Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 20, 1889, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: 20, 1830, —SIXTEEN PAGES. day. Matafaa's men rotired without firing on a village or doing any furthet damago. At 7 0'clook on December 19, the German man-of-war, Adler, left Apia, sending word to the commander of the war ship, Nepsic that the German consul was going to Sallufata <op the fighting. Tho Olgo also followed to Latoga, where the Nipsic went, and found the Ger- man ships Adler and Eber cleared for ac- tion. During the mormng Consul Black Yock received a note from the German sul that men.of-war were going up the coast to stop the fighting and disarm Mataafa’s and Tamasese's forces. Blacklock protested in the name of the United States against this netion, which would place the lives of prop- great danger, and was als0 in direct conflict with the powers con- to con- saying erty Americans in Zerred upon him, Soon after the Nipsi rived at T Captain Mullen went on board the Adler to demand the German consul's reason for hav- to stop the war The Gor- and tago ing declared his intention without consulting the consuls, man consul repiied discourteously, said that he would hold no communcati on withan American naval captain, and would be responsible only to his government. Soon after Captain Mullen returned to his ship and the commander of the Adler notified him that he mtended to bombard Ladly before dark. A protest was sent, and as the captain of the Adler showed no inclination to motify Mataafa to remove the women and children, Captain Mullen sent one of his ofticers ashore for that purpose. The Adler bombarded the town on the following morning, and then sent a force of sailors ashore, who burned the village, including two Roman Catholic churches. On December 18 Consul Knappe seat word to Mataafa that German ships would shell the villages unless ho came on board tho German man-of-war before noon of the 20th and cause his people to give up all their arms, Mataafa replied that he was sorry that German sailors been killed, but that the Samouus wtend to fight for their liborty. On the afternoon of December 90, the German, American and English consuls met, but owing to tho obstinaoy of the German no settlement was ar- rived at. On the following day knopfe issued a proclamation ordering the Samoans to oring their firearms on board the Olga during the day or their villages would be bombarded. United States Consul Black- lock at once returncd a protest, informing the German consul that E. I. Hamilton, an American citizen, owned three houses in Mataafasatele, over which the American flag had boen placed, and that if this property ‘was damaged the German gsvernment would be held responsible, No reply was made. On the following morning the Olga shelled the town and afterwards sent a force of sailors ashore to complete the destruction by fire. Hamilton's houscs were destroyed. A large American flag which had been placed upon one of them was partially burned by the German sailors and then torn down. Its fragments were delivered to Consul Black- lock, who has forwarded them to Secrotary Bayard. The German consul afterwards wrote to Consul Blacklock complaining of Klein hay- ing lod the attack on the German forces on the night of December 1. Blacklock re- plied that he had investigated the rumor and had found it untrue. On the 21st the Germans fired saveral shots at a native boat in neutral waters, and nar- rowly escaped hitting a boat con- taining two English ofcers. The Germans apologized to the English. Charles Brown, an American citizen, who ‘was on shore during the firing, was requested Dy the English to ask the Germans to cease shooting. He did so, when the Germans soized him, Ccarried him on board the war ship Elber, and after hand- ling him roughly for some time, roleused him' The Germans have made no further assults since this, and are evi- @ently awaiting reinforcements. Should they make a second attack upon Ma- faafa’s forces they would certainly be defeated, as Mataafa has 4,500 well-armed men. It is claimed that about one thousand of Tamaseso’s men have joined Mataafa sinco the bombardment, not sympathizing with the attack upon their countrymen, i iy What Bayard Says. WASHINGTON, Jan, 10.—A copy of the dis- patch from San Francisco to-day, in to the insults to Awericans and the Amer can flag at Sawon, by the Germun soldiers, was shown Secrctary Bayard this evening. it is said that the Aisturbance referred to was undoubtedly the same as that described by Consul Black- 1ock in his cable message to the department on the Hth inst. Thoe consul’s account, he #aid, was not nearly so sontimental as the ono just received from San Kraucisco, %ut contamed later information, as 4t it told that the Awmericans who were peized were released immediately after- ‘wards. The secretary added that the de- artment is in constant communication with amon through its agents, one of whom is stationed st Auckland, and the latest in- Formation r dis to the effect yhat af- fairs arc quiet and that no serious troublo occurred since the 5th iust. - Watson, Williams. 1Copyright 1559 by James Gordon Hennett,] Rouvey, Jan. 19.—[N. Y. Herald Cable— Special to Tue Bek. ) ~A wedding of mord than ordinary fiuterost has just taken place inthis city, The bride was Miss Harriet Eaton Williams, cduughter of Charles P. Williams, United States consul at Rouen, and on her mother's side tho great granddaughter of John Adams, the second president of the United States. The bridegroom was James R, Watson, an expert of explosives, of the Gauing Gun company at Birmingham, The fegal ceremony took place at the Eritish con- gulaco at 10 a. m., and the church service in the little English chapel on the [lo @8 la Croix an hour late. The bridesmaids were Miss Powell, daughter of the Awerican vice consul, and Miss Edith D¢ Wellington. The groomsmen were ®Followett Holt, of London, and Lionel ©' ‘YWatson, brother of the bridegroom. One o4 Enndrod guests were present at the wedding 4 proakfast. Mr. and Mrs. Watson went to ‘,!’\ is 1n the afternoon, oo ———— - Ball Flayers Sold. Dis Moixes, Ia., Jan. 10.—[Special Tele- grawn to Tug Bug.)—Manager Charles Mor- _40 ton, now with the Toledo, O., club, bhas pur- based from Des Moines the releuse of itcher Smith, Third Baseman Alvord, Left lelder Van Dyke and Catcher Harry Sag @ prices vaid bave uot been announce - FROM THE STATE CAPITAL, Two Very Brief Sessions of the Ne- braska Senate. SYNOPSIS OF IMPORTANT BILLS, An Interesting Resame of the Busi- ness Transacted in Both Branches of the Legistature During the Last Week The Week's Resame. LixcoLy, Neb, Jan, 19.—|Special to Tnan Bee. ) —Three weeks of the legislative sion have passed by and but few important matters have been acted upon. The house has been disposed to act the schoolboy to some cxtont and the new membors soem to be inclined to put off the solid work of the session until they ave better acquainted. So far the recommendation of a standing com. mit had no on the house. Even the unanimous report of the judiciary com mittee is not certain to insure piain sahng in committee of the whole. Occasionaily a former member will get up and move an amendment to a bill that will taka all the life out of it, and in spite of the best ecforts of the legal fraternity he will carry a majority of the members, 'he most interesting discussion of the week was upon the proposition to increase the pay of jurors from §2 to s per da, farmer members were almost equ vided on the questiow, but the lawyers were almost a unit in opposition to the measure. ‘The most important work of the weok was the election of United States senator, still it did not create o ripple of excitment. No speeches were made und the whole af- fair was settled by simply calling the roll. A few leading citizens of the state came in_and asprinkling of city peovle occupied the lobby, but no unusual interest was manifested. As a whole the proceedings were very tame. Three or four bills are the result of the week's work, Asa mattor of course, the first bill that passed was an appropriation to pay the salaries of members and the expenses of the legislatare. Two bills (house roll 100 and 101) were passed for this purpose. The former appropriates $100,000 uud the latter £30,000, and it is feared that these sums will not be sufticient. McBride's bill to transter $120,000, paid for the keeping of the insane from thot fund to the general fund was also passed. The other bill that received the sanc- tion of the mujority of the members of the house was a bill of minor importance intro- duced by Gilbert of York reluting to suretics, But while the legislature has not passed mauy bills it has disposed of quite a number. The bill granting municipal suffrage to women was disposed of in short order on the ground that it is not constitutional. Another measure of no small importance to the taxpayers that was defeated in the house, was a bill making each county abso- lutely liable for all the costs arising from cases of potty misdemeanors in the justice courts. By the present law tho payment of the costs in such cases is a matter of discre- tion with the county board of supervisors, and hundreds of claims for neediess costs aggregating thousands of dollars aro re- jected aunually in e county in the state. ‘The bill had strong support from the mem- bers of the bar, and was beaten mainly by the efforts of S. N. Rayner, the bril- liant young lawyer from Cheyenne, who declared that it wus the most pernicious measuro before the legislature and would breed endless litiga- tion over petty quarrels and pile up the criminal expenses to a frightful extent. The Omaha contested election cases have been rushed along during the week, and the mass of testimony submitted to the commit- tee has been closely scanned. . The business of the coming week promises to be of unusual interest. These contost cases will likely be decided, the “‘fraudulent note” bill, and the banking bill will all be disposed ' of. Submission itself may be sprung Thursday or I though the com- mittee will oppose final action until the vote in the senate is taken, The amended Omaha charter and the maximuin tariff bills are not printed, and will haraly be reached next week. The senate did not get fairly down to busi- ness till Tuesday afternoon, when the printer sent in a few of the bills which he had on his hands since Saturday last. In the afternoon session on Tuesday, three bills were re- ported back with the recommendation that they pass. Two of them were importers' measures, the bill forbidding the importation of armed men to suppress insurrection, and that defining the liability of fire in- surance companies, It provides for the payment of the full amount of insurance, in case of the destruction of propert, lire. The insurance men—and there is a perfect swarm of them buzzing around the legislature—made a desperate on- slaught upon the bill, but they found the senate quite too firm in its views to he dis- turbes The bill passed unanimously, The agents of the insuranca compunies will now have the opportunity o try the housc, and see whether that body s also proof against the efforts of a large and fierce lobhy. By the time that this wholesome and needed meusure becomes a law by the practically unanimous vote of Nebraska's legislature, they will probubly become convinced that they had better retire from the field, and at- tend to their own proper business. On Wednesday the senate took Mr. Ran- som’s bill, to make the first Monda; S tember a legal holiday, and pas mous.y. Mr. Funck's street railway bill, in which the people of Omaha feel particular intercst, received two amendments. One offered by Mr. Howe definitely preserved the right of reversion, and its immediate object is to protect the city of Omaha in its right under the charter of the railway company to take ion of the line at the end of fifty It erves the equitios which possess in the charter of the company. Mr. Raymond's amendment construed the meaning of the words “street railway” as embracing all street r s for the conveyance of pas- sengers, the motive power of which shall be horse or mule, electric or cable power, On Friday tho senate passed bills 100 and 101, for defraying the oxvenscs of the s- lature, the bill ceding to the United States jurisdiction over the Fort Niobrara and Fort Robinson reservation: the bill limiting the privileges of the state industrial school to youtns of sixtcen years or under; that for postponing the sunimon- ing of petit jurors till the judges huve dis posed of preliminary business; that pro- viding for the extension to the year 1000 pay- ment on school lands; and one in regard to “the places whero taxes shall be paid. “The bill for the postponement of payment on school lands has beon introduced for the purpose of seouring to the temporary school fund the interest due on lands not yot paid for, und will muke & diffcrence of three or four hundred thousand dollurs in the awmount immediately available on which interest can be drawn ' for the benefit of the common schools of the state. Senate bill No. 7 was taken up and passed this afternoon, It makes the number of ,\lllu"m] districts in the state 12. In the Third, or Douglas county distriet, there are to bo four judges; in the Kirst, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth districts there shall botwo judges each. and in tho re- maining qistricts one judge eachjin wll, twenty judgos of the district court, ‘The committeo recommended the passage of Mr, ljam's bill for giving the city of Omaha the title in the high sehool grounds and tho bill passed. —— Senate, LiNcoLN, Neb., Jan, 10— (Special to Tue Beg.|—The seuute managed w0 find work enough to fill outa Lalf hour this morning, and then aajourned till 2 o'clock, ostensibly to give the committecs a chance to meet. Two bills were reported favorably from committees. They are Beuator Lindsay's dog tax license and Senator Robluson's bill directing the courts to allow a reasonable fee to plaintifi’s attorneys in actions 10 recover wages or foreclose mortgages, The licutenant governor signed the two appropriation bills for logislative expensos, & half dczen bills were introduced, and the the senate rested from its labors. TERNOON SESSION, Senator Shanner introduced & bill requir- ing telephone and telegraph companies to make a detailed report of their property for assessment for taxation. Senalor Raymend offered the following Joint rasolution : Resolved, By the legislatureé of the state of Nobraska, thul our senators and repre- s08- sentalive in eongress bo and are hereby re quested to demand Ahe of all entries of puolic wh 1 lands aro under claim of the state as indemuity school Jands, the basis of said claim having the ap proval of the general land office under date of May 28, 1884, Committee reports were submittad, and the senate went into committee of the whole. Sénator [jams' bill directing the governor to give the school district of Omaha a good title to Capitol square in the city of Omaha was approved. Also Mr. Nesbitt's measure giving the Tenth judicial district two judges, and soveral minor bills The senate then adjourned 1ill 8 p. m. Mon day. ——— To Prevent Ba Lrscory, Neb,, Jan, 10, —[Special to Trur Bre. | —Senator Church Howe took anotber p this morning in his carecr as a reformer by introducing a bill intended to prevent bal lov-box stufing. Following is the essence of the measure “The county board of each county shall provide a suficicat number of ballot-boxes, ich said ballot-boxes shall be made of at the exponse of the county for the nets or districts; each of said ballot-boxes shall be circular in form, with a small opening at the top thereof, and en- closed in u square wooden frame, with u lid to be fastencd with three locks, no two of which can be opened by the same key; said ballot-hoxes to be uniform ‘in their construction, and shall be sclected for adoption by the secretary of state, nud tor of public accounts and_state treasurcr or any two of the Then follows a provision that after each eloction one of the judges shall take charge of the ballot box and de liveritto one of the judges of the next election, ““T'his bill is a copy of the Colorado stat- ute,” explains its sponser. “It was handed me for introduction, and, while I am not committed to it in its details, Tregard itas a sten in the direction of a reform of ballot box abuses.” Another bill brought forward by Mr. Howe conceals 1n its great_length the simp proposition to aad the W.C.T. U. to th sccret and benevolent organizations that may be incorporated. Lixcory, Neb,, Jun. 19. Beg. enator Burton has proposed an amendment to the school laws, the effect of which is to allow cities of the second class having from 1,000 to 5,000 population to levy an aggregate school tax of mills on the dollar, The present limit is 20 mills. The Raymond Resolution. LiNcoLy, Neb., Jan. 19.—[Spocial to Tar Bee.|—Senator Raymond makes the follow- ing explanation of his joiut resolution : ““In 1884 the state of Nebraska made cer tain selections of indemnity lands in the county of Cheyennoe, and owing to a press of business in tho general land office the selec- tions were not confirmed, although the basis was approved. The matter went over into the administration of Commissioner Sparks , and when he ruled that Nebraska should make seclections in the samo districts in which the lands had been lost (an impossi- bility, of course), notwithstanding that there had been selected and contirmed to the state over thirty thousand acres in Cheyenne county, selected the same as the land now pending in the general land oftice, and which. they now wish to cancel. There is no doubt that the land was selected, and a copy of the record filed at the lana ofice at North Platte as the plat books now show it, and there is a copy of the same now on file in the office of the Nebraska commissioner of public lands and buildings. The general land office is now receiving homestead entries on tho Cheyenne lanas, and the joint resolution is intended to hold them in abeyance until we can have the dispute settle Notaries Under Fire. LiNcoLy, Neb.. Jan. 19.—[Special to Tne Bek.)—Senator Conner is sponsor for two bilis introduced to-day. One amends the statutes relative to abstractors by making a failure to file a $10,000 bond a misdemeanor punishable with a fine of $25 to $100. The other amends the law regulating the distri- bution of free copies of the statutes by drop- ping notaries public from the list of bene- ficiarie: ‘“‘Notaries are getting to be so numerous,” says the senator from Buffalo, “that these free books entail u big expense that ought to be stopped.” Cady's County Treasurers Bill. LixcoLy, Neb,, Jan, 19.—[Special to Tue Begr.]—The following is a summary of the Dill introduced by Representative Cady, of Howard, to provide for the exammnation of the accounts of county treasure Section 1. By direction and under the supervision of the auditor of public accounts there shall be an examinstion of the books, counts and affuirs of each county treasur office in this state not less than once a yoar, and no previous notice shall be given of the contemplated examination. Section 2. The examination shall be thor- ough and develop the condition of all the county funds, Section 3. A statement of the result of the examination shall be made ont in duplicate, one to be filed in the oftice of the auditor of public accounts and the other with the county board of supervisors, Section 4. By direction and under the suporyision of the auditor there shall be es- tablished a uniform system of keeping all accounts pertaining to the oftice of county reasurer. tion 5. Any coun surer or deputy refusing to answer truthfully and to the best of his knowledge all questions asked, or refusing to produc book or paper re- quired by the oxamining officer shall be R\AAl;._\' our a misdemeanor and fined not to cx- ceed 10 Section 6. The auditor of public accounts fs muthorized to employ a compoetent ac- countunt to make the examination provided for in this net ut a salary not to exceod $1,500 per anuum, ———— Corbin's Amendment, Neb., Jan. 19.—[Special to Tnr A. C. Corbin, representative from Johnson and Nemaha, has thought out a plan for the investment of the permuanent school fund that, if adopted, will be a great benefit to the people of the state. He has introduced a jomt resolution proposing to so amend the state constitution that this fund may be invested in school district bonds and used in building school houses, and other expenses of the districts, At present these funds can only be in vested in “United States or stute securities, or registerod county bonds of this state, s a matter of fact are lying idle to the t of more than a half a miilion of dol- nd are being loaned to the people by the bankers, who reap all the profits. Mr. Corbin says that every doliar of this money would be quickly taken up by the local districts of the constitution permitted, and ho thinks no better way can be devised for the disposal of these funds. Of course, tho banks that are interested in the matter will Hght the proposit. bitterly, but Mr. Corbin is u wman of pluck and determina- tion and of no mean ability, and it is certain that the school fund question will get a thorough airing, and al- together probable that this wmendwent will mact the upproval of o majority of the house. ‘Whut the senate may do is a matter of con- jecture. The people of the state who are in terested in the question should be heard from. The matter will come up for action in the house iu tho courso of & week or 80, uuless an effort is made to strangle the meas- ure in coinmitiee, Galbert's Usury Bill. Lixcory, Neb., Jan. 10.—[Special to Tas Bee. ] —The following is the full text of the bill-—honse roll 24 —introduced in the house by Gilbert, of York, to punish the crime of usury: Seotion 1. Section 5 of chapter 44, of the compiled statutes of Nebraska is hereby awended to read as follows : Section b, If o greator rate of interest thun is herein before allowed shall hence- forth from the takiug effect of this act be contracted for or received or reserved the contract shull be void and no sction shal be maintained ev such coutracts provided the ncts and dealiugs of an agent in kmluu{( money shall bind the principal, and in all cases where there s illegal ifntorest by the trausaction of the agent, the princival will be held thereby as if he had transacted the same in person. Where the sawe person wols @s ageot for the borcower wno oblains lender, he shall be decmed to be the agdt of tho loaner also." Koction 3. Sectmf #8f chapter 44 of the compiled statutes of the state of Nebraska heretofore existing be and is hereby repealed. The Cl LiscoLy, Neb, J gram to Tue Bes. | 4fe touse committee on dlections put in & fftiilly reviowing the depo. sitions in the Omah¥ election cont and finishod the 0600 pages at a late hour. man Cady thinks the committee will noxt make a recount of ballots in the First pre- cinct of the Secand ward and examine re. turns from the & precinets in question. The committee is mdfned to listen to addi tional oral testimony, but the chairman is confident that the committee’s report will ba submitted to the house during the ensuing week. Manderson Ret ns Thanks, Liscory, Neb,, Jan [Special Telogram to Tun Ber, | —Senator Manderson sent a lot ter to each member of the logislature to-day expressing his gratitude for the honor con ferred upon him i ection, and prom. ising to visit the ¢ and meet them in person. is re. n Pebruary unty Option. 1, 10.—[Special to Tre Bre.]—Representative Burnbiam of Keya Paha is preparing a bill for county option, It will provido that tho liconse question may be submitted to the voters once in two years, and in any county whero the voters so decide absolute prohibition shall prevail. This bill will receive strong support In the —house, though hardly enough to put it through: Some members will vote for it rather than submission, For ( LivcorLy, Neb,, I Legislative Note: LiNcoLy, Neb., Jan. 19.—(Special to Tar Brg.]—A large majority of tho members of the house left for their homes last evening. No mectings were held to-day by any of the house committees except that on pri leges and elections to consider the Omaha contested election cases. The few members who were not able to take a lato train last evening were dissnaded by the threatening aspect of the weather from attempting to make a flying visit to their homes. The fear of being caught in a “blizzard”’ whon important bills pending is very potent with a legislator intcnt on making a record.” Representatives Lash of Nemaha, Carbin of Johnson, Hardin of Burt, Keifer of Pierce, Bisbee of Holt, Syntzy of Richardson, Cole* mau of Antelope, Burnham of Koya Paha, Hall of Lancaster, Gilchrist of Box Butte, and Rayuer of Choyenne, were observed in their seats this morning attending to the various wants of their constituents. Quite a number of the members of the house have brought their families with them and may be found “at home," in the capital city during the session, Among these are Carbon of Johnson, Rayner of Cheyenne, Hill of Gago and Gilchrist of Box Butte. House roll 18, which pussed the house yes- terday, if it becomes a law, will work an important change in civil procedure in the courts, It provides that in replevin cases the defendant may retain tho property in dispute by giving o bond to cover the costs The committee on prjvileges and elections have set a commendable example in the line of economy to the other committees. While authorized by a resolution to employ all the clorks necessary, theyhave taken turns at reading the 600 pages off testimony, and have not expended a penfiy fqr clerical assistance- Chuirman Cady stdtes khat over fifty appli. cations have been-made to him by pariics who wanted to_act as clerk of the commit- tee, all of which have been declined. Two bills are before the house in refel ence to the Lincoln chgrter. H. R. 175, in- troduced by Hall, 1s merely amendatory of the present charter. Its leading features are: First, election of one-half the council at large; secoud, creation of an excise boara, to consist of the mayor, ex officio, and two members to be elected at large, who shall have control of police and saloons; third, vrinting of all claims before allowance: fourth, more clearly defiuing and limiting power' of council over paving dis- tricts; fifth, more fully defining and limiting power of council to make public improvements by special assessments. In genersl its amendments are in the interest of good government, und were proposcd by a committee of business men counsisting of C. W Mosher, N. C. Brock, K. K. Hayden, W. W. Holmes, J. W. Winger, R. E. Moore and J. H. Farwell. The state- ment that it was repared iu refereuce to temperance is a mistake. The speelal committes of senators appoint- ed to investigate as to the number, neéd and expenses of employes of the various state de- partments have been delayed in taking up their work by the failuro of the auditor to submit a report. The charges against At- torney General Leese will come within the scope of the committee, and it will also pass on the requisition of several dopart- ments for educational help. Senator Paxton expects to be away Monday and Tuesday in business, ou which event the in- vestigation will not hegin until the middie or latter end of the weck. Governor Th moved into his new ofil- ces this morn His desk has been placed temporarily in one corner of the general re- ception room, and is surrounded by a litter of hoolks and other office anpurtenances. The other four rooms in the suite of the execu- tive are yet filled with scaffolding. Lieuten- ant Governor Meikeljohu took possession of the governor's vacated quarters this after- noon, —— A Compulsory Education Bill. Cmicago, Jun. 19.—At a meeting of the representatives of the board of education, bourd of trade, Union league, Woman’s alli- ance and other bodies to-day it was decided to submit to the state legislature a bill for the more stringent enforcement of the com- pulsory education act. The bill provides for the attendance at scnool of all residents bo- tween the ages of seven and fourteen years during at least twenty weeks of each year; that no child under twelve rs of age shall be employed by any firm or corporation; that between that age and fourteen years they shall not ve employed mwore thau eight hours per day, and only during schiool vacations, unless y permission of the school board upon proof that their earnings are necessary ou account of poverty, and that school books should be furnished free of charge to children whose parents are too poor t buy them. Penalties n the way of fines are provided for the en- forcement of the law, and ofticers are to be appointed under it to see that 1ts provisions are carried out, DR Ticket Takers Abolished. Torexa, Kan, Jap. 19.—[Special Tele- gram to Tuk BEE]—An order was issued to- day by General Superintendent Sands, of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, by which the collectors on that road, about sixty in number, who took the.places of conductors two years ago, are iclieved from duty to- morrow at noon, and:¢hoeonductors are re- turned to their old plgoes; The officers de- cline to state their reasons for abandoning the system, except that the principal reason is economy. which is the watch word with the Santa e management at present, — Request Thurston's Appointment, Wasmixatox, Jum , 19.—The Nebraska delegation in congrges have united with eighty-four representatives and twenty- seven senators in the Nolraska state legis- lature in recommending to President-elect Harrison for Lis secretury of the interior John M. Thurston, who was temporury chuir- mayu of the Chicago convention Last June, e e An Immoral 5¢hool Ma'am, Kaxsas City, Mo, Jan, 19.—[Special Tele- gram to Tux Bre.|—Mrs. Vanderpool, a teachor in tue publie sclools at Arlington, Mo., where her husband is principal, has re- sigued by request of the board. Tue fact of her criwinal intimacy with her brothor-in- luw, Dr. Vanderpool, has been disclosed, and her husband has sued fo1 a divorce. e Steamship Arrivaly. At Awsterdam—The Schiedam, from New York. At Liverpool—The Virginlan and Kansas frow Boston At Lonaon—The Greece, From New York, At New York—The Nevada and Celtic, from Liverpool. T The Chautauqua circlo moets Monday evening at the board of trade roows, THEY ARE AFTER MR, BLACK, The Grand Army Men Working Against Him, INGALLS WILL BE RETAINED. As President fro Tem. He Suiits the Republicans—Speaker Car- lisle Trying to Delay t vifl Bl WaASHINGTON Benmo Tite OMAiA Ban, | 513 FOURTEENTH STREET WasiiNgToN, D. C.. Jan, 10, ) Grand Army men have just comploted a canvass of ate on the question of con- firming nomination of al Black, commissioner of pensions, to bo judge advo- cate general, in tho event that im is re- od. They report from four to six majority ainst confirmation, and say the president will not nominate him, although he would like to do so. There are five or six repabli cans who will vote for his confirmation and from seven to ten democratic senators who refuse to do 80, on the ground that he has tot managed the pension office to suit them, or that he would be eligible to retirement immediately should he be appointed. The opponents to his confirmation point to the fact that General Black, who draws the largest pension of any man who served in the late war, made an afidavit when he was asking congress to pass a special bill for himself, in which he afirmed that he was totally disabled, both mentally and physi- cally. MOIRTON AT TIE CAPITOL. Vice President-clect Morton was at the capitol at half past 10 o'clock this morning, He went immediately to the private room of the vice president and was closeted with Mr. Ingalls, president pro tem of the senate, for information in regard to the management of the senate. Mr. Morton believes that he is now very well equipped us respeets infor- mation relative to his duties, and he will be wore of a general spectator of the proceed 5 now than a private pupil of the ofMcers of the senate. After loaving Mr. Ingalls the next vice president went up nto the senate gallery and viewed the work from that location for some time, For the tirst time in several there hus not existed & vacancy in the vice presidency by reason of death, there will be chosen «u president pro tem of the senate v soon after the 4th of Murch, Within a day or two after the in- auguration it has been areanged that Viee President Mortoa will absent himsclf from the senate without designating a_senator to occupy the presiding ofical’'s chair, 1t will then be in order for the senate to choose a president pro tem. This could not be done if Vice President Morton was in the cha'r or if ho should designate any one to act during his absence. ‘The vice president may desig- nate some one to fill the cl in his ab- sence, a day at a time, for three days, and il he should be abseat beyond that period 1t is necessary for the senate to choose a presi- dent pro tem. President Arthur did not make it necessary for the senate to choose a president pro tem, because the scnate was at that time demo ic, and a democrat would therefore have been in the line of succession to the presidency. Vice President Hendricks designated somo one to occupy chair in his abser and never made 1t possible for the senate to sclect a president pro tem. because the senate was republican, and therefore a republican woula have been placed in the line of presidential accession. When Vice President Hendricks d was nothing to prevent the putting Mr. Sherman in the chalr of the pres- ident of the senate. When Mr. Arthur suc- ceeded to the presidency, it will be remem- bered that David Davis, of Illinois, was se- lected as a compromise.’ Davis was an inde- pendent._democrat. he senate now being in accord with the politics of the vice presi- dent, it has been conceded that the president bro teni should be selected at an carly date after the 4th of March, and Mr. INGALLS 15 TO BE RETAINED in that position. « Mr. Ingalls, as president pro tem of the senate, draws u vice presi- dent’s salary ($8,000), but the president pro tom of the senate only draws the salary of a senator when there is a vice president. THE TARIFP BILL. Senator Allison, who has charge of the tariff bill now under discussion in the senate, said to-day t arrangements were per- fected to bogin taking the final vote on the amendments to_that measure on next Tue: day, and he had no doubt that the bill would be disposed of by Wednesday. The enrolling clerks are al ly up with the work of the scuate. They are leaving the vill open in places where amendments are likely to be made, and will complete their work within a very few hours after the senate disposes of it. Just what will become of the bill, when it goes to the nouse, is a subject of serious debate among members of that body now. An effort will be made by the repub- licans and thejprotectionist democrats to leep it from the committee on ways and means, but it is claimed that Speaker Carlisle, who doos not want_the bill to be paseed, will rule that it must go to the committee; that it 15 a question of privilege within his own jurisdic tion, and is not subject to the will of the house, If the speaker rules that the bill of ne v must go to_the committee on ways and means, there will be nothing mora hear of it during this congress, If, however, th house can koep it from that committee, b sending it to another, which will report it Dback, and immedi put it upon its pas- sago, taere is very little question that it will be adopted just as it comes from the senate, No republican member is known to be op- posed to to the bill. Even Mr. Nelson, of Minnesota, who yoted for the Mills bill, is advocating the adoption of the scnate substi tute. It is estimated that from twelve to twenty democrats will vote for the bill. It all depends upon the ruling of the speaker, about its reference Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia, one of the ablest democrats of the committee on ways and Licans, says that a_majority of the house is liable to coneur _in the substitut rather than have no tariff legislation during the present scssion, and in this opinion Mr. Catchings, of Mississinpi, who is also ranked as a free trader, coincides, The democrats in the senate are unanimous, with the possi ble exception of Brown, of ( in. and Payne, of Ohio, in the opinion that tho bill cannot be adopted by the house. They think the speaker will send it to the committ ways and means, In any event the, better to have no tarifl legi adopt the senate bill, The only thing that would induce the extrome tariff reforme: the democratic side of the house to agree to the adoption of the senate substitute would e a desire 1o avoid an_extra session of the Fifty-first congress. Although Speaker Car- lisle, with his strong predelictions towarc free trade, will naturally attempt to the substitute to the commitiee ways and meaus, there are a nuin- ber of the best parliamentarians who assert that the fact that the house sent the Cowles bill to the appropriation counmittee on Monday is sufilcient answer to the claim that the speaker nas absolute control of the disposition of the measure, These gentlo- men think that the house can do as it ploases with the bill, and they look upon last Mon day's nction us iudicative of the temper of the majority in favor of some action at the present sesiion. DOING OUTSIDE WORK In these dispatel the other day it was stated that the supervising architect of the treasury, who is now under investigtion by @ senate committee, had let a number of con- tracts to employes of his office, dircctly or through outsidérs, The following draughts- men who are drawing regular sulavies under the supervising architect, it is stated have been given contracts: Sim- onson, Pole, Niernsiency, German and Hub- bards, How many more vwployes have becn iveu contracts by the supervising architect s not known. The employes say that no se- eret is made of the fact that the above named have been given contracts. Architeots in private life located in this city are eatoring bitter complaints that draughtsmen in the ofice of the supervising architect are often scen on the streets during office hours going from place W place where private work in which they are interested is being done. ELLANKOUS. ) issued at the postofice department, cstablishing i daily exchange of inner registered sucks betwe Serivner, Neb,, 1 become effective the ¥Lh instant. The sacks to leave Omaha at 1:40 . m., via the Omaha and Superior railwiy postoftice, aud Scribuer at 8:43 p. w., V14 Lhe years, when nd ou Missouri River and Whitewood railway post- office. There will be direct transfor be. tween tho railway postofiices At Fremont Colonel George B. Coburn, of Lincoln, called at Tue Brg bureau to-day ATMY ORDERS, Private Joseph Abraham, nteenth infantry, now at Fort D. A. Rtus 110 the provost g and will be sent to the mand, the military prison, worth, Kan. Private Amos Smith, Company B, Seventh infantry, now with his company, will be dis- charged on receipt of this order by the com- manding oficer of his station Private Miller Milds, Troop F, cavalry, now in confinoment at tho st his command, having _enlisted und pretenses, is discharged to William M. Renderls, Troop cavalry, now with Lis troop, 18 1 witl character, Captain Louis H, Rucker, Ninth cavalry, is a member of a court-martial called to meet at Jeferson barracks on next Monday Peuny S, Hiatn - ASHIN T WINS, Result of the Pifty Mile ¥ Colosse The fifty mile bicycle race between Ash inger and Dingley wok place at the Colos seum last nieht, before a fair sized audicnc The race was for a purse of &0 a side, i Washburn was dosignated scorer and at 8 minutes and 22 seconds past $ o'clock John Prince snapped the pistol and the struggle for victory began. Dingley took the lead and hold it for the first mile, but at no time during the race were the contestants over oue revolution of the wheel apart. The first milo was accomplished in 3 minutes and 23 soconds, ~ In the second lap of the second mile Ashinger spurted and shot by Dingley at a lively gait, but the latter held the gap down by hard work. The lead was a laurel that fell to cither man altornately during the race. Tho first ten miles were moas ured in 83 minutes and 22 scconds and wound up with Ashinger in the lead. Dingley got down to work in the cleventh mile and after some lively revolutions of his wheel took the lead, but in the enghth lap, while slaking his thirst “on the wing," lis competitor flew by lim and held the lead to the last lap of the fourteenth mile, when he was agam retired to the rear by a timely spurt of Dingley, The second ten milo ore was accomplished in 47 minutes, and cnty-five miles was measured in 1 hour 5 minutes and 9 seconds. Tho thirty mile scoring point was reached in 1 hour and 43 minutes, with Dingley still slightly in the lead. The men neld their positions in the race, with Dingley leading until the second lap of the thirty Company ¥ with his com , Wyo., is tran ard, general serviee, ation of that com Fort Loaven Ninth n of false ce at the “Tun mile, when, after a lively spurt, during which time four laps were covered, Ashinger took first place fu the race. The forty-mile point was hours, 19 minutes and 5 seconds. lap of the forty-third mile Dingley lead amidst wild confusion. He reached in 2 In the sixth took the held this A CHEERY ONAHA LAWYER. How Ho Got Ahoad of a Platte- mouth Hotel A FOOLISH YOUNG FORGER. HoTries to Pass Several Cheoks All Signed in the Same Hand Death o' T inent Citizens, A Chooky Lawyer, Pratrsvortn, Neb,, Jan. 19~ Special Telogram to Tux 13 The proprietor of the Riddlo house, who accepted $1 as full an Omaha lawyer's board bill for the past year, and considered himsolf for. tunate in sec mount, although the vols somewha now since the lawyer got whead of hima soc ond time, Mir. Riddte framed the dol and hung it in his oflice, as it was the first he had ever received from him. The Omaha man visited him again yesterday. He remained at ) hote ity acose early this morn- ing, relie frame of thie dollar, aud puid the his bill, which amounted to 30 conts, and the clerk handed him 50 cents He left for Omaha carly this morn The hotel man thinks he is the cheek- awyer he over knew, aud says he will ut a red fag when he comes to town again, payment for ing that accouut was a lavge on it A Boy Forger. Prarrssourn, Neb., Jan. 19.--[Spacial Telogram to Tk Bkk|—Grant Dunn, a young man about ninetecn years of age, who came from his howe in Minnesota about a month ago and took up his abode in Platts- mouth, with his brother, J. 1. Dunn, was arrested hore this afternoon by Deputy Sherift Miller, for forgery. About a week ago he forged a note on George Wiles, u prominent farmer living about three west of this city, and succeeded in draw about &0 from the Cuss County bank. Ho was not suspected by the cashicr, as he told him ho was drawing that amount as payment for work ho had done in digging a well for Mr, Wiles, This morning he presented four notes at the First National bank calling for severai handsome sums aggregating £i0. As the different signatures were all in the same handw riting the cashier immediately suspected of forgery. ‘he cashior of the C bank was informed of the matter, immediately sworn ou Assoou as he was placed arrest he made a full confession notes were found on his filled out. He is known to 4 papers on other banks nd nowar for his under Several person nave at place until the last iap of the forty-cighth mite, at'which time a_lively spurt had re- sulted in Ashinger taking the lead and hold ing it at the close, passing the scoring rod about five feet in advance of Dingley and ac complishing the fifty mile trip in 2 hours, 4 minutes and 18 seconds. Great excitoment prevailed as the closing point ap proached and the last mile was wmeasured in 3 minutes and 9 scconds. Ashinger was awarded the stakes, Knapp and Reading Matched. There is to be another bic e, and it will last six days. There will be only two competitors, Ed feading, the Unlknown in the last race, and W. Knapp who beat him =t that time by a fow laps only. The race is the result of a considerable amount of newspaper talle, which finally resulted in J. J. Hardia backing Knapp for a #1,000, and Jack Prince putting up_ a like amount for Reading. The first deposit of $100 a side was posted yesterday, and the soldicrs at the fort have expressed ‘o willingness to make up a considerable portion of the remaining $400 required to back Reading if it becomes neces- sary. The start will be made at the Colos- soum February 4, and the winnor will have to beat the world’s record of 740 miles, Notes. who carries with him the will James Albert, long distanco pedestrian championship, be in Omaha this weelk. The ball nine for next season 1s about com- pleted, and it stands on the slate as follows: led Kennedy and Dad Clark, pitchers; Jack ooney, Tom Nagle and Georze Wilson, tchers: John Campana_and Walley An drews, first base; Elmer E. Cleveland, third base; Jack Crooks, second base: Joe Mille short stop, and Ed Leighton, Jack Mossot and A, Donahue, out-ficlders, Just what po- sition Billy Annis will hold has not been de termined. A mile raco between Arthur Rothiery's bay mare, Walnut Hill, and Couut Gonzolus’ ady O'Malley is on the bools for January 20. 'North side sports are all interested, and s0 is Jimmie O'Donnell, who has bech ap pointed stake-holder. Another dog fight is spoken of, and the victims are to bo a Port Omata dog named Grip, and an uunamed city dog that has a reputation, if nothing clse. Both dogs are said o be game, and thoso interested in that kind of sport are anxiously awaiting the out- come. - Changed Whiskc CepA Rarms, Jan. gram to Tue Bup,]— stranger came into the city and registered at the Palace as Robert Smith, of Springdale, When he retired he wore a long board, but when he came down next. morning his beard olose cut and his hair had grown marve The clerk notified the police, who gathered in force, and Oficor Tom Lrown approached him' while the rest held their breath for fear it might be a Whitcchapel murdercr. 'I'ic officer approached and gave the fellow's mustache a ground. ‘Then ho soon Mr. Robert Smith, of Springdale, stood before the officers and was soon incarcer ated, when it was found by the city morshul that' he did hail from Springdale, An i quiry was mado at once whether or was the horse thicf who had escap: sheriff of Ceuar county telegr: was the man and he was held accordingly. - Theatrieal Profits, New You, Jan. 19, - [Special Tote Bek.)—The Commercial Adve this city has been asking the theatrical man agers how much monoy they have made t) far this scason, and the result is h ully giveu: Inaruneof twenty wecks “Ihe Old Homestond" s becn witnossed by 445,- 000 persous in exchauge for £00,000. Out of this Mr. Thowson's profit has been 35,000 Conuelin-Hading — people thico gathered §15,000, M zoments footed up & weok. es of Joseph Jo Booth and Barrett £104,000, *Nudjy" s Too Ofien. [Special T hursday night a i huir wnd patr two w in clght w hits same house Gilbert and & of the Guard” drew #1100 nightly for fifty nights, Phus far, at 10 per cont of th yeceipts, Mrs. Irances Hodeson Burn roulized $6,000 from *Little Lord Fauntle roy." Murder and Suicid Faverre, Mo, Jan, 10, -[Special Telerrain to Tne Bre) —Flora Robr, a sixteen-year- old girl, shot and mortally wounded Mrs. I J. Johnson, to-day, and then turned the weapon, a 32-calibre Colt's revolver, on her solf, seuding @ bullet through her brain, Mrs. Johnsou was shot in the back, and can- not recoyer. Pue girl died wstantly. Plore was engaged to Mr. Johnson's son, Miller L and bis mother bitterly opposed th mateh. She had called on Flora about th matier, and the shooting ok place at the latter's house. Settled For Fort nts. Bostox, Jan. 19.—The Bellows I'alls Brew- ing cowpany, with a brewery at Walpole, N has falled. The liabilities are about 000, and the nominsl asscts §200,000. The itors have agreed o aceent 40 conts Lo . A Bookkeeper Disappears. WiNntrgG, Manitoba, yan. 19.—A. L. Smith, bookkeaper for J. 1. Gillies & Co., Miune dosi, kas disappearcd with about $2,000 of the Brin's wouey. towns. When searched, only 2 conts could be found in his pockets, and e refused to give information concerning the money ho sceured. His brother visited him to-nighi, and. the boy broke into tears while convers ing with him. His excuse for committing the rashact was bocause he was short of fund Called Away. Sewann, Nob., Jan. 19.—[Special to T Bre.]—Joln dwards, presidont of the Bank of Seward County, died this morning about 1 o'clock after a long illness, from Bright's disease of tho kidnoys. Ho has been gradually failing for somo time, but ouly in the last week was he compellod to give up. He had an indomitablo will power which would not be surrendered, and this, mainly, has kept bim alive for mouths. He was un active member of the G. A. R. of this place, and at one time its commander, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the M. E. church. His life was insured for about $20,000 i various companics, and he leaves a wite and thic children comfortably provided for. His bank was closed carly in the week on ac- count_of his sickness and his antiepated de mise, and probably will not rcopen except for the settlement of his business affairs Mr. Hezekinh Atking, one of Seward’s o'd settlers, died after a lorg illness this morn- bout 7 o'clock, of consumption. ile member of the firm of 1. Atkins & Son, m the harness busincss. 1o leaves o ife and two grown sons. Mr. Atkins is the brother of Gener: and _the father of Charlie Atki of Lin coln, but now of Beatric a8 4 mem ber of the G, A, R., the Masons, and the A, 0.U. W. Sherman County Bank Creditors, Love City, Neb. |Specia B —The ereditors of the Sherman Cou Janking company, who have filed their elaims with the county jud. to-day and chose C. M. Walworth r The agare gate amount of cluums resented in the mecting was $35,883, This amount includes the claim of Sherman county for §20,000, the ounty moncy deposited by County Treasurer Dearson, 5o 1,00, taxes on the bank pust duc, but dovs not ine the notes now lield by the Capital National bank of Lin- coln, and tie Rochester Loan _and Banking company coll, T, M. Mellor, general werchin «difor to the amount of $4 and Ditto Bros., 04, instead heavy ! as wted to ral jobbers with whom thoy deal, with evident intention to do them” injury. In ro gard to President Whaley's “explanation," which appeared in Tue Daiey Bee of Jani- ry 8. is unnecessary, as the facts ap ase develops will probably prove all reports, Modeen Woodmoen. Neb, Jan. 19,—[Special Tel Tue Bree-The new camp Modern Woodmen of Awerica wis visited by abont twelve of Lin coln's members, and by their assis v cnteen new wembers were adopte ard camp. Phis ik and the order is still i of the berslup of ing. Boot » Avmox, Neb, to T Bei and shoy abiliti a 8hoo Pailu yan. 19, I A, failed #2,500. and a hoston tirm ure s chattel morteryge dealer in to-day, assets about Thie claims of Aus urod by & - ANOTHER RACE WAR. Whites Engage Desperate Fight, A (eI 10.--An Albauy, Ga, “atrom pussengers who came up on the train to-day nows was received of u threatencd riot at'Py Ty, The troubles oviginated by & bailift who had a warraat for 0, and when he went to tuke tho pris negro deow a pistol and fired at the . without effect. The officer, seciug his life in danger, firod in ' return, kitding tho negro. A’ wmwmber of ne, ona construction train elose by quit work and went to the scene of the shooting. In i few moments a lurgo crowd of white nien wits also o1 the scene, and_immediately tho heenme 1. When the fusilade 008 Were Tho no: t is undor- bailifl and 5 uob oot ox- trouble is s oand in a ane oner the oficer, dead and several wrovs hive grown reckless, and stood thoy thresten the burn the towu il the coroner’s find the bailifl guilty of wurder, citement prevails and serious foared, jury Tl e president Adams' Statement, Bostox, Jun. 19.—(Speelal Telogram (o qun 13kk]—A correspoudent of Tuk Bir called upon President Adams, of the Union Pacitic, to-day in referonce to the location of tho company's shops at_Cheyenne, He said that there were already shops there, and tiere would bo no eslorgement mado of them at present. No reference was made of them during the late directors’ mecting. Ho declined to talk about the office of the gon- Gral superintcndont, but denied that the directors had decided o make any change iu s dopartment, ———— :d By White Oaps. Caxaionanik, Jan, 19,—Two men wearing white caps to-night seized Dewitt Davis, of Bpraki ed citizen, dragged him some distauce aud horsewhipped Lim se- verely. The White Caps have appeared at Litde Falls, Herkimer and soveral other Moliawk towns,