Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 21, 1893, Page 1

THe OmMaAHA DAILY BEE. GUASTLY JOKERS AT TOPERA They Scatter the Bones of a Skeleton Around the Capitol. CHAPLAIN BIDDISON STILL SENSATIONAL prs with Another <o Me in Be Regnles the State Sena vopulist Mo Mecting Pla Stute Hou nbers the Uniqae Prayer mprovised Corridors of t Torexs, K Feb. 20 and crossbones T main corridor much attentd pointed t Th an © house attract On the filled with hu who [ citen strang the followi senate met Save the assassin’s | shall be his mor Thou will eline the heur do the justic of Thy will The time of t! the considera priati The populist hous at ¢ south basement corridor of the « ing. A spe betches were lumber. The popu daily until it reaches The populist hou ssembling, their cupancy republican house passed s ssages from the Colorado and Ok legislatures were read congratulating t upon the outcome of the recent was consumed in . bills lock in the wpitol build members rough pine 1l meet there ment wdjourned immed hall not er's th being ready 1 bills AL, s of Kansas Will Make fort to S torial Seat. Toreka, Kan,, Feb. 20.—[Special T gram to Tae Bee. |—There will be man elected to United from Kan: nd seat claimed Judge John Martin will be contested eit Bailey P. Waggener of Atchison, Ce A. A Harris of Fort Scott, Edward ( of Leavenworth or . H ecity. All of gathered together in friends of Waggener, w alone be in touch with the dispatehed their candidate and he arri own. W. M. Mitchell and J. B. Crouch stalwart democrats, were looking ou Interest of Colonel A, A. Hurris, publican members had Mr. Ross in tow The proposition agreed upon wa have the democratic members su names of three lican caucus, which was to s date. When th 1blican vened it was pretty generally understood that an agreement would be reached Which the democrats were to select the can didate and the republicans were to support hiw, but this propositio 3 and' as o compromise agreed upon The rey Ef- ire t States senate by el arTC Rossington of this republican Ators wery scemed t republican moveme the for the and the re- ton’s boom simoly to mit the s to the repub- cet the cahdi- rislators cou- 1 demo e was bitte he other fought plan was blicans and their democratic allies, who refused to recozuize the populist house, contend that if the supreme cour should decide that the populist house or fzation w 1it would necessarily der Martin’s election uull and_void un the republicans get together with the de crats and ele overnor nt and ren- could, of course, ap- would_name ity-two Yotes on joint b vote of either Wilson, the indep: publican. or Rosenthal or uld elect. A repetition of the fight may be looked for and the orrow us hud decided to havi awn up and submitted to igh Senator Lucien the res: introduced by Repres Seaton some time ago declaring the seats vacant was brought up for The object of this resslution ial election in cach of the le tricts now represented by gain it through mandamus un before the supreme court epublicans claim to be in possessio of dispatches from national leaders declar- ing that Martin's election is clearly illegal if the court decides against the populist house, and that if another democrat can be od upan he will be seated ere willbea | pretty fight in the de atic ranks over the selection of a candid ‘W. W. Mitchel, secretary of the stalwart democratic central committee, in an inter view tounight said: “If it had not been for Waggener und his friends a democrat would bave been agreed upon when the scheme was first considered. Waggener acted the dog in the manger to perfection, and should not be considered at this time. It was stated by some of the republicans that it would be impossible to get the democrats to agree on Colonel A. Hurris, and that either Edward Carroll or W. H. Rossington ere the favoritesand most likely choice the of the democrats.” the Baker, ntative democr populist dis “ussion to islative dis- and to edings force pro APPROVED BY LEWELLING. Kausa vernor Gives His Sanction to the Following Sentiments. Kan.,, Feb. 20.—The followin nt was given out at noon today by the governor's stenographer. It was p pared a populist editor and is in an edi torial for this week's ready-print populist papers. It is approved by Governor Lewel ting, but he does not wish it to be classed as an ofticial document. He says The republicans boast of carried the fight. The fact is the populists have sever lost sight of the central idea in the contest, the preservation of the populist house. It was to destroy this house that the republicans n their fight, and failed Had they succeedea, it would have thwarted all reform legislation, and they know that the laws passed by it valid and that to the supreme court would o is all respectable precede partisan demand, and face & w indigna- tion unparalleled since the notori Trescilian was followed- to the scaffold by an | Torex sstaten declare otherwise have ts at a ve of public 15 Judge | Grand aind the | d in | | gram outraged people, who exulted at his just but shocking execution. Corporate greed dete mined to prevent the enactment of reform measures by the populists The governor th s on to enumerate acts of the republican house intended 1o ex tinguish the house of the populists ming with the attempted arrest of its chief elerk, to be followed by the arvest of enough pulist members to break a quorum. This e adds, did not succeed, and though the re publicans succeeded in securin compro- mise in driving the populists from the hall sheir organization is still iutact. Even this was oulv brought about through the disley alty of the state militia and county sherif He declares the militia has been recra | and doctored to this end for two years. | enwasking of republican treason ey | and lawlessness richly compensates ists for all the indignities they suf \ Ll elling De s the Story, ! Torsxa, Kau., Governor lew- | Mlling when shown the item in today’s press Bispaicles purporiing 1o recite facts as 1o | | to $1.80 pe TWENTY-SECOND YEAR. K that how bloodshed was averted in denied the story in toto and_said Cubbison would support the denial Mr. Cubbison had not returned to at noon and could not b Mr. veka seen A DEMOCRAT, ot th Dakota United States Seua D.. ¢ 20.—~W. N ted to succee States senator fr h Dak today. The ba ypenied with the six tieth of th 1 resulted in Wal 20; Roach of 1 Casey ta Ou of Mr. Roach ted thing which has threetened to happen for the rats and some ntest. The ¢ one was m Roach A, nit ed the break itinually in progiess. big Dakota miller, was on mber to member urg nd several attemps we 1out. The demand fora ver » was made in the hope i chang Mr the change was made He prowised to aid his friends of the ma ity party. even though en from the minority in e, W. N. Roach has beena resident kota for the past dozen years. cc Forks county from the Columbia. He Lo Virgiia, and He has ren and is tood for his p two d first t by A. H ower, and being en 1. was naturally e rs votes f back, led for and ad expressing his nexpected hotor of Da- ning District vas b is years being and Ty aged in this ¢ xpected to draw n the independent ranks. hornby's Asylum Bill Defeated. Pienie, S. D., Feb, Special Te to Tue B r Thornby's sented an u that the bill favorable report on the ustitutional and sar, Thoruby and Star strong arguments, picturing the and salubrious surroundings of Custer. spite of their efforts, however, th was adopted b; of I8 bill came up I i ground ma beautiful In report ater a ion at attach and it is lar instit ' was postponed vill fail, Iitinois Leglsiature, SPRINGFIELD, 11L, Feb. 20.—[n the senate this afternoon no quorum was present and adjournment was taken until tomorrow There were but a few members present the house, but the journal was read and r of business completed be! ment. A uumber of bills were in the ourn- introduced. No Cholee in Moutana. He A, Mont., ¥eb. 20.—1he senatorial ballot resalted : Mantle, 26; Clark, 19; Dixon, 12. Others scattering. TO EXTEND THE UNION PACIFIC, Salt Lake Anxious to Secare the Completion of the Pioche Branch. Savr Lake, U. T, Feb. 20.—[Special Tel Tur Bee.)—The business men of It Lake City, through the directors of the »f Commerc lroad to ¢ v., begun -ation. Mr. of continuing are urging the Union mplete the extension to nder th ams ad- Adams realized the im- the Utah divisi from Milford, the present terminus, throuzh 145 miles further to the great mining cam just over the Utah line, and under his direc- tion £1,000,000 were expended on a grade, in- cluding three tuunels. Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins of Beatrice Neb., built the grade amid the most dis- couraging physical surroundings. and eight miles of were laid when Mr. Ada stepped down and out and tne Gould party up and in. Construction was_immediately stopped and_the rails alr laid were taken up. Since that time the grade has re mained unoccupied except as it has been used as @ road by teams, and though promises have been made from time to time that the road would be “immediately bullt,” not a stroke of work has been done. Advantage of Present Inducements. Now, however, there is good show of the Salt Lakers getting a copper refinery in Zion, and if this extension were built it would be the means of supplying the Salt Lake market with not ouly copper ores, but fluxing ores for the local smelte: the Union Pacific management is petitioned to carry out the original idea and push the Pioche line to completion. The answer of the Umon Pacific will be looked for with much interest, but with some doubt, as President Clark has said,as well as Ed Dickinson, that the road is not ina condi tion to undertake such an extensive work. WILL NOT STRIKE. Chicago Switchmen Have Declded Not to Go Out—Railroad Notes. Cuicaco, 1L, F\ 20.—~East bound shi ments of freight from Chicag: regated 75,00 5.8 week previous, an ingrease of 4,53 inst 94,013 for the ast year, a d Snipments o eb. ainst corresponding week rease of 18 flour, grain Chicago to the seabou » Central Traffic association amounted tons, against 45,428 for the pre. week. an increase of 4,200 tons, and 55,08 for the corresponding week year. a decrease of 8,038 tons. It is understood that the Chicago switch- men have made up their minds that they cannot afford to sirike this spring. They re- e thut they would stand little or no chance of winning, since all the roads, with out a single exception, have announced une- quivocally that they will accede to no de- mands for higher wages. Chicago switch- men are better paid than those at any other point. A pecullar feature of the situation is that the movement for higher wages was started by nonunion chmen, and the ) came to their support, the lines Has s Big Scheme on Foot. M., Feb. 20.—The Great Western has some important deals on foot samuel C, Stickney, ¢hairman of the board and A. B left for Europe today, to consult ish owners of the road relative completing of a better and moro bindiog lease of the Chicago. St. Paul & Kansas City road by the Chicago Great Western. Financial matters will also be u matter of conference with the Enzlish men, and it is said that Mr. Stickney will bring a big bundle of money back with him o arry on the ork of nstruction and improvement. Wipers and Helpers Strike. Garessera, 1L, Feb. 20.—One hur and help the Chicago boiler wipers Burlington & Quincy rai morning for an increase of day. The company offered them $1.50 per day, which was refused. Their places will be filled with new men, rs of wages fx | | | | | the d | One of the nurses went to his bedside OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, |OBIECTIONS 10 ANNEXATION | Arguments of Those Who Prefer to Ignore Hawaii at Present. NO NAVAL ADVANTAGES TO BE DERIVED Present Treaty with the Kingdom Granting Pearl Hurbor to the United States Sald to Be the Only De. sirable Feature, D. T W T 2 Bee. |—( treaty annexingz Hawail to the 1 v Washingt The com 1 States ation which will f at the adoption ¢ eaty may n - restrict the paid for Hawaiian sugar fou to the ar t Any such ad; " £9,000,000 a year would Amer pr fear, a public sentiy fa the repeal of the su McKinley tariff law. The opponents of a claiming that the con United States and wrar bounty as the lucers of excite nexation ution be King Ka are aiso tween t which providing ady secures advantages laka weut into eff: for con ‘His 1 the king island ts to the United S the exclu the harbor of Pearl river Oahu, and to establish a ¢oaling and repair stati for the use of ves. of the United St d to that end the United States may improve the ent to said harbor and do all things need- ful to the purpose aforesaid This exclusive control of Pearl river, the opponents of sert ures to this govern! ble ‘strategic advantage w gained by the acquisit of isla nd at the same time does not in- the United States in any possible any foreign power. But those who have advanced the Pearl harbor argument ignore the fact that the convention securing the use of that harbor States was limited to seven ember 9, 1857, when it was Pres Cleveland, and that ear's limitation the convention may be terminated by either of the high con- tracting parties within twelve months after either party shall have notice of its desires for such termination. The right of the United States to use the harbor of Pe: river ng station will be the sition of the Hawaiian government at any time after November 9, 1854 A careful canvass of the sens made by one of its memt treaty. This scnato respondent that all reads as follows of the Hawaiian of the 1 the island of maintain there a the harbor of possi hich could be 1 of the entire group con- has been ers who opposes the but five of the demo- cratic senators are opposed to the treaty and that at leust three republican senators are also opposed toit. To defeat ratifica- tion and therefore aunexation would the opposing votes of twenty-cight members of the entr ding to these figures the opponents of annexation have it in their power to delay any action upon the treaty until after March 4. After that date of course the policy of Président Cleveland would probably hiave much influence in the senate either for or against ratificati Hawaii; Wasmxaros, D. C., Thurston and his associates, the special nexation from tawaii. and Mr. Paul Neuman, the envoy of Queen Lili- uokalani, spent a part of today at the capi Mr. Neuman was in conference with several senators. M one of the annexation commissioners, left for New York tonight ou h to San Francisco. from where he will sail for home on March 3. He goes in advance of his fellow eommissioners in order to see something of the country, with which he is not as familiar as they It is expected that the annexation treaty, which has been favorably reported to the senate by the unanimous vote of the commit- tee on foreign rela‘ions, except that of Mr. Gray, will be considered in executive ses- sion of the session to be held tomorrow. Afluirs. Feb. 20.—Mr. L. A, in Marsden, To i WATERTOW State Foster arrived here from Washington Saturday to visit his family. He left unex- pectedly for Washington tonight to see the queen of Hawaii's representative, of wh arrival at the national capital he had just been apprised. Secretary Foster says he ex- pects 1o sail from New York Wednesday for 2aris. General Beauregard Passes Quietly Away Other Deaths, EW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 20 1G. P, T. Beauregard, the last of the generals of the confederate military service, died this evening at 10:10 at the 7. The first of fested themselves symptoms ill ab liscases which t Aten e failure > first ph of were summoned to attend him first their only hope was t long the eneral’'s li He manifested some improve: care, especially in the last days, when he was abl ments and take short pe the grounds of his residence. He dined with the family this evening and after diuner remained in the library with his sons and grandchildren until 9:30, when his son Henry escorted him to his apartments and left him with-the nurses, who have been in attendance since the com mencement of his illness. He dropped off to sleep easily and seemed to be resting well a few horriied to find The members of ymoned, but. be ber the end had hr i be able to pro- for a time. ent under their three or four ive his apart s of exercise in to minutes after 10 and was him in the death struggle the family were at once sun fore they reached the cha The direct cause of des ure. h was heart fail Judge Frazer. Wansaw, Ind., F Frazer died at his evening of pneumoni Frazer w he and his isions made bench gained for him a this ) years Jurist in In city this Judg Will Plead it W New Onvueass, La une's San slitical Crime, Feb. 2).—The Picay Antonio special says: In the ex trial of Geferal Francisco Bena- vides, the border revolutionist, the defense began the introduction of testimouy today It will attempt to prove that the expedition in_which Benavides was eagaged was a ilitary revolution against the government Mexico, a politic ‘ense, not extr ble under the tre the States and Mexico. tradition ween - Rev. Smith Denies the Story. Cixcisyam, O, Feo. 2.—Rev. Henry P. Swith denies categorically the statements | tery decided aguninst Brigss ‘ | | | announced FEBRUARY ' RECEIVERS FOR THE READING 21 1893, Dr. recede presby- ina ram to the effect that he and Briggs of New York ngreed tc 1 form a_new church in case the - — i LEFT TO THE COURT. tad on the Petition of Ex- Senator Platt. Qu of Des Molmes Water Company's Rates to Be Settled. Feb. WILD SCENES ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE Des Morxes, gram to Tue B Des M W Ia., 20.-4[Spx Th of the the Des M pany for an injun the district court he city at 1. the ering to con hat reas d adn were a8 ines agains rks co tion ecame this mornir New York Brokers Greatly Excited Over the AfMuir—Causes Which Have Up to the Company’s Trouble Affected. once retired Lead r de for rat Coul Rouds f the nance are ed by the wd that flaw | o e | foresaw an v | that which W efticient water by private ing the past three days. Came with a Suddenness. th Tue Bee tion is being organiz Equit and Locust, has been | the new concern. The ¢ £1,000,000. The prime mover o aptain Albert He mus Fairburn, Geor 3rower | pesult VI8 HFODABLY for ChIS FeaRs! 0. Garlock 8100k 18 || ¥uiig tho GonGlusIbHATGE tHE Kireet ed by 1 W 8 It is intended by the i 100 Towa_ banks sep 1 f t now on deposit in New York and ¢ in %eb. 20 A uew banking i - 1at Des Moines. The g room, corner Sixth r W 186d for five izea that pita i gram t ible block bank b s standing, and with th ble f the co the stocks of line bank are: ( tin son, George I and Hon. A that the to be subser banks. have of the price of Readi ago the annual rey t of T 1 | pany was issued. It was “-“‘ LS the stock | encouragement for the st Bankers Bank bt R sim probably to Des A cireular \e new enter. the banks in the aby the Re full } v, Or some K the stockholders that nise. That one month his report the st appointm SArY, Seems i, In searching (T sident Mcl and he wi reside permanent main facts nailed to reu to as t Y all ate toda, Swindled by False Abst Orteywa, Ia to Tue Bee ralled at A asked wished to copy purpose abou for s some abst Today his when the county discovered edan abstract and deed for from Willizm T recorder saw the forgeries and Raberts. Another part . M, and one f . seem to have shared a sir hie sharp. young man is £,000 or 4 on the three deals. Having ab- 1 decds wish the scal of Ottumwa sily couvinced the lllinois peo- ple that the paper was genuine. ired contro! large i Haven & Har behind that New Haven manage acquisition of the Ne¢ and at its own price. | known this: the gen the news of Mr. McLeod’s purcl | New England was received with the gre surpri deeds and BS so wired lar f; and at some time od must have That any and pa arlya man stronger than Mr. d, should volffntar: ily antagonize the New Haven mansgement scemed _incompreheusible. Mr. MeLeod is reported o have auswered one of his friends and allies who remonstrated with him in | this matter, “T_will not be dictated to by Mr. Morzan. who would rather run a little horse country road The concensus of opinion day _that Mr. M:Leod England territory the under his managem cxact methods emple the results of the past known in time. They are now o ed cts that are at_hand is s to how far the s that ¢ One Way of Setsling # Quarrel, Crestoy, I, Feb, 8.—[Special Telegram & Bee. ] —About $:0'Cock tils evening: the Globe bottling woks were discovered to be on fire, but had mot gained suffic headway to consume the buildin ol s incendiary, the plan ‘being well carried out, and but for the timely discovery a bloc would have been in flam in a'short time. R. Weiss, the proprietor, claims to have a clew. There has been trouble in liquor eircles for soma time and Mr. Weiss attributes the effort to burn his place of business to the enemifes he has made wh conducting his part of the fight. s that fro ed into New wding company as doomed. The brin; bout three da be the e s may Two Fatal Accidents, Buntixtoy, Ia., Feb. 20,—[Special Te gram to Tue Bee.]—James Coad, an ol citi- zen who was run down by a careless driver | Saturday night, died from his injuries early | | | [ rts in 1w th stion of the There was th ilt of nd recklessness of manageiment are those who believe 1t both Itis said a s Trenton. N.J “The bill in equity says compl his half of hi | holders of bonds of like which is extremely ler sets forth the i any in 1885 ¢ milar bill will be this morning. David Crorston, a Burlington line repairer, was killed by an bridge here last nigitt. His par Kansas. Ho was 22 years old and Avoca, Ta., Feb, 20.={Spevial Telegram 1o Tur BEF ‘harles Russell, a b man on a local freight, while eouplinz cars here this evening, had his left hund 8o badly mashed | Jycome mortz as 0 necessitate ampatation | £55.000.000. o be pasiabie n Towa's Firat Supeeme Judze Dead. with interests, payable out Des Moixes, T, Feb, 20.—[Special Tele- | ings of therailrad compan gram to Tur Bre.)—Judge S. Clinton Hast- | 800U, Payavie on the st ings, a former resident of Muscatine and one | §os ¥ T 0 b b e of Iowa's first supretae judzes, died in San : and the Reading Coal and Lana Francisco, Cal., last evening, aged over 80 | 1o the Penneylvania compar surance on lives and grantin This mortgage was couveyed su tain prior incumbrances, all the i leased and controlled by the Read! pany and those it might thereafter also the propertys of the coal and i pany. Mr. Platt sets forth that he is the holder of a lurge amount of these bonds, interest ou which became payable the first day of Feb- ry last. The demand made by compain- ant on the railroad company to pay him said t bound train on the nts live in single. HIS HIGH OFFICE. M. le Royer, President of the French Senate, | Steps Down for Politieal Reasons. [Copyrighted 1593 iy Jam=s Gordon Bennett.] Paris, Feb. [New York Herald Cable —Special to Tuz Beg.]—The resiguation of M. Phillippe le Royep, president of the Sen- ate, has caused a semsation in the political world. M. le Royerds an old republican, | qmoting was refused, and the rompany has honest and very much esteemed. The state- | failed up to the present time to pay him u ment made officidlly as the cause of | portion of the amount which becamie due and his resignation is ‘mot the real reason. | payable on the first of February, and the The truth s that M. le Royer | interest upon the otber bonds of said issue 1 5 y held by other owners remains unpaid will not coutinue to preside over the senate |~ The Pennsylvania company has refused for political reasons. It is stated that he | the bil s, to proceed in equity wishes to avoid presiding over the high | close the mortgags of justice or to preside over the Senate he b h that a gr can ti v be der the operations of the Read when the dissolutionef the Chamber is de- | i Feiitod and Coal and Iron company. and manded. In any case his resignation is c 1t monldihe dlaasteaus sk » business of nected with the Pangma crisis, which may | either be temvorari 1. A lar recon 1 one day or another. Rumors | M income i are rife that fresh saandals are about to be es ST. CERE cou nce under control of and justly appli ment of interest, but the to appropria to such pa and threaten to Y bill asse se d of ample ciously admi edness, and insolvent without funds in the shape of cash or assets convertible into cash, suflicient to pay their indebtedness actually matured or to mature in a short time The bill also sets forth the vast extent and value of the properties and says the railroad company owns all the stock of the iron company and that th two depend largely upon is imminent r, the property beinz levied upon, a disintegrated to the irreparable their creditors unless the « The present conditi stated to be larg pay 1sed ment pay disclosed Secured a Tempo: [Copurighted 1553 by Ja Boaora, Cols bia ((via Feb, 20.—[By Mexiean Cable to th Herald—Special to Tae Bee.]—The Colom- bian government hasgranted to M. Mauge, the representative of the canal company, a temporary extension f the concession. The extension will last witil the last of March, $0 that the ministry il have time to study the details of the ‘guestion. There is a probability that a egmmittee from Bogota will visit the isthmus for the purpose of studying the questig}. ‘ 1r Culoo, secreidry of state and min ister of war, has diefl of diabetes. ry Extenslon. s Gordon Be Ivest X, ), New York tt.] indebt in they are al and ns of the There of thi bill asserts, Messomier's Models. [Copyrighted 1593 bnf James Gordon Bennett.] Panis, 20.%&(New York Herald Cable—Special to Te Bee.]—It is officially that brgnze of the wax models made by Messonier, and from which he painted his famous gictures, have been made for the Ecole des Deau Arts, and that dupli cates from there will'be sent to_the Chicago fair. Among them 18 an unfinished model Duroe, reproduced in bis campaigne d'Italie, the last work touched by the artist before | his death. 1ged but fors whi casts present ti romplainant prays that the { third pref erence Peunsylvaniat co pro: re, have lders the institute t McLeod would prepare when . President Earl of the finance the Pennsylvania and commer the Reading road s finance committee has from #10,000,000 worth of Kea which vance the Reading floating’ de said this even statement, b Two Places Yot to Fill, Lakewoon, N. J,, Feb. 20.—Mr. Cleveland has not completed his cabinet. The selec tions for attorney general and secretary of | the navy will probably be anncanced within | a few days. this eve ng has McKinley's Linbilities $90,000. CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 20.—Governor Mo z Kinley still remains in Cieveland awaiting | Whih was developments in the Walker failure at [ "'"27¢ 10} Youngstown. The liabilities of the gov FLOF LOW SWOULL 10 more than §90,000, its de Securities of the C When it was announced on the Stock ex- will continue to devel How given true history of the Readi that after Cl network of ro the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg systen, J. Pierpont A tors’ meeting of Li¢ New York Centr | parallel the Ne with the tion with the ) { later to the people and told them the fey wi oft contr their ing peopl being short of Reading in the resu a position the The £10 property and holdin in the country Reading’s finances will be checkmated by the receive Of ¢ Wagner-Drexe Reading-Pullman-New The Reading peoj most people imagiu holders of Reading this cuted immediat bad im 4.meric dropped points const corr On the in ousting President McLeod It is Melioved gram to Tue Bex rising s! Newpx tim the Cortez to of the ministry, the cabines has resigued. change this after that Reading v ceivers ing the | port time for the third the hands 114 10 14 I ind better buying, which In the n remarkab morning of wk rose and there was fair \s growin: in the 10 PRESIDENT MLEOD He Makes a Statement Cone fuirs of the Cou a INFIDENT. ralog the Af- D its system. WAR AGAINST THE READING. it Started and for What Purpose it Has Been Pashed, Bostox, Feb. 20.—An interesting story is out by the Boston news bureau affair. It seems rles O. Parsons developed a ds in northern New York into forgan went before the direc them if they w the new Fitchbure at Albany were startled and bought the I n possible connec- szl 1. A few months el in the aud New aware thatata al and con They Parson "o ew York to not could, aud Mel fiel the in and almost itrol of the the interest McLeod MeLeod immedi o the be d ey 1 t s o immediately b ading stock, and some of th have scored hundsome profits b market. Th party s back and more intrinsically cver before: its re among the -best conspiracy against the turbed by Meleod locked t that Reading st per share is MeLeod's to buy they sold is worth more t The in the interests of the urse it is the Pennsylvania-V: Morgan interest inst the England ~ interest ¢ today are stronger than company nderbilt- Ameriean Railway secarities A Tected, Loxpox, Feb. 20.—In Capet ing orders ived by heavy brokers from 1Z were exe. court rec mort after the opening and tely a depressing efect upo railway Rea points Pucif and Northern Other American vailways fi ntly and dropped ou the av it each. i latest Interest in London 3y The Pos in a specia Morgans [ am the Read raid the ndent nquiry at the tion ¢ the s s R s That the Ohlo Has Reached its Highest Point. 0., Feb. CINCINN FLOOD, CINCINNA 20,—[S O f in th pects are The fl firect] the \ouses on its barra way. Be blowing reached rtugal's Cabinet Resigns. Lyspox, Feb, 20 fai approve the financial schemes Owin system could be made to | .\'l'.\llllr".R ‘.fi.’x.fi 0N THURSTON'S SIDE estion of His Right to Examine Witnesses Before the Investigating Committee. SPENT y Wrest An Confused Populists, THREE HOURS IN' WRANGLING R lican from BOTH SIDZS WILL HAVE ATTORNEYS NOW e Vitriolic Oratory Poared on the De= votgd Heads of That Body—Darner Bank Bond Bil and Shes dan's Anti-Board Law. sparring. hours with the haulin with a three-hour r Th to the bribery tinally after known house the the ght win, s re- had exhausted the r all the intro- committes on the wsioned some by that the plovment of hitherto is stated to business was part of the of either OF passig tely Several petitions were read, five 1 scope bills wers ordered eng or indefi postponed. for the passage of a sugar bounty law from Merrick county protesting bills reported for pass b, Oakley's bill, regulating regisiration in metropolitan cfties and cities of the first and second class: No. 20, Jenseu's vill. regu- lating school leyies; No. 983, Dobson's 3 cent pas: mileage bill . Lock- providing for the re ation of and deatiis; No. 265, Fuie county foan and abstract Lingenfelter's bill, appro- for the relief of Scotts 218, Brown's bill, proe of firearms, was recome ge were No, s ff county: No. hibiting the voiutin mitted follow 1 No. e supply ng 00 bills were indefinitely poste Kyner's bill to promote in_ ¢ No. 171, 1 and real property definic 260, Smith’s tax sale bill; No. Tsetting delinquens held by ry's bill urges: No. 274, Van fof B. F. Baughn House roll 17, the committee substit K yar was made a 3 norrow and the house ad 1t 2:30 the followin the titles d to 113, Oakley's bill providing f Lynch's bill removing the #5,000 amages. in case of injury by accie regu Duyn’'s telephone ill for the re- ite for ‘spec- afternoon lock. passed were rthe e alary ment of state of Br Sheridan’s bill ing for the repeal of the act creating the State Board of Tr portation, brought on a lively diseu: notwithstan fact that it was, on Saturday. ¥ leda for passage 1n_com- mittee of th On roll call it failed to securc the necessary Sixty-six votes to carry with the emergency cliuse, the vote standing 52 to 20. Watson insisted that the vote be at once taken on the bill without the rgency clause, while the independents insisted that it be recommitted, and & par- liamentary wrangle ensu Watson raised the p nothing but the vote e vote wis taken nays a4 w tion bill for cors ght on a Figh of order that u onder, and it was: Yeas, clared car- Tie ittee of the Whole. for house ad been ral file k on and a ar 10 that of ral k the re. iding for t school und, was mmended fo with the under- standing that if the recount now in progress developed the ne votes the bill would go no furtk On bill, No. 208, appropriating an- other £4,000 for the World's fair commission was next taken up and several of the mems bers hopped on it with both feet for tment | essury Roasted the Columbian Commission, Jensen said he lobbied for the original ap- propriastion two years azo, but he was far from being satistied with the result. He read from the report of the commission and said that the greater part of the appropri- ation had gone for salarics and expenses of comn expenditure but vidual Jensen roast travagan il appro- pria at the con missi ne 1 his whole tiw hould receive §2.500 as & that present commis- as receiving a salary of capacity and was giving the work of the commis- th for its large + building that cost twi have cost @ private indi ommission for its exs to as Jensen got through ught of the ¢ and told of the e's money had b g the great s telling mission, Suter manner in which cen squandered with- crests of the show at a Sad € muentary on Nebraska, Howe said he worked for the approprias tion two years ago, and had tuco tried W