Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 4, 1893, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ECOND YE EXCHANGE ~ FORMAL CALLS President Harrison and Mr. Oleveland Carry Out the Preliminary Program. GOOD FEELING MANIFESTED GENERALLY Not Witness ratie . Whit of Wil the Not Humor ictutor. Why William Trinmph Chief om Wasmixaros, D. C., March [Special Felegram to Tk Bee.]—The Arlington hotel, the temporary home of the president-elect, was besicged by crowds today. The execu which President Harrison is s alsoa center of attraction The thron there mainl tourist to mansion, but oeracy into Wash of the the who sought an oppor- sonal tribute of respect and esteem to the outwoing chief magistrate As a result President Harrison was kept busy all day receiving cails from members of congress of both parties and from many per- sonal & mirers who sought and obtained the opportunity to shake his hand. The presi dent he'd no public reception, however, and the thousands of people Who were admitted through the main entrance were allowed only to pass in single file through the ecast room and out aguin. The parlors of the mansion were barred against public inspe tion in order that they might be kept in pe feet order for the arrival of Mr. Cleveland and his fam The thron tive mansion soon to leave, for curious th 10 tha white house was drawn by the interest of the the interior of the despite the influx of de ington from all parts crowd included many tunity to pay a pe 1sunds. \verage historic country ¥ which flocked about the Arling. ton hotel today was of a similar and yet of « different ch to that which viewed th white house. Probably 90 per centof the 1 who sent up their cards to the mag. nificent suite reserved for the use of the president-clect were for political benefit or social impulses w W These cards were ¢ ud’s door in overwhelmis At the same time th s of the hotel were filled with women in morning costume who bombarded the bell boys with a shower of their cards for Mis Cleveland ly & half hundred men were rc Mr. Cleveland, while his wife rec » than a scoreof ladies The pres At at noon that Privatc ary Thurber announced that the president-clect and Mrs. Cleveland would receive no more cards gxcept those of nal fricnds as Just 10:40 o'clock this morning when dent-clect Cleveland accompanied by Mr. Thurber entered a closed brougham drawn by o pair of spirited bays and was driven to the white house. “The crowd which had gathered about the front portico of the executive mansion g witha choer. As Mr Cleveland steppe from the carriage he smilingly raised hi hat. The scevants of President Harrison's househeld aided by a half dozen policemen cleared & ganeway for Mr. Cleveland from the jorte-co to the front door This was not Mr. Cleveland's first visit to the white Louse since March 4, 1850, but it wis in.a sénse the prelnde to his trimphal R 10 utsoluts possession as lord of the manoi for ar ther fonr yeu across Jhe thyesheld he There happsed to be door the old colored s whose daily duty has been to hoist the s and stripes over the executive mansion sinc the days of President Grant. Mr. Cleveland beamed upon “Jerry” and extended his hand, which the aged negro grasped fervently and spent the rest of the day in convulsions of delight. So it was that the first hand that the incoming president grasped on entering the white house was one from which Presi- dent Lincoln had stricken the shackl Greotod by the Preside President-elect Cleveland hurried across the corridor and disappeared behind th fglass screen which divides the public from the private portion of the mansion. The inner door was opened for hin by Sergeant Loefeler, who has engineered the avenues personal approach to the presidential man- 'sion since the days of Lincoln. President Harrison received his predeces- sor and successor in the beautiful blue room in which by the way President Cleveland was married. The two men shook hands cordially and then sat side by side upon the sofa conversing with evident cordialit; Private Secretary Thurber joined at intervals in their conversation. Mr. Cleveland re- mained in the blue room for exactly eight minutes and then with Mr, Thurber returned at once to the Arlington. Exactly two hours later, at 12:30 p. m,, President Harrison, accompanied by Private Secretary Halford and by Lieutenant Par- Xer, entered his family carriage and_drove to the ladies' entrance of the Arlington. There Mr. Thurber was waiting to greet the distinguished visitor. At the door he received their cards and at once escorted them to the elevator, which whisked the party to the second floor und landed them ut the very door of Mr. Cleveland. the Complime and received dent, his successor and predece: entrance. ‘I'he conversation of longer duration, for it Mrs. Cleveland to greet well. At P) nurse brought Baby Ruth, ather than by personal rried to Mr. Cleve. bers until fted bis silk hat standing near the ant named “Jerry presi- , at the this time was was necessary for the president as ssident Harrison's request the into the reception room who ~was all and recoived with Infantile grace kiss which Mr. Harvison, with Cleveland's request, placed upon cheek. During vhe' conversation Mr. Harri son extended to Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland an invitation to the prizate family ainner to. night, which was accepted with due ex pressions of wppreciation of this unusual courtesy. Mr. Harrison assured his succes- sor, as he had already done both by corre spondence and during their brief interview at the white house this morning, that in every way, both ofticial and personal, he would be glad to facilitate Mr. Clevelund's entrance to his executive dutics The interview wus un extremely oneand lasted for fifteen minutes. Th President Harrison, Private Secretary Ha ford and Licutenant Parker were taken back in the same nineteenth century fashion to the ground floor, und were driven back to the white hous. Cleveland’s 1d the Mrs dimpled pleasant a of Friendship. In all this gay throng of democrats fro every part of the'country the face and figu of one man is niissed more than that of every other. To one man more than to any huit dozen others Presicent-elect Cleveland owes his victory last November. That man is William C; Whitney of New Y It was given out by Mr. Cleveland that Mr. Whitney would not attend auguration owing to the great grief tained by the loss of wife. It ap is 0 more cogent reason for his that there absence from Washington and for his pres se in the South Atlantic or ence son i oru West Indian waters. With nearly all the democratic leaders of the country in Wash ington the absence of ex-Secretary Whitney i8 especially conspicuous. A lamminy man m ST happen 1o know aut ity that it is a fact that has broken off h Mr. ( nials 1o the coutiary noty not think that healed soon either caused it v wanted Scnator ecently the in sus his ™ \kes thi upon the Mement very highest Mr. Whitn loveiand, ali de 1 de to be what ithstauding viach likely ind 'l tell you all know, Mr. Clevelund Murphy defeated, and he deomanded that Mr. Whitney should sce that he did wot succced Frank Hiseock. Mr. Whitney replied that he was pledged o Mur- phy and had promised the latter's friends not 1 oppose his ambition in return for thei help in the presidential election. It is undor stoud that Mr, Cleveland said thut his friend should chuose between Mr, Murphy and him- “* ved by selfish desive | reception | seted his arrival | 5. As he stepped | smiles | AR. | selt, and Whitney de | promise. and tha not here.” Adlnl Was Not Forgotten. The was a throng avthe entrance to Vice President-clect Stevenson's rooms in the | Ebbitt house this morning, and they wer constantly thronged with personal and polit cal friends. On a stand was a_huge bed of lilies, the gift of one of his lady admirers General Stevenson rose early,” and afl breakfast retired to his room on the third floor. n a steady stream of callers | began to move up the stairway, and until | late in the afternoon squads of visitors poured in, including many ladies. He met | all with a hearty handshake and made them | feelat home. The Bandanna and Watterson | clubs called in a body, and also a laree dele | mation from Texas. As the afternoon wore | on the crowd of callers increased | | | ed not to is the reason why he is About noon the rain which had been fall ing all th cased and the sun made its appenr Tammany hal the most e and _n zation on the mornir nee spict 1Merous ory Onjects of 1 The visiting governors were much attention the objects of Governor Pecle of Wiscon sin and staff ardived this morning, and the governor was prominent_in the lobby of the Ebbitt and received much attention General Br z of Wisconsi who loved Cleveland for the enemies he mad was also at the hotel, and was kept busy receiy: ing friends The biggest of all political chieftains, Richard Croker, sat in his apartments ab the Arlington, chatting pleasantly. Governor Foster of Louisiana, with an escort of twenty members of the Jefferson club, arrived this morning and took up his headguarters at the Richmond Richard J. Olney, the new attorney gen- L, accompanied by o number of friends, arrived this afternoon. When Mr. Olney's presence became known he was the recipient of much attention and quring the afternoon Governor Russcll and the members of his staff called. Mr, Olney called at the Arling ton during the afternoon and was cordially received by Mr. Cleveland ‘The crowds at the capitol gave some token of the crush tomorrow. At times it was al- most impossible to pass from one end of the building to th r. At the front door of the chamber ¢ spresentatives the thrones were thicke il the cards went inside in streams, be badgered congressmen grew short of tempor and either refused to | come out av all or else came with frowns and short words for the mirers who were anx ious to see and shake hands with the great men of each particular district. Slight Change in the Program. One slight change in the program for to- morrow has been adopted by the inaugur- tion committee at the sugzestion of Mr. Cleveland. 1t was intended to have the new president leave the procession at the south eastern entrance to the white house grounds $0 that he might reach the reviewing stand in time to the head the proces- sion pass. Cleveland's plan, how- is he shall pass the reviewing stand in his earriage and leave | the line at Exccutive avenue half a block further on. It is understood that Mr. Cleve- lund has sccured this change to gratify Mrs. Cleveland, vhose position in a buiding on Eifteen st facing the northern part of Pennsylvania avenue, would not allow ner to sec her husband in his triumphant _return to apitol if he left the line at the place d by the inaugural committee. Mr. and Mrs, Cleveland remaimed in their apartments until about 8 o'clock, when they took a drive about town. There were many calls during the early afternoon on the president-clect und Mrs. Cleveland, among them being Senator Murphy, Governor Flower, TLicutenant - Governor Sheehan, Bourke W. Coclcran and many others promi- nent 1 the affairs of the nation. Tomorrow morning President Harrison will go to the capitol, driving with President- clect Cleveland. Alr. Cleveland will go to the room of the vice president and remuin until the hour for the inauguration cere- monies to begin, while President Harrison, accompunied by the members of his cabinet, will spend the last half hour of his term iu the president's room, disposing of the clos- ing business of congre When he returns to the white house it will be asa private citizen and for the purpose of removing the last of his personal effects, prior to his de- rture for Indianapolis. The president-clect spent the afternoon in his apartments, where he and Mrs. Cleve- land received a number of visitors, mostly personal friends. This evening they dined with President Harrison at the white house. Ruth's Baby Fare, Just before they left the hotel the Kings County Democratic association, with Con- gressman Clancy and ex-Congressman Archie Bliss couspicuous in the lead of the column, came along the broad plaza in front of the hotel, the band rendering *“The Bowery” with vigor. 1t 50 happened that just as the association and the band came toa hait, little Ruth Cleveland managed to pull up the curtain of one of the windows m the Cleveland apartments looking out on the plaza_and presented her face agawmst the paue in an endeavor to see tho band. The members of the Kings county association and the crowd of fully 1,000 persons who had gathered about them saw the child and sent upa cheer. The leader of the band correctly surmising that Mr. and Mrs. Clevelund had left their rooms and were about to appear, influenced in this belief, perhaps, hy the appearance of an_ elegant cquipage at the entrance way, quickly chunged the v to ‘Hail to the Chief," and to the familiar rendition President-clect and Mrs, Cloveland came out of the doorway with Private Sec retary ‘Thurber close at hand. There was shuftfing of feet and a cry of “There he is, and then 4 mighty roar went up from the throng. Mrs. Cleveland entered the carringe fir and the president-clect foilowed. The c riage whisked away in an instant, the cheers growing louder as it passed through the crowd, and Mr. Cleveland doffed his hat in recognition of the demonstration. Owing to the great number of people that blocked the | more direct route to the white house, the carringe was driven there by a roundabout Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland were received by | the president and Mrs. McKee and thy | four, with Robert McKee, were the only pe sons present at the dinner, which was beld in the private dining room. Vico Prosident Stevenson. Vice Presiaent-elect in_his apartments all | slight cessation ther ers. No formality of any kind was obsery the door was wide open and General Stey son bad o hearty handshake and pleasant word forall. Fully 8,000 people paid their respects during the day General Stevenson and his family dined in » public dining room at 6 o'clock. Afte dinner they repaived to the where they held a reception. G | Stevenson “was assisted by his wife daughters. For an hour or more they kept busy receiving the greetings of friends and partisans. It was essentially a d cratic gathering. Many ladies cam evening dress, others in st " { while some of the men wor others their business clothes thei orms. The | Bloomington called in a body and wer | warmly received. When the reception | closed whe vic president-elect had shaken | by the hand uearly 1,000 friends | “Mr. and Mrs, Cleveland returned to their hotel trom the dinner given in thei houor by Presidenc Hareison about 10 o'clock and repaived at once to their | apartments 1 he, vere somewhat fa | tigued from the rush and excitement of the day and were thereby compelled to dony themselves far the remainder of the evening | to all callers and retired soon after 11 o'clock | The other members of their party also re tived carly | Mr. and Mrs, Bissell and party of Buftalo arrived at the Arlington this evening. The | called on the Clevelands soon after their ar rival and spent an enjoy half au hour | o —— | ¥ nites Wil Not Have a Beaves, Pa., March 3 | for the appointment of a receiver for the Economite society has been decided against | the petitioners, the court deciding that no | 3uch step is necessary. Stevenson day, was a stream of remained and with but call 4 dress suits, dstill others llinois club of celver, The suit praying | break his public parlor, | were | OMAHA, Srl‘\'l‘l'I{I)A\Y MORNING, MARCH 4, 1893 MAY COMPLETE THE CANAL Indications That the Panama Concessions Will Be Extended. BASIS OF “THE PROPOSED COMPROMISE All Interests of the Protected to Be Well with Company in Comma Thoso « [Copyri thted 1593 by James Gordon Benn PANAMA, Colombia (via Galveston Muarch 3By Mexican Cable to the York Herald—Special to Tue Bes withstanding the statements of the Railway company's, representatives here and in New York that the liquidator 1o authority to ma the Colombian gd% concerning management of the rajlway, the papers in Bogota declare that mission will be successful The question whether the Panama Canal company will be granted a concession of ther year depends upon his obtaining ertain assurance from the Panama Railway compuny concerning its future action, and New Not Panama Monge, has with the semi-ofticial M. Monge's Ay arran nent ent | the semi-official papers express the opinion that these assurances will be given To Grant No Special ¥ Among the agreements which it is said the iilway campany will make is one provid ing that in the future no traflc al- will be made with transatlanti steamship lines under which of traflic to the isthmus would be In other words, no steamshi pany shall be granted any other, Ou behalf of the ea will be required to stipula its in the railway company will not be sold or hypothecated without the consent of the Colombian govern To Be Well Protect The materials owned by the canal company re to be well preserved and none of them are to be removed or spid. M. Monge is appar- ared to comply with these and other equally reasonable demands of the gov- ernment, including a satisfactory of the question aYising out of the transfer of wrs. His success in the negotiations seems nherefore to be assured The French consul at Panama has received a cable dispatch denying that cholera exists in Marseilles Ex*President Pierola is here on the way to Peru to take part in the p paign which is now going on. Progress of the Rebellion, VALPARAISO, Chili, (via Galveston Tex.), March 8.—|By Mexican Cable to the N York Herald—Special to Tiue Bee.]—Di patche from Rio Grande do ~Sul, Brazil, say that General Isidoro Fernandez, o v of the govern- ment forces, the stor the federals have gained decisive victories, Several skivmishes are reported to have taken place outside of Santa Anna, but the firing was at long range and no damage was done on either side. The Herald correspondent in Buenos Ayres, Argentina, telegraphs that it has been discovered that the cartridges served to the government troops in tained coal dust instead of powder. minister of war has made-an inquiry A number of army ofticcrs are making survey for a railroad to be used for strategic purposes. E. H. Conger, United States minister to Brazil, is here on a visit, but will return to Rio Janeiro tomorroyw. 11 Pueblo, a newspaver sof the Balmacedist to arouse the peoj alleging that there is d that country and Chili. The voleanoes Autuco and Llaina, in the southern part of Chili, have been active dur- ing the last few days, but no loss of life has been reported. New tes. linnces or othe monopoly created a special privile Al company M. Monge share first \ining 1ent settlement sidential cam- Corrientes con- The devoted to the in- , is endeavoring nst Argentina, by nger of war between eruvian Minlstry, Lixa, Peru (via Galveston, Tex.), March 8.—[By Mexican Cable to the New York Herald—Special to Tz Bee.]—The Elias miuistry has resigned and President Ber- mudez has appointed a new one. In the new cabinet General Velarlo will be presi- dent of the council and home secretary; minister of war and marine, Manuel Villavicencio; minister of foreign affairs, Coagero Chacaltana; minister of justice, Salvador Cavero. iladsto 1t ers, Loxnox, March 8.—Mr. Gladstone received oday a large deputation of delegates revre- nting the workers in the coal mines, who d the government to support the enact- ment of a law establishing an eight-hour d; for employes in mines. Mr. Gladstone re- plied that cight hours could be legally fixed as the limit if the miners were morally unan imous in favor of such a change, but practi- cal difficulties existed in the definition of such legislation. He suggested local option as the possible means of meeting the culties and expressed a hope that the ques- tion would be debated at this session of Parliament as! ON THE SUBJE - I OF BOND 1SSUE. sident Harrison Tuakes 8 Flrm and De- cided Stand on the Question, New York, March 8.—Tel paper on the subject of 4 new id the attitude of the out-g tration, the Washington corr the Mail and Express today sendsto his paper what he states is the substance of utterances today by Presiaent Harrison thus “1 sald to urged me to gold for tho't in your ha you will bond issue g adminis those gentlemen when they for the buying o asury, this matter is virtually You can stop exporting gold To decrease the imports of gen eral merchandise and home products will change our inter balunce from u debtor to a creditor balance. The country is rich in everyt 1z she needs. She ought todraw gold from all other nations, just as she citizens. There 18 no necessity for more bonds “lam pledged gold aud silver use itional to maintain _the parity of They are both at par. Thus my pledge is redeemed. If necessary to maintain this parity, I would issue nat only the £2,000,000 of onds, but #100,000,000 or £200,000,000, and the parity shall be main tained at noon of March 4.~ After that the respousibility will rest my SUCCessor, There is no necessity f bonds during my administration none shall be issued on more and & ; Railrond Men Killed WiLkesparke, Pa.,, March 8.—The of an engine on the Lehigh Valley exploded near McCune's station ing, killing Willi; gine, who was s the Buffalo div Charles S. Since Refenburg, fireman, brakeman boiler railvoad this mo: n Brown of the pilot e 1t to assist the train over n, and fatally injuring sh, engineer, Perry and John Schot, e Used & Church for & Cockpit, Laxcasten, Pa. March 8.—Considerable excitement and indignation was caused here today, wuen it became known that the dim- | aphing his | spondent of | steeple of one of the I8ding churches has been utilized as a cockpit: while the pastor was holding services in themuditorium below Itis said that a number of cocking mains have been held there. - FIVE LMPTLE ONES PERISH. ir Mothers Le't Thewn Alone In the Top Story of Tenement House. New Yonk, March 8.—Mrs. Bernstein and Mrs. Rosen occupy apartments on the top floor of the temcment house, 194 Henry street. They both wept out this morning, | locking their children . The former had | four offspring, ranzing in from 11 to 6 | years: the latter had one daughter, aged 7. | After their depapture kerosene stove in the apartments of Meyer Mewbert, on the lower | floor, exploded. sotting fire 'to Mrs. Mein bert’s clothes. She managed to extinguish the flames and with her two children mad, her eseape. There were twelve faniles in | the tenement and all rushed for the fire escapes. The fire swept out into the hail way and up the stairway like a flash and the | upper story wis soon & mass of flames. | “The fire departm nt soon had the flames | under control, howey nd were congratu lating themselyes on the escape of all the iumates and the light fire when the wild shrick of a woman came from the | throng in the street. 1t was Mrs. Bernstein, | who knew nothing of her children's peril till turnine the corner she saw the crowd and evidences of fire, With the utmost difi culty she was restrained from rushing into the building As soon as possible the firemen mad wiy to the top story and found the iy ones suffocated in their beds. The fire had not reached them, but the smoke had en- tered andousphys! sleep. el loss, théir | little NOE. the Prohibition Law £ Theie Business. CEpar RAvins, Ta , March 8.—[Special Tele- gram to Tir Bex.|—Three saloons ay Green were raided Tuesday night by a deputy | sheriff and a quantity of liquor in each place | selzed, It in the town jail to used in evidence in the district court of that county, now in session at Allerton night about 9 o'elock an attempt to burn the jail, one of the planks being wrenched partly off and filled with pay and rags and saturated with kerosenc and seton fire. The fire was discovered befor getting headway and did but little damage The authorities claim to know who the guilty oncs are and they will be arrested at once A. J. Hedrix, as s be Last was made sistant postmaster at lerton, has becn arrested and placed u £2,000 bonds for changing the number ogistry cards and appropriating mon er funds. Stricken with Paraly: CEDAR RAvIDS, T, Maireh 3 gram to Tie Bek.| ~News is Los Angel ‘al., that, Mrs of Chief Rothrock of the supreme court, has' been stricken jaralysis at that place and is in a eritical condition. i KILLED Y A CYCLONE. One of the Whirling Monsters Devastutes a Mississippt Hamlet. Miss., Mareh 3.—At 6:15 p. m. a terrific cyclone strack Marion, Mi a small station: on the Mobile Ohio railroad five miles north of here. 1t s revorted _that the cyclone originated just south of Marion in a funnel shaped cloud with a bright red light. going hwest, passing through the village and and demolishing houses and throw- ing freight cars from the track. Several lives reported lost, The killed are: MEADER and hor daughter, MISS MYRA MEADER. All house destroy Fatally wounded: MR.and MRS W. J. HARRISON, JORGE TAYLOK, MR WHITE. (GO 15 also reported to have becng( cial Tele ved from Rothrock, wife s, ( Justice lowa | with | very MeRripaN, and fences on tneir place were ————— HOLDING SECRET SESSIONS. Representatives of Rallroad Organizations Acting Mysteriously. §1. Louts, Mo, March 8.—The representa- tives of railroad organizations continue to hold secret sessions here, and also continue to claim that their visits are not. im- portant. This morning R. W. Duly, J. H. Hunt and Thomas Taff of Little Rock, mem- bers of the Order of Railway Conductors, arrived here. They ‘were not in town an hour before they were visited by A. B. Garrettson, assistant grand chief of the Order of Railway Conductors, and several other members, and after hotding a consulta- tion, left the hotel in & body. Mr. Garrettson clafmed that there was no business connected with their visit here. P. H. Morrissey, vice grand master of the Order of Railway ‘Frammen, is also in the city, and s3id that the conductors are here to f{nstruct the varfous brauches of the Order of Railway Couductors as to the laws of the new federation. WILL PURCHANE SILVER. Denvor Banks Now Offer to Exchange for the White Metal. Drxver, Colo., March 8.—The telegrams received here today from Washington to the »ffect thav the secretary of the treasury had agreed to accent the proposition of the Don- ver Clearing House association provided the tion pay the express charges on the of currency from Washington 1 agreat deal of comment in finan- id s taken as an indication that the condition of the gold reserve at the national capital is not as desperate as repre cd. It is stated tonight on excellent authority that at its next meeting the cle inz house will offer the government §1,000. 000 gold for 1,000,000 silver dollars, and if necessary will inerease the proposition to 2,000,000, 1d associ £1,000, here, ¢ cinl « Arrested foriMalpractice, Kaxsas Crry, MOy March 8.—Mrs, Casey was arrested lagt night on a warr charging her with ' felonious causing the death of Mrs. Molly J She was committed to jail in default of for hearing next Tuesday. The woman was formc Mrs Swith. She fiest came here as an Indian herb doctor, but joined the Homeopathic and later got eonsiderable notoriety | i charitable work. She went to | Denver last summer, got into an unpleasant | with the Humane society and | | nt Lena college. d for unlawfully practicing me icine. It is said she' is wanted in_Denver for another offense. ' The Denver Humane soviety says she is an gdventuress. Knights of Pything in On KaNsas Ciry, Mo., 'March 8.—Rev. John Glennon of the Catholic cathedral has re- | turned from Washington, where he went to | o Churches, see” Mgr. Satolli, papal Futher Glennon asked Mgr. Satolli | for o ruling on the question of ud) | mitting Kifights of Pythias in regalia to Catholic churches. At a funeral recently | Father Glenfion refused the Knights of | Pythias 1 regalis admission the church Hesaidat the time that he regretted todo 8o, because the question of admitting Knights ’ythias had not been passed upon by the highest representative of the church in Aucrica, He expects o ruling in time from Mgr. Sutolli representative —g No News from the Naronie NEw Yori, March 8.—The Naronie is still The big White Star freight steam ship is now eleven days overdue and her continued absence is now causing more than usual worriment. Her cargo is valued at | 40,000 and the vessel at #00.00. The | | Nuronic cairied & crow of more than seventy | | men and there were several cattle and horse | | dealers aboard, missing | the senate. [PLAN IS WORKING NICELY Scheme of the Railroad Engineers to Defeat Legislation Well Under Way. EXCUSES ARE ALREADY MANUFACTURED Yesterday's Proceedings in t How the Desire of the People is to Bo Defeated in the Senate, Lixcory, Neb, March 8. gram to T Bee,) engincers is prog evidenced by the afternoon in disposing of the republ stitute bill. The roads a prevent the passage of the ulthough the bill name is not the one Tele ‘T'he plan of the railroad Special ssing swimmingly action of the h 18 was 1se this w sub- rined to serry bill, by the known bill, and Nov that now goes that th two years ago. It 1s the committes provides a reduction of 20 per cent as a straight cut all along theline. The republican substitute provides a similar cut on about a dozen commodities, but goes no further than that. In order to prevent the passage of the former the roads have made up their minds that they must furnish some good ex cuse for members voting against it, and it was was to that end that the substitute bill was | introduced, with the idea accepted all well and good, an: Jected, memvers could say vhat ready to vote fora reasonable reduction, but not for anything as radical and sweeping as the Newberry bill It was also introduced f allowing the republican party to go record in favor of alleged reasonable road legislatoin, as wmany of the that if it was if it was re they were on ail- publicans in the house are anti-monopolists, and in sisted that they were willing to vote for the as bill. These mer hoodwinked by some of the other u bers of thewr own par to the substitute. Republican Members' Plans. The substitute bill was defeated, and this will leave the rcpublicans in a position where they must vote for the Now bill hing. Some of them have announced their intention of supporting that measure, as they were elected on the issue of railroad legislation, and could not do otherwise than support it. The plan, how gram of two ge of a railroad bers wer m- and were committed or nof er, is to follow the pro years ago and kill the bill in The fatal error of the sion was pointed out to the legislature in ample time and the necessity of introducing the measure in the senate was set forth, but the warning was not heeded, and there is little probability that the bill will become a last ses nrec republicans voted with pendents recommending the passage of the ry bill. They were Kesslor, Haller and they can be counted on to vote for the bill when it is put upon its sage, us they are determined to do all in their power to secure the enactment of some of the legislution tnat the people of the state huve been clamoring for for many a month past. It will not be necessary for Ruggles to venture out again, until next week, us he accepted Burns' offer to pair until Monday. Ames, Withnell and Sinclafr were the democrats voting against the substitute bill. Investigating the Asylum. The house committee to investigate the tate Hospital for the Insane at this. point, relative to the condition of certain inmates as to unjust duress, as suggested by an edi torial in ,Tue Be visited the institution today, and will make a full investigation The matter has been taken up by a con tee of citizens consisting of John Fitzge J.J. Gillilan, L. D. Woodruff, J. H. McClay, E. W. Pogue, C. A. Atkinson, John P. Sut ton and Charles McGlave, who ask that the investigation be full and complete that thor- ough justice m: done to that class of so ciety who have an undisputed claim on pub- lic sympathy. Governor Crounse this afternoon appointed Frank Hilton of Blair to the ofiice of state oil inspector, and his commission was issued forthwith, as the appointment docs not have to be confirmed by the senate. The appoint- ment was unsolicited, and was a pleasant vecognition of one of the staunchest friends of the chief executive, the inde CLOSE OF THE SESSION, South Dakota Leglslators Conclude Their Pence. ~[Speciul Telegram ast day of the se Pierne, S. T to Tue Bre.]—This is the sion and both houses are working hard to finish all business. At the opening this moruing about fifty bills had yet to be dis- posed of and the house permitted little inter. ference with a steady rotl call, The senate, after considerable cross-fiving, concurrea m the house amendment to the bill for the elections of judges, fixing the time in November of this year. Senator Dollard, who u few we ) was a most rubid defender of President McLouth of Brookings college, today moved to ex punge from the records the strong condemna tion which Dollard’s nvestigation committee heaped upon Prof. Foster, Other senators made reastic speeches about Dollard’s action and the proposition was defeated The senate confirmed Sibbison, Richic and Laughlin for the Board of Charities. The senate today killed the valued policy insurance bill, which has drawn here a large lobby. The body then passed a bill permit ting counties to issue bonds for the purpose of sinking artesian wells, and spent the rest of the day concurring in house amendments The house passed the following bills: Pro viding that in counties where county s age remote from railroads court sessions may b held elsewhere, repealing the 5 per cent penalty on tax saies, providing for the ap portionment of school funds according to population, re izing the militia, electing railroad commissioners, changing Day county from Third to the Fifth judicial cireuit, memorializing congress to repeal the juw re quiring settlers on the Sioux reservation to pay £1.25 per acre, reducing the salary of the public examumer to $1.500, taxing peddiers, and providing for a geological survey Tha third] session of the legislature ad journed at midnight after the usual taffy resolutions. Both houses agreed to appre priations of #6,000, and indefinitely post poned about thirty bills, including a_bill pre sented by Stanton of Hermosa for 815,000 for expenses of the militia during the Pine Ridge troubles. The senate passed a bill prohibiting the endowment of companies. In the house aneffort was made to give Speaker Lawson $500, but failed. CHARGES OF CORRUPTION, Kansas Reformers Charged with Bribe Tak- ing by & Newspaper. Torexa, Kan, March 8 —The Topeka Capital cnarged *openly that a draft for 3,000, drawn by Peter Kline of Kansas City, the lottery operator, on the American National bank of that city, and #1,500 in has been paid to the governor's private secretary, Attorney General Little and James F. Legate to secure the appoint- ment as police commissioners in Kansas City, Kin., of men who would allow lotteries to continue unmolested, It also charged thay cash the purpose of | the governor had acknowledged the re of the money for “legislative purposes | . Today Governor Lewalling deni st He said he supposed the story originated from u conversation he | with John T. Mofiitt, who came to him with | the story substantially as told in the Capital, and wanted to know if thero was any truth in it. He told Molitt that there was a rumor afloat that that amount of money had been given int from some sour bringing the two rival that some legisiation might be plished. Logate went to certain road officials, and, exhibiting the suid that he had received it for pose of bringing the two houses t He said he ired to keep it the railroads would reimburse him he would roturn it to the persons who had given it to him and let the fight on the floor of the house o on, and there would ailrond logis Iation this session Asked to mive the name ¢ the wvernor dechined, saying confidential communication. Legate denies both storics. Whether or not there is any trath in either story it is certain that thereis a big cambling lobby at the capital and that it is doing | best to prevent the enaction of legislation | hostile to its interests. | ‘ | Dishonest Uta lator, | Oaoves, U. T, Mar Special Tele am to Tue Bee.|—Charles 1. Olson, an ex-member of the Utah legislature. was this afternoon found guilty of embezzlement and | will appear for sentence March 10, At that time his attorneys wili move for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was merely a compromise. Olson was arrested last year on complaint of the territorial oficers who | hud found a shortage of about §6,000 in his accounts as assessor and collector of Cache county. The amount was made good by the bondsma, the houses together so money, the pu sther. wdif mant as o his infc hat it ittt CLOSIE NG SCEN Sensatlonal Features of ti ates of D Tue Bre midnizht and the curious dors are thronged with men WasHiNGToN, Telegram to shortly before both the house crowdea with March At the senate Special this hour, galleries on sides are visitors. The corri strangers, cavalry with clanking sabers and visiting poli ticians with elaborate badges The House is furiously discussing the sen ate amendment adding some &5,000 to the general deficiency bill for the payment of Freuch spoliation clai These | claims regularly make theirap | the closing days of a ways call out a savag Members are dropping into the house, somctimes in | dress suiis and more often with a weary aiw | that indicates the hospitable entertainment | of many visiting constituents. The outlook at this hour is that if the | house refuses to concur in the senate amend ments for these elaims the senate will yield | in_conference, and the speculation ciaims will be stricken from the bill. The senate is debating the World's fair’ appropriation The tone of t specches is remarkably bit ter and there is the outlook for a sensational scene at any moment | | certain 1S, rance in ress and they al discussion RESIGNE.) 1 POSITIONS. Department Officinls Who Will Not Wait to Be Fired-Washington Notes, Wastixaroy, D. €., March 8- President Harrison has received and accopted the res ignations of Assistant Secretary of the “Trensury Gear and Solteitor of the Treagury Hepourn. These oficials are members-clect of the Fifty-third congress and had to sever their relations with the department today | The hour for the departure of Me. Harri son and his Family for Indianapolis tomorroy: afternoon depends ent upon the time they return from the inauguration cere- mor 1t is also possible that they will re turn to the white house with Mr and Mes. Cleveland and take luncheon gith them. Major E. W. Halford, detalted for duty as disbursing officer of the Bering sea commis- sion at Paris, left Washington this after- noon for New York, whence he will sail to morrow morning on the French line steawer ndie for Havre Senator Hunsbrough today introduced a resolution calling upon the secretary of state to furnish the senate with all the informa- t alnable concerning the arrest and i fiment by the authorities of Honduras n P. B. Brubaker, a citizen of D. Brubaker participated in a vevolution in Honduras, it is alleged, under the impression thut he was fighting for the governwent. He was arrested, and is now serving a seven years' sentence in the prison at Omoa. Report of the committee inv census bureau find that the mismanagement and the wasting of funds have not been sustained. The minority, however, believes that the bureau has becn mismanaged and recommends a thorough in- vestigation of the office by the next congress Mr. W. P. Grinsiead of Bowling Green, Ky.. presented to Seuators Blackburn and Lindsay today a gavel made from as grown on the furm upon which Abr Lincoln was born, with the request that it be given to Vice President Stevenson tomor- row, as he enters upon his oficial duti The'senators promised to comply with Mr. Grinstead's request, The senate confirmed the nomination of Truxtan Beal of California to be minister and consul general to Roumania, Servia and Greece, ating the rges of FPresented with a Handsons Wasmyarox, D. C., Mareh 3 tation to the president-elect in homor of his e Chi Greek mysteries several Bndge. he pre of a badge tion to the tetter fraterni which he was ago, occurred at The nittee con en- Sig into the initinted the A presentation was of con of months house this by a o Fendall of the fraternity ) Lowman of | Cleveland. assured ther very deeply appreciated the gift and would, as requested by the committ wear the symbol of his fellowship with them when again inducted into the chief magistracy of the nation. The badge is said to be one of the finest ever manufac tured. It is a Roman cross of gold white enamel, with diamond arms, crown setting, and four large diamond arms, crown setting, and four lary diamonds between the arms, with a cen ter of diamonds, and, it is said, could hardly have cost 1éss than 0. The Sigma Chi fraternity is in Washington in fuil force. They have established headquarters in- the Corcoran building, from the top of which fly the Sigma colors in blue and gold on evening. made Reginald nd ul of Willlam B, sisting this city and labama that ar. Bad Wenther Prodicted. WasmINGTON, D. C., March 8 in Washington tonight is with anxious cyes toward the heavy clouds that hang over the city and which threatens a bad day for the ceremonies tomorrow. It began to sprinkle about 8 o'clock this evening aud the rainfall still continues, although the fall thus far is very light. The predictions made by the signal office for tomoirow thing but encouraging for a give little hope that the good, at least during the earlier portion of the ceremonics, for_ they indicate rain or snow in the morning, with t heering modification, however, that it will proba clear during the day Everybody looking are any fair day, and weather will be DId Not Go to the Capitol, WasHINGTON, D. ., March 8.—The condi tion of business was such that it was not necessa for the president to go to the capitol to sign bills tonight | He remained at the white nouse, where he signed the bills, most of them being pen sion and other private measures. Tomorrow the president will spend some time at the ca pitol signing bills that got through at the eleventh hour, The condition of appropri tion bills is satisfactory, the hands of James I, Legate | or other for the purpose of | | FAMOUS BILL REPORTED FOR PASSAGE NEWBERRY OR NONE Ultimatum of the Demo-Pops on the Quese tion of Railroad Legislation, | Lively Debate in Committee of the Whole Ends in the Combine's Triumph, C/\RPENTER'S SUBSTITUTE IS REJECTED Howe Leads the Unsuccessful Fight in Favor of the Commodity Bill, DETAILS OF THE ARGUMENTS PRESENTED Members Enrnestly Set Forth Thelr Reasons for Favoring One Measure or the Other Keckely Votes with the Independ- s Leglslative Routine. Lixcory, Neb., March 8.—[Special Tele- £ram to Tie Bre.]—When the house recon- vened after recess seventy-t ¥o members re- sponded to roll call. A motion to go into committee of the swhole was met with a de- mand on the part of Howe and others for a all of the house. The absentees proved to be Crane of Douglas and Elderof Clay. War- rants were placed in the hands of the s geant-at-arms and he started after thom. During the long wait Cooley offered a reso- lution and usked unanimous consent to have it read. Ther the curiosity of wis were several objections wnd wajority of the members ft unsatistied. The resolution rolated al incidents which were said to have pl atone of the local theaters last ovening, at which the names of a number of the members were bandied back and forth by & lot of burlesque beauties in a “fomale tinstrel show." Several efforts made to suspend further proceedings under the call, but they were all unsuccessful In the meantime the two absentecs managed to get into the hall, after eluding the sergeant-at-arms, They were brought to the bar of the house and aftera little good natured fun at their ex- pense they were excused The house then went into committee of the whole to consider the Newberry bill, with Scott of Buffalo in the chair, to sev taken wore Commodity Substitute Offered, The first section of the bill was read and then Carpenter offered a substiwute for the entire bill in effect the Everett bill with the ex ception that in addition to the commodities named in that bill. namely, live stock, grain, lumber, cement, lime, farm machinery and salt, it provides for the following articles: Flour, coal, potatoes, barbed wire, sund, stone and brick. The same provision is mad for the rate, which is to be not more than 80 per cent of the rate in effect March 1, 1893, It also contains 4 new provision, which is thas the rates on any other article than those ted shall not be greater than those in effect at the time named. It recognizes the State Bourd of Transportation, in that it provides that this board shall furnish to the railroad companies immediately on the talking effect of the act o schedule of rates cord with these provisions. It in section 6 of the Newberry bill, which allows the voads to secure exemption from the terms of the bill by laying the case before the supreme court and securing an order to that effect on proper showing that the rates are unjust. ‘That clause of the seo- tion relating to the pooling of earnings is, however, stricken out. The penalty for thé violation' of the act is the same as in the Everctt bill, a f me than $1,0 thereof that may W two years following the pas are excuwted from its cember 31, 1807, Bega ads or parts nin the next sing of the aot provisions until De- a Finlsh Fight. The issue was squarely joined and the ine dependents accepted the gauge of batule thrown down by the republicans and ane nounced their willingness to ight the matter to a standstill y raised the point of order that a cction could not be amended by sub- stituting an entirely new bill, The chair sustained the point of order, Howe then moved to strike out section No. 1 of the Newberry bill and substitute section No. 1 of the Carpenter bill. Burry suid that that was more like it. He favored the motion and said the independ- ents were willing to meet the question withe out further debate At this junc Representative Rugples, who has been ously if not dangerousl ill for the past two weeks, entered the hall leaning heavily on the arm of his daughter. fle had been brought from his sick bed by the friends of the Newberry bill, who deemed the oceasion of grave importance, His appearance was greeted with enthusi- astic applause from all parts of the house, Burns sprang to his feet with the state- ment that, inasmuch as Mr. Ruggles was ap- parently dangerously ill, he was willing to pair with him, it hé desired to return home. This proposition was also greoted with ap- plause, but Mr. Ruggles preferred to remafn, Stevens sprang to his feet und said that he thanked the gentloman from Lancaster for his courtesy, but he wanted to point to the fact Ruggles' appearance was an evidence that the independents were anx ious to meet the railroad republicans on the matter Porter then stated that he was ready to meet the question Casper was glad to know that the repub- licaus, after twenty years of weary waiting, had ®at length managed to gather enough courage to formulate a railroad bill Other members on the inaependent side then talked on several sides of the question and no two of them could agree upon what they wanted Howe finully withdrew his motion aud the house was mor t sea than ever, Porter declared that the people were per- fectly familiar with the Newberry bill Watson asked Porter if that wasu't the reason why the people elected so many republicans to the legislature, Casper thought a big fat campaign fund had something to do with it Howe then stated that the time was getting short. But fifteen days yet re- mained and the republicans were anxious to secure some good reasonable legislation ut the present session, T'his statement was greeted with a chorus of jeers and hisses, but the gentleman from Nemaha continued his argument in favor of the republican substitute, And the Waxed War Porter reviewed the history of the New- berry bill in the committee room. He made the statement that the amendments to the Newberry bill had been made at the request f republican members. He further stated that a member of the committee had bee sent to consult the governor and that that committeern 0 had returned with the state- ment that the chief executive would veto the Newberry bill as it stood Keckley jumped up and said that he the man who had been sent to the aud deniea that the executive had gly any indication one way or the other. Porter continued his speech and concluded by moving that when the committee rose it report the bill with the recommendation that it do pas Howe offered an amendment to the effect that all the Newberry bill after the cougle iscanslon