Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 20, 1890, Page 1

| > L — THE / OMm THE DEADLOCK 1S BROKEN. JTowa’s Legislature Now Ready to Proceed to Business. DEMOCRATS GET THE SPEAKER. But by the Terms of the Compromise He Will Find Himself Com- pletely Shorn of His Power, Substance and Shadow. Drs Motxrs, Ta, Fob, 19.—[Special Tele- gram to Tne I | —The deadlock is broken and the Iowa legislature is formally organ- zed. For the last two days there has been & general disposition to end the deadlock in some way. The democrats wanted to divide the committees and minor offices equalily and then draw lots for the speaker. Scveral re- publicans obposed that plan, and fuvored balancing the spewker against the bulk of the other officials. The republicans ‘!uchlcd to- day to test the demogratic claim’ that they would accept auy proposition that gave them the speaker, 8o they fixed up an offer on the jug handle plan. It gave the democrats the “ speaker and second assistant olerk and a few pages and doorkeepers, o total of fifteen po- eitions, and it gave the republicans ull of the other important offices, a total of thirty-six, and allowed the republicans to select the first flve committees and have an equal number of what was left, Tho demo- crats received the proposition with scorn aud demanded that it be greatly modified. The republicans refused, and told them that it was that or nothing, since they bad said thoy would glye anything for the speaker- ship. iiske wis & stormy sceno in the demo- cratic caucus, some of the leading democrats declaring that it was giving up all control of legislation for the sake of a drum major. But their storming did no good, and the; finully surrendered and accepted the terms offered, The republicans were jubilant when the mnews was made known—they had ended the deadlock on their own terms. ‘Ihey give up tho speaker, but he 18 80 shorn of his power ' that he cannot appoint a single committeo. They get all of the minor ofMces worth having and a clear bonus of five of the best committees. Thoy will prob- ably take judiclary ways and means, legis- intive, apportionment, appropriations sud suppression of intemperance, Then they are to have half of the remaining commit- tees, choosing alternately with the demo- crats. They all} beiieve that they have the substance and the democrats the shadow a8 the result of tho compromise. The deadlock began five weeks ago last Monday, and 1s tho longest } deadlock of the Kind in thirty year: The subject of idauguration is already be- ng discussed, and it is thought that it will take place next Wednesday. Lieutenant Governor Poyneer is hiere with his commit- tees ready to announce at any time, and Governor Boies is at Waterloo with his in- augural address ready to deliver when an opportunity is given. Hamilton Elccted Speaker. Drs Moixes, Ia., Feb. 10.—The democrats i. the nouse wanted time this morning to ciumder the republican proposition made vyesterday, 80 adjournment was taken until 2:30 this afternoon. The democrats at once went into caucus. They decided to accept tAG republican proposition it the republic: s would concede them two more committees. ‘The republicans at 1:20 went into caucas to cousider the matter, The democratic caucus asked the republi- caps, in addition to conceding two commit- tees, to give up the assistant postmasters, two doorkeepers and engrossing clork. The republicans answered thut they could make the modifications ‘desired and prosent them to the republican caucus as a give or tuke proposition, aud the republicans would bind themselves o accept one side or the other. When the house was called to order at 2:30 ® recess of an hour was takeu to give the democrats time to consider the matter, After the announcement that the demo- crats had accepted the republican proposi- tion there was a scene of great uctivity in the house. A gencral feeling of relief pre- vailed. Up to date, in the five weeks and three aays of the session, ninety-one ballots have been taken on temporury clerk, and 130 on speaker. Wheu the house reassembled ‘at 4 o'clock adjournment was taken until 7:80, The re~ publicans immediately went into caucus to nominate persons to fill vacancies on the ticket and determine what commitices they would have. At the evening session Luke 1ntroauced a resolution embodying the terms of the agreo- ment. On motion of Beer (dem.), seconded by Byers (rop,), the resolution ‘was unai mously adopted. On the one hundred and thirty-seventn roll call Hamilton (dem.) was unavimously elected speaker, Chuutley of . Mills and Johinston of Dubugue, pembers who were iu the deadlock of 1574, were up- pointed a committeo to escort the permancut speaker to the chair, The oaths of office were administered, and after a few remarks Hamilton announced the duties of his ofice, ‘The election of the remainder of the oMuers was proceeded with, resuiting as follows: Speuker vro_tem, Silas Wilson; chief cleri, Henry S. Wilcox; first anssistant clerk, J. A.Shelton; second ussistant, W, H. Robb; engrossing clerk, Miss Olive Couger; envolling clerk, Miss Luocy Par. 8008} sergeant-at-arms, S, P, Zenori bill clerl, Miss Kittio Jordan; flle” clerk, B. 1. Btover: doorkeeper, B. 0. Sheldon,’ Tha officers were sworn 'in aud the rules of the Twenty-second general assembly were adopted uatil the rules can be reported upon. A joint resolution calling for a joirt BOBSION LONIOPFOW Lo canvass the voto for governor and lieutenany governor wus udopted. Adjourned, 1n the senate this afternoon Horsh intro- duced a joint resolution asking for the ap- pointment of & commission to investigate trusta and combinatious. Woolson pre- sonted the report of the committee on rules. It was placed on file and will be acted upo: tomorrow. Peutions on the senatorial ques- tion were introduced. Adjourned. No Speaker, No Pay. Des Moines, Ia., Feb. 19.—|Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee )—Auditor Lyons sent a letter to the house today, repeating his de- termination not to pay the mewmbers tneir salaries uutil u speaker was elected, The breaking of the deadlock has relieved him of considerable embarrassment, for he was flylog in the face of the best legal opinion in thestate. ‘The ruling of Attorney General Stone is universully approved. aud gives eneral satisfaction Lo everyone but Auditor £iyons. The lattor thin e ho 1o right, though everybody else nearly thinks he 18 wrong, thoukb all admit that'he is honestly tryimg 10 protect the treasury, Mr. Raymond Has Vanished. Des Moixes, la., Feb, 10.- [Special Tele- gramto Tuk BEe)-—A few weeks ugoa man giving his name as Frank Raymond came here from Sioux City, He rented o storo room and sunounced his intention of opening 8 grocery store. He visited the urch sociubles of ull denominutions, und thus vsreplmw work the members. e worked ihem very successfully, geitiog a horse on credit, & carriage und phaeton in the same way, aud several other articles. ‘Then be vuh\ud., leaving all s bilis un pald, driviog off with the horse and buggy ob & pretended trip to the country 1o sce u sick sister. The detectives are now work- g hard to carn the rewards which are offered for the return of Mr. Raywond aud the goods and chuttels that went with biw. The Winona & Southwestern, —[Special Tele- ~The citisens of Charles \ NINETEENTH YEAR. A HA OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, y are after the Winona & Southwestern, and nro offering heavy inducements in the way of bonuses. The route is from Osage to Charles Dows, Webster City and Fort Dodge to Omaha. OMcers and enginecrs are now looking over the route. Aurora Badly Scorched. IxperexpeNce, In, Feb, 10, —[Special Telogram to Tie B o village of Aurora, ten miles northwest of hers, sufs fored from a disastrous fire Monday night. The postoftice, five stores, blacksmith shop, butcher shop’ and two dwellings were en= tirely consumed. Loss $5,000, with small insurance. Weatern College to Be Rebuilt, Tol Ta, Feb. 10.—[Special Telogram to Ture Bre.]—The board of trustees has decided to rebuild Western college_at this place, and not remove it, #s had been pro- posed. They have now pledged $35,000 for o new building. D0, re at Ottumwa. Orrumwa, In, Feb, 10,—[Special Tele- gram to Tie Bee|—The elogant three- story brick residence of Mrs, Mana Jordan burned at 3 o’clock this morning. The loss in §20,0005 insurance, $,000, buque Aldeeman Dead, y Ia,, Feb, 10.-~[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]—Alderman William Coats dropped aead this morning of heart disease. e R AN EX-PRESIL s PRO1TEGE. She Figures as Plaintiff 1 a Chi- cago Divorce OCourt. Cntoaco, Feb., 19.—[Special Telegram to Tre BeE.|—1da May Ordway, the pretty blonde who figured in Judge Tuley's court as a protege of ex-President Cleveland, makes her second appearance in the chan- cery courts in a bill filel in the superior court secking a decree of divorce from Harry W. Ordway on the ground of deser- tion, The billis brief and merely recites that she married Harry at Schenectady, N. Y., December 18, 1886, and came to Chicago to live. May 14, 1557, she says, Harry do- serted her and left her without, uny means of support. About two years ago Mrs. Ord- way appeared as plaintift in a suit for sep- urate maintensnce agawst Harry, The de- fendant was the seventeen-yoar-old son of a South Water street commission merchant, und made a general denial o/ all his wife's charges, His friends endeavored to make it appear that the youth was a vicitim of a woman much his senior and educated in the world's ways in the school of Washington department service, Harry was represented as young @nd unsophisticated, but his own testimony disabused the court of any such idea, and Mrs. Ordway ‘“succeeded in thoronghly winning the sympathies of the court by producing an sutograph letter trom President Cleveland to the head of a depart— ment, in which the writer recommenaed tho bearer as & young lady worthy in evary way to be given a position. Mrs. Ordway said the presidential letter was successsul and she was given a place in the government service, which she kept for two years. Then she met Harry, and uagainst the aavice of her friends murried him, She was given a decree for separate maintenance and went to Omaha and the west. It is said that she has never been paid the allowance decreed by the court, and now secks to get rid of the husband, who, she says, is of no further use to her. A SEANCE WITH THE COURT. The Exposed Chicago &piritualists held for Trial. Cricaco, Feb. 19.—|Special Telegram to Tng Bre. |—~The spiritnalists, Carrie Saw- yer, Miss Kitty Rainger and Mr., Frank Burke, the busband of Mrs. Sawyer, who were exposed during their seances last Mon- day night and subsequently arresied, waived examination toduy before Magistrate Prindi- ville and were held to the criminal court in bonds of ${00 each on the charge of obtain- ing money by false pretenses aud conspiracy to defraud, In the case of Miss Rainger, however, the charge of obtaining money was dismissed aud she was fined #0 and costs for fighting the officers making her arrest, Mr. Burke and Mrs, hawyer were held on hoth charges, but as the lady has a dyng doughter ut howe, Mr. Burke was allowed to sign her bond thut she might go howe. Miss Ruinger and Burke were uuable to give bouds, and in consequence were carted off to Jwl. iSeveral of the believers in the spirit- ualistic powers of the defendants hung around the court room during the trial, but for some cause did not offer to assist them in their trouble. Sl The Sloux Agreement. WasHixaroy, Feb, 19.—In trausmittiug the Sioux agreement to the senate today the president says: This agreement involves 8 departure from the rerms of the general allotment act in at least one particular, 1t gives 1o each member of the tribe 160 acres of land without regard to age or sex, while whe general law gives that amount only to the heuds of families, There are, he thinks, serious objections to the basis adopted in the general law, *especially in its application to married women, but if the basis of the argument is accévted, iv would, be be- licves, result in Aome cases, where there are large families of minor children, in exces- ve allotments wo a single family. Touch g the question of the payment by the United States of the annuities forfeited by the act of 1863 tho president thinks this should not have been considered in connec- tion with the negotiation of the cession of these lands and says the forfeiture- declared by the act unjustly included the annuities of certain Indians guilty of vo fault and who rendered good services in the army during the late war, A, Kavanagh a Free Man. Cni0Aao, Feb, 19.—~Thomas Kuavanagh, a building contractor and a member of Camp 186, Clan-na-Gael, on trial for conspiracy in an sttempt t bribe the Croniu jurors, walked out of court this afternoon a free man. ‘The evidence n the case was con, cluded today affer which the arguments were made, the attorneys for both Kavanagh and O'Donnell moving for acquittal. The motion us regards O'Dounell was overruled, Judge Waterman holding that a jury should be allowed to pass upon the testimony. As to Kuvanagh the judge ruled that the state's attorney had faiied 10 wake out & cuse. A man could not be convicted on the suspicion that he knew of corruption. He bad a right 10 inquire as 1o the character of talesmen sumtaoned or about to be. ‘'he motion for acquittal was sustained. This leaves only O'Dounell on trial out of the seven men in- dicted. e In Charge of Revenue Officers, WaeeLixe, W, Va, Feb. 19,.—Tke large tobaceo fuctory of Bloch Brothers was taken possession of yestbrday by revenue officors, the proprietors being charged with swindling the governwent out of nearly 850,000 by seli- ing overweight packages. lnternal Revenne Commissioner Mason a! ed this moraing from Washington wsud u long cou- ference was held with the tirm, At its conclusion Commissioner Mason in formea the Associated pross represoutative that the firm had satistied the government olaius and would resume business at once, Ho would give no detuils, but it 1s uader- stood that Bloch Brothers will make good the deficit. They claim the overweight was due to careless ewployes and inaccurate scales. i Bulgaria Must Pay. Soria, Feb, 10.-Russia has demanded of the government of Bulgaria the payment of $,000,000 rubles of arrears mouey due on ac- count of the Russian occupation during 1878 and 1879, Tne demand is in part related 1o the consolidation under one government of Buigaria and eastern Roumunia. Russia has never pressed the debt but demands tho arre: NOw wppuareutly uwder & sense of irritation, [THE LETTERS THAT CAME. Senator Ingalls Will Spring a Sen- sation Boon. SOME THREATENING MISSIVES, Warnings Sent by Southerners Dis- pleased With the Speech on the Race Question—The Lreis gation Problem. 513 FOURTERNTH STRERT, Wasniyaros. D. C., Feb, 10. Senator Ingalls 18 preparing a speec which will causs a sensation when it is de- livered 1n the senate. Ever since his speech on the race question he has been bombarded with letters from the south, A number of them have been pub- lished, but he has kept a collection which he 18 arranging to vlace before the country in a speech. The majority of these evistlos are of the most outrageous character and the threats ana ntimidations contained in them would be enough to frighten the average man, but Senator Ingalls is not the man to be bulldozed. He has also received n num- ber of articles which would make a small museum in themselves. These will also be exhibited, it is said, and will show what a United States senator who has convictions and the courage to express them is obliged to stand from a certain class of people. Among the exhibits will be a cartridge and a letter from an indignant southerner who exclaims: “*The next bullet you receive from me will be from a rifle.’” * WESTERN IRRIGATION. The irrigation of the western plains seems likely to receive unusual uttention in this congress. I3oth houses have special com- mittees on the subject which have already had some thirty or forty meetwgs., Major Powell of the geological survey has spcken before them eight or ten times, exhibiting new mups of the arid waste and the pro~ jected irrigation aistricts and the reservoir systems. Already five bills have been in- troduced into the senate and housc embody- g projects for the division of the land and the use of the water of the unfertile basin. Most of these are vague and immature, the best, thoroughly considered aud com- plete being thut introduced by Mr. Springer of Illinois. A bill is now taking form asa result of numerous conferences between Major Powell, Senators Stewart and Rea- gan, Mr. Vandevere of California and other members of the irrigation committees, whicn is very comprenensive and which will prob- ably be submitted in congress within a weck or two. It canuot yet be published in full because thera are one or two im- portant questious undecided. Thesa bills provide for the survey of the arid region into irrigated districts by hydrographic basins, cach basin consisting of its stream and its affluent and all vhe lands whicn they draiu. The boundaries of these basins wiil neces- sarily be the highest ridges of land dividing them, which will give them irregularity of form and great disparity of size. It is obvious that districts so constructed would cross state. lines and include portions of adjoining states and this would raise difficult questions as 1w jurisdiction, which are now delaying the report of the bill. In somo cases, as on the head- waters of the Platte, otnerrivers all the reservoirs to retun thy waters will be iu one state and all the land to be irrigated will bo in_unother, raising a | perplexing problem. It is probable that the ill as finally reported will establish within cach hydrographic basin a local government somewhat analazous to county government, enabling the settlers within the district to control their own affairs abs' itely, subject only to the laws of the state uud the United States, They can obtain their lands by homesteading, retain the ownership of the waters within their district, lovy taxes, mortgage their lands to companies who shall furnish money for irrigation and do all other things that way be necessary n connec- tion with the fertilization of soil now unproductive. The bill will pro- vide that after a certain number of years, during which the irrigating company shull be paid for its service, its rights shall cease and the reservoirs, canals ana other works constructed by them shall pass into the hands and become the property of the set- tlers themselves. It is made the duty of the United States irrigation survey to designate the reservoirs and creeks and mark out the irrigatable lands, to locate the dams, canals and reservoirs and to prevent the construc- tion of improvident and obstructive works or irrigation by unauthorized parties. No settler ocan acquire more than eighty acres of irrigatable land, while miniog lands, coal lands and townsites are to be obtained under the provisions of the existing law. All other lauds, including forrest lands and lands not liable to irriga- tion, are to remain the property of tho United States and are to be held for the use of the people of the irrigation dist! Itis provided thatthe attorney general of the Unitea States, the secretary of the interior and the secretary of agriculture shall con- stitute a nationul voard of irrigation com- missioners, to whom all appeals from states can be made. The voters of each irriga- tion district are authorized to elect district commissioners, who shall constitute the legislative body of the district relative to irrigation, and an irrigation district court and a superintendent of 1rrigation for estray and pasturage is also provided for. The dutfes of these officers are defined, It is ex- pected that each state and territory will co- operate for the purpose of this bill by choos- ing a board of irrigation commissioners for Lhe purpose of supervising the action of the district commissioners and tho action of the contempluted law within a given state is wade o depend upon the concurrence and co-operation of that state in the purposes of theact, Itis made incumbent upon each state and territory to proyvide by statute for the condemnation and relocation or extine- tion of improvident or obstructive water rights reservoirs and canals wherever they have been estublished in violation of the public good. ‘This bill may be said 1o represent the popular phase of the irrigation question,as it proposes to divide the lands among seltiors either at che rofilllu' price of §1.25 au acre or free under the homestead bill, and to enabie them to own the waters and 'protect them- selves from monopolists and from greedy corporation ‘The other projectsbofore congress propose either to hand over both the arid lunds and the valuable water 1o corporations to bo by them recluimed and sold at whatever prica they choose to put upon thew or to huve the federal government go to the expense of ir- rigating and then sell the reclaimed land ,to the highest bidder, It is Glliul.x‘lud that after reclaimation the lands now drid wouid be worth from $30 to $40 an acre. The Dbill above outlined, which may be callea the Powell bill, w if it becomes u law, enable the people to take the lands and gute them by borrowing money, they to bave tne benetit of all the lncroment result- g from the increased value. DEBATE ON THE WOKLD'S FAIR BILL. The debate oo the world's fair bill, which begios tomorrow, will be a notable one and call out the bast eakers in the nouse of rspresedaiives. Two days are allowed for discussion, which means about eight hours, unless it should be arranged to hold night sessions 80 as to give additional orators a chavce, KEverybody is anxious to make a speech on one side or the othersbut the chairman of the comwmittee, Mr, Chandler, has rescrvea one whole hour for limself, Which will leave only seven nours %0 be di- vided between the four coutesting citics, or ao bour und @ ball each. The extra hour will be allotted by Mr. Chandler to **kill the fair" faction, as the opponents of an exposi- tion are called. ‘There was an awmusiug scene in the special committee when the Question a8 10 the division of twe came WasniNeToN Buneav Tur OMAna Bee, } the Snake and | | up. Mr. Chandler clmmed tha right that the chairman of & comtnittes sually oxer- cises in apportioning the Whole time to suit himselt, but Messrs. Springerjand Hitt pro- tested against this and 1nsistefl upon an cqual division among the four cities) which would have given two hours oach, bit they could not carry their poiot. The rest of the com- mittee was against tHem, a8 it had been on other matters, and’the division above de- scribed was agroed Wpod. Then came tho question as to the orderan which the claims of the several cities should be represented. Mr. Springer insisted that the assignment must be by fot, and strange tosay Mr. Flower agread with Wim, although Mr. Chandler and the St. Lowis men objected. Four slips of paper numbered 1, 2, 5 and 4 weoro placed in a hat. Mr. Flower drew No. 1, which reqaires the New York men to pro- sent their case first. Washiugton drew soc- ond, Chicago third and’ St. Louis fourth. Each city will haveone hour 1o open aud & half hour on the second dity to close tho de- bate. NEW POSTMASTERS ATPOINTED, Nebraska—Ballagh, Garfield county, Mrs. Sarah J. Ballagh; Sautes Agenoy, Knox county, Eugene M. Cooloy. Towa—Coppock, Henty county, J, F. Kurtz, vice 8. M. Turner, removed; Unjons: burgh, Harrison county, Mrs. A. L. New- land, ‘vice H, B, Peckanbaugh, resigned; Watkins, Benton county, D. S.'Magg, vice 0. Geissler, resigned. MISCELLANEOUS, Senators Paddock and Manderson, to- gether with Congressman Laws, called upon the members of the house committee on publio buildings and grounds today to for- ward the consideration af public buildings for Nebraska. It wis agreed by Chairman Morgan and members 6f the house commit- toe that the Beatrice public building should be first reported, s being a biil which has passed the senate and on® more easily ais- posed of. The others will follow in suc- cession, The president left today for Pittsburg to attend the formal opening of the Carnegie library, He will not retiirn before Friday. ‘There will therefors be a® appointment of a paymaster general befote the end of the week, Evervone is at 86a as to the probavle appointee, although the friends of ~Colonel Terrell still insist that he has the best chance, . Rhodey R. Sheil of Indianapolis is bere, Chairman McKinley, who bus been suffer- ing from Ia grippe for several days and went to Fortress Monroe today to remain o week, will, it is said, write the report on the tariff bill before he returns. The commitles on ‘ways and means will report tho bill to the house early this week if pissible. Now that the British extradition treaty has been ratified and detectives nave been put on the track of Louise Thebault, the mistress of Defaulter Silgott, the cashier of the house of representatives, who has just started buck to Canada to feloin or para- mour, itis believed he will' be arrested. Miss Thebault drew s0me money from the National Savings bank here yesterday, but the officers of the institution refuse to say anything about it. Théreis a belief in Washington that Silcott has been bled by detectives, is runuing close for funds and that when he is out of Fressurces he will surrender. He is thought to be in Victoria, B. C., uow. A postofiice has beon_ established at Bal- lagh, Garfield county, Neb. ' Mrs. Surah J. Ballagh has been appointed postmistress upon the recommendation of Mr, Dorsey. Senator Wilson today secured the passage of the bill for a publie building at Fort Dodge, 1s., to cost §100,000. Senator Moody’s bill ‘creating a customs collecting district consisting of the states of North and South- Dakot passed tho-senato today. ¢ Senator Paddock prasented a memorial from a Grand Army of " Ui@ “Republic post, Bartlett, Neb., favoriug # per digar pension bill and the' repenl of wrrears:limitin the resent bill, TR Y D S ommissioner Groft . éthio “cenral 1an FEBRUARY office today sent a telegramy to the rogister and receiver of the land office at O'Neil. Neb., cautioning them agafnst permisting settlements, entrics or filings on any land recently acquired from the Sioux Indians south of the forty-third parailul, as they were not a part of the tate of Nebyaska until they were regularly surveyed, allot- ments made to the indians and the Indian title extinguished, George W. Powers, who has heen sight- seeing in Washington for some days, will leave for his home tomorrow, at Heatrice. A bill repeuling the timber calture act was tavorably reported to the house today from the commistee on public lands. There is little doubt of the ultimate success of this ure, as it has two or three times passed houses during the last six years, but never became a law becduse there was not action in some form. byAdoth houses of the BAWC CONgress. i Towa and South Dakota prohibitionists may well rejoice, for Senator Ingalls has in- troduced a bill to amend the wn‘erstate com- merce law by providing-that any person shipping or smuggling intoxicating liquors into a state or territory that forbids the sale of it shall be deemed to be guilty of a mis~ aemeanor, and any raflroad company that transports the same shsil be flaed $10) for each offense, ¥ General Brooke is her&to consult with the officials of the war department in regard to the building for new Fort Omaha. Senator Paddock today discovered that there has not been credited to the state of Nebraska a sufficient number of the proceeds derived from the sale of public lands in that state. The bill creating the state of Ne- braska was passed by congre: March 10, 1864, although the stuts was not actually ad~ mitted to the union uatil February 20, 1867, ‘T'he bill provided that the state should be credited with b percent of the amount of revenue derived from the sales of public lauds prior and subsequent to the dute of admission to statehood. The senator has discovered that credit has only been given since February 20, #8067, when the state came into the union, and.he will asoertain why the credit was not at least dated back to March 10, 1864, and if iv is necessary will introduce 8 bill making good the 'amount which the state should havo receiyved long ago, Captain Charles F. Humphroy, assistant quartermaster, 18 relleved from duty at Cheyenne, Wyo,, and will report in person to the commanding general department of the Platte for assignujent to duty upon the construction of hulldlu“ ote., al the ‘new post at Omaha. PERRY S, Hearu, e Nebraska, 1owa and.flakota Pansions. WasuiNegroN, Feb, 19.+fSpecial Telegram to Tue Beg) —Pensions "have been granted Nebruskans as follows: Originaliiuvalids— Colwell, Lincoln; James Penderga'st, Plain- view; Samuel Smith, nmfu; William Craig, Crawford. Reissus—Albert Cotton, Omaha, South Dakota: Origigal invalids—Jesso M. Spears, Washington'Springs: Daniel G. West, Mitchell. Towa: Original invalil—Washington Bird, Missour: Valley; Beojsmin: I, Archer ?‘e. ceased), Avocy Norman' . Wood, Ain; worth; William Clluin New Hamp- ton; Oscar Lemon,’ ilnuasqueton. Ie- 1ssue—Ransom 1, Hulbert, Marshalitown ; Sawmuel Corporan, Cipeinnati, Original Wwidows, ete —Elizabethy ‘widow of James Tatemab, Sulpbur Springs: —— ——f—— Kalley in Ghicago, Cnicago, Feb. 10.45 M. Kelley, tne alleged Cronin suspect, arrested in St. Louis yesterday, arrived here tonight, Mr. Couk- lin and Frank Scaslon utterly failed to identify him as ths man who drove Cronin away from the house. . Other witnesses will be given an opportumty to see hin 1o see if he ls identical wish the loug-looked-for *3i- wouds.” e Two Ships Collide, Loxvoy, Feb. 19.—~The steamer Highgate collided with the ship Sovereign in a fog oft Lundy islaud today aud sank. Thirteen of thie pergons on board the sieamer at the time of the coliision have landed. A boat coutaining six athers is missing, Ry Breck Beats Erb. Laraveree, Iod, Feb. 10.—George C. Breck of Indisnapolis today won the Ameri- can field champonsbip wing shot frow Fred Erb, who won the cup from Budd of lowa. Breck got 49 out of 50 birds, wissing the 40Lb. Krb's score wus 45 GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT. The Thirteenth Annual Rounion in Session at Grand Island. IMPORTANT BUSINESS BEFORE IT The Election of Commander and Question of Location for the Next Five Years to Be Decidod. the Opened with a Largo Attendance. Grasp Istaxp, Nbb, Feb. 19,—[3vseia to Tne Ber.]—Despite one of the ugliest storms Nebraska hus witnessed this year, the thirteenth annual encamvment of the Grand Army of the Republic, department of Nebraska, opened with unusual interest and an attendance larger at this time than on any previous occasion. Last night every hotel in the city had exhausted its accommo- dations and private houses wero called upon to take oare of arrivals on belated trains, It is estimated that over one thousand mom- bers of the encamopment and visitors were present Tuesday night, and the encamp- ment did not begin its work until today. ‘The encampment formally opened at 8 p* m,, Department Commander S, H. Morrell vresiding. All of the session was taken up in attempting to formulate the roil of mem bership, but nothing was accomplished. The evening session was exceedingly stormy, The committes on credentials 1s still out and unable to report. * Grand Island is a candidate for the ver- manent location of the Grand Army of the Republic encampmont. Lincoin has an active committee on hand pre- senting the cluims of the capital oity for permanent headquarters of the department and Norfolk is out here 1 force coatesting for tho sameo honor, The determination of the matter will hinge largely upon tho selec- tion of commander for the ensuing year. It an Omaha man is made department com- mander Norfolk or Grand Island will no doubt secure the encampment, but if Lincola orSeward carries off the prize in the way of department commander the encampment will go to Hastings or Kearney. ‘Thero are 80 tar only three candidates for department commander—Major ‘L' S, Clarkson of Omaha, Joseph Teter of Lincoln and Mr. Parkinson of Soward. Of the three numes the first 18 the mos: popular. Major Clarkson is strong Lecause of his large acquaintanca, his mani- fest zeal in Grand Army work and his gen- tlemanly and courteous boaring. The opinions expressed so far by members of the eucampment show the drift of thought, and it is toward Clarkson, ~ Parkinson has somo following because of his active support of Panner when that gentleman was com- missioner of pensions, But he does not now live 1 the state, hav- ing secured a clerkship in one of the de- vartments at Washington, and 1s thereforo not hikely w be selected. The Omaha dele- gation is industriously presenting the claims of their cundidate and feel quite confident that he wiil go1n by a good majority. As usual there is a little contest between locali~ i The South Platte people generally favor Teter for commander and the North Platte boys Clarkson., 'This contest wiil prove {nteresting, as the friends of the three avowed candidates are sawing wood ata lively rate. ‘There is some uneasiness fely lest the storm [ now provalent may -keep uwiy many who would otherwise have been present. General Alger and staff are expected tomorrow. Colonel Morrow of Sidney of tho regular army I8 in attendance and 8o is General Dil- worth, Governor Thayer, Commissioner Steen and other state officers are in attendance, A large parade was the feature of this af- ternoon. A Sueak Thier Arrested. BeATRrICE, Neb,, Feb, 10.—[Special Tele- gram to Tie Bee.]—A sneak thief giving the name of Samuel Krancis Young was caught this morning in the act of robbittg the till of a baker’s wagon, and a lively pursuit of the thief was began, two or three hun- dred citizens joiniog in the chase. He was finaily overhauled in an vuthouse and taken to the city jail, where it was discoverad that he bad all the evidences of a good record as an expert crook. On his person were found two overcoats, one of which was found to have been stolen from Steele's store Mon- day night, also a pair of shoes stolea th same night and a lady’s gold pencil, whicl was identified as having beon stolen from the rifled trunk at the Burlington depot that same night. His case will be takon under consideration by the grand jury tomorrow. The music and stencll store of H, S. Wood- worth was broken into by burglars last night and a quantity of stencils and tools stolen. Biair Noces. Bram, Neb, Feb, 19.—|Special to Tug BeE.|—A saloon operated for the past year by Nate Davis and Dave Herman was closed yesterday by the sheriff. - Herman sold out his interest a fow days ago to Dotleif Smith, ‘the firm was owing for rent and borrowed money to the amount of about §400. Rey. Power, Rev. Whiting, S. C. Boylo and William Sutheriand left for Lincoln to- duy to attend the prohibition convention, ‘Theodor Haller today started for Grand 1sland 1o attend the Grand Army of the Re- public encampment. The citizens called a mass meeting today at 4 v, m. to take measures toward giviog aid to tho Dakota sufferers, Mr. Troup of South Dakota is expected to maklke a statoment of the condition of affairs in his state, Ashland F lru: n's Banquet and Ball, Asuiaxp, Neb,, Feb. 19.—|Special to Tng Bee.|—The firemon’s banquet and ball at the opera house lasy night was & success so- cially and financially, This is the first ap- preciation the people of the town have shown the boys. The work done by them recently in saving Mr, Whitmore's residence, when everything was against them, met the ap- roval of all, and merited the recogaition of ast evening. The attendance was large and tho amount realizod was about $30, which is to be paid into the treasury of the Firemen’s association, Both Arms Broken. Beathice, Neb,! Feb, 10.—[Special Tele- gram to Tug Bee]—George Strockoy, a luading merchuut of thuwest side, was acci- dentally throwu from @ cosl Wagon this af~ ternoon and broke both arms. ilis injuries are of & serious churacter and It 1s probable that one of his arms will have to bo ampu- tated in consequenc Gave Himseif Up, Newraska City, Neb, Feb. 19.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bee.|—Sam Merrymaa, who jumped his bail, being held to the dis trict court for shooting Mrs, Goodman dur ing & neighborhood quarrel, returned to the city last night and gave himself up. < e Lk The Weather Forecast, . For Omaba snd vicinity: Fair weather For Nebraska: Fair, variable winds, warmer Friday moraing. , For lowa: Clearing i extreme nosthoast portion, fair in remaining portions, colder, northerly winds, South Dakota: Fair, warmer Fridsy moraing. —-— Safe at Pictaburg. Privsnone, Feb, 19.- The train bearing President Harrison and party reached Pitts- burg at 11 o'clock tonight. The party wus griven to the Duquesne clob, which will be the president's headquarters during his stay in the city, After a light lunch the weary executive retired for the night, variable winds, DALY BEE Its Advocates Say it is Not an Adul- teration, , Feb, 10.—The houso com agriculture today began the hoar- o legisiation proposed by Congross- erworth’s bills to regulate the wre and sale of compound lard and u of the product thereof. Vil of Boston, representing tho { the Congor bill, asked the coms 10rt it favorably to the house. Wedderburk, vopresentin ze, Patrons of Husbandry, ad dressed the committeo on bohalf of the far. me He read resolutions of the national grange and letters from planters in tho south decluring 1 favor of logislation in- tended to prevent the adulteration of food or drugs. Tho interestot the farmer in the subjoct lies in the fact, Wedderburk said, that he can produce only pure lard and e suffers by competition with the adulterated articie, the manufacturer of which is de- stroying his commerco in_this article with foreign countrios, would south. Colonel Brigham of Ohio, waster of the national granee, Patrons of Husbandry, said tho subject of adulterated goods had been considered in the national grange for sev- eral years, and that it had endorsed the Conger biil, Victor E. Prollott of Pennsylvania, a mem bor of the lerislative committoo of the na- tional grange, closed the hearing in behalf of tho advooates of the bill, and George H. Waebster of Armour & Co. opaned the case for its opponents. He asserted that com: pound lard is not an adulterstion, but an economic and meritorious mingling of lard with other pure substances. Tho ingredients are prime steam lard, cotton seed oil and beef stearine. His firm puts compound lard on the markel branded by its proper name. He said there was enough pure iard in the United States to meet the demands. ‘Tne people do not ask for this legislation, and Webster predicted that if it was enacted into a law it would operate like the olevmar- garine law. Tho manufacture of the article ingreased while the price of butter was never 80 low If legislation of this chavacter is to be passed he favored Faulkner's bill in the senate for a food division in the agricultural department, Heary C. Butcher, representing the South- ern cottonseed o1l company, said the effeet of the bill would be to kill the manufacture of compound lard. Unless it oun be shown that compound lard is composed of deloterious of substances injurious to the pub. lic health there is no reason to place it under government control. As a matter of fact compound Inrd is less likely to be tainted by animal diseases than pure lard, Legislation of this character was dangerous in tendency, resulting in the building up of one industry at the expense of another. The bill would destroy the domana for cotton seed oil, placing a double burden upon the peopie of the section in which that product was pro- duced. Adjourned until next Wednesday. — GALUANT CAMPBELL, W asarox manu ~ the ta A K advocal mittoe t Alexand national gra the protect the cotton raisers of the He Furnished Antedated Questions to a Young Lady. Feb. 19.—The three civil service commissioners and Frank Hatton, editor of the Washington Post, which made the charges against the commission, and a number of other gentlemen were present when the house committee on civil service reform this evening began its investigation. Commissioner Lyman testified that his brother-in-law, A. C. Campbeli, had xeceived. Aeyeral promotions, one of them in Aprll,” 1886, “twhen the ‘witnoss was 80lo commissioner. Campbell did not pass any ‘examivation for promotion, com- missioner's . clerks not bewg required to do 80, In January or February Commissioner Oberly called ‘the witness' ‘attention to tho fact ~ that examination questions were being furnished to outsiders, The next day he discovered that these questioms were in Gampbell's nandwriting, and at witness' sug- @estion the chief examiner made an investi- gation and found the questions had not been used. Cumpbell acknowledged that ho had made copies of them for a lady friend in the pension office who had come o him for assistance in passing the examiuation for promotion, - Campbell informed the witness that he told this lady that he did not know any way 1o help her except that he might give her a set of questions formerly used lrat would embrace the subjects included in the examination for promotion, Witness placed the matter in Oberly’s hands, as it would have been manifestly improper for wituess to act in the Witk respect to the criticisms maae grow- ing out of the witness' daughter malking ap plication to take the civil service examina- tion before she had reached a legal age, Lyman said his daughter had acted witnout consulting him, His daughter's application was made before the rule regarding the age of applicants was adopt2d, but the examina- tion aid not tuke place until after the change had been made. In response to a question by a member of the committee Lyman said Oberly, after in- vestigating the charge against Campbell, stated it was merely an offcuse against the technical discipline of the ofice, involving no turpitude, and that u reprimand would be sufficient punishment. 5 Commissioner Roosevelt said that when he learned of the Camp! matter Commis- sioner Thompson and himself had conducted an fnquiry nto the matter and after learning that Oberly had continued @ampbell in ofice they had concluded that they would not be justified in reopening the case. Roosevelt called attontion tosthe editorials in the Washington Post, contain- ing the churges against the commission, und said us far as they affecred the present com- mission they were unqualitied fulsehoods. Commssioner Thompson corroborated the statements of Roosevelt concerning Camp- bell. The comumittee adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman. e —— BISHOP DUBS TRIA . Charged With Conduct Unbecominz a Christian, CLevELAND, O, 'eb. 10.—Bishop Ran- dolpn Dubs of the Evangelical association was placed on trial today at Salem church for “‘conduct uubecoming a Christian,” Fifteen clergymen constitute the trial committee and Bishops Esher and Bauman of Chicago are present. The charves against Bishop Dubs are that he accused Rev, Pfit- zioger of Buffulo avd E. B, Esher, a son of Bishop Esher, with baving falsified a tele- ram which he sent several years ago ro- lerrivg to church busiuess and that on two occasions he was familiar in bis cou- duct toward two women — nothing criminl being charged, however. The Evaogelical association bhas many churehes in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pénn - sylvania and the northwest. Bishop Dubs has always been popular and friends declar there is envy back of the present trial, The Investization is being made behind locked doors, and Bishop Dubs' request wduy for a eeriified cony of the record of “each session was refused, His son was denied a seat. He entered a protest against the admission of written testimony unless he was givon the privilege of ‘cross-exuminiug the wit- neases. That was impossible as no wit- nesses were here, 13ishop Dubs then with- drew, declaring the investigation should pro- ceed without ks presence 1n as much us he had been deprived of all rights. His frieuds Bay the charges are false wnd bave no foundation whatever. Confirmation, WasuiNatoy, Fob. 1 nominations have beea senat @1lliois—G. D. Cartle, Carlinville; W. W. Leviis Lena; J. A. Willoughby, Belleviile. Nebraska—J. " W. Johuson, Sutvon, Wi consin—James Driver, Parlington; H. J. Swith, Racine. e s Bond Oforings. Wasuixarox, Feb, 19.—[Soecial Telogram —HBonds offered: §1,255,000 at he following confirmed by the ho Conger bill, he suid, | — | \]BE;{ 241 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS Harrison's Mossage on the Sloux Agreement Rooaivaed, TO INVESTIGATE FREIGHT RATES. A Resolution ¥ Qo »m the Interstate merce Committeo Adopted— Disousston on the Okla- homa Bl Senate. WasHiNGTON, Feb, 19, ~In the senate to- day the president's message transmitting ; the agreemeont recently mado with the Sisse- ton and Wapheton bands of the Sioux In dians for the cession of their lands was pre- sented and referred to the committee on In- dian affairs, Among the bills reported from the commit- tees and placed on the calendar were the fol- lowing: For the inspoction of meats far cx- vortation and prohibiting the importation of sdulterated urticles of food and drink: for the relief of women enrolled as army nurses, Mr. Cullom, from the interstate com- merco committes, roported a preamble and resolution reciting the allegation that by reason of the excessive freight rates the great section of ocountry lying between the Rocky mountains and the priucipal food distributing conters in the east 18 unablo to market its food product, or to obtain for them the actual cost of production, and di recting the commitieo to investigate such allegation and report to the sanute whether sucli rates are reasonablo or unreasonabie, and whether the roduction of such gates is prevented or hindered by reason of any provision of the intorstatc ocome merce act, ana whether a more stringent enforcoment of that act is vracticable and would be a remedy for the evils complained of. The resolution was agreed to I'he resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Chandler calling on vhe attorney general for information ns to the assassination of Dep- uty Umited States Marshal Saunders in Florida was taken up und passed. Mr. Pasco proceoded to address the senate in explanation of the facts and eircumstances of the case. slir, Pasco had not concluded his address when the hour of 2 o'clock arrived and the educational bil came wup as unfinished business. Mr. Blair, however, yieldea tho floor to Mr. ‘Wilson of ‘lowa, on _whose motion the senate bill appropriating $100,000 for a public building at Fort Dodge, Tu., s taken from the culendar und passed, Mr. Call calling attention to the fact that this was the fourth ublic buildiug bill passed for Towa this season, The senate bill estublishing a customs col- lection district to consist of North and South Dakota was passed. Mr. Blair then resumed his arzument in favor of the eodu- cational bill. Without concluding his speech Mr. Blair yiclded for an_oxecutive session, after which the senate adjourned. House. WasniNatoy, Feb. 10.—In tho house today Mr. Rowell of lllinois, chairman of the committeo on elections, gave notice that he would call up the West Virginia coutested election case of Atkinson va Pendleton for consideration next Wednes- day. Under call of the committees Mr, Adams of [ilinois, from the judiziary committda, cnlled up u bill to asvide the judicial distriot of North Dakota into four divisions, the sossions of the courts to be held at i marci, Grand Forks, Fargo and Devils Lake. ' The bill was passed, as-was the cor- rosponding senate bill, with amendments providing for a division of South Dakota into three divisions, the scssions of the court to be held ac Sioux Falls, Pierre and man called up the bill to provide ns and places of hoiding United urts in the districts of Minnesota and it was passed with amendment, The senate bill authorizing the president to con the brevet rank upon army oficers for wallunt service in Indian campaigns since 1567 possed. At 1:25 the house went into committeo of the whole, Payson of (lliuois in the chair, on the bill to provide for the appointment,of an assistant sceretary of war. Arter some debate the bill was favorably repor from the committee of the whoie to the house ana the Okiaboma'bil! was then taken uv. Mr. Hooker gave motice that he would move to strike out ull of the bill after sec- tion 25, providing a judicial system for tho Indian territory, He said the bill proposed a grand robbery equalled in the history of civililation only by the spoliation of Poland. Mr. \Vashington declured that tho bill vio- lated no property rights of the Indians, and and mn his opiniom thero could be no groater crime againsy civilization than to leave good people in o territory wityout oy governs ment at all, Mr. Perkins said there was not a single provision in the bil which infringed on the rights of the Indians. Mr. Moore said the bill should include ali of Indian territory; there was no necessity for the division of that magnificent territory. The Cherokeos were the only nation object- ing to the exteusion of the werritorial lines of Oklanoma and it was a significant fact thav vot an [udian appeared to protost. 'I'he men who had appeared before the committes pro- testing agaiust the inclusion of the Cherokee lands i the new territory were all white men, Mr. Springer briefly maintained the abso~ lute right of the goverument to the land em- braced within the Oklahoma lines. He said there was not an Indian liviog on the outlet and the lands wero leased to & cattle coms pany. At this point the commitiee rose and tho house adjourned. R Tne Saunders Murder, WasHiNGTON, Fob, 10. -~ The report of United Stutes Marshal Mizell of Florida, re- garding the recent killing of Deputy Mar- shal Ssunders at Quincy, that state, was made public today. = It is substantially u same as the story given in these dispatches the night of the killing, being in substance, that Faunders was iuvited out 1o drive by two men, numed McFarlan und Mitchell, the former of whom he had before had trouble with over the serving of write, In the afterncon Mitchell brought back Saunders’ dead body, but wouid make no statement as to who did the killing beyond saying it was not nimself. Mclarlan had disappeared. Mizell bad heard in the worning & report that an attempt would be made to kill some of the party, and had warned Saunders not to go out, After the murder he received an intimation that it would be well for himself and Longford to leave town, and they did so that night. The attorney gencral said this afternoon that no steps would be taken in the matter until the vresident roturns from Allogheny City, e — sympathy With American Aathors. New Youk, Feb. 19.—Ata meeting of the departmwent of superintendence of the Na- tional Educational association today a re lution wus adopted expressing sympathy with American authors in the effort thay are mukiug Lo obtain from congress an iaternas tional cipyright law. — - A Big Contracr, New Yous, Rob, 19.—President Lowry of the St. Paul & Minneapolis street railway company this worning signed a coutract for an electrical equipment for 200 miles of roaa b those cities, The contract is said to be the largest of its kind ever wude, the amount wvolved being $2,00),000, The ieath Record. Loxvox, Feb. 10.--Joseph C. Bigger, the well kuown home ruier and member of the Louse of commouns, died today of hears disease, Ho was 81XLy-LW0 yoars of age,