Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 22, 1889, Page 1

OMAHA DaAIiLy BEE — | EIGHTEENTH YEAR. PROUIBITION INTOWA. The Capital of ITowa as Scen By Gas Light. A NIGHT IN TEN BARROOMS, Rambles Among the Whisky Stills 1 Drug Stores. OVER THIRTY DRINKING JOINTS. A Graphic Description of the Mys- tic “Laboratories.” IN THE WALL. A FEW HOLES The Blessings of the Boasted Pro hibitory Law and hs Opera- tlon Portrayed Live ing Colors. A Night in Des Molnes, So productive is the field of investigation and development in Des Moines I determined to remain over, and well have I peen repaid, as T have scen the elophant in its fuilest blazonry After the shades of down, and the eity had mal state of quict and pany with a promiuent known physician and an cecentric livery man, 1 started out to see the sights, and make additional memoranda of the veanties of the law of prolibition, as it fiourishes here, We first visited frozen Des Mc shadow of the structure within whose grlded wise and unwise laws of thi made, It would 3 ange indeed, if whisky and beer seliing, and whisky and beer drinking, and prostitution in its vilest and most loathsome form, und gambling ga- lore, would be permitted to flourish here like codar of Lebanon, and hee and the legislaturo and the police force would not know of the fact. Itis equally s v that if anyof the functuarics mentioned do know of this state of affairs that they do not take vigor. ous steps for its supy But it makes no astonishing such o of things might be considered, 1t exists and fourishes with an 2pen brazenness that could not pos- ‘\».13 escape ofieial notice, The mayor has * ‘been given information that the practices are carried on here, and among the individuals who are in the habit of quafling the rosy here are a number of the gentlemen who wear the uniform of the city’s police force and consta- bles ad infinitum. This class of oMcials, however, is u parasitical one, out of whom o earthly good hus come. A System of Blackmail. The whisky men say that they carry on a systematic business, in blackmail, and the proprietor of a “joint” where “booze” is sald, or a “‘bootlegier,” who wiil whack up with them on the revenae of his sales, is as from molestation as the most blatant ndist in the city. o good citizons of Dos Moines can ex- ttle amelcoration in the general morale town when whisky and beer saloons are conducted under the very shadow of the capitol, and are frequented by the very men whose sworn duty it is to uphold, preserve and enforce the laws. Forty Drinking Joints. ere are plenty of dives where all sorts of intoxicating beverages can be had (for a good round price) within casy range of Governor Larrubee's glasses, and if ho devoted tho time it requires to tell the people of Nebrask of the transcendant glories of lowa's protibitory laws to these offend- ers, the atmosphere in the neighbo hood of the state eapitol might bo a little purer, It is said there are forty drinking “oints"—1 use the slang word *4oint,” be cause it more foreibly expresses the characs ter of these estublishments—ou the east side along Among the dofiant of these is the Capitol City hotel, where ywhisk beer can be bad at any time. John k runs this branch of the business and summer in a fight with a party of “se: ers,” who had evidently been denied a “bit" out of the business, he was shot down. But he got up again. A forty-four bullet was not big exough to snuff John out, and now he is driving o theiftior trade than ever in aqua- forus and slops. Next in importance 18 Lew Foley's Red Eye barber shop. He presides over ono of the most notorious dives in the whole city. He has been raided and raided, but neve fails to bob up seron and the old still goes on, and from tho taste of Lew's best ten-year-old Bourbon, I should say that he made it himself out of the rafuse in tho cup of the st man in tho barber's ehair. Mrs, Day’s boarding house, on street, just past Court avenue, is a prolitic source of drink and debauchory. Returning to the city proper, my friend and I dropped into the Delmonico corner of Locust and Fourth just accoss from the Savery house, after a hot decoction, sallicd forth to see what could be seen in the populous business centers of the oity, ight had settled fallen into her nor- immobility, m com politician, a_well- the east side, across the s, and under the protecting sme that tops the imoosing wals all the state are ession. how mosy houscs Sixth other The Delmonico, But a word about the Dolmonico. It is o little one story fraie, with threo small apart, ments, onc in the rear of tho other, In the first is & cigar stand, a cannor stove, one chairand 4 flaming sign “lemonado and water ices 1 tio back room.” In here you will find four oil cloth covered tables, a a Waterbury clock on a corner. The third an is styled the *laboratory,’ Winnio Parker throws the fi Jakes you fairly yell with de the gor dropping in here will be closely by tho discriminating proprie f he asks for a whisky or a r, he Is told that there is none in If Le persists, and says he was sent there by so and so, she will tell lum to stop in the buck-room, and she will go out to 8 drug store und see if she can get what ho wants. Then she leaves Lim, disappears through the low door in the labratory, and in & JiTy returns with the desired refre Of course she never leaves the plac Holes in the Wall, At the coruer of Vine and Third streets is P. J, MeAttee's, a well-to-do citizen, a man of unsullicd roputation, and universally Xnown throughout the eity. He does not run & dram shop. 1ut you go through his place, out through a dark hail-way, and through two additioual rovms, aeross » hittle into & veritable bar kept under jock One dingy coal oil lamp illumin ates the gruesome interior. A bartender pops 1 and you ‘pays for what you wants and takes you Across the street at the Windsor hotel you an get either whisky or beer. Also on the northeast corner of the samo square. At night, although in the heart of the city, this locality would remind you of the Seven Dials of London on a miniature scale. Vine street, a narrow alleyway, with an aban doned market on side and a row of “boot leggers' " dens, cheap lodging and cating houses on the other. The “Ivy Leaf'* is A spirituous bonanza here, and then there Donohue’s and a half dozen other places too insienificant and too tough for mention. The Galt house is on the corner of Fourth and Vin Benson' further up on Fourth then there is a “joint" just south of the Aborn house, and in the Aborn house itself, and boneath it, are sev eral more fountains that constitute the bete noir of the Jowa propagandist's lif 0. . Page runs a liquid cigar store, corner of Fourth and Court avenue, and further up strect is Harry Hugle's drug store. * At the corner of Court avenue and Third street i Baker's, and MeCormick's is back of this, There are several more *close” places on Third and Sccond streets, and on Court ave nue J. Hugle runs a regular bar voom, with everything invisible. On Walnut street pretty Heury Neason’s restaurant. You here and ask for be and you will eive the answer that they have none. But shp into a little rear apartment and it is dollars to doughnuts you will find u bottle with the cork drawn, and glasses haudy. No one av pears, and you drink and deposit your money on a salver and decamp., There is a grocery store on Walnut street, between Third and Fourth, you wili find very accommodating, and in the basement hard by a “‘coon™ runs a “erap” game with liquid accompaniment On Second street theve is a succession of Irish dives where the “ould stuff” is serv with a lavish hand. Doc Jones is on the cor ner of Walnut, and Elscy’s restaurant fiour- ishes at the corner of Sixth and Locust. At all these places thirst is allayed in spite of statelaw and city ordinance. And this prescribed territory covers but three blocks north, south, cast and west, and the proba- bilities are that in this scope 1 have not located more than two-thirds of them. Liquor is to be had in private houses, green groceries, bakeries, restaurants, bar- ber shops, and fact almost anywhere. uth of Vine street, across the Des Moines and north of Coon river, thero are at least twenty of these “stills’—run by privato parties with no other visible means of gain- ing a livelinood. Increased Drunkenness. An old police ofiicer, and one of the most eflicicut members of the present prohibition force, informed me that there was twofold more drunkenness in the city of Des Moines at present than before the passage of the prohibitory law. He said there were hun- dreds of *‘bootleggers,” and that almost every business wan of the city kept his private demijohn for the rezalement of himself and friends. The arrests for intoxication wore double what they used to be, and the city is a very pest house of petty thieves, ‘‘gon- iffs,” “guns” and “sneaks.” In this the records of the police court fully bear him out. Young boys aund clerks, who might possibly take a glass of beer under any ci cumstances, now buy it by the case, and take it to their rooms and get gloriously drunk. He sees this in his nightly rounds, and de- plores his inavility to offer a remedy. The police force, that is the regular force, does not make a practice of arresting a drunken man, unless he is noisy and boisterous and disturbing the peace. They are cautioned and stecred towards home. The constables, however, and there is a horde of them, make no such discrimination; they get a fee out of their arrests, and they “pull” everything in signt, unless the offender affords a remuner- ative “'shake-down.” 1 dropped m at the pharmacy with a frien not on to the nature of my mission, to get a “mip.” The obliging prescription clerk di- rected us to the seclusion the prescription case grants, and outof an opaque blue bottle, marked “Tinct. Opi,” we succeed in extort- ing a really elegant brand of old rye. A City of * These littic incidents are only mentioned to show up the many phases and idiosyner cies of life in a town where Governor Lurra- bee esteems it a physical impossibility fora man to get a drink of whisky except for medicinal purposes and without great jeop- ardy. C. W. Rogg runs a tony drug store on Walnut street, between Fourth and Fifth, and he furnishen all the invalid bloods and swells of the city with those re- vivifymg patent medicines known in Omaha as “Mumm’'s Extra Dry,” “Piper Heiasic,” “Pomery See,” “Cognac,” “Hunters,” “Willow Springs,” and so forth to the end of the chapter. Tne only 11y temperance organization of a social character in Des Moines is the Des Moines club. Here the boys are unable to got anything that is not made in this country or imported to it, A Red Slab In the Wall. ‘his is « city of surptises, druy stores and prestidigitatours, Heller, were he living, could get valuable pointers here, und go out ho world and garncr rich haryests of shekels. There ure a number of durk base- ments here & man can go down into and by rupping thric: on & tiny red slab in the wall, it will disappear, and in 1ts stead, protruding out is a small shelf, on which is a duinty glass of the distillation of maizs or a fonsing mug of Gambrinus' favorite appe- r. Of urse it costs money to witness this miraculous feat of ledgerdemain, and you deposit tho price inasmall receptacie for the purpose, and in a twinkling of the ey empt v glasses and depleted depositary van: ishe . and the mflammutory slab alone stares oL i the fuce! And thoy say that in George Conradi's flne saloon there was an in genious faucot connected with o regu lac Pandora’s box of @ reservoir that was hiaden somewhors within the secret orypts of his palatial place, and wihich George could turn, by a simple twist of the wrist, and sturta fHow of wine, any kind, beer, whisky or old London dock. But astranger undertaking to manipulate the scrow could produce nothing wore exhiler- ating than seltzer or Apollonaris! ‘This bijou was in the rear of the Conradi billiard par- lors ou Fourth street, and a single doorway from the hall lod to its enticing precincts, and every regular patron in the town carried bis own key. il A Purifying Atmosphere. As Governor Larraboe says, “there is something in the atmosplhore here that is purifying, under this good and glorious law, There is nothing here to ap- peal to the sensuous within us; the peaceful tone prevalent touches our deepest aud hoiiost emotious. We laweut past and always court, room, and key. ym a rear closet t choice.” one down s drop in well in Kirlwood house who of course was nvalids,” OMAHA. TUE deficiencie: s and resstuionss andwe tons 30 g | A POINTER FROM ate a still better and loftier future, The soul speaks, cleansed from its impuritics, as malaria is swept away by the breath of autamn How envious must be the lot of the strug gling, unhappy people of the grand state of Nebraska. [ should think that they would all move over here and reside forever, A Talo of Wos Evory nine men out of ten whom you mect upon the streets, in the hotels and business houses will unhesitatingly pour into your ear the tale of woe that has become a song here, and which had its origin in the so-called en- forcement of the prohibitory law July 4, 1884 What is meant by the warring elements 15 that for nearly throe years after the pas- sage of this law the two factions, the proht bitionists and anti-prohibitions, were at dag. pers poiuts, and'the unceasing wrangle kept up all but ruined the metropolis of the great state of Towa. Real estate valuations fell off 50 per cent, and traMe in all its ramifica- tions, came to an absolute standstill. Hun- dreds of people cmigrated, and in no time the city was full of vacant houses and vu cant rooms, and signs “to let,’, “for rei and “for sale” plastered the burg over from stem to stern and from keel to gunwale. “Why," said a promment and wealthy citizen to me last evening, “half of our oiti- 7ens, yes more than half of them, so dense and forbidding was the prombitory cloud that had enshrouded our lovely city, would stand on the street corners and butto n-hole every strancer that came into the place, and tell them of the dire disaster that had ov, taken Des Moines—that she had been ruined by a fanatical craze incontmently and for- ever. And then to add to the generally cal- amitous aspect of afairs heve, and as if in vengence upor: the people for the course they were pursuing, for threc years subsequen to the passage of this law there was almost & total failure of the crops throughout the state, and our prospects were dark and disheartening to an indescribable degree. As for Des Moines, she was dead, and immigrants from the castern and Now England states gave fow the go-by, passing through to Nebraska, Dakota and Wyoming, and the broader,more liberal fielas of the great west beyond, no- body seemed to have any business here, or any time for loitering or lingering within our proscribed territory. As you will per- ceive, this was a decidedly despiriting status of affairs for acommunity that had been ac customed to the thrift, life, activity and pro gression that we had. Both sides, the prohibs and the antits, after a time realized the annililatory outcome of their war, and by common consent drow off their forces and agreed to cease hostilities, This was the philosophical outeropping of ; three years of internecine strife. The anti-prohibitionists made up their minds that the law had passcd, and after a farcical fash- ion was being enforced and they were cut- ting off their own noses to spite themselves in their impotent opposition, and they con- cluded to gracefully accept the inevitable and make the most out of it. With this con- clusion the old tide and flow began again, a phenominal erop was bestowed upon us last year, and once again o resplendent smilo seems to wreath the face of fair Iowa. How- ever, don’t imagine that T mean to convey the idea that she is what she , or ever will be under this prohibition burden, but I do mean thut she has again resumed her old stride forward and is 1mproving, and will contmue to improve, despite any unwise statutory restrictions or drawbacks. Our splendid resources, incomparable railroad facilities, manufacturing and jobbing mter- csts, cultural and mineral wealth, makes this progress incvitable. At first so overwheling was the blow of prohibition that our people did notrecoguize this fact, and when they saw their industries—farming, manufacturing and merchandising—being ruined by a legislative act, they could not well help but kick, and kick long and hard.” From Des Moines I go to other principal towns of the state, and will report the result of my investigations. Hawkeyes Grow Interested. Dis Moisgs, Ta., Jan. 2L—[Special Tole- gram to Tur Bee.|—The report of the work- wg of prohibition which appeared in Tux Ber to-day, has created a great sensation here and is the one topic of discussion upon streets and in the hotel lobbies. It attracts attention because the report is accurate, be: cause names are called and becauso the places mentioned are familiar to all rounders. They are all here and many more in the vicin- ities of the ones mentioned. A copy of Tur Be fell into the hands of Rev. Hunting and Mr. Harvey, Towa's noted probibitionists, on the incoming Northwest- crn train. Mr. Hunting wanted Mr. Harvey t0 sce to at once that all the places named were closed. He suggested that Tue Bee reporter could be captured before he got out of the state and made to testify m court. Mr. Harvey drew a deep breath and said Mayor Carpenter had promised that the police force would pul all the houses of prostitution at once, for liquor was always found in such places. Inthe same breath he remarked that he had written the republican congress. men of Towa urging the adoption by congress of sume measure that would enable this state to determine the character of its imports, He was pleased to say that he had reccived letters from some of them say- ing they would do their best to further his scheme, and put a legal barbed wire fence around the state. So it appears that this Towa prohibition move has taken ou a new phase through its accredited leader, Mr. Harvey, and that he proposesto have nothing shipped into Iowa unless it is smelled by God fearing men and brapded “A. P.,» which means, “approved by prohibitionists.” Mr. Harvey says the sale of liquor cannot be stopped in Des Moines while it caw be shipped in toprivate parties from Rock Island, In commenting on Tuk B article the Leader to-morrow will sa That liquor is sold here is undeniable, ‘That the methods adopted by oficers desti tute of character were not to enforce the luws but to enrich themselves 18 not dis- putad. That the growth of the city hus been injurkd will not be gainsaid. But' that the the city is at o standstillis far froa true, In spite of the burden of the prohibitory law we are forging steadily ahead. Instead of real estate transfers being few and far between, they ageregated £12,000,000 last yoar. Not a of equal population in the country cords fewer failuies during the year than Des Moines. . The Deadlock Broke Cuanvestox, W. Va., Jan. 2L—The dead- logk in the senate was broken lato this even- ing by the election of R. S. Carw, united labor seuator from this city president of ths cate on the 126th ballot. The deadlock has lusted the b inst. Ingineer Fatally Injured. SuAMOKIN, Pa., Jan. 21.—The southbound passenger train this morning ran into a freight near Locust Gap. Engineer Weimar, of the passenger train, was fatally injured The passeugers were badly suaken up but 8o far as cau be learned no oue was seriously injured, An SDAY INGALLS To the Oareless Eleetors of Toxas, Maryland and Delaware. TO OFFICE SEEKERS' Till the New Administration Gets in Working Order Congressmen Will Pay No Attention to Their Letters, ADVICE 513 FOURTERNTA STREET, WasmiNatox, D. C., Jan. 21 The clectoral messenger from Texas ar- rived here this morning with the ballot of the Texan clectors, accompanied by Senators Coke and Reagan, He presented himself be- fore the prosident pro tem, Ingalls, To hi surprise, Mr. Ingalls, after glancing at the envelope, formally refused toaccept the vote, stating as his reason that the law provided for the oficial endorsement on the envelope, by the electors, and that the envelope just presented to him not having their endorse- ment could not be technically and legally dis tinguistied from any one of the numorous messages and letters which daily crowded his dosk. Scnator Coke therefore, im mediately wired the governor of Texas to reconvene the electoral gollege of that state in extra session, and two hours later the clectoral messenger from Texas was on his way back to Austin, where he will probably arrive in time to take part in the special ses. sion of the Texas clectors. Mr. Ingalls to-day served the same notice on Senator Gorman, of Maryland, the electors of that state having also neglected to endorse the envelope containing the certificate. Mr. Gorman telographed the governor of Mary- land to call the electors in extra session. Finally Mr. Ingalls notified Senator Gray,of Delaware, that the cartifieate from his state was not in proper shape, and a eall will also be issued by the governor of Delaware for the re-convening of electors. All this delay and extra expense s caused by the neglect of the electors to sign their names on the cuvelopes as provided for by law. The Nebraska and Towa delegations in congress are being flooded every day by ap- pheations for ofice from their constituents, “Ihesc letters are almost invariably answercd ators and representati ad- d, with the statement that until the nistration is settled, the cabinet announced and the policy of President Har- rison and his assistants i understood, no in- formation can be'givon o those who aspire to federal positions of any class. Ifthe ap- plicants for office could understand that their gcorrespndence with representa- tives incongress at this time is almost immediately thrown into pigeon-holes or waste baskets they would save themselves considerable cpistolary Labor. Those who make application now will labor under the double disadvantage of having their letters placed where they will not again be referred to, and of having both- cred themen on_whom ' they will lean for their influence in Washington. Men ana women who want, appomtments would do well to wait until aftar iml\u‘umtiuu, mean- while getting their local endorsements and influence in proper shape. Till the machin- ery of the government gets into motion, sen- ators and representatives are in the dark and can and will do nothing A LARGE VOTI Representative Dorsey to-day filed his cor- tificate of re-clection, also that of his col- league, Mr. Laird. Tho certificate filed by Mr. Dorsey disclosed the largest vote cast in the clection of any member so far heard from, there being u total of over 75,000, There are districts in other states which cast a larger vote than the Third district of Ne- braska, but the certificates of election have not yet been filed. There are very few mem- bers elected to the Fifty-first congress who can show a_larger mujority than that re- cewved by Mr. Dorsey, he having been elected by a margin of over 12,000, Mr. Dorsey arranged with Speaker Car- lisie to-day to be recognized for con- sideration ~_ of his bill providing for a public building at Fremont but before he could get up his measure [Kil- gore, of Texas, objected. The ranger has promised Mr. Dorsey that he will not_object when an opportunity is again offered for Lim to have his bill presented. WasniNeroN Bureavu Tie Omana B } y's Post has a story rel of Representative Dorsey which will veaders, 1t sa A very pleasant aiscovery was made on Suturday at the government telegraph office in the house dor. ngressman Dorsey, of Neo 1, and Mr. George Gilliland, of the Cin innati Enquirer, werd passing by the tele- graphic “corral,” when the former concluded to send a message to one of the departments. To save the troublo of writing it out ho dic tated it to the operator who looks after such things. Gilliland is an expert operator him self, and he observed that Dorsey dictated at just'the pace the operator was sending, *You must bo able to read the instrument,’ said Gillilana, ‘O, yes,' replied the congressman , I was a railroud operator and worlcd for th Baltimore & Ohio at Cranberry Summit, W, Va., before I went west. Gilliland reached over the railing and fingering tne key called ‘Ca.’ ‘By jove,’ said the congressman, ‘that was my office call. Are you an operator? °l think 1 am,’ said Gilliland, ‘and 1 was with tho Baltimore & Obia railroad too, in West Virginia, How about this!’ and he sounded ‘N with the key. ‘That was the call for Ben- wood,’ said Dorsey, promptly, ‘and you were the fellow that used to sign ‘Gi.’ The news- aper man and the congressman, neither of whom, in their previous acquaintance had known the other was an operator, soon raked up enough data from their memories to as sure themselves that they had veen working contemperaneously at offfces only a few miles apart and that they bad almost daily con- versed over the line.” THE OMNIBUS BILL. While there has been 1o formal meeting of the senate committee on territories, for the purpose of discussing the omnibus térritorial statetiood bill, which ;passed the house last week, there have been informal conference and interchanges of opinion among the re- publicau members of the commirtee. Chair- man Platt is opposed to the house bill, be- cause it leaves tho question of dwision of Dakota to a vote of tne people and con- templates the admission to statehood of New exico. Mr. Manderson, who is a member of the committee, opposes the bill on the same ground. Ho said to your correspond- ent this afternoon, *[do ot think the bill as any prospect of Mnal adopion. The ropublican wmembers ‘of the committe are willing to be reasonablo and considerate, but I. think they are practically unanimous against the bill, as it now stauds, and so far a8 I am individually concerned, I will nob vote for any bill which refers back to the people of Dakotu the question of division of the territory, because thoey have once or twice settled that matter beyond any dispute, und becaus: it is not a question that snould be deft to them. Con- gress should de'ermne whether, Dakota should be divided, and the r. pubiicans in the senate are unanigious in the demand that it must be divided by the act which will peo- vide for statehood. There is no use of hay ing any more elegtions there, except to choose state officers. 1 @m opposed 10 the admission of New Mexico at this time on account of the charagter of its population. There are sections bf New Mex and 1 have been all over tie territory—which have @ population as foreign Lo the interests of the United States as old Mexico,” MISCELLANEOUS AND PERSONAL, R. O. Phillips, ugeat for the 1. & M. rail- road company ut Lincoln, is here. John Price, of Towa, arrived last night, Colonel Joha I Price and Colouel McLean, of Sioux City,are here in theinterest of their Sioux City and Salt Lake short line raiiroad recently projected by thew. By direction of the secretary of war first- cluss private, Patvick J. Canill, signal corps, on duty at Omaha, will be discharged from MORNING, JANUARY | 09 iy 1850, tho service of the Unitea § signal officer. The leave of absence granted Second Licu tenant Ganzalas S. Bingham, Ninth cava October 18, 183, is extended two months, Peiny S, Hearn, s by the chief — A COWARD'S POLICY. Senator Frye Denounces Cley Treatment of Samoa. Wasnmineros, Jan, 21,—Senator Frye, of Maine, in an interview rogarding the Samoa question said: *“\When we made out the treaty with Samoa islands we distinctly asserted that in the event of trouble between them and foreign powers, we would exert our good offices in their bohalf. Yet, when their hour of trouble ne, we allowed them to be dispoiled of their lands and shot down like beasts of the field without raising a hand to prevent it 1t 1 had my way congress should instruct Prosi dent Cleveland to restore the former s at once, If Germany refused, then we should compel her, 1 think. Firm, ' decisive action is all that is necessary. | do not believe that war would follow. There is no nation that cares to go to war with us. So long as they can accomplish their purposes and defraud ue of our own rights through the medium of diplomacy, they do not need to, but under no circumstances should we avoid war by a weak and pusillanimous policy.’ - Nebraska and lowa Pensions. WasmiNaToy, Jan. 21— [Special Telegram to Tne Bee]-Pensions for Nebraskaus: Increase—Andrew J. Constant, Huxley; Hamilton A, Walker, Buchard; John Basaker, Wymore, Pensions for lowans: William . Murphy, Collins; Harris, Garweui Casper Den vr; James D. McDonald, Burt, Thomas 1. Hendrick, Vale Gastou, Des Moines, Reissue Fitch, West Union; Stephen Hawkins, Des Moines; George Blass, Early, Orlginal widows—Isabel W, Mikesell, former widow of G. Benn, Des Moines; Polly M., widow of Ambrose Warren, Chillicothie, Judge Vincent Vindicated. WasmiNGtoy, Jan, 21'—The vindication of dudge W. A. Vincent, who was removed from the oftice of chicf justice of New Mex- ico by President Cleveland last summer, and who was recently offered the judgeship in Montana by the president, was made com plete to-day, so far as the administration could effect it. In the supreme court Attor- ney General Garland moved that Judge Vin- cent be admitted to practice, culogizing him in the warmest tevms, whercupon his name was placed on the roil of attorneys. A BROKER'S As Deflned By the Supreme Court of the United States, Wasnixatoy, Jan. 31.—An opinion of in- terest to stock brokers was rendered in the supreme court to-day in the case of William G. Galigher, appellant, vs Thomas R. Jones, an appeal from the supreme court of the ter- of Utah. The case turns up on & loss nea by Galigher through the refusal or neglect of his broker, Jones, to follow in- structions in a stock transaction. The court holds that the broker is but an agent, and that he 1s bound to follow the directions of his prineipal or give prompt notice that. he declines to continue the agency. It there- fore decides that Jones is hiable for damages for not, notifying Galigher by telegraph that he would not convert certain stocks into other stocks. as he was ordercd to_do. The measure of damages which should be awarded was the advance in value after tho order to buy had been given. The court holds this should be the highest intermed value which the stock attains between i rea- sonable time after the notice of fallure to buy. The decision of the lower court in favor of Joues is reversed. -—— Trees on Indian Reservations. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Senator Daives to- day introduc>d a bill providing that dead timber, standing or fallen, on Indian reser- vations or allotments the fee to which re- mams in the United States, may be felled, cut, removed, sold or otherivise disposed of by Indians residing on the reservation or al- lotment for their benefit on such regulation as the president of the United States may prescribe. and's invalid-— Henry A. art, Mount Increase William_1. corge W. Original DUTIES L The Panama Canal Resolution. Wasiixaroy, Jan. 21.—The house sub- comuittee on foroign affairs reported to the full committee this morning recommending > adoption of the Edmunds Panama canal resolution, though indicating at the same time that the puraseology of the resolution was not such as was fuly upproved by toe sub-committec. After a discussion in full nittee the matter went over till Thurs- —— COMMISSIONS, The Kvils of Rate Catting Directly Traceable to Them. Cmicaco, Jan. 21.—[Special Telegram to Tug Bee.|—The temporary understanding to maintain rates is weak in various ways said General Passenger Agent Bustis, of the Burlington to-day. “Some of the roads thought there was nothing in the agreement to prevent the payment of what are called strect commissions. These commissions are those paid to any outsider bringing trade to the road. According to expericuce and also aceording to Judge Cooloy, street commi sions mevitably lead to cut rates, and there- fore to d As ' u matter of fact, I have just been looking this up and have pienty of evidence of discrimination At Denver' 1 bought tickets to Chicago over the Santa Fo, the Missouri Pacific and the Rock Island, ' In every case the rate varied from #1 to £ below the regular tariff, To day 1 bought a Rock Island ticket o Denver ata reduction. This proves beyond all ques tion that rates are being cut. In every cuse the cut is traceable to street commission Of course this must be stopped, and t agreoment will have to settle the matter tho members expect to accomplish anything.” — A Bitter Dose for Pugilists, Nowwark, Conn., Jan. 2L.—[Special Tele- gram to Tuz Bee.]—Tom Dounolly and 131 ard O'Hara, employes at the Union mills and exponents of the fistic art, met near hero yesterduy with a number of fricuds, pitched a sixteen-foot ring and then went at cach other in pugilistic style. There was no time keeper or stakeholder, but a mutual friend, who was prescut to see fuir play, ucted as referee, After the contestauts hid pum d cach other for upwards of half an they were separated in a badly bat d condition, The trou rew ont of the fact that both youug men wished to g with the same girl.” Now their cupof bitte ness is full, for the gicl sent them word last night that she wished nothing wmore to do with men who had proven themselves such brutes At Glasgow ew York, At Hew York vida, from ‘The Waesland, from Ant- werp; the Servia, from Liverpool; the Werra, from Breman : the Amsterdam, from Rotterdam; the Hecla, from Stetten, and the France, from London, - - of Fevers, , 0., Jan, 2L.—The epidemic of fevers that prevails through the eastern half of Miami county shows no signs of abating. From all neignborhoods hetween Tipnecanoe and Piqua deaths are regularly reported. - Accidentally Killed His #riend. Bukiixoroy, la, Jan, 2L—Yesterday Frank Allen, a well-known citizen, was ac cidentally shot and killed by a friend who | was shooting with a rifle, | AN OPERA HOUSE BURNED. The St. Paul Grand a Total Loss The Flames Spreading. St. Pavt, Minn., Jan, 21.—Shortly 7:30 this morning fire was discovered Grand opera house. By 8 had gained such headway that th hope of saving the bui Miss Holen Barry's company are filling an e nent there this week, and their effec total loss, The fire after in the o'clock the fire re was no e s will bo a the the man wentle ab origmated men's coat room during sence of the might wate At 0:30 the building was a complote ruin. The roof of the Fourth street entrance has fallen and the inside of the house is in ruins. The building was crected by Commadore Davidson, and was worth 00,000 1t is fully insured. The tranks and scencry of the Helen Barry company had not been earried into the theater, und were consequently safe, The building is surrounded by other build ings 80 that the depactment cannot get at it. Nothing but the walls are left standing, Tho top of the court block adjoining is atire, and the tlames are inaccessible When the fire started the entire fire de partment was calied out. Tho mereury was then fourteen degrees below zero, and the water frozo almost as fast as it could be thrown from the hose. The Grand block, adjoining the opera house, 8oon caught_ fire, and the occupants of that building hastily de od. The occupants of the Court and Prost blocks were also driven away by the approach of the fiames, but 1t is thouyht that those buildings will not lose much by the fir although the loss by water will bo conside able. Both ‘of the afternoon dailics are crippled by the loss of power, which was L. tod i block. The built at a cost refitted at an expense of S ance is only about 5,000, under control by 11 ¢ i O NICHOLS PAYS. The Plattsinonth Tough Gt Heavily in op house wis o of $200,000, and_rece: 000, The insy Ihe tlames were 21, - [Special —Charles Nichols, 1 Mossrs night Pratrsvorrir, Nol Telegram to Tne Bry the man who so brutally assault W. Black and Aug Bach, one last weel, had a second trial to day. He was fined £5 and costs for assaulting M. Black and $15 and costs for sluezing Mr. Bach. He was azain arrested under a state warrant to-day and was fined 260 ‘and costs by Judge Poltinger. He was unable to pay the fiue and is now under an appeal bond to appear at the district court, Forged His Employer's Name Grepiey Cetenr, Neb, Special Telegram to Tur 3R] —Quite a sensation used among our business men to-day he discovery of forged checks. Alfred Holdenberger secured check blanks in the Greeley State and Bxchange banks, of this place, and after skillfully forgmg the name of his employer, C. T, Marsh, for various sums between § and 20 presebted them as payment for various little articles he bought H¢ thus squeczed nearly $100 out of the mer chants here. The frand was not discovi until this morning, when one of the cheeks was presented for payment at the Greeley State bank. The forger had, however, taken warning: andaftera dispatch dswn the road Marshal Murray took the morning freight in pursuit. ist Electric Plant For Auburn, Aununy, Neb,, Jan, 21.—[Special Telegram to Tne Bes.] -At o special, called meeting of the city council held to-night, the franchise of the city was unanimously voted to Emil Oppermann for the establisimentof a £10,000 electric light and power plant. Much of the stock has already becn spolen for and it will only be a question of a few days till the re- quired_amount is raiscd. This is the first spring boom for Auburn, ind others will fol- low. A Serious Char orrork, Neb., Jan. 21.—[Special Tele gram to T Bree.]—George Parkis, a far wer living four miles west of town, was ar- rested Saturday evening and brouzht before Judge Beels to-day, charged with the rape of his step-daughter, Sarah Baxter. Parkis de nics his guilt. The case is set for a hearing on Wednesd, Frenc Interests in Oceanica, Pawis, Jan, 21.—In the deputics to-day Bishop Freppel asked what mcasures the government was taking to protect the posi tion of France in the Pacific, espeeially with regard to Easter island, which is reported to have been to Chili. Althe group beionged to ‘fahita, Eugland had an nexed two of those islands. Did the govern ment regard this aunexation as final, and what action was intended in view of recent English annexations in the Cook group? Admiral Krantz, minister of marine, re- plicd that the aduiivais of the navy had been Cconsulted, an od that it was uscless to retain Easter island. As for Cook's istand, it had never belonged to Frauce Regarding Longway, the government held that Eiigland had 1o right 1o retain the two islands which she had annexed, although the ands reaily possessed no imp Bishop Freppel maintained the importance of Easter island. Besides the annexation of Longways, he said the Hritish had neglocted no opportunity to deal nehin- fluence m_Ocean overnuient was either ilt-informed or wanting in firmness, France had avandoned Buypt and the Ne Hebrides, and the colonial administration was again showing negligence and inca picity. “Thie minister of mavine,in responding, main tained his ground, adding that France nust claim the whole of the Tahita group, But if they wero not surrendered there would be no reason for declaring war i Brituin, as uational houor wus concerned. ceded in no The Nlinois NG Vanrey, N, Jan ened strike of 1,50 m urday will pr Phomas Mulkey, the pany refused to dismiss hius nof rs that he will quit v and us the ouly bone ion, winers will probably resume thoir usual, 1. threat. ners decided on settled to-duy, whom the com d the min this was the other places as be mun - -~ Legithme's 'ollow W Yousk, Jan, 21~ brig Alice Bradshaw, uary 1 aud arvi sos Desertis faptian Dahn, of the lleft Aux Cayes s port vestarday Al Paul, of Legl Lwith his' army of 3,000 men and his fortunes with those of Hippolyte, ¢ of Port au Prince. -~ Denouncing the Foresters Jan. 2L—At St Patrick's Father Dowd mned of Porest Mo ALy church yeste the Catholic Orde courts of which bLeen recently cstab) Lished hove, and cautioned the members of his e fation to nave nothing to do witn the ordor, v -~ Killed His Brother-in-Law. Mouxt Hory, N. L, Jan. 21,—John Me- Neill, a weal v farm came o town this morning and surrendercd himself, saying h had kalled his brother in-law, Jamos Dellett i, in the helief that he was & *White Cap." Thore 15 a thut it was @ cold blooded wurder suspicion - No Action To-day. Lixcol Neb., Jan. 21.—[Sps gram to Tie Bee.]—Owing to the several members of the committe leges and elections nothing will the Omaha vontested election case - The Death Mecord Lovm s, Jan itight Itev. Huglies, hishop of St Assoh, is dead, cial Tele absenca of on privi- e done in to-day. foshun 999 prag NUMBER FORCED TO USE THE SCOURGE Corrigan's Proclamation Reluctantly Read from Catholic Pulpits. M'GLYNN DEFENDS HIMSELF: Has Beoen [alks nst e Says the Archbishop Grossly Impertinent and of Ecclesiastioal I for Power. Unwilling Servants, York, dan, 21— [Special Telogram to Tuw Bre|—The proclamation of Arch- bishop Corrigan against MeGlynn's anti- poverty society bids fair already to stir up anotlier mess of trouble for his grace. Rev. Father Ducey, of St. Leo's chureh, in read ing the document at mass yesterday, threw all the sarcasm he possibly could into his voice when he announced that “this commu- nication has been sent to me with an order to cause it o be read” In the delivery of the proclamation he so intoned his voice in reading tho sienificant passages that an almost porceptible ripple of lunehter ran through the congrogation, At its cons clusion he said with intense emphasis: “We have heard the sword of man; now let us hear the word of God," and turned to the gospel. At nearly all the other Catholic churches the priests read the proclamation without comment, Dr. McGlynn never had a_larger audience than confronted him lastnight. The regular attendance of auti-povertyites was ro-on- forced by large numbers “of strangers who came expecting to hear somoethimg unusual from the excommunicated priest. He re- ferred to the archbishop’s interference with a society which does not claim afiiliation with his church, as a gross picce of impertinen, Taking up ‘ecclesiastical history, he asked how it was that inillions of men hated the name of pope, bishop and priest, and an- swored that it was beeause of the crimes and blunders of the ecclosiastical machine, Heo dwelt, as he has often done before, on what' ho termed, “the insane lust of power and wealth of bishops and_priests,” and attacked the temporal power of the pope, He ridiculed Mgr. Persico, the papal envoy to Treland, and said Sir George Irrington “went to Rome to do the dirty buck-stuirs work of the English Catholics. He de- nounced the attempt of the vatican to have s vapal delegate recognized at Washingtony and referring to the intermediary work of the bishop of Fort Wayne in this diroction, said the bishop expeeted to be rewarded *for this dirty un-Auerican conduct.” His re- marks were loudly applauded. Nrew - THE WOMAN sUFFRAGISTS. Pwenty-First Annual Convention of the Association, WASIINGTON, Jun. 21— The opening scssion of the twenty-first annual convention of the Woman’s Suffrage association was held in this city this morning. Among those pres- ent were Susan 15, Anthony, Clara 13, Colb, of Beatrice, Neb., editor of the Woman's Tribunc; Clara 1. Wright, of Indianag Abigail it Dunaw. of Oregon; Miss Lucy Anthnoy, Senator Blair A. G Riddle, Fred Douglas and several oth- ers prominent in the woman suffrago move- ment. In the absence of the president Miss Susan B. Anthony presided. Miss Anthony was followed by Riddle ana Senator Blair. ~ The latter referred in words of high commendation to the recent work at the polls of the women in Boston “in rescu ing our public schools,” anfl thought that the republican party should make itself tho champion of this great movement, and should muke universal suffrage an important plank in its platform. A resolution was adopted providing for a committee to memorialize congress to the end that women might be recognized and allowed to participate in the cerenonies of the com- ing centennial celebrations. Itev. Olympia 13rown, of Wisconsin, spoke upon the subject of **foreign rule,” While not opposed to foreign immigration, she thought it a mistake to confer upon foreign- or hich are not given to native born_people. Foreigners were allowed to voto 100 soon after reaching this country. A committee was appointed, of which Miss Anthony was made chairman, to meet a like commitice from the Americai Woman Suf- frage association, with a view to the ulti- wate union of the two associations. - - Shot For luterfere Torrka, Kan., Jan, 21.—[Sy to Tur Bee. |--T. I, Landers shot Zas Lall Jast might at Anthony, the ball taking effect, in the hip. The shooting was caused by bad fecling growing out of the celebratod e of Landers 13ros., which tas been in the district court for some time. Mulhal it scems, came between the brothers and claimed that he had purchased $23,000 wort of catile from George Landers, T, . Lun- ders, the man did the shooting, is crazy, and is thought to be dying, Mulhall's wound is believed to be e AW rrible Fate. Pritsnune, Jan, -Bridget Kelley, a woman of loose morals, died at the central station this morning from the effeet of ill- treatment received at the hands of ecight men. She was found in a stable on the outh side about daylight in an unconscious condition, and died shortly after being re- moved 10 the station. She stated that she went into the barn under the influence of Jiquor, and was brutally as men, Five of them aro unde police arc after the others. The woman was ninetecn years old and quite handsome, : o e Bests Washburn The ten-round flcht be- Dave Wash- crowd of yesterday, ce. winl Telegram c Mul- Barr CHicaco, Jan. 21. Mike Barrett, of PPeoria, and burn, of Elgin, attracted a largo sports to the town of Jefferson ttelearly had the best of it” from the ning of the ond round. The men 1y been together in the tenth round ot knociced out Washburn with & blow on the neck. The ight and moncy were given to Barrett - Mis, Gould's Will, Y dan. 2L-—The will of Mrs, Helen D, Gould, wife of Jay Gould, was filed in the wate court to-duy. She bequeaths all her Jewelry, wearing apparel and - silver- ware to her two daughters, ielen M. and Anna Gould, The will sets upart o fund of 220,000 L of the children. All real Al property s divided between the chitdren, shure and share alike, - A Determined Suicide. Exgren, N H, Jan. 2L—"The body Peter Dollon, aged fifty, a prominent fa at Humpton Falls, who has be three vears, was found in the woods ab Humpton 1%alls hanging 1o a tree. The res with which he had undoubtedly shot wits found at the foot of the tree, of his wife is supposed to have ot mer \ wissing for ni f T St Answer. JL—The supreme court tu-day hel ver Dyer must swor the questions put by the examiner, to the whole auestion of corruption, ion and wrong doinz in the church cheat case wis roferved. - Satisbury Confers With Fhelps, Loxpoy, Jan. 2L—United States Minister Phelps held a conference to-day with Lord Salisbury on the S: Wair, which lusted for half an hour e 5 Governor Injured, Man,, 21.—-Clover rown out of his sled this 12 bis arm. He is in poop criGent may resull seriously, e8e Manituba WisNirea, Schultz was morning, break health and the