Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 4, 1890, Page 1

; T THE OMAHA DALy BEE. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS | Senator Spooner Opposes the Blair Educational Bill THE COUNTRY DOESN'T WANT IT, Bouthern States Longer Desire its Passage—Seventh Day Advent- s Protest Against Sun- day Law Senate. Whasnixetoy, March 3.—In the today Mr. Voorhees offered a pream aud concurrent resolution reciting that in the recent lease of the seal islands of Alaska to the American company certain provisions of the law wero not complied with, and dire ing the sccretary of the treasury to restrain from executing or delering the lease to thy company until the subject be inquired into by the committee. Referred to the finance committee. . The bill fixine the salaries of jadges of the United States district courts at 5,000 per aunum was taken up for consideration, and Mr. Hoor spoke in favor of it. Mr. George opposed the bill, saying that he had very strong objections to its passage, but that he had very littlo hope that an thing which he might say would o the fect of preventing its passage. The oill passed. ‘The senate then resumed the consideration of the Blair _educational bill, and was ad dressed by Mr Spooner. He bad voted once in favor of the bill, not without 80mo _ misgiving @as to its pol- icy. When it came again before the senate he had felt constrained to vole against it. And now as it was once more pending for action he was impelled to vote against it and desired to state his reasons for doing 80, He agreed with the senator from New Hawmpshire as to the necessity for education and could not withhold the tribute of his respect and adm n for the supero mdustry, courage, ability and constancy with which that senator had pressed the subject on the consideration of the senato and the country, Referring to the ciaim that the republican party was pledged to support the bill, he read an_extract from the republican national platform and denied that it contained a committal of the party to the bill. It could Iy with * justice be said 10 be a party measure and he sub- mitted that mo proposition ought to boa varty measure. Ho agreed it was for the state not for the federal government to de- clare what school system the state should hav He asserted his belief that since the ill was introduced in 1580 there had come “ over the country a great change of feeling a8 to its expedioncy., One strong evidenco of that was the attitude of the newspapers of the country during the discussion. In the nogthwest several leading republican papers bl v opposed the measure. Several of the southcrn states were opposed to it through their sepators. The leading papers of the south were no longer in favor of it. Mr. Spooner went on to speak in terms of praise of the pro- visions for comnmon school education in the southern states and said that the people in these states had not only been doing well in the education of white children, but had been doiug well in the education of the col- ored children, He had seen, he said, stronger condemnation of the measure than the argument of the president 10 his annual which the senator from New Hampshire considered as an argument in its favor. The president had said: uch mid should be as it always hud been suggested by sowe exceptional conditions.” “*Were there,”” Mr. Spooner asked, ‘“‘ex- ceptional conditions which justitied the ap- propriation of money for school purposes to ICansas, to Wisconsin, to New York, to Cali- fornia, to Illinois, or to lowa. If congress was to offer to appropriate £5,000,000 for 8chool purposes in New York 1t would be laughed at. He believed that with the the people as with individuals self-heip was the Efl!l help. He believed the teudency of the day was too much for paternalism in governments, and _the policy of the bill if entered upon would never end. All things considered the step was a dangerous one unjess it were @ necessury step, and he denied that it was a necessary step. After an executive session the senate ad- Journed, senato Honse, ‘WasniN@TON, March 3, —In the house to- day Mr. O'Dounell of Michigan, at the re- quest of the Seventh Day Adventists of the United States, presented a petition bearing 253,000 names protesting against the passage of any bill in_regard to the obsetvance of Sunday. Referred. A joint resolution was passed authorizing the appointment of thirty additional medical examiners for the pension bureau. Mr. Perkins moved to suspend the rules and to put upon its passage the senate bill for the organization of the territory of Okla- homa with the house substitute. The mo- tivn was lost—yeas, 156; nays, 96; not the necessury twvo-thirds vote in the afirmative. Mr, Houck callea up the coatested election case of Featherstone vs Cate Mr. Outwaite in advocating the case of the contesteo exhivited what is known as the double action ballot box which the repub- licuns assert was used in twenty-one pres cincts and which enables the precinct judges to cast aside the vote of any person he may see fit. He showed the ‘manipulation by which such judges could deceive the voter and lead him to thwk that his bal- lot had been properly deposited. He quoted from the returns of the precinct in which itis alleged the boxes were used, in order to show that the vote for Feutherstone fur exceeded that for Cole, and he further asserted that there was not a particle of evidence in the case to show that such box was used at the election, The ballot box had been brought into the case by the attorncy for the contestant, but nobody had toid where it came from. Pending further debate the house adjourned. e Victimized the Widows. CnicaGo, March 8, —[Special Telegram to Tns Bee.|—‘“Young, protty and shy wid- ows,” as they call themselves, to the num- ber of seven, filed into Justice Prindeville's dock this morning to prosecute J. H, How- ard, alins Bartells. Detective Danks and Pugh arrested Howard for working a neat game upon the said ‘‘young and prewty wid- ows,” who answered his matrimonial pe) sonuls in u morning paj When Howard visited them, it is said, he invariably bor- rowed a gold watch, opera glasses, an um- brella or some other article of value, After the police arrested him on these charges they ascertained that he had foreed a check for a large amount, which he intended to present 10 payment for a wonument to cost $125 Howard waived examination and was held 10 the grand jury in bonds of $00 for for- gery and 8600 for larceny, The “‘widows" then gave their addre: 1o the clerk, - Another Man Disappears. Prrrspung, Pa, Mareh 3.—[Special Tele- gram o Tur Bee |—David Harris of this city furnishes another queer illustration of the penchant certain respectable men have of dropping out of sheir daily routive. M. Hurris disuppeared last Saturday and ha: not been seen since. He was highly re- spected, a former president of the Amal- gamated assoclation, and lately of the foundry firm of Baldwin, Graham & Co. He usually carried n large sum of money sbout bis person, and some friends fear foul . When Mr. Harris left Saturday to cep au engagement with his wife, which he pover “’5'" he evidently was in doubt as to his final destination, as he took with him both & very heavy and very light overcoat. — Will Not Tolerate Olaim Jumpe CuaMBERLAIY, S, D, March 3.—|Special Welogram to Tur Bes. | —Claim jumpers will not be tolerated on the Sioux resorvation. A settler in from Medicine Creek states that a man from Pierre jumped a claim on the creek and refused to leave when ordered to do so by the owner, F'ifteen settlers hearing of it formed a posse, went to the claim jumper's camp and, exnibiting a rope, informed the jumper that he could take his choice between hatrging and leaving the claim. Seeing they, stermined and meant business he left. The settlers have formed an organization for their mutual protection and will allow no claim jumping whatever, —— A LUMBER EYR Probable Amalgamation of the Three rincipal Organizations. Crtosao, March 3. —|Special Telegram to Tuk Bee.|—In this great day of mummoth trusts alumber trust seems to be the noxt thing on the programme. A wmovement looking to the amaigamation of the three lumber dealers’ organizations in this city was tnaugurated at the annual banguet of the Lumber exchange in the Sherman house today. At preseut the Hard Wood Lumber Dealers' association, the Lumber Yard Dealers’ association and the Lumber ex- change are separate and almost distinct bodies. They control to u great extent the market of the whole west and northwest. It is proposed to unite the associations as far us possible by placing all the business in tho hands of one secretary, nolding all meetings of the boards of directors in the same rooms and trying to center the lumber trade of the city in the new chamber of commere build- ing. A committee was appointed to meet similar committees from the other oreauiza- tions and prepare a plan for uniting the three, President Pate’s annual address was do- voted chiefly to the proposed combination, which he earnestly recommended. Said he: “1he present unremunerative condition of our business either indicates a radical de- fect in our mothods or that we are victims of circumstances over which we have no con- trol. Itmuy bo true that new conaitious have arisen with which our former ex- perience may not have made us faminar, but to admit we cannot overcome them aoes not conform to the spirit of the wverage lumber man. By working unitedly and with intelli- ®ence through our exchanges, we n o suc- cessfully overcomo the new emergencies that have developed. 1 ain impressed with the belief that the prime cause of all tronble is overtradivg, and in tryiog by @ forcing process to cover territory that is no longer tributary to us. make pr To do this we s to compete with rivals more favorably situated that leave no maryin for profit. it may be humiliating to confess this loss of territory, but as we are working for profit and not glory, would it not be better to apply the knife and suffer curtailment, I feel assured that with intelligent and com- biued effort through our exchnange we can place our business on a basis that will afford us something near an adequate return for our time and capital.” THE SEED WH T CONVENTION, Estimates of the An ent Grains N HURON, S. D. gram to Tue B Feod convention largely attended. ounts of Differs eded. Leld here this evening was It is estimated that the twenty counties will need 536,700 bushels of wheat, 163,400 bushels of oats, busnels of flax seed, 76,000 bushels of barlev, 215,700 bushels of corn and 15,000 busnels of millet. About $i0,000 will be required to buy the grain. Of this amount three-fourths can be raised by the counti benefited, the re- mainder to be secured from outside cdntributions. The .county commissioners will issue ' warrants which will be taken by the bankers and ele- vator compavies or individuals, A commis- s10n to have full charge of the soliciting and arrapeing for the grain, to act with the commission uppointed by the governor, was named, consisting ot J. M. Bailey of Minne~ haha county. John H, Drake of Brown, E. C. ckson of Union, P. E. Holp of Coding ton and H. F. Hunter of Spink. THE What the Omaha Postofice Bonds- mon ‘'Will Have to Pay. WasIINGTON, Murch 8.—|Special Tele- gram to Tuk Ber,|—The attornoy general has figured that thero will be a deficiency aggrogating exactly §3,553.95 in the procure- ment by the government of posscssion and title to the site of the Omaha public build- ing. This sum the parties who gave tho £50,000 bond will pe asked to make good &t once, Beforo the work upon tho plans, specifications, etc., for the building will pro- ceed in the office of the supervising urchi- tect, of the treasury, the United States dis- trict attoraey at Omaha will be_notified by the department of justice to call upon tho gentlomen who executed the vond and re- quest them to pay in this deficit, This is in ex- cess of the $400.000 appropriated by congress to purchase a site. When this is paid and tho suporvising architect has official knowl: edge of the fact, work upon the plans and specifications will commence. TRplene, KREIGHT W RECK, Killed and Eighre nsumed by Fire. MassiLLoy, O.,, March 8 —A disastrous wreck occurred on the Fort Wayne road at Lakeville, west of this early this morn- ing. When the third section of a freight train going east reached that point an oil tank on the train explodea and set fire to the cars. The fourtb section ran into the third, killing John Cowen, eugineer; Harvey Gale- house, firoman, and Miller, a brakeman, all of the fourth section. Eightoen loaded cars burned. Cowen and Miller lived at Alliance and leave families. Gulenouse is u single man, When the bodies of the three men were found they were roasted. The track was so badly damaged that freight and passenger trafic was delayed about fourteen hours. Tue cause of the wreck was the failure of the dead engineer to stop when flagged. il Sl Can a Eallway Commit an Assauli? St. Paur, Mion,, March 3. —[Special Tele - gram to Tue Bee.|—''Can & railway com- pany commit an assault and battery?” This question is to be decided iu the United States cirouit court in & remarkable suit brought today by Bertha Walstad against the Chi- cago, Milwaukeo & St. Paul railway, She asks for $10,000 damages. Her compluiot re- cites that she purchased a ticket at Winona December 80 for Peterson, Minn, The train did not stop at Peterson and the couductor advised her to etop at Rushford, five miles distant, until morning, when she could get a train for Peterson. She did as requested, remaining at the Rushford station from 10 o'clock in the evening uantil the coming day. While at Rushford she alleges that she was assaulted by Walter Greene, swation agent of the company. Sbe claims $10,000 damages because the railway company retained Greene in its services and thereby ratitied his conduct, DISASTLOUS Three Me! n Cars —_———— The Weather Forecast. For Omaha and vicinity: Fair weather, For Nebraskq aud lowa—Fair, followed in western Nebruska by light rain or snow, casterly winds, stationary temperature, ex- cept lu eastern Towa, slightly warmer. ‘or South Dukotu—IFair, colder Tuesday morning, followed by warmer by Wednes- aay morning, winds shifting easterly. Young Lincoln Very Low. Loxpoy, March 8.—Master Liccoln has passed a bad day. He is in ao extremely eritical condition. —_—— Bond Offurings, WasiiNotoy, March 8.—[Special Tele- grawm to Tus Bek.]—Bounds offered: $19,- 800 at §1.08)¢. i the re-election of Senator Allison were intro IN THE 10WA LEGISLATURE, | A Numbsr of Important Measures | Introduc>d in the Senate. ALLISON TO BE ELECTED TODAY. Results of the Mumicinal Elections— A Colored Tough Fatally Wounded by a Des Moines Constable, The Senate Des Moixes, Tn.. March 8.—In the senate this morning a number of petitions favoring duced, Among the important bills intro- duced were the following: To regulate the sale of intoxicating hquors; to establish an ewergency fund to care for the public health; to empower certain cities to fix tho salaries of officers; to do away with fos for justices of the peace and provide a salary therefor; to authorize the bond- ing of the outstanding indebtedness of incorporated towns and provide ror levy- ing a tax to pay the same, and to amend the law relative to pay the same, and to amend the luw relative to ruilroud tuxation. A joint resolution calling for o Joit 1tion to canvass the vote for United con- i Ltes senator on Wednesday at noon wus udupted. Mr. Brown introduced a resolution autho izing the judiciary committee to present a bill reorgauizing the courts of the state. ‘'he resolution went over under the rules. A concurreut resolution was fav- reported by the rail- Committee callmg on congress to AW requiring car couplings to be c, but of 1o particular wake. Daring 'the consideration of a resolution calling for the election of farmers, me- chanics, ete., on the board of trustees of ihe agricultural college, the senate adjourned unul 2 o'clock this afternoon. B siow Decli Des Moixes, la., March 3. —[8Special Tele gam to Tue Bee.|—Mr. Bestow, who had been offered the position of private secretary to Governor Boies, has declined. He gives a8 bis reason for doing so his wife's sickness He could not move his family from Chari- ton and he does not wish to be separated from them. But it is thought that he was also influenced by the fact taat the demo- cratic caticus Iast Saturday night nomuouted him for Uuited Stutes = senutor, and he thought that it would be auite u step down from candidate for senator to private secre- tary. As he does nob veed an ofiics for sup- port he can afford to_give itup. Governor Boies stated tonight that he had anout de- cided upon a private sceretary, though ho Was ot ready to announce the name. It 1s generaliy believed that the position will ba given to Mr. C. D. Ham, son of Hon. M. M. flam, editor of the Dubugquo Herald. 1ha young man is captam of the Governor's Grays of Dubuque and is very popular socially. The Senatrial Llcotion. Des Moixes, Ia., March 3.—[Special Tel gram to Tug b 1—The election for United States senator will be held tomorrow and every member of the legisluture is in town. Even Senator McCoy, who has been sick ut ilome ever since the session began, has ro- coyered sufliciently to be here. I'iere i3 not a break in the rgpublican live, in spite of tha fearful assaults that have been made upon it. Every republican momber wiil vote® for Allison with ns much enthusiasm as he wouid the day after the nominaiion, nearly seven weeks ago. A Tou:n Fatally Injured. Des Moixes, Ta., March 3, —[Special Tele- gram to Tug Bee. |[—This evening there was # shooting mateh on the corner of Fifth ana Walnut, in the most crowded part of the business strects. Bullets flaw fast, and soon a colored tough known as *Dude” Hender- #on was carried away with u hole in his chest. The man who shot him was Con- stable Skinner, cne of the prohibition searchers. Hedderson a gambler and bootlegger, and Skinner went down to his house to search for hquor. Henderson was away at the time. Wheu be reluraed he A8 Very angry, and, procuring a olver, started after the constable. They met at the corner of Fifth and Walnut, aud after a little parley Henderson commenced firing. The men were but ten feet apart, but several bullets went by, one passing into Harlan’s drag store and nurrowly missind one of tho proprietors. Finally a bullet went throurh Henderson near the lungs and he fell. e was barely alive at the last report, and will probably die before morning. The constable was uninjured, oughs Kuled the Da: Ta., March 8,—|Special Telegram to Tne Bee.|—During an election quarrel in South Clinton today & young tough named James Dillon assanlted & negro named Frank Cooper. Chief of Police Potter in- terfercd, when lhe was knocked down and severoly beaten by several cowpanions of Dillon. The chi was badly injured and barely escaped with ms life. Shortly after the same tough assaulted another newro, badly bruising him, but the toughs ruled the day and no arrests were made- g CrLINTG The Hawkeye El-ctions. Cepar Rarios, Ia, March 3.—|Special Telegram to T’ Bee]—A lght vote was polled here today, resulting in the election of Alderman J. J. Suouffer for mayor over U. C. Blake, the republican nominee, by nearly 800 majority, The democrats elceted six aldermen and the republicans three, a democratic gain of two, as Snouffer must re- 81gn to qualify for mayor. The council will elect a republican to fill the vacancy, giving the republicans the majority in the council, otherwise the election would have resulied 1 8 tie, Masox Crry, Ia., March 8.—|Specdial Tele- gram to Tue Bee |—With the exception of the Third ward the election passed off quiet. 1y. In this ward anti-knights wers pitted against Knights of Labor and the battle waged hot. The knights captured Satur- day’s caucus, but an independent anti- knight ticket was put in the field early this morning, which carried the election by 19 majority, Cres1oN, In., Marc [Special T'elegram to The Bee, | —Tne election toduy was the most closely contested n the history of Creston. Davis (dem.) was elected over Bull (rep.) by 160 majority for superior judge. The republicans get the city at- torney, asseasor and two aldermen, tho democrats electing aldermen 1o three wards, This makes a tie vote in the council, with the decidiug vote in the hands of the demo- cratic mayor. The mavor holds lus office another year, and is still holding the city funds in his possession that were ordered turned over at his recent investigation. March 8. —[Special to Tug ity election came off today, The iuterest centered on mayor, Dr. Iob- bins (rep.) defeated Riley Clark. The vote stood, Robbins 100, Clark 48. It was @ non- partisan election, There is wuch rejoicing over the result. MusoATINE, Ia,, March 8.—|Special Tele- gram to 1ne Hee ] —The city election here lodl{ resuited in & elight gain for the re- publicans, They elected the police judge, assessor and three aldermen, a gain of one, The democrats elected the mayor, treasurer and two aldermen by reduced majorities, Lyoxs, Ia., March 8.—[Special Telegram o Tue He) ‘Ihe fight here turned on the election of aldermen. Although this cily is strongly democratic, the republicans elected three of the formor aldermen, Nevana, Ia, March 8.--[Special Telegram to Tur Bk ]—The city election was hotly contested, and on the stralght prohivition 18sue, N The republicans elected a prohivition yor, H, C. Boardman, by 470 majority. Orrumwa, I, Mareh 8 «The democrats elected four and the republicans two council men. The new counefl stanfts seven repub- licans and five democrats. Des Moies, Ta., March 1 gram to i ek, j= Very little intorest was iken in tho city oléctfon hero today. Both tickets were weak @nd the voto was hght, Ihe democrats endoavored to turn tho issue on the prohibition question and called their ticket a citizens' anti-brohibition ticket, Tho republicans nominated & straight ticket, Ly & workingman named John H. pbell. The democrats renominated Muyor Carpenter, whose administration has boen very cnsatisfactory. The latest indi- tions (at 1. m.) pointto the election of - Special Tele- Campbell by a small majority and most of tlie rest of the ropublical tick Colonel Kempsey's Appointmen CepAR Rapins, fa., March 8.—|Special Telegram to Tik Bre|—Colonel M. C. Kempsey, the Irish republican, has been ap- pointed superintendent of the mails here, a specinl office created hrough the efforts of senator Allison. ool P : BROKEIRS HAVPY. The Location of th Loenl Baillw v Cnicaco, M —|Snecial Telegram to 3gk. | —The Evoning Nows says: Dispitehes from New York that the members o1 Vi stock e ange there arc completely discouraged by the dullness of the market. Inquiry among several brokers at the Chicago stock exchunge this morning developed the fact that gthe condition here 1s opposite to that in New York. Never since the forming of the exchange huve the ‘brokers eujoyed such a boom in trade,’ said the mana, of one of the most important firms, *Urades are made thick and fast. We never thinkpf its bewg dul here for the simbie reason that ye don’t get time ot k of such thines, T'wo v ks 10 was o farrly aull wosic bat you can ses CHICAG! Fair Booming stoek. by referencs 1o the reporia that business heve was far better than at New York. Here 15 las uturday’s repore und that only a half-day's session. iorty~four hundred shures aml 210,000 bonds were sold in tho space of an hoor and one-half. Ourexchange, with fifty uctive mem S more business 1 reality trans- an Now York's with 5.0 active members @vd a total membership of 1,110, All Chicawo stock brokers are happy. Since the result of the worla's fair ballot local strebt railwuy stock hos been RgoIng up und the transfers are man, —~ THRIFILY igUDE, Another Honest Surety of the Miss- tng Jury Brib-r Grabam, Citeaso, March 8.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee, |—Under the laws of the state of illinois it is becoming nextto impossible 1o collect a buil bond, as the statutes provide no penalties for the conspivacy mvolved in the trausfer of the surety’s property to a fricud for sufe koeping. The Cronin case has just afforded another illustration of the extremo laxity of the law. The poley pursued by Alderman Whelan in traudferring, s prop- erty as scheduled on his band for John Gra- ham, the missing jury briber, Lo two friends just two ¢ays beford Geahaan’s bonds were forfeited, has been adbuted by . H. T'rude, who also went'on Grahamls Bond. ‘Trude hus trunsferred all his' r restate to G. G. Willims for $14,500. As_Teal cstate’ ulou can bo touchel...for:” julnments, State Attorhey Lun:enneker{,’ will doubtloss ve some cifjoaity ‘in collecting the $15.000 from these bondsmen. Althougzh they both swore to being swopth at least §830,00) in real estate woen cney ' sigued tne Londs, ana ulthough they doubtiess continue to own this property by proxy, from u point of law they cannot be obliged to pay the forfeit un- less it can Le satisfactorily proven that th wade the transfer to defraud the county. I'he stutes attorney stilllasserts thut he will collect the 15,000, yft Granaw’s foxy boadsmen seewm to be no} av ull rufifed, TH A ABRY BlLL, i1t Will be Intro- duced Agmin, Mixyearons, Minn., March 8. —A special from Graund Forks, N. 1)., s.ys the foilowing Strong § circular wus received today from Mayor Bentley of Bigmarck *There are stroug rumors that the infa- mous lottery bill will be reiutroduced in the logislature on Murch 4 9r soon thereafter, and that M. A. Dauphin, presidgeat of the Lowsiana State lottery eompany, 18 now in the city. Circulute and forward protests to tha secretary of this committee ut once. Ar- range w have tho leading - citizens ready to come to Bismarci 1o dxert theiwr influence against the bill.”! ‘Iho 2ns here are considerably excited and the sentiment scems 1o be that the bill wiil pass if iuteoduced mgain, A Piece of Spite Work, Bisvanok, N. D2 ) —Tue special senate judiciary committee. today reported back the bill requiring non-resident news- paper publishers to appaint a resident agent to receive service in actigns at law. Tho biii was intended as a stab at the papers which opposed the lottery scheme, 1he majority report favored the bill but Senators Barlow wnd Doobs preseated an hdverse minority re port 10 wiich v score the lottery bill. "This minority report was Jaid upon the table and then a resolution was adopted expunging it from the record. e Lkip GERMANY'S LLECTION 4, Two Riots Geeur When th Aanounced, Beriiy, March 3.—Returns have been re- ceived from ull the districts in which second ballots for wembers of the reici held with the exception of tweut, 3 together with the return io those districts where election occurred on the first ballot, tesult is show the election of J06 members of the center party, T4 43 liberal and democrats, 62 consers navo! liberals, 18 imperialists ‘When the result of the s nounced at Dartmont the socialists enguged in a riot and the police whd sttempted to dis- perse themr were stoned. , Bhe police charged the rioters with drawn swdrds and scattered tae oro Thirty of - rioters were arrested. An eleduion rigki also occurred ut Dinsburg, where many ri were arrested. Later—Exceptiog nined s, the results of which ure still uwaited, 407 seats n the reichstag are divided as ws: Centrists, freisinnige and" volks' ; conservatives, €8; nitional Liberals, 893 Pol arty, 80; social mperialists, 20; 46; anti-semitics, 4; independents, 3, Alsal 11, R St ship A 12 At New York—7The La Normand'e, from Hayre; the Ethiopian, from Glasgow; the Polund, from Rotterdam; the Chatesu La Fitte, from Bordesux; the Fulda, from Bremen. At Boston--The Gotnenburg City, from London, At Philadelphia—The Lord Gough, from Liverpool. At Queenstown--The Lord Clive, from Philadclphia, for Liverpool; the Gallia, from New York, for Liverpoo). At the Lizard—Pussed: La Gascogne, from New York, for Havre; the Holland, frowm New York, tor the Belgen- laud. from New York. for Antwerp. At Zouthampton—The Werra, from Bre- men. , e e Murdered by Indians. Wirco, Ariz, Mareh 8,—A freiguter was murdered by Indians yesterday nine miles from Fort Thomas. The Iudians stole his Lorses, burned the wagon eut the tele- Rraph Line between the il posts. A carrier brought the news. ps are in pursuit. UNSELECTED SCHOOL LANDS, They Can bs Located Outside of Designated Townehipa, FAIR POSTPONEMENT PROBABLE Chicago Not Unwilling to Wait Ontal 1893 —Immigration Laws—lrri- gation of Arid Lands— Miscollaneous, WASHINGTON FOURTEENTI STREET, WasIINGTON, D, C., Mareh 3, Secretary Modle and Land Commissioner Groff have written letters which are now in Buneav Tie OMana Ber, } the possession of enator Mauderson on the subject of Nebraska's unselocted school lands. It appears that the state officers who wore iu charge of Nobraska affairs at tho time the luud should have been located neglected for some reason to seloct all of the land the state entitied to and there has for some tume been a controversy going on a8 to whether the state may now sclect its school lands outside of tho townshivs or land districts designated by law. Commissioner Groft says that the law does not require tho lands to be selected within the samo towa ship designated aund thav if thiere s no land vacant in the townshiv the selection may be made froia the nearest vacant land in some othier township. Nor can the right to idemuiy bo defeated, be says, except in case of ex- traordina neglect by the state oiticers, by the restriction to the same land distr Ho g laws and rul- of Nobraska will ex- eubarrassment indemnity. Secrotar tiozs by the state are not od to the townstip 1 whic th or thirty-sixth scction, on thinks that under the exis ings, therefore, the st perience no her claim to of w the selections L re located, but they must be within e laud distriet. There appears now 10 be nothing in the way of the state oftic going aheac making the selections of the land to which the state is entitled, PATILFOSTPONEMENT PHOKAI 1t is entively probable that tho will be postvoned until 1503, Josition 1hie Chicago representatives will not sug gest the posthonement nor will they object to it ‘Pliey will leave the auestion to be de- cided by the senate and housc of tives and will abstamn fromn at influence tho decision in any gress decides to have the fai .will suy that the people of o will do ‘their best to make a_success of it that will be a credit to the ntire country, 1f a post- ponement 1o 1893 is thought probable they will aunounce that the inanagers of the fuir represonta If cond 1802 thoy will make good usc of additional time, The sentiment is lmost unanimous in favor of 15¢3 and if the house does cf the date the bill will be amenaed whea it reaches that Vody. ARID LAND 1RRIGATION. ‘The house committee on the irrigation of arid iands has held several meetings sin, Major Powell, of the zeological survey, his proposition before the unable Lo rea the shape of a report or bill. In fact, it is doubtful whether a rgport will be maae until the latter part of the season atall. In the urgency deficiency. bill now pending in the senute there is un appropriation of $10,000 for boring experimental wells in the Jakotas and the committes think besl to wait the re- sult of that experiment bsfore nsking any more woney for irrigation of the western plaius. 1d 1, but hus béen hany defimnte conclusions in IN THE SENA Seniitor Paddock today 1troduced a bili to repeal the long und snort huul und the pooliug sections of the interstate commercs Inw, the senate toduy Mr. Plumb introduced abill w0 require witnesses to appeur and mve testimony before United States land officars. 1t provules that when witnesses called to apoear before registers and roceiv- crs of the land oflice refuse to com officers may certify the fuct o n pulsory process requiring the witne: nd testify atthe time and pl nd the witnesses must pay the cost of the issuance of such Compulsory process. Senator Davis has introduced a bill to val idate pre-emption filings and pre-emption proofs 1n the stutes of North and Soutn Da- Washington and Montana, The bill is led by a preamble which sets fortn that it bas been contended that the enabling acfs which gave statehood to the states named repealed the pre-emption act,although the attorney general has held to the con- rary, and this act is intended to vahaste and setule the question definitely. OUR IIMIGRATION LAWS. Chairman Owen of the commitiee of im- migration today made another effort in the house to secure the adoption of a resolution proposing an investigation into the opera- tion of our immigration laws in conjun with Senator Chandler’s committee on im- migration. There were unmediately objec- tions entered by Messrs, McAdoo, Mills, Miilun and other democrats, and unless M Owen can counvince these gentlemen that they are simply delaying what must inevita- bly come, he will huve to wait until there i u call of the committee before he can s definite action upon this propositior. I his would uot delay action more thad ten days or two weeks, The demcerats object to this investigation because they fearan cxposure of Tamwany and other democratic rings which have bad absolute and very corrupt control of Castle Garden foi many years and which have torough the influence of the New York board of lmnmigration and the governorship made New York demo- cratic at a mujority of the elections during the past decade. An inyestigation they fear will show that of the 150,000 or #160,000 & year collected as head money from the immi- grants $140,000 18 applied to pay salaries to democratic bosses and to go indirectly to as- sisv democratic control of New York poli- tics, This exposure would not only argue in favor of pbolishing the vicious head tax, but put some democratic bosses in & very embarrassiug situation. Mr, Owen believes that there 15 no doubt an invesugation will be hela and that the discoveries will prove extremely interesting. NEW POSTMASTELS, Towa—Aduir, Adair county, I, M, Hawes, vice W. Powell, deceased; Mafone, Clinton county, L. D. Wenne, vice W. 8. Hartpn, resigned. South Dakota—Blunt, Hughes county, A, Stinger, vice J. ¥. Houtz, removed, MISCELLANEOUS, ‘Phe election committee on public grounds, , has reported favorably the coustru tion of public buildings at Aurora, §75,000; Sioux Falls, 8. D, ,000; Beatrice, sen- ate bill with amendment reducing the uppro priation from $100,000 to £6),000; KRock Island, 111, §75,000; Sioux City, lu., senate bill with amendment reducing the appropria- tion from §500,000 to $850,000; Bloomington 11l #100,000; Davenport, la., $100,000; Ra ne, Wis., $100,000; Rockford, IiL. §100,000; Yort Dodge, Ia., senate bill with amendment reduciog the appropriation from $100,000 to #:5,000; Eau Clair, Wis., senate bill with amendment re uciog the appropriation from $100,000 to $75,000, Indian Agent Beunett, located in Indian Territory, has reported to the Indian bureau that it has just come to his knowledge that an act was passed by the legislative council of the Choctaw nation about two months ago incorppraung the “Choctaw Orphan Asylum Lottery company.” The agent reports that great sacrecy was maintained coneern! 150 act, and it was with difticulty that be suc- ceeded in sccuring a eopy. Owing to the decrease in the number of examinations of upplicants by the boards of surgeons and the large increase of boards, thus decreasing the compensation of sur- eons, it 1s lieved that the bill of Mr, wen of lodiana providing that esch i ber of each board sball receive §2 for the amination of each applicant and tuat the secretary of the rd shall receive s smpting to further compensation of examination wiil become 1€ . A favorable report has n made house committes on public lands, buildings and grounds on Mr, Dorsoy’s bill making an appropriation for a public building at Fre- mont A, H, McVoy of Des Moines is at the Eb- bitt. BNy S, Heati, e iy . CIVIL SERVIOE AMINATION, cenis for each W by the Adherents of thy Party in Find It Very Easy to Pas; WAsHINGTON, March 8.—in the investiga- tion of the charges aguinst the civil servico t-day Editor Hatton of the PPost, who in the absence of Ewart conducted the prosecation, called the attention of the court tw the re- maining charges iagainst the commission. These were that the conmission since its or- Power zanization to the present time, by manipula- tion of the rules anda regulations brought about results in violation of the spirit and letter of the law; that by collusion witn departmontal officers “appointments had been made in violation of the merit system and favorites secured places with litile reference to their qualifications; that relatives of the olicers of the commission had been attached to the commission, gaining knowledge of the so crets of the commission—a privilege denied scuntors aud representatives—without com- pensation, in direct violation of law; that offenses which resulted 1n the dismissal of the oMcers of one volitical party were con- doned when committed by the oficers of tho other political = party, In regard to the first charge Hat- ton said Representative Butterworth wanted it amended so as to find how 1t was that under a republican administration nine- tenths of the uppointees to the civil service wero republicans and under a democratic ad- ministration the same proportion \were demn ocrats. The scope of the amendment would bring the matter to the attention of the committeo when the general work of the civil service tom was d cussed. Commissioner Thompson in reply to a question by Hatton saia the civil service commission had not taken any steps 1o secu sheedy’s remowal from the census office whero he was now employed and he (Ihompson) did not propose to take further steps for or against him. Postniaster Paul of Milwaukee was then called. Ho was appointed postin: he sawd, by President Cleveland in 18 a time was vice president of th bl Service association of chat city, Of fort five resignations in the Milwaukee postoftice during his term only one was asked for; the rest were voluutarily given. Politics had nothing to do with these resigna- tion: Paul said he never had advised or controllea Sheedy in waking false certifications or mn chauging the workings of the examimation papers, He would make a statement that he never haa, 1o his knowledgze, in and way 1mproperly in- uenced Sheedy in the discharge of his duties. The commission, he said, was wholly misled by tife cunning of Sheedy. It wa Sheedy’s blyndering records that used all the trouble, although be did nov thinl it was done with criminal intent on his part. Paul sad that never had ac- to the records of the loc board, | examining MeComas' Measure. WagHINGTON, March 3,—[n the house to- day MeComas introduced a bill, which was ferred, “'to regulate in part the time and wanuner of holding the elections of sentutives in congress,” in overy state entitled to more thun one representative in the Iifty-third and subse- quent comenesses such representatives shall be elcoted by~ districts which have as nearly as practicable un equal nnmber of inhabi- tauts, 8o that the most popnlous districts shall not buve more than 15,000 inhabitants in excess of the least popuiated distric ‘The district shail be combosed of territory contiguous, adjacent and compact. It further prolibits the redistricting of any stuto except on the occasion of the taking of the federal ccnsus, and prohibits such re- districting for the election of members for the Fifty-second congress. Le Concy Not Guilty, Campen, N, J., March 8.—There was great excitement 1o court todsy when Prosecutor Jenkens, in the middle of a powerfu! sneech in cloging the trial of Chalkley Le Coney for the murder of his niece, was prostrated by an attack of heart failure. Physicians an nounced that it was not serious and the court took @ recess, Later the prosecutor agreed 1o let the cuso 2o Lo the jury on the charge of the court. Judge Garrison charged that willful promeditation was not proved d that a verdict of murder in_the first de- should not be rendered. He said ver- s of oither murder in the second dogrge, manslaughter or acquittal would lie. At ury retired and at 3 turned ¢t of “‘not guilty.” -~ He Was an Outcast Priest. Priuapenrinia, March 3.—An investigation of tne deuth of Rev. Peter H. Feron, men tioned in these dispatches yesterday, dis- closed the fact that he bad been an outcast from the church for a numbver of years, In- temperance was the cause of his downfall, He camo to this city two or three days ago and visitod a dozen physicians in an effort to get morphine. He finally fouad ono physi cian who gave him a hypodermic injection to relieve his horrors, Alter this he drank horribly and fell in the street, where he was found by the potice and taken toa hotel, From there he was removed to the hotel, _l-l'ulhur Keron comes of a good English fam- ily, repre- It provided that e A Pastor's S arional Statement, 1110460, March 3,—-(Special Telegram to Tur Bee.]—A poper on “Social Forces,” read by Rev. Dr. Updyke of Euglewood av the Methodist winisters’ meeting this morn- ing, created a decided sensation, The speaker deplored the moral condition of the laboring men, and held the church people of the country largely to blame for it~ He also objected to the present social laws. which he said regarded labor as a commodity to be bought apd sold, and which advocated un- limited compeuition, **Competition without restriction means combination, and combina- tion is something to be feared.” —_— Invited to Ohicago. WasiINGroN, Marcn 3,—The mayor and a number of Chicago men have seut a formal invitation to the congressional committee on the world’s fair to visit Chicago and see for themselves the proposed site for the fair, and 1o consult with the representative men of the city. As some difficulty is appre- hended in uring leave of absence from the house for tue whole committee, it is probable that if the invitation is accepted it will be by & sub-committee of the special cummittee, -~ French Affairs, Panis, March, 'he chamber of depu- ties today discussed the ioterpellation of Dreyfus in regard to the resignation of Con- stans. Prea.er Tirard denied that there was any discord in the cabinet. He defended the course of the ministry in consenting to take part in the Berlin labor conference and said it was toll{ Lo question the patriotism of the eabinet in connection with the mat- ter, The division was regarded as adverse to the government in view of the fact that 120 deputies abstained from voting, ———— Knocked Out in Two Rounds. WasiiNeroy, D, €., March 8—|Special Telegram to Tur Bee.|-Mike Reidy, the “hard-hitting® blacksmith of this city , knocked out Jake Collins. chawpion middle~ weight of Delaware, in two rounds this afternoon. Collins was severely punished. urer Suspended. Kansas Civy, Marck 8.—-A Jeferson Uity, Mo., special says says that State Treasurer Noland has been suspended. No cause is kvown except a rumor that Noland is in trouble over bis accounts with the state. = SUPRENE, COURT DECISIONS, Several Very Important Casea Dige posed Of. BREWER'S VIGOROUS DISSENT, The Justice Ohjects to Turning Two Murderers Loose on Society - An Important Mississippi siule ing Aflirmod, A Itace Question, WasitixatoN, March §.—The supreme court today affirmed the judgment of the su- preme court of Mississippi in the case of the Louisville, New Orleans & Texus Pacifio railroad company vs the state of Mississippi. The question involved was the power of tha state to compel railroad companios to pro- vide within the state accommodations for two rac The railro d company was dicted for failure to do this, was convicted and tined. An uppeal was made to the su= preme court of the state which upheld the decision of the lower court,’ An opinion was also rendered allowing the applications of James J. Moaley and James H. Savage for writs of hubeas corpus. Thoy were convictod I Arapatios county, Colo- raco, of murder and sentenced to be banged, The law under which they wero sentenced was passed after the commission of the crime and it was contended that it was ex- post facto, and therofore unconstitutional, In support of this vontention 1t was alleged among oth things that the law uuder which sentence was pussed luflicted a A greuter pubishment than the law in forca at the tims of the commission of the deed, in that it addea sohtary confinement, forbids relatives and friends visiting the convie and makes uncertain just when the convict shall be hanged, thereby putting him in fear that each moment way be hus lust, “Uhe court through Justice Miller holds that these provisions do add to the punish- ment of the condemned men, and therefors 18 ex post tucto and void. Justice Brewer vigorously dissented from this opinion. Ihe substantial punishment under each statute he said was death by bancing, and the differcnce in details was in his opinion 100 tritling & matter upon which to base a de- cision that would turn two red-handed mur- derers loose upon society. I'he court, 1n an opinion by Justice Field, reversed the decision offthe superior court of Wiaconsiu in a suit brought by the Wiscon- sin Central railroad company, plaintiff in error . Price county et al. Ihisis a suit in which the county sought to tax the rail- road company upon a land grant, the ques- tion being whether a roud can be taxed for lands before patent 1s issued by the United States. The supreme court decides that vhiere the land is aliened from the United States it becomes subject to taxation, and thecefore hoids thut the land within the grant was subject to taxation, but that the land within the iudemnity limits was uot liable to taxation until the road had made seloctions and these had been approved, ‘T'he court also rendered an opinwon in the case of Barnard Hans, plaintiff o error, vs, the state of Lowsiana. Haas is the owner of a considerable quantity of Louisians con— solidated bonds, When these were issuea the stute made provision for a special tax to meet the interest and principal and declared the bonds would create a contract between the state and the bondholders which should not be impaired. The constitution adopted in 1870, howaver, partly repudiated ths agreement and directs that the revenue from the speeinl tux shall be devoted to defray the expenses of the state government, Hans brought suit to have the new constitution declared invalid 8o far as it impaired the contract. The state set up the plea that it could not be sued by one of its own citizens without its consent, and the circuit court decided in favor of the state, ‘The case then came here. ‘The su- preme court aflirms the finding of the cir- cuit court and in reference to the exemption of u sovereign state from prosccution by an individual says: *‘T'ho legislative depart- ment of & state represents its policy aud its. will aud is called upon to vrescrve justice and to hold invioluze the obligations of the state, To deprive the legislature of the power of judgiug what the honor and safety of the state may require even at the axpense of u temporary failure to discharge public debts would~ be attended with greater ovils than such a failure could cause. It would, in fact, deprive the state of that sovereignty in the management of its affairs which are essential to its autono- my and which is always understood to be its prerogative by all private parties that deal with i, It is said that frow $10,000,000 to $12,000,- 000 are involved in the case. The court also reversed the judgment in the case of the State of North Carolina and Roberts, auditor, against Temple for the same reasons as in tho Hans case. This case also involved several millions, ‘The court also rendered an opinion in the important bavk case growing out of the fail- ure of the Fidelity bauk case at Cincinnati. ‘The suit wus by David Armstrong, ree ceiver, ugainst the American Exchange National bank of Chicago. The Fidelity bank drew a8 ~ draft of £100,000 on the Chemical national of New York, payable at the Amecrican Exchange national of Chicago, This was given to Kershaw & Co, of Chicago who placed it to their credit in the American Exchange na- tional. Harper, vice president of the Fidel- ity, was using his bank’'s money in his wheat deatl and bad igsued various drafts without any consideration. When bhe suw the deal was hopeless he wired the Chemical bank to stop payment. ‘Lhe Fidelity failed and on the refusal of the receiver to allow the claims of the Awerican Exchunge national for the docunients it cashed ia good faith the bank sued the receiver to recover ‘ALhelower court @ave judgment in favor of of the Amurican Exchange national and this court aflirms that judgment, holding thut the bank was an innocent purchaser for value and or- derivg the receiver to allow the claim, e .A CHANGE ORDERED, Leavenworth Loses the Headquarters of the Department ot the Missouri, Leavexwonra, Kuan., March 1.—|Special “Pelegram to Tue Ber, |—1v 18 definitely an- nounced here that orders have been received from Washiogton thut the headquarters of the department of the Missouri are to be ramoved from Kort Loavenworth, As the selection of the new location is left with General Wesloy Merrits, commanding the department, that officer has selected St. Louis. This is & matter in which the utmost. secrecy is waintained uutil all arrangeniont have been made, but this snnouncement suthentic. Soveral cities have been anxious Lo secure the departinent headquarters, - Krench Victorious in Africa. Pawis, March 5—A report has been received from the governor of Senegal stat- ing that 800 of tho king of Daboimey’s troops attacked & French force under Comwandan Terrillon at Atzebo. After a severe fight the French repulsed the natives, killing and wounding hundreds of them. 1t'is reported that the governwent intends 1o anuex the kingdom of Dahomey to the French posses- sions in Africa aud that # large expedition will b seut to the west coast. el b i A British Minister's Veril. Lisuoy, March 8.—The students of this cily threaten to sttack Giynn Petrie, the 13ritsh minister, They Lave formed a loague the members of which have pledged thewms selves Lo wake an assault upon Petrie, e Flack Case Postponed, New York, March 8.—The trial of Sherift Flack, for conspiracy in @ divorce case, was called woday, but owiug to the illness of his wife was postponed until Mouday next,