Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 15, 1889, Page 1

caa ;e EIGHTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA'S POSTOFFICE SITE, Proposals In Order Till February 23. LoT Midday, A CORNER IS PREFERRED. Propositions Should Be Add and to the f the Treasury -~ Nebraska's Undrawn Prop erty—Te al Matters, ceretary WASHINGTON y 13 Fountrrye Srnee Wasiieros, D, C., Fob. 14 or Manderson was ceipt to-day of a reply to his recent letter to Supervising Architect Frerct in regara to the selection of asite for the Omaha vostoffice. Thoe in quiries concerning the method in which the location would be made and when it would take place were so nurcrons that the sen ator determined to make the carliest possible discovery of the intentions of the govern ment in regard thereto, and to make public his nformation, The answer of Archito Freret is as follows Wasmxaron, Ieb. 13—<To Honorable Charles . Manderson, United States Senate —8Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 12th inst., with refercnce to the proposed public building at Omaha, Neb., und in reply, I de sire to inform yon that e advertisements huve veen authorized for insertion in the daily newspapers published in Omaha, invit ing sealed provosals for the sale of property suitable for a public building site a copy of which s berewith for your information. No com: mistioners will be appointed to locate the site, as this custom bas been disvensed with by the department, and in lLieu thercof an agent from this office has been selected who will visit Omaha on the 241 inst.,with a view of inspecting the different propertics offered for sal It is expected to obtain a suita. ble site by pur and not to resort to condemnation, but this question cannot be determined until after the proposais are opened. Any suggestions you may wish to make in relation to this subject will be grate fully appreciated, Respectfully Yours, W. A, Ferner. FORM OF PROTOS\L. The following is the form of the proposal referred to in the above lette OFFICE OF Tk Postyaster, Omaha, Neb., Feb., 1880 Scaled proposals will be received until 12 o'clock noon, on the 2d day of Feb. ruary, 1859, for the fale of property suitable for a site for the public building authorized to be erccted in_your city. A corner lot is preferred, ana the dimensions should not be less than 200 feet by 250 feet; if not a corner lot the dimensions should be not less than 200 feet by 200, the 200 feet to be street frontage; any building on the property selected to be retaned and removed y the owner. The department reserves the right to reject any and all proposals. Pronos- als should be marked “proposals for the sale of property for asite for the public building at Omaha, Neb.," and should be addressed to tho secretary of the treasury. This infor mation will doubticss relieve the minds of the anxious real estate people in Omaha, and indicates that there is to ve no delay in push ing the work. NEBIASKA'S UNDRAWN PROPERTY. Under two old statutes, passed in 1536 and 1871, each state on its admission is entitled to @ set of the customar ndards, and they are ver never secured these, and Senator Mande recently applied to the secretary of the treas- urs for the same. The reply 15 that they will be delivered to the state on reauisition of the governor, when provision shall have been made for their safe keeping. TWO GOVEINORS, The reports from West Virginia indicate that there are likely to be two governors in that state from and after the adjournment of the legislature, which_soon expires by limi- tation, and President Harrison will be com- Fnllml 10 recognize one or the other of thewm, There is very little probability that any one will be elected to the scuate, in which case each governor will fill the vacancy by ap- pointment, and two sets of eredentials will be sent in, Thus the titles of the governors will be submitted to the senate of the United States for its decision. TERRITORIAL, Chairman Springer has made a miserable *fist of it” in all of his work on the omnibus territorial statehood bitl. He has been com- pelled to back track and vacate every pos tion he has taken on the subject of creating new states. In the first place, he attemptoed to have Dakota @@mitted as a whole. ~Then he proposed To submit the question of divis- on to both the north and south half sepa- rately. Then he proposed to permit South Dakota to come in under proclamation of the president, and the north half to be given un enabling 'acl, provided the territory as a whole voted for division. Then he proposs that the submission of the question of divis- ion to u vote of the people should be left out, and an enabling act should begiven Nortn Dakota and an absolute admission, by the rrmmlonl'u proclamation for the southern half. Each one of these concessions, com- ing nearer and nearcr the position taken by the president. was forced upon Mr. Springer by pure popular opinion in the house of rep- resentatives, which is demoeratic, As Mr. Springer_evacuased each of the positions ho had occupied, he vegan to hedge. He first demanded that Utah sbould come in with Dakota. Then he dropped Utah and took up New Mexico, which was to come in with the two Dukotas and Washington and Montana torritories, To-day every elenent of Spring erism was thrown out of tbe omnibus bill by the Thouse and republican ism was substituted. Sunsct Cox, who has proven himself to be the most liberal minded democrat in the house, led the principles fought for by the republicans, and succeeded in securing even more thau the republicans hoped to got. 1t was agreed by the republican conferces, on the part of the two houses, that the question of division and admission and the elcetion of new states and federal ofticors should be again submitted to Dakota. Now Mexico was to be thrown out of the bilt, The democratic conforecs con ceded that New Mexico would have to go out, but thoy contended for further vouing in Dakota, for the sole purpose of securing further delay for statehood. When the re- port was luid before the house, Mr, Cox moved as a substitute to the republican pro- position, a resolution instructing the conferees 0 agree to strike out Now Mexico, divide Dakota, and adwit to_statehood North and South Dakota, Wushington and Montana territories upon proclamation of the dent. This was a little farther than th publicans had hoped to go. It was what they wanted, but they wera afraid to ask forit. Mr. Springer antagonized the propo: sition as bitterly as possible, and onded by Breckinvidge of ISentucky and other ultra-anti-statchood democrats, —As 800n as the debate was over it was evident that Mr. Cox’s proposition would be adopted, a8 twelve or fifteen democrats had indicatad that they would vote for it. Iireckinri of Kentucky asked for a division on the uestion, so that th ouse might rst volo upon the position ta. strike ~ New Mexico out of the bill. This was carried by a vote of 135 uyes 0 106 nuys. Breckinridge changed his vote from no 10 aye, so that he might move to re consider. As the vote upon the motion to re consider was beiug taken, Hreckinriage, Me Millan, Springer, Craine, and others, rushed over L the democratic side, usking the mem bers there to stand togother, Others hurried around the capitol to drum in the absentec Their labors did no good. The former vote was sustained by a vote of 137 ayes to 109 nays. Then a vote was taken unon the latter clauso of the Cox proposition to graut ad- mission upon the proclamation of the presi deunt, without any further expressions from tho people in the _torritories. “This alao car- ried. Then Breckinridge changed his vote and moved a reconsideration, Mr. Baker, of New York, moved 1o lay the Bureao Tre OMATA Bre, } in r enclosed ase, sider on the table, pending | which the house adjourneda with an under. standing that the question would be finally disposed of at 1 o'clock to morrow. There is now no doubt that Springer has been effec ually rned down,'” and that there will be four new states admitted to the union by act of this congress ~North and South Dakota, Washington and Montana. Mr, Breckin ridze i filibustering was 1ot supported republican. The object in laying the question upon the table ove was to drive intc the refractor Crats, who voted the republicans, Iiere no indicatian that Mr. Springer and his crowd with uny degree of motion to reed line vith vover, will mect INDIAN cov Indian TONER OBERLY Commioner Oberly is < removed from ofice for in. subordination. He said the other da, your cor spondent that the law was being wrossiy violated. and orders disrezarded in the cutting of timber from cortain Indian lands in Wisconsin; that his requests for th romoval of Indian Agent Gregor, 1 been refused by Secretary Vilas, who knew that the agent was permitting the law to be out- vaged, and that he would expose the whole business when called before Senator Chan dler's committee on Indian depredations. To day Mr. Oberly liad an opportunity to make the expose, but e refused to do so, denced a strong desive to shield N He said to the committee that only ~thing that was being which he did not approve of was the reten tion of Agent Grewory, who was a llowing the timber to be cut without the anproval of the seeretary. Evidently Mr. Oberly was remmded Lis announcement of an in tention to tell all he knew about Vilas of the summary treatment of Land Commissioner ks and Civil Service Commissioner rion, who were summarily relioved for inst bordination and talking about their su perior ofticers. Oberly did @ good job of “erawling into his hole and pulling the hole w after him” to-day, As a reformer he has proved a dead failure, MISCELLANE S AND PERSONAL. Carroll D. Wright, of Boston, has been confirmed a8 commissioner of labor C.N. Deitz_and _wife, . Coly wife and C. H. Guion and wife, of Omaha, who have been at the ©3bbitt for a_couple of days, will leave to-morrow for Richmond and otlier sections of Virginia, S. H. M. Byers, of Towa, author of man's March to the Sea,” and consul at Zeu- vich during the administrations of Grant, Hayes and Arthur, is in the city, stopping at since ou tzor and “Sher- O03 I street George C. Baker and 1. A. Robertson, of Des Moines, are at the Ebbitt. Hon. J. 'P. Dolliver, congressman-elect from the Tenth district of Towa, is at 024 Fourteenth street. Mr. Dolliver will be the youngest member of the 1ifty-first congress, ARNY ORDERS. Leave of absence for four months, to effcct on or about March 1, is granted ond Licutenant Charles . Clay, Seventeenth infantry. Pirst” Lientenant S. Young, Seventh United States infantry, on leave from Fort MeKinney, Wy, is atb present with his rents, Caplam and Mrs. D. J. Young, at 13 Coredran street. Priny S, Heven, id COMMISSIONER OBERLY. His Statement Regarding the Timber Contracts on the La Point Agencey. Wasmizaroy, Feb. 14.—Indian Comm sioner Oberly, before Senator Chandler's special committee on Indian traders to-day, submitted correspondence relating to timber cutting econtracts in th Point, Wis., agency. On March 13, last, 731 such con- tracts were suspended by order of the com- missioner. On January 20 the operations under 509 of them were ordercd resumed by the commissioner under instructions from Secrctary Vilas, who suggested, in view of the 1mminent’ danger of = loss to both contractor and Indians by delay at that season, and because of the large to which the contractor had gone in prepa ing to carry on his work, and because the work done under contracts has not yet been approved, that the commissioner approve such cont ts as had been made with the owners of ullotments approved by the presi- dent. As to the removing of Agent Gregory, the secretary wrote that he (Gregory) had asked several times to be relieved, but until the nomination of his successor was confirmed the senate there had been no change de. Agent Gregory's replies to Commis- missioner Oberly’s communications zard- ing illegal cutting, were very unsatisfactory to that ofticiul, and finally the commissioner telegraphed him as follows: “Your evasive replys to my telegrams have convinced to met hat you have been very direleet in regard to this matter.” In one of his replies the agent said, in effect, that he presumed cutting was still going’ on, despite the orders to stop it; that ' the camps were .so far apart that he could not reach some of them in fourtcen days. Beforefthe committee last year Gregory testified that he could reach any point in the agency within twelve hours, - On Fevruary 5 Mr. Oberly recommended to Sceretary Vilas that Clerk Allen, in the commission office, be detailed to visit the agency and investigate the condition of things, but the correspondence does not disclose any action on this recommendation. “The examination of the commission was concluded, and Senator Chandler will now begin the preparation of his report. G. 20 = . THE YORKTOWN'S TRIAL, 1t Proves Eminently Sati Every Particular, PriiapgLenia, Feb, 14,—The United States gunbout Yorktown returned this morning from a trial cruise down Delaware bay and out into the ocean. Commodore Fitzhugh spoke generally in high praise of the eraft On Wednesday a run was wade straight- away out to sca, and in- coming back the Yorktown made the four honrs with n_f on, und behaved admirably. says that she did not roll or vessel that was more plumb and unother four hours run e of 15,85 knots per hour, thus proving her to be o noeraft, as well as a remark factory in pite! he in do un ave ubout very flect ocd ably steady on Ilic engines of the Yorktown | marvels for steadiness . Bach cngire on its recorded 23,7 revolutions implyng “ahorse power far ahcad "the “contract requirements, but the exact sum of which cannot bo given for some days, or until uil the indicators can be com- puted and differentiated, The ship was tried in every way, in river, bay and eceun, ticularly mancuvred by Captain Stecle under the direction of Commodore Fitzhugh as if engaged in batfle. She answered every movement of the helm promptly, and moved with the most satisfuctory celerity, all the time steady and solid 80 thit wuns mignt be used with the very best effect in action One of the marvels of these maneuvers was starling the Yorktown ahead at full speed. This feat was accomplished in one minute and fifty-seven seconds, an - extraor. dinar result undc “any eircumstances, WHILe at sea the sails were tosted and it was found that 1 this particular the ship was_as trim and complete s in a other, The oflicers and « from the commodore down o the are loud in their praise of the Yorktown, and believe that she will prove the pride of the unew American navy, at least until the muamwol cruiser Buitimore, Philadelphia and New York shall come forth to bear th Awerican tlug. Commodore Fitzhugh promptly announced the gencral vesilt to the secretary of tho nuvy. ‘Ihere seems to be no doubi thut bis report will be entirely favorable, and the gunboat Yorktown will bo aceepted and pre pared at once to receive her comu e Presidential Nomiuations, WastINGTON, Feb, 14.—~The president to- day sent the following nominations to the senate: Commodore George 1, Belknap, to be vear adwiral: Captain John G, Walker, to be comwodore; , Lo pain: Licutenant Comuander James 40, 10 be communder, oved to be and rogular test per min- ute, concgrable 1 Wag par- stokers, OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNT HAS SILENTLY STOLEN AWAY | Superintendent Chase, of the Indian School. HIS ACCOUNTS WERE CROOKED The $2 Estimated at About By the Government In- He Robbed Children, Shortage 000 “pector the A Chase For Canada, Grxoy, Neb., Feb. 14.—|Special to Tie Ber.]—As the investigation at the Indian school progresses, it becomes more and more cvident that Superiutendent Chase com menced to swindle the government from the very fiestof his administration, four years ago. His methiods have been vavied, and, in nearly every transaction he has made since he became superintendent, he has managed to rob the government of sums ranging from £ to $200, Inspector Mollett is ai ment that §25,000 wiil ings. Chase hias even robbed the Ind of their little earnings to tho ex- tent of several hundred dollars, and also pocketed nearly ailof the # per month which tha government atlows the children for spending mor In nearly ey case where parties have been employed to do work for the schoot they have beenprescnted with blank vouchers, which they have carelessly signed and which now turn up in the hands of the government for, in many , ten times the amount of their bill. The case is reported of one man who signed a voucher for what tie supposed to be &, He was somewhatastonished when Inspector M suted him with one bearing his si calling for §50. Some of the citizens have also been sur- prised to learn toat they have been drawing salary as regular employes of the school. Chase's indebtedness in this town is estimated at £4,000, which taken to- gether with the $25,600 ne' has stolen from the government, and §9,000 salary himseif and family have drawn, makes a xice little pot. There is a rumor on the streets to-day that, in the temporary absence of the in- spector yesterday, Chase scized his grip and quictly stalo away 10 parts unknown. Special Indian Agent White arrived yes- terday and took charge of the school. thority for the state- not cover the steal- n children Cattle Thieves Captured Arssworri, Neb., Feb, 14— Special Tele- n to Tue Bre]—The vigilantss, about hundred strong, have captured six or cight leading members of an organized band of cattle thievas, Some of the captured ones have made confessions implicating many others, and developoments are awaited im- vatiently. The wang has infested this part of tho state for three or four years, stealing cattle and shipping by the éar load. The vigilantss are quiet but determined, and 1t is 1ot known whethr they will hand the cap- tives over to justice or to Judge Lynch, Dr. Kelly's Assailants. Nowrork, Neb., Feb. pocial Tele- gram to Tz Brr]—The preliminary ex mination of Soudicr, Barne and Oliver was commenced at Madison before Judge Du can, yesterday, and concluded to-day. Sey- eral of the witnesses introduced by the gov. ernment saw more or loss of the shooting and identified the prisoners. The defense called uo witnessas. Oiver was discharged, The two others were held in the sum of 2,500 for their appearance at court. Indian Payments. Owana AgeNcy, Neb., Feb. 14.—[Special to Tue Bee]—Judge Crawford, of West Point, is here to-day taking the census pre- paratory to paying the Omaha Indians $35,000. He expects to pay them some time month, This $75,000 1s half of the bal- ance of §10,000 due the Omahas in_seven equal annual paywents. This is to be divided among 1,250 indians, giving them _about § cach. The Omahas bhave been prac tically self supporting for many years. Stores Burglarized. Dakora City, Neb., Feb. 14.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.| Burglars entered Schrieter Bros'. and Stinson & Henweg's stores, gaining an entrance to botn places from tne cellar doors on the outside. The booty seeured was trifling. While many be- licve it was the work of partics acquainted with the town, others pronounce it profes- sional work. - Skipped Justin Tim Beatrice,Neb. Feb. 14.—| Special Telegram 0T Beel—Gilbert,alias Moore,an employe at the sewer pipe works, skipped yesterday. To-day partics from Shelton, Neb, are here with Underwood, deputy sheriff of Buffalo county, looking for im.” He is said to have committed forgerics of notes and mortgages amounting to §1,000. He is supposed to have gone to Rockford, 11, e An Ocecan Steamship War. Nrew Yous, Feb. 14.—1n regard to the war between the ocean steamship companics, the evening papers say that the first blow at freight rates has been struck by the White Star companics. It is the same with the steamship lines as with the railroads. They have had an understanding with each other to maintain high rates, but one of the companics has kicked over the traces and broken the tacit agreement. The repre- sentatives of the Guion, Anchor, Inman, and National companies are prepared for the fight. If oil is not speedily thrown upon the troubled waters the public may expeet to vitnessithe most bitter warfare that ever broke out between trans-Atlantic lines, “There ave indications that the trouble may extend to passenger traftic also, - or the Agrecement, Cuicago, Feb. 14.—[Special Telezram to ‘Tie Bre |—The main topic of conversation among the railroad men to-day was the meeting of the presidents next Tuesday, . at, which the famous agrecment will again ba cu.sed. President Hughitt, of the North- western, and Receiver MeNultu, of the Wa- bash, are us certain as ever of tho ultimate adoption of the agreement, but a protracted search disclosed the fact tha they were nearly alone i theiv opinion, ou ot of the twenty-two roads have refused, at least temporariiy, to sign the agreement, and it is the prevalent opinion that not more that fif- teen will be presented at the meeting, S s New Mexico Me WasHiNGToN, Feb, 14.—Fresident pro tem Tngall to-day laid before the sonate two peti- tions of the citizens of Albuquerque, New Mexico, denouncing as misleading and false the allegations contained in the memorial re cently presented to the senate protesting against the adwmission of the territory us a stute. A memorial from the legislative council of New Mexico was presented to the genate to- day, praying that all agricultural lands in the territory be opened Lo settlement at $! an acre, and the price of coal lands within fifte=n wiles of a railroad be fixed at §10an ac .25 S e For Protection at Panama WasHINGTON, Feb, 14.—The house commit- tee on forcign affairs to.day instructed the chairman to report favorably the senate bill appropriutiug $230,000 for the protection of American interests and citizens at the isth mus of Panama. In view of the fact that work on the canal ceascs to morrow, the committee rosalved to make wn effort 1o se- cuve immediate action by the Louse, I \Y G THE HERD LAW, of Stoux Connty Favor Loéal Option, Hanmisoy, Neb,, Feb 14, [Spocial to Tie ek ~The bill in the state legislature known as house roll 95, killing that part of the existing statutes leaving it optional for counties to decide for themselves whether herd or fence laws shall obtain within their boundaries, has awakened interest. In Jan uary of 1887 this (Sioux) county, availing itself of the privilege accorded by the laws, suspended the herd law. At the last election the county commissioners granted a petition for a new vote on the question of suspension, and it was again carried. There were polled in the county at this election 561 votes, and the majority in favor of suspending the herd law was nearly a bundred The people here are farmers, combining stock raising with tilling the soil, and the vote maintaining the suspension of the herd law was a fair index of the sentiment of the majority. But the question having been raised has since served as a topic for agita tion, and efforts have been made accomplish by act of legislature what the majority of the people have discountenanced. To eftcet this, avowals have been madc that the county is overrun with range cattle; that stook from Wyoming and Dakota have made aggressions pon the crops grown in this county, and that the United States land laws lating to timber culture cannot be complicd with by reason thereof. Such avowals are not in harmony with the facts in the case. There are no range cattle in the county. The day of range cattle is over in this county, and stockmen in Wyoming and Dakata have line riders who restrain the cattle from entering the state along the line, Divided among the residents of Sioux county, as indicated by the total vote last fall, are about $400 cattle and 2,704 horses. The county contains 2,100 squaro miles, and of this arca there are cultivated about 2,000 acres—-less than one acre to the square mile. The free range existing here for the past two years has proved acceptable to the peo ple, who corroborate the opinion expressed by Mr. Burnham, of Keya Pahacounty,when the bill was being discussed in the house, he aftirming that a fence law was to the best in- terests of his county. ‘Lhere are rough por- tions of the county unsuited to agriculture, but affording good pasture, and the large areas of uncultivated land are utilized in this way, farmers fencing their fields, The can- yons and banks of streams abound in timber, Turnishing posts free for the taking from government lund Sioux connty is recewving a goodly influx of setilers from the east, who unite with older residents in protesting against the killing of the optional herd law now in our statutes, desiring to determine for them- selves whether the law be_suspended or re- vived, The action to be taken by the senatc is looked forward to 'with considerable in- terest At a meeting of the republican county cen tral committee, resolutions were adonted con- demning the action of L. W. Gilchrist, repre- seatative frowm this district, in advocating the répeal of the optional herd Jaw, and censur- ing him for his insulting language toward one of the citizens of this county. - SOUTHERN COLORED MEN. They Hold an Impartial Conference at Indiandpolis, INDIANAPOLIS, 1eb, 14.—An mvortant conference of colored men was held here to- day. It gathered at the instance of Prof. J. M. Langston. ven states were represented by the delegates present, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, and Missouri, and letters were read from other southern states, The conference | was held with closed doors, and ab address to General Harrison was formulated. Ir substance, the address suys that they are loyal to the re- publican party und residents of states in which a fair election would give the eles toral vote to the republican party by o large majority, but such undue influences and frauds are brought to bear against the weters that scores of the republican masses are consiantly defeated. *‘We cannot doubt that you agree with us that the fifteenth amendment should be maintained with fairness and vigor, and that you desire that guch object shall be ac- complished in the interest of seven millions of American citizens who to-day n the south are practically disfranchised, and whose cause we represent and plead. In view of our present and prosperous condi- tion under your administration of the government, we are _profoundly interested in the construction of * your cabi- net, especially as concerus the attorney gen eralship. The importance of the absolute ne- cessity for the appointment which we name of a man who, 1 addition to great learning in law, is free from updue feeling and bias, becomes apparent in a single moment's re- flection. Such being our opinion, we have ventured to bring it formally and earnestly to your consideration.”’ During the afternoon it was presented to the general. It was supposcd that the con ference would oppose the appointment of General Mahone to the cabinet, but nothing of the kind was done, The general had: a number of callers, Among them were Dan McCaule enor H. 1. Guzman, Nicaraguan minister at Wash- ington, and Milton B. Butler, who was pres- ident of the electoral college of Nebraska. -——— Missouri Railroad Legislation, Jerrensox Crry, Mo., Feb. 14.—|Special Telegram to Tne Bre.] Lere are pending, both in the senate and the house, a number of bills proposing to reduce passenger fares in this state over main lines from 3 to 2 cents per mile, and on branch lines from 4 to cents per mile. The comunttee on railroads and internal improveéments of both houses met this afternoon and listencd to an argu- ment in opposition to the pro- posed reduction by Mr. P. 8. Ius- tis, general passenger and - ticket agent of the Chicago, Burtington & Quincy. Mr. Eustis reviewed at length the passenger business of ull the roads iu the Q" system for the past three years, and contended that the business had been done at a loss. During 1887 it cost 20 per cent more per mile to carry each passenger than the rate in the proposoed bill, which, if passed, would prove oppres sive to the roads and make a corresponding entailment of expenses, facilities and wages necessary. This adiress will be printed and be ready for delivery to the members of the comwittee next Wednesday, The committoe will meet again to-morrow. — - Changes of Naval Officers. WasniNgTon, Feb. 14.—Captain F. Ram- sey was to-day ordered by the sceretary of the navy to duty as epmmandant of the navy yard at New York. Secretary Whi tngy to-day issued an order detuching Commodore George Belknap from his duty as commandant at the Mare 1sland navy yard, Cal., andierdering him to duty in command of the Asiatic station, to take the place of Rear Admiral Chandler, who died last Sunday, Citizens Strongly Western Postal Changes. WasmINGTON, Feb, 14.—[Special Telogram toTue Bee.|—L, K. Sutton has been up. pointed postmaoster gt Paxton, Keith county, Neb,, vice John J, Qartright, resigned, an Lavina C, Ruby at Goshen, Ringgold county, a. vice M. P. Bopson, resigned, A post- ofice has been ostablished at Lakeport, Woodbury county, Iu., with Robert L. Ham" mon as postmaster, — - Denied by Gov MINNEAPOLIS, Kb, he Journal's Gladstone (Mieh.) ¥ special says that Gov- ernor Alger denies . that he is connected in ny way with the proposed T'win City & Jscanaba railroad, us has been afirmed, - — Burglars at Boone. NE, 1a., Feb, 14, [Special Telegram to ~The residence of George W o Barnett was entered by burglavs yesterday and property, consisting of jewelry and other valuables to the amount of £230, wWas taken, The robbery was not diseovered Ull evening, and in the ineantime the burglais cscaped, truhuhlv by the afrernoor train, No clue as yet been fouud, FEBRUARY 15, CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS A Disagreement Reported On the . Territorial Bill. ANOTHER CONFERENCE ORDERED With Instructions to Exclude New Mexico From the Provisions ot the Measure—A Prohibi- tion Argument. Senate. Wasuivaroy, Feb, 14.--The resolution herctofore offered by Mr. Stewart for the se lection of a committee of seven senators on wrigation and reclamation of arid lands, with a clerk at 5 per day, was agreed to, Senate bills granting a right of way to the Cherokee Central railroad company through the Indian territory, and to the Jamestown & Northern railroad company throughout the Devil's Lake Indian reservation, were reported and placed on the calend The house bill for the allotment of severalty to Indians on the £ Wisconsin, was reported back adversely and placed on the calendar. Mr. Morgan offered an amendment to the resolution reported from the committee on privileges and clections, which was laid on the table and ordered printed. 1t instructs the committee to frame legislation on the subject of election: that it shall not apply to any state whose constitution and luws provide wmple security for the honest excreise ot the right to vote, for a just and impartial count and return of votes, and for u just, impartial and true ascertamment and cortification of results in those states wh these requirements have not been honestly complied with. Mr. Wilson, of Towa, addressed the senate in support of the bill' relating to imported liquors introduced by Mr. F'rye on December 21, 1857, and_reported back ‘adversely from the judiciary committee March 18, 1858, and then placed on the calendar. The bill reads : ““The consent of congress is hereby given that the laws of the eral states relating to the sale of distilled and fremented liquors within the linits of each state may apply to such liquors when they have been imported, m the same manner as when they have been manufactured i the United States, Mr. Wilson dwelt at considerable length on the beneficent effects of the anti-saloon laws in lowa, quoting opinions of the judges as to the reduction of crime since the law had gone into operation. He quoted one of the judges as saying, in regard to his judi- cial district: *‘In many counties the jail is an almost unuecessary building. In the last three counties visited there is not an oceu- pant in the jail.” He spoke of the illiteracy of lowa having been brought down to 1 210 per cent, lowa being thus placed (he said) “:at the head of the educational column, not only of this country, but of the world.” Such a state might hopefully ask congress to remove a judicial constracion which alone ood as an obstruction in the way of the rightful exercise of her police powers, by which removals she could successfully sup- press crimes within her bovders. No action was taken on the bill, which still remains on the calendar. A conference committee was ordered on the legislative appropriation bill, and Messrs. Allison, Dawes and Cockrell appointed as conferees. Tne senate then resumed consideration of the resolution reported from the committee on privileges and eclections and was ad- dressed by Mr. Cake, He declared that the committee was unjust, one-sided, and par- tisan. The senaté and country should recol- Ject in reading the report that it was politic It was based, principally, on the testimony of three memorialists—Hackworth, Moore and Schutze—and took no note of the testi mony of twent, n witnesses to theeffect that Hackworth and Schutze were men of infamous character and unworthy of credit, and that Moore was about as bad as the others. These three tried to make it appear that they were forced to leave the county because of their politics; while the fact was that they left it beciuse they were o garded as moral lepers, untit for the decent as- sociation. He declared that when memovial- ists lost the public oftice which they had held in the county they had been covered all over with indictments for official malfeasance. Mr. Coke sent to the clerk’s desk and had read aloud a countex-memorial of the citizens of Breham, painting in very colors the characters of Hackworth nud Schutze, den; ing all their material allegations, and pr senting the democratic side of the troubles in Washington county. Without concluding, Mr. Coke yiclded for other business. 1 After a brief exccutive se adjourncd, land sion the senate House, WasnINGTON, Feb. 14.—In the house to-day the senate amendments were non-concurred in to the legislative and exccutive appropria- tion bill, and conferees were appointed. The bill to divide a portion of the Sioux reservation in Dakota, and to secure the re- Linquishment of the Tndian title to the re- mainder, was passed after various attempts at amending it. The committee on appropriations reported back the fortification appropriation bul with senate amendments, and asked for its pres- ent consideration, but on . point_of order raised by Mr. Townshend of Tlinois, it wi referred to the committee of the whole. Mr. Springer of Illinos called up the con- ference report on the senate bill for the ad- on of the state of South Dakota, The report, which reports a total disagrecment, was agreed 10. Mr. Springer moved that the house insist on its ameudments and ask for another con- ference, “This motion having been agreed to, Mr. Baker of New York offered a resolution iy ing the house conferces the following i structions: First, to oxclude the territory of New Mexico from the bill. amend the bill so as to the admission of South Dakota by p mation of the president under the Sioux Falls constitution, 10 be resubmitied o the people of South Dakota, with a provision for a new election of state and federal officers and without a new vote on the question of divisision. Third, that the proposed states of North Dakotu, Montana and Washington shall be admitted on the same basis, cithor all by proclamation of the president or by formal ucts of admission, Mr. Cox of New York offered a substitufe for the resolution, differing only from Mr. Baker’s proposition in that it provides for the admission of North Dakota, Montana and Washington by proclamation of the presi dent. He earnestly favored immediate ad- mission of the territorics Mr. Springer insisted on retaining in the billa provision for the admission of New Mexico, Mr. Symes did not sce why the people of New Mexico should be forced into the union by having the provision tacked on to the Dakota bill for political purp Mr. Breckinridge of Kentueky, against the exclusion of New Mexico. Mr. Joseph of New Mexico, spoke for mission Mr. Baker accepted the a substitute for his own Mr. Breckinridge of Kentucky, demanded a division of the instructions, and & vote wis first taken up to that portion’ of the resol tion instructing the confc to climinate New Mexico from the bill. 1t was agreed 1o yeas 135, nays 100 ~but at the last moment Mr. Breckinridge ehanged.Lis vote from the negative to the afirmative for the purpose of moving u reconsideration. A motion of Mr. Baler laid on the table. “The next cluuse of the resolution which s voted upon was that instructing the con o8 to 80 amend the bill as to_provide for the admission of South Dukota by proclama: tion without further vote on the question of division. Agreed Lo, Motions to reconsider au v on th were wade by Mr, Baker, and {he y nays were ordered on the latter motion, argued ad Cox vesolution as to reconsider was table wod Mr. Breckinridge interjected a motion to adjourn, but this was voted down Mr. Baker appealed, in the namo of the ap propriation bills, to Mr, Breckinridge not to filibuster against this measure. Mr. McMillan of Tennessce, polated another motion t adjourn, and de manded the yeas and nays, which were ordered, but the motion was yoted down Mr. Breekinr lowed it up with o motion for a 30 10-MOTTOW and raised a point of no quorum, Messrs, Baker and Breckinride tempted to reach an arrangement a vote on the motion to table the motion to reconsider should be taken now, but a de- mand for the *‘regular ordc from the re. publican sde it shor igreement, and Mr. MeMilian again moved adjournment. The motion having been voted down, an erangement was affected whereby a vote on olution shall be taken to-morrow at nd the house adjourned then inter o then at by which - THE PARNELL COMMISSION, Another Times Witness Placed on the Stand, Loxvoy, Feb. 14 ames, solicitor for the Times, testified before the Parnell com mission to day tnat he visited Dublin in May, 1385, in quest of evidence, He interviewed person who was mtroduced to him as a for mor employe in the office of the league, and who produced a slip bearing the signature of Anna. Parnell, specimens of Patrick Bgan's handwriting, and a bundle of documents, These docuiments were brought to London in IS8 and embodied in an afidavit n O'Donnell’s suit against Walters for libel. Attorney General Webster, in arguing in favor of the admission of the letter alleged to hiave boen written by Parnell, let siip the fact that they were reecived from a man named Phillips, said to be the accountant of the leagae. The court refused to admit the letter. Soames, contmnuing, produced five letters, including the letter, o fac-simile of which was printed m the Times “The witness submitted genuine specimens of Parnell’s signature, Soames said ho b obtained specimens of the writing frox Henry Campbeli, Parnell’s scerctary. Soames said that he believed the body of the letter was in Campbell's writing, whilo the signature was When he dis covered e Parnell s he across docuwents which he supposed 1o be Three of Bgan's letters were found where two letters m Cam bell's writing were also discovercd. The wit- ness produced these letters, together with others, as specimens of Bzan's writing, Sir Charles Russell said: “We are only to these documents cursory glances. The court must rot assume that all~ will un questioned.” Soames further Pigott gave the I cretary of the union, who handed the cross-examiaation Svame: consulted regarding the articles on “Parncllism and Crime,” though he knew they were being prepared carly in 7. Mr. Flanagan, son of an Irish judge, co-operated with gentlemen on the staff of the Times in prepaving the articles. Up to January, 1858, twelve letters had been ob- from ' Pigott. Later more lotters, by 3 O'Reilly —and were d, making a of sevents He did not know precisely what was paid for the letter. Probably whitever was paid passed through him, The first payment of $1,000 was made to Houston. 1t was partly for his expenses in going to America and partly for payment to Dr. MaGuire and other assistants. The successive subsequent payments to _Houston were £200, £30, £40, L1850, €530, 4342 and £100. Witniess paid Mosers about, £2.000, Iirby £250 and another agent named Thomp: son L300, Touching Davitt's letter, witness said he took pains to form aconclusive opinion, and he decided that it was genuine, -~ THE SAMOAN CONFERENCE A Probability That It Will Not Be Held Under the Cleveland Regime. Barrivonr, Feb, 14.—A Washington special says: It looks now very much as if the Samoan conference at Berlin will not be held by representatives of the present adminis- tration. Count Arco-Valley, rman minister, called upon Se rd yes- terday and informed him tter’s answer to Bismarck’s proposal for a confer- ence had been sent to Berlin by mail. 1t will reach Berlm about the 20th. The Ge man foreign oftice will probably take several days to consider Bayard's suggestions, and its answer, if sent by mail, would hardiy reach this country before the begmning of Harrison's regime. There would scem to be no good reason why the correspondence should not have been conducted by telegraph. The assumption is that Bismarck's resort to the mails is simply a trick to gain time in which to punish tho Samoans be- fore negotiations at Berlin will be- gin. In well informed quarters hore thercis a suspicion that Germany ha ready sent a reinforcement to Samoa to re venge the killing of a number of wen in a recent fight, with Mataafa, and it is not at all unlikely that we will ultimately hear of an- other bloody battle. A 1f, however, Bismarck is playing fair and accépts Bayard's proposal of a truce in good faith, a commissioner will be sent by Bayard to represent this country at Berlin, provided, of course, Bismarci’s renly is received in time. It is thought to be quite nossible th Bismarck will insist upon reprisals by of asserting German prestige in the Pacific and satisfying national pride, which has been touched it & tender spot by the defeat of the CGerman landing party by Mataafa. Bayar however, has 1 @ Most Vigorous protest against such a course, and has already hinted that 1t would be searcly worth while to hold @ conference unless Germany gives practical evidence o1 & sincere desire to promote the restoration of peace in the islands by forego- ing her desire for vengea The Situation Unchanged. AvekLAND, eb, 14.--Latest advices from Samoa say that there has been no chunge in the situation since the last report. There has been no fighting and Pamascse and Mataafa remain in their strongholds, The British consul Las warned British subjects not to supply the natives with arms, and to maintain strict neutrality. Th warship Calliope has repluced th Royalist. The German and American ships romain stationary. Heer Hran the leading vartisan of Tamasese, has been recalled to Berhn, be tostified that Richard rncll letters to Housfon, Trish Loyal and Patriotic MacDonald. On aid he was not publication of the £18, e Notes From (€ ston Creston, Ia, I 11 Seecial to Tue Br Miss KKate Vincent, of Omaha is vis iting here. Murs, O, Morrow, who longed illness, died at her home in at 4 a, m. Tuesduy, of heart diszase. mains were taken o Greenwood, buriul. P an tious hav these d Proh “joints mayo and th withstu has had @ pro this city The re Mo, for are several cases of scarlet fov dphtheria in the city, Extra precau been taken to proventa spread of ded discases, ition or no prohibition, wre running just the sme, the the cominon council, the citizens state of lowa 1o the contrary not ding. all the Molloy Committed for Trial, LoxnoN, Feb. 14.—In the Bow strect po lice court to-day, Patrick Molloy, who is charged with committing perjury when tes. tifying before the rucll commission, pleaded not guilty and reserved his defense He was committed for trial - ver Heard of I O11AwA, Ont., Feb. 14.—In commous last evening, McMuller inquired whether the re- port in the newspapers was true that Le Ca- ron, the informer,had received seeret service money from the dominion government for several ycars. Premier McDouald, in repl said that the dominion government had been una re of the existence of Le Caron until be appeared before the JParuell commission o Caron, VUMBER 245 THE CHARGES UNFOUNDED. of the Towa University In« vestigation. Result A VICTORY FOR THE REGENTS. the Creature of 8 gination - The citlo Hinrichs' Pamphle Disordercd 1m Moral Atwmosphere a Out of Order. The University A1 Right. Des Moises, o, Fob, 14— [Special Tole- gram to ‘T Bee | -The legislative commite tee appointed by the last general assembly to, investigate the affairs of the state university at Towa City is in session here, aud this evens ing lias about finished its report. The coms mittee consists of wors Dodgo and Meservey and Represontatives Wilber, Me Parland and Hotehkiss, 1t will be rememe bered that the prohibitionists and some others stirred up a great the removal of three professors of the university, charg ing that their removal was due to the fact that these men were ve prohibitionists, Then PProf. Hinrichs, the professor of cheie istry, who had been removed for other r sons, published a pamphlet attacking Dr, Pecky, of Davenport, the dean of the medical department, charging him with cruelt and indifference to the interests of poor patients in tho hospital, cte. The charges wero re- iterated’ by one or two unfriendly news- papers, and so much fuss was made that tha legislature determined to sift the charges to the bottom. So this committee was ap- pointed with full power to take testimony and prepare o freport to the governor and clear mway, if possibie, the atmosphero of suspicion that has been around the university 50 long The committee City for over sixt held anotier sess now finishing its rumpus ovor act at lowa , then and is in gen- continuously days last summ i Decemb work. The repor eral fails to sustain the charies against the university o its mdividual oficers. As to the charge that there was a bargam between the regents and iti-prohibition members of the nty-second general assembly to vots liboral approvriatic to the ‘university on condition that cortain obnoxious professors were removed, the committee report that they find no - evidence to sustain the enarge. This was the great pomt on which the probibitionists reied. They claimed that the regents came to Des Moines during the session of the legislature and made adeal with some anti-prohibition members who wanted to see Profs, Follows, Leonard and Parier removed vecause they had been very sctive against the suloons of Towa City, but the committee refused to sus- tain the ‘cha and_ for the most part ap- prove of the removal of the professors, for other and valia reasons. 1t is understood that Dr. Wilbur, one of the house members of the committee,'is dis- posed to report that while there was no deal with the regents, yet prohivition was the chief reason for their removal. Dr. Wilbur 18 great prohibitionist himself, and represents the radial views of the commttee in this respect, As to the charge that President Pickard haa misappropriated funds belonging to the university, the com- mittee entircly exonerated him, but severely cortlemned the system of parcelling out free schiolarships, by which it wus shown that a student from Indiana was getting free tuition on the eredit of a scholarship from Mills county, Towa. As tothe spocifie charges of of Hinvich's pumphlet, against: Dr. Pecl, tha report in general refuses to sustain them. It admits that in one or two cases more care should have been taken, but denies that the general management of the medical dopart- ment has been bratal and cruel. As to the eharge against the “moral atmosphere” of Towa Clty, the committee find that there arq moro open saloons than there were - last spring, and they recommend that steps be prompily taken to close them. In general, therefore, they show that the charges were unfounded and not sustained, A Blue Grass Convention, CrrsToN, la., Ieb. 14.—[Special to Tum Bre. | —~There will be held at the superior court rooms in the new court house in this eity, February 26, what is termed a *bluo grass convention.” The object of this mect- ing is to bring together representatives from all the counties in southwestern lowa, to formulate plans sctting forth wmore thor- oughly and eftcetively the superiority of the soil and climate and numerous other advan- tages found in this portion of the state, which are nowhere elsc to be excelled in the stute. George Van Houten, secretary of the State Agricultural soviety, will be in’ attend- ce on both days of the convention. Good speakers from here and abroad will talk cach evening and a general good time is an- ticipated, The Burlington has mado a specil rate of one and a third fare for the round trip for all attending who come within a ra- dius of 100 miles, Fell Thirty Feet. FFort Maniso, Ia., Feb. 14, —[Special Tel- egram to Tne Bre, |—George R Wheelhouse, while employed i the improvements now being made at the waterworks reservoir, met with an accident yesterday that,while 1t may not result fatally, will lay him up for several weeks. He fell a distanco of thirty fect from he top of a ladder, striking on hip .His face, eyes, side and hands were ter- vibly bruised, but, strance 1o say, no hones were broken, - He bled profusely, and when picked up was supposed 1o be dead, It is fenred he will dic A Brakeman Injured, Crstoy, In, Fob, 14.—[-Special gram to T Bree|-C. W, Rb brakeman on the Burlington, o & Northern, running between Clinton an Towa City, fell from a car of stono whila switching at Pollits, and sustained a serious fracture of the thigh, e was brought to Clinton awd taken to s boarding house, where e was made us comfortable as pose sible, His home is in Cedar Rapids, whera his fanly, consisting of # wite and two children, resid Toles ohart, a ur Rapids Made Up and Kissed, CunstoN, la, Feb, 14, —[Special to Tur Bie,]-~Tom Dare, who was arrestod Satur- duy at Pairficld, La., and brought to this city, was wrraigned before JusticeWillett and pload guilty to the charze of seduction preferred by Miss Mary Bergar, of tius city. The cise was settled by Dare promising to marry the rl, which he did. Justice Willett per. formed the covemony, after wh Tommy" said HNow, Mary, vou i min g me Kiss.” ~ Mary comblicd and a very uffecting and amusing seene was watched by the bys stunde Judge leed Kesigns, Des Mot fa., Feb. 1.—[Speclal Tele- gran 0 Tuk Bee! -Judge J. R Reed, of the supreme court, and ssmun-clect from the Niuth district, today tendered his uation o the governor effect dary 23, There aré twelve applicants for Lhe Vacint position and the governor e 1looking over their lete s of codorsement by fhe lust of next week ) L will appoint auceessor, ‘The goverior to-day acceptod Lhe rosigna- tion of ‘Senator Sweiey, congressman-elect from the Fourth district, to tuke offecy March 4 con to take Found Dead ATLANTIC, Ta, Keb, 14 to Tue Bre. | —Henry in Bed, ~[Bpecial Telegram Tobin, aged fifty-six years, was found dead in his bed uere Uhis morning, He is supposed to have cowe mitted suicide, but the cause of the act 18 uob Knowi,