Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 13, 1889, Page 1

N OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, e c— DECLINE THE SECOND PRIZE. Neither Furnas Nor Broewer Willing to Be Rusk's Assistant. LARKSON ONLY COQUETTING. It is Now Thought That He Will Ac- cept—Blaine Sends for Austin —Palmer Mentioned for Madrid. WASHINGTON BUREAU Tie OMATA Bre, 518 FOURTERNTA STREET, D. C., March 12, Uncle Jarry is not having very good luck gotting an assistant commissioner of agricul- ture, although the salury is $1,500 a year. He first tendered it to ex-Governor Furnas, of Nebraska, and more recently to Professor Brewer, of Yale college, the candidate of the Both Governor Furnas wnd Mr. Brewer were candidates for the Lead of the” department, but neither were willing to_take the second place. looks as if President Atherton, of the Uni- Pennsylvania, ‘Willett, of the Agricultural College of Mich- igan, would be appointed. CLARKSON MAY ACCEPT. Colonel Clark Carr, of Illinois, will have for satisfaction, scientific societies, look elsewhere Mr. Clarkson, of Towa, While he still says ho will not. take 1t and does not want any offica from the government it may be expected that his nomination will be sent to the senate to- morrow and that he will accept. is already made out and would have', qone into the senate to-duy but for the fact that he protested against it. knock [owa out of one 0: two other good places und will prevent the appointment of ex-Governor Stone as commissioner of the ensral land office whether he had any chanca before or postmaster general, will have that place. Chilicott is the man for that place and ex-Congress- pburn, of Iowa, will be assistant secretary of the interior. Cyrus W. Busey, of New Orleans, is the other assistant secre- Busey was formerly an lowa man, and that stite will have a fuil hand in the ofice of tho interior department. The Iilinois men earnest fight for the commissionership of in- ternal revenue, and Senator Cullom went to the president to-day and insisted upon Mat- thews’ appointment, but Mr. Elkins came over from New York last night upcn a_tele- gram from Mason, of West Virginia, to make the latter's calling and election sure, and there is scarcely any doubt of his success. The Illinois men have given up trying to do anything with the president, and are now working on Elkins, but he will not yield an E SENDS FOIL AUSTIN. Secrotary Blaine has sent to Iowa for Mr. Michael Austin, of Grinnell, over before he sends his nom ister to the to look him ation as min- Argentine Republic to the While Mr. Austin has very_strong and is_without doubt a gentleman of culture and ability, it is a question whether it is good policy to send a man engaged in trade to a_country in order that he may promote his own Other manufacturers of ments may object to his appointment and Mr. Austin makes no secret of his desire to go to the Argentine Republic to extend his trade. PALMEIR FOR MADRID, Senator Palmer has said all along that he would not, accept @ forcign appointment, but Ithink he will change his mind and go to He naturally fecls very much flat- tered at the deference paid him by the presi- dent, and the compliment of having his name sent to the senate at the head of the whole list_of the Hurrison administration. He has visited Spain several times, and likes that country more than any other n Europe When he was a boy, eightecn years old, he made a pedestrian tour through Spain, and then learned to speak the Spanish language, & general knowledge of which he The second telegram of con- received by Mr. Palmer came from ex-Governor Alger, within two hours after the nomination was sent to the senate, 80 that tne latter must have had his ear pretty near the ground. THE NOMINATIONS, There are not many ofliceseekers at the capitol, where the nomina The scarcity of them there is quite remarkable, but the “senators make up in in- terest what the public scem to lack. Secretary Pruden is looked for every after- noon as eagerly as the children look for Santa Claus at Christmas time, does make his apj aside and the sen clerk’s desk to get a sight of the sheet of was a great deal of dis- appoiutment yestorday when the nomina- tions came in, und nobody except the fornia men and Senator Hoar were gr and to-day the disappointment was even greater, for the first batch that came con- tained only the Dakota nominations, ajudge marshal for Montana, and the district” attorney for In- When Mr, Pruden made his sccond appearance this afterncon the senate was in exccutive session, but they opened the doors instantly and crowded around to see what he had brought, but it was scarcely more grati- fving than the other, for the nominat that were longed for never came. scckers will begin to o home pretty soon, and many of them hive already taken their departure, for the president has indicated as plainly as can be that he does not intend to ¢ in a hurry about distributing their pat- ronage, but will go slow enough to be The office of governor s given to South Dakota and that of sccre- tary to North Dalota, according to the ratio There were a_number of ap- peals in behalf of Seeretary MeCormick, of Dakota, who is s highly respected ns’ the governor is not, and the republican mowmbers of the logislatura sent a message to the presi- dent, askiug him not to_remove MeCormick But Gencral thought that he had better make a single and sent Richardson’s Mr. Richardson is the editor of a Governor Mellette is i, formerly from Muncie, but in business enterprises in recommendations, cultural imple. confirmation, still retaios, ons_first become ace all dignity 18 laid tissue paper. of population, hias been engage Dakota for several years, and faremost men in commerce as well as polivics He was the choico of the people for governor when they organized government. when the state is organized, he will beyond doubt be continued in the oftice The vomination of according to the popular vote. Governor Mellotte was, rules of the senute, referred to the commit- s, but they reported it back immediately, and he will' be confirmed and receive his commission to-mo DOESN'T WANT THE FRENCI MISSION, The rumor now Reid is going to Prance land as minister, but his friends say that no will not accept the I will g0 10 England o teo od territor] is that Mr. ustead of to kEng- rench mission; thi nowhere, and thore is a very strong impressi o that he will decline in favor of Mr. Phelps. not be appointed. Mr. Biaine has explained Phelps genorously is claims in favor of Mr, 1eid does not want 10 ause he will feel that HBoth of them can- that very full, surrendored all accept the position b he is keeping M. Phelps out. very muiy obligations to the latter gentle- When Mr. lteid was financiully em- bune was in the hauds Phelps furnished the funds to purchise the paper, which he hus siuce owned and controlled. barrassed and the ‘I of Jay Gould, M Everybody in Wushington who has busi- ness at the war department will be glad to learn that Colon Thomas F. Barr 18 com- Rumsey and afterwards with Secretary Lincoln, and was not only of it assistance to the head of the depart- but commended himself to the public ly as & gentleman of untiring patience thorough courtesy. EXTKA SESSION PROSPECTS. is wo brovability of an extra session of congress until after the elections in the new states this fall. Tho president said ves- terday that he saw no necessity of calling cnn?rpn together at once, and he has been advised by many leading republicans not to o so. The assistant secrotary of the interior to- day rendered a decision reversing the ruling of the general land oficer in rejecting tho application of 0. W. Boston to' amend his timber culture entry made for the north- wost ) of section 7, township 25, range 44, AWMY OIRCLES AMUSED. Army circles are somewhat amused by the outcome of an incident that occurred on in- auguration day. The intercsted parties aro Colonel H, G, Gibson, Third artillery, who commanded the first brigade of the_first di- vision of the parade: Captain John G. Bourke, Third cavalry, an_nide on tho staft of Ge neral Beaver, the grand marshal, and Cap tain George C. Armes, retired, who took a place in the parade as an wide, attired in the full uniform of a captain of cavalry and mounted on a bay horse. Captain Armes, who was once dismissed from the army by a court martial and restored and rotired by an act of congress in 1853, saw his name in ono of the local papers some days before the inauguration as one of General Beaver's aides. Ho reported at headquarters and was there told that the publication was an error, and_that he had not been appointed. He angrily tola those around him that he should serve under any circumstances. A consultation foilowed his departure, and a plan_of action was agreed upon in case Cantain Armes made trouble on the 4th. Shortly after the parade started from the capitol Captain Armes, motnted and uniformed, was seen riding' near the carriages of the presidential party, and be- fore long he rode up to Colonel Gibson and gave him an order. Upon being asked under whose authority he was acting, he replied that he gave the order on General Hustings’ authority. Colonel Gibson thereupon sent forward to General Beaver to make inquir. and the latter dispatchea Captain Bour with orders to remove Captain Armes from the parade. Captain Bourke wisely avoided a scene by sending a mounted poli ofticer to do the ojectment, which wi promptly accomplished. Captain Avmes it appears, joined the parade farther baclk, for he was o the side of the line when the pa- rade passed the president at the reviewing stand. He appeared at the war department yesterday, and calling on General Drum, stated that he intended to present charges against both Colonel Gibson and Captain Bourke for conduct unbecoming officors and gentlemen in trying on March 4 to create a disturbance during the parade.. The general stated very briefly that he would receive the ges in writine and that they should r ceive due consideration. Ho said to-day that he had not_received tho charges from Cap- Ames, but that charges had been preferred against Captain Avmes by Captain Bourke, for ‘“‘conduct unbecommg an officer ‘and a gentleman.”” These he intended to examine and lay before the’ sec- us soon a possible. Army ofiicers v laugh at the occurrence and say that if anything results it will be the con- sideration of Bourke's charges against Armes, MISCELLANEOUS, The Dakota republicans in Washington are urging the appointment of John H. King, of their territory to be assistant Indian com-* missioner, They say that this is the only position of a general character that they will ask for, So many people have visited President Harrison this week that they have worn out the tiling about the door leading to the public stairway and east parlor. Workingmen were this afternoon eagaged in putting in new.tiles. Delegate Dubois, of Idaho, had a confer- cnce this afternoon with Attorney General Miller, 1t is probable that Colonel Sharpe will be appointed governor and K. S. Curtis .secretary of that territory. Prrey S, HEATHL pte LAMONT IN CLOVER. He is Taken. into Partnership With ‘Whitney & Payne. New YORK, March 12,—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—Colonel Daniel S. Lamont is in clover. The colonel’s uncommon abilities have been recognizea in a way likely to make him rich as well as famous. A gold letter- ing artist was at work on the outside door to a suite of rooms in the Mills building, on the fourth floor, all day yesterday. When the work was done the grouna glass was re- splendent with the names W. C. Whitney, O. H. Payne and Daniel S. Lamont. This strong combination is going to be heard from in diverse and unexpected ways, Mr, Whit- ney and Colonel Payne, his brother-in-law and the son of the Ohio senator, have for some years, it 1sauthoritatively stated, been engaged in a railroad enterprise, Mr., Whit- ney’s four years' absence interrupt- ed his work in -this direction, and his two months in Europe will delay it st:ll more. Meanwhile he associated Colonel La- mont with himself and Colonel Payne for the purpose of carrying out the project both have on hand., Colonel Lamont will be directly interested in the management of all the roads of the Philadelphia syndicate of which the firm of Cleveland, Bangs, Stotson, Tracy & McVeagh will be counsel, and in which Colonel Payne of the Stagdard Oil company will take a lively interest. The financial op- erations of the concern will be aided by ex- Secretary Fairchild, whose new trust com- pany will be a syndicate of local banks of de- vosit. Mr. Cleveland reached his ofice yester- day at 9:30 a. m, and staxd down until 6 and then went home to escort Mrs. Cleveland to Mr. Stetson’s house to dine, —————— NON-SECTARIAN SCHOOLS, Bishop Foley Takes a Firm Stand in Their Favor. Derroir, March 12.—|Special Tolegram to Tue Bee.]—Bishop Foloy astonished the Catholics yesterday by coming out in an in- terview taking strong ground in favor of the publie school system, A committee of ladies recently called upon the bishop, bearing a petition for the adunssion of women's votes for school inspectors. Bishop Foley signed the petition and the woman suffragists were delighted. Being asked if he was in favor of woman suffrage generally, the bishop yes- terday said he was not, and added: *I signed because I thought perhaps it might prove of some benefit to- education, and perhaps take the schools out of politics. I believe in the state providing educational facilities for its citizens, anld I believe the public schools should be non-sectarian, Sectarianism shoula not be allowed to enter into either politics or the public schools. When I vote, I vote as John Foley, an American citizen, and I would vote for a Protestant cundidate against a Catholie if the former were better fitted for the place in question than the latter. 1do not approve, however, of the muintenance of schools for tue rich’ out of money taken from the poor.” Important o Cigar Makers, St. PauL, Minn., March 12.—An important decisior has been announced by the supreme court in the case of the Cigarmakers' Pro- tective union, No. 987, respoudent, vs Daniel B. Couhaim et al, appellants. In this case it is said that a device used by the members of the cigarmakers' union, and placed on boxes of cigars made by them, indicates only that the cigars are made by some member of one ot the unions, and is not a legal trade mark., The order of the lower court is re- versed. As there is no exclusiveness in tie use of the mark, it is held not to be a legul trade mark, Justice Mitehell differs from the opinion of the cuief justice. In his opinion he states that members of a union should have the benefit of the superior repu- tation of its products in the market, result- ing from their superior skill. Justice Van- derburg concurs in the opinion, The order was reversed by a vote of three to two of the supreme bench, e On the Bourse. Pamis, March 12.—-At the close of the Bourse to-day Comptoir des Compte shares were quoted at 335 francs ; Societe des Metaux shares at 117 francs, 50 centuwes, and Rio "Tinto shares at 341 francs, 25 centimes, o A e i T i Ao Skt el S et e e e s AFTER THE BEEF COMBINE. The St. Louis Convention Getting Down to Work. OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES. Unselfish Chicago Opines That the Legislative Delegates are Dili- gently Ohasing a Will ‘o the Wisp. 81. Louts, Mo., March 12.—[Special Tele- & BEE.]—The conference of the committees of the several state legislatures met to-day and perfected its organization by electing Senator F. E. Gillette, of Kansas, chairman; Samuel R. Frost, of Texas, vice chairman, and Tom Cook, of Nebraska, sec- The standing committees are a committee on ‘“‘resolutions,” to which all resolutions shall be referred, and a committee on ‘‘recom- mendation for needed legislation,” which latter committee is expected to offer to the convention to-morrow morning a bill to be acted upon, and if satisfactory to the con- vention the'logislatures of the several states will be asked to pass those measures during their present sessions, Already a dozen bills have been placed in its hands, and a lively time is expected when the committce reports to-morrow. already apparent that the convention is going to be divided on the question as to ‘whether legislation should be had at once, or a thorough investigation entered of the delegates seeming to feel satisfied as to the existence of the combine, and ready to legislate against it, while the remainder, more conservative, want & committee to in- vestigate and make a r The question of the adoption of a bill to be resented to the respective legislatures is ependent upon the finding of the investigat- As all the delegations are anxious to get back to their legislatures and will return in a day or two, it is thought that but little of a practical nature can be accom- plished at this time. The Chicago Views Citicaco, March 12.— g committee, pecial Telegram to A representative of Armour & Co., talking to-day of the St. combine” convention, said the packing inter- ests of Chicago were worrying very little “In the first place,” he went on, it speaks of a beet combine which it is going to fight. bine, so that all efforts directed against such anobject will be fruitless, Several of the states and the territory of New Mexico ap- pointed committees to investizate the cattle business and see if a_combine_existed. committees investigated aud were obliged to report back that they had been unable to find any evidence of the existence of such an organization. over the meeting. no beef com- St. Louis makes inspect beef on state where it is sold. adopted in Colorado, Indiana and New Mex- ico, although it has not yet gone into _effect. tea on which this” cause is based is the that the legislature should provide safeguards for the public health, and that to do so in an efMcient manner mspection on the hoof 1n the state where the beef is sold is The claim is a subterfuge by vhich the promoters who are butchers on a comparatively small scale, hope to exclude the low priced beef dressed by large packers and be enabled to 80 raise the price as to en- able them to do business. health really actuates then why do they not agitate the question of a national insy We would assist in having such a law ; The men who are raising the howl about diseased meat and pretending to be doing 50 in the farmer’s interests are really doing more harm to tho farmers and the country m gencral than_they have any con- Every meeting of the kind now being held in_St. Louis is duly reported to Bismarck and Carnot, who want no, better evidence to give Germany and France provo that American beef should be as rigid The_talk about diseased weat coming from the Chicago stoci yards is We have there themost rigid in- spection in existence.” it_compulsory It nas already b If the public excluded as pork. The Parnell Commission. Parnell com- mission resumed its sitting to-day. An ac- countant testified that he had examined the books of the Hibernian bank, but was unable to trace persous to whom moncy or checks were paid or whence the checks came, ness further testified that he the league’s books, which showed rec amonnting to £100,613, sel for the Times,applied for an order examination of Parnell’s with the National bank. assent to such porter from Cork, testified tha the statement to a policeman, who promised him that he should be paid beyond his great- Witness declared that the had examined Henry James, coun- private account Parnell gave his examination. he had made est expectations, statement was absolutely false. dence created a sensation in the court room. Coffee further testifiod that he purposely made the statement wvhich he gave to tho police officer sensational, because he knew it would take., He received £115 from the Presiding Justice Hannen rebuked the witness f.r contempt and ordered him taken into custody. The commission then ad- —The president sent the following nominations to the senato to-day: Arthur C. Mellette, of Watertown, Dak., to Le governor of Dakota; Luther B. Richardson, of Grand Forks, Dak., to be sev- retary of Dakota; Cornelius H. Hanfod, of Washington territory, to be chief justice of the supreme court of the territory of Wash- ton; George W. Irvin, of Montaaa, to bo United States marshal for the territory of ; Smiley H. Chambers,of Indiana,to be United States attorney for the district of Batcheller of New York, to be assistant secretary of the treasu Vi Hugh G. Thompson, Porter of Indiana, to be envoy extraordinary and minister pleniootentiary of the Uni States to Italy; Jobn A. Enander of Illinois to be minister resident and consul general of the United States to Denmark; TRoot, to be postmaster at Keokuk, Ia. WASHINGTON, Indiana; George Inter-Oceanic Canal Mattera, New Youk, March 12,—Dispatches from tion had been made to the Tehuantepee Ship Canal company to complete De Lesseps' canal by supplying the missing links in com- munication between the oceans and furnish- ing passage for vessels through the moun- The dispatch also stated that a meet- ing with the representatives of the Panama Canal company would be held this week. Representatives of the Panama Canal pany, however, state that there 1s no truth in the dispatches. Arrested and Escaped. agent for a Lin- ed this town one day last week to secure orders for enlarging photo- raphs, but was arrested the same night on he charge of attempting to outrage two 1 Before he could be brought to trial, however, Brown made his escape and has 1t is reported here coln firm, canvas: t been found. now in the vi T Had to Pay a Ransom. March 12, —~Tho who were recently captured by the in- surgents haye been released upon the pay- ment of $3.000 to their captors. to the ransom money the Germans sur- rendered twenty-lwo slaves who had fallen into thelr hands, missionaries HE WILL PROVENAN ALIBL An Interview With the Brother fof the Supposed Tascott. [ Copyright 1859 by James Gerdon Bennett.1 Lavenrroor, March 13.—{New York Herald Cable—Special to Tine Bam]—The Herald correspondent to-day interviewed Joseph Pickup, brother of the mah who has been arrested for the murder of Millionaire Snell, of Chicago. He said: ‘‘My brother John, whom the police have arrested for the murder of Snell, assuming him to be Tascott, is abont twenty-two years of age. I received a lettér from him yester- day morning, dated from Helena, Mont., on February 23, in which he states thathe was arrested on February 17 fér murder, and he adds that the c is all the more serious because he answers very closely to o descrip- tion of the real murderer, being of the same age, weight and height, having a gun- shot wound on the hip, and having gold filling in his teeth. My brother adds, however, that he has more gold filling in his teeth than Tascott, He urges me to do all Ican to establish his :dentity. *At the time of the murder my brother was not within a thousana miles of Chicago, but was dwelling in ProvoCity, Idaho, He has nover been to Chicago in his life. He went to Provo City towards the end of 1857 and remained either theroor at Boise City until December, 1888, and I have found amongst his letters to me-one written from Provo City on February 10. Now, the murder having been committed at Chicago on the Sth of that month, it is not possible that my brother could have bsen two days afterwards a thousand miles away." P T A TALE OF TWO TOWNS. St. Joseph and Kansas City Infested by Silk Thieves. St. Josern, Mo., March 18.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]—For some time the city has been infested with an ‘organized gang of shoplifters, supposed to bs working in har- mony with a similar gang’ in Kansas City. The volice here seem as unable to make any Arrests as those in Kansas City, and the re- sult is that the merchants are considerably the losers. In Kansas City all the dry goods houses have been visited. Bolts of the finest silks and satins and other goods have from time to time been missed, but the gang has been too shrewd to be found-out. The same state of affairs exists in St. Josepn. It is thought that the silks and dress goods stolen here are sent to Kansas City and vice versn. They are sold from house fo house by women at léss than one-half their actual worth, This at first excited suspicion. Tullars & Moore were-the first mer- chants in St. Josepk, to miss any- thing. This was aitost a month ago. Since that time they; have lost a num- ber of bolts of their fipest dress fabrics. The same thing is trunq of Sampson & Smechel and the other merchants report losses. Townsend, Wyatt & Young lost to- day a full bolt of silk worthi$4.50 a yard. A daughter of Patrolmap. Cutler bought a fine silk dress pattern ome ;afternoon from a woman who called at the house, She se- lected it from a number pf others and paid for it 50 cents per yard, ' If was afterwards learned that the’ regular price was $2.50 a yard, Cutler was made agquainted with the pburchase, and suspectipgy tbat everything was not straight, took the dress vattern to Tullar & Moore's store. . It avas identified as partof onc of the.-tnissiag bundles. An attempt was next made tg find the woman who made the sale, but this was Tmpossible. With this much upon which to work, the police begun a systematic search of the ' city, and soon discovered that silkk dress patterns were in the possession of & number of ladies, all having been purchased in the same wanner as the Cutler purchase. The goods were seized, about a dozen dress patterns being found in one house, but the merchants could not identify them, ' The police think perhaps the silks they haye found belong in Kansas City and that the goods that have been seized there belong in St. Joseph. Cor- respondence with the Japsas City police will follow and it is hoped a portion of what has been stolen will be recovered and the guilty brough! to justice. The merchants are un- able 1o estimate their losses but they are heavy. — il MONTANA POLITICS. Efforts Being Made to Have Governor Leslie Removed. HELENA, Mont., March 12.—[Special Tele- gram to Tie Bee. |—Extraordinary efforts are being made to induce 'the president to re- move Governor Leslie before the legislature adjourns on ‘‘'hursday, so as to enable the new governor to appoint and the council to confirm territorial officials to take the place of those whose terms are about to expire. All of them are democrats and their nomina- tions, sent in by the governor nearly a week ago, were rejected to-day, excepta lady as territorial librarian, who claims to have no party affiliations. If Herschfield, who is in Washington, is appointed, he cannot get here in time to work the deal, which leaves Cole, the council president, and General Wil- son, of Bozeman, as the only material to carry out such a programme. Power has positively ~withdrawn and McCluteheon will not accept the honor if tendered, on account of his connections with his clientage. He could have secured the position without asking for it, as the republieans as well as the citizens gen- erally were largely in favor of him, and Russell Harrison is his personal and intimate friend. The question of an extra session, if the appointment is not made before the legis- lature adjourns, is being discussed. The president would have to sanction such a movement., T'wo bills relating to the appointment by the governor of territorial mining and boiler inspectors, passed both Louses nearly a week ago, but they have been held back and not presented to Governor Leslie for his signa- ture, awaiting the action of the president to give the republicans a chance to secure in- spectors of their own political faith. e HOMESTAKE ROBHERS ESCAPE, Jack Dougherty Leaves a Facetious Note to the gailer. DeApwoon, Dak., Mageh 12.—|Special Telegram to Tue Bme]—Dougherty and Wilson, the Hnumll.nro train robbers, and Charles Stewart, a thief, broke jail about 4 o'clock shis morning by filing through the iron bars of their cell. The two former helped themselves to two of the best horses in the sheriff’s stable and left the fol- lowing note in their celd: ' “Jailor Harding; - Please tell my attorney that I have gone after witnesses, and to post- pone my trial until I come back. Jagk DovGnerty.” Great indignation is felt over thescemingly criminal carelessness of the officials, as it is only u few weeks sinee Wilson broke Jail and was recaptured, ———— A Very Short. 8ession. Puitaperruia, March 12.—The annual meeling of the stockholders of the Pennsyl- vania railroad company was held to-day. In exactly seven minn? from the opening for business the chairdan sunounced that the meeting hud adjoutned, = The customary resolutions were offered, und everything wis found satisfactory. A committee of stock- bolders will nominate a board of directors. — e The Pacific Road Commission. WASHINGTON, March 12.—~A4 a meeting of the senate special comwittee on Pacific rail- roads to-day, it wag decided to proceed at ouce after adjourameny of the senate to make an Jospection of the roads. The members will meet in Chicago on April 6 and make a trip_ over the Union and Centewl Pacific rail- roads, their branches and leased line: cupying about six wecks' time. MARCH 13. 1889, NUMBER 271 THE 10WA SUPREME BENCH. Its Vacanoy Filled By the Appoint~ ment of General Given. SIOUX CITY'S NEW RAILROAD. A Grand Speed Circnit Organized For the Coming Year—A ‘Woman Klected to Office ~ire at Insvon. Judge Reed's Snccessor. Drs Morvgs, Ta., March 12.—[Special Tele- gram to Tur Bee]—Governor Larrabeo to-day appointed General Josiah Given to be chief Justice of the suprome court of Iowa, vice Joseph R. Reed, resigned to become congressman from the Ninth aistrict. Gen- eral Given went to the state house this after- noon and took the oath of office, and will enter upon his new duties as soon as the necessary announcements can be made, Gen- eral Given is a soldicr of two wars, having been a drummer boy in the Mex the next republican state convention, e The Sioux City & Ogden. Stovx Ciry, Ia., March 12.—[Special Tele- gram to Tir Bee,]—A conference was held here to-day between the New York repre- sentatives and the local committee regurd- ing the proposed Sioux City & Ogden rail- road. An agreement wt points, The New York £600,000 and the Sioux City committee de- posited §200,000 and a guarantee for the remaining $200,000 of its subscription. - The $1,000,000 is to be used for the construction of the road west from Sioux City, which is 10 begin as soon as the season permite, Jt is proposed not to build more than two hun- dred miles west from Sioux City this ye: tral, “was sclected as eng Waletield, of this city, was McLean, mana for terminals. 5 el Arrested On Suspicion. Des Mors George Albrand, at Moscow. During a raid ona saloon by a party of masked men, Alorand tried to look into their facos, when he was shot in the arm, severing an artery. After this shot he was struck in the breast by another ball and a third entered his abdomen. The last one had not been ex- tracted at last reports. Albrand accuses Crouch of being the one who did the shoot- ing, but the men deny all knowledge of the affar, A Convention of Farmers. Des Morxes, Ia, March 12.—[Special —Delegates are be- ginning to arrive to attend a conference of the National Farmers’ alliance. This mect- ing is the result of the convention here a olved to try into a ion. The convention to-morrow will also consider the subject of the binding twine monopoly. Many of the farmers are in favor of doing everal north- western states and territories are already reported, and more delegates are expected Telegram to Tie Bi few weeks ago, when it was 1 to consolidate all thg state allian, working or business-like organi without the twine entirely to-morrow. —_— One Way of Using a Winchestor, GRAND JUNCTION, [a., Mareh 12.—[Special sterday Mr. Wil- linn Zelhoffer, & hardware dealer at this place, took a customer into the back room to Telegram to Tnx Be explain to him how to use a Winchester rific While doing so the gun was accidentally dis- charged, the ball passing_through the door and hitting Mr, Allen Hillman, who was ed through Mr. about to enter. The ball p: Hillman’s hand and_into the bowels, lodgin against the hip bone on the other side of his body, inflicting what will probably prove a fatal wound, Both men are prominent citi- zens of Green county, and Mr, Zelhoffer is nearly wild with grief, A Grand Speed Circuit. ANAMOSA, Ta., March Jackson Cs tend all the fairs, Hon. county. PRE The Legion of Honor. Dusuque, In,, March 12.—[Special Tele- gam to Tie Bez.)—The Legion of Honor bogan its annal convention bere to-day. There are about one hundred and twenty- five delegates present. This organization is for mutual benefit, and has no v 5,236 mem- history. “The Teports show that it has no case of 1iti- gation on hand, and has $11,000 in the chins, of Des Moines, b , the largest in its ten yea tressury. E. R. Hu was re-elected president, Suicide of a Fa o Masox Ciry, Ia,, March 12.—[Special Tele- gram to T Be, | —H. Frexman, aged fort; eight, a prosperous farmer of Floyd count suicided this morning by shooting himsel through the heart, His wife died last Dy cember, and tue- settlement of her propert is thought 1o have led him to commit the deed, A Parsonage Burned. Lisnox, Ta., March 12.—|Sp to Tur Hee. the Re entirely destroyed A Woman Elected to Office, O3KALOOSA, Ta., Mareh 1 pecial Tele gram 10 Tie BEE. | —Mrs editor of the P. E. 0, Rec elected in this city. Thrown ¥ SPENCER, Ta, Ma gram to Ine Bee.| a Horse, h 12, —[Special was thrown from a hor - Tived of Gas. gram to Tue Bee.| lighted by elecuricity aftes for putting in the plaut. each in the outskirts. plant, can war, and commanded an_Ohio brigade in the last war. He was appointed internal revenue in- spector by President Grant, und _afterwards removed to Iowa. He has scrved o _number of yoars as circuit_and _district_judge, and his promotion 10 the supreme bench ' gives very general satisfaction, as he is widely known ana respected throughout the state. The vacant term which he is to fill expives January 1, 1890, but he will undoubtedly be nominated for the full term of six years at reached on all ties deposited but construction from the west end of the line is now in progress, the object being to reach the Wyomivg coal mines, leaving a gap of about three hundred miles to be built next year. Mr. Clark, of the 1llinois Cen- cer. L. W, ! chosen assistant engincer. He arrived yesterday. having been summoned from Washington territory, and starts over the line to-morrow. Donald er of the Sioux City & Ogden, to-day made real estate purchases 8, Ia., March 12.—[Special 'Pele- gram to Tne Bee |—William Crouch and Sherman Wilhelm are lodged in jail at Mus- catine, charged with an attempt to murder —[Special to Tne Bek.]—The Monticello Agricultural society, the Anamosa District Fair association, the unty Fair association, and the Clinton County Fair association have been organized into a graud speed eircuit for the coming fair, and the dates of each will be so arranged that they will follow each other in succession, thereby enubling trotters to at- seorge Lathrop, vice president of the Monticello ussociation, was the committee on the part of Jones 1 Telegram —The evangelical parsonage at this place burned yesterday morning. Very few of the household goods were saved and . Mr. Mullin's valuable Library was Eoie H. Rogers, vd, was elected as member of the board of education here yos- terday. She is the first lady memoer ever The eight-year-ald son of D. J. Logan, a farmer residing near here, Sunday and kitlga. Mo, March 12, —[Spzcial Telo- St Joseph is to be May, and the authorities will udvertise to-morrow for bids 'wo hundred lamps will be used, with ten towers of four lnmps The city will own the STATE NEWS, Again Discharged and Rea rested. Daxora City, Neb, March 12.-[Special Tel- egram to Tae Bee.]—~The preliminary hear- ing in the case of the State vs. Butler, Hop- kins, Cook, McCutcheon and Murphy, the alleged burglars, came up at 10 a. m. to-da; McCuteheon, Murphy and Hopkins were dis- chargod but were immediately rearrested by Sioux City officers, Butler and Cook were held to the district court in $1,000 bonds, in default of which they were committed to jaill- The other three prisoners will have a hearing to-morrow at 0 o'clock a. m. They say they will refuse to return to JTowa with- out a requisition. PR Drank Concentrated Lye. WeEriNa WATER, Neb., March 12, —| Speciag Telegram to T Bee.]—A sad and fatal ac- cident occurred here yesterday in the family of O. K. Cromwell, proprietor of the Gibbon house. Their baby, a fifteen-months-old boy, got hold of a can of concentrated lye and drank of its contents. This occurred about 4 p.m. Physicians were called, and every- thing known to the profession and that ten- der and loving parents could do was done, but the iittle fellow succumbed after suffer- ing untold mis: for twelve hours. The Kearney Oanal. Corusnus, Neb,, March 12.—[Special Tel- egram to Tur Bee.|—The board of trade held a special meoting this afternoon and ap- pointed R. H. Henry, Jonas Welch and Charles Schroeder a committee to o to Kearney to examine the water power of the canal at that place. M. K. Turner of the Journal, D. F. Davis of the Democrat, and Ernest Stenger, a surveyer of Omaha, will accompany them. Should the committeo make o favorable report, a survey will be made with a view to constructing a canal to utilizo the water power of the Loup river at this place. A Brutal Husband. NenrAsKA City, Nob., March 12.—[Special Telegram to Tie Ben.]—Tom Kastner, o Bohemian, was arrested this morning on complaint of his neighbors, for brutally beating his wife. 1tis said that he struck her over the back withan axe and then knocked her down with a large piece of board. A doctor was called_and found one of the woman's ribs was broken and that she was otherwiso seriously injured. He had attacked her before with a knife and is in the hiabit of beating ner for amusement. He will have a trial to-morrow morning. A Postoffice War. BEAVER Crossing, Neb., March 12 — [Special to Tue Bee.]—The town of Beaver Crossing 1s in the agonies of a big postofice war. The present, incumbent's throve is tottering to & fall, ‘The deputy postmistross will undoubtedly succced him as 8oon us it can be arranged with Uncle Sam. Tom Foster, au old resident, is also out with a pe- tition for the same, with the maxim, to the victor belongs the spoils. Fire Comn Surerior, Neb., March 12.—[Special Tele- gram to Tie Bek. |—In order to meet a long felt noed & meeting was called this evening. Two volunteer fire companies comprising thirty members each were organized and will be known as the Superior Volunteors, Hose carts and all necessary apparatus have been procured. Thought to Have Skipper. Baxcrorr, Neb., March 12.—[Special to Tne Ben.]—E. P. Hanson, of this place, is reported to have left the country, carrying with him other people’s moaey to an amount estimated at £3,000 to #4,000, ————— BABES AND SUCKLINGS May Fall IntoBad Ways and the Hands of th> Police. Cicaco, Mareh 12.—|Special Telegram to Tie Bee.|—The police scem to be at present engaged in unearthing all the very young criminals and thieves in Chicago. Yesterday Licutenant Beard’s officors captured “Cap- tain” Morgan, a daring and a reckless leader of a gang of dime novel infatuated heroes. The captain is nine, “going on” ten. With him was caught Jukey Rosenberg, who, by the way, is the captain’s implacable. enemy. For weels complaints from ns of nu- merous petty robberies have been sent to Licutenaut Beard. It didn't take that oficer long to find out that **Captain” Morgan and his foliowers were the guilty ones. Yester- day he fastened a case against the lad and arrested him and his partners, This 18 not the first time these youthful thieves have been in the hands of the officers. “Last fall,” said the lieutenant, *‘complaint after confplaint of robberies in my district came to me. The citizens came tomy station by doz- ens, and the papers took up the matter and raked me and my ofticers fore and aft, and [ aid all T could; detailed officers to watch vari- ousresorts, and came to the conclusion that the work ‘was being done by expert house- vreakers. One day @ gentloman said that he saw two boys hide a lot of keys in & busc- ment. 1 sent two oficers to watch the place and they caught *Capt”’ Morffan and several other bogs. Yowll probabiy hardly believe it, but they were the fellows who had com- mitted all the robberies. The *captain’’ ad- mitted that he and his crowd had committed thirtecn ditferont burglaries in us many houses, while they had been_guilty of count- loss otlier petty larcenies. With the capture of the boys the robberies ccased, Dime noyel reading and going to see_sensational Indian scalping, cowboys plays is what did the busi- ness.” A split up in the gangled to th time. The extreme youth of the culprits got them off before, bt now, as their parents say they persist in running ‘away and other bad acts, the police insist that they go to the reform school. The justice took the matter under advisement. arrest this - AT RE 1 of the L ngressman ownshend, ot Hlinois. Wasninaroy, March 12,—The funeral of the late Congressman Townshend, of Ill- nois, was held to-day at Matthew’s church, The funeral cortege was formed at the entrance of the Riggs house. The re- mains lay in a casket covered with a bluck cloth ana mounted with sily Upon the top and at the sides w floral tributes. A large was sent by lllinois friends of the d Roses from the white house were sent by, President and Fune B The casket was borne by eight members of the capitol police fore ‘The honorary pall Chiel Justice Fuller, Com sions Black, ex-Speaker Car Inter-State Commerce Commissioner son, First Assistant Postmaster Gen- Stevenson and ex-Land Commissioner liowing the pull bearcrs were « members u? the congressional clogation, wearing white sashes: Senator Blackburn, Senator Farwell, Iepresenta- tives Springer and Henderson of Illinois, Cutcheon, Maish, Yoeder, Cox, Tracy, Gib son and Allen, Dr. Chappelle officiated at the *church and pronounced a brief discourse. The inter- went was made, temporarily, in & vault at Oak Hill cemetery. o - Walker Ace N CiicaGo, Mareh 12.— Inter-State Commeree Commissioner A. K. Walker has accepted the chairmanship of the Inter-State Ruilway association. It is understood that he was offered #25,000 a year, guaranteed for threo years. Mr. Walker will close up his @ffuivs in Weshington and enter upon his neéw duties in about three weeks, The Weather Indications. For Nebraska, lowa and Dakota: Fair, followed in Dakota by snow; decidedly e0lder, northerly winds with cold wave. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS Persounel of the New Committeos of the Senate. THE NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED, A Long and Interesting Discussion on the Question of Comm reial Union With thas Neligh- bors on the North, The Senate Committees, Wasnixarox, March 12, —In the continued absence of the vice vresident, Mr. Ingalls acted to-day as presiding offfcer of the senate pro tem. A message of the president, trans- mitting papers in the case of Louis Riel, was presented and laid on the table. No motion for a recess was made, and the senate con- tinued in session without any attempt to transact business, At12:15 Mr, Platt asked and obtained unanimous consent to have susponded 8o much of the rules as requiro standing com- mittees to be elected by ballot, and as re- quire the election of a committee on expendi- tures of public moneys, that committee to be represented by the one for “organization, conduct and expenditures of executive do- partments.’” Mr. Platt then offered a resolution, wkich was adopted, for the election of standing committees. The following is the make-up of the prin. cipal ones: . Agriculture and Forestry—Paddock, Blair, Plumb, Higgins, MeMillan, George, Gibson, Jones, of Arkansas, and Bate. Appropriations—Allison, Dawes, Plumb Hale, Farwell, Beck, Cockrell, Call and Gorman, Civil Service and Retrenchment—Chace, Dawes, Manderson, Standford, Washburn Waltham, Wilson, of Muryland, Briery and Brown. Coast Defenses—Dolph, Cameron, Hawloy, Hiscock, McPherson, Hampton and Reagan. Commerce—Frye, Jones of Nevada, Dolph, Cameron, Sawyer, Cullom, Washburn, Rans som, Coke, Vest, Gorman, Kenna and Gibson, Iducation and Labor—Blair, Wilson of Towa, Standford, Stewart, Washburn, George, Pugh, Payne aud Barbour. Finance—Morrill, Sherman, Jones of Ne- vada, Allison, Aldrich, Hiscock, Voorhees, Beck, McPherson, Harris and Vance, Foreign Relations—Sherman, Edmunds, Frye, Evarts, Dolph, Morgan, Brown, Payne und Eustis. Improvement of Mississippi River—Wash- burn, Farwell, Hawley, Murston, Eustis, ‘Waltham and Bate. Indian Affairs—Duwes, Platt, Stockbridge, Manderson, Walcott, Morgan, Jones of Ar- kansas, Hearst and Daniel, Inter-State Commerce—Cullom, Plaw* Blair, Wilson of lowa, Hiscock, Harris, Gor- man, Reagan and Barbour. Military Affairs—Hawley, Cameron, Man« derson, Stewart, Davis, Cockrell, Hampton, ‘Waltham and Bate. Naval Affairs—Camaron, Hale, Standford, Stockbridge, Marston, McPherson, Butler, Blackburn and Gray. Pensions—Davis, Blair, Sawyer, Paddock, Marston, Turpie, Blodgett, Faulkner and Barbour, Postofiices and Postroads—Sawyer, Chace, Mitchell, Quay, McMillan, Colquitt,” Wilson of Maryland, Reagan and 3lodgett. Private Land Claims—Ransom, Colquitt, Pasco, Edmunds, Stewart, Ingalls and Wal> cott. Privileges and Elections—Hoar, Frye, Kel- !lnr, Evarts, Spoouer, Vance Pugh, Quay aud Curpie. Public Lands--Plumb, Blair, Dolph, Kel- lar, Paddock, Waltham, Berry and Pasco. Railroads—Mitehell, ' Sawyer, Hawley, Stockbridge, Wolcott, Marston, Brown, Kenna, Blackburn and Kenna, Revision of Laws—Wilson of Towa, Kellar, ‘Wilson of Maryland and Daniel, Territories—Platt, Cullom, Manderson, Stewart, Davis, Butter, Payne, Jones of Ar- kansas and Blackburn, Trunsportation Route to Seaboard—Quay, Mitchell, Cullom, Dawes, Aldrich, Gibson, Vest, George and Turpie. Mr. Platie offered a resolution appointing several select committecs. Aniong the sclect committees are the fol- lowing: On Woman_Suffrage — Vance, Brown, Beck, Blair, Chase, Farwell and Walcott, On Centennial of Constitution and Discov- ery of America—Hiscock, Sherman, Hoar, Hawley, Voorhees, Fustis and Colquitt. On the Five Civilized bes of Indians— Butler, Morgan, Dawes, Cameron and Teller, On the President's Message Transmitting the Report of the Pacific Railway Commission ~—Irye, Dawes, Hiscock, Davis, Morgan, Butler and Hearst, On Relations with Canada—Hoar, Allison, Hale, Dolph, Pugh, Butler and Voorhees On Transportation and Sale of Meat Pro- ducts—Vest, Plumb, Manderson, Cullom and Coke. On Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands—Stewart, Allson, Plumb, Hiscock, Gorman, Reaj and Jones of Arkansas, A long and interesting discussion took place on a motion made by Mr. Payne to strike from the list of select committees the oue *“'on relations with Canada.” Mr, Hoar said it was useless to be blind to the fuct that there was a large and growing body of men in Canada that desired annexa- tion to the United States. But nobody pro- posed to accomplish it without the free, in- :lligent and instructed will of the people of both countries, Mr. Cullom aid not think there could be 0o much investigation into the relations ex- 1sting, and to exist, between the United States and Canada, He very much aesired such investigation, and progress should be made as would ultimazwe in the two countries “becoming one, Mr. Sherman favored the committee, He did not believe that with a long stretching border between them the two countries could long continue in peace. There would be a great nution springing up to the north of the United States, and that fact would ne- cessitate a standing army on each side, which would endunger a republican form of govern- ment. He hoped some day for a union us a popular movement of bothi peoples, Mr. Edmunds said se would vote for the standing committec, but with the reserve that the vote would not commit him to the idea of favoring annexation or political union. Mr. Morrill said he was quite willing to have the committeo appointed, as it afforded an opportunity for the steam to be blown oft on the question, He arded the whole ags itation on the rubjeet as preposterous, as there never had been a time when Canada was more loyul to Great Britain than now. Mr, Blair disclaimed the iuference to be drawn from the r seaator, that of political u Mr, I of the necessity of obtain- g commercial und other statistics, but de. d that any movement on the purt of the United States looking toward anuexation would be & profound wistake, and would only retard it. After further debate Mr, Payne withdrew his motion, Al the select committees were agreed to, and the senate went 1010 utive gession and confirmed the nowination of Messrs, Palmer, Swift, Washbure aud Tich- enor, and soon after adjourned, Base Ballists Honore. Loxpos, March 12.—~The speaker of the commons kas made arrangements for the members of the Chicago and All-Awmerica base ball clubs to visit thg Louse in a body, Tie invitations will be tendered immediately, The Centu, club, on the romination of White, st y of the American legation, has elected the players honorary wembers during their stay in London, - ks of the Vermont dngland was not in favor rmany's Samoan Representative, i 12.—Count Vonderchef, u ¥ of state, will repres many at the' coming counference b cerning Samoa. con-