Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 22, 1890, Page 1

THE (OMAHA YEAR. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORN (G, MARCH 929 22, 1890. DaiLy BEE — ] 271, .- NUMBER HE SERVEE PENSION BILL, | It is Passed by the Houss After a Lengthy Discussion. MANY MEMBERS TAKE PART. Sherman's Anti-Trust Measure Cone sider:d by the Senate—Mr. Al lison Mak-s an Address Upon the Subject. Senate. WasmiNGTON, March 21.—In the senate numerous petitions and memorials were pre- sented for o law against the employment of aliens on government work; some for the free and unlimited coinage of silver; one from Nebraska against an extension of time for the payment of Pacitic railroad debts to the government. Mr. Plumb, from the committe on appro- priations, reported back the house joint reso- lution authorizing the appointment of thirty medicai examiners for the bureau of pensions and gave notice that he would ask the sonate to consider it tomorrow. On motion ot Mr. Sherman the bill to de- clare unlawful trusts and combinations in restraint of trade and production was taken up for consideration. The substitute ro- vorted by Mr. Sherman from the finance committee on the 18th inst. was read; also an amendment offered by Mr. Reagan. Mr. Sherman addressed the senate, At the ciose of Mr. Sherman's speech Mr, Ingulls offercd an amendment which 1s nimed acainst dealings in futures or options. It was'read and ordered printea, On motion of Mr. Sherman it was ordered that the subatitute report from the financial committee be treated as the text of the bill afid so the amondments proposed by Messrs. Reagan and Ingulls are to be treated as amendments in the first and second degree. Mr. Vest argued against the constitution- ality of the original bill as well as of the substitute, declaring nis be lief that the supreme court will immediately throw it ouv of court. The senate had been told last ses- sion by Mr. Sherman that whenever he was sutistled that combinations were protected by a high protective duty he would bo in favor of reducing that duty, und that, Mr. Vest said, was the real remedy hose trusts were protecte:d by a high tariff and were enabled 1o work their inigaitous pur- poses under the buttress afforded by the tariff law. Mr. Hiscock said no attempt should bo made to give the federal government jurie diction of a subject over which the stotes bad full and ample control. Mr. Blair rencwed his motion to. recon- sider the vote yesterday by which the edu cationul bill way rejected and Mr. Ingalls woved to lay that motion on the table, butno action was tnken. A movion to adjourn over till Monday was opposed by Mr. Sherman, who wished to havo action on the anti-trust bill tomorrow, and the motion was defeated, Mr. Allison replied to Mr. Vest's argu- ment as to the conncction between high duties and trusts, takiog the ground that all . great combinations were practically outside of tho tariff and independent of it. He would not admit that oven the sugar trust was de- pendent on the tariff. He was not sure but that if sugar were on the free list thers would not bo still a combination among the sugar ré- flueries, In the great staples—woolen and cot- ton goods, leather, boots and shoes, iron and steel, on whioch duties were high, there was no trust except perhaps as to stee' rails and nails. So also with the silk industry of this country, which proauced probably half the silk consumed here, and which was protected by a heayy duty, there was no trust or com- bination. On the other hand there was a very powerful trust or combination for rais- ing the vrice of beef and lowering the price of cattle on the hoof, aud no one could say that that that trust’ was the result of high dutics, ‘There was also the oatmeal trust and the whisky trust, which bad nothing to do with duties. Although he agreed with tho gentlemen who were in favor of remod- elling and revising tue tariff, still the sen- ators, if they wished to correct the great evils of trusts and combinations, would fall far short of their purpose if they confined themselves to a modification of tariff rates. It wos the duty of congress o put ou tho statute books such legislation as would inhibit trusts and combinations. Mr. Coke offered a substitute for tho bill and Mr, George offered an amendment, both of which were ordered printed. ‘The bill then went over till Monday, when it is to bo ‘‘unfinished business,” and it was ordered that the session tomorrow be con- fined exclusively to business on the calendar. In announcing the pairs on the Blair biil yesterday the relative positions of four sena- tors were misstated on the floor. Messrs. Quay and Ransom, who were for the bill, were paired with Mesars. Butler and Casey, who were against. It was tho reverse of this that was stated. After an executivo session the senate ad- Journed. House, ‘WasniNgrony, March 231.—The house went iuto committee of the whole on the pension appropriation bill, and Mr. Cheadle of Indiana spoke at length 1n favor of the service pension law. He ex- plained the provisions of the bill authorizing aservice pension to every veteran over fifty years of age who served sixty days and was honorably discharged. Under the general law all invalid pensioners who receive less than § a month and all who receive no pen- #ion witl be beneficiaries under it. At the conclusion of Mr. Cheadle's speech Mr. Clements of Georgia suid that after hstening to the speeches of the gentlomen on the other side he was inclined to wonder why Commissioner Tanner bad been re- quested to resign. Mr. Morrow of California said that the question could be answered easily, but that as the answer would involve going into mat- ters of detail he would rofrain from doing so at present. Mr, Beckbridge of Kentucky suggested that the bill recently passed for the appoint- ment of thirty additional medical examiners ‘would have the effect of increasing the num- ber of cases passed upon and thereby caus- iug u deficiency. Mr, Clements suggested further that in accordance with tho circular issued by tho commissioner of ponsions, employes of tne bureau would be utilized in working up cases, and bhe said that if this was so there would be a large increase in the amount of pensions under the existing law, Mr. Clements inquired whother $08,500,000, which was carried by the bill, would be sufficient for the next fiscal year. Mr. Morrow replied that it would be sufficient to pay all pansions under tho pres- ont law, but that if congress passed further laws increasing the number of pensionors there would be a deficiency, While referring to the service pensidn question Mr. Cleruents was intereupted by Mr. Peters with a question. as to ihether the country was nov beiter able today to pass the service ponsion bill than it had been ;;nfin it enacted the Mexican service pension il Mr, Clements roplied that he was not sure about that, He referred to the published letter from the presidunt of the Farwers' alliance of Kansas regarding destitution, ete. He (Clements) did not oppose just and liberal pensions. His only objection to it was that it appropriated less money than the administration knew would be necessary to pay pensions for the next year. Mr, Bynum charged the republican party With belng false to its promises to the coun- ry lu the matter of pensions. Tho demo- orsts, hie said, were determined that tho re- publicans should carry out their pledges to the suldiers. . Mr. Cutcheon asked whether the demo- crats, while in control of the house, had passed tho service pension bill. Mr. Bynum replied thav they had not, but they nad not gone home and asked for votes under false vretenses. Mr. Spinola said the democrats intended 1o draw the line of battie on the service pen- sion. The democrats didn’t intend - thut the republicans should mark thomselves as special frien The democratic party had forced the pension rolls from £25,000,000 up to #100,000,000, and yet the republicans went on the'stump and told the people they were friends of the men who saved the country. Mr. Enloe of Tennesses impressed upon the housh the necessity of thoroughly in- vestigating the workings of the pension bureav, Mr. Allen of Mississippi said he belittle tho services of federal soldiers, To do so would ho to belittie his own. He had been one of the men whom thoy had had to overcome. He had g high regard for the government; he was mighty sorry he had tried to broak it up, but il the gentle- men were going to carry pension legislation to its lezitimate conclusion congress had better stop and heve an accounting. It looked to him as if the country would have to let the Grand Ariny of the Republic take the government. Mr. Breckinridge of Kentucky expressed himself in favor of a libaral pension system, but was opposed to an abuse of that system and opposed to makirg the pension bureau a great political machine. Mr. Grosvenor said the minority had sitd- denly becoms wonderfully patriotic, and if it_could only destroy the unpatriotic record it had always made it would be wonderfully benefitted. The gentleman from New Yorlk (Spinola) had said the democratic party had run up appropriations for pensions from 25,000,000 to $100,000,000. There was not a dollar of that money that had been appropri- ated under any general pension bill ever passed by the democratic party or ever signed by a demoeratic president excapt that increasing the pension of widows. With this exception every doilar appropriated was due to the patriotism of the repuplican party. Refereing to Cleveland’s veto of the depend- t vension, he said that when Cleveland was reaominated no man had shouted louder in his behalf than bad the gentleman from lndiana (Bynum), and yet Clevelaud, who had hurled his vetoes in the faces of soldiers, was tho most popular democrat in the United States, and three years hence would drag the democratic party at his car wheels. ‘The democrats W not to bo credited with any of the pension legislation, but they were to be credited with the fact that today there were 20,000 union soldiers in tho poor houses who would have been comfortabje under the bill which Cleveland had vetoed. Mr. Tarsney inquired whethor the repub- licans intendéd to pass the dependent pen- sion bill vetoed by Cleveland. Mr. Grosvenor replied that they would not, They would pass a republican bill, o bilt which would not contain & pauper fea- ture and would have nothing iu it to degrade manhood. In the courso of further remarks Mr. Svinola stated that the great bulk of the union army was made up from the demo- cratic legions of the north. ‘This cansed a sarcastic laugh publican side, Mr. Struble of Towa vigorously antag- onized the suggestion made by Mr, Bynum that an incomo tax shouid bo’ leviea for the purpose of vensions. After further debate the committoe rose and tho biil passed. ‘The bill for the retirement of General Fremont, with the rank of ujor general, passed. ‘Ihe bill passed appropriating $25,000 to en- able the seuretary of war o purctiase 2,500 tents for the use of people driven from their homes by the floods in Arkansas, Mississipp and Louisinna. ,AY. the evening session the house passed fteen private pension bills and adjourned. . —_——— AGRIOULIURAL DEPKESSION. did not on the re- Iteport of Government Statistician Dodge Upon the Matter. WASHINGTON, March 21.—The provailing depression in American agriculturo is treated by Statistician Dodge m the March report of the department of agriculture, Tue preval- ence of low prices is noted und a fecling of discouragement in rural circles througout the world indicated. It has been especially severo in Great Britaiu and is a subject of complaint, discugsion und official investiga- tion in Germany,” I'rance, Italy and other countries, It1s present in monarchies und republics, under divers currencies and eco nomic systoms. Hut it is less severe here than In any other countries. The main cause of low prices is referred to the inexorable law of subply and demand. Corn and wheat and others staples are cheap because of overproduction, Immigration has inoreased the population 5,000,000 iu ten years. Inter- continentul are have been carved into farms, free to natives and foroigners, open- ing millions of acres to cultivation. Dodge says that while thore is an excess of production of a few staples like wheat, etc., there are insufticient supplies of many other necessary products and a total absenca of scores of others which should furnish profitable employwent to rural labor, Thero is oo narrow & range of crop ping. Diversi- fication is essential w0 aygricultaral salvation, Thero are imports costing 250,000,000 per aunum of agricultural products which should be produced here. These are sugar, Aibres, fruits and nuts, barley, leaf tobacco and wines. [armers are suffering for the want of hundreds of mil- lions of dollars that the sweat of brows and the dexterity of hands might produce in “raw material” for scores of old and new in- dustries, Another serious cause of the de- pression, he ~says, s’ tho exorbi- tant share o/ farmers' products taken by the middle men and carriers. The army of dealers in futures disturb the nat- vral flow of trade and check exportation by a temporary rise, to bo followed by lower prices and greater fluctuations. Speculators depress prices when the garners are full and boom them when the farmers have nothing to sell, as at present. Tho community 1s in- fested with pestilent swarms of nou-produc- ers. The curse of sveculation blights and consumes the result of honest indastry. MANUFAOTURE OF PLATE GLASS. Organization of the Largest Com- pany in the Worla. Cuicaae, March 2. —A company has been organized here which, its promoters say, will build the largost plate glass factory in the world at Ellwood, Ind., and prove an important factor in competing with foreign glass. An application was sent to the sec- retary of state for o charter today and the capital stock is fixed at $2,000,000. The presidont of the comvany is Colonel A. L. Conger of Ohio, and among those associated with him are B G. Keith of Chicago Aud George T, Perking of Akron, O. For some timo past’ Colonel Conger. his been experi- meating at iokomo, Ind, in the manu- facturo of blate glass, wud’ the result has been tho production of a glass which he says 0]uals o excels the best French plate, Ve shall begia building at once,” said Colonel Conger, president of tho company, today, “and will soon have works at Ellwood that” will turn out 20,000 feet of finished 38 per day and give omployment to about wen. We havo what we believe to bo {nexhaustibla natural gas wells and will kive foreign manufacturers active compe- tition,” The Weather Forecast, For Omaba and vicloity—Falr weather, For Nebraska— Fair, northerly wiads, cooler, For lowa—Fair, northerly winds, coo'er. For South Daketa—Fair, northerly winds, stationary Lemperature. - Deoiston Reserved. Cuicaco, March 21.—Arguments on the board of trade motion to have the injunction tations modified was heard by Judges Tuley, Coiiing and Horton today. De- cisions willbe given noxt week. M'AULIFFE THE WINNER, He Knocks Carroll Oat in the Forty- seventh Round, SAx Emaxcisco, March 21.—Tremendous interest was taken in the contest tonight be- tween Jack MeAutifte and Jimmy Carroll at the California Athletic club, and fully 2,000 people were in nttendnnce, Owing to some rumors that the contest wus not to be genu- ine, President Fulda last night informed Carroll and MecAuliffe thatif at any time duriug the contest there was any evideuce of “fooling” the fight would be stopped ano the men thrown out of the ring. Hiram Cook was selected referee. The battle tonight was quite brisk and considerable monay was placed at 2 to 1 on Mo Auliffe, Both men were apparently in the pink of condition, MeAuliffe weighing LH!¢ and Carroll 1354 pounds. The men came into the ring at 9:10 and at 11:15 thirty rounds had been fought, with no decided advantage, but slightly in McAuliffe’s favor, In the twenty-ninth and thirtieth rounds McAuliffe pounded Carroll about the neck and bouy until the latter staggered somewhat. The noxt few rounds wero generally in McAulifte’s favor, but both men displayed much cleverness, In the thirty-eighth round Carroll com- menced to pound at Mac's face and and jaw. Carroll reacaed his mark half a dozan times, and Mac was evidently becoming dazed. He struck out weskly, but Carroll would get away safely and come back with another jab in Mac's face. Carroll repeated this per- formance in the next round, though with not such good effect. The fortieth round was quiet. MecAuliffe won the fight in the forty-sev- enth round. —— REMEMBERED ST. PATRICK. Four Students Expelled from the Ottawa University. OTTAWA, Oat., March 21.—[Spacial Tele- gram t Tne Bee.|—On Monday last, St. Patrick’s day, four Irish students—W. W, Park, T. Reddy, J. Nelloy and another.— all of Boston, Mass., loft the Ottiwa uni- versity in the afternoon without permission and remained away a little over an hour. Immediately on returning they were con- fronted by one of the directors, who laid in- formation with the faculty, ‘Che same even- ing arcouncil was heid with tho re sult that the quartetto of students wero expelled. The remaining 200 students held several indignation meetings the following day and waited on the presi- dent, who refused to move in tha matter. The affuir was then communicated to Arch- bishop Dubame} and the reverend vicar gen- eral.who did their utmost to have the faculty withdraw their decision. These, too, falied and the United States consul was appesied fo, but he was unable to do anything and the four young men wero obliged to leave. Their frienids say they would have pussel their in- termediate examinations without any dii- cuitr at the close of the term next month. Tho relations between tna professors and studeats of the institution are not very cordial aud 1t is claimed that the expulsion was uncalled for. R SOUTH DAKOIA'S G. A. R, Presidents Elected by Both Verterans and the W. R, O, t Stoux Fauws, S, D., March 21.—|Spacial Telegram to Tue BEe]—The principal feature of toaay’s session of the Grand Army of the Republic encampment for Da- koua was the selection of a commander for South Dakots. Thcesere * cau- diaates in the fleld, ml‘g‘c C. Sioux Falls and Hon. E. T. Laogley of Huron. When the session opened this morning it was generally conceded that Judge Palmer would be the lucky candidato, but when the vote was carvassed the re- suit showed that Palmer had 80 uotes and Langley The new commander is a luwyer by profession. At the Women’s Relief Corps Mrs. Lucy P. Brison of Gettysburg was chosen presi- dent for the department of South Dakota and the treasurer for the Dakota depart- ment was re-elected. The foatures of tne day were a parade o mile long, the adcress of General Alger and his depariure ou a special train for Concord. ————— Chicago’s Raitway Orainance. Cnicaco, March 21 —|Spacial Telegram o Tue Be ‘The mayor has decided to return the new railroad speed ordinance to the city council Monday night without approval. This does not ‘mean o veto, but simply that the mayor, in his accompanying message, will asi the council to reconsider the ordinace 10 order to that somo necessary and import- ant améndments may b insested in it. He will not talk about amendments, but it is understood that the most important will pro- vide the nature of the feaces to be put up, which will provably be brick walls of acertain height, surmounted by an iron railing. It is alao said that instead of providing for the signing of an acceptunce of the ordin- ance by the rallway companies, which would make the measure a contract, the substitute ordinance will require a spoci- fied time within which the improvements designated must be commenced and com- pleted. A new or additional section will also probably provide that some system of permanent improyement bo made by which grade crossings will be entirely abolished. There will probably be no opposition w the amended ordinance in the council, D Trying to Make Political Capital. WasniNatoN, March 21.—Much interest has been excited at the postofice department by the action of William Dadaley Foulke of Indiana in sending out inquiries to presiden- tial postofiices where changes have occurred since March 4, 1880, especially to postmas- ters who have been removed. In speaking of the matter today First Assistant Post- master General Clarkson swmd: “We are receiviog letters from newly appointed post- masters who have been addressed n th way. Inquiries sent out in every instance that I have scon show that the case has een prejudiced and the change mada assumed to be wrong. It isevidently an effort to got statements from removed and disappointed officiuls for political use, and some of the let- ters show an intention to try aud induce new postmasters to make statements of defensc where no defonse is needed. No politic: comparison can be made out of these change The president made no removal except for cause—delinquency 1n official duties, inef- ficiency of service or violation of law.” — - Against Wyoming's Admission. WasimiNagroy, March 21,—Representative Springer, with the balance of the minority of the house committee on territories, have united in a report in opposition to the bill re. ported by the majority providing for the ad- mission of Wyoming as a state. The main objections of the minority are that there was no warrant of law for the consti- tutional convention, and cousequently u very inadequate representation of votgrs in the convention, among whom were Included a number of women. ‘The minority proposes another constitutional convention, a popular vote on woman suffrage and the admission of the uew state by a presideatial proclama- tion afterwards. - The Death Holl. Loxpoy, March 21.—Tue duke of Man- chester is dead. Lexixoroy, Va., March 21.—General H, F. Swith, superintendent of the Virginin military iustitute, died tonight of paralysis, He graduated from West Poiut in 1533, -~ An Alabama Lynching. HuxTsviLLe, Als, March 21.—Robert Morsley, colored, was lyached this after- near here for an attompted outrage on & white girl, Payne was vizorou in his e: 5." Palmer of WILL MAKE CONCESSIONS. —— Republican Ways and Moans Mem- bers Prepatiug to Hedge. SOME OF THE MODIFICATIONS. Protound Ragret Expressed in Wash- ington Over the Death of Gene ral Crook—Incidents in Ris Carcor, 518 FounteexTn STRERT, Wasmxarox, D. C., March ¥ 1t is probavle that the republican members of the committee on ways and means will make some considerablo concessions iu com- pliance with the demands that are being made upon them, and in order to sccuro a suficient amount of support to pass the bill in the house & numbér of republicans have notitied the committee that they will not sub- mit to it as it is and Wiil vote with the domo- crats for the changes they demand. I'he committee will therefore have to make some modifications and will do iv as gracefuliy as possible. The democratic members of the committee have settled upon their policy, but they may decide to report the Mills bill with some modifications as a substitute for that of the republicans. It-has been suggested to them that they prepare a bill removing the duty on sugar and carpet wools and placing all other raw materials on the freo list. It would be a very popular measure with the manufacturers throughout the country and would be likely to éarry more votes in the nouse than the bill of tha majority. THE UEXDRICKS CASE. There has been quite a sensation in Phila- delphia over the mvestigation of the death of Charles A. Hendricks, formerly of Omaha, and who ‘died some time ago, an inmate of the Norristown hospital . for the insane, The coromer's jury has been en- deavoring to ascertain whether the charges that Mr, Hendricks’ death was due to ill- treatment were well founded. While the facts of his death disciose no ill-treatment at the hospital, 1t was brought out that Mr. Hendricks Nad been very cruelly treated while en route ani under the charge of Keoper Ott, to whose charge ho had been assigned Dy the eolirt of quartor - sions, It was disolésed” that Hendricks had been violent on the train, and in the effort to quiet lum Ott struck him several times, but his death’ was duc to natural causes and had no connection with the harsh treatment he had received. The injuries were exceedingly slight, amounting to mero bruises. In the liospital it was shown thac Hendricks nad beén treated with every care and attention. COMING EVENTS UAST THEIR SHADOWS. Great surprise was shown in the senate yeaterday when Senator Payne of Ohio voted against the Blai# eaucational bil. Mr. Payno has all along dueing the years of de- bate upon this measure been one of its most ardent advocates. - Hahas voted for it at every stage, and as & member of the commit. tec on education hae has signed the report in favor of the bill's adoption. He listened all along through the stveral days of the debate to the speech of Senator Blair, which makes a large volume, ai Loswithin an_hour of the time when -.he W D Mr. ot 'ayne” was cualled and there was a weak but definite “no” almost every geatleman in the senate instantly turned to the veteran politician from the Buckeye state, A fow minutes afterward a senator, from Virkinia went to a senator from one of the nerthern states and asked: "W in the devil has come over Payne’s dreams that he should vote against this bill.” ‘‘Just bofore thie vote was called on the bill,” replied the senator, “Mr. Vest of Missouri went over and whispered in Mr. Payne's ear somo very posiuve instructions, They were to the ef- fecl tnatif he (Payue) voted for the bill it would be a very cold day when son-in-law Willilam Whitney got any votes from the south in the nominating convention of 802, Mr. Payne reflected a few minutes, and, see- ing that the bill was going to be defeated by @ transformation of sentiment in the south, changed his position and voted no.” & THE WORLL'S FATR BILL. The committec on riles today had under consideration the resolution of Mr. Chandler and decided to set apart next Tuesday for tho consideration of the world’s fair bill and providing for fiual action upon it at 4 o'clock that afternoon, Much to the surpriss of everybody the New York men made no remonstration, but submitted to tha arrange- meut gracefully. 1t is thought they will not ask more than one hour in debate. The Chicago people will talk as little as possible and will leave Mr, Chandler to submit their case. WasnixeroNn BUREAU Tar Owana Bzas, } BILLS INTRODUCED, Senator Manderson introduced a biil today providing for the extension of the coal laws of the United States to the district of Alaska. He also presented & number of pe- titions from Nebraskans in favor of unlims ited free coinage of siver and the Grand Army of the Republic servica pension bill. Senator Paddock introduced a bill making the commissioner of tish and tisheries an of- ficer in one of the departments of agricul- ture; also bills to pension Mary S, Miller and to removo the charee of aesertion from the mlitary record of Dewitt C, Hood of Ne- braska. Senator Moody introduced a bill to rat and confirm an agreement with: the Wahy ton and Sisseton_bauds of Indiansand the Sioux Indians of South Dakota; also a bill authorizing the Fort Pierre pontoon bridge company to construct a brid Missouri river at Plerre, 8. D, THE DEAD MAJIOR GENERAL. The death of Genecal Crook was a great shock to his many friends in Washington, particularly as he was here only a short time since engaged in a controversy with General Miles, 1n whioh he had the sym= pathy and support of all the offieers atthe war department. 1t'was only yesterday that the secrotary of war travsmitted to the senato the correspofidence betwoen General Sheridan and General Grook in regard to the Apache campaign in' March and April, 1836, and it bears directly upon tho charges that havo been made by General Miles. For nearly four years 'thére has been o bitter coutroversy between the friends of the two generals over the Anathe oampaign, which has recently gained lewrest and bitterness by the discussion-of'a bill now pending in congress for the romovel of (Geronimo and his people to Fort Stil, L General Crook favored the removal and General Miles op posed 1t. The corréspondence sent to the senato relates to the campaign against Geronimo, which resulted in General Crook being relieved, at his own request, from the command of the deprtment of Arizona and the appointment of General Miles to succeed him. ~ Accompanyiog the documents is a his- tory of the negotiations’ between Geronimo and the Apaches, but the whole affair is summarized in the telagrams which passed be- tween General Crpok and General Sheridan, General Crook wiked on Maroh 26 that he bad met the hostiles the day before at Lieutenant Maus” camp; that he bad found them “very independent and us florce as so many tige 1t seemed impossible, ho said, to get hold of thetm exceps on the con- dition that they be atlowed to return to their roservation on their old status. On March 20 General Crook wirea General Sheridan confldentially that the Iuwdians would accept one of only three propositions—to go east not exceeding two yoars, to return to the reservation on theds eld status, or to return 10 the warpath, “'As ¥ hsd to got at once,” 1d General Creok, I have today accepted their surrander upou the first proposition.” The Indians, the general said, would start for Bowie the following day with tho Apache scouts urder Lieutenant Maus. March 30 Geueral Crook telegrapbed frowm Fort Bowie that a courier just ia from Lieutenant Maus reported that during the night Geronimo and Natches with tweaty men and’ thirteen women nad left the camp, apparéntly with- | out cause, for Chihuahua, and twelve men remained behind. Lieutenant Maus and some of his scouts had gooe io reuit, While this message was going over the wire & Mess: from (seneral Sheridan was trav- oling in_ the opposite direction tellin General Crook that the president couid not sont to the surrender accepted by General Crook, and that his instructions were to enter into ne- gotiations for unconditional surrender, spar- ing only the Indlans' lives. This was fol- lowed March 81 with a dispateh trom Gen- Sheridan saying: “Your dispatch of yesterday received. It has occasioned great disappointment. It seems strange that Geronimo and party could havo escaped without the knowledge of the scouts.”” To this General Crook replied that there was no question that the scouts wero thoroughly Joyal. Ina later message ho claimed that the Indians had been drinking mescal freely and that “bad_lLiquor was at the bottom of Geronimo and Natchez loaving.” March 31, in response to the dispatch conveying the president’s instructions, General Crook tele- graphed that to inform the Indians that the terms of thelr surrender had been disap- proved would make it impossible to ne- gotiate with them further. To this General Shoridan replied, April 11: ‘“‘As the offensive campaign against him .(Geronimo) with scouts Las failed, would it not be best 10 take up the defensive and give protection to the people and business interests of Ari- zons and New Mexico!” To this General Crook replied in part: “It may be, how ever, that | am too much wedded to my own views on this matter, as I have spent cight years of the hardest work of my life in this department. 1 respectfully request that I may now be relieved from its command.” It is believed here by the friends of Gen- erul Cruok that the receut agitation and the attacks toat have been made upon him by Miles and his friends had much to do with shortening his life. Captain John Rourke, U, S. A,, an at- tache of the Pan-American congress, who was for fourteen years an aid-de-camp of General Crook and with im in all of hi campaigns against savage tribes west of the Missour: river, suid today: ‘“General Crook’s death is a great shock to me, and yet not wholly unexpected. For a number of years past he has seemed to be on the verge of @& physical break down and he often complained to me of what he called heartburn, but which, in the light of today, may have been premonitory of heart de- generation. He was a man for whom I had the warmest rogard and deepest affection, General Crook was the typical Indian fighter ot America and in sbme respects re- minded one of Daniel Boone. He was tall and straight and sinewy s # cat, with not an ounce of superfluous flesh, and never kunew the word failure. He was a dead shot with a rifie and -an expert horseman and could read signs on a trail with a cleverness that U have never scen attaed by any other white man, nor excelled by an Indian. His Indian ser- vices covered almost fort, ars, during which he came face to face with every tribs in our territory from the Missouri to the Pa- cific and from the British dominions to be- yond the Mexican border. He was a man of abstemious habits, seldom drinking even tea or coffee, and always taking milk when he could get it. I nave known him on otie occa~ sion to take the saddle at 4 a. m. in bitter winter on the high mountains of Arizona and ride till 5 a. n. the next day. Every man in his command was worn out when they arrived at San los river, where the ageacy now 18, and threw thewselves on the ground to rest, but General Crook showed no signs of exhaustios, and, taking his gun, went out and shoct some birds for breakfast. If he had any fault 1t was his eogerness to kull bear. In hunting them he would undergo fatigus, deprivation and rrlblo‘rfll:l‘l‘.u.flll was anuluin D‘I.I‘n Bl:z &g 2 of Montana when a big she r rus :Q»M#nhluuu of 'rosd- where sho nhad young cubs a&nd ap- proached with opeu jaws to within twelve teet of him. Not a nerve trembled as General Crook raised his rifle, uiled the trigger and put a bullet through er open moutl into the base of her brain and she fell dead at his fest. He was an en- thusiustic fisherman and probablygis great- est enjoyment in life was to remain for weeks in toe forests and cavyons of the mountains, subsisting chiefly on the spoils of s gun and rod. General Crook’s services to western civilization cannot be expressed in words nor computed in_dollars and cents He subdued the Snukes, Piutes and Ban- nocks of Oregon and Idaho where are no w prosperous mining regions, following them in the depths of inter to their lava beds and capturing their fortresses by dicect assault. Up to his assignmeat of the command in Arizona in 1871 the Apaches were lords of the land and had dehied our overnment and that of the Mexican repub- ic, koeping the people of New Mexico,"| Arizona, western Texas und the states of Chi- nuahua and Sonora in a state of abject terror thet cannot be understood by a porson not on the ground at the time. General Crook began his campaign by holding an interview with ull the chiefs who were on the fence and csuld be induced to hold acouncil with him. He explaived to them that it rested with themselves to say how long the war should continue. They saw the force of his words and agreed to furnish scouts from among their young men to go ont after the hostiles who ‘were still on the war path. The result is already a part of history. In less than & year he whipped every band of Ari- zona Apaches into submission and put 6,000 at work for a livio One of tho fights in that campaign whieh greatly broke their spirit was koown as the battle of Salt river canyon, We were led into it by our Indian scouts and caught the encmy at the eurliest dawn of day. They were coniident of the impregnubility of their position and laughed at us, but we tumbled rocks over the preci- pice and cleaned out the whole party, killing seventy and taking thirty-five capt The next campaign in which Crook ok a dis- tinguished part was against the Sioux-Choy - ennes of the north, Ho kept his columns moving agamnst them, relieving one force with anotker, but staying constantly in the flold for seventeen wonths, His marches were mado in the deptn ot winter, when the mercury — was frozen solid in the buib and in the heat of summer when the thermometer registered 117 and in rains that were deluges. No oficer or man can ever forget the thrilliug experi ences. Oue cpisode will show the severity of the campaign. His command left Gooso creek with half rations of coffee, bacon and hard tack for fifteen doys and remained out sixty days without a change of clothing. For twenty-two days rain fell constantly. For ten days the sun was not seen and for eleven days the comm nothing to eat but the flesh of the There was, how- ever, plenty of rain water. During the campaign against the Sioux Gencral Crock met the ene at the head of the TIattlo Powder early in ebruary, 1876, aud on St. Patrick's day he destroyed the village of Crazy Horsc on the Lower Powder, having nigitly skirmisbes for a ek afterward. On June 9 he fought the ioux aud Cheyennes on the Tongue river, repelling their flerce attack on his camp, Oun June 10 he fought the whole force of hostiles, numbering by their own statement 5,000, THE SUCCESSORSIIP QUESTIO General Crook was in his sixty-second year, and had he lived would have been re- tired for age in September, 18! Although the junior wajor general, ho was the senior of Scolield and Howard in service, having graduated from the military academy in 1852, one year ahead of Schofield and two years ahead of Howard, It is, perhaps o singular fact, in view of the irregulurities that followed promotion in the army during and immedigtely following the \war that Scofield, - Howard and _Crook, the threo major gencrais of ths army sorved togethor us cadets at West Point, Crook being the senior and followed by Howard and Schofield 1 the order named. General Sheridan was a classmate of Crook, but graduated one year behind bim, dao having been suspend for breach of discipline, um, Stanley and Casey and ( Alex McCook and Kautz were also class mates of Crook. There were forty-three men graduated In this class, Crook standing thirty-elghth in the or- der of general merit, General Casey, he preseat chief of engineers, stundiog No. 1, Slocum 7, McCord 30, and Kautz 85, ”l ) = 'residoat Harrison selects the successor to snoral Crook according to seniors, Miles 11 be the next major genecal, s Lo stands = ‘he head of the List of brigadiers, and is “ youngest gonoral officer of tue' army. 4= g military officors. who taturally asso- o promotion with the death of a senior, th eeling is general that Miles will su, d Crook, but there is a great di- ver of opinfon among those gen- tlen as to who will succeed Mile There are forty colonels of the 11n@, - it is safe to assume that fully one- half of this number will be applicants for promotion. Colonel Grierson of the Tenth cavalry is the senlor colonel of his corps and of the army. He has an oxcellont rocord and is a very deserving ofcer. «Colonel Grierson will retire for ngo in"July next and it wouid be a grateful tribute for his serv: ices if Prosident Harrison, following the ex. ample of President Cloveland when Colonels Potter and Wilcox, within a few months of their compulsory ' retirement, wero made brigadiers, would advanco this old veteran to the grade of brigadier beforo ho reaches the limit of active servs i Colonel Gibson of tho artiliery, Colonel Black of the Second infantry, Kautz of tho Eignth, Morrow of the ‘I'weuty- third and MeCook of the Sixth will no doubt bo strongly urged for the vacant brigadier ship. Colonels Gibson and Black will retire in 1801, Kuautz io 183, Morrow in 1803, and McCook in 1805, Of these, McCook and Kautz will be the strongest candidates, but ali of theso officors might properly stand aside for Colonel Grierson, who would have, if selected, but o few months to serve n the new grade, and would not practically inter- fero with theirambitions. Colonel Grierson is now sorving as brigadier general, and is commanding the department of Arizona, which embraces Arizons, New Mexico and Southern California, and this fact should givo him proference with the president, other things belng equal. Penry S, HEATL . IN THE HOUSE OF LORXDS. Salisbury Moves the Parnell Commis- sion’s Keport Be Approved. LoNbox, March 21— The Marquis of & isbury moved in the house of lords today that the report of the Parnell commission be approved. The Paruellites congratulated themselves upon being found not gnilty on certain charges, but there was evidence to show that the Parnellites in parliament wero roady to make uso of the crimes committed, by Paraellites outside of pa ment, The Irish parlimentary party had their hands on the throttle valve of crime (Hear! Hear!) and lot go or restrained criminalty as their political necessities reqnired. How could the country asseut to commitiing the eovernment of Ireland to men thus linked with criminality and immorality. The com- mission had laid bare and indicated the spirit of these aspiring governors of Ireland. Hero were men whose political objects were tematically pursued by means leading to outrage apd murder, and their political career ought to warn the country befo hand what would be the fate of loyal ad- herents of the crown if ever these criminul conspicators got control of ireland. Baron Herschell acked the one-sided character of Salisbury’s speech in referring to the charwes on which the Purnellites were found guilty and omitting mention of grayer chiarges on which they were acquitted. The vordict of public opinion was on the side of the Parnellites now, and when the story of the episode was fully written on the pages of history praiso ana blams would be awarded in a very different fashion from the way in which they were awarded by Salisbury, Condemnation would not rest upon the Parnellites, but would concentrate upon their accusers. Lord Kimberly said that the whole case was pivoted upon forgeries, and it was only I:II wlrewrd that the charges based thereon e WS [a% c}o'w #aid he could not. support the motion without also recording the great wrong inflicted on Parnell. The old methods governing Ireland had failed, and the only remedy was to throw upon Irishmen the re. sponaibility of managing their own affairs. Lord Roscberry severely ceunsured the government for offering no reparation to Parnell and for taking no steps to vunish the Times. He conciu ed with an eloauent reproach and warning to the Irish aristoc- racy, saying all hstory that gave evidence that an aristocracy separated from the people was doomes Salisbury’s motion division, was, adopted without In the Commons., LoNpnox, March 21,—In the commons this evening Labouchere moyed the abolition of hercditary representatives in parliament “The people would not long tolerate the id of several huudreas of mean born with ... pri\'xleyio to interfere with the government and to legislate as a class. 'The house had the spectacle before it of men excluded from jockey clubs and warned off race courses and yet able to interfere with the legislution of the nation. ‘The motion was rejected— 201 to 139, COMPOSER GRETH NSANE. The Gloomy Ending of a Romantic Courtshin, S1. Paur, Minn., March 21.—[Speelal Tel- egram to TiE Beg.| —Adolph Grettien, tho composer of the well known opera “Mani- tou, for n long time a member of tho Max Bendix Philadelphia orchestra and later of the Boston Symphony orchestra, was sant to tho Rochester insane asylum this after- noon, For the past four woeks Grothen has boon stopping at his father's house in Minneap- olis and making daily visits to his sweethoart, Miss Helene — Zenzus, on Rondo street, St. Paul. Ye day he visited tho young ludy's home, was denjed admittance, became violontly in sane and proclaimed the lady his wife. He was arrested, examined by i committes of three physicians and sent to Kochester to- day. The story of his courtship Ho conceived the most ardcat Miss Zonzius and she became infatuated with him, bat she is his first cousin and her purents fearing the resu'ts of a consanguin- ious marriage refused permission for theie union and finally forbade his entrance to the house. This unsettled his reason and he became possessed with the halucination that Mise Zenzius was already his wife and that he was belag kept from her by force and strategy. THE is_romantic. affection for - MOALLA INQUIRY, Onlet Ebgineer Entwistle Testifles Regarding His Suspension, New Yonx, March 21, —In the McCalla in- quiry today Chief Engincer Entwistie tes- tifled regarding his suspeasion by McCalla becauso he tested the boiler with salt water instead of fresh, McCalla also told his side of the story. Enuwistle said that to make certain repairs iv was necessary to flll the boiler with salt water. He said McCalla was very much excited when talking of the matter and would not allow bim to explan anything. . William Dulos and William Bennett testis fled that it was customary and proper to test @ boiler with salt water before filling it with fresh water, Coal Heaver Hobba told iow one day be cause dirt on his shoe made a spot on the deck Lioutenant [ngersoll caught him by the threw him down and had buckets of water thrown on him The judge advocate asked Lioutenant lngersoll if he knew of any ofticers of the Eaterorise being intemparato in tho use of liquor on twhe _trip. Ingersoll said Beonett and Davis were suspend- ed and punished at Fayall for being under the influence of liquor, At Viila Frauca, in February, and at Lisbon, in December last, Lioutenant Lemloy was un- der the wfluence of liquor, McCalla today refused to say anything to the reporters regarding the story that while he was exgoutive oficer of one of Lhe vesse of the south Atlautic squadron several yea, 8go be cut off & sailor's ¢ar in & woment of woger, GENERAL CROOK IS DEAD. A Sudden Termination of the Groat Iftiian Fighter's Oaveor. HE DIED FROM HEART FAILURE. Death, After Being Braved for Forty Years, Conquers the General in His Peaceful Home, Death of General Crook. Cricago, March 21.--{Special Telegram to .]—Major General George Crook, tates army, died suddenly in his rooms in the Grand Pacific hotel this morn- ing. His death was so sudden that for a long time his friends and associate officers of the army at the headquarters 1a the Pull- man buildiog could not realize tha truth of the report. 1t was nocessary to have tho re. port confirmed several tim from reliable sources beforo it was finally nccopted as true. The shock was all the mors severa ba cause General Crook had been ape parently 10 the best of health and spirits up to tho moment ho re tired last night. All day yesterday he was at his desk at the army headquarters performing her usual iabor and directing the affairs of the division of the Missouri, of which he was commander. He was 1 his usual happy frame of mind and wore his old- time smile as he greeted his friend Lass night with his wite aud sister, Mra, Reed of Ouakland, Md,, ho attended n small social gathering at the homo of a fricud, and after his return to the hotel chatted merrily in the corridor with his acquintances. When he arose this,morning he stopped a once into an adjoining room,as was his habit,te. oxercise withIndian clubs dumbells and other gymnastic dovices before putting on . his clotlies, As General Crook walked into the littlo gymnasium he called to his wife. Heo. spoke with effort saying: ‘M Mary! come quickly! I can't breuthe.” Alrs, Crook ran hastily ioto tha room to find the general had fallen to the flor. Mrs, Crook called to hier husband as sho leancd over the body. Receiving uo response sha soreamed, aud. running to.the door, called for ald. A moment later a score of guests and employes of tho hotel were there in response to Mrs, Crook’s repeated calls, The house physician us present almost instantly, but he saw av the first. glance that the general was already dend, Major Ely McClellan, the army surgeon, had ulrea: woned from the lead- quarters, and ho d with all the hasto possiblo, only ta fini that it was true that General Crook was bayond medical aid. The news was brokea geutly to Mrs, Crook and Mrs. Recl, who were led to the apartments of lady friends. Major McClellan gave. orders that no one but rrie be permitted to sce ewther of the Jadios, and he at once telepnoned Adjutant — General Wills Lams, to whom he reported the facts, and who at once telecraphed to Secretary of War Proctor. The cause of” General Crook's death was heartfailure, re- sulting from indigestion, Ho had been troubled in this way tor many years. Dr. Hurlbure, the phiysician who was sume moned, smd: “Iarrived at General Cropi's . bedside only four or five munutes before. death supervened. Ho was suffer- ing from . irvegular action of the heart and his lungs or chest seeime tobe filled up, We did what we could for him in tho w of hot avplications with" sinapiams, hot bags 1o hus fact, ete., but he was in_articulo” mortis when 1 arrived and died without rallying. It ap- poared to bo o ocaso of heart failure,but L coula not be positive about that, as I had never been celled to attend him before. Thero may have been some stomachic complications.” Major Randall of General Crook's staff, said: **We have noticed for some time that General Crook was not la s usual health, Ho was a mwan who never complained and suid very little about his sufferings. At the theater last night [ saw that Lo was not feeling at all well and [ asked him if he were in pain. He said *‘No, But I think that was the beginning of the end. “General Crook undermined his constitu- tion in his Indian campaign,” ssid Mejor McCleltan tiis morning, A8 everyone knows, ho wasa wonderfully active man, Ho would stop at nothing and denied him- self every pleasuro or other comfort. He constantly refused to encumber himself with things that mizht conduce to his com- fort, so that he might move around more quietly. ‘There uever was a point of danger in these western campaigns thut he did not place himself so that a good example would be set for the army. [ think the campaign of 1870 was the foundation for his trouble. Then he started out with thirty days’ ra- tions for his forge and was wone neariyv a year, spending a terribly severe winter in the mountains mud " on tho wost- ern prairies far awny from the forts and posts. 'ihis hard service, together with the irregularity of meals and the scarcity of food, resulted in his stomach troubles, whnich immediately affected his 1 have treated hun every day since [ avtiched to the headquarters in Chicugo, and a fow weeks ago 1 had about oncluded that his trouble had been over- me. Last week, however, it returned sud- denly. The aack was quite severe, but as he came to me the moment he folv il there was little difficuity in getting uim in good sape again. 1f his death had occurred st vook 1 should not have been surprised, but as ho pulled out of that sickness apparently b:tter than beforo, his sudden death was wholly unexpected by me." Adjutant General Williams, who assumad command immediately after Genoral Crook’s death, has ¢! of the arraugencents for ral, He is in communieation with ary Proctor. 1t is Mrs. Crook's de- sive that the body bo taken to Oakland, Md., for buril and her request has been for- warded to the secretary. ‘I'he funeral will probublv be at the Grand Pacific next Sun- day and the body will be taken to Wash= mgton. It will bo escorted to the train by the Chicago regiments of the Illi- nois National guurd, as well as the regulurs from Eort Sheridan Evyery ofiicial army headquarters has some expression of deep sorrow to make on hear- log thq news of the general's death. Oue of the most affected was Adjutant General Williams, who said: “General Crook unt [ were boys together at Wost Point und hsve since been warm personal friends. I have served many years under him, I knew him porsoually and oMciully well. 1 know of no character more loyal, true, upright wsnd _lovable, Tqat covers all that I could say, 1t covors everything. I never kuew o wore perfect character,” General Crook would have gone cn tha res ured list next year, Itis not known what plans he bad formed for his life thereaftens Arrangemonts for the funeral have not yet beon made. General Schofleld has been elographied to in regard to the matter and his wishes will be consider The burial will probably take place Oukland, Md., the home of his wife's people, though possibly it may be thought best to inter the remains in the Arlington national cemetery at Washington, General Crook was s1xty-one years of age in September last, The romains have been taken charge of by an undertalker, who is now preparing the body for its cofin, United AWashington Oficials Shocked, WASHINGTON, March 21.—The news of the death of General Crook was a great shock 1o the officials of the war department. Secre- tary Proctor was partioularly affected by the lntelligence, as ho had vory intimate associa tons witn the general during his recent visit at Washington & fow weeks ago. He scut @ personal message of condolence ta Mrs. Crook aud gave lustructions for \he