Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 27, 1888, Page 1

THE OMAHA DaILY BEE. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, THE PORK PACKERS PROTEST They Say the St. Louls Men Testi- fled Falsely. A GREAT INDUSTRY SLANDERED. Paddock's Fort Sedgwick Bill Favor- ably Reported—A Nebraska Land Case—The River and Harbor Bill—Washington Gossip. 513 FOURTRENTH STREET, WasniNaroN, D. C., March 26. A favorable report, with a few amend- ments, was made to-day by the senate com- mittee on public lands on Mr. Paddock’s bill providing for the opening of the Fort Sedg- wick military reservation in Colorado and Nebraska to actual settlers. One of the amendments strikes out the provision for the sale of the lands, and it is left for settlement only by homestead. The land is to be sur- wveyed, sectionized, and subdivided as other lands, and offered to actual settlers under the homestead laws only. It is provided that if any person who has made permanent im- provement on the land prior to the first of January, 1888 —being an actual scttler there- on and having exhausted his right to make homestead entry--such person or his heirs, may enter a quarter section of this land under the provisions of the homestead laws notwithstanding such prior entry. The bill appropriates $1,500 to carry out the provisions of theact. Julesburg, Col., is located on the land in question.j} GREELY AND IS MEX. Representative Laird introduced in the house to-day a joint resolution tendering the thanks of congress. to General A, W. Greely and the members of the Arctic sea scientific expedition, @Congress has not recognized the brave men who explored the northern zone and Mr. Laird thinks that this is as little as it could do for them. Thereis quite a gen- eral sentiment in favor of the proposition and the Nebraska delegation are especially work- g for it. THE DE GERING-FARR LAND CASE, The secretary of the interior to-day took up the land case of Henry 8. De Gering vs. ‘William H. Farr,«involving the priority of settlers on the southeast quarter of the north- east quarter and the south half of the north- east quarter of section 6, township 6, range 24 west, Bloomington land district, Nebraska. “The local land officers rendered a joint de: cision in favor of Contestant De Gering, from which Farr appealed, and the commis- sioner of the general land ofice reversed the decision of the local officers and held the declaratory statement of De Gering, as to the land m contorversy, for cancellation. From this decision De Gering nwmulcd. After filing his appeal and before the papers were transmitted from the local office, De Gering filed aftidayits and an original deed from him- self and wifo to George W. Colvin, by way of supplementary proof, intended to show that he did not remove from land of his own in Ncbraska to reside on his preemption claim as charged by Farr. It also appears from supplementary affidavits that the deed had not been put on record by Colvin at the date of the hearing by the local officers, and that the original could not then be obtained, neither could the testimony of Colvin. The secretary of the interior decides that in view of this supplementary testimony the case shall be remanded back to the commissioners of the general land oftice, in order that that officer may pass upon the newly filed evidence, THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL. The house committee on rivers and harbors has 80 nearly completed the river and harbor bill that it intends to give the measure the final touches to-morrow and then make it public. It appropriates about $20,000,000 and contains provisions of interest to Bk readers as follo For continuing the improvement of the Missouri river from Sioux City to Fort Benton, £5,000; for removing obstructions in the Missouri river, $110,000; for continning the improvement of the Missouri river from its month to Sioux City, £300,000, of which sum £5,000 may be used between the southern limits of St. Joseph and the head of Lake Contrary, if in the judgment of the comm sion it be necessal for continuing the im- provement of the Yellowstone river in Mon- tana and Dakota, $12,500. These figures may be changed at the meeting to-morrow, but it is thought likely the Henuepin canal is to be provided for in a distinet measure, OVERDOING THE LARD INVESTIGATION, There has been a great deal of previousness and not a littlo excitement among the mem- bers of the house committee on agriculture during the past twenty-four hours, The in- vestigation into the various qualities and kinds of lard in connection with a_bill to im- pose & tax on refined or compound lard, hus, as I stated some days ago, got beyond the control of the men Wwho have been managing it, and threatened to wreck the American ex- port trade of hog products, Among the wit- nesses who last week made statements before the committee was one William G. Bartlett of St. Louis, who has been a pork packer for forty years and who, until recently, was a member of one of the prominent pork pack- ing firms of the metropolis of Missouri. On Friday Mr. Bartlett, who is over sixty years of age, gave some very sensational testi- mony. = He sald that it was & common thing, not only with the pork packers st Kansas City and St. Louis, but all cities in the country to slaughter cholera and other diseased hogs and sell them as wholesome human food; that it was universal and that he had frequently done so himself. That smothered hogs, piggy sows, boars and stags were also slaughteree nG sold us wholesome 1 He made sweeping charges of this kind and in somo instances gave the names of packers who were guily of this heinous erime, The dispatches this afternoon pub- lished here aunounce that numerous damago suits have been and will be filed against Bartlett, who is a man of considerable prop- erty and prominence, and that a Kansas City firm wouid prosecute him for perjury. Procedure for perjury cannot be taken against Bartlett, as his statements were not under oath, but there is no doubt that he will have a great deal of trouble with civil suits if he does not substantiate his churges, which he declares he can do. 'As I anticipated some time ago, the people who have been fighting to have a law passed to tax refined lar stigmatize it upon the market aro destroying themselves by forcing the lard refiners who are fighting the bill to bring testimony which will not only ruin the pork export trade, but break down the prime steam lard manufacture for domestic as well 88 export purposes. A lov of telegraws were to-day receivad by the chairman of the house committee on agriculture from pork packers throughout the country de- nouncing the statewents of Bart- Jett as false and highly damaging to their trade-and it appears that the advocates of the bill now pending have come to realize the mistake they have made in conducting their fight to the present extreme. The state ments made by Bartlett were kept from the ress for twenty-four hours und ihe commit and advocates of the lard bill hoped to suppress them, but they have finally been publish Wasmixarox Bureav tie OMana Bee, } Representative Laird, who is a member of the committee on agriculture and who has taken an sctive part in this inyestigation on <ky being a large pork rais- ing and pork manufac ug state, said of the situation to-night; “So far tiifs is @ fight be- tween dealers 1n pork and lard, repross g different sections snd conflicting interests. Certain ‘\m\'kvri of pork and renderers of lur Ihve sought and are promoting this investigation to the end that they may gather gain an advantage than that the consumer or producer should be protected. This has lately degraded the inguiry into mere mud slinging, s, for ex- ample, the testimony of Bartlett, which was nln:&lg‘ infamous, and which aroused the com- wil and will arouse the whole country to such an extent as will permit no trifling by mken, renderers, ers or liars with an ustry that paye #,000,000 per year into PARA the pockets of the producers of this country from foreign consumers. Let the packers, renderers and refiners take notice that there is nothing to be gained by prejudiced state- ments aimed by rivals in trade at the pe- cuniary intercsts of each other. By this method they will simply invoke legislation unfriendly to their personal interests, Con- ress is here for justice to all and not to Bila up one set of tradesmen at the expense of another.’ 1t begins to look as though the steam or pork lard makers were getting the worst of this thin TOR SHERMAN'S CANVASS, The friends of Senator Sherman have been very active of late. They consider that within the past two weeks especially they have received most encouraging cvidence of his increasing strength as a presidential can- didate. Within a week there has been extra. ordinary activity in his behalf, conferences of porty men being hold and efforta being made n various directions to turn the tide in his favor. A matter that has occupied their at- tention is whether or not Governor Foraker should present the name of Mr. Sherman in the convention, Itis popularly stated that Mr. Sherman has cntertained a fear that Governor Foraker might affect the conven- tion as Garfield did and carry it for himself while speaking for ‘his friend.” Mr. Sher- man and all his friends earnestly disclaim any such apprehension, but_at the same time it is practically decided that Governor For- aker will not present Mr. Sherman’s name. 1t has been a question between him and Rep- resentative Grosevemor, who is one of Mr. Sherman's most ardent supporters, General Grosevenor was asked now he thought the thing would be settled. He replied that he thought neither of them would make the presentation. He said he knew_he would not make the speech himself and he did not think the governor would. His impression was that it wouid be some Emmlnem man not a resident of Ohio. ~He astened to add, however, that the friends of Mr. Sherman had no want of confidence in Governor Foraker and his failure to make the presentation speech would be of his own volition, The governor, he said, would not be a party to any move to secure the nomi- nation for himself and that the Ohio dele- gation would be united and would never weaken in their support of Mr. Sherman He said that there appeared to be no_indi tion of a concentration of strength upon any other candidate and that within the past few days there have been marked evidences of a general movement in favor of Mr. Sherman’s nomination, WILL CLEVELAND RUN? An effort is being made by Senators Pugh, Vance, Voorhees and other democrats known 10 be not favorable to President Cleveland’s renomination to show that he may, on some pretext or other, refuse to have' his name used in the convention at St. Louis. The op- ponents of the president in his own party are predicting that he will not be the candidate again and have this evening caused to be published those references in his letter of ac- ceptauce against a second term. Special stress is placed upon the following sentences in that letter: “When we consider the patronage of this great office, the allurements of. power, the temptation to re- tain public place once gained, and, more than all, the availability a party finds in an in- cumbent when a horde of officeholders, with a zeal born of benefits received and fostered by the hope of favors yet to come, stand ready to aid with money and trained political scrvices, we recognize in the eligibility of the president for re-election a most serious danger to that calm, deliberate and intelli- gent political action which must characterize a government by the people.” PERSONAL. Representative Dorsey was doing the gal- lant at the capitol this afternoon with a bevy of pretty Vassar girls. He was very frisky and scemed to be in high oats. Miss Kountze, of Omaha, a charming young lady, was with the party. Mrs. Dorsey bhas just re- turned from Connecticut, where she went some time ago to get @ breath of fresh air. She got caught in the Neav England blizzard and for over seven days was kept in a house unable to communi- cate with the outside world. She says that when she wants a fresh breath hereafter sho will go to her home in Nebraska, where there are no blizzards, The wife of Auditor Babcock and Mrs, Mortensen, of Ford, are in the city. Pexny S, Hearir, Nebraska and Iowa Pensions. WASHINGTON, March [Special Tele- gram to the Pensions were granted to the following Nebraskans to-day: Orig- inal invalil—Thomas W. Ritchie, insane, Papillion. Increase — Robert H. Miller, Broken Bow; James W. Kinkead, Omah Peusions for Towans: Original invalid— Soloman Walker, Centerville; James W. Huntington, Jeffer Restoration and re- issuo—dJohn' Miller, Strawberry Point, In- Fife, Truro; Ezekiel Perry, d; Jonathan” Cascbeer, Malton; Gar- rison Br k 5. English, James Stratton, Odebolt; Francis Fornerod, Knoxville, Re- issue — Charles B. Thompson, Knoxville: Richard H. Morgan, Newmarket; Edward Neudecl, Red Jak. Original widows, ete.— Minors of William Beard, Exline, (to end April 20, 20, 1885, two in lowa and one in Kansas). Mexicun survivors—KRobert Har- per, Fairfield; Henry Groesbeck, Afton. The Lage Ohief Justice, WASHINGTON, - March 26.—About forty memberg of the bar of the supreme court. us- sembled in the court room this morning pur suant to a call, and adoped a resolution to at- tend the funeral of the late Chief Justice Waite, next Wednesday, in a body. A com- mitteo of seven was appointed o prepare resolutions in refercnce to the death and life, character and services of the chief justice, 0 be presented at a future meeting, as follows : Attorney-General Gurland; ¥dmunds and Vest, of the senate; Culbertson and Ezra B, Taylor, of the house; and Shellabarger and Ashton, of the_district bar. The meeting then adjourned. Leland's Last Appeal. WasmixGroN, March 26.—Sengtor Stan- ford to-day submitted a long address to the senate special committee in charge of the Pa- cific railwa; s report. In con- ator Stanford said he desired the committee, in framing new legislation ap- le to the company, to bear in mind, , that the company had performed all its obligations; second, that it bad saved enor- mous sums of money for the government; third, that it never made a cent at the ex- pense of the government or the people; fourth, that the cost of the road was double by the tremendous expedition of its construc- tion from which the government received great benefit; fifth, that the debt owed to the government will not be due for ten years, and aixth, that the relation of the United States to the Central Pacific is that of con- tract which the government has no justifica- tion to violate. National Capital Notes, Wasmixaroy, Mareh 20.—Indian Agent Gregory continued his testimony to-day. His principal reason for trying to remove the Calligan brothers from the reservation was that they charged too much for supplies and offered him $1,500 for the privilege. Gregory said he was in 1o way connected with the Superior Lumber company. Mr. Kerr of Towa, to-day presented a bill in the house to amend the inter-state com- merce law 80 as to prevent railroads from bringing into the state articles which roads within the same state are not permitted to transport. Senate Confirmations, WasmiNaToN, March 26:—The senate to-day made the following confirmations: 8. M, Stockslager, commissioner of the general land oftice; Thomas J. Auderson, assistant cowgmissioner of the general land oftices. Refined Lard. WasmixaroN, Marcit 26,—Carl Dreir, of Chicago, was cross-examined before the house committee on agriculture this mornins in regard 1o the manufacture of refined lard, but nothing of importance was elicited. ———— The Elgin Butter Market, Evaiy, 1, March 20.—Butter opened at 28¢ and rose to 303c, though most of the sales wore made at d0¢. - The warket is firm, GOSCHEN AND THE BUDGET. The English Chancellor Introduces the Measure. FOREIGN STOCKS TO BE TAXED. Bonds and Other Securities Not Hav- ing a British Mark Upon Them Will Be Dropped Upon Heavily, England's Finances, Lospoy, March 26.—Goschen, chancellor of the exchequer, introduced the budget in the commons to-night. He spoke for four hours, explaining the details and the propesal. In summing up he said the excess of rovenues over the estimate added to the saving in ex- penditures, gave a total realized surplus of £2,165000, the greatest since 1874, He had begun the year with & balance on hand of 45,950,000 and ended it with a balance of £7,438,000. Coming to the national debt, he said they had decreased the liabilities during the year by £7,601,000, the largest sum paid off during any year since 1872, The revenue, mated for the = coming year, give o surplus of £2,877,000 cexnenditures. They desired to take a penny off the income tax and as the balance of the surplus, after devoting the sum proposed to local government expenditures under the new bill, would not be sufficient, they pro- posed to raise enough to make good the defl- ciency by various minor taxes. The government proposed to meet expendi- tures for fortifications, ports and coaling sta- tions by raising a yearly loan of £2,300,000 on the revenue derived from Suez canal shares, thus avoiding placing the slightest burden on taxpayers to meet the imperial measure. Goschen asked the house to pass resolutions at once reducing the income tax and increas- ing the duty on wine. The debate continued. In reply to criticism Goschen admitted that the budget didn’t rival the great budget of Gladstone, but said it was at presentimpossi- ble to further simplify the tax or reduce duties on imports. A resolution increasing the duty on wine was then adopted. A Parliamentary Review. [Copyright 1688 by James Gordon Bennett.) Loxpoy, March 25.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee.]—The state budget will be the last parliamentary event of any importance before Easter. The house is quite ready to rest, and it was very 8ignificantly intimated to all con- cerned by the count out on Kriday evening. Gladstonian and tory whips laid their heads together, and agreed that after the perpetual pensions discussions and a llttle general busi- ness the main forces on both sides should be withdrawn from the house. The Irish mem- bers were quite agreeable, for they were not. interested in pressing on any bill. {There had been a great stampede at dinner time. Quite enough members were about to keep the house going. Suddenly the electric bell went off,and we who were at dinner or other- wise employed, though it was justas well 10t to answer its summons, for in a few min- utes it sounded again, and that was a sign that the house had adjourned for want of forty members being present. Such a stroke of luck before 8 o'clock has .not happened to the speaker and officials for two years past. t(The meaning of this was that our nerves were rather tied up and the tories especially need rest. They have been dragged along lately at a rate which has left some of them half dazed. They began in their hearts to dread their own leaders more than Mr. Gladstone, The old man indeed is making himself so very charming all round that if he would only drop home rule there are many tories who would be inclined to vote for him as a safer conservative than any. This firebrand min- istry now n oftice, power, place and hgih sal- aries, may have attractions for those who en- joy them, but the bulk of either party only stand by and look on. They get nothing by their leaders being in ofice, unless their principles are defended. To most radicals it looks as if Lord Salisbury were allowed to remain prime minister solely on condition of ying radical measures, Every relic post is being swept away. The local government bill is the bitterest morsel ever offered by a tory leader to his followers. They will cbolt it down somehow, but there are few who make any preténse at taking it. They can eat boiled crow, but they don’t hanker after it yet. It is the only tory dish offered them now. Let any one try to reform real abuses, such as these con- nected with the pension system and dear Mr. Smith will get up and pour out gentle meral- isms about vested intcrests by the yard, but when the ministry bring in a measure of their ownit is simply revolutionary. Glad- stone must be dished. There is a radical de- claring that the new bill takes his breath away. Imagine then the condition of the fine old conservative gentleman whose last l'u'ivilcgus were being swept from him, who loses every local or political advantage that property can confer, and who is reduced to the necessity of begging for votes or giving all participation in country life, , in his early days, emphatically de- that a conservative government was zed hypoerisy. I think if our dear Mr. Smith only knew that many of his fol- lowers were now reaching that remark, his fine complace would be a little shaken, Perhaps your readers will say that Ireland seems to have slipped entirely into the buck- ground, and in so saying they are perfectly correct. Ido not profess to be able to explain it, but Ireland is altogether shelved and the home rulers have vanished. They will re- appear no doubt, but at present we look around for them in vain, Biggar was with us lust night, but he had only came to enjoy himself, Justin McCarthy looked in and walked off, Dillon smiled at the attack on the pensions, Healy glanced at King Harman, whose salary is not yet quite settled. Half the evening the Irish benches were deserted. There is no more fightivg for the boys to do, 10 more war crying in their ears. Their two leaders are mute as the harp in Tara’s hall. How long is this to last and what is it all to end in? At present 1t ends in Easter. That is all we know. There must be something in the air for it is impossible to believe that either Gladstone or Parnell, and certainly not both, look upon the game as lost. Are they looking for a tory uprising in the country against Riche's bill# There will be none. = ‘The tory democ- racy care not a straw for the Tory county gentleman, The new tory party in the house of commons consists in & large part of men who earn their own living, whereas in old times it was composed of landed proprietors with a sprinkling of glib lawyers to do the talking for them, Was not even Disraeli ered at as an adventurer! He had little nd no money, therefore the count hated hun All is changed. Gladstone must realize it, seeing ow much he has done to bring about the chiinge. He cannot uvriuunlyl{:eliovu m a tory revolt inside or outside the house. It almost seems as if he had finully made up his mind that the time has come for with- drawal from the scene as an active combat. ant, and many things I hear from good sources coufirm this impression. But one has heard the sage things before, and atthe eritical moment the mvineible man has been seen standing w_the breach again, cheering on his troons. So it may be once more, In spite of time's discouragements, the nation- alists' cause is bound up in him, so far as human eye can foresee. survived previous blows and strange vicissitudes, but there is no denying that relieving Gladstone from any cause would be “incomparably the heaviest blow of all. It is not likely to be given just yet. If oue may judge frem Gladstone’s ‘appearance, he looks younger, speaks firmer, clearer and stronger alto- fflher than at auy time in the last three or lour years, QF PaRUAMENT, THE VEILED WOMAN. London Agitated as to Identity of the Gould Female. | Copyright 1858 by James Gordon Bennett. | Loxpox, March #.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Ber.|—There was much amusement in Chapel Court, Threaa- needle and Throockmorton streets to-day over the cables in the morning papers about the Gould Tribune interview. The old chestnut question, *“Who is she! Who is she?” was heard on all sides. *“No doubt he is amazed at the idea indicating him" was also heard, 4 The Financial News to-morrow morning will contain the following editorial; ‘‘Mr. Jay Gould, having kept at a safe distance from New York while the Denver Pacifio indictment was hanging over his head, no sooner returns than he begins to parade his invulnerable virtues in the tender confidence of an interview with the New York Tribune. He declared with flashing eyes—take partic- ular note of the flashing eoyes; aquite a new feature, we ‘should think, in the Gould physiognomy—that the motives behind this assault are a newspaper, a cable com- pany and a woman, If modesty did not for- bid we might guess what was the newspaper referred to. Neither is the cable company much of a secret, but who can the woman be? ‘We think Mr. Gould's complications have all been of the masculine gender, but in his old age he seems to be getting less particular as to sexes. His friends would, no doubt, give & good deal to know who was the lady that got left in the Denver Pacific trust. British Grain Trade Review. Loxnoy, March 26.—The Mark Lane BEx- press, in its weekly review of the British grain trade, says: Values of English wheat continue agalnst sellers, quotations ruling 6d lower. Reports from the country show the wheat growth to bo excellent, and no harm has been done by frosts. Flour is dull. The :lunnht,v received continues to increase. To- lay's market for English wheat is main- tained. Prices for foreign were in favor of buyers. Country flour was unchanged; for- eign 3d cheaper and flat. Corn was steady; rowund was 3d@6d cheaper. Barley and oats were quict. Son-in-Law Wilson Escapes. Panis, March 26i—The court of appeals rendered a decision reversing the decision of the lower court amd acquits Wilson of the charges against him of complicity in the de- coration scandal. The other persons tricd with Wiison, on similar charges are also ac- quitted. The judgment of the court of ap- peals severely condemns the acts imputed to Wilson and others, but declares the existing {ffiwu do not apply to offenses charged against em, T The Vilas Libel Suit. MiNNEAPOLIS, Murch 20.—The trial of William Welch for criminal libel against Sec- retary Vilas was resumed to-day. Judge Welch gave a detailed account of the inter- view with Vilas in Angust, 1851, in which the latter admitted appropriating 818,000 of the assets of the old Madison Mutual insur- ance company. R Don't Worry Yourself. Loxpox, March 26.—The Times thinks that Cleveland willnot easily find a successor to Chief Justice Waite who shall be equally entitled to respest. It says: ‘‘Justice ‘Waite's judgments were always marked by zood sense, and hp&nhuy succeeded the line (éf’!ullges of wi America may well be proud. P £1 L A Troublesome Voyage. Loxnoy, March 26.—The German_steamer Lahn, from New York, collided with the pier at Bremerhaven, badly damagmng her stern and plate. Durlng the voyage & steam pipe burst, aling two men and in juring four others. France Fires on Italy. RowE, March 20.—A French ironclad fired and struck an Italian steamer near Villa Franca. The commander of the ironclad pleads as an excuse that the crew were prac- ticing at the guns and the shot struck the steamer by accident. The Panama Ditch. Pans, March 2.—De Lesseps writes to financial correspondents of the Panama Canal company that 108,235 new obligations have been subscribed for, placing 50,000,000 francs in the hands of the company. Emperor Frederick Improving. LoNnoN, March 20.—It is known that Em- peror Frederick is improving owing to the removal of a large picco of diseased carti- lege. Such a thing has never been known to occur in the case of & cancerous disease. Thousands Dying of Hunger. Loxpox, March 25, —Thousands of persons are dying of starvation in the inundated dis- tricts of Hungary. BerLiN, March 26.—Minister von Putt- kamer has staried for the flooded districts. Forty villages are inundated and 10,000 peo- ple Liave lost everything they possessed. dhal fs Sndlvind THE COAL HILL HORRORS, All the Charges Substantiated and the Warden Ordered Dismissed. Lirree Rock, Ark,, March 26.—The peni- tentiary board has made a report on the con- vict outrages in the Coal Hill mines, It charges the violation by the lessees of all the rules and regulations prescribed. The con- victs have been ordered to return to the peni- tentiary and permission to work them in the mines near Conl Hillor like dangerous places, refused. It is ordered that the chief warden of the penitentiary be at once dismissed from the position, e Lo Tones the Belle, Forr SviLy, Dak, March 26.—[Special —A courier from Fort Bennett says when he left Saturday prep- arations were all complete for the wedding of Chaska and Miss Fellows and he has little doubt that it was consummated. He claims Chaska to be a bright, industrious Indian and not the reprobate he has been pictured. Regarding the story that Miss Fellows' brother from Chicago had gone up there with @ gun to prevent the marriage by force, if necessary, the courler asserts that there is no truth in it, that she has no brother living. A dispatch from Washington states that hep Tather will not beligve in the contemplated marrizge. He says be has been getting letters from the girl quite frequently, that she never mentioned the marniage and that Chaska was never mentioned but once, and then incident- ally. He thinks the thing cannot be true and says that it is Wis belief that the story is a monstrous and outrageous fake perpetrated by some correspondent up at Pierre, ] ‘Weather Indications. For Nebraska: Light to fresh northerly winds, becoming variable, couder, followed by warmer, fair weather, For Iowa: Light fo fresh northe becomMg variable, colder, warmer, fair weather, For Eastern Dukota: Light snow, fol- lowed by colder, fair weather, light to fresh variable winds. For Southwestern Dakota: Wi erally fair weather, light to fresh v winds. The cold wave signals are continued at stations in Wisconsin, lowa and the eastern portions of Minnesota aad Nebraska until Vednesday morning. R Western Roads Advance Rates, CnicaGo, March 20.—With the exception of the Burlington and Burlington & North- ern, the western roads to-day advanced freight rates to the old tariff. The two lat- ter roads will advance on April 1 and 5 re- spectively, . winds, followed by MARCH 27, 1888, NUMBER 283 THE PULLMAN'S BAD POLICY, It Still Persists in Refusing to Pay Taxes in Iowa. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ENJOINED, The Death of an Old Negro at Du- buque Recalls a Reminiscence of General Logan and Slavery Days. Between Two Fires. Drs Moixes, Ia, March 206, — [Special Telegram to the B kx.|]—The executive coun- cil is in a quandary between two fires. Judge Brewer, of the federal court, enjoins it from doing what the state law requires it to do. Heretofore the Pullman car company has evaded payment of taxes in Iowa when pos- sible, and last year endeavored to have county treasurers enjoined from collecting the taxes assessed by the executive council. The case was carried into the federal court and the company was beaten. This year the injunc- tion is brought against the council itself. The company claims that, being a citizen of Illi- nois, it is not liable for taxes in Iowa even if its cars do run on Jowa roads. The case will be Reard at St. Louls, April 14, and the coun_ cil don’t know whether to go ahead with the assessment and violate the injunction or stop and violate the state law. As all the assess- ment must be done by Avpril 1, if the injunc- tion is respected then the Pullman company cannot be assessed this year. A Fugitive Slave's Death. DunvqQue, Ia., March 206.—[Special Tele- gram to the BE.] —Old man Johnson, a ven- erable negro of this city, seventy-eight years old, was taken into custody to-day on the charge of insanity. He was found in his house on his knees praying with his legs wrapped up in tin foil, as he said, to keep the devils from crawling up and entering his body. Before the war he was a runaway slave, from Mississippi to Tilinois, where he was arrested under the fugitive slave law. The late General Logan, then an attorncy, appeared agamst him and mado a spoech demanding his return_to his mafer. Tho trial resulted in Johuson’s return back to slavery, but while being taken to the rail- road station by two oficers he suddenly drew a knife from his bootleg and rushed at his guards. In this way ho escaped and ran to & swamp, from which he made lis way to this city, where he has since resided. When General’ Logan was here_during the last presidential campaign the old man went to hear .him speak, and finally concluded he would have to vote for Logan, because, a8 he £2id, “De gineral didn’t know no bedder in dem days.” S —— The Iowa Legislature, Des MoiNes, In., March 26.—In the senate to-day the bill passed providing for the man- ner in which insurance companies shall in- vest loans and securities and also the kind and amount of swd loans. The bill passed relating to drainage and providing for the complete hearing of both sides in case of con- troversy over damages. The special order was taken up at 8 o’clock, being the bill relating to state printing and binding. The bill provides for the election at the regular sessions of the general assem- bly of a state printer and state binder, who shall keep fully equipped offices at Des Moines; gives the time when the various re- ports shall be issued and the manner of pay- ment by the state; provides for the distribu- tion of state documents and fixes a schedule of prices lower than they av present exist. Section 1 was read, prescribing a term of two years, beginning May 1, the year follow- ing élection, but from 1803 on January 1 in each odd-numbered year. No amendments, Section 2 was read, relating to the proper equipment for the office, Section 3 was read, providing for prompt and neat work. No amendments. Section 4, provides for the delivery by the printer to the binder. Section 5, provides for the orderingof work by a certificate of the secretary of state. Section 6, provides for the inspection of the work by the secretary of state. Section 7, provides for the payment in warrants by the state auditor, Section 8, fixes the time of printing state reports, Section 9, relates to fiscal reports, Section 10, allowing the governor the right to order the printing of reports, An amend- ment was adopted giving members of the legislature 200 copies of the state pharmacy report. After the reading of a few more sections and without any amendments the senate adjourned, The house during the morning session passed the bill to legalize the incorporation of the town of Deep River, Poweshiek county. The bill passed to amend the code relating to the consolidation of independent school districts. The bill by Mr. Rice passed regulating the appropriation of money in cities of the first class and organized under special charters, An amendment was adopted striking out all reference to cities organized under special charters, thus making Sioux City an_excep- tion to the provisions of the bill. The bill provides for making such appropriations at the beginning of the fiscal year and that the expenses shall not excced such appropria- tions. The bill relating to the establishment of fire distr.cts, which had been ordered to u tnird rcading was reconsidered and a sub- stitute was offered by Mr, Berryhill applying the act to cities of the first class only an providing that tion 457 of the code shall not apply to cities of the first class. The bill allows cities of the first class to fix fire dis- tricts, At the afternoon session the consideration was resumed on the Curtis bill providing that the board of supervisors shall provide for each precinet of a county a room with fuel, light aud ballot box for clection purposes, the necessary expenscs to be paid from the county fund. Loston engrossment. The bill by Mr. Dayton was taken up re- quiring security for cost in criminal actions tried by Justices of the peace, reported for indifinite postponement by the judiciary com- mittee. Mr, Dayton spoke against the adop- tion of the report of the committee and ex- plained the provisions of the bill as requiring persons bringing criminal actions before jus- tices of the peace to give a bond for $5) to cover costs in the case, if it is found that the prosecution is without justice. Mr, Swnith and Mr. Wyckoff spoke in favor of the bill, Mr. Roach spoke in favor of the adop- tion of the report, saying that he believed it would prove an obstacle in the way of prose- cutions in criminal cases. Au amendment was offered by Mr. Lewis, of Wayne, providing that the act shall not apply to prosecutions brought under the liquor law. Mr. Berryhill spoke against the bill, as peing in his opinion bad public policy. Mr, Lewis withdrew his amendment. The report of the committee was not adopted, but the bill was lost on engrossment by a vote of —Ayes, 36; nays, 42, AL 3:20 p. m, the text-book bill, house file 542, was taken up by the commitiee on text- books. The bill is for an act authorizing school districts, townships and independent school districts to purchase text-books and allowing the electors of said districts to de- cide the question of free text-books. The provisions of the bill are as follows: If by the general election of 1888, or at the annual election in Murch, 8 majority of the voters of the district consent, the board of directors shall purchase the mecessary books and school supplies for the district; the contin- gent fund may be used for the purpose or a tax levied; the board of directors shall pur- chase suitable books from a responsible firn at what is to the board a reasonable price. The books cannot be changed before being in use five years, unless by consent of a ma jority of the voters. A‘uhhlhius firms shall file with the county superintendent samples of the books and supplies they wish to sell M, Dokson, of Busua Vists, chalrmag of Total. . | Qutside Néw York. . the committee, explained the object of the bill and gave reasons why it had been pre- pared rather than one fo= state uniformity, ‘he substitute for the bill by Mr. Wilbur, of Floyd, provides a uniform series of text books for the common schools of the state. The substitute provides that the executive council shall give notice within thirty days that wnh\d{vm]mmlu will be received by the secretary of state for furnishing and sclling books for schools throughout the state. Through the regular channels of trade, the executive council and not exceeaing five prac tical educators shall select the books to be used and the price shall not exceed 60 per cent of the present wholesale price. If tia books cannot be obtained in this way, che council shall appoint five educators to rom- pile suitable books. Mr. Dobson spoke against the substitute as impracticable and allowing a monopoly. Mr. Wilbur offered an amendment to the committee bill, striking out the words “‘tax- paying electors’ and inserting ‘‘frecholders.” Adopted. The languago of tho first section is changed by substituting “shall” for “‘an- thorizing” relating to the board of directors. An effort was made to strike out a portion of section 6 authorizing a change of text books on the vote of the majority of voters, but was unsuccessful. ——— 1saac Rook A GuENwooD, Ta., March 26.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee, ] —Isaac Rook, indicted for murder, was acquitted yesterday. The jury were out about fourteen hours. Their ver- dict gives general satisfaction. e -— - THE CLEARANCE RECORD. The Financial Transactions of the Past Week. Bostox, Mass., March 25.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee]—The following table compiled from dispatches to the Post from the managers of the leading’ clearing-houses of the United States, shows the gross ex- changes for the week ended March 25, 1888, with the rate per cent of increase or de- crease as compared with the amounts for the corresponding weclk last year: CITIES. New York. Hoston. FPhiludg Chicago, St. Loul San Francisco. Haltimore. Pittsburg. Cineinnat New Orleans. Kansas City. Providence..... 10,780,1 12008183 03871 *Not included in totals, —_— A TASCOTT SENSATION. The Murderer of Snell Believed to Be Dead. S1. Paur, Minn., March 20.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bre.]—Saturday afternoon the remains of a man were found at Tnver Grove, a station on the Chicago, Kansas City & St. Paul motor line, about seven miles south of St. Paul. Nothing about the man indicated who he was. A revolver laid near by and a bullet hole was found near the right temple, and the general belief was that the man had committed suicide. Yesterday a closer ex- amination was made and_ his appearance tal- lied 80 near with that of William B. Tascott, cide after leaving St. Paul. was something over five fect six inches tall, wore a black cutaway coat, striped pants, a dark overcoat of light material, and a turban cap. Hewas smooth shaven with a suspi- cion of a mustache of perbaps ten days' growth. His face was rather large and jaws square. The body had lain where it was found for a considerabie time, the weather being such us to prevent deconiposi- tion. Tascott was known to have a woman in St. Paul, and is supposed to have stayed with her while here. The theory is that when he saw by the Chicago papers that he was accused of the crime he hid in this cit; and 10 one but the woman knew of h whereabouts, Finding that the detectives wereon his track, he started to leave the city, jumped on the first train he saw, which proved to be a motor, running only to Inver Grove. Arriving there he became discour- aged, went into the woods and committed suicide. Owing to the blockade on the road, definite and more minute details cannot bé obtained, but the description of the man found at’ Inver Grove and the fact that ho has lain there for o long, confirms the belief that the Snell murderer has at last been found. —— A Free Ballot or Blood. NEW ORLEAN! 3 gram to the B| intends to put in the field a municipal ticket in opposition to that nominated by the ma- chine democrats, It is believed this ticket will receive the endorsement and support of the republicans. The young democracy rep- resents tho best elements in the city, dnd have plenty of money to run their campaign, They assert they will have a squad of armi men at the polls on election day, and swear there shall be a free ballot and 'fair count or blood, The people are ripe for revolt against the corrupt ring which so long had control of city affairs, . ——— An Embezzler Arraign Umica, N, Y., March 20.—General Lester 13, Faulkner was arraigned in the United States district court to-day on an idictment of twenty-four counts, charging him with embezzling §150,000 from the Fir bank, of Dansville, He pleaded not guilty. General Faulkner was a director in the ban| and his brother its president. As soon as James learned thai the government sus pected him he fled to Canada. He returned last week, however, and appeared before the grand jury i resulting in his broth - - Want a New Management, New Youk, March 20.—The dissatisfied stock and bondholders of the Missouri, Kan- sas & Texas road at & meeting to-day ap- pointed & committee to obtain proxics and at the annual meeting cast a vote for directors who will represcnt the interest of the stock- holders of the company and take the control of the road out of the hands of the present management, e Heavy Rainfall in Alabama, MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 20.—There was a tremendous rainfall all over Alabana last night and to-day. The Warrior river, at “Tuscalaosa, has risen twenty feet to-day, and the Coosa, at Wetumpka, also twenty feet. Merchants are getting beir goods out, ex- Pocting a flood, nent, THE LOBBY AT WASHINGTON: Its Mombers and the Methods Bmy ployed to Influence Legislation, @& EX-CONGRESSMEN AMONG THEWM How Thoy Abuse Thelr Special Prity lloges—High Salaries Pald—Sam Ward's Liberality—-Ways of the Female Lobbyist. e The Third House* ‘Wasnixaron, March 26.—[Special to thq Bre.]—The promoters and obstructors of legislation at Washington are legion in nume ber. The old name of lobbyists has fallen into disrepute in these latter days, and the men who button-hole senators and repres sentatives, dine and wine law makers and influence the votes of the people’s reprosentas tives in the interest of schemes, subsidiod and corporations now dignify themselves b the name of special attorneys. So far as th most of them are concerned there is no ate tempt made to evade public observation or tg wrap in a fold of mystery their profession, The corridors of the hotels and the lobbies and cloak rooms of the capitol are swarmingy with men and women who are either living on salaries provided by the interests whicly they represent, or are existing in the hope of of contingent fees dependent upon the suoj cess of their negotiations, It is an interesting and a motley crowd, grading socially fromi ex-senators, governors of states, past repres sentatives, lawyers whose names stand high in forensic ranks, journalists whose writingg in times past have vividly pictured tha regime of the Credit Mobilier down to sm: bore politicians, jack-legged lawyers an cross-road orators. The privilege of the floor which is granted in both houses to ex-members is responsibld largely for debauching into professional lobs byists honest men who have stood high iy the councils of the mation. The privacy of the cloak-room is proferable to the publicity of the lobby, and the advantage of watching legislation from the very midst of the legislas lators is highly prized by members of th third house. Ior this reason ex-senators ln‘g representatives are able to procure pos ‘whose only object is to influence legislation, at much higher salaries than ca be obtained by men who have no§ the entrce to the floors of ~the senate and house. There is always a susp picion, and it is generully well-grounded; that the frequent prescnce of ex-ncnuwri and representatives in the capitol is con. nected with the advancement of privata schemes, Ex-Senator Conkling some time ago frankly stated to me that one of the reas sons why he had never been inside the capi« tol, with a single exception, since his departe ure from the senate, was that no self-respects ing man could afford to lay himself open cs the suspicion of being connected with th lobby, But there are senators who are notl as rigid conservators of their self-respect the old leader of the stalwarts, and there i no suggestion of shame in their faces as the; vly their vocation in the capitol. The attors neys for corporations, for priva claims, for schemes which have fo) their object a reduction of the surplu in the treasury for local improvements whichy are eagerly sought for by local contracto; whom they represent, the men wh are fls ing for votes in commiittees to prevent favo akle reports, and to secure favorable m{:oru‘ the women who use the charms of their se: and the wiles of femininity to cajole statesd men into forwarding their plans, the newi paper men, whose business it is, if possiblef to influence public opinion in the line of fa4 vorable or unfavorable expressions of senti ment—all these comprise the third house af Washington. If to these, numbering several hundred, be added the innumerable host wh(] are interested directly or indirectly in pend. ing legislation on behalf of friends and ass ciates the list will run up into the thousands, Claim_attorneys by the hundreds clustext around the departments, pension agents by the thousand have their afiiliations ut the capitol and cach and all, eithew through himself or through some chosen rep= resentative finds something in the business o congress or in the operations of the different bureaus of the government which call for hig personal efforts in hastening or in obstructe ing the progress of affairs. In the old days, Sum Ward, the genial an witty prince of gastronomy, was the admitte king of the lobby and loved to dignify himsel by that title. His dinners were a revelation to lovers of good fare, his choice of wined wasa matter of universal comment by thos who received invitations to his suppers an his fund of stories and flow of wit made hint a welcome guest at every board. There wi nothing of the touch-and-go lobbyist abou Sam Ward. He worked by insinuatio rather than by direct methods and s cured the votes of senators and represend! tatives on the score of friendship more ofte than he did through the direct use of money, In his palmy days Sam Ward is said to havs made from $25,000 to £30,000 a year, which h spent royally among his' fricnds. ' Upon hi death his mantle did not descend upon any one hard enough to hurt him. At the present session of congress the mostf busily eu“yluycd member of the third house, and who draws the largest fees for his adv cacy of his clients, 18 & man who for yea represented in the senate one of the largesf western states in the union and whose name has been frequently mentioned for the presid dency and the vice presidency of the country, Far advanced in years, prepossessing in faca and figure, with bis thin white hair covering a broad expanse of brow, his face smooth with the exception of : slight fringe of snow white hai which crops up from above his collar, the exs senator excites attention —and uummons wherever he moves the capi tol. His retaining fees from five different interests for the present year are stated om good authority to have amounted to #35,000, of which $10,000 is said to haye been ad= vanced by the Pacific railronds, $5,000 by thet express companies to prevent their incorpos ration in the list of corporations subject to the provisions of the inter-state commerce law, 10,000 from the Western Union to pro= tect their interests in the same direction, and $10,000 from the Louisiana Lottery companyl to ward off 1egislation hostile to their rights in the District of Columbia, In addition ta this, he is one of the liberally paid attorneys for the Morinon church and " hus taken the lead in all the hearings befoi committees in the advocacy ;2 statehood and in opposition t0 @ change in the method of government in th territory. With one of the keenest of lszs minds in the United States, with a presence which attracts confidence’ and . sympathy from the hearer, with a fine command of language and a remarkable faculty for mars shalling figures in support of his arguments, he is undoubtedly the ablest, as he is the most noted, of the members of the thire house now plying their vocations at the national capital. Since his departure from the senate, 80 say his friends, his only ambie tion has beéen to seeure a fortune and he has been laying aside by unwearied work and as- siduous exertion from £25,000 to $35,000 & year. But he has ruined his political chances and must look back with some re- gret upon the howored position which h once held, the laurels which he so wel earned and which have now withered to give way to the contemptuous praise of the corporations and interests which he has lowered his manhood to subserve, Another noted promoter of legislation whose name was brought into prominence b; an encountor In tho 10bby somé weeks % ex-Doorkeeper Boyd, who for years has been one of the crew employed to watch the pro~ gress of legislation as it affected the Pacifia railroads, into unenviable notoriety by the ine Vestigatibn of te lobby 0 socurs the. sube sidy to the Pacific Mail company, Boyd is & quiet, reserved, meekly dressed man of some orty-five years of age, who may be seen al- most any day in the lobby on the house_side, fimux 0 and fro with his head bowed an is hands bebind him, He is said to ve s instructions directly from