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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS The Indian Compulsory Education Bill Pasned By the Senate. SYNOPSIS OF THE MEASURE. Benator Vest of Missouri, Discussos the Dependent Pension Bill at Great Length—Proccedings in the House. Senate. 6 Wasnryaros, Feb. 20.—In the scnate on motion of Mr. Spooner, the house amend- ments to bills for public buildings in Mil- waukee and Omaha were non concurred in, and a committee of conference was asked, Messrs. Spooner, Quay and West being ap- pointed as senate conferces, The bill to establish a national art commis- sion was taken from the calendarand passed. ‘The bill to provide for compulsory educa- tion of Indian children was taken from the calendar and discussed. Mr. Dawes (who had charge of the bill) approved the substi- tute for the bill offered by Mr. Vest when the bill was last under consideration, and it was amended and passed. It makes it the duty of the secretary of the interior to establish an industrial boarding schoolon every Indian reservation upon which there may be located any Indian, tribe numbering 500 or more adult Indians. Pupils are to be taught in the branches of useful labor in addition to the usual studies in primary schools. Nothing in the bill 18 to prevent the education of In- dian children in schools outside the reserva- tions with the consent of their parents or guardians and no provisions of the act are to , apply to the five civilized, tribes nor to the Osage Indians of the Indian Territory. The senate then resumed consideration of the bill granting pensions to ex-soldiers and sailors Incapacitated for the performance of manual labor and providing for pensions to endant relatives of deceased soldiers and sailors. Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, moved an amendment to insert the words ‘“‘from infirm- ities of age,” 80 as to pension all ex-soldiers suffering from infirmitics of age, or from mental or physical disability. In the debate which took place Mr. Plumb delivered an eloquent culogy on the army. Mr. Vest said they heard a good deal about. alms houses and veteran soldiers. In the state of Missouri there were no federal soldiers in alms houses, and he was proud to say there were no confederates either, The south to-day was covered with maimed and crippled soldiers who had been shot and shelled for their honest convictions, end they asked m pension and would not take it, God be They were not in alms houses, and none of them had ever been scen {ffi"‘"“ for bread. Whence, then, came the of federal soldiers in alms houses? They re mot there. He was tired and sick of nsinuations, of robbery, and pretense and risy in the nanie of the trueand gallant soldiersof the union. He would eive every dis- :lllld or dependent soldier of the the federal rmy, and the widows and orphans of those who have lost their lives in the service, the last acre of land and the last dollar, He ‘would have done the same for the confeder- ate soldiers, ““if God had blessed our cause.” ‘Why this talk that congress had not done guough for the soldiers, when this country out $383,000,000 for pensions, & lid- eral ralleiled in the history of the world. -The t military and’ political organization, the Grand Army of the Repub- lic, had thrown 1ts lance into the debates of congress and sent bills to their accredited senators for the purpose of being cnacted. ‘When the president of the United tes had honestly and bravely discharged his execu- tive duty and vetoed an enactment which he considered improper, he had been threatened by the officers of that organization with per- sonal insult if he dared make his ce known in the city where it eld its annual meeting. There was a limit to human endurance. He (Vest) had voted Yor pension_bills, coorced by his position, ‘ause he had been a confederate, and be- cause ho was honestly anxious for the honor and glory of the country. .He had votea for fliem because he wanted to evidence to the world that the men with whom he had acted in the unfortunate strife respected the sol- diers of the union and were wllll? to give them oven more than they demanded. But there is a limit and I have reached it.. I will be driven no further by claim agents and lunderers in the garb of soldiers. For the onest and real soldiers I am willing to vote any amount of pension. Vest went on to say that of the 8,800,000 men enrolled as soldicrs during the four years of war, there ‘wero applications from l.m,n(w for nsions on account of disability, juch military exocution had never been kunown in the history of the world. He be- lieved there were honest applications, but he believed these peusion bills had now degener- :md into a political abuse, which cried aloud or redress. Ho had great regard for many of his friends on the opposite side of the chamber, and in the words which he had poken he had wished to give an opportunity to some of them who had barked back in the contest on the bill to throw his shining lance ng the ‘‘confederate brigadiers' and try carry oft the republican nommation for rrrenldenl. A recent dispatch from Paris had ‘caused political candidates to become as thick as leaves on Vallambrosa.” The doors of the republiean party were now open, and ential candidates wore coming t0 tho ront without limit us to quantity or quality. The senate had been engaged for days past g & political auction for the soldier’s vote. irst came his friend from Nebraska (Man- derson) backed &y the G. A. R, and he Vest) had listened with real gratification, ven that senator's flings at the president of the United States had not detracted from the ‘:nurfl merit of his bid for the soldier vote, d when he received a floral tributc as a token of regard from his admiring constitu- ents, he (\'mJ had but one single suggestion $o make, and that was that llfihl should be embroidered over the portals of the white house. When the senator from Nebraska took his seat he (\’ut{sm thought the bid was in his favor. But the semator from Maine (Frye) had ‘‘caught the eye of auc- tioneer—G. A. R.—and had gone him one “petter.” That senator was prepared to vote pension to every man who had served a day n the federal army. He (Vest) was about to knock down the prize to the senator from Maine, when his friend from Kansas (Plumb) © to the front and outbid Fry by an endment which would increase the ex- penditure £50,000,000 or $70,000,000. He (Vest) then had been strongly of the opinion the prize should be given to the senator from Kansas; but then the senator from Illinois, Cullom) had come to the front and made & id which had staggered his convictions as to the propriety of closing the sale. Since that time he had fvaiting to hear from other bidders in the great national auction. The senate had not ot heard .from his dulcet-tongued friend rom lowa (Allison), mor had the senate heard from the distinguished senator from t)mm. who in such @ contest ought c ainly to come to the front and bid some- hing for the vate which candidates thought ‘was to determine the contest. Neither had the senate yet beard from the presiding officer (Ingalls), who had been nominated by the District Yl Columbia. Every one knew that the District of Columbia only acted from the most disinterested and unselfish motives, He (Vest) would rather have & m&n-\mn from the District of Columbia from any state in the union because every one knew it came from the heart and not from the pocket. No man, woman or child in tho District had any other object than the promotion of the national honor and prosperity. And so when he read in a demo- cratic paper last Sunday that the presiding ofticer of the senate was the nominee of the District, he said: BEureka! We have found the man at last and the question is finally settled. In conclusion Vest said: ‘Partisan, or nou-| , my connections require mo 1o vote against the bill; and 1 here now that I hope that it will “die the death” in the other branch of the national congress, and if pot there, at the hagds of the executive. If that be unparliamentary, makothe most of it. Mr. Felton replied to Vest that there was some little diversity of opinion as to who ‘Was to be their standard- r, his demo- cratic friends were not in that pesition. ‘The republicans were not disturbed by con- E‘(‘:h‘ opinions and mterests, even if they @ large number of prominent men who ould make good. presidents, compelled {0 but the demo- ralic party was admit it had n in & condition of anxiety 1 but one man who was 4 suitable and availa- ble candidate, Mr. Platt here read an extract from Cleve- land's letter of acceptance, against the policy of a second term, and_intimated it must be a mistake to_consider Cleveland a candidate for nomination. Mr. Teller repeated notwithstanding that the great deinos party had to-day no other man whom it would dare to put in nomination. He replicd to some of Vest's statements rogarding pensions and it came with bad grace for the senator to_attempt to castigate the republican side of the chamber for its votes on this or any other pension bill. Mr. Plumb ulso replied to Vest. The sena. tor from Missouri had nothing but words of contempt and ridicule for the soldicrs of the union. " The senator was welcome to the po- sition he had assumed. He had enlarged the scope of debate, not for the c’xburml purpose of ridieuling senators supposed to be presi- dential candidates, but for the purpose of arguing against the whole idea of pensions to union soldicrs, whether disabled or other- wise, After further debate the senate adjourned without action. Hou Wasmivarox, Feb, 1r. Kelly of Penn- sylvania, rising to a question of personal privilege, sent to the clerk's desk and had read a dispatch from Washington toa Boston paper, in which he is given as authority for the statement that it would be policy for the republicans of the house to obstruct the pass- age of any tariff measure before the meeting of thg national convention at St. Louis. He said he had not indicated such a policy and had made no statement from which a fair- minded, honorable man could deduce such a conclusion, The committee on public lands reported a bill to secure to actual settlers public lands adapted to agricultural purposes, and to pr tect forests on the public domain. Printed and recommitted. The house then went into committee of the ‘whole on the bill authorizing the secretary of the treasury to purchase bonds with the sur- plus revenue. Mr. Mills said as it was & doubtful question whether the secretary could wae the large sum of money in the treasury in the purchase and redemption of bonds, that officer pre- ferred to remit the question to the law- waking power, Mr. McKinley of Ohio, said the exact pur- pose of the bill was not altogether manifest upon its face. If it proposed to give the sec- retary of the treasury authority to use the surplus for the purchase and redemption of government bonds, that authority aiready existed full and ample, and had existed since March, 1881, The integrity of this law had never been questioned until it was questioned by the president of the United States. Mr. McKinley then entered upon a long criticism of the policy of the adwministration in regard to this and other matters. The administra- tion, instead of paying out the surplus in an honest and logical way upon the debt, pre- ferred to use the banks as a mcans of putting money in eirculation, and fully £30,000,000 ~ that ought to be in the treasury to-day, was out among the bauks without drawing interest. The pres dent and his administration is solely respon- sible for whatever congested condition was found in the treasury aud finaycesof the gov- crnment. He wondered if there was mnot #ome ulterior motive in piling up this sur- plus. He wondered if it was not for the pur- pose of creating a condition of things which would get up a scaro to break down the vro- tection system of the country. e wondered if that was not just what was in the mind of the president. If so, he had probably dis- covered his blunder and now came here through his secretary of the treasury and asked congress to pass this bill. Mr. Weaver of Iowa spoke at some length on the question of surplus money in national banks, The country, he said, was in the hands of a gigantic, cold-blooded money trust. It was a public scandal, and congress wa tting here and not & voice raised against it. Granted that this money had been placed in the banks to avoid any financial stringency. If this bill should have the effect to recall that money it would bring a far greater strin- gency, and he warned the business men that they better prepare to stand from under. In pru{»er time he would offer a substitute authorizing the secretary to n}mlr the sur- plus money to theredemption of bonds at par. Further debate of a political nature, into which tariff questions entered largely, was indulged in by Reed of Maine, Mr, Breckenridge said a tariff bill would s00n be presented which would meet the re- ulllmmuntl and unite the factions of the emocratic party. General debate having closed Mr. Me- Creary of Kentucky offered the following amendment, which was accepted: Provided, that the bonds so purchased or redeemed shall constitute no part of the sinking fund, but shall be cancelled by the secretary of the treasury. The committee then rose and the bill passed. Eulogies were delivered on the late Repre- sentative Moffat, and the house adjourned. — —————— @ DEAD IN HIS MOTHER'S ARMS, A Pathetic Scene at the Union Pacific Depot Yesterday. Persons waiting at the Uuion Pacific depot yesterday morning witnessed a pathetic sight that touched the hearts and appealed to the sympathies of even the most hardened. In one of the seats in the ladies’ waiting room sat a pale-faced woman of scarcely thirty years, whose pinched and careworn features told even more plainly than her thin garments the story of a sad and hopeless struggle with poverty and care. By her side sat two little chil- dren, whose pretty but sober faces seemed reflex of the mother's. The third child she held in her arms dead. No srnkon word told of her sorrow, but the scalding tears and heaving breast feebly expressed the depths her anguish. Her name was Mrs, Eliza Robbins and this terrible bereavement was but one of many sorrows. Her husband lives at Kansas City, but her memories of him are only coupled with neglect and abuse, and after years of mistreatment she wrote to her mother in Neligh, Neb., asking if she could again find u refuge in the home of her childhood. A warm and hearty re- sponse was received, aud on Tuesday Mrs. Robbins started for 'Neligh. She arrived in Omaha yesterday morning at 6 o'clock, but her boy, who was sick with typhoid fever, meanwhile grew worse, and in four Lours after she had arrived in Omaha he wasa corpse. The sorrow of the poor woman touched ~the hearts of hey fellow travelers, and on_questioning her they dis- covered that she had but 8 with which to take herself, two children and the dead body to Neligh. A purse was_immediately gotten up and in a few minutes §15 were contributed and given to hor. She most gratefully but hesitatingly accepted, Thebody was tal to the undertaking shop of Mr. Burket. A telegram was sent to her mother at Neligh, which was promptly responded to with an order for 0. The mother and children found lodging at the Esmond to await the preparation of the body. This morning she leaves for her old home, ———— Nenralgia, rheumatism, erysipelas, sore throat, toothache and all other pains and aches are promptly cured by Salvation Oil, 25 cents. Coughing Clara.—Comely, charming Clarissa Clendenning, carelessly catch- ing cold; creeping chills came; Clara coughed continually; . cruel, croupy cough, that would have killed her, had she not use-l Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, costin®s 25¢y ek Shut Out a St. Paul Man. L. M. Rheem, manager of the American District Telegraph company, has returned from Chicago where he made & contract which has shut out from this city another company of the same kind, by securing a right to use what is known as tije multiple- call and answer-back district telegraph box. By means of this instrument & person muy make calls for half a dozen different persons or things and receive an automatic announce- ment that the order has re: ——— Licensed to Wed. The following - marringe licenses were issued yesterday by Judge Shields: Nime and Residenco. Frank Boetzel, Omalia....., Jeunie Jacobs, Omaha. . George W. Koogle, Omaba..... 5 Emuma C. Brantuer, Gmaba, i ched the oftice. 21 | voice, to take their hats off. l IA DAILY BEE: THURSDA THE-BADGE OF MEDIOCRITY. It Constitutes thé Only Passport i Into Tory Favor, SMOKING THE PIPE OF. PEACE. Edifying Spectacles Presented in Par- Mament — A Political Millen Promised-—-The Crown Princ Doctors Disagree. nius. rdon Bennett.] York Herald Enemies of G (Copyright 1988 by James G Loxvox, Feb, 20.—(N Cable—Special to the Bee.|—On one day in the week the house does its work within congressional hours, the Wednesday sitting being from noon to 6. Now that all the old land marks are being swept away perhaps oon get 1d of night sessions and will be as Wednesday., After the experiences of this week no change can take anybody by surprise. A few minutes after twelve the speaker's procession wended way along the pass- ages. Strangers were ordered, in stertorian The mace was laid upon the table and the chaplain went through his daily task of reading prayers. He is so used to it that every day his empha- sis falls precisely on the same words, His mflection mever changes; his tone is purely mechanical. The preliminary exhortation is delivered with the members facing each other but as soon as prayers begin they turn around and stare at the wall, Probably this is one of the venerable forms upon which the British constitution mainly rests. To-day there were very few present at this ceremony but the government was soon after represented by Smith and Goschen. Next in the field was Lord Randolph, who has been the center of interest since Monday, in consequence of the masterly strategy he displayed toward the government. He does not oppose—only criticises—but his eriti- cisms hrve the ministerial credit damaged more and more, and there is no ono capable of answering him. The usual official jug- glery which silences a private member is lost upon Randolph, He has been behind the scenes and knows how the trick is done, therefore the ministers dread his appear- ance, not less so because they know how: weak they are in devating power and how glad they would be if mediocrity could always govern this country: It has just conducted Sir Henry Holland to the house of lords, a man who never made an cffective syeech or soared above the dullest commonplace. Ho has been obsequious to his betters and now he takes his place beside them 1n the lords, The tories worship med- focrity and hate originality or genius. They tpied to slay Disraeli and strong cabls in this house and the Carlton club existed against him to the last. The new Lord Muntsford, without any ideas or opinions ex- cept those botrowed ready-made from his chiefs, was much more in their line. We lost him only yesterday. Peace to his ashes. There are plenty more of the same sort around. By their aid we have been pegging away all the afternoon at further alterations in our rules. Dillon explained how they managed division in the house of representatives by reading from a congressional manual bor- rowed from the library. Courtney, chair- man of the committece, hoped we should some day each have a desk to himself with two knobs at its side, one registering aye and the other no. Upon a division being called the speaker would turn on the switch, each member would touch a knob and inan instant all would be over. This dream of the future so delighted the members that they went off to drink Courtney’s health. If we can only touch the knob to cut off a few yards of long and foolish speeches our bliss will be complete. Then, after a suitable in- terval of boot-licking, .we can be tranferred to the upper house and bask in the smiles of Salisbury. Gladstone looked in upon us after lunch, @& brisk walk in the east wind having imparted a slight light tinge of color to his palid countenance, He interposad for a few moments to discour- age a revolutionary proposal which came from a conservative member. Gladstone can still point the way to true toryism when he is so disposed. Parnell, who had been quietly looking on, present rose to snub amother new-fangled scheme, and one almost fancied the roof would fallin when he actually warned private members to put aside their fads and refrain from embarrasing the government. What next! What are we all coming to? Court- ney declared that a fallacy ran through Par- nell's speech, whereupon Lord Randolph started to his feet and phed the cudgels Dbriskly in favor of Parnell. The fallacy, he declared was Courtney’s alone.. Parnell’s in- stinct had been as infallible as ever. The era of conciliation is almost complete. ‘We have had Gladstone praising Salisbury, Smith patronizing Gladstone, Parnell coming to the rescue of Smith and Churchill defend- ing Parnell. There is mothing more to be done unless William O'Brien will drink the loving cup with Balfour and Tim Healy will oblige the house with ‘‘God Save the Queen.” I will let you know as soon a8 this happens. Meanwhile we are all much affected by the brotherly love which prevails in all directions around us. A MeMBER OF PARLIAMENT. THE ATLANTA. Jay Gould and His Steam Yacht at Algiers. (Copyriaht 1958 by James Gordon Bennett.] Panis, Feb. 20.—|New York Herald Cable --Special to the Ber.]—The European edition to-day contained the following, headed, *‘The Atlanta, nothing wanted but a billiard table to make her perfect.” Our Algier corre- spondent writes as follows: I have paid a visit to the Atlanta, Mr. Jay Gould’s monster steam yacht, which just arrived from Tunis, Mr. Gould was on the point of rowing ashore with his courier to see the sigths of the town, but he kindly introduced your representative to genial Captain Shackford, skipper of the ship. The yacht is & long, rather low boat, painted black, with a fununel the same color. The sombre look is only relieved by the lighter shade of the houses which stretch along the greater part of the deck. The vessel has not the same towering look about the water line as the Sunbeam or Wanderer. It had rather the appearance of Mr. Stewart's Amy, but when one got on board, one saw the immense dimensions of the vessel. With its length of 250 feet, it looked n Sabbath day's journey from the bow to the stern post The Vanadisa, a goodly steam yacht of 200 tons, which was lying alongside, was quite dwarfed by the Awmerican giant. On the foremast was the flag of the American yacht club, while the main mast was decorated with a yellow burgee with a white “G" on It, standing for Gould or gold, our representative cannot guess which, The worthy captain apo od for the state of the vessel, because, said he, we have never had agood day's steaming since we left Alexandria, and from Tunis here we were all tne time threshing through a sea that you seldom meet with, even in the Atlantic. Age. | However our representative looking round with o practiced eye, at & glance could uot discorn a spar or a rope out place. “Yaou ‘see,” continued Captain Shuckford, tave have had dverything battered aoywn and Just plowed through the waves; ‘but all our party.are good sailons, and did not. mind it sb We leave here on_ *fuesday und make ibraltar, then by Cape Verde across to the, Bermudas, arriving at Florida about Mareh 20 We hape to get homo ‘some time in April"" The captain then took your cor- respondent ovet the ‘vessel. As might be supposed . there I8 every luxury to be found on board. The saloons are tastefully fur- nished ana have athorough air of comfort, while the staterooms are little gems. *‘Tho only thing we lack,” said the captain, ‘s a billinrd table, and that wovld be perhaps a little out of place on board a.ship.”” There are no guests on board. It is quite a family party, cousisting of Mr. Gould, his wife, four children and his sister-iu-law. They bave been trying to get rooms in Algiers while the vessel is in the dock, but the town is 8o full of visitors that not a hotel could give the desired accommodation. “We are o small party,” said the skipper, “and you might think we have a dull time, especially as we have not brought Wall street with us, but in fine weather there are all the usual games on board, and everyone scems to enjoy the trip.” 1t certainly would be a strange thing if one could not manage to have a good time on board the floating palace of the New York millionaire, —— Summoned to San Remo. (Copyright 185 by James Gordon Bennett.] Beruiy, Feb., 20. — [New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee.]—Prof. Walde- ker, the eminent microscopist, late this after- noon received the emperor's orders to pro- ceed at once to San Remo. Prof. Waldeker stands second to Dr. Virchow as an authority on cancer examinations. It is thought his deeision regarding the nature of the prince's disease is required in order to end the long period of suspense caused by the difference of opinion among the physicians there and that examinations wili be made so that all sides can see for themselves, e mgii e, Paying Claims. Cnrcaso, Feb. 20.—Maurice Rosenfeld, principal broker for Harper in the big wheat deal last June, has made a compromise with all but a few of his creditors, and was paying claims to-day. All creditors who are mem- bers of the Chicago board of trade get 25 per cent of their claims, and New York stock exchange creditors get 40 per cent. The total liabilities of the board of trade mem- bers are §500,000, and stcck exchange mem- Ders $100,000, e Clubbing a Club Man. NEw Yonk, Feb. 20.—[Special Telogram to the Ber.]—The Union club has had even more than its usual generous share of pub- licity this winter, and now it looks hs though one of its leading members will within a day ortwo figure in police court proceedings. The gossip in the club to-day is that Jerome Hill, an old Union club man, is to be prose- cuted criminally by the executors of the Lat- timer estate for abstracting $250,000 of the trust funds belonging to the estate from the safe. deposit vault where they were kept, and appropriating them to his personal use. e Senator Edmunds and the Campaign. BostoN, Feb. 20.—[Special Telegram to the BeE. |[—Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, has written a letter to.Colonel Benedict, of Burlington. in which, referring to the men- tion of his name as a delegate to the republi- can national convention, he asked to be ex- cused. One of his reagon for not wishing to be o delegate is his impression that the state should be represented in con; Ho ox- presses confidence in republican success in the campaign. —r————— Alexander'the Great. CONSTANTINOPLE, Fgb. 20.—A sarcophagus containing the body of Alexander the Great has been discovered at Saidi. —_— To Select Delogates. OMAHA, March 1.—We request the several ward republican clubs, in each of the nine wards in Omaha, to select, not later than Tuesday, March 6, three delegates from cach of said clubs to the state convention of republican clubs to be held March 15, and to notify Charles A. Collard, chairman of the Young Men’s Republican club of Omaha of such action. D. H. MERCER, Chairman Republican City Committee. . W. BRECKENRIDGE, Nebraska Member Executive Commit~ tee Republican League of United States. — Itis a Curious Fact That the body is now more susceptible to benefit from medicine than atany sea- son. Hence the importance of takin Hood’s Sarsaparilla now, when it will do you the most good. It isreally won- derful for purifying and euriching the blood, creating an appetite, and giving a healthy tone to the whole system. Be sure to get Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which is peculiar to itself. s Personal Paragraphs. J. F. Hall, of York, Neb., 18 at the Millard. w.!. J. Cox, of Lincoln, Neb., is at the Pax- n D. B. Rae, of Norfolk, Neb., is at the Mil- lard. H. H. Robinson, of Cimball, Neb., is at the Paxton. J. F. Kershaw, of St. Joseph, Mo, is at the Paxton. C. D. Smith, of Kansas City, is at the ‘Windsor. J. A. Anderson, of Mead, Neb,, is at the ‘Windsor, F. N. Smith, of Lincoln, Neb., is at the Windsor. Miss Jennie Davis, of Hastings, Neb., is at the Paxton. Charles Fifield and wife, Buda, I1L., are at the Paxton. C. F. Brewster, of Des Moines, Ia., is at the Windsor. Charles Stewart, of Emerson, Neb., is at the Windsor. John R. Crotty, of Shenandoal, Ia., is at the Windsor. B. Wayne and wife, of Sioux City, Ia., are at the Windsor. W. F. Cardell and wife, of Perry, Ia., are at_the Windsor, W.'W. Thowmas, of Nebraska City, Neb., is at the Millard. s Jeorge Buchan, of Nebroska City, Neb., is at the Paxton, ' Robert Cairns and wife, of Cedar Rapids, ., are at the Millard, W. R. Carleton, of the Carleton Opera compauy, is at the Millard. Messrs. J. W. and S ¥. Callahan, of St. Paul, Neb., are at the Windsor. Miss Alice Vinceut, ‘Miss Clara Wisdom, G. W. Perdy and wife and Fanny Rice, of :he‘curlvtun Opera company, are at the Mil- ard. Charles Schroeder, of Columbus, this state, is in the city. H6 is now engaged in the placing of water and electric light sys- tems in the various cities throughout the wuate, He says that Columbus is now lighted with twenty-six arc and 240 incandescent lights of the Brush system. s The Ice Bridge at Niagara has formed and many people have al- ready crossed the river upon it below the falls, The scene from Falls View, where the Michigan Central train stop is one of remarkuble beauty and grand- eur, The emerald watersof the falls, with the angry rapidsabove’and the rain bow tinted s{u- y Rclow, with gigantie icicles hanging from the cliffs and the trees and shrubs on the shores and Goat island covered with curious ice forma- tions, with the wild mass of icebergs stretching over the turbulent waters where the Maid of the Mist sails in summer, all eombine to form a spectacle séldom to be séen and worthy of a lengthy journey. Y, MAROH 1; CTION SUIT. — The Judges W Probably Render a Decision Next Saturday. City Attorney Webster resumed his argu- ment in the Bee building company injunction suit ‘against tlio city upon the opening of terday morning. Judges Doane and listened attentively to Mr. Webster's ist of deniuls, and his extensive quota- tions from logalauthoritiies. He was contin interruptod by the judges, who found it sary to ask him to make his arguments and asservations more clearly and so that hey could be rightly understood. Mr Web. stor occupied the attention of the court until the noon adjournment hour, Shortly after 2 o'clock Mr. 8i 1ing in fuvor of the injuncti a little over an hour, He denied that the plainti®s had been premature in asking for the injunction, and ¢learly set forth that the acts and conduct of the council were such as to inspive the application. Mr. Simeral paid his respects to Mr, Webster's citations of legal authorities, and reminded the judges that a number of the authorities cited had been em- ployed by him when he was successful some ¥ 0 in obtaining an injunction against lly Water works, and at a time, be- 0, when the prese: judges were pre- sidinge. ‘When Mr. Simeral concluded his remarks the judges rose, and it _is expected that the will submit their decision by Saturds AMUSEMENTS. A Large Audience Greots Janauschek On Her Closing Nighv Madame Janauschek closed her farewell engagement in Omaha at Boyd's last evening before a large and fashionable audience. The play was ‘‘Meg Merriles.” Her con- ception and portrayal of the old witch of Scott's famous novel, was indeed great, and the delighted audience was lavish in its ap- plause. Janauschek has modified the ‘“Meg derriles,” who gratified theatre-goers of yearsago, and without marring tho model, has recast it to meet the view of theatre- goers of to-day. Hor success in this particular must be accepted as proof of her talent and a guaranteo of devotion to art. Sho has softened the harsh visuge, modified the costume and made the character less repellant; she has conformed it close to nature and given it anawr of nature and probability allofted to it by no former actress, Her performance is superb in every scene, no_routing, no “tearing a passion to tatters,” no sceming effect, and yet subtile to a degree that was thrilling, passionate and complete in effect. Miss Marston Leifh, as “Julia Mannering,' and the sweet Cathorine Linyard, as “Lucy Bertram,” sustained the roles with admirable credit, while H. A, Stuart, as “Henry Bertram,” and Harry Rich a8 “Dominie Sampson,”’ were all that could be desired. —— An Ex-S8idewalk Contractor. The resolution of Councilman Lee in the council to cancel the contract with Smith, the ex-sidewalk contractor, does not favora- bly impress the city engineer or the chair- man of the board of public works. The for- mer says the contract cannot be cancelled. Smith’s contract extended from last June to January, He worked steadily until cold weather set in and up to that time had laid about $35,000 worth of walks. The council had ordered, in that time, about forty miles of walks, ten of which yet remain to be laid. Smith is now working on the job and_ laying abont one-quarter of a mile daily. His con- tract did not specify when the work should be done, and without negligence on his part he fell behind. Other contractors have ulso finished their work after the time to which their contract, the only limit being as to the time which the council could look upon them contractods. Board of Trade Notes. The factory committeo of the board of trade met yesterday afternoon and consid- cred the many applications referred to them from manufacturers desirous of locating in Omaha, all of which have heretofore been noticed in the Bee, George H. Morgan, secretary of the St. Louis board of trade, yesterday wrote to the Omaha board of trade, asking them to post St. Louis quotations on their open board and 1o stand the expense of telegraphing. Mr, Nattinger acknowledged the receipt of the communication and promised to lay it before the grain committee of this board. On Monday afternoon next the freight bu- reau committee of the board of trade will hold a meeting for the transaction of routine business. — Brevities Yesterday's internal revenue collec- tions amounted to 85,977.91, The office of the Nickel Plate road has been removed to thatof the Wabash, on the corner of Fifteenth and Farnam streets, where the agent, A. J. Cooper, has placed his desk. _ Mayor Broatch yesterday received of- ficial notice from the evangelical al- liance, through a committee appoitned, that it was the intention to stop all ball playing on Sunday the coming season. The inspector of plumbing found no less than nine breakages in the water system in various parts of the system yesterday., Three of them were on avenport street and were promptly at- tended to. Policeman Bloom took an officer’s star from John Fisher and Officer Dempsey relieved a hackman of a like decoration. The police force has been instructed to arrest all parties wearing stars when not officially entitled to the same, Superintendent Tucker, of the Cable Tramway company, told a BEE reporter esterday that he thought he would Ko able to get the Dodge street cars run- ning by next Saturday. The cable, Sowevcx-. is kept in motion almost every By, James H. Donnelly, a civil engineer recently in the employ of the Union Pacific, died last evening at the Child’s hospital after an illness of only five days. He was aged about twenty-six years. His mother arrived from Scot- and, Penn., just a half hour after he died. Payne Convicted. Dunriy, Feb. 20.—Payne, member of parli- ment, who was arrested in London, was con- victed today at Clormel, under the crimes act, and sentenced to_six weck's imprison- ment without hard labor. He gave notice of an appeal and was admitted to bail. Itssuperior excellence proven in homes for more than a quarter of a century, | 15 used by the United states Governmen . Rn- dorsed by the heads of the Great Universities as the Strongest, Purest and most Healthtul. Dr, Price's Cream Haking Powder does not _contain Ammonls, Limo or Alum. Sold only in cans, RICK BAKING POWDER! NEW YORK, CHICAGO. 87. LOUIS millions o TWENTY FIGHT YEARS, A Blacksmith With-a Reminiscence Ex- tending Over that Period. —— His Connected Story Uovering All the Perlod 8inoe the War. A Reporter Let Loose in the Union Pacific Shops and What He Saw There. —_—— The Interesting Oarative of the “Cot- tonwood Man'as Told by Callahan, One of the Oldest U, P. Employes. — Prominent in the Fifth district of Omaha, hugging the banks of the great Missouri stand the vast and solid workshopsof the Unio Pacific Railroad Co. The several structures 1 clude the paint nhn{ , the car shops, the bol shops, the blacksmith shops, the machine shops, and botler works, Inside these buildings fully M workmen, wearing the jean overalls whic constitutes the uniform of labor (a manlier garb than soldier: i or couriers’ laces) move Aamong great mi contin rata In the machine or punch thick steol y as carpenter carves wood or & child Issors cuts out his playthings. Inthe blacksmith shop forty odd orges CAST A LURID GLARE upon the smoky walls, Inthe roundhouse twenty stalls contain oach an engine that scems in its narrow house monstrously enlarged) in process of repalr or manufacture, - Each ongine suggests @ huge beehive and the men crawling or climb- g upon it seen Itke industrious bees, i the midst of suchsurroundings as the black- smutheshop, the reporter in quest of an ftem ofin- torest, found Mr. James Callahan, #_man well- knowi and popular among his fellow-workmen s woll a3 to every banking establishment and Dusiness house fn {his city, snd who has been employed in the same shops for 2 vears. In ro- ply to an interrogative from thescribe Mr. Calla- han replied: ~“T came to this conntry from Queenstown, Iretnd, fn 180, Just after Lincoln was elected president of the United States, Ire- mained in New York eity until 184, when I came to Omaha, where I secured & job of work as helper in the' U. P. Shops and have worked here ever since. 1worked under Mr. Hoff. the firstmaster muchanic the U, P. Co, had in these shops.In 1866 1 worked undor the present foro- man, Mr. A. A. Gibson, and have been in his em- bloy ‘ever sinice. Whil they were bullding the 7. P. Bridge 1 was taken from the shops to as. sI5t at the fron work there and while their ployees were carried away daily by sickness mauy of whom died, I never was effected in the lenst by the expostiro and work which was 100 feut bolow the surface, It was there I got the namo or the “cotton wood man” by the chief en- dncer because as hio sald, 1 wis proot againt he malady that was continually decreasing his forceof workmen. “As 1 started to ssy, T was always & hearty mon and was never under the care of any doctor until about two yearsago, when 1 took & cold which settied m my throat aud chest. I would hawk and spit and had pains over my eyes and in the smallof my back. Had a severe cough nearly all the time. Had dizzy spells at_times. and more than once I had to sfeze hold of some support to keep from fulling, 1 went to some ot the best physicians in the city, and was examin. ed by them. I 8180 took treatinent, but derived no benofit’ whatever, Thero was for three ‘months that T could not speak above a_whisper, and I had a continual hoarness—nose would stop up so I could not. breathe through it. My throat would fll up with mucus or phiegm dur- ing the night. and to get rid of it in the mornin 1 would have to gag for an hour or more, an frequently would vom IWAS IN A VERY CRITIOAL CORDITION, last fall and scarcely think 1 would have been able to work during the winter had it not have Deen for some of my fellow workmen who had Dbeen successtully treated by Dr, J. C. McCoy and his associates, through their instrumentality I visited his office in the Ramge block and at once sought his services to see what he could do for me. I began to use his treatment, going to his oftice three times a woek besides taking his medi. cine regular and at the end of one week found myself much improved, 1 continued toimprove right along and the change WAS SIMPLY MARVELOUS 1 don't think I ever enjoyed better heaith in my Iifethan I do at the present time. I have no ‘more pains or aches, have had 110 trouble with my speech, do not take colds as easy as I used to, my cough troubles me no moro and 1 feel like 4 new man altogether, Mr. Callahan is probabl s well known in and around Omaha as any bus|. ness man in the city, having accumulated con- siderable of this world's goods and 18 ong of the ‘most popular men around the works, He was \ ] JAMES CALLAHAN, for years president of the Durant Fire compan betore the present re dopartment was or ganized, was for years a prominent 0dd Fellow and at present {38 member of the Knights of Honor, and can be found at the Union Pacific blacksmith shops, or at his residence 709 North Fourteenth-st., where he will fully corroborate tho above stafement. CERTAIN EVIDENCE. Discovered Which May Be Beneficial to the Reader. In thepractice of a skillful physiclan there occurs many cases like the case of catarrh men- tioned. In many cases the patients have piins about the chest and sides and_sometimes fn the back, Jhey feel dull and sleepy: the mouth has @ bad taste, especiallyin the morning, A sort of stickyslime colleats about the teeth, The ap- etite is poor. There i3 & feeling 1{ké a heavy oad on the stomach, sometimes a taint, a'l gone sensation at the pit of the stomach, whicii food does not satisty. The eyes are sunken, the hands and foet be- come cold and feel clammy. Atter & while a cough sets in, atfirst dry, but after a few months it 15 attended with a greenish-colored expector- ation. The patient feels tired all tho while, and sleep does not seem to afford any rest. After & time Lie becomes nervous, {rritabls and gloomy and has evil forebodings, 'There is a giddiness, a 8 sort of whirling sensation in the head when rising up suddenly. The bowelr become cost- ive, the skin Is dry and hot at tunes, the blood becomes thick and stagnant,the whites of thee: become tinged with yellow, tho kidneys sec {ons become scant; g . There is fro. quently a spitting up of focd, somtimes with a sour taste and sometimes with a sweetish taste: this Is frequently attended with palpitation of the heart and asthmatic symptoms; the vision ‘becomes impaired, with spots before the eyes; there 15 & feeliug of #1eat prostration and weak- ness. Pevmanently Located. I(('CI))‘“ late of Bellevue Hospital, ew York, and his assoclates, late of the Unl\'ter-l‘e' of New York City, also of Wash- ington, 1), C., have located permanently in e Bawnge Livck, Qmals. Nov, where all curable cases are treated skillfully, Consun ption, Bright's Discase, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, and all mnervous dlseases. All diseases Decullvr o Kex & Speciaity. CATARRH CURED! Consultation at office or by mail, 81. Office hours—)to11 a.m.,*t0 4 p. m, Tto's D, m. Sunday Hours From 9 a. m. t0 1 p. m, Correspondence receives prompt attention, No letters answered uniess accompanied by 8 mps. \sall letters to Dr. McC and 311, Ramge Bullding, Omaha, Dr, Cresal Ne Rooms 310 MED GAUNTLEY 2ND. (B14. DR. H. NOBLE, Biair, Neb, Clydesdale, h’ngllsn Coach & Hambletonian The: EFSES- ot Al 0 Thotr got, In Keotin ey O Gouaud basticulare. B 1t 2 aies Rort of OuaL, con ul 5 Sot . ARV and B R WO R , NERVOUS, DERILIT 010 his FOLLY and {GNORAN I LED away his VIGOR of BODY, MANHOOD, chusing exhausting NTAINS of L rfi upon |wl0 Wl Kt LEN suffering from discases pecu- lar to their sex oan consult with the assurance of speedy rolief and oure. Send 2 cents postage for works on your discases. nd ¢ sents postage for Celebrated on ronic, Nervons and Dell eate Diseases. Consuliation, personal'y or by lot Consult Doctor, tem Frings rke's oo Tuide Male and e, each 150. both e {ympe), Before o aiding your case, consult r. CLARKE. ‘A friendly letter or eall may M6 futire suferingand shame, and add ol 186 So. Clark Bt.. GHICAGO, ILL. MPORTED STALLIONS FORSALE Perchorons, Clydesdales and Shire, also home bred colts. Every animal guarantoed a breeder Our stock has Deen selocted with reference to both individual merit and pedigres. Some of these horses have taken first prize at the Ne- braska State Folr, 1887, Ail our horses are ac- climated, and colts of their get can be shown, reasonable and easy terms, Ts accessiblo flll’"fllll'll{!“li{ rallronds of the state, 1B, & " and K. C. & O, B &M g S AT RDA M, York, Neb DRUNKENNESS Or the Liquor Habit, Positively Cured by Adminlutcrhxg Dr. Haines’ Golden . Specific, 1t can be given in a cup of coffeo or tea with- out the knowledge of the person taking it; absos lutely harmiess, and will effect a permant and speedy cure, whetier the patient 15 a moderate drinker or an alcoholic wreck, Thousands of drunkards have been made temperate men who have taken Golden Specific in their coffee with- out their knowledge and today believe thoy uit drinking of thelr own free will. ~ 1t never ?nllll, ‘The system once impregnated with the Bfinciflx‘. it becomes an utter impossibility for the liquor appetite to exist. For sale by Kuhn & Co., 16th and D nd 18th and Cume ing sts, Omaha, . D. 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