Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 24, 1888, Page 1

SEVENTHENTH YEAR. OMAHA, FRIDAY by the company. He says: The line of railwa; ters the reservation at a point fifteen miles from the northeast corner thereof und will run about thirty miles in the reservation, being extended across it in a northwesterly direction, the reservation being about thirty miles in width at this point. There are about eightcen hundred ndians upon the reservation and they are making some progress in agriculture and stock raising. The construction of this pro- roposed REMEMBERING ~ MANDERSON. Washington Veterans Presert Him ‘With a Testimonial. A BEAUTIFUL FLORAL PIECE. upon this reservation with convenient mar- kets for their surplus produce. The Indians desire very much to have the railway con- structed, there being none nearer them than fiffeen miles. The construction of the pro- posed_railway_and stations, etc., will not_in any manuer interfere with the lands im- proved and actually occupied by the Indians. The President Direeted Affairs. l‘hlny gill ro'vidcs ru; h"‘“’,"{.‘:.’,‘"’{ oll ula‘w- b enty-five foot on cach side of the central line Wasnixgrox Huneav mis OMAIL BER, | | of the railroud, aud depot grounds for sta- Wistixerom D L. Teb, 3 tions, side tracks, ete., not to exceed 300_feet St. Louis is the place ana Tuesday, June 5, | 1t Width, and 806 feet in length o tho extent the date for the domocratic convention which | The' bil also provides that the president will nominate a candidate for the presidency. may require that said company procure the "This is just two weeks ahead of the republi- | consent of said Indians in such manner.as he Ve v " Jhi- | may direct; also, that the full compensation P ponvention whicli will be :‘”;’,“'é‘jm ight-of-way ‘and depot grounds, damage cago. It was agreed late last night by Sena- s, ete,, shall be paid for and plats of tor Gorman, Representative William L. | the survey of the line of route, stations, etc., Scott and one or two of the other bosses who run the thing for the president that the date be filed with and_approved by the secretary of the interior before any right shall attach. must be changed. It was decided that July 8, the time for holding the convention se- The bill also provides that the road shall be built within two years from the approval of lected yesterday, was too late, and the first thing attempted when the committee met Chronic Objectors Succeed in Pre- . venting Consideration By the Housc of the Omaha Pub- lic Building Bill this act, or the right of way is forfeited. It also provides that_congress may at any time add to, alter amend or repeal this act. was voted down by one majority. Thena | gp)s" recommendation_to the house from the chort recess was taken in order | committee on Indian affairs, the bill author- that the position of the administration could be explained. It was that the date should be early in June and the place St. Louis, These requests were complied with in a few min- utes. San Francisco’s support gave the con- vention to St. Louis and changed the date. Senator Gorman and Representative Scott argued that it would not do to hold the con- vention after that of thé republicans, as the democrats would be put on the defensive when they wanted to appear in an aggressive role. The St. Louis people have replenished izing and directing the secretary of the in- terior to extend the time of payment of the purchase money on the sale of the reserva- tion of the Omaha tribe of Indians of Ne- braska, says: “The reservation was sold to actual settlers during the years 1884 and 1885 in quantities not exceeding 160 acres to any individual and was made payabie in three installments, one-third being paid within one year from the date of settlement. The law provides that when the money is paid into the United States treasury the Indians are to receive 5 per cent interest. on the same, which amount is to be expended annually = for the use of the their bar to-night, increased thes number of | fdians) Tho land was appraised and barkecpers to six or eight from the two who | brought at 1its full value and by have been serving free drinks all week, and the unterrified are having o free drink. e congratulatory dispatch, of Mayor Francis, of St. Louis, to President Cleveland is regarded as prima facie evi- dence that the latter issued instructions about the work which was to-day done be- /fore he left for the south, and that it was faithfully carried out. Francis is looked upon as veryfresh. Cleveland was bis guest during the iatter's visit to St. Louis last fall. OMAHA'S PUBLIC BUILDING BILL. The Omaha public_building bill was not reached in the house to-day owing to dilatory Lroceedings on the partof some hair splitters ike Weaver, of Towa, who never lose an op- reason of improvements is an absolutely safe security for the money. It wus two years be- fore the settlers could realize from the culti- vation of the soil, and the very low price now paid for agricultiral produets, and_there be- ing no power to mortgage the land because of the title being in the government, settlers would be required to sacrifice the land unless given an opportunity to save the same by an extension of time to make payments. The " passage of this bill would be an act of justice 1o the settlers and save the government from paying the interest which would be paid by the settlers during the extension, while the Indians would lose nothing. There can be no reasonable objection to the passage of the rtunity to consume _valuable time | bill.” in springing _some buncombe on MISCELLANEOUS, the {uhh For two hours he Itarlord L. Erskin, of Omaha, has been ad- house proceeded with the consideration of measures from the committee on_public buildings and grounds and it looked us though the Omuhu bill would surely-be reached. Mr, McShane remained in his seat steadily, his desk covered with facts and_fig- ures to be used when the bill was reached, but when the second bill above it was taken up the time servers began their work. They offered amendents, called for a division on every vote, ordering tellers or the_ayes and nayes and talked incessantly. Bland, of Missouri, grow more technical than ordina- rily. Shively, of Indiana, tried to get funny by having part of Proctor Knott's fa~ mous Duluth speech read when the bill for that city was taken up, and 8o _the time was frittered away. But the Omaha bill's pas- lw is only a question of time aud a very little of it. MANDERSON COMPLIMENTED BY THE VETS, Mr, Manderson did not deliver his speech this afternoon n support of his G. A. R. dis- ability pension bill. He was ready and re- mained in his seat all afternoon, expecting every moment to have his bill-taken up, but the bill to incorporate an electric street rail- Jray sompuny in the District of Columbia had the floor and the debate was prolonged far beyond the time it was expected to con- sume, The executive committee of the G. A. R. of the District, anticipating the speech, had prepared the most magnificent floral of- fering seen at the capitol for a long time. 1t was the scales representing “Justice” and stood 2!¢ feet high, while its breadth was about the same. In one scale were two golden weights, representing the number of union soldiers who served in the field—2,650,558—on which were the closmg words of President Lincoln’s inaugural ad- dress. In the opposite scale was the Ameri- can fiag, the idea being the flag against the men who saved the union, The flowers were the choicest roses, tulips, hyacinths, ete. It was a beautiful offering, and was admired by all who saw it. NEDRASKA PETITIONS, Among the petitions _introduced in the senate were a couple by Mr. Manderson, one asking for a term of the United States court at Nebraska City, signed by citizens of that ‘mitted to the bar of the supreme court of the United States. Mrs. Struble, wife of Congressman Struble, of Sioux City, 18 vising her husband at No. 20 Grant Place. PERRY S. HEATHL Nebraska and Iowa Pensions. ‘WasmiNGToN, Feb, 28, —[Special Telegram to the Bre.]—Pensions for Nebraskans were granted to-day as follows: Increase—Mor- decai B. Joy, Herman ; George Foster, Clarks John C. Rhodes, (insane), Omaha; Andrew Lawrence, Ewings; James Veedee, Cairo; John A. Larimore, Jainey; Franklin B. Leon- ard, Red Cfbud ; Hiram Lewis, Spring View. Original, widows, etc—Fannie, widow of Thomas Hewitt, Plum Creek. Pensions for Towans: Original mvalids— Joseph W. Alcorn, Mount Pleasant ; David Richard, Albia; James W. Stickley, Ains- worth; John West, Lynnville; David §. Mock, Council’ Bluffs. ' Increase—Reuben Vant- rump, Allerton; John Carnagy, Marion, Charles Wallace, Vandalia; Jocob Hainer. Correctionville; Levi H. Bolton, Rockwell City; Lucius Wood, Bedford; Orien Clark, Mingo; Peter Grimes, Weller; Michael Rat: tican, Council Bluffs; Michael T. Murphy, Culamus; Paulus Kundert, Dubugue; Will: iam J. Haney, Stanhope; Frances M. Rogers, Muson City; William M. Barber, Afton} Franklin M. South, Hopkinton; Jefferson Cow, Ottumwa. Original, widows, etc— Jane, mother of Robert Weir, Cedar Rapids. Mexican survivors—Schuyler Huliott, Lloom- eld. Postal Changes. ‘WasmINGTON, Feb. 23.—([Special Telegram to the Ber.]—The postoftice at Alvin, Ham- ilton county, was discontinued to-day. The name of the postoffice at Reed, Box Butte county, was changed to-day to Alliance. The following Nebiaska postmasters were ap- pointed to-day: William H. Markley, Miners- ville, Otoe _county, vice Solomon J. Thomas, resigned; Mrs. Mary C. Brown, Nicholls, Lincolu county, vice Richard Brown, re- mart, and the other in support of the per | signed; Donald Matheson, Pilger, Stanton T Ofomo et | county, vieo Edward H. Mosher, removed; Sm.?‘fi.i‘;!&’h&‘él: hey wero. veferred to William ‘B, Shirley, Thomasvillé, Webster county, vice Tharrissa W. Holmes. Inter-State Commission Work. ‘WasnINGTON, Feb., 23.—The inter-state commerce commission to-day promulgated an SPRINGEI'S ALLEGED INFLUENCE. As chaiiman of the house committee on territories W. M. Springer, of Illinois, under- took to deliver the members of the demo- cratic national comniittee from the territo- ‘ries for Chicago in the striggle for the place of holding the nominating convention. Every one of them voted St. Lonis from first to last. It is stated by some of them that if Mr. Springer ever had any influence in the territories it cannot be discovered. He has not managed his present position on the rincipal committee in the house, so far as he tervitories are concerned, any better than he has gencrally managed himself in con- of Marrietta, O., against several railroads, charging them, among other things, with dis- crimination in favor of the Standard Qil company. The case of each defendant was considered separately and in the Louisville & Nashville road case, ordered that the defend- ants cease the unjust discrimination; that gress. they cease to make tank rates when tanks COUNCIT, BLUFPS' FEDERAL BUILDING. differ in capacity, and that they conform the The house passed this afternoon Mr. Ly- | charges on tank cars and barrel shipments maa’s bill providing for the purchase of ad- ditional ground adjoining the federal build- ing at Council Bluffs. Mr. Lyman made a statement while the bill was under consid ation, showing the necessity of securing the additional ground at -this time, etc., and it ‘was passed without delay. This was before the work of miocing began. The bill appro- priates £10,000, A favorable rcport was received from the committes on Mr. Struble’s bill, providing for a public building at Sioux City. REPORTS ON SCHLERS' CLAIM. Secretary Fairchild has sent to the house of representatives a communication from the secretary of war, submitting an estimate of $2,500, to be appropriated and required by the ‘war department to pay for the extension of the military reservation at Fort Robinson. ‘The communication consists of the proceed- ings of the board of ofMcers which met at Fort Robinson on January b last to examine into and report on, and appraise in detail the improvements abandoned by John J. Schlers ‘when removed from the military reservation at Fort Robinson. The board reports that the improvements made by Schler amount to 2,500, and consist of a one- .mr{ h.ml-e of six rooms valued at §1,500; one ) to the rule that the tank is to be considered part of the car itself and for whatever is car- ried in it the charge ought to be the same by the hundred pounds as is made on tne trans- portation of barrels of oil in car load lots other cars, In the case of the Iron Mountaln road the finding is that the defendant made excessive rates on barrel shipments and an order was entered that its charges be made to conform to the rule, In the case of the Illinois Central and two other roads no orders were entered. Committee Reports. WasuixaToN, Feb. 23.—Senator Platt, from the committee on territories, to-day reported favorably the bill to extend the southern and western boundaries of Kansas to include what is known as the Public Land strip in the limits of the state. The bill was reported favorably in the sen- ate to authorize the president to appoint Gen- eral Alfred Pleasanton major of cavalry on the retired list and_General William Wav- erill us colonel on the retired ist. wator Spooner reported favorably the bill for the enpction of u_public building at wel stable, $125: cellar, $1405 house, | Sious ity 50,000, 255, and fences and_ cultivatod lands muking | S100% Cit¥, 1a., o cost 50,000, up the balance of the total, T testimony Natfonal Capital Notes. of Schler is incorporated, u‘l‘m: that of N. L. WasmiNetoy, NFeb. 23.—The Weaver Freeman, L. B. Merriam Harris, and the recommendations for the appropriution are approved by Adjutant General Dunn and Quartermaster General Hollabird. - Senator Paddock has introduced a bill providing for the appropriation. THE YANKTON RAILWAY RIGHTS, Delegate Gifford, from the committee on Indian affairs, has submitted a favorable re- port to the house on the bill granting the right of way to the Yankton & Missouri Valley railroad company through the Yank- ton Indian reservation on_the Missouri river und immediately west of Yankton, and it is probable that the bill will be taken up and sed at an early day. This railroad is 1o abranch of the Duluth, Watertown & Pacific, which is now graded to Huron and which is to be built down to Wheeler, in Charles Mix county, or the river, this sum- mer, and which will probably be extended on through Nebraska to Denver. In his report . Dele Gifford gives some observations, wl mv be revelations to the people of the stion effected and who are speculating as 5}“ real purpose and route to be trayersed fractional currency bil was again under con- sideration without final result beforo the house commiittee on banking and curvency. The comptroller of tho cu ¢ to-day aa- thorized the Nutional Live Stock bank of Chicago, TIL., to begin business, with a capi- tal of $300,000. L RN The Murderer of Snell Indicted, Cuicaao, Feb. 23.~The grand jury to-day returned six indictments against W. B, Tas- cott, five of them being for burgiary and one for the murder of A. J. Snell. Bail has been set at §,000 in each of the burglary cuses, but noue in the murder case. Movements of Russian Troops. Wansaw, Feb. 23.—Large quantities of bis- cuits are being manufactured at the Dubro. The'railway depots between Voloessk and Odessa contain 10,000,000 pounds of corn and 7,000,000 pounds of sugar, which itis im- ossible to forward because the troops are using the transport service, posed line of railway will furnish the Indians | elaborate opinion in the case of George Rice, °| | SAINT LOUIS THE SELECTION. The Garden City's Old Rival Gets the Plum. SAN FRANCISCO TOO FAR AWAY. Walsh of Georgia Leads the Defec- tion Which Results in the Fi- nal Choice—The Convens tion Date Changed. 8t. Louis Wins. ‘Wasnixarox, Feb. 23.—The national demo- cratic committee met again this morning. Scott, of Pennsylvania, moved that current business be suspended so that a motion might be made to reconsider the vote fixing the date of the convention. After some debate the motion was lost. Balloting was then re- sumed on the place for holding the convention. The first ballot stood: Chicago, 15; San Francisco, 17; St. Louis™2; Cincinnati, 2; New York, 1. The second ballot resulted: Chicago, 10; San Francisco, 17; St. Louis, 13; New York, 1. A recess was then taken for fifteen min- utes, after which Senator Gorman made an appeal to those who, like himself, had voted for San Francisco. He was then of the opinion, as others had been, that by going to California the political sentiment in favor of democracy might be considerably strengthened, He found since, however, many of the opmion that if the convention was held there some of the ablest and most important merbers of the party would be unable to attend. For this and other reasons he appealed to the delegates from the P states to yield their preference and join with him in voting to hold the convention at @ more accessible point. When the balloting began several who had voted for San Francisco and Chicago changed to St. Louis. When Illinois was reached, Judge Goudy thanked the committee for the consideration shown Chicago, but said he was _quite willing the convention should go to St. Louis. Changes to St. Louis then became yery gen- eral. During the call Mr. Tarpic, in a brief specch withdrew San Francisco' from the contest. Voting thep proceeded almost sol idly for St. Louis, when a motion was mad and carried declaring St. Louis the unani- mous choice of the committee, Before the break was made the vote stood: St. Louis, 22, San Francisco, 6; Chicago, 16; New York, 2; Cincinnati, 1. ' Scott made a mtion to reconsider the vote by which July 3 had been fixed as the time for holding the convention. Tarpie, of Cali- fornia, 'homas, of Colorado, and nator Barbour, of Virginia, spoke opposition to the motion, ‘which, however, prevailed. A motion by ex- Senator McDonald to change the date to Tuesday, June 5, was adopted. The chair- man was directed to appoint a committee of seven to make all necessary arrangements for holding the convention and have charge of the preparations and organization of the canvas until the meeting of the convention. The committee was not announced. Follow- ing.is the call for the convention: The national democratic committee, having met in the city of Washington on the 22d day of February, 1888, has appointed the 5th d: of June next at noon as the time, an chosen the city of St. Louis as the place, for holding the national democratic conven- tion. Each state is entitled to representation therein equal to double the number of its senators and representatives in the congress of the United States, and each territory and the District of Columbia will have two dele- tes. All democratic, conservative citizens of the United States, irrespective of past po- litical associations and differences, who can unite with us in an effort for pure, economical and constitutional government are cordially invited to join us in !e“dmil delegates to the convention. WiLniax H. BarNuy, Chairman, FREDERICK O. PRINCE, Secretary, National Democratic Committee. The committee adjourned, to meet in St. Louis Monday, June 4, 1588, Lo el The Canadian Parliament. OTTAWA, Ont., Feb. 23.—At3 this afternoon the governor general opened the second ses- sion of the sixth parliament of Canada with aspeech. Hesaid: “The negotiations be- tween her majesty’s government and that of the United States for adjustment of what is known as the fishery question, I am pleased to inform you,resulted in a treaty whick will, I venture to hope, be considered by you as honorable and satisfactory to both nations, The treaty with the papers rolafln{ thereto will be laid before you and you wil be invited to adopt the measures to give effect to its provisions. *‘My government has availed itself of the op- portunity afforded by the recess to consider numerous suggestions which have been made for improved detail elective franchise and & measure will bmitted to you for the purpose 3of simplifying _the law and greatly lessening the cost of its opera- tion. The growth of the northwest terri- tories renders expedient an improvement of the system of government and legislation af- fecting these portions of the Dominion, and a bill for that purpose ~will be laid before you. A bill will be submitted to you to make the larger portion of the modern laws of Eugland a{:plicnhle to the province of Manitoba and to the north- 'west territories in regard to matters which have not as yet been made the subject of Canadian legislation.” B Chicago Shippers Exercised. Cnicago, Feb. 28.—Chicago shippers are considerably exercised over the new deal. The Iowa roads, with the exception of the Burkington, exact 2) cents a 100 on grain from the Missouri river to Chicago. The eastern lines insist upon 213 cents from Chicago to the scaboard, but these same roads have agreed upon & through rate on grain billed from the Missouri river to the seaboard of 361 cents, the western lines accepting as their proportion 161 cents and the eastern lines 20 cents, @& total cut of 114 cents. The Burlington is doing even worse, a8 its low rates are joined with a still lower rate from St. Louis and other junction points, thus diverting a ereater Km)vonion of the grain it hauls away from -Chicago. Chi- cago shippers are mm}rletul{ shut out by the deal, and the board of trade has been ap- pealed to to correct the discrimination, The TRock Island to-day reduced first class rates between Chicago and Des Moines from 25 to 20 cents. e Brutality of Hoosier Regulators. Buazir, Ind., Feb. 23.—[Special Telegram to the Bek.]—The night riders or White Caps of Greene county again took the law into their hands a nignt or two ago at Bloomfield. As usual, thrashing was resorted o, and the parties to be thus visited with summary pun- shment weré Noah and Fannie Good and Sum Picrce. The three named had repea edly been warned to leave the vicinity. or eight of the White Cap band called at the house of the Goods, and, taking Noah aud Sam Pierce to a clearing near the house, applied the usual chastisement by means of supyle hickory switches, with which each of the party was provided. Leaving two of the gang to watch the whipped men, the woman was brought out and_while the' punishment was us thorough as that administered to the men, shingles were used in place of switches. Having accomplished the object in view, the White Caps then left the place, not, however, before giving their victims a firm order to leave the country without delay. kLBl One of the Orphans. Cuicago, Feb. 23.—Kate Castleton, the: actress, has filed a bill for separate main- tenance against her husband, Isadore Phil- ips, whom she married in San Francisco, ¢ 6horags coutiiued drunkenoss, ' FIFTIETH CONGRESS, Senate. Wasmixaroy, Feb. 28,—The senate, in the morning hour, passed bills extending the laws of the United States to the public land strip; to amend the alien land law; also to permit foreign governments to acquire property in the District of Columbia to provide for pro- tection of submarine cables, Among the bills introduced and referred was one by Mr. Manderson to provide aid for state homes for disabled soldicrs and sailors. ‘The bill to provide for the compulsory edu- cation of Indian children (not including the five civilized tribes nor the Osages) was de- bated, but went over without action. ‘The senate then took up the bill to incorpo- rate the Washington Cable Electric railway in the District of Columbia. 8 per cent. The bill was passed and the sen- ate adjourned. House. WASHINGTON, called to order by the clerk, who announced the absence of the speaker. Mr. S. S, Cox of New York was unanimously elected speaker pro tempore, Mr. McAdoo offered a resolution which was referred to the committee on foreign affairs requesting the president to send to the house, if not incompatible with the public interest, all correspondence between this and the governments of Great Venezuela relating to-the question of dis- puted boundaries between the British col- onies and Venezuela. The floor was then accorded to the com- mitteo on public buildings and grounds. Among the bills reported and placed on the calendar was one for the erection of & public building at Sioux City, Ia. The house then went into committee of the whole and the bill for the erection of a public building at Birmingham, Aln. ot a coat of $300.000, was veed to affer considerable opposition by r. Bland of Missouri, who wished to reduce the cost %o £200,000. In speaking against the next bill for the erection of a public building at Duluth, Mr. Bland again took occasion to inveigh against squandering money in this manner, but the bill was agreed to, as were also others, including one for the purchase of additional land at Council Bluffs at a cost not to exce £10,000. The committee havin risen the house passed the bills agreed to an then adjourned. By a Party Vote. WasniNGTON, Feb. 23.—By a strictly party vote the house committee on territories to- day agreed to report favorably Chairman Springer’s “‘omnibus” bill to enable the peo- ple of Dakota, Montana, Washington terri- tory and New Moxico'to form constitutions and stato governments, and to be admitted into the union on an equal footing with the The bill authorizes the resi- dents of these territorles to elect delegates to conventions proportionate in number with original states. the population of the eounties. The appor- tionment of delegates is to be made by the governor, chief justice and United States attorneys of each territory and the election i8 to be held Tuesday after the first Monday of next August. Theaumber of deiegates to each convention is fixed at seventy-five, ex- cept in the case of Dakota, where the number is increased to 150, They are to meet at the seat of government ofteach territory on the second Tuesday of Sepbember next, adopt the constitution of the,United States and form constitutions and stdte governments express! disclaiming in favor ofithe United States all title to unap) d public lands and Indian lang lying within the territories, are also reguired to assume territorial debts, and provide and maintain a public school system. The con- stitutions are to be submitted to a vote of the g;:ople Tuesday after the first Monday in ovember, and if & majority is in favor of it, the results shall be certified to the presi- dent of the United States. Until the next general census the new states, with the ex- ception of Dakota, dre to be allowed one rep- resentative each in the house of representa- tives. Dakota, is to be allowed two repre- sentatives. These representatives are to be elected on the same day with the governor and other state officers. Sections of land in each township, or an equivalent, are granted each new state. for school purposes. Fifty entire sections are granted for the erection of public buildings. Ninety sections are appor- tioned for agricultural colleges, and 5 per cent of the proceads of the sales of public lands in the new states is to be paid into the fund for the support of their common schools. Other large grants of public lands are also proposed to be made, specitically for the ben- efit of schools, of mines, of charitable and educational institutions and water works for irrigation. An appropriation of 20,000 is provided for ontana, Washington and New Mexico, and 835,000 for Dakota to defray the expenses of the conventions. After the acceptance of the constitutions the legislatures are to meet and elect two sena- tors from each state, and when each state is admittted into the union the senators and representatives are to be admitted to seats in congress and state government become oper- ative. The New Mexico convention is also to conslder the question of a change in the name of New Mexico to Montezuma, and the ‘Washington convention is to submlt to the ,Eeop\e @ proposition to name the new state 'acoma. The republican members will submit a mi- nority report in opposition to the bill. Printer Benedict's Charges. ‘WasniNgToN, Feb. 238. — Public Printer Benedict was before the house printing com- mittee to-day. His labor roll, he said, had been reduced $150,000 or §200,000 during 1887 Other large savings had been made, and the men were now getting more pay and the gov- ernment more scrvice, In purchasing type ‘witness received the discount allowed all purchasers of type, and the bills showed it. Bills purchased eleven weeks before he as- sumed oftice failed to show that any such dis- count had been saved. He disclaimed any knowledge beyond the fact of the practices of his predecessors in that respect, Touching the statement made regarding saving in the item of ink, witness said his 11-cent ink was better than the 40-cent ink left by his predecessor in office, for the latter was inferior ink, full of var- nish, and not fit for good work. ‘When witness assumed the office the foreman asked him ‘to have shipped for sale twelve barrels of dross. Witness had them opened and found beneath a_layer of dross in each barrel wera.layers of brass rules and shavings, copper electrotype chippings, ete, Th:;‘)onhsnu of each barrel were worth §0 or 860, f The witness presonted two lists, the first showing that 514 persons had been discharged between September 18, 1886, and November 1, 1887, of whom 205 had been re-appointed, und the second showing between November 1, 1887, and February 15, 1888, the discharges numbered 642 persons, of which number 173 had beea restored. The witness added that there was now in his office about seven hun- dred persons who were not in it when ho came, out of & force of 2,21 e A Boodler Sentenceq. CnicaGo, Feb. 23, —Dan Wren, one of the convicted boodlers of Cook county, who has been in jail for muny months, came into court this morning and asked that sentence be passed on him at once. His request was granted and he will be taken to Joliet peni~ tentiary this afternoon, o Victims of the Blast. Durvrn, Feb. 28.—The total number of injured by the explosion yesterday, includ- mg those slightly injured, was thirty-four. Four are.now dead.” The coroner’s inquest isin progress to-day, buta verdict is not probable until to-morrow. — e —— Robbed the Postoffice, . Serixe Hinr, Kan,, Feb. 23.—[Special Tel- egram to the Ber.]—-The postoftice here was robbed this morning. The roblicrs blew open the safe and secured ubout §100 worth of stawps, /| . MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1888, NUMBER 251, An amendment was adepted requiring the company to pay a tax of 4 per cent for the first four yecars, 6 per cent for the next four years, and after that Feb, 23.—The house was overnment Britam and SENTENCED T0 FIVE YEARS. Punishment of the Man Who Killed Constable Logan. ORATORS OF NORTHERN IOWA. Preparations For a Contest at Mason City---A Minden Farmer's Une successful Attempt to Ena His Existence. Sent Up For Five Years. Des Moises, Ta., Feb 23.—]Special Téle- gram to the Bre.]—Joseph Rowe, recently tried at Boone for the murder of Constable Logan, in this city, a year ago and convicted of manslaughter, has been sentenced to state rison for five years. The trial of J. Reed urlbut, as accessory before the fact, will take place at Boone in March, b Opposition to Voting the Tax. Stovx Crry, Ta.,, Feb. 23.—([Special Tele- grom to the Bek.]—Formidable opposition has developed to the proposition now pend- ing to vote a 8 per cent tax in aid of the pro- Ttis said that a large number of influential citi- jocted Sioux City & Northern railroad. zens have organized and raised a fund with which to fight the tax. This organization has printed circulars charging that the scheme is not really to build a connection with the Manitoba system but to aid a line which will be turned over to the Chi- cago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha. The directors of the projected Sioux City & North- ert road deny this and claim that their efforts are bona fide. They offer to turn over the management of the enterprise to any repre- sentative citizens who may be chosen to act as trustees, It is now believed that there is @ strong chance to defeat the tax. Diispensed With Prayer. Des Moixes, Ia., Feb, 28.—On account of the strike of the Ministerial association none of the representativesof that body weve pres- ent yesterday, and the house was opened without prayer. There appeared instead a series of whereases and resolutions stating the resolution adopted by the house on F'ri- day making inquiry why the Catholic clergy ‘was discriminated against in the assignment of ministers as chaplains did not suit them, and they therefore washed their hands of the entire matter as an association, and that its members would only appear and pray upon invitation. The house took no action and proceeded to business without the divine sup- plication, —_—— Car Thieves Arrested. ‘WareRLoo, Ia., Feb. 23.—The village of Gifford has been the scene of the plundering operations of an enterprising gang of car thieves this winter, as is proved by recent developments. About the middle of January several Chicago & Northwestern cars were burglarized. The company sent a detective, who arrested three men, among thewn the new station agent of the company, and lodged them in the county jail at Eldora. Tuesday the officers returned and arrested two or three more men. Amending g Railroad Charter. Dusuque, Feb. 23.—Amendments to the articles of incorporation of the Cedar Rapids & Chicago railroad company were filled in thiscity to-day. This line, extending from Cedar Rapids to Manchester, has been com- pleted but a few months. The amendments rovide for an increase in the capital stock of 500,000, which evidently means that the com- fflny ‘will extend its line to the coal fields of owa. Moody and Sankey Meetings. Stoux Ciry, Ia., Feb. 23.—[Spocial Tele- gram to the Bee.]—It was decided to-day to continue the Moody and Sankey meetings over Sunday. Rev. Mr. Harsha, who is here, tried to have Mr. Moody spend Sunday snd Monday in Omaha, but his engagements would not permit. Immense crowds are attending all the services. Tried to Hang Himself. Mispex, Ia., Feb. 23.—[Special to the Bee.]—Thevis Thies, & prosperous farmer living six miles south of here, attémpted suicide by hanging himself with a rope in the barn on his premises last night. His hired man, on going to the barn to do the chores, discovered and cut him down justin time to save him. He has acted strangely for tne past few days, and attempted his hife in a fit of despondency. North Iowa Oratorical Contest. MasoN City, Ia,, Feb. 23.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—Complete arrangements have been made for the north Iowa oratorical contest to be held April 20. Ackley, Eldora, ‘Webster City, Osage, Hampton and Clear Lake will send dclegates. e The lowa Legislature. Des Mo1ines, Ia.,, Feb. 23.—In the senate, bills to provide for the levy of an extra 1§ mill state tax for 1888 and 1889, to pay out- standing indebtedness, passed by a vote of 39 to 9. Mr. Woolson introduced a bill asking an appropriaton of 850,000 for the erection of a suitable soldiers’ and sailors’ monument on the capitol grounds at Des Moines. The bill to repeal the law relating to the appointment of a state veterinarian, was passed. It provides for the appointment by the governor for three years, that the veteri- narian shall be a_member of the board of health and his compensation 5 per day. In the house the consideration of the rail- roud bill was resumed. No important amend- ment was made to any section and the con- sideration will be resumed to- resolution was passed by the union conven- tion of railway employe: terday endorsing the minority report of the senate railroad committee a8 made by Mr. Dodge. A joint convention of the legislature was held this evening and all caucus nominees, including H. A. Burrell, for regent and the trustees -of the various state institutions were elected. Prison Wardens Crossly and Barr were re-clected. st L Towa's Boss College Orator. Towa City,\Ta, Feb. 23.—In the state orator- ical contest to-night, first honors were award- ed J. K.Wilson, of the Iowa college; sccond to §. T. Mears, of Cornell college, and third to F. 8. Arnold, of Parson’s college. Wilson wilt represent the state in the inter-state contest mext May. The contested presi- dency case resulted in seating McGrew, of Lenox college. Officers for the coming year are distributed as follows: President, 'Coe college; vice-president, Parsons college; secretary and treasurer, Tabor college. The Delta Tau Delta_fraternity is holding a di- vision conference here. —— 1t Can't Be Dunvque, Ta, Feb, 23.—United States Judge Shirass to-day rendered a decision in the case of the R. G. Dun Commercial agency vs. the Dunn Collection and Protection asso- ciation of Sioux City, granting an injunction restraining the defendants from using the word “Dunn” in the title or any combination of the same in any name. Dunn. - Building Oil Ship Durvrn, Minn, Feb. Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—Officials of the Standard Oil company now here, say the company has contracted for the building of four large vessels to carry oil in bulk from Cleveland to Duluth, The returning loaas will. bé iron ore. It is believed the vessels will be built at Cleveland, % erly winds, becoming variable, THE DULUTH DISASTER. Four Dead, Two in a Precarious Con- dition and Thirty-Four Wounded. Dururi, Minn, Feb, ~[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—All day long crowds num- bering in the aggregate several thousands have visited the scene of yesterday's awful avalanche of death and disaster. The list of wounded numbers thirty-four and four are dend, with two others in & very precarious condition. The balance are all right and will recover. From early morning uutil the ad- journment of the inquest this evening the strect near the morgue, where the inquest was being held, was densely packed with people and in the afternoon the sheriff and two deputies and chief of police and a large number of patrolmen were necessary to open apassage for vehicles, Coroner McComb commenced the inquest at 2 o'clock. The PERHAPS IT IS TASCOTT, A Man Supposed to Be Snell's Mur¢ derer Captured. FOUND AT LEBANON, MISSOURF Scars Discovered on His Body Whioch Correspond With Those on the Fugitive Criminal—Held For Identification. 1s He the Murderer? Lenaxox, Mo., Feb, 23.—[Special Telos gram to the Beg.]—Early this morning Sher- iff Oscar Ehlers, of Franklin county, assisted in:lm;‘li-i‘x’-gxz!»qsg:!nl tw&‘“t all-‘:nnu "“'i“‘:‘)‘:;: by Sheriffs Goodale and Greentree, of this e lavie i ohanzehe e tatey | city, and Constable Strawbun, of Rolla, of- oreman, Ole Lundberg, the crowd | fected the capture of a man who is believed was worked up to & pitch of | beyond question tobe W. B. Thscott, the intense excitement and many_lawless cries were heard. Surrounded by officers the pris- oner was led safely through the large con- course of people and into the morgue. His testimony was given in @ straight- forward manner, but was materially crossed by the testimony of subscquent witnesses. 1t will take several days to complete the i quest, as there are about o hundred wi nesses to be examined, many of whom are called ns experts in tho manner of usimg dynamite and its peculiar properties. At 5:30 the inquest was adjourncd until ‘10 o'clock to-morrow. Lundburg is defended at the inquest by Hon. W. E. McLennon, queen’s counsel, of Winnipeg. eifiinaicit, ROBBERY. Two Masked Men Do a Neat Job on the Southern Pacific. TucsoN, Ariz., Feb. 25.—The west-bound train on the Southern Pacific was boarded by .two masked men last night at Stein's Pass. They cut the express and mail car 1008 from the train, and_compelled the engineer to run down the track about a half a mile with it. They then forced the messenger to open the car, which they rifled of all valuables, but without disturbing the mails, The engineer was then ordered back to the train, and the robbers disappeared. The: express loss is said to be heavy. A posse is in pursuit. murderer of Amos J. Snell, the Chicago mil- lionaire. The man gave the name of Walter By Lumm and claimed to be traveling from Hillge boro, 111, to his home in southern Kansas, The attention of Sheriff Ehlers was first aty trdtted by the man's team, a span of spotf ponies,as he passed through Union last Friday afternoon, by his suspicious actions, and he at, once wired the Chicago police, receiving in- structious from them to arrest the man at al} hazards. By that time, however, Tascott had made such headway that he was not overtaken until he reached here. The dj scription of Tascott tallies precisely witl that of the man arrested. There is a scar of a gunshot wound on the right hip, scars on his left knee and thigh murslllll'klu marks on the ankles. The man has with him a woman who he says is his wife and whose maiden name he gives as Ella Farrinton. Started After the Prisonep. Cnicaco, Feb. 23,—On receipt of the news from Lebanon, Mo., that W. B. Tascott wi supposed to be in custody there, two officers zmrm«l for that place for the purpose of r be the right man. e gaied Theatrical Difficulties. KANsAS CinY, Mo., Feb, 23— [Special Tele- grrmto the Beg.]—A suit for damages wilk be commenced to-morrow by Henry Lacy, of the “Still Alarm” company, against D. T Killer, of the Kansas City museum, for put- ting on Mr: Lacy's copyright play, “The Planter's 'Wife,” without permission, Lacy bought the play at New York for $6,000 and paid the money to Nathan Isendorf, now of. this city. Mr. Lacy says he has also been furnished with power of attorney by A. M, Palmer, of the Madison Square theater of New York, to proceed against Mr.Keiller fod huving produced “The Private Secretary,™ and_using the original posters which read “Gillette us the private secretary.” The Missouri Falling. Kaxsas City, Mo., Feb. 23.—[Special Toles gram to the BEE.]—The Missouri river is falling rapidly and since yesterday’s report has fallen twelve inches, and the government guage shows a depth of 14.35 feet above lowt water. No damage can now result unless terrible rans fall immediately. The river is olear of ice for many miles above this cét:i (L ntinied The Cleveland Conte CLEVELAND, O., Feb, 23.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—Mrs. Josephine Ammon, the Euclid avenue lady who was imprisoned in the county jail by Judge Hamilton of the common pleas bench for contempt of court, was released by the Cuyahoga county cireuit court last evening on application to suspend the order of the court below. Mrs. Ammon was in Jail forty-two days. Josie Blann, young woman not of sound mind, but owning considerable property, boarded with Mrs. Ammon. Attorney L. H. Johuson was tho guardian of the wpman, but he was distaste- ful to her and Mrs. Ammon, An effort was made to have him removed, but Johnson made an effort to get possession 0f his ward. She was hidden by Mrs. Ammon, and Johuson began habeas corpus proceedings. At the hearing Mrs. Ammon was asked as @ witness if she knew the whereatouts of Miss Blann, She refused to_answer cither the lawyer or court, and the judge imprisoned and fined her 8100 for contempt. Mrs, Ammon had her apartment in jail clegantly furnished-and re- fused to purge herself of contempt. t Case. and is now open to the Mississippi. The ne rise will not come until June, when the ri ‘will probably reach even a higher point tham it has this winter. g Fatal Horse Plague. NEw Yorgk, Feb. 23.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—The horses of the New York riding club have been attacked by the epi- demic. The club, which has perhaps one of the finest riding stables in the world, num- ‘bers about 500 members, nearly one-half of whom keep their choice mounts at its estab- lishment in East Fifty-eighth street,between Madison and Fifth avenue. Many of them are valued at $2,000 each, and there are ardly any that are not worth at least 8500, 'he epidemic was first noticed at the begin- ning of this week. The disease is spinal meningitis. Three horses have died of the epidemic up to this morning. While the di ease is recognized as non-contagious, it is in- fectious, and the strongest precautions have been taken by other riding academies to pre- vent its entry into their stalls, It is re- ported several livery stables have been vis- ited by the epidemic, although but slightly. and there was a belief expressed thatthe ———— o A Lucky Explosion. Kansas Ciry, Mo., Feb, 23.—[Special Tels: gram to the Ber.]—John O'Briex, a laborer, while at work this morning, accidentally tipped oyer a box containing dynamite caps. An explosion followed and the man’s clothes were completely blown from his body, buf strange to say, beyond a few cuts and mino; bruises, O'Brien was uninjured. padpeis Lo More Indictments Against Shaeffer. KAN8AS CiTy, Mo., Feb. 23.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—The grand jury to-day returned two indicuments against Charles A. Shaeffer, one for obtaining 863,000 in money, bonds and stocks on false pretenses, and th second for attempting to obtain £149,000 b fraudulent means. A bench warrant wag epidemic may become quite general and | immediately issued and Shaeffer arrested, cause the 1oss of many valuable horses., g}l'-! o nace TSR OTONEITRIES sun} ———— ,000. The President in St. Augustine. THE OREYENNES INDIGNANTD. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.,, Feb. 23.—The presi- dential party arrived here at noon, and had a reception at the hotel. In accordance with the president's wish there were no formal ceremonies. A tour of points of interest in the city was made in the afternoon, and this evening there wus a brilliant public reception. JJACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. The presi- ent’s party this morning inspected the ex- [msiuon thoroughly before the general pub- ic was admitted. Great surprise was ex- pressed by all at the t:rulenre and variety of the flowers and fruit displayed. Mrs. Cleye- land enjoyed for the first time the experiedce of plucking orange blossoms and oranges from trees and cutting down pineapples. Gifts in endless variety were made to the presidential party by the officers of the expo- sition and others, and much space in the car was filled with these when the start was made for St. Augustine. The president goes to-night via Palatka to Titusville, where a steamer will be taken to Rock Ledge, on the Indian river. Leaving there to-morrow noon the party will visit the Sanford exposition and also. Winter park. The return trip will be commenced to-morrow night. They Strongly Ohject to the Dawes Sioux Reservation Bill. Pierke, Dak., Feb. 23. —Excitement exista among the Cheyénne Indians over the Dawes Sioux reservation bill, and the chicfs made speeches at an all night council last night. ‘The Indians have raised money to send dele- gates to Washington to protect their rights, but the authorities refused to grant & permit for the trlg.‘ Crow Eagle spoke of this as an outrage, He was anxious to sce the reserva- tion opened and knew his people were with, him, but they ought to be allowed to have representation at Washington, —————— Comment on the Fish Treaty. LoxnoN, Feb, 23.—The Chronicle, com- menting on the fish treaty, says: ‘Itlis®s miserable bargain. In the nature of things Canada’s councessions appear to be largew than America’s, but it would be useless for Chamberlain to extort such terms from America as would lead to a rejection of the treaty by the senate.” The Daily News says: “We still think it would have been better to have chosen a corp= missioner less obnoxious to & powerful 8ecs tion of the American publie.” The Times says: **We shall be surprised if a majority of the Canadians do not appre- ciate the fisheries settlement highly. We are certain that the compromise will appear more skillful the more closely it is examined,” An amendment by Shaw-Lafevre, affirme ing the necesaity of measures dealing with arrears of excessive rent 1n Ireland, was re- jected after u spirited debate. The report o the address in reply to the queen's speer was adopted. S K A Domcstic Tragedy. Cicaco, Feb, 23.—Julian Tungreen, living on the north side, was found inan uncon- scious condition in her home this afternoon. On the bed lay the bodies of her two children and from appearances they have been dead over twenty-four hours, The police and coroner are investigating. The mother died at the county hospital to- night. The cause of the death of herself and children is yet unknown, some holding it to be u case of cout gus potson, while others | cline to the belief that themother poisoned tho ohildren and herself. ~Au inquest will bo held. e In the House of Lords. LoxpoN, Feb, 23.—In the house of lords this evening Lord Strathden moved that the government produce the latest papers regards ing events in Bulgaria and guggested that Great Britain invite a conference to consider the question, Salisbury promisea to place the papers on the table, but did not think & conference desirable, - Pitiable Condition of Miners. HazLET0N, Pa., Feb, 23.—The congres- sional mvestigation committee this morning examined D. M. Evans, a legislatorand practi- cal miner. He said the condition of the men in this region was pitiable. They could not under the store system and the rates paid get enough to eat and wear. Some of the miners never saw a dollar in cash. Other witnesses testiled us to the man in_ which the miners were held at the wmercy of the compa- nies. Pl s, Royal Engagements. Loxpoy, Feb. 23.—It is reported that the Prince of Wales, on the occasion of his sil- ver wedding banquet, will announce the be- trothal of Prince Albert Victor to his cousin, Princess Alexander, of Greece, and the bes trothal of Princess Victoria to' the Duke of Sparta, crown prince of Greece, A A Priest and Farmers Sentenced. DusLiN, Feb. 23.—Father Kennedy and eight farmers have been convictéd and sens tenced to two months imprisonment for at- tending a meeting of @ suppressed branch of the Nutioual league at New Market, County Clare. A Presidential Poe! SerixarieLy, 11, Feb, 23.—J. H. Beidler, of Mount Pulaski, sent from here to Presi- dent Cleveland to-duy an original poem writ- ten in honor of Washington, Lincoln and Cleveland, printed on silk, trimmed with vel- vet and bound with neat covers made from the héadboard of a bed occupied by Lincoln while in Mount Pulaski many years ago., The Death Record. Beruiy, Feb. 238.—Prince Louis, second son of the grand duke of Baden and grandson of Emperor William, is dead. He was twenty. three years of uge. — ‘Weather Indications, For Nebraska: Colder, fair weather, fol- lowed by light rain or snow, light to fresh winds, shifting to northwesterly For lowa: Fair weather, followed by light rains, colder in western portions, warmer, followed by colder in eastern portion, light to fresh winds shifting to westerly. For Eastern and Southwestern Dakota: Fair weather, followed by n]irhlly colder and light local snows or rajus, light to freshavest- - mpaign Victory. .—The plan of campaigi, ¥ ughrea was celebrated withy bonfires this evening., Sir Henry Burke E{ ) ranted a 25 per cent reduction, pays egal costs, reinstates the evicted tenants piys the cost of their maintenance since evi tion, MeCarlah has grauted a reduction of 55 per cent. —e—— Beeret Sessions of the Chambers, Pakis, Feb, 23.—Despite the opposition 88 the right the chumber to-day adopled (g secret session clausg, 2 ing back the prisoner if he is found to. « e