Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 27, 1891, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY E: FRIDAY 2 MARCH priation of #100,00. Tt was considered by the committee on finance, wags and means, shortly after dinner this afternoon. Tho house had requested speedy considera- tion of the measure and at the request of Senator Smith of Buffalo the senate whilo in committee of the wholo rose to consider the report of the finance committeo, which com- | prl sed majority and minority recommenda- tious, The former favored the r.m,mrmm of the bill and the 1ty t be passed The rales were susponded to consider the reports. Senator Wilson of Dawes moved to amend by substituting the minority for the majority report. This motion did not prava'! Senator Mattes of Otoe then moved that the report of the majority be adopted. This Was carried—yeas, 14: nays, 1 that GIVEN MEDALS. hentoes Presented to the Senators Who Were “Loy Lixcory, Neb, March 20,—|Special Tele- gram to Tir Brg,]—The happy and jubiiant independents, including uearly all of the members of the lower house and omployes, mot at the Lindell hotel tonight, formed a procession und marcned to the senate cham- ber. The chair, whict had been occupied by Taylor, was draped in mourning, and bore & placard with the inseription, “Gone to-' with an index pointing downward. A pen plcture of the truant senator was quickly drawn, and at the top was inscribed the words, “My prico—£3,000.”" Below, “Gone, but, not. forgotten,” Fourteen of the senators—Beck, Day, Dy sart, Hill, Horn, Keiper, Koontz, Michener, Poyiter, Sanders, Stevens, Turner, Smith and Warner, were seated in a semicircle und the clerk’s desk. 0 meeting was called to order by Moan, who nominated Shrader for chairman, who i a fow well selected words introduced Con- gressman McKeighan, Cheers grooted the congressman from the Second district who read a short address, closing with these W “Senators, this session is drawing to o close. In & fow days you will return to your constituents, and as the sun of your life goes down, and you halt to rest by the wayside, we trust these little mementoes may be among_the fondest and most pleasant mem- ories of your lives.”" [Cheers.| Shrader then presented each of the “loyal” senators with a silver medal, on which was inserbed: “F'rom the members of the house to the seventeen loval senators.” On the re- verse side were the words: “Ever the right comes uppermost, ever is justics done.” The sonutors were called on for a response. Senator Keiper thanked the ipembers of the house for this expression of their regard, butreminded them that he bad only carried out, the pledges made to his constituents. He did not believe the wovernor would adopt any policy contrary to the will of the people and would sign tho bill. In closing he said the house had often passed good laws for the regulation of railroads, but the senate had been the graveyard of the people's hopes. [Cheers]. Senator Poynter thonght the independents could not have helped doing as they did, for they are bullt that way. He felt exceedingly grateful for this high approciation of his Iabors, but it did not equal his joy over the thought that the ends sought were finally ac- complished. *‘Wo formulated no unmeaning platform, and we have lived up to our pledges, and this bill embodies our best of- forts to froe the people from railroad ty- rauny.” [Apvlause.] Senator Stevens romarked that the people had demanded a maximum freight bill, and he bad feit it incumbent to lay aside ail per- sonal nmbition that the iuterests of the masses nay bo conserved. He rejoiced at the happy termination of the dead lock, and more than wll that sixteen members of the people's pnr‘t‘y had stood as firm as the adamantine rock. Senator Horn claimed no hovor nor distinc- tion for simply doing bis duty and would go home bearing that lfme testimonial with a prouder heart and a clearer conscience than with his pocket filled with boodle. [Great cheers.| “Let us hold on faithful till 1302 and victory Is within our grasp.” Senator Beck felt that the honor equally belonged to the house and they should share 1in the appreciation of a grateful people for a service weil performed. Senator Hill could not find words to ex- press bis foolings for tho unexpected offer. ng. He had pledged his coustituents to yote for this bill, and when he went to his long home he could _transmit this memento to his son and say: *‘Your father received this for + being trua to the interests of the people who elected him to the state senate,” and when it became an heirloom to his young grandson, he hoped it might spur him onward to a higher and nobler manhood and remind him that his grand father never bowed his kneo to corporation tyranny, and took part in the great struggle which made Nebrasia free, Seuator Smith never felt so happy in his \life as whe the deadlock was broken, but once, aud that was the day he was married. Great laughter.) He had faced enemies before. In the early days of the rebellion, ‘o hiad held a bayonet in one hand and a bal- lot in the other, in a precint in the Old ‘Dominion, and cast that ballot for Abraham \Lincoin, and he was actuated by the same spirit today. Senators Day, Dysart, Michener, Sanders, Turucr, Warner and Williams, who Dbad come in, contented themselyes by merely thanking the denators for testimonials of their high appreciation and esteem. Addresses by Moau, Edgerton and others followed. Tho sensation of the evening was an ad- dress by Paul Vandervoort, in which, after declaring that there was nothing to be ad- mired 0 mnch as pluck and manhood, he ex- horted the independents to persevero in their good work, and whea the muster roll soundod Tor tho grand charge upon the enemy in 1502 he would be found in the rauks with them, ‘with his gun poiuted at the common foe. Douglas County Road Tax. LixcoLy, Neb., March 20.—[Special to Tug Bee|—The senate passed this morning, house roll No. 857, providing for aroad tax in Douglas county "the provisions of which are as follows : Sectlén 1. That section 6 of chapter 78 of the gompliod siasutesof tho stato of Nobrasky of 1880 be and tho same Is hereby amended to rend as follows “Section T, In countles nat under township arganization one-halt of all moneys paid into the county treasury from she several rond alsricts, in discharge of road tax, shull con- stitute a county rond fand which sl the disposal 0f the county commissioners fe the general benefit of the county for road pur- poses; the other half of all moneys pald into nty treasury from the sovernl road in discharge of road and all money pald in dischurgo of labor {ax, shall constitute a distriot rond fund, which shall be pald by the county treusurer to the oversear of the roud district from which it was locted, and expended by him only for the fol- Loylug purposes: for ‘the construction and repalr of Dbridges a ndeulyerts and making fre-guards wlong the line of roads. *2," For the payment of dumages of the right of ny public roud. ‘4. For the payment of way of oversoers and for the expense of procuring the neces- 1y guide hoards, For the payment of wages of comml slonors of roads, surveyor, chainmen and otl persons_engaged In_ loeating or altoring county rond, Lt the rond be finally esthblished or alterad, us hereinbetors provide 5 For work and repalrs upon road. #Provided, That thocounty eommissioners of countlos not under township organization may lovy the Sawo Tate of rond tax Mpon the Proporty within any incornorated oity of the metropolitan class and cltios of tho first class, as s levied upon the property situated within the several road distviots, and il moneys puid anto the county treasury in discharge of road tux lovied upon property within the incor porate limits of any such city shall constitute & part of the general road find of the county wndbe subjoct ta. the disposal of tho county and city, one-half of which shall go to tho county for road purposes and one-halt to the councl] of said clties to be used for road pur- poses," Sec. 2. Sootion 70 of chapter 78 of the com- Pled statutes of the state of Nobraska of 1550 s horeby ropealod. horo belue wn Smerganoy, this uct shall be 10 force from und after lts passige. ‘Thero were ouly three votes in the noga- tive, Senators Horn, Shumway and Smith. How a Scheme Was Knooked Out. Lixcony, Neb. March 26.—[Special to lux Bgm.|—The final reading on bouse | n, wuthorizing the builaing | roll 879, by John: of a boulevard dlagonally across a quarter section of the college farm lying northeust of Lincoln, and directing that the land be platted for sale, was followed by a crushing defeat of this measure. Breen made an attack upon the bill, declaring it was not de- sired by the regents and was being pushed through the legislature by a swurm of lobby- ists purely in the intorest of real estate spoculators. He was followed by Burtholo- mew, Bredeson, Carpenter, Fuiton, Gaftin, Nickols, Purnell and Stevens of 1'urnas in he same strain, epish and Mcilesson of Lancaster defeuded tbe bill, Sladar deatusd | i bad navar hean the | indefinite | poliey of the state to hold land for “speculativo purposes,”” and did not. think tho rise in the value of the land and consequently Incroased value to the state university ought to figure | in the matte ‘ The interests of the universty in Mr, Shra- der's estimation, should not stand in the way of the local interests that would be greatly | benefited by the building of the boulevard, | Toe yeas and nays resulted as follows Yoas—Alden, Capek, Clapp, Corni mb, Faxon, Ford, Gillllan, Howe, Jones, ohlinan, vock, Sternsdoeff, S orner, \White, Williatas of Vays-—Albert, Arnold, Bartholomew, Bred- eon, Breen, Brennan, Carpenter, Uurtis, Decker, Dickerson, Dobson, Dunn, Feich: tinger, Pelker, Felfon, Flamme, Frost, Ful- ton, Gaffin, Gale, Gardner, Gerdes, Gifford, Goddard, Gunuett, Hall, FHennick, Herman, Henry, Hinkle, Howe, Huse, Krick, Kruse, Lamp, Matheson, McCuichen, McReynolds, Moan, Modie, Mullen, Nelson, Newberry, Nichols, Porter, Purnell, Riloy, Ititchie Rohan, Ruggles, Schappel, Schelp, Shiptey, Smith, Stobbins, Stevens' of Fillmors, Ste- vons of Furnas, Stevens of Platte, Stewart, Taylor of Butler, Vorhes, Williams of Frank: lin, Mr. Speaker 63, pecial eredit for defeating this measuro shouid be given to Chancellor Bessey of the state university, who came upon the floor and informed_ieading independents that the college muthorities were not in favor of the bill and that it was being engineered by real estate speculators, WAGE WORKERS REMONSTRATE, Governor Boyd Flooded with Pet tions to Veto the Newberry Bill. Laxcory, Neb,, March 26, —{Special to Tur Ber, | —~Governor Boyd in receipt of potitions from all parts of the state roquest- ing him to veto the maximum freight rate bill. These documents represent the wishes of laborers, mechanics, professional men and merchants who have given the measure & great deal of considevation. Those of the workingmen give expression to the fear that, if the bili b allowed to become a law, it will deprive many of their situations, or, at least, tend to reduce wages. Those of the merchants are based upon the fact that iv might tend to Fuin their trade, especially when, as is now the case, they are in the enjoyment of bettor rates than they aver experienced before, ‘oday the petitions were emphasized by the appearance of several delegations of me- chanics and_merchants, who presented their requests in person ana who also gave ex- pression to the feelings which they entertain on the subjeot. Onoof the first petitions to arrive was that from about a thousand elerks, laborers and mechanics on the railroad in Omaha, It was signed by alimost. every individual from chief clerks down to the humblest laborer in the yards. A ‘potition from the leading merchants at Beatrice was also received. Mr. T. L. Kimball wrote a letter 1o Gov- ornor Boyd a fow days ago touching on_tho subjoct, in which ho says: “Ihe injury this bill will do the stato at large, and tc jobbing and manufacturing points p larly, is incalculable. Under its provisions the Tailroad companies can only keep afloat by curtailing every possible outlay for ex- tensions, improvéments, maintenance and operation. This means the withholding from Nobraska of all new railway capital, the cutting down of wages or cutting off of iabor, reducing the quality and quantity of train’ service and fucilitles heretofore ren- dered the public. The averago reduction under this bill will be about 50 per cent for the ten classes of froight, and if it becomes a law, it does not seem possible to me for the Nebraska roads to sustain themselves with- out cutting off all distributing tariffs from trade centors, and putting up their interstate rates on the products of the state, and the most importaut articles consumed but not produced by the state, “I believe, under these circumstances, that 1t is not omly your duty to veto this bill, but that you will be justiied in the end by the farmers themsclves and by every_intellirent business man and true friend of Nebraska. There were telegrams from George T. Cor- coran, editor of the York Democrat; N. C. Scott of Asiland, J. K. Meagherof €olumbus, aud @ host of others who pointed out evils of the same kind ferred to in the communica: tion of Mr. Kimball, This afternoon delegation of fifty mer- chants from Norfolk called upon the gov- ernor. They were escorted to the @overnor's private room,whera one of their number read a carefully prepared request that_his excel- lency veto the bill in_question. The petition was discussed and finally Governor Boyd arose and stated that this was evidently not 4 year in which to besevere on railroads, R hiad suggosted in his Inaugural thai rates should be fixed on & few staples, whica, he thought would be satisfactory to' the people. The. Newverry - bill,” however, had_ not beef présented to him, neither had ho examined it in all its defulls, Of course there was a demand for railroad legisiation, but he had been told by men who had voted for the bill that they would not have done so had it not been that their constituents had insisted upon it. He had received many letters from all parts of the state asking him to veto the mcasure, But he would not then say what he would do inthe premises. Ho would examine the bill first, and then do what he thought was for the best Interests of the state. The gentiemen who .had’ circulated the petition stated if they had time they could easily have secured hundreds of more signa- tures. As it was, there was not a merchant who had been asked for his signature who did not cheerfully give it. A similar delegation of business men from Fremont and u third from Blair, also called upon the governorand presonted petitions like that of the Norfolk folks. Wmlo theso conforences were being held in the large room of the governor’'s suite, another delega- tion waited 1 his excellency's own room, "his comprised a committee of laborers and mechanics of the Fromont, Elkhorn & Mis- souri Valley road south of the Platte. They also had a petition which was signed by be- tween seven hundred and eight hundred men whose homes depended upon thewr holding the places and whose rotention of the lattor depended upon tho governor's vetomng the Newberry bill. This committee gave ex- Fm“mn to the seatiment that they knew, rom personal experience, that when tho granger legislation had cut the rates m Towa from 10 to 20 per cent & corresponding cut in salaries had boen made and a reductionin the forces also took place. The governor informed the delogation as he tad ioformed the visitors from Norfolk, Fremont and Blair, that he would act in tho matter for the best interests of the state. Governor Boyd expects a large number of petitions tomorrow on the same subject, and it Is not likely that the inflow will be dimiu- 1shed until after he shall have acted one way or the other regarding the measure. Wanted to Fight, Lixcory, Neb., Murch 2, —[Special to Tk Bre.)—W. F. Wright of Nemaha, the de- feated candidate for commissioner of public lands and buildings on the independent ticicet, created @ scene on the floor of the house this morning. The committeo on contest fees, of which Chureh Howe 1s a member, having struck out all claims of contestants for per- sonal expenses, the irate gentleman from Nemaha, who 'claimed he had been left in the lurch to the tune ot some 8,000, rushed up to Howe and called him a seoundrol and o villain, and offered to whip him then and tuere. Howe was wiliing' to accommodato the gentleman on the spot, and the mill was about to open when the sergeant-at-arms rushed in betwoen the excited and bolliger- ent warviors from Nemaha and prevonted vloodshed. The Scnate, Lixcor.x, Neb., March 2. —(Special to Tun Bree.]-The senate met at 9:30 a. m. The committee on education recommended the ine defluite postponement of house roll No. 157, providing that in metropolitan cities five of the members of the board of education shall be women. The same committee recommended tho passage of house roll No, 212, regarding the sale of spintuous liquors in towns aud pre- ncts, he comuiittee on miscellancous corpora- tious reconumended the vassago of housa roll No. i3, allowing county boards to grant licenses for the salo of spiritous liquors on petition of a wajority of the frecholders; als0 tha placing on general file of Moan's tel. egraph bill, limiting tolls in Nevraska to 25 cents for ten words, The house judicial apportionment bill was ‘Tho bouse bill No. 206, appropriating 850, 000 o tho Nebraska exhibis o s womA's tair, was passcd. Vaas -] Brown. Christofferson. Col- 21 lins, Day, Dysart, Eegleston, Hill, Horn. Keiper, Koonts, Mattes, Moore, Poynter, Schram, Shumway, Smith, Starbuclk. Ste- vens, Switzler, Thomas, Turner, Warner, Wilson, Woods--25. Nays'Michener, Willinms—, Absent aud not voting—Qoulter, Randall, Shea, lor —4 5 Soveral bills were advanced to _the general filo out of the regular order and Senator Keiper endeavored to have house roll No. the anti-pass bill, put there, withou success. Senator Wilson fntraduced a resolution providing for the appointmentof a committee of three to confor with a liko committee of the bouse, relative to 4 date for final adjourn- meout. The resolution was laid over. House roils were road the first time and several bills were read a second time. Senate file No, 206, rolating to the collec- tion of taxes, failed to pass, - The following house rolls were read the third time and passea 273, providing for cheapor text books: ¢ Moan, amending the constitution 80 s Lo enable tho election of the state rail- way commission, After this bill had boen passed Senator Switzler wished to change his_vote from yea He had been under the impression bill provided for the submission ta people of the question of amendment, but vered that the bill itsell provided to do the amending. He was imformed by the ohair that the vote could not bo changed. He then stated that he would move to recon- sider the vote on the bill at the proper time. Aftor several bills had been read the third timo and passed, Senator Switzler had the vote by which No. 58 had been passed recon- sidered. The bill was then recommitted to the committes of the whole, The chair signed senate filo No. 116 relating tothe practice of medicine. The following relief vills were then passed : House rolls No. 208, appropriating $2,000 for Lavens Turner; No. %, approprinting $1,500 for Georgo 'w. Davis; No. 83, ihe Judicial apportionment bill; No. 206, appro- Ppriating £0,000 for the state exhibit’ at the world’s fair: No. 857, estavlishing a county 2 in_counties containing metropolitan This act refers solely to Douglas Sanders, Van Housen, citl county. Rece The senate reassemblod at 2:30 p. m. and went into committee o the whole to con sider bills on the general file, Senator Poynter in the chair. House roll No. 264, roquiring ali raflronds 1n the state to maintain passenger stations and switches for the handling of freight within every incorporated village through which they pass, was read. Senator Mattes made a spirited assault upon the measure, but the same was recommended ot to pass. The next bill was senate file No, 252, pro- viding that the legal voters of any school dis- trict shall determine, by vote, the number of mills on the dollar of the assossed valuation which shall be levied forall purposes. It was indefinitely postponed. House roll No. 230, rogulating the manner of drawing and summonmg grand and petit Jurors in counties having 70,00 or more in- hanitants, preseribiug their ' qualifications and the punishment of persons seeking to act as juror, was next read. 1t was recom- meuded for passage. House wll No. 57, requiriug all corpora- tions to eive notice annually, through a news- paper in the county or countles in which tho business is transacted, of the amoeunt of their indebtedness, was recommended to pass. House roll No. 15 received the same recom- mendation. It provides a penalty for tho wrongful use of trade marks or labels adopted by unions of workingmen for the purpose of advertising goods manufactured by them. House roll No. 260 was also recommended to pass. it enavles all residents and nou- residents who pay, or whose parents or guardians pay stave taxes to the amount of $30, to euter any organized college of the uni- versity without paying other than the matri- culation feo during the term of four years. The last bill considered was senate file No, 69, relating to tho composition of the state noard of transportation, aud it was also rece ommended for passage. The House. Lixcory, Neb., March 26,—(Special to Tite Ber.]—The Omaha charter bill, sonato file 110, was read the second time. Brennan moved thatit be ordered to flnal reading to- morrow. Kruse, Gunnett and Schappel objectod, aud the bill was finally referred to the com- mittee on oities, of which Mr. Kruse is chaic- man, e house passed the following bills : Son- ate file 217 by Coulter, providing for the reg- ulation and winding up of the business of loan and building assaciations; sennte file 23 by Moore, relating to the fees of county treasurers; house roll 199 by Gardner, chang- ing the time of the school election in Omaha from April to November with tho “‘emer- gency clause.” On motion of Shrader, house roll 461, the bill appropriating an additional $100,000 for the retiof of western sufferers, was recalled from thesenate for correction by striking out the emergency clause. Dobson, Kelkor and Howe, committeo on extra time, reported all owing'n large num- berof employes extra pay. The roport was submitted while 8 motion to adjourn was pending, and amid much confusion declared carried. Recess taken till 2 p, m. In the afternoon White flled & protest against the manner the resolution in regard to extra pay was declared carried. He was sustained by Watson and by Feo, who do- clared ho had demaunded the ol eall, and had boen ignored by the chair (McReynolds.) Speaker Klder ruled that the resolution had not been properly passed, and was still pending. White moved to striie out all ref- erence to extra pay for commijtee clerks or ages, P Watson read from the constitutioa whick prohibited paving for so-called extra time, and challenged the independents to make a rec- ord of violating the constitution if they sode- sired. Ho then moved that the wholo matter be lndefinitely postponed. The roll-call being demanded, resulted—yens, 45; nays, 45. Several membors denied the corractness of tho vote, and after considerable wrangling the original resolution was withdrawn. Howe then moved thit the pages be paid for extra services, as recommended 1 the resolution, but Newberry objected as belng out of regular order, and the mation was withdrawn, Bills on_final reading vere taken up and the following were passed: House roll 17, by Nichols, appropriating the sum of 25,000 additional for salary of members and em- ployés ; house roll 472, by Rohan, providiag that a national flag shall be placed over every school house; house roll 234, by Felker, ap- propriating 41,000 for the relief of Julius Grosgeans of Omaha, Who was per- manently injured while acting as @ guard At the state penitentiary; house roll 851, by Oaklay, empowering tho stato board of transportation to regulat and control express companies ; house rolt 485, by Felker, authorizing & privata citizen to'de- fend any action brought agalnst a city when the clty neglects or refuses to do so; house roll 26, by Shrader, authorizing tho appoiut- ment of a police matron in cities having over fiftoen thousand iuhabitants; house roll & by Speaker Elder, appropriating 25,000 for the support of the state militia. Thu Teports of the committes of the whole ers takcon up. Tl report on senuts il 01, by Horn, establishing & normal scuool at Aurora, was called up. Nowberry moved tiat the bill be engrossed fora final reading, which was lost, and the bill was indefinitely postponed. Senate file 18, by Keiper locating a normal school at Pierce’ being called up, Mr. Jones moved that tho bill bo ordered toa third reading. Carriod. Senate filo 25, locating a_normal school at Chadron being reached Felton moved that 1t bo indefiuitely postponea. Lost, and the Dill was ordered engrossed, for final reading. House adjourned till 9 a.'m. tomorrow. . Business Troubles. ALestows, Pa., Mareh 20.—William Younger, & millor at Catsaqua, assigned to- day. Assets, §125,000; liabilities, §50,000. Puraveiriia, Mareh 26.~At a meeting of the creditors of the Messrs, Crump, propri- etors of the Colonade botel today, the liabili- tios were placed at 200,000 and the @ccess- ible assels at §0,000. An extension of tine has been reguest The De Bostox, Mass, March 2.—Silas Potter, one of Boston's oldest wholesale shoe dealers and bank directors, died yestorday. He was a liberal contributor to charitable and rve- liglous socleti svirLe, Ky., March 2. —Colonel James A. Ekuw, United States army, died here to- night. WESTERN}WAFF 1G TROUBLE. The Missouri Pacific Acoused of Viel:ting thu/ Agreement. DISCUSSING NEBRASKA'S RATE BILL Stock Circles Perturbed Over the Pos- sibility of1¢ Becoming & Law— The Ba¥lington Peoplo "Afe Angry. Cuicaco, March 96,—[Spocial Telogram to Tuw_Brr.]—The commissioners of the West- ern Traffic association met today to consider a number of appeals for reductions In rates. These appeals are mainly due to o clash in the waestern freight and western trafiic agreo- ments, but all lines in interest have agreed to abide by the decision of the com- missioners, It is thought action will be taken before the commissioners adjourn-to discipline the Missourl Pacific for publishiig 1ts reduced sugar tarlff without authority. Other west- ern lines declare the whole western trafiic agreoment will be vitiated unless such action is taken, Commissioner Midgley returned today from his St, Paul trip, taken to iuduce President Hill of the Great Northern to_agree to_tho advanced lake and rail tariffs from New York to the northwest. Mr. Midgley refused to talk on the subject excapt to answer a_query with: “No sir, the trip was by 1o means failure, but I cannot tell you the result.’ The Nebraska Rate Bill, Cricago, March [Special Telogram to Tk Bee.|—A dispatch from New York to- day says that all discussion in stock los there is centercd on the Nebraska maximum rate Dill. It is predicted that if Governor Boyd does not veto tho bill all roads west of Chicago will be forced to reduce their rates, Governor Boyd is well known here, vspecially on the board of trade, where he holds a meui- bership, and it is believed he will refuse to sign any such an act. Reports from Lincoln veceived by vailroad men, in this city say that a very strong press- ure is bemn g brought to bear on his excellency by both sides. The Threatened Boyctt. Cnrcaco, March 26.—|Special Telogram to Tre Bee.|—The Burlington people are angry over tho threat of the castern lines to boycott, them for commission paying. They propose, itis asserted, to show that some other iines cannot hold up clean hands. Three eastern lines are said to have continued commission paying, and the Burlington naturaily prefors that the chairman should first attend to the enstern culprits. This, together with the Alton's notice yesteraay that it was paying and would continue paying commissions, has wonderfully stiffened” the backbone of the western general passencer ageuts. Almost o majority of them have agreed on a plan " to establish a counter-boycott in case any western line is boycotted. They base their intentiod on the utter hopelessness of ever stoppingthe manifest evil of commis- sion’ paying. Chicago Rited from Milwaukee. Citicago, March 26.—[Special Telogram to Tur Bre.]—The establishment of Chicago rates at Milwaukee i to Texas points bids fair to develop into a row. This action wipes out the distanco bétween Chicago and Milwau- kee, thus putting Milwaukeo traftioon over terms with Chicage, whero the Milwaukes traffic come through to reach its destination, Evexy linos 1o tho south,except the Alton and the Kansas City, have’ not only agreed to these reductions but have agreed to pay the Milwaukee lines higher percentages on the reduced rates. The: Alton-will now re-cstab- lish the old differential by a corresponding reduction $rom Chicago; and will continue so doing as often ad thb Chicagoand Milwaukee ratos azo oqualized by the other linedyo~ Westera @rafic Troudles, Cmichco; IiL, Mareh 20.—The board of commissioners of the Westerd Trafilc associa- tion met today at’‘Chairman Walker's oftice 0 cousider a number of -appealed cases, but no definite action was taken on any of the questions brought up. A proposition of the Burlington road to reduco freight rates w Beatrice, Neb,, and to put that station on cquality with Lincoln and other kindred points, was debated at length, but it was de- cided to let: ths mattor rest until it could be known whethes the new -maximum rate bill in Nebraska is to become effective or not. It is understood that western roads are to combine ' in wn uppeal to the governor of Nebraska to veto the bill, and fafling in this, to fight the law ‘in couvt as o Inst resort, on the ground that it 1s unconsti- tutional. “The question of the cut in rates on sugar by the Kanawha Dispatch and Mis- souri Pacific was left for the advisory board tosettle. All sorts of reports are now in circulation concerning the manipulation of rates by the Gould lines. It is said that not only is the bulk of Union Pacific business bemg turned over tothe Missourl Pacific, but that every imaginable device is being practiced to divert a legitimate share of the profit from competitors, A Big Railroad smit. New York, March 2.—[Special Tolegram to Tre Bek.]—Much interest is being shown 1n the expected trial of the ejoctment suit of Alexander Saunders and D. Saunders of Yonsers against the New York Central & Hudson River railroad company at White Plains, The case itself involves about $15,- 000, but the title to fully 5,000,000 worth of property alotig tho lino of tho Hudson River romd will be affected by the decision. 1t isa test suit. The papers were filed on January 16 last. Ralph Prince of the firm of Prince, Prince & Bums appeared for the plain: U in court this morning before Judge Dykman. Frank Loomis and Mr. Welkman_ Poughkeepsic ~ appeared _for tho New York Central road. General Man- ager Sousey was also o hand, as well as a number of well known lawyers and raitroad men. Mr. Prime asked permission to amend bis bill of complaint and Judge Dykman granted the request and adjourned the case to May 18. FOR TRAMFS, An Interesting State of Affairs: Dis- covered by a Grand Jury. Jamaica, Lo L, Mareh 26 i gram to Tue Bee.)—During the past ten months 4,000 tramgs have found a harbor of rofuge In the tdwn hall here. The grand jury finds that the’ county allows 30 cents a wight for lodging pnd fooding ouch tramp and that this allowahice’has been made a big source of profit, tigmbs remaining for weoks at @ time. Out et the 30 cents it is alleged that the janitor recelved 15 cents for bread and coffee, the oyarseer of the poor 5 cenis and the town 10 cpnts. It is said that the janitor made 13 cantscloar on each tramp. e dxclesubiul, Silberhgry, Int rviewed. SAN FrANCISco, Caja., Match 26,—An even- ing paper contaius an interview with William Silberhorn of Chicago, now in this city, who is one of the di of the Union stock yards company off Shn E'rancisco, in which 0 Provoses 1o ish large stock yards twenty miles n It of this city, Silver- horn says: “Our purposo is to give the Pacific const a central market for Lve stock just as Chicago has given the west o central market, We will export a considerablo amount of our produetions t South America and across the Pacifie.” OF the two large, packing fouses projected oue will be opemed . by Silberhorn and the other by K. A. Harris of Omaba. Armed Itali WeeLiNe, W, Va, March 26.—The story sent out, last week of many Italians em- ployed on theline of & mew raiiroad being constructed drilling under arms bas been verified. On last pay day there was @& nar- Tow escape from a riot and over ono hundred of the men were dismissed by the contrac- tors. The excitement in the camps con- tinces. ————— New York's Wrecked Bank. New Youk, March 26, —The final report of | the bauk examuner into the condition of the | Washington National bank has beon com- pleted and forwarded to Washington. The directors of the wrocked bank at a meeting this afternoon decided to consult with the stockholders upon tho question of making #ood the impaired capital, REG AP FOR SLUGGERS., ILAR 84 Slavin Issues a Sweeping €hallenge and Makes Some Tempting Offers, New Youk, March 2.—A lotter has been recoived at the Police Gazette office from Slavin, authorizing Madden to match Slavin to fight or box any man in America for any amount from $2,500 to $10,000 a side, the Police Gazette champlonship belt and the championship of the world. Slavin will give Sullivan #,000 if be fails to stop, conquer or kuock him out in six rounds, give Kilrain 5,000 if he fails to knock him out in six rounds, make Dominick McCaffrey a present of 800 to box him six rounds or give the samo amount to Godfrey, = Slavin doos not forget either Corbett or Peter Jackson In his sweeping offors. He agrees to box cither ten rounds or fight them under Polico Gazette rulesand for- feit 83,000 if he fails to knock eitherout in ton rounds. Slavin will arrive next month with Charley Mitchell and stand ready to deposit 5,000 to bick up the foregoing propositions. The “-ake Fighter." Bartivone, Md.. March —[Special Tolegram to Tue Bee.|—When Billy Mul- doon reaclied the city today he found await- ing him a roquest from Joe Harris, manager of Jim Hall, the Australian pugilist, asking him to take steps to complete prelimina for a match between Hall and Fitzsimmons. It is doubtful, however, if the two men can be got together just yet. Fitzsimmons has been doing some pretty loud talking concern- ing his would-be opponent, characierizing him asa “fake fighter.” But the vanquisher of Dempsey has boen careful to add a post SCript to the effect that he does not intend to flght anybody untit he has had a chance at Ted Pritchard. As the prospects, howey of the Australian and the Englishman coming together within the next few months arg rather remote, Fitzsimmon's talic is rogarded in some circles as indicating that he does not care to mect his Australian opponent untal he hos had an opportunity of raking in a few thousand more American sheicels. STOCK MEN TAKEN N, A Forger Catches a Chicago Firm for a Guod 8 Sr. Louts, Mo., March 26.—A Windsor dis- patch says a clover forgery has just boen re- vealed there which will cost the Woods Bros. commission company of Chicago heavily, but as yot the amount 18 unknown, On the 19th inst. Thomas S. Sibley presentod a bill of Jading for a lot of live stock signed by the agent of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas road at Windsor, on which Woods brothers ordered the First Nationa bank of Sedaliato pay the amount advan on eleven cars of stock. The bank paid the draft and immediately drew on tho Woods ~ company, the draft being promptly met. Yes Woods brothers telegraphed the Missouri, Kansas & Texas agent that they held his bill of lading for eleven cars of stock and asked where tho sbipment was, The agont knew nothing of itand wired that the bill of lading was & forgery. FAMILY JARS, A Young Wife's Telling Argument ‘with ¢ er Husband. CH1CAGO, March 260, —|Special Telegram to Tae Bee.]—Dr. E. D, Lyon jumped out of a second-story window this afternoon with a bullet hole through his ear. The bullet was fired by his wife duringa quarrel arising from the fact that Dr. Lyou desires to travel and leave Mrs. Lyon at home. Both are young, handsomo and wealthy, Dr. Lyon is the son of a rich merchant at Elgin. The wife's father owns a large ranch in South Dakota. Mrs. Lyon, who is said to bo very jealous, was arrested aud held jn bonds of "§10,000 to answer to the charge of attempting to kill her husband. The doctor appeared to be a badly scared man. oA S A Unigue Banquet. New Yonk, March %.—[Special Telegram to TaE Bk.]—A unique banquet was had here tonight at which there were four diners only: General Dicesnola, Carl Schurz aud Generals Sigel and Stahel. The panquet was &\;l\‘utn and in fulfillment of & promise of neral Dicesnola to the two generals and Mr. Schurz made ot the time of the second battle of Bull Run, when he was surprised under a tree eating his favorite Italian maea- roni by the guests of the affair this evening, Colored Assassin [ ynched. MippLesnonoverr, Ky, March 26.—At Cumberland Gap, Tenn., last evening, J. A, Burke, a telegrapb operator, and Tom Hun- ter (colored), had a row over some trifiing matter. The negro left and, procuring a shot- wun, laid in ambush for Burke and when the latter came along shot and killed him. The negro was captured after a lovg chase. This evening Hunter was forcibly taken from the authorities by a mob and lynched. New Yonk, March 26.—[Special Telegram to Tur Ber.]—The Brooklyn police are mak- ing an unenviablo record hunting for the fire bug Hugh Miller, the son of wealthy peopla, ond are endeavoring to connect him with all the incendiary fires that have occurred in that city for the last six mouths, A volum- inous report submitted to the chief of police today by one of his detectives gives much damaging evidence against Miller, L L Colored Lawyer's Bequest. ParLabeLrins, March 26.—John D, Lewis, the colored lawyor who died recently, be- queaths a portion of his estato of £100,000 as @ fund for the “Lewis protective bureau of civil vights,”” to protect and secure to colored citizens or colored persons in the Uwnited States their civil rights. Arrested for Kmbezzlement. Kaxsas Ciry, Mo., March 20.—Harvey S, Meucham, & well known young business man and agent for N. (X, Taylor & Co., of Phila- delphia, was arrested tonight, charged with embezzling $10,000. Ho says the money was legitimately expended handling the fivm's business. B Kansas City Ex-Policeman Murdered. Kaxsas Ciry, Mo, March 26.—Patrick Horan, an ex-policeman and a well known character, was mysteriously murdered tonight on tho streot. - A pistol shot was heard and a policeman found bis body lying on the sidewall. No ciue to the muf- derer, gy Scoretary Windom's Will, w Youx, March 26, —Testimony to prove the will of the late Secretary Windom wus taken todny. The will leaves the family residence and furniture and one-third of the estate, after the payment of debts, to Mrs, Windom aud the remainder to the threo ehil- dren. S New Orleans Grand Jury Adjourns, NEw OnLEANs, La., March 2.—1he grand jury adjourned this afternoon until Monday, The impression prevails that they will sub- mit & speciol report on the bribery question and then begin to iuvestigate the Pavish prison tragedy. statement of an overissue of stock made by the Boston water power company, J. V. Farley, counsel for the company, said the u counts ‘were mixed and ho susp issue, but had not discovered any. —— Crooked Court Cler! Brasror, Tean., March 26,—David H, Mor- rison, deputy clerk of the Scott county court, Vivginia, has, it is alleged, by various starp transactions, obtained and appropriated to his own use from $10,000 to §50,000 sad left the state. ———— Stoamehip Arvivals, At Queenstown--The Britaunic, from Now York. At Pbiladelphia--The Missouri, from Glas- X% New York—Tho Germany, from Liver- poolj AN INDEPENDENT JUSTICE, Unfairness of the New Legislative Appor- tionment Plainly Shown. STATE CONSTITUTION IS IGNORED. Tables Which Show How the Proposed Division of Representation Evades a Spirit of Fairness. Under the apportionment act of 1887, there are ) senatorial and 67 reprosentative dis- tricts, with 83 senators and 100 ropresenta tives. The constitution limits the number of senators to33 and reprosontatives to 100. That instrument provides for u reapportionment of the stato at the first session of the legisla- ture after the national and stato census, ac- cording to the population of the state as shown by the census, and at uo other time. Tt appears to bo the determination of the leg- islature to 1gnore the oxpress terms of tho constitution and to re-canct the apportion ment bill now in force or what is the same thing leavo the representation as it is now fixed by law. If the abportionment we made as contemplated by law there would be one senator for a population of 82,08, and one representative to 10,517, The injustico of this and the inequality of representation is apparent in the following table which shows the present population of tho present senatorfal and representative distriots: BENATORIAL DISTRICT Riohardson Pawn Ne Johnson Otow t Cuming Burt Dixon 11,000~ 25,800 17,004 olk... . errick 1o . Rutlor. Sew Gage Saline Joiterson Thayer. Yor! Franklin Adams, . Kearuey. Dundy. Gospor. Tronticr Chuse.. Hayes Dawson e Arthur Deuel Kimbali s Oton {flout Sarpy... . Douglus. .. Washing! © ®as cmmem Dodgs Cuming, i Cuming (o) RR mmmEs R mecessdog 0N v Knox UAntelope Boo Madison Plaste ....... Platte (ifoat) Colfuy. .. Saunders Butl Ly er. Thayer Temérson Fillmore. York Polk Merriok ilamiiton . Clay UND W Adans Webster g0l Vylmtor L ont | Eheyenne ith Kimball Valley Custer Logan Sherman [Buffalo "Dawson Kenrnoy Franklin. ... Harlun. .. Pholps Gosper 18,513 Hiteheook Dundy WHITECAP MURDERE RS, less Mob in Kansas, Toreka, Kan., March %.—[Spocial Telo gram to Tur Brr.|—Reports of whitwcap outrages in the far western counties of Kan- sas, away from railroad and telograph com- munication, have been frequently circulated In Toveka during the last two months, but they hiave been meagre and unauthenticatod, and little attention has been paid to thom. Today Governor Humphrey recolved an ofticial communication from tho county attor= ney of Cheyonne county relating the dotails’ of the murder of Thomas Duncan, & farmoer, by a band of mon, disguised with white masks, on the night of March 16, and requosting him' to offer @ re ward for the arrest and couviction of those implicated in the outrage. Tho gov ernor responded promptly and issued a proc lmation this afternoon offoring a reward of £200 for each of tho miscroants 1n the mur- ering party. Tho story as related to the governor is to the effect ihat about midnight on Mareh 16 a party of twenty men rode up to Duncan’s house. They 0 d by the loud bark iug of the sottler's dogs which brought Mrs. Duucan 1 the door. When she saw tho armed mob sho re-entered tho house and slammed the door in the faces of the masked They quickly broke down the frail or and demanded of the wowan the whereabouts of her husband. He had in the meantime crawled into & small store room. When tho whiteeappers saw that he was not forth comivg they began to destroy the house, de- claving that they would raze it to the ground. Dune ame into tho toom and legan His wifo came to his def: ored to pacify the mob, but in the h ssion which fol lowed several shots wora firod at, the defonse. 1o88 man, ono passing through the heart and the other penctrating the spine, The men then rod vay Duncan was acoused of having pilfored geain from his neighbors in s mall quantities to bo used for seed. LA GRIPPE VICTINS, They are Numbered by t in New York. New York, March % [Spocial Tole- eram to Tine Bre,| -V s of la grippe are at the present time to be numbered by the thousands in New York and Brookl and if the figures furnished by the burcau of vital statistics count for anything the mortality of the prosont month due to pul- monary diseases, which is only anothor namo for la grippe, will far exceed the any previous month i our history. Thousands Dakota * uffer Mucien, S. D., March 2, — [Spocial Tolo- gram to Tur Ber,|—Mes A. Gilbort, mother of J. E. Gilbert, cashier of the First National bank, died this worning from I grippe. This death was followed a fow hours later by Mrs. C. W. Adam's from the same cause. The remaius of Mrs. Gilbert will be tagen to Virginia aud those of Mrs, Adums al contest at the Mitchell eovening first honors were . Shepherd and second to Miss Nellio Barker. eiaias B Iy Nebraska and Towa Pensions. WasiiNeTox, March 2.—[Spocial Tole- gram to Tur Bee.|--Pensions were grantod today to the following Nebraskans: Original Samuel M. Reesman, Addison J. Hobart, John Rigs, Jokn Lindsay, Mortimer Stiunk, Charles H. Furintun, Bul H. Skeffer, Stophen O, Miller, Uriah T. Probasco, Thomas Knoll, Horatio 8. Hadley, Conrad m Sandage. Additional— James H. Cameron. Increase—Stephen Hill, Charles idarris. Towa: ames T. Phippe, Jamos . Gray, Isaac Norton, H. P. Oblinger, Lewis W. Shaw, Henry C. Odell, Jacob Ranhauser, Israel Pancoust, Henry Watkins, William Kinney, Georgo Sears, Samucl B. Kelly, Joseph P. Page, John Hume, Johu L. Stowart, Fred S. Sey- erance, Max Kroeger, Fred Messenbrink, ‘William Grimm, Job A. Haines, Hamilton W. Manuer, Seth Macy, John_Lightfoot. ~ Addi- tional —Everton .akin, Abran M. Bing- min. Incrense—John H. Donny, James Eilis. Orginal widows, widow of Stephen W. 'Dec Smiline, widow of Charles F'. Reed. froel i Texas Oattle Mon Bxcitod. St. Louis, Mo, March 26.—Dispatches from the northern border of Texas says there is excitement among the cattle men caused by the announcement that Government Agent Miles has seut marshals to the Osago nation in the Indian territory, to notify stockmen that th llow eattle to graze in that r ho eattlomes have leased large ‘azing lands the Osage nation at xpense and for the last twoweeks huve shipped theroat least ten thousund head of cattle, Kaxsas Crry, Mo, March 26.—Dis o3 from Kunsas state that the great snow storm of tho first three days of this week is over. Warm weather prevails through the suow- o distic’, aud the snow is melting rapidly, exposiu,- 'he grass so that the eatile are finding abuna.nt food. The suow-bouna trains on the different roads wore reloased today. e Rydrophobin After Twenty Y. Mexico, Mo, March 26, - Witliam G die, who died here yesterday of hydronbobin, was s violent that four men had to be kept with him all the time, His sufferings woro terrible. About twenty years ugo ho wus bitten by a mad dog, . Hattiel. Waylaid and Murdered. Howna, La., Mareh & Juggle and and killed near re yosterday. after the murde nd. Bishop Worthington conducted the Mon- and Thursday noouday services at the at it was the day of com- mand and o the Holy Eucharist. He w against’ attempting to fathom mysterl Said he: “Our religion s full of i y religion must uecessarily The nativity of Christ, the exionsion of natural life by what we oat, the ministerlng to our spirvitual welfare by the sacrament ave ull mys aro even mystorios aunnot fathom them, but let us leave them with God.” A pleawas made to all to give special spuration in the way of self-examination efore the Kaster communion. Kmvoy O Kelly. Hon, James O'Kelly, memberof parlia- ment from Roscowmmon, arrived in the city last evoning aud rogistered at the Dellone. Mr, O'Kelly retired carly and left word at the office that he did not want to be dis- turbed The Majority aned coughi-cures do little more than fwpair the digestive functions il ervente bile. Ayer's Cherry toral, on the cone trary, whilo it eures the cough, does not in- el s with the functions of either stomach or liver. No other medicine I8 80 safe efticacious In du Tug “Four years ago It Of & i asevere cold, which was followed by a terrible cough, I was very sick, and contined to my bed about four mioith 1 employed a physician most of the time, who finatly said I was in consump- tion, and that b uld not help me. One of my neighbors advised me to try Ayers Cherry Pectoral. 1did 80, and, before I had fnished taking the Airst bottle was able to sit up all the time, and to go out. By tho time 1 hiad finished the bottlo * was well, and have remained so ever sine . Bixby, Bartonsville, V' v Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, DR.J. ©. AY;";I.“‘D“ , Lowel), Masp. Hold by all Drugiies, Price §1; iz botticw, §6 s Rod Wiliow Frontler N A Defensvless Man Killed by a Laws "=