Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 16, 1890, Page 1

HE OMAHA DAILY BEE NINETEENTH YEAR. LOYAL LEGION ANNIVERSARY. Many Celebration, A SPEECH BY EX-PRESIDENT HAYES, The ¥ in Danger of Be Dazzled by the Unrivalled Sple dor of Her Career—Neaving a Critical Period. public Prranerrnia, April 15, The t celebration of the twenty-fifth annive the military order of the Loyal Le this morning with a m mandery in chief, at which ex-President s presided, He estimated that when all the attendance will number n began d and eight hun: fed by lad 3 1 a resolution that at the next annual meeting of the comn dery in chicf that the constitution be so changed as to permit of the formation of a commande London for the benefit of compinie 7 be temporarily or perma- nently residing abroad. At the afternoon session General Swayne's resolution was withdrawn hecause of the be- lief expressed: by many that it would be a dangerous precedent to change the constitu- tion. The resolution for the abolition of grades was voted down. At the Academp of Music tonight cere- monfes incident the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the order wer held. The building was profusely and beaut fully “decorated. There were many dis- tinguished men on the stage and_the biilding was erowded with an audicnce of companions of the order and invited guests. Several brief addresses were made, inelud- ing one by ex-Presider . commande n-chief. ~ He spole b utes to Lincoln and the question Legion — wh worthy of L g must the worlk of his What we came forev very inear this numbe eral Wagne m bring us to ed soclety, the I doing? What can_i n's fame? Our highest striv- to_ support_and advanc Lincoln did in beh and all the world. as by which Lincoln be- sentati the o and purpose of the vivil v y is, ‘Hu ty'— anxious solicitude for the welfare of his fel- 1, sympathy with the oppressed_and suffering, liatred of wrong to the humblest human being, our common brotherhood. The sentiments and sentiments i thes filling his soul 1d the of his life are. at once the and sure foundation of tho enduring place which Lincoln holds in the affections of all mankind. * Nowhere can the lesson of his wonderful life be more fitly studied nor more fondly cherished than in this army society, which traces its ovigin to_that awful tine when the ending of that life was felt as a persenal bereavement by all who fought the good fight that was so cnnobled and conse- d by the death of its martyred chief. That lesson, while it contains almost the whole future of our country, is short and simple. “Our America be which country day is drawing near to the puting of the roud Dazzled almost to blindness by the contemplation of the un- rivalled swiftness and splendor of hev march o prestige, to power and to riches, our coun- try may be tempted to reje the message of Abraham message wus often repeated b and always exhibited in his 1if easily given in the single sentence his whole med to say to his countrymer “iSee to it that every sor e of our republic, so far as human laws and human conduct avail, shall 1 \ cqual chance and a fair start i’ ti » 1d our government | ceases to be republican ex. that doom which the Almighty has appointed for all shams is not. fur off. On the other hand if the American people —especially all who stood by Lincoln on the | perilous edge of hts of human trae to the idens for shall thus do all tha ptin e, ond which they fougeht, inus lies to link th desting of our country to the stars and entitl her i i »in that immortality which under the allotment of providenee in the affairs of nations belongs almost and only to eternal justice.” The specch was 1y plause. - A feature of heautiful musical eived with great ap- the evening was the programme rendered by the Mavine band. After the conclusion of the ceremonies the companions went to the Union league club, where a sercnado was rendered by them. STONE RESIGNS. » Burlington's Vice President Will Enter a New Field meAGo, A Henry B, Stone, second vico pr wton Quincy Al man- ager of the entive Buvlington system, has re- slgn‘lluh]nwlllun and will retive from the of that company June 1 next. He has takon this stop in ondey. to.necopt. the pi dency of the Chic d Central Union t phonie compaies of this city Mr. Stone has been in the se Surlington road for twelve years. Previous 1o the S8 he was general manager of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy proper, and at the time mentioned was advanced to the place which he now holds. The induce- ments which led him to take the steps hevein set forth are understood to bo purely of a fina No action has been take 3 in the matter of filling " the vacancy which My, Stone's reti ment will cause, Accomplist Cnicago, 11, April gram to Tue Bre.]—Today's attempt at form- ing the Western Associated railways from the remmant of the Interstato Commerco sociution resulted in a failure, more than half the western roads were represented, the conspicuous absentees being the Missouri Pacifie, Kansas City, Fort Memphis, Rio Grande Western and Wisconsin Central. The other absent lines were supposed to be fuvorable to the movement, but for reasons known only to themselyes were not reprosented. As the as- sociation, to amount to anything, must have as members nearly every and of the western lines, and as every section of the p agreement must recieve the unanis of the prospective members, it was at the start that today’s meeting would ue- complish nothing. The western situation and seetions of the proposed agreement were i 1, informally, however. The 15 of tho traftie” clause were fully dis- o decision was weting, that some plan f ion of traple was was beyond the collective lines represented to formus- sfactory to all tho roads. avain attempt to agree upon something besides an adjournment, the latter wi carried Tho reorguy n committee will meet again, subject to the call of waun, General Manager Chappellof the Alton. us yote manifest v sary wisdom of late . plan . but that the Alton G Cricago, April 13 Tne By The ants a Respite Special Telegram Alton road has ugreed to hold in abeyauce its reductions in lumber and packivg houso product rates. It still expects to make the reductions, but will pro- viously give its competitors This settlement wis brought about today at the adjourncd of the Western Frelght associution, At the last meeting of the ussociation a committee was appointed to consider the Alton's lumber notice ana te wade a bair-lifting recommendation that | six day 8' notice, meeting | the Distinguished Men Present at the | ting of the com- | | lighten the dutic o | & | o of the | posed | identical with | the chaiv- | | to v | Mapnip, Alton proposed reduction t ame rate should be made from all lumber producing points to all Missouri river points It is hardly possible that such redictions will be made, although the report was unani- mous, and it is predicted for certain that the Alton will make the reduction, Enthusiastic Rail ‘)\\I\ln\ » R m 1o Tue Ber was held inee of the lls & Yankton railroad. A I'alls and Henr, st, were present from Holdrege, Kearne, Arrangements for the completion of the road to this city ave pr i rompleted and the onstructed without unnecessary 1will be built with sendent of all oth penetrat r. The Nebraska representa- 1 pleased with the prospective ad Meeting. Speck thusiastic railvond last night in truction of the in con a2 Boston also nd Norfolk, ¢ Shops Opened. April 15.—[Special Tele- gram to Tne Bee.] —The big Cheyenne shops of the Union le railway company were formally opened today 10 o'clock, when Mayor Riner of this city, in the presence of eight or nine hundred people, turned the valve of the main engine and set the entire in motion. The blacksmith shop, sald to De the largest in the west, has bheen running for several days. Work on additional shops is being pushied forward vigorously. About £250,000 will be expended this year on extensions, P.s Cheye Cugyisse, Wyo Women Mob Sc PuiLorLei, Pa., April 15 a number of Italian street cleaners for vanee in wages caused two small riot A mob of about fifty women, most and sweethearts of the rrs, assaulted trikers and taking tieir brooms and from them commenced beating them. police soon appeared, dispersed the riot- and tool twelye of them to the station, where the s held in default of #00 bail on the neiting a viot. Later in the day seventeen women and one man swooped down upon the men working in another local- d beat them badiy. The police captured ilants. bs. The strike of an ad- today. Jay Gould on Western Rates. DaL1As, Tex., April 15.—[Special Telegram to Tue Ber.] —In regard to the western pas- senger vate was Jay Gould tod id that there was nothing new in the matter nor any movement that he cognizant of on_foot for the scttlement of the differe Mr. Gould will remain here tomorrow _and perhaps the next day and leave for New York about - PRIVI OPENS THE DIET. The Ship of State Strong Enough to Resist Wind and Weather, Brrriy, Apri “The Prussiun diet, was opened this morning by Chancellor von € privi. In his speech, the chancellor referred to the important position which had been lield by Prince Bismarek, and expressed the bope that in the fature the empire would continue secure, The edifico of state, he said, was cemented firmly cnough to resist wind and_weather. The emperor had said his course would remain the same. The inaugur- ation of a new era was therefore not to be pected, although @ more harmonious solida would’ be manifest among the members of the diet. n conclusion the ehancellor said he would allow the widest scope to practical criticism and would adopt what was good wherever it was found. He would co-operate with all persons having at heart the interes of Prussia and a ng to foster the monal c feeling in Prussia_and the national fecling throughout the empire. The speech. was roceived with great ap- proval by th nber, Windthorst declared that the centrists i isted upon the re-establishment of the r ns hetween the ehurch and the state which d before Kulturkampf. chter, after referring to the unsaspected- ness of tho recont changes, said as_the cab inet remained in s conservative attitude, his part would 1 He pointed out tho nece heads of the imp independent so as to o, g t rtment of the chanc ncel Iln\ su he his_prede- !h:ll against like s other. forcos W that i the ant ways regarding wy other tendencies had to fall and nain unfulfilled. The fivst re- the personal change with ref- to the government would that certain ministerial departments zuin lurger scope and inereased p without possessing any formal authorization. He belioved e was warranted in- declaving that the government would always be ready to receive such arrears of des i as he had referred to and them and if convineed of would put them into cffect. -~ ER cOMMIL force rould of th a his resolute condueting of s 1 sult” of neo practicabulity THE 81 JES. Loy Meet in ¢ Session and Come to an Agreement,: Wasinixaroy, April 15 -The senate and house republican committees on the silyer question were in joint session two hours this morning, Very ‘radical diff s in_the views of the senators and representatives were dislosed by the discussions, but an ear S shown to harmouize the dif- ble, One of the chief points the committee could n greo wus tho proposed increase the ational bank circulation. Such proposition, it wis suid, could not se- cure a majority in the house. L was finally decided to commit the subject to u sub-con mittee of five senators and five represent tives, who will continue the work of Lunting for common ground on which they o sulycommittecs, eonsistin of e Aldrich, Allison, Jon Peller, and Representative | Conger, MeKinley and MeKenna this afte | noon” practically” came to an ugreement, al- though no formal action was tuken, on a which found general acceptance. It lver only. The two principal upon which ¢ shall. be 00,000 ounees : retary of the tre | directed to purchuse monthly 4, of silyer, 2. Phat notes i for shall be redeen ed for the payment there- able in lawful money. - Suit for a Sailor's Lif Cuicaco, April 15.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee,]—In o suit bogun in Judge Me- | Counell’s court today is iuvolved a tale of al- | most incredible brutality, 0. I Saunders, the owner of the schoonerJ, N. Forrest, is | being sued for &,000 by John G. Keith, ad- ministrator of Olef P, Anderson, Accord- | ing to the plaintifr, Anderson was mate of the sehooner J. N. Forrest, and on tho night of May was ordered by Saunder who was master as well as owner of the v sel, to assist in taking in the mainsail, The I!hll two miles mn the lake Whila engage this work Andorson was struck and jioked | overboard. ‘The plaintift alle tl drowning man shouted loudly for help, and A boing smooth the ofher members of ro ubout to lower o b | his rescue, but Saunders, it is alleged, pro- vented thém from doing 50, ordered the men | to their several posts and loft. poor Andrews | tohis fute. M. Keith sues in bohalf of the widow and four little children - - Steamship Ar! v York--The Wi from Liverpool; th the Hassia, from fhe k all from Bre: 0 G 1en; | the Cuf 1 don 3 At Philadelphia Antwerp. \fi L.\Iu\x.‘.w - | Madrid Fire Extingulshe April 15,—The gasworks fire was | extinguished without great dumage, from , from The Auchoria, from E. Sherman of | in | go to | Now | | Three Young Men Horr | music, | commence divoree proceedings ta OMAHA, NURDER NEAR SILVER CREEK. | ather and Sister, THELATTER DIES FROM HER WOUNDS | Nebraska Knights Templar Conclave at Hastings on a Chattel Mortgage — Generons Aldermen, Sivyer CREEK, i Bre,] Mo noon there v river from here Neb,, April 15, y night or a fight just across the in which three young men, supposed to be his sons, assaulted old man Charlton and his daughter, in which they pounded up tho old man fearfully and from the results of which the daughter has sinc died. There were three young men conn with it, who, the old man says, were his s Two of them were scen to jump in a buggy and drive away and the third one cannot be found. An inquest will be held immediately 1 the body of the young lady, and the chances are it will go Kard with the bo Affairs in Nuckoils Ca 150N, Neb., April Ber.]-—Tho Preshyteris was dedicated Sunday monies. The str1 pectal to terday nty. [Special to Tnr 1 church at Ruskin th appropriate cere- ure cost about #1,800 and is the finest church to be built there. Rev, Silas Cooke of Hebron, Neb., preached the dedication sermon and Rev. W, H. Niles of Nelson offered the dedication praye The debt of $300 was raised and about $30 addi- tional for the purchase of an organ. Rev. J. W. Royce, the president of the Nuckolls Count School association, is holding preci ationsat all the print cipal points in the 5 The funeral services of R. Hollingworth were condud by the Masons on Saturday ast, the Kii and the and Army of attending in a honor, neourse at Ouk, were buried, was the est known in olls county for many It xpected that the cont on the new court house will \hh‘ week and begin work in earnest, Rock Island roud as projected from Omaha through Lincoln, Crete, Strang, son_and Red Cloud, will besecured, and petitions have been civeulated asking for an election to vote bonds to build a good school house, The building and loan ation of this place h psed anothe and is thor- perous, Th it from one to new houses or additions have been ted each month, the Republic I plar Conclave. 5.—[Special Tel e G G of Knights Temp to order in the spa- Masonie temple in this at k. Over one hundred delegates ave present. Their num- ports show a continued stute ¢ of all commanderies under this The visitors are being royally entertained, and nothing is too good for them, The election of oficers will probably be reached tomorrow. Nebraska gram to Ty, Bk, |- the grand commande of Nebraska wis ¢ cious the city this afternoon s of 5 o'cle sdiction, a Chattel Mortgage, ., April 15.—[Speeial Tele- gram to Tug Bee.]—The general merchan- dise store of E. N. Crane, at Keuesaw, this county. closed_today under a chattel srton, @ home T, amountin Crane's credit- ors cmbr i HASTINGS, gram to Tur: Ber.] meoting d u spasm of « resolved, with the or, to donate their the current slushed the sal 10 to 25 per cent. Harrison Ttems, Hannisox, Neb., April gram to T Bee.] - District court convened here this morning, Hon, M. P. Kincaid pre- siding. "The court docket shows twenty-nine civil and seventeen eriminal cases, petit and grand Juries were necessarily d this afternoon by reason of ir in theiv selection. Court will continue the remainder of the week, Snow has been falling ste day and everything has a mi ance, ince yester- inter appear- of different Farmers’ alliances of st will here on Saturday for the purpose of organizing new lodges and do- ing other work. A Strange F Love Crry, Neb,, April 14.—[Specal to u Bre,]—While excavating for a well on Lis farm near this city, ut the depth of forty- 8 en feet, Jacob Albers found a jaw bone and three teeth, which were sent to the Lin- coln university, where the faculty pronounce it closely resembling that of the now extinct e or camel, The bone has now been sent to Prof. Cope of Philidelphia, who is at the hiead of tho osteroligists of America, for his opinion. Several other bones could i nd. Turners Re Nrwasica Ciryy April 15— [8 The Nebraska City evening held inte s at Turner hall in com- fth anniversar 2 memoriul sery noration of the de of Abraham Lincoln, ate programme wis S atson delivered the oration, and was followed by 1) Reuner, Mr. Carl Hoepfinger and Editor Ru- dolph Noack of the Staats Zeitung, Some excellent music was also furnished. me of the and Hon.Johu ¢ Jailed on a Serious Charg Biany Istasn, Neb., April 15, ul to Tur Brere.]—Monday night o young man named Newton Slyter attempted to commit rape on tho ten-year-old daughter of the furmer for whom he was working, about twelve mile 1orth of this place, The parents wero absent from the house and the little girl and. thre re asleep when the fellow bed room and was about to accomplish his purpose when the fathior arrived and it him, Slyter is now in juil in North Platt Declamat Onp, Neb., April 15, The Baptist church last night was erowded by a large audi who listened to clamatory contest for the Demorest silver medal. The six contestants were young dies and the declamations wera all of i high der was awarded the lal. was enlivened by the hibition male quartette and young misses’ quartette giving lections, The audience wus largely com- posed of new voters, Filbert Will Sue for Divorce. Hastixgs, Neb,, April 15.—[Special Tele gram to Tur B James B, Filbert, editor of the Kenesaw Tribune, who brought suit yesterday in the sum of $10,000 against Eli N. Crane for alicnating the affections and the seduction of his (Riibert's) wife, will BOYROW [Special toTue T The rumne Taxing Bankrupt Stocks of Goods, Nennsska Cirr, Neb., April 15.—[Special to Tk Bee,]—The new democratio city coun- ciland democratic mayor last evening unani mously adopted an ordinance levying a pro- tective tariff of §20 on all bankrupt stocks of WEDNESDAY Maltreat Their | af- | _ | and within ten minutes MORNING, it to thistelty for sale, on mevehaits who will ha The measuro § he pury brou; and olso on wll commis il such stocks of protecting hon competition, D fight the ordinance, in bultrupt stocks will | ) Riddance. | Liscons, Noeb., April 15.[Special | o Tie BreJ—Seven vagrants con- fined in fhe city joil made a successful b for lile might. They succeeded in ting through o twodoot brick wall strect, the north side of the buil with a case knif® and an ordi was pipe that had been wused for a | poker, 'The prisoners were arrested at West Lincoln during the afternoon and_comp! were entered against them for divers i meanors, One of the arrested party, how cver, stuck in the hole and was captuied be fore he could be pulled through, Two of the escaped prisoners are safd to be despernte | criminals, and the volicetorce is scouring the city and country for them, Nebraska Mil Western Nebraska Millers' association at the Pacific hotel pariors thoss prose . Bartlett of K By, e, nam, Messrn Qlade and 'Etling of : M. 1. Allun Ci 1 T, Humphry, Hasting : Gothenburg; B. F. Leftlang, Lexington' Henry Bohel, Holdrege, They passed muny resolutions, but the, 3 Lincoln Business Me: . Lixcowy, Neb., April 15.—[Special Tele- am to Tue Ber.]—0, &, Hodgins of Oma anized a business men's association he tonfght for tho purpose of mutual protection. King was elected president. f the Commercial divectory « , and Henry Herholsheinier Sight delegates and efght ulternates ted to attend the stato ntion to be held in Omaha June 21 aud The Lin- coln association starts on a solid basis. Severely Bitten by a Hog. Dakora Ciry, Neb., “April 15, [Special Telegram to Ti 1. Bridenbaugh, afarmer living about six miles from this place, was severely bitten by a large hog this morning. He got in the pen to separate some logs, when one attacked him and threw him ound and cut several large gashes in his leg between the knee and hip. ful whether he will recover, as he is an old man. A wing Machine Agent Disappears. Nenuska Crry, Neb, April 15, —[Special toTue Brr)—A man ndmed Cavender, a country school teacher, byt lately employed the Singer sewing machine company in ity, has disappeared with the proceeds s of a number pLmachines. He de- »und child, who are in straight- wmstances, TheSger company of th serted ened ¢ after him, n Indian Skeloton Unearthed. Neniasia Ciry, Neb., April 15, to Tu: Brr.]—Workmen en i the bIufl near the waterworks static evening unearthed a skeleton, which wa | doubtedly that of an ndlan, ' The arms wore dod with numerous brass ornaments, and with the remains were also found pots and other war RO RESOLUTION DAY, The Evangelical Factions Resolving and Exposfulating. Ciicaco, April 15.—T5¥ two Evangelical conferences devoted wossof the duy to pass- ing resolutions. In the conforence preakded over by Bishop resolutions. dopted deplor- » cansed by a rebellious fac and advising the conference to follow the in- structions, discipline and divections of the general confe The resolutions further > the non-support of the Evangelical and the Zeitung, two papers which they cluim have furth 1 the discord. Bishop Bowman, Just returned from iy grected, A ng the inaugur- sentation in the church as commendcéd by the layrien’s convention last September, | humpker was elected trustee of the biblical institute of Nuperville, At the Shefiield avenie o B Byers was elected pr Naperville, vice Paulti; port of the committee on the condition of the church was very lengthy, It de oficiul church papers are Tavgely responsible for tho existing troubles, Bishops Esher and Bowman are denounéed and the tions declave that their ceased with their legal deposition. Their actions ave ¢l cterfzed as unlawful in the extreme. Ief to the branding of the confere i the resolution says: “We hurl back the accusad indignation.” All c not to indorse the hand of 1 hip and recon offered to all sceing the ervovs of their who would return to the conference, the Union rrence Re S are requ hism in the ¢ won is Crica i Bre.) ago night over the alleged discovery of inc haustible natural gas. For some time worl men have been empioyed on South Canal street boring an artesian well, This after- noon when the boving had reached a depth of about one Lundred and forty feet . sickening s arose from the well. Sud: vas & rushing noise, the odor of ame plainer and the workmen knew they had struck a vein of the natural | illuminant. Tn a short time the news spread ter the discovery around the mouth fal Telogram to is greatly excited to- abig crowd was gathered of the well, Sowe suggested the ignition of the gas. This was ymplished and_the flame leaped up to the height of two or three fect from the ground, burning brightly, The general opinion was' that naturul had been steuck, though whether it would prove afind of any value seemed to be a matter of doubt, Ixperts have been called to investi- gate the Aluulily of the gas, Caused by an l'nlldrlukl Blunder. Lavorte, Ind., Apil * Special Tele- un to Tue Bee. | Amd il horrifying ac- cident occurred at the faneral of Mrs. Mary 4Jenson, near this city. ¥A blundering under- v allo uh ofin'to fall into the open ave du the interment, breuking the flasa front of the casKoand lotting the Corpso fall into the bottom of the grave, Several of the mourners fainted, but the undertaker jumped into the excavafion, pushed the body < into the coffin tidd coolly ordered thie to fill "in the divt. There is indignation amdng those who saw the R —— A Discovery in the Burc Brantrokp, Ont., April 15, A which may further ¢emplicate the Burchell murder case has beed made. The name ¥ C. Benwell on the hotel régister was supposed to | have been written by Burchell's vietim, Itis now learned that it was placed there by an- other young Englishwan of the same name who ciume to this coupiry o few weeks before the Princoton tragedy. “As Burchell has in that the supposed murderved Benwell is alive, an effort will now be made to ide ity th murdered man as the one who e u he is- Two-Third vor Revision, | New Yous, April 15,—~1he Independent this | gives the returns of the vote of 126 pres- | byteries of the Preshyterian church ision of the venfession of fuith, returns’ show eighty-two votes in favor of revision, forty agaiust and four re | fusing to vote." Thére are” yet cighty-six 2 to be heard from and the indica , siys the Inde on will be nearly, it quite, two-thirds of all the presbyteries, on the not It is doubt- | trying to doincaleulable injury to the church® | ndent, that the vote | APRIL ANOTHER GREAT TRUNK LINE. st chieap | 16, 1890. | The Midland Pacific to Compete With the | The fir: | by Senator | for the redemption | hund ) 0ld Rystems, T0 MAKE MONEY MORE PLENTIFUL. | roduces a Bill in the House the Circulating Silver Coin- Situation. Dorsey T n Medium age to se Wasnivaros Re 51 WARIINGTC tor Pettigrew introduced today which ar construction of the Pac two another great trunk line to one of the sl incorporators of the Midland Pac railway company, which is ovganized unds the laws of South Dakota and which proposes to construct a line from Sioux Falls, 8. D., to the Pacific occan, passing through the state of South Dakota, the territories of Wyoming and Tdaho and the state of Washington. ' bad has alrcady been bogun, se track having been laid to the west of Sioux Falls and a final survey being completed the entire length of the line. company in tends to finish 100 miles of this line this year, bill introduced today grants a 1 over the pubiic domain from of-way. the castern to the western terminal point 100 feet | in width and twen for cach ten mile in length of main line for station buil workshops, depots, machine shops, swit sidetracks, ete. It also gives the use of - terials on the public domain along the way to be nused inthe work of const but it provides that the rights wr company shall not preclude any rights of oth roads 1o ¢ lines over the same route, and the entire line must be: completed nd he The sece through crvation in bill prants a vight of way Crow Creck Indian res South Dakota of width of fifty feet and the company to take stone for usein structing the line and buildings for the e through the reservation, from th retary of the interior fixing the amount of compensation to the Ind + right of way and securing_ their Iails the Pacifie Midland will the east over four or five co 4 promises to be a sharp 1 Northern and_ other Pa trunke und will_develop thatsection of the states and_territories through which it runs to the Pacific midway between the Union and Northern Pacific road TO MAKE MONEY MORE PLENTIFUL. Mt Dovsev introduced m the hou bill similar to the one introduce v Plumb, which will turn into the sarplus and make available for public uses all of the money ¢ ing lines. to the n, of mutional bank notes from bunks which have gone into lquidation. The Plumb bill will be reported favorably from the scnate committee on _finance and s Mr, Dorsey’s measure will likely go to his own eommiittee there is little doubt but that the house will take favorable action. Mr. Dorsey has taken the position from the beginning of this congress that there is tc much idle money inthe treasury and that something should be done to put into the hands of the people a more plentiful supply of mohoy. . Ho said thaveorninNebrasia would bo worth 20 cents o bushel as soon as the £140,000,000 or £150,000,000 which Senator Plumb and others hirve proposed {0 put. into sulation is veleased from the tic sposed to put this mon 3 the _outstandin bonds which fall duea year tember. Mr, Dorsey hat can be passed i the house wnd also th 000,000 of the £100,000,000 in gold coin in the treasury for the rédemp United States notes can be put into ation also being applicd to the extinguishment of the indebtedness by the purchase of the 4! per cont bonds. This latter measure s also before the house, having been presented by Mr. Dorsey somc ti The pr : Plumb to civeu- late t lield for the redemption of notes issned by national banks which hav gone into liquidation and the_proposition be- fore the house to civculate 855,000,000 of the gold reserve fund will malke an zate in- crease of money in the hinds of the people of over §140,000,000, SILVER COINAGE SITUATION, Senator Teller of Colorado, who is the lead- ing member of the committée appointed by the house to reach an agreement in ro legislation upon silver coinage, is the sub-committee of the joint ¢ and, besides being in a better position than any other senator to possess the exuet status of the qu , is more keenly interested by virtue of representing a preat silver producing state, Ho said of tho silver colnage situation t: tically reached an agreement, i\ dict that a Jaw will soon be enacted providing for the ..mmm-n_r« 500,000 0 month and the ¢ o tho United State cha of the quest mone of the has been the two houses b is in fact the only question house insists that ihe corti deernable iu silver bullion ¢ the senate conferes say th shall bo ble of tho United coin, gold tender or y which the Uni Sponsible for, at th cortific which and the no upon decided, involved coin, but or certificates whul mongy which in State: silver certificat other kind tates may issue option of the hold of the silver bullion cortificates, We had 1o trouble to reuch an agreement as to the amount of silver which shall be coined nor had we any trouble in determining that the discretiondry power of the secretary of the » suspeud the purchase of should not be given, but it was and pretty hard thing to determine the certificates issued for the bulli shall be redecmable only in the article which they represent or ¢ the government shall remonetize silver and make 1t as good as any mo Weo have not definitely determined this point, but I think there is no doubt in the world that tho posi tion assumed by the sena a popular one not ouly in the west but throughout the country, and that silver bullion certificates will bo made as good as gold or legal tender notes, We do not. want tofl any knd of money which is inferiol to any other kinds of money, nor do we want to issue certificates which will bo depreciated condition of affairs, We want th i to be as good as oth money as long as they are in civculation. The proposition to coin $4,500,000 & month will, I think, absorb the entire output of the Awcrican mines, together with that which is used in manufacturing, 1 presume there will be a good deal of foreign silver uscd also,” A POINTER FOR SAFE CRACKERS, Treasurer Hustorf was today before the house committee on appropriations and in sisted upon an appropriation of §20,000 with which to make secure the cight gold and sil ver storuge vaults ut the treasury depart It is learned that these vaults ave in vulnerable condition a fow days ago a locksmith from New 'York burst one of these vaults witha crowbi | picked one or two locks within a fow seconds; that it would be i compa ly easy matter or whethe | an org lars 10 tho few guards on duty &t the night, open the vaults and have acce s of millions of dollurs owned by the rnment he gold and bins at the treasury BOVH is stored in 80 much ¢ ure than th silver 1i are ordinary covers for portable steam engine boilers, the vuults being made of boiler iron and welded by the ordinary pin process. The locks are simple affairs and Treasurcy Hus- e the prelminary steps to the | pated in | miles of | pormits | d | land, the | bt £10,000,000 now held | bullion | iuto | ecnre as bank safe L his request will be ton wants them made s wlts and it ¢ \ikely th | wranted by -5 | BT e ¢ | My Allisoi% o petitions fron 2 \tal | States asking 2\ no % UCRD IY ALLISON, today pie rks of the bill shall be it of N the United adopt that does not & 2. \am | the postal eloy ‘ Town M, E. ment of such | efforts to | | from this country same protection aft | in life, liberty and from citizens M.lisoncounty, Towa 1 twenty-one citizens of the Seventh con sionul_district of Towa in favor of freo | inage, He also prosente on from armakers' union No. ton, la., w compelling the fnsertion of the cight hour day law in all contracts for government work: 4 lot of petitions from grangers and I"armers' alliance organizations in lowa ing for the of silyer were presented by or Allison. FILIBUSTERING QUELLED, Speakor R gain ealled upon today 1o exercise the power given him by | the new rules in quelling an attempt at fill | bustering by the de They bey | filibuste inst the conside m | | bill to relieve the United States courts of the | | | 1 drive out the Chinese to secure to them the (@d to all other per pursuit of happit Ci rwhich they have been labor | * many years by the complete r | ization of thio System. The measure at | izes the presidént to nt about sixteen | additional i W the additional | tronage given the administration proved be the fly in the democratic vinegar. They | ot wanit Presidont, Hurrison to have any | © patronagy 1 they acknowl- | | edwed the justic nd the fact | | that it has” been under consideration by the | judiciary committee of the hou ght or ten years, has been endorsed by the Ametican | Bar nssociation, the nssociate justices of the | suprem and the leading lawyers i con- | gress, they pretended to debate it a day . or two. The republicans said that it had re. {mch consideration alrcady and had | been before the country so many years that it | | was an absolute waste'of time to debate it at all, although they were willing to give the | s three Tours and a half. Afterse cral tedions roll calls Mr. Oates of Alabama moved to adjour I make the p Cannon of linois, ay * exclaimed Mr. motion is dila nt of order “that the ned, exclaimed quick as words could | stion the deadlock was broken. The house then pr eded to the considera: tion and final adoption of the bill, which will | prove a very great advantage to the cour at large and result in cleaning up the docke | of all of the district and cireuit courts whi are so far behind date, FIGHTING THE SUGAR DUTY CUT. Representative Dorsey of Neb started out some days ago to seen to a petition in the interest of the | of the beet and sorghum sugar industr secured the signatures of sixteen membe who declare the will not vote fora greater reduction than per cent of the present sugar duty. It is stated that @ combin has been made hetween the memt ested in the protection of the sy nd those who want a lower vate pet wools, whereby the one « ed “to stand by the other strengthen their force the beet sugar men today delayed report on the tarift bill NEW POSTMASTET Fandon, Frontier county C. Jusse. n county, B. f duty on 155 has one to ment of again the moved. Towa W. R Ou Jackson county Kimball, removed. Pennington bula, , vice J. L. South _Dakota— Farmingdale, county, . A. Hammerquist, vico A, Thomp- son, rosigned; Flora, Charles Mix county, Olife Scott, vice H, A, Moomzwn resighed | | Norfolk, Sully counts, C. W. Houck, vice L. Briggs, vesigned ; SuntaClara, Brown county, G G Benuett, vie J. 1L Pletcher, ves ned! MISCELLA Representatives Pickler and Gifford today | arranged forcompetitive examinations to bi held in South Dakota for the appe acadet to the West Point militavy and a eadet to ther Anuapolis naval i | v the Annapolis_cadetship an exa unination | | will be held at Redfield and Mitehell on May 6. For the West Point cadetship the | exumination will be leld at Huron on May 13, P’rof. McClough, president, of the uitur- | ul collegeat Huron, will have chavge of the mination at that pluce, and Brof. Beaten, ident of the Redfield college, will have supervision of the examination at Redficld, while the president of the Mitchell college will take eharge of the . Mr. Dorsey in the hous petition from_citizens of We iug county, Nebraska, in fav to our domestic sugar’ industry and asking him to stand by the position against a reduc- tion of more thaun 25 per cent of the present duty on suga nator Munderson is in P’} tending the auniversary of the Loyal e Vi o) 1p- tment of Land offices at Broken Bow and Alliance have been postponed until his re- turn, A favorable report has been made upon the bill to_pension Stephen B. Rediield of Con- | Thirty-seventh I colunteers, ab a te than he now smate has passed the bill to pension at £i2 0 month John Beachin, sr.¢ who served in Company 1, Bighth Towa volunte James K. P, Millor of Deadwood, S, D. here, A.J. Graham of Towa is at the Metropol | itan, Pruny 5. Hean, THE CARPENTERS' STRIK A Mass Mecting Called to Settle the Difliculty. Cricaco, April 15— Judges Tuttle of the ¢ conrt, will for a mass meeting, which it i | be held within a day or two, w the arbitration of the differences between the striking carpenters and the master builders | The strike is of such serious proportions that | if the diff 5 not settled within a | week it 15 thought tho planing mills and brickmukers will have to shut down, thus throwing out of employment muny thousund meu, Railroad Men Make Demands, Prrrsnura, Pa,, Ay ‘T'he demands of the yard switchmen for higher wiges, shorter | hours and the employment of experienced men were presented to the ofticiuls of the Peunsylvania railroad, Panhandle, Pittsbury , Pittshiirg & Western, Balti & OMio dnd smaller lines this aftémoon, officials were inconference this afte noon, but their action wjill not be made known until tomorrow morniing. It is thought the matter will be compromisced or an exten- sion granted, thereby averting a strike, i Point, Cun- S protection el is Altg 14 and | call thought will th a view to Miners and Opera CoLusnus, 0., April 15,—At the joint con veution of miners and operators there were eventy-five J sgates and about | Ohio and principally from | a from the secretary of the Indiana Operators’ association, stating that they had decided not to atténd the conven tion Alettor from 8. N. Yeoman thi operators of northern linols would not tend becanse the opevators of the southern wrt of the state refused to participate, My mpster said as neither state would be | ited the convention should proceed y. Commitiees w appointed, It | was decided that the miners of Indiana and 1llinois could have only Iyisory connec tion with the scale com Dempster was clected permanent 1 Patrick | MeBryde aud Robert Watehorn secrotaries pagt of the i J. Morton Hull | 1, part. of the util tomorrow, the at Want the Eight-Hour D, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 15.—About hundred union carpenters went out toda the eight-hour day and 85 cents an hour. A | bundred or more non-union men are still at | work, | pht for | prisoner | has been with the company | ceptions are the me | favor - 200, NUMBER NURDERED BY A YOUNG BOY. Siamek Stabs a Fellow Named Fred Radzuwait, Anton Workman A BLADE PLUNGED INTO HIS HEART. Details of o Tr acted in a South Omaha Tervible mgedy Ene Packing House Yesterday Afternoon - Death Was Tnstan Anton Siamek, o fifteen-year-old boy, is & it the South Omaha police station, with the charge of mutder entered inst, him. At ten minutes after 5 o'clock lust night ho stabbed Fred Radzuwait, aged twenty-two years, in the heart, killing him instantly. Siamek, the murderer, and his vietim were both employed in the hog killing room at tho Armour-Cudahey packing house, The boy for about two years, whild Radzuwait's connection with the house dates baclk for the st three years, DETAILS OF THE CRIME, The hog-killing room of the Avmour-Cuda- liey house is on thoe third floor of the north- cast corner of the building. - From the point where the live animal is led to s und through the different parts of the d tment until the car hung cut and cleaned, overy and boy worls knifo in hands. The wheel away the of theso worked , cutting s, . S 1] almost nploye up, man with his who vefuse in earts and barrels, and one was Radzuwait. The boy Siumelk with o knifo Laving a six-inch blad up the infestine 1 from the ani During the busiest hour of the afternoon, when every man was absorbed in his work, some difficulty arose between Radzuwait an famel. The men paid little heed to it, thinking it was only a friendly war common among the employes. Before anyone could vealizo what was being done Sinmek’s work- knifo was plunged into Radzuwait's breast the blade entering the heart. The wurdeved man walked about ten feet tow a door ledling into another voom. Before he conld s the threshhold he fell on the floor corpse, his lifeblood mingling with the samo fluid that had run over the floor defud hogs that were heing passed m workmun to workman, Tho on wits drawn from his breast by fello w workman. IS BROTHER WITNESSED 1T, Radzuwait's 3 ploye of the rooin and saw his brother just as the Tast breath Ieft his hody. His it care was (o slayer of his own flesh and bloc ' Siamek fled from the the house, Sceing the on duty at Armour’s house, ex- Captain Joln Sexton, Siwmek flew to him and, shiveving like an’aspen leaf, ho threw himself into arms fov protection. Radzuwait's brother up, the crimo the boy had just, committed was expli the oftice famek wus placed under vest. e was taken to Superintendent Hal oftice and subsequent, by Offcer Sexton, whe the charge of mu SIAMEK'S pLED. Anton Siamelk is probi the person in the history of western crimes who will answer to the charge of mu Ho is but fiftecn yeurs of age. Ho is a Bohemian and resides with his mother and stepfather on the hottoms near Metz’ brewers Ho cannot speak English, but wi an interpreter e told the cireumstu the killing to Superintendent Hule and ¢ tain Sexton, He was working in the he & voom near Rudzuwait, when some trouble arose between them eaused by the later throwing refuse in Siamek’s face. Radzu- waiit’s work at the tin uired the use of a pitehfork. Siamelc eluims he was struck on the head with the pitehfork und was - being followed up with' it by Radzuwait when ho turned and plunged his working knifo into his assailant’s heart, He didn't'wait to seo the but turned and ra The lizes the enormity of the crim 1S comimitt He walled to the police st without flinching, and was stolid andindiferent when spoken to in - tho cell, a m the along fr is an em- his sungest WORKMEN'S STATEMENTS, kmen in the hog killing room differ spects in their st the affair from that told by the b iy have no Kknowledge of a quarrcl and thought only a playful tilt was going on, which consisted of quent practice of thiowing refu i of i the Jenife threw The in some weapor the blade into his |\mu‘l MUBDEREL Fred Radzuwait, the murd twen X s of age and res ond and Hickory streets in Omal married mouths ago. He was a( and had been in o this country about fifteen years. His father and mother live near Twenty-fourth and 1 streets in South Omabi; the futher works at Hummond's puack- ing house und wus soon at the sideof his dead son, Be his father, mother and wife Radzuwait leaves threo biothers and one He had worked for the Avinouy-Cuel company aluost sinee the starting of the outh Omalin house, and was considered quicts inoffensive and trustworthy cmp Young Siur Dbosses in the house speale well of lim, He had uever been in trouble with any of the cmployes duving his two years' conneetion with the honse THE MURDERER'S HOME A representative of Tk B went to the residence of Mrs, Siamck on the hottoms cast of Metz's browery 1 ning, Anton Siae n orphan, huving a stop-mother, Mps Anna Siamek, and three brothers, John, Jo- ph and Jambos, und one sister, Mary, wifeot mil I He lives with his brother Jo- Mrs. Siwmels is an intelligent and neat woman, and through an spoke in words of praise of tho young man, as did all who knew him, e was ood to bis mothe: industrions and neyer had been in trouble! When seen Mrs, Siuuek had learned of heg step-son's trouble and had gone over 1o Jo- seph's home, She, us well as the brothers aad sister, was mch distressed over the une fortunate oceurrence, AN INQUEST TODAY Radzuwait's body was removed from the room were it lay in 4Le packing house by the covoner last night and taken to Heafey & Heafey’s undertaking rooms, where an ine quest will be held this morni Siamele was kopt a close prisoner no one being aliowed to sec hin B 1 Prospects, Panis, Ap h—Atb the Panama ca tery drawing today Monchicourt, t ator, announced that the report of mittee of inguiry would bo published but said that there could be no question it arresting liquidation In order to form a new compuny to complete the canal, A new cone pany adiinistercd by men of firm character and iutegrity, with the work under the direcs tion of a practical wan could al inspire confidence. Ho did not consider the coms pletion of the canal impossible, e Nomination of Senators Favored, S L, April 15.-The de cratic county convention today resulted of the of the nomination of United St by stute tousy and inst tion of Sangamo the nominu M for that h . ulso en rman scpl looking interpretor last night, Panama C; lots liquids the coms 5001 0 in conye inger as tructed the delos ivention W vole wnd i nal ¢ ntative i gation to the fox hi I