Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 2, 1891, Page 1

PIWENTIETH YEAR. (PFILL THE VACANT CHAIR. Epecnlation as to Who Will Be Secretary of the Treasury, YOUN C, NEW PRCMINENTLY MENTIONED, Washington— of the of Pine Ridge Braves at They Are the Dogs Town Attractions the Retived Last, WasnwaToy Boresu Tre Ovany Bes, } 513 ForurerNmie Srien Wasinatox, D. C., Feb, 1. y many men, high up in the counsels of the republican party, the president’s sage to congress yesterday requesting an amendment to the law which requires th filling of vacancies iu the cabinet within ten days after they oceur, is regarded gnifl- cant, 1n that itmay indicate that he desives to appoint & man to the vacant s ship pf e treasury who can uot be securcd within the time prescribed by the statute: The Post says it means the Hon. John C, New of Indiana, at present consul general to London. It adds that since Mr. New has been in England he tas often been asked for, and Yas given, advice on financial poli- cles; that he has earned the position and, since the president may desire to appoint his friend, no one would regard it as an overplus of ludiana patronage, as it is only for an un- expired term, Mr. New has probably had more experience and has shown practi- cability in the treasury department than any man who is considered within the reach of the president. Others take the request of the president for an extension of the period when a cabinet vacancy must bo filled as an indication that the design is (o appoint u man now iu congress who will retire March 4 which is but a little over four weeks distant He may be Scuator Spooner of Wiscon ®in or Representative McKinley of / 0. Mr. Walker of Massachusetts and Mr. Camnon of linois are als) mentioned. The treasurcr of Huston, of Indiana, is ulso commng iderable fayorable commnent. It 1s gencrally believed that congress will take action upon the re quest within two or three days and that the time within which a cabinet aney mu be filled will be extended fiom ten toat least sixty days. It 15 conceded on every hinud, ns the president has so well said, that e should be given for proper respect o the mory of adeceased cabiuot ofcer and to ablethe chief executive to make the b possible selection. The time will be extended within which an_assistant secretary may bo assigned 1o bo acting head of the departuiont which is the same thing as extending tho time for sciccting a cabinetofticer, as an as sistant is itvar assigned to acting see yetary. It is more thau probablo that, up to this tune, President Hartison has not given seripus thought to the filling of the eabinet vfincy and that his request of congress has 70 bearing whatever upon the selection of any particular man for the place REORGANIZATION TALKED. There is much talle in congress just at this time about i reorganization of the republican national committee and the work it should now be doing. At :nt nothing is being done in any direction. It is acknowledged that the democrats have sccured a iarge ma- Jority of thu great newspapers in the coun try, while itis conceded that next year it is 10 be o campaisn on Lines of intelligence and education s that the press 15 to make the speech and formulate the issues. The lackof organization in the various states is said to bo as flagrant as that for the party at large. Under the present conditions nothing can bo done and itis probablo that before congress adjourns a move will be taken to requesta reorganization of the tional committee, DOGS OF THE TOWN, A remarkable scene was presented at the Congregational church, corner of Tenth and G streets, immediately after the scrvices closed this morning. It was a leveo to number of the Sioux Indians who partic poted o the Wounded Knco stauehter fn outh Dakota recently. Just belove D, Newman read his text of the mterpre. ters from Pine Ridge now in the city with the bloodthirsty braves of the Sioux nation, atered the ehuren, followed by Spotted k. N loug haired, fat and sleck chief, who was prominent in the recent outbrenk Behind him camo “Major” Swords, tali middlo aged, straight as anarrow, with'short hair and ao airof nervousness, Then came &/Spotted Horse, whose name has appeared i some way connected with the principai gagements in the Pine Ridge campaign. The congregation was very lar numbering robubly a thousand and in a boly it turned ts bead toward the savawo visitors, then arose to its feet. The choir missed a fow bars of tho anthem. It was some minutes beforo thero was quiet. The preacher talked about the publican and pharisee, the one who thanked the Lord that he was uot wicked as other men and the other who simply cried out for his sins. There was no referonce to tho “heros of Wounded Kuee? No sooner was the benediction said than occurred a jam in the direction of the Sioux. It required fifteen minutes for them to wind their way through the crowd. Ol wen, young men, women and children flocked atound and their trembling hands said: “Hod d* yet" The braves enjoyed the situation and, Tor once, showed thoelr teeth and responded, *How ™ In the large vesti bule and class 'room which were made one the big three followed the interproter and formul reception was held. Iu the imnwense auditorium where the levee was_begun, Dr. Bischoff, the blind organist, with the cle phanting instrament made much good music that the Indians were bewildered with the attractions, The interprete might become excited whoop. It was a sight going _miles to onjoy three Indians ranged off in line in true Washing ton fashion in tho center of the yor-meeting room of one of the leading churches of the national capital, receiving the attentions of the people. Congressmen and senators, thew wives and daughters, were among the “'star” gazers. hese In- dians, less than a fortnight since were anong those prowling about Pine Ridge teying to cut some white man's guzzlo. Today they wore tho heroes of the capital. It was proud moment for them, and when the women innocently inquired of the interpreter whether Spotted Elk was o man or a woman, without noticing his untutored gard, old Spot smiled, rubbed his hands together aud Jooked a8 though ho would enjoy taking a few huudred of the fine wigs about him, Whiat the moral effect upon the saviges, tho worship of them will have, was considered by statesmen a serious problem. Tomorrow night the entire delegation of Two Strike’s band of chiefs and warriors, more than two dozen, in the city, will occupy four hoxes at the N 1 theator and weis Wilson in the * Monarch.” During the week they will be received at the white house and elsowhere, A dozen of society families ave trying to got them out to their” teas uud re ccptions, and altogethier the Indiaus ave the “dogs of the town,” 1o use a phrase of the auy, mes- secing and CANDIDATES FOR RETIREMENT The discover, number of men on the retived listof t are drawing slaries f #iyil capacitics, and thereforo violating the spirit of the federal statute, which forhy iy one in civil lifo drawing more than one salary from the governmentat one time, has brought about considerable discussion of the proposition pending in the hoise to increase the unlimited retirod list of the army by a transfer feom the limited list The uulimited retired list of army m the government in the army is ‘de up of officers who have attained the | wee of sixty-four years, Thero is a limited list of 400 hen who have been retired on ac- g tount of fucapacity, but who at the time of \om meut had not reached the age of sixty- our. The hmated list, it appears, is more than full. Upwards of thirty men aro eligi a short timesincethatalarge | | | | | | for OMAH MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1801, drawing full pay and rendering no service to the rnment, but thoy are kept on full pay, instead of two-thirds pay, because they cantot get on the hisy which is more than full. It is proposed to reduce the limited list from 400 to 550 and transfer bodily the lim: ited to the unlimited list juiry onthe part of members of the house has had the effect of injuring this proposition. The men who are on tho r tieed list from disabilities growing out of tho volunteer service have the sympathy of con gress: but the disabilities of men from the regular sorvieo are suspected unless they are apparent, 1t is discovered that not only do men drawing the pay of retired army officers getinto the servico of the federal” govern meut in civil capacitios and draw second salary, but they seck the retired list for the purpose of diawing retived pay and hay opportunty to make money by engaging in b 95 in civil life. It s stated that nearly every ono of the men who have been placed fipon the retived list before attaining the age of sixty-four has almost immediaf ed in “private busiuess The question naturally arises, if these men are capabl performing duties for them sol e far more onecrous than they have hud to peeform in the army, why are they placed upon the retived listi Why do they not simply resi A coupl member of the jud, )s canie over from New York and applied for examination and asked to be placed upon the retived list, At thesame time he openly announced to his friends that, if he got retivement, he would enter upon the practic of law in New York, where ‘he had been_stationed so long tho army. He alleged — dyspep- or something of that char. acter. Why he could not #ill a sinecure in the urmy with a station 1n New York, but could command a good law practice in _tho suine place, if only placed upon the retired List. no one knew, except he wanted the pay of u retired officer. He got the retirement, enjoys the two-thirds pay from the army and is practicing law in New York. This went without saying. There were men under him who wanted his place, and of course they urwed his “disabilities It is an open secret that cadets retiring m the military and naval academies of Point and Anmnapolis, either knowing disabilities remain a short time to get on the retived list, or having no disabilities conclude to remain in the service till they can get upon the retired list by some hook or crook. It begius to look s though the re- tired lists of the army and navy would be fruitful objects for a congressional investiga- tion. sia, WORK OF THE Vo one appreciates so forcibly as a United States consul what the agitation through the Pan-Amorican_bureau has wrought in the way of prepariug for an enlargement of our warkets abroad, A consulship is no longer a sinecure, € retary Blaine has imposed upon these men who ‘are now in reality commercial azents, instructed to ¢ » our markets ubroad certain duties whieh itis belioved will have the effect of fiading un outlet for our surplus farm | 1t will be remembered that during i dent. Cl British CcoNsULS, dign the consuls in all and mony other countries, were nothing more nor less than free trade writers, It scemed that thestate department was for the time simply engaged in bolste ing up President Cleveland in his_worls for freo wool and lower duties upon if not free entry for all raw materials and the necessary articles of life. The consular reports teemed ith free trade arguments. Thoso written “by consuls to tarifi countries attempted to show the failure of & protective tariff, while those from Great Britain avgued in favor of howed how large the wages in > and how well the living of compared with figures effecting the common peopic of this country. One may look through the entire list of consular reports issued under Secretary Blaine, and he witl find not a line of this mattor, Our consuls are now telling Ameri- can farmers how to produce sugar from beets und cane, how 1o grow and cure froits, pro- duce sill, wine and other .articies of value, and whore to sell their surplus. None of them have become teachers of political cconomy, and doubtless the cffect upon our markets will soon be felt., CARELESSNESS OF CONORESS, Congress has become very careless about its work. Many of its laws are so carelessly awa that they have to be amended before v are enforecd. And it not infrequently happens that the amondments must bo amended on account of their obscurity and vague character and general ambiguity. Several corrections were necessary in the MeKinley taviff law, and a numoer of orders have been issued fiom tte treasury depavt- ment to cover ambigious points and interpret wisunderstood features of the law. Last February congress passcd a law au- thovizing the president to confer brevet rank Mcors of the arny for gallunt services in an campaigns. The law doesn't state on what princinle the brovet rank shall be con- ferrod —whether & captain may be brevetted, a colonel or genoral, or whether he must bé ctted for the next rank above his com- mission. When General Schofield began to make up a list of officers to be givea recoguition for lantry in Indian campaigns he was ufronted by licutenants who wanted the tit of colonel and captaing who demanded the brevet commission of licutenant general, - He didn’t kuow what to do. The minor ofticcrs attempted to put an interpretation of the lawgon lis mouth, and he found himself in all sorts of trouble 1f lie had the right to make the brevet rank whatever he pleased he soon saw that he would haye to give all the highest rank —that they would all be 5. So he has asked congress to amend the law fxing the brevet vauk next above that held by the officer who performed the act of gallanivy. Meanwhile no commissivns issue, AN EXCITING WIND-UP EXPECTED, Should the promised deadlock in the busi- ness of the house occur during the last week of the session 1L is cxpected that Speaker Read will domonstrate some of the nice points of bis new rules. Then there will be fun, It is not generally known, but a parhamen ta u in the house asserverates it, that the speaker can declare almost any kind of logis. lation passed if he has present an unmistak able quorum of his party that will vote with him, ~ He can simply put questions and by a viva voce vote declire them carried with the quickness and precision of machinery. The comwittee on rules is expocted 1o bring in, at the beginning of the last week of the setsion or sooner most likely, a resolution cutting off debate on appropriition bills at the end of two hours. The spe: an de- clare all motions, except to adjourn, out of order, sud every measure can be hurried throusch so rapidly that the heads of the illi- busters will swim, It is the intention to do this if the minority offers any factious ob- struction, as it has during the past six weeks, The vepublicans, in view of recent fllinuster ing and unfair blows at tho closure resolution and elections bill, will back up the speaker in almost any step ho may take to facilitate bus- iness and.put a stop to dilatory movements, ILis very probable that thére will bo some lively timés in the house during the lust weck of the session, and _almost any senatorial turn may be taken. Both sides of the house aro getting fnto un - intemperate frame of wind, MISCELLANEOUS, Mrs. Connell will disna at her Wednesday Commissioner Raum says he will take im- mediate steps to have all the old pension claims disposed of to the exclusion of new cluims, This will be good news to the thou- sunds of claumants in Nebraska. PErky 8 oA A Send Off to Skinner. Deanwoon, S. D, Feb. 1.—[Special Telo- to Tur By Hou. Thomas L. Skiu- or, who a week ago resigned the superin- dency of the Caledonia mine, and who starts tomorrow to take charge of large muing en terprises in California, was banqueted at the Keystone hotel tonight by the Deadwood bar, of which hie was a prominent member, Mr, Skinuer has been notable figure in Dakota assist Mrs. Owen of Tn- reception at the Ebbitt on Hearin, politics for some years, e haviug been attor- ney of the territory during the ad- blo to retivenient to the lwmited list who are | wmilnistration of Governor Church. 'DULL TIMES 1N PARLIAMENT, Even the Nationalists no Longer to Be De- pended Upon for Diversion, PARNELL'S STRONG CARD IS SILENCE, Sir John Pope Hennessy Acts Liks a Cat in a Strange couirt Loses no w0 arret—Har- Chance rose, (Copyright 1591 by Jamea Gordon Bennet.] Losnoy, Feb, 1.—[New York Hor Cable—Special to Ttk Ber. |—Duliness 1y describes parliament. In times gove by the nationalists could always be depended upon for a diversion. They, too, have become dull, and none of their old pugnacity is visible. Paruell is more sardonic of expression than ever. Silence seems his strongest card in the house, though he works his tongue hard enough for Ire but he is no longer sphinx-like, cnny campaign has stripped him of his ancient armor and re- vealedonly an ordinary man. In spite of the curlous position he occupies he attracts livtlo of that attention formerly considered his due. This has a chilling effect, however, on most of those who deposed him, Timothy Healey has madoa couple of ef- forts to enliven tho proceedings, for Parnell cannot chill him, but his efforts failed to put life into his colleagues, and he, too, practices silence 1f possible. Justin McCarthy is more of a figurehead than at the beginming of the vear. Nono of the attributes of a leader are in the kindly old soul. He would make an admirable graudmother. xtor is still hovering about Dillon and O'Brien, who will speak with a French ac- cent if they stay much longer in Gaul Sexton must feol gloomy, for it looks as it he had not a ghost of a chance for re-clection. Still, though Parnell has shoulders, Sexton’s district may not have voters. SirJobn Pope Hennessy is like a cat in a strango garret. There is little sympathy be- tween him and his new colleagues. Old frieuds rather distrust him, though he spends most of his time with the conservatives Balfour is in great favor. Ho has picked up flesh in [reland and is cheerful enougn to fill the nationalists with gloom. Harcourt 10308 no chance to pose and evidently selected himself as Gladstone’s s cessor. He made this plain in the debate on the conspiracy law, Siv Charles Russell was to the front bench as Gladstone's chief law adviser, This seems 1 ral. Besides ho wok voluminous mnotes, Harcourt saw that this arrangement would give him but five minutes, so without computation he calmly but quickly took Russell's pluce and time, giving Sir Charles only five minutes, which raised his choler, to the delight of the govern- ment. The way Russell went for the relief bill is signiticant as to how Giladstone intends to fill bis legal offices should he ever come back to power, If this bill had been introduced by the government the names on its baclk would have thosé of the attorney and solicitor general. It was introduced by the regular opposition, bowever, and the legal names_on its back are Sir Horace Davy and Asquith. This evidently means that if Sir Charles Russell’s religious disabilities are removed and he is able to take his seat on the wool sack Sir Horace Davy will be attorney en- eral and Asquith solicitor general. It is not tikely that the bill will pass. Asquith is one of the few Englishmen who sit for a Scotch constituency, but he pleases the north coun- try men. He is hard headed and lozical to a wlt, a virtue in the of the fiters, but he is also eloquent. Indecd, after Gladstone, e stauds in front rank of Gladstone debaters, There are his equals, but not s superiors. Charles Coughlan, Ruland Barrington and Frank Slayin ave in the bankeuptey court. Coughlan testified his inability to pay his debts and live on £30 & week. livery bill of £1,000 is quite an ordinary iucident in his carcer. Leonard Jevome's condition 1s improved and his friends think his life may be spared for a few mouths at least Cardinal Manning is in court to answer to an order grantod by Justice Kekewith to Lawrence Joseph Potter. The latter re- quires the cardinal and Mrs, Ferrers, plain- tif's sister, to deliver to the plaintiff the glass caso, relics and altar stone taken from the private chupel of Coutfold hall estate at Margaretting, "The plaintiff was the tenant of the estate. In 1583 he leased itto his brother-in-law, Ferrers, At that timo the relies were in the cavity in the altar, The tease terminated last year and plaintiff found that the relics had been removed by his si ter, who claimed that they were personal property of her late brother. She gave them to Cardinal Manning, who asserts in an affi- davit that they belong to the Roman Catho- lic church, has, 1c- lead off from eyes Murdcred by Burglars. wisti, Tex., Feb. 1.—Mrs Ti mon, after an absence of a few weeks from the city, returned last night, and upon en- tering her door stumbled over the dead body of her husband, John Timon, lying in the hall in a pool of blood. His death is a mys- tery, as there is no visible marks of vio- lence on his body excent a contusion on the face, The bedroom up stairs showed signs of a struggle. A mar. ble slab was broken, as wero the wash bowl and pitcher, How he got down stairs from his bed no one knows, as he was the only occupant of his house at the time. When found he had on bis night shirtand the bed showed that he had been init. The opinion provails that he was sandbagged and killed by burglars while attempting to make his escape through the front door, but a post- mortem may reveal otherwise, He is one of the wealthiest stock men of southwest Texas, and g encrally carried considerablo money on his person. He was last scen on Weduesday. el A Burglar Surrendoers, Fonr Donae, Ta,, Feb. 1.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee|—William Coleman, o Green county burglar who has been dodging the ofcers of Towa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missourl for the past month, fiually ended the &hase by walking into tho sheriff's office at Jefferson and asking to be arrested, On December 20 Coleman rifled several stores in Coover, securing several nundred. dollars in money. Ho fled and since that time Las traveled over four states. He had ¢ of narrow escapes from t and oy where found the authorities on the watch ofor him. and discouraged as to prospects for escape, he returned and gave himself up, making u full confession i iy A Remarkable Double Wedding. Cugsten, 111, Feb, 1.—A double wedding occurred at Silver Lake, Mo., yesterday, that was novel in two respects—the relationship of the parties and the relative ages of the participants. John A. Cecil was narried to Miss Tueresa C. Whistler, The groom is passed middle age, and the ' bride is not “sweet sixteen” by a twelvemonth. At the same timo Milos 5. Cecil, aged eixhe teen, a sou of John A., the elderly groom, | was married to Miss Elizabeth C. "Whistler, Conrvs 1d | number | Finally, finding his money all gone | ultimate | | to the also aged eighteen a sister to the youthful bride alr ady mentioned. Miles' father and Theresa's father both applied at the clerk’s office for the licenses and gave their consent tothe marriages. By this uniom the son's father becomes his brother-in-law, stepson to his mothier-in-law and stepbrother to his own wite. wil Western People in Ohicazo, Chieace, Fob, 1 pocial Telegram to Tne Brr.] —Among western people in Chi- cago today were: At the Leland—Dennis Cunningham, £d Walsih, Omaha, Mr. Walsh and Mr. Cunningham are here to attend the taking of the deposition of Architect Meyer of Detrolt in the caso of the swit of Ryan & Walsh ngainst Douglas county for contract work on the county hospital. At the Richeliou—George R, Stephens, Cheyenne, Wyo. At the Auditorium—K. C. Barton, C. H Barton, Omaba; C. H, Barnes aud’ W. H MeKeen, Montana. At the Wellington Cente ville, Tex At the Palmer—A. . Wyo.: J. B, Cassau, Hustiugs, Neb.; A, § Tibbetts, Lincoln, Neb.; G. 'H, Bradley, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs,’ Isaac Lans, Des Moines, Ta, At the Grand F. M. Drake, Bothwell, Rawlins, Pacific -Mrs. J, H. Alexan- der, Mrs, rizo B. Hurmon, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Webster, W. P, Durkee, Omaha; Frank Gates, West Union, Ta.; or. and Mres, Hans- brough, North Dakota; Mrs. .E. G. Asav, Pine Ridge, S. D. e THE ¢ E RECORD, Financial Transactions of the Coun- try During the Last Week, Bostox, Feb 1.—[Special Telogram to Tie Bee.]~The following table, compiled from dispatches from the clearing houses of the cities named, shows the gross ex- changes for last week, with Tates per cent of in or decrcase, as against the eral amounts for the corresponding weck in 1800 ciries. B 1l 9, TWORCAR | Ban Francisco 1 Brltinore i i New Or ; 3 0 Clncinnatt, . 12,641 230 Pittsbiry 18082001 Kiuneas Cly T,004154 | 11010 10, <00 21 %) 2 0 o) et Columbus Memph Dallng Duluth Portland, Or Washington Hartford Nasusille Richmond. Portian. Wore Now H Springtield .. Dotrolt Seattle. . Tacoma’ Bir Grund Rapid Los Angele: Chntt Des Moin, i New Bedford.."..\.".) Topeka . E Lexington, Ky .. Lincoin Montreal Outstde of Now York *Not ncluded n totals Incomplete Reports Received of Trou- ble at Birmingham, Ala Birstixoiay, Ala, Feb, 1.—Reports wer e current here yesterday of an attack by white men at the Galloway mines on the negroes who have been put to work during the recent strike. Efforts made by telegraph to se- cure confirmation of the reports proved futile. The only answer obtainable was that a negro had been killed by a white man in self defense and that the reports were in- correct, It seems possible from later de- velopments that the correspondents wero in- timidated. This morning Colonel Clark, Sec- ond regiment, receiyed orders from Governor Jones to put fifty men of local companigs under arms in readiness to proceed to Carbon hill, near the Galloway mines, In the absence of Clurk Captain Randolph Peyton, Birmingham rifies, assumed com- mand. ' Twenty-five men from the rifles and a like number from the volunteers were as- sembled. At 4 o'clock this afternoon a tele- gram was received from the governor order- ing them to proceed to Carbon nill. Not a word can be heard as to the state of affairs at Carbon bitl and no one knows on what au- thority the governor is acting. Carbon hill is in Walkor county, on the Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham. The military, fifty-five strong, eomposed of detachments of rifies and votunteers, Captain Peyton commanaing, left here for Carbon hll 40 this evening, Their orders were to report there for duty, and they left without knowing the exact service they would be calla on to perform. Governor Jones is_getting some information from Carbon hill which is unknown here. Trainmen on the Kansas City, Memphis & ngham train, just arvived, say that five oes were killed up to last night, All was quiet when they pissed, but at Horse creek they heard thé rioting had beon re- newea since davi. A Bivmngham Report. Meyriis, Tenn,, Feb. 1.—A Birmingham, Ala., special says telegraphic advices just re- ceived from Carbon hill says that Will Mur- ray, a white miner, shot and killed James Cuttery, & well behaved negro last night, at Galloway. The negeo lay where he féll until this morning when he was buried by the mayor. Although it 1s not so stated, this appears to be a continuation of the troubles I'riday night, when the negroes were attacked in their cabin, This last de- velopment is what causes Governor Jones to send troops from this city. The Report Denied, LovisviLie, Ky, Feb. 1.—A special from Birmingham, Ala,, denies the. reported kill- ing of five negroes of Carbon hill, Ata, 1t is based on a telegram from the tel operator which was not founded on facts, The whole story originated in the killing of oue negro. ‘There is nosign of & race war, - Miss Drexcl's V Puianeienis, Feb, 1 to Tug Bre]—Miss Catherine Drexel, daughter of the late . 1. Drexel, who has been at the convent of the Sisters of Mercy at Pittsburg for o year and o half will make her profession on Thursday, February 12, at the house of her order in Pittsburg. Miss Drexel’s object in tuking the rveligious vows of an order which she is to found is to estab. lish tho means of educational and veligious work amor \dians and the colored peo ple, aud she proposes to devote her fucome, Kkuown to b s than 500,000 o year, ws, Special Telogram bo much w vk of her order. i Phe Kindly Rain Sax Fravcisco, Cal,, Feb, 1-Rain has fallen all over tho Pacifie coast, commencing yester. day and ending tonight. This rain fall will provo of incaleulable vaiue to wheat growers uud fruit men of the cutire Pacific. 10WA REPUBLICANS' INCUBLS. Prohibition Hangs Like a Pall Over the People's Path, PLANS FOR LAYING THE GHOST. Various Schemes For Shifting Respon- sibility and Secttling the Strugglo— Democratic Oil Inspection— Christian Bcionce Crank: Des Morses, Ia, Feb, 1. Tue Bee. ] —The issues of the comin cal campaign {n Iowa are alre broactied by & few newspapers poli Two successive partial s are h in the memory of the republicans, and they will endeavor this year to prevent a third catostrophe, The question has never yet been satisfactorily settled as to what led to the defeat of the republican candidate fo governor and the almost overwhelming dem- ocratic gains in the legislature—state opinion being divided as to whether it was the ques- tion of prohivition or railway legislation, The loss of five congressmen last year has been generally laid to the MeKinley tavift bill, though a good many insist that prohibi- tion again cut a largo sized figure, and there is but little doubt but that prohibition will be a leading if not the paramount issuc in this year's campaign. It was thought in 1882, when the people decided at a special purtisan election an favor of a vrohibition amendment to the coustitution, that tho question would be removed forever from the domain of politics. But the republican party, as the representative of the people, felv called upon to enact prohibitory statutes after tho amendment was declaked unconstitutional, and ithas been callea upon each succeeding year to defend and_ strengthen the law of its own making. Lach year tho dissatisfaction of republicans with the law las greater, until now there is a threatened out- break which might swamp the party forever, Indeed, it scems that the republican party® bas got itself into such shape on the prohibi- tion question that it “will be damned if it does and damnea if it don't” stand by it. A year ago there was orgauized in this city an association calling itself ‘“antisaloon republicans,” whose object it was to try and induco the legislature then in session to modify the law dopt & resolution to re submit the question of prohibition to a vote of the people atanother nou-partisan election, but it fuiled to accomplish its pur It then trausferred its labors to the stato con- vention and succeeded in gotting a vesolution in the piatform declaring that_the question of prohibition was not a test of party fealty. Now comes the Cedar Lapids Gazette, iude- pendent republican, and asseris that there is a secret understanding among the lea of ublican party in lowa that the fight vear is not to be for “‘blood;"” that the usual forms of a campai be gone through, but that the allowed to go by default, the legislature turned over to the democratsy and the issue of prohibition thus ° ‘unloaded.” Then follows the Sioux City Journal aud suggests that prohibition be mide the issue in the Leg- islative contests this year, with the republi- cans declaring for continued probibition and the democrats against it, and anuounces that “‘autside of the one quostion of probibition it does not now appear that any state-wide in- ‘terest would be jeopardized if the republi- cans should fail to control the next general assembly.” By this means, the Journal say “the republican party would be freed of obli: gations to stand for a_policy of state-wide prolibition,” ete. These instances go to low therd is an influential element iu_ the republican party which is seviously consider- wg the policy of throwing off the galling yoke of prohibition, even if it be at the e pense of u democrutic legislature for a_ year. Meantime the prohibitionists within and independent of the republican party keep up the agit They are not satistied with the law dy enacted, but are constautly clamoring for more. They will satisfiecd. Any party that joins fo them must expect to continually be in hot They will never see that the law can never be successtully enforced which s sor pugnant to so large an element of the peopl “Thero has never been_a time in scarcely portion of the state when those who d Intoxicating liquor could not easily obt As fast as one clandestine plant wi stroyed, another has sprung up i its plac and'in any of the larger cities there b been little attempt &t enforcement Where enforcement has been attempted costs innumerable id bankrupting to the treasurfes have been incurred for the law abiding peopla to toil and sweat to pay, without any returning benefit These things are staring the_ peoplo in the fuco, und the demand for a change will grow stronger as the time passes. 1t was a oy day for the republican” party in lowa when the majority of its members undertook to float the party ship ou the prohibition wave on 1o be wrecked on the shoals of fanaticism ut last, politi- being and be s with INSPECTION OF O1LS, The question of oil inspection in Towa has Dbecome a serious one for the people, if not one of absolute danger. The law is intended to guard agalnst dauger by requiring that all illuminating oils shall be of a grade which will not flash or explode below 103 degrees of heat. For this purpose a chief inspector und a number of deputies are anpointed to test all cils sold in the state and place their brand therein certifying that the law has been com plied with, andto condemn and probibit the use of oils which will novstand the test ‘This Jaw has under republican administra tions been well enforced and danger from low grade oils practically guarded against It is different under the democratic admiuis tration, and a dangerous and criminal state of affairs 18 shown by a disagreement be tween Chief Inspector Dunn and Deputy Sauer, which resulted in the latter losing his position. Sauer was in favor of the strict enforcement of the law in his district, while Dunn seems o be in favor of making money he can out of his position regaraless of welfare or interests of the peoplo, It is said he is making a very fat thing out of tae oftice, good judges estimating that s fees amount annually to £10,000. As asample of how the inspection busiucss is being con- ducted, an afidavit has by procured from John Baltzley of Cedar Rapids, ex-foreman of the Consolidated tank line company of that placa, In it he states that among his duties was the filling of barrels from the company’s stor wze tanks—four of ker and one of gusoline; that he hus frequently drawn from the tank what is known as “water white" oil and filled therefrom barrels branded to con tain “‘water white,” “diamond white' and “perfection,’ three radically different ¢ all from the same tank: that he has quently drawu from two tanks at the time a wixture of “water white" white,” the latter being the hanaled, the barrels ot sueh sent to the consumer somet white,” and other times as as happened; that the brends of aeputy in spectors were left with the ol use to place any brand on uny sc saw fit. This Deputy Sauer permit, making complaint to the who refused to et in the premises, and hence the row. It is likely the demoeratic method of ofl inspection will continue during t - ure of the present administration, re of the greut danger to the public. A PARMERS' ALLIANCE GRIEVANCE, Complaint has been lodged with the way commission by the Winnebago county farmers’ alliance against the Minneapolis 8t. Louis railway company. The alliance is desirous of establishing a co-operative coal yurd at Forest City, but must first procure permission of the Tailway company for the use of space along the track. Abplication was made to Receiver Truesdale of Minneap- olis, who replied that he was informed that | the e proposed 10 sell coal at cost, and such being the case he did not care to sume prime s as *'wat “diamond white,” | t of oil they used to goveruor, rail e 220, NUMBER 2 e e e ——————————— e encourage them in such could only, in his opini, injury of the legitimate deal *ho would then be driven out of business the un aking could only end stor_and sfore he declined to grant sviloge farmers’ alliance objected o this geatu- itous advice and made complaint. They do. nd that the same privilege bo granted to them that has been given to others at tho same point that, to state it boldly, it is none of the company’s business how or for what they sell coal rse, ot to DEATILOF A DISTINGUISHED MAY In the death of Prof. V. C. Taylor, whose funcral oceurred here today, the world loses a distinguished mus 1 musical au- thor, though of has done little in tho line of bis profess| He s the fu- ventor or author of ‘Paylor's index staff, a standard mothod of musical notation, and b written and published th wing well known musical works: “Sacred Minstrel," 1846: *“The Lute, or Musical Director,” 157 “Choral Anthems,” 1803 “The Golden Lyre,” 1803 “The Concordia,” 1831; *“The Chime," 1854; “The Celesting,” 15385 “The Song Festival,” 1858: “The Enchanter,”” 18613 ““The Concertina, (L aud “I'he Praise Offering,” 1808, ' Bosides theso has written the celebrated operas “Joseph' nd “Elizabeth,” and a quantity of special pieces, published mostly in New his work was regularly accepted by cat music Music was of. Taylor's accomplishments, for he vigorous and_ eutertaining writer on many subjects, social, political and scientific, He was a welcome guest in the best far in the city, and although having great tunities for amassing a comfortavle fortune, died comparatively poor, dispensing much of his means in charity, Ho was born at Bark hamstead, Coun., in 1817, and _his only viving relatives are two daughters, Mrs, Po ter of Ningara r'alls, N. Y., und Mrs, V. C. Jumes of Chicago. ouses BRICK AND TILE MAKERS, The Towa Brick, Tile and sociation will meet'in this city day and Thursday of this week items of interest on the pro address of welcome by the usual address by President J paper on “Brick Paving' brick eompany; roports of city to methods of laying pavers; *What IHas Tile Drainage Done for Towat” by ton, T R. Ha a story of tile makiug and tile dramna W Billingslov ¢ Drainage Journal; “Best Methods of Lay Pile,” by Robert Goodwing Public Highways,” by William Kettell, A POSTOFFCE DIFFICULTY, The people of Pu on the Chi Milwaukee & railway, arc trouble over the recent strik of agents and telegraph operators. M. Plummer was agent aud went ot with the strikers He was also postmaster, and the postoflice and depot are cioso together and have hereto- fore been joined by # platform, the entiro structure being on piles ten or twelve foet b. Since the striko has ended the com y has had the platform taken out and 1 high fence be n the two build- ings, rendering it very inconvenient for the postmaster to >t his mail and unhandy for the public. The attention of the postminster general has boen called to the matter and an investigation ordered by the postoftice in: spector, 1t all oes to show that railway oftl cials are as human as ather people and some- times enjoy tuking petty revenge, CHRINTIAN SCIENCE CIRIME, The neighborhood of Seventeenth and Des Moines streets in this city is excited over a case of Chiristian science crime - trying to cure a case of typhoid fever withont medical assistunce. The victim in the cpse is a man amod Prestman, and he has been serious 1y il for five weeks. His wife being a strong believer in the power and willingness of divine providence to answer all prayers and complish all things that arein faith asked for, secured the aid of Savah Garner, u Chris- tian scientist, who professcs 1o believe physi cians aro unuecessary and that sickness can be.outad by prayer. During thesofive weoks alittle flock of believers have been sending up their supplications and the patient has continued to erow worse, until now he is but aphysical shadow rocking on a bed of pain with his veason dethroned. A brother-in-law of the victim finally interfered and called tho attention of the authorities to the matter, who have ordered the Chiristian scientists to cease their folly. But the case is so far gone that no physician de to take the and 1he authorities say if the man dies ey one of the women implicated in their tr ment by pr rrested for murder. Daainagoe as- on Wedne Among the mme will be an vernor; the Boling: a the Merrill by by THE HABIT. Attempted Suiciae of a You Insane by Smoking. New York, Feb, 1—William Brown, the demented young son of Henry Eyre Brown, the organist of the Rev. Dr. . Dewitt Tal- mage's tabernacle, in Brooklyn, made a de termined attempt to commit suicide on Thursday afternoon by flinging himself through the window of & room on an upper floor of his fathor’s resideuce, on Cliuton place, near Grand avenue, that city. He was caught in timeto prevent his falling to the street, but was badly cut by the window glass through which he crashed. Young Brown's mental trouble is said to ho due to the excessive use of cigarotte a statement borne out by his sickly appear wce. So bad did he become that it was found necessary to confine him in the in- sune asylumat Fiatbush, Treatment at this institution seemed toso far beneliv him that a short time ago he was dischurged as cured, He returned to s futher's house, but, al- though pronounced well, was kept under watch lest his malady should return, On Thursday afternoon the result feared by the family oceurred. The young man was with his father on the ground floor of the house. Suddenly he avose and dashed from tho room up the stairs Lo the sitting room, on tho top floor, where his mother was at tho time, Withouta word he rushed to the window and plunged his head and shoulders through the glass. His mother seized him by the feet and struggled with him. ~ The spectacle attracted o crowd in the street, some of whom informed Policenan Walker, who was on duty some distance awny. The latter lifted the youth back into the room, and Mrs. Brown fainted. Physicians were hastily summoned, and they attended to both motner and son. The latter was put under guard, and when he is sufticiently recovered will be'sent to the asylum, L~ An 014 Lady Commits Suicide, CicaGo, Peb, 1.—An old lady, of perhaps fifty-five years, committed suicide by hang- ing herself in a room at 105 South Sungamon street this afternoon, Mrs. Wentworth, the ndlady, stated that last Thursday the old ady came here and desived to rent a room She was alone and had but little baggag She appeared morose and never spoke much about If. A large numberof letters and pepers were found 1 the room. They b the name of Mra. Catherine McKnight and Mrs, Catherine Kelley. Two decrees of di vorce und an old marriage certificale were wmong_ the papers. ‘The divores decree showed that she had been separated from two busbands upon the same plea, drunken ness and cruelty, The were a number of other documents, but none giving a clue to the address of friends or relatives or why she took v life, g Man - A Fugitive M urderer Heard Pro MoxTictiro, 1L, Feb 1.-The escaped murderer, Noble Randle, has heard from. He killed John Gebbard at Atwood, Pratt county, in a drunken row, and escaped tho ofticers, No traco had been found of him until a deed was received here made by him t Ottumwa, [a., deeding his land in this ounty to his wife, Sarah E. Randle, who lives at Atwood, The officers of the on s track and he will m. been undoubtediy be brought to justice and made to suffer for bis | crime Work of Stage Robbers, Bt Paso, Tox., Fob. 1.—The stage runni between Chibuahua and Pinos Altos, Mexico, wus held up lust night by masked vobbers and $60,000 iu silver bullion taken. The highwaymen have escaped, but oficers are in pursuit. York city, | not all | ware | which | the | | gation for county | 1o | and tha OMAUA'S AMENDED CHARTER. | Tt Will be Introduced in the Scnate Today by Switaler, A SLIGHT CHANGE OF SENTIMENT, The House Working Various Bounty on Sugar Committee on Claims Bills-Th A Disgusted Independent, on Brr,|—§ Omaha and will ea Feb, 1 Switzler [Spectal to Tum will ntroduce the rier in the higher house tomorrow Lameoting of the Douglas dele, ho purpose of considering the bill Itnow dovelops thatthere has been achange in tho sentiment of of the Douglas garaing several of the proposed amendments. This the fact that some of took 1o part m framing the 10118 as 1lso to the fact that circums have arisen which render it unwise luco the said amendments into the islaturo, One of the changes which will fafl to re- ceive the unanimous support of e dolegation is thut reluting to the appointment of the po- lico and fire commissioners by the mayor, There is scarcely a man in_the delegation who does not feel that it would bo better to have Owaha govern herself, even in the mathod of seleeting the oficers in question, Butsome of them would have the commise sioners clected by the people and. othors by the council. Others, who think good com- missioners have been appoiuted by the gov- ernor, want tho law to vemain as it'is. Ther is also a feeling that tho changee is too radical i of the city have not been given an opportunity to express an opinion as to whether or tot tie move is dewanded, Itis also held that the time is inopportune and that a house of hostile fndependents will har i to curtaiting the prerogatiyes the chief exceutivo so long s thoy feel they hive & nan who has been wrongfully prevented from exercising tho duties of tha't Besides, the move will meot with opposi- tion from certain lobbyists who have, for some time past, been endeavoring to curry favor witlithe independents. some delogate clauses in the is due the dele amen sta to i partly to ation thie 1y cot stthe Seato. Feb, 1.—[Spoctil to Tom The committee on elaims of the house is working upon a variety of bills which, when brought before the members, will doubtless cause somo discussion, The items areincluded in Mr. Allen's bill for the rolief of people who Liud horses and cattle killed by the Nebraska | Phis after Clam s Ay Lixcory B © stock sanitary commission. ommission expired about two yeurs ago it had worked for several years in evadicating glunders and other coutagious diseasos fron among horses wnd cattlo, W bt the couimission is no more, the owners of the auimals killed under its direcs tion hope to sceure pay for the same, not- withstanding at tho tiime of the Killing the stock was supposed Lo be infected with ai- In the bill which range aguregate $14,205, e owners of this stock in man assert that the same was thav its slaughter was an them and consequently one for which the state must be held responsi ble. Among theso claims is & number also for stock which was tndenlably tainted with dise ocuse and the killing of whioh was a publio benofuction. All the members of the 1ate commission are still in this state with the exception of the veterinarian, Dr. Gerth, who is now in New Jersey. A stroug fight must be mude by the claimants before their bills will be allowed. O'Neill, a plumber of this eity, has a claim for £1,000 which was formed threo yeurs ago by work done in the capitol. No appropria- tion has beeu made to pay it, and 1t accord. ingly comes to the present body with acerued interest, Tk is also bef the conituitteo a claimof $10,000 by Mrs. Norvin, widow of the enginecr who was killed, Decause of alleged defective woukmanship'in the placin of the boiler and in the worthlessness of thal fixture itself in tho insane asylum which re- sulted in the death of her husband, A claim of the assistaut engineer for dama- wes was introduced at the last session, but disallowed. The testimony adduced at the time as regards the worthlossness of the boiler has beon reproduced in this case, It is understood that the committeo has concluded that Mrs, Norvin has a good olaim, but is undecided us to the amount to pay her, There are several other claims of a novel chavacter. One of these is from Scotts Bluff county, which asks the stute to pay 2,000 for the conviction of one Arnold for murder. ‘The county, it cluims, nas ot the money to pay the expense of the trial, having among other things allowed $1,000 to an attor- ney to defend the criminal. From Blaine coilnty comes u similar roguest for $1,000, for the prosecution of Yokum for murder. Danger of the Sugar B LixcoLy, Neb., Feb, 1—|Spe BEr.|—An extensive canvass among mem- bers of the house indicaies that the bill re- moving the state bounty of 1 cent per pound from beet sugar will pass. The luw was enactod at the last session of the legistature. No appropriztion, however, was made for the puyment of the bounty. The state now owes for over seventy thous- aud pounds and an appropriation for this pur- pose, to avoid repudiation, must be made this year. The independents seem to be almost unan- imous in apposition to the bounty. Kven the Tlall county delegation opposos it They say the factory can only give permanent work say to half a dozen persons, while the others y work at most 100 dizys in o year, Last year the manufacturers only puid £3.50 a ton for beets, when the latter” can scarcely be raised for 8 11 n ton of beets yields 40 pounds of sugar the government’ pays the Oxnards a bounty of #4580, the stato pays & bounty of $1 40, making a total of £5.20. The sugzar is controlled by one firm of wholesale dealers, who sell it to retaliers in Ne- braski ' at the swme vate as it the sugar s brought from the West Indies. The and Island concern has an_option on 8,000 res of land. On this ground, it can raise all tne beets needed. 16 will 'be eultivated with improved machinery, 1t will be near the factory. Farmers® with wives' and bildrens' hands and living miles away cannot comp It is recognized that the beet sugar factory is o thing the state ought to have. If the bounty should be removed, and the price of beets raised say to § or $8 per tou, a living for a family could ba made on 10 ‘aeres dustead of $:0 with corn s is now required. This would also tend Lo make ths population compact. These alliance people, bowever, say that ut present this Uesiration cannot be reached. The projectors ot everything, the farmers nothing, ‘They knock out anv talkers who may get up against thum on this subject, oferred to there are 135 items Lount from $45 to $460, and v instances not diseased and uct of injustice to Tur A Diszusted Indepentent, Laxcory, Neb, Feb, 1,.—(8 al o Tam Ber.]—Every day, as the session advauces, ! it becomes more and more apparent that the independents are hopelessly atsea, One of the soundest thinkers in the, house, and one whohus stood unflinchingly by the party caucus expresses himself as foliows: *1 have Kept perfectly quiet on the floor and said it i the caucus, butlam wiliing toso- owledge that we are beaten, Wo started wrong, and kept on the samo bull-headed irse ever Aince, and nothing but an earth. quake can stop us from rushing to destrue- tion,. 1 am about convineal that Tue Bee right, oud 2w bad followed lioa the was s