Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 13, 1895, Page 2

il ANl S T » AL THE OMAHA DAI A%, LY BEE: qHa FIlAq AYEANO A" SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1895. SILVER THE ONLY PANACEA Benator Teller Preccribes for the Distiessed Condition of the Oountry. HAD LITTLE HOPE FOR? THE PATIENT Porsistent Refusal to Take the Remedies of the Sliver Men Has About Disco aged e Colorado Senator—Vote on Hill Amendment Postponed. r- WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Senator Teller Addressed the senate today in a speech marked by force and the eloquence of earn- stness. The large crowd had been drawn to the galleries by the announcement that Mr. Gorman would urge a senate s-lution for the aurrency problem, and although Mr. Girman did not speak, the spectators were not dis- appointed. Mr. Teller took the income ta as a text, but branched into a comprehensiy review of the present conditions of the trea ury and the remedics demanded. He severely arraigned the administration £ r alarming th country by agitation cver the currency bill The senator urged that the restoration of sllver was the only effeciive solution, but sald ho did not expect this solution at the present time from either of the great parties or from the populists. Senatr Lodge also spoke, urging If the democratic majority would present a measure to raise revenue instead of a currency bill that could not pass, the minority would as- sist In enacting it. Senator Wilson of Towa appeared on the floor for the first time this scssion, after a long iliness. Governor Foster of Loulsiana was also on the floor, being introduced by Senator Blanchard. ‘When the routine proceedings were out of the way Mr. Cockrell called up the urgent deficiency bill. - The presiding officer, Mr. Harrls, explained the parliamentary situation coming over from yesterday. Mr. Hill had offered an amend- ment to the item appropriating funds for col- lection of the income tax, so that the legality of the tax would be referred to the courts. The chair had ruled out the amendment on a point of order. Mr. Hill appealed from the decision of the chair and Mr. Morgan moved to lay the appeal on the table. In order to permit senators to further discuss the in- come tax, Mr. Morgan agreed to withdraw his motion and tids postponed a vote of Mr. Hill's appeal. Mr. Teller, republican of Colorado, then addressed the senate in sup- port of a continuance of the income tax. He pointed to the large treasury doficits which had been temporarily met by bond issues The gold supply was down to $77,000,000, and was rapidly disappearing. Any proposition to do away with the income tax, therefore, should be accompanied by a plan to raise the revenues of the government required. Mr. Teller gave it as his opinfon that the in- come tax would become permanent even though it was limited to five years by the present law. He belleved it was such an equitable tax that the people would insist upon its continuance. Continuing, he declared that fmport duties could not be put so high as to entirely keep ~ out goods. And without these high dutic there was certain to be a deficit in revenu It was essentlal, therefore, that some middlo course should be adoped ang the income tax Wwas the most just means of taking thls course. GOVERNMENT EFFORTS IN VAIN. . Mr. Teller spoke of the vain and fruitless gfforts of the executive branch of the gov- ernment to “do something to relleve the present distress of the government and the people.” It shows, sald the senator, that the execuive branch Is In the wrong hands. +He spoke caustically ofj the scheme of bank- ng coming from the *reasury department. He referred to the current reports that the | DUFBAG been jolted ‘bff in thirty minutes to ®" stenographer. “1 wish to show all due ‘respect to this bill,"-eald Mr.-Teller, “coming as it does from such high sources, but if Buch a measure came from any senator or member, if it came from any populist, it would be branded as the height of lunacy." Mr. Teller declared that tlie currency bill proposed to Inaugurate the old era of wildcat paper. He sald it violated every principle of finance in this country or any other, Mr. Teller ridiculed the talk about an “clas- tie” and “flexible” currency, while banking corporations had charge of the elasticity. {'There s about six weeks remalning to this congress,” sald Mr. Teller. “Now does any person seriously belleve that a revision of this vast currency system can be accom- Dlighed in that time? Why then is congress and the country stirred by these frantic ap- peals from the treasury?” The senator argued that It was time the executive authorities #topped what he characterized as frantic demonstrations of frignt. Mr. Teller examined in detall the bi- metallie system of France, under which that country enjoyed absolute tranquility. Senator Hawley of Connecticut at this point Interjected a narratnve of his personal experience in Baris on tho night before France raised the vast sum to pay its war indemnity to Germany. Mr. Teller argued at length to prove the low prices of agricultural products today was the direct result of demonetization of #llver, first by Germany, then by the United States, and lastly by the Latin union, In overy country which had kept its mints open to sllver prices of staple products had re: mained absolutely stable during the last -twenty-five years. He clted ns (llustrations . Of that fact India, Mexico, China and Japan, At bas been gharged, he said, that those who ‘were In fayor of bimetallism were not in favor of sound money, But if sound money (iwas to be preserved, he warned the senate At would be preseryed through the efforts of (the so-called silver men. If the gold basis was Insisted upon it would be found too nar- ‘row and the time would come when an oyer- 1ssue of paper money could not be resisted, He described the growth of soclalism and an- (Archy in this country since the demonetl: tlon of silver; the bitterness that had grown up between classes, This condition had besn ~produced by leglslation, HAD LITTLE HOPE OF THE SENATE. “Are we now,” he asted, “to admit we have neither the wit nor the wisdom to undo what we have done?’ Although his side was not charged with the responsibility for the present situation, he for one would join with his political adversaries In any scheme of relief that appealed to his judgment. But die had little hope, when ho saw the senate *of the United States, confronted with such a situation, supinely 'waiting to see what Burope would do. It was deplorable and disgraceful. A change of administration might aid matters, but he doubted it. The dast republican administration was voted out of power, and he believed it deserved de- feat. Last fall the people had overthrown the democratic control in the house because the democratic party had shown itself in- «capablo of deallng with the problem before it, (A8 for the populist party, he did not belleve it ever would be a party of power and there- ore he belleved it would devolye on elther the republican or democratic party to solye the problem eventually when the pressure of the people would at last force logleal action on this monetary problem. Any scheme to secure his vote must be in line With what he believed to be its colution, Mr. Teller closed with an eloquent appeal to those on the other side of the chwmber to present a solution of the existing problem which would not surrender silver, It should make no makeshift, no temporary expedient, ‘but it ehould be ample to avert a crisis more dangerous to the Amerlean people than ‘of even war. Mr. Lodge of Mussachusetts spoke of the danger of arresting appropriations, and thus Kllling a law by stagnation. He did not, therefore, approve of refusing the appropria- tlon pecessary o execute the income tax. * The imposition of a direct income tux was the necessary result of abandoning the protective policy of Indirect taxes. He referred to the present ery for currency legislation as a ‘move intended o cover up the most dismal fallure in tariff legislation the country had ever seen. The first step to take L0 overcome the distress of the treasury was to raise more revenue. None of these schemes could pass. But if the one esseutial thing was doue and more revenue secured for the treas- Jry, he and his assoclates would gladly assist i passing a measure to accomplish that end, Buch a meazure was imperative, Instead of ‘any more such bills as the one just “kicked ‘%0 death” in the house of representatives. Mr. Stewart of Nevada followed with a speec Ing the restoration of sllver as the only means of remedylng the present dis- -Aressed condition of the government. At 4:20 p. m. Mr. Stewart ylelded the floor to resume Monday, and the senate, at 4:45, adjourned. REFORMING PUBLIC SURVEYS, Pressure of Business in Congress May De- fent Any Changes WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Representative Dockery, the moving factor of the Dockery commission, says he does not think there will be sufficlent time at the present session to carry out the plan contemplated by the com- mission for a reorganization of the system of surveying public lands. The plan before the commission was to consolidate three bureaus which are now practically duplicating the work. These are the geological survey, the coast and geodetic survey, and the sur- veying branch of the general land offics, It had been hoped to merge these into one bureau, probably the geological survey, under one head, to b: known as surveyor general After thus simplifying the organization the purpose was to reform the system itself. At present the surveys of public lands are let hy contract, but the plan contemplates doing away with ths entire work to the consolidated buréau. Another change was in tho simplify- ing of the system in the land office. The house committee on appropriations is also considering a plan of reforming the survey system. It is not as comprehensive a reform as the Dockery, commission has considered, but is an_application’of the plan to the land office. The need of the change was recommended by Secretary of the In- terior Smith and the commissioner of the land office in thelr annual reports. Com- missioner Lamoreaux sald: ‘At present the United States goes over large unsurveyed arcas In the west twice and three times, For the topographic branch of the geological survey Is at work making maps of great areas in the west, oftentimes after the coast and geodetic survey have covered the ame region by triangulatinn, and at the same time that these parties are covering the country the United States is employing con- tractors to divide the country Into squares provided by our rectangwar system of public land surveys, for purposes of disposition un- der the public land laws. It appears to me on the face of it that this system means a waste of energy, of time, and of money; that there 18 0o good reason Why the topographic work and the land survey work may not be donb At the same time by the same party n_very little longer time than is now re- quired to do the topographic work.” Should this system be adopted it would not bo necessary for any contract to be entered into nor any of those delays incident to the making of the contract by acting on this sug- gestion. An estimate of $100,000 has been made for combining these surveys under the direction of the gedlogical survey, and the abolition of contract surveys. As yet, how- ever, the appropriations committee: has not passed on the question, but will take it up as a part of the sundry civil appropriation bill now under consideration. DEBATE ON OLEOMARGARINE, Imitation Butter and Cheese Under Dis- cussion in the House. WASHINGTON, Jan, 12.—About twenty members crowded down into the area in front of the speaker's rostrum at the opening of the session of the house today in the hope of getting bills of local importance through by unanimous consent, but all were unsuc- cessful, Mr. Hatch, chalrman of the com- mittee on agriculture, called up a bill to ex- tend the provisions of the Wilson orlginal package liquor law to oleomargarine in original packages. The Wilson bill covered distilled and fer- mented liquors in original packages, but by a decislon of the supreme court, rendered by Justice Harlan, December 10, it was decided that oleomargarine could be imported into a state In original packages and sold free of tax. This bill was to make the law uniform as regards distilled liquors and imitation but- ter. 1t completed the effectiveness of the police powers of the states by authorizing them to' exercise their police powers over oleomargarine, butterine, imitation butter or imitgtion checse, imported in original pack- ages, as If they had been manufactured in the states where they were consumed.... The bill precipitated a discussion regard- ing the merits of the ‘oleomargarine act and its constitutionality. It was participated in by Messrs. Willlams of Mississippi, Warner of New York, Forman of Illinois and Grout of New Hampshire. Mr. Hatch attempted to have the extra hour which the bill would be entitled to under the rule when the com- mittee 18 again called granted at this time, but Ms request was refused. He then tried to have the previous guestion ordered, but filibustering by Mr. Bynum consumed the time until the morning hour expired, and the bill went over. The house then took up the bill to codify the pension laws, and the bill was passed, Shortly before 2 o'clock public business was suspended and eulogies were delivered on the late George B. Shaw of Wisconsin. Tributes were paid by Mr. Shaw’s successor, Mr. Griffin, by Mr. Lynch (dem.) of Wis- consin, Cooper of Wisconsin, Babeock of Wisconsin, Somers of Wisconsin, Baker of New Hampshire, Cousins of Iowa, Ellis of Oregon, Henderson of Iowa, Cannon of Illi- nois and Haughen of Wisconsin. Then, as a further mark of respect, the house, at 3:65, adjourned. GAVE CLARKE A HEARING, Senate Investigating Charges of Unprofes- slonal Conduct Against fiim. WASHINGTON, Jan, 12.—Senators Hill and Platt, sitting as a subcommittee of the senate committee on judiclary, today heard the statements of Mr. McAdoo in substantia- tion of his charges against Hon. A, D. Clarke, the nominee for district judge in the eastern and middle districts of Tennessee, and also the statements by Messrs. W. H. Barr, who Is McAdoo's law partner, and Attorney McClure of New York, member of the law firm of Turner, McClure & Ralston, who appeared for the Farmers' Loan and Trust company. These witnesses were all oppposed to Mr. Clarke, who was represented at the hearing by his partner, Hon. Foster V. Brown, and by other friends, though not present. The charge made Is that of non- professional conduct, growing out of the case of W. 8. Davis against the Farmers' Loan and Trust company and the Chattanooga Union Rallway company, in which the firm of Clarke & Brown aro alleged to have as- sumed to appear for both sides of the oon- troversy. There was an allowance to the firm in this matter, which is criticised by the parties making the charge as “a gross fraud, which no court of conscience would countenance,” and the conduct of the firm characterized s a ‘“breach of professional ethics, which cannot be too severely con- demned.” N The friends of Judge Clarke who were present bave presented the members of the committeo coples of the opinion of Judges Lurton and Key, bsfore whom thess charges were cfiicially ‘made, entirely exonerating the firm, and making their defonse entirely upon the line upon which the defense was made in court, Mr. McAdoo's friends are directing thelr plea especially toward prevailing upon the committea to accept new testimony and not entirely upon the record of the court procesdings against Judge Clarke. They assert that if the case Is reopened they will be able to add important testimoney. ¢ INTERNATIONAL IRRI LON SCHEME. il era and Discuss Dimining WASHINGTON, Jan, Greshum, Senor Romero, the Mexiean min ister, and Major Dutton of the United States engineer corps hud a conference for an hour and a half today at the State department respecting the appolntment of a committee to provide a system of irrigation for the southwest by damming the Rlo Grande river. Authority for the appolntment of such a committee is already lodged in the president by leglslation. The talk was purely informal and took a broad range, the subject being discussed from an interna- tlonal point of view as well as an economic proposition. One objection to the scheme which seemed to strike the conferemte with some force was the suggestion that any dammed river would be sure to fill up grad- ually from the deposit of salt brought down from the mountain headwaters, and so the supply of water would be diminiched and in the end serlous controversies would arise over its distribution. The subject will be Gresham further discussed before any attempt is made to reach & couclusion. COME TAX NUST BE PAID Fuilure to Pass the Appropriation Does Not Invalilate the Law, PENALTIES FOR NONPAYMENT ATTACH Lack of Funds Will Only Hamper the Treasury Departmeat Without Rellov- ing the Taxpayer from Liability— Repeal Thelr Only Remedy, WASHINGTON, Jan, 12.—Senator Gordon of Georgia, in conversatfon with senators, called a‘tention to certain provisions of the income tax which compels taxpayers to make returns and pay their taxes upon incomes whether the pending appropriation passes or not. “The defeat,” he said, “of the appropria- tion will nct defeat the collection of the in- como tax from the people. Under scction 29 of the law, all persons and corporations Wwith incomes above $3,500 are required to make returns according to the form prescribed by the revenue department and the secretary of the treasury." “This 1s made,” sald the general, “the plain duty of citizens, and the more failure of congress to appropriate money for the more effective collection of the income tax cannot, of course, defeat the operation of the law nor the attaching of the heavy penalty provided for on fallure to make such re- turns. The only possible way for the op- ponents of the income tax to save the people from paying this tax is to repeal the law itself. The mere withholding of the appro- priation asked will have no effect whatever, except perhaps to deceive the uninformed and beguilo them into a feeling of security and to ‘neglect compliance with the plain re- quirements of the law itself. “Those who hope to escape the payment of the income tax and through failure of con- gress to make the appropriation asked for and who are thus led to neglect making their returns at the time fixed by law, will find themselves involved In 60 per cent heavier taxes and will bo compelled to pay them. “Fallure by congress to appropriate money to collect the income tax will not prevent such collection, and it is wrong to the people o mislead them on this matter." HOPE TO GET TOGETHER, Democratic Members Making an Effort to Agreo on the Currency Measure. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12—No apparent progress has been made by the administra- tion democrats of the house toward formulat- ing the new currency bill, which some of them had determined to bring forward after a lapse of about two weeks. Representative Cox of Tennessee, a member of the banking committee, eald today that the attempt is still going on in an Informal way to reach some basis of agreement on which the demo- crats can unite, and that the friends of the administration in the house are talking over the matter, and although they have made little perceptible progress, they are still hopeful of results. Prominent democrats are far from sanguine, and express the opinion that the eilver men hold the key to tho situatfon. The rumored conference of the democratic members of the house banking and currency committee had mot materialized when the house met at moon. Secretary Carlisle, be- fore Tuesday, will submit some tentative proposition to the different factions of con- gress, with the hope, if not the expectation, that they will prove acceptable and be the means of bringing about an agreement. How widely the changes differ in their po- sitions to ‘the last bill s not konwn. In fact it is said that the secretary has hardly decided” upon them, and will “endeayor to obtain expressions of opinion from different quarters-and-—to-ascertain--what _concessiony will' be neoessary to embody in'a bill that can be passed. The democratic members, who had been very hopeful that the meecting would de- velop some expression in regard to the atti- tude of the republicans on the committee, were more or leds disappointed, for the minority members did mot expose their plans further than to repeat that they preferred there should be every evidence of unanimity among the democratic members and substan- tial agreement among them on the terms of a Dbill before the republicans would feel called upon to actively participate In the making of the bill. They ‘found little evi- dence in the expression of their democratic colleagues that there was likely to be an early mgreement. The leading republican member of the committee sald after the adjournment that there were as many cpin- lons as to the bill demanded for the occa- sion as there wero members. The discussion was mainly confined to democratic members, and as it goon became evident that it would be impossible to agree on the basis of the Vest bill, a spirit of conciliation and compro- mise was displayed so prominently as to lead to some hope among democratic mem- bers that an agreement might yet be reached. JAPANESE DEMAND FORMOSA, China Must Suffer Loss of Terrltory ns ‘Well as Monoey. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Japanese news- papers recently recelved here continue to devote considerable space to.the considera- tion of terms of peace with China. Some of them, assuming Corea's independence will bo acknowledged and that China will pay an indemnity, assert that the cession of the island of Formosa is of paramount Interest to Japan. Public opinion, according to one of the prominent papers, seems to favor de- manding the cession also of the northeast of China, as well as Formosa, the former being regarded as necessary to Japan in order to fnsure the independence of Corea, and the latter being equally essential for the security of Japan's naval defense. The archipeligo Loo Choo, argues the paper, is part of the Japanese dominions, considered from every point of view, although China continues to include the fsiands composing it in her pos- sessions in the annual government reports, It is evident, therefore, that were Formosa left to China as a base of operations, she would when she had time to attend to such matters, gratify her long cherished wish to annex the islands Speaking of the session of the Japanese Diet, recently opened by the emperor, the Hochi newspaper says it will be of the gray- est importance. ~All party prejudices will be laid aside and the basis on which Japan 15 to be established as one of the first powers of the world deliberated and determined, That possible complications with Buropean powers, even befora the close of the war, are feared by some is evident, and one member of the House of Representatives anticipated that the budget and the army and navy ex- tension bills likely to be introduced by the government will be framed, not in view of the present war, but also in view of the en- tanglements that may arise with foreign powers. DEBS CASE E COURT, Writ of Error or ubeas Corpus to Be Erought Up on Monday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Mr. C. 8. Dar- row of Chicago, counsel for President Debs 1 the American Railway ui had a con- fercnce this morning with Justice Harlan of the United States supreme court, at which was briefly and informally discussed the question of bringing the Debs case before the supreme court of the United States. It i understood that Mr. Darrow next Monday will meke application to Justice Harlan as Justice of the Seventh United States clrcuit court for a writ of error from that court di- rect Lo the United States supreme court, at the same time offering bail and asking for a supersedeas and & stay of execution pending the writ of error. It s not certain, however, but Mr. Darrow may decide to ask the court for @ writ of habeas corpus. In any event it is altogether probuble that the case will come before the supreme court in a form to admit of an early determination of the ques tioas tnyolved. Lato this afternoon Mr, Darrow called at the Department of Justice and had a short conference ‘with Attorney General Piney. The Interview developed the fact that both Mr. Darrow and the attorney general were in davor of bringing the case before the supreme court in the sf to that end Mr. I st manner possible, and row said he had about de- cided to ask the ®ourt for a writ of habeas corpus. This proceeding will not involve bringing into court the voluminous record, and the case will resolve itself into the one question of the jurisdiction of the court. It 18 thought Justi rlan will be willing to order Debs' rel m bail, and so bring the case to the flipi @ court as early as a hearing can be Sh@lbut as the court will take a vacation $ullhg February it s not likely the case c heard before some time in April next. i it comes up for final hearing Attorney” Gefieral Olney will repre- sent the government in person. S. S. Greg- ory and ex-Senator Lyman Trumbull of Chi- cago are associated with Mr. Darrow In the case, News for the Army. WASHINGTON, Jan, 12.—(Special Tele- gram.)—First Lieutenant William Lassiter 1s transferred from company A to company I and First Licutenant Richard . Steed- man from company 1 to company A, Six- teenth infantry, Captain Charles A, Werden (s transferred from company 1 to company E, and Captain Edward . Hardin from company I to com- pany 1, Seventh infantr Major Lloyd Wheaton, Twentieth infantry, is detailed as a_member of the examining board at Fort Leavenworth, vice Captain William A, Oarter, Sixth cavalry, who will continue to act as member during the ex- amination of cavalry officers only. Colonel Bdward V. Sumner, Seventh cav- alry, is granted five days' extended leave, and’ First Lieutenant William C. Butler, quartermaster, Third infantry, one month extended. Watching Alleged Filibusterers. WASHINGTON, Jan, 12.—The Treasury department has recelved information that on or about the ith inst. two steam yachts named respectively Lagonda and Amadis left New York on what fs suspected to be a filibustering expedition. No specific informa- tion has been received, but the customs offi- cials at southern ports where It 18 thought the vessels may touch have been instructed 1o take measures to prevent a violation of the neutrality laws, The impression prevails that the vessels are laden with arms and munitions of war, but what their destination may be i3 a mafter of conjecture, as there are no Indications of troubles in any of the South American states. The action taken by the Treasury department is for pruden- tial reasons soiel Sisseton Indians Want Assistance. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—Congressman’ Pickler of South Da- kota, In company with Two Stars, o mem- ber of the Sisseton band of Indians, and In- terpreter Brown, called on the commissioner of Indian affairs today to urge him to rei ommend to President, Cleveland the advisa- bility of disbursing $190,000 of the principal belonging to the Indigns, so that they may be enabled to secure the necessities of life during the present winter. Another hearing will be had on Monday, and the commis- sloner has already stated that he will re- quest the president to glve his consent, which Is required for the principal or any portion of it to be pald out. Nebraska Postal Matters. WASHINGTON, Jan, 12.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The postoffice at Russell, Frontier county, Neb., has been discontinued, mail to_go to Farnam, Postmasters were eommissioned today as follo Nebraska—Charles I. Summers, Geneva; Joseph W. Dupin, Seward; Elias D. Ogle, Austin; Arthur k. Agee, Ch Ber: ton B. Johnston, Kewanee: John Peterson, Osborne, Towa . Johnston, Sumner; Martin M. Hill, Mooreviile, South’ Dakota— nt. G. W. G ¥ appointed postmas- ter at Liberty, Gage; county, Neb., vice C. S. Voorhees, résign; Information Concerning Seals Wanted. WASHINGTONgs -Jan, 12.—Representative McMillin of Tennbssee has Introduced n res- olution calling onfthe gecretary of the treas- ury to furnish the house all the informa- tlon in his posscpsion in regard to the tuk- ing of fur seals thithel Bering sea since Jan. . 1889, Including all contracts, all suits or claims’ against the government, the loss of revenue from suspension of sealing and an ftemized statemgnt of the expenditures for the Paris arbitpation. Also what ex. penses the Unil®y fates has incurred and s paying in congkqdence of the treaty for the government moa. Nuval Reproadhtation at Madagascar. WASHINGTONy Jan. 12.—Secretary. Her- bert sald today thht preparatory orders have been. issued. to the’ Castine to sall for.Mad.. agascar. “The: 1 orders to the Castine were to go to Chin, and it may be she will continue her journey' in case matters become more quiet in Madagascar. The orders to the Castine have been issued as the result of advices from the United States consul at Tamative, presenting the nadvisability of having a’ United States man-of-war there to protect American interest in the present state of affairs. Measures. WASHINGTON, The meeting of the senate finance committee today was devoted to a discussion of the Vest and McPherson financial bills, whicl were pre- sented yesterday. No action was taken and the committee adjourned until Monday, when it is expected Mr. Jones will haye 4 bill to be consldered, It 'was stated that the prospects of financlal legislation had not been benefited materially by today's meet- ing. Senator Jones was nof present at the meeting today. od_Commissioner Brownlng. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—§lx of the Indian agents have conferred today with Assistant Secretary Sims. General Indlan and reser- vation matters were discusse The agents tendered o banquet last night to Commis- sloner of Indian Affairs Browning. Several of them left for their homes immediately afterward and others will return during next week, Senator Wilson 1n Sound Health, WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—(Speclal Telo- gram.)—Senator Wilson of Iowa, who has been absent from Washington for nearly a year on account of impaired health, was upon the floor of the wenate today. He states that his health i entirely restored and he expects to remain in Washington until the close of his term. Ll e BIll for Alaska. WASHINGTON, Jan, 12—Senator Faulk- ner today introduced a bill regulating the Issulng of licenses for the sale and manu- facture of Intoxicating liquors In Alaska, and also a bill authorlzing the goyernor of Alaska to create precincts and appoint jus- tices of the peace and constables, Dalry Union Adjourns, WASHINGTON, Jan, 12.—The final session of the Natlonal Dairy union was held today at Willard's hotel. Bricf addresses were de- livered by Representative Hopkins of Tli- nois, Representative Grow of Pennsylvania and Dr. ‘Wiley, chemist of the Department of Agriculture, Rendjustment of Indin; WABHINGTON, Jan, 1 has recommended to congress a readjust- ment of the salaries of superintendents of the bonded Indian schools on a basis of the attendance of pupils, the slze of the schools and the responsibility of the respective su- perintendents, Fortifications Approprintions Increased. WASHINGTON, Jan, 12 —Th* fortifications appropriations bill,'as reported to the senate today, provides for a net increase over the house bill of $546,600, [and makes a total ap- Dpropriation of §1,95,57. H Mrs. Senator Iusbrough seriously 11l 1 WASHINGTON, Jan. 12—Mrs, Hang- brough, wife of, Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota, is serlously ill with pneu- monia, at the Coghran hotel here. ——— MAJOR PADDOCK VERY ILL. V- s Stricken with Pabumonis at Denver While on a Pleasaro Trip, . DENVER, Jan/'13.—Major James W. Pad- dock of Omaha, ovérnment director of the Union Poclfic raifroall, s lylng dangerously 1l in his privatggear at the Union depot in this city. He left ‘Omaha Thursday with a party of friendd®for! a pleasure trip to La Junta, Colo. O His' arrival here yesterday he was not feeling well and his car was side- tracked. Today his trouble developed into a serious attack of pneumopia. He will be taken back lo Omaha. In his pariy are his son Ben, Mrs. Bllen Beall, Miss Wakeley, daughter of Judge E. Wakeley, and Mrs Paddock, wifo of gx-Senator A. 5. Paddock. e King of Ashintee Growlng Arrogaut. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 12.—Advices received here from Cape Coast Castle, a town of the Gold coast colony, British West Africa, say that the trouble which has arisen belween that colony, and the king of Ashautee on account of (he latter refusing o refrain from human sacrifices s approaching a erisis The king is said to have been very arrogant during & recent interview with the governor general, Sir Willam Brandford Grifiths, and the opinion of the white population of the Gold ccast is that another Ashautee expe- dition is inevitable. Teachers' Salaries. ~8ecretary Smith SHIPPERS WON THEIR CASE End of the Towa Rate Fight Comes in Favor of the Defense, FREIGHT CHARGES ARE HIGH ENOUGH Commissionors Luke and Perkins Deny the Prayer of the Roads, but Commis- sloner Dey Grants an Increase in & Minority Decision. DES MOINES, Jan. 12.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The decision of the lowa Railroad commission on the application of the rail- roads of the state for an increaso in frelght rates, and which was filed tonight, is per- haps the longest opinion of the kind ever filed in the state. 1t Is the end of a long and bitter controversy between the wholesale shippers of Towa and the Towa trunk lines. The application was made by the following roads: The Chicago, Burlington & Quine the Chicago, Rock Island & Pycific, the Chi- cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, the Illinols Central, the Burlington, Cedar Raplds & Northern and tho Chicago & Northwestern, The roads alleged that their rates as fixed by the schedule of the commissioners were un- remunerative and had become especially so during the industrial and business depression. They also alleged that the Towa rates were being made the basis for rates in adjoining states, thus Injuring their income in those states, Theso allegations were challenged, particu- larly by the wholesale shippers of tho state, whose business is especlally affected by the local rates, and has undoubtedly been con- served by tho present low rates. They de- nied that the rates had been unremunerativi and also denfed that the Towa local rates are as a matter of fact lower than the Ilinols local rates. They argued that in a time of general depression that their business should not bo taxed or their interests assessed to make up the losses of the roads due to natu- ral_causes, The commission fixed September 18 last for the first hearing, but it soon became evident that they had no intention of deciding the case until after the general election. DECIDED AGAINST THE ROADS. The hearings were therefore extended from time to time, the last one coming on before the commissioners but a few days ago, since which time the board has spent its labors in preparing thie 30,000-word opinion filed to- night, Commissioners Luke and Perkins (republicans) sign the report, while Commis- sioner - Dey (democrat), retiring, filed a minority report, in which he concedes an increase in the local rates, but not as large as that asked for by the roads. The shippers, mainly the wholesale dealers of the state, combined to make a resistance. Thelr con- tention was that the rates had not been unremunerative and that they had not been lower than in neighboring states like Illinois, They also contended that they should not be made to suffer in their business because of a depression in_ raiiroad business, due to natural causes, and which was shared by all industries_alike. Tho commissioners reached their decision very largely, it is asserted, through the fail- ure of the roads to make the proper show- ings to prove that Iowa trafiic had not been bearing its proper proportion of the operat- ing expenses. Mr. Dey in his dissenting opinionadmits this failure, and says he be- lieved all the time that the railroads could have made such a showing, and regrets they did not do it. He says that for reaching his conclusion he went outside of facts sub- mitted by tha roads in thelr arguments, which he thinks he Is warranted in doing under the statutes, The railroad men seem to be especially disappointed in Commissioner Perkins, who had generally been regarded as friendly to the railroads. SCHOOL FUND ROBBED (Continued from First Page.) the bank. He was also renominated and re- elected. SMOTHERED BY HIS FRIENDS. The matter passed out of notice for a while. The bank pald its local depositors in full and merely let down a number of east- ern ereditors. Last month, however, the grand jury took up the case, and when it adjourned handed down Indictments for Judge Kellam, Cashier Skerry and Assistant Cashier Johnson. Judge Gaffy of Plerre was on the bench, having exchanged with Judge Haney. He Is a personal friend of Judge Kellam. He promptly took the indictment against Kellam out from the general batch and studiously kept the Information from the public. The district attorney was called in. He Is also a friend of Kellam. Judge Kellam was also sent for and went down to Chamberlain. District Attorney Green, after a consultation, signed a statement that there was not sufficient evidence to grant a prose- cution, and on his motion Judge Gafy dis- missed it. Strenuous efforts have been made to keep the matter quiet. The facts of the case are that Judge Kellam, while president of the bank, was not in active control of ft, and that he personally paid little attention to its routine business. The actual managers are guilty of the charge, and it is still held against them, It is the opinion of those who are familiar with the case that Kellam {s Bullty of negligence only in not keeping care- ful watch of his subordinates, but is not open to the charge of dishonesty, Still the secrecy with which the whole matter has been man- aged-and the activity of the judge's friends in hushing the matter up are severely com- mented on, Vinton Was Not in the Collusion. REDFIELD, 8, D., Jan, 12.—-C, H. Vinton, secretary of the Northwestern Mortgage company, returned from St. Paul today, He emphatically denies any connection with Defaulting Treasurer Taylor as to the state funds. The corr f ndence he had with Taylor was relative co coupons of the mort gage company, of which Taylor was pres dent. The coupons were due in New ' Yor on January 1. Taylor's ebsence and lack of sufficient funds ‘on deposit caused Vin- ton to write the Chicago letter to Taylor published recently. The bond enclosed was collateral of Taylor's, and the mortgage company’s ‘books' show that the securities intercepted by the mysterious visitor at Chicago police headquarters were more collateral of the ex-treasurer. It 18 not be- lieved here that Vinton was in collusion with Taylor. Taylor Not mph MEMPHIS, Jan. 12.—The police still deny any knowledge of W. W. Taylor, the ab- sconding state treasurer of South Dakota, but there are not lacking people who be- lieve he I8 in this section e —— Ryan uves for Now York, CHICAGO, Jan. 12—Tommy Ryan, ac- companied by his tralner, Joe Choynski, and a party of friends, will leave for New York tomorrow afternoon, where Tommy will finish his training for his battle with which takes p e at the Beaside club on January 18, rising faithfull {ghs 147 pound; vill enter the ring welghing in the nelghborhoood of 160 pounds, —ee Palmer Won the Champlonship. LARCHMONT, N. Y., Jan. 12-J. K Palmer won the amateur champlonship of the United States and a tidy sweepstakes today by a score of 95 out of 100 birds, ha ing made twenty-five birds stralght, ‘'Work was second with 59 birds, Davenport third with 8, and Ferguson and Moore tied for fourth ‘'with 86 birds each. They divided fourth money. . e - Movements of Seagoing Vessols, Jun. At New York—Arrived—Umbria, Liverpool; Weser, from Bremen At San Francisco—Arrived trom Honolylu; Belygic. from and Hong Kong. = Departed—Arawa, Honolulu and Byaney 18, from Australla, Yokohama for anowski Has & Nice Lead. PARIS, Jan. 12.~The fifth game of the chess match between Menzises and Jan- owski today was drawn. The score now stands. Sanowskl, 3; Menzises, 1; drawn, 1 WILL YIELD NOTHING (Continued from First Page.) cause, and sent troops into the country, ta ing ndvantage of its domestlc troubles. 1 como to invade our country. Which side is in the right is quite clearly to be seen without any explanation what- have recelved telegrams informing us that you are coming with 50,000 braves, all armed with the sharpest weapons, to attack Port Arthur. You are Invited to send a let- ter appointing the day of attack. We are prepared to meet you in the field, and de- cide the contest. Hoping fmmediate action, we respectfully return thig reply to yours with the compliments of the season. JAMES CREELMAN. HE DID MARRY MAY YOHE, Helr to the Dukedom of Neweastle Wedded to an Amerlcan Burlesquer. LONDON, Jan. 12.—The report that May Yohe, the American actress, has been mar- ried to Lord Francls Hope, brother of the duke of Newcastle, turns out to be correct. The HampStead parish register shows that Miss Yohe and Lord Francis Hope were mar- ried there on Novembor last. Lord Francls Hope was born February 8, 1866, and Is the only brother of the duke of New- castle. He Is helr presumptive to the duke- dom of Newcastle, as the duke has no chil- dren. The latter was married in 1889, Lord Francls Hope was originally named Henry Francls Hope Pelham-Clinton, but in 1887, by royal license, he assumed the addl- tional name of Hope In order to acquire a fortune left him by his grandmother, the wife of a rich diamond merchant of Amster- dam, Henry Thomas Hope. For two years past stories have been in circulation to the effect! that May Yohe was married to Lord Francls Hope, and they have been as frequently denled. It fs sald the family of Lord Francis Hope once offered him $1,000,000 1t he would sever all relations with the Amercina burlesquer. The register gives Miss Yohe's name as May Augusta Yohe, 25 years of age, spins- ter. The residence of both parties is entered as being at Cooks, 215°Maresfleld gardens, Miss Yohe hds been flying very high singe she mado a success in George Dance's ““The Lady Slavey” at the Avenue theater. Wil- liam Greet Is now in sole possession of that theater, Fred Harrls having withdrawn from the management by reason of a quarrel which Miss Yohe had with Blanche Bar- nett, Mr. Harris' wife, Miss Yohe drives to the theater nightly in the meatest of brough- ams with a coachman in livery, accompanied by her mald. She treats the rest of the company with the greatest distance. She s said to be Insanely jedlous of anybody get- ting applause besides herself, and is reported to have repeatedly threatened to leave the company. Lord Francis Hope has long been the devoted cavalier of Miss Yohe. He Is constantly with her, and the pair may be seen mnearly every Sunday dining at the Savoy. There is no doubt that Miss Yohe is a real favorite with the London theater going public, and she has hustled “Phe Lady Slavey” into prosperous business at the Av- enue theater. She made a decided hit In Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Watson's charming song, “What is a Poor Girl to Do?" a song which caught thetown, and which has already found its way to the barrel organs of Oxford street and the Strand. Miss. Yoho is a lively, black-eyed young lady, who has already treated the theatrlcal world to several sensations, and her name has been connected previously with several men - fore or iess known in -the United States'and Turope. In England #he“ls known as the "woman with the foghorn volce,” and ore of her managers described her vocal powers, according to report, in this manner: _“She has only four notes in her volce, but they are corkers.” Miss Yohe's native town is sald to be Bethlehem, Pa., whero she was born, ac- cording to the Hampstead register, twenty- five years ago. Her first appearance on the stago was as a chorus girl in one of Rice's companfes, but her first important engage- ment was at the Chicago opera house in “The Crystal ‘Slipper,” In which she played the part of Prince Prettiwitt to the Cinderella of Ida Mull. In 1887 Miss Yohe. under the management of George Ledelrer, appeared in “U and L” Later she went to San Fran- clsco, where she was reported to have mar- rled & son of General Willlams. From there she went to Honolulu and on her return be- came a member of the “Hoss and Hoss" company. In 1892 she was reported to have been married to a senator from Massachu- setts. About this time Lord Francis Hope met Miss Yohe in the United States. She soon afterward made her debut In London in “Little Christopher Columbus,” at the Lyric theater, She made a great hit and was introduced to the prince of Wales. Soon after her plantation songs were sung in the parlors of British aristocracy. The present duke of Newcastle is not looked upon as likely to. have any Issuo and there- fore Miss Yohe will in all probability in time become the duchess of Newcastle., TIDES BREAK OVER THE DIKES, Great Damage Done in the Section Which Suffered from the Spring Floods, VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 12—The prov- ince 1is threatened with serlous floods and great damage is being done In that por- tion of the Fraser valley which suffered so severely last spring. The floods are caused by the unusually high tides experienced here yesterday and today. This morning the Delta district was one large lake, and in places of vehicular trafic on roads boats were called into requisition. The tide, as- sisted by the heavy gale from the west, drove the water over the dikes and at 10 o'clock this morning the water was over the dikes and the water inside the embank- ments was ix fnches higher than at any time during the spring floods, Worham island is entirely under water. Fortunately, the farmers had time to remove thelr stock and effects, and, as the harvest, of course, is over, the loss will not be so serious, though great damage is done to dikes, The north arm of the Frazer settlement on the oppo- site side of the river reports a similar atate of affairs. All the rivers have risen with re- markable rapldity and dispatches from vari- ous points in the river territory tell of floods and threatened danger eputies 1 of Treason, BELGRADE, Jan, 12.—The trial peasant deputy, Ranko Tjasics, and eight others on the charge of high treason, in conspiring to selze King Alexander and place Peter Karegorevics, the Servian pretender, on the throne, was concluded today. Tjasics of the MERCURY DROPPED SUDDENLY Romarkablo Ohanges in Temperature Re= corded in the East, FROM PLEASANT TO GENUINE WINTER Varlation of Over Forty Degrecs in & Fow Hours—Storm Appears to BDe General Al Ovev the East. CHICAGO, Jan. 12.—The blizzard which raged in Chicago and the northwest today des veloped sufficient energy and fury to satisty the longings even of the oldest inhabitant. Boreas attended strictly to business, and thermometers from Dakota to Indiana were alarmingly low spirited. At noon today St. Paul and Minneapolis shivered in a tempera= ture of 2 degrees below zero, Kansas City, mercuries registered.8 below, St, Louls showed 4 degrees below and the weather man in Chicago found his weather machine 0 de- grees below zero. Indlanapolis reported 13 below at 6 a. m., and Springfield, 111, showed a similar record. At noon the indications were for warmer weather tomorrow and the prospeots wero good fof several inches ot 8N0W Within the next twenty-four hours, Sevoro Blizzard n Indinnapolls. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 12.~The blizzard Which struck this city yesterday afternoon continues today, though it is somewhat abated In violence. At 6 o'clock this morning the signal office thermometer registored 13 de- &rees below zero and at 7 a. m. it had gone up 1 degree. At noon the thermometer stood at 7 degrees below zero. One foot of snow covers the ground and In many places it has drifted to the depth of several feet. Much discomfort s being experienced in different portions of the city caused by a low natural gas pressure. Getting Warmer in St. Louta, ST. LOUIS, Jan. 12.—Yesterday's sudden drop in_ temperature continued through the night, reaching the coldest point of the win- ter so far at 2 a. m., 10 degrees below: zero, From that hour until faylight there was no change, but since 6 a. m. the thermometer has been slawly rising, reaching 1 degree above zero ‘at 11 a. m. No serious results from the cold have so far been reported, though, as is usual, incoming trains are mo or less delayed, not to any marked extent, however. 24 Took a Tumble at Pittsburg. PITTSBURG, Jan. 12.—The most remark. able slump in the mercury ever experienced in this city came between the hours of 2 and 9 o'clock p. m., a fall of forty-two de- grees being recorded. At 2 o'clock the weather bureau's thermometer registered 41 above. At 9 o'clock at night it registered 1 below and is st going down. The gove ernment forecast predicts 8 below before morning. Remarkable Changes ut Whoeling. ‘WHEELING, W, Va., Jan. 12.—The most remarkable changes in the temperature ever known here has taken place. Last night it rained. This morning it was beautiful and the sun shining. At noon the thermometer registered 47 degrees above zero, at 2 o'clock 26, at & o'clock 0, and at 6 o'clock 2 degrees below. Tonight the tendency s still down. ward, with high wind and light snows. Cold and Plenty of Snow. CLEVELAND, Jan. 12.—Dispatches from various places In northern Ohlo indicate the drop in the temperature has been acodm- panfed nearly everywhere by a heavy fall o snow. Thus far there has been no serlous intorference with rallway trafic. In this city a bligzard has prevailed sinco after nooh.~ The eléctric rallways were blocked for a time ‘this evening. - Ten Bolow at Loulville. LOUISVILLE, Jan. 12.—This 1s the coldest weather of the season. The thermometer at 10 a, m. registered 10 degrees below, a drop of forty-four degrees since 7 o'clock last night. “The cold wave was accompanied by a light fall of snow. Predictions are for colder weather. Kentucky Getting Colder. MIDDLESBORO, Ky., Jan, 12.—At 8 a. m. the thermometer. registered zero and is still falling at noon. There was a heavy snow storm during the night. Ten Inches of Snow. SPRINGFIELD, 0., Jan. 12.—Thermometer 10 below zero and ten inches of snow. Street car trafiic is suspended painaine e iy and four others were sentenced to three years' imprisonment because he confessed. The others wera acquitted Kassian Folitical Frogram, ST, PETERSBURG, Jan. 12.—The political and financial program of the Russian govern- ment for 1895 ls very comprehensive and includes the Improvement of the public credit, the extension of roads and other means of communication, and the promotion of the export of manufactures. A epeclal tax is proposed on all merchandise entering the port of 8t. Petersburg. the Gallows B. C, Jan. 12,—George Frederick Ashesford, the fiend who mur- de hie wite and Infant child and attempted to murder ancther child, died this evening in Westmin- ster jall, thus escaping the gallows. The man wés unconscious for the last few days, 9 0o statement was made. heated VANCOUVER, Alaskn Asl a Ropresontative. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12—Thomas Newell of Alaska appeared before the house com- mittee on territories to urge the territory may be accorded a delegate in congregs, and that the needs of the territory be given fair consideration by congress. e PERSONAL PARAGRAPHUS, Mrs, M. Barns is registered at the Barker from Detrolt, John Smith 1s registered at the Barker from Chicago. 4 C. R. McCord Is registered at the Barker from Norfolk. At the Mercer: Fred Schreiber, Wisner, Neb.; J. Kridelbaugh, Holdrege: A. H. Hill, Springfleld, Mass,; A, J. West, Wisner, Neb.§ Richard F. Ralph, St. Louls; C. A, Bard, Creighton; T. H. Starks, Kansas City; J. 8, Cole, Kansas City; C. H. Warren, Spring- fleld, Mass.; George Huenfeld, Cincinnatiy P. M. Price, City; G. N. White, Chicagoj E. G. Evereit, Des Moines; George A. Cros futt, Granger, Wyo.; C. B. Gausseu, A, L Caron, John' Hoss, St. Louls; George K, Peasley, Greeley, Colo.; 8. A. Davis, M. B, Clark and wife, 8loux City; R. J. Goeruer, I, Mallory, 8t. 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