Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 25, 1888, Page 1

— OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING FEBRiIARY 25, 1888, TIE UP ON THE BURLINGTON. Enginecers and Firemen Decide to Quit Their Posts. THE LENGTH-OF-SERVICE RULE. Old Men Constantly Discharged to Make Way For New Ones at Lower Wages—Arthur States ! His Position, Decided to Strike. CuicaGo, Feb. 24.—Possibly to-morrow the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy system will be tied up from one end to the other. The Brotherhoods of lccomotive engineers and firemen have decided to strike asa last re- sortlo enforce their demands upon the com- pany and cenfidently expect to tie up the road completely and win the strike. The resolution of the Burlington engincers i & complete surprise. A few days ago Chief Arthur startled the labor world l?)' the munouncemont that it was the inten- tion of his organization to do away with classified wages and make the pay of all men the same for the same work without reference to the length of time they had been employed by the company. This conclusion, with which the firemen are acting in concert, ‘was reached by the brotherhood at a session last October and a resolution was adopted to enforce this new plan, wherever the organ- fzation was strong emough to do #o. The principal reason for this step, Arthur explained, was that the railroads were beginning to discharge men who had been in the service a long time and were drawing better pay, and to put in their places men who are not veterans,but were capable of doing work just as well and willing to take lower wages. The result was that the general standard of wages was reduced and the same rule of wages was introduced, the same rule applying to firemen. After several months of hard labor the men have succeeded in introducing a uniform scale of wages for all engincers on the Mil- waukee & St. Paul, Northwestern, Altou, ‘Wabash, Chi Atlantic, Atchison and other 'western lines. The new scale is 2!§ cents & mile for freight and 4 cents for passcn- ger engineers, and ) per cent of this for fire- men, For three weeks past a committee of Burlington engineers and firemen have been negotiating, together with Chief Arthur and Grand Master Sargeant, with Burlington officials to bring about an arrangement Simi- lar to those of other roads. OMciuls have cluimed that to grant the demands will eatly increase their expenses by advancing he average of their wages and refuse to ac- e. A committee of Burlington men con- sidered the matter among themselves and this morning anunounced to Arthur and Sargeant that they have decided to call out all the engineers and firemen on the road. The chiefs gave thair sanction to the decision, and pledged the support of their orgunizations. The exaet time when the order will be issued has not yet been determined. General Manager Btone, of the Burlington road, could not be found to-day, and at his office it was said he would not speak on the subject. An Towa Victim of the Blizzard. Rep Oax, Ia., Feb. 24—[Special to the Ber.]—After about a dayon the streets, a fund of $120 was raised for little Johnny Del- inger, the child hero of Garrison, Butler county, Nebraska, who braved sixteen hours of the blizsard of January 12. Little Johnnie ‘was only seven years old, but he took off his «coat and wrapped it around his little brother on that eventful night, and in consequence has lost both feet and _part of the fingers of one hand, thereby making him a cripple for life. Littlo Johunie is & Montgomery county boy, and the people of Ilowa should feel enough interest in him to see that a sufti- cient fund is raised that he may not come to want. Nebraska has nobly come to the res- cue of her hervimes. What will Iowa do_for her brave sont All contributions should be sent to the First National bank of Red Quk, Ia,, where they will be duly receipted. He Finally Yielded. Drs MoiNes, Ia., Feb. 24.—[Special Tele- gram to the F J—John T. Hendricks and Lottie Bishop have been trying to secure amarriage license for several days but as the girl was only sixteen they were refused a license until they could get the consent of the girl's father. The first time they ap- peared, they cluimed the old man was dead, the second trme that he had been lost for about a year. The clerk was not satisfied and sent them out to make a diligent search for the missing papa. They came back to- day and got the old gentleman to file & wrjtten consent to have a license issued aud the young couple left rejoicing. — An Aged Lecher. MUuSCATINE, 1 Feb, M4.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bre.]—-The trial of Theodore Grosshelm, a married man of over fifty years of age, for enticing school girls aged eleven %o thirteen into his place !;f business for im- is now in proj here and fos frmm s ruevs Aoy attendance of Muscatine mothers at the trial. ‘The testimony is of the most damaging char- acter te-day. ———— The Leaded Hog Thieves. Hawnvne, Ta, Feb. 24.—[Specialto the Bre.]—The grand jury now in session at Sid- mey, Tu, in the case of Charles Thiessen for the shooting and killing of Nelson Holt on the night of the 20th of January last, whom he caught stealing his hogs, found no bill and discharged him. Joseph Rhambo, a partner of Holt, who was with him on the above date, and who aleo received two shots in the back, is still confined to his bed and is siowly recovering. Jowa Legislative Doings. Des Moines, la, Feb. 24.—The railroad committee of the senate will report amend- ments to the Sweney bill allowing passes to railroad employes and families. A sub-com- mittee has been appointed to draft a substi- tute embodying the principles of the Wiber Dbill for the regulation of Sunday trains. In tho senate several bills were introduced. ‘The special order was the state library bill. Beveral amendments prevailed fixing appro- priations for a historical library, but the bill ‘was lost on engrossment. Bills were favorably reported licensing railway conductors, and compelling insur- ance companies to insert in applications the conditions of the pol; ‘The following bills were : Extend- ng the powers of the state board of health to order and abate nuisances; orderin ports from hospitals and various public vers; providing for changing articles o corporation, av any unnual or special meeting called for am. purpose, said changes needing only to be signed by the ofticers of the incor- poration, In the house, after going through thirty- one sections of tl bill, the re- mainder of the time was spent in discussing smendinents, none of which were important. ——— Close of the Davenport Shoot. DavENFORT, Ta., Feb, 24.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bre.]-—The shooting tourna- ment, which has been in progress since Thursday, closed to-day with four matches, ‘The first on was at 10 single birds, 40 yards rise, both barrels. Stice, Dukes and Perter each killeg 10 straight birds and divided first anonoy. The second shoot was a handicap, &l‘hmndmrnl'hi‘lf 6 llnqdl:'.‘rlm'r!:) r's;:vnln, barrel n . There were twenty. v..'cn'rrlam‘hudd p.'I‘\l-'knr and Haskaugh wan 876t money, The third shoot 4 pairs of birds, double’ rise, 21 yards. F. Davis took first money. In the last shoot, € singles, at 30 yards, both_barrels, from five ground traps, Marshall Budd and Tucker took first money, o - Accidentally Shot Himself. Drruque, Ia., Feb. 24.—[Special Telegram 10 the Ber,]—Albert Lornes, a young man of this city engaged in the boot and shoe busi- ness, accidentally shot himself this after- noon while hunting. The charge entered his body just below the heart and will probably prove fatal. —_—— A Brewery Searched. CLINTON, In., Feb, 24.—[Special Telezram to the Bee.]—A search warrant was served on the Lauer brewery this afternoon. About 830 worth of beer malt was seized and was placed in charge of a custodian, i Moody and Sankey. Siovx Crty, Ia,, Feb. 24.—[Special Tele- gram to the Beg, |- Sankey goes to Sioux Falls to-night, where he and Mr. Moody will hold revival meetings before going to Denver. Mr. Moody remains here over Sunday, going to Sioux Falls Monday — Cut Down Too Late. Mixpex, Ta., Feb. 24.—[Special to the Bee.] —Thebis Theirs, the farmer who attempted suicide by hanging himself near here, has since died from the effects of the strangling he received before being cut down, —e IT WAS NOT TASCOTT. The Lebanon Prisoner Proves to Be Another Man. Cnicago, Feb. 24.--Tascott, the alleged murderer of A. J. Snell, is still at large, not- withstanding his supposed capture in Mis- souri. A dispatch was received from Leba- non, that state, to-night saying that the pris- oner there suspected of being Tascott was not theright man. The telegram was signed by Detective Aldrech of Chicago. STILL ANOTHER C LovisviLLe, Ky., Feb. 24.—Tascolt, who was reported to have been arrested yesterday at Lebanon, Mo., is said to have been secn again, and this time in Louisville, Deputy Sheriff Jerry Bates, as is his custom, went to a restaurant on Third street this morning for his breakfast, and while eating observed there a man and woman seemingly strangers in the city. The man had light, closely cropped hair, cut pompadour style, and small light moustache. His eyes and nose were rather prominent and he resembled much the picture of Miil- fonaire Snell's murderer. The man's face struck the deputy us being strangely familiar and suddenly it flashed into his mind that he was Tascott, whom he had taken to Frankfort penitentiary in 186, Bates' first impulse was to place the people under arrest, but fearing the unpleasantpess which would arise should he be mistaken he did not. He left the restaurant, but could not dismiss the matter from His mind. How- ever, in spite h)s having heard of Tascott's supposed arrest in Missouri, he finally went back to the reastaurant, but they were gone. He immediately put detectives on their track 10 find out who they were and their business here. He feels positive now that the man was no other than Tascott himself. e THE RATE WAR. An Attempt to Keep 1t From Spread- ing to Eastern Lines. Cnrcaao, Feb. 24.—Chairman Blanchard of the Central Traficassociation threatens to take heroic measures to prevent the western war affecting eastern lines. He sent notice to day to the western roads that companies east reserve the right to decline to receive property at & pro rata proportion of cut rates and to churge their proper proportion of agreed rates. It was telegraphed hére from New York this morning that the Alton was quoving a rate on Colorado and Utah business ‘which gave that line only 20 cents on first- class to the Missouri river. To-morrow all competing roads will drop their first-class rate to Missouri river pointsto 20 cents-— a cut of 7 cents, ‘The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy officials to-day vigorously denicd that they had been discriminating against_Chicago. = They say that the Burlington’s through tariff “from lowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas points are made on the gross sum of theirlocal tarift to Chicago—that is, the local tariff to Chicago on corn and oats, is 12 cents per 100 from § Towa, Missuri and eastern Nebraska points. This is the same as the rates made to East St. Louis, Beardstown and Peoria and it constitutes the hasis of a through rate to At- lantic scaboard points. The Burlington claims on other western or northwestern roud has yet reduced the local to Chicage, and consequently any ‘through rates made by them to the seaboard are, as charged, dis- criminations against Chicago. ———— MISAPPIAED FUNDS. Arrest of an Assistant Cashier of the | Metropalitan Ban! CixcixNat, Feb. %4.—Frank M. Reigel, assistant cashier of the Metropolitan bank, was arrested last might and sent to jail to- day in default of $10,000 bond, on the charge of misapplying 8,000 of the funds of the bulldmfiumuhfio@fl ‘which he was treas- urer. He is also char, Wwith having ean- bezzled and misapphed seme #8000 of the funds of another bulilding association which depositcd with the Metropolitan bank, and to have largely overdrawn his salary in the bank before the recent suspension of that in- stitution, —— Horrible Outrage By White Fiends. CoLumpia, §. C.. Feb, 24.—[Special Tele- gram to the BEE] —Au attempt was made in this county last night by a gang of unknown men to burn a family to death. A white man, William Myers, has been living with a col: ored woman and had several children, A party of men, to puntsh his conduct, sur- rounded the house, barred up all windows and doors on the outkide, and set the building on fire in several places. An ax was in the house and with it Myers cut a hole in the doorin time 0 save himself and the othe mates from a terrible death, but they wero severely burned. The Dul Dururn, Minn., Feb. .—(Special Tele- gram to the Bee.|—In to-day’s examination of witnesses by the coroner regarding the late explosion considerable damaging testi- mony for the foreman was introduced. A number of ‘lmborers say they had warned Lundberg of the nature of the blast and re- fused to work at the hole. Others testified that they were met with curses and threats by Lundberg, and Swen Olsen, who has had thirty years experience with explosives, characterized the foreman's conduct as ex- tremely foolhardy. The inquest will con- tinue = to-morrow. The balance of the wounded men are recovering. il A Kansas ity Physician’s Death.’ Kaxsas City, Mo., Feb, 24.—[Special Tele- gram to the BE.]—Dr. Thomas B. Lester, the oldest physician in point of practice and residence in Kansas City, died to-day of poeumonia aged sixty-four years. - Ll The Missouri Still Rising. Kaxsas City, Mo., Feb. 24.—[Special Tele- gram to the BEk.)—Steady rains along the Missouri have caused another rise and the Missouri stands to-night 14 feet 7 inches above low water mark. The ice is out of both the Missouri and the Kaw rivers ——— e The Gould-Sage Case, New Yok, Feb. i4.—The case of Jay Gould, Russell Sage und the Kansas Pacific bondholders was again taken up by the grand ury to-day. The examination of Sidney Julon, the capital was continued and sev- eral other witnesses were in, FINE DISTINCTIONS DRAWN Comparative Honesty of the Union and Central Pacific Roads. TWO WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT. Commissioners Littler and Anderson Tell the House Committee Why the Government's Claims Should Be Extended. Give Them More Time. Wasnivarow, Feb. 2i.—Littler and An- derson, of the Pacific railroad commission, appeared before the house committee on Pa- cific railroads this morning. Before asking Littler to express his views the chairman presented and had piaced on file aletter from C. P. Huntington,telling how the directors of the company in 1878 resolved to create a sink- ing fund to meet the debt and says it is now apparent the money would not be made to earn 8 per cent, as was anticipated. Nevertheless by 1868 more than half the en- tire debt would have been paid, and the whole would have been settled in the early part of the twentieth century, after which the whole net earnings would have gone to the stock- holders, The passage of the Thurman act followed, and this, of course, put an end to the company’s own voluntary efforts, Con- gress thus took the matter into its own hands and the result has Leen to impound a consid- erable sum in the United States treasury which ought to have been earning 5 or 6 per cent, but which has virtually earned nothing —as it 18 to-day doubtful whether as many dollars will be gotten out of the fund a8 has been paid into it by the company. Finally, it was not possi- ble for the Central Pacific to repay the United States loan and interest, and at the same time take careof the first mortgage bonds and interest within the short space of thirty years, unless it had controlof the traffic of the territory traversed. When it became clear that other competing roads to the Pacific, more liberally aided. werc soon to be completed, it was both evident that both the first mortgage and subordinate mortga- ges must be postponed a very long time, For reasons which were no doubt satisfac- tory, the government impaired the carning capacity of the road, and thereby its security for the debit, This was a matter over wh the goyernment had control, and in equi ought not to now seek to make the impair- ment good at the expense of the party injured by it— he company. Litteler then addressed the committee. Taking up the case of the Union Pacific rail- road he called attention to the fact that the bond-aided portion of the road did notem- brace the terminal facilities and prop- erty at Omaha, Kansas City or' Den- ver, which were worth millions of doliars. The government would not have trouble in dealing with the Union Pacific. The entire country from Omuha to the base of the Rocky mountains would produce a very lary traffic and enable the com- pany, under economical management, to pay off the debt. From Cheyenne to Ogden tho roud ran through a God-forsaken country, Which promised nothing in the future, and the Union Puacific would have to depend for resources upon the line between the Missouri river and the Rocky mountains, The majority had reported that the Union Pacific was solvent, and, with a fair exten- sion, would be able to pay the debt. Some of its branch lines were worthless, and had been acquired under circumstances which reflected discredit upon the integrity or judg- ment of the persons managing the road at the time. The Utah Northern ana Oregon Short Line were valuable acquisitions, and ‘with the developments of the country would add largely to the road’s revenue. Tho es- timate of the value of the Union Pacifie railroad made by the examiners of the commission contradict overwhelmingly the minority commissioner ‘who had reported the road dankrupt. In the light of the facts elicited the commission had unanimously reached the conclusion that not- ‘withstanding the great value of the property and the enormous annual income it received the company could not pay its debt to the government in 1805, 1506 and 1807, when it matured, and the majority had recommended an extension of fourteem years, the govern- ment taking a contract mertgage instead of perpetuating its lien. There was n the treasury of the Union Pacific securities of branch lines amounting to £22,000,000, and it was the intention of the hill to retain’ to the, government not only the equity remaining in the property, after the payment of prior liens, but also all the sccurity which the Jnion Pacific held in the branch lines. ‘Outhwaite asked how it would do to take all of the earnings of the Central Pacific for the next ten years and at the end of that time ‘‘go for the men who had ravished the company.” Littler replied emphatically that the gov- ell"nmem. would not get a dollar under that plan. In answer to Weber's questions, as to why it would not be well to cause a receiver to be appointed for the Ceatral Pacific, Littler said the prospect of insolvency was 1o ground for the appointment of & receiver and the supreme court had held that as not one dollar of the debt would be due until 1897 a default could not.be declared. Suppose a receiver was appointed: the government would re- ceive a worthless piece of property which it «could not operate without loss; a road cut off at both ends; a road without any connection with the great markets of the Pacific coast. It would be anamolous in the history of law suits to appoint a receiver whena no part of the interest is due. Turning his attention to Commissioner Pattison’s minority report the witness said it raquired more of 4 lawyer than he was to understand how congress could forfeit a charter to a railroad company granted by state and territorial gevernments. Weber inquired what were the substantial reasons for granting ‘more. reasonable terms to the Central than fo the Union Pacific, Littier replied 1t was not because these ple were entitled to any consideration at the hands of congress. He would, if a mem- ber of congress, ignore for a time the crimes and shortcomings of these men; he would treat the debt as a business matter on busi- ness principles. 1t was the duty of the com- mittee to recover money and if it acted wisely it would be able to do so. Unless the com- mittee settled this matter on business p ciples the goverument would in 1 $5,000, through the Central Pacific. they ac wisely and as statesmen, in ten years £10,000,000 would have been paid to the government, und it could rest in the belief that the entire debt was in the course of ex- tincti It was & matter of no conse- quence whether it gave the company fifty or one hundred years, the government had money enough in the treasury at present and found it impossible to keep revenues down to nses. fter recess Littler said, in reply toa question as to whether the frauds committed in the management of the P railroad would not furnish a basis for the appointment of a recciver, that he thought 1f these frauds did furnish such basis the right to a receiver existed independent of any action on the part of congress and nothing remained to be done except the attorney general proceed with the application. Commissioner Anderson then addressed the committee. He said there were two points of view from which to look at this question. One was the moral question in- volved in the remarkable management, and —in some cases—crime of the directors of the roads, and the other was the busine: question of dollars and cen ‘The wrong one wus not such as the goverument should seek revenge for by the destruction of the corporation, but it was ‘a wron, done by individuals who should be vunisheo! therefor. - Viewing the matter as a moral question the wajority bad recommended & bill which would efféct the punishment of the offenders, whilein a business point of view it was the most successful solution of the question. In the commission bill one of the terms of acceptance was that the com- panies should give the United States the right to bring uit in the name of the cor- porations against the persons who had com- mitted _the frauds, He was satisfied the Union Pacific would never make any trouble about this provision because the administra- tion of that road since 1884 had been ab- solutely honest and fair. In regard to the Central Pacific, he did not feol justified in -uvimi‘thu bill would be accepted by it. Looking at the question from its moral side—if jt was the object of the government to punish the men who had stolen the money it should pass the bill with a provision that the company accepting it_should _give the right to sue the wrong-doers. He did not think con, 8 could afford to go before the country with two" bills, one saying to the Union Pacific, ““Your management of vecent years has been everything that could be de- sired, and we will make an_extension on a 3 por cont basis, “and one saying to the Central Pacific, “You unmitigated st of scoundrels, you have robbed fom first to last, and you have your hands to-day where they should not be, but we will settle with you on a 2 per cent busis,” Adjourned. ——— A GOOD MAN GO; The Life and Death of Willial son Corcoran. Wasnixgroy, Feb, 24.—The noted W. W. Corcoran died this morning at 6:30, Mr. Corcoran was one of the most noted philanthropists of the country. He has given away to charitable institutions thousands upon thousands of dollars of his great wealth and founded and lavishly endowed benevo- lent institutions in his native town, Mr. Corcoran was born in Georgetown, D. ¢, December 27, 1398, He first engaged in the g business and afterward a commission merchant. He soon got into banking in con- nection with George W. Riggs, and he and Riggs made a fortune by making a loan of £10,000,000 to the United States, Of course he had 'to do this on credit, but he made it go, and in connection with the Mexican war made a_fortune. In 1847 he purchased the site of Oak Hill cemetery, Georgetown, im- proved it and presented it to his native town. Corcoran’s gallery of art he established in 1:57, spending £300,000 1n fitting it up and in addition established an_endowment fund of carly £1,000,000 for its benefit. The gallery s turned over to the government early in 1850, and was used for the quartermaster's department during the It 18 now one of the grandest art gallerics in the western world. Another of his large gifts is the Louise home, which was founded in memory of his wife. This building cost _about £200,000, and has an endowment fund in addition of about £300,000. This home for reduced gentle- women is situated in_the most fashionable quarter of th ¢ square foot of the ground on which it is located is worth £3, Itis & magnificent fou y @ brick building, with vines and with many rooms withi Wil- them have mingled in the highest societ the United States; one at least presi the white house, and others have dispensed the hospitalities of some of the most noted of our southern homes. He has also made lurge and valuable gifts to many other such institutions. A few years ago Mr. Corcoran brought the remains of John Hi Payne, the suthor of “Home, Sweet Hpme,” from Tunis, an he Georgetown com laid them®t rest in tery. Mr. Corcoran lived in a noted house back of the gallery bearing his name. The gar- dens take up nearly half a block, and the house itself is a great brick mansion which was built many years ago, and which was once occupied by Daniel Websteg The house was given to Webster by some of*his Massa- chusetts friends, while he was secretary of state. It has been gecupied from time to time by a number of noted diplomats, and it has, perhaps, scen as many noted men with- in its walls as any house in Washington. Tt is & very large house, and it has a wide front door leading into a hall, from each side of which open large and richly furnished par- ors, Mr. Corcoran’s father was a shoe dealer in the little village of Georgetown. It is said that he prescrved the old sign which his father used, and that he considered it more valuable than some of the old masters for which he has paid thousands of dollars, ol R MOUNT VERNON SUFFERERS. A Severe Rain Storm Prevailing and the People Poorly Sheitered. Cnicaco, Feb. 24.—~Mayor Roche received a telegram to-day from Mt. Vernon to the ef- fect that the suffering there is indescribable, A severe rain storm is prevailing and the people are huddled together in barns, They must have immediate assistanee, The mayor has received additional subscriptions amount- ing to about $400. A later dispatch to-night says shingles and all kinds of roofing materials are needed even more than mofey or provisions. Many people are camped in the streets in the mud. The supreme court building, which is occupied as_ a _ hospital is still without a roof dnd the tients to-day suffered considerably from ti storm. The mayor has sent out a message appealing for lumber, shingles and roofing material. They are in great need of further and immediate fimancial aid. e Hopkins Must Stay in Jail. CrneINNATI, O., Feb, 24.—The court to-d: announced that the surgeon’s report ing catesmo immediate occasion for apprehen- on of death in Hopkin’s case and refused to allow his removal from the county jail to his home as requested. An Insurance Agent Suicides. Toronto, Ont., Feb, 24.—J. B. Lawlor, in- spector of the London and Lancaster Insur- ance company, committed suicide this morn- ing by shooting himself in the breast with a revolver. He left a note stating that finan- cial embarrassment was his r n for the act, e Metropolitan Officers Indicted. Cix Na1i, Feb. 34.—It has been admitted by the United States' district attorney that William Means, late president, and Decamp, late cashier, of thé Metropolitan National bank, have been indicted by the grand jury. ey +* 4 The Firé Record. Prtrsnvra, Pel, 24.—The three-story building of J. M. Pegt & Co., occupied by a number of grain and commission merchant; was burned this evening. The loss will ag: gregate $100,000, - Will Stand By Ferdinana, Soria, Feb. 24.—It is stated that the gov- erninent has firmly resolved to reject any proposal to dethrone Ferdinand, even if such Proposal be supported by the powers, e e Another Homé Kule Victim, Dusriy, Feb, 24.—At Ennis to-day Lloyd, an English home rule delegate, was sen- tenced to six weeks imprisonment under the crimes act for inciting tenants not to pay their rents. e o MO To Undergo Aun er Operation, LoNDON, Feb. 24.—A dispatch from San Remo says a critical operation s to be per- formed on the crown prince to-morrow. ' Man e ‘Weather Indications. For Nebraska: Colder, fair weather, light to fresh winds, generally northerly. For Jowa: Fair weather, pre or snow in_eastern portion, ¢ brisk northwesterly winds. For Eustern Dakota: Fair weather, colder, with a cold wave, fresh northerly winds, be. coming variable. For Southwestern Dakota: Fair weather, colder, with cold wave in eastern portion, light to fresh variable winds. A cold wave is indicuted for eastern Da- kota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, lowa and the castern part of Nebraska, The teuperature will fall 152 to 25%, . 5 ded by rain 1der, fresh to EULOGIZING THE VETERANS. Senator Manderson Speaks on the Disability Penslon Bill. THE ADDRESS WELL RECEIVED. An Instance Given Out of How Beer Boodle Helped to Capture the National Democratic Convention, Manderson Speaks on Pensiones. WasniNetox Bukeav Tne Omana Hee, 513 FOURTEENTH STREET, WasiizGroy, D. C., Feb, 24, Senator Manderson got the floor of the senate at 2 o'clock this afternoon, called up the G. A. R. disability pension bill and deliv- ered a remarkably interesting and strong speech in its support. There was a large audience in the gallery and he was accorded attention by most of the sanators on the floor. General Manderson was in the best humor and at times grew eloquent, especially during his reference to the president's veto of the depepdent pension bill which was passed at the last session of congress. Referring to the merits of the bill on which he spoke, General Manderson said it came from an organization that had earned the right to be heard on the subject. He then re- viewed the G. A. R.'s organization and the patriotic motives which keep it together. It would have made the heart of any good soldier swell with emotion aud pride to have heard the tribute paid the organization of the veterans and the services the men who would get pensions under this bill have ren- dered their country. Grant, McClelland, Logan and Pope were members of the G. A. R., and they were as humble as any and claimed no superior right over the private. Here all soldiers stood side by side. All are private, all are patriotic, all are gentlemen of honor, all are pledged to assist their former comrades and the families of those who fell in arms. The passage of this bill would be in accord with the pledges made to the soldier when he was on the field struggling to save the country he had enlisted for, Mr. Manderson did not claim that the bill he now advocated allevi- ated all the pains and distress the soldiers were heir to, but 1t went as far as could be expected at this time. At the present time there are but 15 per cent, including the widows and orphans, of the number who served for the union on the field of battle, re- ceiving pensions. About 2,500,000 soldiers entered and the rolls at the pension office show only 204,445 soldiers’ names from the late war. It is right to give these pensions, and honorable to receive them. He would refute the slander that republics are ungrate- ful. It would be but a short time time till the G. A. R. would be only a small battalion. Mr. Menderson’s review of the pension legis- lation of this country showed that there had been less done for the soldiers than the liber- ality of of the people at large recommended. The references made to the veto message of President Cleveland, where sarcasm and falsity prevailed, caused every face be- fore Mr. &lndemiflfl blaneh. - One could have heard _drop. There was & dead ‘was listened to with absorbed intetest. The differences between the bill under consideration and the one ve- toed by the president, and known as ‘‘the de- ndent ion bill,” and the other one be- y:m the mt con| and known as ‘‘the service pension bill,”” were marked out in such a way as to show the merits of the pres- ent one over all others, Their titles indicate their character. The present measure pro- ses a pension for disabilities. The senator ntimated, in referring to the chauges of opinion with the administration on the sub- ject of pensions since 1886, that they were due the to approaching campaign, and when. he used the familiar words of Dean Swift: ‘When the devil was sick, ‘The devil a monk would be; ‘When the devil got well The devil a monk was he. There was a decided ripple of applause throughout the galleries. Continuing, Mr. Manderson did not think the government, With its well repleted treasury, ought to stop to figure the cost of a measure so just, of an act so well earned. At the conclusion of his speech the floral scales, described in my dispatch last night, was brought into the senate chamber and laid upon Mr. Maunderson's desk amid ap- plause. POSTAGE ON SEEDS. Mr. Wilson presented in the senate to-day a petition signed by 140 citizens of lona, 1s asking that the old rate of postage of 8 cen! a pound on seeds, cuttings, bulbs and cions be restored. The present postage is 16 cents & pound, AND JONES, WHO PAYS “THE FREIGHT." A St. Louis man, who was most prominent in_securing the convention yesterday, said this afternoon that Busch, the well known brewer, gave §10,000 to pay the expenses of the delegation which was sent here to work for the convention, and gave them instruc- tions to draw on him for a like amount if the maney was exhausted. The men spent, their cash very freely and the flow of intoxicauts has not yet ceased. It was a grand feast for the ‘judges” and “majors” and those who hang about the hotels waiting for invitations to take drinks, and will not soon be forgotten by them. Mr. Busch expects to do a good business in beer during the week of Juue 5. SUCCESSFUL GRAND ARMY FATR. The Grand Army fair which opened here on the evening of the 22d is a notable suecess, It was undertaken by the members of the Washington department of the Grand Army, assisted by the ladies in fashionable eircles. Its object was the relief of poverty aud suffering among the members of that organization, The demands made upon the generosity of the Grand Army people in the city are peculiar, Many who have been in the government's employ have, through u change in the administration, lost their positions,and are perhaps too poor to even go in search of work elsewhere. Others who have come here from a distance looking for employment, meet with disappointment, and, their funds becoming exhausted, they have no other resource than the charity of their old comrades. With the increasing demands of the winter upon them the Washington department found them- selves with an exhausted treasury, the limit of their ability. In this emergency they went 10 Mrs, Loga for advice and aid. Could the ladies help them?! Mrs. Logan would not disregard the appeal of an old soldiér, and, while declining to take any public part in the enterprises, she began at once to work through her friends for a grand fair by which a lung might be raised to provide for these emergencies. A committee of gentlemen was appointed by the department. These per- suaded Mrs. Scnator Ingalls to take the presidency of the ladies board and and notes were sent to prominent states asking them to meet for consultation. A ladies executive committee of twenty-three was elected, with Mrs. Ingalls as president. This was subdi- vided into ten committees and the chairman of each of these was to olganize her own assistant. Corresponding commit- tees were appointed by the gentleman's board and the two consulled concerning all the plans of the work. A sewing society was formed and Wednesday of each week was devoted to the manufacture of yll sorts of articles, both useful and ornamental. Thou- sands of letters were written soliciting dona- tions, and the elegant homes of Washington were laid under tribute to furnish the art de- partment. The ladies who have been most active in the work of preparation are Mrs, Ingalls and Mrs. Peters, of Kansas; Mrs. of Minnesota; Mrs. Spooner, of Wis- Mrs. Cannon” and Mrs. Black, of llinois; Mrs. Cutcheon, Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Burrows, of Michigan; Mrs. Conger and Mis. Lyman, of Jowa; Mrs. Kennedy, of Ohio; Mrs, Stanford and Mrs. Hear of California, and Mrs, Hawley, of Connecticut, For six weeks the worlk lias gone steadily forw: .nfi ,hu res\tn as sfeg on thekr openink night, ivas most dratifylng. - SCENE BETWEEN SPRINGER AND (OX The feeling which kas sprung up between Representatdyves Bunset Cox and Springer has bm'onwg hot gnd well known that mem- bers of the house always notice it when these two men come #lose together, and they are never observed to address each other in a sociable _way. During the absence of Speaker Carlisle Mr. Cox is speaker pro tem, and the understanding is that when he de- sires to leave the presiding officer's chair that he will call to it Mr. Springer. After the morning hour to-day Mr. Cox created a great deal of laughter by saying: “Will the gentleman fram Illinois, Mr. Springer, please take the chair. The gen tleman from Tllinois was deeply engaged in conversation with a group of members at the time and did not notice the request made by the speaker pro tempore, and it had to be repeated. When he did’ figglly eatch the words Mr. Springer blushed" to the roots of his hair and stammered out an afirmative reply. There was a great deal of laughter and some half-suppressed applause. It was the first time that Mr. Cox had addressed Mr. Springer personally siuce he gave him such an unmerciful excoriation a fow days ago. GHTING THE DES MOINES RIVER SETTLERS, The lowans who have hoped to see the bill passed again to quiet the title to their lands on the Des Moines river, which bill was vetoed by the president in'the last congress, will likely be disappointed. There are a lot of people here who' ave currying favor with the adininistration by working to secure th defeat of the measure, which is now under consideration by the house committee on public lands. Thomas Hawley, of Fort dge, addressed the committee to-day in opposition to the measure, using as his argu- ments tho reasons assigned by the president for vetoing the biil, 1T MAY NOT BE CLEVELAND. An influential Missouri democra morning: *“This talk that becaus vention meets in St. Louis it me: land is bosh. aid this the con- ns Cleve- If New York does not come up solid for him—as it is almost sure not to do— and Connecticut, New Jersey, Alabama and rhaps Virginia and West Virginia send gglem\lel opposed to the tariff views of the limnldr.nt as expressed in his message, Cleve- land cannot be renominated in St. Louis or any place else. No one man, even if he be president, can force his views on the party when those views are against the possibility of success iu the election, I believe that while Governor David B. Hill may not be nominated he can and will name the man, and it will not be C| land.” ¥ L MATTERS. The postofice sitc at Seeven, Sherman county, Neb., hus been changed two and one- half miles to the northeast. After the 25th inst. the postoffice at Alvin, Hamilton county, will be discontinued. The mail will go to Auror PERSONAL. Nels H. Patrick, wifo and son, of Omaha, enator Manderson, . Major J. W. Paddock, of Omaha, is visiting Mrs. W. E. Annin, her daughter, Hon. J. Boyd, who has been here at- tending the democratic national committee meeting, left to-night for Nebraska. Perny S, Hearn, Nebraska and Iowa Pensions. WasmINGTON, Feb. 24.—[Special Telogram to the Bee.]—Pensions were granted for Nebraskans to-day as follows: Original in- valid—Kendrick S. Paine, Omaha; Richard Nolan, (navy) Hastings; Andrew Knickade, Hamburgh. Increase—John Sanber, David City; Franklin McElravy, Rising City; Will- jam McClure, Lincoln; Andrew S. Snyder, Louis City; Allen J. Millett, Hastings, Pensions for Iowans: Nicholas Binder, fired;‘flchbnr%.-’:lhn Nkpmn?n, Wll.ln: umphroys, - = «Ja. Scranton ’aflw; Wi{ B, Lil sgumu Junction; Milton W. Patterson, Villisca; William A. Nott, Elrick., Increase—Elihu Stedman (deceased) Vinton, ends October 10, 1887; Elisha K. Manning, Fayette; William Warhurst, Delta; George Sweeney, Osceola; Jeremiah Sollinger, Newton: Au- gustus W. Hoffmeister, Fort Madison ; James M. Hunter, Marion; Jonathan Ulum, Solon; Josephus Duncan, Lemars; William N. Sil- verthorn, Beacon; Benoin C. Howell, Fre- mont; John D. Pickard, Houghton: William G. Hughes, Libertyville. Re-issue and in- crease—James W. Tucker, Genoa; Wesley 0. Curtis, Independence; John W. Raffetty, Sully; William Parr, Burlington. Re-issue —Albert N. Fellers, Lime Springs. Origi- nal, widows, etc.—Sarah J., widow of Elihu H. Stedman, Vinton. Mexican widows— Berthena A., widow of Edward W. Smith, Meriden; Mary A., widow of William M. Gidley, Bagley., Army Orders. ‘WasHINGTON, Feb. 24.—[Special Telegram to the Bee]—The leave of absence granted E. E. Wood, Eigth cavalry has been extended two months; First Lieutenant F. D. Shars, Twentieth infantry, has been relieved from duty at Fort Leavenworth, and ordered to join his company; thirty colored troops have been ordercd to the Department of Arizona for assignment to the Tenth cavalry and six- teen colored recruits to the Department of tl]n- Platte for assignment to the Ninth cav- alry. National Capital Notes. WasmiNGToN, Feb, 24.—Senator Wilson in- troduced a bill to-day to appropriate $100,000 for a public building at Burlington. The bill prohibiting newspapers containing lottery advertisements from transmission through the mails, was defeated in the house committee to-day. Theodore Hawley, of Fort Dodge, Ia., ad- dressed the house committee on_public lands to-day, in opposition to the bill to quiet the titles of scttlers on the Des Moines river lands. A bill similar in general purport was vetoed by the president during the last con- gress. e A COLORADO COLLAPSE* Failure of the KExchange Bank at Canon City. Caxox Ciry, Colo., Feb. 24.—|Special Telegraw to the Bek.]—The Exchange bank of this place, owned by Mullock Bros & Co., to-duy made an assignment to their cashier, Lyman Robinson, for the benefit of creditors. Estimated assets, $125,000; liabilitics, $150,000. 1t is supposcd ihat the bank be’ came embarragsed through speculations con- nected with the oil developments in the Florence and Canon City districts. 1t is thought the creditors will be paid in full. ‘The Fremont Connty bank, owned by F. A. Reynolds will not. be affeited by the sus: pension. ——— The Fresident in Florida, ParatRA, Fla, Feb. 24.—The president and party arrived at Bast Palatka at 10:45 last night and were ferried over to Palatka, where a train was waiting at the wharf. The party was shown through the warehouses to the train, where a large crowd had guthered. The president stepped down to the lowest step of the car after the party got aboard. The struggling crowd was finally got into line and the president shook hands with them. The party left at 11:30. The an- nouncement was made that he would hold a reception an®hundreds came into town from 200 miles_arol The disappointment, wus expressed with Ritterness by the committee ‘which was 't them. JACKSONVRULE, Feb, 24— After the informal reception at Paldtkn the party started for Titusville, thé'run being made slowly to en- able them to rest. 'This morning the party took a steamer it Titusville for a sail on the Indian river to’Rock Ledge, where they will make a brief staywand then start on their re- lurnlri‘l’, rmwhln‘; Sunford this aiternoon and Jucksonyille to-night. JACKSONVMLE, Fla., Feb. 24.—The presi- dential party #pent some time at Sanford visiting the South Florida_exposition. They reached Jacksonville on the howmeward trip at miduight, stopping only long enough to change engines, Denies the Miners' Statement. Hazertos, PRBev. 24.—Before the con gressional investigaging committee to-day A. Pardeé, one of the fvkest operators, testified atlength. He denied most of the state wade by the miners .yesterday @s to the cost of mining, the genery wares, e . N * RACY SCANDAL 1IN A CHURCH; Vain Efforts of the Wealthy Oonzro; gation to Suppresa It. 13 A ST. PAUL PASTOR'S ESCAPADE, ¢ On Being Chargea Witha Young Girl's Vineyard. The Synagogue Shocked. ST. Pavr, Minn, Feb. M.—[Special Tele gram to the Ber.]—The light from the big chandalier in the beautiful little Mount Zion synagogue, on the corner of Minnesota and ‘Tenth streets, to-night fell upon less, 'than & dozen people. he rabbi, the Rev. Samuel Freuder, sud- denly left this city lust night leaving behind him one of the wealthiest churches in St. Paul and some very ugly rumors which the members of the congregation are trying hard 1o suppress. The' story is out, however, and it 18 this he raboi, an unmairied man, is charged with seducing a servaut girl in a Jewish family at whose house he rooms, the woman giving birth to a child on Christmas day last. It is claimed the woman was married six months ago to @ man whose name cannot be learned, and that the man, learning soon after marringe the condition his wife was in, aceused her of infidelity. ‘I'hereupon she admitted the truth of his charges and made the astounding con- fession to him that Rabbi Freuder was the author of her ruin and that she was then pregnant by him, It is claimed that the con- gregation, being such a wealthy and power- ful one, would have stood by him to the end if he had been innocent, und that his precipi- tate ftight and the fact that the members of the congregation so bitterly oppose the mat- ter getting into print, are proofs of his guilt. He came to this synagogue from the east year ago lust September. He is a neatly a ed, fine looking young man, about thir- ty-five years of age. Of tute he has not been popular with his people. The congregation, which have been organized some fourteen years, is of the reformed branch, and somo of the wealthiest and best known Hebrew ™ in the city are membe The matter came to your correspondent to-night, and Mr, Julius A, Austrian, one of the most influen- tial members of the congregation, was seen. Hesaid: ““Yes I ought to be conversant with all the fuacts in the case as I was president of the committee appointed to in- vestigate the matter. The committee took sometime to complete its labors and the in- vestigation was most thorouzh and search- ing. The girl horself and the man she after- wards married weré examined by us. The med to know but little of the charges, been ignorant of her character an on at the time he marriéd her. He could only state that he had discovered that his wife was pregnant. Kuowing that a suf- ficient length of time had not elapsed for her to have a child from him, he charged her with infidelity. At first she lll‘el‘wr‘lly den the accusation, but at len, admitf t?‘h“u lfi:s and t| t:{:: father of her yet WaS 1 er Rabbi Freuder; that thé rabbi had sedu her, promising to protect her in the cvent that she got into trouble, The woman also stated the same thing to us, bud we arrived at the conclusion that her statements, while plausible, were untrue, and we tnereford found him not guilty. The womap has been married since she claims the rabbi seduced’ her. Onthe 25th of December she gave birth toa child of which she alleged the rabbi was the father.” In n'pl( 0 the question, what caused the rabbi to leave so suddenly, Mr. Awetrian re- plied: “Well there was a faction in the church which was opposed to him, Many of this faction believed the truth of the woman's story. You see the fact that the rabbi had lived 80 long in the samo house with her, would lead some to believe the truth of her charges. The rabbi has probably decided that under the circumstances, he would leave the city.” L. M. Haas, another of the most influential members of the congregation, was also scen and said: T know nothing whatever of the matter. If ever any charges were made against Rabbi Freuder I never heard of them and I think I am in a position to have known of such a thing.”” “‘But, Mr. Haas, the woman certainly did give birth to a child and did allege that the rabbi was the father of it,”” said your corre- spondent, “‘Well, it cannot be proven that he seduced way." It will thus be seen that every effort s being made to suppress a scandal which is stirring the church to_its very depths. One member admits that he is fully cognizant of all the facts of the case, but claims that the charges are untrue, while another, equally prominent member, pleads ignorance of any and all knowledge of even the charges. In justice to the rabb, it must be stated that he indignatly denied the truth of the woman's statement, claiming that the whole affair was a case of ‘‘simon pure" blackmail, but as the rabbi has no mongy it is difficult to understand what the woman has to gain. It is also said that the wom has made a written declaration that she attewpt to blackmail the rabbi. - Squeezing Opium Dealers. NEW Youk, Feb. 24.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]- Thirteen hundred thousand dollars is the size of the government's claim against some twelve or fifteen firms of New York thut have withdrawn opum from bonded warehouses the last two years. The drug was taken out free of dut¥ on the declaration that it would be re-exported to Havana. There were 150,000 pounds. Col- lector Magone felt cortuin fox se: that the opium did not all really go to Cubs, but was unable to obtain relinble figures of receipts in Havana. These were suppliod to- day by the Spunish consul, Manael De Torr nos, whom the collector enlistefl in the infes- tigation ten days ago. e A Generous Lover of Music. NEW Yok, Feb. 24 pecial Telegram to the Bex. |—It is reported on’ good authority that the person who offered the father of lite tle Josef Hoffmanu $50,000 with. which tg ed~ ucate this little prodigy is Colonel Heury Lee Higginson, of Boston, Higguison is o grgas lover of music. He founded, seven years age, the famous Boston symphony concerts, which, have becn maintained every year since at gt expense to himself of 10,000 to #15.000 yeas', ), He engaged George Honkhel us s conductor: of the opening of several subsequent the salary of the last seaso #12,000. 'Henklel wus succeeded by Gericke, the present conductor, e The Cotton Seed Ol Trust, W Youk, Feb. 24.—The senate investh-= Fating committee took up the cotton seed. > trust to-day. John Scott, one of the froe- < tees, said there are seventy or eigkty com pan the trust. Last y s erop was * given as 600,000 tons, of which the company controlled 530,000 tons; 273§ per cent of the oil was exported. The balance was used for soup, safety hmiyn for miners aud lubricate ing purposes. The capital stock of the trugh is fixod at $41,700,000 nominally. b In answer to questions as to what had be- - come of Armour's threatened opposition to the trust witness admitted there is now a understanding botween Armour and the trust as to prices, which stopped tho estal lishment of an opposition. F L L IR A Financier Drops Dead, v Yok, Feb, 24.--Charles Green, a - wher'of the New Y Cotton exehange, dropped dead'on the iloor of the exshaugs. tni®iitemoon .