9 er of a miie away, Returned to the O1d System, NEw Y b, 10.—A mecting of the joint cowr of scaboard und trunk lines and their western connections was held at the oftice of Commissioner Firk to-day, at which it was resolved to veturn to the old system of export tariff vates, The Canadim? Pacific to-day signed the jeint circular re- forring Lo the abolishment of the paymnent of comuissions to uts selling tickets in trunk territor, s ked. Marble Workers Strike. BosioN, Feb. 10.—A demand for nine hours' work per day caused @ strike of S00 wirvle wvevkeas i \Lis city te-dayy | ROYALTY AND TRAMPS FEAST Two Notable Dinhers Eaten in Lon- don Yastorday. DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENTS. British Mctropolitan and Provincial Journals Comment Kreely on the American Burglar—The Extradition Treaty. The Two Extremes. (Copyright 1858 by James Gordon Benniett.] Loxpoy, Feb. 10.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee.]—Two notable dinner parties were given this evening—at a West End hotel to a queen, a prince, his affiance and their suite, at the East End to 1,200 tramps and vagabonds. Classes and masses were thus made as strictly differen- tial as was possible, Of the two menus many would think the tramps had the best of it, since the Grand hotel, where the queen of Sweden, Prince Oscar and Miss Ebba Munck and suite arrived this afternoon is one not well reputed for the nicest bills of fare. Ina royal sense the Swedish party may have also been called tramps, having been lately speed- ing through Germany, Belgium and France. Prince Oscar and the ex-maid of honor whom he is soon to wed, probably at Bournemouth, e already had their love romance told. I attended at their arrival at Victoria station, Pimlico, where the crowd of curiosity-mon- gers outnumbered those who on a previous evening had welcomed the G. O. M. The queen was @& motherly-looking person, dressed plainly in black. The prototype of her Swedish face has been often seen doubt- less in Castle Garden, “A tidy sort of body, don’t you know," ex- claimed a masher-spectator at the elbow of a Graphic artist sketching the group. Miss Munck wore a chocolate-colored tray- eling costume and velvet bonnet of the same mate She is by no means handsome, large eared, which indicates generosity, a perfectly formed nose, rich pouting lips, a tiny dimple in chin, mirthful cyes and a heavy jaw, denoting determination. My artist neighbor said: “It is o face of constancy. She seemsa homely body in the Engiish interpretation of that adjective.” Prince Oscar accorded with the manly de- scription of him already given in the Herald, Their hotel was about two miles eastward, Carriages fram Buckingham palace met them. The party took possession of the suite of rooms recently consecrated by the aceupation of Jay Gould. The register bore the names of the Quecn Countess of Hague and the Prince Count of Gropsholme, but the lord chamberlain, the court physician, the queenly named maids of honor and the fair innamorata are registered under their own appellations. The stairways were lined with flowers and palms and the especial chambers of royalty had been es- vecially furnished. Nor were there wanting obligingly advertising toutors about to tell you who furnished the tapestries, the mir- rors, the bed of the time.of Lows XIV—he called it Louis Cartherse—the olive green silk chairs and loupges, the blue bedroom set, another chamber set for the prince of seal-colored plush, the portable electric lights, ete., cte. Delmonico would have blushed at the royal menu, which was, sim- ply rendered into English, printaniere soup, soles, plainly grilled for entree, chicken with asparagus tips, saddle of welsh mutton, roast pheasant, fried bananas, burat almonds, as- sorted fruits and cakes. Meanwhile, at the immense “home" of Dr. Barnardo at Bow, in the extreme east, 1,200 poor chaps of the unemployed, gathered from strects, docks, alleyways and casual wards, were feasting on huge rounds of roast beef, channel island roust potatoes and bread pud- ding, liberally stuffed with plums. Here also was the artist of an illustrated paper. If he caught the expressions upon all the faces he has made a priceless picture of human miscry and expressed in lincaments, The feast was provided at the expense of a rich Australian merchant. Dr. Barnardo's home of refuge 1s for .East London what the Five Points mission was for New York. When the feast was over and several plate- fulls had been given to each Lazarus, Dr. Barnardo addressed the poor fellows and i vited them to attend tomorrow and he would, with a_committee, inquire into the condition of each with a view toward obtain- ing employment. Anyone who saw both the royal and tramp parties at dinner would find Douglas Jerrold's London novel of *St. Giles and St. James"” well worth reading. Plafle THE CHICAGO MURDER. English Press Comment on the Killing of Millionaire Snell, |Copyright 1858 by James Gordon - Bennett.] Loxno: 10— [New York Herald Cable—Speciul to the Ber.]—Burglaries on a large scale have become so epidemic in the suburbs hereabouts and so great a sensation is being produced in the public mind thav the intelligence cabled here about the Chicago murder has oceasioned unwonted interest, This morning's News, referring to it, r marks: *“The murder by burglars in Ch cago has the vivid and startling interest of a sensational drama, Mr. Suell fell a vietim to his extraordinary courage.” The article then recounts their circumstances and again comments thu A speedy capture of the rufiians and a short shrift is the that can be sent to Chicago now. The last is particular]) important in ordinary circumstances, he murderers, if caught to-morrow, may still be holding levees in joil this day twelve- mouth. American justice is slow-footed if not ruther slow-witted in the difficulty it seems to experience of making up its mind on the plainest gquestions of facl Judge nch has often been due to mere force of ion. A New York paper the other day commented in & tone of envy on the exem- dispatch with which Dr. Cross, the Irish poisoner, was arrested, tried and hanged.” Provincial papers are also commenting on the tragedy. The Leeds Mercury, among others, says: “An American millionaire has just died from what may truly be called a preventable cause. Hearing a noise in his oftice, he came down stairs to learn what was the reason thereof, - Interrupted in their ex- amination of his safe, tiis burglars shot him dead ience provides meais of sounding gongs far and near the moment a clar crosses @ threshold on tip-toe or lifts up a window sush, but even millionaives prefer to avoid expense in making thewselves secure against & midnight thief.” ie samic issue of the ws editorial attention to the fisheries gestion. Chamberlain's empty seat in the commors, With the loss of his eyeglass and orchid, recallad the subject generally, and perhips the sight of Colonel Hoghes Hallett, setting ulone and shunned, suggested extra dition. . The News broke out thus: “The new extradition tréaty with the United States may prove a failure. Tt has bien lald belore the senate, which hus postponed it Ul De Daily News next cember next. This decision was reached b a strict party vote—the republicans voting for postponement and the democrats against. This circumstance looks more than sus- picious. According to theirown showing the republicans were anxious to postpone ratification _until Great Britain had exhibited a duly complacent frame of mind on the fisherics question, The fisherics question, however, is not_a special concern of either party and it 1s dificult to see whytheir solicitude on that subject should have led the republicans to vote all one way. The welfare of the republican ticket in the forthcoming presidential election would, on the contrary, be just the thing to unite them toaman, and the republican ticket, it is said, at least whenever it bears the name of Mr. Blaine, does not disdain to support the dynamite faction, Perhaps Mr. Bluine and his friends would fare just as well in the long run if they deigned to consider the treaty on its merits, The people of the United States ought by this time to know how to draw a distinction between political offenders and the miscreants who are the com- mon enemies of civilization, more especially as the aty, as drafted, draws it for them with every possible guarantee against abuses of power, Either motive of the republican senators would be unworthy of them and the motive alleged by themselves is only less unworthy than the one of which they are sus- pected. It is hardly the thing to carry the famous Bismarckian principle of barter into a transaction for bringing murderers to their doom.” -—— JENNY LIN Disposition of the Property of the Dead Songstress. [Copyright 188 by Jomes Gordon Bennett.) Loxboy, Feb, 10.-[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee.]—Probate has been granted the will of Jenny Lind Gold- schmidt. She bequeaths to the king of Swe- den her painting, “The Inundation,” to Mrs, Victor Benecke the portrait, “Mendelssohn,™ to her grandson, Victor Francis Maude, the cabinet given to her by the fire companies of New York, to the royal museum at Stockholm the gold er bronze medals struck in her honor, She devises her freehold estato of Wynds Points, purchased from the private fund of £100,000 an Amer- ican settled on her on her marriage, to her husband, Otto Goldschmidt, and bequeathes from the private fund, annuities of Swedish kroner to several servants, a legacy of 50,- 000 Swedish, kroner to the University of Upsala for the maintenance of poor stu- dents, the same amount of kroner to the University of Lund for the maintenance of poor students intending to enter the Protest- ant church and the residue of smid private tund to such hospital n Stockholm devoted to the treatment of discased children as the trustecs may choose, subject to the life interest of her husband. The common fund settled on her at marriage and consisting of the remainder of her then property one-third each in trust for her sons, Walter and Ernest, and her daugh- ter, Mrs. Maude, and she recites that she had previously settled on each £5000 from her moicty of a so-called joint fund derived from the joint earnings of hér husband and her- self. The executors are Otto Goluschmidt, Edward Wingfield and Richard De Cane, and the value of the personalty is devlared about $250,000. 3 —— 5 The Crown Prince. LCopyright 1858 by James Gordon Bennett.] SaN Remo, Feb. 10.—[New York Herald Cable--Special to the Bee.]—Sympathy for the crown prince has brought an unusual number of visitors from the Riviera, who crowd about the villazirs, walking up and down discussing the imperial patient's pros- pects. The crown prince’s condition is un- changed. Drs, Krause and Howell are in attendance in a room next to the crown prince’s sleeping room and remain on watch until daylight to-morrow. The general im- pression about the town is gloomy, but all the doctors are hopeful. Bulletions from the doctors are telegraphed every morning to the queen, The crown prince’s family had their outing as usnal at half-past 7 this morn- ing. The windows of villazirso were open all day except those of the crown prince's room, to let in the bright sunlight. The crown prin- cess walked in the zirio gardens av 8, Count Sekeondorff walking at ber side reading to her the telegrams of sympathy that pour in from all sides, Hundreds of telegraphic con- gratulations on the successful operation are also received. The crown prince had a good night's sleep last night and took nourishment of beef tea and milk at 9 o'clock with great relish. The pulse continues normal and he has no fever. The family are all in good spirits and confident that no serious result is to be feared. Several telegrams from the emperor and from Bismarck were received at the villazirio this afternoon. The cut in the throat, 1f all goes well,will be healed in a few days, but it is not expected that he will be able to go out before two or three weeks, Sir Morell and other doctors assure me that there is no danger if the weather keeps fine Smith and Kilrain at Portsmouth, [Copuright 1588 by James Gordon Bennett.| Poxrssouti, Feb. 10.—|New York Herald Cable—Special 10 the Bee.]—Smith and Kil- rain are here among the tars and naval heroes, who only box compasses. Last night and this evening the amphitheater was crowded. Fleming has got very casy now in specch-muking and got appl in as many rounds as the boxers gave with gloves. said, among other things Briton admires Kilrain for courage and coolness and- Smith for pluck.” The rounds werc unusually good. In round one Smith ledoff and shortly after got home upon the face, but Kilrain retaliated and Smith returned the compli- ment twice, after which Kilrain was very active with his left. In round two Kilrain resorted to his well-known strong hits upon the body and retired just in time t0 save a hot ‘un. Smith had the best of the sparring after’ that. In round three the dashing leads of Smith and the use of the left by Kilrain caused much cheering. Smith followed up a hit with a second one and Kilrain went down, but was up in a moment. Smith's activity and double shots were prominent and there was cheer ing when the rounds terminated and cries were raised with a view to getting four rounds, but the champions only bowed their acknowledgements, shook hands and retived, Balfour's Boasts. Loxvoy, Feb. 10.—In the commons this evening Balfour, chief secretary for Ircland, soutinuing his debate on the address in reply to the queen’s speech, commented on the changed tone ladstone manifested iu Lis speech of last evening. i was the impassioned orator who used all the resources of rhetorie to inflame th mind against law and against polic Gladstone mterrupted the speake there was not an atom of foundation for such assertions. Balfour, continuing, recalled ‘inciting lan- guage in Gladstone's Nottingham speech and suid ‘he did mot complain: but rather con- gratulated Gladstone ou his change of tone. Grave rellections bad been vist ubon the | resident magistrates in Ireland. It was true they were dependent for appointment upon the government, but out of a total of seventy- three magistrates Earl Spencer appointed or approved sixty when he revised the list. The number of persons tried under the crimes act was 659, of whom 220 were acquitted. In 1886 the number of agrarian offenses reached 106, while in 1887 the total was only 1,837, he ' total number of ca of ordinary crime reached 1003 in 188, and in 1887 was 1,663, The number of agra’ rian offenses for the six months ending Jan- ry, 187, was 455 and for the same period ending with January, 1887, was 455, and_for the same period ending with Junuary, 1885, was 304, a_decrease of 80 por cent. he statistics of boycotting, especially, shiowed the striking results of the crimes ct, The number of persons boycotted at the d of July, 1587, was 870, whereas now it was only 208, The government's efforts to protect “persons from boyeottors had been notably successful in the Counties Clare and ISerry, wherethe league had been suppressed. People now traveling in Ireland declared the condition of the country was greatly im proved, and the judges confirmed this opin ion. The government was engaged in the old struggle, but never before had any gov- ernment arrayed against it the forces recog- nized by the opposition. He claimed the flzures adduced justified ceo the government's policy successful, [Cheers. | John Morley said the house would infer from Balfour h what the temper was in which he administered coercion. Regard- ing Irish criminal statistics, ho said the period showing décrease of erime included six months of calm, during which eviction notices could ' not be executed. The diminution of boycotting was due, not to goereion, but to an entircly changed state of feelmg and a_decper sense of v bility to liberal members, who were co-workers with the Irish to obtain justice for Irel rion of Hear Hear '] “The Irish party, it was now assumed, would ultimately realize its aspirations.” If it should ever be deprived of that hope the cf- fect of coercion in_aggravating social disor- ders would become painfully apparent, Haurrington, nationalist, calied 13alfou speech “a choice example of his mendacil The speaker called upon Harrington to with- draw the expression. Harrington acquiesced, but said he did so only under command. Harrington, continuing, said cverybody con- versant with the affairs'of Ircland knew the magistrates did all they could to irritate the people. Balfour's rcgime oppressed the people; he tried to suppress those vindicating the people’s vights. But the principles of liberality would be fought for until they triumplied. Parnell moved gn adjournment of the de- bate, which was agreea to. Terms of the Trinle Alliance. VIENNA, Feb, 10.—The Nue Freie Presse publishes the triple alliance treaty. The terms of the compact are as follows: In the event of attack by France agamst 1 Russia against Austria the at Rome and Vienna will maintain friendly neutrality. Austria will support Italy’s interests in the Mediteranean_and promote no enterprise in the Balkans without previous agreement with Italy, The Italian-German treaty imposes mutual support against Frar in case of attack. An additional convention, provides that if Austria_or Germany is at- tacked by France or Russia, Italy will be obliged to a1d the country attacked " with all her forées. Parncll's Amendment. Loxpoy, Feb, 10.—~The text of Parnell's amendment to the address is as follows: “Humbly to represent to her majesty that the only remedial portion of the last session of Irish legislation has tended to diminish crime, wheroas ve legislation has done much to alicnate the sympathy and ro- spect of her Irish subjects for law, and that the administration of the crimes act, as well as much of the general action of the exccu- tive, has been harsh and partial.” The amend- ment will receive the full support of the front opposition bench. Gilhooly Arrested. Loxnoy, Feb. 10.—Gilhooly was arrested to-night and taken to prison on foot, sur- rounded by a large crowd. The police were unable to take the prisomer in o carriage -owing to the crowd. Many members of parliument followed tho prisoner and tricd to enter the jail, but were barred out by the police, will be taken to Ireland early in the mor nell, after witnessing the arrest returned to the commons. Reducing the Tor Loxboy, Feb. 10.—J. D. Pyne, nationalist member of parliament, was a of the commons to-day. Pyne is the man who shut himself up in Lisfarncy castle in Waterford and defied the police to arrest him, and who afterwands eluded the Irish authorities and escaped to England Pyne is charged with the crime of deliverir politic ies without permission from Opposition. —_— Remember Mitchellstown, Dusriy, Feb. 10.—In court of queen’s bench to-day the verdict by the coroner's jury in the case of the police officers charged with murder in connection with the Mitchells town riots, was set aside on the ground that the jury was chosen informally. prie Spanish Politics. Maprip, Feb. 10.-—In the deputies Premier Sagasta said the government was satisfied with the results of their policy. Internal peace was assured, and in regard to the situ- ation abroad the government desired to re- ain neutral while assuring respect for in and the colonics, would continue a liberal programme. address wus agreed to by @ vote of 261 1o 61, O'Brien and Parliament. Loxvox, Feb. 10.—After a consultation with Parnell, O’Brien obtained the consent of the Irish leader to raise a question of priv- ilege in the commons Monday with regard to the arrest of Pync and himself. A Sensational Arrest. Loxnoy, Feb. 10.—Great excitement has veen caused in military circles by the ar of Major Templar, of Chatham. unde: ordor from the inspector general of fortifica- tions upon the churge of divulging official secrets, The Anti- st BilL Brrui, Feb. 10, Chstag committeo on the anti-socialist bill to-day decided to Tavor prolonging, for two years, the opera- tion of the existing law and rejected the government amer: Alpine Avalanches. Viesxa, Feb, 10.—Enormous ay along the line of the Arlbu resulted in serious loss of life the road has been stopped. - JEALOUSY A Sensational Muy ndi MECHANICS B ast night John Buttery went 10 the residance of his step-mother where he shot and killed Frank Moore and seriously wounded his (Buttery's) step-sister, Etta McMullen. Then he turned the revolver on himself and scut a bullety through his head, dyiug instantly. Moure and Miss McMullen were to have been mar. ried within a ontl Buttery's act was prompted by jealously and revenge. St Weather Indications, For Nebraska und Jowa: foiicwed by light local su warner, ligit o fresh varlable crally shift For n fair D REVENGE r and Sulcide in an htly s, gon Dakota: g rmer, ior, followed by suow, light to able winds. “or Southwestern Dakot Snow, -fol. lightly colder, fair tuer, light whl vawiuble wisds weather, | i) in Pike county. | eary tovehied 42 MORE RATE SLAUGHTERING. Another Cut Making a Total Reduce tion of 826 Per Car. ALL IOWA POINTS INVOLVED, Live Stock Tariffe Must Now Come Down Throughout the Hawkeyo State—The Rock Island's Latest Slash. Ficrcer Than Ever. Cnicaco, Feb, 10.—The Milwaukee & St, Paul to-day reduced live stock rates from Omaha and Council Bluffs to Chicago from £97.50 to &35 a car load, a total reduction since the fight began of £25 u gar load. Tho latest cut is a serious one, as it bri rates to o point where they cut 1 k rates all through lowa and make necessary # reduce tion from all points in the state. All compete ing lines met the rates. This was followed by a reduction on classes B., C., D. and K. which include car-load lots, a drop being made from 15 to 14 conts, Then eame a re- duction in hard conl rates from Chicago ta Dos Moines from 83154 ton to §1.80. The Rock Tsland made a cut and all of the Des Moines lines met ite Packing house products from Mise souri river points were reduced from 13 to 193 conts, all lines again_participating, “'he Wabash & Western, which' had _agreed with the other St, Louis roads not to fall be- low the rates made by the first cut last weel, found it was losing all of its lumber business and to-day reduced lumber rates from St. Louis to southwestern Misso er points from Slg to b cents per 100, The day was rounded up with avother big slash at throughy rates between Chicago, Council Bluffs, Omaha, Kansas City and Missouri river points, the St. Paul making a reduction of 4 cents per 100 on the first four classes, akes rates at present, first class 301, 100, 80 cents, third 19, ;. The reductions made in freight a week ago to-day averaged ¢ o far passenger rates have involved in the wa rates per cenf ot been The Rock Island's Reduction. Kaxsas City, Mo, Feb, 10.—[Speci gram to the Bee.|—The railroad war here reccived additional impetus to-day by a cuf in vites by the Rock Island. Class 5 was re- Queed to 13 cents, packing house products to 13 cents, cattle and hogs €5 per car. Clusses A, B, €, Dand B were made at a uniform rate of 14 cents, The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul contributed its quota by reducing rates on packing house and dressed beef to St Paul and Mine nerpolis to 15 cents for the formew and 20 cents for the latter. Al these cuts were promptly met by competing lines. A peculiar feature of the rate war, as far as this section of the count is that it has not increased but ratner lessencd the freight movement, shippers apparently holds ing off_as long s possible to await a furthen reduction. As a result, railroad men predict that when the ten days’ notice of u_restoras tion of rates is given the amount of freight shipped will be so0 great that a blockade wilk be inevitable, products e CRAMPED QUARTERS. The Republican Convention Sub-Coma mittee Discuss Ticke Criicaco, Feb. 10.—The sub-committee of the national republican committes this morn- ing elocted General Fitzsimmons of Chicago sergeant-at-arms-of the national convention, The Grand Pacific was selected as the permas nent headquarters of the national committee. About noon the committee took a look at the auditorium building, and wore apparently satisfied that the vast edifice would be ready for the convention. The national committee has limited tha number of tickets to be issucd to 8,000, The members of the sub-committee, after inspecty ing the auditorium, thought it Wwould not seaf more than 7,500. ' The Chicago committea wanted 1,200 tickets for locul distribution ‘larkson said they would do well if ot 600, There is no certainty of mord an 9,000 seats. Th are 840 delegutes and as many uiternates, Al senators, cons gressmen, judges and state officers must have tickets. ‘h delegate will probably be als lowed thr ts, admitting to threo ses- sions for five days. There will be separate s for each session and the delegates can divide them and make themn go Mr, Clarkson said e had already twd thousand applications for ti S, coms it the call of tha mittee adjourned to meet chairman. M Clarkson, Conger and Clayton will constitute the ‘sub-committea of this sub-committee, having immedinta charge of arrangements, They will meet here when Mr. Clarkson thinks they should. The full sub-committee will probably not meet again until Wednesduy preceding tha couvention, = KANSAS POLITICS. A Number of People Out as Oandie dates For Governor. Torexa, Kan., Feb. 10,—[Special Telegram to the Beg.]—It Is authoratively announced to-day by the friends of Attorney Goneral Bradford that he will be & candidate for gov- ernor. 'The official announcement of his can« didacy will appear to-morrow in the Osa; City Free Press, Osage county being Mr. Bradford’s home. Mr. Bradfrd Las been urged by leading prohibitionists of Leavens worth, Wichita, Kunsas City, Kan., and othep varts of the state where he 'has been endave oring to enforce the pronibitory latys, to bey come a eandidate. Hon. A. W. Smith, of *lherson county, is alrcady out as a cans nd the ‘friends of Rev. n.-nmrz he will enter the rac rounce that some time during the present mouth, Atrocious Cruelty at Sea, * PintapeLeiia, Feb, 10.—The Record this morning says onc of the most atrovious cases of cruelty ever known in the annuls of tha sea has been disclosed by the finding of the naval court of inquiry in connection with the of the ship Macedon, f M left this port May 19, 1557, and aft go of 218 da hed its dese jon. Five of the unfortunate crew suce cumbed’ to tortures and were thrown overs board to be devourcd by sharks that followed the ship. The list of dead includes several Anieric i the art at Hiog ns. members on board. thirt ing from scurvy, Of the five men who died at sea the evidence shows that their death w wsced by acts of cruclty of the communding ofticers, A Mura 's End, Herexa, Mont., Feb, 101 iTart was hanged at 11:50 to-day. 1he for which he was executed was the ki John Pitts, stepfather of his sweetheart, N ber 7, 18 ated false of the gone 1o wure his the alleged seduction of hia Hart was born in New Brungs 3, 1863, - A Habeas Corpus Granted. OUIsVILLE, Feb, 10— Arguments werd in the United States districy court on a motion for a writ of habeas corpus ase of Valentine Hatfield and eight other citizens of West Virginia, confined in Th r Wes Virginia claimed that the ¢ 8oiz without due process of law. Judge Barp grauted a wiit returnuble next Monday woels dick Johnm n Cenada, Feb, ceedingly cold weather prevais i Ontario and Quebee, A soveral points in the Ottawa vufley Wie mepy Lelow 2eros R aruNto;