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

second legisiature, and house roll No, 900, ap- propriating 4600 for the payment of ex enses incurred by the national guard in the ndian outbreak at Pine Ridge, The following bills were passed : House roll No, 108, compelling raiiroad com panies to name thelr statons after the towns in which they were located ; house roll No. 22, requir- ing county elecks to keep a fee book: house roll No, 402, requiring county treasurers to register warrants in the order in which they ere presonted; u- asoroll No. 403, providing for the permanent, nvestment of the school fund ; house roll No, 19, regulating schools Metropolitan cities. This refors especially 10 Omah. House roll No. 104, making efeht hours a dny's labor was passen with the following Vot Yeas - Beck, Christofferson, Collins, Coul ter, Dysart, Hill, Koontz, Michener, Moore, Poynter, IRandall, Smders, Smith, Stevens, Turuer Van Housen, Williams, Wilson 18 Nays-Brown, Day, Eggleston, Keipor, Mattes, Schram, Shumway, Statbuck, Woods 12 limiting the stato board ansportation to the governor, secretary of state and tho lleutenant governor, was killod Senator Moore explaincd bis voto in the ative by stating that as the gubernatorial contest had not been declded, it was yet. un- in a5 to who would fill thie gubernatorial It might be the present lieutenant governor, If such should be the case, it would leave but two membors for the board of transportation. This was not suficient, and he was accordingly opposed 1o the mens- ure. The voto on the measure wasas fol THE OMAHA DAILY BER, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 1, I891 having accepted deposits of money within thirty days of the failureof his ban an appeared thisafternoon and gave bail sum of $,000, ON CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. ments Carefally Consider By reform) in the clvil introduction of the appintments in posed to the old spoils or patronage system merit system summed up favoritism, whether political or personal, in making appointments, ate offices of thi with reforenco to the capacity of orm the s pecial piaces which thoy seek; while the spoils, or sppointments, that a man's fit- is appointed 1s ation, and that is his fealty to the party in power, or to some influential politi theory of r hand, impl ness for the place to which he purely a secondary consideration The merit system 18 thoroughly cratic aud republic lows Yeas-Messrs, Beck, Brown, Christoffer Collins, Conlter, Dysart, Tl Kerper ner, Poynter, Randall, Stevens, Turner, Van Housen, Warier, Wilson 16 yi-Messts. Eggleston, Koontz, Mattes, ., Schram, Shumway, Smith, Starbuck, Switzlor, Thomas, Williams, Woods—12 A then taken (i1l 2:30 p. iug the holy went into com mittee of the wholo to consider bills on the coneral file. The foliowing bills were recom mended for passage Senate file No. 2, to prevent the spread The 1 . Lixconx, Neb., March $l Special to Ber I'he house ordered senate tilo Coutter, providing rules and rulations for the government and control of the soldiers' lome, toa final reading without amendment. The following bills were lost on final pas. sage: Senate file 182, by Keiper, establish- ing a vormal school at Pierce, in Pierce county—yeas, 97 ; nays, 40, Senate file Wilson, locating a state uo Chadron, in Dawes county I'he house passel the foll voll 318, by Cornish, providing that warr on school districts when not. paid for want of funds shall be registered_and paid in_the order of registration—yeas, 75; nays, 3. Sen ate file 180, authorizir cities having over 5,000 inhabitants issue bonds not to exceed £25,000, to construct a system of w erw orks, Senate file 80, by Moore, the amended Lin coln charter- yéas, 833 nays, A recess was taken till2 . m Tu the afternoon the house adopted the ro ore of the specil committeo of Wilson. tley, Shryock, Schelp and Heath on the constitutional ‘amendment advertisoments. Bills for the latter were sent in by anumber ofnewspapers and ran from $1250 to nearly §1,000, The recommendation of the commit teo was thateachof the claimants be paid £10, The committee report on senatorial and logislative apportionment was read. the farter feature being th me as was pub- lished in this mornig’s | Asson as the report was read Howe jumped to his feetand_moved that it be cu- grossed and passed to third reading. ot moved that tue bill be indefinitely vostponed, Then ensued a scene of disorder, halfa dozen members being on the floor and endeay- oring to cateh the speaker's oyo at the same time. The motion to indefinilely postpone was i -More coufusion ensued. _Howe yelled to citch the speaker's car, Watson shouted points of order, tho sergeant-at-arms rapped the nearest desl with his cane, Modie walked up and down the main tisle eating popcorn and the chairman kept up the devil's tatwo with his gavel. Finally Mathewson moved to reconside the voto by which the postponement had been adopted. Howo said that the postponement of the report would necossicate the calling or a special session of tho logislature. Moun of Dakota took the same view of tho matter, Cramb said thatif a special session was called the governor would be responsible for it, and not the legislature, if the latter should adjourn after refusing an_apportionment by amajority. He did not thiuk that the staie would be'injured if the mattershould bo left over till the next legislature. Bren said it was no joking matter to fail to comply with the constitution, especially by peoplé who had sworn to support it. “Stevens of Furnas held that if tho appor- tionment were not made at this timeit could not bo made until after tho next enumera- tion. The governor had no righu to ealla special logislature for the parpese in view. White defended the bill and was subjected 10 half o hundred questions by representa- \tives whoso counties had received black cyes in tho apportionment. He said that it was 1o easy matter to make an_apportion- ment bill, and that was shown by the fact that no member outside the committeo had atempted to make one, Moro confusion followed, Elderat times making running comments uponmotions and suggestions of members which kept the house in a roar. The apportionment bill was_indefintely postponed. The Scott bill took its place, but when the latter comes up for action all of it, save tho enacting clause, will be stricken out, and the apportionment, roport by the commiltee will be substituted, At 70 clock the house adjourned. HE FLIMFLANMED THE) Now Omaha Councilnen Were Buncoed in Lincol Lixcory, Neb,, March 81.[Special Tele- gram to Tk Bee|—And now it transpires that the members of the Omaha council haveboen buncoed by an emment lobbyist who is now on the Omaha city pay roll. Each member of the council chippel in $10, snm total 2180, toengraft upon the charter on the sly a littlo joker that would extend their terms for one year. "T'his chango was actually madoon the engrossed bill, but was discov- cred in the house just in time to be knocked out ugain, The enterprising lobbyist is reported to baveblown n his swag in a quiet gamo of poker at Lincoln. When he returns to Omaha_howill probably tell a woeful tale, Pat Ford went befora ths committeo eities last night and donounced in un ured terms the tamporing with the char- ter by which the councilmen at largo wero to holdover until 1803, He sald most emphat caily that ho had not come to Lincoln to clect any counclimen nor to unmake any council- . sl World's Fair Art lnstitute. Cricaco, March 8l—An ordinance was passed by the city council last night permit- ting the artinstitute to be eroctod on tho lake front. Twohundred thousand dollars ve already pledged toward the building. Thoart institute will furnish $20,000 ana the world's fair will give £100000. The puilding 15 to costnot less than $40,000 ana may be §1,000,000, “The board of coutrolof theworld's fair is in session here, but noimportant. busine being transacted, The national comm 1s scheduled to meet tono but it 15 not now thought a quorum will bo presont then, Ex-President Gage of the local directory is quoted as saying that there will be a rudical change inthe next hoard. It is understood that this will result largely from discontent with the action on the site question. Trade fnterests that were not organized at tho frst election aro now working together and 1t 15 expeoted, cut & large figure in the slec tion. The national board of coutrol will report to the commission that the president consents to a reduction of bis -f:ny o §,000, Vico Chalrman MeKenzie takes §,000 off his and Secrotary Digkenson cats his $10,00 in two. 2 hn(l&'rudurllum aloue will effect a saving of 14,000, el Kean Indietod for Embezzlement. Ti0A 60, March 81,-/The grand fury today returned an indlotment agaiust Banker 5. A, ICoan, Itcharges himwith ombeziement in | O W S A VA X thoroughly undemocratic The spoils system fosters tho al privileged class, th ws of political m, or system of civil service reform, pre- tho growth of this ¢ publit: servico withi people who are really tho whole public, not the servants unrepublican growth of a spoc party, and who keep their oftices only so long us they serve the publi gard to the influcnce of thor party v party friends. srested in pr bimetalism or monometalism ; what they ca for is tho offices. butter with und control the elections, > personal interest’ in chianices ave always in_their lonest non-officeholding citizens. the spolls system tho caste of officenolders sus influence on pol Itis o matter of manage the primarie nd as they have Accordingly Pronably thero nce in Americ ovon the inl stem of spoi the vietors in # al contest belong the spoils, for which radleal introduction of the nakingappointments would vo the public se would immeasurably improve pub would sound cleaperand yil reforin systemof care of course fhonesty and ability who are opposed vlewho are indifferent or hostile through sheer ignoranc on-twentioths of its active opponent men whose mere 1 life is a curse to the >w minds and defectiv consciences, who feel a natural sad sour hat- means good oy immense horde conntry; men of nar mment and honesty, of ofticeseekers and of oficholder patronage system furmshes cal leaders with_ & mercenary 3 uhd well alsciplined, Their opposition to the form system is strenuous and bitter vecause they realizo that it strikes at their power. d, the averago good general interest in its sue 1 interest or conc On the other b zen has but o good citizens, and e is the conerete s less effective thun hostility of the 1t is this which accounts for the comparative slow progress of the reform, It 18 noteworthy that the opponel reform never underavy circumstances s peaks tho truth in opposing it or advances a single argument against it which is worth refutin his weapons are merely He hus 0o case, an therefore takes One of his cheapest i he knows it refuge in menc 3 falschoods persistently indulged in, althougn continually exposed, is flect that the examinations for entry il service are this, eithor knows to be false or else he is subject titat he has no right to speak nations are absolutely sl are abso- ant, to the duties the various can- impractical, aserts what he 0 ignorant of tical, andthe ques cxaminations for sarrier, and the like. or copyist we examine ship, copying, Theso nve precisely the subjects in which a man_has to possess proficiency if wishes to bo a good copylst or 5 is” exuminod in spelling, penmau- nography, & Arailvay mail clerl is tosted in bis knowl edze of the railway mail sion and of the g A letter-carrie ystems of his divi- coxraphy of the United is tested as to hi skill ana speed in reading aduresses and his knowledgze of the local delivery of his city. All our questions are absolutely practical, experience has tin the best possible shown that they manner the capacity of the candidates. tho civil service s crved, are precisely the offices in which s best served and the interosts of most_prompt and The best postofices in examples_out of the _community reeeived intelligent attention, y (to take n fow many), thoso like the postofiice Corse: at Brooklyn, under M. Philadelphi, Tndianapolis, und; Hendricks; ton, vhere the il sorvice law: ved in spirit past its exporimentul 1t has been tried faithfully for seve it has work bly and has produced the greatest improvement over theold sys- At present about a fourth of of thocountry are under the law in the classitiod nearly thirty-two thousand drawn from the degrading effects of the spoils sys 10 be wished that this syst o cover the service of the government, exeepting tho fo duties are really polit m may in the end positions where the The thorough Statos government beneficial, and would produce the sulls in purifying politics throughout th Fatal Hotel Datras, Tex burned this morning. burned to doath, and Mrs. M Ed Kreea md at Dallas. The Georgia hotel James McAllistor was Mus, W. E. Baird and son, others were The Cartrilges Thawed Out, Moscow, Idatio, March of dynamite at Taylor's stoue quarry Frew Crano —Au explosion T'he men wero thawing cartidges on cabiustove, e Disappears, Kiyas Ciry, Mo., f ranger of the [udependent O rder of od her and has gone away with an- suy ho has embezzied the anted Four Years' Extonsion, Puiaveirius, Marh 31-The Whitney car wheel works, with assets of §130, liabilities of $3%,240 were granted a four yours' exteusion by their creditors today. Alloting Indian Lands. Gorniy, Okl March inted 1o allot lands to the Sae and Fox In- ins 1 severalty have begun their work, 1.~The ngents ap- A YO s A [ 1TALY ON HER HIGH HORSE. ’ CONTISUED FROM FIRST PAGE.] in Ttaly ns woll as in one section of the ltalian colony in this country to secure the recall of Mr. Fava. He has been accused of all sorts of unpleasant things, among which were the Al > sale of the decoration of ‘the cross of the erown of Ital, 'with being mixed up in the padrone system, and in a tobaceo con tract, under which it is charged that he ang some oth Italians defrauded the Ital fan government out of several mill fons of frames. It is possible that his recall is muected with these charges, but if this were the case it would have been in order for him to have an nounced the nameof his successor at tho time of presenting his recall to the secretary of state, This he did not do. The utmost reticence 1s maintained amoug the officials of tha state department as well as by the membersof tho Itatian legation, all of whom positively dechne to say any. thing at all on the subject. In ditlomatic circles the affai» is discussed from the stand: point assumed that Fava is rocalled on ac- count of o hostile fecling among the Italian anthorities towards the United States, and the most astute diplomat in tae corps does not ate to pronounce the action of Italy as injudicious, nnwise and petulant. Conversing with your correspondent to- night one gentlema who has been in the diplomatic servic for more than twenty yoars, said : “Had this incident occurred in any European government everyone would have expected to see nmediate: preparations foropen hostilities, The next step would have been a declaration of war. But here all is differcut No one looks for war, Weshall seo another minister aceredited to the United St canniot be possible that the ki y will so far forget what is due to the £ your state dopart ment, as il diplomatic relations because some of his subjeets aro sup: posed tohave been murdered. Wo have all watehed the procecdings in New Orleans with theutmost interest, and it scems that no one bas yet proved that a single subject of the Italian king has lost his life. Until the allegiance of tho murdered men is clearly proven it is not witin the provinee of any forcign power to demand redress for,supposed injuries The scaro hiead which appeared over the account of the affairin the local paper which had the news naturally created the greatest excitement in Washington, 1t was the sole topic of discussion in the lobbies of the ho- , the clubsand upon the streets. Army and nayy people were besieged with inquiries as to the strength of the Italian army and navy, and legal books upon the subject of fnternational lnw wore more eagerly read and cxamined than ever before. Italy is the third naval power in the world at the prescnt time, and this fact was not reassuring. But among the officials of the government not - shalow of alarm was manifested. The few senators and congress- men who could be found laughed at the 1dea of any serious consequences resulting from the recall of the diplomet Probably the most rational explanation of the somow hat extraordinary action of Italy was made tonight vy a gentleman who is thoroughly posted in [talian affairs. He suid “The Italians as a people are greatly worked up over the killing of their countrymen New Orleans. ‘They know nothing the veal situation ~ and they ha no idea of the difference between the state and federal governments of this country, The anti-administration party in Italy has fostercd the idea that the United States has not taken proper steps to wards sccuring redress for the wrongs of the people, and the result is that the greatest feoling of animosity towards the party in power is manifested. It has bocome neces. ary todo something. The authovities fully undevstand the dual systom of government provailing here, but the people do not, con- soquently, in obedience to the popular de mand for immediato action of some sort, the minister has been recallod. ~There is uo re son to suppose for a moment that Fava's re- call means hostile action on the part of Italy. On the contrary, the fact that asecretary of legation is loft at tho legation Italy will continue to be repre- sonted, and, while Fava will _probably never roturn, there is every reason to believe that some one clse will b6 sent in his place very shortly.” Attorney General Rogers Talks. New OrresNs, La, March 81 —An Assock- ated press reporter called upon Attorney CGeneral Rogers tonight and asked him for an expression of opinion upon the recall of the Italian minister and also the status of the case inso faras the legal department was concerned. Judge Rogers said the aspect of the caso was unchanged. Hesas unable 10 say what tho outcome would be. The mat- ter is now entirely in the hands of the grand jury, and until it submitted a report he could 1ot Say what the line of prosecution would be. The state of Louisiana, he felt, was fully capableof enforeig its laws, There had been no new proceedings between the state and Secretary Blaine. Not a word had been received from Mr, Blaine since Gov- ror Nichols wrote his reply and Gov- ernor Nichols has sent no supplemental com munication to the state dopartment Rogers did not care to discuss tho signiil- cance of the recall of Baron Fava or the like- hood of hostilities, An Assoclated Press reporter calied at tho rosidenco of Governor Nichols, but was - formed that the governor was ill and could 500 10 0ne. News of the recall of the Italian ministor when received was promptly posted on bulle- tin boards and printed 1w newsoaper oxtras, The newspaper_oflices were surrounded by crowds during the ovening aud the news was circulated from one end of the city to the other. There was much talk touching the possiblo international complications and the ikelihood of hostilities prevalling, Senti- ment here, however, is unchanged respecting the act of the citizens in lynching the as- sassius. Mayor Shakespeare this evening decmed it inadyisable to mako at extended statoment of his views at present, He thought if the worst came to the worst the United States would be fully able to protect itself, Pe sonally, he apprehiended no serious trouble and felt certain Italian ships of war could 1ot possibly approach near enough to New Orleans to inflict injury upon her. Feeling Among Chicazo italians, Cmierao, March 81.—Prominent. Italians in Chicago discussed the report from Washing- ton tonight with much futerest. Editor Du- rante of LMtalia said: I do not bolieve the Italian government has recalied Baron Fava with any hostile intent, nor do I believo there . is any danger of war. As to what ltalian citizens here would do in case of war, 1 cannot 1 would not be willing to take up arms against my nativo country, nor woula I fight against my adopted one. If the Ttalian government is making demands for some more active move- ment toward reparation, it is only what might haye been expectod after the focble jetterof_Clovernor Nichols.”’s Or. Volim said thatin case of war he thought most of the Italians in_the United States would return to Italy, He does not, however, expect any trouble: New York Italin per Comments. New Youk, March 81.-The Italian paper, Progresso, Italo Americano, referring to tho recall of Baron Fava, says it is but a natural consequenco of the opprobrious manner in which the state of Louisiana answerod S retary Blaine, of the weakness of the su- premo federal authority in the face of the ar rogant bearing of Governor Nichols, of the ous, incredible impunity accorded to Iynehers and the instigators of the lynch- Tn conclusion the editorial says Italy Lins doue its duty and the colony has cordiaily approved. Payard Treats it Lightly. Waarxatoy, Del., March 81.—Ex-Secre tary of State Bayard treats the Italian mat- ter lightly, He says thatif Baron Fava had been recalled it s likely ho had done some- thing to displease his goverument and that be had sinply been relieved. This s indi- cated by his leaving a seoretary in chargo of the lovation, *It is absurd,” said Mr. Bay- ard, “to regurd tho recall of a minister or the suspeusion of diplomatic relatious as ovi- denceof war”? New Orleans Egditorial Oy New Outeaxs, La., Marct Democrat in an editorial referring to the re- | call of Baron Fava, says: “Thero was no question of auy unfriendliness to Italy or Italims. Eleven brigands and assassins were oxccuted, of whom niue were Amerioan, citizens, aud two are said to be subjects OF e king of Italy. It would not have wade the slightest difference had these Iatter “tw been Russians orany nationality, for Yo race quostion did enter into the wiftep in the slightest degree. I'he people of Néw ©rloans rose to suppress an association of Ad&\ssins." Not alled for Persoral Reasons. New Yok, Mhrch Dispatches from Washington to thié Hewspaper 1l Progresso Italo Americang, jreceived from private sources, indicate that Baron Fava will leave Washington tomorrow and sail for home. The editor sail tonight that the recall of Baron Favh was decided upon by the king nnd eabfhet only after they had become convineed that the administration of President Harrison wis unable to resent the alleged insult offered in the letter,of Gov- eruor Nichols. The editor said that Baton Fava was not recalled for personal reasons, From private sources at Washingt ) d* Ttalia learned that Baron Fava had sent tele grams to all the [ialian consuls in the country The editor had not been able to ascertair. the subject of the dispatches, but presumed it was a formal notice of the baron’s recall, Hardly Couricous. Loxnoy, March 31,~Tho Herald says of the Italinn matter vhat viewed fromany point the action of the Italian government is as un- arranted as it is hasty and extraordinar To the United States it is bardly courteous and might be construed into an affront. 1 ns Released on Bail. New OnLeass, Lo, March 31.—On motion of counsel thoso of the [talians in jail who escaped the slaghterof March 14 were re- leased toduy on bail NATIONAL CAPETAL NOTES, braska and lowa nsions, WasmiNGroy, March 31, —[Special Tele gram to Tiue Bey 1 aons were granted tolday to the following Nebraskans: Origi- nal—Obediah 8. Ward, Paul Nelson, Myron Davis, Audrew G. Wickham, 1 M. Sears, Oliver Osborn, Albort Wiltse, Matthew B. Reid, Elijah Tuttle. William Wilsoa, Albert A. Bouton. Tnercase— Lowis Taus, Joseoh S. Frank, Daniel W. Camp. Reissue—John 8, Hulvert lowa: Original —John M. Porter, Josenh A.J. Nichols, William 83, Persh, William £, H. Novris, Georgze (. Heury C Shell, Joseph Baruey, Johu Trasak, Andrew Bergén, George H. Bush, MeHenry Orrin G, Bond, James D. Rhoades, Harrison Wilson, 'Julius W. Bacon. Nuvy Lawitz Peter, Amasa F. Haradon, EzraBailey, John Royer, Mormitt Rowe, Dwight Manwaring. . Additional—John G Blessing, Increase Thomas Maze, John ¥ Morry, Henry . Nicholson, Johu Wil foit, John McDonald, John D, McKim, Rob- ert Good, James N. Miller, John Love, Willis Nine, Folix W. Viison. Reissue—Edwin Chapel, John 1. Bridees. Original widows, ete.—Mary A., widow of John Burke; Kmil T, widow of Alvah FLane; Hunabh Wi widow of Charles H. Brown; Edward B., father of Leander Dusenb Fatents to West srn Inventors, WasnixaToy, March 81— Special Tele- gram to Tk Bek. | —Patents wore issued to residents of Nebraska and lowa today as fol lows: Georgo O. Brower, Shenandoab, la., hamness; Thomas*C. Canniugham and L, A Funk, Sigourncy, Ik, stump puller spool: rl G, Grunz, Grand Island, Neb, fire scape; David Hawksworth, Plattsmouth, Neb., door opener: dobn W. Kennedy, Des Moines, [a., aud B. 1, Harris, Pitisburg, Pa., assigners to J. W, Keunedy, trustee, hutter jar; Berubard Koeppe, Kearney, Neb', water trough: Charles I Murray, Cedar Falls, Ta., car coupling M. Nietols, Ansley, Neb., gri.ding miil; Williym Swmith, Mysti stmp putler; Danie! H. Solomay, Glenw Ta,, river chaunel plow, also a device for venting banks from ‘eaving: Joseph ity Burlington, Ta., rocking meat cutter: Sumuel H. Warren, Koosaqua, 1a., feed rack. The Kincaid Trial, Wasmineroy, Mawh 31.—In the Kincaid trial this morning the defense. contined itseif toun attemptto roye that Taulbee made threats igainst *Kinoaid and ' that - those tureats had beem communicated to the defendant. The . most important wit- ness was. Mrs. . Mawy - Williams, who tostified that on tho day of the shooting Donnelson_had told her of the difiiculty be- tween Taulbee and Kineaid and had said that “Tanlbeo had warned Kincaid to arm himself. He had also told her that he had been with Tanlbee a good part of the day in order to keep him away from Kineaid. Beforo adjournment & number of other witnesses testified as to threats made by Taulbee against Kincaid, of Taulbeo telling him he had better arm himself, etc. American Horse Not Hostile, WasmiNGToy, March 8L.—The commis- sioner of Indian affairs has_just received the following from Dr. Charles A Bastman, a full blood Sioux and government physician at Pine Ridge agency in South Dakota: “Papers have been teporting me us _saying there will be troublo fn the spring. Thete is uo danger. Iam more confident of this now than whon T saw you American Horse says that e, too, has been reported as becoming hostile. He denies the truth of these reports emphatically.” “The Intercortinentnl Ral way, Wasnixaroy, M h 31.—The final ar- rangements are now nearly completed and ina few days instructions will be issued to the parties authorized by the international ailway commission to_survey the route of he proposed railway between this country and South America, An lowa Postmaster A ppointed. WasmNGTON, March 81— [Special Tele- gram to Tire Be.|-The postmaster general today appointed B, Volterton postmaster at Kenwood, Crawford coanty, la, vice B. T. Fenton, resigued. Carter Goes to Work. WasmNGToy, March 31.—Ex-Representa- tive Carter of Montana this morning took tho prescribed oath and entered upon his duties as commissioner of the general land ofice. Student Harris Arrested for Murder. NEew Yok, March 81, tives this afternoon arrested Student Harris, charged with having caused the death of Miss Potts, Harris stands chargea with murder in - the first degree. Counsel for the prisoner asked that bail be fixed, but Judge Kitzgerald plied that it was not within his provinee to fix bail aud referred connsertoa supremo court judge. Hurris was thon taken to prison. sl Joaud FREEING UG iR, Omaha Wholesalors Getting Thei Stuff Ous of Bond. By aprovision ‘of the McKinley bill the duty, which amowited to about 215 conts pe pound upon good ‘grades of sugar, w moved on April 1) The refineries of the east and south were perntitted to ship bundreds of cars of sugar {6 various parts of th United States in’ hghd, without paying the duty, in order thal the jobbers and wholesale merchants might have a supply on hand interior points whep, the drop in price took s "Pheso cars have bien arriving in Omaha for nearly a “week and last night there wero over o one hundred ecars of sugar standisg mpon the tracksof the various railroads jif Qmaba. Tt was the du of the surveyor of customs to release these cars from bond on April 1, and so anxious were the jobbers and wholesale men who had bought the sugar to got the cars released and on their way to the retailers throughout the west that Mr, Alexander decided to begin the work of releasing and iuspecting at midnight last vight. The oftice of the surveyor of customs was & | busy scene at midnight. " The leading whole salo firms of the vity were all represented, nd there was a g ral demand for prompt aetion on the part of the surveyor. Mr. Alexander, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Crumb nd a fow deputies bogan the work soon after midnight. They visited the yards of the various railroads and opened, examined and released the cars as rapidly as possible The firms most deoply interested in gotting the sugar released from bond were Paxton & Gallagher, McCorl, $rady & Co, D. M Steelo & Co, Allen Brothers and Meyer & Raapke. The rush will probably ot bo over for a couplo of days at loust. HARMONY AND HAPPINESS. fession of the Ouuncil Oharaoteriz:d by General Good Fesling. SEVERAL VETOES WERE ~ SUSTAINED. Morearty's Eight - Hour Ordinance Dies and Comes Back—Madsen Must Show Cause—Other OMcial Acuons, Thero wero sixteen members at the sessio of the city council last night, and, contrary to tue usual custom, karmony was tho prin cipal feature, though it willnot always be so. Councilman Specht succceded in getting through a resolution compelling Councilman Madsen to attend at the next regular meeting and report upon the Bullou electrio light ordinance that has slumbered in his pocket for months. The mayor votoed the ordinavce granting the Union Pacific raiiroad permission to lay tracks on Jones street botween Twolfth and Thirteenth. The veto was sustained, after which o protost ugainst laying the tracks was vresented and filed, When the veto on the eight-hour ordinance came up for consideration the mayor was sus- tained by a vote of 10 o 4 ‘I'he mayor also votoed the milk ordinance, giving for his réasons, that a number of im: portant clauses had been omitted. Fbis veto was also sustained and the ordinance re- ferred back to the committee to make the corrections, ufter which it was read a first and second time. Edward Katz's contract for geading South Tenth street was preseuted and approved The work will bedono under the threw fifths clause, and itis understood that the county will pay the eity’s sharo of the cost Comptroller Goodvich filed o communica tion, suggcging that the &3,000 available for building eMss-walks should be expended at this seasonof the vear, when cross-walis are most needed. The communication wis red to the board of public works, with s & Cowgill were given_permission to acture the dog tags to be used by the 2 per 1,000, T'he comuitted appointed to appraise and report on the damages resulting frovn the chanee of grade of St. Mary's avenue and Howard street. from Sixteentli to Twentieth street reported damages amounting to $12- 041, A petition requesting the removal of the oxpress and hack stand at Fourteenth and Douglas streets was referred to the commit tee on fire aud police with power to act. The board of health reported sixty-eicht doaths and 133 births within the city during the month of Februar) Oficers of tho Western street lighting company were before the council with a Iick. They had erected a street lamp in the council chaiuber, and_during the day. they claimed, some per'son_had tampered with the lamp in a manuer that provented s working sat factorily. Permission was granted Lo rem the lamp. E. 8. Root, president of the Metropolitan street railway, filed 8 communication stating that under the provisious of ordinanco granting the charter, it will be impossivle for his company to o on with the work of constructing the proposed lines. On account of a proposed change of grade, the chairman _of the board of public works was Instructed to withhold the paving of Commercial street until further noty By a resolution introduced by Elsasser, the Union Pacific railroad was instructed to bridge the roadbed over Fourteenth strect 10ve the old piling that has hecome The same action was_taken with reference tu the Burlington, where its tracks cross Fourteenth and Twenticth streets. Squires was instructed to at onco ce sweeping streets, under the 1500 sehedule: The councilmen from each ward were ap- pointed a committe strict the city into voting districts preparatory to carrying out the provisions of the Australian ballot sys- tem. Attorney Poppleton wus called upon for an opinion. He regarded the new law an expensive one, as it will necessitate the crea- tion of at least ninety votng precinets. Ho thought the precinets should be kep! near the maximum population as possible. The committee will report_at the next meeting of the council, it being the intention that no district shall have less thau 200 and uot more than 75 voters, The five and police commissioners were in- structed 10 buy a buggy and harness for the chief of the fire department, at a cost of not 1o exceed $175. Tho ordinauce regulating the unumber of clerks in the comptroller's office was passed. This ordinance provides for: One deputy at a salary of 1,500 per annum; one bookkeeper at a salary of $1,5003 one assistant bookkeepc: at asalary of £1:2001 one tax clerk b a sal- ary of $1,000, and one register clerk at a sul- ary of $200. “Pho contract for priuting the compiled or- dinances was awarded to the Pokrok Papadu at 88 conts per page. In the matter of paving North Thirtieth strect, from Ames avenue to the city limits, the aty attorney rendered an op ing that he did not think the city let J. B. Smith go on with the work. secured this contract last year, but did not execnte tho same until January of this year, The opinion of the attorney wis accepted. The following ordimances were introduced, reada firstand second time: Granting the Belt lino railway the right-of-way to lay tracks on Fiftesnth strect, from izard to Cuming: regulating the nours of labor in the street commissioner’s department. This was Morearty’s ordinauce, and 15 similar to the one vetoed by the mayor, with the exception that the titie aud the body of the ordinance are in harmony Tonight auother meeting will be held, at which the monthly appropriation ordinanc will come up for passagze. Deny Coer Graxp Isiaxn, Neb,, March o tho Editor of Tar Bre: There is considerablo foeling existing in this city concerning the Newberry maximum rato bill. Tmmediately afterthe passage of the bill by the senate the railroad employes sert a petition to Governor Boyd rsking him to veto the measure, Othes parties interested in having the bill become a law have circulated petitions asking that the billbe signed. and useas au argument that the railrond employes were forced into sign- ing the petition which they sent. A tele gram has been sent Governor” Boyd by the agent and general foreman of the Union Pa cific vefuting the charge that the employes were coerced into signing the petition, and askiug him to veto the bill "Dhe following petition is now beiug cireu- lated and signed by the employes “It bhaving come to on knowledge that certain citizens have circulated a peti tion requesting your excellency 1o sign the Newberry bill reluting to vailvonds, and that they bave sccurod the signatures of man; promnent business men and citizens of Grand Island thereto by representing that we, employes of the Union Pacific railway company, were coerced into the signing of the employes’ petition lately sent you solicit. ing your veto on the above mentioned bill by threats of dismissal or otherwise. otw, therefore, we, tho undersigne d em- ployes of the Union Pacifie railway com pany do most emphutically assert the statement that any of us were threatened or in any way coercad to sign the said employes’ petition is utterly false, and that cach and every one sald petition of our own free will and choice, deeming it to be for the bost intorests of ourselves and the public at larg that the said bill meet with the veto of your oy, and we would still most earnéstly entreat your excellency to consider our former petition” favorably and veto the said bill. T, A, HATHAWAT, - Matters, Lieutenant Colonel Perry of the Tenth cavalry, who was recently promoted from the rank of major of the Sixth cavalry, will take u leave of absonce of a few wecks before | joining his regiment at Fort Apache. Coptain Ray, judge advocate of the depart- ment of the Platte, is hunting ducks up along the Platte. Major Tupper of the Sixth cavalry, who was & member of the Catley court-martial, is dangerously ill at 1812 Chicago strees, Llis wifo has beon called to his bedside, The ill- ness Is a serions case of la grippe. Colonel Guy V. Hoary is enjoving a_ short farlough bofore resuming his duties at Fort Robinson. ASSAULTED A WOMAN. Mrs. . Somers Beaten by an Une known Coward, Mrs. C. T. Somers, a lady fifty-five years of age, residing at 415 North Fiftoenth strost was assaulted on Capitol avenuo last ni Mrs. Somers was passing along Capitol avenue and when near Fiftoenth streot a man roshed out from a dark corner and struck hor on the faco with his tist As tho lady fell the rufan struck her again, bring ing a stream of blood. She made an_outery and two_gentlamen near by rushed to her rescuo, They felled tho assailant, but he, quickly regaining his feot, managed to make his »in the dar ness Dr. Hayos attonded Mrs. Somers, but hor mjurics are not of a 18 natire. No cause can be assigned, tfiends of the family, for the assault - ENGLISH GOES OVERBOARD, J T Megeath's Dopay Steps OfF the nd of the Plank. For a fow momonts last evoning there was all sizod riot in the rezister of doed's as given out oarly in the day that Dop uty Will H. Enghsh would have to walk when the hour for closing rollea around The other clerks in tho oftlco knew what was coming and waited for developments. Just before the clock steuck 5 Joff Mogeath walked over to whersEnglish was counting the cash and said: **You will not need to ro port tomorrow English demanded an explanation and was told that ho was discharged For a moment thore wis blood on tho faco of the moon. whilo Inztish walked over to Mogeath: and, shaking his fist in his fac said: “Younroad—d thief, and [ can prove it SIf he can’t, 1 ean,” ehipped in Ed Shelvy, who had dropped in from the treasurar's of fice to see the fun, rned Megoeath, as he “Lam just as honest as either of you.” con tinued Megeat, as he kepta pile of blank books between himself and the ty The war of words continued t or at least until Megonth ¢ force out of the oftico. after which he passed a commission iuto M. H. Horner's hands, ap- pointing him deputy Horner is the_man who was discharged from the Omaha National bank a few months ago for in a playful manner sending a_check through the clearing house, purporting to have been signed by Jay Gould. He explained that it was only a joke, bat it cost him his po- sition nevertheless, He has been employ o wister's office about . month, ath, in giving his reasons for dis English, said “He was working and doing mo dirt upon every oc Not. only this, but he was trying to set the other clerks against me.” English says there was nothing of the kind, and that he always served Megeath to the best of his abilit He also says that now ho will wo after the register and sgow up some very crooked transactions in cofnection with the management of the ollice. THE CRACK OF CARBINES Will Be Heard at the Bell 'vue Range Next Month, Rifle practico will begin at the Bellevue ange the flrst weok in May. e four companies of the Secoad infantry will go, two ata time, for a five weeks shoo The department competition will bogi about the first of August, when the best ruarksman from each company will come to the vange to compote for the posit of distiuguished marksmen in the departmest team Mujor Benham is not yet cortain as to whother the cavalry practice will bo held this year at Bellovuc or at the new range being prepared at Chicago, Ior two vears last past the. Iry practice for this division has been held at Bellevue on acca t of the excel lonce of the camping ground and the ran +is quite probabie that it will come to Belle- vue again, bec se it would be an expensive ng to ship horses from Nebr Chicago for use at this practico and thero are no cavalry troops stationed near Chicago, so the horses would nece sarily have to be shipped from N or some poiut in the we valry troops are stationed. have been brought down from Fort the past two years for this purposo. could do nothing with green horse: practice. Thehorse that has been tomed to the erack of the ritle andr evolver is an absolute necessity for this purpose. There will be a chiange in the silnoucttes used this year. Instead of the figure of a man_on foot the soldiers will blaze away at the figare of a man on horseback These silhouettes will be set in a line about four E nd the mwarksmen will rige past vt will follow a line constantly growing nearer to tho silhouettes. Tho first figure will be twenty-five yards from the line from h tho cavalrymen must shoot, the mext twenty yards, the third fifteen, the fourth ten and tne last one of the five only five yards from the trooper’s path The cavalry practice is by far the most in- teresting to those who look on from a civit- ian’s pont of view and number of people from Omaha usually visit the range to witness the work of the marksmen ou horse- back. D; UNDS AND POINT Dogs and Their Breeding Talked Over by the Kennel Club. The Kennel olub met last night at the club rooms over 214 South Fourteenth street to | listen w @ talk by Max Baehr upon tue werits of the “Daschund,” a peculiar breed of dogs nsed with great suceess in Lurope for ravbit huntingund ferroting out smull game, Mr. Bachr had one of the dogs with him, and, although he did not give any formal talk upon the daschund, a general conversation was indulged in by the mem bers present for more than an hour and the merits of this short-legeed canine were thoroughly uiscussed Charles Sabins was present with a ve fine specimen of the Great Dane dog is very large and was much admired by tho gentlemen present A. Kerner led a very fine English poiuter into the rooms and bis fiue po y upon. The pomter is only & pup, but he is sufticiently developed to show many exccl lent points. Suffocated in a Lime Kilo. Sax Axronmo, Tex., March Pexter and A. Roper were suffo death in an air tight room at a lime k | WCARTHY WHIPPED BY DINON Boston's Colored Boy foores a Viotory in the Twanty-Second Round, A VERY PRETTY FIGHT THROUGHOUT. // The Sherift Prevented from Inte ing by an Injunction—Dixon 1 Favorite in the Betting— The Affair by Kounds, Troy, N. Y., March 81.—The great contest botween Cal McCarthy of City and George Dison of Boston came off tonight, und the colorod Boston lad is the victor. Crowds cameo from all directions and the rink was packed to its utmost capnoity Prominent sporting men from all over tho country were in the audience. The botting was froo, but the odds were all on Dixon This 1s probably accounted for by tho fact that a rumor provailed all day that MeCarthy had been drinking and was not taking proper caro of himself Tho flght was for the featherwelght eham | plonship and $4,000. Side bots were plenti ful and great excitement prevailed, 1t is be lieved that fully $25,000 must have changed hands on the result Dixon was seconded b H. Hodgkins.* Mot is were Juck MeA and Madden, Jore Dunn was roferee, cales wor 115 pou ther n that mark hoy that none thos their exac t FIT Tappan was se with an injur tion tonight restraining him from intorforin W fight Both men were apparently in tion when they entered the ving In the fivst found the men both sparred In the sec imnd McCarthy was too e i, throwing himself opeii to Dixon’s was floored twice in quick order, being almost knocked out the seco In tho third round Mt Y g in-fighting and got the worst of it, but in the fourth round he was cautious and ot the best of the round In tne fifth round Dixon forced tho fight fug and punished MeCarthy soverely, getting one elean knock-down In the next three rounds theye was hard fighting, with honors about even In the ninth round McCarthy punehod hued at longe ratigge and Dixon landed heavily on his nose, making it bleed freely In the next round both tried long range tacties with no particular damagc In tho eleventh round thore was hard fight fogand MeCarthy cat a deep gash undoer Dixou's vight eye with a left-handed swings: fug upper cut [n tho tweifth vound Dixon forced matte and MeCarthy, who was bleeding freely clung to his néck to avoid punishment Tn the next two rounds McCarthy was vor cautious, but in the fiftoenth rushed and ot fu turce lefthand upper cuts which split Dixon's lip and lossencd tis teoth. IFor the next five rounds, although there was some sharp figh liftle damago was done, but in the twenty-first Dixon forced matters and drove McCarthy ail over the ring, knoeking him down La’the twenty-second round Dixon knocked McCarthy down as fast as he got up, until h was completely exhausted. At the close of the round the referce declared Dixon the winner, Six ounce gloves were used. New Orleans Haces. New Onueans, La., March 41 k fast. Summary Throe-year-olds and upward, maiden allow- ances, five furlongs—Phantom won, Sureo second, Haramboure third, Time~1:091;, Six furlongs—Rita_won, Mand second, Roley Boley third. Time-1:151§ - Two-year-olds, four furlonjzs--Adalia won, Koran second, Phelan Dornlin third, Time 50 Handicap, mile and seventy yards—White er won, Mamio S secoud, Cshier third. 1:ATI, AT ————— BURNED THE DEPOT. Glidden's Northwestern Station Com- pletely Bestroyed by Fire. woey, o, March 31.—{Special e gram to Tup Bre,|—Fire carly this morn- ing destroyed the Chicago & Northwest depot and contents, and the grain warehous of W. E. Paller, with about two thousand bushels of oats belonging to C. B, Crittenden \d A, Moorchouse., Night Operator Haford had ouly time to securo the tickots and money mail from the cast and west being destroy The origin of the fire is unknown. Purlington's Gush, BUaLiNGroy, fu., Marel $1.—[Special Tel cgram to Tk Bir.|—Nearly two hundred carloads of refinad sugar are standing on the side tracks in this city awaiting the hour of 2 midnight, whon they will be released by the local custom house ofice from bond, A number of special trains will leave Burlngs ton at midnight for Kcokuk, Fort Madison, Des Moines, O timwa, Creston and other Towa points for th. purpose of distributing sugnr. A lively scene is expected at 12 tonight, as all lo wnts are prepaving to gob their sugar in stock for the morning trae, AMicted and Smétten. Drs Moixgs, Tni, March 81.—The gvip eni- domic has struck Des Moines and the doctor: report that hundreds ave affectod. In many cases it is proving fatal. Reports from rounding towns show t throughout central Tow the opinion of tho physicians, continues fu- vorable to its spread. ——— - Iveston Harbor Bids, Garvestoy, Tex, March 81.—Blds have been opened for improving the entranco to Galyeston harbor under governiment contract Iho lowest bid for the sandstone jetty was neld by R. §. Lautry & Sons, of Kansas—§2 $49,000. The lowest bid for the granite jetty Ruker, Lee & Co, of Galvesion stional Miners' Corference. uational mine for the best 1ake iu order to improvo the condi ane workers throughout Lurope, 1is city today March April Nay A 1l g your Mol for at o ofher yitem 0 ntich nced the ald of a reliable medicind like Hood's Saxsaparitla, as now. Duriig (b Tong, cold winter, the bivod becoies thin aid fmpiire, the body becomes weak and tired, th Hood's Sarsaparilla wiil eure, whien in the power of medicine, serofula, salt rhenm, sores, bofts, pimples, all humors, dyspepsta, bilious ness, sick headache, indigestion, general aebility, eatarth, rheumatism, Kidney and liver complaiuts, and all discases or affcetions appetite may be lost. 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