Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 25, 1894, Page 3

ANOTHER MANWANTS THE J0B Frank Lange Makes Application for the Sur- veyorship of Omaha's Port. LOCAL APPOINTMENTS ARE STILL DELAYED Becretary Morton and Other Nebraska Dem- ocrats at Washington Do Not Un: stand Why the President is Wait- g in This Matter, BEE, treet WASHINGTON, Feb, 24 Lange of Omaha, through friends, filed an application at the Treasury department for appointment to the position of surveyor of customs at Omana The Nebraska contingent in Washington Is in a frame of mind about the Nebraska pointments, While every member of th colony here is daily looking for the appoint- ments and i unable to account for the con tinued delays, no predict when the appointments will appear. Secretary Morton disclaims any knowledge of the Intentions of the prestdent fuses to predict efther the names of the ap- poi time when will be given to the public. He lias of course mad recommendations the district attorney, the customs off at Omaha and Lincoln, and various other federal officers to b named, either directly or through his agents but he disavows any responsibility. The fact 18 the secretary and his friends here are not absolutely confident ing any of the Nebraska offices, They make thelr recommendations, as they did in the Lincoln postmastership, but they cannot tell the result. BRYAN Some of the house are very two or three Mr. Frank J. today one ventures to and re tees or t names for of success in sect ACCUSED OF DESERTION. men in the absence of among th earnest silver indignant at the f_their brethran Mr. Bryan of Nebraska, and say it Is 1 better than rtion. They contend that every man has known for weeks when this struggle would come, and that every soldier should be here; that the struggle was being ade here and not in Nebraska or Colorado. that the breach has been ed between certain pro-silver democrats and Mr. Cleveland, and include Mr. Bryan amogg the placated; that inasmuch as ‘the prositent prevailed in repealing the Sher- man silver law, he will forgive those demo- crats who opposed him in that fight, if they will do s0 no more; that some time ago Bryan interrogated Cleveland to know why he should not be treated by his administr tion as any other democrat in good and regular standing, and that Cleveland sured him he did not know any reason, and the only condition the president imposed upon Mr. Bryan and other silver democrats was that they should not do so any more, and in the future would stand by the ad- ministration, and to show his good faith he would get as much farther away as he could until he could also make a speech in Den where it would be of as much usc as the fifth wheel to a wagon. They wanted votes in Wuskington instead ,of speeches in Col- orado. They say there is no possible pre- tense or excuse for his being absent at this critical silver juncture. If there was election in his own state, where he h right to vote, it would be different. fight Is here and silver men in the house say he should be here. It transpires that Mr. Bryan's pair is only a conditional one and will do the cause of silver no good. DEEP WATER GULF HARBOR. The river and harbor bill is expected to shortly emerge from the room of the house committee on rivers and harbors. The small rivers and harbors which have been receiy- ing attention are to be passed over, and only the most important points will be given re- lief outside of the work provided for in ex- fsting law, It is understood that there will be a few appropriations made for prescrving finished and unfinished government work, al- though it may not be forwarded. The representative citizens of the trans- mississippi states have been taking a keen interest in the proposed deep water harbor at Sabine Pass, Tex. It has been found that the efferts to secure a deep water harbor at Galveston have proven unsuccessful, because the quicksands fill up the channel as rapidly as It is dredged. Congress appropriated $6,000,000 for this work, and most of this has been expended, and yet it is stated upon excellent authority, that of the ensinecer offl- cers of the army, that the water in the har- bor is not deeper than when the work Wit begun, and the filling process continues, while all deep sea vessels are regwired to anchor some miles out in the harbor and receive or discharge their cargoes from lighters. The work of providing a deep water har- bor on the Gulf of Mexico is as much of a national undertaking as was the care of the Mississippi river when that stream provided the principal mode of transportation from the north to the gulf. The territory con- tributary to that outlet for exportation con- tains a population of 19,500,000, or nearly one-third the entire population of United States, That reglon produc fifths of the cereals and nearly onc the cotton crop of the country, and stated that if vessels plylng beiween Pass and Liverpool, Glasgow, Hamburg other foreign ports could come into the Texas harbor they would save enough to the far- mers shipping grain in that direction in one year to many times pay for the improvement of the harbor. A small appropriation, for experimental purposes, was made for Sabine Pass, and the depth in the harbor was in- creased from seven to eighteen feet, and an imense amount of sea wall put in plac 1t is figured that thirty feet of water can be secured In that harbor by an expenditure of $1,500,000, and but $500,000 is asked in the present appropriation bill. This amount would finish the sea walls and confine the channel to within such limits as will insure a great success in the scouring process, as the great central river of Texas sends a tremendous current into the Pass, sufficient to do the worlk If the channel was only con- fined. With a deep water harbor on the Gult of Mexico the shipping distance sea- board from Omaha would be reduced one- half, and consequently there would be a proportionate saving in ralroad transporta- tion, APPOINTMENTS IN WYOMING. Wyoming democratic politics appear to be a good deal mixe Up to this time the actual residents in the state have had no influence with this administration. A New of Denver, Colo., has control of situation. Two' appointments were rec made in the state at the instance of New, namely surveyor general and ceiver of public monoys at Cheyenne. many complaints were received by the secy retary of the interlor from those who claim to bo prominent democrats in the state that the secretary became uncasy and has directed that the chief clerk to the surveyor general and the iver of public moneys shall be such persons as he might designat It is understood that he decided on a man from Georgla‘'and a man from Arkansas Another protty fight is in progress, The retary of war detailed Captain Ray of ie Thirteenth infantry as agent at the Shoshone Indian agency. Collector New of Colorado now insists that this detail shall be revoked, and that a clvilian shall be ap- pointed to the ag New says that un less Ray s relieved the democrats will lose Fremont county at the next election. CROW CREEK ARF BILL. Senator Pettigrew to call up and have passed by the senate next week his bill, reported favorably from the committee on Indian affairs, authorizing the secretary of the interior to carry out in part the pro ns of the act of March 2, 1889, divid the Sioux reservation in South Dakota Into separate reservations by compensating the Indians of Crow Creek reseryation for loss sustalned by them in recelving less land p pita in their diminished reserva- tion than is received by the Indians occupy ing other reservations, the amount to be added to the share of the permanent fund of the Crow Creek Indlans and to draw & per cent interest. The bill appropriates for this purpose §187,039. It also makes an additional appropriation of $80,000 with which to provide each head of family or single person over 18 years of ago who may take land In severalty from this reservation two milk cows, one pair of oxen with yoke and chain, or two mares and one set of har ness, one plow, wagon, harrow, hoe, axe and pitehfork and $50 each in cash, to be expended In the ersction of houses and other bufldings sultable for residences or the im provement of their allotments PERSONAL MATTERS Paddieford avas today appointed post- master at Phillips Station, Hamilton county, Neb., vice Minnie Baker, resigned, and John Hornback at Indianapolis, Mahaska county, la., vice W, C. Malby, resigned Senator Wilson has iIntroduced a bill to pay Enoch Davis, who served with company Sixth Iowa infantry, $300 as pay and bounty Superintendent Fitzpatrick of the Omaha public schools today attended the regular monthly dinner of the Gridiron club. It was given at Wormsley's and was a novelty, the great dining room boing draped with illumined scenery representing an old-fash- foned tavern. Everything was prepared in the way of edibles upon gridirons by ca terers from the Ne k B k club, PERRY 8, HEATH. GEOLOGY OF 1 ts of Recent Investigations Cond by the United States Survey. WASHINGTON, eb. 24.—The results of investigations in the west conducted by the United States geological survey are emboliied in two special reports which have just been The principal one is that of Turner the rocks of the Mountain range. It is a bing the geological formations of the range and glving descrip- tions of the various classes of rocks, It is 1 that the fact that granite forms almost 1E WEST, e ted completed. Prof. H. V Sferra Nevada bulky document stat the whole southwestern end of the Sie Ne there had the overlying leaving the under-gran ite rocks exposed. The gravel patches along the crest of the range, it , undoubt- cdly represent the river bed of the neocene period hat the Sierra Nevada has been elevated as a whole is shown by the occur rence of deposits made in the neocene period of sandstone in gulf waters and gravel in the lower foothills at the extreme edge of the rang The gold and slver veins of Ophir, Cal form the subject of a report which has been submitted by Waldemar Lingren of the sur- vey, The examination of the mining di: frict was made during the summer of 1892. It is stated that during the twenty years following the discovery of gold in California many of the quartz veins fn the Ophir dis- trict were discovered and worked slowly It was not until the end of the '60's that the quartz mining began to be carried on. It is probable, says the report, that the pro duction during the last eight years from all the mines of the Ophir and Duncan Hill districts has never exceeded $100,000 a year. Some y probably not more than $10,000 or $20,000 was produced. A rough estimate for the forty-three years since the Calfornia gold discovery would place the total produc- tion of the district at about $3,000,000, only a fractional amount of what the surface and deep placers have produced in the county. The quartz velns belong principally to two systems, one west-northwest and the other north-northeast in direction. The principal valuable mineral is stated to be native gold, usually conta’ning so much silver as to be classed as o the sediments das indicates that been atest elevation, ving been erode is cited INDIAN Little Hope leld Out for Any Reduction Next Year WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Members of the house committee on Indian affa ay that the appropriations for the next fiseal year for the Indians will not be materially re- duced below the figures of the present ye The committee is now engaged in the compilation of the bill and has pro- gressed so far that its policy can be stated deiinitely, although no figures can vet be given. Most of the items in the Indian bill are for current expenses for the mainten- ance of the partially dependent indians and the machinery of the service,: fields which offer little opportunity for greater econ- omy and in which the committee does not expect to make large reductions. Several treaties acquiring Indian lands are before congress for settlement, but a plan has been discussed, which will, if carried out, obvi- ate the need of extra appropriations for this purpose. Instead of making payments to the Indians for their lands at once it is proposed to defer the first payment until six months after the reservations have been opened for scttlement. In this time the set- tlers will have made payments for their property and the moneys received by this transaction will be drawn upon to pay to the Indians in accordance with the treaties. By following out this system the necessity for making special appropriations to carry out Indian treaties will be avoided. 'TIS BUILT LIKE AN ARCH. es Cannot Be Glven Out ast Momont. feb, 24.—Senator Voor- hees has called a meeting of the senate finance committee for next Monday at 10 o'clock. The call was the outcome of a con- ference of the subcommittee, which is shap- ing the ‘tarifft bill, by which he has been notified that the members had agreed upon all the features of the bill which s to be presented, and nothing remains to be done except to put the bill in shape. The charac- ter of the changes made in the bill by the subcommittee can only be surmised. It is known that they are many, and that every schedule has received more or less atten- tion. The committee has from the begin- ning been very reticent concerning the pro- posed changes, and has grown more so every day that they have had the bill under con: sideration. Senator Jones, chairman of the subcom- mittee, when asked to indicate some of the modifications, said: “I cannot do that. It would not be safe, for the reason that we are liable to make changes up to Monday morn- ing, The whole thing is in the nature of an arch, and it we take out one stone we may have to pull the whole structure down. Con sequently, it would not be fair to the house at this time to make any announcement of the rates agreed upon.” Tarift Bill Chan, Until t WASHINGTON, Distribution WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—An important chango In the method of assembling and distributing Indian supplies is contemplated by the house committee on Indian afairs The main purpose is to make Chicago the center of supplles and distributing point, and to do away with the extensive branch of the distribution at New York. The reason for the change is to get the point of supplies nearer to the Indian country. Representative Wilson of Washington is actively interested in the change and ex- pects to have the co-operation of Representa- tivo Aldrich of Chicago. Mr. Wilson says that a great saving will be made on freights by having Chicago as the distributing point. At present many of the supplies for the Indians make a_complete transcontinen- tal trip from New York to the Pacific coast before they get to the Indians, the great bulk of the supplies going to points far west of the Mississippl. The proposed change will be made a part of the Indian appropriation bill and the subcommittee having it in charge has already agreed to the change. wo New Naval Besorve Stat WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The Navy de- partment is encouraged in Its efforts to foster the naval militia by the accession of two states to the list of naval reserve states. jeorgia and Connecticut, and it is ved that ‘he Virginia legislature will pass a law providing for the organiza- tion of a naval reserve in that state. The naval militia of California has applied to the department for the loan of a ship in which they may go to sea from San Diego and crulse to San Francisco, where they can take part in the Midwinter exposition. In view of the demand for vessels to police the seal waters it has not yet been possible to find a ship available for this purpose. Treasury Cash Halance. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The available cash balance in the treasury today Is $135,- 754,638; national bank notes received for redemption, $470,325; total for the week, $1.6 Government receipts—Internal revenu §70; customs, $302,415; miscel: lancous, §14,78L TAKEN UP BY ROLL CALLS Another Day Frittered Away by the Mem- bers of the House of Representatives. OPPONENTS OF BLAND'S BILL FILIBUSTER Efforts of the Advocates of the Selgniorage Bill to Get it Before the Hous Prove Futile—Will Keep Up the Struggle. WASHINGTON, of the house w For over two Feb. 24.—Today's session s brief and devold of interest roll call followed roll call, the opponents of the seigniorage bill throwing aside all pretense of not fillibus tering and boldly injecting motions to take a recess and to adjourn in order to. prevent vote on Mr. Bland's motion. A rule will probably be brought in Monday to prevent filibustering, when the fight will go on. The house leaders Insist that the struggle will not be abandoned until a vote is had upon the peaker Srisp, who was indispisel yostor- day, was back at his post today. fes were again thronged with After the reading of the journal, at the re- quest of Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio, the time for paying tribute to the memory of the late Representative Enochs of Ohio was post- poned from the 3d to March 17 A communication was read from the ser geant-at-arms, who had been directed to in- vestigate the question whether Mr Johnson of Indiana had been arrested under the warrant of the 19th inst. It stated that as a matter of fact Mr. Johnson was not ar- rested and that the mistake in the return was due to an error in transcribing. It ommended that his name be stricken from the warrant, and without objection it was so hours The guiler- spectators, as to Bankhead of .Louisiana then, in the temporary Mr. Bland, moved to g0 into committee of the whole on the seig- niorage hill, and pending that moved that general debate be limited to thirty minutes. On the latter motion he demanded the yeas and nays. After the roli absence of call, but before the an- nouncement of the vote, Mr. Boatner of Louisiana stated he came in after his name was calle and desired to be recorded as present to make a quorum. The speaker explained there was no rule to warrant such a record. Mr. Reed insisted there against it By the direction of the speaker the rule read The chair will ob forts to help the hou said Mr. Reed, amiabl “Oh,” replied the speaker, with a twinkle in his eye, “the chair is sure the member from Maine would like to see a quorum on this vote, The house smiled at this retort. The ri 1t of the vot 152 to 27, wa nounced. Mr. Bland lacked two vote quoram, and moved a call of the house. The call revealed the presence of 273 mem- bers, and the vote recurred on the demand for the previous question. Mr. Wilson of \ashington the house adourn. Mr. Bland said he desired to withdraw the demand for the previous question and moved that debate close at 3 o'clock on Tuesday, but Mr. Wilson insisted on his motion and the vote was taken by yeas and na The motion to adjourn was lost by a vote of 43 to175. All attempts thereafter to conceal the fact that the opponents of the bill wer engaged on an intentiol filibuster were thrown to the winds. Mr. Reed took the helm. He moved the house take a recess for two hours and after- ward modified it to 10 o’clock Monday morn- ing. Mr. Bland shouted above the confusion that prevailed something about filibuster and bonds. The motion was defeated on a rising vote. Mr. Reed made the point of mo quorum, whereupon Mr. Bland moved a call of the house. The call developed the presence of 258 members. Mr. Bland then moved that all leaves of absence granted, except for sickness, be re- voked, but upon the statement of the speaker that there were none such, he withdrew his motion and the vote recurred upon Mr. Reed’s motlon for a recess until 10 o'clock Monday. As there was still a disposition to filibuster, Mr. Bland demanded the yeas and nays. Mr. Reed's motion was lost by a vote of 27 to 168. Mr. Bland then moved to close general de- bate on the seigniorage bill at 3 o'clock on Tuesday next, and pending that Mr. Tracey moved that the house adjourn. . Mr. Tracey’s motion was alo*lost by a vote of 34 to 177, and Mr. Warner of New York then moved that the house take a re- cess until 10 o'clock. On a rising vote it was lost by 12 to 120. . Mr. Warner made the point of no quorum. Mr. Bland, rising in his place, shouted: “It is quite evident that the bondholders control over this country, and I therefore wove that the house adjourn.” Without di- vision it was carried, and at 2:50 p. m. the house adjourned. was no rule serve my constant cf- e out of its difficulty,” moved that SIMPSON ON THE TARIFF BILL. Ie Sets Forth the Position of the Populists the Measure. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The populists of the house regard the action of the St. Louis convention upon the Wilson bill as an endorsement of their attitude toward the measure. Said Jerry Simpson toda “We said from the start, we would not vote for the bill unless the income tax was attached to it. Until that was added, as the Record shows, we refrained from voting to mauke quorum. The income tax is the saving clause of the bill, because it is toward free trade, being direct We believe in free trade and we don't be- lieve in this tarifi for revenue idc fore we can get frec trade the system of indirect taxation must be abolished. The tarift for revenue is a tax on what the peo- ple consume. We do not believe in a pro- tective tariff either. The laboring man does not need protection. He has the means to protect himself if he would only realize it Labor is the only wealth In the country There is no such thing as stored up wealth,” tepresentative Pence of Colorado reiter- ated the statement that the third party members had voted for the Wilson bill be- cause of the income tax. He said: “If it is returned to the house without the in- come tax clause the populists will vote agalnst it.” DISMISSED FROM THE NAVY, Courtmartial Sentence bridge Confirmed WASHINGTON, Feb 24.—Passed Assistant Surgeon Richard Ashbridge has been dls missed from the navy. He was recorder of a courtmartial held at Mare island, but re- fused to draw up the report of the proceed- ings as directed by the president of the court, end was also charged with falsehood in the same connection. He was convicted by courtmartial of conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline and sentenced to dismissal, which sentence has been ap- proved Phere were also received the report of the ourtmartial in the case of Paymaster Henry mith, accused of drunkenness and absence without leave from the Concord, on the Chinese station. The court acquitted the paymaster of the first charge, but convicted him of the second and he was ordered con- fined for three months to the limits of the ship, to go ashore only when, in the opinion of the commanding officer, it shall be neces sary for the public service and to be pub- Vely reprimanded. Bitte WASHIN! on Richard Ash- t Washington, -Sweets of Offico Holding ON, Feb. 24.—There are more than 8,000 postal clerks in the service of the government. Most of them will be benefited by the bill of Representative Hopkins of 11li nols which was favorably reported by committee on This bill creates classes of clerks at salaries ranging from $1,600 to $1,800, making two classes other than are provided for by the present laws, salaried at $1,600 and §1,800 No class of employes in thg gov nment ser- vice are subjected to such constant danger house postoflices, seven | Henry F. the | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY or have dutles Vmpwhv;f’n great a straln as the postal clerks. Manylof them have been Killed in railroad accidents in recent years and efforts have been made to provide pen sions for their families. Members of the postoffice committee exppet to make a stor- ling stand to secure more liberal wages for employes in this branch MR, WILSON VERY IL Alarming News Comed from the Bedside of the Great T Reformer. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The following tel- egram was recelved Ht 'the Department ot State: CITY OF State, V MEXICO, ‘Feb, 24.—Secretary of ington: Mr. Wilson has devel- ped a marked typhold fever. General con- dition grave, though the fever Is as yvet of a mild typ Dr. Mallet Prevots, whom I sent here from Aguas Calinte him, has had him removed to Guadalajara, which location he considers will give him the hest sanitary surroundings in Mexico. To bring him to this city would be most dangerous. He will recelve the best care. CRITTENDEN, United States Consul. William H. Wilson, son and private, sec- retary of the congressman, received a d patch from his father early in the day ask- g that the premium on his life Insurance policy, due February 27, be looked after. While there was nothing unusual about the request, it was taken as rather suggestive by Mr. Wilson, jr., and he was quite uneasy. The last heard from the family was by letter from Knsas City, as the party was about to Aepart for Mexico, and at that time Mrs. Wil son sald herhusband appeared to have thrown off all the ill effects of his first attack Young Mr. Wilson commun ted his fears to some of his fath fri and it was thought the son should leave for Mexico un- uring received very soon. This wa before the State de- partment dispatch was received. Tt is hoped that the indomitable will and courge of Mr. Wilson will carry him through. to see less some rea word was COUNTRY ROADS, Tnguiry by the Agricultural Department and Its Results. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The inquiry by the Agricutural department in regard to the system of road manage- ments and road making methods in the United States is meeting with favorable re- sults. Among other things, the co-opera- tion of practical 1 of the principal rail- roads in reducing freight rates on road ma- terials has been secured. The edition of 30,000 coples of bulletin No. 1 on *recent laws of the varfous states,”” has been exhausted and a reprint has been ordered Information is being gathered for further public <, for which many applications are ne Concerning some of the results had, Ge eral Roylston, who is in charge of the in- vestigation, said ~toda It appears that while many short sections of good highway are being built in various parts of the country with a gratifying general cheap and freedom from burdensome taxation, yet in some of the states a seri- ous setback to the movement has occurred through the failure of legislation intended to advance it and relied upon for great being made optional country road laws, passed : proved acceptable to :pt in two counties ards are in clos ple and doubtless volce the popular verdict on this legislation. Tt 3 “fore, that thesc Iaws ar ance of public education or at ith the public judgment in the states concerned, and. that a new departure must be taken to insure any prompt and general advance in highway construction in those states. Under these circumstances the department has asked for information regarding the lines of legislation. Fortu- nately it has 1 able fo point to the s of the state and local option law of New Jersey and to commend it with certain modifications to the consid- eration of other states, “That law proceeds upon the th while the county, as a whole. willing to embark in r smaller communities, which a willing to contribute fairly towar provement of their highways, demand county and state ald in carrying on such improvement. The law provides for a survey and estimate of the cost of building a road when a petition signed by the owners of not less that one-half of the lands abutting on the road is presented to the county board of supervisors. It will be the duty of the board to construct or im- prove the road whenever the pettioners file with the board a map or description of the land which they believe will be benefited, together with the written consent and re: quest of owners of three-fifths of the lands that these lands, as well as the personal property in thesdistrict, be assessed for the in Michigan, touch with the p the im- may justly tate Geologlst John Branner of Arkansas has submitted a report to the department on road making materials in that state. The state, he , I well supplied with good road materials in the alluvian bottom Jands in the eastern parts, and even avail ble gravel mav be found in stream beds, When the Telford system is used almost any hard rock will answer for the bed rock of the roadway, but only a few kinds of rock are. fit to be used as dressing or road metal. Limestone, clay shales, syenites or granite clean sandstone are cited inferior materials, The materials adapted for road making having a distribution in the state are arsenious shales, flint rock, novaculite and gravels.” PATE TE, Continuation of the Inquiry Into Letting the Contract for Its Printing. WASHINGTON, Feb, 2.—The printing committee of the senate today continued the investigation of irregularities in the let- ting of the contract for the printing of the Patent Office Gazette. William E. Curtis was present at the opening, and Mr. Mar vin, the bureau chief of the patent office dimissed by Commissioner Seymour, had n fon with Senator Gorman, stimony of C. E. Darby, who was acting chicf clerk of patent office at the time the printing bids Y tved, was first taken and w gned to show that there was no chance for them to have been inspected after they were received, and then they were offictally opened, The difference in the accounts of bids was about $1,700 cach, but the National company agreed to do the whole work within the limit_of appropriation, which would sav $300,000 additional computing from the 1 year wor William B, Curtis of th auth wccusing newspaper article the article was not the out purpose to attack Mr. Quincy. he had satisfied himself of its consu The t Chicago Record, e stated credit. Joseph B. Marvin, ex men in the department, dismissed by Com- missioner Seymour, wis the next witness. He testified from typewritten notes. It had been his duty to pués upon the work done on the Patent Office Gazette. He detalled the shortcomings im character of the work and the delay in the deiivery of the Ga- te after the change from the Norris- ters company to the National At the request of Mr. Seymo was asked whether he knew of Dbeing received from the Nor: pany by employes in the pat s sald he received two books pon Mr death his daugt en ‘witness a lamp on the desiring to remember friends or, upon the occasion of the wed ding of the witness, had given him a cloa d, with his wife, Was t at the wed: ding, The committee will resume its inves- tigation Monc shief of draughts- Marvin anything ADJOURNED FOR A YEAR, Daughters of the American Re Close Their Third Session. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The closing ses- sion of the third continental congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution was inaugurated by the election of the following officers: Mrs., Adlal B. Stevenson, presi- dent general; Mrs, A. C. Gear of Washing ton, vice president in charge of organizi- tlon; recordin - secretary general, Mrs. Henry Gannel of the District of Columbia; corresponding secretary general, Miss Mary Desha: treasurer general, Mrs. Miranda Bullock; reglsters general, Mrs, M. Clay and Mrs. Wilbur;*historidn weneral, Mrs Blount of the Distriet of Colum bia; chaplain general, Mrs. E. T. Bullock of the' Distriet of Columbia; surgeon general, Mrs. A. N. McGee of the District of Co lumbia Mrs, Ellen H place as editor of fal organ of ent of her of mana volution Walworth resigned her the American Monthly the society, and th coessor was left nent vote of thanks to Mrs. Walworth for her services was adopted by the congress. The congress then adjourned to meet on the 2d of Feb ruary, 189, i 25, 1894--SIXTEEN PAGES 3 DAY SICKLES' TWO SALARIES 8econd Comptroller of the Treasury Mansur Says He is Entitled to Them, HIS CASE HAD BEEN NADE AN EXCEPTION By Admitting Him, Congre: He is Entitled to Draw gressman and as o Army On WASHINGTON, Feb, 24.—Second Comp- troller Mansur of the Treasury department today decided the case of General D. E. ickles, the question being his right to draw salary both as a member of congress and as a retired officer. After a long opinfon the Comptroller says: “In conclusion, T sum up the status of a retired army officer to be as follows, to-wit: He may hold any civil office under the government save and except those of a senator or member of the house of rep- resentatives which by the constitution are inhibited to him or to any officer, civil or military, under the United States, that he can draw his pay as a retired officer and also draw the salary or compensation of any civil office or employment he may hold under the government, assuming always that the duties of the civil office are performed under and by virtue of a commission appointing him to that office which he holds in addition to his rank as a retired officer.” The effect of the decision is that congress, by swearing in General Sickles when it knew by the report that he was on the re- tired 1ist of the army, has decided that he can be a member of congress at the same time that he is a retired army officer, and hence he can draw two salaries Comptroller Mansur reviews the facts as to General Sickles' election as a representative in congress from the state of New York, and os to his having taken the prescribed oath as such on August 15, 1893, and says that the question of who shall hold a seat in congress Is one pecullar to congress which, under the constitution, s the sole judge of the qualifications of its members. The opinion then quotes the constitutional provi- sion prohibiting any person holding any office under the United States from belng a member of congress. Continuing, Comptroller Mansur say 'he question of who shall hold a seat in congress Is one peculiar to cong and it Is provided, as above stated, that each house shall be the judge of the election returns and qualification of its own members; not the comptroller, not the judge or any court, not the president, nor any oflicial of the land outside of the joint action of the members of the house to which the member has been elected. “General Sickles was not an_obscure man when elected to congress. On August 7, 1893, the house, in its organized capacity, acting through its speaker, took from cral Sickles the required constitution of office and hLe entered upon the d of his duties as a member of ¢ has continued to act ever since This was a question wholly and solely within its jurisdiction to determine. This leads the comptroller up to the statement that congress, by its swearing in of General Sickles, “decided that whatever the place, the position or the rank held by Major Gen- eral Sickles upon the retired list of the army might be, still it not in_ the language of the constitution any office that could or did inhibit him from becoming a member of the house of representatives. “It must therefore,” he adds, held that the action of the in seating General Sickles as a thereof, with or without objection, cation by that body that General Sickle does not hold any office under the United States, and that the house of representatives binds ‘every department and officer of the government, so far as this one and the one question under consid concerned. The exclusive ~ Jjurisdietion vested by the constitution in the house gave it the sole power to hear and determine the qualifications of Major General Sickles for a seat in that body, and the action of the house in seating General Sickles was an adjudication by 'competent authority, and the only authority in this case under the constitution, that the place, position or power, or call it whatever you will, held by Major General Sickles upon the army list was not an office and did not disqualify him to sit as a member of congress. “It follows from this that the proposition submitted by the paymaster general for my decision, towit: ‘Whether or not an officer of the army, on the retired list, is to be denied his salary appropriate to his rank because he has been elected a member of the house of representatives must be decided negatively.' " CLEVELAND'S REPORTED ILL) 3 “be house member s adjud the Dull and pondents. epresenta- President It Emanated “From Stupid Brains of the Corry WASHINGTON, tive of the Associated pr Cleveland this evening at the executive mansion regarding the reports that have been circulated for the past two or three days that the president was suffering f a serious malady and was lable to hav operation performed. Concerning these re- ports the president said: have been en- gaged every day in my office on public business, and have every day seen the peo- ple who called, senators, representative and others. Nothing woull have been eas- fer than to ascertain the absolute falsity of these reports. I am forced to conclude that there s an epldemic of mendacity emanating from the dull and stupid brains f some of these espondents. These men must be influen ithe to deceive t 0 fected by their who read newspapers the extent to which their credulity culated upon.” When the Assoclated pi tered the president’s busir white house he found Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Thurber engaged in clearing the desk of the accumulation of public business. M Cleveland never looked better. His eve was bright, his color good and his volce hearty and strong. Today he received n large number of callers in his office, and at 1:15 m. shook hands with 250 people in the room. At 4 o'clock he drove about the for more than an hour in an open ¢ ¢, and tonight he is hard at work at his desk, where he will remain until long after midni This night is no exception to the It can be sald with p fect assurance that all reports to the ef- fect that the president is not In good health are entirely without fou fon. noy rstand is cal- s reporter en- s office at the or Batch of Postmasters, WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Thirty-nine fourth-clags postmasters were appointed. Of these nineteen were to fill vacancies by re- movals, eighteen by resignations, and two by death, ANARCHISTS IN ST. n Good N Throwing 1 LOUIS, Feb, 24.—A 15 withheld, ha to Post- Inspector-in-Charge Joe P. Johnson a letter of recent date from a verson who_slgns himselt Ronditzky, Leader of St. Louls.” 'The letter Is to the effect that the writer has the reputation of having been a full fledged anarchist in the Fatherland and had been guilty of several murders before he cros the ocean, There 18 the further startling infe n that there is a demand In this city for a y skilled in bomb throwing, and the writer may be found in one of the larger office buildings, in which the headquarters of the local anarchistic societies s lo-ated The life of the recipient is threatened If he divulges the contents of the letter. Some persons regard the whole matter as a joke, but the postoffices authorities are investl gating. LOUIS. 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