Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 29, 1890, Page 1

THE OMAHA DALy BEE \ NINETEENTH YE THE BISMARCK OF AUSTRIA, Count Taafe Recounts His Struggles for Austrian Unity. HIS A CONCILIATORY POLICY. The Suce-ss of the Liate Conference Due to the Patriotism and Loyalty of the Different Nationalities, A Modest Statesman, {ght 1890 by James Gordon Bennsth.\ A, Jan. 23, —[New York Herald Cable —Special to Tne Bel ~I have just had the honor of an wterview with Count Taafe, the Austrian premicr,at the Imperial minesterium in Herrengasse, His excolle in the extreme, and behind the harras: prime ministor was to bo scen the bright- bumored Irish peer, for he is by descent vis- count of Corren, baron of Ballymote, county Bliro, us well as count of the Holy Roman empire. ““T'he peace of Burope never seemed more assured,” said his excellency in reply to my first question. ““The kaiser desires ardently a continuance of peace, which is so needful 1o our industrial and political dovelopment. 1 feel hopeful of peace, but cannot say that I feel assured of 1t, for bistory shows that war comes when least expected. “Now for the Boheman qu compromise wo have reached thirty years of internecine war, for it bewan in 1861 His majesty called on me to form a cabinet in 1878, succeeding Prince Aners- berg. My mission was by & policy of concil- fation to reconcile the disputing nationalities of the cwmpire. My ministry was called a ‘versoehnungs mimisterium’,and by some was much laughed at. The condition of the country was compared by superficial critics to the condition of the workmen on the tower of Babel. ‘These overlooked the pat. riotism of the Austriuns, tneir loyalty, ‘an- haenglichkeit’ to the kaiser and his house. These sentiments, which are common to all his majesty’s subjects, be they Germans, Slavs or Hungariacs, nave brought about the boppy result i Bohemia which was ofticially signalled w the world yesterdny. Tho ‘versochnungs' mimstry has been long at work, but I think it will be found on inspection to have worked well. How it was done is a long story, but I shall tell it all to the Herald, were it only out of recognition for the great news which#our paper has often luid before the civilized world from distant parts of the globe at a cost of great expenditures of money and often with | oss of life. “My first step as premier was to attempt what. thanks to circumstances I shall soon enumerate, I have now succeeded in accom- phshing. Nearly ten yearsago Horr Herbst, the German leader, and Dr. Rieger, thon as now chief of the old Crechs, said in this very room, after » féw moments’ conversation, that the time bad not yet come for a settle- ment. Both parties thought themselves much the strongest and powerful enough to oppress the other, 8o during my first year my ministry had to watch and wait, until I finally succeeded in settling the Polish differences with the aid of the Polizh deputies. I found mysclf with o small majority behind me, with which 1 have governed ever since. I waited ten years before intervening again in the question, Meantimo many things changed. Both parties grew weaker with their unsuccessful onslaughts upon each other, From them sprang the smaller und simply impossible parties, the Germun na- tionalists, who coquetted disloyally with their neighbors on the north, witn the anti- Semites and with, the old Czechs, who talked Pan-Slavism and ‘Nach Russlana hinueber schellten,’ casting eyes at Russia. The very radicalism of these extremists indi- rectly brought about the’ reconciliation bo- tween the four importaut justifiable parties in Bobemia, viz., Germans, old Czechs, the Geran nobility ana the Czech nobility, These, weakened by the long struggles and sceing the dangers which threat- ened the country from the impossi- ble parties I have mentioned have made mutual concessions, unul, though weakened separately, they now form a strong united ‘regierungsfuchiz’ party, Bioce the result of the conference has been published all the young czechs and all the other radical extremists have remained more quiet and docile than I ever expected, Probably they now perceive the absolute - poasibility of their policy ever being recog- nized. My indefatigable assistant and honest brother throughout the whole arduous pro- ceedings bas been Count Von Schoenburg, upon whom today the kaiser has signified his intention of conferrivg the Leopold order of the first class, tue se.ond highest order irf the soveroign's gift. I believe the promises made at the conference will be kept and the wra of rump parhiaments and parliamentary rows is over in Bohemia. Here in this chamber some days ago the leaders of antagonistic parties found they could meet in couneil in the same hall witkout quarrelling, Clubs and groups of every faction, as you will scoe in the paper this morniug, have approved this conduct. At the next session, for the first time for years, Bohema will have representatives of every section in the landtag and ‘the era of non- intercourse between nationalists is at an end. Iam agreat believer in making our people know each other. If they do, all will then settle their little differences which have avisen generally through misunderstandings. The moment 1 bad them all here I fo)t confi- dent of success. Another thing that encour- aged me was that I have noticed of late that the Czechs as o nation are beginning to pre- serve their geograplical 1solation from their fellow Slays and have given with old-ti loyalty the allegiance to our gracious sov- ereign upon whom, surrcunded as they are by hostile states, their future depends." “What effect will the new oraer of things have wupon the complexion and composition of the central parliament or ‘reichsrath A very great and beneficial one, I hope and expect. 1 hope the whole complexion of the imperial parlisment will undergo o transformation and that we will have no more national groups, no longer op- position for opposition’s sake. With the rightful demands and legitimate aspirations of these four great national oppositional groups in Bohewia once fully satistied, it is 10 be expected that they will cease to remain in opposition, and it is to be expected that they will support the goverument which has brought about such a happy chauge. Single cases of opposition on facial grounds way oceur in isolated cases, but I believe in wmy heart that with the settlement of the Polish- Bohemian questions the acute era of radical struggles passed away in Austria for ever. “Is it the intention of your excellency to sottle the radical differenves concerning the Moravia, btyria, Carmola and Austrian erown lands by the institution of compromise commizsions similar in character to the o over which you® presided with such sue "o the Bohemiau question S1think not. It must be remembered that tion, for the is ending this AR. Bohemia is a kingdom with certain rights | and privileges, which by tho consent of conturies have become consecrated wnd which the house of Hapsburg has always religiously observed. These richts do not obtain in the matter of the crown lands in Moravia, Carniola and Styria. My mmistry will be guided, T think, by a policy of utility. In continuing this work of consolidation it shall be my purposs and desire to satisfy in the matter of theso lands the greatest num ber of his majesty's subjects. Now, with that great, most diffcult task finished, the national groups are satisfied and | thiuk the completion of our task will be easy. *‘Let me again resume, and accentuato the fact that it is not owing to the skill of party leaders or political finesse that this happy result has been brougnt about. The prime factor which day by day is welding the peo- plo of the empire closer together is their love for the kaiser, Ican only claim credit for having chosen un opportune moment for calling the conference topether.” “But," 1 ventured to su ggest, “your ex ceilency, we have the authority of the the greatest of your poets that, ‘Wer den augenblick ergrieft der ist der recht mann,’ or as Bayard Taylor translates, ‘He who hits the moment. is the ablest man.’ *'Since we have got back into the cool at- mosphere of the classics from the heated po- litical arena,” replied Taafe with a smile, *“1 may say that from no sovereigu’s lips might fall more fittingly the noble words of King Philp in hiller's poem than from the lips of His Majesty the Kaiser I'ranz Joseph: ‘Unter den Meinigen ist keiner cin verloreiner,’ and with our constitutional and liboral monarchy wa pro- Posc to show that we can govern our popu lation of Germans, Huugarians, Czechs and Slavonians with as much regard and respect for personal, religious and provincial or sec: tional liberty us your federal government in Washington has for its northerners, south- erners, easterners and westerners,” His excellency then honored mo with half an hour's general conversation on American d African subjects, which gave mo a clear insight into the great and general kno wledge this truly worthy successor of Kaunitz, Metternich and Schwarzenberg possesses upon all current topics of interest. When [ told hum that I had the pleasure of shaking Stanley by the hand be grasped mine again and said with simple earnestness, “I envy you.” The political wiseaores and writers of premature obituaries of the Austrian- Huugarian monarchy hero and abroad will never forgive Count Taafe for upsetting all their doleful prognostications. His proposed plan for a couference and compromise com- mission were at first laughed at as chimeri- cal, and even when the delegates were all seated in the council chamber, almost unani- mously the pressdeclared that the conference must end badly and the state of Bohemia be worse than before. But the conference, over which he presided with such monchalance and with a fragrant Huvaos always alight between his lips, hud been carefully pre- pared and arranged, as was shown whenever proceedings came to a positive staunastill. When the antagonistic parties could not agree Count Taafe would pull a little project of his own out of his pocket and in every instance it was accopted. Count Taafe’s ancestors came from Ireland in the seventecuth century, and the secoud Aus- trian of that name defended Vienna when besieged by the Turks. His estates are in Bohemia, a land in which, as he said to me modestly this morning, “*Patriotism, and not 1, has bandled the bleeding wound.” e e i My ON HIS WAY TO ROME. Archbishop Corrigan Has Arrived in Paris. [Copyright 1890 by James Gordon Bennett.) Paws, Jan, 23.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bee.|--A Herald correspondent called today upon Archbishop Corrigan of New York, just arrived in Paris on his way to Rome. The archbishop is at the Hotel Delanthenel, where he is the guest of Mr. Farren of Philadelphia. ‘‘We had a very pleasant passage,” said the prelate's secretary, @ handsome young priest. “With the exception of a single rough day, Archbishop Corrigau suffered no inconvenience, He will spend a few days in Paris with his old friend Farren, and will then proceed directly to Rome. *'No, there is nothing of any special sig- nificance in connection with the archbishop’s visit to the holy father. The church re- quires such visits to be made every ten yoars, After waiting in Rome until an auai- ©ence is granted we may likely continue our travels 8 few weeks before returning to America, but 1 think it is wore likely that we will push on to the Holy Land.” N Revolting Revelations, OrTAWA, Ont., Jan, 23.—The goverament has just been informed of one of the most re- volting revelations ever brought to hight in Canada. A young Church or England clergy - man in a populous parish of western Ontario was brougnt before a magistrate charged with debauching small Loys. The evidence is 80 revolting that 1t canuot bo piinted, but iv showed that he debauched no less than twenty boys of tender aze. -He was sen- tenced to three mouths in jail, the severest penalty that could be inflicted as the law stands. ‘Ihe government will take the wat- ter up with a view to iuflicting more severe punishiment, A Convention Lake Satlors, CuicaGo, Jan, 28, —The donvention of lake sailors, including wembers of ussembly 136, Kuights of Labor, ana visiting delegates said to represent between three and four thousand sailors, began today. The pro- ceoedings were vate. Regarding the rumor that the sailors would wholly with- draw from the Kuights of Labor, the dele- gatos would only say that a committee had been avpointed to draft resolutions for Pow- derly's consideration, The feeling appears 1o be in favor of remaining in the Knights of Labor jurisdiction, e Education of the Negro, WASHINGTON, Jan, 28, —Kx-Senator Bruce called upon the president today and incident- ally wentioned the race question in the south. Bruce told the president that he thought the salvation of the south and the negroes would be secured by education. The president expressed & warm interest in the race question, which, he said, had given him more trouble than anythiog else sice he be- came president. He hoped the trouble would be peaceably settied. e Going For Okiahoma Lot Jumpers. Oxraroma Ciry, L0, Jan, 28, —Last vight & large crowd of indignant citizens pulled down the house of a lot jumper and burned the wreck. There is the most intense ex- citemeut and if the wilitary does not inter- fere blood 18 sure w be shed. Serious fights occurrea today over disputed lots and an organization has been formed to puli down every lot-jumper's house in the city, his supporters 1n the commons says the con- dition of pubhe affairs is not without peculiar features, aud the auestions to be connidered may be of pressiug interest. This is taken 10 indicate an early disc of the iz rs and otber mattors of | Valut amportance W the liverals aud home ruiers. OMAHA. WEDN NEITHER SIDE WiLL YIELD. The Dead'ock in the Iowa House Now an Assured Faoct. ALL THE BALLOTS AGAIN TIED. Indepondents Baginning to Display Remarkably Strong Democratic Characteristios—The Senas torship Problem. Deadlock No. 2, Des Moixes, la., Jan, 28.—[Special Tele- gram to Tne Bee]—Deadlock No. 2 in the Iowa legislature begau this afternoon. Nominations for permanent ofticers of the house were made this morning, and this afternoon the first ballot was taken. It re- suited as was expected—in a tie. And sev- eral ballots following were of the same char acter, The republican candidate for speaker voted for the democratic candidate, and the democratic candidatoe for speaker returned the compliment by voting for his opponent. But it was noted thateach watched the other carefully, for a temporary forgetfulness would have resulted in an election. So the deadlock is now an assured fact,and the two parties are getting ready to have a siege. They have made regular arrange- ments for pairs, and are all ready to “sit it out.” Neither side shows any present disposition to surrender, and the indepenaents, after two weeks’ as- sociation with the democrats, are develop- ing fpil democratic characteristios. ‘I'here is some little talk of holding an elec- tion for Unitea States senator noxv week, even if a permanent speaker is not elected by that time. Some hold that a senator can be eleoted by the legislature as -800n as the members have been Sworn in, even if perma- nent oflicers have not been chosen. The democrats violently oppose the suggestion, but there are enough republicans to go ahead and hold an election, even 1f the democrats stay out or refuse to vot The Senate. Des Moixes, Ia., Jan. 28.—In the senate this afternoon a resolution was introduced by Kelly, requesting congress to pass a law authorizing the president to suspend the tariff laws whero it comes to his knowledge that certain goods protected thereunder are controllea by trusts. Adjourned. “The House. ; Des Morxes, Ta., Jan, 28.—When the house convenced this afternoon the contest for per- manent speaker was taken up. Richman of Muscatine nominatea J. T. Hamilton of Linn on behalf of the democrats, and Luke nomi- nated Wilson of Cass for tho republicans. The first roll call resulted: Hamilton 41, Wilson 41. Hamilton voted for Wilson and Wilson for Hamilton, After the call many in the lobby left, satisfled that the deadlock on _once more. After five oallots the Louse adjourned. Caucns Nominations. Des MoiNEs, Ia., Jan, 28.—The republican caucus this morning nowminated Silas Wilson for speaker, J. A. Shelton for first assistant cleri, and put up candidates for the minor oftices, The democrats nominated J. T. Ham- ilton of Lynn county for speaker and passed all the other nominations. S Allison Go:ng to Washington, Dunuque, Ta., Jan. 28.—|Special Telogram to Tz Bee.]—Senator Allison starts for Washington tomorrow to attend to his public duties there, He feels no concern over the senatorial siluation, and only asks that the republicans iu the legislature do their duty withaut regard to him. That duty is to stand for the speakersuip, if they have to wait all summer. Thep are determined to do s0, and the latest reports from Des Moines indicate that they will make no concessions, but keep the flag flying till the democrats come to terms. Aid for the Dak ora Sufferers. Masox Ciry, Ia., tJan. 28.—|Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]—Rev, C. Level of Ippswich, 8. D., was in this city today. He and Judge Green have been appointed by the citizens of his county to solicit clothing, food and seed for the needy. He was inter- viewed by Tue Bee correspondent, to whom he said: “‘Bight counties ered practically a totsl failure of crops. Miner = and Faulka coun- ties are the worst, McPuerson, Kingsbury, Edmunds and Spink ciosely followed. No one hus perished from hunger, nor will they, Many have been reduced to bread food. Ove thousand in Edmunds county need clothing. The great need now is seed for spring work and food for horses., Mr. Levell will canvass through this state, 1llinois, Missouri, Kansas and Minoesota. He is receiving liberal donations every- where, and has the utmost confidence i the future of Dakota. in the state suff- The Suprem: Court. Des MoiNgs. la., Jan. 23.—[Special Tete- gram to Tur Beel—The following do- cisions were rendered by the supreme court today: J. P. Farley, appellant, vs M. Dubuque district; reversed. Chavles Stoff vs Swafford Brothers et al, appeilants: Linn district; afirmed. George W, Wilson. apellant, vs A, Dan- iels et al; Linn districu: afirmed, L. J. Pelley vs Frank Weiler, appellant; Clay district; modified and afiirmed, ‘I W. Rosenthal & Co. vs Peter C, Miller, appellant; suprewe court Council Bluffs} atirmed. ‘The attorneys for the state in the ocase against Billings, the Bremer county mur- derer, applied today for an extension of time on his motion for “rehearing till the April term, They claim that Billings’ abstract is very defective. It is understood that the extension of uime wili be granted, Hollenfelz; Disappearad With the Money. MaReNGo, T Jan. 28.—|Special Tele- gram to Tue BEE.|—This community is cons siderably worked up over the sudden disap- pearance of & horse buyer. Several weeks ago & wman representing himself as S, Gar- var of New York came here, and has been pretending to ve in the horse ousiness. He presented @ draft to Cashier Branch, but that gentleman refused to cash it without further identification, He was at Victor a part of the time, and succeedad in inducing the cashier of the Victor bank to send a draft to New York. This draft was found to be all right and the mooey came back, He then presented a a $i00 draft aud asked for the money. The Victor man had not the money on haud, and politely refused. Garver had visited Hrook- lyn on several occasions, sud on Tuesday went there and bought a dozen or wmore car- riage borses, paying §5 down on euch horse, and was iutroduced o the cashier of the First National bank by a Victor liveryman, who suppcsed bum to be all right, bemg fam with his trausactions at the Vic bank. Tne Hrooklyn man cashed the draft for $100. It was drawn by an Albany bank, which was notin the bank direciory or a natioasl bank in New York, It is learned here today that the draft’ was protested. Garver disappeared lmwediately after he received his wonoy and has not been heard of since. He is reported s being & smooth looking mav, about forty years old, weight about 150 pounds, black hair and keen biack eyes, slightly crossed, black woustache. Suicide at Wyoming. WroMiNg, I |Special Telegram 3, en o}d resident wod prominent citizen, shot bimself this ESDAY MORNI NG, [ norning, the ball -penetfatingi the brain Death was instantapeous. He has been in v poor health for a yearor two. It is poosed that this proyed upon his mind and finally e to the present rash act. He leaves a s and one daughter] He was about fifty-five vears old. Shot. Des Moixgs, Ia., Jan. 23.—[Special Tele- gram to T Bee.] 4Early this mornine the police discovered some man breaking into o freight car on the Rock Island track, They fired at them, bringing down one man named Seymour Warren. The8hot shattered his thigh, and he was taken to the hospital, He oroves to be an oid offender, who has served 4 torm in the penitentiuey After The Fire Bug: Des Motxes, 1a, Jan. 23~ [Spocial Tele- gram to Tne Bee.]—The governor has of- fored a roward of $300 for the arrest and conviction of the persons who committed the crime of arson in Rock Ravids not long ago. That place has a bad attack of incendiarism, and the officers are determined to break it up if possible. Senator MeCoy Seronsty 111, OfraLo0sA, Ia, Jan, 28 —[Special Tele- gram to Tur Bee Senator McCoy, who came home sick with the influenza, is in a critical condition and will uot be uble to re- turn to work for several weeks, if at ull this session, ——— CHICAGO ANARCHISIS EXCITED. They Think There 18 a Big Police Tonspiracy Agrinst Them. Cnrcaao, Jan, 28.—The socialist and an- archist societics of this city are greally ex- cited over what they believe to be a huge police conspiracy agamst them. A short timo ago Detective Charies Nordrum was arrested and fined foran allezed unwarranted assault on a man at & socialist meeting. Several socleties took the matter up and de- manded Novdrum's dismissal, It is claimed now that the detective went to one qf those interested in the prosecution and v pur- chase leniency proposed to give up informa- tion concerning the operatians of the police aud show that a certain supposed champion of the anarchist cause was really in the pay ot the palice for the purpose of creating, by wild utterances, popular prejudice. It is claimed that Nordrum furnished fourteen reports from this spy, who is Henry Dam- mevor, a man who, sinice 1550, has been one of the most aggressive anarchists in the city. At meetings none were more rabid in utter- ance than he, and 1t is bow alleged he would thus nduce others to echio his sentiments and then report to the police. . All this evidence was laid bofore the maydr,and as u result an order was 1ssued today, suspending Nord- rum pending an investization of his alleged trenchery. The mayor and police officials refuse to talk on the subjcct. SHOTI BY A POLICE CAPTAIN, One of the Witnessos in the Cronin Case Badly Wounded. CnuicAGo, Jan, 28.—Robert Gibbons, one of the witnesses for the defense iu the Cronin case, was shot and badly, wounded tonight by Police Captain Schuettler as a result of an altercation in a salgon. Gibbons was accompanied - by séveral friends, in- cluding Alderman ' MecCormick. Ac- ccording to Sthuetfler's friends, McCormick made somé wadomplimentary re- marks and threw a lightéd, cigar into Sehuett- lers fuce. The latter was gbout to resgnt the act, when Gibbons,-who 18 ‘a powerful man, gave the captain a tosrific thump on the jaw. He was aboul to repeal, it whea Schuettler pullea a revolver and fireds McCormick le- nies his reputed conmecfion with the case, saying he had gone out when the shooting occurred. Schuettler-was not in uniform at thie time of the affair. e o The Wool Murket. Bosrox,. Jau. —[Special Telegram to I'ne Bee.]—The demaad for wool has con tinued fair and the sales*have been up to average proportions. Prices remaw about the same as last weelt. InOhio and Peun- sylvania fleeces there have been sales of X at 31@32¢, XX at 34@3%434c, and No. 1 at 28c. ‘Michigan X fiecces arg steady at 80c, but no higher price can be obtained except for fancy lots, No. 1 combing wools remain firm. at 39c for Michzan and 40c for Ohio. Fino de- laino sells quito freely at b for Ohio and at 34@35e for Michigad. There has been a good trade 1n t_rritory, but at some con- cessions in prices, fne selling at 57@60c, fino medium at 55@56¢, and mediumn at 50! Scoured Califorma and Tgxas “wonls have been quite steady. Pulled’wools are moving quietly at previous prices. Foreign wools arejfirm, Ll S e A Chicago Judze Displeased. Cuicago, Jan, S.—Judge Hames mani- fested his displeasure this. morning when 8 fury in his court brought ina verdict of 1 cent damage in the suit of McDermott, Russ & Co., board of trade iwen, ‘agawmst C. S. Platt. McDermott, Russ & Co. sued Platt to recover damages in the sum of $6,000, Platt was their agent in lowa, and he sent his firm orders for transactions in gramn, which they claim were worthless and that they lost contiderable money thereby. The firm asserts Platt guaranteed the accounts, but Platt's defense wan that he made no guarantee and was merely tho agent of a board of trade firm. The cuse will be tried again, ——n A Cowardly Rival's Deéd, SAN AxtONI10, Tex., Jan, 25.—Nieves Quintaro and Manuel Ortga, who are cousins aud employed ou Norris' ranch, wooed a dark-eyed senorita, Unable to decide be~ tween them, she suggested that they fight a duel with stilettoes. To this they agreed, but_while Quintaro was walking across a e‘aml last night Ortga concealed himself bo- hind a bush and shot and killed Quintaro, The murderer escaped e Rendered Sightless by, an Explosion. BroomiNgroN, IlL, Jan.y 28, —This after- noon a gas pipe retort explédoed in the high school at Lexington, Prof} Jesse was terri- bly burned about the face, and both oyes were probably rendered htless. Bert Merrill, aged twenty years, , was so badly injured that he will probably die, Cora Kem ond Hattie Barnard were, erely injure aud about twenty others moge or less hurt. Great excitement prevullodngr time, An Editor Asssalted. CixCINNATI, O., Jan.28,~[Spacial Telegram to Tne Bee.]—Dr, J, €, Culberwson, editor of tho Medical Journal, was ‘assaulted at his office this afternoon by twoigoung attorneys armed with rawbides, The doctor, with the aid of the foreman of his printing office de- fended himself and aftgrward causea the arrest of the attorneys, 'The occasion for their attack was an_artiolein the doctor's paper bitterly denounging them for bringing suit for malpractic e A Mexican War Pension Allow. d. WasHINGTON, Jan. 28.—Assistant Secra- tary Bussy today rendered a deeision in the pension claim of Isaac 5. Warmouth, ser- geant of company #, Third Illinois, Mexican war. The widow is grauted a pension of $3 per wonth, to date from 1857, Warmouth was the father of ex-Goveruor Warmouth of Louisiana. T Stoamship Arcivals. At New York—Tha City of Chicago, from Livorpool; the Lydian Monarch, from Lon- don; the Volturno, from Hamburg, At Glasgow—"The Ching, from Baltimore. - A Minneapolis Brewer Assigns. My APOLIS, Mino.,, Jan. 235.—Herman Westphal, brewer and ige dealer, assigued esterduy, Liabilities, §75,000; assels, 1 £139,000.7 1¢ {a'n ensa of 'peassura of creditors | wud bie will 8090 be Upo Wis 16ck dguiB. JANUARY 20, 1890. DIRECI TAX BILL PASSED. It Receives the Senate's Approval by a Large Majority. ONLY SEVEN DISSENTING VOTES, Debate Resumed on Chandler's Reso- lution in Regard to the Abers deen Affair—Proceedings in the Lower Branch. Senate. Wasiixatox, Jan, 23 —Mr. Morrill, in in- troducing the bill authorizing the issue of treasury notes on deposits of silver bullion and having it referred to the committee on finance, said that the committee had ad- dressed a communication to the secretary of the treasury asking him to formulate u bill in accordance with his recommendations in relation to silver; that a bill had been re- ceived without comuntting himself or any member of the committee to it. He askea to have it printed and referred. A resolution was offered by Mr. MeMillan and adopted instructing the library commit- tee to inquire and report as to the propriety of purchasing the Staulay collection of In- dian historical paintings now in the custody of the Smithsoman institute. The committee on public buildings and grounds reported a bill appropriating $2,500,- 000 for a public building at Kansas City, Mo., and it was placed on the calendar, On motion of Mr. Sherman the senate bill to relieve the treasurer of the United States from the amount now charged to him and deposited with the several states, was taken from the calendar and passed. On motion of Mr. Morrill the bill to credit and pay to the several states and territories and the District of Columbia all moneys col- lected under the direct tax of 1361 was taken from the calendar. Mr., Sherman stated that the bill was the same, word for word, as that which passed the last congress, and as 1t had the unani- mous vote of the tinance committee, he hoped it would be passed without dissent. Mr. Vest remarked that he had already spoken several times against the bill, and did not care to trouble the senate now. He did not even ask for the avesand nays on the passage of the bill, but if the aves and nays were called he would record his vote against it. After considerable debate Mr. Vanco of- fered an amendment, a proposition to refund the cotton tax. IRejocted. ‘The bill was then passed—Yens, 44; nays, 7. The nays were: Berry, Blair, Call, Coke, Plumb, Vance and Veost The bill makes it the duty of the secrotary of the treasury to credit to each state and territory and the District of Columbia a sum equal to the collections made_from the said states and territories under the act of Au- gust 5, 1861, and amendatory acts thercto. It appropriates the necessary sum. Mr, Hoar's resolution calling on the secre- tary of war for information on the seizuro and imprisonment of Apache prisoners was agroed to, ‘The senate resumed consideration of Mr. Chandler’s resolution, discussed yesterday, and Mr, George made an argument against it, holding that the senate had no jurisdio- tion to pass & law to punish the men-who committed the Aberdeen outrage, and oslk- ing what right the senate had to make an in- quiry into the matter. He condemned the hanging in efigy of Secretary Proctor. M. Spooner said he was giad the duy had come when the United States had an attor- ney general that would take notice of an out- rage on an American citizeu. The hanging 1 efigy of Secretary Proctor not only brought out the feeling of bitterness that existed in the soutn, and which had no coun- terpart in the vorth, but also brought into the sunlight the reckiessness, crueity, brutal- ity and ‘indifferenco to law and to dgcency which the country for many years had oc- casion to complain of. He referred to Faunce being led down the street of Aber- deen, surrounded by two or three hundred people, with a man laying the lash on him at every 8tep. An appeal to the mayor of the city had been in vain. *Thinik of it!"” ex- claimed Mr. Spooner in passionato tones, “Alone, far }ram his home, lashed and scourged in the market place in the pres- ence of three hundred chivairous gentlemen, and not one to step forward and arrest that brutal arm, Mr. Spooner _expressed regret that Mr. George haa felt called upon in his remarks to pronounce’ a eulogy on Jefferson Davis. He hoped no one would find iv nec- essary to do this inthe senate chamber of the United States. It would sirike a harsh chord in the breasts of miliions of men throughout the north, The people do not be- lieve, as Mr. George said, that Jeff Davi: either under the constitution or the confed- eracy, never betrayed a trust. They believe, on the contrary, thut Davis sat in the seuate chamber betraying daily the highest trust ever reposed in an. But it ‘was not for that they execrated his memory. At was because they held him responsibie for the atrocious, unspeakabte, devilish, horri- ble cruelties visited on union prisoners, 1n closing Mr. Spooner said the resolution, if it accomplished nothing else, would subserve one good purpose—it would show that there was & commuuity (Aberdeen) where love of Jefferson Davis' memory is stronger than re- spect for the law. Mr. Gray said tho hanging of a_high official in effigy, while to be condemned, was not an unprecedented outrage, Quite re- cently President Hurrison had boen hanged in effigy in the state of Indiava, He moved to amend the resolution by adding the words *'and also a letter of instruction to the marshal to which tho report was a response,” and also the following: “*And that he be requested to inform the senate chamber whether, 1n the alleged assault on Faunce, any right secured bim by the con:itution or laws of the United Statés were violated.” Mr. Butler offered an amendment instruct- ing the attorney general to furnish all the papers i the office of the district attorney of Indianaor in the United States court relating to the Dudley caso, After further debaty the first part of Gray's amendment was agreod’to, The sec- ond part was not voted on, Mr. Call offered an amendment calling on the attorney general for & report on the hangiog in effigy of President Harrison in lndiana and of President Cleveland in Kan- sas, Without action on the pending smend- ments the resolution went over. Aftor an executive session the senate ad- journed. Hou Wasmixaroy, Jan, 2 ne house passed the bill providing that in cases of pension claims of dependent parents it shall be nec- essary only to show to the pension office that the parents are without other means of support than manual labor. Awong the meworials . presented and re- ferred was one from the Augusta, Me., board of trade for the selec- tion of New York as the site for the exposition of 1802; also one fpresented by Mr. Chandler for the establishment of a re- publican form of government in the state of Mississippi, Mr. E. B, Taylor of Ohio called up the motion made yesterday to table the motion to reconsider the vote by which the house passed the bill providing for the erection of three United States prisons, ¢ The motion Lo table was agreed to—yeas 162; nays, 112, Mr, Dorsey of Nebraska, from the com- mittee on banking and currency, reported the bill to provide for the issue of circulate ing notes to national banking associations, The bill proyides in substance that upon the deposit of United States bonds sny bank #hell ha entitled to raceive circulaling notes uoL excecding in @mount toe par value of | the bonds deposit time shall the amount of & | the amount actually paid capital stock. Messrs. Biand, Anderson of Kansas, Lano of 1llinois and MeRao of Arkansas opposed the bill and Mr. Pendloton of W st Virginia favored it. Its oppone nts argued that it was not in e interests of the people but of the hank- ers and ulso untagonistic to the free coinuge of silvor, Mr. Cannon gave notice of a proposed sub- stitute for the bill, which is, in substance, that national banks shall _not be required to keep on deposit United States bonds in ex cess of §,000 as sccurity for circulating notes, but shall keep on deposit the amount of bonds ws herein required, and such of those banks having doposited bonds in ex- cess of this amount ure authorized to reduce their circulation by the acvositof lawful money as provided by law; provided, the amo1nt of such circalation doos not exceed ) per gent of the bonds deposited ein vrovided. I'ne bill then went over. Mr. Peters introduced a bill, which was referred, setting upart cortain lands i “*No Man’s Lind” for the propagation of buffa- loes Adjourned, THE W vhat at no " notes exceed of the bunk's e STERN 8NOW BLOCKADE, Ordinary Methods for Cleaving the Tracks of No Avall, WasmiNGroN, Jan, ¢8,—Senator Stanford today received a long dispatceh from the west regarding the horrible snow blockade on the Central Pacific railroad. It says the snow i piled higher than the cabs of the locomo tives and ordinary plows are of no use, as they cannot throw the snow out of the channel. Two enginears and throe firemen have been kiiled by the deraiiiag of engines West of Summit the snow is piled on th snow sheds to a depth of fifteon to twenty feet, und 1t is fearcd that the greav weight will crush them in. Iast of Summit the 00w is oven deoper. Telegraph wires are buried ten to twelve feet, although the poles are twenty-two feet high, Heavy land and snowshides have occurred, breaking huge treos in two three feet in diameter like vipe: atems. Another dispatch from Vice Presi- dent Crocker reports u similar condition of affairs on the Portland 1i Twenty-five hundred extra m A clearing the tracks and great difficulty 18 experienced in provisioning thew, us all supplies have to be carried part of the distunce on snqw shoes and at enormous expens 15 to Tne Bee.]—Notwithstanding the Asso- ciated press report tonight that tne great blockade on the Central Pacific was raised this evening, it is still clossd and will not be opened for thirty six hours at least. The blockade cast is cloared to Wells, and trains delayed there started back to Ogden to- nignt. The spow has settled down and rain on it has causea it to freeze solid in many places, rendering it impossible w use rotary plows. Shovelers with picks are digging it out. One of the plows was five hours yesterday making eight miles; A westbound train which was or- dered to return to Ogden from Reno will ar- rive in the morning. Tomorrow evening another train will start trom here, with promise of getting through. This has been done toree times during tho past six days, and always with the same result. The three miles of spow sheds waich fell i cause great delay, s the snow plows cannot be used among the fallen timver, and the shovelers must clear it alone. The storms are over and the atmosphere clearsd, and there are fair prospects for an early ena of what has proven the bigzest blockade since the Central P lc was built. This city is filled with passengers for the coast. NATIONAL 1 Preliminary Actlon Tuken on Eign:-Hour Question. St. PAur, Mian., Jan. 25,—At the national builders’ convention today the report of the executive committee on the eight hour ques- tion was submitted, Tt recommends that in view of the fact that aational and muny state municipal governments have enacted th not more than eight hours’ labor per d: be lezally required, and in view of thoe f that this standard has been established many building trades, the National Asso- ciation of Builders recommends all 1ts afliated bodies to advise all coutractors in their membership to 8o arrange their affuirs that they may safely meet in the noar fu- ture the altered conditions which a general adoption of the ocight-hour standard would entail. It also advises filial bodies o secure the adoption of a system of payment of wages by the hour, 80 they may, through that also, be in a safe condition to meet the change in the number of hours should the conditions in their various localities make it advisable for them to do so. A warm discussion followed the reading of the report, but it was flaally adopted. The matter will be taken up again fomorrow. The resolutions on lien laws were laid on the table until next year. The matter of sub-contracting went to the committec on lutions after a short debate. The asso- ion authorized the committee on the Builders' surety company to to proceed with its organization on the basis proposed by them, LDERS. the e Nebraska, lowa and Dakota Pensions, WAsHINGTON, Jan. 25.—[Special Telegram to Tne Ber.|—Pensiouns huve been granted as follows to Nebraskans: Original invalid ~—Edwin Patrick, Omana; Henry C, Strat- ton, Huyes Center, Increase—Norman B, Well, Bradshaw. . Pensions have been secured for Amos Darrow of Nebraska City, H. C. Stratton, Hayes Center; A. N. Palmer, Seward, who gets 81,460 back pa; Laura . Whitman, Fullerton, 81,027; W, F. Allen, Columbus, §1,602; Andrew J. Hodge, Crawford, £1,576. Jowa: Original invalid—I'rancis Soucey, Milford; Benjamin Ingalls (deceased), Coles: burg; John 8. McMinemee, Mableton; Joseph Vincent, Sunborn; Goeorge Kliso, Pierceville; J. Lea, Clidden; Thomas Bridgeman, Hancock. = Original = widows, em—”%:‘z & A., widow of Julien C. Davis, Oskalofsa; Donald, Moorehéad; Lydua, mother of Willlim Me- Mary L. Kennedy, former 'widow of William H. Short, R olph} Mary E., widow of Robert McCon nell, Northfiela; Hulda A., widow of Joha i3/ Dow, Davenport. Dakota: Original invalid—G. Charles Chickler, Virgil; America C. tobbins, Port- landa, . e The Weather For Omaha and vicinity lowed by fair weather. For Nebraska—Fair; warmer in eastern, stationary temperature in western portion; colder Wednesday night; variable winds. For lowa—Warmer; fair; southerly winds, shiftiog to westerly; colder in northi- west portion. by Thursday morning. For South Dakota-—Fuir; variabie winds; colder Wednesday night., A8T, Light rain, fol- — The Kniffen Verdior, TRENTON, N. J., Jan, 28,—The coroner's jury in the Kniffen case brought in a verdict early this morning declaring Mrs, Kuiffen died from chloroform administered by per- sons as yot unknown, and further stating that the Aury‘l labors have been hampered by the withholding of important evidence which will come before the Mill Hands &trike. Brsarixouas, Ala., Jun. 28, —~The employes of the Birmingham rolling mill, 1,000 io num- ber, went out on a strike yesterday, and the tight between men wnd company promises to be a long and bitter one. An effort to force the mill into the amalgamated association caused the strike, . Hurricanes in Germany. BerLiy, Jan, 28.~Hurricanes continue in northwest and central Germany. Much ttlunze was done to forests in these sec- oga. 9 - "NUMBER 2 . WILL RECOMMIT TdE BiLL, Probable Fate of Mr. Dorsay's Pare Value Measure. SOME AMENDMENTS PROPOSED, The Senate Committre on and Ele Privilegzes Up the War ons Takes Montana Contest on Lo.teries, Wasmisaros Bunear Tiue Owur Bae, 513 FOURTERNTIL STRES Wasiizarox, D, C., Jan, 33, } It is gonerally understood that the house will tomorrow recommit to the committee on banking and currency Mr. Dorsey’s bill, which_was under consideration today, giving national banks the full par valuo of circula- tion upon bonds depoited with tho treas- urer, The recommittal of the measure means its aeath, A lot of amendmonts wre to bo proposed before the motion to recommit is mude. Oue by Mr. Cannon of [llinois, to re- duce the minimum of circulation of banks to an alnost nominal flgure, it is thought, will uitimately succeed. I'he adoption of this would of courae mean the practical extine- tion of natioal cirenlavion ana a reduction of the circulating medium of the country to the agerogate of from $100,000,000 o & 000,000, resulting in u gencral contraction of currency. Thero were many dons made to the par value in tho debate in the (Mouse today from the granged * ment, the syver men and the inflatiodists) all of whom said there was already a scarcity of monwy, but they did not believe n - increas- ing the volume through the banks, although they could suggest no other means of relief, and wero willing 10 acknowledge that the circulation of bank uotes wus unvrofituble 10 the bauks, 1f the bill is aefeated it will be on uccouat of a fear from the rural districts and not because it is reg arded as a bad thing for the country at large. Tomorrow Mr. Dorscy intends to duce anothor national banking bill. It will provide for the issuance of a 2 per cent bond 1o run fifty years and to be used exclusively us u basis for aational bank circulation, The issuc is to aggrcgate 300,000,000 avd the proceeds from the sale of those bonds ure to be applied to the purchase of bonds now outstanding. Ihis proposition has been 1nid before the secretary of the treasury and the comptroller of the currency and has thewr approval. THE MONTANA SENATORIAL CONTEST. Forwal consideration by the senate com- mittee on privileges uud elections was today begun upon the Montana senatorial contest. Nothing but the formality reluting to pro- parations 1o give a full bearing upon both sides of the case by all parties directly inter- ested, intended to explam the influcnces whieh conirolled the election of the legisla- ture, and the returns by the canvassing boards aud the muddle in the legisluture were agreed upon. Saturday, February 15, was fixed s the day for the hearings to begin. 1t is expected what the four United ntro- ttates senators who liave beeén certified by the governor on the one hund and by the lioutenaut governor and the legslative cfiicers on the other sido will be in ationd- asce upon the hearings und there will be many prominent Montana politicians in both patties summoned. PROPOSED WAR ON LOTIERIES. A war is to be made upon the Louisia-n and otner lotteries which sell tickets in the district of Columbia. The Evening Capital, which passed into new hands yesterday and become the Evening Critic, and which has been given new lifo in its editorial and rep- ortorial management, opens the war with the announcement that 1t will be_imexorably opposed to the selling of lottery lickets hers, while the citizens will lend all the influence they can to secure the adoption of & bill which will wipe out the lottery pusiness’ at Washington, One of the principal lotteries has been selling from $40,000 to £6,000 worth of tickets every month in ' Washington for several years. BILLS INTRODUCED, Senator Manderson introduced a bill today amending section 2304 of the revised stat- utes of the Uuited States to read as follows s “Ivery person entitled under the provisions of section 2304 to enter a homestead who may have heretofore entered or who may hereatter cuter under the homestend laws o Quantity of land less than 160 acres shall be permitted to enter so much land as, when added to the quantity previously entered, shall not exceed 100 acres. And upon appl cation of such persons and the filing there- with of his own oath and other afidavits of identitication not less than two together with vroper certification of his service from the adjutant general’s ofice, - The commissioner of the general land office, if he find that the law was complied with in the original entry, sball issuc a certificute to such apphcant showing thav he is entitled to such quantity of land, which said certificate will entitle the said person to enter said land either in his proper person or by power of attorney properly exccuted without radiance or im- provement upon such additional quantity of land.” Sepator Moody introduced a bill today to pay Milton C. Conners of South Dakota 80,315 on account of Chevennc Indian depre- dation and $1,959 on account of depredations of Sioux Indians. He also introduced a measure which has been presented in the house by Mr, Pickler, providing for conimus tation of timber culture entries into cash en- tries at $1.25 per acre after four yeurs of legal occupation, Senator Manderson bas introduced a bill granting a bounty to soldicrs of the regular army who served during the late war, It provides that if the soldier enlisted bofgre April 12, 1861, and is a non-commissioned ofiicer, private, musician or wagoner he shall receive a bounty of §10 a month, In case of death the bounty is to go w the widow or minor children, It 1s to be unlawful to bar- ter, assign or teansfer or sell this claim for vounty, and attorneys are not allowed 10 ex~ ceed $10 for getting the cases through in the department. MISCELLANEOUS, A \arge number of applications are being received by the Nebraska delegation for work in surveying the Sioux Indian reserva- tion in northern Nebraska and south Daw kota when that body of land is thrown open to settlement, These applications should not be sent here but to the surveyor geteral for South Dakota at Huron. That officer wil appoint the surveyors for this work, and lnllulnuce at this time will not be of any avail, A Lancaster man is expected in the ap- pointment of a receiver in the land ofice at Lincoln, T, H, Liocolu is very favorably mentione A petition has been received asking for the creation of a wedical vourd of examiners at Lamar, Neb. [Favorable action will likely be taken soon. When President Harrison issues his proc- lamation opening the Sloux reservation, which 18 daily expected, it is likely that Churies A. Neppel of Niobrara will be ap- poinied 1o run the meanaering line on the t shore of the Niobrara river. H. Caldwell of Lincoln, special attorney inthe suit by the government against the Union Pucific railroad aud telegraph com- pany, 18 here Lo confer with Attorney General Miller, A. 8. Johnson was today appointed post- master at Bouloware, Cherry county, Neb,, vice H, L. Kilgode, resigned. 5. M. Baker was appointed postmaster ay March, Charlesmix county, 5, D., vice Mrs, M. L. Sawby, suspended. Fred Nye and J, M. Woolworth of Omaha and Messrs. Hayward and Caldwell of Lin coln spent the day looking iu on proceedings of congre: Senator Pettigrew has gooe 10 his howe & Sioux Falls, 8. D., for & few weeks. Jawes Grant of Davenport 's at the Metres politan. Prany 8, Heanm, —