Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 6, 1888, Page 2

¥ ——— O e et S et o e e e S S e e e e o e THE OMAHA DAILY BEE TURSDAY DECEMBER. 6, 1888 CONGRESSION/ L PROCEEDINGS Members of Both Houses Get Down to Hard Work. THE TARIFF BILL TAKEN UP. A Measure Looking to the Prevention of Combinations for the Purpose of Tivading the Inter- state Law. Senate. Wasmixetoy, Dec. 5—In the senate to Aay Mr. Vest offered a resolution continuing the existence of the select committee on the question touching the meat product of the United States, especially as to its transporta- 1ion, with leave to sit auring the session and during the next recoss. Referred to the com mittee on contingent expenses. Mr. Dawes offered a resolution, which was agreed to, calling on the secretary of the in- terior for information a8 to the alleged out rages and restraint of liberty committed in Alaska on Indian females and other persons, wnd what steps, if any, had been taken by the department to protect the persons of femnales in Alaska from such outrage Mr. Hoar offered a_ resolution, which was referred to the committee on_contingent ex ponses, continuing the select committea on relations with Canada, with power to sit during the recess, and to report at the De- cember session of 1559, Mr. Plumb offered a resolution, which was agreed to, nstructing the committee on epidemic disenses to inquire as to the causes of the introduction of vellow fever during the past soason ; whether the instrumentalitios of such introduction are still in force, and what Tegisiation, if any, is necessary to prevent a similar introduction of vellow fever. ‘When the tariff bill was taken up to-day Mr. Harris of Tennesseo moved to lay on the table the amendment to the house bill pro- posed by the committee on finance, and de- manded the yens and nays. The motion was rojected by a strict par, yoas 19, nays, 26 The reading of the amendment was then proceeded with, Mr. Vance moved an amendment to the to- Yaceo soction, reducing the limt of claim for sebate from £10 to &, Rejected. The next subject, commencing at Section gud onding at Section 11, was that of “Ale Yol in industrial arts.”” No amendment was offered, but Mr. Sherman said he had very grave doubts as to the practicability of ap plying these sectfons without encouraging fruud. He would reserve the right to offer je or two amendments to some of the de- tails, Mr, Harris gave notico that he would have some amendiments to offer to the internal rev- ene sections, Various amendments to the internal reve. e sections were offercd by Mr. Vance, and all were rejected, At 2 o'clock the Union Pacific settlement bill came up as unfinished business, and was postponed as a special order till Wednesday nex! Consideratfon of the tariff bill was then re- sumed, Mr. Vance offered another amendment, which was agreed to without division. It provides that when tho health or life of a risoner under the internal revenue laws is ndangered by close confinement, the judge may 1 order providing for such - pris- oner's reasonable comfort ang well-being. Then came scction 12, which deals with “‘duties upon imports,” boginning with schod- uie A, *chemical products. Mr.' McPlerson called attention to the fact that the rates of duty reported for chem: products made no allowance for the rem guce of tax on spirits used in medicin ‘This remission would, he said, simp operate @s an_ additional bounty on chemical products. No member of the finance committee would deny that there would be great frauds on the revenue under the provision for free alcohol in the arts and manufactures, He therefore re- arded thosc provisions as the first step owards the total abrogation of the whisky ax. He was unalterably opvosed to such legislation, to any remission of the tax on spirits, and to any system which offered a promium on fraud—and this bill virtually did that. Mr. Allison denied that thio proposed logis- Tation was a step in climination of the tax on distilled spirits. ‘The discussion then took a political turn, A vote was finally taken on the motion made by Mr. McPherson to strike out_all sections a8 to alcohol used in inanufactures, and it was rejected, yeas 17, nays 24 Mr. Sherman 'vofed wilh the othier republicans in’ the negative. Atter disposing of thirty pages of the bill and reaching the endqof schedule A, no amendments being offered, the scnate pro- ceeded to executive busiuess and soon ad- journed. House. ‘WasnivaroN, Dec. 5—Under the call of states the following were introduced and re- ferred: A Dbill to regulate immigration; a bill to di- vide the state of California mto two states; a resolution calling on the secretary of the treasury for informatfon concerning the re- lief of American whaling and fishing vessels in Behring sea and the Arctic ocean: a bill 1o establish a graduated income tax, the pro- ceeds of which shall be applied to the pay- ment of pensions; o resolution directing the interstate commerce commission to in- form the houso, after prompt and due fnvestigation, in what ways and to what extent railway companies, carrying intel state traflic, may be or are evading, or by clearing house or other form of combination, may be secking to evade, those provisions of the inter-state commerce act which were in- tended to secure to the people the benefits of . low freight rates as a result of competition among_carr The commission is re- quested to inform the house what legislation may be most effective to prevent combina- tlons for the purpose of fixing or maintain- ing agreed or uniform freight rates, and to transmit a stenographic report of the testi- mouy taken. A bill making the international yright bill a special order for December 19; u bill making the postal telograph bill a special order for December 14; a bill for the construction of two stoel cruisers, to be armed with dynamite guns and torpedo throwers; also for the construction of two stool rams, to bo armed with heavy, rifled dynamite guns and torpedo throwers, Mr. S}xrmger.o( 1llinois, asked unanimous consent for immediate consideration of the vesolution making the “‘Owmnibus” bill for the admission of Dakota, Montana, Wash- ington and New Mexico a seporate order for to-day, the bill to be considered from day to day until disposed of, Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, objected, remark- ing that the gentleman from Illinois had not a) “ffllmd very anxious last session to admit ota. In consideration of the morning hour the Thiouse proceeded to consider the senate bill for the adjustment of accounts of laborers, workmen and mechanics urising under the eight hour law. After a brief debate the bill went over without action, Mr. Payson, from the commitiee on pubile lands, reported as privileged mattor the bill 10 quiet the title of settlers on the Des Moines river lands in Iowa. Mr. Rowell made a point of ordor that the report was not a privileged one. Ir. Cox submitted an elaborate argument in support of a dec:sion previously nade by him, that while & portion of the bill was privileged in its character, tho predominant features had no privilege attached to them, aud that therefore the bill was not such a one as could be reported from the committee atany time. He made the further point that the decision having once been rendercd, oven by a speaker pro tew, the matter wasres ajudica and could again be brought forward for ruling, Mr. Payson regarded it @s a ridiculous po- sition to take, that a decision once rendered could not bo reviewed or reversed; and he proceeded to contend that the bill was priv- ileged, inusmuch as the germ of the measure ‘was @ declaration that certain lands in lowa were pubilic llndl,t a declaration which brought it within the scope of the rules granting certain rights to the committee on public lands. In making the ruling the speakor 8ald he unon1;l that questions of order which aftected merely the proceedings of the house, and did ml, like the judgment of a court, conclude o it of parties, were always open to ro- exawmination. The point had been made that bill was nov ono for the Feservation of public lauds for the benefit of actual settlers. Tho chain had always placed a hiberai donstruetion_on the rule granting eertain privileges to the com mitteo on publie lands. 1t was not the prov ince of the chair to express an _opinion as to th merit of the bill, or as to whether, if passed, 1t would accomplish its object. Tt | was sufficient that the bill showed on its face that its purpose was to reserve public | s for the benefit of all settlors lhv" if ed, could affeot only thoso lands which | perly certified by the secrotary of 4 to the state of lowa. Of course, | if_improved, certain lands wore still public | lands, The second section of the bill simply provided the means to_accomplish the pur pose of the measura. The question ralsed, that mon-privileged persons could not be connected with a_privilezed matter, did 1ot arise in this instance. With great respect for the opinion of the gentleman from New York (Cox), the chair felt constrained to Hold that the bill presonted a matter of priv ilege, and was before the house for consider- ation, Befora the discussion opened the proceed- inga were intermipted to enablo Mr. Mills to present and the house to enter tho following v Tnat Thursday, December 6, Saturday, the Sth, and Tuesday, the 11th, immediately after the reading of the journal. be_sst_apart for sideration of senate bill No, 139 (the di- rect tax bill) now in committoo of the whole, and that at 4 p. m. on Tucsday, December 11, the same shall be reported to the house, with such amendments as may be agreed on in nmittee, and the previous question shall then be considered a8 ordered on all such amendmonts on_ordering the bill to u third reading and on_its passage, and the votes thereon shali be taken in the house Mr. Springor asked unanimous consent for the adoption of a resolution making the s ate bill for the admission of the territory South Dakota and th aization of tho te rita special order for to-morrow, and from day to day until dis- posed of. 'Therenfter the bill for the admis- sion of Montana, Washington and New Mex ico shall be in order until disposed of Mr. Payson objected for the present, and, calling up the Des Moiues river land bill, he procecded to arguo in favor of it, and to give a history of the grant, Mr. Wheeler regrettod that the bill had been brought iuto tho house unexpected] thus proventing him from filing a minor report, as ho had intended to do. There were in the committee rooms numerous petitions from sottlers proteating against the bill, but he was not now ablo to obtain them., The bill was then pagsed. The house then-adjofirned. St o The Sioux Reservation Bil WasmixNGroN, Doe, 5,—Delogate Gifford, of Dakota, to-day introduced a bill amendatory of the law providing for the division of the great Sioux reservation in Dakota, and for the relinqushment of the Indlan title to the remainder. The bill amends the laws as fol- lows: The reseryation is to be opened without the consent of the Indians, while the law passed at the last session required such consent. The s of §2,000,000 is to bo deposited to the crodit of the Indians, instead of $1,000,0 00, as provided for at the last session. Tho lands thrown open to settlement are to be paid for atthe following rates: On lands entered for settloment during the first two_years after the opening of the reservation, 81 per acr all lands taken during tho next two years, 75 cents per acre, and 0 cents per aere for the residue undisposed of at that time. The law of the last session _proposed to pay for lands at 50 cents per acré. A feature of tho amend- ment is an appropriation of $200,000 to defray the expenses of surveying the lands opened to settlement. g Washington Brevitios. “'he exceutive committee of the republican national committee held a meeting here to- duy. The only business transacted was a settlement of accounts with several bureaus and campaign spealers The river and harbor committee spent several hours to-day in worlk on the details of the bill for the next fiscal year. The com- mittee has fixed on $10,000,000 a$ the agere- gate amount of appropriations to be carricd Dy the bill. While there is reason to bolieye that this government has demanded the release of the steamer Haytien Republic, recently seized at Port-au-Prince, it is_impossible as yet to ob- tain official information to that effect. Alexander Porter Morse, of Washington, who was appointed arbitrator by the govern' ment of the United States and Hayti, to de- cide upon the claim of the representatives of Charles Adrian Van Belkelen, decoased, for damage for his illegal imprisonment in'1884 and 1885 at Port-nu-Prince, has filed in the department of state and in the Haytien loga- tion an award in favor of the claimants for e A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE, A Pullman Car Conductor Believed to Have Been Murdered. > Sr. Louis, Dec. 5.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—The Pullman Palace Car com- pany are greatly worried and perplexed at the sudden disappearance of a conductor named E. R. James, who is believed to have been foully dealt with or have met with a fatal accident. He left St. Louis Monday night on Wabash train No. 7 at 8:25 o'clock, and was last seen at Ferguson station. The porter of the palace car missed him at St. Charles, Mo., and the train arrived in Omaha yesterday without him. The strangest part of the aflair was noted by the train hands on Wabash train ~ No. 8 & through passenger, which arrived' at the union depot storday morning. When a short distance cast of St. Charles the engineer noticed a coat and hat beside the track, andtstopped. The train was backed to the place, when it was found that the articles were a cap and part of a coat belonging to & Pullman palace car con- ductor. The cars were examined, and on the brakebeam of the forward car clots of fresh blood were found, but a further search failed to find the body or piece of the body of & human being. The pieces of coat and cap were carried into the city, and telegrams were sent to every station between this city and Omaha, but nothing was seen or heard of the missing conductor anywhere. James was thirty years of age and married, and lived with his wife and one child at No. 521 Franklin avenue, He had been with the company about five years, An Absconder Yiclds Up. MiLwaUkE, Dec. 5.—President Lucas of the first National bank of Columbus, Ind., which was recently robbed of & large amount [ of cash and securities by William Sehneider, bookkeeper, was in tho city to-day. Lucas came from Windsor, Ont., where he made a settlement with Schneider and secured from him a memorandum of the places where he deposited his ill-gotten gains. 1t seemns that Schneider arvived in this city last Friday and deposited §192,000 m securities in the Merchants' Exchange bank, He then went to Waukesha, Wis.,, and placed $4,500 in the Waukesha Natlonal bank, Afterward he skipped to Canada. Lucas has securcd this, and expeots 00 add $6,060 to his pilo from some Chicago bank. 1t is not known what the exact tormsof the settlement with Schneider are, but he has been granted freedom from prosecutio e The War in Passcnger Rates. Cuicaco, Dee. 5.—[Special Telegram to Tne Bek.|—The war in railroud passenger rates to Missourl river points is being waged with vigor. Av the opening of the day's business they were quoted at §10.25 to Omaha, £10.00 to Council Bluffs, $0.00 to Kausas City, St. Joseph and Atchison, and $3.50 to St. Paul. Scalpers sold at 50 cents below theso rates, and so things went on till noow, when the Burlington road made a further cut and quoted rates to Omaha at $).25, and Council Llufls §9.00. The scalpers wore unable to neet these rates at once, but asked their pat- rous to call again later in the afternoon, when they Lioped to be in a position to do bettor for them, o Business Troubles, Br. Louis, Dee. 6.—The firm of Eaton, Quinan & Co., of Waco, Tex., was closed yosterday by the sheriff under writs of at- tachment, Liabllities, $10,000; assets, not stated. Bavtivone, Dee. 5.~The Baxter Electrie Manufacturing and Motor company, of Bal- timore City, yesterday made a doed of trust for the benefit of oreditors. Liabilities, ablmn tw‘m ‘I'he company s said to be solyen! AL Pears’ soap is the most elegant toilet adjunct, MRS G DR i W5 CHAIRMAN HUSTON'S BOOK They Disprove the Oharge of An Ex- trayagant Campaign In Indmana, IxpiaNaroLts, Dec. 5—ISpecial Telegram to Tre Bre,| —Kx-Congressman Stanton, J. Peel and Hon. W. R. McKeen, of the finance committee of the republican state central committ to-day concluded the labor of auditing Charman Huston's hooks and ac connts, They state that the examination of the books was eminently satisfactory to the that the vouchers accounted for every d exponded, ete. Columns of conjecture since the campaign, have been printed about the alleged enormous sums of money said to have been expended by Chairman Huston's committee. Ex-Semator McDonald, of this city, is widaly credited through the eastern press with having stated that the repablican committee of Indiana expended $1,000,000 in the late canvass, Speaking of this m: ter to-night, o prominent republican, who as had nccess to Mr. Huston's books, said Lite Be correspondent mmittee having re- AMOTIOUS Sutm both during and ar from the ¢ od or expended such an s $1,000,00, 1f theso o divided by five the quantity be largely an excess of the actual amount expended, I speak,” he concluded, by the books." s Senator MacDonald was asked this even ing if it were true that he had statel to i eastern reporter that the republican election oxpenss in Indiana reached #1,000,000, and replied that the statement was incorrect. “I was asked the question,” ho suid, *‘and re- plied that T did not know, but 1 had heard statements variously estimating that the re- publicans had expended from §250,080 to £1,000,000. ——— A REPUBLICAN BOMB About to Explode in the Very Midst of Certain Missouri Democrats. Raxsas Crey, Mo., Dec. b.—|Speeial Telo- gram to Tie Ber.]—For some time past a numbor of prowii ot republicans have beon holding secret gatherings in the Journal building, and have been proparing to explyde most dostructive bomb in the vory midst of the democratic hosts. The gathering has styled itselt “The Quay Club,” and not untit last night had the plans reached a_point at which socrecy was almost impossible. The worle done by the legal committeo of the Quay club, has in view the indicting of at least one hundred and seven democrats, many of whom were prominent in the coun- cils of the party, aud assisted in the work of voting the alleged illegal and colonized con- tingent. Judge McCrary is at the head of the legal sub-comm.tted, and last night stated to the members of the club that the evidences at hand in fully one hundred and tweaty- five cases was absolutely conclusive. Of this large number, 110 were voted 1 one pre- cinet near Independence, and it is alleged were in charge of Kenefick & Gleason, a firm of contractors. Two barrels of beer sent to this colonized vote svere ordered, it is tained, by the investigating committee ough the chairman of the democratic cen- tral committee. At the lasy meeting of the club it w ed that the evideunce at hand was sufticient to send at least a dozen demo- crats, including several on the county com- mittee, to the penitentiary. Ono afiidavit at hand alleges that one democratic oficial was counted in under a threat that ho would ex- pose the whole illegal yoting scheme unless the result unfavorable to him was made to appear ditferently. The republican investi wating committee claims to have made a poll of the actual vote in the coynty, and claim to have evidence at hand showing that 2,500 or 5,000 votes were cast illegally in tne county, ——— Clarkson Denies the Rumor. ‘WasuiNgron, Dec. 5.—A reporter for the Associated press called on J. 8. Clarkson to- day and asked what truth there was in the report recently published that he had been tendered by the president-elect the position of secretary of the interior. Mr. Clarkson said: “If it is worth while to deny any such improbable rumor you may say there.is no truth in it whatever. I have not been ten- dered that nor any other position by Presi- dent-elect Harrisqn, nor had any communica- tion or conversation with him on any such subjcct. Nor have I'had the slightest intima- tion as to the personnel of the now cabinet. 1 have made no changes in my_ busincss or newspaper at Des Moines, nor do 1 contem- plate doing so. Iam east to attend the final mecting of the national committee and help to settle up'the business, which will tako ten days, when I expect to go home and settlo down to my work, which I bave neglected for the last six months. B3 —————— The White Cap Outrages. CixcrssAT, O., Dee. 5.—The attorney general of Ohio was bere to-day in consulta- tion with the prosecuting attor neys of Brown and Adams counties upon the best means of suppressing the White Caps. The prosecut- ing attorneys presented the dificulties of in- vestigation and prosccution, It is probable that the state wilt supply money for the em- ployment of detectives. Every possible ef- fort will ba made to stop the disgraceful lawlessness. In the meantime warnings are flying everywhere. Brooks, the man who was whipped at Sardinia, and whno is now here in @ museum, was warned to-day .to leave the museum, and Deitsch, of the police force, also has a “notice.” ——————— The Fire Record. TREAL, Dec, b—Fire nroke out last night in the warehouse of Lyman, Sons & Co., wholesale druggists, and before it was extinguished damage to the extent of $100,000 was done. The stock and building were fully insured. Two firemen had a narrow escape from death and two others were in- jured by burning acids and were taken to the hospital. CLEVELAND, Dec, 5, —1'he extensive lumber yards of Woods, Jenks & Co., at the west énd of the city, were fived by 8n_incendiary early this morning, Before the fire could be placed under control the loss amounted to $5,000; partly insured. Byracusg, N. Y., Dec. 5 —The blacksmith department and wood-working and finishing rooms of the extensive Cortlandt wagon works at Cortlandt buruved early this morn- ing. The company has an insurance of T'M,wu. which, it is thought, will cover the 085, ~———r Western Postal Changes. WasHINGTON, Dec. 5.—[Special Telegram to T Bee.|—Nels J. Ottum was to-day ap- pointed postmaster at Round Valley, Custer county, Neb,, vice Laban Croppers, re- signed, The following Towa postmasters were ap- pointed: Manley B. Williams, Arthur, Ida county, vice A, M. Jacob, resigned; James Hagan, Jerome, Appaunoose county, vice Peter Wilson, resigned; John C. Cadner, New London, Henry county, vice M. C. Leach, resigned; John I Baynall, College Springs, Page county, vice J. Thompson, having declined; Charles C. Mathew, Wal- nut, Pottawattamie county, vice C. 'Boiley, having declined. R B s Gaudaur 1s After O'Connor. Bostox, Dec. 5.-J. A, St, John, backer of Jake Gaudaur, the oarsman, who was in the city to-day, offers to match Gaudaur against O'Connor, the American champion sculler, lt\llw rac0 to be rowed in Sau Francisco next arch, SR A Young Lady Suicides. Warerrows, N, Y., Dec. 5.—At Antwerp, near here, last night, Miss Aunie May Moore, aged eighteen, an_accomplished young lady of excellent standing, shot and killed uer- self. Her action is mexplicable. pee oz e ity John Bright Dying. Loxpox, Dee. B.—At 8 p. m. a dispateh was received from Roundale which stated that John Bright has had & further relapse and that bis death is momentarily expectod. ot e e A Cough, Cold or Sore Throat should not be neglected. Brown's Bronchial Troches are a simple remedy, and give prompt relief. 25¢ a box. Al e, The SBugar Trust Luvestigation. NEw Youk, Deo. b.—Arguments in the sugar trust investigation concluded w-day, nd Judge Barrett gave counsel until th: 22d inst ffl submit their briefs and reserve: his decision, .the memb VETERANS AT FORT ROBINSON General Brisbin Accepts the Nomi- nation For Commander. THE WESTERN NEBRASKA POSTS A1l in a Flourishing Condition—No Politios in the Order—The Gen- cral's Opinion of the Pro- posed Secession, The G. A. R, Seceders. Crawrorn, Neb,, Dec. 1.—[Cor ence of Tne B A called mc veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic was held in the Amusement hall at Fort Robinson to-day. This is the third meeting of the kind held at Fort Robinson within the past three months, the object being to con- sult with General James S. Brisbin, of the national staff, who has been ill. Yesterday Genoral Brisbin was prosent, and a meéting, lasting threo hours, was held. ondition of the order in western Nebraska was goune over, and it was found to be very satisfactory. The order is flourishing and hip rapidly increasing. There is money on hand for the sick, and all the Posts are in excellent financial condition. The proposition to build a Grand Army hall at Crawford was made and the comrades offered to subscribe the nocessary mone; General Brisbin said if the Crawlord p would organizo a fittle building association and the comrades tako the stock, they could in a short time clear the cost of the hall by rents, and then the income, after the stock was paid off with interest and cancellod, would form a fine income for the Crawford post in all time to come. He thought an eligible site for the hall would be donated by the B, & M., Elkhorn road, or by Mr. Pad- dock, who was the son of an_old soldier, Theso three own the town of Crawford, and he said he would see Mr. Paddock and talk over the matter with him, if the comrades desired him. The genoral was unanimously requested to do so. "Phe command of tho Crawford and Robin- son post was then tendered General Brishin for the ensuing year. At first he declined, buton being informed that it was the unan: imous request of the veterans that he should command them, he said such a request ought not to be refused, and they might use his name. He will be elected on the 19th of De- cember at the regular yearly meeting to elect annual ofticors, When asked by your correspondent what he thought of the defection in the Grand Army among the democrats last election, _(}r'u(‘r'z\l Brisbin said: “There is nothing in it; we positively have no polities in the Grand Army. There were a lot of copperheads in our army during the war who should have been on the other side. After the war they fastened themselves on the Grand Army and have been trying to use it to get oftice for themselves. Yes, Palmer's one of them. The comrades elected him governor of 1lli- nois once and he wanted them to do it again, but they wouldn't, and he got mad and wants to break up the order. He is all broken up himself, but the order is sound. I wish to gracious goodness ,the copperhcads would get out of the Grand Army, as they are con- tinually trying to make trouble in it in their feeble way. They are about as powerful in the Grand Army’ as they were in the army during the war. They don’t hurt much, but they are disgruntied and nothing suits them. They grumble and growl and threaten to re sign, and, so faras L am_concerned, I wish they would, The order of the Grand Army is now 420,000 strong, and there are not 20,000 of these disgruntled fellows in the whole United States. We can spare them, ““Did I vote for Harrison? We don't vote in the regular army, but if I had been arvound voting that day 1 oxpeet T would have done s0. Didn’t thie Grand Army men generally vote for Harrison?_. Upon my soul, I don't know, but 1t looks that way, don’t {t? You see, Comrade Harpidon stands woll with the Grand Army boys!, He was a solaier in the war and carrics o it of - rebel lead, and the scurred old veterans like that. ' Rain or shine, ho was always out with the boys, and the mud was never too_deep for him to pa- rade. The o1d lady savs Benjamin is roliable and steady in all things but the Grand Army. He don't smoke or ariis, and comes homo regularly at good hours unless the Grand Army men have a campfire somewhere, and then he is liable to stay out all night, Ho likes to sing, or try to siug, and listen or tell war stories of the days wlien he went soldiering. My dear sir, the associations formed in the field during the war will last s long as life among the men who fought shoulder to ghoulaer in that war. These feelings all find expression in the Grand Army, the purest and most patriotic organization on earth. If ie comrades help each other igit to be worfde: i Still, T repeat there is mo politics in it, only love, fraternity and unity. Did Harrison ask the Grand, Army men to stand by Lim? Of course'not, No Grand Armny man ever asks acomrade to vote for him. It would not be proper; besides, it would, as a general thing, De unnecessary. Ts General Harrison in sym- pathy with the G. A. R. and closo to it? You bet lie is—s0 closo in fact that we can feel him breath and_ hear his soldier heart-beats away out here in Nebraska. There are no flies on Harrison.” “Now that will d0. You have had enough about the G. A. R., and I wont tell you any- thing more to-day. Remember, it {s a purely patriotic organization, and entirely non-p tisan in its aims and objects—Love, fra- ternity and charity.” W.D. E. R s Dynamiters in Paris. Pans, Dec. 5,—An attempt was mado to blow up the registry office in the Rue St Denis, with a dfnamitc bomb. Several ar- rests have been mude. e THE ARABS INTRENCHED. British Troops Receive a Warm Re- ception by the Rebels at Suakim, Copyright 183y James Gordon Bennett,] Svaknr, Dec. 8 —[New York Herald Cuble—Special to Tk Bee.]—The first de- tachment of British troops arrived here to- day. The steamship Hodeida entered the harbor, bringing from Suez twenty-one ofti- cors, 185 men and 100 infantry with horses, As s0on as the troops assembled the Arabs opened a hot artillery fire from their trenches, malinly concentrated on the Twelfth black battalion, but were quickly silenced by a re- ply from the forts. The probability is that a fight between the Arabs and troops under General Grenfell, of the Egyptian army, will take place next weelk, ' Report puts the strength of the Arabs inthe trenches at from 700 t0 1,000 men, There are, howevyer, many more lying in the bush'within a short distance of the earthworks, and about 1,500 rescrve stationed eight miles away. Many are merely tribes men and slaves, but there are among them nearly ohe thousand dervishes and ex-Egyptian soldiers, The force under General Greenfell wifl consist of two bri- gades of Egyptian #nd black troops, sup- ported by the Sccond bataiion of the “KKing's Own" Scottish bordevers, which left Cairo for that purpose on Monday. There will be one company of mounted infantry and a swall force of Egyplop cavalry and artillery —altogether about fiye thousand--under arms, General Greenfell Mag informed the govern ment that he considers the force awple to raise the siege. ke expects to be able to mass tne entire force by the end of this week. A religble report from Massowah states that the powerful Boni ana Bagos tribes have deserted the cause of the Makidi uud positively refused to obey the orders sent them to assist the rebels, e ilitor THE SUAKIM EXPEDITION, General Wolseley Donies that He In- spired Lord Churchill's Attack on It, Loxboy, Dec. 5.—[Special Cablegram to Tur Bes.]—Owing to & report that General Wolscley had boen in communication with Lord Randolph Ohurchill, and had inspired the latter's attack upon the Suakim expedi tion on aceount of the inadequacy of the pro- posed force, Mr. Stanhope, the war socre- tary, wrote a lotter to General Wolseley on the subjeot, asking him upon what military autbority he supported Raadolph's view: ‘ Genoral Wolseley, in his roply, says that there has been no interchange of confidence betwveen himself and Lord Randolph, and that he is not responsible for the latter's statements, The conservatives charge that Churchill took the govornment by surprise last night, while warning the liberals to pre pare fvr A division. CGhurchill's friends assert that he informed the government early yesterday that he intended to move an adjournment, but that he did not place the motion upon notice paper, fearing it m be blocked. Lord Randolph, himsolf, em phatieally denios that he communicated with the liboral whips upon the subject. Pl PLaietidon The “Golden Gate™ Special. Cueyesye, Wyo,, Deo, 5.—[Special Telo gram to Tne Bre]-Five hundred people wore at the Cheyenno depot tomight to watch the “Golden Gate" special pass through. Tho train reached herc at 11:4 fifty-five minutes late. Four paying pas songers and thirty oficials and their guests were on board, ‘The train stopped but thr minutes here, two powerful engines to take the train over the highest pointon the road the Sherman hill—being ready to couple on as £00n as tho train arrived. Four stops will be made between Clieyenne and Ogden Aty Killed in a Collision. YouNastowy, O., Dec. 5.—A collision oc- curred petween @ mixed passonger and freight this morning five miles north of here on the Sharon branch of the Lake Shore rond. Conductor Kennody, of tho passenjer train, was inst killed, and a firoman and brakeman were fatally injured Dbl Big Railroad Sait Postponed. Nrew YoRg, Dec, 5.—The trial of the suit of the car trust against the Iron Mountain road for $700,000 interest on leased rallroad cars, was to-day continued in tho United States circuit court. President Jay Gould, of the Tron Mountain systom, was not pres’ ent on account of the iliness of his wite. i s i An Astor Memorial, S10Ux 1"A1xs, Dak., Dee. f.—The corner. stone of the new St. Augusta Episcopul cathedral was laid this afternoon with ec- clesiastical and Masonic ceremonics, The cathedral 18 presented to the city by John Jucob Astor, of New York City, asa me- morial to his wife. i Stice Won the Championship. Dec. 5.—J. R. Stice, of Jackson- ville, and L. S. Carter, of Hammond, shot a mateh hero to-day for the ohampionship of the United States and 2250 a side. The terms were fifty live pigeons, thirty yards rise, ground trap. Stice won by ascore of 43 to 47 L No Cattle Discas: Sewixeeien, 1L, Dee. 5.—At the aunual mecting of the Ilinois live stock commission- ersno contagious d'e wase was reported among the stock of Illmois, except a few cases of glanders, in I1linois, — Coal Mines Flooded. Maven Civsk, Pa., Dec. 5.—The mines at Kesquehoming, this county, became flooded last ovening by water. Philip Stevens and William Either were found dead in the mines The company’s loss is very gre - The Floquet Cabinet Threatenad. LoxpbN, Dee. 5,—The Standard says that rumors are current m Paris that Clemencean is planning to overthrow the Floquet cabinet after the budget is passed. igge A Victory for the Wots, ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 5.—At the municipal election to-day the conservative ticket was clected. This means the climination of the prohibition question from local politics. el e ; teamship Arvrivats. At New York-<The Persian Monareh from London, the Devonia from Glasgow, and the Wisconsin from Liverpool. At Philadeiphia—The Bri — h Prince. Mrs Gould Much Worse. New Yorx, Dec. 5.—A marked change tor the worse occurrad in Mrs. Gould's condition this morning. ——— Attention Ladics, We are presenting to each lady who purchases goods to the extent of $1.00 or more a beautiful oxidized silver glove buttoner and will continue to do so until after the holidays. LDHOLM & AKIN. — An flectric Mountain Railway. A correspondent of the London Daily News in Lucerue, sends to that paner an account of an electric mountain rail- way—the first of its kind—which has re- cently been opened to the public at the Burgenstock, near Lucerne Hitherto it has been conside possible to construet a funicular moun- tain railway with a curve, but the new line of the Burgenstock has achieved that feat under the superintendence of Mr. Abt, the Swiss electrical engineer. The rails deseribe one grand curve formed on an angle of 112 degrees, and the journey is made as steadily and as smoothly asupon any of the straight funiculars previously constructed. A bed has been cut, from the most part out of the solid rock, in the mountain side from the shore of the lake of TLucerne to the height of the Burgenstock—2,330 feet above its level, and 2,560 feet above the level of the sea. The total length of the line is 938 meters (about 8,050 feet), and it commences with a gradient of 82 per cent, which is incrensed to 58 per cent after the first 400 meters, and thi maintained for the rest of the journey. A single pair of rails is used throughout, with the exception of a few yurdsat half distance to permit the two c: y Through the opposition of the Swiss government, each car is at the present time only allowed to run at half dis- tance, and they ingist upon the passen- gers changing, in order, as they say, to avoid collision or accident. A number of journcys were made up and down b mountains in company with the en- gineer, and the oxperienee is sutficient toprove that the prohibition isalto- gether unnecessary. The motive power, electricity, is generated by two dynamos, each of twenty-five horse- power, which are worked by a wate wheel of 122 horse-power, erected upon the ri Aar at its mouth at Buochs, three miles away. Only one man is quived to manage the train.and the moyvement of the cars is completely under his control. One dynamo is sufficient to perform the work of haul- ing up and letting down the carscon- taining fifty or sixty persons., At the end of the journcy, completed in about fifteen minutes, atan ordinary walking speed, the car moves gently ugainst a spring buffer, and is locked by u lever, without noise and without jolting ti passengers. This interesting under- taking has been carrvied out at a cost of £25,000, SICK HEADAUH Positively Curod by these Little Pills, They alsorelieve Jiress from Dyspepsi ed im- Mouth,Coated Tongue, Pain in the £ide, TO! PID LIVER, &c. They regulate the Bowels, and prevent Constipation and Plles. The smallest and easiest (o take, Only ono pill dose. 40 in s vial. Purely Vegotable. P % centa 'es, How Tork, OARTER MEDIOINE 00, Pro, THE COURTS, United Statos. The fury In the case of Florenza Bueck ve of Richardson £20,000 for false ned a verdict for the As tho plaintiff stopped from the wit stand Tuesday afternoon she was ar n out in Richardson action to recove ment has reti rested on a tarrant swe charge of Iarceny case of John Grant « action to Pecover 45 000 for before Judie rainst the Union Tha demurrer in the case unty, has been overriled and jury is still hard amining witnosses in 1t is stated that thus far nothing of been doveloped artling naturo has thought the matter of taking testimony be concluded to-day The papers in the pany vs. the o of the cattle com Harlem cattle compa ndy Monduy returned to the found and have A new petit Jury will bo ealled to-day. The jury in the caso of ved, returned a McMinemy vs A 1 has gone to tho jur #4600 judgment at Plattsmouth, this state, and has transactions with the ho latter states that through him land in Omal in which she entailed a loss of the above amount. The caso of Cornolian J Hillike is on tri; Judge Wakele Rice vs Sonise before Judgee Hopowell eding taxes paid by under protest The case of Gue against Deputy Sh Honck is on trial before Judge Groff. similar case of Hurle ordon Johnson has entered suit c £5,000 judgment the plaintiff aeninst Houck. * damages resulting “The complainant states that he voted at the recent he answercd all the questions propounded 1l that he was then o legal vote 2 done 80 he was 1 to his home or place of business, as mayor orde lim, for which he claims Elmer Roberts and council of the cit that the mayor . may bo filling in lot 3 in nith's addition. bean sot for Decem- Fitzmaurice THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Attornoy General Garland Makes His Annual Report. SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS. - The Attention of Congress Called to t Several Mattors Necossary for ¢ Increasing the EMciency of the Service, Tho Attorney General's Report, Wasmiyeroy, Dec. 5.—Attornoy Genoral Gariand has made his annual report to con- gress of tho busiuess of the department of justice during the last fiscal year, together with statistics of crime against tho United ! States, and a statement of the business of | tho supreme court sims. Tho ) potitions filed in the latter court in the French spoliation cases number 5,500, ropre- { 330 vessols and about £30,000,000, { he majority of these cases have beon dis- posed of, 80 far as the court is concerned, and have buen certified to congeress Tho attorney wenoral suys tho usual exam ination of penitentiarios “in which United States prisoncrs are confined, was made dur- ing the year and showed the institutions to be in good condition, and the prisoncrs were woll caved for and’ humancly treated. He advocates the passage of the bill now pend ing in congress for the appoiutment of a com mission to inquire into’ the advisability of building governient ponitent 08 and re. formatories, There were 1,575 goverment prisouers in custody duriug the year. He calls attoation to the method of sum moning grand and trial juries in the terri torial distriet courts, fn cases in which the od States 8 A party, and ¢ tho suggestions thercupon con- d i dis last annual re- port. Ho alsourges an appropriation for the restoration and prese ion of court records, and 1 advocating cortain changes in the judicial systom of the United States. He roviews the rocommendation contained former roports, thut i propor building for the accommodation of tho sapreme court and other courts and commissions of the United States, as well as for the Asing business | of the department of justice, be erceted on public grounds adjoining the present builc- ings. The attorney-gen 0 roviews his recommendation of last year made for the purchase of portraits of ‘the justices of cho supreme court, Inregard to payment of special deputy marshals, he said: The appropriutions for the current flseal year for tho fees and ex penses of marshals i 000, but by sne provtsions, incorporated m the approy act, ouly 300,000 can be adva warstals, Numerous special deputy m court of ¢ In the suit of McMenary vs Sullivan the jury returned a sealed verdiet lust Leora 1. Ryan sues James Bonner for the damages for the cooking utensils pu from Ionner on the installment s yan agreed 1o She failed 1o I but Bonner, it is alleged, wra but in spitc of this psence he stepped in and advantage of her took possession of the goods, The Tlinois Prin Binding com Welsh in an the extent of Indgment to Judge Shiclds rorning, 188 casos being on the list default was cntered ofCora Stormau vs Walter uissoed, costs ssed to the plain- judgment for | | B judgment by default; Commercial N bank of Qmaha vs D. N. judgment by dofault; der ot al, judgment by Hilman 'vs W. R. J; is ot_al, judgment by dward Peyeke et al, Williun Butt, judgment by Drake vs. doseph A default; J. I. Redick judgment by _defaull any vs J. S, judgment by y, judgment by de- vs Charles Kittler, judgment by default; Hen C. L. Robinson, judginent by ‘00ts vs J, C. Goldd Horn-Brannen company vs A.C. Lichtenbergor. default; William Cu Paulson, defendent confos anufacturing ed judgment. Judge Brandeis Severcly Bitten, Tuesday a vicious proprietor of the hotel on Tenth and Douglas, attaclked Ju Brandeis and severely leg in the region of the lkne Brandeis was walk bull dog, ow! along Tenth strect in ¥ of the hotel, when suddenly brute jumped upon him with the fe The judge endeavored toavoid being cssful, and while the brate was at work he tore a large portion of flesh from the leg of his vio other ugly gashe en, but was unsuc wars, sereamed for ted canine was by eral citizens, driven s informed of the o the scene and shot ud the infur! 1 the part of s Onieer Bloom nd ropaired ce Council, The aity council mot 1cos were passed: Tment prohibit of houses or any jrames for money and an ame K. The second ordinance passed was that pro Nibiting the furnishing of prisoners with in which will not ¢ » third ording pool or billiard age Licenses. The follow: grantod yestord { Robert Fan { Chirist Pans , Millard, Nob, 1 Antona Peacha, Omaha Hans J. Han: Annie M. Pet The rosy freshness and ness of the skin i3 by those who use Pozzoni’s Complexion ably obained Associntion The board of appeal ation concluded horsemen to was meted out Wis., and O. n Trotting assos its session to-day whom summary punishini Al Russell, of Carey, of Marienhette, oxp a horse out of was expelied for docket the board met and accepted the r 11, of Milwan! . ¢, Beaman, director, and elec ver, Colo., to th ~In the county ered that At Cuteaco, Dec, | Judge Pendergast o he should not be put Lindaner faflure ¢ iy of the court, hiy tampered with postponed until that t this state, as aunounced by the state board were appointed under the laws providing therefor to serve & sent elee pay them wiil require n large sum, and if their pay be taken from the appropriation above mentioned nothing will remain for the | expenses of the service of processes, and the vusiness of the United States courts all { over the country w be m, spoc peded. I recommend tha appropric aie to pay th Ot commendation marshals be allowed incrcased expenses. in the scrvice of pro ising out of tho inter-state eomm that fecs or ries of marshals be rewdjusted in accordane with provious recommendutions: that tho employment of substitute attorneys in tho torritories be authorized ; that the saluries of the examiner of elaims it the departiiont of stute, the assistant attorneys in the depart went of justice, and the clevk of that do- partment be inereased, aud for a goneral ro organization of the 1 force of the do- partment on a_basis commensurate with its vast and increasing busin - UNIFORM O SLLCATION, ult of the Contcrence Appointed = i to Hiolve the Vexed Probley Cticaco, Do “The committee on classi- fications, after two days' discussion of the Re subject before it, resolved to-day that strict uniformity cannot be reached by forced or hu; measures without producing condi- tions disastrous to the business interests of the country, It was agreed that greater uniformity in the classfication of froight is both desivable and practicable, but that the only sufe way to work out the problom was Dy Trequent conferences and constant_effort by the railroads to remove the disparities in the several clussifications now in use, A stauding committeo was therefore appointed, composed of two members from cach of the ¢ various trafiic associations, to follow up_the work of combining the different classifica- tions, It was inatructed to use such i num- - ber of classes as will. prevent conflicting commodity, as well as cluss rates in several sectious of the country, without sacrificing i the proper interests of the car Tho general mecting then udjourned, 1o meet in Chicago on the second Tuesday in February ] Croup may be prevented by giving Chamberlain’s Congh Remedy a8 soon us the child shows the first symptom of the disease, which can always be done - if the remedy is kepton hand. Hoarse ness is the fivst symptom of croup. Sold by all aruggists, S Ought to Get an Angol. i | The Omaha Land and Lot company sold o restaurant belonging to w man named Olsen g J and then had 10 sue for $57 commission, When the case was called for trial Olsen, through his attorney, objected to tho fotlow- ing justices,who form almost the entire bench justices in the city. Oncor two of them e out of o and one 18 dead but they were named by the atto I the same: Daniel O'Connell, f Gustave Andersen, Charlos 1 cis, F. S wd, A Connor, James Donnelly, C, 4 ohnson, Morr H. 1. Raven, A. h Read W, Roberts, B, 1 Achesse, Thomas and O, l Thompson. objects to Joe ' Holmes, ; [ uttfic compound for the i § The most & cure of coughs, colds and all throat and i lung troubles is De. Bigelow's Positive I Cure. It is pleasant, prompt and safe, ‘,‘ A0 cents and $1. y o, { odman D - Will e Arreste Doran, who swore out & warrant ut the instance of Pat Iord, election day, for the arrost of Julius S J has left the city, hould he return Mr. Cooley says he will ve him arrested on the charge of perjury, in his allegations of aud on the part of the voter; Dubois, on whose account Mr, Cooley 4 was illegally arrested. The latter was not committed, as hias been stated, i Catarrh to Consumption, ] stand nr»x'l to - n its d ubtadly | slngular afilictdd with this Cutary y ignorant protes o weakened 1 v in oll #de restgned to & 4 ro tnemselvel riised remedios, They hecon misery raths atives, it with donbifil pal Bt this wili never Catarrh must be met atevery ~tage and combated with all our might, Tn matly cavrs e discare s aksumed dager: ous Dt oms, The hones and curtilge of the At of hearing of seeing and of tast- 0 he Nacleas, 1 80 elongated, the throat o nflaned and A and distressing e (4 muots BYery head cold 1o th e t asto | t FORD'S HADICS erh, from a & Inst uriug, safe, \talns one hotile of the Rank CURE, 00 DX CATAIIIAT vENT, 81d ANIMPROVED INIALEM, Wit P 1t DG & Crenicar U OLD FOLKS' PAINS! I | Full of comfort for all Pains, Infam- wation and Wenkness of (he' Aked i (e CORCURA ANTIPALY PLAK Tk, e firat and only puln Kiing, astor, New, fngtanteous and i rnorior (0 all other romedies “t' 'u( patu and strength owls Hiren then!ng ¥ fuilible. Vastly and applisnees fo cnlug the nusclus, fioud (rou the e ruggists, % cont B0 D