Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 23, 1888, Page 1

"THE OMAHA DaiLy BEE EIGHTEENTH YEAR. PLOTTING FOR THE OFFICES. Lincoln Full to Overflowing With State Politicians, CORPORATION CROWD ON HAND. The OIl Room Gang Making Mighty Efforts to Capture the Convention—The End Not In Sight. The Outlook at Midnight. Lixcory, Neb., August 22.—[Special Tele. gram to Tur Bee]—The delegates to the republican state convention are nearly all on the ground. The ridors of the hotels arc packed closely, Crowds of people are gath cred in knots and groups on the strects ad jacent to the Capitol and Windsor hotels Carriages are rolling rapidly back and forth conveying delegates and 1obbyists to or from the railroad headquarters, where conferences are in progress day and night. Captain Phil- lips, of the Lincoln Town Lot company, and Dewese, of the Burlington, have been mar shalling the raiiroad forces all day long for the coming fray, and trying to organize a combine with the bankers who are struggling for the deposits of the state treasury. John M. Thurston, with the Union Pacific m chied the battle ground early this afternoon, and the regular oil room con- tinzent landed at the Capitol hotel at 10:30 p.m, The niz of Omaha Third ward bums followed closely on their heels, cheering lustily for Yost, and rushed headlong into the hotel bar room. A birdse, of the crowd atthe Capitol hotel creates the impression that we ar the eve of a bankers' and brokers’ conten- tion. Almost other man is a bank officer, broker or money lender, The most prominent among these anxious financicrs arethe leading Omaha and Lincoln bankers. The contest over the state treasurer over- shadows everything and bafles all caleolu- tion as to the outcome. The fact that the te treasurer has at his osal all the y from three quarters of a million to a million and a half, is sugg in this strugirle for the state deposits, pl and counterplates, combines and counte combines rule the hour. Nobody can fore- tell which of the bank rings will cary off the capital prize to-morrow., Of the twel andidates for treasurer, Einsel, Yost, Graham and Hill il in the order in which the na I'he back- ers of isel and Yost claim over two hund- red delegates each, but neither will muster more than one one hundred and scventy-five on the first ballot. 1t 18 currently reported that Councilman Hascall, of Omaha, who comes as a Yost del- egate, will be sprung to-morrow as a candi- for licutenant governor. This way com- plicate Yost's chances materiaily, The gen- eral impression now is that Yost has no chance of & nomination in any event un less Einscl or Hill combine with him, This is not probable, even if it were p cablas Both Einsel and Hill feel confident and hope- ful. They could not deliver their following to Yost even if they wanted to. A canvass of the delogates indicates that Attorney General Leese has strength enough to ensure his nomination. His principal op- ponent, Scott, who is known to be a 8. & M. attornoy, lacks warm support in his own del- egation, and can not hold it solid more than two ballots in any event. The auditorship, which is by all odds the most important office in the state, is liable to £0 toarailroader by default. Grosshans, the ouly candidate who is free from en- tangling alliances, is not pushing his can- vass with the same vigor as his competitors, The insurance clique, headed by Captain Palmer, are working hard for Benton. In this state the auditor is the insurance com- missioner, which explains the why and wherefore. The land commissionership is an uncertain gquantity, depending upon where the treas- urer and auditor come from, and with which of the treasury combines the respective can- didates are identified. on es An Afternoon View of the Scene, LaixcoLy, Neb., August - ial Tele- gram to Tug Bee.]—It is becoming more and more apparent that a combination is forming that means Yost for treasurer, Benton for wuditor and Irvine for attorney general. But it will be whisked to the breezes. It lacks backbone. The collusion of the railroad and fnsurance corporations to that end can never win. For it to do so would be party suicide. Palmer, the insurance nabob of the state,and defunct candidate for licutenant governor, is undertaking to bolster Beuton. Congre man Dorsey pats him on the vack and say: “'sick 'em.” This is all there 1s to Benton's poom, and hLe is bound to go where the woodbine twineth. Where Irvine is to get his strength oute side of a sickly combination is a conumdirum, Like Scott, he will simply fivat until ne floats home. These gentlemen stand moro chance of beiug struck by lightning than they do by the attorney generalship. Some of the level headed delegation insist that a sensible combination of any kind ¢ not be made. 1t begins to look tha Unless somo of the perplexing questions are settled in caucus the convention wiil be one of the most memorable ever held iu the state, It will be a night's siege, to say the least, and then the end will not be in sight. The York delegation will do some heavy work for Lundeen whenever it is found that Scott 18 an impossi- bility. Scott out of the way of sctive work ©n the part of the delegation would make Lundeen a formidable candidate for comuiis- siover of public lands and buildings. He would make Jake Dew hunt his hole, and Carter would have to do some lively scratehing. The convention will hear more of this man Lundeen than it now anticipate His canvass is in the hands of some wary nd Baird are unknown quantities for state treusurer, The same thing practic can be said of Harper, of Butler, Tley seem to be making no special fight, and are cling- iog to the = phamtom Hope like grim death. They have their respective counties, however, and moy heve the gratifi- cation of naming the man. "Grabam und H are bending their cnergies in the strugg and the nomination of either of them would be a crodit to the party and to the state, With the people they are unquestionably the rime favorites, The names of other candi- Bates might be mentioned tiat would prove equally as strong, but the expressed favor is not 50 firm and does ot give the sato assur- ance of success. Candidates ure trading strength by workin, on credulity and ambition. Selcctions o residential electors are being made ased upon pledged supvort of this or that candidate for treasurer, a ditor or_commissioner, as the case way be. Casper E. Yost 18 _especially prominent in this little game. Ile is working it for all it is worth. His spotters are leaving no stone un. turned that possibly may deliver him goods. “Union Pacitic John," however, is to be made an elector-at-lurge, ' This honor is claimed for bim by right of the distinguished services he has rendered to the republican party. So it Candidates ave twisting and squirm mg. The end is not in sight and there is no prospect of its. sudden appearance. of Dawes, Iddiogs of Lancoln, and Hump of Pawnee, are among the praskans mentioned for presi dential electors, Just what goods they are pledged to deliver for the honor is not known. 1If not of the oil poom crowd for revenue only there may be a change for the gratification of personal ambition. But it is to bet that Humphrey has promised the ee delegation, boay and soul, to Yost, Einsel or Benton, and possibly to all of them. : o belongs to the class that o the wholo how, With two or three exceptions the candi dates are all here. Paul Schminke, of Otoe, will arrive this evening, and all of the known candidates for state tre will be eugaged in the canvass, The miller goes to the bat lust, but there is such a thing as hat- ting the ball beyond the fleld and making a home run, De s came i sy the noon trains. Every county in the state will be represented to-night or eatly in the morning, and the lobby will buzz as swe etly as though the play was United States se tor muking, Itis said that a supreme fort will bo made by the rail- ud and corporation henchmen to-night to i of the situation. If they fail muke it a rough-and-tumble tit, and work upon the cupidity of the nov- wnd disappointment of the defeated, hop- £ in this way to eapture the e t prizes, or enough of thein to serve their purpose and ends, The encmics of the pec s full of resources and they are bent on using any means, however treacherous and damnable, to make it possible for them to continue their fleccing the shippers and thus rob the pro ducer and consumer, Leese will g vention with 2 to 300 for all that his strength is ness. The field against him o tion is possible, but not probable. The rep- of the people are on the keenest alert and will attempt to checkmate any de- cided move of this kind. Bit Off His Ear. KEARNEY, Neb., August 22.—[Special Tel- egram to Tne Bee.l—E, O. Edwards and Mike Sullivan, young farmers living a few miles east of the city, got into an altercation this afternoon about a bit of neighborhood £0ssip, resulting in the entire loss of an from the latter, which was bitten off by Ed- wards, the assaulting party. A hearing v given him this evening be a justice, and he was bound over for his appearance at the district court in the sum of €500, before the 4 votes, his only w id a combina con Blaze ac Benkleman, Neb., August 22.—[Special ni Bee]—The Commercial hotel narrowly escaped burning this morn- ing. Kerosine oil was spilled on the floor. The clerk, to dispose of it, applied a match, anp in an instant the room was ablaze and 1it not been for the fire department the building would soon have been i ashes. A3 it was the fire was soon subdued with but slight duma, A Little BENKLEMA Telegram to Another Nebraska Cit Netraska Crry, Neb., A to Tue Bee]—The safe City Manufacturing ny's ofiice was blown entirely to picees by burglars last night, but only a small amount of cash was sceur The town seems to be overrun by thieves and robberies are of _almost nightly oceu is offered for any ouls stolen from Noclting night. Burg'ary. 15122, | Special t the Nevraska dging Place. {Special stevening an un- known man, while intoxicated, lay down on the B, & M. track just west of the yards at this place and the 12:40 passenger east struck him while running at a high rate of speed, throwing him frou the track and se juring him, though, it is thought, not fa Objects of Charity, KearNey, Neb., Augnst22.—[Special Tele- gram to Tie Bee.|]—Mrs. E. Robinson, a widow lady, arrived here to-day in destitute circumstances with three small children de- pendent upon her for support. The two old- est, cight and ten years respectively, taken up as vagrauts and sent to the indus- trial school, BLAINE'S STUMPING He Will Go Across the Continent After Maine's Election, AucGusTa, Me., August 22— [Speci; gram to Tue Be Mr. Blaine will st; @ trans-continental stuwping tour one week after the Mame clection in October. He has no detailed plans for the campaign, and he will make none. He will place himself un- reservedly in the hands of th ational com- mittee to use as_ they think best. 1f he goes as far west as California it will be during the last week of the canvass, so that the time spent in returning will not be taken out of the campaign. His speeches, with perhaps one exception, will be short. He does not feel able to undergo the severe strain of a long series of two-lour stump speeches. In the campaign of four years ago, owing to the great number of out-door specches which Le deliv heovertaxed his voice somewhat which, he says, requires him to be careful of it now. Mpr, Blaine will speak once more in the evening at Lewiston this week and will then go to Polano Spri to speud Sunday. TOUR. Wisconsin Kepublicans. MiLwavkeg, Wis., August 22.—The repub- lican state convention met in this city atnoon to-day. Philo S, Orton was chosen tem- porary chairman and J. S. Reynolds tem- porary secretary. The usual committecs were appointed and adjournment was taken to 2 o'clock this afternoon. The following platform was adopted : The republicans of Wisconsin, by their representatives in _convention assembled, heartily approve of the nominations of Ben! jumin Harrison for president and Levi 1%, Mor- ton for vice presilent ns candidates worthy of the warm and united support of the repub- lican party. They approve the platform adopted by the national republican’ conven- tion in June last as outliuing the policy best caleulated to maintain and promote the wel fare of the country and prosperity of 1ts peo- ple of all classes and occupations. With re- rd to affuirs of state, offer as the best guarantee for the future and tho strongest claim to the continued confidence of the peo- ple, the record of the present republican ad- ministration 1t is a record of the honest, economical, impartial and judicious applica: tion of sound business methods to the con- duct of the various departments of the state government. In conclusion, this convention de press its recoguition of the fidel- ity nd eficiency with which Gov- spousible oftice. Honest, courageous and just, he has held the office of governor longer than any of his predecessors, and has 80 borne himself s to win the respect and esteem of the whole people, irrespective of party division. After taking an informal ballot this after- noon, the convention adjourned until 8 o'clock p. ., when W, D, Hoard, of Fort Atkinson, was nominated for governor on the first bal- lot. George W. Ryland was renonunated for lieutenant governor, Frnest (. Timme for seécrctary of state, H. B. Harshan for state treasurcr, C. E. Estabrook for attorney general, J. B. Thayer for state superintend- ent, Atley Peterson for railroad commis- sioner and Phil Cueek for iusurance commis- sioner. e A Brewery Burned. Forr Warye, Ind., August 22.-—~The Berg- hoff brewery was totally burned this morn- ing. The fire originated from an explosion in the malt room. The damages are $100,000; insurance §5,000. —_— Plorists in Convention, w Youx, August 22.—The fourth annual ion of the Society of American Floy was begun yesterday. Deiegates are present from all parts of the United States snd Canada, —~— Bishop Haveis' Death, LoNDON, August 22.—~The death of Bishop Harris of Michigan occurred last evening at the Langham hotel in Loudon, He showed symptoms of paralysis after preaching in iuchester ca al recently, cony OMAIA. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST THE HAWKEYE REPUBLICANS. Their Thirty-Third State Convention Meets at Des Moines. THE RURAL ELEMENT PREVAILS. Farmers Are Not Versed in Law But They Get There Just the Bame—Granger's Lucky Name. Tae Towa Republican Convention, Des Moives, la., August 22— Special Tele- gram to ‘rue Bee, |—The thirty-third repub- lican state convention brought together to-day a very large but variegated set of men. 1t looked very much like the crowd at a state fair, so largely did the rural element prevail —hundreds of delegates coming from their farms to the first state convention they ever attended. The spirit of the crowd was of about the same quality and degree that brooded over the legislature last winter when the famous anti-railroad fight was raging. The convention was loaded with a large club everything that smacked of railroad or corporation influence. The farme and jobbers having conciuded to take a hand 1n voliti were given full sweep, and they ruled All of this intense anti-railroad for its continuation this summer by the rail- roads opposing the commissioners’ scheaule and having it enjoined in_the courts, The most radical element had prepared a slate which was to include the nomination of com- missioners Smith and Campbell, the selection of Jon Mahin of Muscatine for the third place, the nomination of Judge Granger for supreme judge, and the renomination of At- torney General Baker: also the adoption of resolutions endorsing Governor Larrabee’s course toward the railroads and sustaining the commissioners in their fights, As the convention was 8o largely made up of far ers their judgment on legal m was not very discriminatine, and they lowed a few leaders who had fixed up the slate without regard to the qualification of the candidate As one man remarked, es can'’t tell the difference awyer and a lamppost, and wi do they know about the it man for su- preme judge and attorney general.” Al the same, they had the votes, and they swung them'in ti imonopoly style. The suc- cessful candidate for supreme judge, Granger, was very lucky in his name. It took like vater with the gentlemen’ from tho igh r districts, and it is reported that 1y of them voted for him under the im- pression that he was named for his love for the farmer. Vhen the convention opened at 11 o'clock this morning it presented an animated and handsome appearan The stage of the opera house was profusely decorated with flags, banners and streamers. Suspended from the top was a life sized portrait of Har- rison, crowned with fligs and an American eagle, Beneath was a large bauner, to which A bandana was attached, carrying these words in large letters: “The eagle and the and the rag.” General Tuttle, who is pretty well known from his connection with the Grand Army encampment at St. Louis last year, stirred up the animals in' his speech as temporary charman, The general is not an orator, but when it comes to old fashioned cussing, with the copperheads and rebels as the recipients, heisvery fluent. So he devoted the most of his speech to wi would some times be called the “bloody shirt.” He sailed into Cleve- land for his pension vetoes and rebel fla or, and tore the administration to pi and threw them away. The farmes the time being, forgot their spe at Des Moines and applanded vi X There were no special incidents of interest during the morning session, the rest of the time being devoted to routine business, When Senator Lafe Young, of Atlantic, took the chair after dinner as permancnt chairman, a red hot anti-monopoly speech was expected, as he was ono of the leader in the fight against the railroads last win- ter. But he surprised the convention by also sailing in on the “‘bloody shirt’ issue, and touching up the tariff question, but say- ing not a word on the railroad question. His speech was reccived with great cheering, showing that the convention was of the s wart kind on that issue at least. An I dent foliowed that also showed the temper the ention in this respect when a resolu- tion was introduced that it was the sense of the convention that there should be no re- dugtion of the revenue of the count ull every union soldi had received a servic pension. This was greeted with wild ay plause, and was referred to the committee on az beats the rooster ary of State Jackson and Lyons were then renominated by a na- tion, the former having had two terms and the latterone. When the nomination of treasurer was reached, the precedent of giving a third term to Jackson had its effect in helping Twombly also, although General Reeson, his only competitor, crowded closely. Yet 'I'wombly was renominated for a third term with a dozen votes to spare. As usual, the sccretaries got in & tangle and couldn’t foot up the returns alike, and after wrangling for a quarter of an hour the Go dion knot cut by the Marshall county delegations—from the home of General Bee- son—moving to make Twombly's nomination unanimous, For supreme judge, Judge Seevers, the present supreme judge: Judge Granger, of Allamakee county, and Judge Given, of Polk county, were nominated on the first ballot. Seevers received 208 voles, Granger 430 votes, and Given 247 votes. Ou the second ballot Granger reccived bis votes, Given 203, and Seevers 104 votes. The nomination of Judge Granger was then made unanimous. For attorney general, Hon. A. J. Baker, the present incuwmbent, Hon. J. L Stone, of Mills county; H. S. Winslow, of Jasper county, and Milton Remley, of Johnson county, were placed in nomination. On the first ballot Stone received 310 votes, Winslow 159 votes, Baler 277 votes, and Lemley 100 votes, On the second ballot Stoue received 492 votes, Baker tes, Winslow $0 votes, and Remley 118 votes, Stone’s nomination was made unanimous. The convention proceeded to the nomina- tion of railway commissioners. Some d cussion ensued as to the manner of choosing ew, some wishing to elect three on one ticket, und others wishing to vote for each separately. The plan of voting for threo at a time was adopted. At this time great con- fusion prevailed, and it was with difficulty that the chairman controlled the convention, John Mahin, of Muscatine; ex-Governor whold, of Mount Pleasun Speucer Smith, of Council Bluffs; J. 5. Lawrence, Sioux City; F. T, Campbell, of Newto Merritt Green, of Marshaltown; Day, lowa City; Kent, Kimball and Ro: Huwmboldt, were placed in nomination, 1a number of candidates made of the roll very long and tedious. he resuit was us follows Newhold, 18 Smith, Campbell, 8453 Kimball, 22; Rossin, . 26; Dey, 87 Wilson, 973 Cofiin, 12; Williams, 24; Spencer Smith 6f Coun- al Bluffs and Frank T. Campbell of Newton, the present commissioners, having ived a majority of all the votes cast, ere declared the nominees. The cony tion then proceeded to bailot for the remain- ing commissioner, The second ballot suited in the selection of Hon. John Mauhin, of Muscatine, as the remaining candidate for commissioner. The vote stood: ; Lawrence, 232, Kent, 17; New- Rossin Aunditor 1, 40 ng refused to serve the Fourth district, J. ted in his_stead. For elec- Judge Lews, of Woodbury county, Hon. Peter Hepbnrn and ex-Goy- ernor’ Stone were named. Ex-Governor Store and Colouel Hepburn were elected by acclamation The following were chosen as the state central commities: T. W. Tettlock, Louisa county; L, P, Allen, Clinton county; Edgur as r 0. Crosby was el tors-at-large, W ama unt Harvey, Humbol it ! . Mack, Buena Vista county. The following is the committee on cre dentials: Jumes Harlan, Henry county John Cownie, Tov orber Dubuque_county: Jd. O. Crosby, eounty; 8. C. Melarland, Marshail count J. G. Hutchinson, Wapello county; William M. Stone, Murion county; J. W Decatur H. Wood, county . oll county; Perkins, W ¢ county. The platform was much than bad been anti firmly for the prope Iso for fair and treatment to all It was received with great en- thusiasm, after which the convention ad- journed. Wilbur, connty T Granger, Harrison county; | Picket, Blackhawk county 3 Floyd ¢ v: 8. C. Leland, G. M. Christian, Poweshiek Anderson, Warren count Adums county; L. Cass G Dy more moderate speaking very ol of railroads, Black Hawk County Crops. WatenrLoo, Ta, August 22.—[Special to Tk Bee)—The crops of 1588 are better in Black Hawk county than for any preceding year for nearly two decades. Hay is a fair cerop. The cold spring proved a blessing in disguise, Corn is away ahead of what it usually has been at this time. Fields of maize, ranging in height from ten_to fAifteen feet, are quite the rule, and so dense that sunlight hardly penctrates to the earf Much of the oats in this county will over fifty bushels per acre, few less than thirty-five Wheat will yield, on an average, twenty-five bushels per acre. Towa College Ohanges. Towa Crry, Ta., August 22.—[Special Tele- gram to Tie B Judge V . Dunton, of Rutland, Vt., one of the most prominent lawyers of Vermont, a graduate of the Mid- dlebury (Vermont) college and a trustee of that institution, has accepted the position of resident professor in_the law department of the university and will move to lowa City at once. Prof. Parker, for many years one of the most honored professors’in the univer- sity, left for Grinnell to-day, where he takes the chair of history. any Teachers in Attendan: Carrory, In., August 22, —|Special to Tne Bre.]—The Carroll county normal institute, under the supervision of Prof. O. J. I lander, assisted by G. L Miller, H. E. Ham- mond, Miss Florence L en and Hi riev . Hickok, is in session at this plac The attendance is larger this e than at any previous session, over 165 teachers being olled, The term ends August 24, A Woman Fatally Burned. Storx ., |Special to Tie Bre.]—A large pile of paper in a corner of a Swedish laundry caught fire this morn- ing at 10 0 , and a young woman, named Hilda Johnson, was feightfully burned in attempting to extinguish the flames, Her clothes ignited, cooking the flesh on her limbs and bo The woman cannot re- cover. Ordered to Leave Town, Suexannoan, Ta., August 22.—[Special to Tue Bee]—The parents of Frank Philips, who was recently tarred and feathered here, have been ordered to leavo the town, which they did this afternoon. The citizens made up a purse of $30 for them, O FIFTIETH CONGRESS, Senate. - WasmiNaToy, August 22.—The bill grant- ing Mrs. Sheridan a pension was reported to the senate to-day and placed on the calendar. As introduced by Mr. Farwell, it carried 5,000 a year, The amount has been reduced by the committee to $3,500, Mr. Beck offered an amendment to the house tariff bill relating to the sinking fund and had it referred to the finance committee. The senate then proceeded to the consider- ation of the senate joint resolution appropri- ating §200,000 to suppress infection in inter- state commerce, Adjournment then followed, House, WasmiNGToy, August 22.—Tn the house Mr. Townshend of Illinois presented the con- ference report on the army appropriation bill, making the amount appropriated §20,351,000, This was agreed to, The house then went into_a_committee of the whole on appropriation bills, after which it adjourned. o TN BROKE UP THE GANG. A Missouri Horse Thief's Evidence Leads to Other Arrests, St. Josern, Mo., Angust 22.—(Special Tele- gram to Tue Br —Charles Joknson, aged twenty-eizht years, and the son of a wealthy farmer living about sfx miles north of Platts. burg, Clinton countydwas arrested in this city to-day charged vfith being the leader of an organized gang of horse thieves which have been operating? in that county for a year past. Johnsol arrest was brought about by the confesdon of Al Dreis, one of the gang now confindd in the Plattsburg jail, Drels is the son of a fvidowed woman hving on Bartlett street, irfthis city. His mother owns considerable pyoperty, and last Satur- together with i Miss Blankenship, her son’s sweetheart, vifited Plattsburg and in- duced the boy to turh state’s evidence. ‘Che ofticials believe that ghey have the leader of the gang who stolo fwenty-three horses in one month in the vigmty of Johnson’s home last fall. The county was done considerable damage by the widegpread publicity given to the affair by the newspupers, Rates to the Harbor Convention. DesvER, Colo., August 22,—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee]—Chairman Rich, of the Colorado Pool association, has written the following letter to the president of the real estate exchange here in regard to thg deep water convention to be held in Denver on the 25th of the present month: *‘Our lines are not prepared to make less than the $25 rate for the round trip, with corresponding rates west of the Missouri river, to Denver wud retur This rate will he made with the understanding that round trip tickots are 10 be use ‘These tickets will carry a limit of ninety d: from date of sale and will be good thirty days in each direction,” e The Pall Mall Gazette's Opinion. Loxpoy, August 22.—The Pall Mall Ga- zette, referring to the rejection of the fish- eries treaty by the United States senate, says it is thankful that the Chamberlain mission had not made the dificulty more serious than 1t was before. Senator Morgan's speech, it 8 was buncombe, The rejection of the simply relegates the whole question to amicable scttlement after the presidential election, - Four Passengers Injured, SPRINGFIELD, O., August 22.—Early this morning an aceident occurred to a mixed train on the Columbus, Springfield & Cincin- nati railroad, at Seven Mile bridge, east of this ¢ The train encountered a broken ail, which threw all of vhe cars off the track. wo sleepers rolled down the embankment and four occupants were injured, pedeln B2 Business Troubles. NEW Youk, August 22.—Post, whose fail- ure was announced on the produce exchange yesterday, has made settlements on the basis of 992 Richard Harris, wholesale paper dealer, made an assigniment to-day with preferences of §9,000. N Steamship Arrivals. h0N, August 22.—[Special Telegram to —The Lydiaa Monarch, from New Lox Tie 13 August 22 —([Special Tele- ] l‘lll;.lll Tue Beg|—The Italy from New or! 23, 1888, NO REST FOR CONGRESSMEN. Democrats Reject a Proposition For a Short Vacation BUT MANY ARE SLIPPING AWAY. Senators Manderson and Callom Will Oppose ithe Washington Terri- ory Bill — A Nebraska Land Case—A Union Pacific Move, Refused to Adjourn, WasHINGTON BUrrAU Tite Osana Bra, FOURTEENTI STREET, WasmiNatoN, D. C., August 22. The republican members of the senate committee on finance to-day submitted to Senator Beck, who represents the demoerati side of the senate on all questions of a polit character, the proposition that at the end of this week & recess of both houses of congross shall be tuken for two weeks, The republi- can senators said, in submitting this proposi- tion, that they were all very tired of their and that business at home had dropped far behind; that they had been deprived of their usual summer vacation; that the pros- pects were that the sion would be prac- tically continued until the 4th of next March and that it would be at least three weeks be- fore the committee on finance could complete its tariff bill, and that therefore it would be advisable to take a recess for a couple of weeks 8o that the committee could go shead with its work and the other senators and members of the house could have an oppor- tunity to pay a visit to their homes, Sena- tor Beck made a brief canvass of the democratic side of the senate and reported to the republican senators that their proposition was rejocted, that the demo- crats intended to hold the senate session until it was ready to adjourn, and that it was probable that they would not consider the time for adjournment at hand until the re- publicans reported a tariff bill and atempted to pass it. Seuator Jones of Nevada, who is a member of the committee on finance, said to-night that he did not believe the tariff bill would be upon the senate calendar before the 10th of October. 1t is understood that the committee has been confronted with a number of obstacles during the last twent four hours, and that the work on the tarift bill will have to be gone over again, and that there will be some more hearings from the industries involved. The democrats say the republicans are holding back the bill till after the clections in Vermont and Maine. There are only about one-third of the mem- bers of the house present and not more than two-thirds of the scnate. Senator Hoar is the only man from Massachusetts in_either Louse of congress in the city now. Senato are eagerly seeking pairs and are the city as rapidly as they can get away while the work of the house is virtually a stand still. The lack of a quorum made 1t impossible to pass any measure except by unanimous consent. The prospects are that there will not be 100 members of the house present after this week and that it will be difficult to keep a quorum of the senate after the failure of this proposition to-day. THE 1DAHO QUESTION, Senators Manderson and Cullom will be the opponents to-morrow on the bill for the admission of Washington Territory. They do not oppose the admission of the Territory as it now stands, but they do object to the ad- dition of the already large acreage of Wash- ington Territory to'the Pan Handle of Idaho, ‘The bill in its ‘present form was reported from the senate committee ou territories by the votes of the democratson that committee and Senators Stewart of Nevada, and Davis of Minnesota. The passage of this bill in its present form means, according to the minor- ity report, signed by Senators Manderson and Cullom, the entire annihilation of the territory of Idaho, for these gentlemen say it is very well known that when the northern part has been apportioned to Washington the southern part will go to swell the population and the acreagcof Nevada. There is no doubt of the passago of the bill in the senate, but it has very little show to go through the' house at this session, because of the prospect of such legislation touching the territorics, DECISION IN A NEBKASKA LAND CASE. The secretary of the nterior to-day ren- dered a decision in the land case of Justus Snook from the Valentine land district. The case was based on the charge of an excess of arca—above 160 acres—and’ involved lots 3 and 4 of section 13, township 31, north range 25 west, and the e ¢ s e 14 section 13, town- ship 31 north range 25 west. The secretary decides that the department is without au- thority to grant the relief asked for, and that the area must be so reduced as to bring it within the provisions of the law. The de- cision of the land commissioner to this effect is therefore aftirmed. A UNION PACIFIC MOVE. There is considerable comment upon the marked rally of Union Pacific stock on Wall strect to-day. ‘The buying was quite heavy and the stock showed unusual strength. Late in the day it came out that (telegrams had been sent from New England stating that, in spite of the delinguency on the part of congress o pass the refunding bill that a syndicate was being formed to raise funds with which to make a proffer to the govern- ment of the entire amount of the funded in- debtedness. This would also provide the necessary means for such extensions in Kansas as seen to be at once called for. It 18 strongly hinted that in case congress fails to relieve the road of the present bur- den from the operation of the Thurman law that it will take the step above indicated. AN EXCITING DEBATE. The senate started this afternoon the be- ginning of a mighty political battle that bids fair to make some music for the country be- foreit is finished. Mr. Chandler called up his resolution providing for an_investigation of the frauds which w pable in the the Jate Louisiana ele Neither of the Louisiana scnators were present. In the course of his remarks ho took occasion to refer to the outrages in Washington county, Texas, which were lately investigated by a sub-committes of the committee on privi- leges and elections. These comments 8o en- raged Reagan and Coke, the seuators from Texas, that they moved over to the repub. lican side and began to protest against He characterized Chandler's comineats as Simpudent.” He was called to order by tha chair, who requested him to withdraw his remarks, which he did, and apologized. He and Coke denied, however, that the sena- tor's charges were true. 'Mr. Spooner, of Wisconsin, who was chairman of the sub- committee which continued the Vexas inves- tigation, took Chandler's place and replied to the Texis senators in a speech that silenced them both. He reviewed the testimony of- fered by witnesses before the investigation, and stated that he had received last night from J. G. Moore, the principal witness in the case for the republicans, a letter stating that he could not return to Texas since the investigation for the reason that his life was in danger. Mr, Spooner dwelt upon the phases of the testimony and drove Reagan and Coke nearly wild by the explanation which he said Le had secured in the investigation, of the incendiary charac- ter of the speeches which the Washington county negroes, who were arrested and huug by the mob, were alleged to have been mak ing. The witnesses for the defense had ex- plaived the incendiary character by stating that the negroes had tried to inflame their friends by showing it the republican ‘party succeeded they would receive high wages but if the democratic party were successful wages would be cut down, This was a doctrine, Spooner said, considered by the democratic’ party in Texas worthy of death. At this point Blair of New Hampshire ra'sed a most tremendous laugh by rising and solemnly expressing the hope that he senators from Texas will take warn- ing from this state of affairs in Texas as re- vealed by the senator from Wisconsin atd vote for the educational bill, which measure both senators bave violently opposed in the | past. The idea scems generally to prevail that the senate has entered upon the most violent political debate of thi jon, SUPPRESSING “'SQUAW MEN." The interior department intends to enforce the new law relating to the warriage of white men and Indian Women, with a view to breaking up the practices of “‘squaw men" and the roughs on the frontiers who are de- bauching Indian women. Tae law now gives the Indian woman who marries a white man all the rights to his property that are given to a white woman. More than this the white man, by his marmage to the Indian woman inlicrits no tribal rights to property, and stiil further, cobabitation is made prima facie ev: idence of marriage. Priry S, Heatu, ecifiomiian Army W, WasmiNGToN, August 21, gram to Tue Be First S. Dudley, Third artillery, is relieved from duty at the university of the state of Ne braska, Lincoln, Neb., to take effect Septem- ber 1, and will proceed from Lincoln to Wa- hoo and visit the camp of the Nebraska state militia for one week, commenci eptem ber 1, for the purposc of inspecting the troops taking part in the encampment, under such instructions as he may receive from the ad- jutant general of the army, and on the com pletion of this duty will proceed to join his battery. The travel enjoined is ne for the public service, First Sergeant Xavier Wilke, Sixth infantry, now with his command, discharged Leave of absence for a month, on surgeon’s certiticate of disability, is granted Captain Thaddeus S. Kirtland, Seventh infantry, in addition to the further extension of ordinary leave granted him on May 11. The une: ited portion of the sentence imposed by a general court martial ( court martial orders No. 7, January Department of the Platte) is rewmitted in the case of Emery W. Brown, late private Com- pany B, Twenty-first infantry, and he is re- leased from continement. Captain Charles H. Rockwell, of the Fifth cavalry, died here to-day of malarial fever contracted in_Arizona. His body was to- night sent to Kent, O., for interment. Mrs, Rockwell 1s a niece of Senator and General Sherman, and was with her husband when he died. WASHINGTON, A gram to Tue BE the recruiti [Special Telo utenaut Bdgar is [Special Tele ~ » superintendent of will cause fifteen col s to be assigned to the Niuth y and_forwarded, under proper charge, to such_point_or points in the De partment of the Platte s the comms general of the department shall de ; After arvival in that department the re- cruits will be distributed as equitably as practicable among the troops of the regiment serving therein The retivenmént of Colonel Ninth infantry, yosterday will the fol- lowing promotions: Licutenant Colonel Al- ford L. Hough, of the Sixteenth infantry, be colonel of the Ninth; Major Willi Penrose, of the Twelfth infantry t colonel of the Sixteenth; Captain A. P. Hampson, Tenth infautry, to be major of the Twelfth; First Licutenant Clayton S. Burbank and Second Licutenant Tsaac W. Little, of the Tenth infantry, to be respectively captain and first licutenant in the same regiment, and Additional Second Lieutcnant A. W. Perry to be second lieu- Mason, Nebraska and lowa Pensions. WasHiNGToN, August 22.—|Spec Telo- gram to T Ber.|—Pensions granted Ne- braskans: Increase—Martin Vaustin, Ari- zona; Jesse 8. McElhees, Madison; James MecCullough, Juniata: Thomas J. Clark, At- kinson; George W. Eastman, Omaha; Al- phonzo W. Colgrave, Beaver City; Alonzo D. Straw, Elton; Christopher J. Hale, Craig. Pensions for Towans: Original invalid— George W. DcForest, Centralia (navy John T. Davis, Fenton; Joscph A, Teagu Winfleld; Frank Critz, Washington (navy) ; William W. Cory, Ottumwa. Increase— Robert M. McKuight, Creston; John Allen, Lancaster; Henry H. Cusick, ¢ 3 B. Andrews, Waubel; Alexander H. Brown, Audubon; Knight Dexter, Toledo; John W. Loofboro, Welton: “Aaron’ S. Ober, Pacific Junction! James H. Tamb, Union; Jeflerson Wall, Lowden; George W.' Smith, James Y. Buchanan, Andrew; E ker, Riverton: Robert N. Piers son’; Joseph Kinner, Fort Dodge} John M. Parks, Genoa: Martin B. Baskins, Janes ville; William W. Barnes, Sibley; John Roe, Green Island; ' Buclker, Gravity } Henry L. Huntsinger, tein: Thom: Bray, Grinnell. ~ Origi widows, ef Mary Thompson, former widow of Will H. Sager, Hopkinton. Mexican widows— Barbara, widow of Arion Kok, Farme burg. . Cow- Hender- e Nebraska and lowa Patents, WASHINGTON, August 21,—|Special Tele- gram to Tne BEe.]—Patents were granted the following Nebraska and Iowa inventors to-day: Andrew Bethscheder, Hebron, Neb,, pruning implement; El_ Eshleman, Chero- kee, fa., draft cqualizer; Henry M. Hughes, Eldon, Ia., reach bar for vehicles B. Ralt, Everly, Ta., cut-off valve ace E. Reeves, Sanborn, Ia., corn harveste Abram M. Woodruff, Superior, Neb., safety shoe for car trucks. 2 A White Corn Wor FrEMONT, Neb,, Augu —|Special to Tie Bee. | —A short time o' ™ Dodge county farmer sent a specimen of the white worms which are damaging the corn in this und va rious other sectious of Ncbraska, Lo the gov- ernment ctomologist at Washington, to which the following reply has been received, It will be of general interest to the farmers of the state: Your interesting letter of the 7th inst has been received, also box containing speci- In the abscoce of Prof. Riley, 1 will say that the different specimens arc all one species, the corn root worm, diabrotica longi- in its differcnt stages. The long, s orms which you find attached to the roots are the larvac; and what you call the “short grub" is tho pupa, or quicscent stage. We bave received similar reports of injury by this insect this year from other parts of your state. It coumences its attack in May or June, and changes to pupa late in July or early in August, a few days later emerging as the perfect beetle, In Septe ber or October the eugs are leid in the ground about the corn roots, where they remain during the winter and hatch out the coming spring, The best remedy known is to practice rc tion of crops. This insect has not been known to thrive on any other crops, and if field infested the previous vear, is sown to russ, the larvae, when they hateh, will die vouw want of proper nourishment, It is no doubt too late now to save this year's crop, but if steps are taken in time the strength of the corn plants may be greatly increased by the use of fertilizers 8o that ‘tney will be able to overcome the injury 1o a great extent. The field should then be planted to another crop the following year, avoiding sorghum as a crop, which it i3 possible they might attack. There i natural encmy of this inscet yet known, nor is it evident that changes of weather have any serious effect upon it. TrLer TowNsexn, Acting Entomologist. e S L Langtry's Theater Party. New York, August 22.—([Special Telegram to Tue Bee.)—Mrs, Langtry and a theater party occupied the two iower boxes at the Broadway theater last night. Fready b- hardt and Frank Griswold, the alleged rivals for the Lilly’s favors, were of the party, Mr. Gebhardt, when asked about the loss of his stables, said he would save but cne horse, und that he would never race him again. He said he was not insured, but that Le beld the Erie railway responsible for the Langtry said she¢ was going to Califorvia on Thursday. e Washed Overboard and Drowned. MILWAUKEE, August 23.—Henry Metcalf of Mimneapolis, porter on the stcamer City of Milwaukee, was washed overboard last n{)‘hz and drowwed, + " a thick fog so peculiar to that locality. WENTDOWN AT GOLDEN GATE, A Terrible Collision of Pacific Ocean Steamers. OVER THIRTY LIVES ARE LOST\ The Two Vessels Collide in a Den Fog and One of Them ks to the Bottom in Less Than Five Minutes, Found Graves i the Ocean. Sax Fraxasco, August One of the most tervible marine disasters that ever oc- curred on the Pacific coast happened in the bay of San Fruncisco a short distance from 1den Gate at 10 o'clock this morning. The steamer City of Chester left her dock here at 9:30 and started on her regular trip to Eurcka, on the northern coast of Califor- nia. An unusually large number of passengers stood on her decks and waved adicux to friends standing on the wharf. The Chester steamed slowly down the bay, and when within two miles of the IHeads encountered Cap- tain Wallace, of the City of Chester, began blowing his steamer’s whistle to warn alk vessels of his approach. The Chester pro= ceeded cautiously on hier way when the hoarse sound of another whistle floated across the water. Captain Wallace answered the signal and gave the proper warning to the stranger to pass on the port side, This was evidently not understood, for in one moment those on board saw the huge prow of the Occidental and Oviental steamer Oceanic emerge from the fog. The Oceanie had just avr Kong and Yokohoma, and was moving up the bay to her dock. The huge steamer was 50 close to the Chester that there was no pos- sibility for the latter toescape. The cabin passengers were nearly all on the deck and the captain, sceing the danger, called on them to prey for the shock. A panic ab once ensued, particularly among the women and childven, of which there was o large number, Th panic stru the port sic was (errific prow cut into the Chester's upper works and then crushed down the bul- warks, tearing the gre timbers and irom plates and breaking into the state rooms and cabins, The the 1 ed from Hong ildest confusion engers, They it some shrickiug and others praying for help. Oceanic crashed into the middie of the Chester, cutting her almost in halves and causing her to reel under the terrible blow, *locked & number of pussed up over tho anic's bow and 1ed i this way, but us soon as the lary mer could clear Ill‘()‘- self sho swung around and immediately began to lower hier forty-four boats. At the moment of the shack the most of the officers and crew of the Chester scemed 1o loose possession of their seuses, and sey- eral passengers stated afterwards 'that some of the crew took the first opportunity to climb aboard of the Oceanic and left the pas- sengers to cut away the boats, and one of these was lowered as soon as possible and a number of the passengers taken off in them, Others provided themselves with life preserve ers umi jumped overboard. The greater portion, however, were compelled to remain on the steamer, which began to settle imm, diately after the collision. Torrents of wat began to rush into her hold and in five min- utes aftor the collision the Chester disap- peared, sinking in fifty fathoms of water, Those of the passengers and crew who came to the surface were picked up by the Oceanic’s boat, but the greater number were drawn down by the rushing water and never appeared again. As 800n #8 it was known around the bay that a collision had occurred & number of tugs and boats of every description went to their assistance and rendered what assiste ance they could in picking np the living or dead who were floating among the wreckage, The greatest loss of life 18 believed to have occurred among tho stecrage passcngers, among whom there were twentys three aboard. Only two of thesa were accounted for” this afternoon, and it is be! ed that the others were lost, were in the he or lower decks oé ailed among crowdod to- with fear The bow of the pre ngers were the steamer at tho time of the collision, any there was no opportunity to warn them o their danger or render them any assistance afterwards. The cabin passengers numbere seventy, and of these ten are lost. Three of the crew are also lost The names of the ¢ . Anderson, Oak an Diego; Mrs, (% J. A, Hampton and rginia, Nev.; C. T Davis, Springs and Miss Davis, his nh'('c;}. r, Napa, Cal.; Mrs, Welch and Mrs. Por= The following members of the crew ar@ lost: E. R. Chambers, steward; R. Fulton and Adam Richmond None of the survivors were landed until 1 o'clock, and at a late hour this afternoon there was still much doubt as to the number of those lost. e THE PACKING INTEREST, mber of Houses Curtailing Iille ing Until Cold Weather, CINCINNATI, August 22,—(Special Tele gram to Tue Bee.] —To-morrow’s Price Cur- rent will say: Western ‘king has beem small the past weelk, a total of 35,000 hogs against 110,000 last year. Totai to date; unst 3,450,000 one year ago. De- crease, 245,000 since March 1. Some houses are curtailing killing all they can and mafne tain their regular trade, some closing en- tirely till the approach of the winter season, 1t is not unlikely that hogs will be marketed in somewhat increasing nuuwbers next month, There is little ground for expecting wmuch gain in the marketable number of Logs the coming winter season, In regard to the outs look for crops the change of most importance the past week is in the intlueuce of the low temperature in the northwest upon the spring wheat, which has been somewhat in- jured by frosts. Kains have recently fallen in a large breath of the western corn area, which, with the cool temperature, keeps the crops in a green and growing condition which is favorable enough provided thera comes abun of warm maturing weatber before the dumaging frosls, e Mrs. Nortol perty Secured. s8 Ciry, Mo., August 22 —[Special ram to Tue Ber]—A Topeka, Kan,, special says that ex Governor Charles P, Johnson, att y for ex-Edivor Moore and Mrs, John W, Norton, arrived from St Louis to-day and brought, the papers necessary to secure the property held by Johnson, Martin & Keeler for Mrs. Norton, and which Norton claimed had been stolen from him. The property consisted of cash, bonds, notes an® jewelry to the amount of $24,000, which was turned over to Governor Jolnson snd will be delivered to Mrs. Norton, a basis of settige ment having been agreed upon by Nortom and his wife, Jobnson says that Moore aud Mrs. Norton will soon be married, Nortoy has withdrawn all proceedings uummenuoa against Moore. ) A e A Kansas Salt Mine, Kaxsas Ciry, August 22.—(Special Telas gramto Tug Bre.|—A Topeka, Kan., spos cial suys that Dr, H. C. Linn has discovered @ salt me on his farm, ten miles west of Topeka, The discovery was made ap depth of 1,000 fect, and the vein is - 110 thick. ‘The salt is pronounced by oxngris o be of the finest quality, such as has boen di covered mowhere in the United States and uow imported,