Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 13, 1888, Page 1

e THE OMAHA DAIiLYy BEE EIGHTEENTH YEAR OMAHA. THURSDAY MORNIN DECEMBER 13 1888 _.._q NUMBER 182 NEBRASKA LAND DISTRICTS. A Bill Introduced For the Oreation of Two More. WITH SUFFERING INSOMNIA, Laird Laia at Kurcka Springs— The Direct Tax Bill Passes the House—McShane on Terris torial Admission, WasHINGTON Bureav Tig Owana Bar, | 513 FounTreNTi STREET, Wasnisoros, D, ¢, Dee, 13, ) LAND DISTRICT REVISION. The Nebraska delegation wero in consulta tion to.day upon the question of the revision of the land districts in western Nebraska. A bill drafted by Senator Paddock was in- roduced this afternoon in the senate, calling for the creation of two additional land die tricts. The two new districts, as proposed, will be carved out of the Sidney, Valentine, O'Neil and Grand Island districts. the west ern one to be called the Alliance land dis- drict and the castern, the Broken Bow land district. Under the terms of the bill the land offices are located at the towns named. The object of the two new land districts 1s to afford facilities for the large number of set- tlers in northern Cheyence, Custer, Logan, ‘Thomas and southern Cherry counties, who now lie between the Union Pacific and the Northwestern railways, and whoso nearost railway service is by the Grand Island Wyoming extension of the Burlington road. Congressman Dorsey introducad the same bill in the house. It is the intention of the delegation to push the matter during the present session, and there are strong hopes of favorable results. THE ARMY APPOINTMENTS, There will be a vigorous cffort made by cortain army officers to prevent the confirma tion of some, at least, of the army appoint- ments sent in by the president on last Mon day. It is gencrally admitted that, with the exception. perhaps, of Captain George B. Davis, the remainder of the appointments were made largely for political reasons, and without much reference to the military records of the various candidates. Captain Vroom. the recently nominated inspector general, was sclected upon the personal de- mand of Senator Mclherson, of New Jersey, from which state he hails, his fathe® having been a former governor. Although a week ago there was scarcely any doubt of Captain Bourke's appointment, and his assurances from the highest officials were all to this effect, Senator MePherson's demand, coming from the man who had carried New Jo for Cleveland, and who had secured a demo- cratic legislature, was too strong, probubly, to be passed over. It is rumorcd that one of the oficers narrowly escaped courtmartialing for cheating at card: while in the service. It is reely probable that the senate will decling to act upon any of the nominations, but there is a possibility of an investigation into the r ords of some of them, and a long delay at least, before they are reported back to the senate with a favorable consideration. THE AUIORA POSTMASTERSIT Tae postoffice at Aurora, Neb., will shortly @ become vacant, if the president decides to make an appointment of a democrat to sue ceed tho present republican incumbent, whose four years' term expires on the 16th of the present month. Four prominent dc ocrats of Hamilton county are applicants for the ofice. It is generally understood that the policy of the administration, with regard to cases of this nature, has not yet been set- tled any more thun has the policy of the senate in the ‘matter of confirming demo- cratic successors to republican officeholders. LAIRD'S INSOMNIA, Aletter was received here from Repre- sentative Laird, to-day, stating that he was at Bureka Springs, A suffering from in somuia. His condition was not described in the letter as being especially dangerous, but very distressing. Mr. Laird’s friends in the house, and from Nebraska, who have seen or who have been in communication with him since the campaign, state that he overworked humself in his canvass, and that when the election came he found himself almost pros- strated from nervous exhaustio Shortly after he went to the springs his illness took the form of insomnia, and the constant loss of sleep has so reduced him in physical strength that he is not expected to occu) his seat in the house for some weeks, ov though he should be in convalescence im- mediately. THE DIRECT TAX BILL. The direct tax bill, which sed the house to-day, lacked just fifteen of .receiving two- thirds of the votes of that body. As the bill wili likely be vetoed, the vote of the house 1s important, indicating that the bill cannot be passed over the veto. . MSHANE ON THE TERKITOR Representative MeShane, of Omuha, one of the few democrals who has advocated the division and admission of Dakota, said this morning that while no definite action was taken by the caucus last night, the drift of sertiment was plainly toward’ treating the poople of that territory fairly. There were some irreconcilables who insisted upon ad- mission as a whole or not at all, but they were a small minority. **What do you think ‘will be done?” [ asked, *My opinion is,” he repli “that the housc will pass a bill admitting the lower half of the territory atonce, unconditionally @and organizing the northern hulf into a terri- tory. Enabling acts will then be passed for Washington, Montana, New Mexico and per- haps Idaho, 50 that the peoplo of those terri- tories can vote next full, whether they will will be admitted as states or not,” NERAL MANDELSON General Manderson’s triends in this city were gratified upon reading in the Washing- ton Post this morning the following special dispateh from Omaha: “Five candidates for Senator Manderson’s seat are wmentioned in tho eastern dispatches, Nothing of the kind is known in Nebraska. The people of the state are proud of the record General Man- derson has made, and his return was the leaaing question n' the election of the legis- lature. The result was a four-fifths major- ity of the entire body in favor of his contin- uvance. There will in rcality be no other candidate before the legislature and General Manderson will be its almost unanimous choice.” TILE DEE'S BUREAU, The Omaha Herald having discontinued its Washington special service, Tus Bk is the only Omaha paper with a bureau at the national capital, and the only Nebraska jour- nal receiving regular speciais by wire from the seat of government, MISCELLANEOUS, R. 8. Bibb, esq., of Beatrice, who has been spending several days in the' city, and wio was admitted yesterday to the' supreme court, on motion’ of Attorney General Gar- land, left this afternoon for Annapolis, to visit Lieutenant Cresap, of the navy. Mr. Bibb's efforts to secure the advanceinent of the Gage county court house case upon the supreme court docket was not entirely sue- cessful, The case now stands at 600 on the list, and will probably not be reached for twelve months to come, Ex-Senator Van Wyck left for his home in Nebraska this aftornoon. neral H, L. Swords, of Des Moines, Ta., {s at the Ebbitt. He is an aspirant to the United States marshalship for the District of Columbia. PERRY 8, HEATU, i The Boston School Elections, Bosron, Dec. 13.—The result of the vote for members of the school committee was the election of the entire ticket nominated by the republicans and endorsed by the com- wittee of one bundred. The ouly member fi the present boaru ro-elected is Miss 1ast- g8, and awmong the eleven there are no Catholics. THE SABBATH UNION, Second Day's Proceedings of the National Convention. WAsHINGTON, Dec. 12.—A business meet & of the National Sabbath convention was held this morning. It was announced that the senate committee on labor would give a hearing to-morrow morning to those inter- ested in the Sabbath reform movement, and a committee was pointed to represent the convention before that committee. Oficers of the union were elected as follows: Colonel Elliott I, Shepard, of New York, president; Rev. Dr. D. P. Lord, of Tilinols, recording secretary: Rov. J. H. Knowles, of New Jerscy, general secretary in charge of the publication department.” A constitution was adopted,declaring the basis ofithe union to be “Divine authority and the universal and perpetual observation of the Sabbath.”” The object of the union is declared to be the preservation of the American Sabbath as & day of rest and worship. in the aftornoon Mrs, \J. Ellen Foster, Rev. Dr. Conrad, and others, delivered brief ad- dresses upon the subject'of Sunday rest, et "The question of changes n the Blair Sunday rest bill were discussed. As finally adopted, the words “show and exhibition” wore added to the list of prohibited Sunday amuse- ments, and the words “open to the public, or of a public character,” were substuted for the words “to the disturbance of others,” the more readily to secure convictions under the proposed law. Several other chauges were made in the bill, In_the evening Com- missioner of Labor Carrol D. Wright spoke upon “The Subbath and the Labor Prob em, " River and Harbor Appropriations. WasmNGToy, Dee. 12,-The river and har bor appropriution bill was reported to the house this morning. Some changes are made in the billas finally agreed upon. It ppropriates £11,006,550. Among the princi- items of appropriation are the following: £100,000; _harbor of refuge at Mil 50,000: St. Clair Plats ship canal, Sac river, Wisconsin, below Mont 000: Ilinows river, §1:30.000; Miss river from Minneapolis to Des Moines 330,0003 Mississippi river from Des wankee, 100,000 rapids, Moines rapids to the mouth of the Illinois river, #0,000; Mississippi river from 1llinois river to the mouth of the Ohio river, 200,000 Mississippi river from Cairo to thé head of the passes, $1.000,000, including the salaries and expenses of the Mississippi river com- mission survey of Mississippi rivor com- plete, §50,000; Missouri v 600,000, Wisconsin—Green Bay hirbor £6,000; Kenosha _harbor, £5.0005 Kewanee harbor, £10,000; Manitowoe harbor, $3400; Mil waukeé harbor, $,000; Oconto harbor, £10,000; Racine harbor, £8,000 and St Louis bay, 85,0001 Sheboygan ha bor, 10,0003 Ashland h £20.000; Chip- pewariver at Yellow Banks, £10,000. Mississippi River —Reservoirs' at head- waters, £10,000; to complete improvement at Des Moines rapids, $3,500. Superior bay : P The Country's Naval Tonnage. Wasnise Dec. 12.—The report of € B. Morton, commissioner of ion, for 1588, shows that the total tonnage of the country required to be included in his statis- ties, amounts to 4,191,915 tons, and that our merchant marine is second to that of Great Britain. Since last year there has been material increase in vessels in the constwise trade. There is little reason, he says, to hope for any comsiderable incréase in foreign going tonnage while the laws remain as at present. The vessels built in the United States last year amount to 218,606 tons, this amount representing 67,367 tons more than the tonnage constructed dur- ing the previous year. As to the establish ment of a naval rescrve, the commissioner expressed himself as _in'favor of the meas- ure, remarking t in case of war, with only the defensive means now in existence, we would be at the mercy of wealk nations, like those even of South America. = g Presidential Nominations, WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Among the nomi- nations sent by the president to the senate to-day was that of Walter I Bragg, of Ala- bama, to be inter-state commerce commis- sioner. Postmasters—L. . Connor, Anstin, IIL Levi Booth, Chillicothe, TL; C. W. Jon Greggsville, 1iL; Harey M. Rolston, K en- sington, 11l 8, D. Tufts, Contralia, Tl ; W. ago, 1115 M L. Scott, . J. Brennan, Correctionville, Johnston, Estherville, Ta.; B. Wilson, Cor- A. Enright, M wus, 1 ning, In.; R. I, Ked . Sheldon, Ia.; N ©. Stanton, Webster City, Tu.; Isaac Conner Ponca, Neb.; W. J. Brennan, Siduey, Neb.} G. A Loth, Rice Luke, Wis.; Charle Sehacf, Khinelander, Wis.;' W. C. Brawloy, Mauston, Wis.; A. J. Mcl , West Super W. Pratt, Sturgis, Dak.; J. T. Me bon, Dal'; Willidm 1ope, Minot, Avoy, Li Dals, ——— The Sheridan Pension Biil. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—In reporting back favorably the house bill granting a pension of §500 a year to the widow of General Sheridan, the committee on invalid pensions says: There bas been a decided opvosition in this committee to the unusually large pen- sions to widows, but this report is made fa- vorable in this case upon the ground that congress cannot well refuse such action after giving large pensions to others who are less meritorious, g Pueumatic Torpedo Throwers, Wasmizaroy, Dec. 12.—Senator Stewart to-day introducted a bill authorizing the con- struction of 230 pueumatic torpedo throwers of the highest power, capable of throwing steel torpedos charged with not less than 100 pounds of dynamite or other explosive a dis- tance of five miles. These torpedo throwers are to be mounted in batteries for the defenso of our harbors, and $10,000,000 is appropriated 10 carry owt the provisions of the uct. Ao The Senate Trust Committee, New Yong, Dec. 12.—The senate trust committee resumed its session to-day. F'rancis B. 'Churber, of the firm of Thurber, Wyland & Co., was'examined in regard to the purpose of the Wholesale Girocers' asso- ciation, The witness denied that the wholesale grocers' association was formed to compel the sugar trust to sell to mewbers of the gro- cers' association at less rates than those charged W0 werchants outside of the ussooia tion, John Stanton testified regarding the copper trust, and Charles Ralph a broker, said that copper had been steadier in price’ since the establishment of the syndicate, Appleton Sturgiss rrnmilhvnl of the Eagle Milling company, of Brooklyn, testitied ro- garding the bag trust. He said aread of the Mills bill was the cause of the trust, because the managers sought to make us much money as they could before the Mills bill drove them out of ‘existence; hence the formation of the trust. There would be 1o trust possible with a reasonable tax on raw material. P. J. Goodheart, a whisky broker, said of the whisky trust that the headquarters were at Peoria, 11L, and that the capital of the combination amounts to $30,000,000, they paying g to 1 per cent dividends, but being desirous of decreasing their surplus stock they bave been paying X per ceut for sowe time back, —_—— New Postmasters Appointed. ‘Wasmixaroy, Dec. 12, —|Special Telegram to Tue Bek.|—Edwin A, Hogg has been ap- poiuted postmaster at Trenton, Hitohcock county, Neb., vice Nathan T. Hall, resigned, and Aundrew J. Fuller, at Swan Lake, Emmet county, Ia., vice S. D, Swith, re- gned. —_— Postal Thieves on Trial. CuicaGo, Dec. 12.—The trial of Ober- kamps and Mack, who will be remembered as having been engaged in the most exten- sive robbery of letter boxes ever known, last :‘;ldmur‘ begau in the United States court -day. FRANCS INSTEAD OF MARKS. Parisian Financiers Come to the Czar's Roecue, THE GREAT RUSSIAN LOAN. It Creates the Utmost Enthusiasm in the French Republic and Is a Heavy Blow to Berlin Bankers. Supplving the Sinews of War, Copyright 1588 by James Gordon Bennstt. | Panis, Dec. 12.—[New York Herald Cable Special to Tir Brr. | —Since the national subscription to cover the German indewmnity in 1871 there has not been such spontaneous enthiusiasm on the Paris bourse as there was on Monday, when 100,000,000 francs of the new Russian 4-cout loan was offered, and 50,000,000 subseribed. Financially, the loan is undoubtedly a success, but it is difficult to overestimate its political importance. Russia would develope her military power. France responds. France gave money in 1871 from patriotism. She gives money in in 188y for—what is it? Revenge, The most absolute monarchy in Europe Asks money; the most democratic republic - Barope lends the money. Truly les extremes se tenchent, M Floquet announced the results of the sub- seriptions to a councilof ministers yestorday With great satisfaction healluded to it in pri- o conversation as the financial enfran- chisement of Russia from the Berlin banking monopo! Isaw a diplomatic personage yesterday familiar with the inside history of tae loan. He gave me the in brief Last June representat teir d'Bscompte Credit other financial institutions o 4 h several private banks suggested to M. Wysh nigradsky, the Russian minister of finance, he advisability of converting the Russian debt and floating anew Russian loan in Paris. Wyshnigradsky reported this to the czar, who viewed the project with favor. At this time the rouble was much depreciated, and the moment was not considered favor able. With the rise of the rouble the scheme became practicable and was put in to execu tion, the Comp. Lyonnaise and The advantages to Russia are mau It frees her from the financial tutelage of Ber. lin. Hitherto all Russian loans have been floated and owned largely in ( nany. This fact enabled Prince Bismarel to put a direet pressure on the mternai affairs of the Rus sian empire by lowering at his will the price of roubles. The thus| n chancellor could practically prevent Russia from muking war, He could fan social is content in St. Petorsburg, Moscow ana Odessa: He could inflict losses of million upon the czar's private fort e and the Russian treasury. Lately German bankers have unloaded their Russian bonds on the market in the vain attempt to again dep! ciate the ronble, These bonds have at one been bought up in France, so that the great bulk of the loan is now owned in Fra: I talked with several bankers about the loan and asked the senior member of the firm of Jordan & Co. why England, Germany and other countries did not take the loa He replied: #On general principles since their war England has had as little as pos- sible to do with IRussia There is nothing specially attractive to the ish inyestors in a4 per cent bond at 86 They find uses for money made to their liking in the divection of the Argentine Republic or elsewhere. As for the United States as long as raily there pay a zood dividend and until the tional debt is considerably acercased thus retricting the now excellent field for invest ment there is no reason why American cap ital should go abroad.” Other brokers spoke cheerfully about the loan and with pardonable pride at the quickness with which it was covered. The class of investors are not servants and hand concieges but petits rentiers and peo ple of maderate means, who are accustome: to lay aside evory year a portion of their in comes in sound investments, Other nations hesitate to negotiate a loan n k on account of the enormous exj conneeted with the undertaki A heavy tax goes to the treasury syndicate, The banking houses which managed the loan bought the bonds of the Russian government atabout S3and put them on the market SG. Deducting expenses, their profits are about 13§ per cent. ALY = Ormond’s Infirmity, VCopyriaht 1885 by Jame s Gord n Bonnett,] 12. ~[New York Herald Cable o0 to Tue Bre.| -Commenting upon the sale of the Duke of Westminster's race horse, Ormond, to an American gontle man for £17,000, the Standard to-day says If he were sound his expatriation wonld be a Loxnoy, D misfortune, but the ugly fact that he had a bad roarer remains, aud there will be Amer. ican and not English youngsters who will be impregnated with the constitutional infirm ity. 1t is not inevitable that the produce of roaring sires should be roarcrs, but the chances are in favor of the malady asserting itself; so that wonderful as the horse's achievements were, he can be well spared from the ranks of English thoroughbred sires. —_— The Walpole-Wiedema, Case. [Copyright 1585 by James Gordon Bennett.) Loxnoy, Dec. 12.—[New York Herald C: ble—-Special to Tue Bre.]—Miss Wiede- mann, who recently sued Robert Horace Walpole for 50,000 for breach of promise, and who was non-suited because sha refused to answer questions in reference to the birth of her illegitimate child, has returned from sermany, whither she went to obtain evi- dence conceruing her accouchment, and hi applied for a new trial. The Pall Mall Ga- zette to-day opened subscriptions for her waintenance during the litigation, which promises to be unusually sensational. ——— The Parnell mission. Loxvox, Dec. At the meeting of the Parnell commission to-day Attorney General Webster aunounced that he would now pro- ceed with the examination of a wumber of landlords from County Wexford, Sir Charles Russell protested. He said that the attorney general had mnot included Wexford in the opening address. If the other side were going all over Ireland the areaof inquiry would be increased to an alarming extent. Justice Hannan sald he could only view the future with alarm. The court had” been en- gaged for many days, but had not yet ar- rived at the end of any one branch of the in- quiry, He made an ‘earnest appeal to the counsel to do thelr utwost to comwpress the {nquiry, ———— Mrs. Parsons Will Not Marry. New York, Dec. 12.—[Special Telegram to Tug Bes)—Mrs. Lucy Parsons now repu- diates the interview ascribed to her yester- day, and says she has no intention of marry= ing Editor Berustein. THE FEDERATION OF LABOR. It Discusses Varions Measures in the Interest of Workingmen. Sr. Louis, Dec. 12.<The American Federa- tion of Labor resumed its session this morn- ing. The banquet of last night kept many delegates from appearing promptly and caused a delay in committee work. A special committee to report on that portion of Presi dent Gompers' address referring to the eight lour law, was appointed. President Gompers in a portion of his address, referred favorably to the formation of eight-hour leagues in every town and city throughout the entire country, and urged that trades unions and labor unions should be represented in them He suggests further that 1 certain day be set apart on which mass meetings shall be held simultancously throughout the entire country for the discussion of this subject. A recess was then taken until 2 o'clock On re-assembling, the committee on the dent's report reported the following ymmendation: That the American Fed on of Labor use its best endeavors to establish the eight-hour work day : that meas s be introduced into congress to secure islation against the importation of foreizn or ulien labor by contract, and for the pun ishment of all violators of such law: that a tatrike fund” be established and maintamed for the benefit of various unions or branches of unions, that may, through sufficient cause, o out on a strike, and that an assessment of 2 cents per member be levied when necessary to - as. sist in any strike that may be approved by the federation; that the matter regarding 10 labor in factories be brought to the at tion of congress, and that by an amend- to the constitution of the United States iidren shall be made the wards of the wov ment instead of states, and that h asures shall b introduced as v prohibit the employment factories of children under fo veur of age. The question of a strike fund was veferred back to o committes, Al the nther recommendations were adopted. Secretary MeGhuire 1 that six organi. ad his veport and recommended s be appoiuted and ma tamed by the order for the purpose of croasing the membership, and that meas ures be taken towards inducine the org ized vailway employos of the country to come afiiiated with the Federation of Tabor, After the refo of several rasolutions to committees the convention adjourned till morning. . - 2 FIRES IN TWO THEAT ric Narrowly Averted at Oswego —A Chicago Blaze. , Dec. 12.—Daring Mrs. nance here to-nizht in the Awe ad the curtain was about to rise on the last act, there was from the rear of the hall, and th s, femy of musi cry of tire is of < smoke poured up thipuch the large resister in the middle aisle. The crackling of flames was b underneath the floor, and the e andionce rose, panic stricken. Cool headed men sprang apon the stage and cailed out to the people that there was no ds rs mounted their chairs in every pact of ie house and catled to the people to re- main cooled. Thig succeed in partiaily quicting the peovle, gnd in two unnutes 1 leavell, just as the fl I the floor. By time the fire department on h and 15 of water were pouring into the building and the fire was soon_extinguished 1t causht from an_overheated furnace di Uy underneath the center aisle and near main entrance. But for its timely dis 5 it would have shut off the people theater sprang ap throu was 108 tiis frow eseape by the main door, and there would huve been a - terrible scene, s the house was pacieds Ciicaco, Dec. 12.—Just twenty minutes itoriun of the Ciicago opera u emptied of an immense audi enee who had witnessed the MeCaull opera company produce *Lorraine’ to-night, the employes closing up the house discovered fire 1 the top gallery. Some lime was wasted trying to extingiish it with Babeoek's and other appliances, and wien the Jir department was summoncd the flames bl gained good headway. The auditorium had to be flooded with water, and all the furni ture, frescoing, ete., in the b pf Lie house was runed, entailing a loss of The ouly dumage to the remainder of build ing is by smoke and water, and cannot be estiflated to-meht, The building, whic ten-story fire-proofl structure, sustain reputation of “‘fire-prooi,” as nothing but the wood work i tae auditoriul was burn after the house had be ) e E Nebraska and Lowa Pensions, Wasnisaroy, De Sped to Tue Bre.] Original invalid im Pehsions James K Towans, , Ottumwa, Increase—William 4 Bartlett, Waterloo; David Hidlebaveh, Bayard; Bmanuel Smith, Avoeas Leander W, Springc Jacob N. Mereer, Red Oak: J 1es Stivling, War 5 1. Hemston Or A., widow Clintons John D. 1 widows, of George saw: Jume Hen Mexican survivors Dudley 1t W. Williams, Davenport, Pensions for bits [ncrease Charles Jenkins, Barada; Peter Rooney, Crab Orehard: Asa A, Davenport, Kearney ; Judson A, Hall, Newport: James 5. Mille Dewitt; Jolm B, Bidley, Humboldt; The dore . Harlan, Omaba. iexican widows. Sarah B, widow of Willimm H. Blount, Auburn. L A A Big Oattle Suit. Cueyesse, Wyo., Dec. 12— [Special Tel gram to Tue Bree|—In the suitof D, B, Dole against Charles Hecht, for £42,00 i verdict was rendered in The distriet conrt here this evening for the defendant, The parties to the suit are both cattlemen. Hecht sold Dole a herd of cattle in 1883, the_book account of which showed 2,400 head. When Dole came to count his cattle he could find but 1 and — brought suit for the aif T claimed that no sentation | made and that the book account method of selling cattle was universally in use at the time of the transaction, The case has ex ited intense interest among stock wmen, —_— Passenger Rates to Be Restored, CuicaGo, Dee, 12, —Oficial notice was sent / to the passenger azents of all ra lines in the west and northwest that at expiration of ten days the passenger will be restored to the former basis There nas been no plan formulatéd yet for the maintenance of-putes, and nothing deii nite wili be known until ‘next week. Com- missioner Abbott said this afternoon that rates would- not be restored immediate and that definite action would not be taken until after a meeting of the general wanug ers on the 15th inst. B —— Murdered and Buried, Laraverte, Ala, Dee. 12 —Robert Dan- forth, a worthy young farmer, was found dead and buried near his home a féw miles west of bis place yesterday morning. Gashes were found on bis head as if made with an ax. He left home with a negro Saturday af- ternoon to weigh some cotton in the field, ana was not seen until he was found as above stated, He had had a previous difculty with the negro, Wes Chisnolm, and all be- lieve he is guilty of the murder. The negro bas not been seen since Saturday, - — Justice Matthews Impioving. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Justice Matthews, a week or 80 ago, had & recurrence of the at- tacks of muscular rheumatism with which he has been afflicted, but has now become somewhiat botter. 'Ho s, Lowever, very wealk. rutes e Steamship Agrivals, At Copenhugen—The Hekla, from New York. At Philadelpbia—The Lord Gough, from Liverpool, At New York—The steawer Nevada, from Liverpool CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS The Direct Tax Bill Put to a Vote in the House, AND PASSED BY A BIG MAJORITY. A Lively Discussion of the Tariff Question in the Senate-~The Cotton Tie Amendment Re ccted, Senate. Weemivatoy, Dee. 12.—There was but lit tle morning business in the senate, so the tarif? bill was quickly taken up, the question boing on the amendment offered by Mr. Jones of Arkansas to admit hoop or band iron (cotton ties, cte,) free of duty. A long debate followed on thi: mendment. Mr, Berry said the proposed tax illustrated the of the whole protec tve iden runuing through the senate substi tute. The article in question was not manu factured in the United States, The tax was a direct diserimination against the farmers untry . Hiscoel replied to Mr. Berry at some hin aspeech championing the senate bill and the protective tariff. (u closing ho said that the verdict ou this question had been rondered by the people. The democrats hsolute injustic will have a chiance four years from now to try it it over again. This is not the time or the place, so soon after this full discussions so soon atter a rebuke of that sort, to indu it again, and L imagme it will have on this side of the chamber, and o effect on We don't believe that the We believe in building up s, We have raw material cotton ties, and we believe v can be so successfully 1c effeet will be to force down s of cotton ties, Noquy in reference to cotton and to the question whether its price was fixed in the Livernool market, ok place betw Messrs, Reagan, Hiscock aud Chace. After it closed the eauses of the defeat of the dem its in the st clection were brought up, . Reazan claimine that the tanfl lad not S0 much to do with it as had the veto of the tariff is a robber American indust here to make the that the ind tanlished that dependent pension bill and demoeratic dis content the 's civil serviee qee asked whether the discontent was beenuse the president had - not careied out his pledes. he discontent was because hedid not carry out his pledges, and be cauise he kept republicans in ofice in cases where the T did not require him to do 8o, Mr. Reagan Mr. Dawes—Docs the seuator mean to say that the prosi lent's party deserted him Because e woull not breaic his pledges? M. Reagan —No, siv; 1 do not mean that. Alr, Dawes—Whit qo you wmean ! Me. Reagan—1t was the president's duty to carry ont the law, but it was not his duty to extend the principle of the law to officds thay were 1ot covered by it. 1 omeun that th 1s-discontent, and the geatlemen on the other side will soou have evidence of that Mr. Hiscock asserted that evience of dem stute of New Yorkwith the presid rvice policy duripg the last year. replying to Mr. Reagan's remarks acriculturzl interests in the question, hie reminded him of the_fact that the vepublicans of the state ot New York mo down to Harlem river with 80,000 i jovity, and that that part of the stute wus Tairly agricultural; that Town, a fairly agri- cultaral state, give the republicans a ma- ity of 10,000, and that Kansas uav publican majority of 5,000 or 80,00, proved, he said, that the agricul of the country did noi consi beinginjured by the tari, there was no ratic_discontent in the mt's eivil Then, Mr. Reagan secounte | for it by sugeesting that for the last twenty years the fallacies about the blessi of the tariff had been preached to the farmers, and that the last sunpaign was oo short to undo the effect of \ preaching. Me, Haule stated that the president's trrift 1z had been more extensively circu- among the farmers of the north and northwest than any other document for , the circuiation being millions on wil- ¥ lions of copies, which the farmers had read, i which they hadunswered in the election The presiding oftieer at 2 o'clock presented for that hour, the Union Pa- cifie funding bill, but as Mr. Allison insisted on proceeding with the gariff vill, the fund ing bill went over, retaining all its rights as a special je aspecial o “The tariff debate was then resumed. he cotton ties amendment 1o the bili was re jected by a steict party vote—yeas 18, nays 2 an amendment reducing 10 35 per cent ad valo- Mr., Coke moved the duty on cotton rem Withoutmetion the senate adjourned, Hous®, Wasiisaron, Dec. 12—The river and har- bor bill was reported to the house to-day and veferred to the committee of the whole, The senate amendments to the departiment of agriculture bill were non-concurred in and a conference ordered. “Phe report of the committee on elections in the Cakifornia contested clection case of Sul- livan against Iton was subwmitted and placed on tie calendar, ‘The house then went inta commttee of the whaole on the direet tax bill, . A long debate ensued, during which many ndments were offercd and rejeeted. Mr. Elliott offered it the duty of the sceretury of to pay sieh persons us shall apply therefor, and who furnish satisfactory evidence that such upplicant was at the time of the salcs al mentioned, the legal owneror his heir-at-luw, or devisee' of the legal owner of such lands as were sold in certain parishes of South Carolina, under the aets of congress, the valu of said ands mn the man. ner which is set forth in the amendment at length, Iu all cases where persons, while Serving in the ATy or navy or maring corps, purchased any of said lands, and such Jands' afterwards roverted to the United States, it shall be the duty of the seeretar, of the treasury to pay to such persons as shall in each cuse apply the wor to their heirs-ut luw, devisee or grantees, in good faith and for valuable consideration, what- ever sum was 80 paid Lo the United States in such case, In order to v out the provis- ions of the amendment $550,000 is appropriat- ed, The wmendment was adopted, Mr, Oates of Alabama offered ap amend- providing for refunding the cotton tax. Rejected. ‘The quostion then came up on the amend- ment_proposed by the judiclary committee, striking out the provision in the senate bill declaring that no_ part of the money appro- priated by the bill should be paid to any at- ¢ or agent, under any contract for ser- vices now existing, or heretofore made be- tween the representative of any state and any attorney or agent. The amendment was disagreed t0. After seyeral other amendments had been offered and rejected the committee rose uud reported the bill to the house, 1t was passed; yeas 178, nays 96, The fol- lowiug is the voté in detall: YEAS, Adams, Allen of Mich., Anderson of Arnold, Atlanson, Kansas, Haker of N.Y, Baker of 11, Bayne, Helden, Biggs, Bingham, Bootbwan, Bound, Boutelle, Bowdeun, Bowen, Brewer, Brower, T. H, B. Browneof Ind Brown of Oblo, Browne, J. R. Brown, Buchanan, Bungell, Burrows, Butler, Butterworth, ¥, Campbell of Campbell of 7T, J.Campbell New York, Ohio, of N. Y., Cannon, Caswell, Cheadle, Clark, Cogswell, Cowpton, Cooper, Cothran, Crouse, Cutcheon, Dalzell, Darlington, Davenpoit, Davis, 0, Dibble, Dln_gl{ Dorsey, Dunkam, Elliot! Farqubar, Felton, Finley, Fiteh, Flood, Ford, Funston, Garner, Gallinper, Gest, Gibson, irosvenor, Grout, Guenther, Harmer, Haugen, Heard, Hempnill, Henderson of Henderson of Henderson of Towa, C., 1llinois, Herman, Heistand, Hires, Hitt, Holman, Holmos, Hopkins of 111, Hopkins of Va,Hopkins of Houk, Hovey, Hudd, Hunter, Johnston of Kean, Indiana, Ketcham, Latham, Kennedy, LakFollette, Laidlaw, Lee, Lenlbach, Lind, Lodie, Long, Lyman, McDonald, Mahoney, Mansur, Mason, McComas, Matson, McCullough, McClammy, McKenna, McKinley, Merriman, Mofit, J. H. Morrill, Morrow, Nelson, Nichols, Nutting, O Donnell, O'Ferrall, O'Neill.'of O'Neill, of Osborne, Indiana; Penn; Outhwaite, Patten, Payson, Perki Porr Peters, Phelps, Plumb, Post, Pugsly, Rockwell, Romois, Rowell, Rowland, Russell, of Rusk, Ryan, Conn, Suwyor, Seull, Seney Seymour, Shaw, Sherinan, Simmons, Synder, Sowden, Spootcer, Stecle, Stephenson, Stewart of Vt; Strubble, Taylor, 1. B, ' Taylor, J. D, Thomas of Wis 3 Thompson of Tillman, Ohioy Symes, Thomas of 1183 Thompson of Townshend, Turner of Wade, N Weber, Waest, White of N. Y3 Whitingof Wickham, Wilber, Mass; Wilkins, Wilkinson, Williams, Yardley, Yoder. Ta 138, NAYS, Abbott, Allen of Miss., Bucon, Bankhead, Barry Blanchard Bland, Blount, . Breckenridge Breckenridge Bryce of Av of Ky., Buckalow, Burnctt, Bynum, Candler Carlton, Caruth, Catchings, Chipman, Clar Clemoents, Cobb, Collins, Cowles, Cox, Crain, Crisp, Cunimins, Davidson, Dockery Dunn, of Fla,, Enloe, Foran, French, Gluss, imes, Hatch Horbert, Hooke, Hutton, Johnston Joncs Kilgore, of N. C. Lagan, Landes, a Lanhat, Lawler, Martin, MecAdoo, Meiinney, MeMillin, MeShane, M moky, VoEde, Naal, Pecl, 18, Norwood, Oates, Peunington, Phelan, Randall, Richardson, Robertson, Rowers, Russell ayers, Shively, of Mass., Smith, Sping Sprioger, Stewart of Tex, Stewart of Ga, Stockdale, Stone of Ky., — Tarsncy, Tray, urner of Gii., Vanee, Walicer, Washmgton, ver, Wheeler, Whiting of Mich, Wilson Wilson Wise, of Minn., of West Va, Spealker Carlisle Total 9. The hous e then adjourned. INTE l~hl‘.'\k 3 COMMERCE LAW. Judage Cooley’s Opinion on the Move for Its Repeal. Cimicaco, Dec. 12— [Special Telegram to Tur Ber.]—A dispatch from Washington says: “The first open step of the railroad interests toward securing the repeal of the inter-state commerce law is the outright re- veal bill introduced by Congressman_Morsc, of Massachusetts. While there is little reason to suppose the bill can pass, yet there is a possibility that modifications may be bad which would amount to a practical repeal. Mr. Morse claims that the long ayd short haul provisions of the law have hamperea usiness und are injuring the railroads s verely. H@ also asserts that the bill ha depreciated the value of their stocks and bonds.” Judge Cooley, chairman of the inter state commerce commission, who is at present in this city, expressed the utmost surprise thut Con, ssman Morse should n ¢ such state- ments, He has no fear of the peal of an essential provision of the law. It is his opin- commission- that the meets the ion, as well as that of the oth crs'and many railroad munagers, law is an excellent one, and fully expectations of its projectors, 1f it should be made stronger. As v claim that it has depreciated stocks and bouds, Judge Cooley said it is bringing these w5 to their truo value, Many of these se- s were yet far above their intrinsic lue, and until these came down to- their proper level, the country could not prosy : il 5 WESTERN PACKING INTERESTS, The Output of Product Still Continues to Shrink. CixcinNat, 0., Dee. 12.—|Special gram to Tue BeE.]—To-morrow’s Price Cur- rent will say: The weel’s packing at fifteen leading points has been 320,000, against 3 000 the preceding week and 875,000 for the corresponding time lust year. These places have packed a total of 1,725,000 hogs since November, 1, against 2,305,000 a year ago, a deerease for the weelk of 55,000 hogs, and for the season of 550,000, The returns from otier places indicate an additional decrease of 50,000 since November 1, which implies that the points from which the returns have been received are now 630,000 hogs short in thewr packing, compared with last year. Op erations continued quite active a yoar until a week later, after which there was a considerable abatement. It is not improba ble that the subsequent packing may com- pare favorable with last year’ Packing, Nov. T to datv, Chicago. .......... L] B0 TRL000 Kansas City ) HOLOM, 00 Omalin & ‘ 107001 160,000 St. Louly # 104,00 150,000 i Tndianapoiis”.. Cincinnati Milwaukeo dar Rapids Hahbdie Cloveland ..., B Louisville. ") Soux City, ‘ia’ 1m0 Colorado's Senatoral Fight, 2w Youk, Dec, 12.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.)—A local paper says: Scuator lier declared last evening that he would ign if the Colorado legislature elected ex- enator Tabor as his ¢ olleague It was at a meeting of several Colorado gentlemen in the Fifth Avenuc hotel, o the senator- ship was discusscd. 1t'is gencrally concoded that the leading candiduto is young Ed Wolcott. Business Troubles, LuirtLe Rock, Ark., Dee, 12.—Black’s dry goods house and grocery store in ‘Texarkana, Ark., hus been closed by attachments, The liabilitics are estimated at §70,000, with £100,- 000 assets, The liabilities of the Lincoln Miils and Stock Farm company, operated near Varne Ark., and which mad¢ an assignment yest day, are about $35,000; asscls about ahe sauie, ey The Trouble at Bevier, S1. Lous, Dec. 12.—Last night's excite- ment at Bevier, Mo., the scene of the mine troubles, was brought about by the threats of John Atkinson, chairman of the strikers’ committee, who stated that the strikers would erect fortifications in Bevier to-day. Senator Butler Re ted Corvmsia, 8. C., Dec. 12.—Senator Butler was re-elected to-day by ap cally un animous vote, DOES IT MEAN PEACE OR WAR] 4 The Latost Move of tho Striking Bufi lington Engineors. SECRET CONFERENCE INCHICAG® o) o Widely Conflicting Rumors Concorh ing the Disposition of tho Magn ' and the Ohjoet of (b Meecting. The Striking 1 Ciicaco, Dee. g —[Special Tele éé Tae Bree] — Rumors have again becod prevalont in regard to the old strikes ou th| “Q" system, and it is said that tho engineers are anxious to have theirs declarod off so that the men may get back to work. Chairmag Kavauer, offthe general griovance committeey is in the city,the object of his visit being, it 18 said, to negotiate a peace with the company and use that as a card in his efforts to havi cand Chief Arthur vetived to private lifg and himself installed in the position that Ate thur now holds. { Inquiries were made at the general ofiico ofy the railway company to-day, but owing tg the abscuce of the general officers nothingy very definite could bo learned. Vico Prosie dent Stone and General Manager Ripley arq! both out of the city. “We have not reccived! any deputations her said Dr. Williamsy assistant to Vice DPresident Stone, ! “looking to n settlement of tna dispute. What is there to settlod Where is there room for any compromise tq come in! There are no vacancics on our voad. Al positions are full, and_ everything is running in satisfacto manner, Our new men are competent” and giving entir satisfection. We are certainly not goiog tQ displace uny of thom o maks room for the strikers.That would be eutively out of thif) quostion. 1 really do not see where roony would come 4n for any negotiation.” d SIF the strike were declared off, and tha brotherhood men should ask to be appointed to vacancies as they oceur, would you rge ceive them in that way " “] cannot say as to that. T presume thag their applications would have to be passed upon as the vacaneics oceured, but wo cers tainly would not discharicany of our present men for the sole purposc of muking room for them.” General Superintey that if any commitice rinaere, % fent Bessler stated called on him he woull treat them courteodsiy would listen o what they to propose, but the road has all gineers required to do a very large busin and they were all good, competent, sobel men, and none of them would be discharged to make room for the strikers. The strike of the " switchuen was declared off uny, conditionally, ana the ofticers stated to-da, that none of the old men had been reinstated; there being no vicaneies for them to fil Another explanation of Kavener's visit ig that he intends to inaucurate a boycott aainst the “Q” road. How tho proposed schemd was to be worked, and the details of it, were not arranged, and to devise means, & conference of the members of the different grievance committees of the various roadj was, 1t is said, called to meet in- Chicago to day! - Switchmen Strike at Toledo. Toreno, O., Dec. 12.—The switchmen in all the railroad yards of the city agreed to strike at noon to-d Isfforts were mado for a compromise and at 10 o’clock the strik- ers in the Pennsylvania yards went buck, ade cepting the compromise offered by the come pany The Pennsylvauia men having accepted the compromise receive the same wages pai in the Wabash yards, which 1 less than thf paid on the Like Shore. This would jeud the watter if it were not for the fact That the Wabush switehmen are holding out for the Luke Shore schedule, and though they are working they only wiiting for the ult of the conference with Receiver Mch a and other officers of the road, > expected here to-night. The Columbu went out mand fo Toledo and Ok ing without i Huiiton & Dayton men, who re still fivm in their do- pay. Work in the ards is progre: cruption, and no trouble is anticipated. Wiecling & Luke Erio men are working as usual, having accepted the scale adopted at the mecting of superine tendents Monday. In case the Wabash men are granted the Lake Shore pay, is is suss peeted the Pennsylvania switchmen will asig for a corresponding inerease, when the real difticuity will begin, Central Sos e D THE OY* Rumors That The, Attack the Police Boat Bavrivone, Dec. 12.—The piratical oyster dredgers are defiant. To-mght it was re- ported that an attack was to be made on the police sloop Folly, which is on guard at Huckett's point, As the other polic " Governor Jackson s requesting the and gatling demy ab phed Seerdtary Whitne; se of the steam launciics guns pow at the naval ac Annapolis, At half-past 11 to-night Superine tendent Sampson reecived instructions 1o furnish the state what assistance he could, and he at once commenced 1o make ready two of the launches, arming one with @ howitzer and the other with a gatling yun, Captain Howard and the crew of the disable police steamer M; will take charge of the launches and go at once to Hackett's ily s suid to be suré forty dredging schooners, Powt, whel rounded by o ¥ v Youx, Dec, 12, lena, manned by 230 men, and the war Yantic, sailed from the Brook yard to-day for Huyti. As the wa p-of-war Ge 8100p-0fs | navy r ships the men sailed they received a salute from onthe Richmond, who mounted the arms and ehvered” Justily. Many spe viewed the departure. The delay in getting 1o sea was on account of the stuck in the mud. T st ships being second officer of tho Claribel, of the Atlas line, which are vived in port to-day from Hayt £18 hitya ing heard that the German steamer Clemons tine had been fired into and sunk by the Haytien man-of-war La Trusse, bel did not stop at Hayti. ~ - v Union Statement, New Youk, Dee, 12.—At tne regulap monthly meeting of the Western Union directors to-day the usual dividend ot 11 ner cent was declared out of thoe carnings of tha current quarter, The statement shows tha the gross ings for the quarter ending September 50, 1855, amounted to 5,105,708, The operating cxponses woi 4,505,424, “and the net carnmgs §1,307 180 of T3, un $400,465 over the corrcsponding quarter las “The Clarig A Weste year. The estumated surplus on Jauuary will be 5,201,755, 1 — A Deputy Marshal Kivled., * CuaTTANOOGA, Tenn., Doc. 12,—Yestorday a4 laurel thicket near the foor of Roam Mountaia, in Carter county, east ‘Tennessee, was found the dead body of Uni States Deputy Marshal Thomas Goadsen. He lefo Lalizabethtown Novembor 40, 1) sorve papers on a desperate gang of moonshiners, and wag not again seen alive. 1t has been learned thaton the nest du; who is yet & myster, A Crazy Mother's Dee: New Youk, Dee, 12,~This afternoon Mrs, Caroline Schmidt, aged twenty-three, living at 434 East Seventy-sixth street, while ine sane, threw Levself from a four-story wing )w with her two ehildren, Jennie, o tirege ad Bnil, two years, ‘Ihe former v il and oy and his njured and tukon 9 the Loge e was killed. 3y