Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 5, 1888, Page 1

. cuss that. g SEVENTEENTH YEAR. MISERLY NOT MERCENARY. Arthur's Opinion of the Management of the “Q." ENGINEERS SURE OF SUCCESS. The Managers of Both Sides Pass a Quiet Sunday, Preparatory to Re- suming the Struggle To-Day— Latest Developments. Interview With Arthur. ' CnicaGo, March 4.—Chief Engineer Ar- thur took a rest to-day. It was theleast busy day that he and his licutenants have * had since the Burlington & Quincy strike began. All were recuperating their energics 1or the meeting to-morrow morning, which * i to dytermine whether or no the enginecrs and firemen of western and northwestern railroads wili go on a strike. Among the first things said by Mr. Arthur to the re- porter was: ; A * “You can deny ofticially “that - there was any secret meeting of -the chairmen of the grievance committee held yesterday, such as described in 4 morning paper. It is utterly false. The fact that the Northwestern rail- © road still holds the classification system is well known, but no mecting was hoid to dis- No session of the grievance-com- mittee has been or will be ‘held until to-mor- row.” Chiof Arthur then went on to chat ‘about the state ‘of* affairs in " the Burlington strike as viewed. by himself and comrgdes. “Our reports,” said he “are most reassuring. The fact that for ‘seven days there has.not been a break in the brotherhood on this line is of itself of a most reassuring nature. On the contrary, we are in receipt Hourly ef letters and dispatches from all over the system showing the loyalty of the men.” : “Is'it not a fact, Mr. Arthur,”. was asked “‘that all western roads are giving tho Bu lington a moral- support, which, being equiv- alont to a finaricial one, gives the brotherhoad a clear right to’ aiscontinue work ‘on - these . outside roads (" k y 2k “L have no means of kunowing that other. . lines are giving the Burlington their moral nuflport. If they are- it is a violation of a solemn pledge from the managers of other _roads’ that théy would mamntain a strict neutrality. - one is not maintaining neutral ground.” “If you found that-other roads were doing this would you-order a strike?’” “If a.grievance of that nature was brought (OL Ym,v attention, I would carefully look into s ‘Ts it not probable that cdngress will be called on to investigate this strike (" “‘Congress ‘will not be asked to look into it by us. There is no necessity for an investi- gutlon. What we have done has been done- apenly and been given to the public through the press.” ‘‘In your opinion, could the management of the Burlington have mercenary motives in " permitting the strike for the purposes of de- préssing stocks and buying them in- at low gures ‘‘No, I think the Burlington management: miserly, not mereenary. They profess a wil- lingness to puy their men as much as their neighbors do, ‘and yet they will not.” “Do.you believe that all of the 500 men sent, forward for distribution on the Burlin * ton for the past three days are bona fide e gineers and firemen " * 0h, I havo heard rumors, but T am not going to follow the course of the Burlington and talk about hearsay. matters, But I witl say t) 1 know, of my own knowledge, -that it is impossible for the road to get com- petent engineers to run the line for a’ year to come. They can’t make them from the stock they have.” On what do you bnsethe assdrtion?” “Ihave jton statistics in my_possession, showing that there are not 800 ' compe- tent locomotive engineers in the country out of employment, not_counting, of course, the brotherhood men on the Burlingto “And you are confident of winning the flght " “If the men stand firm it is beyond question that we will.” There was liitke work doing at the general offices of the Burlington company to-day. Presidént Perkins, eneral Mana- ger Stone and General Paynie were down for % fow. hours in the mornini, but left for their . homes arly. . They. superintended the dis- patch of abaut one hundred, said to be com- petent engineers, to the west at 2 p. m. This was the fourth batch accepted by its master mechanics, and thiey were to be distributed over the entire system. The rumor that the strike might extend to the: Northwestern system on Monday did not m to fero with the business or pleasure of the officials of that road. President Hughitt was still in the east, and inquiry at his residence showed ho was not expected home for a few days yet. General Manager Whitmore was somewhere In Towa to-day, and Mr. Albert Keep, chair- man of the bourd of directors, left for New York this afternoon At ‘the Northwestern offices there was no anticipation evident of a trike. It was said there that while the orthwestern had a system of classification similar to that on the Burlington, the stand- ards of pay were higher by several degrees. The Strike Spreading. CnicAGo, March 4.—A report gained cur- rency’ late to-mght that the engineers and firemen on the Chicago, Burlington & North- ern would be called 6ut to-morrow. The Burlington & Northern is a new line to St. Paul and has lK)(‘I\,’(l.‘ll(‘l‘ll“_\' regarded as an off sloot or ally of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. It was said that the vice presi- dent of the Burlington & Northern was in the city this evening and had been formally notified of the proposed strike. A solid basis for these reports wasgvery difficult to obtain. The report was finally ascertained to be true, and at midnight Vice President G. B. Harris, of the Burlington & Northern, was closeted with President Perkins, of the Burlington & Quincy. Mr. Harris had been served with notice to-night. It was the a result of a mecting of the engineers and firemen held this afternoon at La Crosse. The notice was sub- stantially that if the Burlington & Northern did not cease interchanging traffic with the Burlington & Quincy before noon Monday, the euginemen would strike in a body. co- President Harris refused to be inters ed Hklrdln1 LLe situation, but sent out word to an Associated press representative that the Interchange of traftic would not cease. ““The "' the messenger from Mr. Harris added, “propose to run the Burlington & Northern themselves, ‘Will Fight 1t Out on the “Q." Cn1cAG0, March 4.—*We propose to fight it out on the Burlington railroad,” were the words of Grand Master Sargent, of the Brotherhood of Locometive Firemen, when seen at the headquarters of the strikers this evening. Both Mr. Arthur and Mr, Sargent professed to be decidedly opposed to calling out the engincers and firemen of other west- ern roads. Mr. Sargent was particularly emphatic in stating that there was no inten- tion of ullhlLuul other roads simply for the wfl;o-fi g: bri q?z the Burlington to terms. shall not fo looking for pretexts to pick & quarrel with i n and call out their men. The object of calling her the chairmen of the various roads is to investigate reports that there has been sistance given the Burlington by connecti or llel lines. If these reports are foun to be true, I will not say what may happen.'” Funeral of Engineer Watts. Sr. Josern, Mo., March 4. —[Specia! Tele- to the Bee.]—The funeral of George 'atts, the engineer who was killed by Deputy Sherift Bostick at Brookfleld yester- day, took place in this city to-day at 2 o'clock. #very enginoer, brakeman aud conductor it In giving a party moral support OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 5. 1838, S > L the city was present and a large delegation wore present from Atchison, Kansas City, Council Bluffs and Brookfield. The funeral ‘was one of the largest ever held in this city. The _burial was conducted by the Brother- hood of Locomotive Enginecrs, six of whom acted as pall bearers. he funeral offerings were of the most costly nature, one of the handsomest being the representation of a railroad track, five feet in length, from the fireman's lodge. ' The remains were interred in Mt. Mora cemetery. Rev. M. M. Goode, of the Christian church, officiated. Every- thing was conducted in the most orderly manner, . Engineers Determined to Win. New York, March 4.—Representatives of all the roads centering in this city were pres- ent at to-day’s meeting of the Brotherhood of Engineers to take action on the Burlington strike. A long set of resolutions were adopted, in which various railways supposed to be secretly aiding the Burlington were de- nounced. It was declared that the engineers as an organization, are justified in. resorting to extreme measures in overcoming thé out- side interference, and it is recommended that | if the aforesaid trouble in not settled within 4 réasonable time all brotherhood men upon connecting lines with the Burlington system resign on a given date and if this is not sufi- cient to gain just and, reasonable demands, the entire organization throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico join with the strikers in universal detnand of * their ac- knowledged rights, 3 1t was resolved that ‘the first ‘step ‘should not be takén before thy h of -this month and the second not earlier than the 80th, so that the traveling and business public may be inconveniernced us little as possible. It is the unanimous intent of the engineers assembled that cach and every division of the: brotherhood . throughout, = the . United States should immediately call special. meet- ings to take actfon upon these resolutions and potify the grand vhief engineer of their. de- cision in the matter and also_that delegates are to hold themselves in readiness to attend a special convention of ‘the -grand interna: ision of fhe Brotherhood of En- gineers on short notice. “In consideration of the business interests of the cquntry,” say the resolution, *‘we sin- cerely regret the necessity of resorting to these: extreme ‘measures, and think our finends will not be slow in placing the respon- sibility where i belongs—upon the penurious and. tyrannical ‘management of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy system.’ One of the delegates, who ‘was present at the meeting said: ““The prevailing sentiment 18 that the Burlington trouble must be fought out to asuccessful termination at all hazards, and although the engineers regret resorting to extreme nieasures, they are- determined to carry their point even if they have to stop the turning of every wheel in the country.” Many Rumors Denied. Rumors were as thick yesterday as the de- scending flakes of snow in’ reference to the Burlington strike, but they were of such a ridiculous ‘and inconsistent character that brotherhood engineers and firemen employed on other lines had to reluctantly make them- selves conspicupus in denying them, An garly: rcport that gained - credence was to the effect that' aM western roads’ would - join the strikers at 4 0'clock this'morning, and that, not a wheel would ‘bo -turned in a locomotive west of Chicago.* Right on the heels of this came the assertion that thé Union® Pacific and ‘Missouri Pacific brotherhood men in Omaha bad given notice to their respective roads that they would' not rian an engine. if the roads insisted on .receiving passengers, bag- guge, or express from the ‘Burlington' con- nections. This story, tod, was denounced as absurd, and brotherhood enzineers on the roads 'mentioned. said . that no such notice had'been ofticially sent out. . “The road,” said a Burlington official to a Bz reporter, “'is in about the same shape to- night as it lias been ever since the strike was inaugurated. - We aro running light passenger traius, and no attempt has been ‘made to put on our flyers. We wauld like to seo_this dispute settled one way or. the other, and I.dow't think it will be many hours beforo the Inevitable is reached. The strike may extend to other roads. outside of the Burlington, but that’ will not be décided until after the session of the grtevance committee with Chiefs Arthur and Sargeant in_Chicago Monday, We_ are all waiting for the result of that conference, and with some concern, too, I may add.” Inresponse to a story “afloat (o the effect that twelve non-brotherhood engineers who had come to Omaha from_ Chicago under the representation_that the B.& M. ‘was in no wise associated with the.Chicago, Burlington & Quiney; but found out differcnt upon their urrival here and bad returned cast, the same oftictal denounced it - as unreservedly false and said: *“The twelev engiieers. referred 10 are capable and competent men, and came here to work on dvisions west'of Omaha. They were sent-out from Chicago with the idea that they were needed here, but as we had all we wanted we wired to Chicago to that effect and. the answer was to forward them back east and they will be distributed along at Towa points,’ A large posse of special police are_kept continually ou duty at the Burlington depot, the round house and in the yards. The usual passenger trains east and west were run_in and out yesterday, but considerably behind timo, and the excuse for this delay was that the weather interfered with their progress. A freight to the east and from the west was the extent of the business done ou this branch of the system yesterday. The yardmaster is having a hard time with the ‘'scabs who have been hired to run the switch engines, He has found 1t necessary within the past few days to drive several crews of scabs from the cabs, and erday his anger reached its height ‘When hoosiers succeeded in burning out and crippling an engine after a few hours exper- ience in trying to run it. A Talk With Brotherhood Men. There was a large number of striking en- gincers from different points on the Burling- ton road in Omaha Saturday night and Sun- day to meet their brethren on the Union Pacific and other roads entering in Omaba. The strikers are thorougly confident of vie- tory and ridicule the reports of the railroad officials that trains are moving along 1 fine shape. They show by disabled engines and delays of the few trains moving that not more thau one in ten of the alleged engineers and firemen know the first rudiments of a locomotive. “On what grounds do you base your con- fidence of success?” asked a Bek reporter of one of the number. “‘We believe the company cannot success- fully operate the road with the men now en- gaged. It 18 notorious that they include every trade from a blacksmith to a carpenter, some of them never having been on an engine cab before in their lives. The company is now moving light passenger trains and a few local freights. The engines and cars arc supplied with air and with 8o few trains on the road, the men manage to make one or two trips without DISABLING THE ENGINE or wrecking the train. These incompetents would be totally lost if the full number of trains were running—some twenty passenger trains and an equal number of freights per day. There were twenty men listed as en- gineers in the headquarters at Linceln Satur- day morning. Among thew are the following specimens, the best of the lot: Miller, a conductor on a train before the strike, about two years; Collier, a brakeman, claims to have been a fireman; Snyder, & man who ran a switch engine on the Union Pucific and was discharged for drunkenness ; Hook, & roadmaster on the. Atchison & Nebraska, no experience; Hines, a former -mph-'ye. discharged for *drunkenness; Grawford, well ‘known in Omaha, fired o Union Pacific engine for one year, 2 .. . ROBBED THE TREASURY of the Wiremen's" brotherhood of $37, e e s L (] Continued on Second Page.] THEY WANT DAKOTA DIVIDED. The Omnibus Bill to Be Reported to the House To-Day. . MINORITY REPORT TO BE MADE. The House Committee to Commence Its Investigation of Trusts Thursday—-Many Changes in the Diplomatic Corps. The Omnibus BUl. ‘WasniNeToN Bukeau tne OMATA Bee, 513 F'QURTEENTH STREET, ‘Wasnixarox, D. C., March 4. The omnibus bill. proposing enabling acts under which thé territories of Montana, Dakota, Washington and New Mexico may come into the union as. states, will be re- ported favorably from the committee on ter- ritortes to-morrow morning by the chairman, Mr. Springer. * The. republican members of the committee have joined Representative Baker, of Neiv York, in ‘slgning a minority report in which they vigorously object to the admission of Dakota as a whale, They will recommend that the territory: be ‘divided upon the seventh standard parallel and that | the southern half ‘be admitted at once under the constititution adopted by the last consti- tutional’ convention: held at Huron, and that the territory of North Dakota be - ‘admitted . with the .other three territories under the. enabling acts, Mr: Springer will do all in his power to defeat this proposition, but he has promised that the house shall have a chance to vote or Del- egate Gifford, of Dakota, is the champioi of the minority bill, and he assures:the republi- can members of the territorles committee that he has been promised enotgh ‘votes on the demotratic side of thehouse to insure the passage of the bill proposed by the minority. Among the democrats who have expressed a determination to vote with the republicans in this matter, is Sunset Cox, of New York, and John McShane, ‘of Nebraskn. * Mr.. Outh- waite, ‘of Obio, and Weaver, of Towa, are also counted with the republicans, s adyocuwy of Dakota's claims will ‘e considerable cffect upon the other mem- berson his side of the house, and as he is a ‘resident in close proximity to the territory " will have weight with those who know very little of the real merits of the case, 5 MItS. FOLSOM THIS IV Secretary ‘Bayard has again been con- fronted with.the necessity of denying that he intends getting married. Instead of a clerk in ‘the dcpariment ‘of state, it-is this time Mrs. Folsom, mother of Mrs. Cléveland -and ‘mistress of - Oak ~ Viciv, the = president’s country seat. When .Mrs, Folsotn, who is now in Paris, sailed for' Europe a few days ago, it was whispered - that she was going over to get licr trossean. The gossips began to speak louder, and finally Secretary Bay- ard's name was mentioned, At the white house the rumor- ‘is denied, and Secretary Bayard also says there is no truth'in it. . Mrs. Folsom is considerably smal and more compact than ‘Mrs. Cleveland, bt the two women look as much alike as a mother and daughter could. She is probably fifty years old, and has scarcely a trace of age or care about her, ¥ PENSION FOR A CHINAMAN, Last week the name of Ah Lin was_ placed ‘on the pension roll at the department here at the rate of 38 per month. -Ah Lin is the first Chinaman to receive a pension from the United States government. He isa resident of San Francisco, but still bears allegianca to the colestial empire. Ah Lin enlisted in_the a landsman, less than o ago, and shipped on_tije’ Hartford. This war v ng around for several months steamed into the harbor at one of the. citles on the coast of Peru. As she was doing this, a salute was fired, diringwhich a_gun’ burst and so fractured Ah Lin's left' leg that he was made a cripple. This occurred on August 25, 1884, and on May 26, 1855, he applied for a pension, from which day now_ based, and he . is given over §250 by the - retroaction. The - pension s paid in the care of the vice Chinese consal at San Fraucisco, If Ah Sin lived in his native country he would be regarded equal to o count, with a fortune of non 1 proportions, and would fare sumptuousl, He was a faithful seaman, and the officers at the pen- sion oftice are proud of the opportunity to grant the petition. MIS, CLEVELAND'S PETS. The young fawn which was presented to Mrs. Cleveland dueing her stay in Jackson- ville has arrived, and for the present will be domiciled in the grounds back of the white house. As soon as the spring is sufficiently advanced, the fawn will be installed at Oak View, together with the Jersey cow pre- sented by G. W. Childs, and several: er animals now housed in their winter quarters in the city. . GES IN THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS, wedish minister and wife go abroad in April, or as soon thereafter as they can dispose of their house. Baron von Alvens- leben will be shortly succeeded. The new Portuguese minister has heen named, and will be here in the course of a few months, and in the meantime Mr. Antonio Noguiras is in charge of that legation. Mr. Herbert has lately arrived at the British legation. There will shortly be a new Japanese minis- ter, as Mr. Kuki is not to remain in this coun- try, and the Swiss minister confirms the rumor that he may soon leave her The changes among the lesser lights are quite as nwmerous. TO INVESTIGATE THE MONOPOLIES. On Thursday the ‘house committee on manufactures will begin its investigation into the trusts, and will keep company for the-special committee of the New York legis- lature, which has been making inquiries into the monopolies of the state for some time- soon us Mr. Mason's resolution which authorized this investigation, was passed by the house each member of the committee on manufactures was appointed a_committee of one to begin the collection of facts from which to operate. No instructions were given, but each one was authorized to act m his own particular way. Up to the present it is not known what the procedure will be or what trusts will be investigated. This has been kept a secret because it was thought advisable, inasmuch as the men to be subpoenaed as witnesses would make themselves scarce if they had informa- tion before they were served by the sergeant at arms. It is understood that the investiga- tion will embrace such monopolies as the Standard_oil company, and probably the organizations of steel and glass and other manufacturers, the latter to be intended to assist tariff reform, by showing that the man- ufacturers whose interests are protected by a high tariff have formed trusts or combina- tions. PERSONAL. W. C. Forrey, who as special agent of the ,’enurnl land oftice has been on duty in Iowa lor nearly two years, has been ordered to do duty at Athens, Tenn. Mrs. Duucan, widow of the late General ‘fhomas Duncan, with her daughter, has re- turned to the city and will remain for the present as the guest of Colonel John M. Wil- son. Mrs. Duncan has been lgemllnfl the winter with her son, Lieutenant J. 'W. Dun- can, stationed at Fort Sidney, from whence she weat to Wyoming and from there on a visit to General Wilson in Chicago. ‘Thomas J. Potter, of the Union Pacific, re- mains eritically ill. His condition is un- changed to-night. KEEPING TALLY ON HIS FINGERS. ‘WasmiNaroN, March 8.—[Correspondence of the Ber.]—Joe Blackburn keeps tally on his fingers of votes taken upon bills in the senate which he is mumwfin. t is an ola babit which he used to p ice in ghe house, When a_vote was ken on Mr. Ed- munds’ bill to fcaor| QB‘ the canal company in Nicaragua the other day, Mr. Blackburn Mr. Me- | sel went to South America, and | ‘movihern New Jersey. NUMBER 21, was walking down the center isle. Just s he got mi w-{ bodween the chair of the E:“""e“‘ and the entrance the clerk gan to call tl of those who had voted in the affl d those who had voted in the negative. « The Kentucky sena- tor stopped and uncenseiously began to keep the taliy on the fingers and thumb of the left hand with the index.| of his right hand. He forgot what he was doing until the vote was read off, and then he had the conclusion in his mind before the total votes were an- nounced and was enabled to tell two or three senators about him the result. His gesaticu- lations and working of the lips caused a titter- ing in the galleries, which did not come to his notice till e had finished his work. Then he blushed, und smiled, and left the senate chamber. NOW CONGRESSMEN DIN William L. Scott, of Pennsylvania, the five-millionaire member of the house com- mittee on ways and means, a great banker and railroad builder, 18 said to have reformed in the matter of lunches in the heuse restaur- ant. Up to this congress Mr. Scott was the most liberal diner about the lower branch of con, He kepp his_own chafing dish in the house restaurant, and was_always d lighted to have a party of friends with him when he wont down and personally cooked his own oysters. 'He liked & few bottles of ale or wine to make the food go down well, and always occupied the whole table at his 'midday feast. Mr. Scots licalth. has. been . delicate, and the.fact that he has, during this sesaion; con- tented himself with a fiftecn-cent lunch, com- posed of a piece-of pie and a glass of milk, " is ;probably- duc to his having found out, that so much eating betweéen meals is not healthful, Delegate Smith, of Arizoua, one of the hardest-worked, most effective and most brilliant young men in the house; * breakfasts at the Ebbitt at 10 o’clock and takes a lunch in the house restaurant at2. Then he has his dinner at 6, and writes letters in his roon) until 1 or-2 0'clock at night. Mr. Smith is an epicure. He was' raised in l\l-nluuke‘ on a firm, and looks back v the time when he ate stuffed sausages and four-year-old' hams cured’ by his: mother in. ah old- fashioned * meat hous¢ as the —most delightful days of his. life. - He makes a lunch on a piece of very rare roast beef, cut thin. He has a little process of his own by which he malkes it very tenderund palat- able. He put a'half teaspoonful of table mustard on the meat first, and theén spreads on itan equal amoutit of -olive , This he smears all over the beef, mi it well, and then eats it with a_little bread. He. is as hearty as p buck, and the healthful condition of his mind is probably duc, to the attention he pays to his stonach, Mr. Stahilnecker, of New York, who is re- ferred to as the: Apollo Belvedere of the house, ‘leads . the list of well-fed men at the capitol this session, and . has the best lunches of probably any man the house, He has fancy dishes of micats, and game, and oysters, prepared especially for him, and opens wine lavishly. He is a fine-looking, tall fellow, about forty -years old, and six feet high, With side whiskers, and is chairman of the committee'on libraty, Mr. Mills, of Texas, who is chairman of the most important’ committee, ways and. means, has dropped into the habit af Holman, and drinks a cup of tea and_eats'some bread and butter for lunch, He does not take much time for it either, but gulps.it down | his throat and is off in a jiffey. The ‘comments recently made -about the house and senute restaurants not being profit- able concerns, and the bills-of-fare usually patronized by members and senators in connection with the opposition which has been made against these. institu- tions have had the effect of either driving the statesmen away from these places or per- suading them to live .move liberally. ll‘hl.‘ restaurants are very profitable now, for they are well crowded from 11 o'clock in the. ‘motning t1ll 3 or 4 in the afternoon. During most of this time quc has some difficulty in getting a place to sit.. The prices are but the places are copvenient. S PARTIAL 0 CANDY. - “I have a better trade now than ever be- fore,” said the man who runs the news and confectionery-stand immediately adjoining the north entrance to the house. “The mem- bers of the house eat a pilé of sweetmeats,” he continued, *“‘and thepracticeof patronizing me has become very popular, Willian Walter Phelps,Tom Reed anda General Browne often meet here in front of this little show-case, und buy chocolates and marshmallows. Judge Houk, of Tennessee, likes ‘pejper- mints and McMillen, of the same state, grinds up hoarhound and jaw-breakers with great relish, “Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania, and Judge Lyman, of Towa, buy apples more largely than anybody -else at this stand. Mills, of Texas, used to patronize me, ' but since’ he has became chairman of the com- mi-tee on ways and meuns he seems to keep to himsclf more, and since the men who come around to this little corner to -buy & nickel's worth of sweetmeats are liable to get into conversation with Him, the Texan shies away. ‘‘Sometimes a dozen members are congre- gated in frout of this little confecfionery and news stand, the conteuts of which one could carry on his back, and hke boys they buy a few penuies’ worth'of sweets apicce, and ex- portions of their purchase with words ndship and good cheer they delye out. the presentation of the tariff bill these congregations are very frequent, and the newspaper correspondents have learned to keep their ears open as they pass this point, as they can often hear more secrets in walk- ing twenty feet past the candy stand than they can in hours of conversation with the members direct.” CANADA'S PROHIBITION LAWS. Qur Canadian neighbors seem to have very little better success with their proh legislation than we have in the United States. Prohibition seems bound to fail to prohibit wherever it may be adopted, whether under the scepter of Victoria Kegina or under the sway of the American eagle, A gentleman Wwho has just returned from a visit to Canada, where he spent some time in an interior city, ‘which is known as a Scott-act town,gives this result of his observations as to the working of that prohibition amendment: *‘Before the enactmeut of the Scott act, this city had eleven licensed hotels, and 1ile- gal rum selling was almost unknown. The eleven licensed vendors of alcoholie liquors were careful to prevent the sale of spiritous or malt liquors to others who had not paid the tax. The Scott act was spread upon the ity because of the dominion, and all the licenses in this city, St. Thomas, wi re- pealed. The result is not that you cannot ootain liquid refreshments within the city of St. Thomas, but, en the contrary, the eleven formerly licensed hotels have wide- open bars. There are any number of rum-holes, where liquor can be obtained. Nearly every grocery store in town keeps'a surreptitious supply; even the dry gooas establishments have something in the cellar for customers; who may be dry after making lhulrpnrwlu‘lund beyond all this there are more than @ hundred private resi- dences where rum is sold by the drink. 1 was informed by gefitlomen who have an exten- sive acquaintance in Canadian towns that the Scott act has had g snilar effect in almost every city where ita provisions have been en- forced. And I'am more thaa ever convineed that the solution of the Liquor question can only be worked out by the enactment of high license legislation.” PERRY S, HEATH, ‘Weather Review. WasniNarox, March 4 —The signal service weather review bulletin says: “A summary of the weather comdition from January 1 to date indicates thas the weather has been gen- erally favorable for coming crops in the southern states, although in some sections the cold wave which occurred in the last weelk in Pebruary, caused some damage to fruits. Reports from Kansas and Nebraska indicate that weather conditions have been exceedingly favorable during the past winter. The ground is in good condition, wheat acreage large, and condition excellent. Ploughing and planting are in progress as far north as southern f(nnm and Missouri, ‘while the ground remains frozen generally in states north of the Ohio river. Where there was a deficienay of rain fall last season, and a slight amount of sow gnd & low tempera- ture during tm:nwi;::ir,x leaves the wheat and pastu ition. Generally in the midaje states the weather has been favorable £OF prespective crops. Wheat and rye are rted in good condition. except in | opposed MORE RAILROAD MEASURES. Bills Being Discussed in the Iowa Legislature. THE MAXIMUM TARIFF The State University—The Prohibition Bill — A Queer Legislature — The Thriving Town of Lenox, Taylor County. BILL. Victory For the Railroad Committee. Des Moixes, la, March 3,—[Correspond- ence of the Bee.]—The bill to prevent extor- tion and uniust discrimination and to em- power the board of railroad comniissioners to establish a schedule of freight charges for all the: railroads of the state, a synopsis of which was given in my letter last week, was passed by the house on Tuesday by a unani- mous vote, only five members being absent. The success of this bill, which is a most elab- orate measure, and fully caleulated to meet the ends desired, is a grand victory ‘for the railroad committee, as well as for the people. The house then proceeded . to take up the maximum. tavift bill as a supplementary meisure, and these two bills, if passed, would afford all the relief from railway ex- tortion and discrimination that can reasona- bly be oxpected. The tariff‘bill is based on the principle of the old granger law, -with a sliding gcale of charges, with a terminal fee for short hauls, The rates in vogue on. local trafiic in Tllinois have been largely copied. Much complaint has been made in the past few years that thé surplus corn of ‘western .lowa could not be moved to the districts'of partial tailure'in the central parts of the state’ with- out paying almost Chicago rates, and these bills will remedy this. Hundreds of feeders have been compelled to pay pay as high' as 17 cetits a bushel for corn shipped from 150 and 200 miles. Under this law the rates for the above distances would vary from 6to8 cents, The blil redices local rates on all -Kinds of. merchandise from one-third to one-half, and is receiving strong support, from the jobbers and shippers, as well as from the farmers and stock feeders.” 'The bill was savagely at- tacked by Custer, of Jasper, who desired to know what evidence the committee had . that the railroads could afford to haul ‘merchan- dise as cheaply in Towa as in Illinois. Owing to the inability of the committee to fully satisfy several members on this and other points, the bill was sent back to'the commit- tee, and'six farmers and two representatives of other leading interests added to ‘it. The bill has been considered by this new commit- tee and slightly modified, and will - come up again Monday for consideration. The senate seems to be working at cross, urposes. It has not taken up the ouse bill, but is’ considering several diffexr- ent measures singly. The Swceney bill came up for consideration Thursday, but a valient opposition. was made by Woolson, of Henry, and Clark, of Page, the olause prohibiting the giving of any advantage or preference to one shipper over another, - The opponents of the bill insisted' that the words ‘“‘undue and unreasonable” should be placed in the bill before the word advantage, as a qualifying clause, and two whole days have been spent in discussing the matter. ‘The railway committee, almost to a man, are . to this amendment, and insist that Luarflwn of discrimination may be feed under this qualifica Dbill the senate adjourned over 4y, 80 another week at least will be cansumed in the consideration of railroad measures, G WOMAN SUFFRAGE, This is a queer legislature in somé réapects. A determined assault was made upon the members in the very beginhing of the session by the woman suffrage agitators, and it has been Kkept up.ever since with varying per- sistency. The result has been the approval of an amendment striking out the word “male” from the constitution, and a bill granting suffrage to women at municipal and school elections by the respective committees of cach house. Yesterday a vote on the en- grossment of the bill in the louse showed fifty affirmative votés, within one of enough to pass the measure, Should 1t go through, hundreds of Swedes and Norwegians, who are now among the most loyal supporters of the party, will desert the republican stand- ard and throw the party Into the minority. The good sense of the senate may be relied upon to defeat the measure, and' thus avert this calamity, but the large vote in the house ul;g!:s what persistent. lobbying can -aceom- plish, P prohibitienists, who have heretofore been divided between the Custer and Redman bills,.have about united upon the measure proposed by the joint committee of the houses. The bill is very severe 8 restric- tions, but allows druggists to still handle liquors for legal purposes by procuring per- mits from the district cdurt. Only one per- mit will be granted in any town of 2,500 in- habitants or less, and all purchasers of liquors must take their oath that it is for some specified legal purpose. This bill will likely be accepted as a final settlement of the whisky question, THE STATE UNIVERSITY. Many members feel that our state institu- tions are becoming a grievous burden to the taxpayer, and are getting extremely tired of the perpetual row going on in the faculty or board of regents of the state university. A resolution is pending in the senate to appoint a committee to thoroughly investigate the matter and see where the fault lies, but it vill hardly be appointed so late in the ses- siol Many members arve in favor of shut- ting off the appropriation until the trouble is settled. SMALL GOSSIP, The proposition to subsidize a dozen nor mal schools in different parts of the state by appropriations amounting in the aggregate to £30,000, has been killed 1n_the house. Sev cral schools and colleges are springing up all over the state and aro being conducted fully as successfully as the institutions supported by the state. At the last session Hon, Wesley Redhead, Lis city, immortalized himself by intro ducing a bill providing that no one could procurea marriage license until he proved himself able to support a family. No similar measure has yet been introduced, but equally absurd bills on all variety of questions have been proposed. A funny thing happened yes. terday in the senate. A bill in regard to the pedigree of stock was on_its third reading, and the votes had been nearly all recorded, when it was discovered, whilé a member was explaining his vote, thut the bill had no_en- acting clause, Lieutenant Governor Hill, however, was equal to the occasion and_di- rected the clerk to supply the missing link and the voting proceeds Rex, One ot the Thriving Western Cities. LeNox, Ia., March 8.—[Correspondence of the Beg.]—Lenox is in Taylor county, in the southiwest portion of the state, sixty miles east from the Missouri river and twenty-five miles north of the state of Missouri, The county contains an area of 343,650 acres, with icturesquely undulating surface. The s0il is a rich, k loam, with a clay subsoil, the most fertile deposits in the world for agricultural pursuits, and one which will ad- vantageously dispose of @ greater amount of moisture and stand excessive dry weather with less injury to growing crops than any other soil in existence. Nature has given to our county, in its pumerous small streams emptying mnto the Missouri river, a system of drainage unsurpassed in the whole world. Climatic extremes are rare, the winters here being of short duration and not excessively cold, while the summers are not intensely hot The death-rate is low. For three successive gun in Lenox, with a. schoo! population of 13, there was not a single death of a child inside the corporaion. .18 not- this phenom- enal healthfullness! The first settlement ‘was made in Lenox in 1872, The city lies in the centre of the best farming regio in lowa, tion. Pending | where blessed sunshine,. beautiful trees, handsome landscapes, and perfoction an symmetry in architectural design,all vie with vature in makiog a_ real paradise. Grand muple shade trees line both sides of the street all over the city. The city covers a large arca and hus fn it plenty of room. The business portion is built entirely of bric the fire-limit ordinance preventing the erec tion of frame buildings. We have a superior graded school, occupying the finest brick school building in southwest Iow We have four churches—Methodist, Pre byterian, Catholic and United Presbyterian. The town is not yet built up to the de s of the country and every business not qmllly mismanaged 18 making money. (here is room and opportunity for the est- ment of capital with almost a certainty of se- curing good interest in almost any branch of trade. The people here have none of the “‘Mother Grundy" ideas, but are warm- hearted and ready to meet respectability and merit half way. We question whether there is a better opening anywhere in the west for a good, roomy, well-managed hotel, ana the citizens will lend aid to the right individual. There is o good opening for a lumber yard, music store and a laundry. An exclusive dry goods store would have a big trade. Tons of fruit and vegetables are raised hero which ought to be an* inducemer the right man to’ start a cann v is _centrally located between a4 short distance from - the leading markets of the west—Omaha, Kansas City, Atchison, St. Joseph, ete. Unlike most western towns, fuel is vory cheap here, the best of soft conl being but $2.75 per ton, de- livered. at your dc Weare often asked : **Don’t you have I winds!" Tho breczes in any praivie country are sometimes stronger than: real indolent pleasure demands, and this is one of the great secrets of our good health, These winds make the air as much purer as rippling .streaws are purer than stagnant pools. We have & town site and mmprovement company. organized in 18%4, which offers unparalleled inducements to all persons of small means. The ‘company seil lots and build howses or business blocks for the occupants, on' long time _and at low rates of interest, We have three enterprising grain buyers, with two produce firms. City prop- erty i8 at present very cheap, but is steadily advancing in value, The water in and around Leénox is tresh, pure and sparkling as spring water. We haye one of the finest city parks’in Towa. ' 1t contains five acres of land, is handsomely laid out, and is_ fil i beautiful ornamental trees. In the a band stand surrounded by rustic seats. This is a great resort in summer. The Masons. Odd Fellows, and Army of the Republic, Sons of Veterans, Knights of Labor, ‘Good Templars, Women's - Relief Corps, and other .societies, are . in good, healthy condition, the former owning their lodge rooms. We need a truck and small fruit gardener, aud can promise a hearty support® to any ‘capable . person. We have 8 regularly orgamzed and fully equipped fire company, with an improved en- gine and hose.cart. ' We have a handsome, well-appointed opera house and secure the best companies on the road. No town of uny. consequence, nearer than fifteen miles of us, and wé have a trade extending nearly that distance in all directions: Shall be glad to answer any questions asked. N. A. Covrk. THE CLEARANCE RECORD. The ' Financial' Transactions of the Past Week. BostoN, Mass., March 4.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—The following table compiled from dispatches to the Post from the managers of the leading ¢learing-houses of the United States, shows the gross ex- changes for the week ended March 1888, with the rate pér cent of increase or de- crease as compared with the amounts for the corresponding week last year; . CrrIEs, New York Boston. Chicag Philadelp 8t. Louis. Son Francisco. 00509 6,107,661 . 42000 | Cleveland, . Denver. . Merphis Columbus, dianapoli Hartford New Haven. Peoria Total Outside TIRED OF LIFE. A Would-Be Suicide Saved Under Extraordinary Circumstances. S1. CATHARINES, Ont., March 4.—[Special Telegram to the Bek.|—Mr. Robertson, who resides near Decew Falls, on coming home yesterday found his wife absent and on the table discovered a note addressed to himself in his wife's handwriting in which it was stated that she was tired of life and intended to destroy herself. The letter further stated that her body would be found below the falls. On scarch being made the woman was dis covered by the owner of the mill at the brink of the falls. Ttwas thought she was dead, as she had thrown herself from the lookout at themill ove cipice of the falls, y-five feet below concussion of her fall made a dent in the ice of over four inches where she fell, the ice being some- what soft from the thaw. After falling on the ice she rolled over to the brink of a hole in the ice, where the water is about twenty fect deep and forms a sort of mallstrom from the fall of & large body of water from above. Had she fallen into this_hole she would have been drowned, As it is she cscaped with some very serious bruises and a broken rib or two, but beyond this she does not scem to have suffered any dangerous injury. She was gotten up with a great deal of difficulty for the place is almost_inaccessible in fine weather and is rendered much more 80 now on account of the jee foundation. It is sup- posed she was laboring under temporary dementia. e L Large Timber Ship. Ciicaco, March 4.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.|—James S. Leary, the builder of the big raft which was lost at sea in Decem- ber last, returned last Friday from Port Toggins, N. S., where he has a timber ship n course of construction on the ways on which the raft was built. It1s to be about 650 feet long, 100 feet longer than the raft. It will be built in the same general way as the raft, ouly the ends will be shaped and i ba bulkheaded to resist the action of the “This raft will be ship rigked, with arge masts, and wiil need no tugs. large gang of men have b at work for several weeks hauling huge timbers, which are being chained together inw one giant bundle. The timbers are by far the largest that have ever been shipped from Nova Scotia. The work is about half completed and the monster will be ready to launch some time in July or August. The cost of con- struction will be nearly half as much again as that of the raft. —— Boaies Recovered. RoME, March 4.—The bodies of over two hundred victims of the recent avalanches in the Italian Alps haye been recovered. RELIC OF A BARBAROUS AGE. Judge Powers Passes Upon the Absoconding Oreditor Law. THE CHAUTAUQUA AT CRETE. Extensive Preparations For the Sose sion in June—Talmage to Speak— Fatal Runaway at Boone— Other State News, Thinks the Law Barbarous. Bexyerr, Neb, March 8.—[Corresponde ence of the Ber.]—Judge Powers, of tho Seve enth judicial district, recently decided o case which may prove an important precedent fm the interpretation of the statute authorizing the arrest of abscanding debtors. A farmer Wwho owed a firm in this place about $200 dis- posed of all his property and started to leave the state. The circumstances being conclus- ive that he intended to defraud his. creditors, the firm made the necessary affidavit before a justice of the peace, and, pracuring a war- rant, had him arrested at Norfolk as ho was irchasini tickets to Oragon for himself and The man employed an attorney and ght before Judge Powers on a writ of habeas corpus, After heaving the evidence the judge said that though the man had ncted in bad faith he regarded tho statute confere . ring the right to arrest in such cases as bur- barous in. the extreme and-confrary to the, spirit of the constitution, and therefore ore dered his disch pate S Preparing for the Chautauqua. CRrETE, Neb., March 4.-—[Correspondence of the BEE.]—The baard of trade had a very largely attended meeting Friday evening in the council rooms, at which the question of properly advertising the city was taken up and fully discussed. Action was taken whereby a large amount of advertising mate ter and alarge number of maps, which have been prepared by Mr. Finch of this placs, will be distributed in the east. 5 Owing to the'weather, together with the strike, improvements have been stopped for a short time, but it is only temporary. The Missouri Pacifi¢ had their .iron, which they intended to use at this end of the line, alse the subplies which are to go with it, tied wuj at Lincdln. It is commencing to arrive, au a8 soon as the Burlington road gets engineers to get it down, work will be lively on the ex- tension of the Missouri Pacific to Crete. Great preparations ave already being come menced for the Nebraska Chautauqun assem- bly for 1883, The programmes this year will cost nearly double what they did last 'year. The B. & liné running through the grounds, and a new depot established on the grounds, The -stae tion is to catled Chautauqua, and herenftes people will be landed within a few yards of the pavillion. The energy which has been used heretofore by the managers of the ase’ - sembly will be doubled this year, and the ree sult will be more of a success than ever, The number of Chiautauqua circles over the - stats has been nearly doubled, und the result wil be that - nearly all of them will send large ropresentatives, which fre jus the class of people to enjoy the great literary treat . which will be offered. One of. the principal attractions will be the fact that the . Rev. T. wil be here, and will Saturday, June 80, wiil preach .in the pavil- lion on Sunday July 1, and evening of the 2ud of July, John R, Johnston, president of ‘the stite bank, réturned from California on Thursday. He reports that an investment. which he made in Los Angelos about five years ngo -of £500, or less, 18 now worth at least $5J,090. Ttems From Ashland.. Asuraxp, Neb., March 8.—[Special .lo the Bee.|—Business has been very dull this week, no goods having been received except by express, owing to the strike. Until yesterday no. freights were run through Ashland, when the local freight from Platts- mouth came. A gorge of ice on the Platte river took away about eighty feet of the wagon bridg u‘m\ has apparantly changed the chaunel o the ri Ashland’s system of waterwarks has nfi beon tested yet. owing to the extreme col weather since it was completed and the fuct that there are some few leaks in' the mains yet. % Quite o number of new cnterprises will be pushed forward as soon as spring opens. . Lincoln's Proposed Hotel, LiNcoLy, Neb., March 4.—[Sps 1 Tele- gram to the BEe.]—The proposed new $250, 000 hotel for this city 1 rapidly assuming shape for active work. Fifty.three thous- and dollars of the stock has been taken by J. J. Imhoff, aud they ask that other citizens take cnough additional to make the stock $125,000. With this as “a nucleus a £250,000 house can be built. The location selected on N and Twelfth street, one of the choicesf corners in the city, and’ the projectors are confident that the house will be built. Py Snow at Loup City. Louvr City, Neb., March 4.—[Special Teles gram to the Bee.—Snow has fallen to the depth of one and a half feet since last night and is still falling fast. It is very light an drifting some. The thermometer is about above. Boox to the [ . BE. Stevens, a wealthy stock raiser living near this place, was kilied near here last night by b ng throwm i MOB, They Await a Preliminary Hearing and Then Hang a Man. Pankensnuig, W. Va., March 4.—[Special “Telegram to the Bee.]—In Harrisonville in McDowell county Mr. and Mrs. Mitil Hawks quarrelled, and Duncan, a young man boards ing with them, took the part of Mrs, Hawks. This envaged Hawks, who began abusing Dun saying he_interfered too often favor of his wife. The altercation resull in Duncan shooting Hawks through the heart. Duncan escaped and remained hid for two days when he was found by a mob formed for the purpose of lynching him if he could not prove his innocence. He was taken before a justice and a preliminary trial held. The testimony of the woman and of Duncan was such that the justice sent Dun- can to jail. The mob awaited the result of the trial and while Duncan was being taken to jail overpowered the oficers and took him away. No resistance to their action was made and they took him to the woods and hanged him to a tree. e e Trouble With the Mexicans, Avusmiy, Tex., March 4. —The report of & collision befween an American sheriff and Mexican soldiers at Engle Pass yesterday, proves to be substantially as reported lash night. The Mexican captain obtained pere mission of the customs collector for a lieus tenant and four men to come over to look some horses. Instead they searched for. Mexican who had deserted some dsa\'n before and catching him endeavored to drag him 0 i maltreating him fearfull, White commanded them . whereupon they drew their revolvers and threatened to kiil him, White ran te the sheriff, who summoned two eitizen his aid and overtaking the Mexicans at bank of_the river a pitched battle ensus One Me¥ican soldier, was killed and mortally wounded. The others roceis severe flesh wounds. De ‘White seriously injured. Unitod Blates. Co Allan ‘has telegraphed an account of the affalr to the secretary of state, way. company will have a&. DeWitt” Talmage . - liver & lecture om . . lecture on the