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| ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871, OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1 SINGLE COPY FIVE CEN'TS BUTCHERS WANT OUR MEATS strong, « a Paula; Byrne, @erman Dealers Universally Commend Its Quality and Healthfulnes:, gar A. Soper, Stanford PENSION BI BETTER THAN THE NATIVE ARTICLE | Members of the House Tacties This Report File Agricultural Department Sent to Ger- many to Investigate —Health Cry n % Only a Subterfuge. term special Friday has been investigating the question of our dressed beef and live cattle trade with |(00% Germany, has made his report o Secretary | made sport with the Morton. He shows very conclusively as a|house into a parliamentary the galleries, ension legislation has the | & diffrent spirit this winter, night sittings have been held and by means a new system thirty-one te rst sitting elghte nd fifteen have result of careful inquiry on the part of the |manifest amusement of consignees, butchers and even some of the veterinarians themselves, that both dressed beef and the cattle received from this | oo country were of exceptionally good quallty. |reported from comm In regard to the dre d beef he states the | the housz, At th first two lots receiv owing to failire to maintain the low tem- perature in the storage rooms throughout | S0, PR th voyage. The condition of all the subse- | &yoChay quent shipments has been thoroughly. satis- | of members Is called factory. The only criticisins offered was | present at the call of h cne bill in upon_ after s of its merits 1 to bring ested, which is voted has listened to his exp and ai do so. from some of the retail butchers, who sa scme of it was almost too fat to give perfect sati; ction. For every ship- ment the consignees were furnished in ad- vance with a certificate from the German consul in this country that all the meat &hipped had been officially inspected by the federal authorities, und on arrival every [ OT0U% as it al quarter was found to be provided with the | CONEress approa offlclal tag, showing inspection by American | find thelr desirc veterinarians. Notwithstanding these pres el R cautions, on the arrival of the steamers EAXIED A DRTT bearing these cargoes, they we by the Hamburg veterinarian assistants, the wrapper removed from every quarter and every pieco thoroughly inspected. | WASHIN Every piece was found good and of first- | 15 vq class quality. A considerable quantity ot this meat has been purchased by parties to secure le orous, as it alway hes, transportation facilities for perishable goods, parties had to be salted and pickled at Ham- burg before transportation. The wholesale butchers would, he rather do their own killing than to beef come over dressed. The report intim the grounds of protection against dise regarded by many persons in Hamburg as a mere subterfuge to gratify the agrarian pa In discussing the shipments of live cattle the agent reports that in the case of the sixteen head showing signs of sickness and which had to be killed, the actual the dis isting in Germany | fected by it. Before and railroad magnates to the committea on i be abandoned. in o D ature of | the labor leaders he nmittee for use of impure water. An analysis of the | ast night after the disc fever by the Berlin veterinaries, Parties in- | tho workingmen, and terested in the live stock at Hamburg sent | by these cirenm veterinarians to Great Britain to obtain fur- | o (he courts is ther information about Texas fever and the | aipitration. which is necessary precautions taken by the English | with workingmen, authorities to prevent the spread of the dis- ease by American cattle landed in British | phore fe ports. The reports show that they | po have returned*to Hamburg and declared the prohibitive regulations adopted in Germany form, to be quite uncalled for. Butchers are re- Congroswman Mercer Gotting Botter. ported unanimously of the opinion the | WASHINGTON, Jan. man Mercer, who has not any they had killed during twenty years, [ heen well for several days past, is now rap- and, moreover, that there was not one case | idly convalescing, and it is belioved that he in a hundred where any part showed evis | will be back in his geat In the house within dences of disease, although it was admitted |a very short time. Mr. Mercer was attacked American cattle are better in quality than | gram.)—Congre this frequently, occurred I Germany in | With a severe cold Danish tered from forty to seventy head of Ameri- | MF: Halner, today can cattle per weck, stated that he had | “The president today sent to the senate never found one that was mot in a per- | nomination of Joseph . fectly healthy condition. The Intercsts | master at Indianola, Nel of the wholesale butchers, the report shows, | Senator Manderson v oly 4 e o | petition of the Carpen BENEIV RLIEAR) Voin (aYoRioLi the live oattlo)l [/l Vo (e tbIl pravidme ok thos o fon to collect which will aid trade. The agent reports the price of Ameri- ment of a non can beef to the butchers ranges from § A is from $2.60 to $3 less per hundred than German or Danish meat of inferior quality. The regort concludes with the prediction that WASHINGTOD mains many other ways by which the trade | Nations: in American cattle may be hindered, such Jos W ph H. I spector g inspector general to Pursue. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. over the question of amendments to the | M4 —Congressman advised by the tarift which they had hoped to accomplish | il DY the by means of riders on the urgency de- | resides in the dr ficlency appropriation bill. They have very | Sufficient to ju generally come (o the conclusion that the | i ropublicans have decided not to allow these | aid their congry amendments to go through, and know now, [ ¢laims. as they knew in the beginning; that it would be futile to attempt to pass them in the | WASHINGTO face of any determined opposition, They have not, however, given up the idea of making an effort {o do something and trying to find a means of moving, even though the re to blame for the failure to secure the de- To e #lred eorrections, They have apparently priations bill by tariff provisions, and are | Eram.)—The contract now considering the advisability of intro. | Placing gas and electric light fixtures in the alls, 8. D., was Bannon 'Ma al building at ducing independent measures, If this course | fedel 15 adopted it will be necessary that the in lur-ln dependent bills shall bo first” introduced in | B tH" e the liouse, because of the constitutional r quirements that revenue bills shall originate Washington in that body. It fs understood that Chair- | Senator Harris of Tennessee his colleagues in the lection for another term of s Consideration of the charges against Judge Ricks has been postponed by the house ju- diciary committee unti] Mond of a quorum, venson and modify the income tax provision regard- [t Asheville, N. C., by the critical iliness of Ing returns of employes, and also i re. | Ms daughter. His son, Lawis G. Stevenson, gard to salaries of pubilc officials. It s | 8 Watching by the sick bed of his wife ai man Wilson will soon be asked to introduce four or five corrective bills there, unles the republican senators show a disposition to relent. These bills would repeal tho olause of the sugar duty imposing an ad- ditional tax of one-tenth of a cent on sugar imported from countrles paying an export ounty, repeal the free alcohol provision count of the absenc: ica President not known what position Mr. Wilson will | Bloomington, Il take when the proposition 1s made to him. | Slight r e R 4 co Up with Ity Work, ted to the house WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—For the first|hmount asked & ob time in fifteen years the pa week flnds itself up to date in its work This means that iu all of its thirty-three examining divisions the work is in such a | Sf¢ condition that a new application filed today | The senate committee will be acted upon on Its merits thirty days nd an mendment todny will rec weeks, One year id a half a fmportant branches of the department we more than ten months behind hand, year ago seven divisions were mc month in arre 1 twelve were n tw months and seven more th months behind hand. The offic not be n 0 the mc personnel of the navy. ased. nor has the number of | ery stores in Boston, applica The new applications average 700 and 800 a week, and the LA number of amendments about 1,500, ity of A, Quay Fightiag the L The helrs of W Bobo, colored, today gave notice of the following amend. | Pt 5 ment to the urgently deficiency bill othing in any law to the contrar all | his wifé J. H. Fren aving jurisdiction of the parties from con | Beloit, W #ldering and determining as to the constitu- | 7, 3 ane, | tionality or validity of sald act or any part thereof s relates to the taxes upon’ gains or profits and incomes therein mentioned hene by any proceeding which shall have been commenced or be pending in such court such questions shall be presented.” The republuicans ieorge I « Senate WASHL The s2na ecutive session today confirmed the follow ing nowinations: Walter P. Stradley, com- | 2 Coraner's jury 1 ex- [ Bating th Kilng f Hrown by Policemun verdict of justifiable The famous Hillm issioner of Immigration at San Fraucisco; | again in court at T harles Doolan, state appraisir of mer court for fifteen yea dise, Ban Franclsco; Frank F. Peck, r tleman and had $60,000 e land oftice, Busanville, Cal.;' Willlam | life, but ‘when he disappeared the insutancs uRl, recelver of public moneys, Wa- | companles claimed he Was not deads Postmagters: Cooper of Indiana with with Stockdale Louisiana with of Ohio; Kribbs of Pennéylvania with John- son of Indiana; Cockran of New York with Pennsylvania; with Sweet of Tdaho; Crain of Texas with Blair of New Ha Alabama, with of Tllinofe; of Missis- Grosvenor KILLED THE CURRENCY BILL Merced; Willlam T. Kearney, S8anta Cruz jamin K. Kettiewell, St. el eper, Angels Camy Kkéon; James C. Phipps DeFo House Refused to Adopt the Special Rule for a Vote Friday, Connecticut pehire; Bank- LS TREATED KINDLY. of Maine; ave Changed Their SEALED THE FATE OF THE MEASURE of Missouri Lane of IMnois with of New York; Heard of Missouri with Hull of Wiseonsin of Tennessee; Caminetti of California with Cobb of Mis- Babeock of Wisconsin, The advocates of the bill parliamentary reverse. order the previous question threw the spccial der open to amendment. monstration from the opponents of the bill, panic-striken that the vote given probably sealed the doom | of the currency bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—A marked change by m Representative of the |in attitude in the house from to private pension bills has been manifested | the sittings this month. Diplomatic Appropriation Bill Taken Up und Passed—Provision for s Consul at Harpool, Near the Scene of the Armenian Disturbances, During the last had_suffered their held for the consideration failure to legislation, but so far as results were con- WASHINGTON, Jan, 0—The epecial | cornad they were practically fruitless, At of the Agricultural department, who|Was mever a quorum in - Uit L il . [ night; the impossibility of passing bills was soon made apparent, so mere formalities WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—The Carlisle cur- Akt has been under debate in for about two minously ditched today. to surmount obstacle placed in its path in obedience democratic caucus on Monday, brought in an It had not strength arllamentary | e committee Mr. Outhwaite frum | ose and withdrew the tpecial order. { where he has been The currency bill had been at temporarily—to give the bill an opportunity to refsrm their lires, | trouble, His bank It had all happened so quickly that it was | some time before the members were able to realize the struggle wa nidoned—at sporters of when the fina vote should be taken, but the BOeTRarALIEn McCreary explained its Only &' few changes Were | 1y g alleged that an_amend- | 7 Lirzeroum, | $250,000 in the state Mr. Ilitt | aminer Meyers has not been able to secure Purkoy. g T reference | @ statement of where funds were deposited 1 were in poor condition | were reported to the house been passed; the second sitting reported four- teen Dbills, This progress the adoption eciprocal fn its features. provisions briefl ablish a consulate at being refused, first by LR el 0 101, and then on a yea and say vote by 124 to advocates of the bill were dumb- founded when they discovered that they had been beaten in the preliminary s order was withdrawn. of the committee on fered in four yea shows that all of the a rising vote of 92 to moved a consulate at amendments name is permitte rmish, and | oo gity “for protecting the missionaries, who re cut down like sheep, rest point to the scene of these sluugl. e amendments further amendment the committ bill was pa postoffice appropriation bill was then | M was explainad by Mr. | other bondsmen reside in this city. commit , carried $89,4 estimates, but | Treasurer Taylor was hard caught in the Chemical National lana seed it if there An analysis of the vote in favor of by democrats, cighty-two republicans, thirty-nine democrats and eight populists voted against it, thirty-nine democratic votes against the mo- that twenty-four for " re-election After the vote the diplomatic and postoffice appropriation bills were | carries $1,562,118 and the latter the committe The pressure upon the pensions committee slation §s becoming very clam- the end of a arose und still unfilled. was pointed ACT REPLI appropriation for The estimated receipts for 543 less than the ¢ boarded e 1 their | Neithor Cerporations Nor E Interest in the Arbitratio ON, Jan, the current year. the next year were $2,355, d by the bill. | OBIECT TO FAST M4 had been called 9.—Disappointment ed by the members of the house who fayor the arbitration bill in Berlin and Dusseldorf, but owing to poor | Interest manifested by the parties most af- 1L ARRANGEME five-minute % 5 rule, Mr. Perkins of Towa entered a protest [ during the panic. t the manner in which going west were held at Chicago to give the papers of the latter city an opportunity to get out ecarly mail editions. troying, he said, all but the local sirculation of the papers in lowa and Nebraska. There could be no objection, he sald, if these f trains were run simply for the purpose cf they were < oy run to expediate the delivery of the Chicago [ P @ Very embarrassing of the Missis- | limit of indebtedness committee on The order provided for the closing of general consideration substitute as an original bill under the five- and_ Friday provided for pending amend- final vote on the meat sold to theso | tions were sent to many prominent labor organizations to present their vi They were des- leaders, officials of rgilroad ol eRiFeuTater ments to the house nmediately after the morning hour. NDED THE PREVIOUS QUESTION. has yet been received from any one of these S0 that the hearings have begun this week : FSRAIETOrACho EAIB N to be interesting and valuable Seniins reRdingpporthonl Some confusion was cau the volley of questions from Outhwaite's will probably S complated newspapers west sippi objected. Rosewater, editor of the Omdha Bee. of Tllinois contended the Chi- cago papers simply took adyantage of the 3 in no wise| dictated their Chairman McGann will bring the bill vote and obtain an ex- Mr. Hopkins fon upon it. Mr. status of amendments after- the adoption of e was unknown to the veterinarians, | not strongly in favor of the measure Wwho at first attributed the ailment to the express distrust of two blishment of a permanent water from the tank proved this theory | and the authority given erroncous. Parts of the futestines, liver, | force the judgments of the commission. lungs and hea:t of one of the disensed ani- | jection to the first provision is that salaried mals were later sent to Berlin and a fort- commissioners may find #e was pronounced Texas | interests to favor railroad corporations than become blased The power given avor of compulsory generally unpopular although would be enforced but for a short time. a possibility that the bill will reported to the house time schedule l Mr. Quigg of New York offered an amend- a paragraph postoffice appropriation bills, chairman of the committee ssured the gentle- there would be no disposition to shut out members, Mr. Outhwaite made a brief speech urging the necessity for closing the debate on the ill and for disposing of it in order Mr. Springer, on banking and the courts to en- relating to That assoclations organized to the condition of highways consisting of not less than 1,000 members, 4nd maintaining a publication published at least once a month second-class improvements raguan canal bill, might be considerod. Bland wanted to tunity to offer an amendment the enacting clauses (which would kill the bill) would be given. Mr. Outhwaite said the rule discriminated amendments ssured the house that there would be to cut off amendments, but Mr. Bland was not satisfied and insisted that a provision be inserted in the rule or an agreement be had by which a vote be taken on his amendment. Mr. Reed in some caustic remarks said he thought the situation a very unfortunate one. “We seem to be deliberating here,” said he, “as to the proper method of getting rid of is unfortunate, hope for remedial legislation with his colleague, Mr. Dingley, that sec 9 and 10 relating to state banks, which were vital, should be first considered. he said, the republicans washed their hands of responsibility. After further wrangling, during which Mr. Bland and others loudly protested that the adoption of the rule would shut rejected all ances. id to to strike R aou distribution Mr. Quigg explained that ‘the publication to be admitted te second-class the mails as organ of the League of American Wheelmen, an organs ization which had 12,000 mgmber Mr. Dockery of Missourf made a point of order against the amendment, and Mr. Hatch the chair temporarily reserved his de- Mr. Caruth of Kentucky took occaston dur- ing the debate to expose the alleged scheme to reduce letter postage from 2 to 1 cent. Nationa Postage uion, of which Lyman J. Gage of Chicago was treasurer, he said, | faulted. Through the | It js utterly Impossible to tell anything All state funds are posited to the credit of W. W. Taylor, indi- There are no records attle. - One butehier who had slaughe | £oF @ time with pneumonia, His eolleagy . Haliner, today secured for him Indefinite it we are to was pushing. agencies of that union, everywhere farrison to be po 3 business men by which one-half the postage saved during a year was to be turned over to the pro- moters of the schemo s union of Omaha rtlsan commi it carried. Mr. 50 | and disseminate infrm to $14.75 per husdred, dressed weight, which [ n the settiement fo all labor questions. $5,000,000 if the bill passed, as the reduction of ‘postage from 2 to 1 cent would save letter senders $25,000,000 annually. Mr. Hateh then sustained the point of order | rants which were amendment to ! sl el allow the publication of the L. A. W. to go | Saturday. Whether he through the malls at second cldss rates. known. Public Examiner Without amendment the postoffice appro then- passed, and at suggestions for amending the rule, and demanded the pre- the republicans’ voted solidly with the democratic opponents of the measure against ordering the previous que: tion, and it was defeated on a rising vote, Presidential Nominutions, Jan. 9.—President Cley even £lould prohibition be revoked there re- | 1and sent to the senate the following nomi- Postmasters: W. Ray local restrictions or locul prohibition. FoRiyghatles [T Bagden iaendol Licutenant ‘Colonel AT SEA ON THE TARIFF, ton, inspector general, 10 be colonel and fn- wjor Peter D. Vroom, in- B e v ot (Courae | SRSSLOR BORSIE). i Do ey crsoom In- priation bill p. m. the house adjourned. Among the democrats who voted against ordering the previous question were: McGann of Illinoi; of Kentucky, Mississippi, Bailey of Texas, souri, Hall of Missouri, Holman of Indiana and Cobb of Indiana. corge H. Bur- rell of Texa ESSI0N OF A LEGISLATOR, Bland of Mis- The democratic Pension C(laimants Must ¥ leaders of the senate are very much at sea [ WASHINGTON, Jan. rnish Proof, 9.—(Special Meiklejohn has been of pensions ension claimant n district is not tity making the claim spe- sary for pen- of a8 usual to ssmen in facilitating their owan Poxtal Oficers. , Jan, WASHINGTO) yeas and nays and the roll was called. Missourl, from the appropriations committee, roll call was watched interest, but the announcement of the result of the vote only confirmed the defeat of the advocates of the measure, the bill made a desperate effort to secure a majority of the votes, but the previous ques- tion was again rejected, 124 to 129, DETAILED VOTE. The official vote is as follows: ommissioner ot hiat s th-stric It will therefore be nec Mr. Quay of Pennsylvania Mr. Cockrell sald n claimants to furnish pr the committee to the bill as passed by the house to those provisions relating to the fncome tax. Mr, | matter up. Taylor senior is now on his way Quay thought an amendment should be made | here. requiring a_publication of the names and salaries of the employes of the corporations, and in this connection he created something of a gensation by saying that a gentleman high in political circles-in Phila- delphia had given as a reason why he could | that yesterday there could not | Taylor's hands $370,000. found s $15,000 in where most of the current balance is kept, Redfield bank, usually kept This leaves & shortage The supporters of amendments 9.—(Special Bram.)—A postoflice has been established at Ferry, Mahaska county, In., and Ida M. I(ql-vd fimr;l‘?hbuou('d postmistre Py 5 un V. oday appol 08t~ ult may be nothing more than | master at Grand Maund. Ciinton e P 3 demonstration that the republicans are | vice Roger Kelly, resigned, Clinton county, Ta., Fendleton (Tex.) preserve plighted do what ought to be done regarding an im. portant nomination, was that he was under a heavy salary from a great corporation, and corporation [and §1,500 in the The bill will be called up for con- | closed today, and hand about $25,000. ,600., There ‘urnien the Sl abandoned the idea of amending the appro. | WASHINGTON, Jan, x Falls Bullding. 9.—(Special awarded to the Horn uring company of Philadelphia at their Mr. Harris, who hms just been selected for another term of six years in the to Washington, tulated by his colleagues when | there is no record of ord of deposit in the office here, amount nearly $100,000 belongs to the state sehicol fund, the rest cames from the gencral Pasco of Florida ad- | fund of the state, senate on the Nicaraguan canal [ Deputy Treasurer Burrington He announced that while favoring the | the treasurer had construction of an interoceanic canal, yet h was opposed to the pending bill. OBJECTS TO THE PRESENT SCHEME, coe declared that he was in favor of the construction of an- intercceanic canal, senate, ras was greeted senate today on his today, E Edmunds of Verment, who is in the city, also visited the scene of his old duties, and met many of his former associates. dressed the luctions have Indian appropriations and the bill may be re- Williams (1] Williams (A5, Wilson (W.Va.), sked {8 about $200,000 lower than the ent office this | appropriation of last year. Andrew Carnegle has offered to replace th defective armor plates O'Nell (Mass.), and east of Flo within | poned consideration of the case. s filed | tion has been taken by ve attention within two | case of the bill for the reorgan The importance and valus of sald, Is recognized by all the comn —— Wholesale Milliners Assign. BOSTON, Jan. 9.—Henry M. one of the largest wholesale retail millin- he. liam (. Mo,. have started A COnLest of his w WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—Senator Quay | Mpy, Ve start RS o G Wil Point, Miss, yesterduy h, Unit United States, reciude any court of the United States | under President’ Lincol sident of th ce at Springii res Perry, O3, yesterd fixed Hmit the legislation here or tbe millions | And yet the feasibility, | work have not | any auth:rity acting | United Stages,” | city yesterday, and | The governor in could b: wdmitted | very highly complimented to participation o cbitruetion of the eanal as | gii) excess of the legisluture held a cauc upleted by further av for United States doubts cxisted | government Hillman was & cat- following pairs were unnuunvkd.l Hooker with Houk | Last Heard of in New York., Whence He Wrote He Would Not OMclals Paralyzed Bankrupt Exchequer. de- PIERRE, 8. D, realzing | gram.)—State Treasurer o |$200000. He s down to appro- Armenia. - MT. | gince last April, and no one appears to know the ne- Harpool was the | Telegrams sent out from here appear to have Without | falled to locate Taylor. is on the road from Indiana and other bonds- W lost $20,000 in the $10,000 in that at NTS| fast mail trains | 000. not lose. If the from Mr. the last may lose $50,000. CONrACES | hout the amount, ness as of $35: Was yery | amounts deposited wa ough today states that 2as0ns why A. Dis- | Taylor for several sald t 1l lo Qis- | ago, his deposit book said he, | text and another. shows that the eutire burd:n I8 to be born: | ar the time he was faith and: credit | woylg siraighten ople are 1o be pledged Lo supply the Is & fallure p s:me of the frults of * consequences with them; if the | accounting at that of funding warrant " Arst of the ye those who | A5t of ¥ uegess do ved A telegram t STATE TREASURER ~ SHORT cst of | William Walter Taglor of South Dakota Missing with Public Fands, Ilinols with ' Lefever of New Yori oot ot Ghis ity Marsin of New | HIS BANK AT REDFIELD IS CLOSED ALSO Washington; Taylor be stricken out. WILL SUE THE BONDSMEN. e The father of Taylor, who lives at Fayetteville, Ind., and-ex WHhO are on his bonds, started for this city and Then a Chango Oame, today, and wired they would make good the Return—State Howa ¢ Kiser, jr., Redficld.. Powers, Redfiel Howard, Redfield Mo Beebe, R Meyers, Redfi Brooks, Al trying to raise money brie, Deland. Mellette, Watertown There is an impression here that owing to | Corporations, and there is g the technicality the bonds will not be held | the belief that outside pressure too strong morning. Ex-Governor Howard and Bob McCoy of Aberdeen are on the bond. It amounts to $350,000, will shrink state examiner expects it Taylor left home with her husband, | to bea been heard from since. T troubles began eighteen months lost $10,000 of state mon | fallure at Milbank, and he is known als have lost heavily in the failure of the Chemi- [and e was slated by the cal National of Chlcago. that made Wats where the funds of the state were deposited. Ex-Governor Mellette Closing of the Bank rings to looked for State of Affairs. ment in The Bee this morning, together with! REDFIELD, S. D., Jan. 9.—Probabl most startling failure that has ever occurred | e thunderstruck by It has been known vealed today in word received from Wiiliam | one. ure in Chicago for a large amount, and he at Milbank burg which Altogether he lost §100,- president of the First National bank | tee undertukes to sw Northwest Mortgage Trust company of | 1¢S5 of & number of this city, that he would not appear to make his settlement at Pierre with his successor, | ate, Treasurer- Getty The First National bank, is in good condition and it is thought will pay out. The banks with which he was connected were | regarded as firm and re The news from Pierre demonstrates that no is held there to the credit of the ship of the labor committee, treasurer, and none is held fa the | tendered him and to’ which, as the sla here. It is estimated about $350,000 | Stands tonight, hei has been as missing with Taylor. financial loss, the action of Taylor fs felt terribly by all who have known and have | frained from as the bondsmen believe, it will place the state largely. No warrants or bonds sold and there is a considerable in revenue, Without this been a difficult problem to make both ends meet, which is now impossible. always had a high reputation as a financier publications, as fol- | and man of integrity. ses with which he has been con- | mittee, nected in years past handled many capital, and his bank here has alw. regarded as one of the firm, safe institutions | mitte on city and towns y state. On Tuesday morning Lis [ of Johnston, and he bank here opened for business as nsual and | conceal his feelings. The two met tonight the cashier, F. W. Humphrey, states it|and Benedict relieved his feeljngs by calling held 50 per cent of deposits incash and in | Johnston a scheming little runt, or words to bonds of approved reserve agents in the east. There was quite a run on the bank on Tuesday | sertion that he was not afrald of Benediot, by parties who had their suspicions aroused | even it the latter was the biggest. Thea by receiving information that Taylor bhad not shown up there and that something was | the length of attempting physical violence,' Yrong. The banic officials decided to close | and friends interfered to prevent what looke the bank, subject to examination by the |like a personal encounter. w ) comptroller of the currency, and that official [ The proposal to take the appointment of was notified at once. This action was taken | the Omaha Fire and Police Cémmissioness for the protection of the bank and its many out of the hands of the governor and place| depositors. Cashier Humphrey doclares de- positors will be pafd in full as soon ns the Eovernment examiner concludes his cxamina- tlon, as there Is an excess of fully $60,000 | tho senate tomorrow by Smith of Douglas. In good paper, besides about 40 per cent de- | Tho bill will take the appointment of the! posited in other banks. The bank here s | Fire and Police Commisisoners out of the' not compromised financially by Taylor's de- [ hands of the governor and place it in the It Is stated authoritatively that after | hands of a board to be composed of the the examination of the bank and its credit [ governor, the attorney general and the coms Is restored it will reorganize and open for | missioner of public The school fund TAYLOR, TOO, IS MISSING. The whole city is torn up over the defalca- tion, state officers are paralyzed and no one wows elther the amount of defalcation or method of extricating the state. statute Taylor should have turned over the cash to his successor yesterday, but on Satur- «+ | day he wired from New York that he could not got here before late last night. the train arrived at 2 o'clock this morning he was not aboard, and his bondsmen and personal friends became convinced that their suspicions were correct and that he has de- WAS LAST SEEN IN CHICAGO. The worst blow falls upon Taylor and his | proved the official bond of State Treasurer bondsmen, many of whom reside here and are | B representative and leading men of Red- | ferring to the matter Governor Holcomb Taylor was last He went from Chicago to New York, | approving the bond arose over the doubf since which time no information has celved’as to his whereabouts, and it is not | which was on the bond for $500,000. The' Wwhether the state or his bondsmen | commercial agencies gave the estate an exs have been protected in any way or mot by | cellent rating, showing that the estate was No bank elsewhere is involved in the [ worth nearly $1,000,000 above all incums vidually, at Redfield. promotors would divide [ to show where the money is deposited. lor should have had on hand $346,000. had set aside $190,000 to pay funding war- New York on Myers found all = | nis accounts correct in April last; but he has made no examination since. has for thirty days been somewhat suspicious, and has tried to get Senator Quay Points Out a Needed Amend- | banks, but has been put off on one pretext Income Tax Law. Cockrell of list of depository or another. Three weeks ago Taylor went to New York, and it is understood that he urgency deficiency bill to the | has been trying to raise money to cover the auestion by | shortage from friends there. wealthy, and his connections are so powerful that it is a surprise he could not fix the . 1 have counted on friends a in making up my settlement with the stat. and felt that it would be done until the lasi | ately on rea few days. I feel rightfully compromised by my misfortune, and hope that its patrons wiil believe you [ follows: ) as they should, bank affa There is on continue its business, I off my conduct, although I b W SHORTAGE AT LEAST $350,000. The defalcation of Taylor grows in serious- the facts become known. Phillips today footed up the books and finds It developes a plaster mortgage reached | Mei Redfield Wednesday morning and was duly | son of N filed in the registrar of deeds office, trans-| A ferring to a company in Chicago all hi estate and chattels in this city and Spink | Chace, Scott. The entire city used the bank for a de- | M out cf busine Comptroller Eckels has wired that Ix- D KNOWN deposits from the various banks during the past few weeks with the ostensible purpose aof paying 195,000 which were due on objections to the | Chase National bank of New York, scheme as proposed in the pending bill. The [ he must have had In cash at the time of his senator in opening his remarks recounted the many advantages to come, toj the people of his DID state from the completion’ of this great work H states lylng north ida whiflh would pass th the canal could find o beiter outlet than the | day. A dispatch ports of Pensaccla, Tampa and Santa Gorda. | deputy from him at the canal, he | he had the warrants and clal na- | gt night. A dispatch from the Chase bank Pascoe crit proposed in the & bill and pointed out b ught It cught not to be acc ial features, whatever in mpletion of the canal, #hould the ¢ than the warking capltal pro it excecd $83,000,000 oompany's treasury stock s ABERDE lutely reliable sources it s learned that the | Accounts defalcation of disappearance fully $250,000. 0T PAY last seen cember, and left for WARRANTS. on the 224 of De- moneys were in his own hands, except some 000 or $50,000 which was on dep banks, The wreek is complete. It} Beek, MeNiwt, Maller, Bernard, Rhbodes, Cas has been known for personaily has becn in bad straits, but n County Boundarles, - County York, stating that of his most Intimate friends thought his pald, and that they officials m ere | The last examination condition of affairs Walter W. Taylor was born in Indiana 1854, and for a time associated with | his father, William Taylor, in the whole busin-ss i- | accounts were made correct. Public Examiner M e began an examination d that Taylor putting it off on one pre severcly since. Had insisted on a would have | and was a delegate from Spink county to ti man answering the reglistered at the Northwestern hotel in that nominated and elected for a s cond te in managing keeping the warrants (Continued on Th rd Page.) panic. Today bhe appeared at the present year. The bank bad a capital of $50,000, a 4 plus of §20,000, and did a large business. | Ualve tha ont vt o e mevne e s | ALL PINS ARE SET BUT ONE Senate Qommittees Framed for Prosentatio jovernor Mellette, Attorne General Crawford will suit on the bond tomorrow. The | COMBINATION SLIPPED IN ONE SPQGL bondsmen and amounts are as follows McChosne. Vinton, Redfield Taylor AKemerer , New York. oo | Choteo of Hahn for Chatrman on Miscow So.000 | 1aneous Corporations Not Satisfactory te L+ 10,000 Outsiders—~Douglas Cou nty <o 10,000 &ates on the Warpath. or Redfield LINCOLN, Jan. 9.—(Special Telegram.j= For the first time since the legislature cone 10,000 | Vened there fs a situation. The committes 10,000 | Which las been laboring night and day for 25,000 more than a we:k in a vain endeavor to aughey. . Hield 1 lec tional h{n.ukv‘l.\‘!vv:ml-~-n 200 | form the standing committees of the senate Ao, Db " Sowoo | s completed its labors with one very ime portant excoption. It cannot agree upon a chalrman for the committee on miscellaneous od reasons fon for the committee to res t has bean brought! to visit friends in the east, and | L i t night it was given out that Hahn of, or's | Adams was to be given the chairmanship! ago, when he | Thero was nothing new' in the announces * in the Diggs bank [ ment, for Hahn was slated for the place’ 0 to [two weeks before the legislature convened, me combination n president of the senate,! McKesson chairman of the railroads commits! D, tee and Pope chairman of the judiciary coms mittee. But Hahn's sel:ction has not given n- | satisfaction to all interests, and the announce. ELD TERRIBLY START ght an the | the appearance of BIll Paxton tonight, has upset the deal, and at midnight the commité tee was deiiberating whether to finsist on! Haln with a fight, or drop him and escape The outlook is bright for a lively scfa whichever horn of the dilemma the commit: allow. The combative- enators blen raised to the fighting point, and the combination, which so fur has entirely controlled the sens will have to take care of itself from the cct Kirk Phillips of Deadwcod. | moment it undertakes to complete the ora Dakota or the northwest was re- ylor, the outgoing state treasurer The news and closing of his bank came | Banization of the senate, bi thunderclap from a clear sky, be- | DOUGLAS COUNTY MEN DISGRUNTLED. cause both Taylor and the financial institu- | The Dou county senators are not en- over the situation. Smith is still demanding the chairmanship of the committee on miscellancous corporations, and! declares that he will refuse the \-l.ulnn:fi, ble by the people. which has b igned. Cranel would have liked the chairmanship of tHel Judiciary comfittee, but sized up the sifh? ation before opening day and discreetly re- ing for any chairmanship, name is second on the judiclary coms= side from the ness with him and the financial | H He and his enterprises | The Douglas delegation In the house 1§ thousands of eastern | equally unhappy. Benedict ascribes his fai been | ure to capture the chairmanship of the con to the machinations making no effort. to that effect. Johnston retorted with the ase Benedict sald he did not propose to go to it in the hands of a board of stale officers! came to a head tonight and a bill carrying out tho proposed act will be introduced in nds and buildings. BARTLEY'S BOND APPROVED. / Governor Holcomb late this afternoon aps riley in the sum of $2,100,000. In ret en in Chicago, Jan- | said this evening that the week's delay In been re- | as to the liability of the Fitzgerald estaté]| Plerro banks were susplcious of | brances. But in order to avoid any possibla absence and withdrew their de- | legal complications the governor desired| s from the bank here before it closed, that additional signatures be added to the! following letter was received under |bond. This has been done, and the goy- date of January 6 by the bank here. The | ¢rnor said tonight that he looked upon the was postmarked New York, Jan-|bPond as an excellent one. 1t will throw important light upon o the matter and sottlo all doubts as to Tay- HOUSE COMMITTEES NAMED. lor's disappearance: —_— J Frank: 1 am compelled to inform | SPeaker Richards Aunounces the List of that I will not return to Redficld or Assig ts—Routine Work, Al sting | LINCOLN, Jan, 9.—(Special.) Immedi- mbly of the house this afters lived to know the Iirst | noon, Speaker Richards announced tha Iea®p ot In_any Way | standing committees for the session ks of Redf] for you have always Kept iRV 5 . s in Boon wafe s KePU| Judiciary—Munger, chairman; Crow, 8 in 'Bood. safe apndl Davles, Johnston of Douglas, Halrgrove, Mo AARAII S UL B T b e P Y b e el ) any. Yours Finance, Ways and Means—Crow, chalr- TAYLOR. man; Cramb, Griffith, Judd, Spencer, Shook, ck, Schickedantz, Brady, Scotf, Johne naha. 3 lculture—Sutton of Pawnee, chairmai real | Harrison, Perkins, Brockman, Spencer, Roads and Dridges—Chace, chalrmanj attison, Polyman, Jones, Sutton of Pawnee, a deadly paralysis has | Orton, Delane; affccted all the arteries cf trade and soclal | Militin—Pohlman, chairman; Denedet, Taylor is about 41 years old, married, | Brockman, Bur has no childr from Lafayelt opened a b , Kaup, Hind$, Wait, Mes n. He came to Redfield Vicker, Barry. , Ind., about the fall of 1885 | Public ids and Buildings—Burns o nking business. He soon | Lancaster, chairman; Merrick, Rhoddy, the entire fleld, two other banks | Griffith, Harrison, Harte, Richardson, Lan * | horst, Zink of Jouneon,” Brady, Cain, Hige 5 gins, Van Housen, Zimmerman has been ordered (0 | *Thternal Improvements—Bacon, chafrmat here at cnce and take charge of the | Beck, Wilder, Weber, Timme, Spencer, Van Housen, TAYLOR'S TROUBLL Ifederal — Relations—La — | Cramb, Crow, Davies, born, chairman; utton of Douglas, ¥riends In Aberdecn Wors Cognizant of the | B1¥, Dempsey Engrossed and Enrolled B A chiairman; MeNitt, Johnston of | , Cole, Merrick, Harte, Perkins, Spencer, Higigins, nd - Expenditures—Lce, chaire HBurns of Lancaster, Burch, Myers, Zink of Johnson, Ashby, Chace, ) of Nemaha itutional Amendments—Davies, chalrs man; Griflith, , Rous on, Brockman, Straits of the Conawa; wsurer, N, 8. D, Jan, 9.—From abso ate Treasurer W, W, Taylor | ma h $300,000. Practically all state | Brady, Jolhins Con: it In year that Mr. Taylor | bar its and Township Grganizations—Rouse, chairman; Mattizon, J i, Hecher, Burch, Burns of hopeless or even desperate. They | Piee "ty Yempsey, Robertso had been advancing and investing | Vo5t Piovt D Rasey, sl Al reckl-ssly, considering the times, yet | oeon Lamborh, ¢ Muiiger. Jones. Orton: never dreamed the truth. When the | Jyamgn i o, Cols, Harris. Soott: an Investigation of the treas- | Menride A s office they will simply appalled at | * privileges and Blections—Mattison, chaire man; Beck, Burke, Campbell, Carlson, Chaps nan y, | Jenkins, Brokaw, Horst, Penitentiary chinfrman; Merrick, ale | cain, Pohlin Kaup, Laughorst, Rouse, Lafayette, Ind. From the | gehickedantz, Zink of Sherman Was 18 years old he had almost ex- |~ fnsane Hespituls— Sigson, chalrman; Campe charge of the business, and demon- | bell, Carlgon, Cooley, Haller, imme, Thomas, a wonderful capacity for grasping | fjull details and intricacies of a very large Other Arylums—Richardson, chalrmang He came to Dakota in 1585, and es- | pohim Rhoddy, Ricketts, Moehrman, tabliched the First National bank of ‘Red- | Shook, ffarris, Hart, Remington which he soon made one of the leading | Corporations -Jenkins, chalrman; Benediot, institutions In this section. He | Sution wton of Douglas, Orton, took an active part in politics from the fi Hee carnest In the struggles for stateh: Libr Hairgro chairman; Thomas, ! B nell, Chapman, Weber, Barry, first state convention held in Huron in 1889. | Cities and Towns—Johnston of Douglas, the approval convention of 1890, held at | cLairman; Walt, Spencer, Ricketts, Hinds, he entered the race for state treas- | Burns of Dodge, Myers, Perking, Robertson, 1 secured the nomination after a| Banks and Currcn Miles, chairman; and exciting contest. He was re- | Burch, Judd, Richardeon, Bacon, Jenkins, Carlsor iblic Sehocis- MeNitt, chairnan: Sutton Douglas. Cramb, HBerpard, McFadden, ithirle,” Mile sty and Normal Belools—Brockiam, completed on the 1st of January of

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