Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 11, 1888, Page 1

SEVEN NTH YEAR. SF, OF CLAIN AGENT, NOT A (: But One of Pure Cussedness With the Fillibusters. ONLY FIVE STATES GIVE PAY. A Carefal Canvass By the Bee Corres ppondent Reveals Positive Evi- dence of That Condition of Affairs, The Deadlock Continues, WasnINGToN BUREAU TIE OMAIA BrY } 513 FOURTEENTH STRE < Wasmisaros. D. April 10 To-day 1 made diligent inquiry and investi- gation to ascertain if there any founda- tion for the widely published assertion that behind the direct tax bill, which is making the deadlock in the house, there is a horde of state agents, lawyers and lobbyists, and that these men get a very lange slice of the pro- posed $17,000,000 appropriation. There is but an atom of truth in it all. It is true that there arc some agents who get a small per- centage of the money, but by the most care- ful inquiry among the members from the various states, and the use of the tclegraph in communicating with the governors, it is nscertained that but five agents are paid a per cent, out of the money which will go 10 the states by this bill, and that the p from two to three per cent in these five in- stances, instead of from twenty to fifty, as reported by the fillibusters, General Belknap gets 3 per cent of the amcunt which will go to Towa, and not 25 per cent as published by the fillibusters. eral Farnsworth, the agent for the state of New Yorlk, is kept in Washington the y round, and 5 §250 a month, He is paid nothing extra out of the direct tax bill. Kan- sas has no contract with its state agent, and neither has Virginia, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maine nor Michi- gan. Ohio has an agent who receives 5 per cent of the collections he makes for the state against the government, but months ago the governor informed him (Colonel W. T. Tal- ford) that his contract only included the claims which were collected through the de- partments, and that nothing would come to him by the passage of the direct tax bill. Kentucky, a few ycars ago, con- tracted to pay 50 per cent for the collection of war claims, but Governor Knott refused to appoint an agent, and thus the state will give nothing to an agent out of what he may get through the direct tax bill, A great deal has been said about the amount it is alleged will go to the agent for South Carolina. It was stated by the enc- mies of the bill that one-half of the amount which 18 provided for South Carolina will be peid to agents, This is untrue. The money which will go to South Carolina will be dis- tributed directly to the individuals who paid it. There was once a contract made by these individuals by which an agent was to receive 20 per cent for collection. In this con- nection there is a bit of interesting history. ‘While the bill was before the senate re- cently Senator Butler of South Carolina urged the adoption of an amendment provid- ing that none of the money which the meas- ure appropriates shall be paid by any one to agents, It is stated upon the best of author ity that Assistant Sccretary of the Treasury Thompson, while governor’ of South Curo- lina, was applied to by Senator Butler's brother for the state ag v for the tion of claims agmin vernme cluding that provided for by the dire bill. ¥ s Thompson refused to ap- point Senator Butier’s brother and appointed Trescott & Earle, claim agents, now I in this city. What Seuator Butler's 1de under the cireumstauces in urging amendment can only be conjectured, If Nebraska and other states not enumerated have agents who are in.any interested in the collection ofthis mon have not attended the mectings of state agents at Washington, and have not been in the city during the consideration of the bill 1t is evident that the charge that there are agents and lobbyists behind this bill is subterfuge of the ex-confederates for v agamst the measure and continuing their libustering tactic Texas presents an - earnest the ranks of the fillibusters, il- delegation Bin notwithstund ision in the urgency def this cony war claim, pointed out ingratitude. There was no change in the proceedings of the house to-day. ‘Ihe same roll cails und diligence on the part of the sergeant-at-arms and his deputies in bringing in absente were kept u ly this morning twenty friends of the bill signed a scus and placed it in the hands irmun Cox. Mr. Oates of - Alabama who is leading the fillibusters the movement to call a caucus on afternoon, and steadily fought ¢ position to take a recess, last nightor to night, as he wished to avoid giving time for a caucus, knowing fully well that if it is held it means the end of the deadlock. There is o large majority on the democraticside in favor of vutting @ stop to the fillibustering and bringing the bil to a vote. No one knows s better than the filhbusters, and they fight with tenacity agaiust the inevitable fate which will come 1o their work if it is loft to the dictates of a cancus. They declare they will not go into or be bound by & cauc There are diver. sions at times in the proceedings which malke the surround ble in the house. ccess was taken late last night, outh Caroling, made a_ very yon a point of order, relative o ombers to Vot closed by 900,000 0 The action of the d is apicco of inconsistency and Just befo Mr. Dibble, of brief spe com) saying law itself ipsa lex.” planso at the familiar and when order was final O'Neill, a serious Penusylyania report of tl and said: ssante cess chiter and ap latin _quotation, restared, Mr, old gentleman fr according to the ofici ings in to-day’s Record, Speaker, the gen s words o1 be taken down." speaker called for order, and then Glover, of Missouri, arose, and addressing the chair, said that the gentle man's words be taken down.” At this point in the proccedings Mr. Dibble was permitted 10 say, addressing the chair, *I apologize to the house for the quotation.” A chorus of vo now eried out: “That is al and order was soon supreme. GENEEAL GEORGE RODESON FINANCIALLY DARRASSE It was announced yest George M. Robeson, of New York, ex-seer tary of the navy and ex-congressman, had placed chattel mortgages upon g owns in Washinzton and at his present ha The report was not geuerally believed v General Robeson, who is now in the city confirmed it. He stated frankly to-day that it was truo that he owed more mency than hie was just now able to pay, but he hoped he could some time discharge all of his obliga- He stated that wost of his debts were nks, and that he proposed to devote atl ia proporty and energios to straightening out his affairs, and that if his life was spared he did not propose to see one of Lis lose a penny. The general iy looking very well, but his brusque side whiskers heavy hair are almost suow white. He is now engaged in the practice of law wnd f quently visits Washinxton and appears befor the department. DEDICATION OF A FREK HKILOE. Extensive arrange or dedicating, to-morrow, the fyee bridge tween West Washingtou and the shores of Virginia across the Potomue to Arlington The bridge is builton the piers where, for wany years, stood the aqueduct, & foot pus et ot alr. BN hat ( ud | | today: afnts bave been made | A gon way, which orporation, and which charged from ) cents for every vehicle passing over it. old aqueduct bridge, besides offering the only way over the Potomac into Virginia for vehicles and foot passengers, wiia ah 6yo-ore in apposance and dangorous in reality at the time it was condemned by the commissioners of the District of Colui- bia and purchased by the act of 1885, appro- priating $125,000. It was only two or thre weeks ago that the bridge was completed and thrown open for the free use of the pub- lie, To-morrow it is proposed to dedicate it, and there will be a magnificent milit civic parade and a pyrotechnic di night. It is proposed to name it “Riddle berger Bridge,” after Senator Riddleberger, of Virginia, who is the author of the act which creafed it. TIE NEW YORK SUN RICKS AGAIN, To-day’'s New York Sun hasa double- leaded editorial more than a column long and three columns of reprint ag: tariff bill and Cleveland’s renomination points out how three features of the Mills bill—wood, wool and iron—disastrously af- fects the interest of 120,000 voters in York alone, and warns the democratic party against promulgating the free trade doctrine. 1ts reprint is intended to show that although intensely unpopular Cleveland will be renom- inated. Sun’s course is regarded in the interest of Governor Hill, who is said to be 1 s owned by | an aspirant_for the nomination in opposition to President Cleveland, despite the former's recent denial to the contrar, MILS, WAITE TO LIVE IN CINCINNATIE Mrs. Waite, widow of the late chie tice, and her daughter, Miss Waite, int leaving their residence here and going to Cincinnati to live with Waite, son of the dead chief justi Mr. Waite is general manager of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & De- cator railroad, and is one of the foremost young men of the Queen city. SMALL TALK. The Continental National bank of Chicago was to-day approved by the comptroller of of currency us a reserve agent for the Second National bank of Dubuque, Ta. Postoftices have been established and post- masters appointed 1o them in Nebraska as follows: Wil atthews, Dickens, Lincoln count John Shelbourne, Kewanee, Cherry county; C. It Fair, Millertown, Butler count; The funeral of the late General John H. King (retired) took place at 2 o'clock this afternoon from his residence, 1720 H strect, northwest. Rev. Dr. Bartletf, of the New York avenue church, officiated. The pall- bearers were Generals Sheridan, Rucker, Augur, Holabird, MacFeely, Palmer and Wilcox and Colonel Royal. A'squad of seven men, detailed from the Third artillery, acted as Dody be The interment ‘Was at Arlington cemete: Prriy S, HeATi, The Morocco Trouble. WasHINGTON, April 10.—Commander Me- Calla, of the United States steamer Enter- prise, has made a long report to the secre of the navy on the difficulty with Morocco. After stating the general situation as already published, the commander says, while he has @ to pass upon the question of the equity of the protection system involved in the dispute, he is of the opinion that the rights of the United States are very clear under the treaties, and that they should be upheld so long as the provisions of the treaties are not modified. While the Moorish ofie should not be held to the strictest ac- countability for violation of conventional rules adopted by more highiy civilized nations, it is well to understand that the oriental character is quick to take advantage of the meaning of such rules and to a right a point which might oc yielded. Consul Lewis has, Mo in the interest of concilliation and the highest motives, yielded when he was clearly ng treatics and have insisted upon the r These same rights, it w pppear, very often ha not been questioned when the proteges of any other ion have been under consideration, *“In short,” the commander says, “the rights of the United States have been denied us, while the same e the same conventions hayv 1to other powers rep from accorded. a disadvantage on account of the fact that, while all partics to the con” vention of 1350 nted by ministers resident, congra provides for a consul for the' United Stafes. The commander thinks if_the position could be r diplowiatic one we should go far towa proventing questions which frequently nOW. rmy Orders, tox, April 10.— to the | Licutenant, Colonel G iillispie, engin bs, I ordered from Boston to Marbleliead, Mass., there to mark the boundaries of the military reservation of Fort Sewell, after which he will rejoin his proper station, Captain Lewis Smith, Third artillery, is appointed to act as inspector on certain clothing, camp and garrison equipage av the recruiting rendezvous, Washingon, for which Captain Douglas M. Scott, First infantry re- cruiting ofticer, is responsible First Lieutenant Francis J. Patten, Tywenty-first infantry, now on leave in New York City, is ordered 1o report to the super- intendent of the recruiting service, New York, to conduct the first_detachment'of cruits that may be or ed 1o the Department of the Platte. WAsHIN derick E. Trotter, Fourteenth iicved from auty member convened at Da arbor, Octobe liam M. teenth infantry, is g Waterb anted three” months’ following named enlisted men, havi performed the duties assigned them in or No. 1855, at Fort Bridger, Wyo- ming territory, will returr A Station: Sergeant James S, Caly D, suteenth infantry, with' permission to v en route and avail himself of the fur- It for four months, authorized in special 0, March 1, 1553, Division of the > Otto Smith, Company D, infantry, with 'permission to delay fifteen days en route. The subsistence department will pay commutation inadvance at the preseribed v 9th to the 13th instant, both inclusive imprac- ticable for these soldiers to rations of 1y kind. Nebraska and lowa Pe Wasuixarox, April 10.- [Spee to the Bee.]—The following sions were granted to-day James H. Thomas, Kearn Plattsmouth; Thomas W. Smith, Wolworth ; Isaac A , Bartlett, Increase—Thomus J. Jones, Rulo; Charles I, Weiner, Ar hoe; Rich ¥, Mincola; Joseph Bo- sack, Stratton; Lars W. Anderson, Minden. Moxloan survivors—dostua I, Lampton, Adams, Reissue—George W, Cox, Lincoln. Pensions for lowans; Original invalid John B, Huff, Tracr: Leonadas Baker, Char- iton; William A, Rog Praivie City. In crease s W. McPherson, Vandalia; Sumue inley,Morning Sun:John Gibson, Van Wert, Old war—Thomas P. Johnson, Osccola: Thomas Maze, Douglas; John Storm, Spragueville. Reissue and increase Charles Clinton, Clare. Origial widows, ete.—E mother of William K. Mason, Muquoketa; Louisa, mother of Lewis M. Wait, Ozark; Elizabeth, motler of Henry C. Fort Atkinson: Patsy, father of John Fred er, Dubugue. Mexican widows — , Widow of Williaw O. Forsyth, V ons. Telegram Nebraska pen- Original invalid (riends } * ration: April 10.—The president & nominations to the senate er A. Howard, of lowa, to Le t of Kiowa, Comanche and Wichita oy in Indian tecritory; Lieutenant Col- oncl 1. Comnstock to be colonel and Major J. with 1o be lieutenant colonel e presidentalso sent in- the following Wasuisoron, sent tne fo romiuation: Major Oswald H. Erust to be wuiewber of the Mississippi river comumis- sion, vice General Gulwore, deccascd, | BuYG WAy as e ¢ OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MURDERER DUMPKEE CAUGHT | Overtaken By the Pursuing Posse in a Ravine. NO REMORSE FOR HIS CRIME. A Train Jumps the Track Near Genoa —Probably Fatal Stabbing Affray in Perkins County—Other State News. The Dumpkee Tragedy. Coruwmpus, Neb., April 10.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee. |—John Hubber, constabie, and about twenty-five armed citizens left Columbus to-day to search the neighborhood for Albert Dumpkee, the German who mur- dered his wife on a farm near here on Sun- day last, and succeeded in capturing him about 5 o'clock five miles west of town. He found in He had sleot in a haystack during the night. He is safely con- fined in jail. He admits everything and says he is glad of it. Mrs. Dumpkee will be buried to-morrow, Additional particu regarding the mur- der show it to have been most brutal and depraved. Dumpkee was fifty-three years old. He had stopped with his n all winte His wife left once, poing to rmany, her home. Her son getting married sent for his mother and gave her a home with him and she came back under condition that her husband would be kept away. But Dumpkee came and beg- ged to live with them promising he would behave himself. But many times ho abused them and finally his son gave him $£25 and he went away apparently for good. But, re turning some time ago, he insisted upon sing disturbances and his son again told him, last Sunday about noon, that he must He started away but hung around 1 about three miles from here until his son going to the stable to do chores, when he entered the house with a club and beat Mrs. Dumpkee’s head into a jelly and bruised her entire body, she living but a few minute: Then he turned upon his son's wife and swore he would kill her, She escaped by ruuning into the yard and screaming. Jumped the Track. Grxoa, Neb., April 10.—[Special Telegram to the Ber.]—When the Alvion passenger train reached a point about five miles west of Genoa, this evening, the rails spread and the entire train left the track with the exception of the engine. The passengers were badly shaken up, but no one was seriously injured. Iull particulars cannot be obtained at this hour. P — The Knights Templar at Grand Island. GraxDp IsLaND, Neb., April 10.—[Special Telegram to the Beg |—The annual con- clave of Knights Templar of Nebraska, was convened in session at Masonic temple this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The meeting was presided over by Right Eminent Grand Commander Edgar S. Dudley, of Lincoln, the appointment of the various committees being the first busiuess in order. The election of officers for the ensuing re- sulted in the following selections: Sir Knight John J. Wemnple, of Hastin right eminent grand commander; Sir Knight Henry Gibbons, of Kearney, very cminent deputy grand commander; Sir Knight L. M. Koen, of Fremont, very minent issimo; Sir Knight L. H. Korty, of , captain general. The next encamp- at York, b. st and best represented the grand commandery has held in the state. A dispensation b n granted the sir knights of Holdrege, to hold a commandery at that place. The grand com- f will probably conclude the labors session to-morrow. The impe: grand council has g a special disp ion to the nobles of Scsos- tros temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, of Lincoln, Neb., authorizing them to open a meeting for the conferring of the degr the Order of the Mystic Shrine, Tyler, of Lincoln, grand potentate den, of Lincoln, chicf ribba lveretts, of Lincoln, Alfred G, Hastings, high priest and potentate valter C. Davis, oriental guide; John Mc- Clay, marshal, will conduct the meeting at the close of the sir knights' conclave, and will receive petitions and confer the degrees of the Order of the Mystic Shrine on such sir knights as as wish 10 avail themselves of this opportunity. Jan M. H. Dr, Nebraska City Improvements. EBiAsKA CiTy, Neb., April 10.—[Special am to the Bee.]—The board of public to-day ded the contract for sew- erage to Miller & Co., of Council Bluffs, At the special election to-day $32,000 for sewers and 22,000 6 per cent bonds, for pav- ing, ;arried unanimously. Both propo- sitions were voted upon some time ago, call- ing for 7 per cent bonds, but being voted on together, were declared illegal, and to-day’s clection was called to correct the error, The Nebraska G Fresoxt, Neb., April 10, Bre.]—At a special meeting of the council of administaution of the Nebraska G. A. R, held in this city, Department Commander Henry appointed E. C. Parkinson, of Seward, junior vice commander, to go to Columbus, 0., to make arrangements for_headquarters and the accommodation of the Nebrasia con- tingent of old soldiers and dc s who will attend the national encampment to be held at thit place in June. Mr. Parkinson, who has been in Fremont for several days past, left to-day for Columbus to perform the duty as sigued to him, -~ The Omaha Presbytery. ScuvyLer, Neb., April 10.—[Special Tele gram to the Ber.|—This afternoon’s fiy from the east brought ina large delegation of Presbyterian ministers and elders who are in attendance vnon the meetings of the Omaha presbytery now in session h The speak ers to-day were Revs, W. J. Doole, of Craig, and D, K. Kerrand W. R. Henderson, of Owmaha, More delegates are expected in' to- morrow. The meetings are well attended and a great interest is manifested in_the pro cecdin, e A New Bank Organized, Youi, Neb. April 10.—[Spicial to the Bex. | Articles of incorporation for Mead's state bank were filed with the county clerk ye terday. with an authorized capital of $300,- S00, 20 per eent of which is already paid in. incorporators are W. D. Mead, F. F. d, D. T. Mo wick, 8§, C. iffen, | > Jerome and L. Mell A two-story brick will be erected by the company at’ the corner of Grant rvenue and Sixth strect s soon as Lrick can be procured. A Masonic Temple Fresont, Neb., April 10.—[Special to the Bee. ] —The Fremont Masonio temple craft nave just received from the architects plans for a wagnificent temple and have com monced ad ising for bids for its erection is to be three stories in height, with stone front and terra cotta ornaments, aud 45x120 feet in siz Its cost is estimated at about §15,000. Several buildings similar to this will be erected in Fremont this year, A Brakeman GENOA, Neb., April 10.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.|—Ed. Hawilton, a brakeman on the Cedar Rapids - branch, while wmaking a coupling on a freight train this morning, had 2 narrow escape from death. The drawhead Cale togetler, asd be njured, MORNING, APRIL 11, 1888, ined injurics that whl confine him to his | for several days. Had the jar been re e would certainly have been crushed. - itiiane A Stabbing Affray. Graxt, Neb., April 10.— | Special Telegram to the Brr.]—News has just rcached this place of a serious cutting aftray in the west- ern part of the county between Robert Deer ing, Frank Popian and a neighbor. Deering received wounds in the neck that ave likely to prove fatal. The trouble grew out of slan- derous talk. —— FIFTIETH CONGRESS. denate. Waenixaros, April 10.—~Among the peti- tions and memorials prescuted and referred was one for amendmente to the inter-state commerce bill, €0 as to make it apply to the transportation of o1l by pipe lines, On motion of Mr. Wilson of Towa the bill regulating the times for holding the terms of the United States circuit and district courts for the northwestern district of Iowa was passed, The senate resumted the consideration of the bill to authorize/ the sale to alicns of cer- tain mineral lands, Faulkner's amendment was rejected. After much discussion the phrascoiogy of the bill was amended and the bill passed—Yeas 81, nays 13. It reads as follow That the act entitled “An act to ors of real estate in the ter- ritories to American citizens,” ete., approvs March 8, 1887, shall not relate to or m any way or manner affect ‘title to mineral lands or mining claimé in the territories of the United States, which may be acquired or held under the mineral land laws of the United States, nor to mills or other reduc tion works or property used in the produc- tion of metals from the sale of mineral land or claims, but as to all such mineral lands, mining cla mills, reduction works and other property, the laws of the United States and of the ritories shall be, until changed by act of congress or actof the territorial legislature, the same as though said act had not been passed, The senate then resumed the consideration of the bill to provide for the admission of South Dakota_and the organization of the territory of North Dakota, Mr. Butler hoped the present territo of Dakota would not be dismembered. The bill of the minority, he said, propesed to authorize the people ‘of the territory to meet in conven- tion, frame a constitution and state govern- ment and submit them to congress, and, upon their ratification by congress, declare Dakota a state of the union. The majority bill, on the otker hand, proposed to ratify and confirm_a so-called constitution adopted in South Dakota two and onc-half years ago, and to seat as United States senators two gentlemen, republicans. who claimed to have been elected. Would the senate, he asked, consent to seat as full fledged sena- tors, equal to these who represented sovercign states, twp men who_simply rep- resented 12,000 votes: out of 105,000 votes. That was the proposition. He referred to one of the gentlemen seeking scats as sena- tors from Dakota (Mr. Edgerton) as one whom he had speken of courteously in the last congress, but who, in a recent speech in Dakota, had alluded to him in an offensive manner, drawing a parallel between the southern man who learned nothing, forgot nothing and resorted to the bowie knife and revolver, and the Dakota man whose weap- ons were the bible and the spelling book. hat,” id e, after ri extr from Idgerton’s speech, * suage of a man to whom [ extended the courtesy of expressing kindly feclings when he was attempting to get a seat on this floor. He is entitled to all, the credit and all the honor and all the eclat and prestige which that character of language.ean give him, But I may be permitéed to say that if Thad to sclect cither as .-o‘mnniuxm or citizens of a great country, the statking bandit, the reck- less highw: with pistol and bowie knife in hand, or sneaking hypocrite, the snarling pharisce who fires from the rear and takes cover under the shadow of bis own meannes ignity, 1 would scleet the former. spelling book and the bib) education as that, such injustice, such falsehood, ve morcy upon the bible and the i book which that man carries with 1.4 Better have made a bonfire with sm than to have them teach such language as that which I have read.” Without action the se ¢ adjourncd. Hous, Wasnixerox, April 10.—The house met at 5 o'clock this morning, the legislative day of Wednesday continuing. The demand for arorder formally opened theseventh day of the contest over the direct X bill. te in the afternoon a vote S upon the motion to adjourn in order th test might be made of th strength of the combatants. T tive vote was 80, the same The negative fell off from 146 to-duy, @ number of leaves having been granted, At 8:20 the ser at-arms appeared at the bar of the house hav- ing in custody Mr. Lawler of Iliinois, who excused his absence by saying he had been At home answering correspondence, in- ex i 1on that tho situation in the house would remain unchanged M ylor moved to excuse him on fine of £10, suying the time ed when the b should have members pres He protested most seriously to sicr in which the house had treated absentecism, by making light of it. He wished o penaity should be imposed and if the offense of absenteeism should pre ail the penalty should be increased until ab- solute expulsion should become the remedy. After some discussion Mr. Lawler was ex- 156 that Mr. Breckenridge of Kentucky, Mr. Breckenridge of Arkansas, Mr, Weaver and be excused from voting. pentlemen declared that they could »care of themss o8, Mr. Boutelle insisted that it was not re- quisite tha or give his consent to the motion to be hereupon as amendment that{Mr. Boutelle himself be cused from voting, which motion the speaker pro tem (Mr. MeMillan of Tennessee) de 1 to be carvied. nnon ofHlinois then moved that 1f be excused from voting and fu moved that Mr. Bayne of Pennsylvania excused. “This was supplemented by a motion by Mr, Bayne that Mr. Reed of Maine be excused from oy republicans were upon their but the speaker pro tem refused to rec- nize any motion exeept that of Mr. Cannon cuse himself, which he declared to be carried againstithe protests of the republi cans. Atthis momenta motion came from the democratic side that the house adjourn, and after a chorus of yeas from the demc side and shouts of nays from the r vel of the speaker hung in mid-air. ‘Jie republicans, fearful that the house woul bo declared adjourned, arose and rushed to the front, shouting for the yeas and nays The confusion 0 great that the services of the sergeant-at-avms and his muce of ofi cors were called in and order was finally re Mr. Roeed reiterated his demand for the yeas and nays, aud when auiet had been ob tained the speaker pro-tem recognized his demand and the yeas and nays were ordered The motion to adjourn was defeated—y 65, nays 191 At this bhour (1:45) there 1s no prospect of an adjournment and recess. A motion to suspend furthe ding under the call of the house bas just been lost—yeas 48, nays . an he ther be X ——— Robbed a Safe, Noxrox, Kan,, April 10. gram to the Bgee.|-—Burglars effected an entrance to the oftice of the Chicago lumber company of this place last night and secured some §00, all the cash contents of “the safe, Mr. McCheesney, the manager, is treasurc of the Presbyterian church and the wone belonged to that society. The safe was | locked on tue day lock and access was easily | galued, pecial Tele- STILL HOPE FOR CONKLING, Although the Chances Are Decidadly Against His Recovery. HIS MIND REMAINS CLOUDED. Some Difficulty Experienced in Get- ting Him to Take Medicine—He Now Rests Easier Than For Two Days Past. The Stricken Stalwart., New Youk, April 10.—At 0:20 this morn ing Dr. Barker said Conkling’s condition was much improved and that the operation that had been performed seemed to have accomplished all that was expected, His temperature had fallen to 90 and his pulse to 90, He slept three hours during the night. At8:50 Judge Alfred C. Coxe, of Utica, nephew of the ex-senator, visited the patient and within ten minutes he reappeared. “Conkling passed n restless night,” said Coxe, “but he is considered to be some better. He was awake when I was in the room, but did mot speak to me. Among the other callers in the early mori ing were ex-Judge Horace Russell, "ex-Go ernor Hoadley, of Ohio, and Colonel Ed Gebhard. DAt 11 4. m. he was reported as not being so well s in the early morning. He was con- scious only at tervals of short duration. The effect of the operation is beginning to show itself in the way of causing a heavy strain upon his system. At noon it was stated he had frequently risen from his bed and paced the room in a state of delivium until 8o exhausted that he was compelled to return to his couch. During these periodical attacks Mrs, Conklin g remained in the room her husband. _For over an hour Mrs, Conk- ling has kept the door to her own room locked and refuses to sce or speak with anybody or receive letters. At2:3 this afternoon Dr. Barker came from the room, where he had been since 2 o'clock, and said the patient’s condition was about the same. When he entered the sick man’s room at 2 o'clock Conkling asked him how long he had been there, The doctor re- plied, “Oh, only a little while.” “How_ kind of you,” feebly said the sick man and then fell “back unconscious. The patient’s pulse at this time was 90 and his temperature 101 The reporter asked the doctor if he thought Conkling would live and he replied that_his patient's condition was very critical, and while there was life there was hope. ~The doctors will hold another consultation to-night. This afternoon Mrs. Fred Grant and Mrs, Ulysses S. Grant called at Mr. Conkling’s and left flowers and_notes expressing their sympathy and their hopes of his speedy re- covery. This morning Colonel Frederick A. Conk- lin, brother of the ex-scnator, eame out of the house_leaning heavily upon the arm of his son. He was almost too much affected to speak, and m answer to a question as to his brother’s condition, he said. “Very low, very low.” When asked if there was any hope for his recovery he replied: I fear not; 1 fear not.” Mr. Conkling rested quietly from the time the sirgeons last saw him at 2:40 this after- noon until 4 o'clock, when he began to gt very restless. At 5 o'clock Dr, Barker called and remained half an hour. Up to the time of his arrival the patient had restlessly paced the room, and those attending could do noth- ingwith him. He refused all medicine and they could not force it into hi mouth, The doctor induced him to take an opiate At o'clock Dr. Barker said since 5 o'clock and up to 9 o'clock Mr. Conkling had the best slecp he had had for a week and that his mind and he seems more intelligent. His pul and temperature 49 610, All the changes, Dr. Barker said, are in his favor, ch was received from the officers of the republican convention of Champaign, 11, expressing the deep solicitude hope of those assembled for Mr. Coukling's ulti- mate re reporter Conkling recov 1t s a tre Dr. Barker: “Can Mr., The doctor replied: Jus disease and 1 cannot All the changes that y are in his favor.” Mrs. Conkling, who has been in the sick room, stated that her husband better than he had been at any time in forty-cight hou HEWITT AND THE IRISH. New York's Mayc ivers Himself of a Messag, New Youk, April 10.—Mayor Hewitt wansmitted to the common council stirring message, disapproving of the resolu- tion taking from the mayor the power of di- recting what flags shall be displayed upon city buildings. In it he shows while the h born population amounts to 16.45 per 7 per cent of the board of aldermen arc Irish: more than one and one-half times the normal ratio of representation prevails inall the departments except the police, where 28.10 per cent are Irish born, nearly double the normal per centa This he dc- clares is at the expense of the German element, « tabulated account of the national representations in office and in the charitable institutions. He states he does not publish the tables to invoke comment, but declares that under our free government and bound- less resources, the Irish malcontents should exhibit a modest restraint in claiming new privileges not known to the law and not de sired by the more con: tive portion of the jonality in whose favor t xception is demanded. He advises the board of alder- men to adopt & measure whereby the vexed question may be wade squarcly an issue be. fore the pul WITH A Desperate to. WINCH Encounter in Three Men Ave Killed, ORLATOMA, 1. T, April 10.—A courier from Shawnectown brings word of a_desperate fight between oficers and desperadoes. Three colored horse thieves were being pursucd by a deputy United States marshal and thr Indian police, When the neg cre hard pressed they halted and a pitehed battle with Winchesters ensued. Tywo of the negroes and two of the Indian police were killed, and the marshal was badly wounded. - The Star Gains Its Point, MoNTREAL, April 10.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—The corporation made an uncon ditional surrender to-day and ordered 400 men to clean the streets. The Star and shovel brigade, us & conscquence, paid off to-night. It had cleaned a prinei} busincss thoroughfare, St. James street Subscriptions are pouring in from the banks and insurauce companies W cover the expend itures of the Star ERS, Which - » Record, , April 10.—At Tavares, hundred miles south of her 1ot started a firc some twenty firms and every business block but two Among the buildings destroyed were several hotels, the Tavares bank, postofiice and depor. The loss is about $150,000, with very small insura - Horse Lifters Lynched, Kaxsas Ciry, Mo, April 10.~-A spec from Woodward, 1. I, says forty from Ashland and other Kansas went down into *No Man's Land and strung up four horse thicves, They now have nine me them barricaded in i Cherokee sty st of “No Man's Land and intend to hang them if they get them, - The ¥ JACKSONVILLE, a villa one yesterday, 1o © Sparks which burned out farmers towns st week ky Morgan Must Hang. xu, O., April 10.—The ci court at Ravenna to-day refuscdto g Blinky” Morgan's motion for a new trial, and scotenced biw W Lavg June b, Bl Crey THE FISH The Subject of Spirited Debate in the Canadian Parliament. OTTAWA, April 10.—In the house of com mons this afternoon Sir Charles Tupper moved a second reading of the bill to ratify the fisheries treaty. In his speech if sup- port of the motion he reviewed the circum- stances connected with the former treatics between the United States and Great Brit- ain concerning the fisheries of Canada. The reciprocity treaty of 1854 was a_just one, and he believed the majority of the people of both countries believed its abrbgation was a mistake. This abrogation was caused by the ill-founded belief in the United States -that Canadla hiad helped the south during the late war, He was sorry that public opinlon United States had led to the passage of a re- taliation act. Concerning this treaty he did not intend to state to the house all the ad- vantages which might bo claimed for it, be= cause every word he uttered to-day might be used against him i the United States senate to-morrow, where, it was possible, t might be more difficulty in passing the tr than in the Canadian house of commons. speaker touched on some of the provisions of the treaty, and then proceeded to recite the consequences of making this treaty. In con- cluding Sir Charles declared it to ‘be of the most vital importance to Canada and to the best interests of the British empire that this treaty be adopted, M. Davies, of Prince Edward Island, plied” in _opposition He held that the tr in the o to Sir Charles’ motion ¥ was an unconditional surrender on the part of Canadaof that what the Americans _claimed, and that Canada was to-day asked to conccde at the point_of the bayonet what she ought to have yielded gracefully long ago. When Davies coneluded, the minister of justice, replied in a brief speech, reviewing Poiuts made by Mr. Davies. - SET ASIDE sman rBlanco Relieved From the Heavy Judgment Against Him. NEw Yonk, April 10.—The judgment ro- cently obtained by default in favor of George Wilson against Gusman Blanco, ex-president of Venezuela and envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France,from Vene- zeula, for $2,104,536, was to-day set aside by Judge O'Gorman of the supreme court, The summons was served on Blanco while in_the city ready to take o steamer for France to discharge his _duties as minister. Judge O'Gorman held that he is entitled to imwmu- nity from civil suits in the country to which lie was the accredited minister as he i in the those friendly countries through which he passes on his way to the scene of his diplo- matic labors. G etiace” Mo, Condition of Winter Grain. WasniNGroy, April 10.—April statist returns to the department of agriculture re late to the condition of winter grain and farm animals. The scason for seeding was a long three months in some of the southern states, and the appearance, as winter set in, was uneven, though the plants weie rooted. In the states affected by summer drought there was slow germination in the soil not well pulverized, causing thin stands in such are: Only partial winter protection was liad in the northern belt. The variabie tem- perature of March seriously injured the plant in the central states of the west, and some loss from winter Killing appoars, oven in Tex: On 1'111.‘ Atlantic coast winter in- jury was very slight. South of Maryland the temperature was mild and favorable. The present appearance of the crop is_quite un- favorable. As spring is late and the present growth of late sown grain comparatively mall, favorable spring weather might make a material improvement. The present condition is 82 per cent, n recent ye exeepting only ere N0 an Al production ar rk 01, Pennsylvani 76, Indiana 74, Mis cent. The condition of ryc is much highe standing at 93.5 for the entire breadth, The condition of farm animals is com i ood. Estimated losses from casualitic averaged as follows 1,000 anim Horses 18, cattle 2! and swine 8 per cent. - Rufus Peckham for Supr Arnaxy, N. Y., April 10.—[Speci gram to the Bee.] - Every democratic mem ber of the state senate, Chairman Edward Murphy of the democ tate committee, and many other prominent members of the party in this state, have siened & memorial to the president asking that he appoint Judge Rufus W. Peckham of the court of as chief justice of the supreme cou Peckham is one of the strongest democrats in the state. and left the supremec court beneh of the Third judicial district to go to the appellate beneh, He was nominated to the latter position by the state committce over e 1. Bradley, who was strenu ously urged by Governor Hill and his friends. Mr. Peckham was supported by the old Tl ho compose the bulk of the presi ving in this state, and was clected {ansas ¢ by I intimate friend of ‘Daniel Manning, as | lent Clevelund, and his nomination received with great favor, e A Bogus Butter Dealer Sent Up. Special Telegram to Thomas Schole grocer of 201 aded guilty before Recorder I sessions, yesterday, to selling oleomargarine in place of butter, The recorder said he remembered that three suspended sentences for the sume offens were hanging over Scholes. He sentenced the prisoner 1o three months in the peniten tiury. Scholes had expected to be fined, and he burst into tears. *“This is pretty hard, recorder, to send a respectable man to prison to associate with criminals and thicves,” said Schole's counsel, It is hard for decent people to be swindled,” said the recorder Recorder Smyth m going to send every one of these cart grease butter dealers to prison now. This business must be stopped I have warned them, and no more pleading of ignorance of the luw or of the character of the butter will be ” the B First avenue, p! Smyth in the gen Ready For the Gathering. S1. Josern, April 10,—[Speial T to the Bre.]—A joint meeting of repres tatives of the board of trade, manufactu bureau and common council was held to-day, and the uts completed for the im ition to be held in this ¢ There will be 500 delegates from n counties in northwest Missouri, An ul reception will be given at the board ie at 11 o'clock in themorning. In the ¢ the gates will be driven over the id the convention will be called at 7 :50 A number of the state ofticials will be present, and it is thought that ( Moorchouse will preside over the u - Floods in the Northwest. MiNNEAPOLIS, Minn., April 10,—T) ern Minnesota division of the St. Pa is badly washed out by a flood in the river ) trains b this divisi take at 1 to put tl Cax April gorge in the river went out this after and shortly after the lurge barn and se at the Gregg mill went over the dam h a fearful crash. The foundation of the Goodhue mill is washing out. The upper bridge is also i dunger, and the water is higher than ever to-night. B -~ Two Men Instantly Killed, Barowis, 111, April 10.—HBy the explosion of the boiler of Fink's sawmill to-day James Mitchell and Isaac Holden were killed, and H, V, Fiok and John Heury vadly ipjured. angen outh road ooy e run into Lacrosse on n since last Saturday, and it will ast ten days after the Hoods subsidc road in oraer )N Favrs, Minn 10.—The big — NUMBER 208 THEY DIDN'T DIE TOGETHER. Because Their Self-Destroying Bfe forts Failed to Connect. AN ATTORNEY'S DEEP DISGRACE, He Leads a Virtnous Girl Astray and Both Attempt to Take Their Own Lives, Adopting Different Methe Sad Ending of a Debanch, St. Pavt, Minn,, April 10— [Special Tela gram to the Bee.J—James E. Campbell, the district attorney of Neillville, Grant county, Wis,, arrived at the Merchants hotei last Thursday mnight, nccompanied by a young and good looking woman from Neillsvi purporting to be his wife, and who registes uch. He was flush with money and anticipated & week of pleasure in this city. The couple were given apartments in the hotel and spent the night there, but the next day Campbell met some of his old friends and fell into a well cultivated habit of drinking. Heis aman who likes hquor and he got gloriously full. The 00 in groen backs which he had in his pockets he distributed plentifully everywhere. In w saloon where he met a convivial crowd he tried to dise tribute 100 bills, but was stopped by the bartepder. Ho neglected his fair companion at the hotel and spent the night muking the rounds. Saturday morning the young woman, who was greatly attached to him, attempted suis cide mn her room by blowing out the gas, She was discovered after sho beeame par- tinlly aspliyxiated, in time to save her life. She’ was 1ot Campbell's wife, and the affair was kept very quiet. A friend of Campbell'a telegraphed Sheriff Dwyer, of that place, tq: come here. The young woman swore shd would never go home alive, but she was finally prevailed upon to accompany tha sherift _und his friend back to her home, She is Miss Aunio Hartsom, said to be the daughter of a wealthy and prominent Eau Claire (Wis.) citizen.” In the publication of her attempted suicide her name was not given but District Attorney Campbell got his foll share of notoriety. He felt the dis- grace keeuly on account of the high ofcial and social position which he occupied. His wife is at present visiting in Chicago, and i ris lying very sick at her home inl six miles from Neillsville. Dbad enough, but us is now known he was a defaulter, and in constant fear of discovery. In this state of mind he continu on his spree. Yesterday afternoon he took large dose of laudanum, While sinking intg a state of insensibility he was found by officer who removed him to the Astorim hotel. Physicians were summoned, and' he is now out of danger. The train from Neills« ville brought Captain Talford, a deputy, - sheriff, and Sheriff Dwyer. Capfain Talfo is also the agent of an estate from which 1f alleged Campbell hus embezzled $900 ens trusted to him, and came hereto arresf Campbell. Sheriff Dwyer is an intima friend of the unfortunate man and came he to act in that capac Requisition papers were issued to Captain Talford by the gov- ernor of Wisconsin last Friday, but -thi papers were found to_ be incorrect an were returnc to Madison for coi= rection. Fearing that Campbell might skip Captain Talford came on atcud, expects ing to have the papers fory d.e H| brought proper credentinls, and Detective Saches, acting under orders, went to th room where Campbell was lying unconsciong 'd the novel experience of placing) rrest. OMcer Tom Casserly wag detailed to remain in the room with the pris- one Campbell is a highly educated and \;ri\lixmls and has made more than in fession. He I8 2 e, good looke wipanion, In the last year he has be \eayily, but if his itle intrigue had never been discovered, able that his reputation would have s it was when he left Neilsvillo ing and a most WILL BUILD TO OMAHA. The Winona & Southwestern Suo eds in Negotating Its Bonds, WiNoxa, Minn., April 10.—It is announced this cvening that the Winona & Southwest- ern has negotiated its mort bouds and money for building a road from here td malia. A trafiic agroement has been ar- ed with the Gre and Wino rouds which will make this the shortest ling between Omuha e General Booth's Daughter Married. Loxnoy, April 10.—Members of the Sulvas tion Army assembled in Congress hall to-day to witness the marriage of al Booth's second daughter, Emma, to Mr. Tucker, on ex-ofticer in the Indian civil se thousand ons e wis d with floral After the cereniony o bans The festivitios will continue have att d o largd number of the aristocr and tickets of ad- mission are selling frecly at high prices, ew It AlL ate dispatches which passed between Count Dillon and General Boulanger, and which were published in Matin, prove General or Was Coge nizant of and approved his candidature for the ehamber of dep in the various de purt first voted for, although he publicly repudiated all responsis bility for the presentation of his name. At a meeting of the el ors partment of Nord, last ever endorsing Loulanger's ¢ ununimo usly adopted Gene Boulanger ¥ Pams, April 10.—P ididature enthusiasm, Stanford is Willing. SN Praxcisco, April 10.—A gentleman of this city who has just returned from Washe ngton, and who is on intimate terms with Senator Leland Stanford, stated to a newss paper representative that Stanford had finally decided to allow his nuine to go before the republican national convention as didate forthe presidency, and | that_conclusion desires the s California detegation to th tion, port of the tional convens [a—— A Galling Dunray. April 10—At day Tim Healy, who presided, maintained that last Sunday’s meetings suficed to dis- prove the boast of I3alfour that the league wiis @ thing of the past. The meeting also proved, he sald, that the people were willing adherents of the league and anxious to get g of the thralldom of *the British government, and that if they onee got the opportunity they would rise in their strength and shake off the yoke. The Prussian Flood Sufferers. Binwiy, April 10.—The emperor has do- nated 50,000 marks to the sufferers by the floods in addition to the sums he previously oke, ng to- = : Enterprise Sails For Algiers. LoNboN, April 10.—The United States *** amer Lnterprise left Gibraltar to-day for Algiers The Dead Faperor's Bequest, Beuriy, April 10,1t is stated the late Eme peror William left a sum of thirty marks t9 every invalid soldier of the war of 1870, — A FProvin Hang-Up. Cusnrorrerows, P E. L, April 10.—= Willigm Millman was hunged to-day in the juil yard for the murder of Mary Tuplin W | July last,