Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 19, 1889, Page 2

T ¥ LSRR R SRV SS—" e —_—"r— RO THE OMAHA DAILY BILLINGS AND IS HOBBY. Further Investigation of the Exper- imental Station. THE INOCULATOR ON THE STAND Beyeral Employes the Ljst of the House Who Have Little to Do But to Draw Thelr salarics, The Inoculation Tavestigation Lixcony, Neb., F\ 18 wecial to Tur Br T'he com e q vinted to investi gate the state farm and the exporimental station met again tonight. Prof. il has been examined, and a member says it is like investigating a fanning n in full swing. It is n 1less to toll anyone who occasion, The members of the committeo divided the shock by | 1 him around, and ll survive, Billings wilemed instead of taking an oath, A fow voints may be sifted from the mass of s testimony, that will be of genaral in terest and it to the Asked what preparation he had for his we investigation. k as an investigatorof animal discases, Billings answerod with all the assurance of a brazen truth teller “1 studied tw s, I'm a cr spent £200,000 to it 1 e people in the pre nti 1 studied under every Euro- pean master in this line of any account. Ain't much on diplomas—got one or two. " Billings came to Lincoln early in 1536, and in July of that year began his investigations in connection with the university in antici pation of the passage of the law granting £15,000 of Uncle Sum’s money for an ex, meontal station, Hn on the work foray expe and then found himself in debt about 2, He offered to turn over his instruments to the station in return for the pnyment of his debts, The professor was aceepted, but there has beon no evidence to show the chiracter or the value of the instruments, to serve th self these diseases, According to nis own statement, the pro- fessor hus done practically nothifig outside his hog cholera investization. As a result of his two and u half ycars' labor, he bo- lieves he has discoverca i inoculation a pre ventive for that disease. In fairness to the professor, this fuct should be kept in- mind 'Enat to be effective, moculation should tak plaoe before the hog gets the cholera the Lings thinks it t o have thi start. The line of cxperimentation was not dis- closed in avy detail by the testimony, and the professor gave only the ost kind of an accouut of bow he had employed himsetr during the three months he has been en- gaged here. How he discovered his pot gerw, or the process by which he eultivated its acquaintance, were subjects not touched upon. His inocilations seem to have been limited to three lots of hogs at the expori- mental station and several lots of hozs out- side. He nsserts that the cxtensive op tions in Butler and Buffalo countics were not under his control. Billings explained that onc inoculation was a preventative. In two of the three ca the station he inoculated the pigs a s cond time for the purpose of producing cholera 1n order to sco whether the porcine patients would turn up their toes or not. The results were satisfyiug to the professor's faith. In one of th three experiments Billings oper- n pigs, and he explamed with icy that two of the number ated thres months be- not made sick. 'I'wo others were nd fifteen died. Ile regarded it as oue of the most satisfuctory ex nents he had made. He neglected to explain the necessity of trying to kill nineteen auimals at one fell swoop, and the committee were not in- quisitive on that point. At another time six inoculated pigs w posed 1o cholera and all survived. - Another lot of niteteen were exposed with two resulting deaths. _Billings’ experiments outside of the sta- tion were unsatisfactory, to say the least. In one or two cases station pigs were pub among diseased swine, but were anmarked and could not be distinguished among the survivors. In one or two other cases a part of the operation was entrusted to unskilled hands, and there was a _failure to conuect. Somo people muy be inclined to criticise the professor for asking the committeee to ac- cept his theory on such a showing as this, but it is only fuir to the witness to state _that the investigators did not pursue the subject .very deep. It 18 possiblo the professor may have better evidence in store. The animals used by Billings in his ex- periments at the station were under five 1uonths of age. The operations outside wore among hogs of all uges. In answer to questions Billings states that the inoculations in Butler and Buffalo coun ties were made by a Dr. Thomas while the professor was in New York. The ] beeu a request from an owner of diseased hogs, aud Billings gave Thomas some weak vaccine because Lie knew it could do no harm. Thomas moculated five herds n But- ler county, aggregating 614 swine, and five hords in Buffalo county, with 23S swine. Billings has beard from three of the herds in Butler county and out of 471 hogs in thom 850 died. His explanation is that the ani- mals wore discased at the time of inocula- tion and no benefit was to be expected from that operation. Billings has experimonted in Toxas fever 10 the extent of inoculating two head of cat- tle. Ho wrote the governor of Texas offer- ing to seud the animals to be exposed with diseased cattle if Texas would bear the ex- nses, but the governorunfeelingly declined he proposition and the experiment came to naught. In response to inquiries about the cost of Lis operations, Billings suid he received a walury of 3,500, una needed about as much more for expenses. He asserted that he used about 3,000 of his own salary in his work. I don’t report to anybody,” he said. “Lmake the bills and they (the oficers) pay them.” He said he had to have every weientific journal i the world, because scien- vists are exceedingly jealous and insist on having credit for the various theories they advance, Billings docsn't want to hurt the feclings of his breghren by discovering a fact or theory that some other fellow has already announced The conclusion of a fair-minded person on tho testimouy of Billings must be that his theory hus not been established. — Assuming that it is correct, it hus veen put to very little practical use. The professor says iioculi- fon should not be mude with the live germ, because in transporting it from place 1o place it might get away and spread the dis easc instead of preventin s ambition NOW is to discover 8 wethod of reducing the germ to a harmless powder, or to find a vaceine salt that will take its pla Confi- dent of his theory, he is too much engrossed in his new quest to find time to further for tfy his fivst proposition, The House Employes. LaxcoLy, Neb,, Fob, 18.—|Special to Tne Bes.]—The long list of employes of the house, just published, has attracted general attontion among the members. The list contans the names of 187 persons, and does not include any of the elective oficers nor a fow whose names haye lately been placed on the pay roll. Hesides these there are four fasos, who expect to got their puy wllowed y @ “resolution;” 80 the total number of emploves will uot fall hundred wnd fifty That the business of the house could be transacted with ubout one-half of the pres ent clorical help goes without saying, but the difticulty in reduciy the force lies wainly the dislike of members 1o offend each oth Every employe is a relative, a pet or a pro. tege of some member or influcntial officor. The pernicious custom of allowing employes 1o work “half time” and draw full pay is Jargely responsible for the present state of affiurs, It is doubtful if any of the employes, eveept the elective ofticers, work over scven, and many put i frow three to five hoursa snort of a ‘Rlu\'ary session of the legislature a hordoe A ofticescekers make a break for the capital, and py schemes and combines kuown only 1o the initiated manage to parcel out the fat places nmong themselves, Some of these self-sucrificing patriots who are spoiling to get their fingers in the public crib, are men of excellont ability and render good se 10 tio state, while others are corpordtion cappers and leelers and ward bummiers of the worst description. The charae tar of the ecwployes this year is much _ highor grade . than' for morly, many desorving old soldiors being enrolled among the number. The pressure brought to bear on the spoaker and appoint ing power for places is woll nigh irresistible, of a and the only wonder is that the list of ap: pointees has been Kept wit the present bounds. Still the ugly fact stares us in the faco that the state pays twice as much for help around the capitol during the session of the logislature a8 a private firm pays for the same service. This superfiuous help perme ates every aep ment, but in a fow, fixing a vlace for a special pet s so Hag- rant as to demand attention, cre is necessarily o la of un pleasant labor connec legislative sessjon, Take, for instance, the care of the halls, Two janitors do_all the sweeping, emptying wasto baskets and arrang dusting ing the roo.; and are on duty from ten to twolv o day. J. H. White and B. M Grant, of Lincoln, do this work aud carn every cent they receive. The “superintend ent of cuspidors” and his assistant have a very disagreeabl job in caring for over 200 spittoons. ‘thay might be detailed for other work during the day. There are two Jarge bollers used in heating the bailding. Two engineers in the daytime and one at night are emy 1. Connected with the postofiice there are four persons--a postmistress and assistant and a mail carrier and a messenger with team, who also carries the mail mattor for the senate In the chief clork’s office, where a vast nmount of work is done, there are a round dozen of ewnployes, including M. Slaughter and his two assistants, Mr, Hatch dockets the bills and eopies all the the tities aud cor- rects the record of all bills every day. Mr. Wheeler has charge of every billand d livers them to the printer and to chaimen of coimnmittecs, Miss Grace Sla ter is the “warrant clerk s the time and pays off every employe of the house. Miss Scott and Miss Marley are typewriters and copy bills, resolutions and many other items. d s charge of all senate bills ackson is janitor and enstodian, lias gencral charge of the stationary and makes himself generally useful, Two pages detailed for this ofice aud one would sl Whe pages, twenty-two of them, are d ing their §1.50 cach day, and four others working with the expectation of being paid Thore ure pagos for the postolice and scerd tary of state and governor und for tho library and for each oficer of the houso and for the reporters, and in fact pages do most of the work about the building that 18 not done in the ehief clerk’s office and by the jauitors. 13ut they are far too nuu Six pages for the house proper and one for the elerk and speaicer, and an extra ono for special occasions, would be plenty for all PUrposes. Vil clecks have kept them busy hand the “tile: while thoy L been idle, Tlhie habit of printing bills out of their turn cutails @ large amount of unueeessary labor ou all who make up tho files. Ten il v. are now employed. 17 the bills were prop erly punched at the printing oflice and printed in reAular order one clerk with the assistaneo of the pages would be_su't “There are two janitors in the This room is open from twelve to six hours a da, Conuncected with the conmittee rooms there rie amountof of superserviceable holp, s, all committees meet in about For these rooms the 1y ns and scven janitors for the lls and twoent n clerks, rs could care for th oms and have time to spare, and the custodian is simply an ornament.” One clerk for ca room and one for an emergeney could do all the work required by the committees and still have time to play. The appointment of one_elerle to each room and the assignme of the committecs to certain rooms is a form that, when carried out will do away with a large amount of uscless help. The committec on enrolled and engro bills are coming in for a good share of criti- ism. This committee lias but compara- tively little to do until the end of the session, and yet about fifteen clerks were appointed when the house firstorganized and have been drawing their pay ever since. The number of clerks has since been increased to twonty i Ior justan: seven roo seven custod rooms and Two janito eight. The clerks in this room do not work, on the average, over five hours a day. Hal of the appointces in this room are relative: or favorites, but so far no complaint has been made on_account of their ineMiciency. Phero are simply too many for the work re- quired. Connected with this office is the only genuine dude around the legisluture. He'is listod on the roll of pages as *J. Op- penbeimer.” A general rearrangement of duties and the assignment of ten hours solid woric cach duy would still further limit the number of ¢ ployes. The amount drawn by each cmplo; except pages, is $3 for each day the house is in session. The pages receive one half of this amount. ‘The daily cost of this army of cmployes for each legistative day 18 alinost £300, and for the session will reach the snug sum’of §0,000. Clamoring for Appropriations. Liscoy, Neb., Feb, 18.—[Spacial to Tie Ber. |—Notwithstanding the large appropria- tions of two years ago, most of the state in- stitutions have run in debtand ave clamoring for a deficiency allowance outside their reg- ulur appropriations. These demands have been gathered into oue bill, and the follow- ing statemant presents the objects for which those debts have been contracted : Lor clothing, bedding, groceries, farm im- plements, coal, laundry, machinery, furni- ture, hardwaro, ranges, drugs, instruments, medicines, meat, blanks, burial cave and for extra work a: [ for soldiers’ and sailors’ home, §18 Banmster and Scudder for grates v boil- evs for insane hospital at Lincoln, €300, For furniture for industrial school at Kearney, $110. For farniture and bedding, fucl and lights, repairs and improvements and for extra work done and material furnished in completing and lighting insane asylum at Norfolk— 33,931, i%or work doue on deal and dumb institute ha— §714 at Om For board and clothing, fuel and lights, re- pairs and improvements and stationery ‘and postage for insane usylum at Lincoln 19,500, § Ior medicine and surgical instruments, fuel and lights. barn and furnishing new buildind for feeble minded youth av iBeatrice 2aiaon, f,.'u-r.»m expenses for institute for the blind Nobraska City 8500, r fuel and lights for industrial school at Kearney—#13,630. For employa's wages, capital building and grounds--§1,000, Tho Omaha Charter. Lixcory, Neb,, Feb, 16,—|special to Toe Bre. | -The ups and dowus of the Omaha charter are not ended. When the biil was introduced it provided that the street car companies should pav liteon inches on the outside of each track. In their review of the il the Douglas county delegation re duced thot paving to twelve inches. The louse committoe changed it again by mak- ing the car companics pave between their rafls and between their track. In other . with a single track the car company Lonly pave between the raiis as now; with a double track the company will also pave the five foot space between the two tracks, Captain Marsh and Mr. S, Johnson havo been down pleading with Representative Berlin for merey, but *Our Dick" had re- wrted the bill to the house and it was out of the control of his committee, The street car men announce their determination to defeat the paving provisions, aud are expected to bo fraquent visitors. *Our Dick” is glad to have the bill well off his bands. He has beon pulled snd hauled, coaxed and bullied s until oficisl lifo has lost ‘The mail has been burdenad by rival inter half its churm. with lotters su ug amendments 1o the charter, and Lo bas thrown up his hands in despair. He remained here over Sunday rather than go home and run the gauntiet, The Submission Argument. LiNcoLy, Neb., Feb. 18, ial Tele- gram to Ps Bre|—John L. Webster, of Omaba, is expected to make the argumeut before the supreme court on Weduesday ogainst the submission bill. Attorney Gen eral Leess will bo assisted in the defense by Representative Rayuer, and Mr. C. A. Rob- bins, of Lincoln. Keprescntative Cady may take o haud indefoudiug bis high licouss rider. An Adjournment Probable, LiscoLy, Neb, Feb. 15.—[Spacial Tele Fram to Tus Bes.|—The Scoville investigat- ing committee could not get & quorum to- Kether to night. Tho probabilities are that both Louses will adjourh over until Mo to attend the annual meeting of the C Army, which begins Wednesday at ney - enate. Lixcory, Neb, Feb, 16.-|Special Tele gram to Tue B The senate held a forty-minute scssion and indefinitoly post poned the kouse bill abolishing state oil i spection. It also passed Pickett's bill allow ing puvlishers legal rates for tax notices A_letter from Senator Manderaon was read. It advised the legislature to make ar rangements to properly care for the valuabl e sot of metric standards soon to be sent by the government Bad feeling 18 being engendered between the two houses, owing to the delay in taking 10 cach oth I'he house resolution appointing a Manderson roception committeo cailed for seven members and asked the sen- at ) appoint a like committee. The senate thereupon increased its committce to seven T'hiis afternoon the house added five of its house then appointed fifteen more. This boy's play is all wasted, because Saturday's committee has made ail arangements, Ieb. 15, Lixcory, Neb, Spocial to Tie Bz, | —The members wore nearly all in their seats when the gavel foll. The committee to receive Senator Manderson was inereased to soven in conformity to the action of the sen ate by adding Mossrs, Whitehoad, Dempster, Baker, Hanthorn and Stirk “The following are the more important bills troduced to-day By O'Brien ! » amend the constitution requiring all foreiznors to reside flve yen in this stato and take out second naturaliza- tion papers before being vested with the tablish and maintain iing of teachers for the public schools of the state of Nebraska at convenient and accessible points, making said training schools auxiliary to ' principal state normal at school, These schools to be locatod "at Mudison, Long” Pine und flol- drege. Tue house went Into committe whole and considered several bills 10 township ovganization, all of which w favorably reported. The princinal changes made in the present law were to provide for keeping all township funds in the local treas ury without turning them over to the county trcasurer, and for the clection of one-half of the township officers each year, of the elatmng Legislative Gossip. covy, Neb,, Feb. 18.—[Special to Tre he lat: st addition to the numerous ndidates who are circulating at the capitol is V. H. Stone, of Valloy county, who & willing to scrve as commissioner of the Chadron land office u half-dozen senators were at the capitol Sunc Iepreseutat threatens 1o movs consider seuate bills only so fast as the sen- ate takes up house bills. Phere is talk of a bill to establish an im- Caldwell, of I o resolution that th coln, house mikgration bureau, Chancellor Mannatt is expected to be an interesting witness in the hog cholera in- vestigation. Certain members opposed to a 320,000 an- propriation for Washington's inauguration centennial are willing 0 compromise on some floats showing Nebraska's product The engrossing and enrolling clerks havo written a resolution and sent 1t to a symp: thetic senator for introduction. 1t asks a rule that will_excuse the young ladies from their duties long enough to o to the gallery and admire Senator Ransom wiien he' takes the floor 1o spenk. The senate committe appointed to report alist of employes und thuir other ecupations have had the list ready for son — time, but at the request of certain memb. » are With- holding their report oy s ARRESTED FOR 131 MY, The Gay and Festive Salter on Trial at Mar~hailtown. MARSHALLTOWS, la, Feb, 18.— Speeipl Telegram to Tue Bee.j—Tho sherif did not succeed in serving a_warrant on Slater, ac- cused of bigamy, till 9:50 p. m. Suturd when he was immediately taken before Jus- tice Votaw and gave bonds to appear this morning. A Strong array of council was prosent on both sides, The defense moved to quash the proceedings on_the ground that the information was technically imperfec The moticn was overruled and the argu- wments are now proceeding upon the motion to coutinue till' Thursday in order hat requisition papers can be obtained, Slater's appearance here was unexpected, and the matter is the sensation of the day. BURLINGTON, T . 15.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee|—Gene Solicitor Blythe, of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. in an interview to-day said that he had re- ceived ofticial notice from the railrond com- missioners of lilinois that the lowa rates would_shortly be adopted in that state, Said Mr. Blythe: “It is _only a matter of time wlhen Wissonsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri will follow. They will not pay rates above those charged in a neigbor state, That is the ouly thing re- maining to be done, and it will bankrupt every trunk line in the west. We will hav to retrench in every way possible. Local trains will be cut off, “becanse they have not paid interest on first cost for years, to say nothing of running expenses, and we sustain them for the accommodation of the traveling public while freight rates wore high enough 10 cnable us to do so. Yes, tho 30 pec cent reduction in Towa rates, if extended to tho states named, and it is likely to be done, will ruin the roads. Benjamin Must Pay the Cost, Avoc , Fob. 15.—[Special to Tne Bek.|—Judge Deemer rendered a decision this morning in the celevbrated case of Hen- jamin against Coffman, retaxing the costs amounting to nearly $1,000. to Benjamin, “This was un_action ior §2,500 attornoy fees, brought by Fremont Benjamin for alleged attorney in the great murder case of tho state of lowa against A, W. Coffman. Coffman was charged with the murder of J. K. Main, and Benjamin had_chargo of tha preliminary matters. Coffman. tendered Benjamin some $200 or #300, but it was re- tused, and an action commenced for §2.500, The case was Dbitterly contested, and the jury, after being out’ a day and u night, brought in_a verdict that virtually left the \ds of the court, The Patters Get No Benefit, Fonr Dovar, la., Feb, 18,—[Special Tele- gram to Tuk Bre.] —A peculiar phase in the Towa freight rate difiiculty has developed in this city. 1'ort Dodge potters are preparing & petition protesting that the recently adopted commissioncrs' schedule has raised instead of lowered the rates on their wares, “The rate on stoneware prior to January 10, based on the hundred mile haul, was 17 cents red, but now, uuder the commis- rates, rate of 21 cents is cual for the same distance over the same route, matter in the b Drowned While skating. Dunvque, ., Peb, 18— [Snecial Telegram to Tue B George Darsden, aged four teen years, while skating with other be yosterday afternoon, veatured on ice formed u few hours before and broke in, His com- panions ran to @ neighboring island and re- turned with the limb of a tree, which George was to feeble to cluteh and sank. The body was recovered, Governor Larrabee’s Trial Moixes, Feb, 18—The attorney for Governor abee apreared in the district court o day, and, waiving arraignment in the indictment matter, plead not guilty and usked for a speedy trial. The case will probubly be heard next Thursday. —— A Verdict for the Plaintiff, CrLixioy, la., Feb. 18 —[Special Telogram 10 Tue Bee.|—In the district court the case of the administrators of the estate of Poter Tierney, killed by the cars, vs the Chicago & Northwestern railway company, & verdict the plaintiff of $1,990 was given e — A Schoo) House Wanted. Masox City, Lo, Feb. 18.—[Special Tele ram o Tue Bee. | —To-day the school board of Clear Lake authorized the treasurer to issue $20,000 bonds, drawing 5 per cent, to b vsed in vuilding a schuol house, Bonds are uow open for uegotiations, Ds BEE: TUESDAY, CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS Why Southern Politiclans Prefer Coercion to Bribery. MONEY SCARCER THAN MUSCLE Some Remarkable Statements By Me. Coke In His Argument On the Texas Election Ontrages. Senate, WAsHINGTOS, Feb. 13, ~In the senate to- day. Mr. Vest moved to reconsider the voto Ly which the conference report on the direct tax bill was agrecd to on Saturday ast, and said that his object was to give his reasons for opposing the bill. The matter went over and a messago sent to the house requesting a return of bill, Mr. Palmer, in accordance with a previous notice, ordered the coucurrent resolutions returning the thanks of congress to the gov ernor and people of the state of Michigan for the statue of Lewis Cass, accopting the samo in the namo of the nation, and assigning it to a place in the old hall of the house of repre- sentatives. He then proceeded to deliver an adross enlogistic of the life of General Cuss, Mr. Morrill, at whose instatce it was that theold hall of representatives was converted nto a statuary hall, was the next speaker, and was followed by Messrs. Chandler and Morwan, The latter expressed his cordial approval of the resolution and his concur. rence in the statements and sentiments of the other speakers. Alabuna had never for a moment forgotten to hold Lewis Cass' memory in_honor and_affectionate remem- branceas a patriot, soldier, legislator and statesman, On motion of Mr. Stockbridgze the resolu- tion was adopted unanimously’ Mr. Cullom, from the comuiittee on terri tories, reported back the house bill to or- ganize the territory of Oklahoma, and it was placad on the calendar by Mr. Cullom giving notice that he would cail'it up for action as s00n 08 posaible, Mr. Butler, a member of that committec, prosentod a Substituto as representing tho views of the minority Mr. Platt, anothermember, said hedid not agrco with the majority of the committee, but_would support the resolution presented by Mr. Butler. Mr. Sherman gave notice that he would to- morrow move to proceed to corsideration and disposition of the conference report on the direct tax bill. Mr. Erye askod the pres the position of the Union Pacitic funding bill, and was told that b a vote to tuke up the pending resolution reported fromw the com- mittee_on_privileges and elections, it had vecn displaced from its order before the senato, aMr every m was the i officer abaut Hoar said that he was quite sure that nber of the committe on privileges and elections will be willing to have his bill restored to all its rights, and that it shall lose nothing whatever by theelection resolu- tion having been taken up. Mr. Frye then said that there would be a meeting of the Pacifte railroad committee to- morrow morning, and it would then be determined whethel or not he will ask for oration of the funding bill to its plac o senate then resgmed consideration of the Te: outrages resolution, and Mr. Coke began his fourth day’s argument again: He declared that he had no excuse, or palli tion, or justiflicatio for the raiding of ballot boxes in Washingtoll ¢ounty, but he did not condemn 1t more stro) ly or regret it more sincerely than did tie peoplo of that country. He did not say that ballot boxes were rai in every section in the United States, but ho did that bribery, bold and unblushing, did prevail in every section of the country except 1 the south, where they did not have any money to buy vo with. he heard of no congressional ir into bribery in the last election. Scventy in- dictments, he was told, had been found in Indiana for bribery, n tenths of those in- dicted being republicans, but no senator had risen and asked for an investigation there. Mr. Coke referred to the alleged use of millions of dollars in Indiana, New York and Rhode Island, in the last election, Who would charge the people of any of thoso states with complicity in those crimes! And why should the people of Texas and the whole south be held responsible for a singlo abuse n ono single county? In the south thero was more muscle than money, and there was no bribery there, while in' the north there was more money than muscle, and there was no violence there. Of the two crimes bribery was the most dangerous and the most difficult to provideagainst. In raid- ing ballot boxes much depended on bruto force, and could be provided against, but cor- ruption of the baliot box with morey could not be provided against, As to the hanging of three negroes at Brenham, Mr. Cole declared it to have been the work of an_irresponsible mob. Tho people of the south should oo let alone, ana when sueh men as Hackwortn and Sehutze were spied ont they should not be put baclk on the people. If he had to say how raco fusion was to be settled, he would respect what the scnntor from Ohio (Sherman) was represented in a newspaper a fow days ago to have said, and that was, to let the people of cach statc attend to the matter them- selves, If the peoplo of the south were let alone, if no aid_and comfort wero given to agitafors who disturbed the public peace in that section, the race question would be settled quicker thun was supposed. At the close of Mr. Coke's sbeech the reso- lution was Iaid aside and Mr. Allison, from the committee on_appropriatious, reported back the sundry civil approvriation bill with amendments, and notice that he would call it up to-morrow. “The house bill to provide for taking the eleventh and subsejuent censuses was passed and the senate adjourned. House. WasniNGTox, Feb. 15.—Mr. Hatch of Mis- souri called the attention of the house to the fact that in July last Mr. Conger of Iowa, from the committee on agricultnre, had pre sented a substitute for the bill regulating the sale of compound lard, and that it had been placed upon the house calondar. This, he maintained, had boen an improper referonce, and that the bill should be referred to th committee of the whole and securo a placo on the calendar of that ccmmittee. After some opposition the motion prevailed. The committee on merchant marine and fishevies called up the bill to provide for the better proteetion of the fur seals and salmon fisheries of Ala “The bill was recommitt to the committee on nw 1 with instructions chant marvine and fisheries to report it back with an awmend ment reducing from twenty to ten years the term of lease of scal fisherics, and ” authoriz to bring suit against th v #10 for every scal taken in fixed by law. Hivan-Wel- ing any person 28 10 rocov s of the numbe sp then called up the 8 alifornia election case. Mr. McKenna of California raised a_ques tion of cousideration. On a rising vote the ropublicans outvoted the democrats by 75 to 74, and the yeas und nys were ordered, Then the body of republicaus pefrained from vot ing and left the Lonse vathout a quorum, the vote upon tuking up the-election case stand- ing yeas, 130, nays A'call 'of the house svas ordercd, Two hundred and forty-thrdd members responded to their names, * IPurther proceedings wade the call wero dispensed with, and % vote was aguin taken on consideration of the alection case. Agaiu the republicans refrained from voting, and again the absence of a quorum voloped, the vote standing, yeas 135, nays 6. Again the call of the house was demanded by Mvr, Crisp. The call was orderad, and pend ing this, on motion of Mr. Crisp, o resolution was adopted airecting the serg: arms 10 telograph for the absent members, The Mr. Crisp called attention to the fact that the republicans who, lust weok, were so anxious to proceed to the consideration of one election se, were now filibustering aguinst cousideration of another case. air. Reid of Maine suggestod that last weok the republicans had had some contl deace in this tribunal, but that that confi dence had been lost The hou 1 adjourned. The ¢ unced that the proposs democratic caucus would not be held this even ing, having been postponed for the present an announcement which “ealled forth sar castic laughter from the reoublicans, FEBRUARY ST, PAUL'S 19, 1889, TEAM, Big Morrissy Released and Hawos Takes His Place. St. Pavy, Feb, 18, Special to Tne Bee here is a base ball tradition i Milwaukee that the local club cannot be a financial or playing success unloss big Tom Morrissy is a member of it. A year ago Manager Barnes inveigled the red-headed tirst bascman to St Paul and camo protty close to winning tho pennant, though his team was considerably weuker than half a dozen others in the asso ciation, The previous yoar Hart had Mor vissy, and the Milwaukeo nine was at the front to within a fortuight of t 1800'8 end. Barunes knew the fe ng in Milwaukee, and offered to exchange Morrissy for Hawes and §2,500, The Cre people offercd £1,000, and Burnes 1o take $2,000. Thus the correspond itinued until a of diys ago, when a compromise was reached, 1,500 1 the figure. Speaking of the matter, President Thompson said “We got big boot and the botter first bas man of the two, Morrissy wasa Kin taking high and wide balls, b runne business, The 1l team s about complote as it will stand at tho spring games. Do, O'Brien have been of has 1ot arrivec Buries says it will bo hera The team will take the field n following positions: Sowders, Tuckerman and Mains, pitchers; Broughton' and ‘Canner, catchers; s, first base; Merrick, socond buse kett, short stop: Reilly, third base; Tred center field; S1i, right fleld rting authoritios here consider woak 1 the “‘points,” but espes at bat and in the feld, - - ho club strong CLAYTON'S NS, A Clue Which It is Thought Will Lead to Their Speedy Arrost. St. Louts, Feb, 18.—A Little Rock, Ar spec ys: There is but little doubt, from the facts that have come to light within a fow days, that the assassins of Colonel John M. Clayton will soon be in the hands of the Jaw. 1t has been definitely ascertaiued that after the arrest of cortain citizens of Conway county for unlawful interfercuce with the federal election, overtures wers made to the republican state committee for u compronise by which the prosecution would be_dropped. The committee agreed to this, but refused to withdraw the reward offered for the arrest of the maskea men who stole the ballot box. The representative of the Mor rillton partics thousht this to be satisfactory and before starting home wld a friend in Little Rock that he belioved an agreement would save Clayton's life. The Morriilton parties, however, refused to accept this agreement becuuse the reward was not with drawn. Beyond this nothing is knowu of the conclusions reached by them, but it is certain that on that night two men went from Morrititon to Summerville, 1t i8 a con jecture us to whethor these men carried in- structions, but some think the circumstantial ovidence is strong enough to convince ordi- nary minds, . NILY A O The Curious Acts of a Girl From the Interior, A saddle colored negro with a sickly loc ing mustache walked nervously up and down in front of the Webster street depot yester- day afternoon. awaiting the arvival of an in- coming train. It came, and from it stepped @ zood looking white girl who at once started to meet him. Eor a moment they engaged in a conversation in which he was fieard to tell her to go alead, and that he would foliow, but she refused and suid that she would g0 when he did and not before Then they passed south on Pifteenth street, and from a hack driver it wac learned toat about ten days ago the same muu called at the depot and asked the assistance of the APPARL OL. driverto find o private detective that he could trust. Hesaid he had a_girl out in the country near Storm Grove or Stromsburg,and had sent her to come In and get married but hud not beard from her. He stated he could not o out afier her himself, because her friends would not tet her have anythiug to do with iim, and he thought u detective might help him by bringing the girl in. The hack man s unable o ussisy lim, and it was evident the girl who reached omiha yesterday was the one he was looking Tor. She was a tall bloude and wore a purple skt with a short brown jacket. As the colored man is known to be employed in a house of ili-repute the police were notitied but no arrests made. i S Board of Education. ‘There was a meeting of the board of edu- cation last night, at which a considerable amount of routine business was transacted O. Huwes made a proposition to buy the v school property. His 30,000 proposi- tion was duly filed. A reduction of $100 was made in botli the plaste, and plumber’s estimates for work on Mason street sehool. he most important action in useries of resolutious deprecating the at- tempt to vest the title in the high® school grounds in O ud appointing a coumit- e to visit Lincoln to represent the senti- ment of the board. the nbodied s A Who is She? A telegram recoived from Chicago last night stated that the wife of an Omaha real estate dealer numed Tucler had shot herself in thav city, There she had been kuown as Dolly Richardson. such man as Tucle is known here, so far as vould be ascertained, the only person of tiat n in any manner connectod with real estate haviag been a clerk in the oflice of a locul firm, He could not be found. SOUTH OMAHA, Notes Abous the City. The Knights of ytivas hall is being re paired and inprovea The W.C. T, U. will noon at the residence of Mr Friday after aud Mrs. C. T, joses to put in a 000, and will have one and down by July 1. liguidated with plant costing ahalf miles of ) kic Campboll before Juage Reuthor for plying her vocu: tion. Mrs, R. Becker, of Sheridan, Iowa, is visiting Mr, and Mrs. S, M. Press, Patrick MeGraw, charged with larcony, was found guilty by Judzo Reuther and in default of cash 1o pay a fine of 25 wiud $5.05 costs, was commitied to the county jail. -— A Vrefght Agent Absconds, ST, Lovts, IPeb, 15,—A scnsation has been Wabush created umong the cmplogyes of the Western general offices in this eity by the disappearante of Henry H. Whe freight claim azent of that road, and it 15 alleged that he is short in his accounts, though to what amount cannot be ascertained. Viee President How declines 10 say moro than that Wheeler has been removed and his counts are_being examined. Whee'er been with the company eight years a wife and two chil The Cass 5t Unveiled, WASHINGION, Peb. 18.-The statue of presented to the people of the Michigan for a place in capitol, was unveiled no forniul ex Lewis Cass, United States by statuary hall, at th There W SICK HEADAGHE Positively cured by| these Little Pills, ¥ also relieve Dis-| Dyspepsia, 104 Algestion and Too Hearty] Eatlng, A perfect iem] edy for Dizeiness, Nuuse Drowsiness, Bud Taste 1 the Mouth, Co Tongue, Puln 1n th TORPID LIVE! rogulate the Bowels. Purely Vegolabl SMALLPILL, SMALL COSE. SMALL PRICE, Theso employors are paying tho schedule, which conforms with ~the journeymen's idcas of what is just ana equitable, but will discontinue the present rates upon the 25th, as before stated. ptwithstauding ‘all that has been said the journoymen plumbers are not on a strike and o not want to be if they can help it WALl wo want is that firet-class men got first-class wages,” said one of them last night, “but according to the scalo of wages that were posted in our shops to-day, th master plumbers don't scom to want it. Wa are all serene. RUMORS OF LABOR STRIKES. Tailors Drop Their Noedles and Take a Rest. PLUMBERS STILL DISCONTENTED ; ' want # por day for plumbers and §3.50 por fhe Latter Not Fully Determined | day for steam and gas fitters, while after tho Upon & Oonrso—Contractors 23th thoy want to pay 8350 per day el H for plambors and & for steam and Have a Say About Bricke o Rt thio oxcomion of one men Inyers' Wagos, whom they style foreman, and whom they sy thoy will pay according to his ability. — With our scale, o man that is a plumber ¢ One Hundrad Tailors Strike. gou $iper daf and. (€ ho proves that o' Jout one hundre o ailors wont on | worth more, id can get $1.50 or & per dn Aboutone hundred union tailors went o | ipg pogses want to put thom all on a $3.50 astrike vesterday, ‘The walkout was oc- | per day basis, and then if they have a favor. casioned by a reduction of nearly 10 porcent | ite, make him foroman and give him from in thoir carnings. ~Tho journeymen had beon | £ fo &, 11 the meantime, if work becomes contemplating asking tho merchant tailors | 81ack, they Awill “let out the men who 95 8 it A i B W enouch to earn from 81 to 85 por or an in 48 8001 a8 tho spring busiuess | gy and repiaco them with men the union Kot brisk, when tailors would be in great de 4 ot consider flest clnss, Who witl boteh mand up work that should be dono in first class The merchant taflors formed an exchange | 8316, Sometimes they loave the work in about o and this ¢ T et | tie hands of apprenticos, whom thoy engage about @ cok s and this association go it THLTHAY LI ' EOV s per woek, and then chargo their cus. an_intimation of tho journoymen going to | fomars at he FAte of 10 conts bae notr. This prosenta bill for an increase, and made the | hurts ail first clase plumbers, - Thoy aiso say reduction before the journeymen had tne 10 | ghoy do not_ wanta man that is not_comne ask foran incroase, ' The morchant tailors | tont, and yet they tried to got us o ailow o thio joutneymon of the proposod eut f ghoim to wit on tnen we Kiew wero notcom W diys 4o, to ko mto effect this morning | jojant at less than union wages —that is, $.50 s miorchant tuilors elaim that they have | BeIE It s T e s o ot and are still paying better wages in_ Omalia APUILARD Wommand, AL yeb L6y \WART 15 than journcymien roceive oithor in St Paul, [ K b avoitrary pate bf wises, while we only L eI ask that a journeyman bo paid _according to Tollman, the clothier, and the Continental Clothing company, who employ union tailors, favored the 10 per roduction a8 su gosted by the Merchants Taic ange, nowledge of the business do't want to ble is that wactical plumbers among his skill aud “13ut, as | said before, wo precipitate , we have o cent but they did not make the cut, for they | i Bossos YeANMItTD W RNOW thought theiv clothing business would be in- | gut e PG HARh AL jured an w rotting, and we aro "The flvins that the journcymen struck on | LA W 15 L R askin 0 citizons got i cortain amount are ns follows ale S Ramge, Helin & [ G 00 i AVhoh they aro GASEORITo Thompson, 1 Williams, “Guckert & | ganby por hout for sorkmnuship, tha, - work Macdonald, Ryland & Leevine, should be performed by a competent work- YT P man A not by an incompetent man They Meet and Talk. an .lmm‘tmu' "We don't tutond 80 umfifl‘.‘ty Tne striking tailors held a meeting at | anyhow."” Green's hall on Farnam stecot last night ——— The conference was confined to members of Full Time For Full Pay. he tailors' unfon and outsiders wero ox The Coutractors' associution of Omaha cluded. Asnear as could be ascertaineda | held a mecting in 610 Paxton block, yester proposition was framed which will be laid | day afternoon. President J. I, Coots was berore the merchant tailors this morning. in the chair, Harey O'Ruark at the secre The journeymen seemed to be v's desk and about forty members of the very comfident that they will | gysociation in attendance, as they think the mer- achieve their objoc ant matter that came be. The most imvor chunt tailors cantot afford to have a strike | fore the mecting was the question of decid on their hands at th wen orders for | ing upon a scale of prices for bricklaying for spring wearing appavel arc just beginning 1o [ the ensuing year. A resolution was final be roceived. passed providing that hercafter nine hours *“The papers made one mistuke i thesr re. | pay wili only bo atiowed for nine hours ports of this strike to-day,” said o knight of [ work, and that the practice hercto- the needle, as he came out of the meeting | fore ' in vogue of workmen allowing last nignt. *Instead of a veduction of 10 per ; 5 cont. s statod, the eut will futly atount. to | full pay for eight hours' work on Saturday 0 par cnt & o discontinued treasurer reported that suficient Another meeting will be held at 10 o'clock this morning, when the plans discussed last treasury to pay all the ‘association, funds remainod in thy outstanding ndobicdness of wight will be' matured KLt it awis reported that the tailors | Upon motion of v, Livesy, that oficor wa erployod in Molin & Thonipson's shop, on | wstructed to pay ‘il ills against tho or- South Fifteenth strecty were the only jour- | Kanization now due. ting of the association will ba The next m held on the fi ficers will be elected fc neymen on a strike. At other shops it was stated that this firm cated it8 men v shabbily and had made a cat in their carnin which ciused the abandonment of work. A sporter called at Helin & ‘Chompson and | WANT THE AU w the latter. Mr. Thompson tried to con le impression that his workmen were not on u strike. He did not care whether thay were or uot, aud if anybody could get uny information or satisfaction out of him the hody aforesaid would have to do it with a different kind of “strike.” The other merehant tailors did not try to Suppress any informution regarding the trouble. e O urneymen Say differenee of opinion be- 1 and mastor plumbers, u was received from t Monday in March, when of§ i this year. M. nber ALIAN SY# Laboring Men Declare the Nove Eleetion a Fraud. The Central Trades union, ropresenting the orzanized labor of tuis city, in a meoting held Sunday, passed the following resol- tion, which will be sent atonee to the Omaha contingent in the legislature: U, Meb. 17, 1889, -To the honorable v house of representatives of Ne- What the ing Reg tween the jour the following informati several of the former: On the 11th of this month the wazes above decided upon were adopted by the Journey \des unions and Knights of s of Omaha, through their inion, would respectfully me. i honorabie body and request, ut necessity for | morialize y ! your artention to the u clection reform, “Ihe national clection 1 ast November was men Plumbers’ union. The master plumbers | @istinguished by o greater use of money and ~will notify the Journeymen's union that, on | & more general prevalence of bribery than at and after the 2oth, the old schedule of | Ay other election ever held in this or any other country. This cannot be fairly charged for a plumber, and § for a -fitter will be resumed and car- lly, irrespective of atti- by the union. They claim that 1o any perso parties: it is the inevitable outcome of a system of Voting that renders bribery and - intimidation possible, and therefore, creates an increasing num ried out tude taken these wages are suflicient under existing cir- of venal voters, wiio demand mone; cumstances, for their votes at every election. In Ne. On tho other hand, the journeymen aver | braska, and especially in Omahu, the Inst that their demands are just, fair and reason- | eleclion was many times more corrupt than And as,when a mun for money he is over and” readily be- ion corruption- sin Lo iu any preceding one. or plumbers, | hus once sold his vote jor or unfin- | afterwards in the market Their om. | comes a go-between for ¢ 15ts, bribery atelections s cer able. They ask, who is the sufferer by the policy mapped ot by the mas thie skillea journoyman, the inf ished workman, or the public phatic answer is that the public alone suf- They say that the n tor plumbers | crense m the future in geometrienl taken advantage of the power they [ ratio as it has in the pasu s by employing incompetent men to do | Thus rruption has increased, their works at 50 per cent per day less than | notwithstanding stringent laws and penaities 150 80 long s the de- to bribe und be bribed ¢ can prevent it. t briberys be and opportunit ©exist, 10 law or penalt they could get it done by skilled or comy tent journcymen, hence imperfect work is palmed off upon the public, and the master | plumbers derive the benefit not only | IUis the duty of tho Nebraska legislature to by the 50 cents they secure due | cuacta law thatshall remove the opportunity the thorough workmen, but by the fact for brib and intimdation. This can bo that they realize u revenue from all jobs | done inone way, and only in onc way, as we rformed for the simple reason that'the | betieve, viz: | The “adoption of — tho work is improperly done and must be altered | Australian systen of voting. The best Is wuch | measure so forformulated is th® revised Sax- ton bill, now pending in the New York logis- luture und absolutely certain of adoption by that body. This is the bill ofticially and unanimousty approved by the organiz el labor of Omaha, and which is now, we believe, in the hunds of the judiciary committee of the house. A thorough study of this bill il demonstrate its excellence at 2l points, d we carnestly sk your consideration of it Next to the public, they assert, the jour- | without delay. arly forty years of prac- neymen plumbers are’ the losers and suffer Al experionce in the differcnt states of cers under the contemplated action of the st and Canada, where the social and master plumbers al conditions practically the sume or entirely gone over. This ent ation and additional expy upon the public, and s, they claim, an outrage that calls for summary remedy. The journeymen plumbers invite an iuvestigation, decliring that the fuct_demonstrated will be that the skilled and competent plumbers will be found le und out of employment, while Uie nov ices and makceshifts will be found in posses sion steady work. Agam, the master plumber’s essiy to re siiown that all fute this logic, by the assertion that at the st a8 formu present time, $3.50 is all-sufijci compensi in the bill were to the daily labors of the best plumbers, extent . they 8o fell [ 1to submit toany vicious hile i these states sary demand at the hands of their eni- | that have adopted the mcasuro iv its per- s, thot are compelled to declare | fected form, bribery and ation have loc expectation is that | disapp 1, partics have been purged of will appoin a | their corrupt. clements, and princinles have as the decisive e 1 commitice to confer b the . master | repluced mon plumbers at their convention at the Paxton | elcetion aud that all trouble will be bridged oves We ask you to adopt this reform in its and their differences amicably adjusted entivety us it bus alvendy been adoped in lksi e of Massachusetts and the mctropolitan s of Barney lynn, w g de Plumbers' union, was busily cecupied ves Kentueky, and as it will be adopted in a visiting the various places where pumber of other progressive stutes this winf plimbers mployed, and ascer- | ter, the feeling among the men, as fur as could bo learncd, the resuits ing strike on one hand aud lock New out on the \m", are vory meigro Barna- | will in o short time a cle & Jone have laid off one man simply be e cause they do not consider that justified [ FoMis st ofitho blissiasip) to a raise of fifty cents per duy over and kho & pkorgrblE iRy aTEeh wRIGH Are. .00 Holland's King 15 Worse. Fourteonth street, owe's on Capitol avenue Fun Hacee, Feb, 15, —The king of Holland ) o atvaat. attomee | had w relapse. His condition is critioal, ta Huntington Will I . Youk, Feb. 18.--C. P, Huntington wlraw from all the and will retain fle road onl Spelman's on MUSTANG LINIMENT bhran® \n.“‘:ww ones: jshes ol 1t banished TN Tnstantlys fnstanti Thus the * Mustang” conquers pain, Makes MAN or BEAST well again! ¥