Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 21, 1888, Page 2

~ PADDOCK AND BLAIR'S BILL. The Nebraska Junior Senator Fav- ored the Educational Bill THE FINAL PROOF LAND BILL. It is Favorably Reported By the Com- mittee—Eylcted Nebraska Farmer ~lowa Public Building Bills — Washington News, How He Would Have Voted. WasniNaToN Brreav tite Osana Bee, 18 FOURTRENTI STH WASHINGTON, Senator Paddock's position on the educational bill seems to have been gene misunderstood through an error made by the Associated press in reporting the vote on the measure, Senator Paddock would have voted in favor of the educational bill if he had not been unexpectedly called from the senate a short time before the measure came up for its final passage, Fearing that he would not be in his seat when the roll was called, he arranged a pair with Senator Mc- Pherson, of New Jersey, which was duly re- corded and is reported in the Congressional Record. Mr. Paddock’s vote would have been cast for the Blair bill, he says, on ac eount of the volumes of petitions and memo- rials from edncators, superintendent of pub- lic schools and educational association in N braska, all praying for the passage of the Dill as an aid to national education. PADDOCK'S FINAL PROOF LAND BILL. In the senate to-day the committee on pub- Me lands reported favorably Senator Pad- dock's bill providing for an amendment to the land laws which will enable pre-empters and homesteaders who have failed to make final proof on the day advertised, through unavoidable accident and delny, to make such proof within the ten days without the addi- tional cost of readvertisement. The meus- ure was indorsed by the general land office as. one which would correct a too stringent rul- ing of the interior department and which would afford & much-needed relief to poor settlers on the public domain, The scnator’s bill providing for the reim- bursement of Nebraska for swamp lands which may have been taken up as public do- main was also favorably reported from the committee. AN EXCITED NEBRASKA FARMER. Mr. Paddock also introduced a bill for the relief of John G. Schler, who was forcibly evicted last summer from the Fort Robinson military reservation, upon which he had been resident for many years prior to the time ‘when the land was taken by the government for reservation purposes. Mr. Schler was removed from his home and farm, and a board of officers appointed to appraise dam- ages which he hud sustained by such re- " moval. The finding of the board granting him 82,500 damages compensation was ap- proved in July of the present year by the secretary of war, and the quartermaster-gen- eral ordered to pay the claim out of any funds in his possession available for such purpose. Lp(m his report that there were no funds in e quartermaster-general's department h could be used for the payment of the claim, Senator Paddock was informed that congress must be applied to for the relief, and the senator will muke a strong cf- fort to have the item incorporated in the gen- eral appropriation bill at the breteyt session, but in addition introduced a bill in order to have two strings in the bow. nator, Paddock also * placing John R. Duey, of the pension rolls. L SOVME PUDI Bills were introduc ntroduced a bill Filley, Neb., upon RUILDINGS. d in the house to-day by Mr. Gear, of Tow: ating $100,000 for the purchase of a site and the construe- tion of a government building at Burlington, and 5,000 10 be expended for the same pur- pose ut Kookuk. THL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, Senator Gorman of Maryland, the mouth- piece of the administration, said to-night that the democratio convention would go to eithar Chicago or San Francisco, with the chances in favor of the latter place. CAMP SHERIDAN RESERVATION LANDS, In the house to-day Mr. Dorsey introduced bill providing that all entries or filings un- der the homestead pre-emption and timber culture laws—ailowed the United States district land officers at Valentine of lands within the limits of the former. Camp Sh idun military reservation, priorto the r by them of instructions from the missioner of the general lund office, voted July 2, 1886, be and the same is con- firmed; provided that the persons mak- ing such filings or entries possess the necessary qualifications and bave since filing an entry fully complied with the law governing entries of like character upon public lands. That in cases of filings under the pre-emption law made upon lands in this abandoned reservation, the limitation of three months prescribed by section 2267 of the United States revised statutes, shall not be enforced, but proof and payment must be made within six months from the passage of this act. FEEN OF COURT OFFICERS IN WYOMING. Mr. McShane introdused a bill which in- creases tho fees and costs to be allowed clerks, marshals und attorneys for circuit and district courts of the United States in the territory of Wyoming to the same limit allowed in the states. BALAKIES OF OMAIA'S POSTOFFICR EMPLOVES, . . In the senate to-day Mr. Manderson intro- @uoed a petition signed by thirty-one citizens of Omaha, asking that the sal; of the post- master’s assistants there be increased. The petitioners state that thoe allowance uunually or clerk hire is §23,850, which makes an_av erage salary for the employes of but &7 that the annual salary of lettor carriers, fixed by law as at all other free delivery ofices, avorages 00, They conclude that their duties are so onerous that they should be given the full amount provided by law, Which cannot be done under the present ap. pru,uimiuu. © also presented a petition from Lincoln asking for an appropriation to pave the streets in front of the postoftice building there. THE DUTY ON SALT. Mr. Wilson presented a petition from dairy- men of lowa in favor of removing the duty on salt. They say the revenue derived from it is not needed by the government, while the tax is 4 direct oue on the dairymen of the country, who must have the best English salt to use in their butter and cheese, PRINTING OFFICE INVESTIGATION. The first mecting of the committee ap- pointed to investigate the government print- ing oftice will be held to-morrow evening. It . is already evident that the attempt will be made to ‘confine the investigation to an en- deavor to smirch the administration of S, P, Tounds instead of finding out why Benedict has failed to print promptly the work ordered by congress and why many ex-soldicrs and soldiers' widows and orphans have been dis- charged and incompetent persons put in thew places, us was intended by the resolution of investigation. POSTAL MATTERS. The postofice at Duncan, Lancas- ter county, was discontinued to-day. The following Nebraska postmasters were appointed to-day: William H. Ogle, Austin, Shermun county, vice Sarah J. Hayes; k'r erick P. Dearborn, Willsonville, Fur county, vice William 8. Darb, resigned. Changes have been ordered in the time schedules of star mail routes in Nebraska as follows, to take effect March 1: Farmers' Valley to Stockhaw— I Farmers' Valley Mondays, Wednes Frhhul at9a m.; arrive at Stockham by a. . Leave Stockham Moudays, \M\lumlnu and Friduys at 11:80 a. m.; e armers’ Valley by 1 p. m. to Minden—Leave Kearney days und Saturdays at 2 p.om, v tinden by Sp w, Leave Minden 'I\w.mw-, ‘Thursdays and Saturdays at7 a m.; urrive at Kearney by 12 m Almeria to Purdum—Leaye Almeria Mon- days, Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 a.w arnved at_Purdum by 7 p. Leave Pu dum Tucsdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 6a. m.; Arrive at Almeria hf Tp.ow. In schedules of Towa mail routes the fol lowing changes have boen ordered to take effect at once: Carbon to Cumberland — Leaye Carlon Tucsdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 11::50 8 m,; nrrlvu at Bi e by 2:50 p. m. Leave Briscbe Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays W0a m.; wrrive at Cumboriand by 11:30'a. com- m. Leave Cunberland Mo "?xn. Wednes- days and Fridays at 12 fve at Biscoe by 3p.m. Leave Bi )6 Tuesdays, Thurs- days and Saturdays at 9a. w.; arrive at Carbor at 11:30 a. m Wagner to Postville—Leave Wagner Tues- days, Thursdays, Saturdays at 12.30 p. m. at Postville by ) p. om. Les lle Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur- days at$a.gm., arrive at Wagner by 11 a.m. ATTORNEYS RECOGNIZED, A. Nollers, of Benkleman, Neb. | Springs: Charles L. n county, Ia., and seph H. hul|||n n( Waterloo, la.,, were to- day admitted to practice before the interior department. Louis T, TRANSPERRED Private Robert Richardson, Company G, Second infantry, now with his company at Fort Omaha, is transferred to light battery D, Fifth artillery, and will be sent to the station of that battery (Fort Douglas, Utah). The entire cost (bransportation und subsist- ence attending this transfer) will be charged against the soldier at next wuster and pay roll of the battery to which he is trans- ferred, PENSIONS FOIUNEIRASKANS, Original invalid (Navy)—William H. Reed, Lincoln; John Woife, W John J. Stowers, I Cortland; Samuel D. Love, lamora; Ch E. Vanpelt, Lincoln. Original (widows ete., reigsue) ! ula Awrelia, widow nl Ethun O. Whitaker, Wahoo, (end March 9, 1878.) Mexican survivors—Theodore Bodecker, Lowisvilie. PEXSIONS FOR IOWANS, Original invalid—James M. Pugtl, Onslow; William M. Edmondson, Hartford; Edwin D. R e, 'Tipton; John G. Scoby, 5 5 Levi Amos, Farmington. cuse — Henr, Grubb, Indianota; William Furry, Runuells: Ludwig Bucker, Waverly: Francis H, Aller, Wayland; Wal- ter Min Cresco; Thomas A. Hunt, Cheg- nesta: Vun Buren Tunsdell, Portland; ’l homas V. Shearer, Awun(‘ John Cowdrey, tel Lll)nh F. Big Mills; Daniel nllh Council lHu 11 Fletcher Marston, jamin . Boydstou, Ottumwa' Clyman, Drakesville; William F. Soyleston ; David Vader, State Center; rge W. Hamilton, Carson; Michael Craft, Germanville. Reissue—Andrew Wick, North Buena Vista, Peurx S. Hearu. eron, Supreme Court Proceedings. Wasnivaroy, Feh, 20.—In the United States supreme court to-day the chief justice gave notice that mandates to enforce the de- cisions of the court would be issued in all cases decided previously to January 1, except those in which petitions for rehearing are pending und those docked and dismissed. In view of the fact that a petition for rehearing hns been forwarded, but not yet received, in the Maxweli-Preller murder case, Brooks vs the State of Missouri, the issuanco of a mandate in that case is postponed. The effect of this will be to put off for the present, the execu- tion of sentence of death pronounced upon Brooks, alias Maxwell, by the state court. The United States supreme court denies the application for a rehearing in the case of William D. Andrews et al vs George Hovey —the Driven Well case—and adhered to its decision, (o R SOUTH OMAHA'S COUNCILMEN. They Meet and ransact a Large Amount of Business. It was nearly 8 o'clock before there was a quorum of the South Omaha council last night, but the members present before that hour did not seem to worry about the flight of time, as each and all were attentively studying, and explaining to their friends, the numerous documents they heid in their hands. Such of voters as were presenc stood respectfully against the wall, or gathered around the stove, and showed up in marked contrast to the gang that formerly ruled the roost. Marshal McCracken, City Clerk Wells and Councilman Whittlesey held down the solitary table the cou affords, and e burled in the details of a set of plans designed to furnish the lockup with iron cages. Councilman Burke was the first of the council that showed up without any doc- uments, and he was closely followed by Councilmen Geary and Lcescher, who were only burthened with a cigar apioce. * Mayor Savage was ranging over the prairies along the North Platte and could not be present, s when the time came Councilman Smith called the meeting to order. After roll call Coun- cilman Geary was excused. as he was still decidedly ill, and the regular routine business was pwuscuml with. Business was evidently the motto, and everything that cume before the meeting was disposed of with ‘neatvess, cheapness and dispatch, and without any ununcecessary delay or ob- struction. The first committee to report was that on finance, and they recommended the payment of a number of bills submitted to them at the last meeting. The treasurer's report was also adopted, and Judge Reuther's account of the January police court_business was declared to be sutisfactory. The Hoof and Horn secured the city printing for the year, und the committee reported progress, but were granted further time. Then the ordinance committee took the floor and recommended that the old anty road between Twenty-fourth and Twenty- cighth streets be vacated for the good of the county, but it was luid over under B S The committec on police was ready to report twhen they could find the book,” but as they could not find it and their report was not writing, it was passed over. “The book,” it may be said, was a copy of the rules of the Omiaha police force. — An ordinance grauti @ cortain franchise to the Omaba facturing company was referred back, Coun- cilman Burke characterizing it as an attempt to “steal,” the sume as the motor line. By this time the pollcu committec found the missing *book’’ above referred to, and usked leave to report. This was allowed, and for the beneflt, guidance and information of the council, k Wells read the rules govern- ing the Omaha police force. As none of the members had ever got in trouble in Omaha, it was thought the rules would work all right in South Omaha, 50 the committ moved that they be adopted and they were, ‘Then came & report that was not i was not intended to go on 1 came from the members of a n‘u mittee, appointed to decide on the best means of IcV\ ing tribute on the inmates of houses of prostitution, and it was decided to keep up the old finks bt to callthem ‘“‘asscssments” and 8o put the revenue derived in general fund. petition, asking fora voteon the 4250,000 bonds was read, and Edgerton explained upon what ions the bonds could be issued, ad- vising them at the same time to wait until ufl or the next ussessment as the amuont then d would much larger was made. T)u‘\ agreed to wait. A communication usk- ing for sidewalks to be laid on'N. street up to Twenty-fourth street was read, and the marshal was told to look afterit, wherever the grading was furnished. Talking about sidewalks Councilman Glas- gow said that the city engineer wus somo- what deriloet in his duty, and moved that the oftice should be declared vacant and after a sbort discussion it was. Tho vacancy was only for a short time, howaver, for F. H. Meyers, who is well posted in all relating to the oftice, was at once appointed uml m fu- tur ' sign City ngineer” after his nume. Tho city treasurcr ‘wus next heard from, and his’ announcement that he had #1,200 or $1,500 .0n hand was cut short by Councilmun Glasgow, moving that he be em- powered to spend it— "that is to cash outstand- ing warrants, The power was granted, and while the couneil was in good humor under the unexpected discovery of funds in the treasury, Coumeitman Rafferty moved that the embryo board of trade be granted the free use of the city hall for their preliminary mectings and the e, The bill of $2.50 for “hawling fourtoen dogs” proved too much for the council and after hurriedly ordering it to be paid they adjourned. e The Famous Corcoran Dying. Wasuinaroy, Feb. viends of W, W, Corcoran say his condition this morning is very eritical, and that his death is liable to occur ut an time. — - The Fish Treaty., WasumiNegrox, Feb, 20.—The senate has re- ceived i copy of the treaty drawn up by the v conference, and it will be read in secret session this afternoon Loxnoy, Feb, 20.—Advices have been re- ceived saying that thirty-six trains convey ing troops have left Odessa and _are proceed- ing in the direction of Kisch.eneff. e Iron Founder Faila, New Bevroko, Mass., Feb. 20.-Edmund Grinnell, the iron founder, has failed Liabilitios, $100,000; assets, unknows, FEBRUARY 21, 1888, SULLIVAN'S TERRIBLE RIGHT. As It Apearsin Opperation at His Training Quarters. KNOCKING OUT THE FOOTBALL The Champion in Prime Condition— Niece Badly Flooded--Cont ctory Reports of the Crown Prince's Condition—Foretgn News, A Visit to the Big'Un. [ Copyright 1868 by Jomes Gordon Bennett.] Feb, 0. —[New York Herald Special to the Ber.]—A Sportsman reporter looked after Sullivan this morning o all who are interested in the doings of the famous Bostonian I can at once say, never man looked better, minus nearly two stone of flesh, since he lust ap- peared in public. Sullivan looks the victure of robust health, stremgth, and with the exception of a navy blister on his right foot now quite well, has not been sick or sorry since he first went thoronghly to work. Yesterday, sccompanied by his trainer, George McDonald, Jack Ashton and Sam Blakelock, John ... following his bath and beakfast, covered about fourteen miles. Returning to dinner, & couple of mysterious bottles were brought out and a mixture from one applied for nearly a quarter of an hour to the champion’s face fod the purpose of hardening the skin. Next a darker liquid was brought into play, another quarter of an hour being spent in rubbing the hands and wrists, “Sullivan, who was in excellent spirits, then entered freely into conversation and amused all present by relating, with great pith and humor, several anccdotes of his early carcer. In this manner the time slipped by until Sullivan was duc to punch the ball This was a new one, the other having been used up with a smashing rigbt-hander. Sul- livan donned an extra jersey, and took up his position in front of the footbull suspended by a cord from the ceil- ing. Eight or ten times in sueccession the ball was sent with terrific force by meaus of a punch from the loft; then a crashing blow delivered with the other hand threatened to bring the ceiling, ball and rafters down upon us. Sullivan's terrible right has been much talked of, and yesterday T saw it to perfection. Utilizing all his wei John L. sent every ounce of his fourtcen stone into the blow and as McDonald re- marked, a main‘would be very greedy to want two such hits. More walking, rubbing down and tea followed during which Sullivan told me he hardly knew what training was until in England and that he mnever felt. so well in all his life. Sullivan will step into the ring as near fourteen stone as possible, as fit us hands can wake him and wmoreover confident as a wan who bas uever known de- feat can possibly be. 8 by James Gordon Bennett.} Nick, Feb. 20.—[New York Cable—Special to the Ber.]—Eolus and Neptune are hav- ing high jinks here. The Promenade des Augluis which u few days ago was strewn with flowers, is now partly under water. A heavy galo blowing from the sea is dashing over the roadway with blinding fury and hundreds of sea birds all hovering round the mainlands. The bows of the bathing ma- ohines have been drawn up high and dry and the inhabitants of villas fucing the sea are blocking up their doors with bourds and ce- ment which keeps all the water from flooding the gardens, All carringe trafiio is stopped on the promenade. Hundreds ot poeople are clustered together watching the scene. The mountains are white with snow while the ground in the orange groves is yollow with fulling fruit. So far the yachts in the harbor have escaped damage. The Crown Prince's Gonaition. [(‘uuurmm 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.] Sax H Feb. 20.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to the Ber.]—All the doc- tors in attendance on the crown prince mude another examination of the patient's throat this afternoon with a laryngoseope and ex- pressed their satisfaction with its condition, The swellings, for which the recent opera- tion was performed, have greatly diminishe The Prince of Wales, accompauied by the Grand Duke of Hesse, ved at 6 this eve- ning and saw the crown prince for o few moments, Bad News From San Remo, Berriy, Feb, 20.—It is semi-oficially stated that owing to further unsatisfactory news from San Remo, Bismarck is about to hold a conference with the emperor and Prince William, A No Hope For the Crown Prince. New Yorg, Feb, 20.—German bankers here have received private cables informing them there is no hope for the recovery of the crown prince. LAY A Casus Belll. CoNsTANTINOPLE, Feb, 20.—Roumania has notified the porte that Austria has given an assurance that Russian violation of Rowman- ian territory will be considered a casus belli, ~Secretary. LoNDoN, —The appointment of Buron Henry de Worms as under-sécrétiry for the colonies, is announced, BOGGS TELLS A STORY. “Well,”—he did not p)ouounta it “wa'al” or “wall,” never having.read a frontier novel—*it isn't much of"a story, but what thar's of it is true, an? it'l wash, I reckon, without losin’ color, ““Mebbe yer engineerin® will take you over to the Mohave Basin an’ Death Valley,an’ if it does you'll be. purty nigh most sure to strike the wagon trail that runs to the eastof the Siervas, from Beveris lake to the Cahone 'pass near San Bernardino. ““Just before I struck that gauntry, that's now bout four years ago, I heard a bible sharp, down at Fort Yuma, de- seribin’ hell; an’ if thar’s any corral on earth more like that place in active operation than Yuma, no one las ever come back to deny it. i lhnu-vht right smart *bout thm, ser’ mon, an’ when my parduer an’ me struck the territory to the east of Death Valley, it looked so surned up an’ dry— for thar was neither water nor green thing below, no cloud nor bird above— that he said to me: ‘Boggs, this iy the claim the preacher told us about iluw n at Yuma, but it looks powerful like's if the fires had diedfout, a week or two ago, for the want of somethin’ to feed n. “Gold was struck rich over near the lake, an’ as usual, miners an’ hunters, sharps an’ gamblers, began to pour in Thoy started a city, but as it lived 'bout three months I can't just recollect what they called it, but While it lusted it was 'bout as far alead of Sodom and Goodwmorrow as lightnin’ would be in a race with a turtle. “Thar was a lot of women came there, sich as they was, but thar was ouly one that we all allowed was genuine an’ would pan out true color clar down to the bed rock. She was Cap’'n Mercer’s wife. She was purty, an’ pert as yonge thoronghbreds, {hough she wasn’t lik’ a thoroughbred. “The cap'n wasa mining sharp speculator, e wus handsome an' Keeg an' quick as they make 'em, He didn't look to be more’n thirty, an' everyone «aid he was the best saholar they'd ever mct up with in the Sierras. “The M wigi't n bt stuck up, but to be away from the saloons an’ the hollerin® an’ the shootin’—which weny on purty nigh mostevery night—th 1| built a snug cabin « way ‘down near the Aped’ was so common that noone didn’t mind, it so long as the fools killed each 011!\‘ for amusement; but just as soon o8 gniners began to Inl‘ e dust gone, why, thiit was ly different matter, ¢ “Murder, all alohl by itself, didn't secem to be nobody’s business, but as soon as men hegan to be kilt for the sake of robbin’ n—well, theu, things began to look serious, an’a lot of us got together to form a vigilance com- mittee. “Cap'n Mercer led in this, an’ as we liked him, an* lh:u' wasn’t any mistake about his meanin’ business from the word go, lected him chairman. I don't think T ever heard a purtier speech than he made us that night “hout law an’ order, an’ the sacredness of human property “The capn laid out a plan of cam- paign. an’ it was ‘grged that we would all be sworn an’ that.we'd By nothin® to no oue 'bout, our doin’s ’cept he was a member of the committee; an’ we f ther ‘greed to keep the eap'n posted if we got to ‘spectin’ any one. “The news thiat thar was vigilantes organized soon got spread nu-nu,.rh the camp, but instead of its checkin’ the mums. why, it did appear powerful if it rased it ‘bout ten million nt more or less: **We forced the barsand dance houses to shut up by ten every night, an’ this saved the lives of somé of the toughs that we could afford to pay snug to be rid off. But the peaceful miners weut right on bein’ kilt in their cabins. To cap the whole business, one night the horse and truckboard that carried the Los Angeles mail turned up in camp in a mighty bad fix an’ no mistake. The mail bags was missin’, an’ the driver— who'd been an old sojer—was all cut up and dyin’ on the seat with the lines wrapt round his neck, for his arm was slashed an’ torn, like’s if he'd had a hard fight of *The carrer’s name was Mike Far- rell, an’ we all liked him; but har he was' with his mind all gone. Every one did what he could to help get the poor follow’s senses back, so that he might be able to give us a hintof the man that 1aid for him so eruel bad. “Cap’n Mercer was just the man to tell us what to do, but as he was'nt handy, I said to Joe Webb—that was my pardner—'You go fetch lht“,xlp n down, an’ 'll stick by J\lllu- an’ try to git the fog oft his brain.’ Well, away Joe went, an’ I worked on Mike till he got his e, open, an’ when he seed me he said, kind of sad lik “‘Boggs, 1'm callgd.’ *“The words hadn’t. more’n p!mswl his lips, when Joe camo a-pantin’, an’ he shouted out: “*The cap'n is A-hln in hm bed an’ he pears to be purty bad hurt!’ i**Yes; curse him, for a murderer an’ a \hw[' said Mike, a-tryin’ to situp. ST ’s him leaped at me from the nunmw an’shot me when I wasn't ‘spectin’ nothin’, Boggs, old fel, I'm purty nigh bled out, but E'stvar to you, Al die, that Mercer’s thé man who's been doin’ all this bud work. him, but don’t hurt the woman.’ “Well, it Mike had pulled on me, T couldn’t have been struck moren a heap. He never lisd'when he was well, an’ I knew he wouldn't lie now, when the ripg of the Mystic "Angel's buglé 1lin’ him over the black viver to the white tepees of the silont—that’s a Navajos notion. ' “We all felt as if the cap'n had sold us clar out. With hislast hreath, Mike said: ‘Hore!’ un’ made as if hod salute with his broken right arm. That fetched us; an’ when we should have knelt an’ prayed by the side of the dead, why we just stood on tip-toe an’ swores but I never did hear swearin’ that struck mé as bein’ more like religion than that was, *We wasn't in no humor to wait and cool off before we saw the cap’n, but we took our rifles an’started at once, It just comin’ daylight when we got in Sight of the cabin, an’ the bpys was for pushin’ right on, when the bang of a vifle brought us all up kinder short. It was now plain that the cap™n or his wife had got sight of us, ana tnat they knew just what we wanted. “T was kind of acting leader, an’ T al- lowed that it'd never do to lose a lot of good men for the sake of getting a_bad one, move particular when, by Lyin’ low an’ keepin’ a sharp watch, he couldn’t get away nohow. So we guarded the place an’ made up our minds, if Mercer didn’t surrender, toset fire to the hut as soon as it got durk again, “I reckon the folks in the cabin guessed our plan, for just "bout sundown Mus. cer she came boldly out \\Ilh a white handkercher in her hand, an’ she said we was all mistaken, an’ that it was Mike Farrell that laid for her husband. She looked so purty that it was the hardest thing in the world for me to tell her I didn’t believe her. She then said her husband wasn’t so hurt he couldn’t fight, and that it'd be just the same as goin’ to his own funeral for any man that tried to get nearer to the cabin, *‘Before she went back [told hershe’d better light out, for just as soon as it[{ut dark again we'd fire the cabin, and it'd be a pity to have a nice lu(»luug woman like her burned into ashes. She said nothin’. but went off, lookin’ as if she was thinkin’ a heap all to herself. “Well, that night we rolled down bundles of dry wood an’big logs, an’ after we'd nigh' cove up the cabin, except in the doof y, wesot it on fire. After a bit we. ln- rd a yell, an’ the woman came tarin’ out like mml an’ begged ussdar merey for. the cap'n, but it was too sbon; for Mike Far- rell wasn’t hurh‘d 'ybt. We kep' her from runnin’ hm-k an? all the ' while we could hear the ciy cussin’us; an’ he kep't firin’ out L\LQ» h' the doors an’ winders—though hg uln't hit no one— 'till the roof in an’ a fountain of flame an’ sparks uhptg an enti Go for “The next day therh was nothin’ left of Mercer or his gabin but a heap of ashes. Now, gentlemen, what do you suppose that womaw did after that?” asked Boggs, reproddeing his pipe and beginningto fill it." * I suggested that $hé bought a suit of half-mourning, if ‘could not proc: a more sombre dresg, and that then she shook the dust of that camp from her feet, mul in the yewnseular of the place, lit l)llt. “Naryonce she didn’t, drawled Boggs, “‘but when the ashes got good and cold, she went down to the site of the cabin with a miner's pan—she knew the cap'n had u pile of gold dust about when he died—so she hunted round till she’d gathered up his ashes, and—" **And then she buried thewm,” Iven- tured to say. *No, thar yer off again, he panned her husband's ashes out an’ every one allowed she made right smart by the operation. P S Ah Sam, an innocent-looking celes- tial, wa ested yesterday for stealing u 830 overcoat from James Hayden. Ak Sam says he doesu't know anythin about the coat, nnd on being arraigne plead not guilty, He was given a cons tinvance until 10 a. m. o= lay. THE SENATE'S HANDS TIED. Ineffectual Attempt to Make Public the Fisheries Treaty. CONCERNING THE BATTLE FLAGS, Answer of the Sceretary of War to Mr. Boutelle's Resolution—All the Emble Are Safe—Cone gressional Doings. The Fisheries Treaty. Wasmixarox, Feb, 20.—The senate in ses- sion to-day listened to the reading of the fishery treaty and then for an hour there en- sued an earnest but unsuccessful struggle to make it public. The lead in this matter was taken by Senator Frye, who is anxious his constituents shall be informed authorita- tively as to what they have to hope for from the matter. The motion was gallantly sup- ported and would have been successful but for the discovery that the senate is power- less, in the fuce of its own rules, to do what it desires. Hence, as the matter is expected to come from Ottawa within a day or two, the senate contents itself with send- ing the treaty to the pablic printer “to bo printed in confidence.” The provisions of the document are said to be very much as the papers have already ed them. That which scems to have med itself most firmly upon the sena- torial memory as hastily as the reading was progressing, is the proyision that the pri lege of going into Canadian ports to bu. shall be withheld by Canada unl United States congress pusses laws free admission of fish and oil. The document is commented upon by one practically conceding that the Canadian contention has been corrected as to the interpretation of the of 1518, Upon theother hand senators friendly to the administration express the opinion that all has been accomplished by the department that could be expected and that a quarrel which has lasted over half a cen- tury has thus been brought to an eud. Our Flags Still There. Wasnixatoy, Feb, 2).—The sccretary of war to-day returned to the house his answer to the Boutelle resolution calling for inform- ation as to whether the flags captured by the United States have been remanded from the place where they are aisplayed and concealed, and if so, by what authority and for what purpose; and furtheras to what propositions have been made by government officials as to the surrender of these flags, and whether it is true that a portion of them were actually surrendered to persons having no right to their possession. As preliminary the secretary gives a brief history of the flags. It is stated that, while someof the con- fedcrate flags have since been given to the companies or regiments capturing them, no flags have passed out of the custody of the department that were in such custody when Socretary Endicott assumed charge of the department, The order to return the flags and tho order revoking the first are given and the statement is made that no tags were actually returned under the fivst order, As to the law requiring public exhibition of captured flags and phie assumed that the coustruction put upon it by former secretaries of the war and navy was that the law applied to trophic taken fram foreign enemies and not to th taken during domestic hostiliti In Oc ber 1852, all flags, including those in Winde: museum, were by direction of the secretar, of war boxed and stored in a roomy in the sub- basement of the new state war and na building, where they rewmained until January, 1887, They were auite inaccessible in this place and difficult to find and identify when it becume necessary to do so. It was also found that they were decaying rapidly and, by direction of the present adjutant general they ware taken from the boxes and ed in @ reom in the upper story of the department building, where they can b wasily visited and examined. The secretary says that no flags have been removed from the place where they were displaved, and concealed from the public. He asserts that Secretarics Stanton, Belknap, Ml'L‘rnr\, Ramsey and Lincoln, and the present secre- tary delivered up allogether some inbiten recaptured Union flags. . FIFTIETH CONGRESS, Senate. ‘WasmiNGToy, Feb, 20.—The bill to incor- porate the Washington Cable Electric street railway company, of the District of Colum- bia, was taken from the calendar for consid- eration. The amendment prepared by the committee having been reached, requiring the rails to be of American manufacture, Mr, Edmunds Suggested, informally, that that was in opposition to the president’s message, and at variance with all principles of the ad- mintstration. It was formally opposed by Mr. Vance as unusual in a bill of this char- acter, and altogether absurd, Mr. Edmunds, in order to have the votes of the senators placed on record on this indirect tariff ques. tion, demanded the yeas and nays. The vote was taken, and the amendment was adopted , nays 17, as follows: Howen, Brown, " Chandler, Edmunds, Davis, Farw all, Mundersaa, Mogrill, Palmer, Plumb, Spooner, Stewart, Paddock, Platt, Riddleberger, Stanford, Stockbridge, 25, Dawes. Nays: Bates, Blackburn, b Coke, Kustis, Gibson, Harris, Hugh, Vance, Y \\rulln.lm. Wilspn, of Missouri, 17, Ten aponyg the pairs announced were ns following: Cullom with Gray; Evarts with Morgan; Hale with Beck. ‘e bill which was abeut half mmplued, ‘was laid aside in formally. By Mr, Blair—Doclaring that any person vmlvl\.wd of parsally and unlawfully know- ing any female under age of cighteen shal) be punished by imprisonment from fiv to ten years, and for the second offense, dur- ing his matural life, Punishment of ten to thirty years is provided for persons forcibly ravishing any fomale, and for the period of his natuval lifc for any person who carrics out his ends by mesns of potions or drugs. The proyisions of- the bill are made appli- cable te all places within the jurisdiction of the United States. Mr. Palmer, frojm. the committee on agri- culture, reported favorably what is known as the contagious plenro-pneumonia hill, Mr. Palmer, from the eommittee on agri- culture, reportad the bill for the establish ment of a bureau of animal industry. Placed on the calendar. . After the executive session the senute ndjourned. Humpton, Hearst, House. Wasmiyatox, Fec, 20,—Among the exeeu- tive communications laid before the houso this mornng was one from the secretary of war in respons2 to the Boutelle battle flag resolution. It was referred to the committee on wilitary affairs. A resolution was adopted making the Pa- cific railroad telegraph bill the special order for March 3. Bills were introduced aud referred us fol- lows: By Mr. Payson of Illinois—For the protec- tion of settlers on public lands. By Mr. Simmons of New York—For the apportionment, on the basis of illiteracy, of $15,000,000 among the states and territories for educational purpeses. By Mr. Jackson of Pennsylvania, to amend the homestead laws 80 as to provide that only cighty acres can be entered instead af 160 acres and to permit only citizens of the United States to enter homestoads. 4 By Mr. Hudd of Wisconsin—A joint reso- lution prorullng constitutional llundlng he presidential term t. s wore introduced and refer: lor the erection of public buildings at Sterling, 11, and Burlington, Ia., Shebogun, Greenbay and Manitowoe, Wis,, and Yankton, Dak. The apeaker laid before the house a mes- sage from the president transmitting a re port from the secretary of state in relation to the invitation from the Belgian government to the United States to participuto in an in- ternational exhibition to be held at Brussels in May next. Referred. Also, a message from the dent transmitting a report from the secre f state relative to the in vitation of the Gerr vernment to the United States to become a party to the Inter- national Geodetie a clation. Referrred. Mr. Culbertson of 8, on behalf of the committee on Judiciary, moved to suspend the rules and place upon its passage the Hoar joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment changing the date of inaugura. tion day and extending the terms of members of congress until April 3. The motion was lost and the house adjourned, - BOARD O Considerable Tmmportant Business Transacted Last Night. Contrary to exvectation the scssion of the board of cducation last evening was as har- monious and undémonstrative as usual. The action of the finance committee in selling $100,000 bonds to the Omaba Loan and Trust company was indorsed without a dissenting vote. The areat debate and voto of the eve- ning was the selection of a janitor for the Centre school. After several ballots John Frost was declared duly elected. Messrs. Clark, Gray, Felton rison were absent. The sccretary informed the board of an injunction issued aguinst them by tho Brr Publishing company. Referred to attorney of board. Superintendent James reported a threat- encd lack of room at the Leavenworth school and recommended the fitting up of a room in the basement. Mr. Auch-Mody most strongly opposed fitting up basciuents for children it was dangerous to their health, On motion it was decided to build or rent an additional room for the school. A communication from C. E. Mayne rela- tive to insurance was referred to the come mit on finance, The following communication was received from the class of '$S of the high school: itlemen: The commencement exercises as heretofore conducted are objects of _just criticism because of dullness and length of programme. Morcover, they inflict upon the students, worn by the year of hard study, extreme exertion, which, while yielding lit tle practical benefit in an_educational wa, detrimental to the health, us was the last year when several of the graduates were broken down by the mental anxicty and cx citement attendant upon commencement. Considoring these {hings, wo respectfully petition your honorable body for n change in the plan of these ex , and we would ask that the following programme be adopt- ed, which corresponds to that of many east- orn high schools : Two or three seloctions of music. Two £0od essays by members of the class, An Sddress to'tho graduates by o prominent man in this county, chosen by yourselves, Pres- entation of diplomas, This was referred to the committee on high school. William S. Curtis tendered his resignation 48 8 member of the bourd of examiners. Ko erre The committec on buildings and property reported the Lake school building in unsafe conditionand recommended that it be torn down and a new one erected in its place, They also recommended the sale of the church building on the premises. Both re- commendations were voted favorably upon. It was decided to make a discount of one and a half cen on each of the ) slates, two cents on each 7x11 slates, and_three cents on each Sx12 slate furnished by H. M. and 5. W. Jones because they were not ac- cording to contrac Harper's History of the Great Republic and Appleton’s cyclopadia were ordered for the high school. The committee on heating and ventilation reported an examination of the janitors of the various schools and found all well fitted for their pluce except foln Albert and G. I janitors of the Leavenworth and chools. The committee commended very highly Henry Williams of the St. Bar- nabus school for his intelligent comprehen- sion of his duties, and recommended his pro- motion to the charge of a larger buildng when one shall be completed. The report Was o An additional lot was ordered for the Dupant school premises not to cost to exceed 1,800, and also that four additional rooms be ereoted on the west of said building. John Frost was clected janitor of the Cen- ter school. Attorney Montgzomery, n behalf of *the Grifith estate reported the mability of the estate to finish the work on the Webster street school, contracted for by the late James Griffith, The widow was willing to return the $4,400 received from the board, which was lying in the bank, and to admit a claim of ¥1,000 against the estate., Messrs. Guyo and Bowen, Grifith's bondsmen, each oftéred to assume a loss of &00. The' offer was accepted, and a continuation of the work on the building ordered. The janitress of the cooklng school was placed on the pay roll at a salary of #3 per week, Mr. Copeland presented a resolution asking that it be the opinion of this bourd that completing the proposed city hall the plans should be altered So as to remove the police court and city jail tosome other locality. Re- d to attorney of the board, The comuittee on building and property were instructed to sccure the Guild hall of St. John’s church as an annex to the Lang school. ‘The secretary was jnstructed to correspond with the propel persons in various cities in rogurd to the best methods for heating and ventilution, On motion of Mr. that on Thursday even buildings zad property meet the architects of the various accopted school build ings, to confor with them in regard to heating and 'ventilatio The pl orge L. Fisher for a sixteen- room bullding cat Mwenty-fifth and Masou streets were also adopted for the building to be erected on the Lake strect srounds pro- vided satisfactory arrangemcnts can be made for the use of the plans. Colored paper and other material were ordered for the drawiug classes to enable them to muke a proper exhibit of their work at the meeting of the state teach, tion to be held next month at. 1 Mr. Pratt offored a resol he secretary notify Mr, he will not be_required to foaiah ..1.m>. for addition to Lake street school building. After considerable debate it was decidod 10 place this on file; Mr. Copeland immediat moved u reconsideration of the resolution b which the plans of George L. Fisher we adopted for the Lake school. 1t was urged by Mr. Sholes and one or two other members mm\.e wdopting for thia building the pluns . Ellis for building on high school grounds STm would be saved, as Ellis' plans had to be paid for anyway. The motion lacking 8 two-third vote was lost. Ou wotion of Mr. McConnell the report of the finance conmittce on bonds was taken up. The commitf reported having negotiated the sale of §100,000 of bonds with the Omaha Loanand Trust company, the net payment for the bonds to be $100,355, in cluding the accrued interest from Janus to February 10, 1588, The report 3 unanimously adopted without any debate, e and Mor- aville it was decided g the committeo on He Was From New Jersey. ST guess I'll quit this crowd,” said Max Kaiser, a New Jersoy man, as he left a gang that gathered around the patrol box at the corner of Eleventh and Farnam streets to watch him gathered iu last night. “1 guess you wont," said the officer, and Max was bundled into the patrol wagon, He was very drunk, and on thag account had been refused admission to the Farnam strect lod,; |n|(hr|\uw Relying on the old proverb, WPry again,” he tried eeveral times, until the proprietor became tired, and at last’ bounced um. When the ofticer picked him up he was tryiug tosolve the problem us to whether his head or his fect first struc't the sidewalk when he came out, and he hud all night in ths cells to work it out. e Arrested for Embezzlement, A young man named William White was arrested last night and incarcerated in tho Cuming strect juil for ombezzling 8300 {r Thomas Lynch, in whose cwploy e has been for a few muut‘»pu l THREE EPIDEMICS RACING. The Moasles, Scarlet Fover and Dip« theria in Iowa. SYLVESTER GANDA ON A TEAR. One of the Defendants in the Ha Case Attempts to Paint Sioux City—Anti-Prohibition On Horseback, Measles and Scarlet Fever. Stovx Ciry, Ta, Feb, 20.—[Special Tele- gram to the 13 ~There is a run of measles and scarlet fover here. Over twenty fam- ilies are quarantined for the latter discase, - Diphtheria Clear Lake. Masox Ciry, la, Feb, 20.—[Spocial Tele- gram to the Bee |—The Clear Lake inhabit- ants are \'nn-l«ll-rnlyl_\ agitated over the prev- alency of diphtheria in their midst, The board of health h arantined against it and all schools are closed. One ease has re- sulted fatally, A number have been exposed and it is fearcd that it will spread, He's Coming to Omaha. Storx Crry, Ta, Feb, 20— [Spegial Telo- gram to the Bre. | ~The notorious Sylvester Granda, one of the defendants in the Had- dock murder case, was arrested here to-day for playing cowboy with a revolver on the streets. He was finéd 80 but the fine was remitted on condition that he leave town within twenty-four hours. Granda is going to Omaha, - Killed By Coal Gas. Des Moixes, Ia., Feb. 20.—|Special Tele- grum to the' Bee.]—Theodore Peterson and his mother, living five miles west of Dows, Wright county, were found dead in bed yes- terday, buving swothered from escaping coal gas. Crushed to Death. Ta., Feb. 20.—[Special Tolegram to the Bik.|—D. M. Sipes, a resident of this place, was instantly killed at Mauilla yestor- day while coupling o The platform of the caboose slipped under the dead_wood of the car to be attached, crushing the lower part of his body into a jelly. Penrg A Mounted Boot Legger. Stoux City, la, Feb., 20.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee. ]~ A deputy sheriff to-day captured curiosity in the shape of a hole-in- the-wall on horseback. The officer suspected that the fellow had liquor and giving chase caught hiw and found a quantity of liquor, Congressman Conger's Aspir: Des MoiNes, I [Special Tele- gram to the Bex. lajor Conger, member of congress froun this district, was in town to-day, having been called home by the death of a relative, In conversation hoe stated that he was a candidate for renomination. Some other aspirauts have alrcady entered the fleld but there is a very gencral feeling thut Mr, Conger has made a good congressmun and that he should be continued. His four years just propare him to tako a good rank in the house, and he has served the interosts of his constituents so far very faithfully. n the Con ns. Loxpoy, Feb, 20.—In the commons thit evening Ferguson, parlimentary sceretary of the fo oftice, declared that there was no truth whatever i the report of any military or naval action being taken or contemplated _ against Venzh Chaplin, resumed the fol mimster debate of agriculture, on the address in revly to the queen's spoech. He commented on the prolonged depression of agricuiture and he said the question was of greater importance than the Irish question. Many thousands of acres of land had gone out of cultivation and there has been a concurrent decrease in cattlo and sheep. Another effect of the depression was the ncrease in the masses of unem- ployed. What could the government do _to assist, to botter the state of uffairs? Lord John Manners admitted the terriblo condi- tion of the agriculture, but said the ment had no specific against its depre The government had consented to ask "o two houses to give assent to a bill giving a department of agriculture, [Cheers.] o Russia and Ferdinand. Berriy, Feb. 20.—Counnt Schouwaloff, the Russian_ambassador, in an interview with Count Herbert Bismarck, suggested that the powers write in advising the Porte, as the Zucrin of ¥ Aare Ferdinand e illegal. Tt is reported th vised Count Kal- nosky 1o assert to the Suggestion on lRussin's irations shall bo ac- companied by no cocreive measures. Snow Storm in England .—An unusually large amount of snow has fallen in the north of England, The railroads are soriously de layed, A numberof trains are and much discomfort is experien sengers. Farmsteads and thous buried in snow and fow persons have died from exposure. The storm is genoral throughout the countr sty 1 To An Asylum Instead, Peter Gross, convicted some tiw the United States court for p sentenced, and who has been sane as stated in the Bee sone weeks ago, will on Sunday next he conveyed ta Washington and turned over to the federal nuthorities, ago in rjury, and adjudged in- e thite - Stagnant Matrimonial Markot. Only one application was made to Judga Shiclds yesterduy for permission to marry the coptracting purtics being Riley A, Dubols, aged tw ars, of Plattsmouth, Nob., and Carrio L., “Buel, twenty‘one. yoars of uge, of Omaha, Juke Coffman, who keeps a saloon on Sixteenth street, was arrested last even- ing charged with assaulting a woman. The new grip cars for the Omaha cable tramway company were shipped from k one woek ago and aré exe pected to arrive to-night or to-morrow As soon ns they come the Dodge street line will be put in operation. The county commissioners have pre- red a communication addressed to the chairman of the police committes of the city epuncil in which they state that theéy will board eity prisoners in tho county jail for the present, and will 2 15 cents per meal and 15 cents for lodging. In the report of the burglary at 1512 Cass strect in Sunday’s Beg it would appear that the houseé was occupied by the family of C. H. Starkweathe The house is occupied by the family of rles Alcott. Mr. Starkweather has pom there and it was his room that larized und he who captured the intruder, A plasterer named Henry Thomas nIv at work yesterday in a new build- ing on Pwelfth strect, between Harney and Farnam slipped and fell from th olding on which he was standing, sroke i couple of ribs and was other- wiso budly bruised and hurt, He was taken to St Joscph's hospital where he was properly eared for. ———— Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria, ‘When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, When sho was & Child, she eried for Castoriay When shio became Miss, she clung to Castorla, Whon sho bad Clildres, she gave them Cusorias