Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 1, 1888, Page 1

FV}"\ l‘E]&\T]l Y. EAH OMAHA SUNDAY M()R\’I G, Al‘RIL 1, 1888, —SIX 'EEN PAGE - e —— N L' \l BER 288, SLIM SARAH'S SPOUSE M. Demala and La Tosca Kiss and are Friends Again. THE TALE OF THE HUSBAND Hig Charming Partner Guardedly Admits the Impeachment. WILL LEAVE PARIS TO-MORROW, Plans of the Great Tragedienne For the Coming Year. A TOUR OF SPAIN INCLUDED. LeRean Dumala Will Visit Cuba, Mex- fco and the United States, After ‘Which They Will Meet in Paris, A Reconciliation. 1Copyright 1858 by James Gordon Bennett.| Pamis, March 31.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bie,|—Sarah, or “La Tosea,” will leave Paris tomorrow morn- ing for a tour of Spain, and not until June V.10l Parisians have the privilege of secing her again, A FLYING TRIP, It was arranged by Mr. Meyer that she ehould have left Paris by Special train last night at midnight for London to give two performances at the Royalty theater of her play “La Aveu" this afternoon and evening, for which Sarah was to receive 10,000 francs. After the performance there she was to take a special train and return to Paris, reaching it Sunday morning at 8 and leaving for Tours at 11, but the arrangement could not be effected with the night channel boat, and so the plan fell through. A YEAR'S PROJEC Sarah will play *‘La Tosca” at Tours Sun- day evening, and from there start on a tour in Spain till June, when she returns to Paris in July. She will go to London for a month in August, She wiil be in Paris again, but not to play, until September, when she will begin a tour of Europe in the principal cities, playing “La Tosca,” *“Marie Stuart,” “Fe- dora,” “La Damec aux Camelias,” and “‘La Aveu.” ah will then return to Paris to play for three months at the Odeon during exhibition in 1880, LE BEAU DAMAL. Abvout midday a Herald correspondent found M. Damala quietly smoking a cigarette inthe Hotel Bellevue. He wore polished, patent leather boots, black und white trousers nud o double breasted dark blue morning cont with a bunch of violets in his buttonhole. In to the question when he leaves Paris hesaid: *Ishallleave with Conquelin and Mme. Jane Loding's troupe about the 5th of May for Rio Janciro, when we shall open in ‘La Venturiere' on the 1st of June. After this other arrangements arc planned for three months in all to Havana, Mexico, San Francisco and the sastern part of the United States. HISSTORY. response “How long have you been in Paris, M. Damala?” “well, T was born at Hens thirty-two years ago and went to England when seven guage in two years. and in 1880 came to and learned the la Laen I returned to my home. Paris.” “*And when did you first meet Sarah{” 1 met her at that time through a friend. 1 had always an inclination for the stage and when she said to me, *You ought to be an wtor, 1 was fired with ambition and three Jays later, in 1551, T made my first appear- ance with her as Varville. Six months later we were married in London at St. Andrews’ thurch, for in the meantime Thad grown very learned 1o love her very fond of her and nuch.” PARTING SUCH SWEET SCLEOW. Later on I went to Tunis and served.in the French army. When I rcturned, after a year, we separated—for many reasons—but ihe English law would not give us a divorce, wnd now we are still husband and wife MAKING 1T UP A o were reconciled ! “Yes, fashion. 1 wm still her husband, papers are valid without my am fond of S She feels lon companionship. return to our am cngnged in America, but when things will be all made right. great and I am alivays happy with her,” WAITING FO SARAN, after and no signaturve, I b and always have been, y and wants protection and u not prepared yet for a bliss, for I 1 return We bave a vah and 1 former domestic jany things in common, § Sarah's birds warbled a welcome as the Herald correspondent next entered her hotel in the Boulevard Pereire. It was just 5 o'clock tea time, and although the mistress was absent at rehearsal, the fire and lights glowed all the same and the dinner table was faintily arranged for cight guests. were six lighted candles flickering under tint- There lamp shides, and the walls were covered with ures, SARAN CONFIRMS IT. After a few minutes' waiting Sarah ap peared from behind a pair of red velvet cur, tains and gave her visitors a cordial grecting. She was wri lace. 15 it true that you and Mr. Damalo huve oxen reconciled?” “Wo have u great many ihings i common. We are sympathetic and 1 is quite probable that our affuivs will soon se definitely arranged.” Our conversation then turned towards her sew piece “La Ve produced at the Odeon 1 am enchanted,” she said, “with the re- deption given Lo my very wodest effort, whicu I think you must acknowledge was full of ineident. Everybody bas been very kind and you find us swid such merry-making as sught to follow an authoress' successful first night. * The critics have heen very mercifu! J pred comple Y in furs and wd the acting was wery geod. I fuel, of course, that the picce has its faults, but 1 suppose I am o spoilt child and so manage to attain a little maulgence.” i i . A NEW RAILIROAD. Organizavion of the Omaha, City and Southwestern. Doner Ciry, Kan, March 81.—[Special egram to the Bee.]—The Omaha, Dodge City & Southwestern railroad was organized here today, ecapital §.000,000. President, George M. Hoover; vice president, C. E. Gallagher: secre 3d. Wiebenson; treas urer, George B. Cox. These and R. W. Eoons, R. M. Wright, C. W. Sninn, B. F. Milton and D. F. Owens, ali of Dodge City: Dodge J. P. Fair, uf Mankato: R. R. Hays, n! O borne Hill Wilson, of Hays Cit, C Merrill, of \' @ City; T. S, Hann, nI'. more, directors. Hoover and Gallagher go north Monday to secure the right of way The new road runs the entire distance through Republic, Jewell, Cloud, Mitchell, Osborne, Lincoln, Russell, Ellis, Iush, Noss, Hodgeman, For Meade, Haskell, Stanton, Steward, is and Morgan coun- ties to EI Puso. S — AFTER FORTY YEARS, Decision of a Texas Case Whic Jarndyce vs Jarndyce Ganvestoy, Tex., March 81.—[Special Telegram to the Brr. | —One of the oldest and most historical lawsuits in this country was decided hore to-day. The case is entitled La Vega ct al., vs League et al.,and involves title to over forty thousand acres of land valued at nearly $2,000,000 situated near the city of Waco, McLennan county. The La Vega heirs claim title as the original gran- tees from the king of Spain. The trial judge ruled res adjudicita, that the enormous volume of accumulated depositions were inadmissable s evidence and the jury returned a verdict in favor of defendants. The ease has been pending for forty years. Judge Simon Mussina, aged attorney for the claimants, is the only original litigant living. ~The litigation began before Myra Clark Gaines commenced ler famous suit, and was before congress thirty years ago in the impeachment proceedings against the federal judge, J. C. Watrous. who wiis impeached for bribery in the original trial of the case. Sam Houston made a cele- brated specch on the case in the senate. 1ne suit will_now be appealed to the supreme court of Texas, and ultimately to the supreme court of the United States. - TOM OCHILTREE'S SCHEME. Oftering a Deaf and Pumb For Pistol Practice. NEW Yorg, March 81.—Some gay newspa- per men are trying to get Henry F. Gillig and James Gamble to fight a duel. Mr. Gamble, as stockholder in the *American Exchange in Europe,” made some serious charges against Mr. Gillig, the manager of that institution. Both are well known men about town. Gam- ble wants to know how Gillig can spend £10,000 n year out of a salary of $2,500. Gillig is noted chiefly for the number of his alleged matrimonial engagements, the latest of which was his reported engagement to Mrs. Frank Leslie. Tom Ochiltree wants to second Gil- lig. “Count me your friend in this quarrel, said Colonel Ochiltree to Gillig at the Hoff- man last night. I will be ye ccond, but, Iinsist on pistols being the weapons usea.” Ste Rivals Target I neyer had a pistol in my hand in my life,” said Gillig. 4111 get you u deaf and dumb man to pra tice on,” said Tom. “When you miss him he won't hear the shots, and when you hit him he can't say anything.” Defaulting Postmaster Captured. EL Paso, Tex., March 31.—{Special Tele- gram to the Ber.]—News is received here that Louis Fleury, the defaulting and ab- sconding postmaster at Paso del Norte, who cscaped from his guards three wecks ago, 1 been captured this afternoon in the city of Chihuhun. After his escape from Paso del Norte hewas scen at Samalayucca, a station on the Mexiean Central road forty miles south of Paso del Norte. From there the trail led east 1o the Rio Grande. 11 e ssed the and escaped he must been blinded by infatuation to venture back into Mexico, but he has been several times be- fore guilty of equally foolhardy tricks. Once he ad been sentenec 10 do th for a great committed in Mexieo City, and e from prison. After remaining away seve months he braved death by venturiig back to the city but slightly disguised. He is either very hardencd and reckless or else of defect- intellect — Clever Cracksman Youk, Mareh 31.—[Sp Beg.]--Johnuy Curtin, o rrested. famous rican thief, was arrested in Manchester to the England, six weeks ago for swinaling a bank out of §5,000. The Manchester police knew from his work he was a clever cracksman, but could not identify him, The ommuni- cated with Inspector Byrnes, of this city, who recognized the man and sent his pedigree to und. Curtin_ has served tine in New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania and French prisons for diamoud thefts. He was one of the two thieves who accompanied ex-Alder- hne, the convicted boodler, to Burope, they *did” the continent, substituting paste for genuine dimonds, Jachne disposing of the proceeds of the robberics of the other two. e Confessed the Murder, JErpENsON, Tex., March 3L —[Special Tel cgram 1o the Bee,j—Intelligence is r that in the lower part of this county Bailéy, colored, was found dead in the woods with several bullet holes in his heu Su picion pointed to l3ob Hines, colored, who was ar e and confessed the cri Hines says he met Bailey in the timber t him and theu hit hum over the head with an axe and gun, Sherilf Dewire brought him in this evening. As the grand jy his confession wili cause his s tion. 15 in session peedy execu- Shot Him Down .. March 31.—[Speeial Telogram Wednesday night the postoftice at Raxton, Lamar county, was robbed, On Thursday night the ofticers searched the cars in & passing freight train for suspected parties, when a man named Pat O'Dennell jumped from a box car and started to oscaps Oficer Wilson fired at him with a Winehe ter, shooting him through the body, from the effects of which O'Donnell died this evening. Wilson was arrested and brought here to await the action of ths grand ju - - To Reorganize th Pawis, ' to the Bk, | Texas Pacifie E1 Paso, Tex., Murch 31.—(Speciul el graw to the On Mon ruor J . Brown iver of tne Texus Pacific rail way, will arrive Liere from New York. Dur ing his stay the reorganization of th pany will take place with us prosident. This fuct ¢ n comment in railroad circics, - - Tate's 8 LOUVISVILLE Sharn, of Le: wzo Stephen G. appointed treasurer ced dofatiter afternoon by the senate Small Pox on Shipboard. SAN Fuanoi b §l—The steamer Rio De Jane duy. Sonie cases of small pox developed among the Chinese passengers during the voyage. was held i ounrantie, ihankment, h 31.—"The smeking carof a train o1 the Annapolis short line railroad was thrown down baukment to-day and land legislators v in- how. tatadly, Bavesons, M ¥ | in three STILL MORE STRIKES Roads Bast of Chicago Involved in the Trouble. GENERAL TIE-UP THREATENED The Fort Wayne Men Refuse to Handle “Q" Cars. FREIGHT BUSINESS PARALY.LED. Complaints of Bad Faith Against the Burlington. BLUFFS MEN ON THE FENCE. Lively Times in the Omaha Yards— Several Men Severely Handled —Police on the Lookout For the Lawbreakers, The Strike Spreading. Cmreaco, March 81.—Strike following strike in rapid succession was the result fo- day of the Burlington road's first attempt to vesume forcing freight on other roads. Almost at the very outset a strike occurred on the Fort Wayne system, involving for the first time an undoubted extension of the trouble to roads leading east from Chicago. The St. Paul road had been completely tied up between midnight and daylight, and Chairmsn Hoge, leader of the brotherhood in the absence of Chief Arthur, intimated early that before another midnight there might be precipitated a succession of strikes unpara- leled in the city One on the Panhandle oceurred as early 7a.m., but was overcome by the officials showing that no workman had been asked to handle Burlington cars. At 102, m. the Burlington made up a_train of fifteen cars which was quietly transferred to the Fort Wayne road, while at the same time twenty-five cars were made up and started for the Lake Shore road, with forty Pinkerton men aboard. The transfer, how- ever, was made without disturbance. t2p. m. the Fort Wayne ofticials ordered tching crew to take a Q" train from the siding at Sixteenth street and place it on the Fort Wayne tracks. The men promptly refused and ran their engines in. The new. spread, and in a few moments all the crews m the yards quit work, engineers, firemen and switchmen. Just then the 2:20 Fort Wayne passenger train outward bound came along. At Sixteenth strect the engineer and fireman learncd of the strike and left the engme. The eonductor soon volunteered to run the engine, a fireman was found, and the train proceeded after a slight delay. Fort Wayne dispatehes say they have assurances from the other passenger engineers that they would not go out, but not a great deal of dependence is placed in them. Along the line of the St. Paul road freight business was paralyzed, and passenger trafiic almost suspended. As soon as in-bound pas- nger trams reached the depot and were un- loaded the engincers backed them out to Western avenue and abandoned them., s afternoon the engineers, firemen and switchmen of the St. Paul road held a meet- ul).: and sent a committee to Superintendent larling. They stated to him they would I to handle empty but not loaded QY ; ng asked them to submit théir proposition in writing, and agreed to forward it to General Manager Miller at Milwaulkee, Switchmen Come to Blows, Things looked rather warlike at the Union acific yards near Sixth and Pacific: strects about 6:30 last evening, and rumors rapidl spread that a riot was in progre Over tive hundred persons quickly gathered at that point to find a squad of Pinkerton specials standing in front of a crowd of railroad men, and oue of the officers with his hand on his blver threatening to put a bullet through some unknown person who had thrown a missile at him. The trouble originated in a fight bet=reen Union Pacific switchmen and B. & M. scabs, From the first there has been bad blood and uncivil words between them, and matters finally came to a crisis last & when thie 13, & M. scabs had backed on the Union Pacitle tracks, brought three or four of the belligerent men face to and an interchange of s followed. v one of the Union switchmen struck a B. & M. s and a furious fight ensued, in which the sc ot badly used up. His nose was bleeding, ed with contusions and both One of the scabs the alarm for the Biukerton oficors to come to the rescue and stood yelling and frantically waviug hie hat. One of the Union Pacific men ran up behind him and struck him a blow that felled him to the ground. It is veported that two or three of the Union Pacific switchmen then jumped upon hita and procecded to pound and kick him unwercifully, Le Pinkertons soon arrived on the s this time the aggressiv the fight were lost in the The crowd stood and jeered the and some of the small :d throwing chunks of mud at A picce struck one of them in th whe, placing his hand on his revoly angrily eried SIf T Knew the —- —— who threw that 1 wou'd put a bullet through him,’ is just what we want' you to do,’ t young fellow, stepping for- biillet through one of us and we will settle this matter rigit he Tins had a subduing cffect on the Pinker tou man, but he still continued cursing the fuilow wiio hit: him, whereupon a switchn o but partics multy b; in 1d Chieago importation: hoys commen them, d his coat and said: **You just step B. & M. track agd come down h where you have no authority and we'll give you \\lml you deserve for your —— fros “The oficer declined the invitation and the Pinkerton men then ordered the crowd to hut the crowd threatencd to mob ¢ dared show any violence, and d to press forward as though they 1 do 80 anyway. The fourteen Pinkerton men began to tuke arw and huddled up together with their ands on their revolvers. They looked us wished they ok in Chi- the fa ley Bloom up in the distance, much to their re Charley wallked up 10 the crowd, told lief them it would not do to obstruct the street in would have ty like magic, for 1 Lo scatter, and utes the Pinkerton men had the mselves. in the while an ex-switch was passing down the track that is used as a thoroughfure by people in thut part of the town, a Pmkerton man threatened to club hiun, and a switchwan tore the club from his grasp and told him that he had a notiou o use it over his head and give hini some idea of how badly it felt. He then returned the club to the officer. It was thought best by the chief of police 10 increase the number of special ofticers in that vicinity to be ready in case of uny emergency, us it was made apparent by last night's demonstration that the Pinkerton e almost powerless. mystery of the freight car that was on the steep incline of the B. & M. track Frigey night and which came 8o near causing terrible disaster, is still unexplained, Sowe person or persons with switch keys alsc been waliciously misplacing the such munner and said they His words were ¢ crowd immediately be ficld tot switche The Pinkerion detectives: are Lusily éngaged on both these cases and wxu do all in their powor to ferret out the o flen ders and bring them to punishment The reported case of a Pinkerton man drawing a revolver ont s South Omalia stock man proyes to be an ekaggeration Handled the »Q." Cars. Cricaco, Mareh 3L+The train of Burling- ton cars that had been shoved upon the Lake Shore tracks during the morning was not touched until well along in the afternoon. Finally the order was given by the Lake Shore officials that the cars be cared for and sent along toward their destination i the east. To the surprise of the company’s rep- resentatives the ory yed. No other Burlington cars wore in sight, and there was nothing apparent to disturb the serenity of the men cr their superiors, but talk of a strike was redoubled. It soon came to be understood that the cars were handled more as a temporary shift, and that a strike might be inaugurated at any moment. It was currently runiored at the stock yards to-night that all of the switchmen, nginemen and firemen employed by the Union Stock Yards and Transit company, which ha dlusive charge of all cars r ceived at ards, would o out before Monday. he n'r\u\\mn.\' handled a number of Burlington cars to-day. At a meeting of railroad employes to-night it was decided to at once inaugurate a strike in this city on the Lake Shore, Alton, Pan Handle, Fort Wayne and Santa Fe roads. As near as can be ascertained the order to strike on all roads means only a tie up of the rds in this city, ¥he roads outside not as being involved. The men are very reti- cent. Complaints Against the “Q." Citerco, March 81.—During the day as many as o dozen men called on the mayor with complaints against the Chicago, Bur- lington & Quiney managers, They claimed they were induced to come here from the east by promises of positions as brakemen, switchmen, ete., but on their arrival were declared incompetent and refused either work or transportation home again, They claim to be without money and in a bad plight, and say they have ag companions in their misery two or three hundred others condition s exactly similar, The promised to see the Burlington peo- Collecting Testimony. Cnicaco, March 81.—The Burlington engi- neers and firemen appear to be actively en- waged in collecting information concerning the management of the road since the strike began. They have made charges before the Tlinois railroad commissioners, and Tuesday will begin offering testimony to sustain the charges. Testimony s to the incompetency of the engineers will be offered under six- teen different specifications. On the other hand efforts are being made to show that the new men are not incompetent. Eight Bur- linpton conductors and yardmen have signed a statement to this effect, after having worked with the new men' in the Chicago yards the past week. Much speculation is being mdulged in re- arding Chief Arthur’'s departure for Colo- ado. Some newspapers and railroad offi- cials, particularly those of the Burlington, regard it as an acknowledgement on his part that the Burlington strike 1s a failure, and he is digusted with thenew turn of affairs. The chairman of the engineers’ press com- mittee emphatically deny these statements. On Duty as Usual. MiLwavkee, March 81.—All night crews in the St. Paul yarda reported for duty at the usual time to-night, and as far as this point is concerned there is nothing indicating the ex- istence of a strike. The men say all freight loaded to day will be vandled, but there is no certainty what will 12 dc s to-morrow. The company is turning { *c’eht, for Chicago over to the Northwestern General Manager aiiller said to-night that in view of the situation he did not feel war- ranted in suying much about the intentions of the company in the event of certain contin- genc Blufts Men On the Fence. Crreaco, March 31, [Special Telegram to the Ber]—PFifty men, who are regular freight and passenger conductors on the Council Bluffs division of the St. Paul, ar- d at the roundhouse this morning, They were brought here by the St. Paul people to 1ill the places of the striking engineers, fire- men and switchmen, and all seemed anxious to get a chance to pull a throttle or throw a switch. Jerry Doherty, who is the leader of the striking switch engineers, got down to the rpundhouse where the men who have been imported from the Council Bluffs division were stationed. He talked with the men and gained their sympathy and they declared that they had never scabbed a day in their lives and never would, Mr. Doherty was very jubilant and began falking loud enough to be heard by eight of the St. Paul blue coats who ordered him to. leave the yards, He refused and sald: “I want to get my time.”” Doh v was allowed to remain in the yards until he received his time check. The new men were not 8o anxious to do switching as they were an hour previous. The climax was reached when one of their numb up and said: “Come abead boys. They want us down in the middle of the yards.” “They don't get us down there,” was the reply that came to'the call, The men finally agreed to go down and see what was wanted of them, and on the way captain_was appointed and the men fell in line with a Council Bluffs conductor at the head. The men had only gone down the track about two hundred feet when one of them suggested that if the St. Paul people wanted them they would have to come down and make th 'he men all i proposal. rrhoé Dback to the round house, awaitad the delegation of St ofticial 'he men say that they will s conductors or engineers but will not throw o switch, agreed and u where they Puul Unwilling to Strike. JANESVIL ofpassenger and freight n'umlun tors, few switchmen and brakemen and one or two yardmasters, recruited from the Prairie du Chein and Mineral Point divisions, left for Chicago this mornjug to take the places of the strikers in the switeh yards. The employes of the road at Janesville sy an order to strike will be obeyed with great uctance by the men outside of Chicago, as work is hard to get and all are anxious to in load with a hold their places. ‘They will sustain the strikers at Chicagobowever, and an assess. ment for that purpose has already been levied, Arthur Interviewed, CLEVELAND, Mareh 81.—Tu an interview this evening Chief Engineer Arthur dis claimed any respousibility for connection with the new swikes in Chicago. He said the men will not receive the support of the brotherhood, umless circumstances arise which would imduee him to sanction the strike. He thinks these latest affairs are purety 108l and will soon be over, belieyving that the roads will reconsider theiMlaction in compelling them'to handle #Q" cars. He did not think the strike would become gener and added thatf the general officers ha listened to the hot head's importunit road in the country would Lave to-day. The First Trouble at Crest CrEsTON, Ta., March 8l—{Special Telegram 10 the Bee,)—The first loeal disturbunces re sulting from the strike oceurred to-day. An engineer and @ switchman, both strikers, were arrested for assuulting engineers in the employ of the “Q;" Eachwas fined #5 and costs. Several gir hose. cut on freig tMns in fl?e ;‘:rra’."iuu ni| “’fununu ur:":fl:‘n'l‘; resulted. Owing to the large uumber of strikers out at &- place the utmost caution against violence is taken by both the cow wud brotherhood. W ki d been tied FOR STATE CONTROL. Congreesman Dorsey's Amendment to the Extension Biil. “STATE'S RIGHTS" DOCTRINE. A He Proposes to Abolish the Federal Court Dodge. THE CHOLERA HOG SENSATION Probability That Bartle's Statments ‘Will Be Repudiated. THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL Said to Be In Danger of the Presi dent's Veto-The Republicans and the Tariff--Manderson's Fort Bill. Rational States Rights, WASHINGTON BUREAU THE OMATA BRE, 513 FOURTEENTH STREET } Wasmxeros, D, C., March 31 Mr. Dorsey has submitted to the house committee on Pacific railroads the following important amendment to the extension bil It is further provided that nothing in this act, nor in any of the acts of which this act is amendatory, shall be construed or inter- preted so as to deny the right of any state in ‘which the Union Pacitie railway or the cen- tral branch of the Union Pacific road 18 oper- atedeto fix rates for carrying passengers or freight over said roads, and to control and regulate such roads the same as if they were organized under the state. 1t is understood that the committee will ac- cept this amendment, which will be sub- mitted to the house at the proper time, The representatives of all the states interested earnestly favor such an amendment, aud to secure their support for the extension bill, the Pacific railroad committee will be obliged to allow such modifications of the bill as will place the Pacific railroads on the same footing as other railroads doing business within the states. If this amendment is adopted it will be to the interest of the railroads from the fact that it will allay the strone feeling that exists in the minds of the people against the roads chartered by congress, ‘The Outhwaite bill comes up again for final action in the house week after next. THE OMALA INDIAN The senate committee will report favor- ably Mr. Dorsey’s bill extending the time of payment for purchascs on the Omaha Indian reservation, with certain amendments, agreed upon, providing for the sale of lands already forfeited and certain unsold lands on that portion of the rescrvation that was ordercd to be sold. SBIASKA LAND DECISION. The Hc(‘ltuu\ of the interior aftir me decision of the general land commissioner, on January 27, 1885, holding for cancellation the commuted homestead entry of Orland H. McNeill, of the McCool land district. The décision of the commissioners in the case of Ludwig Schultzys Teoter, of the Bloomington district, holding for cancellation a precpmtion claim, was also affirmed. PASSAGE OF PADDOCK MEASURES, The senate to-day passed Mr. Paddock’s joint resolution abolishing the ofice of United States surveyor geneval for the district of Nebraska and lowa and authorizing the secretary of the interior to proceed, under the provisions of scctions 2218 and 2219 of the revised statutes of the United States, in the transfer of the fieldnotes, maps, records, and other papers to the states of Iowa and Ne- braska, also the bill of Mr. Paddock, ‘grant- ing a pension to Joel B. Morton, of Nebraska. LAKD INVESTIGATION APTERMATIL Ata mecting of the house committee on agriculture to-day a sub-committee composed of Chairman Hatch and Messrs. Davis and Laird, was appointed to examine the state- ments made before the committee recently by William M. Bartel, of St. Louis and muke a recommendation as to what action will be proper for the commit- tee to take upon the matter. Bartel is the man who mace the scnsationai state- ments about it being & common thing for pork packers to slaughter cholera and other diseased hogs. stags, boars, piggy sows and crippled and smothered hogs. and munufuc ture them into prime steam lard, which the, sold as wholesome and good food, and whi statements have brought an avalanche protests from pork pac country. The committee statements should not be printed, and that the committee should repudiate them and }mmlnaluh:llll'nLlu the country to that ef- ect, h of throughout tne believe that tne SI0UX CITY'S BUILDING BILL, In the house to-day Mr. Strubel made an effort to get up the bill appropriating £250,000 for the construction of @ public building at Sioux <ity. There was objection and the bill went over. Mr. Strubel says he will make an effort every time opportunity is of- fered, and believes that he will succeed in having the bill passed. MAY BE VETOED, Tt was reported at the capitol this after- noon that the president had given some mem- bers who called upon him to understand that he would veto the river and harbor bill; that he did not_propose to sign a bill appropriat- ing over 0,000,000 for this work, most of which will 1 be completed. Ther wood deal of concern in congress over probable fate of the rivar and harbor bill, Democrats are urging it as a political move, REPUBLICANS AT WOIK ON TIE TARIFF. By the end of next week the republican menibers of the | axpect to he able to lay before the caucus committee the result of u complete canvass of the entive repub- lican memboership on the question of turift eform, Some two or three weeks ago at a caucus @ steering committee was appointed with a view to securing in the quickest tin is a fhe and in the most correct w; ible the sentiment of the party c port at a subscquent mee The steering committee has requested that the state delegations hold meetings and submit a written statement of the the subject of tariff reform, just what every member wants. hus been going on very care thorouphly and when it is all in ble the members who will be compile the tarift bill which the will present, if indeed they do p 10 come as 1 as possible to me demands of the whole party nvass is expected 1o 4 ¢ steering committee vefore the de Mills bills is begun. The compila of the minority tariff bill will folloy shortly after and will be ready some ti before the previous question s called the Mills bill. he republicans have shows that they i nd stand - solid they do. cling on giving brietiy Chis work Uy “and t will en eted to ver, on system with which the ne about their 110 work hav together in work mious) whate yor A NEEDED APPROPRIATION In the senate to-day the bill intr ator Mauderson appropriat the completion of quarters, barric bles at Fort Robinson and Fort was passed without amendment. It goes to the house where & correspondin introduced by Mr. Dorsey, is in the commit- tee on military affairs, Senator Manderson will try to have his bill substituted for the house bill in order to expedite its cous ation. In the report which accol bill is a detter from General Sheridan, strongly urging the appropriation in the line of proper economy and in the interests of the protection of the northwesteru frountier, THE CHIBF §UNTICESIIF. Alewer way recelved Lece o day from ed by 00 fox the Del intimate had Wilmington, friend of Ser just arrived 1 formation that Delateare would get the chief justiceship and that the honors would fall upon Senator Gray. It is stated further that all of the eight associate justices of the supreme court had joined in recommending the appointment of Senator Gray, and it was believed thut he would be selected for the po- sition. Tt is known that he would willin aceept the appointment and immediately sign his place in the senate. He is one of the ablest lawyers in th fifty years of age, large and powerful in physique, full of health and vigor, is uniformly cour: ous and extremely popular. He is an inti- e friend of Se ¢ Bayard, and has white house dent of , stating that tor_Gray, of that m Washington with an state, the in. e untry, is under recived at the vor, He has been an ation on the_floor Prioy S, Heatn, 1 of Women At the meeting tes adopted a con- ors for permanent n steadily h unusual fa friend of the administ the senate, The Natiol WasniNGro! this afternoon stitution and ele organization of men, The ofMicers are: E. Willard, of Illinoi: B. Anthony, New York: corresponding secre. tary, May Wright Sewall, Indiana: record- ing secretary, Mary E. Eastman, Massachu- setts; treasurer, Louis A. Thomas, New York. The constitution declares that the delegates band themselves together in a con- federation of workers committed to the over. throw of all forms of ynorance and injustice, and to the application of the golden rule to societ custom and law, The council is or- ganized in the interest of no one propaganda, and has no power over its anxiliarvies beyond that of suggestion and sympat S0+ ¥ of women, the nature of W rk is ry to the executive committee, either as to its undoubted national character or national value, may become auxiliary to this council upon subseribing to specitied ditions, An addi i on 88 will be issucd to the women of the United States, and the general officers of the international council will issue a similar add to the women of the world. The co-operation of all women, irres of race or creed, will be urged. The session was devoted to the discussion of “Political Condutions.” The Minority Report. Lovisvinie, March 31.—A Courier Journal al Con March the del tod ofth the national council of wo- President, Frances vice president, Susan Waushington special says: The report of the minority of the ways and means drawn up by McKinley against the passage of the Mills bill, attacks vigorously the free ist, vehemen tly denounces free wool and free tin plate. It says, regarding wool, that the first effort in the direction of free trade is aimed at the organized farmers of the country, who, fur removed from centers of trade, and unadvised that their interests were to be dealt an unfriendly blow, are to be the first victims of the Britishpolicy. Their's is a large interest, few in the country are larger. Free wool will be of no permanent benefit to the manufacturer or consumer, but a positive loss to both, and a great loss to flock masters and those depending upon them for employment. The decay of sheep hus- in_the Unif 1 calamity. At busines committee d States would be a rts that The report as interests of the country, so cly represented by manufacturers, were treated with silent contempt, and against the earnest protest of the minority were not as much as allowed the right petition guaranteed to every Ameri zen, these interests f an citi- Army Orders. March 3L~ -[Special Tele: gram to the Bee.]—Sergeant Wickliff Lyon, Fourth cavalry, retired. First Lieutenant Lewis Merriam, Pourth infantry, grauted three month’s extansion of leave. A general court martinl has Leen ordered to mect at Jefferson burracks, Missouri, on the 4th of April, for the trial of such p: crs as may be brought before it. for the court is as follows: Captain William B, Kennedy, Tenth cavalry; Captain Henry W. Wessels, ' jr., M. Kelly, John G. Adams, George F. Chase, Licutenant Walter cavalry ; First Lieutenant Francis D. Rucl Second cavalry, and First Lieutenant He bert J. Slocum, Seventhi cavalry, judge advo- cate, WASHINGTON, son- The detail Second cavalry Tenth cava First caval Third ) M. Dickinson, Joseph Nebraska and lowa Pensions. Mareh 31.—[Special Tele- 1-—The following pensions ere issued to the following Nebras WASHINGTON, gram to the B R s to- V. Cekner, Russell, Trenton; Gilbert Albert B. Wheeler, Fon o Stanton Bunell, Grand Island: York. Reissue and incrcase—HBenjamin B Nott, Stratton. Mexican widow- widow of Stephen Story. Original pensions granted to Tov H. Hiterman, Bulington nal invalid—Henry Dexter etorans: Alb, John T, Lisbon | Fir Réissuc widows, Keouquau, 1888) 1 Susan, mother Mexican widows William Original invalids—J William C. Ghost, Hobby, Lansing: Chester S. Bell, Lewis Woods, Lisbon; Jacob Brine mount; Sam ' Coe, Booncsburough, —D. J. Park, Sac City. Original of Williain Harle, 10, Olli. of ruary Storm, widow Bromicall, S l'IK Juni Closing Scenes of the Catt lemen's Con- vention. Dexvex, Colo., gram to the Bei brating the completion of the & Fort Worth railvond, of the International range as cvents somewhat closcly brought to o fitting ciose barbecue, given at the stock two miles from the city proj this morning tr citizens ver: prounds until ]—The grand jubile Denver, W of the meeting seiation, two wected, was by a grand yards, about From carly ins loaded witn visitors and quick trins o the noon it s estunated that cov five the o to-day the number and, who were congro point designatea. Pwo st nated by Mr. A, B. My nsus were roust ed dug the 0 S3UIS, wh purpose, forty sheep some fl de s or being consisted of ieut for roast beef, hjurd su L. The bill of Opossum, and st mutton butter, pickles, Hans of coffve, Biie utiiost xood humor and ler orevailed, everyone enjoyin Liuisalt or hersell most tiorosghly. Dir a most plea e was t ( if ) Ci yved E tions from some of hos - At the eonclusion of the feast 3000 usss around the grand stand 1o listen to approp by the (o, Vi Phese were well served on tubles ranged in a forin at which there were over whivs cod gentlomen served at ne tables wers elearel and filled six tmes, the ample provision ate addresses i aarn, dohn 5. An of Worth, 3 w. Wolf drews, Myror! X8, Mujor G, W. of the cow and oth The addresses wer to the asion and times witty. ‘Phose of Messrs, Heed aud Londoner especiully 80, and all exprossed th foclings fox the visitors. At a meceting acsociation, directors huld following b Hudle, a larg of the Internatic iast. evening the ommiitee was chos , of T exceutiva L 1. D). Andrew est, of Colorado, of New Mexic I'he del number of visitors home to-morrow and this will the greatest jubile western cou n‘.rv close one ul s ever witnessed in the - The Firat Meoting: IXDIANATOLY Iid., March 81, : dirst of the Woman's Mis: sionary Sovicty of Fricads asscmbled here Wdag, e 1 l\m'5 coinage. PROGRESSISTS' HOPES For Liberal Reforms Under the Eme peror Revived. BISMARCK'S POLICY ENDORSED. Complete Confidence of the Emperor in the Great Minister. THE BOULANGER MOVEMENT, Changes in French Political Parties Causes Grave Apprehensions, PEACE OF EUROPE THREATENED, Confidence of the German People in Russian Peace Protests Disaps pearing—Amnesty Decree By the Emperor. Received With LCopyrighted 188 by New ¥ Beruiy, March 3 nthusiasm, K Associated Press.] —The emperor slopt cight hours last night almost without a break, His oficial work to-day was unus- ually prolonged. In the afternoon he took a drive lasting an hour, and was received with enthusiasm and ringing hurrahs along the route. The weatlier was extremely mild. The carriage was driven slowly and the em- peror was fully seen. He looked well, the only trace of his illness being a waxy com- plexion. Despite the semblance of health and increased power, the German expert opinion is that the disease will have an early and fatal termination is still unaltered. The progressist hopes for the speedy ine troduction of liberal reforms under Emperor Frederick, though chilled by the Bismarckian tone of his proclamation, have been revived by the prospects of the prolongation of his life. The conservative papers say the pro- gressist programme overlooks the permanent physical disability of the emperor, and the fact that at the last council of ministers and other high officers of state, after Bismarck had stated formally his home and foreign policy, the emperor intimated entire acquies- conce and complete confidence in the great.q, minister. The sudden change in the position of the French political partics has reawakened ap- prehensions for the immediate future, Bou- langer is now felt to be no spectral shadow, but a substantial foree, threatening the peace of Europe. If the dissolution of the chamber produces a strong Boulanger party, it will be taken here as equivalent to a popular vote for war, and the convenicnce of the Freuch to begin it Will not be wwaited. The entire press’ of the country realizes the danger of the po- sition. The National Zs situng hopes the cham- ber of deputies will yet find a ‘way to save thie state from the war party, but dispairs of the republic unless President Carnot can ob- tain a strong ministry, of peace, having a programme No paper in Germany or Austria, however radical, has the slightest sympathy with the Boulanger movement. The temp- orary confidence of the German people in Russian peace protests is vanishing, An- thovitive dispatches pronounce Russian ace tion imminent, The emperor's amnesty degree has been ise sued. The offenses to which it upplies are: Insulting the sovereign, crimes and mis~ demeanors in the exercise of civil rights, ine sulting or resisting ofticers of the law, dis- turbing public order, press offenses, infrac- tious of law of public mectings, ete, Berlin Small Talk, [Copuright 1858 by James Gordon Bennett.] BekLiN, March 31.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to the Ber.]--Fresh details about the floods demonstrate that previous descriptions of the calamity under, rather than over-stated it. There was one amusing feature in the fact that a special correspond- ence of a German paper, who, bethg lazy, it 15 84 sim ply translated a flood scene from one of Bret Hurte's stories, ran in a few local names and got credit for a big beat in beiug the first reporter at the seat of war, American personals are not plentiful, Mrs, Dr. Stuckenburg leaves Berln for America on the 4th to collect money for the American chapel Lere. Mrs, Cleveland, who was @ member of the congregation during her stay in Berlin, has charge of the building fund ana will ussist Mrs, Stuckenburg in colleet- ing for this fund. On the same steamer go Colonel L. P, Siebelt and daughter and Murs, Judge Fuller and daughters for New York, @ Awoug those leaving Berlin for Italy are Mrs, General Twrnbull, of San Francisco; Mrs. H. H. Shiverick and the Misses Curtis and Moore of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Mr, B, L, P v, of Cincinnati, with Miss Caine, of Nashville; Miss Ranney, of Altoons, Pa,, and the Misscs Oferman, of Brooklyn, N, ¥, Among the arrivais are Mrs, Frank John- son, of Oakland, Cula., daughter of the late Comstock millionaive, General Williums, Two drawings done by the crown prince for charity sold recently at auction for 800 and 105 marks respectively, The idea of building o cathedral in Berlin @s u national monuient to the dead kaiser is rousing wuch irvitation among Catholics. A troop of Russians who e fused ad- “luittance to the United States passed through 13 recently en route. for - Russia, The Freme announces with ¢ prido the arrival in Germany of live specimens of that delicious American fish, “black bass.” A sister of the lute sultan of Zanzibar married toa German and lives in Germany with her son, who is a possible throue claim- ant, It will be four to eight weeks before Kalser \\‘Al:mm'n head ceases o be stamped on Prus. Thé new dies arein the ens graver's hands, e, — Severe Storms In Arkansas, Avk., March 31,--A severe stonm prevailed e 1o-day. The colored Baptist church was demolished and great daviage doug in surrounding county; although 1o re buris of Joas of ife Luve beéen regelyedy A sl v ot