Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 2, 1889, Page 2

NINETEENTH YBAR. WAS A REGULAR FIRE TRAP The Printers Had Ofton Warned the Tribune People. IGOE'S LAST “GOOD NIGHT.” The Telegraph Operator Sits at the Sounder Til Retreat is Too Lato ~About Twenty Lives Sups posed to Be Lost. Ecenes That Awed the Spectators, MixNEAPOLIS, Dee. L—Four smoke-black- ened walls towering up above a steaming, smouldering mass of machinery, brick and building debris, is all ¢ remains of the eiyht-story brick Tribune building, in which, until today, had been printed three daily and & weokly papers, and where was located a number of offices. All doy today a constantly changing and ever-increasing crowd of sightseers throng the streets, watching the efforts of the A men to entirely subdue the flames, which they brought under coutrol about 2 o'clock this morning, The building had been considered dunger- ous for some time, its loose construction per- witting the heavy machinery to jar the whole building, ‘Lhere was but one fire es. cape, and it was at the end the building where the fire raged The single stairway was spiral narrow and dark and wound around ths ele- vator shaft. Three years ago the madequate firo pro- tection of the building was considerably agi- tated, the muttor being taken up by the trades and Inbor assembly’ and carried finully to the city oficials, an attempy being made to have the building properly pro- tected or condemued, but nothing came of it For some time the Union League club room, where the fire started, has not been used, and its origin is a mystery. The room is close to the elevator shaft and the break- g of a window the offort to extinguish the flames gave a draft which quickly ried the fire to the elevator and cut off the escape of those who had delayed. A few broke through the stifling smoke and scorching flames, but others sought to escape else- where, Being at the south end of the building, while the solitary fire ecscape was atihe north end, the printers were cut off. A number of them chimbed out of the windows and clung to the ledges waiting for help, whicn in several cases came too lite. Their piteous cries attracted the attention of the firemen, wnd a numbee of them were suved, whild otiers felloff the ledges or dropped on the telegraph and telephone wircs down, which they tried to escapo. ‘The sight of the sufferings of the burning, struggling men brought tears to the cyes of the bravest. One of the most pathetic incidents was the attempt of James Igoe to escape. Ile had got zlear of the building and was gradually Working nis way along the wires to a place of safety, while the crowd below anxiously watched his brave attempt to save his wife and four little ones their bread winner, But his strongth failed, and a groan went up from tho crowd, as he wus scen to slip und fall to the roof of the bo1 house, recoiving futal injuries, Ho was ifted gently und taken to 4 arug store but died n a few moments, breathing u last word of loving care for s family Seven bodies were found last night, all of Wwhich have been identitied. They were: Milton Sickett, assistant city editor of the Pioneer Press. James I Igoe, Associated press operator, Walter E. Miles, night agent of the Asoci- ated press. Prof, Olson, president of the South Kot university. W. H. Millman, commercial editor of tho Tribune. Jerry Jenkinson and Robert McCutceheon, compositors. Other bodies are known to be 1n the build- ing but how wany is unknown. Two men who could not be ideatified ware seon to shoot themselyes before the flames reached them, and today the body of a mau caught in the' ruins is in plain view from Fourth street, It 1s believed that the num- ber of victims will reach twenty and per- haps twenty-five, but until the debris cools off positive” information canuot be obtained. Tne last man of the Tribune editorinl stuft to leavo the building was Managing Editor Williams, Ho was badly burned about. the head and hands, Mr. Williams gives the fol- lowing statement of how scveral of those named above lost their lives, Miles and Miliman, together with a number of rinters ' started down the fire escape. A blast of hot smoke aud flame struck Millman and he lost his hold and fell, knocking Miles off. Hoth fell to the sixth floor, whero they struck and knocked off Sickett and Prof. Olsen, Tho four men iu falling struck against the lowest latform of the cscape and bounded away rom the building and were dead when they struck the ground. When Williams started down the ladder the fire was burning his hair and bands'and ho narrowly escaped the fate of those who preceded him, The printers on the ladder escaped with siight burns, Igoe and Jenkins sought to escape by the wires. MeCuteheon jumped from a window ledgo for an oxtension ladder, but his bhands slipped and he foll to the pavement. A net wus stretehed to cateh bim, but he was too heavy for it and striking the ground, was fatally injurcd. So far as learned niue of those in the building were quite seriously burned or bruised in escup- ing, but it is not thought their injuries aro dangerous. REPEATEDLY WAKNED, Minneapolis Ty pographical union, No. 42, met this afternoon and adopted resolutions stating that the records of the Tribune and Journul chapels show that committecs hud been repentedly appointed to confer with A, B, Nettleton, who at the time had charge of the building, and begeed him to furnish grom!r moans of escape in case of fire. Ihis o refused to do. ‘The case was tuken up by the trades and lubor assembly, and a com- mittee from that body lubored long snd earn- estly with Nettleton, but all its efforts failed. ‘The position in which the only fire escane on the building was placed rendered it prac- tically useiess, and a prominent member of the fire department has said that he had been trying for three months to have an adaitional fite escape placed on the building, *We most severely condemn those whose auty it ‘Was to place a suficient number of fire es- capes ou the building for not #o doing, aud in our judgment this is a proper subject for the coroner to carefully and fully investigute and piace the blame wher belougs,"" Anton J, Danl, & bookbinder, was on an upper floor, and it is believed ho is among tho lost. The elevator wav, who made threc trips aftorthe fire broke out, says he saw a man come from an ofico and try 0 escape, but u sheetof flame struck him ‘and the un- fortunate man drew a revolver and shov hin- solf, T'his, it 1s thought, was Dall, Chief Stettson of the fire departinent lays the blame for the loss of life to the lack of fire escapes. He says the department did all that was possible. he elovator man, whose brave attempts to bring down the occupants of the upper floors while tho clovator shaft was on fire have been ‘generally commended. says hethivks there were still several people ou the eyghth floor when escape was cut off. He wok a couple of women up in the elevator a few minutes before sho fire broke out, aund he says thoy did not come down ugain, Toe financial loss by the fire has been con- siderably reduced from lust nigh's estimates, and it ds, thought that it will not exceed 300,000, Da- Igoe's Last “30." New Youk, Dee. 1.—~The western circuit wires of the Associated press were burdened wilh outgoing matter last night sud W. D, Chandler, one of the most rapid senders, was hurrying the lads hlong the lines that touches New Orleans southward, Kansas City westward and Minneapolis northward. The pace was m, for it was Saturday night and Sunday papors = would go arly W press. Suddenly Chand ler paused, shut his keys and looked Up with an expression on his face that challenged inquiry from lis coil eagues a3 to what was the trouble on the wire. The Associated press telegravher, Igue, at Min neapolis, had “broken” and all the men on the ‘line” bad paused, like Chandler, to listen. ‘“Ihere's a fire on the tuird floorof the Tribune buiidit id Igoe od the wires, “and I'm on the seventh.” Then after @ moment's pause ho added, “Go ahend, Chandler," and New York began again, and aftor a brief space paused, for Claveiund, who had a “rusn’ aispateh and this was all of Cleveland’s message that Igoe received: HCLEVRLAND, O. Nov. 80.—Captam Joe Moffatt, the well known lake wan, was lil]lnw\llml.xy by falling into the hold of his vessel—" Tust thoro Tgoe “broke.” *Hoys" he ticked on the wire, and there was another brief pause and ail the men on the circuit were listening with Interesy for they had noted in the transmission by lgoe of the word **boys’” a tremulousness of touch just as a layman could detect u tremor in the human voice, “hoys I've got to stand you oft.” 'm the only one left on this floor. Jiverybody is gone, and I can't stay any Click, shut went his key, and some operator on the line auickly opened and shouted after [goe as it were *lake the machine along. chine!” reforring to the writing the Associated press reports be on writing machines at all points 1ut there wus no response. ‘Tho _clicking instrument had ticked its half jocular mes- sage i un empty room. Near by sat the machine and the last words taken, which had been Cleveland's item about the violent death, Then the work went on again and no one of his colleagues thoueht seriously of Igoe’s guod-by until thers camo the bulleting of the loss of lifo, among them a bulletin stating the fact that poor Leoo had stayed too long. “Those 20 words he remained to take were fatal. y cost him his life and the men at their keys wero grave as they worked on to “Good night.” One, who had started 10 at * ing," had received his *30" before port was closed. It i3 now positively known that Dahl, the Lookbinder, was not the man who shot him- self in the hall, he having turned up safe und well. Who the two suicides were is unknown. 1t is also almost ositively known that there areno more printers in the ruins, every- oue's card beiug nccounted for. Thgre is o bure possibility that some printers had gone 10 work without having od in their cards, but this is deubted. Several employes of a Swedish paper which was published on tho eizhth floor were in the babit of sloeping in the building, and nothing has been heard of them. Also some law students slept in the building and some of them may ba among the lost. To- morrow's search is all that can decide this matter, and it will also settle the question as to whether the two women taken up in the elevator just before the tire are among the victims. Save the ma- machine, ¥ executed od even- the re- e NETTLETON I8SUES A CARD. General Nettleton issued a card tonight in which he denies any connection with the burned Tribune building for two years past, and says that while he was in charge oi it 10 person or occupants ever requested of him better facilitics for eseapo in case of fire. He expluius the visit of the repre- sentatives of the trades and labor asscmoly, with whom he went over measures for pro- tection, and thought they were fully satis- fied about the wmatter. THE CLEARANCE RECORD. Financial Transactions of tho Coun- try Forthe Past Week Bostoy, Dec. 1.—{Spoacial Telogram to T Bre. | —~The following tablo, compiled from special dispatches to the Boston Post from the managers of leading clearing houses of the United States and Canada, shows the rross exchanges for the week ending November 30,with the percentage of 1ncrease and decrease, as compared with the corre- spondimg weelk in 1883, orTiEs, CLEARINGS, osvazouy ~osvaron(t New Yo LOBLON. ...\ ryes PLil:delpii., Chien St. Lo Sun Frandisco, New Orieans... Pittsbury, ... Taltimo, Cinctnnati ! Kansas City ! Minneanolis | Louisville. Providence Milwaukoe. ., Dotroit 5 Cleveland. ... 200000 SteiPaulte Al Omaha. . Denver .. Memphis, Columbus Kiehmond Indianipolis 5,230,000 St Joseph Springtiol Now owoll ¥, ich iy Grand Tapid Wichita...... Los Angeies..! Topeka.. . shutralo. sportlang, Ore.. «Nushvill ; 456,854 *Slonx City.. K101 *Beattle., ... 70,30 *Birming! *Montreal. Total Outsido N “*No included 1u totul, S CHINA HORRORS, b9, 8,022,519 00201185 305,405,604 An Amgrican Ship Wrecked—A Great Typhoon—A Viilage Burned. SAN FRANCIS00, Cal ~The steam- ship Gaelic, which urrived from China and Japan today, brings the news that the Amer- ican ship Cheescborough was wrecked Octo- ber 80 by running on arock off Stuchi-ri- Huma and nineteen of her crew drowned, Iourof the crew were saved. The wost violent typuoon kuown here in many years swept over the island of Sado, on Octobior 21, IPifty nouses aud as many boats were de- stroyed, On October 26 at Kauldamachi, in Nugata- prefe, three-fourths of the village was d stroyed by five. Three children were burned 10 aeath and 153 houses destroyed, TP The Weatl orccast. For Omaba aud vicinity: Fair, followed by rai, For Nebraska and Towa: Fair, followed by light rain or suow, sligntly cooler except in extreme eastern portion of Towa, station- ary temperature, variable winds, Por South Dakota: Light swow, lower temperature, northerly wiads, e Alderman Sione Found. Wiciirra, Kan, Dec. 1.—Aldorman Stone, the prominent busiuess man wuo disappeared mysteriously some time ago, has beeu found by his s0a near Fort Scott, Kan, Stone bas been in il health for some time. and it now appears that he had become suddenly insane aud wandered away. For the past threo months he led the lifo of a trawp, OMAHA DALY BEE OMAHA, SECRETARY NOBLE'S REPORT Recommendationas of the Interior Department to Congress, THE BUSINESS OF UNCLE SAM. General Land Office Affairs—The Eieventh Census—Ratlrond Land Grants—The Indians—The Pe wion Bureau-lrerigacion. Nobie's Rteport. WismiNoroy, Dec. 1-=The roport of the secrotary of the in lor is a very exhaustive one. It first treats of the opening of Okla- homa; the successful negotiation of a treaty with the Sioux Indians in Dakota and the advent into the union of the four new states North Dakota, South Dakota, Montaua and Washington. GENERAL TAND OFFION. With reforence to the business of the gen- eral laud offica for 1339, the following table with reference to patents 1ssued is given Acres. Agricultural patents, 70,141, cov- ering BT A11,791,110.07 Mineral patents, 813 e Coal patents, 135, covering. 17,000 80 Railroaa lunds, covering 16,02 Swamp lands, covering 132145 State selections under edu tional grants, covering. .. .... Indian and miscéllaneous patents 350.61 Total.,.,v.. here can be found in the repory tables assigning commission these different sel which they a The fi made covered cre: tries, 8,050,109.44 acros, other selections 08 during the year the original on- ud tho railroad and 4,514,510.10 acres. Tho total amount of ‘cash sales amounted to §,370.410.40. The numbor of final entrios disposed of during the year reached 80,000, There remawed pending in the office on the 30th of June, 1830, 150,018 final entries of ail classes; of original entries of all classes then pending 553,084 Railroad sections un- disposed of, 29,444,251.64 neres (an_increaso over the auount pendiug at the beginning of the year of 40143853 ucres). This does not include 804,026.67 acres of Oregon wagon road selections. Swamp selections of vari- ous states covering over 2,0)0,0)0 acres wore pending, and educational and internal im- provement selectious covering 1,978,478 acres. ‘Ihe cash receipts for tho year, from all sources, were $J,055,901.31, & decrease ns compared with the previous year of 3,801, 230,08 This decrease, the commissioner ex- plains, was duc majuly to the falling off in cash entries, IRRIGATION, The sulject next in importance in the land oftice, I deem that of the system already in- augurated by congress for the redemption of the arid regions by irrigation. The acts of congress on which it is bused are recent and are as follows: On March 30, 1888, a joiut _resolution was approved directing the secretary of the in- terior, by means of the dircctor of the geo logical survey, to investigate the practicabil- ity of constructing reservoirs for the storage of water in the arid regions of the United States and to report to congress. After- wards, upon such report, congress inserted in the act approved October 2, 1353, making appropriations for the suudry civil expsusos of 1he government for the fiscal year ending June 50, 1880, For the purpose of investigating the ox- tent to which the aria region of . the United States can be redeemed by irrigation, and the segregation of the irrigable lands in such urid region, aud for the selection of sitos for reservoirs and other hydraulic work neces- sary for the storage and utilization of water for wrrigation and the prevention of floods and overflows, and to make the necessary maps, including the pay of employes in field and in office, the cost of all instraments, ap- paratus and materials, und all other neces- sary expenses connected thorewith, the work to be parformed by the geological survey, under the direction of the secretary of the in- terior, the sum of £100,000, or 50 much thereof as may be necessary The act aporoved March 2, 1889, making appropriation for the sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending , 154 makes an appropriation of 50,000 for the same purpose. I conformity with the vrovisions of the avove acts, the director 0f the geological survey has notified the socretary of the in- terior of the selection of sites for reservoir purposes, situated in the following states and territories: California, Colorado, Utah, Idano, Montana and New Mexico. These selections have been approved by the de- partment. In the circular issued by the act- ing commissioner, in compliance with the instructions of tne secretary, dated August 5, 1889, it was stated to the registers and re- ceivers of the lund oflices that mformation had reached the departmeont that parties were endeavoring 0 make filiugs on ari lauds reserved for reservoirs, irrigaling ditches and caaals, and for the ' purpose of controlling waters of lakes and rivers and their tributaries in the arid regions, and the attention of these officers was called to the act of October 2, 1858, THE ELEVENTIL CENSUS, While comprising all the investigations un- dertaken in the Tenth, it will include tivo ad- ditional and important features: An inquiry in relation to the recorded indebteduess of private corporations snd individuals, and a list of the names, organizations and length of servica of surviving soldiers, sailors and warines und their widows. lam assured by the superintendent that the forthcoming census; as compared with any previous oune, will be more statistical and less scientitic; more aaapted to an actual inventory of the nation’s progress in popula- tion, industry and wealth, and less given to technology, descriptions and scientific dis- quisitions, The latest appliances for the rapid tabu- lation and presentation of the results of the census have been adopted, and no effort will bo spared to present, atus early a date as possible, the entire resuits of another decade of the nation’s progress, As an illustration of the magnitude of this undertaking, it is only necessary to mention the fact that it is estimated that there will be employed in taking the Eleventh ceusus 42,000 enumerators, 2,000 clerks, from 800 to 900 special agents, 175 supervisors and 25 ex. perts, The number of published volumes will probably exceed those of the Tenth cousus. ‘The calculation bus been made that ifsthe inquiry 1n regard o veterans should vield 1,600,000 names, it will tuke eight quarto volumes of 1,000 pages vach to con- tain them., It is to be remarked that by the last clause of section 3 of said act (25, United States statutes, 701) it was enacted: “All examin- ations for uppointment and promotion under this act shall bo in the discretion and under the direction of the secretary of the iuter- jor.” By this the appointments were re- moved from the coutrol of the civil service commission and in order to secure compe- tent clerks in this office it was decmed sufficient to require them to pass an examin- ation before a board established by the sec- retary and upon such subjects as bore near relation to the work to be performed, and not dificult for those of ordinary intelligence and education. Such a board has pe 0 operation almost from the beginning of the work in the office and the results have been very satisfactory. By 1t & Jarge force under the demands of particular stages of the work cau bosbtained near tho place of demund; aud Wuen this extra force 18 discharged, as it necessarily wust be after a comparatively short use of from “six months 10 & year, the individuals will find their homes and not be in the distress or danger that would awsit such a body drawn together from all parts of our wide country uuder the more general regulations of the civil service commission. BAILROAD LAND GRANTS, Where a railroad compavy is claiming the land by yictue of the grant, it impos great burden upon the commissioner of the MONDAY land offico and the secretary of the interior to have to determine wheéther the patents shall be issued or not. It congress intends to forfeit the lands, all of the facts are bofore 1t. The failure to act may well be taken as an indication on the part of the government that ne forfoiture will not be insisted upon. Such would be a just conclusion on the part of the ofiicers of this department, and theso patents may yot be issued upon the presumption that con- gross does not intend that the forfeiture shall be exacted and that there is no need of further delay. Thers should certaizly be found somewhero the moral courage to give tho evidence of title to tho railronds us it is given to the individual, if 1t is intended that any possible forfeiture’ will not be sisted upon. The oblization, nowever, faitly _rests upou con- gress, and it 18 hoped that the latter will as- sume it and act without farther delay. Not only the railroud companies arc interested in the decision of these matters, but also the government, in order that its' business may bo disposed of; the citizens, who have pur- chased from the tompany relying upon the grant, and the settlers, who, in_ anticipation of the restoration of these lands to the pub. lic domain, have settled upon them under tho lomestead or othor laws. Lapprove the recommendation of the com- missioner that the Iifty-first congress should gIV0 some expression of legislative opinion, by jomt resolution or otherwiso, as to whether or not action should be tgken i the land oftice on selections now pending. As to such portions of land grants as are coter- minous with those portions of roads still un- completed, it is estimated that 5,000,000 acres might be restorod to the public_domain by the immediate declaration of such for- feitare. INDIAN ATFAIRS Speaking of the Indian bureau, the secre- tary shows that the appropriation for the Indian burcau for 1880-00 was $5,053,851, being a net increase over the previous year of $2i2,710. If from the sum expended during the year, £,301,075.48, wo deduct support of Indian school, §1,131,270.02; interest on trust funds, fulfiiling treaties with Indian pormanent, £376,557.48, makiog § 230,874.27, the balance is 3,160,801 11; and this we may assume to be nearly the sum re- quired each year to supply the Indiun tribes with food, blankets, clothes, medicines and implements, either as_absoluto gratuitics or under treaties that will expive within a few year The school system, with its attendant practices, is worthy of adoption and expau- sion until it may Le made to embrace all tho Indian youth. It is a model produced by the government's own gencrosity and by the ability of thoso selected by it for superin- tendents and teachers, It is not something newly discovered or to be advocated us recent invention, It has been in full opera- tion for y In the department of letters it gives a good common scheol education. In the department of labor it inculcates both a love for labor and a habit of working. It may be casily systomatized 80 as to have its form adonted in schools of different grades, and 80 that its pupils may be graduall when fitted and ontitled, trausferred to the white common schools. PENSION ESTIMATES. The estimates for pensions made for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1859, were not only inadequate but must have been known to be 8o when recommended to congress. The estimate for the previous year was 880,000,000, But beforo this estimato for the present year was completed it was apparent that a de- ficiency would bo inourred, as it was in- curred for the previous year, to the amount of at least $3,000.000, and that this aaded to the original eighty milliohs would not be enourh to meet tho oblizations accruing be- fore the end of cven that fiseul year, [t was kuown also thatthe pension list was increasing, and if the payments of 1538-89 could not be met with $30,000,000, but a de ficiency bill had to be passed for $8 000,000 more, it must have been anticipated that the former commissioner’s successor would be run into a deficiency. Yel the estimate for pensions was confined to 80,000,000 for 1889~ 90. ‘The result, if the cause were not so easily detected,» might produce an unfair comparison between the previous administra tion and the present as to the amount ex- pended in this branch of the service. I do not hesitate, however, to assume tho re- sponsibility, as I have done in tho estimates for the next fiscal yvear, of recommending an increase in the appropriatfon for peusions, 8o that a liberal and legal payment may be made to all the deserving pensioners of the repub- lie. ‘The sum will reach $07,210,252, The report of the commissioner for the last fiscal yeur shows that there were on the rells on June 30, 1839, 480,725 pensioners, classitied as follows: 351,484 army invalids, 7,590 army widows, minor children and dependent, rela- '8; 4,547 navy invahds, 2,266 navy wid- , minor children and dependent refutives 603 survivors of the war of 1812; 9,054 wic ows of those who served in that war; 17,00 survivors of the war with Mexico, and 6,206 widows of those who served in that war. mes of 51,021 pensionera were added to the roll and the names of 1,754 psosioners dropped from the roll were restered, making an aggregate of 53,675 pensioners added to the roll during the year. The names of 16,507 vensioners were dropped for various causes, leaviug the net increase for the year 37,108, ‘Tho uverage annual value of each pension at the close of the year was $131.18, an in- crease for the year of $5.78 in the average awmount of each pension, The aggregate an- nual value of all pensions at the close of the year was_$64,246,552.30, an increase for the year of $7,530,331.44, . The amount paid for pensions during the year was ,118.28, an increase of $9,400,251.86 over the amount paid in the previous year. The total amount disbursed by the agents for all purposes was $30.131 8.44. At the close of the fiscal year there was due to pensioners as first paymaents of pension on certificates which had been issued the sum of $5,565,270,31. ‘I'he whole number of claims presented during tho year was 244,240, of whicn 81, wero for original pension, and 165,020 for crease of pension. The- number of claims for original pension allowed was 51,921; the number rejected was 19,147, The number of claims for increase allowed was 123,001; the numoer rejected was 54,679, The commissioner makes several recom- mendations as to amendments of the law and additional legislation, — NO HELY WANTED, South Dakota Ablo fo Take Oare of Her Sufférers. Yaxkroy, S, D, Dev, L.—(Special Tele- eram to Tue Bke.|—Large quantities of flour, clothing and provisjons have been con- triouted in this city to 4id the drouth suf- ferers in Sanborn and Miner counties. South Dakota people are abundantly able to take care of their féw drouth sufferers aud will do it, and they brand as infamous the falsehodds ocing cirentated in the east about the total crop fuilyre and the univer- sul starvation in Dakota! Large shipments of hogs, cattle and sheep are going east from here daily, and the Yaukton flouring wmll makes & frequent shipment of flour to Ku- rope direct. In 1850 iheiDakota wheat crop wis 44,000,000 bushels, corn 23,000,000 bush- els, oats 2,000,000 bustels, potatoes 4,000,000, enouzh of ull o keep the poople and Lo spare. Let the eastern money bags look out for the starving poor of their own communities and Dakota will tako cara of hersclf, " More Santa F'o Kobbers Caught, GAixesviLLe, Tex, Dac. 1,—City Marshal Honeyeutt received iaformation last might that three Santa Fe trala robbers had been cavtured in Oklahoma City, I T. The ar- rest of thuse parties makes almost a clean sweep of the eutire party with those now acrested. Soveral are well known in Gaine ville. ‘The entire gang will bg taken to Pu cell, L T, and will have their preliminavy hearing before the United Htates comiuis- sioner tomorrow. TheVoracious English Syndieate, Ciicdco, Bee. 1.1t is aunounced tonight that Lawyer Cobin of this city has sbout completed a deal whereby the great plaot of the Michigan Stove company 0f Detroit may puss int the hands of uu Eaglish syndicate company. It controls, besides its factories in Dotroit, establishwents ia Now York and Buffalo, MORNING, DECEMBER 2, REED AND HIS REWARDS. His Late Opponents Will Be Re- membered First, HE KNOWS WHO STOOD BY HIM, The Gentlemen Who Came in Out ot the Wot Will Find it Dry—Democrats and the Contestod Seats, ery 518 FOURTEENTI STREET, Wasnixarox, D, C., Dee,' 1, Now that the speakership fight is over the interest naturally turns to the disposition that Mr. Reed will make of the important chairmanships at his disposal, i other words how he will reward those who have worked for him ecarly and late. He will bo greatly assisted in this matter by the fact that the balloting was open. He knows exactly who voted for him on the second bal- lot. He knows who stood by him from the first and who the gentlemen aro who climbed on his wagon when thoy saw that his was the winning team, - Of course his late op- ponents will come 1n for the first considera - tion. Mr. McKinley, as already stated in these dispatches, must be tendered the chairmanskip of the commit- tee on ways and mesns. ‘Thero is u gencral belief that Mr. McKinley, recog- nizingalready what the vencrable “Father’? Kelloy has done, or claims to have done for him, will prefer that the chairmanship of that committee be tendered to Mr. Kelly instead of to himself. At the same time it WasmiNGToN Buneav Tie Omana Bee, } must bo said that Mr. McKinley very diplo- matically worked himself clear of any pledg in that airection by saying that as the com- mitteeship had not yet been offered to him he could not say that he would decline in favor of Mr. Kelley Mr. Cannon, of course, gots the appropria- ations chairmaaship. As for Colonel Henderson of Towa, he will likely remain on the appropriations com- mittee, Tom Bayne of Pittsburg will get tho chairmanship of rivers and harbors, It is suid that Mr. Burrows will probably prefer to remain on the ways and means cow mittee. Harry Bingnam, the former postmaster of Philadelphia, has been active enough i Mr. Reod's vohalf to earn the chairmanship of postofice and post roads committeo. Dorsey of Nebraska will probably obtain the banking and currency chairmanshin, Cabot Lodge has been Mr. Reed's right Dbower in the fight, and hus been expecting the chuirmanship’ of eclections, but Judge Rowell of Tilinois will probably et it. Payson of Illinois will receive the public lands chairmanship. Perkins of Kansas Indian affairs. Boutelle of Maine naval affairs, Dingley of Maine merchant marine and fisheries, Farquhar of New York wanted this latter committee, but Reed will probably not forget him for breaking the Reed New York Wheat combination and practi- cally electing Captain Adams for doorkeeper, 80 that he will probably not get that chair- manship. Milliken of Maire will get the public build- ings and grounds probably, MeComas ot Maryland, for some remark- able reason, seems to be anxious to leave his preseut important position on the appropria- tions committee and nght for a chuirman- ship. The district committee is said to be his ambition, He may get it, and if he does he will only hold it one week ' before he will believe what his friends now tell him that the powers to appoint & friend to a clerkship ou his committee 1s too big a price to pay for Ins leaving the most important committee in the house, ‘Thie other chairmanships are still in doubt and it will probably be after the hotidays be- fore Mr. Reed will be able to announce his selection. ‘The disposition of the committess does not lio altogether in the hands of tho speal ‘The administration must be consulted, and Mr. Reed is under too many obligations to onators Quay and Platt not to hear their their ruquests before finally announcing his ist. REED INTERVIEWED, Speaker Reed was asked today by your correspondent if he had any ides” when his committees would be anuounced, **1t1s im- possible to tell,” he auswered in his slow, de- liberate way. “I should think not for two weeks, und perhaps longer. Mvr. Carlisle took until the 1st of January, and I shall be doing well if T am able to make up the list in two weeks. So fur I have not been ablo to give the matter one moment’s consideration.” ‘Then you do not look for much business to be done until after the recess?” “Hardly. If the committees are appointed in two weeks from now there will be only a few days left before the usual Christmas recess is taken.’ “*‘Are you Jikely to appoint the committes on rules in advance of the other committoes, 80 that the rules can be modified before an attempt is made to do business!” “I am nov preparcd to say what may bo done, but 1t would not be surprising if the committee on rules should be appointed in the course of a few days, 80 that tho rules could be revised whilo the house 18 waiting for otner business.” “Can you express any opinion on the prob- able courso of legislation this winter?” It would not be politic for me to do so, and in addition to that, I am not able to an- swer the question. ‘This somewhat unnece: sary contest,” and Mr, Reed smiled at the recollection of the fight, “has taken up all our time, and there has been no opportunity for consultation. The views of various members will have to be ascertained and conflicting opin- ions reconciled. Measures for which there seems to be a public demand will be pushed, while others may be dropped. With our small'majority there will have to be har- mony acd conciliation if we are to accom- plish anything,” Mr. Reed has received numerous telo- erams of congratulation from all parts of the country, and ‘‘the original Reed man” was at the Shoreham today in full force. He has already received an application for a place. A lady called on bim and wanted to be placed in charge of the ladies' reception room on the house side. Mr. Reed told her that the office was not iu hus gift, A WISE PLAN, It was learned today that the democratic members of the house yesterday adopted @ very wise course in one respect at leust, It was agreed that & geueral committes of fifteen should be appointed who shall have supervisory conteol of all matters i which it 18 necessary that the party policy sha Il be maintained. This committee will be divided up into five sub-comwmittees, each baving cer- tain lines of work to look after and to per- form. Oue of these sub-committoes will be charged with the duty of inquiring into all the points at issue on the seventeen cou- tosted election cases which are to be con- tested. The policy as now outlined provides that wherever there 1s strong evidence that @ republican contestant is entitled to the seat which he asks the sub-committee having the in charge reports such cascs to the full committee and they will advise their party of the finding and will recommend that no contest be main- taiued against the man who is evideatly eu- titled 1o oceupy the seat for waich a certifl- cate is beld by a aemocrat at preseut. On the other hand, in cases which show thet the holder has a prima facle right to his seat, or where the doubts favor tne democrat, it shall be so reported and vigorously fought. This policy, if carried out, will materially aid in settiing the contested cases and will be likely to result in sunplifying whe course of proceaure. INTERSTATE COMMERCE LAW EXTENSION, Along with the proposition to extend and perfect the interstate commerce law widl come before congress this wiuter the usual grist of schemes protecting railroad em- ployes and to prevent fires consuming pass- eunger coactes iu cases of accident, The re- cent roport of tho railroad ccmmissioner of Tows on the subject of mortality by accidents on railroads has created a g t deal of in terest among congressmen. The last con gress had before it probably a score of bills providing that there should not be stoves in passeneer coaches and that they should be heated by steam, hot air, hot water, elec tricity and various other’ deviees: also that all freight trains should bo provided with air brakes and safety couplings intended to presorve the life and limb of brakemen, It has been suggested that o section shail be placed in the interstate comme » law how ve the commission auth ty to sotup rutes and rogulations and wake such Liws as the commission deoin proper 1o gov- ern the questions of heating and braking conches and cars on passenger and frejeht trams, In other words, it is suggestod that the iLterstato commerce commission be given the same latitude that vho eivil service com mission is granted in the way of extenading the laws, This, of course, wili have to be done by the sauction of the prosident. IMPROVED LAND OFIT 8 METHODS, There is a very wido contrast between the mothods pursued at the gencral land ofiice now und those which brought about u reign of terror among the settlers on the public do- main a year ago. lurge force of special agents, dotectivos, wore employed under the Cleveland administration to' collect informa- tion intended to cast suspicion upon home- steadera and other settlers and deprive them of their homes. I'he old adage was reversed, and everybody was regarded as a thief un- less hie couid prove himsell otherwise. The privileges granted by the constitution of the United States and tho federal statutes, which give homes to honestantentioned settlers, were regarded us of no advantage to anyone. Now the good-intentioned settler can have everything, Commissioner Groff and Secro- tary Noble expect the laws to bo complied with, and that the rules governing cntries upon the public dommin shall’ bo observed, but the mere fact that, pov or sickness prevents the settler from complying with tho strict letter of the law 15 a g ment in favor of lonienc 1T it s prov that the sottler has compliod with the vri- mary requirements, observing the funda- mental principles, ar u o obser every point in the law, reason and manhood are exercised in behaif'of the settler when contests are broueht before the general land office. ‘Phere will bo no raids mado upon the public domain, and those who honestly en- deavor to obtuin a home 1n the far west will bo assisted rather than prosecuted by the federal government. MISCELLANEOUS, Senator Allison and his picasant family have located at 1024 Vevmont avenue for the season. Hon, J. P, Dolliver of Towa. the youngest member of the house, and the most ‘cloguent political orator of the country according to isecretary Blaine's way of thinking, is at the Hamilton for the winter. Senator Pettigrew aud far e stopping at the Riges houso for afow days before moving into the Randolph house on First street, which has been leased for two years, Ex-Senator and Mrs, Van Wyck and httle daughter arrived this afternoon from Ne. braska aud will bo at the Riegs for several weels, Periy 8. HeATin Ao FRENCH POLITICS, The Chamber Devoting Most Time to Contested Elections. [Copuright 1889 by Jamss Gordm Benae. Panis, Dee. 1.—|New York Herald Cable —Special to Tue Bee.]--French polities e entered upon a duil period. The cham- ber devotes most of its timo to contested clections, and in their decision political con siderations have no small weight, even though the votes of the deputies are in many cases most contradictory. When the clec- tion of u monarchjal imperialist, conserva- tive or Boulangist deputy has been con- firmed the majority are apparently seized with remorse, and tho next contest 1s, if there is the slightest excuse for it, decided againsythe anti-republican claimant. Still more extraordinarvy is an incident wh o= curred in committee, to which was referred the contested election in the Mont Martre district. Aftor the committee had twice decided that Jofferin was not lo elected, they wraed around came to the conclusion that he was duly returned and entitled to his seat. The report of the committee and the debate on 1t will hardly fail to give rise to an interesting discussion. [t will probably be violently op- posed by the right and Clemeuceau’s radical followers, and it 18 most ikely that many re- publicans will take the same view of the question as does the right and refuse to ad- mit a man for whom only & minority of the electors voted. Those who demand confirma- uon of the Mont Martre election are occupy ing an illegal position and can assicn no rea- 0 ns other than political expediency for their votes. They fear that if the Mont Martre election is invalidated Boulanger will again offer himselfl as a candi- date and that he will again secure a majority of the votes cust. They therefore demand the validation pf Jofferin on the ground of political expediency, By so doing they are ignoring the legal asvect of the question. What is at present taking place m the chamber is another proof that such is the violence of political passions in France that itis impossible for a potitical assembly to decide questions of this sort im- partially. The electoral struggle is, as soon as the elections are over, trausferred to the chamber, The victorious party at the polls has always & tendomcy toward an effort, to make the vietory more complete by unseating as many of their opponents as possible, either with or with- out good and suflicient reasons for so doing. Many fair-minded men think this state of things might be romedicd by depriving the chamber of its right to decide upon the va- lidity of theelection of its members and to refer the contested election to the judicial authorities of the country or toa special tribunal created for that purpose, whose im- partiality would be above question, — A Letter from Stanley. (Copyright 1889 by James Gordou Bennett.1 Zaxzisar, Dec. 1.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tug Bek. |—Stanley, writ. ing from Mikessi under date of November 26, says that the party are all well and en- Joying tho luxuries Major Weissmaun sent them, but he complains bitterly of having been two years and eleven months without uews, the mail having been lost or robbed, A postscript, written on the morning of the 27th, states that Stanley had just received Acting Consul General Smith's letter, Every ono was rejoiced to hear that the queen still reigns and eagerly wanted newspapers to leara the incideuts of the last three years, - Ireitated Over False News, (Copuright 1889 by James Gordon Bannett,) Rome, Dee. L — |New York Herald Cable—Special to Tne Bee. |—The pope has not, as reported, sont a telegram to Mgr, Salolli requesting bim to visit Ircland on his way back from America, The false news which 18 continually bewg eirculated mn re~ gard 1o the vatican and foreign ecclesiastics, especlally those of Ireland, is very irritating to the holy see, and all the more so as it only creates misunderstandings in Ireland and among the Irish in America., e s November's Meteorological Feature, Wasminaron, Dee, 1,—The signal service weather crop bulletin for the wouth says the most prominent meteorological feature of the month .was the great storm which moved from Texas northeast to the lakes and thence to the mauritime provine be- tween the 26tk and 20ib, The cold wave fol- lowing in the rear of the storm caused frosts and freezing weather as far south as uorto- eru Florida, ily o of 1ts ALLISON WILL BERE-ELECTED Iowa Demands It and Politiolans Will Wisely Oboy. CAN DEMOCRATS SHOW THE WAY? Whibition or License the Which ¥ Iarties Hit Question Hawkoyo Kilted in a Saloon — With an Ax Puzzling The Favorite Son, Des Moises, Ia, Dee. L—[Special to Tik Bee.]—The question of the election of a United States senator to succeed Allison is attracting moro attention oven outside the state than within it, probably for the reason that outside the wmprossion prevails that he is in dangoer of defoat. No such impression exists in the minds of ropublicans hore, who are best informed on the situation, By common consent he was the accopted can~ didate of the party during the campaign, (£ the republicans had sscured o majority of twenty-five in the next legislature no one would have thought of raising a question as to his re-olection, They majority of 8ix, wnd thera is no good reason why tho sitnation should be changod on that account. I republican womber who was clected this year, if not instructed by his county to vote for Allison, was at least mude aware of tho weneral party desiro that he do so, and he fully expected to do so. The republic bold-over nators also recognize the general desire of the party for Allison's re-election, and probably without excention will voto for him. The only exce hat any one has suggested 18 Senator Einn of Taylor county, But_thero is no reason 1o believe that Finn would bolt cus on this subjeet. He w, - publican, and the republicans of this district want to sce Aliison ve-elected. Mo than that, Mr. Finn wants to bea candidate for congress from tie Eighth districy noxt sum- wor, and he would hardly begin bis candie dicy by antagonizini the wishes of the groat wajority of the republicans of that district. T'he democrats would ba oblized to get not only Finn, but at least throe other repub- lican votes to defeat Allison, and they noever will be avle to do it. ‘The situation is such that no republican could afford now to betray his party or lis manhood by eutering democratic allianee to defeat so eminent & republican statesman as Allison, Those who urc best informed veliove that Allison will receive the caucus nomination aud beelected, without a single dissenting republican vote. Qu ndry, Des Morses, I, Dee. L—[ il to i Bk, |—Will it be licanse or prohibitiont That is the question which several theusand lowa people ate daily askiog. There has probably not been a islaturo in twenty years whosc coming has boen awaited with mora public interest thau the approaching one. ‘Fhe situation s its amusing as well as its serious sides. Both) Josare like the fellow who grabbed the bear und was ealling for someone to help him lot go. The demo- crats have been saving altthe while that if they only had the chance they would settle the brohibition question wighty quicks Well, they seem to have secured the chance, with the aid of a fow anti-prohibition repube licans, but thoy are not at all ready to settle the question. are Lhe republi batter prepared. ‘There is a geno sition on the part of the latter to let the democrats take the initiative, Since they thiuk it is so casy to decide what to do, they will be given th . So the repuoli- cans are waiting to see what the democrats have to offer. Thore aro a few republicans, possibly four or five, who will feol like uniting with the democrats to secure some modification of the present law. But the diMculty will come in when it 18 attenipted to form a law that will sate isfy them and at the same time satisty the democratic party. 5 ‘There is a sharp diference of opinivn be- tween the democrats 4s to what s ueeded. The democrats in the river counties don't want any local option, they demand a gen- eral license law, and not a very high license cither. The democrats of the'interior coun ties favor local option and a high license, ‘Tle republicans wiho want a chango will cere tainly not accept anything lower in the mat- ter of control than an optional prohibition and high license as an alternative, ‘The republicans in_the larger citics, as rule, favor a modification of tne law that will pevmit prohibition to remain us the gen- al law of the state, for the countics that want it, and high license for those who do not. They claim that this does not surrender any advantago that prohibition has gained and does secure soma measure of logal con- trol in the countics where nono ut all now exists, Perhaps a majority of tho republicans, at least a great many of them in the interior untics, or the prohibition counties, want the law to rewain as it is with practicaliy % ! In chang They say that and they don’t sce why ybody else not. They talk io a Iofty way about *no backward sten’” and “no surrender uc the saloons,” when they know that for five years the law has victually surrendered to the sae leons in moro than a dozen counties, S0 ine steady of taking things as they are, they close thelr eyes to the real and talk aboug the deal and unpracticable, Some of them usually wind up their remarks by the ul that if the repubiican part or “makes auy compromise with the sa. 100ns,” as they put it, thero will bo a third party in Lowa of iudefinito size the firss year, A good many republicans are ning to hint that if it comes to & choice b= wween being ruled by democrats or being run by cranks, they are ready for the former, The dictation of & few crank prohibitionists, who are never huppy unless attaining nos toriety, is becoming very tiresome. ‘hey would probably have joiued the Ht. John party, in a short time, athny rate, for they were not attractiug enough attention us plain republicans ta satisfy their vanity B. . Wrignt, the president of the State Temperance ‘Alilance, who betrayed his trust and helped elect a democrat to th leislature, is one of the conspicuous men o that class. Hit Hin BunLiNetoy, la. 1.—[Spacial Tele= gram 1o Tk Bek. |—Churles Smith, 1n o row with “Don’ Burifitt (both solored), bit the lawter over the head with the blunt end of a0 ax, feillng bim to the fioor and in all probability killing bim, Smith is in juil, Killed in o Saloon Buruixaroy, Ia, Dee. 1.—[Special Tele- gram to Tug Bee|—Frod Pelerson was hit over the head with a chair in the hands of an uuknown party 1n a saloon Tnankse gwving day, He died toduy. The polico have no clucs o the wurdere; o nuc Noies, Warsvr, Ia, Dee. 1—[Special to Tam Bee. |—Mr. and Mrs. J. P, Williaws of Couns cil Bluffs speat Thanksgiving with thew daughter, Mrs. J. C, Spangle. The Thenksgiving diuuer and supper as the Grace M, church netted tho Ladies Ald sociely between 810 and §50. The grand bull at Germania hall Thankes giving night was well attended and & nicg affair, A Farmer Burned Out, Missoust Varrey, la, Dec. L—[Special 0 Tuk Bre.)—The house and barn of a Mr, Brown, liviag three miles west of this cityy was burned Saturday afternoou, - Shot His Mother, 81, Joskrn, Dec. 1.—Charles Berlors, aged fourteen today shot Lis wother, because she refused bim money,