Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 21, 1889, Page 1

Sy S p———— PN EIGHTE INTH YEAR. 'E 21 NUMBER 251 ABID FOR THE SOLDIER VOTE The Lavish Issuing of Ponsions Be- fore Election. THREATENS DIRE VENGEANCE. Oleveland Wikl Retaliate For the Sen- by ate's 1 al to Confirm We and Thompson — The Cowles Bill, Ti Ovuny Bee, | BT L Feb, 20, ) led need lists WASHINGTON Buneat 513 POURTEENTI S WasiiNGTos, D. C., The pension office has practically susp the issuance of pensions. It was to-day by the commissioner that no mor of pensions ald be given to the press, The chief of the division explained that this was because very few pensions have been issued during the past three or four weeks, and that the issuance has almost completely ceased for the present. ‘The commissioner docs not wanta public compaison between tue work of the pension office now and that of cight or ten months 1 be remembered that during the campaign and for three or four months befol tion, there were issued six days in the week at the pension oftice, for the press, the list of ponsions allowed, and that they ran a that sometime there were a thousand inaday. 1 re pourcd out b wholcsal samnpaign the about cight thousand issued for Indiar The democratic and mugwump press pomted w0 this with great pride, and deelared that the soldicrs had better friends in the admin ist than thoy ever had. When the polls werc elosed and it was discover Mr. Cle vas deteated, the favor of the their w orphians, cooled at the pension office. Within three weeks the nuniber of pensions allowed had deereased until there were not s many granted in a week as had been granted in a day, & month before. There have not been as y up in the hundreds, and 1ssued ion in one day during the . The soldiers can now see who their friends are and w CLEVELAND THREATENS VENGEANCE, President Clovelaud threatens dire ven- geance on the republicans in the senate for refusing to confirm Webb, the very doubtful republicun or mugwimp, to be w district commissioner, and Thompson, of South Caro- ling, the solid south maker, to be a civil ser- vide commissioner, The president’s friends in the senato say that if these nom tion are not contirmead the chief executive will re- fuse to sign any of the bills which the repub- licans want signed, hey say he will refuse 1o sign either the direct tax or the omnibus territorial statchood bill: both of which finally passed ¢ s to-day, and will ne ut to the whi as enrolled. 1t is now a question whether the republicans in the scnate can be frightened into doing that which they do not want to do and which they koow to be wrong. They have not, up tot time, shown the slightest k of couraee, und it is not_at all likely that they will at this late day. No one would be in- jured half so much by a_failure to sign just measures as the president and his party, nothing could bury him and his party half 80 deep as @ refusal to sign either the direct tax or the omnibus bill. Senator Sherman thinks the defeat by the president of the direct tax bill would destroy every democratic hope of party success and relegate the retiring preswdent to private life perpetually. Representative Springer de- clares that if the omnibus bill is not signed he will head a delegation of democrats who wil ask President Harrison for an extra session of congress for the adoption of the same measures. All the same, the body of the democrats in both houses fought both of these bills bitter)y, and they -would never have been passed had it been possible for democratic caucuses to defeat them. Th were just enough democrats in the house who wou!d not be held by caucus instruc- tions, most of them members who will go out of congress in nine days from’ now, 1w give the republicans a majority, and although the democratic_party in the future will claim the credit of passing these bills, it should be remembered that both measures were first introduced in a republi- can senate, and that neither would have been passed by a democratic house if “they could have been defeated by the democrats or a body actir under the instructions of President Cleveland, It is a clear instunco of the minority of democrats running away from the reins of the majority. The final adoption of these bills was fought bitterly. The general impression is that both will bo signed, although it will bea very distaste- ful task for the retiring chiof magistrate, There are many promment democrats in con gress who to-night say the president witl not sign the direct tax bill. 1t can_aot become a law without huis_signature. The south op- poses the bill, aud the south controls. the nominating conyentions, and Cleveland ex- pects Lo be nominated ajzain. THE COWLES 1 Your cor Judge Kelly if he thought there was any probabil- ity of the passage of the bill to repoal the tobacco tax at this session of congress. There is only u possibility and not a proba. Dility,” he said. “1f Speaker Carlisle should recognize some one to move the repeal, under a suspension of the rules, which would be in or at any time during the last six days of session, I think there would be asuf- ficient number of votes to make the necessary two-thirds majority, but I do not think the speaker will recognize any one for this pur- pose. He is pled,ed against it “But it e should, would any of the d crats filibuster to prevent the” coside of tho bill!” “qt would be a most _extraordinary tacle if they didu't.” I asked the ostion of Kepresentative Connor. He said No, [do not thizk that Carlisle will rec ognize anybody for that purpose. Ile hus refused 10 do 8o many times, and I think he will continue to refuse uutil ‘the end of the session, He considers himsclf the rep sentative of his party and us bound to carr, out their will. He believes that a great mi- jority of the democrats on the floor, which is probably true, arc opposed to the reduction of the revenues by the repeal of the tobaceo tax, therefore he can best serve their inter- ests und cofiply with their wishes by rofus- ing to recoguize anyone to make a motion for that purpose. But even if he suould do so, the bill would bo beaten by filibustering.” Representative Steel, of Indiuna, who is an intimate friend of Speaker Carlisle, and lives in the same houso with him, saia about the same thing, although he was not quite so emphatic as Mr. Connor. Mr. Stecl says that if a certain number of democrats should express a desire to vote on the repeal of the tobaceo tax, he thinks Mr. Carlisle would give them an opportunity. CUE CABINET SLAT The cabinet siate given in these dispatches day before yesterday continues to stand the test of public opinion at the national capital, notwithstanding the change wado by the ret ports from Indianapolis. Although both gentlemen are held in high esteem he itis not generally believed that eitnor Kepresen- tative Thomas or W, H. H. Miller wili be in the cabinet, Seunator Palmer, of Michigan, is given either the secretaryship of agriculture or of the navy. He is weaithy, has o splendid home here, where he cun do much towards making the social end of the administration & success, aud aud he 1s both capable und popular. Since General Alger 1s out, Palmer stands rominently to the front i the winds of Washington people. Mrs. Noble, of St. Louis, is here house bucuing, and it is stated by her husband’s most intimute friends |h‘ he will be secre- tary of the interior. ‘I'here can be no longer any doubt about Mr. Windom being secrotary of the treasury, In response to an iuvitation to dine with friends in Washington he has scul Lis re- rets, saying that he is so busy closuig up his usiness affairs in New York that be is not Pmo ation spee able to give a moment's time to pleasure, So far as opinion in congress and private cire t inues to stand to night as follows Blaine, secretary of state Windom, secretary of th Rusk, secretary of war. Nol rotary of the interior. Wanuamuker, postmaster general. Baxter, attor nera Palwer, scerctary of the n ire troasury, wner It 18 stated that off have Warner Miller of the agricultury will not 4o so to hav secroturyship, It of Swift, of Califc for that of Baxter, of Tennessee. NS S AND PERSONAL The bids for the sale of land for a1 for Fort Omaha will be opened on F March 1 tor Paddock to-day secured the sage of amendments to the sundry civil ap provriation bill of £30.000 cach for improve- ments at Forts Robinson and Niobrara, and £10,000 for imprc uts on the Lincoln pustofice for the pavement, sidewalks, ete Miller, secretary of the navy or 18 are being made to his refusal that \f he the navy s believed shat the name nia, will be substituted veconsider and portfolio, him o w site way, pas The tary of the inte ted the application of Evans Sc his homestead entey in the North Platte land district, The secretary says Scott has ex hausted his rights under the At the session of the house aw. last night Mr. Dorsey succeedod in getting up the hill plac ing Colonel Leib, of Grand Island, on the retired list, but the filibustering tactics of Kilgore of "Texas, the confederate, defeated consideration. ‘Il previons question has been ordered on the bill and it may be 5 ed before the 4th of March, pa Franic W. Lowis, of Lincoln, is here. Congressman elec Dolliver, who succeeds Representative Holmes, of lowa, was at the capitol to-d Willinm Annin and Watson Pickrell, have returned from Nebraska and resumed their oficial duties at the senate. - WESTE RN PACKING INTERESTS An Increase In Ouinut Compared With the Preceding Weoek, CINiNsaTy b, 20— [Special Telegram to Tuk BEE, | —Lo-norrow’s Price Current wi ¥ the movement of hogs has been espec liberal the past weel, and western packing has moderately enlarged. The total 0,000 hogs, compared with 270,000 the precoding weel. The indicated total to date 18 000 since November 1 last y¢ 000 for the week, 5,600,000 to ai T'hese appreximations imply a gain of 55,000 for the week and a decrease of 615,000 for the scason, compared with a year ago. Pucking November 1 to dato Prcking, Nov. 1 todute. | King is ab T 1%, Chicago =z 5 1370000 1,640,000 Kansas Clty ¥ W00 TR0 Omaha 0 s || b |00 RUHTIONIB S, ivaviies Indianapolis Cineinnati.... 145,000 55100 165:00) Louis; Soux Cit Ottumwa 5 N A City, Neb 142000 185,000 F0,000| 1000 4x00)| nosl SossphitEEa e Soines , | o | | | ]l THOSE PARNELL LETTE Houston Tells How He Secured Them ’ Wrom Pigott. Loxvoy, Feb. 20.—-When the Parnell comwission met this morning the court- rodm was crowded. Parncll was present, Houston, secretary of the Irish Loyal and Patriotic union, was further cross-examined. He said he destroyed Pigott's letters to him in accordauce with an agreement made be- tween them that they were intended for the eye of the witness alone, and were not to be used publicly, Up to the time witness went to Paris, Pigott hud not given him the names of any of the persons connected with the letters secured by the Times. Witness said his part was done when the letters were ob- tained. He accepted them without securing any means of testing Pigott’s statements in the event of their genuineness being ques- tioned, because he understood that it was uscless to attempt to make & complete and further inquiries would only handicap himself. He had no means whatever of testing any part of Pigolt’s story, which he regarded as probable. Witness saw Mr. Stead, of the Pall Mall Gazette, before he obtained possession of the letters and nsked him to make up a letter which would lead to the disclosure. Stead said he had lost £3,000 by the publication of the ‘“‘Modern Babylon™ arlicles, and ho would not like to touci any- thing else uniess he knew he would be suc- cessful. When witness visited Paris he had no genuine specimens of either Parnell’s or Fgan's writing, He accepted letters solely on Pigott’s word. Witness further said he might have told Stead that Messrs, Sexton and Dillon were unplicated in the Phaenix Park murders, but if he did so it was on the auth- ority of the statement made by Eugene Davis to Pirott, a copy of which was pro- duced by the witness. He did not know where the original was. Two days before the commission opened Pigott wrote him an abusive letter demgnding that afier giving testimony before the commission he should en’ 45,000, -~ A STORMY SESSION, Indiana Senate the Great Excitement, INDIANPOLTS, Feb. 20, -In the senate this morning, under the previous question rule enforced by the majority, the bill creating a supreme court commission was passed. Sen- ator 13yrd then sought to bring up the bill ereating a department of geology, but John- son, (rep ) had iu the meantime secured Scene of The recognition from the chair. Byrd claimed the floor and & wrangle cnsued, the chair allowing Johnson five minutes, which he de. voted to searing the majority vehemently, denouncing the enforcoment of the rule which pr gz their vote. passed the Johnson, snted the minority from explain- When the five minutes had presiding oficer interrupted who continued s flery spe: where the chmr ordercd the roll called. Great confusion and excitement prevailed, in the midst of which Doorkeeper Bulger ' called out that unless Johinson too’ his seat he would come down and scat Lo, Immediately all the republi- can senators arose aud gatfiored about John- , who indignantly challenged any door- keeper to_seat hun. The excitement was great, and for some tune a genoral conffict seeméd imminent, and when quiet was re- stored Senutor Dresser (Kep.) announced that s caucus would be held immediately after adjournment, and it is thought that all tho republican seniitors may conelude to re- sign their seats and leavo the senate without @ quorui, on e Referred to State Legislatures, WastiNGToN, Feb, 20.—During the last session of congress bills were introduced in the hiouse to “punish dealings in futures in agricultural products,” and “'to probibit fieti- tious and gambling trausuctions on the price of articies produced by American industry.” The bills were referred to the committee on agriculture, which to-day decided to report both bills adversely. The committee cou- cluded that congress has no jurisdiction over the subject, and that it is & matter for state legisiation ‘exclusively. Probably Only Rumor. Dexvew, Colo, Feb. 20.—|Special Tele- gram to Tig Bek.]—Neither . B. Kountze nor hus brother Hermau, of Omaba, are in the city. The rumor that the latter is to remove to New York none of the busincss associutes of the wentlemen credit. Herger, his brother-in-law, upon being que tioned, stated that he knew nothing what- ever of any such plan, GOVERNOR LARRABEE’S TRIAL Judge Conrad Grants a Continu- ance Until This Morning. THE PROSECUTION NOT READY. Sioux City Infested With a Gang of Safe Crackers—Woes of the Pros hibitionists—Other lowa News A Continuance Granted, Des Moixes, Ia, Feb. 20 Special Tele ram to Tue Bee.|—The large court room in the county court house was well filled this morning when the case of the state of Towa vs. Willian Larrabee, charged with criminal libel, was called for trial. Within the bar standing room was at a premium. The gov- ernor was not present in person, and it was stated that he would probably not come over from the capitol until the jury was im- panelled. At the long table in front of Jud Conrad's scatsat Mr. J. R. Bancroft, who has been engaged to assist the county attor- ney in the case, and at the north end of the table sat Mr.and Mrs. 1. H. Gillette, Mrs, Turney and Mr. A. N. Denman, prosceuting witnesses, while the governor's counsel, Mr. . A. Bishop, held a whispared consultation to the proposed continuance of the case, When order was produced Mr. J. R. Ban- eroft arose, and 1 a quiet and dignificd man ner addressed the court. He snid that he had been asked to assist the prosecuting at- torney in the case but had not had time to examine into the testimony, and had not even decided whether to aceent the work of prose. cution. The importance of the case de. manded_that nothing be done with undue haste. The governor had been indicted for circulating a certain doeument, Tho ques tion whether it was a privileged communica tion, and_if 8o, whether it was_circulated maliciously, and,why it was seiected from the massof testimony in the oftice, would have to be considerad. ~ He thought that the case oughitto be continued for'a day or two at least Mr. C. A. Bishop said the defendant in this case courtod tho fullest investigation and would not_scek or_accent any technical ad- vantage. William Lareaboe had been - dicted, not as a personal pevson but because he was the governor of fows and because he had circuluted certain matters iu the line of oficial duty and by virtue of his oftice. = The entire state is interested in a_ full, fair and prompt trial. ‘e case is not new and does not demand much delay in its preparation. “The Turney case has been heralded all ov the state and discussed by the newspane for thres years. ‘The character of the per- son alleged to be libeled would play no part in the trial. The question would be whether the governor had acted in malice in doing what he had done. There was no need for long delays. He would say to the court, pro- tessionally, that the governor desired to go out of the city and state on Thursday or I'r day, and wished that the case ight be tried before that time. County Attorney Macomber said that it was with rgret, and against his beiter judgment, that he had consented to so early atrial. He had had vut little time to attend to this case, having been busy with the prose- cution of other cases. The indietment had only been returned on Saturday, and he had not known until within " a few liours that he was to L 2 associate counsel The cas very importaut, being probably the when a governor of a great state like Towa had been arraizned on sueh a charge, and it should be conducted with deliberation. New testimony had been discovered and it was important that the state should have timé. Attorney Bishop thought that, having as- sociate counscl, the prosecutor could attend to one partof the work and his associate could be looking up the other while the jury was being sclected. Judge Conrad said that it was truc that the defendant was the governor of the state, but that it would be the duty of the court to look upon it as ncarly as possible the same us if he were a private citizen. All aceased persons are entitled under the constitution to a speedy trial, but a speedy trial is not neces- sarily a trial the next hour, the next day, or ceven pernaps the next week. It is a relative term, and what would be a'speedy trial un- der certain circumstances would be very slow in another. Courts should not, how- ever, at the request of defendants, rush the state into a trial before it is ready. The re- quest for some delay in this case seemed not unreasonable, and if he migat consider 1t he might say that the defendant could not afford 10 80 urge immediate trial as to call forth the comment that the state had not been given am- ple time to prepare its case. Ho would, there- fore, grant continuance until 1:30 'p. m., which had been asked by the county attor’ ney, and consented to by the defendant’s at- torney, and would at that time grant a sec- ond continuance till Thursday morning if the state had_not yet had sufficicut time to pre- pare for trial. The crowd then filed out of the court room and the regular routine of business was re- sumed. AU 1:30 p. m. the state requested o ntinpance till mormng and the court nted i Sioux City Burglaries. S1pux Ciry, Fob, 20.—[Special Telegram to Tk Bee.]—Last night burglars cracked the safe in the oMce of Tolerton & Stetson, wholesale grocers, They received $500. The building occupied by the firm was once the county building, and the company's safe is inside the vault which was used by the county treasurer. The burglars eracked the vault door and then got into the safe. Dur- mg the past few wecks eight safes have been eracked in this city, and_ all the jobs other than the one performed last night have been bunglesome ones, Judge Griffey's Story. S1oux Ciry, Ia., Feb, 20.—Special to Tue Bee.]—The institution of s§§t against Judge T. L. Griffey, of Dakota City, Neb., for breach of promise, excites much interest where the judge is wel) known, as well as athis home. Judge Grifiey is one of the oldest and most respeeted citizens of Dakota county, Nebraska. Heisa man of a good deal of wealth, owning a large amount of land and other property in Nebraska and having business interests in Sioux City. ‘Ihe suit is brought by Miss Sallie Me- Conoliey, a lady of about forty-five years of age, who lays her damages at 20,000 for the alleged breach of promise, On her behalf it is clu that the suit is bona fide, and it is specifically stated that the judge’ promised on or about the 10th day of "April, 1837, to marry her, “if he ever married at all," whereas about six months ago he married an estimable young widow. Judge Griffey is stopping in the city with his wife, and upon receipt of the news of the institution of suit he talked quite fre about it. He says that he is not at all surprised, but he denies that ho ever promised to marry the plaintiff. On the con- trary, he says that she several times hinted pretty freely the subject of marriage to him, but he invariably dropped the subject, with* out giving her the slightest encouragement. Ho admits that e was frequently, ulthough casually, in the plaintiff’s compauy, she re- siding with her brother, who owned a farm adjoining that of the judge, The judge says the plaintif’s family are respectable people, the brother especiaily being an upright min. “The judge fecls sure’ that the plaintiff ims brought suit at the instigation of some other parties. He denies positively ull reports that there has ever been anything improper in his relations with the plaintiff, and says that lie shall most certainly muke Vigorous resist ance to the suit, although he has not yet em. ployed legal connsel. The Temperance Alliance, Ds Moixzs, Ia., Feb. 20.— [Special to Tie Bee.)—The state temperance alliance has beeu i session all day devoling muck of the 4 ¢ time to hearing reports of the condition prohibition in the different congressional Qistricts of the stace, Most of those re porting gave very sanguiné and glowing ac ts of how well the cot law was being en forced. Occasionally @ wail would be heard from some river county, Where little head way was being made. The delegate renort ing for Fort Madison gave a glowing ac: count of the dificultica which prohibition had to encounter in his _vieinity, He said the temperance people conldn't got any law vers to tako their cases, and had to go to Burlington for logal assistance. port from Muscatine was also dis ¢, claiming that two of the district judges were tools of the liguor men and would not enforce _the prohibitory law. For the most part the del s reported that the luw was_ geu u large re duction in eriminal expenses in consequence. The nominating committes reported s oft cors for the next year the foliowing: B, I Wright, of Floyd county, for president; Mrs, A. 5. MeMurray, of Polk county, for seerc tary, and General A. J. Barker, of Polk county, for treasurer and attoruey. A Very Close Call. BurtiNaroy, Ta, Fob, 20.—[Special Te gram to ik Bee. =M. F. Melling of the Burlinglon Syrup we have had a narrow escape from asphyxiation by escaping as, The family retired at the usual hour. About 4 a, m. one of the children eomplained of feeling The father got up to attend the child’s wants and immediately sank unconscious to the floor, At this juncture Mrs, Mellinger sprang from the bod, but before she could reach the side of her Jirostrate husband she, too, fell to the floor fu an insensible condi v, man- ks, and sick. tion. Mr. Mellinger has no idea how long he lay in this condition, but finally recovered sufticiently to recain his feet and raise window, and to give un a A neighbol came over and a physician was summoned., Aftera few hours all were out of danger, and to-day are well as usual. A short time longer and the afair must have resulted tatally for all, The A. O, U, W, Masox Oy, Ta., Feb. 20.—[Special gram to Tne B, ]—The supreme faction of the Ancient Order of United Workmen to- day filed a petition for a rehearing with the clork of the supreme court. When the case was decided by this court two years ago a rehearing was asked for by the same party, but was denied. In the recent decision the court stated that the case “‘demanded from the court no further discussion.” It is now open to the Towa grand lodge to begin sum ry proceedings by injunction to restramn upremers from the further use of the name of the oraer and thegight to do busi- ness i the state, which course, it is under- stood, will now be_ pursucd. An _invitation s extended to the supremers to become members of the order upon complying with the requirements relative to remstatomes but this invitation was epurned with « tempt. Heretofore the graud lodge las a on the defensive; henceforth it will assume the aggressive. Red Oak 's Board of Trade. o Rep OAx, Ia., Feb. #0.—[Special to Tis Ber.|—At a meeting of the business men of Red Oak, about fifty were present, and ar ticles of incorporation were adopted and a full sct of ofticers elected, as follows: Pros- ident, John Houp; first vice president, M. Pisher; second vice president, F. M. Coney; seeretar 1L . 0. P, Worsley; treasurer, Clark. Shares were placed at $10) ble $10 membership and $2.50 quar- sments, a_the discretion of the board of dircctors, ~Twenty members have already joined, withagood prospect of fifty in the ~near future. The committee on by- laws and soliciting fembers was ordered to report at the next meeting, to be held on Tuesday evenng next. Three delegates will be chosen tothe blue grass convention, to be heid at Creston on February 20, to ad- vertise southwestern Iowa. gl S e Played a Joke on the Mayor. Des Moises, In., Feb. 20.—[Special Tele- gram to Tie Bez.]—Some days ago the state board of health received a_letter purporting to have been written by the mayor of La- porte, Ta., stating that two skeletons had been found near that place under suspicious circumstances and_asking what should be done with them. The board replied, setting forth minutely the duties of a mayor in such ases. To-day the board received a letter from the real mayor of Laporte, declaring that the other letter was a scandalous forgery, and asking that it be sent, o ihat he could find the forger. = The mayor was quite indignant at the publicity he had received, and he proposes to make it warm for the author of the practical joke upon him. Affairs at Clarion. CLARION, Ta., Feb. 20.—|Special Telegram to Tur Bik.|—Some days ago there were sensational reports sent out from here coupling the name of Mrs. Judd, of Do,ws, with that of County Attorncy Whipple in connection with some allezed warnings of White Caps, and the sequel now follows in the commencement of a suit by Mrs. Judd against G C. Jameson, a banker of Dows, for alleged defamation of cl Mr Jumeson, in turn, has begun suit Whippie, as attorney for the water com ,000 damages for one of his cl It is claimed that Whipple held @ ainst Crabtre and when it became duc ssued an_attachment and collected the note by distress, hence the request for dam- ages. Combining Against Chicago. Des Moixes, Ia., Feb. 20.—|Special Tele- gram to Tuk Ber.]—The railroad commis. reccived information to-day that the ouri railroad commission would join with them in their stand for westorn pack- ors against the Chicago board of trade. The Missouri commission will employ counsel to assist the Iowa counsel if a fight has to be wade. It is expected that the Nebraska commissianers will also jon the others in standing for western interests, The Winona & Southwestern. Masox Crry, Ta,, Feb. 20.—|Special Tele- gram to Tuz Bee.]—The report that the Mason City & Fort Dodge road has passed into the hdnds of the Winona & Southwest orn 1s furthor, évidenced from the fact that the Winona surveyors have been running an independent tine toward Sioux City, which was completed to Livermore, were called in to-day. This insures the Winona & South- western for Osage, Mason City and on through to Omaha. A Chna Burned to Death, Booxe, fa., Feb. 20.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bge|—borene, tho three-year-old daughter of Jesse iull, was playing with a lighted lamp’ yesterday afternoon and in some way setfire to per clothes, She was tfully burned, not a spot on her body ping; and died about 12 o'clock, She did not “recaver consciousness. Refused the Injunction Dunuque, Ia,, Feb. 20.— [Special Telogram ta Tue Bee.]~Judge Ney, at Independenc has refused to enjoin the American Expr company from delivering liquor shipp 0. D." from unother stau -~ Disbanded t PuapeLenis, Feb. 20.-It has been learncd that at @ meeting held here on Sun- day night Euterprise division of the Brotuer- hood of Engineers decided unanimously that the division disbaud, The division was com- posed almost exclusively of iReading railroud engineors, and was one of the largest divis- 1ons of Réading euginers. el Phelps Interviews the Presid Was#INGTON, Feb, 30.—Mv. Phelps, United States minister to Kogland, called at the white house to-dayjand bad an interview with the president. INEWS OF NEBRASKA TOWNS, | Manderson S)m-n»kn—n(, the G. A. R. | Encampment. Missing. Women's Relief Corps. Krakney, Neb, Feb. 20.—[Snecial gram to Tue Bee.]--The convention of the Women's Relief corps was ealled to ordér this morning at 10 o'clock, All the oficers responded for duty, Mrs, Helen M. Aple tment, offered an eloquenc prayer. The following were ap pointed for the convention. Mrs. Lucy Lacy, of Creighton, and Mrs, Len Robertson, con Quotors of the mess; Mary Manchestor, of Lincoln, page: Mrs. Abbie C. Phillips, of Teeumseh guard; Miss Ida_Smith, reporter, assisted by Mrs, Emily Dickson, T'he read ing of the resolution of grecting to the sixth gut, captain of the dep annual state cneam ent was the next feature. The greetings were forwarded to the encampment. The annual address of the president, senior vi ssident, junior vie president’ and sedretary followed, showing very suecessful year ended with bright pros pects for the fut The election of various commttees followed, and a vote of thanks was extended to Sedwiel Post No. 1 for their Kindness in providing so thoughtfully for the comfort of the visiting delegations, A fte business of the ladic recess for dinner, the was continued until an_invitation tb listen to an address by Senator Manderson before a joint meeting of the two organizations v received and accepted. After this it v necessury to adjourn to arrange for the re ception tendered by the corps to the visiting delegates and the eitizens of Keav Smallpox Scare. Fauts City, Neb, Feb. 20.—[Special Telegram to g Ber.] —A good deal of ex- citement prevails throughout the southern part of the county and across the line into IKansas over the report that smallpox was raging there. The city couneil held a spec the thre mee ng yesterday, quarantining s from the south, positively excluding from entering the city from that part of the country. The dodtors all pronounce the discase smallpox in a very bud form. 1t is understood that Rulo has guarded the approachics 1o that city from tho south, as the epidemic is v among the Indians on the reservation. | ve yet been re- ported in the city 3 trict_juris. diction of the city authorities it is thought everything will be all right. The last report from the country, some four miles south, states that between twenty and twenty-five persons are down with the disous bridg anyor : Br npment of the G. A. R, of Nobraska con- vened in the opera house at 10 o'clock to-day. The forenoon was spent in cxamining the credentials of the delegates. Two hundred and cighty posts were represented by over seven hundred delegates. Aside from these there are a number of visitors. Routine business was taken up, but was intercepted on o motion to suspend the rules and_listen to an address by Semator Manderson, who arrived at mnoon n n spécial car. The matter of selecting a place for the next annual reunion was taken up and de- cided in favor of Kearney. After this the meeting adjourned to give place to the ladies of the Reiief Corps, who gave a splendid re- ception, which lasted from 4 o'clock to 7. The encampment is now in session, and it is expectedthat officers for the ensuing year will be elected this evening. Manderson Visits Laird, Hasmings, Neb. Feb, 20.—|Special Tele gram to Tur Brr.]—Senator Manderson ar- rived in the_city this morning. He visited Jumes Laird, whom he found to be much better than he expected He urged Laird to return with him to Washington to-morrow night and the congressman promised to go in a few days any way if not with the senator. L. D. Richards, D. R. Lillibridge, F. J. Al- exander and C.'A. Holmes accompanied the senator in a special car, and the party went ou to Kearney. Grand Island Sporting Club's Shoot. Graxp IsLaxp, Neb., Feb. 20.—[Special Telegram to Tk Bee.]—The Grand Island sporting club held its weekly shoot to-day at the fair grounds. Owing to the strong wind the score is not up to the average. It is as follows: At ninety-five blue rocks, J. C. 50; Charles Herry, bi; O. H. Tracy, 50; H. J. Palmer 4 S ncendinry's Worl Woob River, Neb., Feb. 20.—|Special to g Bee.]—About 1a’clock this morning the large barn on the farm of Stephen Jones who resides two miles south of here, was burned with all of its contents, consisting of large quantities of oats, shelled corn, hay harness, farm implements, two cows and a team of horses. There were three horses and a team of mules in_the barn when it wus closed for the night, but as the carcasses of ouly two horses were found in the ruins, it is thought that the team of mule and one horse had been stolen, und the barn soton fire. Extensive search is being made for the incendiary, Mr, Jones took out a policy last week in the IParmers’ Union In surance company on_the property dstroycd to the amount of £1,500; loss £,000. The steriff of Hall county, has offered a reward of 50 for the arrest ind_conviction of ihe thicf, and the owner of $30 for the return of the property. ——— Kicked His Wife to Death, CrLixtoy, la, Feb. 20.—[Special Telegram to Tup B t Lord was found dead and frozen sUiff on the floor of her bed room in the center of the city, to-duy. Her husband, partially intoxicated, was found lying in the bed w th his hat and overcoat on, He claims that his wife dicd at this morning and that he went out and te graphed w0 a daughter in Bakota and then to bed, where he lay till alls of neighbors, Others d Lis wife to death while climbed over her awakened by th think that he ki in a drunken rage, WasinxaToy, Feb, 20.—When shown the Berlin dispatch in which it is stated thut the Cologne Gazette says that Germany will de mund of the United States government the arrest and punishment of K the Awmer- ican correspondent charged with having led the aitack wgainst the Germans in Samoa, Secretary Bayard said it was the fivst be had heard of it. He added that he did not kuow —~— of Klewm's existence until informed of it by by Germany, and said toat he had referred all correspondence received vy him in re I3 to iClein to the senute committee on forcign relations, S Linn's Insuranc® Bill Lascory, Neb.,, Feb. 20.—[Special to Tig 1 report ad. ng life and en. Bk, | —The senal versely on Linn's TN il dowment assurance policies non-forfeitable and fixing a surrender value. At their mect ing the committee heard arguments from William P. McLaren, of Milwaukee, Howard Kennedy, of Omaha, and J. H. Mockett, of Lincoln, all of the Northwestern, of Milwau kee, und from B. H. Robinson, of Owaha, ter a business Tue Inspector Breen has granted H permit 1o build & tweo-story brick block at T'wenty-fourth and J streets. building will cost about §,000. THE GENTLEME The Indication All But Decisive That e Will Fail, Citcago, Fob, 20.—Appear all but decisive that the proposed © commerce railway association will 1ces to-night inter. not —_— be organized, The committeo appointed to THE 'WORK OF AN INCENDIARY. | obtain the signatures of the five dissenting g companios reported to-day that the Ilinois | atral positively refuses to join, and that A Barn, With Scveral Thousand Bush- | the Wisconsin Central w join only on els of Grain and Two Horses, ot il ULy Vs Burlinget o North 3 orn sign, thing has been heard from tho Burned—Some Stook JEOY COmpRY. 1t VAN ther proposan; t, to at least make a show of p an agrecment with such companies already signed. This was agroed to and o committee appointed to make such chianges of dotails as might be necessary i view of failure to ain the asseut of certain companies.” This committee will report to-morrow. Meantime, the crstwhile advocates of the agreement are busy pointing out that its virtual failure docsn't amoun Vaftor all; that the agreement of the stern freight association ecovers prae tically the same territory: is much more binding, and 18 being lived up to NEW YORK, I%eb, 20.—The 1llinois Central directors wero in_session to-day from 10 a i, until 6 pome It s understood that the n was called for the purpose of consid cring netion in regard to the proposed inter state commerce convention, Great pressure las been brought to bear on the company from_all dircctions to induce them to sz, Shortly after 6 o'clock the meeting aajonrned and the secretary gave out an ofticial state- ment setting forth that the company’s attor neys refully looked into the matter of the opinion that Hlinois Central corporation s, by the terms of its charter, precluded from be HMing a party to the agreement in question. Tne board therefors declines to authorize the president of the company to sugn said awree ment, and upproves his action in not commit- ting the company thereto. But being noy s always, in favor of cnforcing uud mains taining reasonabloe and remuncrative tes and preventing cutting of the same, the board s determined to give its moral support as far as may be con- nt with the best interests of th pany to the aims and objects of the ol inter- state commerce railway association in - the establishment and maintenance of rates. In order to carry out this_intention the presi dent is directed to notify every officer, agent or employe that if he wilfully violates ‘the raies, rates or regalations established by the bourd ke will be dismissed from the service. STATISTICS, DIVOILC me Facts Which Lend Color to the Belief That Mavriage is a Failure. WasmiNGToN, Feb. 20.—Commissioner Wright, of the department of labor, in a special report on statistics and luws relating to marriage and divorce in the Umted States from 1867 to 1886, inclusive, shows the num es in 1580, ber of divorces granted in the United Sf inercased from 9,937 in 1807 to % The total for twenty years is 325,716, During the last five-year period of twenty years the states of Connecticut, Maie und Vermont are the only ones showing a deercase in - di- voree Dakota shows the largest mcrease of divore anted. Two hundred and six teen thousand seven hundred and thirty- cight, or 65 per cent of the whole, were granted to wives, and 111,055 were granted to husbands, the cause for which the greatest number of divorees was granted is that of de sertion, being 16,5570r 33 per cent of the whole number, The commissioner says itis ap- 'nt that the divorces granted for drunk- , 195143, cannot in anyway represent the total number in which drinkeness or intem- perance is a serions factor. In a few rep resentative couuties it is shown that intemperance was the dieet or indirect cuuse in 20 per cent of the whole num- ber of divorces granted in such counties. b THE 1ILLINOIS G. A. R. ual Encampment of the Depart- ment—Woman's Relief O Semixerieno, 1L, Feb. 20.—The depart. ment encampment of the Grand Army com- menced its annual session in this city to-day. Considerable routine business was- trans acted. The report of the commander shows 500 posts in the state, and u gain in member- shipof over 1,100 during the year. The sistant quartermaster reported that ho re- ceived over §,000 and expended over £5,000 during the year, There are charges of mis management made against the superintend ent of the soldiers' home, und a special com 5 > wasappointed 10 investi committee on soldiers home recommended, among other things, that habitual drunkenness be excluded from the home, There was i camp fire to-night by the vet erans, which was greatly enjoyed by them. Governor Fifer and Mayor Hay dclivered addres of welcome, 10 which Commander Sexton responded. The Woman’s IZelief corps met, with 160 delegates in attendance. The réports show 122 corps in_good standmg, and a shiip of 4,500, The membership on De 30, 1887, was 2,616, During the year was expended in relief work. L Aght Conve The Electric 11CAGO, IPeb, 20.—[n the national electric light convention to-day E. T. Lyuck, of New York, chairman of the committee uppointed at the last mecting to collect statistics and facts on the underground system, reported that the committee had communicated with all the electric light companics in th United States, 1'rom the answers recei 1t would seem that the placing of wire underground has proved a fuilure in most, if not all, instances, City Etlectrician Barrett, of Chitugo, took oxceptions to the report. The underground systew of conduits in - this city is a success, and_the municipality pro DOSes to extend it. Tl system has been in operation here nearly six years as regards clectrie light wires, and thirteen for tele. praph wires, Mr. Johnson, of Philadclphia, indorses M. Hurrett's position, and argued that the report should be reversed. Left All to His Cuieaso, Feb, 20 fousckeeper. ne will of the late Charles J. Hull, a wealthy landlord, who rented hundreds of houses, was offered for probate to-day. It was a document filling scarcely oue page of legal cap, but it dis posed of property estimated all the way from $2,000,000 Lo £5,000,000, and leaving th cutire cstate to Helen Culver, who was for his housekeeper, - The Southern Pacific Earnings. SAN Fraxcisco, Feb. 20,—The earnings of the Southern Pacific for the year 1858 were #18,885,0005 expenditures, including interest on bouds, F44,001.000, leaving a surplus of £,049,000, from which amount, after deduct- g the guaranteed rental of the Central )24 balance of intercst on 000, ie of 1,360,000, leaves a £2,550,000, or Bbout 3¢ per cent the outstanding stock of 0,0 - A University's Centennial. Wasiixerox, Ieb. 20.-The centennial celebration of the Georgetown (Jesuit) uni versity began this morning. Archbishops, ishops and priests were present from al most every state iu the union. The univy claborately decorated , and banuers bearing ajr sity buildings with flowers, flag propriate legeuds - - "Frisco Police in Trouble, Sax Fraxcisco, Feb, 2. -Sergeant Gano, of the Chinatown squad, und three police- men, nave been arrested on indictments found by the grand jury charging them with receiving bribes from the Kevpeys of Chinese gambling dens. -~ The Weather indications. For Nebraska und Dakota—Fair, followed by snow; warmer, foliowed by colder weather in northwest portion of Dukota; variable winds, For lowa—Fair; warmer southerly winds, [ THE SACKV ILLE-WEST AFFAIR It Once More Claims the Attention of the Country. SOME INTERESTING DOCUMENTS: ANl the Diplomatic Literature Beares fng on the Subject Transmitted to Congress By the President, State Do oents, Wasninaroy, Feb, 20.~The prosident tos day seut to congress all the correspondence ating to the Sackville incident, accome vanied by a purely formal letter of trans- mission. Tho correspondence opens with & copy of tho now famous Murchison lotter and Lord Sackville's reply thereto. On Oe- tober 23 Secretary Bayard, in a telegram, dis rects Minister Phelps to invite Lord Salis- bury’s attention to the Murchison letters and 1o express the confident reliunce of this gove ernment the action of her majesty's government in the matter. On the following day Bayard telegeaphs Minister Phelps that West's usefulness in the country is at an end; that strong public sentimentliad been aroused and that Lord Salisbury should be permitted as speedily s possible to understand the necessity of imuediate action. Under date of October 25, Minister Pholps telegraphs to Bayard that Lord Salisbury declines to uot until i receipt of the precise language of 1 Sackville and his explanation. Lord does not regard the minister's lot- tor alond as suflicient 10 wa thus ending his diplomatic carcer, which would not necessarily be toe case if - he were disiissed by the nment of tho Unitod States, for which course there are precedents, Plielps states that there will be long delays, vith no decisive result, if independence” 18 placed on the movement of the British gove ment, a dvises that action be taken the intimation of Lord Salisbur then pives the report of Secretary Bayard to the president on - the ctof Lord Suckville, (published hore- tofore). Under date of October 50, Bayard write to Lord Sackv! L saying, ‘‘the prosie his recall, dent of the United States has structed me to inform you that for good and_sulicien canses which are known to yourself, and duly brought to the knowledige of your' goy= ernment, he hus with great. regret becoma convinedd that it would be mcompativle with the best mterests unad deirimental to the good relations of both goveraments thap you should any. longer hold your present ofticial position in the United” States, and that wccordingly the government of Her Britanic majesty will be informed of thig determination, in order that another channel y be estabiished for th psmission of ich communication L be found de- able by the two governuents in the trans- wetions of their busiucss wherever it is your pleasure to depart from the United States 1 am instructed to furnish you with the usual facilities, and with that’ view I now beg leave to inciose a passport in the customary form.” tr ard’s lotter v 811 Phelps, g rd commu- ng a state- s 1o Minister ment of says: “Such un auswer be characterized a diplomatic privil ubuse oj his lordstip's position here us the :dited envoy of a friendly power, fc has dangerously invaded tne clusive sovereignty” of this country over its own soil, 165 own citizens and its affairs of deepest moment. On November 1 Lord Salisbury asks for more definite mn- formation in rcgard to what the minister has. done, aud suys hic cannot tuke action until he reccives fuller particulars, On December 5, last, Phelps forwarded to Secrctary Bavard o copy of anote to Lord Salisbiiry, in which he transwits copics of the Murchson correspondence and news- paper interviews. Phelps say that hoth the vespondence andthef'ribune interview ap- pearcd to the government of the United States to constitute a very grave and unpro- voked affront Lord Suckville to the president and scnate. Lord Salisbury re- plied to Phelps on Decemboer 21, 1588, saying the Murchison correspondence, and 10 such ale bre: can, A pross d un iat he has referred the above mentione letter to Lord Sackville, Lord Salisbury s that the action of the United States government bas rendered the copies of the letter and wterviews transmitted by Phelps of no prac- tical importance werc wanted (0 on - able her majest rument o forn a judgment on the complaint. It is of course open to any government on its own responsi- bility suddenly to terminate diplomaticsre’a. But it h > other state shall 1o claim 1o demand that t malce itself an instrument 1 concur in it unless that state is satisfied by reason, duty produced, of the justico of the grounds on whicl the demand is wiade. 1 conclusion e say . “What view her majesty's government would have taken of Lord Sackvill's action if the presidentof the United States had laid before them grave and weight for his removal, 1t would be to consider. Privato ¢ by the ambassador in g I'beireve, before been made the international complaints, and cor doubt scems to rest upon the precise purport of the public statements made by Lord Sacks reasons poriinous now mmunications made i faith have never, ville to the newspaper reporters. 13ut_thesa were fair matters for examination and dige cussion if any sueh discussion lad been des und sire It suftici fLhe existing cire cumstances 1o suy Uit there was nothing in Lord Suckville’s couduct to justify so striks ing o departure fro unispoct and deliber » 3 b, in such s0s, it s the usuge of friendly states to mark thewr consideration for cach other, 1 will abstain from_comment upon the considerations 10 which you refer as havine dictated the ace tion of the president; 1 will only join with of the United States in ex- pressiug my regret that a personal incident of this chirscter should haye in uny degreo qualificd Uhe harmony which for a long time past the enduring sympathy of the two sas tions has bmpressed upon the wutual relas Lions of their governments,” Euclosed in this letter is Sackville's com- Murchison the government ment upon letter (already published. ) 2 correspondence closes wib a lewter trom Bayard to Phelps, dated Jan uary #0, 1580, acknowledging the receipt o the” reply of Lord Salisbury to Phelps’ not in relation to the ease of Lord Sackville, Secretary Bayard in this lotter states fully the views of this governinent in respect to the grounds of Lord Sackville's dismissal. He quotes liberally from the letter, and sharp) the / eriticises the . He says; Murchison reply of Lord Sackvi “The correspendence not only coustitutes an unprecedented interference in our domes- tic politics, but it contained s fmpugn. ments of the president’s public action, Hence, hud the objcetionable conduct of Lord Sackville ended with a reply to the Murehi- son levter the situavion wolld have been sufs ficientiy ous; but in ious stite- ments inado by b to ives of the public press impugns actions of this government, were emph The sccretary then procoeds 1o consideras of that part of Marquis Sulisbury’s note down @ rule whjch, in his opinion, tho dismissal of diplomatic agonts, ti¢ laying governs and suys “Phe offcnse of Lord Sackville consisted in personal wisconduct wholly incousistent with his oMeial duty and relations, of which 10 suggastion of approval by his coyernment nis yeu been intimated.* Thus the present issuc 18 not her 1t is requisite that & sovereivn asking the reeall of forcign minise ters should give a reason for the applicition, sut ground COuntE; but whether when, as in the pic such recall has been asked on thie interference in the politics of the which he is accredited. The que bility or degree of such interfer use, of 10 left, not to the decision of the offend eign, but 1o the determinution of 1 cign by whow the offcnding wminis aceredited.” ! {