Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 8, 1891, Page 1

PART ONE. J TWENTIETH YEA \Tllli PROPERTY OF A DEAD MAY A. T, Stewart's Alleged Heirs Engazed in a Prolonged Dispute, PROJECTILES ~ ARE HOW RESISTED. Description of the Armor of the Ships of the New Argentine Republic—A Test Portsmouth. New at 1Copyright 1891 by James Gordon Rennst\ Bevrast, Feb. 7.-[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tig Ber.]—An importang commission of inquiry, the proceedings of which are of vastly more interest to the ople of America than to any Ulster folks, it is bemng held, has been situng fu the American cousul's office in this city sincothe beginningof the week. The object of the commission is to take answers to Interrogatories submitted from' the su- preme court of the Southern district of Now “Fork regarding claims in connection with the lawsuit of Sarah Branagh vs Wil fam P. Smith, which has already been before tue American courts and which is one of the numerous cases growing out of the litigation over the fortune of the late A T. Stewuart. The gentlemen to whom the commission is addressed are the American consul at Bel fast, Samuel H. Ruby and Sir James H. Haslett, ex-mayor of Belfast. The proceedings are conducted in private, only one witness being allowed in the room time. The legal gentlenion engaged on t easeare, for tho upholders of the allesod Stewart will, James Holnes, solicitor, New York, with whom is D> Jones, Belfast; for the local claimants, J.J. Brown, Belfust. J. C. McKenzie, Dumfrieshire, is looking after the iuterests of a number of Scotch claimants, The witnesses examined are the plaintift iy Dillen, Rosie Begbie, Thor Rupert Begbie, Hugh McCale, Susan Roe, S, D. Lamband Thomas Lamb, Belfast. As 1s pretty well known most of the claimants and witnesses concerned in the suitagainst Judge Hilton hail from the neighbor of Lis- burn, which was the home of the Stewart family, and near to which the deceased mill- fonaire was born and reared. The leading and most impor 80 far is that amongst whom who have been or will be ieorge Begbie,Surah stion, Robert Lynes, William 1s Stewart, Thomas bod it factadduced the plamtiff, Sarah Branagh, whose maother's mmden name was Stew- art, is & granddaughter of John Stewart, who was a brother of Alexanaer Stuart, who was the father of A, T Stewart, the deceased dry goods merchant. According to this the plaiutiff can claim kindred with A, Stewart in the relationship of u second cousin, George Begbie is said tostand in he same degree of kindred to the deceased millionaire. George Begbie stated in his deposition that he is o grandson of Jane Stewart, who was a sister to Alexander Stewart, A. I\ Stewart's father. This wit- ess in his examination showed that he pos- essed the most copious and, appar- ently recent, knowlodge of the entire gencalogy of the Stewart family. His occupation is that of a teacher of science Begbie was positiue he had heard from the lips of his father, over and over again, of the relationship between their family and that of the Stewarts and the elder Begbie had said that not less than a hundred times inthe midst of the family groups that his mother was June Stewart, who was a sister of A, T. Stewart's father. The witness deposed that after searching all the documents bearing on the family history, ho was more confident than he had been before, of the close connec- tion of his family with that of thelate A. T, Stewart. Documents copied from these records will be put in evidence before the American courts at the next hear ing of the case. His father had often told him that the late A, T. Stewart and himself had attended the same school together, both being intended for the church, and on the death of A. T. Stewart be left five full cousins, namely Mary Branagh,daughter of A. I Stewart’s uncle; John Thomas Begbie, son of A. T, Stewart’s aunt: Jane Mary Holland dunghter of A, T. Stewart's uncle Robert, and William and Thomas Stewart, sons of A. T, Stewart’s uncle William. One of these is still alive and is expected to attend and ®ive evidence at the commission. Thomas Stewart of Stonyford, near Lisburn, who Was a common ancestor of the Stewarc fam- ily, had six sons and three daughters, namely, Robert, John, Alexander, James and Wil- liam and Mary Jane, and Alexander was the father of A T. In roply to cross- lIuterrogations the witness admitted to having come to an agreement, but it was not with regard o the division of the property. It was with Herbert W, Walker of New York, He had received no moneys or other compensa- tion in connection with the present suit. On the contrary he had been at considerable ex- pense. They expected, he said, to break the alleged A. T. Stewart will and then cach hoped to veceive a distributive share of their rights. There s, Tam told, anothor bateh of Irish claimants not concerned in the present in- quiry, owing to their names ot being men- tioned in the instructions to the commission- ors and who were precluded from appearing, the commission being a close one and none except those who names ave mentioned being allowed to give evidence. The names of the latter batch are Halland McGee, Roland Stewart, James Stewart, John Stewart, Miss Annctte Ruperc Bailey and others. If the present commission establishes the fact that there are hewrs in Ireland to the Stewart estate there will be an application held for an open commission in Beltast and at this commission every person claiming he is next of kin of the deceased will be entitled o at- tend and prove his righy Testing the Armor, [ Copyrighted 1891 by James Gordon Rennett.) Loxoox, Feb, 7.—[New York Herald Cable ~Special to Tue Bee.]~An interesting test of armor plate took place yesterday on board the Nottle at Portsmouth, The plate was of the Wilson compound steel faced sys- tem, and was mauufactured at the Shefield works of Charles Cammul & Co., as & part of the armor belt of the war ships now being aonstructed by Lagrd Brothers at Birkenhead for the Argentine Republic. Tho test was conducted by the British admirality oficers 10 the presonce of Colonel Spurr and other oficers of the Argentine naval commission. Commander Emory, United States uaval attucho, and Laird were also present. The plate was § inches in thickness and was cut to the usual Nettle size of § feet by ( feot for the purpose of comparison between this compouud plate and similar armor of the Schoeider-Creusal make. The Argentine commission rvequired tho test to be carried out ou tho same lines adopted by the Freach governiwent in their recent tests of armor st Graves. The condi- tions of this test were three Palliser chilled projectiles, weighing 100 pounds each, tired from & new Pinch vreach loading gun with birky-two pounds of extra k powder, develop- | THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE ing a striking velocity at a range feet of 1,500 foet per second, equal to an en- v of 1,700 foot tons, or a total energy for three rounds of 5,100 foot tons, The shots grouped in the center of the plate at » poiuts of an equilateral triangle, the of which was twoand a half times the d from center to [ calibre of the shot measur center, The compound plate withstood this critical test inn most perfect manuer, breaking up futo dust all the tiles which were b able to any pression hard The force of tho pl tion in one instance being 102 inch led 2 inches. A fow fin » developed in the steel fac fine s to be none extended beyond the thickness of the hard steel surface. Althougn the plat tw pr L make the steel npon te inde and in 1o case excee hair cracks but these almost invisible and W were $0 isnot yet 1 down from the wooden backing the damage done | to it is so slight tha there will be pacts it may be safely ussumed 1o bulges in the rear of the im. "This test becomes particularly intercsting, whenit is compared with the solid steel plate of Schueider manufacture, which w tested on May 23, 1800, at the French govern- ment polygon, at ( cs, and was classed ment commission as ‘v The highest award of merit possible to this plate was the one of forming a part of the belt of the Chillan craiser, Captain Pratt, measuring 15 feet 4 inches by G foet Y inches by 8 1-16 in thickness, tap ing 55l Ve gover to inches, which, under similar conditions, allowed the proje to pene trate nearly the full thickness of the plate, the latter boing eracked - through its entire thickness by the first shot To sum up this wison: The total wergy of armor plate for the English pound plate was 744 foot tons, while for the Freneh all steel plate it only 304 foot tons, The English plate also possesses immense ntage its I rival in greater resistance to penetration aud e absence of through cracking, and in exhibiting uli the important characteristics of breaking up and destroying projectiles on impact There isnothing new in the nationalist muddle, except that Irish home rule seems farther away, even than last weelk. A good many liberals feel like throwing the whole question overboard. Both wings of the Irish party promise something definitenext Thurs- day, but the promise 1s threadbare. Parnell v stronger than when he entercd on the Kilkenuy f This is due much to bad management, Hon. Ronuld Greeville, son of Lord Gree- ville aud ex-fiaucee of Miss Bonmnge of Cali- fornia, is engraged to the danghter of William McEwen, the millionaire brewer of Kdin burgh. The brewer pays this prospective son-in-law's debts, about £0,000, So fur it has not been necessar any of the guarantee fund in Barings. The eneral opinion of the finan- ciersis that there is not much left for the Barings when the final settlement is reached. i £ ERMAN Y o con- an it over 1| is to callin liquidating the n e Waldersee's Appointment--Workmen Are Growing Restl Loxnoy, Feb. 7.—[Special to Tur Bee,|—A Berliu dispateh says that the kaiser, in delivering to Connt Waldersec his appointment as commander of the Ninth corps, reminded the countof his near reln- tionship to the imperiak-family and remarked thathe could best show his attachment by abstaining from any communication with those who sought to sow distrust amon people toward their sovereizn, The kaiser is believed to have alluded to Bismarck and to the friendly relations which existed between von Leseusky and the ex-chancellor, wh relations led to Lesensky being re- 1 of bis command. The kaiser has be- me ve oy bitter toward Bismarck lately on ount of tho caustic comments to which the lattergives utterance on imperial and especially the emperors labor re form programme. Whatever the difference be tween himself and Waldersee, the cmperor is believed t0 have confidence in Waldersce's attachment to the imperial family, aud there fore, to have preferred him for a post which 15 50 near to the seat of the ex-chancellor, The unemployed workmen of Berlin are as suming dangerous attidude. They threaten to hold a mass meeting to protest against tie action of the municipal authori ties in refusing tostartreliof works. The police are determined to prevent any such demonstation and have given notice to that effcct. The authorities of Berlin, like those of London, seem to think they can prevent the world from knowing the extent of exist- ing misery by keeping the miserable under. A Ridiculous Affa [Copyright 1891 by James Gordon Bennett. Loxnoy, Feb, 7.—New York Herald Cable Special to Tue Ber.]—-Gus Lambert was defeated in a twelve-round contest at the Pelican club this evening by P Maher of Ireland. Maber hit the Canadian thrice and Lambert lay down, not to rise until more than ten seconds had elapsed. It was a ridiculous affair. Maber was not a fiest cluss man and Lambert is heralded asa second Sul- livan, ' social General ol s Victim of a Prac Cnevesse, Wyo, F [Special Tole- gram to Tur Ber |—A half witted man at Sundance was made the victim of @ practical joke on Thursday by which he will probably lose his life. Several young men, in order to toruent nim, arrested him and locked him in a deserted building, expecting to release him after a few hours' imprisonment, Before they returned he broke out and started for Spearfish, Ho was found dying by the road- side the next morning by the stage dr slowly freezing to death. = Both hanas and feet were frozen and had to be amputated, and he is iu a precarious condition. e Heavy Snow in South Dakota. Rareip Ciry, S, D, Feb 7. A tremendous storm prevails 1 this section tonight. From fifteen to eighteen inches of snow have follen aud great drifts block the streots T'rains on the Eikhorn Valley road are aban- doned and ranchmen in the city dare not ven- ture out. Seven bundred Ogallala Indians with an escort of toops and Chey- eune scouts on thelr way to Fort Keogh and Frozen river, Montana, were compelled togo into camp last night forty miles from this city, travel being out of the question while the olizzard lasts, e Leonard Tobias' Remaius. SAN Fraxcisco, Cala., Feb. 7. —An evening paper says the body of Leonard Tobias, a young man formerly of Omaha, who com- mitted suicido at Yokahomu some months ago, was brought bere oy the steamship Gaelis and is awaiting transmission to his father in New York on the steamskip City of Siduey. D Peoria’s Blectrician a Burglar, Pronu, 11, Feb, 7.~ Henry Schearer, city electrician, was arrested today for the rob- bery of Bowe & O'Brien's safo & week: ago. The arrest created intense surprise, as tho prisoner has clways borno an excellout name und has been high in officlal circles for years, | Schearer assi his downfall to drinking and gawbli The Coroner Will Inve, Kaxsas Ciry, Mo., Feb. 7.--The coroner has determined to make o saare fuvesti gution into tho cause of the dewth of John B, Ells, & consumptive patieat who died sfter being treated wilh what purporied W be Kocl's Iy pb. ignte, of thirty | | | | | | strengthencd OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1891—SIXTE FOREIGY POLICY OF ITALY. Marquis Di Rudini Will Personally Guide it | in Flace of Crispi. NO SUCCESSOR YET TO WALDERSEE. Ihe New Chief of Staff Must Be a Man of Strictly Subordinate Spirit ~Other Changes Imminent, (Copuright 181 by New York Associtten Piesi) Bewuy, Feb. 7.—Oficial assurances from Rome that Marquis Di Rudini will person- ally guide Italy’s foreign policy, assuming Crispi's eng: nt, including armameuts, have removed much disquict here, Emperor William had o commuuication from King Humbert at the earliest period of the crisis, intimating determination to to min- that would droi- Chancellor Caprivi, during cent visit to Milan arranged for the complotion of the Italian armament with the newest weapons, smokeless powder, ete., in- volving the outlay of the money dorived from the now Italian loan, to which Crispi assented. On Cuaprivi’s return here diplomatic documents forming an appen- dix of the treaty alliance were got, Sig- nor Crispi formally pledzing Ttaly to reforms, in which the German govern- as to assist in the manufacture of nunitions and furnishing skilled instructors, The question troubling the emperor and con- fidants was how far Crispi's successor would accent the engagements made. Dr. Migueal assisted in the solution of tne e ting group of German financial houses to promise to facilitate the new Italian loan when it should be found n o1 the govern- ment to obtain funds. Until the Itali v shall have been completed and its cha ter seen the position will remain rather inse cure, King Humberts action during the anxiol time is understood to have clicited an expression of personal csteem from Emperor Francls Jo- seph, and it is now reported here that the Austrian emperor actually went to the lenzth of promising to visit the quirinal in the of the year. The rumors printed in the Frencn papers that Emperor William had consulted Dr. Miguel in regard to a vast increase in the homo defenses in consequence of the defection of Culy are sheer fiction. Dr. Miguel will assist Signor Crispi's successor to secure funds for the completion of the froutier defenses of Ca The defenses of Germany do not proceed under the casual stimulus of foreign develop- ments. “T'he emperor has not yet settled the s orship to General von Walderseo, Yes terday Gieneral von Wittich was announ ced af the new chief of stall. Today General von Schliefen fad a long confercnce with the kuser, a fact that gave riseto the report that he would succed General von Walder- see. General von Waldersee has already gone to Altna to assume command of the Ninth army corps. The Hamburg Nachrichten greeted his advent witha free criticism, 1n which it described bim as a master of smaller stratogy, without any idea of true military grandenr. Bis- marck's organ probably exaggerates the prince’s animus against a fallen foe. n- eral von Waldersee hus privately expressed a wish to withdraw absolutely from public life, and he only accepted the command of th Ninth corps in’ submission to the kaiser’ order. He trusts that ho will soon be allowed definitely to retire. The hesitaney of the kaiser over the selection of a chiefof staff is due to the diffieulty of get- ting & man of proved ability, yot sufi- ciently comphiant with the emperor's v General vor. Walderst med to General Vou Moltke in the virtual control of all the German armes in the field. The kniser means to succeed General Von Moltke himself, and 1n the event of war will assume individual responsibility for the mov ments of the forces. His ma- jesty must have o chief of the general staff of a strictly subordinate spirit. Beyond military circles the anxiety us to who will be selected by the emperor is wide- spread. Further changes are imminent Among them are the retirement from office of Dr. Von Gossler, Prussian minister of public worship and education, who will probably be succceded by Dr. Lu- canus, chief of the civil cabinet, and of Prince Von Hoheulohe, stathalter of the reichiand, who will be succeeded by Prince Henry of Reuss, now German minister at Vienna, The wifeof Prince Henry of Reuss is daughter of the grand duke of Saxe-Weimar- Eisenach, the emperor’s grand uncle, and the prince is therefore suitablo for the vice regat position at = Strassburg. Herr Mayback, Prussian minister of public works, will not retire from office until the unterhaus dis- poses of the railway estimates. Debates on colonial matters in the reichs- tag disclosed the fact that there had been a rapid abatement in the fervor of the members favoring German colonial extension. No prominent man of any party avowed adher- ence to the projects for further territorial ac- quisition. Much doubt is expressed as to the value of the territory recently anuexed by Germany. The denial by Chancellor von Caprivi that the government wished to sell the colonies, evoked the re- mark from the socialist, Vollman, that it womtd be well to give them to Prince Bis- marck as s national gift. No member ex- pressed enthusiasm over either their reten- tion or their prospects. The colonial depart- ment has intimated to the Hambure syndi- cate, with veference to the purchase of the possessions of the southwest Africa company, that the goverument, while not op- vosing the transfer, will notgrant a royal charter for the new company, the proposed capital of which 15 12,000,000 marks. It is certain that a legal status will be accorded to the company by the bundersath and landtag, confirming its right. Although the government has definitely abandoned the monopoly of the production of the Koch lymph, measures are being pre- pared for a rigid state of control of its sale and manufacture. Chemists will not be al- lowed tosell it unless analysts have con- firmed its purity. Under an order from the miaistry all clinies report the results of treatment by the Koch method. So far as received the majority of the reports are in favor of the treatment. Some, however, re- port disastrous results, The statement of Prof. Heusch, the great authority of the Berlin university on child- Signor a istry’ bund his 1 agree imperil 1o the conrse | ren's diseases, regarding the danger of treat- ing chaldren with the lympb, is supported by other authorities. Dr. Furbinger of the Freidrichshall hospital, who was an ardent believer in the Koch cure, now reports | that he has veen obliged to drep the treatment in a number of cases which were formerly bopeful and muone of which were in au advanced stage of disease. Classifying numerous cases, Dr. Furbinger reports one provisiouzl cure, warked b provement i if- | toen cases, no improvemerft 1o ten and seven deaths, Ho concludes that the injection must be small and must be given at long in- tervals, The supposed discovery by Dr. Hankin, the well known English fivestigator, of a curo for anthrax and the finding of the influenza bacillus by Dr. Kuchner of the hygienic in- stitute met with smallnotice by the meaical profession and the public, the Koch cure hay- ing exhausted discusslon in that direction. The winter season in the German capital is especially” gay, there being an incessant run of ofticial dinners and balls. The ball given by the United States minister, Hon. Will Walter Phelps, at the American logation on Thursday in honor of bis wife's return was attended by the leading divlomats, Gorman ministers and court and military dignitaries, pubasitrr% DEVASTATED BY FIR &, Houses Left in an Histe feal Mlinois Town, 1, I, Feb, 7.-The town ville, Fulton county, was swept face of the earth by five tonight, houses ave left standing in the town is small and_there was uo means of fighting the five, Ellisville was the oldest town in Fulton county and was surrounded with historical reminiscen ces, - GENERAL MILFE Abuse Jefferson s Monroe. Pro of Bliis from the Only three place. The 5 DENLES, Says He Did Not Davis at Fortre Cuicaco, Feb, 17.—In nemoirs of Jef ferson Davis, recently publisned by his widow, many pages are devoted to a descrip- tion of the “Tortures of Fortress Mouroe," of which district General Miles, now at the head of the division of the Misscuri, was in command at the time Davis was imprisoned there. Mrs, Davis charges General Miles with cruelty to the ex-presidentof the con- foderacy. He s charged with shackling Davis by bratal force, keeping him inn ver- min-infested cell, withholding hisclothes and linen and making souvenies out of his posses sions, even his hair, when he had it cut, eneral Miles was interviewed o day in regard to the matter. He said he did not mind the attack. “Of course,” he added, “Mrs, Davis feels bitter towards me, us she probably does towirds mauy more northern soldiers, While caring nothing at all for anythine she may say or write. | would call your atiention” to the fact that Jefferson Davis munaged to survive my cruel treatment and lived twenty years ter. finally dying of old ae. That would bardiy have béen the case, [ think, if he had been subjected to sneh horrible abuses. There is no particle of truthin the state- ments made by his wife. The fact is that Jeff Davis never was in better trim than when he was liberated” savelbini THE COMMERCIAL CONGRESS. It Assembles at Galveston —Five Hun- dred Delegates Present. s1ox, Tex., Feb, 7.—The westem commercial congress met v this eity this morning, 500 delegates beiug present. Major Clements of Wichita, Kan., was unanimously clected tempovary chairman end Burlingame of Denver temporary seevetary. Committees were then appointed and a recess taken to 2:30 this aiternoon, The report ef the committee on resolutions provides that the cougress shall be suyled the “Trans-Mississippi Commercial Con Kres 1 that its sole parpase shall be the consideration ~ 0f ecouomic questions. The report — urges = 4pon CongEress to provide by ad ‘0 appropriation for the completion of i3 disp Wuter harbor at-Galveston ds speed| possible; fayors free aud unlmited coinage of silyer; reciama- tion of arid lands by tue nutional governmen through systems of witer storage rescrvoirs; immediate openmg of the Indian reser vations in Oklahoma and elsewheres enthusi- astically approves the reciprocity treaty with Brazil and hopes the movement will be ex- tended until it embraces, the whole South, Central Americaand Mexico; favors grant- ing national charters 1o corporations running American vesscls in foreign trade: that the basis of represeutation for future sessions of this congress shall,be thirty delegates ut largo from each stte and territory, to o spointed by the governor thereof, one dele- gate from each county, appoiuted by the county commissioners, one fron each city and one additional for cuch 10,000 or fraction o of population, to be appointed by mayors, ten delegates’ from each board of Yrade o other commercial orgauization and two dele- gates for each railcoad company operating west of the Mississippi viver. The free coinage paragraph wasamended by add- ing the words, “product of the mines of the United States.” A committee was appointed to formulate and present to the next convention statistics lating 1o tho commerce of the west and sogth, and the conventlon adjourned to meet in Deaver May 19, e pionship. Gary i3 Cmeaco, Tur Br billiard ch and Slosson barred, will begin next Monday. arter, Ives, Hatley, Catton and Sbaw are in stead tice here and McLaughlin - and Capron will arrive this weele. It is probable that only the seven named will contest. Maggioli says he will notcome. He claims that castern players were allowed 75 for ex- penses and that the same coneession was 1 fused him. Tom Gallagher is ill in N w Trial. Feb. 7.—[Special Telegram to A new trial was granted by Judge Grinnell yesterday in the suit of Ste- phen Y. Youug agaiust the Chicago Grand Trunk railvoad for §15,000 for personal injuries received in the terrible wreck near Humilton, Ont, two years ago in which thirty-five people were killed and injured Young was given & ,000 by the jury but the court set aside the verdict on tLe ground that it was excessive. e He Was Forced, Viexya, Feb, 7.—[Swedal Cablegram to Tue Ber.|—Herre Lichlanstein, the leader of the clevicals in the reichstag, in an address to his constituents today: abjured the school bill which he himsell iatpoduced atthe last session. He declared thdthe was forced, at that time, to act against b personal conv tion ana procecded to o u Christion serial programume free n! anti-semitism, —————— Salvationist’s Crin SEnALIA, Mo, Web. T.—(Bpecial Telegram to Tue Bep. | —Thomas (Williamson, known as Sulvation Tom from shégact that he was a leader in the local brameh of the Salvation army, was today convictedof the murder of Jefferson and Charles Meove, father and son, mn May last, and was ced to be b anged March 20, Williamsou 18 sixty-five years old. [ The Weather Porecast, Omaha snd vichity—Light snow; CHICAGO, Tue By For colaer. For Nebraska—Suows northerly winas; cold waye. For Iowa—Increasing cloudiness winds shifting; decidedly ¢ 3 cold wave. For South Dakota— decidedly colder; northerly winds; cold wave, ———— Rejoicing Over the Ratification, QGrrewe, O, T., Feb. 7.—News that the Towa and Sac and Fox treaties had been rati- fied today created rejolelng here. The city is full of strangers peady 10 make homes on the new land woen it is finully opened to set- tlement. : — - Another Ballot at Pierre, Pierng, S. D, Fob. 7.—Oue ballot was taken for seuator today as follows: Moody 22, Tripp, 26, Campbell 41, Melville 28, Mel- lewte b1, Clark 0, remainder scattering, decidedly coldor; nd snow ; 1»« FOR THE NEW FORT OMAHA. Ougressman Connell Succeeds in Scouring an Increased Appropriation. FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND THE SUM. The Bill for a New Bridge at Omaha Wi Undoubtedly Become Law E Next Week — Miscellaneous. a v Tiw Bar, 513 Founrzexrit Stae } Wasnizatoy, D, A As the result of active work by Cong republican side of the u Lanhamof Texas man Connell on the house and of Congres among the democrats, an amendment to tho sundry civil appropriation bill was adopted today which increases the limit authorized to beused for the enlargementof the grounds and the construction of the buildings at new Fort Omaha to £500,000 and at Fort Bliss, in Texas, to §20,000, This is an increase of 300,000 to the present authorzed limit at new Fort Omaha aud of $100,000 at Fort Bliss. The amendment is one on which Con- gressman Connell and Lanham pooled their issues soveral days ago with only a sight hope of success. They are both happy to- night over the success of theit efforts, It is expected that some additional amend- ments will be passed by the semate in the interest of Omana and Lincoln which will be adopted by the house i conference, The amendment adopted today also changes the name of new Fort Omaha to Fort Crook, in accordance with the wish of the secref of war. THE NEW OMAUA BRIDGE The Interstate company’s low bridge bill has finally been ratihed by both houses of congress and will undoubtedly become a law carly next week. The work upon this measur has been expedited unusually well. It was simply rushed through comuiittees and both houses. It is the general belief that it means the early construction of a_ first-class xval to the present bridge company. OXNARD ON THE SUGAR BOUNTY. Henry T. Oxnard, the Grand Island sugar manufactucer, was the city a short time today on his way home, whither he starte tonight, Speaking to T Ber correspond- ent about the talk of the legislature repeal- ing thesugarbounty law, Mr. Oxnard said : * don’t see how the committee of the legislature could make o report upon that lezimlation without fivst giving me a hearing, especially in view of the fact that I have been 1w~ Washington for several day working as hard as 1 can for the best ir terests. of * the state in securing the establishment of an agricultural experiment station under the department of agricultur for Nebraska. 1 dow't know whether N braska will get, the agricultural station, but 1 velieve sne will. The 1ate conmitiee took the statement of one against a bountyand voted in tavor of repealing it while'l was bere working in_the interest of the farmers of Ncbraska. I want tosay in y 10 the statements made before the cot mitfee of the legislature that any institution [represent has uever had any connection with a trust. - The Nebraska sugar factori are owned most largely by New York capilalists, who nave never had a dollar or any other inter- est in any sugar trust or combination. Noue of the invesiors in the Nebraska sugar fa tories ever had any interest before in su, in any divection. It is their first veature in the business, T have niever thought thisany- bods’s business before. But to expose this misrepresentation being made I make this statement, It is time to refutesuch state- ments when an industry which pays the farmers ten times better than anything else is being assailed and the beat sugar business of the state is d to 8s ‘a mo- nopoly.! Al being considered, 1 pay more for my bects than any manufacturer of sugar in the world, and I'can easily prove this statement. 1 also read from the newspapers,” coutinued Mr, Ox: nard, “t it was urged before the commit- tee or elsewhere that the beet sugar business was uot only a monopoly, but was paying well. T am prepared to prove that the Grand Island factory, owing to the bad season, not only did not pay interest ou the investment, but sufered an actual loss of about 5,000 for the scason's operations. We feel confident that in & fair season the industry can be made profitable. S0 stroug is_our conviction of this impression that withina tew days the board of directors voted to_build three more faclories next season. Nocrop can pay anywhere near as well for the farmers as the beet, [ maintain that iua fair season the farmers can make u }lrnl\l, of from $30 to ¥0 an ucre raising beets or sugar. It is also not generally known that iv our contract with the farmers next year we pay 50 cents per ton extra out of the bounty. This was offered long before the legistature met, and it was our ob- ject to let those growing beets become in some way financislly interested i the development of the industry and shave with us the bounty given by’ the state. Every citizen of Nevraska will be directly - terested_in the progress of sugar manufac- ture, and if the proposed bill repealing the bounty becomes a law I feel confident it will turn the tide of from $40,000,000 10 50,000,000, which in my opinion could be diverted into Nebraska Investments within the next ten n the construction of beet sugar fuc- s and kindrea enterprises. Should the bill become @ law and neighboring states vive abounty the prize will go elsewhero than in Nebraska.” The Nebraskn delogation in congress is humilisted by the attitude of the leggislature in threatening to repeal the sugar bounty law, The federal government was induced togive a bounty by the represent: tion that it would meet the approval of cer- tain states to the extent of giving a state bounty. The factories were induced to locatc in Nebraska lavgely upon the represcatation that the state wonld_maintain its bounty of 1 cent apound, The Nebraska men now hero say that a repeal of this law at this time would be nothing less thag repudiation of an honest obligation - and would be regarded as dishonorable a3 the repudiation of @ honest debt, and that iv view of the many statements which have recently gone broadcast to the injury ot the state, its credit cannot afford such action us the repeal of the sugar bounty law at this time. Already castern capitalisis are refus- ing to go into Nebraska on account of the menancing attitude of the legisiature. Now the repudiation of an honest ~obligation like that upon which almost & million” of dollars were attracted into the state from the cast will not only be very damaging to the state's credit, but will seriously embarrass the friends in congress who have been working for the interest of Nebraska as a state and a_people. This is the view of the situation taken by Nebiaska men in congress. . KEM AND M'KEIGIIAN'S FINANCIAL VIEWS, There hus been @ great deal of curiosity among members of the house us to the finan- clal views of the incoming farmers’ alliance, and democratic members who are to control the next houseor representatives. Cousider- able speculation hus been indulged 10 as to what the new delegation from Nebraska will advocate in the way of another basis for the government's finances, ‘The views of Rep resentative-elect McKeighan lave come from that gentleman through un interview i Chicago, aud he s recorded as a flat advocate. His announcement in favor of & reapportion- ment upon Lhe basis of population as shown at the polls, which would require a constitu- tional amendment, of course, hus also placed him in the category of those Nebrasku demo- crats who haye d—d the coustitution of the United States. Representative-o ot Kem thinks it would | be proper for the federal government to issae | s much paper money as the people want and | | is quoted as saying that whenever the paper | that is issued is worn out itshould be re- lissucd aund that there should never duy of redomption, s re- ) “ EN PAGES. demption means the daestrgetion of obligations in existence, He believes the fact that there is never to pe a redemption of money issued would not hurt the credit of the country at home or abroad, and says that it is only necessary for the government to putits stamp upon paper in otder to make the latter as good as money. Ho is quoted as reiterating that the volume 1ssued should be regardless of the country's ability to redeem. Ir. I<em has forgotten t ¢ of the late war tvhen gold was worth over 200 per cont premium. Such ideas as are being put forth by Messrs, McKeighan and Kem are going to make them ridiculous before they enter upon their duties and therefore make them of no value as members of the house and useless to thewr constituents. They have already allicd themselves in a so- cial way with the democrats, who are in the minority of the present administeation, and therefore are tying the hands of Nebraska against secaring legislative favors. There will be an effort made to enlarge the circulat ing medium of the country in the next con- jeress, but the new issue of currency will be upon a stable basis and the talk of a fiat issue only lessens the cavse of those who do the talking, if for no other reason, because a fiat reeastte conld never receive the signature of President Harrison, ATMY MATTERS Second Licutenant Elmore F. Taggart, Sixth infantry, has been detailed as professor of military service and tactics at Norwich universit; Prancis E. Pioree, First infantry is re from duty as Indian agentat Pine Ridee ageney, S. D, on account of sickness and Captain Charles G. Remy detailed for that duty The following assignments to regiments of ofticers have been ordered: Captain Churles A. Williams, to_the Twenty-first infantrey, company K3 st Lieutenant Albert B! Scott, toSixth infantry, company K; Firs Licutenant Harris L. Roberts, to the T'wen- ty-first infanty, company B: Iirst Licutenant Frank B. Andrus, to the Second infantry, coupuny K. MISCELLANEOUS. The announcement is wade at the postofice department that a daily exchange of throngh registered pouches has been ordered to com- mence the 1sth inst. between Seattle, Wash., and Omaha, pouches to leave Seattle at 6:10 a.m., vias the Seattle and Tacoma railway postoMice and Omaha_at 6:15 p. m. via the Omaha and Ogden railway postoftice; also a daily exchange of inner sacks between Des Moines and Council Bluffs ofices to com- mence February 22, sacks to leave Des Moines av 1235 p. m. and Couneil Bluffs at m, via the West Liberty and Council Bluffs railway postoftice, Mr. John Hyde, chief of the agricultural division of the census office and an Omah: wan, is determined that the accuracy of his work shall be beyond question, and to that end is engaged in verifying the work of southern enumerators who had to deal with the tenant farm question. Preparatory to visiting the south he has addressed a cireu lar: letter , to the southern enumerators, i which he requests certain iuformation re lating to this question, especially as it may find avplication in the cotton blt. The comptroller of the currency has e tended the corporite existence of the First A\'.thvlml bank of Lincoln to February I8, 1911, Application has been made by C. L. Root and others for authority to orgauize the Lyons National bank of Lyons, In. An element of the farmers' alliance vepre- sentation in Washington has in preparation a poom for Senator Stantord of California in connection with the presidential nomins HOSY ) Their platform is his land Lill, of which hundreds of copies are being sent all over the country, principally to the leadors of the varions orgauizations of farm- ers. It is believed in Washington that a strong effort will be made to make Senator Stanford the farmers’ alliance candidate for president. Postmasters were appointed for South Dakota today as_follows: Lodie, Jackson county, H. P, 8. Mun, vice B, G. Oray, jr., failed to qualify; Richlund, Union county, Lettie Swover, vieo N. A, Kirk, resigued. Mr Dorsey is receiving letters and tele- grams from friends asking that they be allowed to urge his name for appointment as secrotary of the treasury Dr. Charles A, Cooper has been recom- mended for appointment on the pension voard at Ogallala, Peny S, Heamn A Republic¢an Threat. Wasmiaros, Feb, 7.—Tho Star says: “Ivis threatened by the republicans of the house that if the senate attacks the free coi age amendment or any appropriation bill they willamend it by putting on the force billas arider. If this is done and the bill sont to the president it is said that ho would probably sign the conglomera bil, taking free coinage rather than veto the appropriation bill and force bill, This may deter the democrats from entering upon @ plan of putting free coinage on the appropriation bill, Since the defeat of _the attempt to have the free coin- age amendment attached as a rider to the sundry civil appropriation bill the silver men lave been busy devising othier schemes by meaus of which tocompela vote by the house on the question of free coinage. The vote yesterday is not regarded by them as a fai tost of strength for the reason that it w complicated with a question of parliamentary practice in which they did not regard their position as strongly fortified, T o therefpre anxious to bring the matter up in some new form. The Townsend resolution offered today was the first effort in_the new plan of campaign, The opponents of the iree coinage bill will resort to every available imeans 10 secure the attendance of absentees kiown 10 be opposed to free silver coinage. Evans' Postal Telegraph Bill. WasitiNGTox, Feb, 7.—-In the house today Evans of Tennes reintroduced the bill heretofore offered by him to establish a lim- ited postal tele The section in tho forier it unlaw ful for company to engage directly rectly . oF be interested in the sale of press or other ro- ports, market quotations, etc. bepond the service of transmitung at uniform rates, is stricken out of the present bill. Candler introduced a bill authorizing the postmaster general to contract with any per- son or persons operating telograph lines for the trausmnssion of telographic correspond eice ata rate to be agreed upon. A Slim D atic Caucus. W asiINGTON, Feb. 7.—The caucus of demo- cratic members of the house, called together at the suggestion of Bland, was slinly attended, only sixty-one wembers being present. The silver bill was the sole topic of consideration, and aftor several resolutions had been offered and withdrawn the following resolution, offercd by Ricnardson of Tenne- see, was unanimously adopted: “It is the sonse of this cancus that the senate silver bill is in_our opinion an important public measure, deserving duc consideration by the house, and we carnestly request the com- mitteé to which thesame vas referred nearly @ month Ago to report it to the house without delay. Adjourne a o Allotments, 7.~The board of man- agement of national soldiers' homes has made the following money allotmonts to the sev- eral homes for the the quarterbeginuing April 1 ne Dayton, O., $I171,606; Mil- waukee, Wis,, 865,443; Leavenworth, Kan., 8, Los Angeles, Cala., 83,330; Marion, Ind., 0; wid to state homes, $100,000; incidentals, 5,125, Still of the Same Opinion. WasiINGTON, Kol The views of the minority of the Raum investigation commit- too are the same as those drawn up at tho lust. session of cougress published at that time. Graduat ome Tax. i Wasmixaroy, Feb, 7.—Fithian of [llinois | introduced & bill to provide for a graduated | the army aud navy. Act, sideut has Approved the Apportio Wasii ox, Feb. 7.—The pi approved the apportionment 4ot PR S ST —— | GES1 TO 8§ PA == R0 ) NR. NOBLE MEETS THE SI0UX, Tha feoretary Asks Them to Stato Their Oase Fully, NUMBER JOHN GRASS THE FIRST SPEAKER, He Wants the Government's Future Policy Outlined - Qiviltians Pree ferved Military for Agents, to ndian Wasmixaroy, Feb, 7.-The conforence bee tween Secretary Noble and the Sioux Indian delegation began this morning at the interioe Secretary of War and Mrs, Proctor and Miss Proctor were present, and also the wife of Seerctary Noble and Miss Halstead. The confer was oponed by Seerotary Novle, who said “You we department, nce requestod to horo Just after tho ag L Crook was made, You wanted to make certain requaests and complaints at that time, and you received cortain p mome, has been troublo since then and you have come again to say what you think proper as to the cause’ of the trouble and to wmake any further complaints you see fit. The sceretar, here to tell you that he has kopt his word, but if there is anything more he can do through friendship fortheSioux he is w todoit. He is your friend and tho g father has told bim to e your fricnd. He wants you to talk to him us o friend and will meet you in the same spirit,”? “The secretary then asked if the Indians had made any arrangements about speakers, Ho could not hear them all, but would nisten to a fow and desired them to speak briefly. He added that if no objection was made, ho would hear from Johu (i Hollow Horn, Bear, American Horso, Two' Strike, Hutp and Youny-Man-A fraid-of-His-Horses In respouse, Louis Rencoltre, said this a rangement wis satisfactory, as it was aesi that cact agency should be represer The secretary replied that te would hear John Grass and American Horse, aud then take counsel with them as to who shouid fole low. John Grass toen eame forwa Cook, the Ipiscopal ministor 0 Ridge, acted as interpreter, at on bowan to speak of the recent teoubie amon the Indiahs, the orgin of which ho dil ot know. They had come for the purposeof conferring with the scerctavy in_regard to the matter. The Indians, he said, did not de- sive to be driven back to thelr wild life, but wished to consult with the president so s to determine upon the future. The ludians thought it desirable that agents should be civillans rather than military. [0 the past, he said, the Iudian agents had opportunities 'to steal, but now it was. diffieult for them to adopt such prac- tices. T'he agents of late years, ho said, were wood men. In speaking of his own reservae tion (Standing Rock), he said the threatened trouble had been put down by the Indian potice, They believed in Tndian police and he was requested to ask for an increase of fifty mon. Grass then shook hands with the secretary aud took his seat American Horse s con ement with Gene omises fr here d Mr, d the government had made mistakes in its attempts to civile ize the Indians. Ho procceded 1o cnumerato the mistakes. Instead of positions at the agencies oeing given to Ins dians, white men crowded them out and toolg the places, What his people wanted was a chace to rise and fill the positions of trust ux..u-ux}_«lflx;\;n-ncu n\l:n \}mrcl\‘o\'llnm their reach, He then © o glous mattors e i there-wbRe Prids “Sulibns boiies on their reservation who were tryiog to teach them to live better lives and cse pecially to bring about religious marviages, Butthey diduot want to be compelled ta warry certain persons, “Tho secretary inquired who had compel them to marry American Horse replied that he refercod more particularly to persons who cloped. When the couplo were brought back the agent obliged them to be married. The speaker asked that the losses suffered by the Indians in the last disturbance be made good by the government. He favored the removal the Carlisle school to the west, Young-Man-Afraid-of - His-Horses reiated his services in the interest of harmony during the late frouble. He brought his people into camp and turaed in their names. How many " queried the secrctary, and the orator was somewhat nonplussed. Ha knew the total was small and did not care to say. He hoped the government would not only educate the children, but give them something to do when they finished at schools Two Strike, smd he had made peace with General Miles and was now going to do what. ne could to maintain it. Hump said that about three hundred of his people had been killed and there should be some consideration shown the survivors. He wanted the rations iucreased and continued, Hollow Horn Bear, and Medicine Bull talked briefly and then- Secro Noblo spoke briefly to the Indians, He said the Ine dian must not be discouraged; he would bo supported as long as he ondeavored to do well.aThere were two sides to the question of hat is due the Indiau _and what due from the Indian. Up to Issk the Sioux had been given & by the government. The acknowledges its treaties and agr the Sioux since 1864, when this paid. ‘There hud been much paid, according to_the treaty. The secretary than quoted statistics as to issues to the In- dians, The schools the Indinws want had been keptup ot all the agencies, and indus~ trial schools, such as they want, hiad also been re-establishéd at 12 and another schook would be put up an Flandreau, Farmers had been keptat the different agencies to show the Sioux how to farm. It was a mere acels dent that £100,000 should have been cut oft the Sioux appropriation immediately after the agreement with General — Crook, It would have been the same if there had been no agreement, ‘These things should convince the Sioux that the government had been trying to do what was right. In conclusion the secretary advised the Indians to think over the many things the government bad done for them, to look at the promises made by General Crook and have confidence in what he said, ‘The secretary said he wanted the Indians to make up their mings to do the best thoy could 1o educate or to have eaucated their children and never to let their young men dream that they could got anything by force from the United States. sought to is money was more inoney nt Dividing a Foreign Missio Wasmixatoy, F Sherman, from the committee on for relations, reported to the senate tod dment proposed o' be made to the diplomatic and consuiar aps propriation bill, which contemplates the dis vision of the Central American mise sion 1o two missions, one to ine clude Nicaragua, Costa Riea and Salvador and the other Honauras and Guatemala, The saluries of the ministers are fixed at §7,500 ine stead of §10,000, which is the salary at prese ent of the single mission. The division is proposed by the committee on the ground that the difffeulty of travel is so great that it is not possible for one minister to properly meet the necessitios of the mission, o Amend the House Rules. WasHINGTON, Kb, 7.-Tn the house today Townsend of Colorado offered for referouce & resolution amending tho rules of the house 8048 to provide that when four members of any committeo shall make a statoment in writing that after five hearings on any bill (other than revenue or upproprias tion bills) the committee refuses to make | income tax to meet. exponses. for peusions in | 1Y FePORt favorabls or unfavorable, it shalk rder to move to discharge the commite further consideration of the meass Lhis amendment of the rules is dirccted especially towards the committee on coinnge, weights and measures, Laving churge of ta@ | frec coiuage vill.