Nebraska Newspapers

    r FHE OMAHA DAILY BEE
FOUE.TEEINTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , SATURDAY MORNING , JANUARY 10 , 1885. NO.17G.
LINCOLN.
Onr Mm Tate a step in the Bight
DireclioD ,
A Resolution in the Senate to
Investigate
The Vex d Question of Leasing
the School Lands.
A Man Found With his Head
Mashed to Pulp ,
A Horrible Murder Committed
Yesterday South of Fairfioldi
Ono of the Murderers Itlakcs iv Con
fession With a Noose About
Ills Vcclc.
A STEP IN TIIKHIGIITDIREOTION.
LINCOLN , Neb. , January 'J , 1885.
Corrospondencn of'TllK KKE.
The resolution introduced in Iho Senate yes-
tertlay by lUiekworth , of Lincoln county , tt >
Investigota the hating of the tcuool lands of
state , is considered by all interested In honest
government as a stop m the tight clrcction.
This conspiracy to defraud the school fund of
Us legitimate and expected revenue nnd to da
fraud actual settlers , who [ desire to lenso these
lands for their own use , of the rights granted
thorn by statute is a great wrong which , it id
imped will receive Romothing more than a
whitewashing by the member * of the legisla
turo.
turo.A
A prominent member of the sonata from the
western part of the stale , whs represents a
constituency deeply interested in the honest
disposition of tins public property ? was seen
by your correspondent upon this subject last
evening.
"Our grent grievance , said the senator , "is
not that the school lands are appraised too
low. It is ttui' , however , that tnoy are np-
prai.sud at from CO cents to $1.50 , when rail
road lands adjoining nre spiling at from $1.00
to $ ( i.OO our aero , but thin fact does not BO di
rectly iiffect my constituency as the corrupt
and do igning means by homo persona yi
power to prevent honest guttlers from securing
leasoa'on them. Nojrly all the sclicol lamU
in Lincoln county , for fnstanc ? , are leased by
men who have no Interests thorp , and many
of thcso lessees have secured lirgo tracts whenever
never eaw them and who have never been
further west than Liucoln.
"My observation iind'axperlenca in connec
tion with thcso lands havu fully satisfied me
that fraud taluti a great majority of these
louses. Where it exists I am uiinble to state.
Thu great cause of complaint with in is that
the bids of tictual settlers aru made known be
fore thu tlrno ot opening them. Moro than
a hundred cases have conn to my knowledge
wboro thu bills of homesteaders und cottiers
have failed of .securing Iu.i-e3 , by from one-
lifth to oiiS'half of onu per ceut. "Tho parties
who received thsso lands were all capitalists
and land adonis. To illustrate I will cits a
ninqla instauco. A very desirable quuter of
school land adjoined the faun of a homo-
sttador Iii a western county. So desirous was
ho of securing its use that ho offtirod thrgo
timu3 its rental vain ? , but n hen the bids weiu
opened his tvnn lower th m that of a capitalist
who ha.d never seen tha laud , by ono-lifth or
one per cent.
Thu effect of those leases being owned by
non rosid.iit parties is very injurious to tha
development of our ufcction From North
1'latio to Ogallala the river front between the
forks beloiiRS to the utato and the
railroad , livery section of school land bor
dering upon tliese forke , thu Ninth
J'latto and .South 1'latte is leased
by non-roaidont capitalists , from the state.
Thu effect of this is to force thu unall c.ittle-
men and farmers to pay thomn hoiiuj for their
leases in order to get to water. The lay
hinds alsn are on thiMO bottom * nnd bottle ra
paid last sow n .7" per tun forstsnding grass.
Moniod men have n'cured ai high as tij sections -
tions with no other hopp or cbanco of n return
than that of selling thfir loisc-s
- , and their ef-
fortj many times have been \ery fruitful , Set
tlers whoso bills have beet too low by u frac
tion of in u per cent have Iron forced to pay
to the leoioa an rxhorbitant bonus to secure a
right of tthich they had been deprived by
fraud and ollicial dlahoui'nty. "
Some of tha western ecn.itorn are greatly in
favor of this resolution nnd will uae nil proper
means to brim ? about a full and oomi/lo-o in
vestigation. It is looked upon as a dilllcult
task but they hope to ba able to trace those
dishonest schemes t ) the doors of these who
coin inittod them ,
The names of two morabars for this committee -
too have been suggested' the Itoutuiant
governor hy tha introducer of thy resolution ,
but whetliof In will appoint them remains to
bo seen , when tha inen uro passes the senate.
MjHtcrloiiH noitth at Inncoln.
Special telegram to TUB BITE ,
LINCOLN' , Neb. , January U. This evening
about half past nine o'clock a young man
nnnioi Kl Little was found In the north par
of the city with his ho id crushed to a pnlp ,
It is not known whether it was murder or
from accident. An inquest will be held to.
morrow morning ,
Ilorrllili ) Murder Nnnr Fait Hold.
Special telegram to TllK UKK.
LINCOLN , Neb. , January J ) . - A special to
thu State Journal from Clay C'enttr , Neb.
this evening , eays that B horrible murder win
committed nine miles southwest of j'utifioli
yesterday , Hubert Kob.irts , while hauling
Itriuh from the section , claimed by partloi
mined Taylor , wa ( hot by onu of twit buys
of that rjamo , llu b.tll etnking Roberts
directly ovar thu right eye , killin , ? him in
tuntly. The t oyj wera afterwards arreitsd
acd the older onu , it is reported , confessed : it
the end of n rope. Considerable excitement
ut ono tiuui provuileil , but it it now growing
( pilot.
AN IU18II
ruoiiAULK iiuunuu AT o'iKUhiiv.vN HOH.IA'H
HKAlHJDAIVrntH.
NKW YoilK , January 9 At n late him
this alterncon tuvernl men rushed out of 12
Cliainbeu street , in whlth building is locatei
( heolllcu ot OVDonovnn KUESA and the Unilei
rUhtnan. In a few second * n man covered
vith blood , tottered down-stairs t ) the land-
ng , nnd sank on the front stoop , while liis
ilood covered till ( idcwalk In a ttream , The
most intense excitement immediately ensued ,
and crowds llockod to the fcene. Several of-
iccrs rushed up , and seeing a few men rank-
ng towards Chainbeni street and the city
mil , followed tin in , Ono tf them , n lull
nan , was ciplured , nnd brought back to
where the dying man was lying ,
' 'Is this the man who stabbed yon ) " niked
ho olliccr. "Yef , that Is the mm , " said the
( leading man , "hut by he.ivecs if 1 am going
0 die I'll die gamp , and there will botnout
is. " With that , and before the bystanders
could trrtlizB his Intention * , ho drew n rovclv-
rand lired two ihotain quick succession at
he nun standing btitoiu him. One of thu
nils took effect in the thUh of his would lie
nurdirtr This sttll further lncrca ntl the
'xcltcinont , and thu neighborhood became
tild with all foitsof rumors. Thc > mi n who
ras stabbed proved to bj Captain V. I'helan ,
jf Kant as City , aged forty tint' , nnd his as
sailant , whom ho says stabbed him , gave hi *
lame as liichard Short , nf SOI Tenth avetue ,
An ninbu'nticoVM summoned and I'helan
WMtaktn to the Clmmbtn s'rott ' hojpital
lying. Ho la stabbed In tha neck ind brrntt
nnd several tthcr places. There
wera nimora that ho gavu aw y E0:110 :
of the tccreti of the _ l'cnim organizallon ,
V printer named Shmidt , who 1ms a compts-
_ ng room on the same Hour , next to O'Dou-
evan HoBsa'a ollioc , tald : ' 'C was ( landing nt
ny work when stnldt-nly I heard a noiee in
lUxm'a ollico with the upaetting of a table ,
ollowed by , loud , anpry words and cuises.
Phis continued for nome seconds \vh n some
, hn ! , { heavy was thrown against the wall. A
nan cried cut something that sounded like
'holu ' , ' but I am not nirn whether that was thu
word or not Then the door wat bulged optn
and four men ran down fctairs , each trjins to
[ nisli the other out of his way. Blood was
: rickling down tlo face cf the hut nun. They
were half way down the stairs when the man
, \ltli thu blood trickling down his face got the
and of the otheiH I then rcn and opened
; ho windows of our ollico which look out on
Chambers Ureet. Then I taw the min with
jlood on his face fall on the sidewalk , put his
mud to his hip poktt , mil a revolver and
ire at ono of the three meu , which ono I can-
lot tell , as I did not get a good look at him. I
.liiakhowcvorho muathave betn ( hotbecause
: iu pulled up his coat , placed his hand to his
jack and stumbled forward us if ho was going
! o fall on hU face.A policeman standing on
; he corner caught him by thu shoulder anil ar
rested him. A gre.it crowd of people gathered
around tha man lying on ihe sidewalk. Sev
eral firemen came running down the street
ind did something for him in the way of dash
ing water in hit fnce and giving him whUky , "
"Did you see O'Donovnn Koma niuong thu
: o ir men1 Schmidt was niked. B
"I can't say that I did. '
The police claim to have n letter from Kossa
: < > the wounded man tu'Iing ' him to coma onto
tfew York to his office1 , that ho had important
justness for him to attend to.
I'helan was asked by Fireman Cnttrell if
tie wanted a minister or priest. ' No , ' ho
epli'd ; "I don't want anybody. I don't ba-
iove in uny religion ; ? ! am a follower of J'ob
[ ngursoll. "
News of the stabbing and shoot-
ng epread rapidly and inquiries wcro
nade on all sides as to who
'helan and Short were , helnn appeared to
jo known to many men identified with nevo-
rjl Irish revolutionary societies , liojsa was
londenmed by a number of his compUriots
or giving publication in his paper this week
.D an interview published in tha Kauiai City
Journal , puiported to have been Ind with
L'hulau , givlcg a detailed account of the oper
ations of the dynamiters in Knsjluid Threats
were made nsai stHossa'd | life , and it Is said
ils immediate friends had determined to form
n bodyguard to protect him. Short , it is
stated , came to this country with tha man in
the Bummer of 1882 , and that at Jim McUer-
nott's , in Captain Kyan'n barroom
u Chambers street , he is said to
jo a native of Cork , whore he was one of the
jrincipal leaders in tno movement directed by
D'Donovan lioau. Fh lau was onu of the or-
ginators of the skirmishing fund , and w.-ft at
one timosuspecto I of being the famous "No. 1"
mentioned by tha informer , Oarey , in his evi
dence. Ho has been an Irish nationalist all
its lift1 , and has been always prominent iu
.he Irish revolutionary movement Short ii
said to bo lone of the IrUhineu driven to this
country by the treachery of Jim McDermitt.
of Brooklyn , who is cow believed to be in the
pay of the British government.
Coroner Martin came to the hospital to
take the wounded man's
nnte-mortam ttate-
nicuo. Plielan paid ho would tell the true
story and proceeded : "On last .Sunday week
an interview Intweon myself and thu editor
of tha Xunsis City Journal was published in
the Journal. I afterward received a Io'.ter
Iroin John ICeainey asking me to come to this
city. I telegraphed him I would bo hero
lanutry 8th. When I arrived tT-day
1 called on Kearney and together wont
to O'Donovan Kossa's ollico. Kosea was not
in A man named Kockv fountain O'Brien
cuno iu and whila th iu lie shook hands with
me in a friendly way , and inked how I wiu ; ,
He then loft and a man whoso name I think
is I3aikor , carnn in with a knifem his hand.
Ho immediately approached and struck -it
m about the chest. I was eitsd in a chair
at the time and warded off the blow.
Ho madii moro thrust' , and stabbed mo sev
eral t mcs. 1 sprang to my ( feet und raa down
btilrs. Barker followed me , and cut me again
and again. On thu btrcut Barker
was brought before mu. and I
recogni/.ed him as tbo man who utabbcd
me , and supposing ho would xtab mo again I
shot him. 1 first met Barker on my leturu
from ICuropo In August or September last.
Twas iu Kossu's ollice. I met him them after
ward. Kearney , and two others I don't
know were piojont when I was assaulted , "
The identity of the two men spoken of could
not bo established. They , with Kearney , Had
when the butchery commenced. The police
refmii to allow the throe letters found in 1'ho-
lan'd packets to ba seen. O'Dimovan Horsa
came to his ollice to-night , AVheu told ti ! t n
man had been hacked to pireii ; in his oili o
Kossa smiled incredulously. Af
terward Ii3. allowed Ric.it consternation
nnd a ked for all particulars. He was told ti
go to the station house for information and he
suddenly locked his door and disappeared. A
ring at the door bel | of HOSS 'H residence later
brought no rd > j > oueu , A friend o
his eald Hess : ! had lately hoaril
tilk of "treachery" among certain
parties but he was * urpri < ed thH men should
BO : forgot themselves as to light lit ) wa
sure Kossa kuiw nothing about tm > affair , uni
that if Ui > ia had been prpsent the stubbing
would have been prevrntfd.
Ai > Itnllan Ktnl > lcil In Domtli ,
NKW YOIIKJanuary 'J. Frank 1'ernillo , r.n
Italian street lulorcr , wua stabbed to deatl
to-nlpht by JJoinlnto Serilotti , a la I of nine
teen year * . No causa assigned. The mur
derer has not been arrested.
11ACKKT ,
NKW VoitK. January D , Cut rates to Chicago
cage to-day , § 10.10 , New Orloanj , S22.60.
WASHINGTON MEWS.
The Inter-Stile Commerce Bill Bit-
cussed in ttc Senate.
Transfer of a Vessel of the
Groely Expedition
To the Navy for Eevenuo Sor-
vioo in Alaska ,
Report of the Qovernment Di
rectors of the U , P ,
Fho Govarnnient Would Like to
Have its Pay ,
Tlio National llorml of Health
Various Oincr Intcrcstlnc
Capital Nc.ivs.
SEN.XTK ,
WASHINGTON , January J ) . Thn bill passed
litecling the transfer ot ono of the two ves
sels of tin Grtely rol'ef ' expedition to the
reasury department for a revenue cutter for
ue in tno waters in Alaska , and authoriziug
he letontion of the other two for use in thu
navy as surveying vumcls or otherwise. In
submitting the reporlufiiuieron said the ray-
enuo cutter now in AlMha was lu&uiiicient for
.ho purpo 01 cf thu gin eminent. Mcl'litrson
.miulred whether there W B any intention on
ho part of the government to ratuin to the
: .ugluh government the ship presented to tha
United Statoi for the purpose of thu Grcely
reli6f expedition , Cameron replied that under
; be law. a it would stand withoutthu passage.
of this bill the secretary of the navy would ba
required to tell all the ships forming any part
of tbo rtlicf expedition.
Jackson , from the committee on pensions ,
repotted favorably without amendment the
Jill of yesterday , introduced by Allison , coin-
iromiaiuR the legislative provisions of the pen-
lion appropriation bill recently passed by the
LIeu > e. Jackson said ho would call up the
jill to-morrow. A resolution offered by Wil
son nnd ! greed , calling on the secretary of the
nterior for a copy .of _ the report
> f the government directors of
ho Union Pacific railroad for 1831
'I h ) senate resumed the consideration of tlis
nter state commerce bill. Garland called up
ho house bill on tha same subject with the
view , ho said , of moving to recommend the
bcuate bill with nil its proposed amendments ,
ogolher w'th the house bill , to the committee
m railroads , for further consideration. The
louse bill was read and Garland addressed
the fenata on the subject matter.
Ho Mid that congrcs } could not divest itself
of tha legislative power , nud hand it over to
any commission. The powers lodged In the
commissions were extraordinary. The bill
tot only gave legislative but judicial power.
Lt seemed to liim that the courts were coinpa-
cut to deal with the question * involved aud
"f they were not the-ir jurisdiction could be tn-
argad , Tha bill just pass > td by thohouss was
jotter than any measures proposed in the sen
ate , It did not delegate the power
of congress to any other body ,
.ho question as to what was stata commerce
ind what intcr-st&te commerce v/aj a Very dif-
icult ono sometimes to decide. A great dan-
rer of a clash between the states eovtrally and
he United States aiosa on this very question ,
and the senator from Illinois ( Culloin ) in
cbarga of the bill ought not to ba in to j great
iaste to encounter the question in all its
length und breadth. Garland
w&ntod to see the object in
vlow accomplished , and felt that he could say
that thu senators oo his side of the chamber
would cheerfully aid in bringing the matter
to A close at this session , lie believed th it
; ieaterrogrm \ would now ba made by
recommittal all bills and proposed amend-
ncnts to the cominittm who could consider
; hem and ropoit promptly to the senato.
Cullom said that whllo ivilliogto concede
everything posubleto Garland whom ho re-
: arded ai ecu of the mo > t eminent
awyeri In the senate or country , he
ivould prefer to have the bill dUcus&ed
n the senata instead of the committoa. He
wanted the people of the country to see that
; his Intar-stata commerce bill was no longer
to be a foot ball acil that there was a deter
mination that pomething should ba done with
t. The motion to recommit was 'rejected , 18
to 23. Cullom said , when , after the di'cua-
don in the semte and the bill shou'd bit pnr-
fectcd , ho would move _ to amend the
: ipuao bill by substituting tha s3natu
Dill for it. Wilson's amendment mulling
t unlawful for railroads to discriminate
acraiutt localities r individuals wai added to
thu bill. Vancj propi sad an amendment
niakiug it unlawful for railrnudi to charge
small uhlppurs higher ratui than large tliiji-
: iern. While tlild amendment was Blending
iho Senate went into executive session aiil (
soon adjourned till Monday.
AVA8HINOTON NEWS ,
WASHINGTON , .Taj. 'J. - The annual report
of the board of govo nmeot directera of the
Union 1'acilic railroad company , was submit
ted to-day to tha secretary of the interior. It
is understood that it was drawn up by Mer-
rlain , of Iowa , secretary to the board and
signed by ov'ery member of the board. Tha
directors criticize with considerable heverity
th.o former management of the road , more par-
tlcularly to the "practices and policies of the
company psrtalnlnx to controvarsies with the
govarnuiunt , those lespuctlng the o.tidnctof
the tuilib department and tnoso relating to
snino foaturej of its financial management. "
Thera has been a change In the aduiluixtration
it U stutsd arid the now management is
credited with makiug honest efforts to ' 'oradi-
cto evils heretofore exlnting , " This elfoit
they ruxard "ai i > romi iug substantial and
fclicitlous results If ths execution of the
presently prepared plane , declared plain and
policies of udmiuistratiouaronot in eoino way
interfflred with and pravuuted. " Stress is
laid upon the importance of pi clng thu ru-
sponsibila executlvj management of thu raad
in tha person of a gauural maaogur. This has
not been tha ciua hnretoforo and there
has' been courfimently a conlllct ol
opinion betuolu tl.o directors ant !
the' local management , The government
dlrectois bisin ? their uonvlctiim on a pretty
thorough iuvfbtigtUion of its conditions and
characteristic ! of the road , feel impelled to
expresi the opinion that t o directory ha ) nol
beou f millar with its roil requirements air
scojjo of ill intercity In fact , their interests
art ) rri'lily : cumprahftndnd. Tin government
directors feel conli'Ji ' nt tlut tlio Union 1'acifn ;
ilirictor * . immersed as they have been
iu their _ privata .ilfahs , have not
Hulliclently in a prttc.ic.i ! manner acrmalnted 1
hem olve with tlio Intere-sta In their keeping.
Coo mantgemont i at present emp'oying and
applying every dovica in the way if economy
, hattho inoit icrupul usbarocan siipRO-teir
ngonuity invent The immedlato and tem-
> orary result of this has been up to the pres-
mt time very gratifying. It Is within the
enow ledge if the go\ernment directors th t
he president nnd gene l manager rccogulr
ho nccpstityof popnlatlr.ing the road so f > ir us
, hey may , though obstacles In tlio way nio
lUinoroiH. Its constant fear of advene lefrs !
ation on the one hand , and the constant dn-
.erinimitioii on the part of the publb to hnvo
remedial Ifcldatiem on the other hand that
ends to tender tailw y socutltics of uncurta n
value , the operation of roads uncei-
tiln of success and greatly increased
lilliculty to their maniigcinent , souultiej
hat should have eortiin and stable values , are
bus con vet ted into simple mediums e f p cu-
atiou The Indebted nm of , the company to
ho government is afsmuing immense propur-
ion ? . Kvery conceivable quostton connected
vith the tra'sportation problem , Bo-cilled ,
s coming to boiuvolvcd in this isauo bttnrcGii
ho company and govcrnmsnt. for each of
hcse is a serious question. Each addresses
'self to canfnl legislative considerttlui ,
) iirinptho period of thopiiwporityof the road
which U described at some length , the bond *
d and lloa'ing debt was increasing , nnd the
arnings were devoted to dividend purposes
jr to the acquisition of lateral lines
or extent ions , paying or nnn-payiiif ,
until the maximum of iho company's bonded
tock and Indebtedness was leached In the
ireiont year. Suddenly it was diacoveral
, hat the ibating Indebtedness had reached in
InnoItO. 1881 , the enormous sum of 313,110-
120. The aiBjts to meet this were , cash SI-
1C,070 , ; the company's stock and bond ? ' , § 'J-
072,33 : ? ; the sinking fund in the hands of tlio
trustees , $ S2,0 0 , aid bills and account ! re-
efivable , $2,1)13,419 , ) , making the not debt ,
§ 0,077,000. By the operati n of policies In-
mgurated by the now administration this nfit
wns reduced up to September 30 , § 1,703 ,
108 , or to 55,137,000. Tha advance
n Juno 30 , 1881 , to other roads
u t.rocets nf completion aud on construction
account , which advtnces to the extent they
were then ( and some still are ) unadjusted , are
tayabla in bonds and stock of ouch road ? ,
vhich amounted to § 7,337,005. Tlia Union
? acilic holds the majority of the stock aud
bonds of nearly all It ) branch line ? . The
completion of the OregonShortline is noticed
and the bu'.lef expressed it will soon be not
only i elf-supporting but a source of income
, o the Union 1'acilic. The campany respect-
ally protect that the Investment of
such a sinking fund for the benefit
of tlio government ( or creditors ) Imi
joen accumulated IB unjust to it.
he fund is not so invented as to earn the full
measure of its ability if properly inveatoj. It
i3nds , thcreforo tn no practical degree to re-
leva the debt staggering proportions it will
iao assumed when the tlmws arrives for its
jayment. Jf the present policy of a percent-
ige upon the net earnings umHho Investment
ot the same in a sinking fund is to be pursued
, he experience havingdlctatai that fc'omo vital
onecntial is lacking to a euccfesful working of
the policy. Some additional measures must
ja adopted. The successful working of the
jolicy presupposed two thing * . , Tlio govern-
uent securing tlio full aud entire amount _ cf
, ts proportion of the net earnings nnd the in
vestment of that amount , sons to accuuiulato
with reasonable rapidity. Hut if
government Is to be reimbursed out of the net
earnings. The govornmet directors venture
.lio suggestion that in fact neg department of
, ho government will over Icnqw ior it is prac-
; Icilly impossible to definitely arrive at what
, hose earnings roilly _ are * r may bo until
some competent commission or government
directory is empowered by Jaw to supervise
continuol'y and constantly 'tho actual concerns -
corns nnd operations of 'tho comuany.
The suggestion that seems for a careful sur
vey of the matter to be the most feasible
) Iui Is ono that settles or would
iQttle the most spoedlljv. and purmn-
nently this whole Vjuestion , and
obviate all difficulties whicli-J'lrround it. It
s that instead of the preteij rcquiramentof
.he government of a certain percentage of
.ho net earnings , a fixed eum'bo agreed upon ,
which the company would bo compelled to
[ jay at st.ited intervals towards thu interest
ind principal of its debt to the government.
In fixing tnch stated sum 'tho law-making
) over ; can resolve upon a just and intelligent
i ure , with or without consultation .with
Iho company , keeping Jin viow"i the
mancial condition nnd abilities' tha com-
[ iiny , and having duo regard for the commit
; rrsand of the commerce that will be offered
; be government , Is now face tq faca with the
liroposition that it shall deal justly with this
jorporatfoii as it now finds it , and at thosamo
time jiutly with the commercial interests.
The dirdctora recommended the establishment
of national ralldroad commission. In con
clusion the directors fay : "Tho very ) iappy
fast that tlm stock of the coinp.iiiv i )
owned now mainly by inve&tors instead of
speculators lips had great .weight with the
government directors. It is conclusively de
termined in their minds tha fact that perhaps
above all thinga that are to ba' ' avoided in leg <
illation is the contingency of uuch terms be
lug imposed upon thu company us to render
its etuck practicably permanently non-divi
dend paying , thus giving it an uncertain and
purely speculative value. The result thus
would ba to discourage all bona fide investors
and holders , to force the entire vol
ume of the stock into i Wall street
and finally into the hinds of the
pura ( peculator , to whom the control is better
iliantho ownership , beciuse cheaper , and af
fording all neci's ary menu to wreck and pray
npn the resource of tha corporations. It is
difficult tu conceive to what , an unfortunate
end the road would coma in ( Such an event.
It woulp be ruinous to the road , and would be
the destruction of the claims * of the govern-
meat upon it. If the government would
take as securities tbo 'branch line ? ,
or roqulro that they be' deposited as
security additional to that it now his , am
fix upon a stated amount to be paid at statcc
period' , such aa would in time liquidate thu
debt but which would not compel the com
pany to imp a unust terms up. n Its patrons
and would justify the government in prohib
iting it from doing BO , tills controver y might
to regarded as virtually settled.
The house at the evening session passei
twenty one pension bills , and adjourned mill
to-morrow , A joint meeting of the nattooa
board of Indian commisjionersand the Indian
rights association clo.sud to-day. Jlesolutions
wore adopted expressing the vlowa of the con
ferenco that the solut on of the Indian prob
lem ia to ba found in the abolition of thetriba
system , In thu allotment of lands to the In
elhns in bovcralty , and the admission of the
Indians to thu full right aud duties of citizen
shipand urgln/upon congress thonccssEity o
putting into operation immediately A compret-
hennivo svstam of adueution for till tha In Ji
aus. Also reegmm ndiiig tha unpaid balance
duo the Indians under thu vnrlnut treatioato
bu expended by the govern-nont within th
next three years in the establishments nf new
school * likatho'u at Hampton and Carlitlo
Bid approving the action of congress In rnak
ingaprropriatloiu ti pay practical farmer
and teachers on the Indian reservations.
A draft for 810,000 ranol'edtlie ' tux agalm
tli U , , V , .M. in Webster o mnty for 1831. Th
ujmp.my paid 819,700 in Casi.
ST. JOHN HITS BACK.
He Defies Rtt , ciarkson or "Any
Oiher Man"
? o Produce Proofa of his Merce
nary Conduct , and
Charges Republican Disastar Up
on Elaine and the Oouiiuittcol
Jrooodilo Tears Shed for the
Poor Laborer
IVhilo Eidinc in Palace Oars of
the Monopolists ,
The North OlilciiRO KollliiR Mills
Out of Olmrity
to the Mon.
ST. JOHN'S
. ' -I have road the
CHICAGO , January it. ar-
iclo in tins morning's Tribuno"iatd Governor
elm 1' , St. John of Kansas , the late prohibi-
ion candidate for president , who is stopping
at tlio fcherman house , this morning , "in
which Iteaid that J. D , Clarkson , editor of
ho Iowa State Register and the Iowa mom-
> er of the national republican committee , ro-
lows his charges that I Bought to obtain msncy
n the republicans and made a contract
o leave the field nnd [ betray the prohibition
ause. " "I defy htm and his committee to do
ils wortt. They set out some time eco by
aylcg that I had written letters in winch 1
ind committed myself to corrupt propositions.
STo ami unt of goading has been sufficient to
nduco them to produca any such letters , and
low they have shifted their ground and begin
o spook of some ono who they say was a BO-
ret agent employed by mo to conduct cor-
upt negotiations , but why do they not tell
who he is ? I nm sure I had no such agent ,
nd I do not believe Mr. Clarkson his any
mrticular man in mind when ho speaks of
uch an agent. It seems to me that if there
9 one their purpose would bet best subserved
jy telling his name and exposing my trnnaac-
ions th oogh him at once. The truth Is if I
tad any desire to sell out , I would not have
lad to apply to the republican committee , ere
o employ a go between for mo The whisky
tower of this country haa never been Miort of
uonoy within my recollection and-I never
aw the day when a corrupt , man ou cither
ido could not get his price without any dicker-
ng. "
"Wheranro you from and which way are
ou boundt"
"I am just from my homo in Kansas and
am ou my way to Minnesota , whera I nm to
ingage in w hat the republicans call 'setting
jack prohibition four twenty years. ' I expect
a spend the next for years at it. "
" \Vhattigurodoyouexpect prohibition to
cut in the next presidential election ? "
"That will depend very largely on what
and of an administration Cleveland gives us.
; think it likely that we will carry several
tates aud hold the balance of power in the
ilectoral college. Hut of course this is all
ijuess work. "
St. John said Cl.irkson'fr statements .warn a
jesuo'oE HeftflOiWOlarkson bnreithcr been
lecelved or ho wilfully lies. I hrwo never
asked or received a cent of money from any
committee democratic or republican. I have
icver been in communication with any ined-
um , nor have I written any letters or telo-
; iams to nuy medium offering or insinuating a
liipoaitiim to ulay the prohibition party false.
Chu matter is ono of pure revenue for the de-
oat of Ulaine. Maine's defeat was duo to
limaplf and his party. The corner stone was
aid here in Chicago last June , when the re
publican party refused to allow the people to
xerciso tlio right of thinking for themselves.
[ t was further assured when li'aine ' went about
, he country professing to bo tin laboring
man's frienl and shedding crocodile tears for
them while ho rode In a magnificent palace
: .ir , given him gratuitously by a monopoly nnd
luighed in his sleeve at the poor miners
delving in the ground at a pittance per
day. Again whan he surrounded himFulf
at the Delmonlc3 dinner , the "Ik-lahazzar
'east , " with four hundred millions capital
around him if lie had not been bllndad by
vanity ho could have seen the "hand writing
on the wall. " I did not defeat him. Und he
carried Oneida county , which went in 18BO ,
2,000 for Garfield , aud In 1881100 for Cleve
land , ho might have baon pres'dent. All of
; heso things combined to defeat him , Net 1.
But if Clarkson did not think differently they
would attack ma but for revenge I would not
jo mentioned. In regard to Clarlcsou's
charge ) . I have written tint no human being
was ever authorized by mo to make any over-
oures to Clarkeou or any other membeisol
the national committo or anybody. If 1 had
desired to retch the republican comnutte
or Clarkpon , there would never h yo been any
nofd of middlemen.
"Wero you over apnroichod , governor , by
the republicans with re/ereneo to selling
out ? "
"Of that I do not care to speak now. "
St. John intimated several times during tlio
Interview that hojintl been approached by the
republican committee and pressed to make
Bomo dctinito btatement on this subject. On
this score ho replied :
"I want Cl.irksjn to get through with his
charges before I say anything. When I speak
and tell what I know it will bo no uncertain
sound. If I wanted to I could tell of some
things which occurred In Ohio through repub
lican instrumentality dining the October elec
tion that would rival Copiah and Danville ,
Clarkson dare not confess what part ho
played. If 1 wore disposed to speak a strong
light would ba shed 11)100 ) somethings that
would simplify the Springer investigation in
Cincinnati. "
North Chicago Rolling Mills RCNIIIIIC ,
Special telegram to TUB BKE.
CJIIOAIJO , January O. 'Tho ' North Chicago
rolling mills will start up Again on Monday ,
Januaiy l'J"baid the general manager to-day ,
"There is not a dollar for the company in thus
resuming the manufacture nf steel rails , " he
continued , "and it is done more out of a feel
ing of charity toward the men who have been
unemployed for four months than to any other
reaion Reports fiom various parts of the
country indkato that the Iron nn J steal trade
is improving ; several mills that have boon
closed nio Blasting up again. That is no Indi
cation of an improvement in trade , A certain
amount of steel rails must bo used nnd
10 contmcta and prices II TO all boon fixed
ir 18S" > . Some mills luvo taken all they can
and o but wa did not , because there was
othftijr In the prices to warrant n belief that
icro WB * any r.rofit even at redncid wop *
hoio ii no inducement to start the fires. The
agnate about the saino ai usual at this
: a < nnof the year. "
"How ninny hands will you bo able to give )
mploymont to ? "
"About 1,0(0 ( men , 1'erlmpR not ijuito o
many at first , but the force will bo increased
factually. It takes a corlain niuutcr of
inds any vay , but as I Siid before , it IN
nero clnrity on our part than noccenlty that
nduce M3 to tatt the iirai * . True wo Imvo
nne contmcta ta fill , but at the present
ticcn fur rails , wa could afford to stay idle.
t is belter to liivoho machlnciy 'in UfO ,
hidi is another reafon for startlcg up. "
HT1OKS TO IT ,
ND SAYS UK Witt , BOON UVB TllK 1'UIlUC
TUB FACTS 01' BT. JOHN'tt PKnKIHV.
DKS MotNKj , Iowa , January 'J. Mr.
/larltson was shown to-night thu interview
vith St. John at Chicago , tout out by the
Vesociatod 1'rofs to thy , In regard to St.
ohn's chntgo that hiiu'clf and others of the
ational committoa had first said that ho him-
elf had written letters , in which ho had
ommlttod himself to corrupt propositions ,
} arksou f.'iid no one had ever yet inado such
hargos , and that St. John knew they had
ot , nnd that therefore ) them has been no
hlftiiig of the character of the accusations
gainst htm. "St. John alfecU to say , " said
Ir. Clarkson , "that ho had no friend or
gent attempting to negotiate for him , and
liathu does not believe 1 bavo any particular
iiirson in mind in speaking of stieh nn
rent. I did have such a person
n mind , and St. John knows very well who it
8 , for ho was in correspondence with him all
ho time the person was seeking to inalto a
cnlwith us. The cerson is a well known
Cnntas politician , who is every whera known
u that stater B having been St. John's next
rlend iu politics when Ii9 was a republican.
? ho man cuino to mo with a letter of Intro-
uctlou and endorsement from a United States
enator. St. John knows as well or batt ! r
ban I who the man IB , and a telegram from
im to that party , adcmg tha whole truth to
10 told , will give the public all the facts. Ho
vill not give them at my request , butdoubtlces
10 would at _ St. John's. Mr. St. John need
iot try oTaion any longer. The country wi 1
enow all the facts and details of his perfidy
> eforo many days. "
Tlio National Boiml of Health ,
Ipeclal telegram to TUB BEF.
WASHINGTON , January 0. The recent na >
ional convention of health officers in this
ity adopted a plan looking to the securing of
Additional legislation for reorganizing the
national board of health by enlarging the
membership to ono member from each etato
he views of this convention were embodied
n a bill which was presented to the public
lealth comrnittoa of thu homo of roprcsenta-
; Ues for their consideration and action. The
members of the committfe have been giving
omo consideration to the matter and while
no formal action has been had the sentiment
s'decidedly against the legislation asked fern
n tbo ground tent uch a body would ba nn-
vieldry and is not needed at this time. The
omimtteo _ has not considered the quo > tion
whether it is advisable to continue the work
> oiun by thu present national board of health ,
which liin been of the greatest importance to
ho country. The probabi ities are , however ,
hat a recommendation will be inado to con-
inuo the preterit board.
; B3jfcflESKnA"r.'q6ttDOJ.
. ! .
CAIIIO , Jnnuary U. A messenger loft
dul on Sunday and learheTd Korti to-day with
lispatches from Gen. Wolfclcy. The country
or eighty miles out from Kortl is open , but
Jryoml teat point i ] dangerous from caravaiii
of the MahdF.
GKN. WOI.3EI.Kr EXl-KCJIS HEAVY HUHTINC.
LONDON , Jauuaryll. Prom Gen. Wolseloy'a
ecsnt dispatches it is snruilned that ho ex-
> ects pomb heavy fightinc after Khartoum is
el'eved.
Pcath of a Prominent Journalist.
CI.KVKLANJ ) , 0. , January J. Itobert W.
Yiight , for many years a prominent Jonrnal-
st in the et.-t and well known as an atithbr
nd jnngazino w iter , died to-day of conges
> ! on of the brain , aged 09. Hn was one of the
eaders of the whig party in Wisconsin before
.he war.
l'nlllstH ; Cniiiinc to Omaha.
Special telegram to TUB Bus ,
, Neb , , January i ) . 1'atrick T. Me
tlio heavy weight pugilist , and his
jacker leave O'Neill for Omaha to-morrow to
irrango a match with Prof , Miller , of Omaha ,
'or § 121.0 a side and tha northwestern chain
pious-hip.
New Yorlc FalluiTja.
NEW YOIIK , January ! ) , The failures dur
ing the last seven days were -157 , far In OXCOPS
of any previous chronicle for the same peiiod
Catarrh Cured
- Catarrh Is a very prcvnlcnt disease , wit ? "
distressing nnd odcnslvo symptoms. Hood's
Sarsaparllla gives ready relief and speedy
cure , from the fact It nets through the blood ,
and thus reaches every part of the system.
" I suffered with catarrh fifteen years. Took
Hood's Sarsaparlllannd I nm not troubled any
with catarrh , and my general health Is much
better. " I. W. Ln.us , Postal Clerk Chicago
& St. Louis Railroad.
" I suffered with cntnrrh 0 or 8 years ; tried
many wonderful cures , Inhalers , etc. , spend
ing nearly ono hundred dollars without benefit.
I tried Hood's Sars parllla , nnd was greatly
Improved. " II. A. ABIIKV , Worcester , BInss.
Hood's fiarsaparllla Is characterized 1 }
three peculiarities : 1st , the comMnullnn ol
remedial agonta ; Zd , the proportion ; 3d , the
process of securing the active mcdlcliiv ;
qualities , The result Is aincillclno of uuusu.1
slr ( nntli , cHuctlng cures hitherto unknown
Bend for book coiitnlnlni ; additional evidence ,
"Hood's Bnrs.iiiarllla tones up my system ,
purllles my Mood , thirpi'iismy , : amictltn.nnu
seems to uiikn me over , " .1.1 * . TJIOMJ'HOX ,
KcglMeroI DuCds , Lowell , Mays.
/ "Jfood's 8'irsaiiarllla beats all others , and
Is worth Its weight In jrold. " I. JlAKiiiKH'ioli ,
1 JO JJauk Street , Kevv York City.
Mood's * Sarsaparilla
Bold by all druggists. ? l ; six for J5. Mailo
only by 0.1. HOOD k CO. , Lowell , Moss.
IOO ° Dosco .Ono Dollar
THE MARKETS.
Little or No Change in ttc doneral
Market. .
Fat Oattlo Soaroo and Medium
Sorts Plentiful ;
'ho ' Hog Market was Irregulnrly
Downward , Barely Steady ,
L Good Day's Busiooss in Wheat
Olosing at 80 3-4 ,
Tlio Oorn Market Easy and
Steadily Downward ,
OatH Fairly Actlvo-lljo Stcaily rt
Qulot Provisions
Lixril Imwcr ,
CHICAGO MARKlfiTS.
CATTLK.
Ipecial telegram to Tun Um : .
CHICAGO , January 9. There was little or
10 change In the general market. Fat cattle
ro scarce and medium sorts plentiful. The
nilk of the so-called fat stock la in an un-
inishcd green condition , but they pass and
ell for fat cattle. These torts nvorago
round about 1,400 to I.COO and sell at $585
@G 15 and thereabouts , Medium averaging
,200 to 1,300 , S4fiO@525 ; common to fair
teers of 1,100 to 1,200 , SI 25@iGO. This
ast class are exceedingly slow of sale , are 15
.2.r > c lower than lait week and coat moro ia
ho country than they will sell for in this
narkot. Boat cocs und butchers'steers are
clling well and making good prices. Stock-
rs and feeders steady aud unchanged. The
nilk of arrivals are of thu scrubby
and unprofitable sort and such are
oiling for all they are worth
o anybody. Finn bred Mock , neat and plenn-
ng in style nnd appearance are commanding
tronp price H. Good to choice , Ii00nnd ; 1,400
bs. , S5 60@C 8 ; 1,200 , and 1,350 Ibs. . $5 00 ©
} CO ; common to fair , 84 50@5 00 ; inferior to
air cows nnd mixed. $2 30@20 ( ; medium to
good , 53250421 : stockors. S3 2i@ ! 100 ;
coders S3 JO@4 00. In view of
loavy receipts i the market opened very
trourr nnd steady nnd active with hero ami
hero a sale nt a ubndo higher prices than yes-
erdoy but the forenoon wore away and
he trains .with 30 and10 cars ot
HOGS.
achcamoup in rapid and regular onler. i Vvl
? riccs began to weaken nnd then the provision
market opened lower and a drop of 20@)0c : )
n pork always means a corresponding decline
n hogs , so that late vales were strong at 5 ©
Oc lower than at the opening. Many of tbo
lackers did not buy until neur noon. Itongh
ind common packers may be emoted nt 84 20.
23 , and fair to chnico 4 45 © 1 05 , with the
cst heavy at § 4 00 © I 05 and choice heavy at
170@4 75 ; light and closely ataorted , 84 BO
@ 4 00. To-day'a markets were irregularly
downward and during the bulk of the morning
session felt.barely . steady , yery Jargn lines * ,
nl leinjr'Kheat' lux > which" " thero"1' was a profit :
wcrSthrovvn ou the market , \vookening it.
Clio provision market also sympathized with
vheat. The tendency from 12 to 11) . m. was
itoadily downward. Outside orders wcro
.ilenty and were generally to sell. At
. o'clock the market was almoht weak
WHEAT
opened firm and nearly lo higher for favorite )
options end was early bulled on thu reported
idvanco of Gd in cable ; . Whcu this had taken
> lace the large lines of wheat in which there
vas a good profit were unloaded , bringing
ibout a very easy feeling and a dt'chne'of IJc ,
ho morning session closing barely steady nt
ho lowest points : Nn. 2 spring cold early at
11 jc but eased elf to BOJc ; outside orders were
very plenty and made tno day's business fully
up to tlio average ,
COIIN
poned firm and higher in sympathy with
vheat and later recorded a fractional advance ,
jut iu a general wajr the market wan very
'asynnd quits steadily downward. No. 2
cannsoldnt : )7c ) , only , three cars changing
lands' , und closing nominally at ilc.
OAT8
were fairly nctivo with trading confined to
.ollor for May at a range of jc. The genrJnl
aainCFn in other grains affected this market
mfavorab.y.
ruled steady and quiet w ith No. 2 cash at B5J
and May in fair requoit at 62. Little was
done , however , .
rnovisioKB
were liberally traded in but were lower
.hroufihout thu entire morning pession , May
pork dropping back 50 , Selling was very gen-
al and large offerings with easiness nnd low-
; r prici-s elnewhero had much to do with
jringlng about the decline. Cash lard rang
ed fie under Februaryselling , frjrn ? 7 00 down
to SO 874. JHlw were < | iiuted SO CO.
Train 'Wreokorc ,
NEW Yoim , January ! . A thorough exam
ination at the scene of the accident on the
Lung Island railroad by the officials shows
a deliberate cnxu of trainwreckingby.unknown
parties , A etaplo had beni removed from a
tie , and ono of the hwitch rails moved so the
wheels of the locomotive would strike it and
be thrown from the track. Detective ) wfro
net to work to discover tlio perpetrator.
Tlio IlllnolH tiei > lNlaturo ,
HrniNQmu ) , January U , The house alter
hearing thu committee- credentials read *
journed till Monduy it ( i p. m. No attempt
was inado to elect a permanent speaker. K.
M. HalneB ai temporary speaker is ntll | hold
ing Urn fort. Qho senate also adjourned till
Monday.
Itanlc
AUOUBTA , Ga , , January 0. The ) janlc of
Augusta , charter < ) d by iho etato many yearn
before the war. inado an assignment to liar-
per IJros. for tlio benefit of it ? creditor. The
capital stock is $150COO. Depouitoid will bg
paid in full ,
A Nevada Homitor Suoue < : ( ln lilinuoir.
OAIISO.V , Nevada , January i ) . > * -'lolin ' 1' .
JontH was nominnttd by the ropnblicanri cau N
cus to the United plates aonnto. to succeed
himself. i
recognizeil
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