Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 17, 1890, Page 1

- OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 1 ‘“ 1890. IN THE [0WA LEGISLATURE. Lobbyists Busy In the Interests of % Monopoly. » DIVIDE AND CONQUER TACTICS. Railway Men Making a Determined ¥Fight Against Joint Rates and the Two-Uent Fare BllL Hawkeye Solons. Dus Moines, Ia, March 15,—|Special to Tue Ber ne lobby is here in force and is using every effort to prevent the considera- tion of anti-monopoly measures. The lower house is determined to do something to re- lieve the farmer and remove some of the un- just burdens that are heaped upon him, -but well traioed lobbyists are busy sowing dis- sensions among them, hoping in a multitude of counsels to produce such confuston that only barren resuits will follow. In tho senate they have adopted their usual tactics and anything to consume time is their motto. Whole sessions are being spent in long-winded discussions over the most trivial questions, The most important bills are hung up in committess, while the mem- bers patiently listen to extended specches from corporation magnates. The railway interests are represented by leading oficials of all the stronger roads, who are making a determined fight sgainst joiut rates and the 2 cent fare and all bills of this character. ‘he railroad committes of the senate have not yet fully decided on a joint rato bill, though several bills of this clharacter are pending. On the 2 cent fare question which 18 being championed by Senator CGironeweg of Pottawatomie, the committee has taken to the woods, They have passed a r tion committing themselves to a measure conferring power on the board of railroad commissioners to fix passenger rates, and by this means will evade the question. Sen- ator Groneweg is determined to get a squarc vote on his bill if possible, and as he is a member of tho railroad committee he may be able to do this by bringing i a minority report., ‘The senate committeo on insurance has reported in favor of Parrow's bill creating an insurance departwent and providing for the clection of insuranco commissioners. Early next week this committee will wrestlo with she valued policy bills and the bill pro- hibiting poois, trusts, compucts and agree ments by iusirance companies in regard to rates and basis of -estimating value. No restrictive measures affecting insurauce in- terests will get througii the senate committee without a stubborn fight, though Chairmuan Price is strongly 10 favor of the valued pol- icy and the anti-trust bills, ‘On the school book question the legislature is entirely at sea and the members seem hopelessiy divided in opinion. A strong fuc tion in both houses favors state uniformity, with contracts for publishing let to the low- est bidder and local option as to free text books. ‘Ihis is the plan proposed by the Farmers' Alliance. Others favor the dis- trict purchase plan with local uniformity and free books, while county uniformity with froe books has strong supporters. A power- ful echool book looby is on hand co defeat state uniformity at any cost and this they will probably accomplish,though the bill wiil certuiniy pass the house. ‘The big publishers aie throwing the blame of high priced books ‘entirvely ubon the local deale™s and “are very willing that this large class of business men should bo sacrificed m order to maintain present wholesalo rates. The publishers propose to sell the books hereafter directly 10 the local £chool boards at contract pri which are a shade lower than the wholesalo rates now prevailing. ‘There are fair indications that the Mis souri law aguinst trusts with slight modifica tions will be a part of the Iowa statute be- fore the season closes. A half dozen bills embracing the main features of this law are now in the hands of the committees and there is o strong feeling in both houses in favor of such a measure. Rex, PROHIBITION'S FIELD DAY, The Dent Local Option Law to Be Considered Wednes lay. Des Moives, Ia, March 18.—[Special to Tur Bee]—Tho first field day *for the discussion of prohibition by this legisla- ture will bo next Wedaesday, That is the time appointed for the consideration of the Dent local option bill by the house *‘commit- tee of the whole.” There has been quite a little talk over the disposition of this bill. ‘When it was first introduced the author wanted it referred to the committes on police regulations, a friendly committee. The prohibitionists objected and demanded that it be sent to the committee on sup- pression of intemperance, which was packed against it. The prohibitionists won by a small mujority on the amendment they offered. But the original 1otion as wmended was not put until Friday. At this time a couple of republicaus, Messrs. Wal~ den and Paschal, thought that the anti. wrohibitionists ought to be given a fair hear- ing, and 80 voted with the democrats, aud defeated the motion to send the bill to the prehibition commiitee, Then the republican leader, Mr. Luke, moved that the bill go to the committees of the whole house, and ho secured a full party vote on his proposition and 1t was so referred, This was a satisfactory disposition of the matter, a8 it was @ concession to the anti- provibitionists, aud yet was not a prohibition defeat. The' hearing 18 fixed for next Wednesday, That will be the first general debate on the probibition question this s sion, and may be protracted for a couple of days. The probability is that the Dent local option bill will not pass the house. In fact, the probability incresses that no bill repeal- g the prolbitory law will be passed this session. But there 1s a growing sentiment in favor of resubmitting the question to the people at & non-partisan election for a con- stitutional amendment., A resolution for that purpose would have to pass two legislas tures successively. If it passed the present and wucceeding legslatures, the question cculd be submitted in 1802 Thav would be just ten years from the time that the first amendment was submitted. A great many republicans think that this 18 the only way out of the present dificulty, since they dare not drop prohubition except by & manifest pobular expression ugaiust it, when that is the solo issue. A MONUMENT TO IOWA SOLDIERS. A good deal of feeling 18 bemg aroused over ‘the proposition to erect a suitable monument in mewory of the soldiers in the last “war, Two years a there was 80 strong a sentiment in its favor that at the request of many Grand Army posts the iegislature passed a bill providing or the appointment of a mouument cow mission, and appropriuting 5,000 for curing designs for such a memorial, The cowmission, composed of some of the most prominent men in the state, offered the prizes and selocted a design. = But mean- tme, some persons opposed to the monu- ment idea have worked up opposition to it, and have pretended that if thie monument were built there would be no hospital erected at the soldiers’ howe. So they bave induced many Grana Army posts o send protests agaminst any appropristion -for & monument, The friends of the monument idea do not antago- nlzo the hospital idea, and would not Jet the one interfere with the other. The hospital need not cost over §5,000 or $10,000. But a groat many soldiers bave been led to believe that it was a case of ‘‘bread or stone,” and that if they took the stone they couldn't bave the bread, so lhe;‘ oppose the monu~ ment. A good deal of feeling bas been stirred up, and tho old soldiers are quite divided on the subject. If the monument is buily, it is proposed to put up a noble shaft that will cost §100.000 or £200,000, and be an enduring and beautiful memorial of the aps preciation of the heroic sacrifices and daring bravery of lowa soldiers. The question of reducing the levy forstate purposes from 8)¢ mills to 2 mills is agitating the legislature, 'The extra nalf mill as it is called was put on many years ago for the purpose of completing the capitol. But each year sinee the growing needs of the state have made it necessary to continue it. The saving to a man who owned property worth four or fiva thousand dollars would be about 5cents n_year. it would bo worrespond- less for a man who owned less property. would mean a reduction in the annual receipts from taxation of about £250,000. SHOULD RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. It will be remembered that when the state convention of sheriffs was held hero some weeks ago [t recommended that the legisln- ture provide pensions for the dependent fam- ilics of civilians whose lives are lost while in the temporary service of the state, They referrea to the oceasional case of a citizen who 18 summoned to assist a sheriff or other oficer nnd is injured or killed while doing s0. ‘They bad in mind the case of Arcive Neat, a resident of Reinbeck,Grundy county. Last fall the sheriff called upon him to assist in arresting two men whowere hiding in a box . They resisted arrest and firea at the posse, shooting Mr. Neat in the neck. Ho ored for a few days, suffering greatly, and then died from the wound. The assal- ants were subsequently convicted and sent to the penitentiary. Mr. Neat leit a wife and four small children in a destitute condi- tion with no means for their support. Mrs. Neat has. been in delicate health and unable to do much to support her family and Qtho citizens of that vicinity have sent a petition to the legisla- ture, asking that n pension or suitable appro- priation of money be given Lo M Her husband, the sole support of th lost his life in the service of the state perils which were forced upon him, and seems no more than right that the state should make some provision for the support of those dependent upon hjm. It is quite likely that the legislature will make au aps propriation for Mrs, Neat. The action of the sheriffs does not contemplats a pension list for ofticers who voluntarily assume the risk for perilous service, but for the beneflt of the deperdent families of tnose who are pressed into the service to assist in main- taining law and order and loso their lives in 80 doing. Cases of that kind are not of fr quent occurrence, but when they do ari they deserve liberal treatment by the state. NoTES. M. Parker of Mar announced as a candidate for c the Fifth district. Mr. Kerr, tho present congressman, declines a re-clection. 1t is probable that most of the other congressmen will be candidates again. H The first bill that Governor Boies signed was the Des Moines annexation bill. He scrutinized iv very carefully and was deter- mined that ne would make no mistakes in starting his executive career. Mr. Hassfeldt, the present private secro- tary to Governor Boies, will probably leave at ‘the close of the legisiature. He came here as private secretary for Governor Lar- rabee, and will probably go to Clermount to act as confidential secrétary for the ex-gov- ernor. The next census will show that Des Moines leads the other cities of the state in popula- tion by about 25,000, Ex-Senator Hutchison, who was the last republican candidate for governor, has abandoned the idea of 2oing into the now paper business as was reported. He will resume the practice of law at his home in Ottumwa. The senate and house are dead-locked on the question of school booi legislation. 1t is very doubtful if any legisiation of import- ance on this subject is accomplished. The house wants state uniformity. The scnate does not, v ‘The favorite date for adjournment of the legislature seems to be about the middle of April, It will depenad a good deal upon the weather. An early spring will make the farmers very uneasy. A EUROP AR CLOUD. fte inforcement o Kussian Troops on the Galician Frontier. (Copyright 1850 by James Gordon Bannett, Viexya, March 16, —[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bee.|—The Sabbath stillness of the city has been disturbed by the arrival of two bits of information of far from peaceful import, which are unfortu- nately better founded than is usual with war rumors emanating from this alarmist quarter. A reinforcement of Russian troops on the Galician froutier by two infantry brigades and six fleld batterics have been ordered by the Russian war office. The newspaper Bulgaria, the semi-oficial organ of the Bulgarian government, announces that at a meeting of tne sobrauje at Sophia next month a majority of the delegates will dewand that Premier Stambouloff throw oft the sovereignty of the sultan and refuse to continue the tribute payment to the porte, A slump is expected in consequence of this news at the opening of the bourse tomorrow. ovedon Sl De Freycinet's Cabinet, [Copyright 18%0 by James Gordon B:nnett.) Pants, March 16.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tug Bek.|—M. De Fre; cinet hias had but little difficulty in forming a new cabinot. He was assured on Saturday of the co-operation of Constans and Hour- geols as ministers of tho interior and public wstruction. Do Freycinet had interviews today with Rouvier, Ribot, De Ville, Bris- son, Jules Roche, and Guyot. The combina- tion is as follows: President of the council and minister of war. Do Freyeinet; interior, Constans; finance, Rouvier; public inatruc- tion and fine arts, Hourgeois; marine, Bar- bey: commerce and industry, Jules Roche; agriculturo, Do Ville; foreign affairs, Ribot: justice, Failicres; public wyrks, Guyot; colonies, Etienne, litown is ngress from Colonel J —— A Recept'on at the Vatican. [Copuright 1890 by James Gordon Benne't.] Rome, March 16.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bre.|—The pope will receive the Princess Louise and Marquis of Lorne tomorrow at aspecial audience, All the ceremonies customary for a recep tion at the vatican of princes of reigning houses will be observed, There is no con- nection between this audience and the con- clusion of the negotiations between Great Britain and the holy see concerning Malta, e The Pan-American Conference, Wasnixaroy, March 16.—The work of the Pan-American couference has so far pro- gressed that an adjourament is confidentiy expected wituio tho next thirty days. With that end in view arrangements are making for a trip through the south, which will end the oficial hospitalitics of the United States to the delegates, G Coolness Saves Many Lives. CuicaGo, March 16,—A fire on the main floor of the House of the Geood Shepard in this city, at_an early hour this morning, created o wild panic among the inmates! ‘The mother superior and sisters, however, mavaged by o great effort to hold the girls in check and no one was hurt. The fire was extinguished with slight loss. - 1he New Hungarian Oabineat, Buoa-Pesta, March 16, —The new cabioet has been oficially sonounced, Count Szapary becomes prime minister and wini: ter of the interior and Herr HBethlen be- ccmes minister of husbaudry. The other cabiuet offces will be retained by the pres- ent incumbents. MAnysviLLE, Mo,, March 10 Tue Bee |—The Methodist conference of northwestera Missouri is ip session, and will coutinue until next Monday noon. Over one bundred winisters are lo atiendance. [REORGANIZING THE SENATE, Rumors Again in Circulation That it Will Shortly Be Effected. PENNSYLVANIA HAS ITS SHARE. The Keystone State Said to Possess a Majority of the Fat Offi News From the Natioaal Capital. OUNTEENTH STREET, Wasuixeroy, D. C.. March 16, Again the report is beine industriously circulated that a reorcanization of the scnate is imminent. A dozen newsbapers announced today thata republican senator- ial caucus for this purpose is to be held on ‘fuesday morning, but the most diligent fnquiry fails to trace the report to any re- liable source, For over a year efforts have been made by men who want the office of rgeant-at-arms to crowd the present in- cumbent, Colonei W. P, Canaday of North Carolina, ou!, vutso farthe efforts have been almost wholly futile. There are a balf dozen gentlemen who want to be sergeant-at-arms of the senate. Among them are two from Pennsylvania and Colonel Swords of Towa, Captain Rod of Minnesota, Colonel Hooker of Vermont, ex Congressman Valentine of Nebraska und a man each from the states of Wisconsin and New York. Colonel Canaday is the protege of Senator Sherman. The agitators fora change have built thei™hopes on a Pennsylvania man, relymgupon the bustling qualities of Senators Quay aund Cameron, but there is no likelihood of a Peunsylvama man securing the place if a change 18 made, if for no other reason than ause Peno- sylvania already has a first class position in the senate, James R. Young of Philadelphia being executive clerk. Then the state has a number of minor positions, both Cameron aod Quay being chairmen of senate commit. tees. Then Edward McPherson of Gettys- burg is clerk of the house, and he has given tho majority of the best places under, him to Pennsylvania men, and Pennsylvania mem- bers have more good committee places in the Louse than any other state, Itis not at all likely that there will be a chauge just now in the position of sergeant-atarms of the senate, ARTIOLES FOR THE FREE LIST. The committee on ways and means has de- cided to put needles and such other neces- sary articles on the free list, together with Jute, sisal, manilla angt other grasses. ‘Lhe duty on barley, peas, beans, flax seed and hemp has been increased. It wasshown that there were 50,000 horses imported last yedr, ostensibly for breeding purposes, but really for ordinary use. Of theso 4).000 were brought from Canada and sold at an average of §41 a head, and 11,000 from Mexico, Which sold ut an average of §) a head, and to p them out the duty has been considerably raised. CARPET MANTFACTURERS ON DECK. A delegation of carpet manufacturcrs ap- peared yesterday and made an_ attack upon the wool schedule of the tariff bill. Instead of reducing tho tax on carpet wools, which are now 217 cents a pound, the committee, at the request of the Ohio Wool growers, hive raised the duty to 34 cents, which the carpet men claim will increase the price of carpets o 22 cents a yard, aud they insist.that the present duty shall be restored, even if no reduction i8 made. The wool men claim that pet wools are being largely used to adul- terate finer oves in the manufacture of cheap clothing, and for that reason the duty was increased, but the wostern members of the cowmmittee are of the opinion that this adul- teration is for the benelit of the farmers and those who buy cheap woolen oods, and they will endeavor to secure the co manded by the carpet men, A NEW COMPLICATION. As was stated in these despatches on F'ri- day night, the steel rail question has been seitled, but a new complication has arisen with regard to lead ores or wet ores which are imported from Mexico for fluxing silver ore in the smelting works, These ores have been imported duty free until last fall, when Secretary Windom, after argument on an appeal from the lead producers of the south- west, decided that theso ores were subject under the preseut tariff toa duty of 1'f cents per pound. The lead producers are coutending for the enactment of this provis- ion into the tariff law, but the smelters of Denver, Kansas City, Omaha, Chicago, Pittsburg and other piaces insist that theso wet ores are necessary for reducing the hard ores of the United States, and have sent a committee here to demand that they be placed back upon the free list, where they were belore the decision of Secretary Win- dom, WAsHINGTON Brngau T Owama Bas, } THE SUGAR QUESTION, The committee on ways and means will tomorrow receive from the republican mom- bers of the delegation from Wisconsin, Towa, Michizan and Minnesota an expres- sion of opinion on the sugar question sim- ilar to that submitted by the aelegation from Illinois on F'riday, and Mr. Walker of Mas- sachusetts is now circulating a similar reso- lution among the New Euglana members with considerablo success. No movement has been mude in the Indiana anda Ohio del- egation, bat it is likely thut the papar will be passed around among them tomorrow, when the free sugar memberssof the com: mittee will make another effort to amend tho bill 0 as to provide for the total aboli- tionof the tax of the raw article on sugar below the sixteen standard of the palari scope. They do not expect to obtain this concession, although thoy will fight hard for it, but the committee will probably agree to a compromiso reduction of 67 or 70 per cent, leaving the tax on sugar 30 or 83 per cent of the present duty. CIICAGO WILL REPRESENT. Chicago is expected to come to the front this week with her uaranty of $10,000,000 for the world’s fair. New Yorkers continue to jibe the Windy city and predict that the guaranty will not be fortacoming, but in- formation just received is to the effect that the guuranty will be prompt and that the bill making un appropriation of £1,500,000 for the federal exhibit will soon pass. Chicago wants to postpone the fair uutil 1303 and sentiment in congress appears to be almost evenly divided between 1502 and 1593, CORRESPONDENT KINCAID'S CONDITION, When your correspondent this afternoon saw Charles E. Kincaid, the correspondent who shot ex-Congressman Taulbee, ho was scarcely recognizable, with blanched face, weal, trembling voice, and a general look of despair. He said, in referring to his trial: “Well, I presume I shall not be here to trouble anyone after a few days. 'This strain on the man's constitution, ‘weakened by a recent long illuess with typhoid fever, has brought him into a piecarious condition, His chances of recovery are less than his liability of conviction on trial, MISCELLANEOUS, It is probable that the postomice in the house of representatives will soon be made a money order office. Members who receivo money orders are compelled now to go to the city postofiice to get their cash, and Rep- resentative Haiwch of Missouri complains that he has trouble in being identified. He says he has to undergo a catechism that is painful, and he wants a moucy order uftice where congressmen at least are known to the money order clerks. Glibert M, Pray, the chairman of the re- publican state committee of lowa, 18 here or the parpose of presenting to the repub- lican members of the ways and weans com- mittee an account of the political situation in that stafe. He says that unless the sugar tax is removed and some other concessions are made o wool aud other articles the state of lowa will certainly go democratic at the next election and the republicans will find it difcult to reeover their control there. Letters have also been received from Governor Merriam aud members of the state republican committee in' Minnesota and the Wisconsin and Michigan ropresentatives are being buried under letters of a similar tenor from othor states. The effoct of these com- munications upon the committee will prob- abiy be to secure the reduction that [ have named, A bill will probably became a law within o few weeks making an aporopriation of £500,000 for the construction of o six-story building to cover 20,000 square feet egn the Smithsonian institute grounds,to be occupied by the geological survey. it was less than ten years ago that the federal government conceived the idea of garveying the geolog- 1cal districfs of the country, and now it em- ploys about three hundred men and spends 750,000 a year and is to bave a department builaing of its own. Mr. Rosowater Teturned last night from New York. Tomgrrow be will meet with somae representative Germans and have a consultation on the immigration question. On Tuesday he will address the house com- mittee on postoffices und postroads on the subject of postal telegraphy. On Thursday he will address the joint committee on the unmigration question, after which he leaves for Omaha, 1 Mr. Hendonca, one of the delegates from Brazil to the international conference, has submitted the proposition to his col leagues that the eighteen countries repre- sented in the confercuce join in the cons struction of a monument in this city to com- memorate the first congross to consider closer relations between the Pan-American nations of tha world. "Tne superintendent of the recruiting ser- vice will cause thirty recruits to be assigned, when available, to the Eizhth infautry and forwarded under propef charge to such point or points in the department of the Platte as the commanding geuerdl ot the department may designate, Sergeant Jotin B. Lee, Company L, Sec- ond infantry, now with his company at Fort Omaha, is transferred as a private to Com- pany C, Eigateenth infantry, and will be sent to the station of that company, Fort Clark, Tex. + For the period of one year, beginning July 1 next, star mail service will be established from Compton to Purdum, thirteen miles, and back, twice o weblk, by o schedule of threc and a half hours running time each way. Colonel C. M. Terrell, paymaster of the army for the department of the Platte, is expected to arrive here tomorrow from Omaha. Itis stated in army circles tomght that Colonal Terrell will ask to be trans- ferred to the department of Texas, with headquarters at San Antonio, a position he occupied befors going to the department of the Platte, and that his request will be granted, Penny S. Hearu, e 2w CONGRESSIONAL FORECAST. An Effort to bz Made to Knock the Blair Bitl Out. WasniNGToN, March 16.—An effort is to be made in the senate tomorrow by Plumb, in accordance with his wotice last Wednes- day, to displace the educational bill with land graut forfeiture bill. If his motion is successful the belief is that the educational bill will not again b3 heard of at this session of congress, If tha bill is further to bo dis- cussed it will not occupy all the time of the senate till a vote is reached Thursd: but one or two more speeches are to be n:ade on the measure bsides the summing up by Blair, The urgent deficiency bill is to bo called up omorrow, and early ia the week the majority and minority reportson tho caso of the Montana senatory ~will also be sub- mitted, but it is -tho funderstanding that action will be postponedf until the Blair bill is out of the way. Tuesday the finance committee will raport the McKinley.administrative customs bill to the senate and urge coasideration thereof at the earliest practicable date. To secure this the committee will antagonize the Pacific railroad funding bill, Sherman’s trust bill, Hale's bill for the enlargement of the navy aud the depandent pension bill, all of which will be pushed for first place as soon as the wy 18 cleared by the execution of the pres- ent order, the Biair bill. Tomorrow being the third Monday in the month, committecs calling up meastres for action under suspension of the rules in the house will have richt of way. "Thie pension appropriation bill is ready for .action and will undoubtedly give rise to a spirited discussion on the subject of general peusion legisiation. Tho direct tax bill is in a position where it can be called up any day, and members of the wuys and means committee express con- fidence of being able to report the tarit bill before the close of the week. At et T THE BOOMEKS MUST GO, United States Troops Ordered to the Oherokep Strip. Leavexwortir, Kan,, March 16,—|Special elegram to ' —In accordance with information furnished by Lieutenant Charles Dodge, one of General Merritt's aides, who was sent to the “strip’’ yesterday to investi- gate tho condition of affairs, General Wesley Merritt, commander of tho department of the Missouri, has ovdered six troops of cav- alry to proceed to Jhe''strip” by slow march. General Merri't said he believed tho news- paper accounts were overdrawn. Licuten- ant Dodge bas transitted a detailed state- ment of the condition of affairs. Two troops of cavalry are ordered from Fort Supply, two from Iort Reno and two from Fort Sill. They will reach the “strip’” in two or three days, though possibly not till Saturday of this week. ‘'he troo)s ordercd out are all from the Indian territory, being nearest to the scenc of the trouble, General Merritt in an_interview stated that he was disposed to tréat the boomers kindly, but they bad to go. The president had ordered them off:the “strip” and the order had to e obeyed. While as yet no orders have been given sending any of the local troops to the “'steip,” it is believed that they are being held 1 readiness to march at a moment’s notice, There are coough troops in the territory adjoining the “strip” to quell any very seri- ous excitement. | Boomers Leaving fPorbidden Ground, Gurunig, L b 16.—The president's proclamation orderifg’ all settiers on the Cherokeo strip to vagste is already haying the desired effect. Thi, together with the orders received by Geseral Merritt at Fort Leavenworth to use $roops if neccessary to eject the boomers, hus mlready caused con- siderable of an exodus from the forbidden territory. All day 10ng trains ioaded down with boowers have beed leaving the strip, At Willow Bprings, Wirrow SrriNas, L T\, March 16.—Neither tho president's proclauiation nor the order for the troops to oust ¥he boomers has yet been received here, consequently the boom- ers are still arriving i their prairie schoon- ers, Many townsite beemers are here and considerable of a town has been laid off and surveyed, The boomers held u meeting today sud organized the town of Willow Springs. Two female boomers were ne- corded the privilege of making the first and second choice of carner lots, Chief Mayes Mad. Wasnixaroy, March 1 Chief Mayes of the Cherokee nation, who came here to pro- test agalust the government taking the Cherokee strip, is wilidl over its occupation by the boomers. He forcibly expressed the opinion that some of fhem should be shot down. - - Louisiana Lottery's Liberality, NEw Onreans, March 16.-Governor Michels haviog decline to receive the $100,000 donation tendered by the 'Louisiana Lottery company, the board of directors today de- cided to offer the fund direct to he various levee districts. As money i needed all along the line the probabilities are that the par- ishes will accept, [ AGAINST THE TRUNK LINES. An Important Declsicn By the Inter- state Commission. RATES ON CARLOAD SHIPMENTS, A Ruling Which Will Be Read With Interest By Ihose Concerned Throughout the United States. Decided For the Complainants. WasmiNeros, March 16.—The interstate commerce commission yesterday decided the cascs agamnst the trunk lines by I\ B, Thurber and others of York city, known as ‘‘car load”’ cases, 1 favor of the complainants, Complaint was made of too greatdifferences in rates charged on ca load and less than carload quantities, Fol- lowing are extracts from the decision : Carriers are not at liberty to classify property as a basis of transportation rates and impose charges for its carriage with ex: clusive regard to their own interests, but must respect the interests of those who mi have ocension to employ their services, and conform their charges to the rules of rela. tive equality and justice which the act prescribed. Cost of service 15 an 1mportant element in fixing transportation charges and entitled to fuir consideration, but is not alone control- ing, und the value of service to the property earried is an essentinl factor to be recog nized in _councction with other consiaer ations. Public interests are not to be'sub- ordinated to those of carriers, d require proper regard for the value of the service in the apportionment of all charges on trafic. i'he difference in rates upon car loads and less than carloads of the same merchandise between the same points of carriage so wide as o be destructive to competition between large and small dealers, especially on articies of geueral and necessary use, which, under the exiating conditions of trade, furnish a large voiame o1“business to carriers, is unjust and violates the provisious and principles of the ac Differance in rates for a solid car load of one kind of freight from one consitnor to on consignee and a car load quantity from the same point of shipment to thesame destination, consisting of like fre or freignt of Like character from wore th one consignor to one consignee, or from one consignor to moge than one consignee, is not justified by the difference in the cost of handling. Under official qualification articles kuown 1n the trade as grocery articles are 8o classi- fled as to discriminate unjustly in rates be tween carloads and less than carloads upon many articles, and a revision of the classi fication and rates to covrect unjust differ ences and give these respective modes of shipment more relatively reasonable rates is necessary, and is ordered. Commissioners Schoonmaker and Bragg will hold a public session at New York city March 18 and 18 3 the purpose of obtaining evidence in regar ) rates on grain traus- ported to the seabuacd under order of the senate. - STARVING CHIPFEWAS, Bishop Shanley's Efforts to Relieve Their Destitution. Pmuiperrnis, March 16.—Bishop Shan- ley of North Daitota 1n the cathedral today told a pitiable story of the privations and sufferings of the Chippewa Iudians occupy- ing a reservation in the extreme northern part of his diocese. His object was to secure assistance for their relief. He described vividly the condition of tnese Indians as witnessed by himself during the recent cold weather, when .the thermometer marked 40 below zero. He charges the government with ' having stolen 11,000,000 acres of land this tribe pessessed when Dakota territory was divided between the Sioux and Chippewas and not 1 cent paid forit. The Indians, he said, were sent to the northern border of the state, where two townships were organized with 5,000 acres of land, filled with bad forests, lukes, swamp and rocks. There were put 1,930 Indians who are trying to make a living where 100 white men” could_scarcely raise cnough to keep them alive. He suys the huts are wsuf- ficient and as many as six families are crowded into some’ of them. They never have been supplied with proper agricultural implements, With the plows sent them by the Catholic Inaian bureau last spring they maonaged to break 800 acres of soil, but fthere 8 N0 rain and today they are absolutely destitute—no grain, no food, no clothing, The United States, he says, appropriates .85,000 to these Indians—about §2.50 cach, This is spent for the Hour and fat pork distributed amongst themw The poric is sickening. During eighteen months previous to January 1, out 0f %.400 Indians 100 died. During Jauuary twenty-seven died, and these deaths are al- most invariably the resuit of starvation, The bishop related many incidents of desti- tution, and said he would not have believed the story had he not witnessed the sceunes himself. Chicago Carpenters’ Strike Probable, Cn1caGo, March 18.—|Special Telegram to Tne BEeE. |--It looks as though there will be astrike of the carpenters early next month, This will be a drawba to all the trades, and should it be protracted, will paralyze the building interests for the remainder of the season, Already contractors are be- coming alarmed and are increasing their figures over those of last yeartoa con- siderable extent, The penters’ couneil beld meetings last evening and today, a which vigorous speechds were made. W, H. Clymer, vice president of the national union'of carpenters, said that carpenters were working tor low wages compared with other men 1n the building trade. *“It's about time for us to pattern after the capi. talists and pool our interests,”” he said. “‘Un- less our demands are granted this time we will tie up the building interests of Chicago. We can count 5,000 members of our trade and are getting track of more e . Wedo not want to dictate to our We want to be friendly with them, to digni our trade and to educate aud clothe our children.” Jewish Theological Seminary. New Yor, March 16, —The bieunial con- vention of the Jewish Seminary association was held today. President Blumenthal, in his address, spoke hopefully of the prospects of the seminary, There are now fourteen young men students in the seminary whom they hope to send out fully equipped with secular and Hebrew learning, to take their places ably as teachers No work has been attempted in this country,” said he, “'more fraught with interest and importance to the future credit of American Jews than that in which this semin 18 engaged,” — - A Big Freight Cargo, HamiLToN, O., March 106, —[Special gram to Iue Bee)—The immense armor plate bending machine made by the Niles tool works for the navy yard at Mare Island, Cal., was shipped yesterday over the Cin- cinnati, Humilton & Dayton and Southern Pacific railroad, The machine was loaded upon eleven specially built and extra heavy flat cars. The two largest castiogs weigh respectively 66,400 and 66,200 pounds and the gross weight of the train was 675,350 pounds. “This train will be run through 'the entire distance, 8,400 miles, withoul change, the distance being greater tuan the entire tem of the Canadian Pacific. The railroad company will not attempt to make fast time owing to the great weight of the castings, but will turn 1t over to the government April 1, The whole train will be run ou a special boat at San Francisco and taken up the Sacramento river forty wmiles w0 the Tele- fsland. This train = lphotographed before it left Hamilton an| . Rnt George Smith of the Cincinnati, H n & Dayton and Commercial Agent 1. Connor of the Southern Pacific an 2. rs accompanied it as far as Cincinnati, @ | freicht was pre- paid by the Nijes ta 2 Yrks and awounted to a littlo more than 000, This 1s the longest distance any | reight train ever traveled, and it iy thd est shipment of cone single machine ey do m tho United States. - < . THE CLEARAL nLcony, Financial Transactions of thy Coun- try forthe Past Week. Bostox, March 16,—|Special Telegram to Tue Ber.|—The following table, compiled from dispatchies from the managers of the clearing houses in the cities named, shows the, gross exchanges for last week, with the rates per cent of increase or decrcase as against mounts for the corre- spond g 3 --a5waL0(] CITIES, CLEARINGS, -+ 9saTT] | | | New York Hoston Philadelpais Chicawo Lon1s Frandisco, Pittaburi Ciocinng New Orieans Kansas City Louisville, o1t Providence . Denver... ..". Milwaukee Omaha Cleveland. .. Mingeanolis, St. Paul Dillas, Memp! Columbus Hartrord Kichmond Fort Worth.. Peoria..... St Josepn Wasnhjogron Soringiield. W Huven rtland, Me. Worcestel Wilmington Norfolk, . Wichi cen loux Clry Syracuse Lowell Grand Rap Topex: Tucon *Portland, Ore. *Halifax, N, 5 *Birminguam *Chattanooga *scattle. Total....... Outside Nuw York “*Notmcluded in to this time lnst year, 1s. No clearing houss at D CHURCHILL PROTESTS, Lord Randolph Fails to See Wherein He Has Been Disloyal. Loxnow, March 16.—[Special Cablegram w Tue Beej—Lord Randolph Churchill, publishing s original protest against the Parnell commission Lill;"83ys he fails to see how this and his recent speech can be con- strued as disloyal bis party, It scems to him that the chasge of disloyalty might be more forcibly urged agaiost those who, in spite of every warning, forced upon parliament & measure which by its history and results obviously dealt a heavy blow at the cause aud party of the on. He ex- plains that when he sent his protest the commission 011 was in embiyo and the goy- ernment contemplated abandoning it, or at least withdrawing it, if it led to a prowracted debate, The chief objections urged by ILord Ran- dolph 1n his protest were as follows: In the 1irst place, the commission to o large extent recognized the wisdom of the accused avoid- ing a tria) by jury. In the sccoud place it was unprecedented, and in the third place unywise or illegal to engage judges in a po- litical conflict which was certain to result in a loss of respect. In a fourth objection Lord Randolph dealt with the difliculties, uncon- stitutionality and uselessness of the tribunal, e A Disgusting Story. PmitapeLpiia, March 16 —Harry W, King, perfect of the l’enusylvania stitu- tion for the instruction of the blind, was arrestcd today, charged with sodomy, on a warrant swora out by Thomas W. Barlow, a member of the state board of charities, The arrest 15 the outcome of an investigation begun Tuesday last by tne board of managers of the institution of charges made against the management by ome of the instructors. he investigation created intenso interest by reason of the character of the testimony offered by a number of blind boys who were inmates of the nstitution, IKing was locked up in default of £2,000 bail. He denied em- phatically the terrible coarge made azainst him and expressed his belief that it was the result of a conspiracy. He danounc charges of misappropriation of fund treatment of the inwates, etc, et false. graceful scene oceurred at St. Mary’s Catho- lic church just before the commencement of the worning services today., One of the parishoners named George Hughes, & promi- neut merchant of this city, and Father Early had trouble over the right of Hughes toa pew. When Hughes and his son occupied it this morning the trouble was renewed, ending in Father Early hitting Hugaes b the face wfter threo men (ono Kather Kariy's nephew) came to the tter's assistance and a man named Cullen pounded Hughes unmercifully jn the face and on the bead and neck. Hughes swore out warrants for the arrest of all four ussailants, Fatber Karly says Hugles struck him Frozen to Doath. Westoy, W. V., March 16.—Charles Shaf- fer and Ida Conrad were found lying iu an open field in the snow near town yesterday. Both were unconscious and the woman's body was 8o badly frozen that it began to tufh black, Shaffer's life way be saved, but the woman dicd soon after being found. They are supposed to have lost their wuay in the storm, - The Weather ¥ For Omaba and vicioity—Fair followed by rain, For Nebraska—Fair, southerly winds, warmer in eastern portions,colder in western, For South Dakota—Fuir, variable winds: warmer in eastern, colder in southwest por tion. Vor lowa—Fair, warmer, southerly The Utah Legisiature Adjourns. March 16.—The Utah logis- lature adjourned last night after passing a memorial to congress censuring the governor for vetoing the election bills designed to supersede the congressioral enactments, and asking coagress to enaci fle vetoed meas ures, weather, winds. A s Shot For Assault Gapspey, Tenn,, March 16.—Henry Wil linms, colored, was this evening taken from jail bya mob and shotto dex’. for at tempted assault on Mrs. Tieder, an aged white lady, February last, Willlams wus captured Saturday. — — | NUMBER 26 REUTER IDENTIFIES SHERMAN Suspect No. 8 the Man Seen on the Pinnoy Farm. HE STILL REFUSES TO TALK. But All the Evidence Points to Hym as Having Been the Accompe lice of Shelleaborger and Neal “Phat's the Man.'’ Yesterday morning County Attorney Ma- honey, Detective Haze and Martin Reuter, the Seymour Park farmer who cluimed to have seen Neal, Stellenborger and “a third party” in the neighbornood of the Pinney farm shortly before the Jones murder, went to Plattsmouth, ''héy were met at tne depot by Deputy Sherift Tighe, Marshal Dunn, Mathew Gering, attorney of Cass county, the correspondent of Tun Bee and a large number of citizens. They had gone for the purpose of interviewiog the man Sherman, whe is suspected of having been involved in the Jones murder and of affording Mr, Reuter an opportunity of determining whether or not Sherman is the man whow he saw near tie farm in question, At the jail the number of citizens was ine creased, and though all expected to be ad- mitted, but a few succee ining an ontrance because of the 1 tious of the Cass county bastile. It wus decided that the identification, if such it should prove to be, should be of such a character as to leave no doubt in the minds of the parties interested as to its gen- uineness, and of the vrisoner himself that no advantage was to be taken of hisunfortu- nate position. Accordingly the two otlier white inmates of the jail with Sherman were ranged 1o the sption room" of the jail, each being clothed in the garments worn by him when he was placed in confinement. Mr. Reuter was led to the prisoners, and Detective Haze, addressing him, said: Which of these is the mau?" Sherman wore a drab pair of pantaloons, which were tucked inside his boot-tops; a leng gray overcoat open. disclosing a durk brown vest, almost new; a black cut-away tricot coat, also comparatively new: a slate colored shirt, and a Scotch cap. The others wer e dressed mainly in biack, aud each wore a black slouch hat such as' Shellenberger said was worn by the alleged third party. There was an expression of dogeed deter- mination on the features of Sterman. Ho stocd with his eyes directed partially toward the floor, yet scanning the wmovements of Mr. Reuter with the shacpness of & veteran criminal. His urms hung in front of him, the figers being interlaced. Reuter looked at the nearest man and studied him earefully for an stunt. His saze then passed to the second, without being saisfied. He next looked at Sher- man, and, in broken Iinglish, after having comprehended the wearing apparel, the features, the hair aud the cap, exclaimed : “Davs de man! Dat man dere is the one!” During the examination there was nota sound in the jail, and when the identitication had tuken place the laboring thoughts of the witnesses broke forth in_cxpressions of all kinds, Sherman immediately became the cynosure of every eve. He bore the in- spection compiacently. He made no re- mark, and_seemed disposed 1p no_way to challenge Reuter's identification. His lips twitched for a moment and his_eyes glis- tened, as if aboutto become suffused with tears. But the scnsation, whatever it may have been, was only momentary. Sherman stood thers abashed rather than territied, but it was an_abashment which only a man who has led the life he has could expericiice. Sherman was sturned to his cell und the citizens dispersed As mentioned in Ti Sterman had stopped two niglits at the nouse of armer Wettencamp on his way from Lincoln. 'The house is situated about and o half miles from Plattsmouth. hither the county attorney and T Bee's sveciul correspondent then drove, Mr. Wettencamp is one of the most suc- cessful farmers 1n Cass county, and his home 18 a model. He was seon” with two sons and @ young man named McKin Sherman had cowe to Mr. Wettencamp's home two weeks ogo last ‘Thursday night. It was his first_appearance there since Lio nad left Mr. Wettencamp's, nearly four years before. When working for the farmer in question, Sherman made a fair band but always ot into trouble on the out- side. Ho owned two revolvers and was generatly looked upon as a hurd cuse When"he reached the house on the night in question he was cold and weary. Iis horse looked as if he had traveled n great distance. Mr. Wettencamp suggested that he might remain over night, if he felt so dis- posed. Sherman said he would vemain, He ute supper and then sat with the family and taked until bed time. ©One of the Wettencamp boys read an ac- count of the arrest of Neal and nis con- fession implicatig Shellenberger. It wos noticed earlier that Sherman scemed to be greatly troubled, but the reading of th rest seemed to avnoy him a great deal, sneored and said that he foolish to go away 80 far, because he might have known that ha ran i gre of being arrested far away from the sc a crime than he did _uear where it had be committed, When men ran away body was prepared to caten them, If they r mained near at hand nobody would suspect them of the crime. He then told all he knew about the crime, which compr nearly all the maim facts which have be given in the press. e supplemented this by stating that he knew Mott, the foreman of Carpenter's barn, 1 South Omuha. Mott, 1t will be remembered, helped Neal o driye the Pinney eattlo into South Omaha. Sner- man said that ho knew Mott was in 6 ereat hurry, aud burried oft the stock on their drive to the yards, How he became pos- sessed of this iuformution nobody knows, because there bius been 1o mention of Mott in thie respect before, By way of explainiug his ownership of the horso Lo rode, Shermun said ho had bought a buggy and team at Arapahos and sold oue horse and the vebicle at Lincoln, The othér animal wasthe one ho was driving. This was & lie on his part, because the lutter ani- mal was the property of his wife's uncie and has sinco been reclaimed. As wentioned yesterday, Sherman stole young McKinzie's revolver sud overalls, When accused of the theft ho denied it but later admitred flo begged not 10 be puv under arrest, and offered Lo return the goods, as also to glive his own gun and dirk if permitted to go fico. Ho then asked McKinzie to go with him to the river bank and he would settle the matter satisfuctorily, The young man, however, was determined. Ho wanted his 0wn and was averse to being shot aad cast in the river, and accordingly turned him over to the police. When Sherman was in Wettencamp's employ, speaking of bis 1ife be said that he had atone time bved in Murray, la., and worked for u_man named Weaver. His cousin, named Nellio, was keeping company with a'young man to whom Sherman was opposed, ‘The young man heard of it and be- came angry. One nignt he and the cousin, while walking our, were met by Sherman, The lover drew his gun. A scufiie cnosued and in it the young man was wounded by his own gin. Shermuan was held to the district court, but was let out on bonds. His bopds. men, he says, counived at his escaps and made good the amount of thelr indebteds ness. Thie letter reforred 10 in and written to Sherman's Sherlff Tigho suys contained & sentence to this effect: ‘That be [Sherman| would get even with them if it took all his life—fools they were to meddle in his affairs, ‘The meaning of this can only be Berof yesterday, o waw Neal) yesterday's Hem wite, Deputy