Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 21, 1888, Page 1

HE OMAHA Daiy BEE {EVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1555, NUMBER 277, TWO MONTHS OF THE TARIFF. The House Will Wrestle “With It Until the Middle of May. LONG SPEECHES IN PROSPECT. The Lower Branch of Congress in a Peculiar Position Concerning Leg- islation on This Subject— Shoulder Ha A Dreadfnl Outlook. WAsHINGTON BUREAU THE OMABA BRE, } 51 513 FOURTEENTH STREET, Wasniverox. D, C.. March 20. Tariff from now until about the middle of May will occupy almost the entire time of the lower house of congress. Therehas been more tariff tglk among individuals at the capital to-day than on any day for months. The subject, in general, has been precipi- tated by the completion of the admimstra- tion bill by the committee on ways and means last night and the prospect of its early appearance in the house, The bill will likely be reported to the house on Friday or Satur- day. It willbe accompanicd by a short re- port from the majority, explaining the meas- ure and calling attention to the necessity of its adovtion. The minority—the republicans —will likely not submit their report ’till some time next week, as I anticipated some days ago. The general debate on the bill will likely commence next week. The republi- cans will prepare their bill, after they have secured a good idea of the tendency of the house towards tariff reform, so as to catch the popular breeze, and will make it public some time before the previous question is called on the administration bill. The repub- lican measuro is to be offered as a substitute to that of the democrats, Mr. Randall does not intend to be outdone by the committee on ways and means ignoring his bill and leaving it in the pigeon hole. He will present it at the conclusion of the debate and ask that it be substituted for the administration bill. FORECASTING TARIFF WORK. The house is in a peculiar situation as regards “tarift reform. Four af the five re- publican members of the committee on ways and means—Kelly, Reed, McKinley and Bur- rows—are opposed to any reform of the tarift ‘whatever, while Browne believes that there should be a reasonable modification, and since his district is backing him up in his sition it is generally believed that he will {: able—supported as he is by nearly all the members on the republican side of the house —to bring to him the other four republicans named, and that he will be prominent in dictating the bill the minority will pre- are. s matters now stand the procedure n the house when the tariff bill comes up for debate will be something like this: The republicans and the followers of Randall onthedemocraticside will stand pretty closely together and propose and likely secure many amendments to the bill. When the previous question is called upon it the republicans will offer their bjll as a substitute. This will robably be voted down, allof the demoerats, including the Randall men, voting against i tute, and the republicans will join the demo- cratle tariff reformers in voting that down. Then the vote will be taken on the main question, the passage of the administration Dbill. On this the Randall men and the repub- Jicans wll, it is believed, vote almost solidly and defeat the pessage of the administration bill by from fifteen to thirty majority. Thus no bill will be passed. Several tarift reform democrats as well as republicans have pre- dicted this outceme during'the past week. APPLYING TIE EIGHT HOUR RULE. A group of republicans stood on the floor of the house just before it convened to-day listening to Mr. Reed’s narration of the pro- ceedings of the committee on ways and means while the tariff bill was under dis- cussion. “We have been working right along under the eight hour rule,” said Mr. Reed, sarcastically. ‘“We worked three hours on the bill, and then we took five hours :to explain what we did.” LOUISIANA MAY ELECT A KEPUBLICAN GOVERNOR The northern republican newspapers gen- erally have overlooked an important contest which is now in progress which may have an important bearing on the campaign next fall. Democrats here who know anything about Louisinna affairs are thoroughly stirred up over the situation which exists in that state to-day, The state ele. will be held on the ates for governor ic ticket and War- mouth on the republican ticket. There have been two factions in Louisiana politice, Theaded respectively by Nicols and McHenry. These factions opposed one another bitterly in'the late state convention and every fraud- ulent selieme for gaining the mastery was brought into play. Nicols' friends won the day ‘and he was mominated for governo Then it was very soon found that McHe followers did not propose to be forced into Line and that they are doing. everything in their power to hinder and harass the can- didacy of Mr. Nicols in the country district The defection from Nicols has grown alarm- and while McHenry himself has becn lacated by promises of a supreme court udgeship in the event of Nicols' clection, his friends turve no reason to bury their differ- ence and to work and vote for Nicols, * Warmouth, the republican nomince, is popu- tar and will without doubt poll a wajority of the votes cast next month, and the only . question upon his election s, will the Mc- ?luury fuction of the democracy permit a sufticient number of polling ofticers to remain honest and see thata fair count is had. There is a foar that this may be done and the Louisiana democrats have lately been stir- ring up the democratic senators and repr sentatives hero and bave painted the situ tion in such black colors that Senator Eustis has already gone to Louisiana to see whi ean be done, while Senator Gibson will lea in a few days. Besides the split in the part jtself, the fact that the Mills tariff bill pr poses o reduce the duty on sugar @ great deal of stir among the * IPhey huve telegraphed their support of Randall bill and have united in asking the Louisiuna delogation in congrese to support that rather thun ths Mills. 'I‘Im situgtion is a serious ene for ti democracy, and they realize it, for the know perféetly well that if Mr. Warmouth is elected he will have the appointment of the polling officers for the fall elections, and they realize that with honest ofticers at ' the polls the state is.cortain to be found in the repub- lican coluwn in November. In this connec- tion it is said that tho democratic mewbers of the ways and weans committee are seriously considering a _proposition to strike out that portion of their biil h proposes a 20 per cent reduction on sugar, but if they do not do this they will wake the reduction lighter than they originally proposed. NOTABLE GATHERING, Yesterday afternoon while the authors were loafing around the capital; Mr. Ingalis sent out an invitation for them'to join him in the room ef the vice president, und a notable party spent the afterncon’ there, drinking something harmless and discussing books and the men who make them. There were ward Eggleston, Charles Dudley Warner, Mark Twain, Edmund Clarence Stedman, William D. Howells, 5. H. Boyeson and a number of other authors, and Senators In- lls, Johes, ‘Manderson, Palmer, Huwiey, Jhase. aud ‘others. Mr. Ingalls, us usual, 100k tho off side, and declared himself op- mfl 1o the bill the authors are advocating \ use its tendency; if passed, would be to iucroase the price of books. The argument for & while was very warm, ‘but finally In- galls pretended to have been convinced and #aid he would support the bill. . A CHANUE FUM A COPYRIGHT LAW, For the first time since the question of an International copyright law was agitated the + suthors gl all the publishers are working together for the protection of American ;. brains Heretofore the publishers of cheap editious have been oppased’ to the bill, whicl Vrobibits & publisher in gne country -from. ! taking books published in another and issu ing them in cheap editions without sharing the profits with the author, This has not only been unjust to the author—whose books have been 8o pirated—but to the publishers and writers of copyrighted -books, for the stolen editions could be sold at prices which honest publishers could not compete with, But the cheap publishers have been induced to come into the league and pow_all are working in harmony. The bill has been re- ported favorably from the committee on patents of the senate by Mr. Chase and was this morning introduced in the house by Mr. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, and sent to the committee on judiciary, where it will be looked after by Mr. Collins, of Boston, and Mr. Adams, of Illinois. . HAMS THAT ARE SHOULDERS, There, was an interesting incident in the hearing before the house committee on agri- culture to-day. Both the senate and house committees on agricultire have for six weeks been investigating the manufacture of lard, ‘with a view to action on the bill which pro- poses to tax imitations of lard, and advocates and opponents of the bill have been repre- sented by an array of able counsel. The in- vestigations have consisted of testimony of expert chemists and nx!n‘rlvnmd pork rm'k» ers and lard makers. The opponents of the bill have exercised themselves to show that what is called pure lard made from parts of hogs alone is filthy and. less wholesome than the compound or refined lard into which cottonseed oil and beef fat enter in the man- ufacture. They have made a good deal of effort and achieved considerable success in showing that if they are guilty of making a compound that is sold for something which it is no the manufacturers of pure lard are guilty of using portions of hogs which are unwholesome and filthy and de- grading, The investization took & new turn to-day when the counsel opposed to the bill introduced a man who has haa charge of pork packing establishments and worked at the blocks for twelve or fourteen years. When this witness was presented he pro- ceeded to pile upon the table of the commit- tee about a dozen canvas covered sugar-cured “hams.” He announced at the outset that he proposed to show that the people who were advocating the passage of the bill to tax refined or compound lards, put regularly upon the market and sell meats which are not what they are represented to be. One by one he lifted up the hams and read from the brand and trade_mark that they were choice sugar-cured California hams, ‘“‘extra sugar-cured hams,” ete., ete. Drawing from his pocket @& knife he ripped the covers off the ‘“hams” and holding them up one by one showed the committee that they were portions of shoulders and that it was a very common practice of pork packers to make two “hams’ out of each shoulder or six *hams’ from each hog. The lower part of the shoulder con- taining the shank was rounded and trimmed up beautifully making what looked like a very neat hamn, while the upper portion was also rounded up and smoked and cured and covered and sold for what was branded a “picnic ham.” The delusion practiced ex- cited a good deal of merriment and interest in the committee room. The object was of course to show vhat there were tricks in all branches of the trade. @ENERAL LAND COMMISSIONER STOCKSTAGER, The nomination to-day of S. M. Stocksla- ger, of Indiana, to be commissioner of the general land ofiice, and Thomas J. Anderson, of Iowa, to be assistant commissioner of the general land office, was anticipated by friends of both the nominees some days ago. There Tas been almost universal regrét expressed for two months over the delay in the promotion of Mr. Stockslager, whomn everybody ac- knowledged to have earned the place he is now given by having very ably fulfilled all the requirements 4{( his official duties, He has made an excellent acting commissioner, showing ability in the law and adaptability to the practical parts of the office. He has proven himself honest and capable of bring- about all of the reforms which his predeces- sors attempted, without any of the obnoxious features which drove Mr. Sparks out of office. Mr. Stockslager was cndorsed by the solid democratic delegation from Indiana in congress, by the leading men in his party in that state who are not in public life, and by a large number of prominent democrats throughout the country, many of whom have gone repeatedly to the president and urged his promotion. He was heartily congratu- lated this afternoon, and received many tele- grams endorsing his promotion. ANOTHER ATTACK UPON BELL'S TELEPHONE. Many people here believe that the Bell telephone patents will yet be set aside, The decision yesterday afirming them was a close shave, and the case of the government to set aside the patents on the ground that they were obtained through fraud will probably be set for an early hearing now that the other cases are out of the way. It has been carefully worked up by able lawyers, some of whom profess to be willing to stake their profes- sional reputations on the result, and are not dismayed by the recent deeision. Such ex- treme confidence may be ill founded, but the expression of it suggests that theré may be something more conclusive in the facts yet to preme court than those ecord in the decided cases. At the hear- iug eight justices are expected to sit. Four of them are comwitted by yesterday's de. cision to the support of Bell's claim unless some extra strong reasons are adduced for disallowing t. Three others are committed to the other side unless the government's casc is weaker than 3 retofore brought before the court. Justice Lamar is acquainted with the merits of the government's caseand is accounted among those who, unless it lost force in some mysterious manner since he quitted the cabinet, will vote to uphold it. If this is so the court 18 practically tied at the outset. Everything then depends upon the ability of the government to make so excellent a pres- entation of its position as to win over one of the justices from yesterday's majority. T that can be done, the ficld will be open to all the geniuses who have invented speaking telephones differing essentially from that to whose origin Prof. Bell lays undisputed claims. MIS, HANCOCK'S HOUSE, At last the nds of the late General Han- cock, who have been raising a fund here to purchase a home in this city for Mrs, Han- cock, have succeeded, and the house is to be lly presented to her onthe 1st of April, months ago, after consultation with . Hendricks, the fine dou! house at the southeast corner of Twenty-first and R streets was selected. There was some delay in pre senting the title of the property to Mrs, Han. cock bocause thel subscription fell short a few hundred doll of the amount of the purchase mon: The house oc- cupies the corner row of twelve houses which w erected by B, H. Warder, Itis built of brown. stone and brick and bas a tower on the corner. The entrance is from I'wenty first street. The int r is finishod haundsomely and it is understood that Mrs, Haneock will take pussession of her new home at once. MISCELLANEOUS PARAGRAPHS. The Omaha National bank has been ap- oved rese; agent for the Second National ank of Helena, Mont. W. E. Blake, of [owa, called upon the pr it to-day, and was presepted by Ttepresentative Gear, Hon. D. C. Finch, United States district attorney for the southern district of Iowa, who has been here for several days, left this morning for the west. Ho was accompanied by Major Anderson, who was to-day ap- pointed assistant commissioner of the general land oftice. The postoffice site at Austin, Sherman county, Neb., has been changed two milcs west. 4 Mr. Mauderson’s bill increasing th of army officers aliowed at - educat stitutions from forty: to fifty and sut the detail of ten naval ofticers for such par- poses Lis passed the senate. TuE I asked Represe York, who has cha mission of the southern half of Dakota, how many democrats would vote for that meas- ure. He said he betieved sixtee democratic represeutatives wouid do o and he was positively sure of twelve; which would Le sufficient to insure its passage. Then I asked the same question of Mr. S‘yriuxfl, who has charge of the bill for the admission of the territory as- a - whole. He said he did not belicve more than two demderats would vote for the Haker bill and those two were Cox, of New' York, ! mud MoShaue, of Nebraska. Peuwy S, Hearu, or eighteen | CONFIDENT AND CAREFUL. The Tory Government Believes It- self Safe For This Session. SALISBURY'S ASCENDANT STAR. His Ministry Saved From Destruction By a Tremendous Run of Luck— Chamberlain and Gladstone Shake—Goschen's Scheme. The Parliamentary Situation. (Copyright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.} Loxpox, March 20.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee.] —Once more the government in elosing up its accounts finds itself with a good balance. Its members grow in confidence if not in power every day. They believe that Goschen’s scheme will not only go through parliament, wnich 1s pretty certain, but will become highly popu- lar, a much mere doubtful matter. They look across the house and see Gladstone and his friends stranded on the shore while they are sailing along with fair winds and a blue sky. They belicve that they are absolutely safe for the rest of this session. I have never seen a government or a party more confident and at the same time more careful, for it must be admitted that the tory whips leave nothing to chance. But it is a government of mediocrities, with a first-class man at its head, and its strength s derived from the .public dread of sceing the union broken up. Take away that fear, and the Gladstonians would again walk in. They can now only look over the wall, and of late their looks have not exactly inspired their friends with courage. The fact is there is more than one old parliamen- tary hand about, as Gladstone begins to per- ceive. Some people deny that Salisbury is a great statesman, but we are all coming to the conclusion that he is a very adroit party leader. There is a little split in the liberal-union- ists camp, but it is notlikely to come to much for this reason: If, by any chance, the gov- ernment were beaten and a new election be- came necessary, the liberal-unionists would be wiped clean out and they know it. The regular liberals would declare war to the knife against - them. 'Lhe conservatives would choose a candidate from their own {friends under these circumstances. T. W. Russell may pose as the friend of the Irish tenants and talk about bringing in a bill for cancelling arrears of rents, but he will not take very many of his small party into the lobby. Chamberlam has his special remedy, Parnell has another, and the true contest will be over Parnell’s. Of late there has been signs of a desire on Russell's part to be a little more accommodating towards Par- nell than at first. This is a mood which might perhaps be encouraged. The Harting- tonians cannot be captured en masse, but they might be cut off in detail. If Gladstone possessed his old energy he would at least never leave off trying to steal a march on his foes. For the present, however, the star of Lord Salisbury remains in the ascendant. He has had a tremendous run of luck, for the most unblushing flatterer could not pretend that it is the genius or merit of his ministry which saves it from destruction. Parnell proposes to pass the sponge over the arrears of rent only, and Russell, with a few liberat-union- ists, will probably vote with him. Harting- ton and Chamberlain stand out for the gov- ernment proposals. All are willing to free the tenant wholly or in part from the mill- stone of arrears which now hangs around his neck. The government, however, insists that the shopkeeper, money lender and landlord should all submit to the same shaving down process. Parnell maintains that the land- lord alone should suffer, because his claim is unjust, . That is the issue between all parties which will have to be fought out. If the liberal-unionists acted together the gov- ernment might be defeated, and defeat on such a point would be very serious, But out of seventy-two 1 doubt whether fifteen will vote against their leaders. The home rule party must move in a solid body before they can expect to make any impression upon the enemy, Repeated defeats have shown that they want coherence as well as dash. They have a chance of at least re- ducing the government, mujority by a score or thereabouts. All Gladstone's efforts to win back the liberal seceders have failed. Mr, Goschen's great conversion schem® has cived a check. He squared the great houses by offering them a commission on all the consols they can bring in for conversion, but a great deal of opposition is developing itself among the small holders as well as among trustees who feel compelled to get their per cent of interest. A good tory member is one who votes with the goy ernment every time, right or wrong, The more it is in the wrong the more you ought to vote for it. That is the tory faith, Butin these democratic days there are members of the tory party who decline to walk like sheep into the lobby at every crack of the whip, This is a v anxious sign of the times for the close family corporations and privileged rings which have so long held the tory party under their thumbs, Sir Charles Lewis’ statement that bankers and brokers would divide among them £175,000 as the plunder out of this grand con- version, which explained the support they had given to it, has made an evident impre sion upon the house. While Lewis, a strong tory, was speaking, Mr. Gladstone came in aud looked around with lus usual eagle-like glance. The first man on whom his eye rested was Chamberlain, who sat within two of him, Gladstone stretched forth his hand with & smile. Chamberlain took it with the same cordiality, There was the British handshake, but only a few words of saluta- tion were exchanged. The breach remains as wide as ever, and will do so unless Cham- berlain can show that he has brought back with him from America & home rule plan whichi liberal and nationalist can alike ac- cept. My belief remains strong that he will trump Gladstone's card before all is over. A speceh on conversion was from Fowler, one of Gladstone's most able lieutenants. He, L00, pointed out many serious drawbacks in the project, and 1 abserved that his criticisms were applauded by Gladstone, which looks very much as if the old man meant to change front a little, or that his support of Goschen last week was more apparent than real. At any rate he cheered some of Fowler's stroug poiuts, as did Harcourt and many of the party who sat behind. The signs of opposition all ‘round were .much more numerous and more serious than ex- isted last week. ‘Phe strength of the govern: ment is such that the plan can scarcely ‘be defeated, Dut if small investors everywhere are to feel' injured by . having an extra tax imposed upon them— for the loss of interest -amounts to that — the cquservative - party will suffer severely. This cannot be felt just yet, and the rate at wkioh the bill is to be rushed position to develope itself. All the same, the danger is thers, and a good many sound tory members evidently begn to feel it. The chancellor of the exshequer did his best to patch up the holes which had been made in his scheme, but he cer- tainly did not ‘satisfy the objections and the doubters, Rough days are before the scheme, all the same. People will not like the bribe the government offers to bankers and brokers. They will not like the very curious methods by which a market was secured for the Goschen stock before it was 1ssued. A month’s discussion would have very likely been allowed the project, but a month is not to be allowed. Being so, the plan may pass through parliament, but it will not give satisfaction to the country. A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. The Reply to Frederick's Message. Beruy, March 20.—The landtag, without debate, unanimously adopted the address in reply to the royal request. The address will bé presented to the king. In the reichstag to-day the president read an address to that body in reply to the imperial message. The address thanks his majesty for his assur- ances, expresses sorrow for the loss of the great ruler and assures Emperor Frederick of unswerving fidelity in the order to accom- plish all the tasks the Emperor William marked out and bequeathed to Germany as a legacy. The address was adopted without debate. [ Cassagnac Pleads For Boulanger. PAnis, March 20.—In the chamber of depu- ties to-day Cassagnac spoke in behalf of Bou- langer, protesting ngainst his removal from the army. During his remarks he quoted from an article in the Boersen-Courier of Berlin, which asserted that the government had removed Boulanger at Germany's re- quest. Premier Tirard declared that Cos- sagnac’s remarks were insulting. The presi- dent of the chamber then, addressing Cas- sagnac, said: “The country will judge the spealer’s words.” A o The Consul Conversion Bill. Loxpox, March 20.—The delegate on the conversion of consul’s bill was resumed in the house of commons this evening. Fowler, (liberal) moved to omit the provision for the payment to bankers of a commission of 18 6d, on stock converted through them, but after some debate the commission provision was approved by a_vote of 241 to 117. This division practically carries the conversion scheme, C— An Anti-Ferry Demonstration. Panis, March 20.—After Senator Carnot's funeral, as the cortege was leaving the ceme- tery, a crowd of people rushed towards Ferry's carriage shouting, ‘“‘Abas Ferry! Vive, Boulanger!” Order was finally re- stored by gens d' arms, Forry was com- pelled to accept police protection. i Sddiien WEST POINT CAPTURED. Henry Irving and His Company at the Military Academy. West Poixt, N, Y., March 20.—|Speoial Telegram to the Beg.J—A novel but highly pleasing entertainment was given to the ca- dets of the national military academy last evening by Henry Irving and company. A singular story is connected with it. When Mr. Irving was on his first visit to America he wasnvited by General Horace Porter to visit West Point, He did so, and was warmly. received both by the residents of the town and the inmates of the military academy. The officers turned the boys out and put them through the evolutions for Mr. Trving’s delec’ tation, and eyerybody endeavored to make things pleasant. for him. He was so well pleased with the reception given him that he determined this trip to make some [return for the many courtesies shown. A few weeks ago he wrote the commandant asking if it were possible to let the cadets come down the river to witness a special performance at the Star theater. General Porter replied it would be out of the question. -Irving then wrote to know 1if part of a day could be set aside if he brought his company up, as all his evenings were engaged. General Porter re- plicd once more, regretting sincerely that it could not be, as the_ discipline and rules of the academy forbade any such infrac- tion. Mr, = Irving was so determined to return in some measure the kindness shown him that he finally determined to can- cel one of his evenlng engagements in New York and take the entire company to West Point. He notified General Porter, and that officer caused a small stage to be hastily im- provised in the mess room of Grant hall. No scenery. could be procured and the setting of the stage was novel. Curtains, Turkish rugs and flags nstituted most of the fitting up. Last evening the company came up and in spite of the lack of stage decorations, gave a splendid representation of the “‘Merchant of Venice,” showing that they did not de- pend upon stage scenery for their success. The enthusigsm of the cadets, officers and villagers present was unbounded, and Mr. Irving was recalled again and again, His last woras, *“This is the first time the British ever captured West Point,” brought forth a shriek of laughter and applause that nearly raised the roof. P THE IRISH FLAG. Mayor Hewitt's Communication to the New York Board of Aldermen, New Youk, March 20.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—Mayor Hewitt to-day sent to the board of aldermen a communication de- fenaing his action in refusing to permijt tho Irish flag to be raised on the city hall on St. Patrick's day. In it he says that he is of the opinion that no flag but the Awmerican has any right tp float from any public building in this or any other city. He cannot see why, if Germany has to be ruled by Germans and France by Frenchmen, America ought not to be ruled by Americans, It amght be con- strued, he says, that his action showed a feeling adverse'to the Irish citizens of this city, but it was well known that their struggles and aspirations fc home rule always had and always will have his heartiest support and sympathy. The communication concludes as follow “Tn order to show that the question inyolved is & serious ono, worthy of the attention of statesmen and patriots, I invite your careful study of the facts presented, which will serve to show why omndidates for office are so anxious to secure the foreign vote, and to prove also that the danger line has been reached when it must be decided whether American or foreign ideas are to rule in this city. 1f the warning which I have been con- strained to give shall have the effect of arousing public attention to the good old- fashioned icewof American howe rule, home- ads and home products, 1 shall feel that I have not made a-mistake in the official action which my wense of duty has required me to take.” e Invaded By Mountain Lious. Rawrixs, Wyo., March 20— [Special Tele gram to the Bee.J—An army of mountain lions are ravaging ‘the stock corralls in the oothills of the eastern slope of the Wind mountains, This predatory raid is due to one of the periodical and general migrations of thus ferocious animal an S Free Gold Found, RawLiNs, Wyos March 20.—[Special Tele- gram o the Bee.]—Five specimens of fre gold quartz were found in Foot guleh, two mules from Rawlips. Old time prospectors always have asserted the existence of a rich £oid doposit in the immeduate viciuity of Kaw- ins. 2 © Panis, Mapeh 20—General Caffarel and Mme. Limousin were sentenced to.day for complicity i the sale of decorations, the for- mer to pay afne of 3,000 francs and ihe lat- lu.rou,:h parliament will prevent time for op- l ter to six mouths imprisomwcnt, GAVE HIM FIFTEEN MONTHS. Charles Conrad, the Forger, Sent to the Penitentiary. A WILD COW BOY'S FATAL SHOT, The Whitman Saloonkeeper Dies of His Wound—Nebraska Oity's Council in a Quandary—A Suicide Uninvestigated. A Forger's Panishment. NenRAskA Crry, Neb., March 20.—[Special Telegram tothe Bee.|—Charles Conrad, who forged the name of H. Ross Friday for $0.85, was tried to-day in the district court, found guilted and_sentenced to fifteen months in the penitentiary. . Seeinanna, Capital City Items, * Lixcouy, Neb., March 20.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber.]—The board of managers of the state board of agriculture held a busi- ness session to-day at the Windsor hotel. There were present Messrs, M. Dunham, of Omaha, E. McIntyre of Seward, J. B. Dins- more of Sutton and Secretary Furnas. The principal business of the meeting was action on a protest filed by the horse breeders of the state against the award of the premium for the best herd of horses in the state which was made last fall to a Hastings firm. The evidence presented showed that the award had been rightfully made and the action of the committee was sustained. The state normal school board held a meet- ing to-night at the office of State S\lficri - tendent Lane. There were present: . 18, B. Kennedy, of Omaha, J. W. Love, of EFre- mont, and Principal Farnham, of Peru. The principal business was allowing salarics and claims for the close of the winter term, and the transaction of routine business. i At the last session of the city council twenty applications for saloon licenses were received, and will come up for action at the next session of the council. There are some thirty saloons in the city, most of which have their licenses expiring at the close of the municipat year, The inter-state commerce commission is ex- pected wn this city to-morrow to hear the seven cases in this city against the Burling- ton, the Missouri Pacific and the Union Pa- cific railroads. The session will be held at the*United States court room and a number of promment attorneys will be in attend- ance. S The Tremont hotel, in this city, has a change of proprictors, Thomas Fitzgerald being succeeded by . W. Copeland, who takes charge at once. Mr. Copeland has been with the Pacific Hotel company for the past three years as manager and has a wide acquaintance. Sam Johnston, who was injured in the rail- road yard some time since by falling_ from a car, and who was nearly frozen to death be- fore found, had seven of lus ten fingers am- putated to-day. A fire in a Ninth street pawn shop last night called the fire department into the bot~ tomless stroets, and they responded 80 quickly that the building was little damaged, although fire and water made the destruction of the stock nearly complete. Burglars visited a farm house last night, a short distance from the city and carried away what money and jewelry they could find. Entrance was effected by breaking through a window n the absence of the family. ‘Attorney General Leese and C. G. Dawes with him have filed a briefin reply in the case of the State vs the Atchison ka railroad, attacking the consolidation of the road with the Burlington. The case will be called up for hearing before the supreme court this weelk iflit is possible to reach it. Crete's Prosperity. Crere, Neb., March 10.—[Correspondence of the Bek.]—Crete is just beginning to enjoy a substantial building boom and from appear- ances it has come to stay. Mr. Kopetzky, the jeweler, has made a contract for the erection of two two-story and sub-cellar brick ks on Main avenue, the dimensions of h are 22x00 fect each. They will be ished off in first-class style and will be ready for occuvancy about the middle of July. They have already been rented by two enterprising firms. “The moneyed men of Crete are - just begin- ning to wake up to the fact that by investing their money in flne business build- ings they will not ouly beautify this city increase the value of but that it is the safest investment k. Messrs, Johnston, Foss & Stevens, the well known bankers, will commence the erection of two twe 8 cellar brick blocks on Mai nue, north of the opera house, immediately. One hundred and fifty thousand bricks have already been delivered on the ground, the contracts all signed. The work will be'begun as soon as the weathet permits. One building has al- ready been leased to Olayton Bros., of Mil- burn, Tn., who iutend opening up a first-class drug stol They have bought the stock and fixtures of the Messrs. Root, of this city, and will immediately move intd the city ‘with their families and make it their permanent home. They have great faith in the future of Crete. The buildings when completed will cost cen §10,000 and £15,000. The other building has also been 1 to an enterprising firm with the privilege of pur- chasing it at the end of one year. Messrs, Johnston, Foss & Stevens infend making Crete one of the best centers in the state for business as well as a place of residence. Mr. Awn, in conjunction with Jdohnston, Foss & Stevens, will crect a substantial two- story brick block on Maine avenue, for busi- ness purposes, us soon_as the weather will permit, at a cost of $4 D, Crete's real estate transfers during the past six months amount 1o nearly $100,000, Lincoln Prohibitionists. LaxcoLy, Net March 20.—([Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—The prohibition city con- vention was held this afternoon in Red Rib- bon hall, with all wards represented except the Second. The convention opened with speeches by Mrs. Belle A. Bigelow and Bishop Skinner and an organization was effected by electing Rev. C. F. Creighton chairman, and H. C. Bittenbender seeretary. The following nominations were m For potice judge, H. J. Whitmore, the present tic incumbent; for councilmen, Wol- tward: Dr. A. H. Dorris, Sccond ward; E. Kearns, Third ward; A. E. Rickett, Fourth ward; Hyde, Fifth ward; fdmund Erb, Sixth ward. * For mein- bers of the school board, Sam D. ( CC Munson, Mrs, Z. A. Wilson. The ticket fore: shadows that the contest will be another democratic prohibition assimitation, as it is built for a very easy combinalion with the democratic minority in the eity, -— ebraska City Sells Her Bonds, Nennaska Ciry, Neb,, Mareh 20.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.] —At an adjourned ses- sion of the city council, which lasted nearly all day, the $150,000, 6 per cent refunding bonds recently voted, were sold to Coffin & Stanton of New York for 49 cents on the dol- ler. James McElry Westchester, Pa, 8. C. James Derrick, Pa., Harris & Co. Chicago, 1L, C. H. Venner & Co. Boston and Syitzer & Co.Toledo, were the. other bidders: All agreed that the bonds sold botter than any they had heard of for nionths. Venner & Co. bid #100 higher than any one else, but _their bid was declared unfair and not consider - A School Entertainment. CrETE, Neb,, March - 20.—[Special to the Beg. ]~ A pleasant entertainment was given by the scholars of the public schopls uider the auspices of the Women'’s ‘Christian Tei- persuce union of Crete: ut Band's operd house on Saturday evening; Maich 19, 1888, The entertainment opened wish o cornet duet by Messrs. Vance and Buchanan, followed by singing, recitations and tableaux. One of the charming features of the evening was a piano solo by Miss Mary L. Tidball, which was loudly applauded. = The entertamment ended with a play entitled ‘‘Mother Gooso and Her Family,” in which all the children took part and did well. [akhee SN Up With the Times, Beatricr, Neb., March 20.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber]—At a special election bonds for $10,000 were voted to place a Jewel filter in the water works, with a capacity of 1,000,000 gallons per pay. Bonds were also voted for §20,000 for paving Court and Adella streets. Good water and paved streets, with® sewerage which is contracted for, will send Beatrice ahead. A large delegation of business men go to Lincoln’ to-morrow morning to meet the inter-state commerce commission and endeavor to get Beatrice freight rates ad- ’“:10“ and prevent the discrimination now made. Supreme Court Proceedings. LixcoLy, Neb., March 20.—[Special Tele- gram to the BEx.]—In the supreme court to- day the following gentlemen were admitted to practice: John A. Casto, of Adams county ; Lawrence 1. Hewkell and Alfred Scott, of Lancaster county; Harvey Brancht, of York county. The case of the State ex-rel Craig vs School District No, 2, Phelps county, was referred 10 take testimony. The following causes were argued and submitted: Cockle Separator company vs Clark, motion to dismiss: Colton vs Schaffer, Winklel vs Roeder, Donahoe ex-parte; Hol: land vs Bank, motion to retax costs. Brownville Brightens Up. BRrowxviLLE, Neb., March 20.—[Special to the Bee.]—The old bond trouble, which for 80 many months has paralyzed everything here, has at last been settled by a compro- mise, and Brownville is given a new lease of Jife. Alrcady the prospect brightens, Ar- rangements are being made to open & new bank soon, and new stocks of general mer- chandise, clothing and notions will be opened in the near future. Business generally is im- roving, and everything indicates renewed ife and prosperity. S A Mysterious Death. NunmAska City, Neb., March 20.—[Special Telegram to the Bee]—A man named Douglas Hopkins, employed as watchman on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy briage, who was found unconscious on the 1sland cast of the city Sunday night, ‘died this_morning without regaining consciousness. His death is o mystery. Many suspect foul play and the case is being investigated. Killed by a Cow Boy. ‘WniTsMAN, Neb,, March 20.—[Special to the Ber.]—Charles Noyt, a notorious cowboy in this section of the country, last fall shot a saloon keeper by the name of William Adams at this place, through the leg. Adams was taken to Broken Bow to have his wound attended to, from which place he started to his home at Rushville, this . state, about a month ago. Word has just been received from that point, that the young man has died from his wouud. Noyt has left for parts unknown. —— The Proposed Pontoon Bridge. NEBRASKA, Ci7y, Neb., March 15.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—S. N. Stewart, the Philadelphia engineer who offers to build the wagon bridge across_ the riyer at this point, has shipped lumber to build several pontoon boats to demonstrate. his scheme to.the citi- cannot make, o o Wil movt his bonts TAETRES R and make arrangements for building one of his bridges there. Died of His Wounds. ‘WmiTyAYN, Neb., March 20.—[Special to the Beg.]—The ranchman White who was men- tioned as having accidentally shot himself while boarding a train has since died at his home. He leaves a wife and two childred, in comfortable circumstances, A Strange Proceeding. NepraskA Ciry, Neb., March 20.—[Special Telegram to the Bek.]—Considerable unfay- orable comment is made over the fact that no mquest was held in the case of Mrs. Moody who suicided Sunday morning near Berlin and was buried to-day especially as the cause of the suicide is said to have been family troubles. The officers reccived no noticé of the suicide and the coroner had not heard of it until informed by the newspaper reporters, o A Serious Question. NEBRASKA C11Y, Neb., March 20.—[Corre- spondence of the Bee.]—A decidedly inter- esting matter regarding the proceedings of the city council is at present attracting the attention of the people of Nebraska Ci It involves a question as to the legality of the council’s business transactions, The recent death of Mayor Larch and Councilman Rott- mann leaves the council with just a bare working majorit the present council, represents the Third ward, but sometime since removed to the Second, and therefore, it is alleged, holds his seat in the council illegally and his vote on council proceedings s the question as to their legality, The matter, however, is to be tested. as an injunction will be asked against the city treasurer restraining him from pay- ing Mr. Donaldson’s annual salary of $50, which is due shor 1f it is shown ‘that he holds his seat un give rise to a serious_complication of mat regarding the legality of some important council pro- ceedings, such as the issuing of bonds, pav- ing, and sewer questions, franchises, ete. - Tragic Result of a Quarrel Ci10aco, March 20.—Henry Henning, liv- ing at Kepsington, shot his wife this morn- ing and then cut his own throat. Mrs, Hen- ning may recover. Her husband died instantly. Henning is said to ve o hard ring the last three or fou vife have had several qu T'his morning they had some words which resulted in the crime. P Indications, For Neb nd Towa: Fresh to brisk northerly winds, warmer, followed by colder, fair weather. For Eastern Dakota: Light dashes] of snow followed by colder, fair weather, with cold wave, fresh portherly winds, becoming light and variable, For Southwestern Dakota: Colder, fol- v warmer fair weather, fresh north- erly wins, becoming light and vaviable, B e ivals. New Youk, March 20.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—Arrived—The Ethiopia, from Glasgow. QuEENsTOWN, March 20.—Arrived City of Chester, from New York, Havie, March 20.—Arrive mandie, from New York, ‘The The Nor- ——— The Burlington in Wyoming. RAwLINS, Wyo., March 20.- gram to the Bie.|—Thé Burlington sury ors in the Shirley basin are now said to have passed through the basin and to be ruuning up the North Platte, headiig direct for the mouths of the Sy fe -~ An Editor's Hard Road. CoLumpus, O., Mareh 20.—Allen . Myors, arrested for contempt of comrt and brought here. last night,. has failed to appear this morning. and another attachment has' been issued for him, A’ Gongressman Kenominated. McLkaNsnoko, Il * March 20—8. W. Townshend Wwas unanimously - renomtuated forcougress by the. democratic convention of the Nineteenth districk George Donaldson, oneof COULDN'T CARRY THE SAFE, Keontucky's State Treasurer Takes Nearly Everything Else. HALF A MILLION MISSING, The Thieving Said to Date Back & Dozen Years and Other High l)m’ch Believed to Be Involved. A Thieving Treasurer, Lovisvitie, March 20.—A spocial from Frankfort, Ky., states Governor Buckner this morning suspended State Treasurer James W. Tate, who is charged with defaloa- tion, and who is said to have fled the state. It is thought that Tate's shortages will amount to between £50,000 and $150,000, Tate has been treasurer for twenty-one years, A later dispatch from Frankfort states the investigation has, up to 11 o'clock this morn- ing, disclosed a deficit of $150,000 and that the irrogularities seem to run back oleven years, Up to to-night it is impossible to state the exact amount of the shortage, but it is now fluctuating between £150,000 and $500,000. The first intimation of the shortage came yester- day, when a comparison of the auditor's statement of what should be in the bank showed that such amount was not there. This, coupled with the fact that the treasurer had not been scen since Friday at Frankfort, caused an examination to be made with the result that the stata's money was discovered to have been squane dered in large amounts. Since an investiga- tion was thought of stories about the strange conduct of Tate have been made publie. State Senator Wright says that on Thurs- day last Tate questioned him closely and ab great length as to the exact provisions in the extradition _treaties between the United States and Canada, Wright did not pay much attention to it at the time. What has become of the money no one knows. Tate never speculated and is said not to_ have been an extravagan$ liver. Year by year the. money had leaked out, however, and the shortoge seems to have been running back a dozem years. Mr. Herndon, of this city, who waa atone time a teller n'a bank at' Frankfort, says Tate's defalcation will involve state ofticials and citizens of high standing. He says it was the custom of many state officials 10 g0 to Tate and get him to cash notes for them, promising to pay as soon a8 there vouchers were duc. When they secured the vouchers, however, they would defer payment, and the good= natured treasurer, failing to push the claims, accumulated a mass of such securitios as must by this time be simply enormous, There is no indication that Tate took any money with him. 1t is thought the report of the investigators will furnish definite }ight as to when and to whom Tate loaned the money. It is:said memoranda in his office show a loan of $50,000 to a dertain whisky truss and 35000 to -a Louisville company, It has been Tate's custom to sol tle up every year, and never until now was there the least hesitation on his part to square accounts with the auditor. This time, however, there was much procras- tination, and he has been putting the auditor off since Junuary. Last week (the auditon grew urgent. Tuesday Tate went to Louis ville, saying hewould be back Friday. Not ‘having ~ been . heard -from iturday night his famly grew anxious, a8 did also the ' auditor. — Telegraphia correspondence elicited the fact that Tate left Louisville Friday morning on the Ciny cinnati train, Then Auditor Hewitt ordered the balance taken and it was found therd was in the bank §124,000 loss than the vouch- ors called for. Tate's wife and daughter are much prostrated. No one seems to have any idea of where he has gone. ——— National Capitol Notes. WASHINGTON, March 20.—A favorable re. port has been authorized by the house coms mittee on judiciary on the bill to punish, by a maximum fine of $1,000 and imprisonment for three years, persons who pretend to deal in counterfeit money. The receipts of the postofice department for the quarter ended September 30, 1887, were $12,019,617; expenditures, $13,805,518, Of this §151,674 was chargeable to previous iency for the quarter was The receipts for the quarter were s than for the preceeding quarter and the expenditures $421,335 greater. Estimates made at the treasury depart- ment indicate that the present rate of expense of collecting revenue from customs cannot be maintained up to the close of the present fiscal year under the available bal- ance of the general appropriation withous creating a deficiency of $400,000. Sccretary Fairchild has therefore determined upon_the reduction of expenses in the various collec- tion districts to that amount during the re- mamder of the fiscal year, being $100,000 & month. Chairman Clardy and Mr. Crisp, of the house committee on commerce, have made @ minority and adverse report on the m-u} telegraph bill formulated by a mu)nr!\.y o the committee. The minority submits, a8 & substitute for the committee bill, the Spooner inter-state telegraph bill as reported by Sen- ator Reagan, There is a protest on the part of many of the 105 messengers of the war department against acceding to Secretary Endicbtt's order requiring them to wear biue uniforms which cost §12° each. They object on both ethical and financial grounds and say they cannot be compelled to comply with the order. But they will do 80 just the same, —— The Wagon Road Fraud, WasiniNarox, March 20.-The president sent to-day to the two houses of congress @ ommunication from the secretary of the ine terior, with a great mass of testimony relat- ing to the wagon voad land grant fraud in Ovegon. The presentation of facts by the secrotary, the president says, is the result of an which has "developed, as it scems to him (the president), “the most uns blushing frauds upon the government which if remaining unchallenged will divert several hundred thousand acres of land from the public domain and from the reach of honest settlers, to those who have attempted to pers vert and prostitute the beneficient designs of the government.” A bill accompanies th communication, which the president subm| with recommendation that it may become & law and with the rnest hope that the op- d to demonstrate & desire to preserve the public domain for settlers and to frustrate unlawful at- tempts to appropriate the same, wmay not be neglected, —e The Drummer's Bill, WasHINGTON, March 20.—The house com- merce committee will report favorably the Farquhar bill to authorize commercial travs elers of one state to sell goods to dealers in another state. An amendment was added by the committ xtending the provisions so as 1o allow nurserymen to sell goods by sample or catalogue Lo any person in another state, nportant Nominations. WasimiNGToN, March 20.—The president nominated Strotier M: Stockslager, of Ins" " diana, to be commissionerof the general land oftice, and Thowas J. Anderson, of lowa, ta be assistant commissioner of the genersd land office. “Thomas H. 13. Jones was nomindted 1o be agent for the Indians of Forth Berthold.agoncy in Dakota. Postal Change: Wasniagsox, March 20.—[Spécial” Teles gram to the Bee;]—A postoffice was. estabs lishiéd at Dickens, Lincoln county, and Wilgy: Mathews appointed postwasier, cata