Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 31, 1889, Page 1

T S - e ) - FiGHTEENTH YEAR. ONLY HAD FIETY-FIVE VOTES. But They Prevented Temporarily the Defeat of Submission. SEVEN HOUR FIGHT IN THEHOUSE The Amendment Saved From Over- whelming Defeat By the Dilatory Tactics of the Opposition Memt A Hard Fight, LaxcoLx, Neb,, Jan. 30.—(Special Tel gram to Tir Bee.)—When Dempster moved to take up the Sunday submission bill 1t was evident that the opposition were taben by murprise. Mr. MeBride moved to amend to substitu- ting bills on the general file. This vote was taken with breatliless interest, Cady, € oron, Fenton, Gilchrist and all the doubtful members voting aye and the wotion was lost 5 t0.54. ‘The opposition began at once to fillibustor and Morrissey moved to make it a special order at 3 p. m, to-morrow. The speaker ruled that Dempster's motion took priority. Morrissey made a motion to adjourn and called on the roll, Meanwhile a call was indulged in and Me- Millan, Finna and Berlin failed to answer to their names. The sergeant-at-2ems was or- dered to bring the members before the chair of the house, but in some mysterious manner they had got back to their scats and further action under the call was dispensed with, The speaker held that five members of the house could bemand a call of the house at any time and it was immediately renewed by White ‘and tne democrats of Doug Mattes, jr., and Sweet were absent this time and they were brought before the bar of the house and on motion of Cady, excused by a close vote for not answering to thir names. Baker and Morrissey held an X cited cotloqguy t this juncture and the whole house was in a turmoil, Ca raised the point of order that while the ser- geant-at-arms was looking up absentoes that 1o other business could brought up on a motion, bul the speaker overruled the point and declared that no motion could be enter- tained under the call of the house except .to dispense with further business and adjourn, Cady at length obtained the floor and de- manded the previous vuestion on Dempster's motion to o into committee of the whole. The motion was seconded, and on a roll call the previous question was orderrd. The vote was then taken on the Dempster motion, which sulted yeas 62, nays 32, The speaker rule that it took a two-tuirds vote to take up the question out of its order, aud therefore it was lost. Raynor moved that the house o into com- mittee of the whole to consider bills on the goneral file. Hall appealed from the decision of the chair and grew very much excited, declaring with some warmth that he would not take his seat until taken into custody by the sar- geant. The speaker ruled the point of order came too late. Gilbert wanted to know if under the rul- ing of the speake if anything was in order. The speaker stated that an appeal, if aroperly made, would be sustained. White made anotner motion to ad- fourn which was lost the submissionists declaring they would carry their point if it took them all night. Morrissey made a motion to adjourn until 2 o’clock Monday, but the house was tired of the filibustering of the Douglas county dem- ocrats and voted the motion down, 66”10 3 Much confusion followed, but finally Cald- well obtained the floor and spoke us follows: “If the minority have the right to prevent the consideration of this bill out of its order, tee majority bave no right to force’ this question upon us, but 8 determined majority cannot long be defied, and waiving the question of which is right, 1 am in favor of putting an_end to this useless labor and withdrawal of the objection to the consideration of this meusur (Tremendous cheers,) Let us meet this question like men; let us arise in the dignity of our manhood as representatives of a civilized state and put an end to these dis- graceful prceedings.” Buker endorsed the views expressed by the member from Lancaster and said that some gentlemen on the other side had acted the part of boys, ‘yesof cowards in their actions to-day.” The accused hurled this insinuation and declured that they had cor® stituents to represent and were entitled to be heard. Raynor renewed his motion to go into committee of the whole and Baker moved an amendment to consider senato file 31, In reply to a question the speaker ruled that the bill was on the general file and could not be taken out of its order without a two-third vote. Afier some wrangling the amendment was accepted by Rayner, and the previous ques tion was ordered. The house then decided 10 go into committee of the whole to consider the submission bill, by a vote of 62 to 37. The speader again ruled that it would re- quire & two-third vote, but retognized Hall, who appealed from theé dec The spealer was overruled by a vote of bl to 40, Cruscn, Lee, Seed and Wilcox, submission- ists, voted to sustain the ruling of the speaker. The motion was declared carried, and Cady obtuined the floor and moved an amendment &t the same time, un amendment vroviding that high license shall bo the settlea policy of the state, and the logisluture shall pass laws to regulute the liquor trafie. This amendment was see- onded by Rayoor of Cheyenne. Mr, Cady ably defended his amenduient, and spoke us follov '] have submitted this amendment in good faith, as I beliove it offers the solution of the question that confrouts us. I want to say to the majority of the house, tho fricnds of submission, you are stunding upon the threshhold of a groat opportunily, Here is a practical exhibition not only of the spirit of fuirness upon which you have assumed to base your argument; here is comuon ground upon which all can stand. The member who will not accede to the spirit embodied in this amendment confesses bis unwillingness to abide by the very genius.of our institutions ~the will of a majority, The man who de- nies that right, or impedes its exercise as- sumes a responsibility few men would care to dncur. I want to say to the earnest advocates of subwmission that the existing luw regarding the trafic of liquor represcuts the will of @ majority as last expressed. Thatis not to be trampled under foot, ignored or carelessiy disre- garded in o moment of enthusiastio 6g- gressivencss, Aside {rom any benefits thut may huve accrued to tho public under its r trictions and provisions, remember that it i the luw, und thut being the law, being the expressed will of the majority at has carvied with its rights, involying n grea' deal to those who have availed themsclves of its priviloges. Remember that great property nterests are at stake in the seitlement of this qQuestion, that no matter from what stand- nt, or in what light you may view the MO of liquor, the vast capital it repre- sents has been as legitimately invested and is as sacred uuder the | aw as that invested in any business known to the commercial world. It is only just and fair that in reaching a settlement of this question that those who do not agree with you, those who contend for another plan, those who have great property interests at stake, your fellow citizens, should be given the same opportunity to embody their / ‘.“‘.‘“ the constitution that you are granted compromise. You might as well realize as I do, that this question will rot down. Tt has come to stay and it will stay until some practical settlement is reached. It is use less to inquire its origin or predict its destiny in the presence of the one reme fact that it confronts us. Whether it Is the offspring of a move that strengthens with time, or whether it be mawkish senti ment that will spena its force in reaching after the unattainable I do not know. When public opinion upon any question has reached that stave when it finds expression in the majority in both houses of the legislature it is useless, impolitic and unpatriotic to disre- gard it. However much we may disagree as to the effleicncy or wisdom of the plan pro- posed by the submissionists, we cannot blind ourselves to the inevitable. Morrissey said: 1 had listened to the amendment with a great deal of interest We bave the very laws to reguiate the busi- ness of any state. | don’t stand here as an apologist or agent of the liquor traftic, but YOU are proposing a violent measure which will unsettle the business intcrests of the state and keep out foreign capital. To adopt vrohibition would destroy millions of dollars in Omaha, I think you should first vote upon the high license amendment, and if that was lost, then 1t would be in order to submit the ques- tion of probibition, At this point the speaker moved the com- mittee huve leave to sit again to consider the questlon in the morning. A strong afirma- tive vote was heard, but it was lost in the thundering noes of the submissionists, The debate them continued. Dempster and delrred that after the disgraceful action of to-day it ill becomes the gentleman from Douglzs to talk of fairness. This is not a new question. 1v has been before the peo. ple for many years and every member ought to know it by this fime. If there is one let him go home, This amend- ment is not proposed in good faith. I don't believe such a double-headed amendment would be constituted, The people have not asked for the submission of this question of high hicense. 1 am opposed to high licensa and hope it will be voted down. Buker did not think the discussion would change a single vote. “Those who argue so strenuously against submission,” said he confound submission with probibition. The simple question we have to decide is, shall the people who have demanded it have the right 10 vote on this question? 1 who elaim it would destroy millions of dollars worth of proper citly ndmit that the proposition will car if submitted. (Cheers.) 1 be- lieve it is the auty of the party to submit this question, and~ every member not bouna nand and foot by instructions shou!d vote to redecm the party pledge. This dual proposition commends itself to my better judgment and every argu- ment that can beadvanced in favor of sub. mitting profubition applies with equal force w0 this proposition. The question is not whether prohibition has been asuccess in Kansas or any other state, but whether we will give the people the right to express their opiuions at the ballot box. Omaha and Lin: coln are not the whole state of Nebraska, The rural districts have some rights as well as the lurge cities, and their voices should be heard. Gilehrist strongly supported the Cady amendment. Hesaid that the friends of pro. hibition should meet them half way and let the people express their opinion on both of these propositions. Ficldgrove was listened to with attention. He declared that the towns with their bummer element should not rule the destines of the state; that, though a German, he stood with the party in favor of submitting this great ques- tion to the people, and appealed to Cady to withdraw his amendinent. Ballard thought the prohivitory amend- ment should be submitted separatele, that the party had pledged its honor that it would do this, and no other course was open, 1 am 1 favor of senate tile 31,” said he, “‘and opposed 1o the amendment.” Fenton favored the high license amend- ment. Burnham was surprised at the amendment of Mr. Cady and did not think it could be submitted in a dual form. ‘‘We must mect this issue,” he continued, ‘‘and let us meet it fa The republican party has not pledged itself to submit,not high license, but prohibition; and let us not seck to evade. this duty we owe to the peo- ple. The voters, not ouly of Nebraska, but also of the whole nation, have their eyes turned upon this issue, and await the issue of our deliberations with the great- est interest.” Gilbert said: “I came from a county (York) where saloons do not exist, and I could not be true to my constituents and vote for this amendment, The people have not demanded it, and it is being used as a subter- fuge to defeat the submissiod bill.” Olmstead declared himself in favor of prohibition as a moral question, and if it could be submitted in a non-partisan manner he would vote for submission and also for prohinition, and help enforce the law., He thought thai the members could advance the cause of temperance by setting a good example, and advised them to wholly ab- stain from liquor— . weast during she sessian of the logislature. The submission plank was- not carried overwhelmingly in the state con vention, but only by a small majority after amost stubborn fight, The party cannot af- ford to tuke up this question now as a parti- issue. Prolubition would seriously crip- e the school fund of the state. Whitehead argued that the party, in order to preserve its life, must take up this question and that the great moral forces of the coun wry would crystallize aroune the party dared to do right, and make it stronger than ever. Hesaid Nebraska was now a recep- tacle for all the bad elements of Towa and Kausns, and ili s high time that something was done to keep oit these ¢ lverett opnosed the aneudment also, but would vote on separate bills embodying the views of both sides Moraissey got the flooragain and was loudly hissed. He declared that Le left lowa on account of the withery blight of prohibitfon and did not want to see it adopted in this state. Hall asked him if he would agree to leave Neb £ prohibition was adopted, Mo u that he would do so if nocessary to cscape the company of prohibi- tion cranks. Baker again took the floor and strongly fuvored the dual plar Johnson velieme submission was ated it would wr the republican | “This amendmont 15 a mere subte he said, *and 1 shall not support it. Defeat this question,” continued the speaker, “and you republicans who vote against it will be barred beyond hope of resurreetion,’ Colomad, of Anlelope, thought the ques- tion was in polities, and could only be settled by baing left to the people Berlin made a strong plea against submis- sion. Ho showed that the business interests of te whole state woulld be greatly injured by submission, and declured that if “Omaha mnst bo cheered in its onward carcer, give us some other blizzurd, tornadoes, anythivg almost except prohibition.” Surgeant of * Custor spoke in a Sunday schicol strain, and asserted that all good Peopie were on one side and ull the money on the other—u rewark that was loudly ap- plauded. Cody spoke still fucther in defense of his amendment, and answered the objections urged against the constitutionality of the law by stating that ho had consulted an emi- nent jurist and he had given his opinion that the propositions could both be submitted to- gether, ‘The high license amendment was put and lost by a vote of 37 to 46, and the committes arose, and after some political by-play, re- commended that the submission bill do pas: Olmstead moved that it be ordered to a third reading, Cady asked leave to wave the adoption of hllfic\u\:udul\:ul, but Olmstead would not yield, Hall arose at this juncture and surprised the house by declaring himself in favor of the amendinent, frankly acknowledging that they must accept it in order to save the sub mission bill. The call being started, Truesdale, Baker, Coleman, Johnson, Gilbert, and finally Dempster himself,' wheeled 'ioto line and favored submission a duel form, A vote ou the high license amondment was finally reached, which resulted as follows : THasaen Paker. Bailev, Hale OMAHA. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 18 NUMBER 231 Christy of Clay, Coleman of Antelope, Cor. bin, Cruzen, Dempster, Diller, Dunn, Eiliott, Everett, Farley, Fenton, Fieldgrove, Gil bert, Gilehrist, Hall, Hamvton, Hanna, Hanthorn, Harding, Hays, Hill of Butler, Hill of Gage, Johnson, Lash, Lee, Ley, Majors Potter, Raynor, Rhodes, Rabb, § Satchell, Scoyille, Seed, 'S Sweet, Truesdell, Webbe Whitehead, Whitford, Whyman, Wilcox, Williams, Winter, Yutzy , Nays— Beckman, Berlin, Bisbee, Bohacek, Braucht, Cameron, Caldwell, Christy of Dodge, Coleman of Polk, Collins, Cushing, Delaney, Denman, Dickinson, Fenno, Gard- irecn, Hahn, Hooper, Horne, Hunter, Keiper, Larson, Ley, Mattes, jr., McBride, McMillan, Meokag, Morrissey, Neve, Olmstead, O'Sul v Severin, Snyder, Swartsley, Towle, Wt over, Whige—40, cNicl and Fuller were absent, The house then at 10 p. m. adjourned, the discussion having lusted over seven hours. The submissionists could only muster fifty- five votes, and had it not been for the fi bustering tactics of the Douglas county dem- ocrats, who prevented it from coming to a vote, ete., the whole question would have been defeated. It now looks like submission in a dual form, - The Senate Submissionists, LixcoLN, Neb., Jan. 30.—[Special Tele gram to Tug Bee. | —There is much specula- tion as to the senate’s action on Lind say's submission bill as amended by the house. Some of the senators propose that it be hune up by a refusal to caucus. Others suggest loading it with additional amendments. It seems more than likely, however, that the senate submissionists will concur for two reasons. First, they fear the house will not recced and pass the Lindsay bill unchanged. Se ond, a number of senators are against prohi- Dition, though for submission. They think the high license amendment will befog the issue afid defeat prohibition at the poles if submitted at a gencral election, 1 it pusses the house in the morning an effort will be made to bring it before the seuate 10-OFLOW. Senate. LixcoLy, Neb., Jan. 80.—[Special to Tue Bee. | —The senate this morning adopted a resolution offered by Ransom, directing the president to appoint an additional standing committee of five members on telephones and telegrapbs. Sutherland’s resolution ordering the board of transportation to muke a schedule of freight raves for the railroads of Nebraska A\ ent to the railroad committee, who will return it within twenty-four hours, undoubt- edly with a favorable recommendation. Hurd introduced a bill to make contracts for attorney’s fees unlawful. Pope put’in a bill to suppress bucket shops. The following bills were pussed : 3y Shanner—Making the fiscal year end September 50, By Connor—Making the salarics of re- porters for supreme and district courts $1,500 and requiring them to give a bond for $2,000 for the faithful performance of their duty. By ljams—Directing the governor to give the city of Omaha a title to the High school grounds in Omaha. Most of the morning was spent in discuss- ing Ransom’s bill to repeal article 2, of chap- ter 4, of the compiled stututes of 18587, which creates the livestock commission. As stated by Rausom the commissioner is receiving over #,000 a yecar in salary and perquisite: He has three agents, who are aMowed 5 a day and expenses while on duty, and they manage to put in full time. The appropriation of the last legislature was $70,000. Over #36,000 have been paid for horses and mules ordered killed by the commission because they were supposed to have been effected with glanders. The salaries and expenses of the commissioner and his agents have agere- gated to the sum of £30,000 for two ycars. Ransom argued that if a man have a diseased horse and it be killed for the protection of the community, that is his misfortune, and the state should not be compelled to reim- burse him. The existing law encourages travagance of the grossest kind. It invi every man owning a worthless horse to work him off on the live stock commissioners for the indemuity they allow. It invites the commissioner’s to hunt up and create busi- noss, because they only get pay and ex- penses when employed.” It invites citizens of adjoining states to send diseased animals into Nebraska and reap the benefit of the bounty. Beardsley pointed out discrepancies in the report of the commission to the auditor and the report made to the senate a few days ago. He showed that the work of the commission had been confined almost to horses and mules, of which 833 had been killed, while only eight cattle had been condemned. He was dissatisfied with the report of the com- mission, which was not detailed enough in ite vaturn of expenses. He believed diseased horses were beiug brought into Nebraska from neighboring states to be killed, He had been told of @ case in which a glandered horse was driven into a herd of ponies, all of which were subsequently killed. Norval wanted to know why the members of the commission were not out killing horses instead of having been on the backs of the senutors ever since the legistature convened, Senators Manning and Hoover said that glanders was unknown among the horses of their counties until the creation of this live stock commission. Conner argued that the state veterinary surgeon is clearly an executive officer and that the act creating his ofice is therefore unconstitutional, Nesbitt was almost single-hunded in fight- ing the bill. He piead for the poor farmer and homesteader of the ivest end of the state, who are often the victims of unscrupulous horse-traders, and he asked that action be delayed until he could get the opinions of his constituents on the report of the commis- sion. He believed the department of great benefit to the farmers, whose needs should be considered as well as the state institutions at Lincoln, for which there will be a general plea by the members living within twenty miles of the capital. Ho also thought it proper to delay action because & special re- port asked by the senato of the commission was being printed. Lindsay said his constituents wanted pro- tection from diseased stock. The present law may be defective, but hé would oppose repeal unless o substitute were offered. Roche and Cornell also urged delay. A motion by Nesbitt to send the bill back to the committee was lost by a vow of 15 to 16, The committee of the whole then recommended its passage by a voteof 19 to 9. AFTERNOON SESSIO The Keckley anti-trust bill was passed, only Nesbitt and Paxton voting against it. Ltansom, Pickett, Nesbitt, Howe and Pax- ton were appointed the committee on tele- phones and telegraphs. ‘The Norval constitutional amendment for voting on all constitutional amendments at special elections in August passed the com- mittee of the whole, Howe's bill to make the fire and police commission of Omaha the license board of that city was brought up, but at the sugges- tion of Senator ljams and Paulsen consider- ation was postponed. House. LixcoLy, Neb., Jan. 80,~[Special to Tie Bee.]—Dempster prososted a petition from twenty-eight citizens of Phelps, and Dickin- son from 123 citizens of Lancaster county, in favor of submission, Gilchrist offered the following resolution, which was adopted. Resolved, That the state librarian be and is hereby directed to furnish this house with a statement of all the copies of the supreme court reports that have been gold and the money received for the same; also the num- per that have been exchanged for law books and otherwise disposed of. The committee on labor reported that house roll 121, Berlin's bill to better protect the earnings of laborers, do fml\l. The following bills were placed on the gen- eral file without recommendation ; House roll 45, Hall's maximum tariff bill. House roll 205, Mofride's bill, providing that railroads may charge a demurrage of §3 forty-eight hours after atrival at destina. tion, and that the railronds shall pay at the same rates for failure to furnish cars within the same limit of time after being ordered. Hills on second reading Were read and re- terred. The house then wemt into committee of the whole for the consid- eration of house roll 140, Hanthorn's bill relating to oil inspectors, The bill provides that the test standard snall be 100 degrees, and placing the whole power of appointing deputies and fixing their salaries in the power of the general in- apoctor. Majors moved an amendment to repeal the entire section relating to stato oil inspection, and alleged that the bill was otten up in the interest of the inspoctor and the dealers. After much discussion the amendment was agreed to. The committee then rose and the house took a recess until 2 p. m, N AFTERNOON SESSION. White introduced a resolution requesting the adjutant gencral to furnish the house an itemized statement of all money ex pended during the past two years from the wilitia fund. Adopted. Dempster moved that the houso go into committee of the whole for the consideration of the Lindsay submission bill, The speaker suggested that the regular order be followed. A communication from the supreme court was, read offering a8 the opinion of the court that state warrants were state securities within the meaning of the constitution; also that state oficers have a right to appoint deputi THE ]’l!l;\ill AGREEMENT. The Revision Completed and All But Three Signatures Obtained. Cuicaco, Jan, 830.—The presidents of the western railroads, after being in session one week, completad the work of revising the agreement which is to form the basis of the inter-state railway association, and ad- Journed this evening, subject to the call of the chair. The presidents declared unani- mously for making Mr. A, F. Walker, at vresent one of the members of the inter-state commission, chairman of the proposed execu- tive bourd. While this announcement is a great surprise to everybody, all conceed that a more judicious choice could not have been made. Final action, of course, can mnot be taken until the agreement has received the signatures of all the companies party to it The signatures of the Burlington & North- ern, lilinois Central, and Kan- sas’ City, Ft. Scott & Guif are, still lacking, and a committee was appointed to endeavor to obtain them. Presidents Hugh- itt, Cable and Strong consitute this commit- tec, and express the opinion that all the si natures will be obtained. 'There is litt doubt that the 1llinois Central, at least, will live up to the agreement, whether it signs it or not. In a document now given to the public the original agreement of, the presidents, known as the agreement of January 1, is placed at the head of a prelude. This is followed by the articles of the agréement, construction of the board of managers, etc. Article three, regarding rate commit- tees, says that -their conclision, when unanimous, = shall be made effective; if they 'differ the question shall be referred to the board of managers, and if they disagree it shall be arbitrated by the executive board. Notwithstanding this decision, however, the company claiming @ right to make any par- ticular rate may, after such adecision, make such rate on ten days’ notice. Article 4, relating to divisions of through rates, 18 also amended, the intention being that bidding for business by means of private concessions shall ccase, and that divisions on corresponding trafiic aie! be opened to all lines; provided, however, that when ono road has a proprictaty "interest in another, the divisions between such roads shall be what they may elect; and traffic contracts actually existing at the date. be- tween lines mnot having a common proprietary interest shall be reported so that divisions with competiug lmnes may, if de- sired, be made on equal terms. ‘The minimum penalty for each violation is made 100, instead of $250, but the company convicted shall forfeit the revenue sccured by a violation, Where penalties have been collected under the rules of auxillary asso- ciations, they shall not be assessed a second time by this association. "The provision that ap_employe, after once being discharged fora'violation of rules shall not be re-employed by any road in the asso- tion, 18 stricken oub. Article thirteen deilnes the territory to be covered by the association as business hav- ing origin or destination in the states of illi- nois, Missouri, Kk ansas, Nebraska, Colorado, ‘Wisconsin, Minnesotgy and the territories of Utah, Wyoming, Dakota, New Mexica, Mon- tana and Indian Terrftory. Except Paci] coast business, cove by the trans-conti nental agreement, and Texas business, covi ered by the international agreement, by unanimous action of the manager of the in- terested lines any trafflc may be incladed in or exempted from the ugresment, An amendment to the arbitration article provides that any questiou on which the board of managegg fail to agree shall be re- ferred to the execvtive board, composed of the chairman and two others chosen from the chairmen of auxiliary associations. The duration of the agreement is to be ab- solutely ninety days from Junuary 1, subject thirty days thereafter to the desire of any party to withdraw from or amend the same. The Wabash road is a party to the agreo- ment only for that portion of its road from Chicago to St. Louis and Hannibal, via Tou- lona, ——— For Stealing a Lottery Ticket. Sr. Louis, Jan. 80.--The postofce in- spectors to-day arredwed Eugene J. Gannon, a postal clerk on the Cairo short line, run- ning between St. Lowis and Duquoin, I11,, on the charge of abstracting a lottery ticket from a letter addressed to ex-Postmastor Hayes, of St. Louis, and selliag the same to w, Edell, a propiinent business man at Duquoin. The tickevdrew $1,250, and when Hayes attempted to compei the lottery com- pany 10 show cause why his ticket had not arrived, the theft was discovered. A Saloon B Fined, Siovx Crry, Ia., Jan. 30.—[Special Tel gram to Tue Bee. |—The district court to- day 1ssued three Apermanent injunctions against so-called tragsportation companies, “These companies are Bimply saloons, which have been running in: violation of low under pretense of shipping#iquor from the opposite shore of the river in Nebraska, 'The pro- prictors were let off without other penalty than paying heavy costs by stipulating to go out of the whisky business in lowa, b Marriage was a Failure Sr. Louis, Mo, WJan. 80, —Charles M, Baich and wife, living two m:les from Wal- nut Springs, Tex., were found dead in their bed yesterda; A reyolver lay between the bodies, and it is supposed that Balch shot his wife and then killed himself, No cause is ussigned for the iact. They have been warried but a few menths, O'Brien's Friends Ontwitted, DupLis, Jan, 30.+0'Brien, who was ar- restea at Manchester yesterday, arrived at Kingston this afternoon. The lord mayor and other Parnellites awaited his arrival at Westland Row station, in Dublin, but the police changed the route, conveying O'Bricn to Clonmel prison, via King’s Briage station, . A Maxwell Grant Decision. SANTA Fg, N. M., Jan. 80.—The supreme court of New Mexico to-day gave a decision in the Maxwell land grant case, afirming the title to that property and dismissing the bill of the government 1o set aside the pat ent. e A A Califoraia Contest Decided. SAN Fuaxcisco, ! Jan. 80 —The Phelps- Clunie recount in the Fifth congressional district closed to-day, with the result of giv ing the result to Clynie, democrat, by u wa AUSTRIA PLUNGED IN GRIEF The Imperial Household Invaded by the King of Terrors, CROWN PRINCE RUDOLF DEAD. The Spark of Life Exti a Moments Warning— All Enrope Mourns His guished Withe- Archduke Rudolf Dead. Arch Duke Rudoif, the Austrian crown prince and heir apparent to the throne, died suddenly to-da prince died at Mierling, death is supposed to have been caused by ViENNA, Jan. 80, near Baden, The official announcoment of death has modified alarm of the populace arising from & rumor Killed whilo out shooting, as he went on a shooting excursion Monday, accompanicd by ‘announcement of death the reichsrath adjourned amid great excitement. places of amusement ax prince had Meyerling on several guests, closed this evening. Grief in Belginm* |Copyriaht 1559 by James Gordon Bennott.1 Rudolph’s death caused consternation here, where he was immensely visited Brussells frequently before and after his betrothal to larly called Rudolphe. ported to have his wife, and even that he was accompanied here by a mistress while courting Stephanie. Nevertheiess, is gencrally re misbehaved black-framed 10 the streets by reccived official confirmation Che court ball, which was to take place next mmediately countermanded. closed for three ni spite the pouring rain great crowds collected in front of the start to-morrow accompanied by Tuesday, W The opera v , was greatly affected, and went to the Palfo, where he embi queen with explosions of grief. Words of Cond il Cablegram to Tre Bee.]—The emperor and empress were to have gone to Pesth to-day, but the visit was of course abandoncd. the burgomaster of Vieana waited upon court marshal and expressed the the inbabitants with the im- perial family. The Fremdemblatt says: spot where the heir to the throne svent many happy days with his family, he has been torn from lifc and a future exalted imperial house and the whole empire are plunged in mourning.” The Neue Freie Presse says: that hus ended was animated with courtesy, May God comfort the emperor aud the empire in their ioss of a noble man, whose life shed virtue and en- lightenment upon the fatherland.” The crown prince had suffered during the rheumatism of the joints. Yestcrday evening he had a severe The Vienna papers do not refer to the sensational reports regarding the cause of the crown prince's d gonius and chivairy. last few yea shivering fit. Excitement at Pesth, —A portion of the populace is still greatly incensed ut the passage of the A great crowd gathered outside liament buildings to-day vent the deputies from enter- Huzzars was rowd in order to s were hurt, fu- A and children, ng military guard is posted around ment building, and lowed to pass into the to his identity. The bonlevards in the vicinity of the chambe Pesta, Jun, deavored to pr ing the chamber. A squad of disperse it. cluding some wot are patrolled ‘The members of the opposition in the lower house of the diet to-day the presence of troops as impeding access to tho chamber and preventing They therefore demanded that the chumber demand wus Upon resumption of the sitting, the house passed a resolution offered by the president, empowering him to act in concert with the i to secure access to the buil and public tranquility. ‘The students, upon learning of the crown voluntarily stopped the demonstrations against Herr Von T the troops that had been called out to main- tain order returned to their barracks, protested ag: prince's death, “THE BISMARCK Title of an Arti to Create a Sensatior Loxvox, Jan. 80.—[Spe ik Bre.|—The Contemporar, tains an article eutitled “1 nasty,” which b contains nte ated from high wuthor the article will ¢ Which is Liable Review con- ars no signature, but w nal evidence of having eman- [t is probable that cata a sensation: reminder that the chancellor cannot Albertin, the Ik was prepur- 1ng no one to succeed him, waking suddenly to the idea, set about de veloping Count Herbert Bisinarck, alludes to Count to his embroilment with Bonn, from with his sword, head. The Bisms accentuated by this ana after the war, is o woman at he had to slash his way eiving an ugly cat on the clian contewpt for women, suted as the origin of thut is baneful in the Bismarckian ¢l no more petticoats meddling in politics now,” was, according to & rumor, the exclamatian of Count Herbert on the death of the Emperor the exultant 0 affects to dismiss as monstrous the insinuation of the opponent of Prince Bismarck that the chancellor meditated the but depicts the would be menaced by the Empress Fred as & nightmare to the chancellor, who further saw by Frederick’s refusal to discuss state affairs with Count Herbert that it that Herbert would ever be “Who could, there- , be surprised,” the writer asks, “had Bismarck wished tne cancer to make hasto " In reference to the dismissal of Minister Puttkemer by Emperor Fr s that Prince Bismare to make up his mind wiser to resist or gratify Frederick's desire, sven after advising him to sign the deorce of dismissal, and says that directly the decree ascendency ick’s chancellor, i, the arti- 't was unable it would be the emperor Cmperor Frederick's diar writer of the afticle asserts that the com- pact with the present emperor was the only reason Prince Bismarck had for opposing thg marriage of Princess Victorla to Prince Alexander of Battenberg, The article s hardly less sparing in its criticism of the present emperor. It calls him an apt pupil of & cynical master, who found no diMculty, moral or sentimental, in treating his mother in a fashion after Count Herbert's own heart, and in treating the Prince of Wales with such discourtesy as to prevent any intercourse between them The article goes freely into the feken and Morier affairs, but roveals nothing new. i STRIKES THEM AS FUNNY, Howells' Comments on Humorists Reviewed By the English, | Copyright 1889 hy James Gordon Bennett.) LospoNn, Jan. 80.—[New York Herald Cable—~Special to Tue Bere The Daily News to-day has a sarcastic but good humored editorial on English and American humorsts. Commenting on Howells' recent oxpression on the same subject, the News says: “We can't do Mr, Howells the injugtice of supposing that he is one of those enormously cultivated persons who can read Tolstol, but cannot read Shakespeare. As humor is usually understood, Shakespeare is the master, here as overywhore, and if Mr. Howells prefers that ‘amoosin little cuss,’ Artemus Ward's kangaroo, to Shakespeare's, Sir John Fallsiaff, the controversy is at an end. Nobody can scriously argue with a gentloman who thinks the Innocents Abroad bumorous, and Bottom the Weaver voild of humor." The News continues in a bantering strain to confront Josh Billings with Dan Chaucer, Unele Remus with Burns, Charles Dudley Warner with Siduey Suuth, and Danbury News man with Tom Hood, John Phoenix with Charles Lamb, Lowell with Henry Field ing, the Burlington Huawkeye man with Dickens, Bret Harte with Thackel Al drich with Oscar Wilde, and concludes “There stitl remains the hereic form of Mark Twain, against whoni we do not pro pose to set up any rival. Mark's way is so peculiarly his own that we can't find his parallel, but it may be hinted that Jonathan Swift and Dr. Oliver Goldsmith and the Rev. Lawrence Steene 'were perhaps as funny as any who write in American comic papers.” - The Nice Scandal. [Copyright 1557 by James Gordon Brunett.] Nice, . 80.—[New York Herald Cable Special to Tne Bee.|—The most strenuous cfforts are being made by Mrs, Wilcox und her friends to hush up the clopement scandal. They have induced Viscount du Moirou, procurer of the republic, to keep silence, und he has closed the mouths of the police off s 50 that they avsolutely refuse to assert or deny anything. [ have good reuson to know, however, that the runaways have ar rived in Nice, and that the mother has had an interview with her erring daughter to- day. Whether Dr. Ellon is in custody, or has been liberated, or what is gomy to be done, 1s impossible to say. The Buropean Herald's account of the elopment, which arrived in Nice' this morning, has only increased the excitement. “The weather continues beautifully fine, and lurge batehes of visitors arrive daily. e The Coronét Homeward Bound. [Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett. | Jan. 30.—| New York Herald Cable. !to Tne Bl —The American yacht Coronet arrived here, homeward bound. e WESTERN PACKING ERESTS. Increase as Compired With the Same Week Last Year, CINCINNATIL, Jan. 30.—[Special Telegram to ‘Tne Bee.]—Lo-morrow’s Price Current will say the weeld’s packing in the west bas been 255,000 hogs agamnst 225,000 a year ago, Total from November to date 4,195,000, against 4,855,000 a year ago: decrease 660,000. The erease of packing in the west during the weels, as compared with a year ago, has not been due so much to the enlarged marketing of ho: to the reduced movement to east ern markets, whick is much smaller than a vear Packing, Nc i ] B ChICRREO. ..o vevterres casrenns 05,000 1,350,000 Kunsas City B3 000 611,000 Omaha. ... sane 05 8,000 8t. Louls.. ... 00 000 300,000 Indianapolis 4 212000 500 Cincinnati 1,000 255,000 Milwaukee ", " L 178,00 Ottumwa. ... Nebraska City, Nel — - The Pope's Health Good. RovE, Jan. 50,—[Special Cable ‘e B, |- The recent rumor that the pope has been haviug fainting fits arve denicd. His holiness continues to hold his customary recepuions, His health is good, and his spirits are cheored by wddresses coling from every country in Europe expressing syvm- pathy with him under vhe encroachments of the Ttalian goverument. Cardinal Gangl- bauer, the archbishop of Vienua, hus sent in adaress from the Austridn bishop, which is published v the Osservatore Komauo, pro- ming the rights of the ' pope to the tem poral power, The Italian pupers are of the inion that the address would uffect the present friendly relations (etween Austrin and Italy but for the succss of General Boulanger, which Lrings war within view and makes vatian discord lews heard, In quirinal councils it vwas expcleted that the opening of the chumber { of deputies would . be siguali by an open 1 between the minister of the treasury minister of war and marine, with e 1C it demundeyl by the lat- Phese credits will now be fwecorded on und of the enhanced grayily of the situation, A Youthful Train Wreck Kroxuk, Ia., pan. 0. Speeial Helegram to Tur Hee.)~This afternoon Marspal Har- din brought to towa Charles 0. Starry who s under arrest charged with plucing mwuml ue on the traci of the Rovic Island toatkat a point in Van Buren township, The boy is tixe adopted son of u prominent farmer livings near here. ‘The offence in which the boy is said to have been concerncd was comuiitted in December, and s held as au accomplice with another boy, wio was also arrested. Starr's fathor says there is nothing to the cuse, und that the boy is innocent. He fur nished the appearar v liin, - Senator Berry Re-clected, Larrie Rock, Ark, Jan. 80,—The legis lature to-day re-clected Juwnes IS, Berry to the United States senate - e They Kissed and Made Up. Ausniy, Minn,, Jan, 80, -Special Telegram to Tue Bee]-—C. O.(C n, clerk of the court of Rice county, and Annie R. Cleven, of Albert Lea, were quistly married in the parlors of the Railway he this afternoon, They were first marricd nearly seven ago, being quite you y disagic scparated and were div Mutual ex planations took place. The old love was awakened and the culminution was the cere. mony Lo-day. e Five of the Urew Drowned, Loxvoy, Jan, 80.—The British suip Walter Raleigh, from Siduey, N. 8, W., laden with wool, went aground yesterday o Bou logne. Five of the crew were drowned, BUT FEW CARS ARE RUNNING. Strikers Make Things Lively on the Stroot Railways. POLICE HAVE A HARD TIME, Wagons, Ashes, Milk Cans and Pave ing Stones Blockade tho Tracks — Several Confliots Ocour, Bat Without Serlous Damage. New York's Big Strike, NEew York, Jan. 80.~The situation this morning, 8o far as the strect car tie-up is concorned, remains - practically the same condition as yesterday. There was trouble on the Grand street cross town line at South Fifth avenue this morning The strikers overturned a coal wagon on the tracks, but the police cleared away the obstruetion and dispersed the strikers, The Sixth avenue road sent out their fivst car at $:50. Three policemen were on cach platform. About & hundred strikers were standing around the depot, but they made no attempt to interfere. The superintendent he will not run more than a dozen cars during the day. The Broadway line advertised in the morning papers for conductors and drivers to take the place of the strikers, Word was received at police headquarters at 10 a. m, that there was trouble at Blecker and Carmine streots, The strikors over turned a Sixth avenue There were only three poiicemen presont, and they were overpowered. Large crowds of strikers and their sympa- thizers bogan to assemble carly at the stables of the 1elt line. Upto 10 o'clock no ears had bocn started. 1t was said that if cars were started there would be bloodshed, be- cause the strikers were getting desperate, Potice Supcrintendent Murray hus b his command 2,500 men, and all_have been de- tailed to points where it s thought trouble may oceur, The Tnird avenue line ren eigh ars Quring the night, und 1o trouble was exne jenced. Policeuien rode on the cars, while others were stationed all ulong the route At 11 o'clock a mob of strikors gathered at the corner of Bedford and Carmine strocts, and overturned half a dozen wagons on the Sixth aveanue tracks. They also compelled two ashmon to dump their loads on the tracks, and thirty miik cans and a lot of pav- ing stones weve seattered ulong for a dis- tance of tire block. Only two police- men on _guard there at the time, ey did tho best they could with the mob until & Sixth avenue r came down, when they were reinforced by four officers ‘on board of it B3ut the ofticer was Dudly beaten about the h discharged his pistol into the crowd. speedily dispersed. At tlie Fourth avenue depot of the Broad- 1d Seventh avenue line, about fifty ap- ants for positions have been uccepted, 1 twenty-six cars have been started. Six of the old driversreported for duty and were put to work. The operations of the strikers in this quarter have thus far been without violence. ‘ihie superintendent of the Ninth venue line stated to-day that his road would not send any cars out Uil the trouble was over. “The first car on the Belt line was started about,poon, escorted by 150 policemen, No obstacle was encountered until Fifty-ninth street was reached, wheretwo wagons, were found overturned on the track. The chr did not proceed further, but turned around and went back to the depot. Threo arrests were mu‘llo. 0 other cars will be run ou thautline to-da) In regard to the street car strike, Judge Robertson, of the board of arbitration, said he thought the trouble between the car com- panies and their employes might be adjusted, but, President Richardson refused to meeg the board and no proposition can be dis- cussed. The strikers seem desivou of enter= ing into some sort of an agreement, bur Rich- ardason will not listen to anything, Soon after 1 o'clock about four hundred strikers ussembled ou Hroadway, between fourth and Forty-fifth streets, and vpsetting several waont on the cap s they tore up tiree or four switchs plates and made off before the police arrived on the scene, The strikers also made soma trouble on upper Sixth avenue this morning, The state railroad commissioners are in session to-auy, hearing the grievances of the striking emple “The first witness before the railroad com- mission to-day was W. J. Richardson, He stated that the Atlantic avenue company would be glad to meet a commitiee of the o0ld employes and talk over the trouble. Ha would not, however, entertain anybody com- ing from a tabor organization, Two of the old employes were next witnesses, They were aixious to know upon what grounds the strect railroad company could be made to give up the charter, and Were greatly sur- prised when told by the commission that a failure of the road Lo run cars over the road every day docs not mean a forfeiture of the - “Ihe commissioners strongly ad) tie strilsers’ ropresentatives to return ooklyn and cndeavor to persuade tha strikers Lo eall on Richardson as old em | oy . - - NEw Yong, Jan. 80, -{Spocial Telogram to e Br |- Regarding the positive cab- inct gossip of lust mizht, seating Messrs, aine ana Allison, the New York republi- can pupers are somewhat chagrined at the 1oss of e secretaryship of the treasury to the state of New Yok, and the Cribune, by wiy ot headlines, says: “This state will only geta erust.” Tlic Press is still hoping gainst hope that New York may capture {he treasury. There is no adverse comment toward the sclection of Alhson us & man, AL the objection, 1] it may be dalled an obs jection, is based wholly on the fact thut he is nova New Yorker. The Times judulg in some of its chura i abuse of 13lay but abuse frow thit I vieates ng prise, 0 Editors Hard Luck, Brariy, Jan, 80,~The editog of th enower Zeitung (liberal) has been coy 10 two 1onths’ inprisonment m.the for erime ugainst the sovereign powW me wis the use of certain IADEUGEE article on the pensentution of fountal the emipuror, Reached No Conclusion, WasiiNgtos, Jun., 80.—A slimly 4 republican cancns was lold thi “Phe course to be pursued by the \greaument of the applicition {o ndmission was tho occasi ingh Because of the sinal foruspl conalusion was note - ngland Wiil W Loxpdy, Jan, 80,-~The dian says prossure, from the blos swoon us Gerd New WaASIINGTOf am g Brr - The 051 nasters have been appo! 8. V. Potter, Colmar, Wiuneshelk county, vice W. L. Hurr, res signed, and John Hunter, Leands, Van Bureg county, vice John M. Webster, resigned, - Bus % Troubles. Winiiavisront, Pa., Jan. 80.—The lumbeg firm of C. 13. Burt & Co. has suspended. The total Yiabilities are understood to be over £100,000. The assts are not expected o pay over 40 cents on the do The failure is vgely due o the suspeasion of Philadelphig Juinber s,