Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 16, 1891, Page 1

- THE OMAHA DAy BEE, } TWENTIETH YEAR. " OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1801, ALL THE HOSTILES NOW I Thirty-five Hundred of Them Right at the Agency, . \\THEY PRETEND TO GIVE UP THEIR ARMS. Big Road's Band Can Only Produce Looks Peaceful but Bloodshed May Yot Result. Prxe Rinoe A Neb.,) Jan, 1 ~ey, 8. D, (via Rushville, [Special Tologram to ~The hostile camp began moving into ock this morning and of wagons and horsemen The Ogallalas came first jon near Rea & continuous str went on for hours, &nd took up thel camp on the plain southwest of the agency. The bloodthirsty Brules were to follow next, but were stopped by the scouts, as it is pro- posed to ieep them separate from the rest., ¥rank Grouard, the scout, estimates the pumber of lodges at 7 estimate the nu cannot, however, be fewer than thirty-five The Indian camp two miles from has been broken up. The advance gnard of the hostiles had arcely reached the agenc nt word that he had collccted the arms of his followers and wanted to surrender them ber of Indians, when Big Road o found to consist of simply_two broken carbine, shortguns, three Henry rifl two Sharp's rifles and o guns in_ail, This surrender 1s an evidence that the Indians do not propose to give up all rguns, and that they have hidden their best weapons in the bills, E re hostile band would be expected to give hundred guns, v buck is the 1 the neighbo rof & weapon. Bird and Spotted Horse, friendly chiefs, are now asking protection from the hostiles i among them. meral Miles will be ‘ming of the Ir a’s surrender, on the basis of Big should not be, some people heve consider that the difculty is far from being settled, At noon about a dozen chiefs came in to ow with General Miles. skeptical regarding the Indiuns’ good intentions, and says the same chiefs who now maka th s s than a dozen other counc claimed to have no influence over their young Agent Cooper {s very in reply to a question General Mil very significantly : k with Big Road this morning oux be good Indian now.” T'he citizens of nortliern P\riug to present G orsythe with a endorsement of at Wounded fLion of his servic e announcement of the walty, who was wounded at the fight at the mission’on December 30, hus caused profound regiment seventeen reside at St. Jos Some relatives THE GRAND MARCH, Hostlles Take Their Positions in an Imposing Fashion. D. (via Rush- [Special Telegram to This afternoon the Brules doned their proposed camp near Red Cloud's and pitched their tepees las, formiug a camp nearly a mile and ng with the friend- The main part of ahalf in length, connect lies south of the agency. the camp eoxtends southward from White Clay creck, up the bluffs, on tho summit of which the Indians bave posted pickets to guard against a surprise. Thoey took posses- sion of the Bluffs' just about the v reached its camping ground, sud- {enly appearing as a deploying party, both m®unted and proved wmilitary fashion. Siuce the surrender by Big Road of the nine vifles referred to in utches, nothing has been heard or received rom the hostile camp, 1d Hotehkiss in the agency are, however, trained in that direction tonight and every ation of life there will be watched with Tomorrow, it i3 expected the other chiefs will turn over to Agent Picrce the but it is doubted whether the surrender will exhaust the sup- The Indians of this afternoon’s d All the guus, rifles wrms of thel Big Road have of giving up nie as the warrior: of Big Foot: the topees of the latter were searched for the weapons which it was known th the massacre at Wounded Knee took place. s doubt entertained, however, that General Miles will order ascarching of tepees for apy wmore arms, that he will not seek for hidden weapons in the bad lands or near the camp sites which the hostiles have abandoned. case the Indi; weapons which will voluntarily s also a cortainty Such being the urrender, knowing that they bave temporarily stored away in their tepees o in the hills settlement of th disarming the Indians, ing interest, ill be one of excee people in this vicinity hold that the Indiun with arms even, is not to be feared if hi eral contracts be Miles has already assured the Indians that 1 have nothing to complain of 50 far as their treatment by the govern- ment is concerned. This afternoon General Brooke, accom- panied by Major Benham and Aides and Roe, and attended by Lieutenant scouts and a detachment of twenty-five stal warts of the Ninth cavalry, eral called on G his rights under thé hereafter they eneral Miles and later, re- short distance outside of the northern breast- command near the mission has been divided and all the di in this direction or have al- General Care reachod beef corral touight with troops A, Captain Blackson; C, Captain Stantou ; D), Lieu 3, Captain Krame Frank West; I, 1, Lieutenant Sau all of the Sixth cavairy, General Wheaton is now flanking the In- dians on the west with the eight of the Second infantry and one troop of each of the First, Second and Fifth two troops of the Eighth cavi Colonel Sanford s flanking the enemy on the east with troops A, C, D, B, K of Colonel Henry's Ninth cavalry and Companies A, B, C, D, Eand G of Colonel Oftley’s Soventeenth infantry. The missing commands will either reach ning or be ready to re- either movin, ready arrived. ptain Wallace the agency this evi at 8 woment’s notice, The band of Young-Man-Afraid-of-His- orses, which has been visiting the Crows r the past two month: bout three hundred, arrived tod w0 accompanied by about fift ed and wora out ver been seen on the reservation, and numbering hostilo squaws that have An Appeal for the Indians. mittee of the Indlans Rights association tas adopted an appeal to the citizens of the United States on behalf of the Indians, 'he appeal advocates placing the manaeement of Indian affairs under & single, responsible head, and adds: “Whiile we not advoca the complete transfer of the Indian manage ment to the war department, we believe all the advantages which are desired could be obtained by many able and experienced army ofticers serving as Indian agents without counterbalancing the disadvantages which we believe would result from so radical a change.” PrPAUL WIN ".'ll""fi; ll;l’d VERY. His Conduct at the Battle of Wounded Knee Reported to Washington. Pixk Rivor Acexoy, 8. D, dan. 15,—[Spe- cial 10 Trr Ber. |—A letver has just been for- warded to the war department at Washing ton, signed by every officer at the agen commending Corporal Paul Winert, the hero of Wounded Kuee, for his braveryin that bloody conflict, and a gold medal is soon to be presented to him in commemoration of the event and in recognition of his service, Paul Winert is certanly the lion of Pine Ridge, and bis comrades and officers are con- tinuous in their praise of him and his ex- traordinary work of execution at Wounded Knee. They relate the account as one of the most daring and remarkable instances of reckless bravery on recora, ana if half wero true, Paul Winert is_entitled to the brightest medal that was ever designed. He had control of one of the Hotchkiss guns fu the famous Seventh, and after the recovery from the first shock and surprise of the Indlans' treachery, Winert's gun was one of the first to answer the challenge. Andthe way Paul Winert handled his Hotchkiss bas caused the spread of awave of admiration over all America. Shell after shell was sent into the flying Indians, and they went down like grain before the reaper —not by ones, twos or threes, but by dozens. The spirit of an mecarnate avenger seemed to lave taken possession of Winert and he knew neither nor danger. In the very jaws of death he sent destruction and annihilation to the red men. While his companions followed their guas at each rebound, Winert pushed his instru- mentof death forward and beyond its ori inal position, uutil he was more than two hundred feot 'in front of the other guns. Oncea bullet grazed Ins forefinger, butit only caused the gunner to pull the remnant of his ap closer over his eyes and blindly go on h the execution. A large body of Ind 1 taken a position in a caveand wer recting their fire towards the daring gunner, and his lieutenant was one of those that went down under that fire. I am killed,” cried the unfortunate licutenant, and then Corporal Winert ran his gun up to within about sixty feet of the Indians and their re- treat, and several Hotchkiss shells were sent among them. It was the end of the Indian fire, aud when the time came for the burial of the dead Indiansa score or more were taken out of that death trap. There is not an officer or a private, who survived that dread- ful battle, thatv has not.shaken the hand of Corporal Winertin eratitude and congratula- tion. He certainly deserves a medal. But Corporal Winert was only one of a reg- iment of tho bravest men that’ ever engaged in warfave. Private James E. Kelly was an example of the members composing 1t after doing bloody execution and going down in the band to hand struggle he called his lieutenant to his side avd said: “Tell my mother that I died like a soldier and & man,’? and today the officer carried out the wish of the dead soldie Chadron’s Grand Wo Cmoros, Neb., Jan. 15. -[Spectal Tele- gram to Tir Bre.|-Chadron is once more quiet. The lastof the militia left for home this morning, and only a few families of tno many families who sought refuge here dur- ing the early stuge of thewar remain, confi- dence having been fully restored and no fur- ther trouble anticipated. Chadron may well feel proud of the part sho has taken throngh- out this treuble, She has boused, cloathed of families that came Lere e circum: Her busiuess men have been liberal in the extreme to those whose means were limited and notwithstanding that for nearly two months all branches of business in the city hav 1sively, there has not. been one failure recorded. Itis hoped, as s00n a8 the farmors and men _are once more completely domiciled in their homes, that busin will soon assume its former prosperous condition, There have been 1o arrivals from Pine Ridgo today. Big Crow Wants a Letter, Pive Ringe Acexcr, S. D., (via Rushville) Jan 15.—[Specil Telegram to Tik Ber,)— Frank Gronard, chief of the scouts and one o best knowledgo of Indian character, says there will be nomore trouble unless caused by an accident, but that it will require a month to disarn them. ‘The march of (he hostiles into the agency was one of the grandest and most picturesque sights ever witnessed in Indian warfare and their display of generalship and strength was uot lost upon the spectators, Big Crow, ono of the hostile chiefs, today asked Ex-Agent McGillicuddy for a letter shoving bim to be o good Sioux becauso he had made up his mind to bo bad no more. A large number of porsons are getting ready to leave the agency. Nearly all the correspondents expect to leave this weels. Specinl Agent Cooper bas been ordered to Black River Falls, Wis., and will leave in a fow days. 2 Bucks in Bad Humor. Pixe RInGE AGrxcy, 8. D. (via Rushville, Neb,) Jan, 15.—|Special Telogram to Tne Bee|—Tne Bre corrcinondent made an attempt tonight to euter the hostile mp, but was proveniad by some friendly Indians. The latter that the hostiles, especially the younger ones, are in very bad humor. “They dre suspicious of the futént of the military” and_are exorcising the same vigilanee in euarding against a surprise as if they had not agreed to come in, at therequest of Goneral Miles At a late hour tonight thore were no lights visible among the tepees und it appenred us if the ghost dance which was indulged in by some of the young men had been discon- tinueds Wil Vislt the Great Fat her. WASHINGTON, Jan, 15.—A telegram was re- ceived at the war department this afternoon from General Miles asking permission for a number of Sioux chiefs to visit Washington for the purpose of conferring with the presi- dent regarding their condition. The permis- sion was granted. In reply to telegrams sent to General Miles today coucerning the time of departure of the Indian delegation for Washington, he said: “There is no necessity for haste. 1 do not intend to send the delegation untit this mat- ter is entirely settled here and the Indians do as I have directed, which directions they are now complying with in every respeot. This Indian war I now considerat an end in a most satisfactory manner. More complote submission to military power never has beel wade by any Indiaus, The report that any have escaped is simply nottrue,” A Duluth Correspondent Missing. Durorn, Mion,, Jan. 15,—A dispatch from Kushville, Neb,, says: Guy Butler, a Duluth correspondent, started yesterday to visit the camp of the hostiles, ‘Hehasnot vet been heard from and it is feared that he bas been killed. Troops ave out searching, The Weather Forecase, For Omaha and Vicinity—Fair; colder; foliowed by risiug temperature, For Nebraska—Fair; winds shifting to southeasterly ; warmer. For Towa—Falr; colder, except in extreme northwest portion’; shghtly warmer; north- erly, shifting to casterly winds, For South Dakota~Cenerally fairin south- east, local suows In morthwest portious; warmer; casterly winds, L L Broken Bucket Shop Brokers. Bureato, N. Y., Jan. 15,—Allen & Co., bucket shop brokers, bave decided to elose their business. Their losses aggregate fully 500,000, JAY GOULD WAVES HIS HAND. Rock Island Officially Notifid That the Bridge Agreement is Off. IT WILL FIGHT TO THE LAST DITCH. So Says Judge Withrow, the General Counsel — The Mean a New Bridge for Cnicaco, Jan, The Rock Tsland road today received official notice from the Union track and bridge The notice says that theso agree- nts are in excess of the powers and statut- ory authority of the Union Pacific company. An official of the Rock Island, speaking of the matteg tonight, said that the Rock Island is content to leave the question of the valid- ity of the contract to the courts, ‘“The Union Pacific,” he sa their power to make a lease, but it is a-well known fact that, while Gould was a director of that road, several years ago, it leased the s, “now deny the Missouri Pacific, receiving no rentals whatever, and the Union Pacific keeping the road in repair. Furthermore, that the leaso is still in force, yet nobody hears a sugges- tion from Jay Gould that it is illegal.” Said Judge Withrow, geueral counsel of the Rock Island: gave us traclkago cific tracks Omaha and shortened our line terms of the contract we have spent $1,2 000 for a new track I'rom this w Lincoln and are now cut off, The contract was cntered into in good faith; was awn up by the attorn of the roads; was dents and ratified by both boards of direc workiug under the contract since last June, AMr. Gould, with a wave of hand, attempts to annul will fight to the last ditch for tho en forcement of its terms and we will win, *“We will enter upon no_new discussion ov agreement with Mr. Gould until this contract is enforced and carried Nothing less will be discussed or considered We entered into tho new Western Trafiic assoclaticn under a practical A preliminary agreement out to the letter. misapprehension was signed by fourteen cral months gained control of the Union Pacific and we would have refused to join the association had we not then compelled to broak faith with the other twelve s Other railroad officials belie of Gonld’s might turn outa fa Western Traffic assocation, Rockl sland might almost as_well take up its tracks to Council Bluffs, and it 1s absolutely its track wost of the Noone believes the Rock Island will await tedious court proceedings to regain control of its own property and it canuot do hing but wait if it acts under the terms of the new agreement, lent Miler of the St. Paul has not 1 from New York o learned whether hike notice served on_his road. 1 stab at the If he wins, the barred ont of some It is the general belief that the Rock Island and St. Paul will join in building a bridee at Omaba and fight Gould in bis own territory. The Meaning of Destination. 1a., Jan. 15.—[Special Tele- grawm to Tue Brk.|—The hearing before the railroad commission of the Rock Island case was begun this morning. The plaintiff is M. Carroll of Tifin, Complaint was made tothe commission, posit passengers at the platform of the cited the company carried on freight trains to the provisions of the statute on this subject, which says the pas- sengers shull be put down at the depot and not just inside the yard, as claimed by the railroad, a8 bemg at their discretion. In order to evade this pure matter of law and duty the company immediately stopped car- rylng passengers on its freight trains, caus- fug an enormous inconvenience to the public generally, Outof this refusal to carry pas- seugers on freight trains grew Mr. Carroll's complaint, the case having procoeded to such A point that the commission now is con- templating an order forciug the Rock Island road to put on better passenger facilities and accommodations with reference, parti larly, to the restoration of passenger traius abandoned some time ago, A large number of interested parties were present at the hearing. Attorney Cummings for the railway com- pany. the points of which are, that uo com- plaint has been made sufficient to cause or permit the board to act; that the company denies the authority of the board to order or make alterations in” the train service; that the company is organized under the laws of different states and, therefore, the board of any one state may not regulate a part or P0f; that the compan the nocessity forextra trains aske the accomodation and the public does not de- A formal answer by A considerable number of witnesses wore sworn and heard regarding the present service of the road, most of them saying it was entirely inadequate, An_opinion will probably be rendered before the end of the Higher Rates on Products, Cuicaco, Jan, 15.—The Western Freight association has agreed to make the rate on packing house products_from Si in Louisiana and Texas above the Chicago rate. Starbuck E'ected President, New Yok, Jun. 15.—W, H. Starbuck has beeu elected ' president of the Oregon im- provewent company. THE PACIFIC ROADS, Senator McOonnell Introduces a Bill for Settlement Wasnixaron, Jan, 15.—Senator McCon- nell today introduced a bill to provide for a settlement between the United States and the Central and Umon Pacific and certain other railway corporations which have re- ceived bonds from the government to aid in the construction of their roads. The bill di- rects the attorney general to commence pro- ceedings in condemnation agaiust these cor- porations and authorizes the president to de- tail threo army officers as a board of ap- praisers to fix the value of all property be- longing to these roads. 15 also to wstitute proceedings against all companies to forfeit charters and other The attorney general The secretary the amount posed of 10 pay off the ndebtedness. ments are to be made until the supreme court endered a decree confirming the find- ings of the board of appraisers, tary of the interior is authorized to advertise within thirty days after the investiture of tho property for a lease for fifty years of all the railways with their appurtenances and . No bid is to be considered for an annual rental of less than $5,000,000, r—— An Emoezzler Confesses. Sax Fraxcisco, Cal,, Jan. 15.~A published statement was made today that Jobu C. Hill, formerly of the law firm of Hill & Rogers of this city and one of the trustees of the estat: of John Hawley and Marvin A. Baldwin, bas confeised to embezuzlements ng $150,000 through dealing 250,000,000 to bo dis stocks, 1Itis stated that the Hawley and Baldwin cstates are involved to the exfont of $40,000 h, WILL STRIKE TODAY, Operators and Station Azents on the twaukee Road to G Ouat, Cnicaco, Jan, 15.—Dispatches from Du- boque and Ottumwa, Ia., Mitehell, S, D:,and other points say nearly all the operators and agents along those divisions of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul will 50 out on a strike tomorrow unless tho former wages are re- storad Cuicaco, Jan, 15.—|Special Telegram to Tue Bre. | ~Grand Ol Chief Thurston of the Orderof Railway Telegrabpers said this morn- ing that he had personal information thatat least 250 or 300 of the Bt. Paul agents and operators had sent in thelr res- ignations, and he was counfident that there would be practical unanimity in all tho departments of the road. At tho company's office no apprehension for the result of the conflict was manifested. The officials thought that not many of the telegraphers would quit. But fow resigna- tions had been received. Loss than ton men, it was said, had resigned on the Chicago & Savannal division. These can be easily re- placed, Chief Thurston said today that there was no danger of the trouble spreading to other roads, “‘All the authority in such matters rests with me,” said he, “and Isay officially and authoritatively that there will be no strike on any other line. AlEthe talk about the trouble on the Lake Shove road is un- founded.” ‘Will Not Join the Strike. KAxsAs City, Mo., Jan. 1§.—Members of the Kansas City division jof tho Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul operators' union say they will not join the strike ordered for to- morrew. An Order to Stpike Mitcneis, S, D., Jan, 15.~([Speclal Telo- gram to T Bi —Mllwnu’wc railway op- eratives who are members of the Order of Railway Telegravhers are I receipt of a cir- cular letter from officers of the order direct- ing that all their members on the Milwaukeo system go out at 7:30 tomorrew mornin perintendent Earling’s proposi- tion w the commitiee was rejected. ir- cular states thatabout four handred and fifty men are expected to go out. et s 3 OGLESBY NOMINATED. Illinois Republicans Scleot Him to Succeed Farwell SrrNGriELD, IIL, Jan. 15 Jovernor Richard J, Oglesby was tonight nominated by the joint republican caucus as candidate for United States senator to succeed Charles B. Farwell, The result was quite a surprise. As the day opened the principal name men- tioned in opposition to Farwell was that of Oglesby, but the latter was dropped to a cor- tain extent, his friends discovering that a number of Gresham men who, should the Oglesby boom become too pronounced, might favor Farwell. When the caucus met tonight every republican legislator was present. The Oglesby men scored a victory at once in securing the clection of Senator Fuller as chairman of the caucus. A motion by Berry was adopted, to the effect that the republican members of the senate and house steering commitiees have entire power in the coming conte.t. White of Whiteside was added to the committee, The following resolution by Whitehead was adopted unamimously; ‘““Ihat the nom- inee of this caucus shall bo subject to the control of the steering corumittee, whch shall have full power and authority to with- draw the name of said nommee when in their judgment the interest oi the repablican party demands such action, After some discussion Warden moved that an informal secret ballot be taken to ascer- tain the sense of the caucus on the senator- shige When it was counted Chairman Fuller anndtinced that Senator Hamer nad received 1 vote, ex-Representative Ross of Lasalle 20, General John MeNulty 8, Cicoro J. Lindluy 3, Walter Q. Gresham 11, Charles B, Fur- well 32 and Richard J. Ogleshy 43, A formal, out secret, ballot was then or- dered, 1t was soon counteds ‘The total num- ber of ballots cast was 100. Hamer receiye 1, Rosa 1, Gresham 4, Farwell 90 and Ogles- Y 64, “Chairman Fuller declared Richard J, Oglesby the nominee of the caucus. Crawford of Cook, one of Farwell’s friends, moved that the nomination be made unani- mous, Miller and Bass scconded this and the nomination was made uuanimous by a rising vote. Three cheers were given for “Uncle Dick”” with hearty good will. Sen- ator Fuller was made chairman of the joint steering committee. A telegram was sent to Governor Oglesby at Elkhart, IlL., notifying bim of the nomination. Senator Farwell and Chairman Jones also sent congratulatory messages, Senator Farwell was seen after the adjourn- ment of the caucus and said: *“From the sentiment I have met with among the mem- bers here, I have concluded thatTam defeated because I am not a farmer and (with bitter- ness) because I am supposed to be_a milion- aire.” The senator would not talk further, He left tonight for Chicago, Chairman Jones of the republican state committee says ho is_enthusiastically for ex- Governor Oglesby. He was mot surprisod ot the nommation, and should mot have been surprised had Farwell been nominated. It was one of those situations the resultof which no one could foretell. General Palmer, referring to the resolution conferring powers on the steering committee, suid: ““Ivis a curious invitation to extend to an old party leader like Oglesby, asking him to enter a fight under the control of a com- mittes that may desert him at any time,” The Democratic Caucus, SrriNarieLn, I, Jan. 15.—Senator Wells presided at the democratic joiut caucus to- night. He made a speech1n which he re- ferred in glowing terms to General Palmer's record both as a soldier ana private citizen. Speaker Crafts und Senator MeDonald mado short talks, urging upon the members the necessity of obeying the nstructions of the joint steering committee and attending every session of the assembly. The allusions to Palmer were greeted with cheers. The position was assumed that he, having been unanimously nominated by the state couven- tion last June, no caucus could add to the strength of his endorsement. The fact that the Farmers’ Mutual Benefit association will not vote for the ‘‘caucus nowinee” of either of the leading partios ma{ have had some- thing to do with this conclusion, e BURNED TO DEATH, A Ralf-Witted Girl Fires the House and is Cremated, Cricaco, Jan, 15.—[Special Telogram to Tur Ber.]—Josephine Drolletts, a girl seven- teen years old, was burned to death today at her home. All the other members of the family had gone away, leaving the girl, who was of unsound mind, alone in the house. Soon after the neighbors heard screams and smoke pouring out of the windows. A still alarm was turned in, the fire department quickly responded and the flames were ex- tinguished, Before the depaatment arrived, however, the insane girl had rushed into the flames, where ber charred remains lay for some time undiscovered. It Is supposed” sho set fire to the place. BB SRS Fitzsimmons Receives His Money. New OuLeans, La, Jan. 15,—Pitzsimmons today reccived from the Olympic club his sharo of the purse, amounting to $11,000. Many people who won money on him ‘also mado him presents, which aggregated $7,200 more. Dempsey is pretty badly used up, while Fitzsimmons shows no marks of the encounter. it R Wirte Murderer *entenced to Death. Cuicago, Jan. 15.—Joseph Moutag, wile murderer, was tonight fouud guilty and sen- tenced to death, flual opportunity to pass it | enough vote: will be excee take up the pure food and lard bill." RESTRICTION OF IMMIGRATION | THAYER AT IAST RETIRES. The House Committes Has at Last Agreed Upon a Measure, It appears that Father Craft, the Ca\ Ho Gives up His Apartments at the (apitol Under Protest. foux battle at been a source of consid. of the inteddor de- The Indians haye nces disliked him becavse he was rogarded by thom as too good a friend of the sottlors concarn on the part it for many years | PRACTICALLY THE SAME AS THE OLD BILL, GOVERNOR BOYD TAKES POSSESSION, Senator Spooner Says t Senator Sy Are Good for itzler Urges wothe Drouth Stricken Farmers—Tho House Come mittees Annou hate often accused him of eiting tho reds to acts of o of thobattlo of Wounded Knee, it is the improssion of the Indis Fathor Crafts was regarded by Indians as a traitor to th a peace disturber and much annoyance to the interio the Force Bill— Omaha Bridge— 1 oftico here, laneous Matters. At any rate ho department, ropresentative WasHINOTON Bune [Special Telogram Goneral Thayer has the exceutive rooms av the state houso, and Governor Boyd is in possession. Wasmixaroy, D. €., Jan, After a long-drawn siege of he vestigations and consideration tion committee of agreed upon a bill to restrict immigration which has agitated the count ginning of the present congress, agreed to, practically placos no more restric- tion upon immigration than thoso contained 1t provides for the keep- ing out of paupers, idiots, people without means of earning their own living and other buv places no restric- tions whatever upon the incoming of people who can show a clear bill of health physi- cally and who have tho strength to earn a living. The proposition for an educational test was ruled out, nor was the committee to place the responsibility with the consuls of saying who shalland who shall not be ad- mitted to the ports of the United States. superintendent of education is to be created at asalary of $4,500 a vear, under the control of the secreta treasury, to whom all reports shall be made. The headquarters of the superintendent of education will ben Washington and he will ent forcoe at his command. THEY NOW MEAN BUSINESS, *“Yes, sir, the election bill was taken up for ,” said Senator Spooner this after- nd it is my honest opinion that it will dly have been kept off the reserva- This'is the statement of office the immigra- About 11 o'clock this moraing State Treas- urer Hill ealled for ( ipanied by General Vifquain and Private bud reservation 1884, and te did not return to it administration, 't put off the Ro: her Crafts removal titk INTERION, WASHING o the Commissioner of exceutive rooms, whero they wero jolned by all the other members of tho board of publie Land Commissioner cliairman of the voard, read tho resolution attachiog his rooms to Goveraor Boyd's ap: weral Thayer knew what was coming, unnecssary, He sald the supreme court’ had recognized his claim and guaran teed the protection of bis. Hebad been rooms at any time, under protest, Governor Boyd said he would like to move DEPARTMENT ToN, Jan, 20, 1884, Indiun Affairs enclosure, which accompr the 24th inst, upon the subject of the action of Father Craft, a_Catholic r Rosebud agon with exerting in the presént law. aied your lettor of undesirable classes, a' most perni over the Indians and whose removal from the rvation you think is required by section and welfare presented in - the is horeby granted ux reservation correspondence, authorit for the removal from tho while General an making an inventor; of the ofice and gathering his old clerks the revised statutes, 3 H. M. TELER, Se FOURTIL CLASS T0WA POSTMASTERS, Postmasters of the fourth « pointed today as follows : Webster county R, Conklin, vive esigned; Flardy, Humboldt county, Notestine, v bave a sufiic Immoediats Retiof of o Dronth Safferors, Towa Lake, Emmet .]—A third of the s consumed in reading and aporoving ord of the previous day's procecding: s taken up in the first read- for the regulation morning ses- Hauna, resigned 1006 county, C Had we intended should not have gone to the trouble to take it up long after the cocks had crowed for mid- It was in tho best rest if we had not intended to pass “But how will the preyious question be reached in order to g The cloture rale will of course have to bo mpt to pass the bill to let it die we Another third or Shea's bill son, vice Celia Melville S, Sh appointed post master at Mentory No one ever pays attention to the first and second reading of bills, because they will be printed before comi which form cach I fully and at his leisure the secretarie: reading little more tuan and second times, secretaries have bill from titie to end. et & final votet” Minerva Solshe of for discussion, In adopted before wo ati Ivis out of the question to pass any part measure without a rule which will commissioner of Tndian 0,000 Tndian school But $20,000 1 propriated for the buildi , threo stories high and but when itis completed it will cos Genoa will bo for the building. Superintendent Bacus was at the Indian ofiice today and secured the ap- val of the plans, superintendent of the edu- burean, and the Indian school which is to be Thus far the ind moment, a sensational scene, a tiw the presiding officer must re man andhe a republican vote, but we believe we has ognize but one th a motion to now all that is resolution urging tha night in taking up the b appropriation bill hias already had a something that brings for the relief of the 1t went through without objection. alor Mattes wants closer togethe courageous act, this thing of tenting to- gether and touching elbows, as it were. promotes confidence, good fellowship, close 'S men want to move The way to pass & closure resolu tion s to pass it, and it Is_just a time as another, pass the election bill. estants for ch legislator with a idence in the contests his resolution went over until tomorrow under the rules, On the motion of Senator Stevens the retary of state was senator witha copy cf the census of Nebraska as talcen in 1500, Senator Poynter reported a list of lattes, Shea, Switzle against approvang Moore and Wilson did hange from' the list as was the addi- *hools of this dian education tom san lines and mak a bill in the houso Il persons who have y providing that settled upon and are legally quali as homesteaders the public domain andopened tosettiomentunder the decision of the scerotary July 206, 1887, and lying in_ tha counties Plymouth, Sioux and Woodberry, lowa, shall be allowed to make final proof at the oxpir- ation of five years from the date of actual settlement oil the lands named. Prrky S, Heatin, o iy ANOTHER GAS VICTIMN. With_thut we c Without it we can do uothing except by sufferauce of our political We meet now aud will get a move on ourselves.” TUE EAST OMAHA BRIDGE. Senator Manderson and Representative Connell did some good tyork today in the sen- ato on the Kast Omaha interstats bridge bill, which was introduced on Tuesday in the liouso by Mr. Reed of Iowa. tained that the senate merce was willing to favorably report the measure and Senator Mande duce a duplicate of the bill in the senate to- Both Senator Manderson and Rep- resentative Connch have enlisted in favor of the bill and believe that it cau be pushed through at this sess thing that could be in the way of favorable lands réstol furnish each of the interior of Thomas and Woods voted tho list, and M publishod in yesterday's Beg theato the committeo on state uni- c and_normal school, and the dropping of Thomas from the commitiee on revenue. commissioners of committee on com- John L. Davis Asphyxiated in a Grand on will intro- Webster county was read. was impossible’to comply with ments of law in public funds, lepislature pi “public depositories looking to the safety of funds and securing % the same public funds as are for any length of Telegram to Tz B ] Lexington arrived in the city last night and put up at the Paimer house. for Fairbury. tired carly, leaving orders to bo o'clock. At the bour named he w no response being Ho was found in an asphyxiated coudition, turned on full, time such intorest on all kept on hand ator Switzlor improve the records of the joint convention by moving to expunge the tee on commerce would undoubtedly be in favor of the bill even though the war depsrtment op- posed it, s navigation amounted to uothing it was proposed to make this & 'draw bridge, which would not interfere with navigation. tions that could be urgen would come up in_the future, and if the bill can be passed at all now is the ‘time, niimber of telegrams were rece day from Omaha urging the adoption of tno He failed to rc ousness and died this afternoon at 3 o'clock be turncd on wili 'y us he was shown the proper method of turning it off before above Omaha, and resontatives, in gas came to ays remain a myst of tho supremne ¢ authority vested in this joint convention une der the constitut'on of Of course the independonts were him and polled 17 nays aj All of the objec- at this session tate of Nebraska, —_—— BETRANED BY A WOMAN, 1inst 14 yeas, The Absconding Treasurer of Valley County Arrested at Helena, HeLexa, Mon gram to Tiie B Senator Morse introduced a bill providing for three commissioners in counties of less than_one hundred and twenty-five thonsand population and five in lar are to be elected by distr Sonator Hill After last night's surprises in the senate almost anything is now expected except the final adoption of a free silver coinage bill. The friends of this proposition bave gone so far that they have undoubtedly injured their own cause. kinds of speculation around the capital today as to just what Speaker Reed will do with the bill after it goes to the co) age, weights and measures, was thought to be in favor of free coinage after its chairman, Mr. Conger of lowa, was appointed minister to Brazil, but Mr, Wick- ded him, an- nounces his opposition to free coinage in the developments, Chairman y of the committee on banking and cur- rency, who is keeping well abreast of finan- cial legislation and who enjoys the confidence d, predicts that the measure committee on weights and measures and thatsome finan- cial bill or bills will be pass with no roference to silver coinage, and the latter question will be left to the confereuce committee for determination, as it was in the last session of congress, purchase of bullion w scems to be the impre and there will be considerable anxiety goes into the hands of a Unquestionab) have gone furthol er countios. They —A few days ago [. Pierson was arrestod at Butte charged with disposing of mortgaged property at Ord, That was what tho officers told him, Yestorday Sheriff Beagle of Valley county, Nebrsica, arrived and re : on as the absconding treasurer of Valley coun had been made. abouts is duo to information Nancy Dye, whon few days ago notified the Nebraska officials th ONicials think the some brunette in Butte, rayal is the result of Picrson's to provide ample funds, bill for the Aus- tralian ballot system.” It is a moditied copy of the Indiana law. enator Stevens offered the following: move that the attention of thic stato re. lief committee on supplies for relief of the drouth sufferers of the western part of the called to the fa ments for tho immediate procurement of sald supplies can be made through the purchasing agency g pending legistation,” Switzler aud Morse charged that this was part of a scheme on the part of the i pendents to evade th as governor, and argued that the proper s through an appropriation, snator Stevens denied the charge of po- litical scheming, and _maintained that it was intenaca simply to afford immediate relief, as the passage of a bill will require cons He had learned this introduced a There bave and he confessed, mittee on coin- Tnis committee ¥, for whom a long search very of his whe ham of Ohio, light of recent rson was in Butte, d man lived and that the recognition of Mr, of Speaker DEFRAUDED THE GOVER A Big Conspiracy Unearthed to Evade iy on Sugar. PHILADELTIIA, the customs servico made an im- portant discovery a fow days ago, w hich gave evidence of a gigantie conspiracy to dofraud ¢ of legitimate revenue, By accident he was made aware of the fact that there was a lowering of the sugar en- tries of W. Ford Thomas, representing Claus Speckels' sugar rerinory with a view of protecting the government made an immediate demand upon for $20,000, beileving that would cover the Speckles handed the collector & certified check for the amount, and this, it is belioved, will protect the goy- The district attoruey will institute an investigation, The method fternoon that alliance purchasing agency would fu supplies, trusting to a future approprin and be knew no other firm or body that woul The seuator’s only interest in the matter was to get immediate reliof for the when the monthly was increased, sion in the senate the question conference committee free coinage men their own interests will warrant. in position to dictate any reasonavle legi tion on the silver question, but the fact re- mains that an unlimited coinage bill cannot, There are quitea number of republicans who are in favor of giving the widest possible recoguition to silver, but be- lieve in following the republican protective principle and giving free coinage only for American silver. They say it would be just as good economic policy o admit free other foreign products into our ports us to extend our ‘protection to foreign Senators Mattes and Switzler objectsd to the eonsideration of went over tll tomorrow, A resolution adopted authori committee onapportionment, duty to mame judicial, legislative and con- The clhair has the come siviou of tne committee uuder considera- Poynter was ng the chair to appoint & Tt will bo thelr Collector Cooper, become a law. gressional districts, extent of the fraud. THE HOUSE, The Speaker Announces the List of Standing Committoes, Lixcory, Neb., Jan, 15.—[Sg ]—At the morning session of the house pealer announced the list of standing Following are the chairmen ways and means, agriculture, Modie # 3o sxwnd Biiee ¥ -ua pursucd suows that one or more persons in the appraisers offico ncted with some ono on the outside supposed to represcnt Spreckels’ refinery, o was worked s on_involces which showed a pol scope test of sugar as to reduce the amount of duty to be paid Spreckels and his broker, W. Ford Thomas, deny all knowledgo of the fraud. coinage of silver will be the adoption in con- ference of a bill giving unlimited free coinage r, providing that the goy- ernment shall purchase only enough to at least ageregate the present purchase when added to the domestic silver In other words, free coinage American silyer, but the ‘annnal purchase- of bullion or both combined to be not less than the present annual e principal objection urged against confining of free coinage to Ameri is that the domestic production is not as large as theamount now purchased by the govern- ment, and that there would be a aiminuition of the silver market if free coinage was pro- vided only for the American product. FAIR PLAY DEMANDED 1T, Both the Nebraska senators voted at mid- night last night to take up the as the next order of business dock said this evening that his vote was cast because fair pla quite well knawn,"” said the senator, “that I am not enamored of this measure, which in my judgment eitner doos not go far enough o goes 100 far. But beforel left Washington for Omana I agreed, s 1 understood it, with associates that should have a certain number of days moro tme. That agreement was interrupted by the action of Senator Stewart and others and the bill was temporarily laid aside. It is now taken up o give its earnest advocates a y to 80 change the for American sil presented for public lands and buildings, Dobsond of Fille more; nterual improveme nts, accounts and of Adams; constitutional amen ments, Stevens of Furnas ; county and town- Willtams of Franklin; Bartholomew of * Antelope; like to know mind, is nothing more than a conspiracy. may be said Spreckles, ‘‘that the design is organization, who has been in our He Las been a faith- t man and in our experience we scen anything to cause us to ques- 1t may be u conspiracy on someone's part 1o drive him out of the busi- he could not think Thomas had done anything wrong, and if it is not a conspiracy to injure h effort to injure the firm investigation, uitoutiaries, Stowart of York: insane hos- Polk; other asylumws corporations, Goddard of ry, Lomax of Custer; cities banks and cur- tion his integrity, and town's, Kruso'of Knox; roucy, Taylor of Butler; public scaools, At- uold of Gisge: university and normal schools, y demanded it. They desire a full manufactures, school lands and funds, Gafin of Saunder: iscellaneoussubjects,MeC i claims, Jones of Burt! live stock and graz | ing, Hennich of Gartield; tion, Carpenter of Butle apportionment, § benevolent institutions, Ilugeles of Hay: Watson of Otoo: insurance, 3 Lelographs aud toled 1 Clayton Res'gns. Litrie Rock, Avk., Jan, 15.-~Powell Clay- | the chairmanship of the Arkanses republican state committee. utcheen of Boon a number of rovenue and Laxes labor, Herman of ot of Duwson| Appal Do Eyraud’s appeal Las boen Paus, Jan, 15 fish and game Dickerson of ! denled by the court of cassation.