Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 4, 1889, Page 1

HOW IT KILLS REAL ESTATE. Prohibition's Deadening Effect on Values at Marshalitown. AN OLD CITIZEN EXPLAINS IT. Bhowing the Beautics of th Law With Which it is Proposed to Burden the State of Nebraska, Going Backward Marshalltown, on the line of the North- western, is principally famous for being the home of Anson, tie Chicago base ball king Four years ago Marshalltown was a bright and flourishing little city of over nine thous- and inhabitants, and was rapidly growing, but to-day a deathly quict reigns there, and the population has shrunk to about cight thousund. There is but little business a tivity noticeable in the while thor a surprisingly lavge number of vacant store rooms and private residences. The manu facturing interests of the city have narrowed down to the Ketchem Wagon works, an extensive concern, two or three wagon and car manufactories, and a glucose factory, where four years ago the place gave promise of be. coming a busy muaufacturing mart. Of course there are a number of smaller estab. lishments in addition to those named, but they do not abound with suficient froquency 1o give the city any unusual prestige on this source. Marshalltown, despite all draw- backs, is vet a very attractive tow id her citizens are ranked with the very best in the state. It hasu magnificent court nouse and elegant new opera house, besides several other imposing structures, and the citi are all prodicting better times for the p! They seem to think that the difficulties that arose out of the prohibitory law are about ridged over, and that a new cra of peace and prosperity is about to dawn, not enly in Marshalltown, but the whole state of Towa. However, notwithstanding the roseate view being taken Jover lere now, o but few indications of busincss about the city, and veal estate is way vit) down, I had a long talk with Mr. T. D. McElroy, a well known and well-to-do citizen, He v sides in one of the handsomest dwelling houses in the city, which was built three years ago by Colonel J. . Bowler, president of the National Hotel Keepers association, ava cost of £14,000. The structure isu beautiful one, with all the most modern im. provements and convenicncies, and was bought by Mr. McElroy six months since for £,300. ““Thav will give you some sort of an idea, at least, of Marshalltown real ostate valuations. Then I have another house which cost me 00, for which Iam now unable to get $1,000, and my property fs no excoption to tho general rule. What became of Colonel Bowler! He went to California. Why, in the last sixteen months, some seventeen or eiglhteen as good families 28 we have in the city have removed to California, and from the couunty there was a veritable exodus. Now, I am a res dent of Marshalltown and would be a man of little judgment and foresight to sprak de- rogatively of her. But facts are facts, and the poople are entitled to them when se: ing for the cause of the depression that holds sway in all Jowa towas. This condition of things was brought about by this alleged prohibitory law, and nothing else, and there is not a man, womau or child in the state but what lknows it full well. Is the law en- forced herot They say it is, but yol see we have experienced no trouble in getting what drinks we've wanted. A great deal of both beer and whisky are sold on the sly here, and this was one of the great original pac age cities—that is beer and whisky was peddled about the streets for a long while after the enforcement of the law, done up in neat packages, and sold for medicine. In- deed it is still possible to obtain these origi ingl packages, although the uuthoritics are- ‘onto the racket now.’ But let me tell you of one of the gravest evils that has haa its origin in this prohibition, and that is the organization in every city or town of note in the state, of social clubs by grown boys and young men, These clubs are called through- out the state ‘the Kid ctubs.” It is just like this, you see. Twenty or twenty-five young boys get together and band themselves into & club, and rent rooms on the sky floor of some building, where they will be freer from observation and molestation, and then congregate at night, and not only debauch themselVes with beer and whisky, which they have no dificulty in purchasing by the quantity, but they pass the hours until late in the night over the gaming table. Yes, sir, it is making gawblers and drunkards, 100, out of many of our boys. There are three or four of these clubs in Marshall- town, and it is my actual belief that this prohibitory law in fowa has made more gamblers in the last three years than would be created in Nebraska under her laws in tventy. Everybody knows what gambling leads to--it is even o greater curse than in- temperance. No, I do not think that drunken- ness has decreased to any appreciable measure here under tho law. Anybody that wants a drink can get it; and I seo about as much drunkenuess in the streets to-day as I did throe years ago. So far as Marshalltown i8 coucerned, I can't say anything in favor of the law."” e A Real Kstate Preacher. 81 Josern, Mo, Feb, [Special Telo- gram to Tue Bre ) --J, T, Wilson, for mauy years a succossful Baptist revivalist, and later pastor of ke Second Baptist church in this city, is the central figure in u big real estato scandul. Ho has caused to be platted and placed on the warket an addition to the » clty known as Woodlund Park, situated in a swamp four and a bulf from town, This property is worthless, but by some means farmers in Kunsus and Nebraska huve been induced to trade r the county records ceiving letters paking inguirics regarding the value of the ots. e Sackvilly's Probable Successor. Lozvos, Fob, 8.—it is asserted, but not oNficially, that Sir Julian Pauncefote, per- mawment under scerctary of state for the foreign oflce, has becn appointed British minister to the United States, The appoiut- ment is creating intense excitement in Brit ish diplomatic circles, as & departure from from the rulc of succession in appointinents aceording to rank in the service. Sir Julian Pauncefote is a lawyer, not & diplomat, and was never attached to any embassy, Ie ‘was appointed 1o his presont post on account of his exteusive knowledge of the legal learnings of weaties, e A Terrible Railroad Accident. Brussls, Feb, 8.~A terrible railvoad ac- cident occurred to-day near Groenendall, The train struck a pillar of a bridge near that nlace. cansing the bridea to collapse. — THE Financial Transac Past Week. ¢, Mass, Feb 3 gram to the Bee]—The f compiled from dispatches to the of the Unit changes for 1 with rat crease as comparel with the corresponding week n 1888 CLEARANCE RECORD. ions of the Tele table from wing Post f the 1 theim ling ng-houses \tos, shows the the week ended February gross ex the amounts crris, CLEARINGS, New York, ... Haaeipin 1 Lomns i br Itinore Now Gr Pittshury ROa803 1 T34 e Minueapolis 2 3,50 Menmbhis Columous Richmond Dt Hartford Indianapoli Galveston S i 1813240 New fav Worcester Nortolk. *Sioux City.. Total & Outside Now' York. *No: included in — - HE CUT HIS OWN THROAT. A Murde Suicides Rather Face the Consequences. PrirapeLrni, Feb, 8 -The finding of a murdercd woman n the northeastern section of the city with a bullgt wound in her head at mianight iast might, has lod to a terrible tragedy. About £ o'clock this morning Henry Klaus, beeeming alarmed daughter’s absenc went to the tion to report the fuct. He was horrified to find that the murdered girl was his danghter Anna, aged nineteen. Inquiry among Miss KKlaus' friends revealed the fact that she had been keeping company with a street car con ductor known as Tom Linn, but no such person could be found. Further inquiry revealed the identit, “Linn” a3 Otto Kayser, twenty-five y who lived with s wife and two at Kensing- ton and Lehig police sus- pected that he was the murderer, and went 10 his house to arrest him. As no reply came to their repeated knocks, the ofticers were about to break open the 'door. when it was hastily opeued and they were met by a woman in her night clothing, with blood streaming from her throaf, and a baby in her o In the bedroom, stretched on a bed, with a razor at his side, lay Kayser, the blood pouring from a fatal wound in bhis neck. The circumstinces surrounding the case were fully convineing that Kayser was the murderer of Miss Kiuus, and when he saw the officers coming to arrest him he seized the razor, und after making an meffectual attemp! to kill his wife he ended his own life with the same weavon, ‘The most pluusible story of the affair is that Kayser, who passed himself off as an unmarried man, has been keeping com- pany with Miss Klaus under an assumed name, and she had discovered the trath, and having met him while on her own way home from u bakery last night, threatened nim with exposure.~ He thereupon shot her, and vather than submit to arrest, killed himself. Mrs. Kayser's wounds, tholgh dang are not necessarily fatal. il SCHEME, Than A NOV An 1linoly Legistator's Solution of the Saloon Questions. SpuiNcrieLy, 1L, Feb, 3.—The prohibition lobby here is thoroughly organized, and will bring influence to bear in full force on the 13th instant, when the joint resolution comes up for consideration in the semate. They claim to have a majority of the scnators on their side, and express full confidence that the resolition will be passed by the upper house. In conuection with this question Senator Hamer, of Fulton, thinks he has a solution of the'saloon problem. He argues that the best way o stop the sales of saloons until the prohibitory law as cnacted is to deprive eities of the' revenue derived from saloon liceuses. With this object in view, he has prepared a bill which amends the dram-shop act by providing that when a sa- loon license is granted, the fee, instead of going into the city, town or village treasury, shall be paid to the county. He has many plausible reasons why such a step would be successful i narrowing down the saloon nuisance. He asserts, also, that such a law, while it would greatly decrease of citics, would also lessen the need of po- lice duties, for, with the abolishment of saloons, other lawloss elements would seek more comfortuble quarte - A Revolntion NZIBAL, Feb. 3.—A letter has bean re- coivea here from Mackay, wmissionary at Usawbiro, dated November 25, The writer suys that no dircct news, either of Stanley or Emin Bey, has been received, A frosh revolution had broken out in Uganda. King Kiwiwa has been deposed and his youngor brother raised to the throne, Kiwiwa having killed two of the principal Arab instigators of the expulsion of English mjssionaries. There is much indignation among the merchants in consequence of the action, ‘Tho German consul is pressing the sultan to cede Lamu and the adjaeent islands to tho Gorman company. 'The trade of these islands lias been entirely in British bands. An Irish Inspector Killed, Duniay, Feb, 3, —Police Inspector Martin was killed at Giveedore, County Donejul, to- day, while tryingto arrest Patier MceFad- den. A party of police under Inspector May- tin surrounded Fatker MeFadden's chapel during service this morning, and when the priest appearcd ab the door they made a rush for him. The people came to Wis rescie, and ather. Meldden escaped, He had néar); ciied the door of his own house whew ©i- spector Martin caught him by the coat, At the same instant the inspeetor was struck with a stone ou the back of the head, Tho inspector fell, and Qind soon aftorward Father Mcladden was subscqueutly ar- | vested. il The Budget Shows a Deficir, Romg, i%b. #,—in the chamber of deputies yesterduy Signor Peruzz, miuister of the treasury, announced tiat notwithstanding the coustant improvement in economy, the position of the country aud the development of tho national wealth, the budget showed a detioit of nearly £40,000,000. He proposes to weet this defieit with funds at the disposal of the goverament for vivil and military pen- sions. He said that it was estimated that the budget for 1500 would. show a defeit of §18,000,000, e a Will Practice Law. Orloval will return to the state of New York to re- side on the expiration of his term of oftice, and will, on March ume the practice of hi% profession in New York City, having as- sociated himself as counsel with the law firm of Bangs, Stetson, Tracy & MacVeagh - A Denver Motor Accident DESVER, Feb, 3.—A scrious accident oc- curced this afternoon at North Denver on the Berkley motor lino, A car going down a long and high grade became unmanageable aud dashod down at the rate of forty miles n hour, Wien near the bottom it jumped the track and was completoly wrecked. The was nearly filled with people, all of whom are more or less injured. The recovery of two is doubtful. - A SINGULAI FATAUITY. Four Chinamen Scalded to Death by a Geyser, Cneyrxyn, Wyo,, Feb. 3,~News was ro- cvived here to-day of a most singular fatal ity, by whicn four Chinamen lost their lives, They were at Canyon City, near Yellow - stone park, and Yet Sing had established a wash house in a tent directly over the boil ing springs. He had hot water constantly, and was doing a good business. On Wednes- day he and three other Mongolians, who came from adjoining camps, celebrated the Chinese New Years. They burned fire crack- ersand offerings to Joss, and wound up by getting drunk. Yet Sing had been cau- tioned about the boiling spring, and told that it might be a slumbering geyser. For this reason his wash tubs were kept on the other side of the tent, so that no soap might disturb the quict noiling water. No one knows how Yet Sing's box of laun- dry soap zot overturned into the spring, and 1t is move than probable that some mischiev- ous miner empticd the soap into the slum- bering geys That night there was a sud- den spouting of the boiling water, a tent flying through the air and piercing yells. [ | | The miners rushed up and found the goyser pouring water to a height of over a hundred feet. The bodies of four Chinamen, scalded to death, were found later at some’ distance from the secne. The gevser spouted for three hours and then subsided. - THE DEAD PRINCE. uperor William Signifies His Inten- tion of Attending the Funeral. Viexxa, Feb. 3.—The king and queen of Belgium prayed for a long time this morn ing beside the bier of the dead crown prines. Afterwards their majesties received a visit from the emperor and empress and several members of the imperial family. The body of the crown prince was removed to-night to the church, wiiere a priest blessed the re- ins. A family council will be held to scide whether the Princess Stephanie: shall rewirn to Belzium BEriiy, Feb, 3.—The Vossiche Zeitung say s that Bmperor William has telegraphed to Vienna that 1t is his intention to waive all ctiquette and attend Rudolphs funeral. In reply, Emperor Francis Joseph telegraphed his most sincere thanks for this evidence of the German _emperor's kindly fecling, but repeated the hope that Bmperor William will forego carrying out his intentions, Another Viennese Sensation. [ Copyrigh' 1889 by James Gordon Bennett.] NNA, Feb, 8.—[New York Her pecial to Tie Bee)—A groat sensation has been caused here by the death of a beau- tiful young baroness. ‘The event occurred durimg last Thursday night, the night of Crown Prince Rudolph’s death. It was not known until to-day that the young vietim took poison, not in her father's house, not in Vienua, but at Meyerling, where the crown prince committed” suicide. The two acts seem to have been almost simultancous, and g0 to strongly support the rumors that Rudolpi's suicido is due *o an _unfortunate iason. ey Whate p Ountrages. Masox Ciry, fa., Feb. 3.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee. |—White Cap outrages are becoming quite numerous herenbouts, mak- ing their appearance at Manley, Spencer, Osage and other points, At the two former pluces constables have been intimidated a threatened, and at the latter vlace a card was attached to the dcor of E. L. Rice's bookstore, on which was written in_red ink language too insultingeto be reproduced. It is the general opinion that these outrages are perpetrated by persons sceking private re- venge. Public sentiment 18 fully aroused to thie necessity of stopping this disreputable work. - The Street Car Strike. New York, Feb. 3.—Matters are practic- ally at a standstill in the Brooklyn strike on the surface roads to-day. No cars were run. NEw Yonk, Feb. 3.—A gang of hoodlums gathered at Twenty-cighth street this after- noon and began throwing stones at the Twenty-third strect cars which were pass- ing. A large crowd soon gathered, and the roughs began dumping garbage and other obstructions on the track. Many cars were derailed, and the stone throwing continued for somé time, until a squad of police ar- rived and dispersed the crowd. Nobody was injured. e SR Protest Against O'Brien's Treatment, DunrLiy, K Lord Mayor Sexton pre- sided at a mass meeting at Phoenix park to- day, called to denounce the treatment to which O'Brien is subjected. Sexton an- noun that a memorial had been signed by four archbishops and a majority of the bishiops of Ireland, calling upon the govern- ment to discontinue proceedings which en- nger O'Brien’s life and iwperil public Davitt and Healy made violent s to the same effect. e Family Drowned. Dak., Feb, 8-—Yesterday a fawmily, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. John Olsen and three cnildven, were drowned while attemp ing to cross the Missouri river in a wagon, The team broke through the ice, and the swift current carried them away before a man, who witnessed the accidant from the shore, could reach them. [ Storms O the English Coast. T.oNDON, Feb. 3.—A great wind and snow storm prevailed vo-day on the English and Irish coast The Cunard steamer Servia, which arrived at Queenstown to-day, was un- able to transfer her mails. A tender sent out to receive them was forced to run back to the inner harbor for shelter. Several buildings at Quecnstown were unroofed by the wind, BIsSMARCK, dian Troubles, Sax I'raxcisco, A telegram r ceived from the sheriff of Mouo county, this alternoon, states that there is no imme- dinte dunger from an Indian outbreak in the Antelope valiey und troops are not needed at prescnt, , - The Weather Indications, For Nebraska: Rain, turning into snow; colder, northwesterly winds, For Iowa: Rain; colder; winds becoming northwesterly. 1or Dakota: Snow; colder; winds becom- mg norihwesterly. e B A Suspicious Circumstance, LovisviLie, Feb. 8.—Schultz Leach, city treasurer of Maysville, Ky., has not been scen there since Thursday, and it is believed that be has leftto escape trouble. The city council lust night discovered an apparent shortage uf #,20). - e An Editor and an M. P. Sentenced, DusLiy, Feb. oseph Cox, M. P, and Tully, editor of the Roscommon Herald, NUMBER 234 NEW MEXICO I§ THE WAY. i The Outcome of the/Oklahoma Bill a Little Dublous, 3 MORE CABINET SPECULATION. il New York Men Still Looking With Longing Eyes on the Troasury- ship—-No Compromise Tarift Bill, WasHINGTON BUREAU Tag OMATA Bre, 513 FOURTRENTA STRRE: } Wasmixatox, D. C,, Fob, 3. Some of the most persistent democratic apponents of the Dakota features of the pro- posed compromise on the territorial state- hood omnibus bill ar@threatening to hold Mr. Springer down to the caucus instructions which put New Mexico dn the bill and gave only enabling acts to North and South Da- kota, believing that thofriends of the lavter territory are so anxious for division that they will concede almost anything to get it. If the caucus instructiens are to be strictly followed, an agreemen$ cannot be reached by the conference @ommittee, and, of course, that is a prerequisite to suc- cess. Unless the conforence committee reports, finul considergtion cannot be had. The gentlemen here from Dakota working for the success of the emnibus bill, say the house will vote all that is asked in the way of aivision and admission, but acknowledge that it is doubtfui if New Mexico can be stricken out of the ommibus bill, owing to caucus instructions to keep it in. The demo- crats contend that thetpnly way the defect- ive land titles in New Mexico can be made perfect is by giving the territory statehood so that state laws may intervene. There ar a large number of prominent land cases pending in congress frdim that territory; but the republicans will coneede statehood for New Mexico at thisgime. The outcome of the omnibus bill igfa little dubious just now. £ CABINET SPEOULATION, Cabinet talk is still the order of the day, and since Senator Alli has determined to remain in the senate, §peculation turns to the tilling of the secret@fyship of the treas- ury. A number of names are suggested, and the New York men ar@again to the front with Platte and Millegy and if neither of them can get it, with “Hiscock. McKinley has been suggested, buthe said to me to- night that he would onnio condition take the place. Of all those nof mentioned the pres- ident-elect would prefdedohn C. New, and if he is not selected, it4vill be becausa other Indiana men fight himJ New was first as- sistant secretary and was a first class ofticer, and would bring exp nce to the oftice. If Allison had accept the election ot his successor in the senat@avould have caused a bitter factional fight jn Iowa that would have injured the republican party. NO COMBROMISE. ‘Chere is no warrant (for the widely pub- lished statement that3the democratic mem- bers of the house coimittee ou ways and means are at work upon.a compromise tariff bill or that they have gay notion of proposing a compromise. Mr. Bynum. of Indianapolis, who is one_of the entative majority members of the committee, said this evening on the subject: ‘‘We fntend to report the senate substitute to thg Mills bill back to the house, but it will nog be within a day or two | or £yt bk, . It will be after we have redei 'a report fram the treasary department agto the effect of the measure, if it should become a law, and when we have hdd time to analy: the bill and write & report. 1t mu within two weeks. Whether there will be time then for final action you know as well as 1do. There has been nothing said any- where about a compromise. How could a compromise be effected where the two houses are so far apart!” *‘Could it not be based upon the internal revenue features of the Mills and scuate bills¢" | “No,” was the ready answer, “and 1 wiil tell you why. I, for ome, and many others oceupy the same position I do, am opposed to reducing the revenus by the abolition or re- vision of the tobacco tax. Iwant areduction of the import taxes. My constituents want cuper clothing, cheaper manufactures gen- ly and cheaper things to eat, not cheaper tobacco. The internal taxes must be main- tained till we have lower-priced imports. While the republicans may be willing to keep up the present import dues and to abolish tobacco taxes, simply to reduce the income of the government, I am not, and I am quite sure that there are _enough of the members ou the committee of the same frame of mind to defeat a compromise on the two bills, Why, we could effect a compromise on the present laws easier than on the two tariff bills. No, a compromise is altogether out of the question.” OF INTEREST TO SOLDIERS, During the very first days of this congress Representative Steele introduced in the house a bill to remove the charge of deser- tion against soldiers in the union army who were technically marked as deserters, but who really should hdve clean records in the war department. Major Steele succeeded in getting the bill through the house, and it went to the senate, where it was amended and was afterwards ghrown into a conference committee, All attdmpts to get it out of this nference committéd have proved useless, and the bill still hangs between the two houses. There fis one ola 80l1- dier connected | with the regular army, and who! i8 in the war depurtment, who opposes all measures look- ing towards clearing up the records of voung men who were charged with desertion, through ignorans f the law, and this man has succeeded iu indueing Senator Cockrell, @& member of the c@nfercnce committe prepare a substitutel to the Steel bill, w through the onerous provisions attaching 1o it, practically defeats the measure from outset. Mr. Cockrdll has submitted this bill to the war departmént for its approval, and if he can get favordble action there he will try to have it adopted as the conference committec’s substifute for tie Steel bill, The idea is to keep gthe records of the union soldiers as full of cfrors as possible and o especielly make th show many descrters, ‘There is u confedespte element at the back of this work, DRUM'SIRETIREMENT. The early retiremert of Adjutant General Drum Las “started #he applicants for that positien to renewed offorts, The fight has narrowed down to between Generals Kelton, MciSeever and Whinple, and their chances are about even. | NEDRASKA AXD BOKGHUM SUGAK, At the first sessidn of the present congress there was appropridted £100,000 to cuable the commissioner of mgriculwre to make tests and experiments fn: the sorghum industry, and that ofticial pursved the matter at Iort Scott, Kan., with pesults which will be fully set forth ina forthcoming bulletin to be known as No. 20. Among others who pushed this matter were Senator Manderson and Congressman Laird, wio huve determined to enlarge the scope of the industry so us to inciude tests and sexperiments with the sugar beet, Nebraska bemng, perhaps, a little too faf north 10 promise the best results from sorghum. Of the sum appropriated $60,000 remain, and this will lapse into the treasury soon’ unless the ap. propriation is extended, which Senator Man derson pronoses to ask, the special object being 10 have the tests made at points in Ncbraska, The senator reccntly addressed a lettor to Comn h:i ner Cole on' the subject, 0 which e received the following reply To the Hon. Charles 8. Manderson, United States Senator—Dear Sir: In reply to your letter of the 25th Inbt, I beg to make the' fol- lowing statement: 'Quite a large amount, about $60,000, of the appropriations made last year for experiments in the manufacture of sugar, still romains unexpended. This ap- propriation, if not used by the Ist of July, will ceaso to be availavle and will have to be returncd 0 the treasury. 1 can therefore make no arrangements looking to the use of this money after that period, unless author- manifestly nuseless to undertake w series of experiments in the manufacture of suga and then be compelled to abandon them be fore they wers woll under_way. 1 have had some conversation with Mr. Laird on this subject also, and _would be glad to do wl h my power aid in the establishme: of orghum sugar industry in your state. I desire, how- over, to call your attention to the forthcom ing report bulletin, No. 20 of the fehemical division on the subject of sorghum sugar, especially that part of it in rogard to climatic conditions. It appaars fiom our experiments that Kansas is the most northern state for sorghum sugar. Further north than this the early frosts appear to be very dangerous, cutting short the manufacturing senson and rendering uncertain the saviug of the crop. Our experiments have gone far enough now to demonstrate the fact that under proper conditions and with proper machinery, sorghum sugar can be made at a profit, Thero is aiso another poiut to which I de- re to call your attention, and that is, that some prtions of your state appoar to be well suited to the culture of the sugar baet, Sam- plos of beets grown at Grand Island, Neb., and analyzed in the chemical division of the departmont during the past soason, showod over 16 parts of sugar, indicating a beet especially well suited for the manufacture of sugar, There are 8o many dangers of failure in attempts to make sugar, that every condition should be carefully con- sidered before private capital is invested in the entorprise. his careful study we have endeavored to make in bulletin No. 20, and the results of this study, we hope, will be of great beucfit to intending investors in the sugar interprise. Hoping the information contained in this letter and the bulleting which T will send will prove satisfactory, I am yours respectfully. Wonman J, Conman, Commissioner of Agriculture. MISCELLANEOUS, Army officers in this city, especially those on duty at the war department, are expect- ing a goneral shaking up before Secretary Endicott goes out of ofice, o and there are rumors that lightning may strike the oftice of the judge advocato general of the avmy, be cause the members of that corps were pa ticularly offective in trying to thwart the wishes of the president regarding the retire- ment of General Swaim, wSenator John Sherman_secured a building permit on Saturday for the coustruction of thirty houses on Capitol hill. VERSONAL, Miss Emma_S. Smith, of Nobraska, has been promoted from $1,000 to §1,200 a year in the pension office. Miss Edna M. Heaton, of Lincoln, is tho guest of her uncle, G. M. Heaton, of 915 R strect, northwest. Mrs, Senator Manderson has_with her Mrs. Matherson, as a guest from Omaha. William I, Leonard, of Iowa, has been appointed to & §1,000 clerkship in the war department. “The postmaster goneral has appointed S. M. MeMillan, of Towa, from 1,000 to a #1,200 position. Pruny S. HEATI. - - A DEATH BED CONFESSION Farnishes Another Page In the His- tory of a Train Robbery. Cuicsco, Feb. 3.—The death bed confes- si0n of Ella Schwartz, wife of the brakeman now serving a long sentonce in Joliet for complicity in the great Rock Island triin robbery and murder of Express Messenger Kellogg Tichols, is made public to-day. According to Mrs. Schwartz, her husband gave Lier$13,500 of the stolen_mouey, which she concealed by rolling the bills up one at a time and packing them in cartridge shells, This moncy, it is abieged, was subse- quently, on an order from Schwartz, turned . over to Colonel W. P. Bow- man, of Philadelphia, Schwartz's lawyer. An interview with Detective W. A, Pink- erton is printed, relating conversations in prison with Schwartz and the latter's com- Newton Watt, which, if true, would borate in a measure the charge against Lawyer Bowman. Pinkerton isalso quoted as having accused Bowman of recciving the stolen money. The lawyer strenuously de- nied the charge. Mrs. Schwartz was somo time ago repudiated by her husband. She died of consumption within the past few days. The expenses of the funeral were de- frayed by the Pinkertons, who saw that the woman was cared for upto the time of her death. PriLApELPIIA, Feb, 3.—In relation to tha story telegraphed froi Chicago 1mplicating Colonel Wendell H. Bowman, of this city, in some manner with the money secured by Schwarz, one of the Rock Island express robbers, Colonel Bowman to-night entered a general denial of the chargos. st Champion's Natural Advanta, Ciasrioy, Neb., Feb. Al : Bee.|—If there is a spot in Western Ne- braska destined to become a ¢ of no small magnitude, that place 1 Champion. Lo- cated as it is in the very best farming re gions of the state, with an enterprising farming pubiic on either side of it, its busi- ness men and citizens generally a go-ahead pushing people, and with a water power cer- tainly inexhaustible in its very midst, it backs up the assertion that Champion is destined to become a city of no small wagni- tude, and that, too, at no very distaut day Champion, though yet in h clothes, a little more than one ) recognized as one of the leading busii points in southwestern Nebraska. what will it become in a few years more Let one go to the head waters of the Frenchman river and follew that stream dowa the deciine to the winding and twisting in every concei ction, like o huge silvery serpent, receiving and there its spontancous tribute of multi- tudes of never failing springs, besides the sheet water it gatherson its cranky way. Let him follow this stream until it ches Champion and forms a lake, covering e thi acres of land, with a depth of y feet: and if he'is not thoroughly convinced of the grand future in store for this place, his judgment is poor, And it1s here on the bank of this beautiful body of wi the Champion Roller Mills company have erected a substantial mill building 84x46 feet in size, three stories high, which s now being supplicd with a complete set of the latest improved mill machinery by the Cockle Separator Manufacturing company ot Milwaukee, Wis. This will be in complete unning order within the next thirty days Teady to manufacture a goodly portion of southwestern Nebraska’s wheat crop iuto he finest quality of gilt edged flour, And besides “this immense waterpower with which Champion is so ably blessed, it may justly boast of and prondiy point to, the farming lands with which 1t is sur- rounded, as rich and productive us ever ua gave to man for transformation into a veritatle garden, *“The Little Giant City" needs have no fear as to her future, We hive a thorough going, vushing class of people, and our membvers are constantiy being augmented by enterprising men, ‘The bhammer and saw are constantly st work, w structures being built, others moved adjoining towns, while others still are being repaired With all that nature has done for ( m- pion, coupled with the energy and enterprise of her citizens, is it not reasonable to look forward to the building of one or more of the great railroad systems now wending thei way westward into this wondevfully blessed plice, A Fire at Burlington. Burrninaron, la, Feb. 3. —A fire to-night destroyed tne boot and shoe factory of the Adams estate. The loss is estimated at from 5,000 to £100,000: 1surance ubout 6,000 - Frelinghuysen Dead.” 10N, Feb, 8.—Information was 2 this evening that Mrs, re- w of the lute ex-Secrcta Frelinghuysen, dic M Wasuix received her linghuysen, wida of State Frederick T to-duy ut Newark, N. J -— A Cnicago Boy. Theodore Johnson, & newsboy from Chi- CAgO, Was run in last night on the churge of haine drnnk and breaking windows. He was COMING WE Important Measures Pending in the House and Senate Wasnivaroy, Feb, 8—In the senate legislative, axecutive and judicial appropria tion bills will be called up for cousideration on Tuesday, and the naval bill will probably be reported by the end of the week, if, indeed, it be not passed by that time. When the ap: propriation bills are out of the way, Mr. Hale will call up his census bill. To-morrow afternoon the Pacific railroad funding bill comes up as unfinished business, Among other measures pending is Mr. Sherman’s anti-trust bill, which will likely be called up auring the week. The committce on foreign relations may also be expected to report in some form, n declaration of its idea of what is necessary and right to bo done by the United States to maintain the dignity of the governmoent and fulfill its oblizations under the treaty ith Samoa. This will doubtloss lead to o debate of somo iongth, probably in seeret session I'rom present appearances the weeks busi- ness in the house will be made up of patriotio oratory and routine hard work—the former to bo called forth by Mr. Edmunds' Panama canal resolution, and the latter occasioned by the necossity for disposing of the remain- ingappropriation bills. Strenuous eftorts will be made on Monday by various members to et thoir measures bofore the house under a suspension of the rules, NEBRASKA NEWS, Garfield's County Seat. WriLow Serivas, Neb, Feb. 8.--[Special to Tna Bor.|—Garfield county is situated about two hundrod and fifty miles, by rail, northwest of Omaha. It is twenty-four miles square, and therefore contains 338,640 acres of as fertilo land ns can b found m the glorious state of Nebraska. The center of tho county is known as the “tabloland.” The soil of this, “table” is very fertile, and all Kinds of grasses and grains that can be wrown at this latitudo are grown here, The famous Loup river wends its way through the southern part of the county, giving the benefit of its valley lanu—land “that can not be beaten in the world for fertility. This is a natural farming countrv. Land can be purchased for cash. Thero1s & good class of citizeus, good schools, plenty of water, plenty of good grass, which makes an extra quality of hay, and in fact every natural facility of a No. 1 agricultural and stock countr Willow Springs, the county seat, was laid out_about four years ago, and continued to thrive as the “wréon bay tree,” until the ad- ventof the B. & M. railroall to Burwell. “This almost destroyed_the place, as every busimess man, excopt C. H. Jones, removed 10 the railrond. Jones staid, and still con tinues to stay. The people of the county have never deserted thoie “first love,” al- though often requested to do so, even by guns, and Willow Springs romains the county seat. It boing the best town site 1 the state, and as the Springs is_slowly but surely getting on its ond legs,” it is destined to be one of the best towns in - Ne araska. With the advent of arailroad i the spring, of which citizens are sure, the Springs will boom aud boom in earnest. Affairs at Fa Famnery, Neb., Feb. 8. —{Special to Tne |—The indications for a boom in Fair- , this spring, are very encouragiug. At least ten business buildings will e erected around the public square. The following men will almost certainly build $,000 struct- ures: Cross, Arnold, Braidard, Christian, Speenburg, Burry & Shelton. “The four business bunldings destroyed by. the recent fire will be replaced at once, in addition to the above. Messrs. Gribben costly residence: Tho waterworks are now ready for opera- tion, and such disastrous fires as the recent one will probably not oceur again. An elec tric light plant will doubtless be put in next suring. At meetingof the board of trade instrue- tions were forwarded to the representatives to use every cffort to sceurc the location here of,auiqrmal school. — Liboral donations of Jandand money will be made by the city and citizens, I, T. Berry and George Fornoff are pros pecting for coal, and from the best informa- tion available, there have been some paying indications. ‘'hey have leased for coal and gas purposes all the land above aud below she city for several miles, “The insurance on buildings and stock cently burncd has nearly all been adjusted, 1d is about as foliows: M. Price, on building I, Steele, w W. H. Letton, “ Walter Bates, e Will & Cohn,’ on stock Berry Bros. & Clark, insurance on stock . White & Son, (not adjusted), 'insur- ance on stock..... G. A. Pense, on stock......... ... 1500 ‘The AStnu's total loss was about §.,000. The Phoenix’s loss was about §5,00), and the re- mainder_distributed among’ séveral com- nics. The total loss was about £0 000, and the insurance ugeregates about 50,000, K IN CONGRESS, and Baker will build 2 2,800 0190 (no 10,000 0d Comes From Misfortune. Mivrroun, Neb., Feb, [Special to Tnx Be. chraska’s Summer Resort” s nothing if not peculiar. Like other towns it has had a bank failure, but unlike them it takes advantage of it to buila itself up in- steud of rushing into the courts and giving the lawyers fat livings. The nominal ass of the Northwestern are $40,000, and the lia- vilitics are $23,000. Its fund, however, are largely tied up in the Loup City flovriag wills, and if this and the other property can be properly handied it is probable that cred- itors will be paid in full, The depositors and ercditors have nearly all signed articles of agrecment forming a new banking company, and,with some new capital will start up stronger tinancially thun the old bank ever Wits, ‘The store of Cy. 1. Wyandt & Co. is not injured by this trouble, ~Cy. is cashier of the b but he sold his interest in the store some time wgo, und the present fivm aud the stock will care for the compurativery small i tedness without interfering with th transaction of business. The Crete Chautauqua, Neb, i'eb. 8. cial to ‘The managen hautauqua asseimbly o cement possible for o grand suceess for the year 15, One of the principal features of the assembly will be its musicsl depart ment. Prof. H. R, Palmer, of New will have charge of the sume, and bas pre pared some music espeeially for this asseo bly. His plan is 10 notify ail the musicians in'the state that he wishes to ungment the assembly choir next year, and prepare thein beforehind for much better work than ever before, and for thut re Le mukes tins provosition: In order ompiish the de sired result, he will Torward the music free of charge t all who will pledge themselves to swudy it carefully, and uttend the ussem bly frot June 25 to'duly 10, The prepared and greatest carc, and 'is, perhaps, the cnoicost 5 tion that Las ever been put togethe ‘Phe musicians of this state bhaye never b fore had such un opportunity offered toeus Auy one can obtain full information rej ing the same by writing to tie prosident, i Tne Jected with the ial Telegram Pope and lepresent o Ining 1 efligy bers late t night for voung for subiniss A Bloodless Fvench Duel, Paus, Fob, Deputics Laguerre and Lacroix fought a duel tiis moriing with pistols, Nuither of the combatants Jur ‘I'he chalienger, Laguer that Lacroix offensively interrupted bim the | THEIR HOPES ARE BLASTED, Bright Dreams of Power Ended by Allison’s Declination. HIS WOULD.BE SUCCESSORSY Premature Explosion of Several Buds Aing Booms For the Towa Senator- ship- Judge Brewer's Decision —A Pioncer Dead Their Dream is O'er. Des Motses, Ia, Feb. [Special te Tue Bre.]—Senator Allison's declination of the treasury portfolio has upset several budding booms of lowa aspirants for office, When it seemed likly that he would accept, a great mauy wheels were started that were intended to roll their ownors into one posie tion or another which they had no hope of reaching without. Thore was, first of all, the successorship to the senatorship itself, A year or two ago about the only name that York, ! music s | would have been heard mentioned as likely to succeed Allison would have been that of Colonel Hendersou, who lives in Allison’s town, Dubuque, and represents that districe in congress. But since the anti-monopoly fecling has taken such root it has brougut to the front other candidates of a different order. A great many of the anti-monopolists would have preforred Governor Larraboe himself, and it was sogeested that if he would call an extra session of the legislature to handle the 4 question it would promptly eloct him, Or, if this wore not done, and he would appoint some porson of um ability andittle prominence to fill out the unexpired term, the next legisla. ture, which moeets next’ Winter, wour choose him for the full torni. In this way it was the hope of the governor's friends that sooner or later he would be sent to the senate, though they had little hopos that ha could go if Allison would remain in the sen- ate and wanted to succeedihimself. But thag plan is upsot, and that efids it. The next candidate who wante to warm a chair in the sonate for one winter was Goorge 0, Perkins, of the Sioux City Journal. He had an 1dea that this was his opportunity. Ho has been conspicnously defending the gov- ornor and saying nice things about him for the last month, and lost no opportunity to win his favor. ~ Naturally such cheerful ad- vances were reciprocated, and it is thought that the governor would 'have looked twice at least toward Sioux City in case he had the appointment to make. 'The friends of Por- kins at Sioux City were pressed into service, and an elaborato memorial, setting forth the weighty reasons why he should be appoint ed was prepared, and forwarded to the gov- ernor. But that budding boom has also been winter killed, for Mr. Perkins realizes that his Last ehuuce has gone, as e would not ex- pect to be clected to the position when & fight with other candidates would be ree quired. Candidate the next was Judge Reed, at prosent of justice of the supreme court, and congressman-elect irom the Ninth district. It might be supposed that u gentleran thus favored would * not want the carth, but some of the judge’s mod- est friends were willing that be should have it. They promptly started, or tried to start, boom for him for the senatorship, although he had just been clected to the lower house of congress, and hadn’t yob seen the cppitol buiidiug. The key to this little scheme was in the hauds of the judge’s frieuds, and not apparent to the gencral public. The judge lives in Council Hiuffs. *So does the "Non. pareil. It was the hope of the lutter that if the governor would appoint Reed to the sen. ate, and thus create a vacancy for congress, he would also appoint Mr. Stedman, the edi: tor of the Nonpareil, to the vacancy. That explains why the Nonpareil so promptly took up the ery, and proposed Reed for the senate, Mr. Spencer Smith, railroad commissioner, and partner of Stedman, in the Nonpareil, i$ eredited with this pleasant little plan for taking care of the family. It is probable that the judge himself was not pushing it, though, like Barlos, he was undoubtedly willing tq suffe omotion of that sort. Now comes Allison, und with astroke of his pen, upsets all these briht hopes, and leaves' half a dozen men disconsolate, thongh, the rest of the two willion populition are very wel pleased to have bim continue in the place of ereat influence and power which he has bonored so long. Loring Wheeler, Moixes, In.. Feb, 3.~ Special to Tnm he death of Colonel Loring Wheelery DeWitt, last weels, removed onc of the and one of the oldost politis western country. He was Hampshive m 1799, but came west when 2 young man and settled in Due buque at the close of the Black Huwk war, About that time he received from the govers nor of Michigan territory,of which lov u\‘n; then u part, a commission as chicf justice o Dubuque county. He was elected a member of the Wisconsin territorial logislaturanften that territory was detached from Michigan and the latter beeame a state, When Towa was organized s a territory, Coloncl Wheelen was elected a memnber of its first logislature, and us he used to say, represented the whola country north to the British possessions. He was elected the first senator from Chinton county after the state of lowa was organized, Durin tho gold excitement he went to. Cal fornia and 100l & prominent part in affai . 5o it fell to the jot of this man to be toriul pioneer in the rorions now coms prised in four states—Michigan, Wiscousin, Towa and Californin. He commenced his pos Al life as a whig, and in due time helped nize the republican party in_lowa, and belonged 1o ivas long as he lived. 1o w one of the class rapidly passing away —the pioneers who luid the foundation of the future commonweslth of the west. Strong and sturdy 1 e cliarnetoristic of - maniiness, they were exumples for all those who came after them. De: 1 at pioneers of Tow cians in this born in New Brewe Moixis, Ia, g, Judge Brewer's decision refuge ry injunction egainst the vaile d commissioners and removing the order vestraming them from enforcing theie schodule of vates, is regurded as a great vietory for the anti-monopolists. Many of them believed it was foreshudowed by his recent decision remunding to the state courts what are known as the penaity suits, UuJ doubtedly the commissioners will procecy now to begin procecdings in ll parts of the state agiinst the railrowds if the fuse tg aud use the commissioners sehedule of Just what course the railvonds wil is 1 own, but itis presuncd thag W aan attempt at the My torm of the 1 irt e tas oity, ) hive Jdudge Brower Lear the case on a question of Whew o periwnent i Decision. [Special to Judg - Drs Tne B, | tempor evidence and grant junet A Sirar Dike Dis Muises, lu., Fob, 3, Bee.)—A eurious kind of reported o the stute board of health fron Dunkorton, Black Hawk county. 1t existo iz the family of Michael Buehner, attacking his wife and three of his childron. 11 was supposcd at first that the sickness was dug to having caten meat of a steer that hal been affected with what is kinown as lump jaw, Jiut after considerabic study of the casce, the local physician thinks that the trouble a knd of ‘typho-malarial fever, caused by drinking un ome water. Two of the fuwily have recovered, but two at lust reportg were dungerously ill. ' Tne people wencrally are quite alaroicd, 4s they think that all Lhe water in the vicinity anust be egually une wiolesome aud dungerous. No other cuses s Speciel t) Tl discase has boen