Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 18, 1892, Page 1

) (RN | TWENTY-FIRST YEAR, THE OMAHA DaAIlLy BEE. OMAHA, MONDAY A\IHR‘\:L\'(L JANUARY 1 I e e e e e e e e 1 e 'IT'S POSITION 0N THE LOAY, FACTS FROM THE RECORDS. Nebraska's Mortzage Indebtedness Decreas- | ing Rapidly Throughout the State, | IN BUFFALO COUNTY. | SITUATION Declared | « Wore Though o Citizen of that Vieinity the People to e Plangi ply In Debt Yearly Reverse Is True, De the | Taxcory, Neb., Jan, 16,—[Special to Tne Bgs |—During the recent meoting of the . e allinnce a delegate from B ounty tock exception to the records of farm mort- /70, nuebiedness published montbly in the 1 e Ber,and to a group of in firoasted alliance m undertook to explain just how Tup Bee was “pulling the cvor the eyes of the people of the state how, instead of getting out of debt, pecple were really plunging decper in “In my own (Buffalo) county,” swid he, the farmers are paying off their deots by reason of tho fac that the mortgages are veing rapidly foreclosed. When you read in I'ne Bee that so ma mortgages have been paid off and released it meaus that £o many mortgages have veen foreclosed. ‘Ihat's tho way it is in my county, and that's the way it s wll over the state.” Ile was emphatic in his assortions and his auditors, among waom were a delegato from Adims county and one from Clay, nodded their hoads approvingly and throw glances of commiseration at thie humble Bre corres- Joudent, An Appeal to the R In order 10 show the utter fallacy of the statement made by tho Buffulo county allisnea man, it 1 only necessary to appenl 1o the records. ' Tu Buffalo county for the past sevon months thero havo heen filed 040 farm _morteages, ropresenting value of $202,060.16. Duving the samo porod 287 farm mortgages wers clonsed, their aggregate amount being #415,- 9. According to the Buffalo conuty man’s ement a large number of these farm mort recorded as having been reteased must bave beou foroclosed. To records, however, knock the pins from under the gentleman from Buffalo county. During tho same period of soven months the record shows that ut six farm mortgages were entered for forcclosure. The Buffalo county man will bave to look away from his uwn county for facts upon which 0 base his assertions that the farmecs arc paying off their mortgages by giving up their farms. More Facts From th If the Buffalo county man nothing in the records to bolst ants, his frieuds from couatics who applauded s remarks so Izorously are equally av fault. Iu Adams Ity for the same period—the lust sov this of the year 1801—the records show ages filed aud 315 released. \egreg mount of those filed was 7,007.07 nud of those released, 278,501, Apd during this time thirteen farm mort- entered for foreclosure. connty for the same seven months rm mortgages were filed, smounting to 8704720, o 82 reloased wmount- ©to | &06,70406. Bui six farm fagos were entered for foreclosure, The rocords for every county in the state for the w1801 will be ready for publication in a v days. A large majority of the countics uns of wool” and the rds, Records, could find up his avgn Adams and Clay | 10dge will mike a showing equally favorablo as tho ihreo veferred to above. Some of the coun ties will not bo able to show 8o admirable a record; but the recovd taken in its entiroty will prove to the world that Nevraska has boen prosperous the past year, the statements of the calamity orators to the contrary not witlstandin Keeley Istitute For Lincoln, Tomorrow morning articles of incorpora- tion of the Garten Instituto company will bo filed with S. 0. Fritehie, president; H. Bureb, vice president; R. O. Castle, secre tars . Dr.J. L. Green, medical dircctor, and De. 1. 0. Merriman, assistant medical direc- tor.“The company will conduct an institute for the treatment of the liquor habit on prac ally the same prineiple as that used at tho scloy stituto at Dwight, Arrango mouts have been mado to receive patients at ouce. Child Fatally Burned, Hanrvann, Neb,, Ju sad and fatal accident oceurred here Thursday afternoon. Mrs. William Potts went to the homo of her living across the street from her own nhome, leaving her d-year-old gl alone, who who in some way got her clothes on fire. The frightened child ran screaming into .the sireot, whoro she was rescued by Mr. Syl , who extinguished the flames, but too late, Tue child’s clothes were entir burned off, while her limbs and body to her waist were burned to a erisp. The little one Tingered in terrible agony until 8 o'clock, ‘when death released her from her sufiering. A Fire at Orleans, Omgraxs, Neb., Jan. 17.—Special Tele- grom to Tue Bee,|—Last mght at 11:30 fire bréke out in Bristol's jowelry store and purned the postofico, Chandler’s meat mar- ket, T'reas’ drug store and Cadole's general store, all frame buildings. The Jirst Na- tional bani, atwo story brick, caught five in several places but was extinguished, The aamngo is about $14,000; insurance about £6,000. She Had Him Aveested, Mixoey, Neb, Jan, 17.—[Special to Tue Bek.)—Delas Brainard, a printer employed by tho Democrat liere, was last night ar- restod on . warraut sworn out by Miss Cora Rawmicn, a former school teacher.” Tho yvoung ludy is 18 and Brainarda 19 years of ago, Their parents reside here and ure bighly ro- spected. Branch Completed, WauNers, Neb,, Jun. 17.—|Special to Tue Brr. |—The Freuchman Valley branch of the B. & M. railroad was completed to this point Thursdav. Regular trains wore puton the lino Friday, The company will at once lay 8,600 feet of sido track, put in o turn tablo and build & depot and'stock yards that will enablo them to conveniently handle the vust amount of business that must necessarily be done here, there being a large and prosper- ous farming community tributary which has auxiously waited the completion of the road to market the large surplus of grain raised here last year, This road building to time will mark a new era the hitherto quiet but picturesquo little village which from now on is destined to become the leading city of western Nebraska, 1w having uatural advantages consisting of inexhaustiblo water power at tne falls of the Frenchman river, of which no other town in the state can boast. Already quito a numbor of new business entorprises have locatod here, and parties with capital to invest will do well to come to Waunets, the only vallrond town in Chase count, Wauneta at this in the history of Bloomtield Ko Broowrietn, Neb, Jun. 17.--|Special to un Ber.j~A Schrader of Randolph has Just opened up @ new drug store here, with one of tho finost stocks on the brauch, While only 1 year old, Bloomgeld now has n population of 350, with twenty-eight busi pess houses, representing all branches of wade, all doing a good basiness. There are At present oight new ouildings belug erected, three of which are largo business blocks, / Notes from Columbus, Corvmnrs, Neb, Jan, 17, [Special to Tur BEk.)—Miss Clara Lehman, dsughter of Gleorgo Lobman, will spend the winter months with relatives in Southern Californ The Board of Supervisors at a session Ppursday, purchased a large caso containing thicty-seven glass jars to be nlled with pro ducts of old Pla; exhibition at the World's fair, A movement is on foot bere to arganize a o county aud be placed on | the Pythian sisterhood. A lady from Lincoln was hore Wednesday interest of the order. organize in the Hebron N Hrnnros, Neb., Jan, BEE.|—A visit to the court house shows M. S. Phillips, republican county clerk for the 1ast four yeurs, retired and Conway Teedom, a demoovat, pre seial to Tie faing. ) Bros., blacks after pound Grand Ariny Rep miths of G 1 in Hebr biic are ide Rock, at Washington Heby 1s agitating an electrie light p Lockwood move in the front store building next weok, 1. Y. McCloskey moves to Ifairhury Feb- ruary 1 to continue in the clothing business, He sold bis fine residence to O. 1. Steele. A ward of Tecumseh has just comploted fourieen bridges for Thayer county. Coru 1s coming in very fastat 25 bushel, and grages double uts per Adams County Afairs. Bastinags, Neb., Jan, 17, Bre | —T. A. Ruwliffe, ex-cousty treasurer of Merrick county, has been chiosen Dy the committeo of supervisors appointed for the purpose, as the expert to e. nine, ana disen tangie as far as possible, the books of the asurer of Adams county. Prof. W. A. Joiies of this county has been chosen assist- aut, and the books ‘are now being fully ex- amined, [Special to Tie BOTKIN REMAINS FIRM. Not Resign His Now Pre He Wil dgeship—Quict Ay, Torekys, Kan., Jan. 17.—The retirement of Juage Botkin from the judicial district over which he presides and which includ the counties of Seward and Stevens, where the s war has been raging, would, ev ono concedes, resuli in restoring the turbulent counties 'to pormanont puace. But Judgo Botkin will not resign. He says he has never yet shown the whito feather aud that o will continue his residence in the district if he has to carry & small arsenal around with nim to protect his life. His friends in his district ¢ been pleaded with him to wen and move out of tho locality, but he is deter- miuned to stay. He has, however, consented to a compromise which wiil insuro peaco for at least the rest of his present terin of court. Ho has arvanged to absent himself from the district for a time ana to allow the bar to choose a judce protem. A speciul from Springfield, ian., the seat. of the late war states that the last of the traops departed for their homes late last night. Their absenco causes no unensiness for it scoms now to bo thoe general belief that the Inw will be allowed to_take its courso, The sherifl stili has the prisoners charved with the murder of the late Sheriff Dunn under u strong znar and expresses his belief in his ability to repulse any attempt by their friends to rescue them. ONE OF HIS LAST LETTERS. Senator Plumb on the Financial Questic A Note to a Frisnd, Leavesworti, Kan., Jan. 17.—The Times today publishes a letter written by the late Sonator Plumb just bofore bis death to the editor of that paper. In it he said ho was glad that the ‘limes was continuig to dis cuss financial guestions, ““Phere is abundant evidence,” he wrote, “that tais question is coming to the front in @ uational way. Men who for the past fifteen years vo been treating with con- coutempt all the propositions that I have made iu that direction aro now seeking me out 1o say that I have been right and that they will co-operate 1 the future; in fact the feeling is very strong to shift the issuo from tariff to tho currency. “Something will happen one of theso days which will open the eyes of a good many people, and wheu it does happon you will be inrcondition 0 take a large part of tho credit. Before this congress is over, in my judgment, you will find a lareo majority of the republicans, perhaps allof them, voting for a much mora comprehonsive measure 1n the airection of ealurging the currency than nas ever yet been propo The sced sown is bringing forth good fruit.” il STORM IN KANSA Deifting Snow—Missouri Pacitic Trate Disturbed, Kaxsss Crry, Mo, Jan. 17.—Dispatches from various points in Kansas state that a sovore snow storm has been provailing since noor and coutinues tonight. The weather yosterday was warm as spring, with the d from the south. This morning the mometer began to fall and at noou 1t began snowing. The wind changed to the north and is blowing hard, At o'clock this eveulng tho thermometer registored 5= be- low zero, making the storm par unpleasant Tho wind is drifting the snow badly which s causing some delay to ralway tritie. T'he Saata Fe’s Toxas express wiich. comes up thrsugh Kansas was two hours luto and the muin line trains are all tho way from ono to three hours behind time. The Rock Islana in Kuusas is suffering some delay and tho Missouri Pacific trains are all late. The snow fall has not been particularly nheavy but it is on tho hard, sandy variety and pncks as havd as ice in drifts, Sensation at Gutt Gurresnena, N, J., Jan, was wet and heavy, Thero was a largo at- tendanco. A sensation was caused by the arrest of Prosident Walbaum and a number of hookmukers on the techvical charge of keeping a disorderly house. They were sub- sequontly released on bail. First race, six furlongs: Prodiz Patrick second, Shotover third. ' Second riee, and one-lait Smugglor won, Xenophone second, third. Thue, | Third race,, three won, Swileh Colt aberg. 16.~The track fur onzs: duate Hiil hird. furlongu: Bunk second, Henrietta ruce, y sccond one mile: Joe Courtney Text won, third. five cond, furiongs: Hawkey Littlo Frod thied won, Time: Sixth race, seven furlonzs. wus second, Spariin -~ Fred Pleffer Lo LovtsvitLe, Ky, Jan. 16.--Fred Pfeffer will play second base for Lonisville next year, George Williams of Chicago came hero last night and today bought an interes in the Louisville club and a saloun and made au agreoment with the Louisvillo directors that Pfoffer should receive §5,000 for playin, here next year, #,000 salacy and §1,000 bonus, The claims of St. Louis and New York that Pfeffer had beon signed to piay in those cities and the impression that Ploffer had been assigned to Chicago at the Iudianapolis meeting prove to bo without foundation. It was arrauged horo that Pfeffor was to play wherever Wiiliums 15 hived. This was one of Williams' stipulations in solling oui o Don't Like th LCopyrighted 1392 by Jam Blussers, Cable-Special Longstride won, third, Time: 1:34 ated, Gordon Bennett,) Jaa, 16,—|N York Herald to Tue Bee A meeting was beld tonight at the Brussels bourse to organize for concerted action all the oppo- uents of the German Bolgian commercial treaty. It was decided to organizo a leaguo for the defence of tho nation’s ndustry, It is expoctod, however, thut parliament witl vatify tho treaty rather than disavow the government and give offense to - R Wil Ketire w, O, Jan, 17 m Business, Dy I'he apnouncement is made that the Firemen's Insurance company of Dayton, 1 to retire from business, has teansferred all of its policios, liabilities and good will to the National Fire Insurance compauy of Hartford, Conn, The Firemen's has & capital of $230,000. Samuel Craighead is prosident - Tho Howe scales, the only scale with pro. tected boarin Nochock “rods. Catalogue of Borden & Selleck Co,, Chicago, 1L having recruiting | 100 veterans to go to the grand encam pment Address of the World's Columbian Com- missioners to the People. DEFINING THE DUTIES OF THAT BODY. What the Dilferonce is Between the Chicago Dir National Co nations thed tation, ctory and the misslon. s Expl from mittee on Federal Le Wasnivaroy, D. C., Jan, 17.-“The commit- | tes on federal legislation of the World's | Columbian commission in order tocorrect the | misapprebousion that generally prevails fn the public mind as to the distinet and sopa rate duties of the World's Columbian cor mission and tho World's Columblan oxposi- tion, has decided to issue an address to the public in explanation of the true felations of the two bodies, and particularly to define the position of each in reference to the proposed 5,000,000 loan, or appropriation for the benefit of tho World's fair. At meoting i this city today, at wera present J. W. St. Clair Virginia, chairman; G, W. Allen York, I, P. Smalley. of Vermont, J. W. Woodside of Pennsylvania, F. W. Breed of Massachusotts, W. Ritchie of Ohio, A A. Wilson of the District of Columbis, P. H. Lajuan of Utab, J. T, [arris of Virginia, and P. P. Rucker of North Dakota, it was | the said corpor | Bugurated, pended as bofore stated, From a caroful budget of the expense of thd preparation of tue grounds and buildings 8o to ve dedizated it was seen that about €17.000,000. would be actuaily necessary to defray thab exponse The $10,000,000, contemplated and provi for in tho net act of congress, to ba raised b tion, belag idadequate, it wus thought by the national commission that it would be but fair that the government of the Taived Stat or whos€ Auspices and in wi ame the World's falr was to be in should come to the reliel of the Tilinois corporation and lend it the sum of 5,000,000, the government having perfor aliko nd shown o like mar patriotism in the intarest of the Philadelph contennial in 1874, by lwnding the neces sary .funds to carry out the pup poses of the goverument in holding ihat exposition. Tnen the commission felt constrainod to fuvor and eudorse the proposition, conaitioned upon such terms us congress in' its wisdom mizht impose, and this committes was charged with the du of presouting to congress the reasons which actuated the national commission for the action which it took in that regara. Since the adjeurnment of the said Septembor so sion of the national commission the director of said corvoration has, 1t is stated, aban doned tho idea of asking congress to make the loan roferred to, and has dotermined to ask congress for an outright appropriation of £,000,000, under what conditious and restric- tions, if any, It is not stated, Neither tho mational commission nor its boird of control haying taken any action upon this last pronosition of direct apvropriation this committeo does not feel calied upon to take any part for or againsttho proposition on which would in any sensa commit the na- tional commission of its Board of Control to the sume. Certainly the comwitten will suy nothing to congress on the subjset of the loan, as it has no power to originate any proposition on that subject, being controllod resolved to issue the following address to the public: The committes on fedvral logislation of the World’s Columbian com:zission is charged with the introdiction and prosecu- tion beforc congress of such measures, the enactment of which will onable the national commission to carry out the resvonsibilities of the government imposad by the.act of con- gress providing for a celubration of the 400th versary of the discovery of Amevica by topher Columbus, Its First Appearanc “There has been no logislation in_congacss since this committe was appointed and there- fore thisis theiv first appearance at the national capital. W hopo we will find it consistent with our dutiss as representatives of the uational commission to co-operato witn the directory of the World’s Columbian exposition in securing all needed legislation as thero are some matters which we will present ourselves dircotly affecting our com- mission, and there ure others which may vossibly be presouted by our committeo uniting with a similar one from the directory of said corporation. The act of congress provides for the organization of a corporation under tho laws of the stato of Iiliuois which is known as the World's Columbian exposi tion. It also provides for the orgunization of the World’s Columbian commission. This corporation is very frequently designated as the ‘local directory’ and not infrequently as the ‘Chicago directory.’ Tho World’'s Columbian commission is generally known and published as the national commission. This [llinois corporn- tion is charged with the duty, under said net of congress, of securing a suitable site and preparing adequate grounds and buildings for the exhibition, to secure which it was agreed upon the part of the people of Chi- cago that, in consideration that the World’s fair bo located in th city the sum of 10,- 000,000 would be provided to be expended in the prepuration of said grounds and buildings. This promise has been kept and this corpora- tion, which 1s practically the agent ot.ghe people of Chicago and the stato of Illinois, has secured the sum of 10,000,000, & poriton of which has already beon expended in the progvess of tho work. Powers of the Commission. “The World’s Colwmbian commission, which s the body reprosenting the national goverument, among the powers given it under the act of congross, i required to uc- copt tho site for the fair whea deemed by it cquate, and also to approve the plans and specifications of the various buildings to be constructed thercon, and to receive said buildings whon the same ave completed, pro- vided tncy are built in conformity with said plans and specifications and are adequate for the purpose for which they are intended. It is ulso charged with the duty of gencrally dirceting the oxposition. I1vis to inform the peopie of our country and thoso of foreign countries of the planis and purpose of the ex. position to determine tinally as to extibits, prepare a classification of exaibits, and whon such exhibits aro received in Chicago to - stall them to tho buildings provided for that purpose. 1t is to appoint judzes and cxam- {ners to pass upon the oxcolionco of the var- ious exhibits and to award premiums, medals and diplomas bearing tho vational seal and stawp. It is further charged with all inter- coursa with the exhibitors, both domestic and foreigu. ““Phe discharge of these 1mportaut duties by a body representing all the people of tho United Stutes and doriving its authority from an uet of congress, assures to the pooplo of the soveral states and of the exhioitors from foreign countries, but the macagemont 0s the exposition will bo upon linvs of abso- luto fairiess and above all suspicion of local intorests, influence or prejudices. *As the national commissiod has tho ex- clusive powea to allot the spaco to exhibitors and is to bave churge of all exuibits and to have ail intercourse with the oxhibitors, both domestio ana foreign, tho committeo necessarily has tha power to make and pub- lish all all'such preliminary rules and regu tations as shall inform the public as to what class of articles aud products and tho nu quality and quantity thereof that will ived and installed us exhibits, and to all such information as may bo ssary and propor to enable those ~ who propose to make exhivits properly to prepare the samo and intslligently act in regard ther eto. Some of Its Histor, **When tho national commission organizod it proceaded to operato under a large number of committees, meeting ouly two or three times a year. But as the commission duties increased it was found difficult to enavle them to conduct the affairs of the exposition through these committees, and a board of control, consistiug of eight members, was created aud clothed with all the power which the commission could delogate toa repce- committea, This board was cre- ) accordance with a compact between the national commission and the directory of the World's Columbian exposition. This compact provides for the work of the expo- sition through a number of departments, al provides that a ohief of eacn department will bo appointed by the director general, “Tho oftice of director general was created aud fillod by the naticnal commission, and in the suggestion of said directory, George R. Davis _of Chicago was plected to this ofice, and thoreupon became the chief executive officer of tha expo sition, and his powors and authorities as snoh wera distinetly recognized by the compact mentioned, ~ The said compact croated a board of refercnce and control con sisting of a president, vice chawman and six members of the national commission which, with a like committee of saia directory, con- | stitute the committee of conference toxwhich 1 shall be referred all matters of difference and tho action of which thereon shall be conclusive, “I'ho principal business of the committeo will be To try to secure the necessary appro priation to enable the national committee to properly exeeute the duties required of it by the act of congress. This appropriation com prehends the expenses of the nutional com- | mission and its ofticers and that of procuring the medals, premiums and divlomas and the jurors of wwards, all of which are absolute hecessary under toe act of congress. Tuk Have ‘At the lust September meoting of national commission_ 8 communication | received from Hou. W. 1. Bakar, pr of the World's ~ Columbian tion, requesting the natioual sion to eundorse a request proposed to make to the no Acjion sident | expost comimis wat it Fifty second | Cuptain A. H by the order of the commission which r quires that it shall only urge the loan upon congress 1n the cvent it 1s requested by suid Iltinois corporation. Confident of Success. ‘The work of the preparation of the groands and vuilaings for the exposition already n formed, is proof positive that the same will be ready for dedication on the 12th of O tober. The exposition has been exploited in this country and abroad to that extent that tho people of ull the states of the union and of all foreign countries are now assurcd that the fair will be hold and that it will be the greatest exposition which has ever Lesn neld in auy country in tho world. The plan and scope of tho exposition is comprehensive and will afford the most completa display of the resources of this country that has over been offered on a like oceasion in ahy country in the past. J. WSt Cratk, Chairman Committes on Fedaral Legislation, World’s Colunibian Commission. CAUGHT RED-HANDED. Arrest of a Man Who Hasn Mania for Cut- ting People’s Thronts, Ew Yok, Jan. 17.—A mysterious per sonage, known to the police of this city as “ack the Slasher,” was arrestad ot 2:30 this morning by contrai ofticers and locked up at police boadquarters. Tho police have been agitated sinca December 29 over a series of peculiar assaults, five having occurred up to date, and at least one resulting fatally, The victims have, without exception, boen under the influence of liquor, walking or stagger- ing along the street, when soma one has noiselessly approached from bshind and slashed their throats with a razor, making his escape nefore bewng identified. One of these victims of tho slasher;was Lawyer James Curson of Baltimore, whose dead body was found in Christie steenton Friday morning, with the throat cit from eur to ear. On_Saturday night Detective Masterson, attached to the Oak street procinct, iu which most of tho assaults have been committed, whas standing at New Bowery and Roesevolt street wonen a roughly dressed man ap- proached close to him~ and. stared intently 1nto his fac f I'ne action aroused the officer’s curiosity and suspicions as well, and he determined to shadow him and find, 1f vossible, what man- ner of man ho was. The stranger lad tho officer & merry trip up and down the streets of the east side until finally a drunken man came upon the scene. Then the stranger fell behind. The arunken man had proceedod perhaps twenty feot in advance when tho stranger suddenly flnshed some glittering objoct from his pocket and sprang like a tiger upon the other. The latter fell, and in an instant the detective was at side. The stranger fled and ofticer went in hot pursuit. patrolmen caught sight of the chase and joinod in. The fugitive was quickly over- hauled and taken to the Oal¢ street station. Wheun he was searched a blood stained razor was found in a pocket of his heavy nignt coat. ‘Tho victim whoso throut was sériously, though not fatally, slashed was also taken to the station house. — e — DIANAPOLIS HAS HOPES. t City After the Democratic Conventio IxpiaNAroLts, Ind., Jan: 17.—The deleg: tion which will represent the claims of this city before the national democratic conven- tion, comprising seventy-five of the most prominet citizens and busiugss me\ loft this evening in two specials cars over the Penn- sylvania road for Washington. The party was accompanied by & number of the state’s most distinguished men, includ- ing Senator D."W. Voornees, Hon. Charles S. Jewett, Hon.John k. Lamb and Judge J. C. Nelson. The party left with high hopes of succees, as lutters of u very encournging and, in & number of instances, conclusive nature have been reccived by the committee from members of the nutional committee in- dicating their preference for this city on account of its central location and easy access by railroad from every section of the United States. The committea goes pre- pared with statistics to show that it is abundantly able to take care of the conven tion, 50 far us providing hotels, and with the plavs of a convention hall which will seat 15,000 people. Natioanl WANT A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, Gstute Men Wil Gather in Nashville, Tenn, Nasnvieie, Tenn, Jaw.: i7.--Governor Buchanan and Mayor (iuild of this city have issued proclamations invitlag real estate brokers in all parts of the country to attend a convention to be held in' Nashville, Feb- ruary 17, 18 and 16, when & National Real Estate association is to be opganized. Rep resentative Nashvithans leaye tomorrow for principal citics in_every section to develop the movement, and the probabilitios are that the convention will be one of the largest assomblages of business men ever seen south of the Ohio river, Real estate brokers are almost the only class of business men who have no national association, and they now prapose to combine on a legitinato basis (o promote the interests of all statos and cities in the mattor of handling realty. Real S Did Not Indict Him, Hasintoy, O, Jan. 17.—~The adjourument of the grand jury yesterday without return ing an indictment against Mr. A. T, Murray, a prominent citizen of Middletown for bribing votors, puts au end to @ sensatioual rumor started a week ago that he was about to be indicted for such un offeuse. S L Cure of Drankards, O, Jan,, 17.—"he second Keeley institute in Ohfo for tho treatment of inebriates according to the method pursued by tn Dwight, 1il, institution, will be opened rrow Madisonville, a suburb of Cincinnati, undor- the maosgement of Mattox of this elty. - k& For the CINCINNATI, ton Newspnper Men on a Juunt Ky, Jau, 17—1ho Michigan on passed through L fternoon on a visit to Ma cave. With a party of Louisville press ren resentatives, they wore tauqueted by the Lo Pross assoclat yestorday uisville noth congress for & loan of #,000,000 0 be ex- 1 Soutbern News Company, 1 | couaty, V 1892, WOKE UP THE WRONG MAN, COommander Evans Resents a Piece of Chilian Tupudence. RESPONSIBLE ONLY TO HIS GOVERNMENT. Chili'y Mi the Minister of is Own B v Congressic Afuirs Told to ess—1i Fo al Events, cfugees on of Ktown— A cast Wisiiatoy, D, C, Jan. 17.—Secretary racy tonight made public the following dis patch bad received from Cownmauder vans of the United States steamer York- town, now at Valparaiso, Chili, in regard to the Balmacedist refugses put that vessel by Uuited States Minister BEgan aud the Spanist mnister Vaursiaiso, Chil, Jan. 16, —Secretary of Navy, Washington: The American minister informs me that the Chilian minister of for- eign affairs has chaneed his mind about the refugees now on the Yorktown, und that they may be taken out of any merzhant ves sel touching at a Chilian port by local au thority. Avrangements had been made for il of them to sail today, but this change of baso on the part of tho' Chilian minister of foroign af rs compels me to keep them, which crowds me very much, Shzall I land them at Callao or Mollendo, ’eru. Nosteam- ors from here go direct to neutral territory This unexpected act of the Chilian minis ter of foreign affairs is due, ho states, in part to my saluting tho Spanish minister when he came on board to deliver the refugecs. I have requested the American minister to say to the minister of foreign affaivs that I am vesponsible to my own government and ot to that of Chili in such matters, and that I conider his criticisim offeusive, and will not accept it. His action seems unworthy of the representative of serious wovernment. Vans, s of Legistation. avoard In Full Tic Althongh the houso has not been able to act upon any of the hundreds of bills that bas been introduced by its members, the senate is now in the full tide of logislation A dozen bills have already passed that bodv and have been sent over tothe house. Among thom are several bills making appropriations for_public buildings, a class of measures which representatives very much wish to fathor. ‘The work is to be kept up this week, and as therearo already thirty-seven of these bills on the senate calondar within easy reach, the membors of the houso will proba- bly suffer some ioss of prostige in the ey of their constituents through the activity Thove is littlo beyond tnes mens yet for the senate to act upon. Tomorrow the Weil and LaAbra claims will be discussed in connection with the pending bills to investigate the allegations of fraud in thoir allowances. The bill re-organizing the systom of prinfing and issuing public docu- ments may also be a provocative to debate. Senator iyle will tallc about mmriage and divorce, and the exccutive sessions during the weak will probably deyalop some br fecling, as it is oxpected that the judic nominations and the Elmira postmastership will figure in thie proceodings. In the House, After the introduction of bills tomorrow the bouse of representotivos will take up the measure reported by Mr. Richardson of Ten nessee, from the joint committee on printing, entitled “A_ Bill Providing for the Public Printing and Binding and the Distribution of | Public Documents.” +is expected at least half of the sessions ‘of the house during the weck will be con- sumed in the consideration of this matter Tho bill makes a woneral vevision of the prosent system of printing and distributing public documents, and as there are fifty-nine pages of it, and 1t coatsns many things of public fnterest, and others of special interest to tho congressmen themselves, it is im- probablo that it can be brought toa vote speedily. Held ings, held their tivst conference with the sp ou the subject of a permaunent code ol rule for the house of representatives during the Fitty-sccond congress. They hopo to be ab to report the rules to the house early in the week in order that they may be taken up bo fore its close, but past experience of the timo necessary to uccomplish congres sional work of such a delicate vaturo as tho framing of a sot a rules would indicate that unexpected delays may dofer the report longer than is anticipated. Besides the ill- ness of the speaker militates agatnst rapid work. The rales of the Fiftieth congress have been referred to the committeeand will, with some maditications, constitute the rules of this congress. The senato resolution making an approgria- tion to defray the cost of transportation of Amwerican food contributions to the famme sufforers in Russia is still gording in the house, and is in & position to bo called upon a motion to reconsider the vote by which the house emasculated the resolution by striking out the appropriation. - ANOTHEER 10W.A MYSTERY, Promin t Citizen of Mohaska Cou denly Disuppears From Ho Orronwa, Ta., Jan, 17.—(Special Telegram to Tne Bre.|—The village of Rosehill, in iohaska county, is in the throos of oxcite ment caused by the disappearance of a wealthy resident, J. E. McCurdy. McCurdy, in company with two friends, started to Tennessee in October on & hanting expedi- ton. At Burlington they hired a voat and a man named Fry to take care of their camping outfit. They floated dowu the viver leisurely and at Memphis MeCurdy wrote his rolitives that be would be homo about the firstof December. Notaing was thought of nis prolonged stay Lili last weok when a letter camo to Rosehill addressed to McCurdy, tho contents of which showod that it was trom ono of the two friends who sup posed he nad roached home and bad erclosed i large chock on Fraukel & Co.'s bank at Oskaloosn, subject to McCurdy’s order. ‘Pelegrams of inquiry were atonce sent out and no information having_been roceived, brother left yestorday for Memphis in search of some trace of the missing man. He had a lurge sum of money with him, and it is foared the wharf rats aiong the river have murdered him. ty Sud- e Would Cause Bankruptey Siovx Crry, Ia., Jan, 17.—One of the most important legal questions that has been raised in Towa for vears is brought up by a suit filed 1n the distriet court here, I'ho suit is on behalf of George B. Owen of Ceaar Rapids, Towa, and is for lujunction to re strain the city from colleeting from plaintif the assessment mudo against his property for grading strects abutting the lots. Owoi claims that tho law under which the asscss ment 1s made is unconstitutioal, being in direot violation of provision of state constitu tion which prohibits special legislation, If tho present suit should be won it would com pel the cities to pay back to the property owners all the assessments ever collected 1n this way and would oankrupt most of the leadiug cities of the state. lu Sioux City aloue, it is calculated that the rebates would amount to fully §1,000,000, This causes much uneasiness here and in other cities, Denth Orrunwa, Ia. a Centenarian. Jan, 17.—Joshua B. Wycham, who was boyond all peradventure the oldest in Towa, died at his howe in this city to he deceased was Franklin reinin, 116 vears ago. I of nis Isfe is filled with enough satisfy a ist. His fat aud lays wh their hives in their hand ot 1s of I and 1l vas that B. and his brother, v Kill every redskin that fell within their power, To accomplish this they enliste soveral Indiau wars, notable among nan duy born which NUMBER 215. e —— | were tho Creek ard Sominole. Tho old gon tleman, who was alwiys strong mentally. | told repeatedly that he voted fordJohn Adams, tho second president of the United States, who was din 1 Ho also remon: bered with accuracy the inauguration and administration of \Washington, though he WS not present at the ceremony. HIis por- sonul appearance was such as o bear out such an ascertior while he posessod onsidarable vigor face and fizure do | notha his great countenance, liko | his body flosh His limbs wero dried and hard, having alinost bocomo solid bone. Mr, Wyckbam had been very eceoniric for some Lime and had not left tha houso for several years. About a year ago ho refused to wear trousera any longer, and this necos sarily kopt bim a recluse, Ho bhad ueve used tobaceo or - drank lquor, was very_ de: vout and laft o cousideravie fortune, M Wyckham, who was hor husband's junior by about half a century, died at an advauced age fu 1878 Fifty Thousand Dollur i ez, la, Jan, 1 Speeinl Pk B —The most dustructive fire th has visited Fort Dodge for years destroyed two three-story buildines on Murket street this morning, The building were owned by Spencer (‘roshy and wore o cupioed by J Mulroney & (o, boots shoes; Johin Hardin, Tailor; S. W Gray, jeweler: IV A, Garison, photographor Cuiion telephone oftica and Young Men’ Christian association rooms. Son of th Mulroney and Gray stocks ware saved, bu the loss is almost total. It fs estimated at £0,000. Most of it will be covered by insur ance. The flames originated in the Young Men's Christian association rooms, just how is not kuown. The stocks of the Prusia Hardwaro company and Oxford drug storo, in adjoining buildings, were damaged by water, Fonr 1 gram to Telo Shot in the Air K NoxvILLE, Tenn., Jan. 17.—There was no fighting at Coal Creck lastnight. It was learned today that the alarm which was cre. ated thero last night grew outof the fact that some miners on the mouvtain near the mp did consideravle shooting in the air, and thus alarmod the operator at the camp, and he sent out the statoment that the camp vas attacked by the miners, THE DEPREDATION CLAIMS, The experience of Tur Ber Buneav has brougnt out the fact that many of its subscribers do not understand that tho Indiau dopredations act passod by the last congress annulled all provicus contracts for collecting claims urder it. This isa fact that they showid know for their owa protec tion. When the act was signed all contracts with agents were made void by its terms. whe holders of claims wore then froe to maie such bargains with their agonts as thoy pleased, or could refuse to make any bargain at all. ‘The framers of the act found it necossary totake this step for the protoction of thid claimants. Attho timo whon theve scemod little chance that such an act would be vassed hundreds of claimants had contractod with agents to pay outrageous fons in case the money could be collocted. Cases aro known in which theclaimants nad contractoi togive upto the avents over one-half the wmount coliectod. Cases in which one-third was promised were ot atail uncommon. To allow those contracts to stand would maise tholaw not an act of justice, bat an act of extortion for tho benefit of the claim agents. Tho clause was inserted annulling ali the contracts, good, bad and indifferent, and limting the percentuge to bo charged by ageuts to 15 per cent, with an extra d p cent allowauco for special cases. T'ho claim | ugonts naturally objected to this, asserting | that it was boyond tho powersof congress, but the best opliion of bl houses was thal contracts made to collect ms under a law that did not exist could be anvulled in thse wanner. Ou the 4th of Mareh, theroforo, the claim auts who bad signed Contracts were as free from obligations to agents ws those who had uot. If thoy were satistied with theirngeuts and wishea to sien a wew contract within the limitof compensation fixed by the law, it was their rigit, but ncue of them wero under any legal obligation to do so. Tho more unserupulous of tho ugonts naturally reprosented 1o their clionts that thoy wero bound to ronew their contracts, with merely the substitution of tho terms named by 1ay for the outrageous commissions atv first manded. Cases have been brought tth attention of Tus Bee i whichhi policy had been tollowod sucessly by unscrapulous agents. Thov had n aword bullied the claimants fnto hiring them whou if the claimants bad understood that they wera free of obligation, they would havo chosen other representatives. As others aro being worked upon in the same way,tho facts of the caso are set forth for their pro tection. 1f thoy avo satisfied with the mon they first chose they are right in ro-cogaging them, 1f they are not satified, they are freo to_engago anbody they choose. Tie Bee CralMs Bukeau was ostablished solely for the protection of the public. Iu was established on account of the chmplaints of its subscribers who thought thoy wore boing unjustly treated, and those, still moro nuniorous, who applied to it to find areiiable agent. 1t wil colloct the claims at only such charges as will pay tho expensos of tho tu- reau. It is expocted that it will ravely bup- pon that the limit set by the law will bo neoded to pav the expeuse of collection, Many of the claims can doubtless be collected for 5 per cont of theiv face. The bureau 15 ot the service of the subscribers and public a% large. Those who take aivautago of its offo will save money by it. Those who do not place their claims in its chargo will save monoy, too, for it has put a check on‘the ra- pacity of the agents who would otherwiso foel free to take the last penuy the law al lows. Itis the privilogo of a great news- papor to bonefit all. - Covxew. Brores, fa, Aug. 8, '%0,—Dr. J. B, Moore: I fecl it is not only a privilege, but a duty, to say a goot word for your Catarrh Cure. ' After doctoring with soveral of the best specialists of the country without relief, I was advised to try vour Catarrh Cure, and am pleased to say 1 am entirely cured. Yours truly, W. A STRONG, Travoling Agent Pairbanks Scaio Co. or salo by all druggists. - Novel Way to Co Ciicaco, 11k, Jan, Mrs, Mary Simp. son, a fashionablo d aker, committed suicide Saturday night by walking out on the ice of the lake, divesting herself of all hov clothing, and laying down in a perfectly nudo state upon the ice to die. Her dead and vigid bady was found thero this morning. She had been sick and is supposed 1o bave becowe insane, Craivs mit Suicide In the Lecture Room, Nothing disturbs a lecturer so much as a good, healthy, fully developed cough. Some folks think & squalizg baby 14 worse, but Mark Twain says that in an_emergency you can kill the baby, but most lecturers now carey a_bottle of Hallor's Sure Cure Cough sivup and give a doso of that Lo ook Strychnine and Died DexvER, Colo., Jun, 17.—=M. J. Linchten- thal suicided today by taking half an o of strychniue. time ago ho w owner of a saloon, but lately has been doing nothing. He has veon drinking freely and this is supposed to have led to his wking his own life. Ho was 25 yeurs old und leaves o wife and child DeWitvs Little Eaviv lusors: only cure sici headacho and rogulate the - > Headache Wafors ¢ At all drug, nee tho pill to bowels. Gessler's Mag ches in 20 min res uil | ben 1108, ists ! The per lily, the glc Hebo cc purity of the the flush of nubine in 1 powdo Winslow ed medicine £ euts i boit Mrs v chi For a disordered am's pil | Vi Houtea'st alwuys, 12004 Quce tried, used N0 ACTION WILL BE TAKEY, Disabilities of P~ Will Not Be Ri SERVICES ARE Political “onfoderates THEIR REQUIRED, War With to e Co able Chiti sidered e Action—t Ington Gossiy Might €y — 1 Re| terest ¢ Subjeer Favor- Wasnivarox B 51 ForrreEN Wasitizaroy, D, C., Jan, 17 No action will be takon ou the bill of resontative Horbert of Alabama to the political disabilities of the ate actually Chili, and that is not at all pr. haye been made from timo to tim Dast te REAU O Rope remove ex-confeder: doclared with Iifforts during the YOATS OF more Lo Dass 4 measure of this kind, and private bills enabling individ- uals named to hold commissions in the arwy and navy who were iu the confederato seevice have boon pushed with great and behind them have been many circum= stances in extenuation of their offense against the federal government, yot they huve all been refused. Now there is a wuch better fecling oxisting toward the proposition as proseuted by Genoral Horbort, but Mr. Outh- walte, chairman of the house cou ittee on military affairs, and members of the senate committee on military affairs say the Her- bert bill will not be passed before wo huve declaved war with Chili, in which event the bill will go through both houses in a day. In other words, tho majority in congrass suy they do not want political disabilities removed until there is immediate uso for the military servicos Hf the ox-confederates. Seh , unloss war is vigor, mes of Indiann Democrats, Soine Indiana domoerats were ou the toor of the house the other day, rolating campaign anccdotes, when one of them said “Don’t "you mislead yourself about the political cunuing of William S. Holman, of this house. | know he 1s proud of the title *Objector,” and loves to paro dowu appropria- tons and've calied “Pne watehdow of the treasury’ and ail that, but he speads wore monoy ihan any of us i & campaign, He stints himself in the extrome by daily living, but when ho enters his campiigns for re- eloction he uever stops at the cost when his re-clection is at stake. To look at the man and sco his work here one would think he was tho stingiost wan ou carth, that he would squeeze a penny tll the head of the 1a turn in disgust. Hoe has spent as much as £,000 in a single county in one campaign, 1 am told by his constituouts ‘U romember one instauce,” continued tho member, “of where Judge Holman let him- self down handsomely, financially spealiug ile was in aunger of dofeat, und was com- pelled to make n large gain'in_ o republican stroughola of the district. ‘There was 80 much republicanism and fecling in that com- munity that the Judge know be could get no one ouit to hear him sponk if bo simply an- noanced a poiitical mocting with # demo- utic speaker, 5o he had it aunounced that th would ve a meoting at the school house for the purpose of raising money to buy a cow for'a poor widow womna who had lost her principal means ot support in acei- dont. The people turned out Uil tho house was full. Judge Holman got up and_ told a very beautiful story about the widow's cow and what a hardship sho had sustained in ber loss. He then proposed to start the con- tributions with 20, what was almost enough to buy the animal, and it only became necessury for ihe others prosent to contribute 10 conts or 23 cents each, whon the amount dosired was placed in the bat their cougressman arose to thank the concourse, and from the widow's cow hoe drifted into polities. Ho neld the crowd spellbound for two hours. 1t wus not till after the clection that the real object of his Visit to the comimunity becime apparcnt. tolman voto wus largely incroased.” Moditying Their Views, 1t is remarked on every hand now thot the Simpsons, Peffer: ‘Keighaas, Kems und Kyles arc little heard of now that they have opportunity to do something. Thoy appear moditied their views since coming As long as they wera i tho campaign had many plausivlo measures for tho oration 0f the farmer and luboring man, but since the opportunity is prosented them to act thoy have uothing to offer. Up to this woment. none of the third party representa- tives in congress has presanted 4 new meas- uro or one that has uttracted the loast atten- tion. Mr. Simpson says himself that he does not soe that there will be anything done for the farmer at PoS. H HAS CALRO, Young Khedive Abbas Renches the Seat of Hix Government. LCopyrighted 1592 by James Gordon Bennett.] Caneo, eypt, Jan. 16, —[New York Horald Cablo—Special to Tue Bee,j—The khedive arrived hore today. The city wus bravoly decorated and prosented a sconc of great animation. The young viceroy wore the uniform of an Egvpuian general. As he passed through the stroots saiutes of artiliery were fired from the citadel. There was much cheering. The khodive's carriage was drawn by four horses. On his loft sat his uncle, Hassem. His cousia Tbrabam Achmed and his brother, Mehcmet Al, occupied the front seat. ‘Tho English-Egyptian troops drawn up in tho square in front of the Abdine vatace rendered military houors, The khedive was received at the foot of the stairs to the palaco by membersof his family. Ho then took his place on the platform, hung with red velver, aud the Englisu band ||H\)‘UK the Turkish national hymu, after which the sultan's firman, telegraphed by the grand viz- was read, followed by the khedival hymn played three times by tho Kgyptien band, frequently 1nterrupted by cheers from the native troops, The presentation of the diplos matic corps thon followed, aftor which the Kkhedive entered the paluce and received the wombers of his family, and the mimster and high ofticials of the state (Mussulman) re- ligion. Half an hour later the khedive left the palace in_an open carriage and traversoa the city to Kaubbeh palace to visit his mother, Siv Evelyn Baring and his escort of Euglish cavalry, attracted much notico, On Monday tho official vecention will be held at the Abdie palace. S THE DEATH ROLL. Mitwavkee, Wis, Jun, 16.—J. R. A, Kern, & well known iniller, died this morn- ing of lu gripp Arcouisox, Kan., Jan, 10.—|Special Tele- gram to Tk Bes, |1, P, Hutson, a wealthy tarmer and swock raiser of Buchauan county, Missouri, died of the grip at his home oppo- site Atchison, last night. He was worth $125,000 which'he loft to his wife and childrea, CixcisNary, O, 0. 16, ~A, J. Howe, & well known' physician of this city, died today. MiLvon, Mass., Jan. 16.—Rov. Goorge W. Staoy, last of the famous Mendon abolition: ist teid, died today, aged 82, ‘Iha other two were ltev. A. Ballou and J, G, Motealf, and all were activo co-workers with Phillips, Douglas, Garrison, Thayer and Hale, LoNDON, Jan. 16— Baron Abinger, Wilham Frederick Scariett, died today from pneu- monia, e 4 Striko Ended, Jan, 17 Intern; vailroad at this hanaling freight for Antonio and Aransas ’ass which od since Duesmber when tarted ou the lutter road. Rall bere think t the o the GaLyl tional & hern the San has seou th of mer is s -~ Western Peaple | 1l 17 Chicngo. ial ‘Volegram i people jut—H. I Youns of Owaha. wtou-—Q. M. Jordan of Owaba | 5