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A NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , MARCH 2 , 1890. SIXTEEN PAGES NUMBEK _ elf * I
, A DISCOURAGED REFORMER ,
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ThoRccontElootlous Oauao Willi elm
to Ponder and Pauao
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BISMARCK IN CONTROL AGAIN
Tlio Chancellor Maneuvering to Hoth
trlcvo tlio llcoont DIsnstora
Negotiation * ) Opened With
tlio Vatican ,
i . Tlio Clinnocllor Triumphs
lCoItiht | | 1890 h\i \ iYeio York Anoctatcil Prtti.m \
UKtiMN , March 1. By tlio results of the
second ballot reportca today the dlsnstrous
defeat of tlio Cartel coalition Is conllrjnod
and tlio sumo figures put In a stronger Hunt
the triumph of the German liberals and the
socialists The four districts In this city In
which the llrst canvass was undecided has
now been carried by German liberals
t The icturiiB from the provinces received
up to P:50 : p. m. contmuo to dlscloso In every
direction defeats for the nntional liberals
and successes for the popular candidates of
. , _ .f- various stripes Perhaps the most surprls-
lug feature of this activity of the popular
clement is the lively renppoaranco of the
Volks party , or democrat * , In all districts
Micro the socialists did not put up a candt-
date
Uismnrck is already actlvoly planntng and
negotiating the reconstruction of the govl1
ornment's majority by a manipulation of
parlies In the now schema the center party
! • will replace the national liberals Tbo olec-
_ > , tlons have resulted In the rostoratlon of the
prlnco's control over the emperor The
chancellor never seriously Intended to ro-
tire , but would rotlro rather than have to
piny the part of figure head His giving
out his purpose to resign culled
the emperors ' uttoutioa to the fact
hat It would bo the logical consequence
of his separating himself ontlroly from the
t chancellor and doubtless led him to reflect
on whnt ho was to do without him As soon
as the ndvorso result of the elections was
pcrccptlhio this reflection must have loomed
• \ up as one of serious moment , and all this
led to the emperors unqualified adhesion to
the prlnco's projoetcd parliamentary tactics
1 The first measure showing the drift of the
Bchonio is the revival of actlvo relations
( with the Vatican In an Important dispatch
v Bismarck requests the popes opinions nnd
rccoinmer.diitions as to the details of the
restitution to the Catholic clergy of sums
l sequestrated during the kulturkampf The
{ * report also credits the emperor with having
, wrlttou porsounlly to the pope on the close
_ J _ _ _ _ _ K , _ > connection of his proposed state of
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ KV socialism with the Christian socialism
H ; embodied in the papal allocutions Another
_ _ ff slgniUuant fact is that thu North Gorman 1
1HV , Oazctto throws over the national liberals
K with the declaration that the two great par
HB tics the consorvatists and tbo centrists
H > hnvo como through thu electoral conflict in-
H tact and plcdgod to maintain the progress 1
H ulroadv made in social reforms and to 1ml-
H tate ana carry out now reforms
H Other organs Inspired by Bismnric dilate '
H upon the theme that In the generous Cutholic ;
H aspiration for u regulated social organization 1
M tbo party is working upon common ground
j H with the govcrumont , as the governments 1
H policy , us shown In the oiuparor's recent ut-
B tcrances In addressing the oouncll of Btato
B at the close of today's sosslon the emperor
m clarcd his aims on the social problem not
M ' Ideal Ho did
not hope to discover some
M grand remedy or euro-all for the social ills
H | Ho desired rather and simply that a detarm-
M Ir.cd effort should bo made to find the means
H | tn satisfy the legal demands and the just
H wishes of the working pcoulo
_ K . It is not thought the coining International
/ labor conference will amount to much , nl-
_ . - though the emperor is . sanguine England
H "v nnd Franco having objected to tbo considoi-
H ntionof minors hours this part of tbo pro
H grammo was amended and practically with
B , drawn
H1 It Is now looked upon as doubtful whothcr
| the International labor conference will meet
H | on the 15th Inst as has boon arranged , M.
B Spullcr , the French , minister , Hesitates ever
H a llnal acceptance of the invitation because
H ho bus discovered that the piogratnmo nd- '
M mltsof tbo discussion and regulation of tbo
H hours of labor of adults Under the clause
H rnlating to work done in mlnos the confer
H cuce is to decide on the limitation and dura-
| H tion of shifts In mlnos , on precautions
H , to bo taken In regard to unhealthy mines ;
H also upon restrictions in the output of coal
H by combinations to affect prices and nil this
H by International agroomeut M. Spullor
H rommunicatod his views on those points to
H the Marquis of Salisbury and to Prince Bis-
L marck and advised that points certain to
B * ) raise the question of minors houis ho with
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j • drawn from the programme The marquis
H of Salisbury approved of M , Spullor's sug- ;
H gcstlon Both probibly feared seine dollv-
H < cranco of tbo conference affecting miners
H , and tbo eight hour movement The olnuso
H will bo modillod so as to orovaut
H' any debate upon the limitation
H of tlnrlongth of a minors day and the con
H forence tbus beglus to ussnmo the character
B of an academic reunion in which many moro
or less competent men will suggest solutions
BB | of social and cconouiia problems ThoUuitod
States will cortalnly lese nothing practical
H or of importance through tbo absence of a
H representative Tbo cliaucellor will not at-
Bj tend tho-conference , neither will Count
H Herbert Lilsmarck nor any of the foreign
H diplomats An ofllclal stonograpbio report
H will glvo the world whatever heno-
H fit can arlso froui the expression
H of the Ideas of the economic specialists
H The emperor still seems to bo excessively
H sanguine of some practical results Con i
H versing with members of the council of )
H v , . state at dlnnor , ho referred to the project
pH < of crcnting through tbo conference a porma-
H nciit International board of control , om-
H powered to con vono International congresses ,
H to report bow the condition of each country
H Is affected by the International agrcomont
H to which the oouforenco may
H agree It is altogether improbable , !
H that the poners will consent
H to this merely to gratify the emperors
H Tlshes
H There was a reception after dinner nnd
H all the delegates wcro proseatod to the
H empress , The emperor talked much with
H Freeze , Plumm and Scbirartzkopf , Prince
H Uisinarck discussed the elections
H In the Imperial arsenal the working day
H was formerly twelve hours long It has
H now been roduccd to ten hours , Vi 'orklng- '
H men's commltteos have been formed among •
H the employes In the government coal
H mines
H * The lioorien.eltuug aftlrms that Prince
H jf Dlsmaruk's recent Interviews with the om- '
Lr peror resulted In a decision to take measures
g "to prevent injurlat to the state weuaccd by
H the Ill-Ulrectod current ot public oulolon "
H If any clear meaning can bo put upon this
H phrase It must have been that the emperor
H has ai.scrtcu that frevh uttciu Ut shall bo
made for the suppression of the social propo
gnmtn as conducted by others
! The Dutch socialists , Nicawonhur's and
Van Ilevoron , returned hero with passports
nnd were permitted to romaln and assist
tholr | friends during the oloctlons
The Krouz Zcltung declares that unlvorsa
suffrage Is a political monstrosity and that It
should bo abolished
The Hamburger Nnchrlcten argues that
tlio elections have proved the necessity of
the cnrlloat oxpulslon from Germany of nil
social agitators
Dr Arondt , sccrotnry of the Emin Pasha
rtllof commit'oc , U a dotoatcd candldhto
, .
Ho prcdiets that the now rotchstag will bo
Indifferent to colonial expansion nnd will not
grant the suplles necessary for Major Wis-
mnn It Is expected that the now reichstag
will bo convoked for April 10.
The emperor will , on the lSth , visit the
Sarro ! mining district as the guest of llerr
Stumni ' , the mlno owner In May ho goes
shooting J with the czar in the great forest of
Volhyuin
The Ucichsanzolgor publishes an ngrcosc
inont between Germany nnd Franco for a
uniform tariff In tholr respecttvo territories
ol tlio A frlcnu slave coast Goods that have
paid duty on the coast of olthor power may
bo ' carried Into the territory of either withci
out additional duty
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Mnvonioiiln ofSocloty Pnoplc
ICopuiluhl 18'K ) hy Jamti ( lonlm IlenneK , ]
Pauis , March 1. [ Now York Herald
Cable Special to Tun licn.1 The Kivlora
Is | apparently not baskiuir In the sunshine
of warmth nnd comfort any moro than
Paris just now , , for the arrivals from the
sunny south nnd the departures for Italy
have \ , been enormous Cnrnlvnl over , the
social world of Pnris Is consoled by Lenten
restrictions , to teas and "at
homes , " chlof of which during the
wcok wns n reception to Mine
Obllnl , given by Mr and Mrs Campbell
Clark Gounod and Massent were present ,
both t accompanying Miss Sybil Somderson on
the piano to her vor'ous songs and arias
Massenet also gave a dinner Monday to the
professional world
Tuesday Mis Itithbono , the consul con
orals wlfo , and Mrs Joseph Hailoy of Phlla-
dolphia , ] gave charming teaB
Mrs Luckenmeyer entertained about
ninety guests at n grand muslcalc , with Miss
Emma Eamcs and Mm Delimit & Wolfe as
soloists
Wednesday Mrs Gcorgo It Blanchard of
Now York Mrs Kilbourno of Washington
and Mrs Thurbur gave "at homes ana
Thursday j Mrs Lamson's tea was quito the 1
fashlonablo event
Friday Mis John McGlnnls and Mrs
Wnlden Pell were nt homo
Today Mrs George Howler hold a rcccp-
( which wns lurgoly attended the
, by so-
I cinl , world ot Paris
Mrs Amclio Hlvos Chandler has been reported -
ported being at Nlco and the Kivlern resorts 1
when all the while she was onjoylnp a qulot 1
seclusion , within the precincts of Mndolino
Occasionally ( she Invltos a friend or two to '
diuo , otherwise she is refusing to make or
receive n visit and is devoting bor timoto ait
and literature
Miss Adclo Grant returned from Cannes 1
today | to the Hotel 'Vendomo , her mother :
being | too much Indisposed for a journey to '
Cannes <
Jules Stewart and the French novelist ,
Ucno j Mnlzoroy , leave for the Klviaru today
to ( remain until May to complete a llvoly il-
lustratcd ] romance the distinguished artist
and , writer have planned It is said that '
several , American periodicals
nro nogotiat-
Ingtn | produce it as nsorlal ( tory Stewart '
clings to the old salon and will ox-
Inbit at the Palace do l'Industrio exhibition -
hibition o largo , beautiful painting called 1
Los Flours , " representing a group of
pretty girls arranging largo gardlulerol '
spring floworo
iMossrs Donnat , Sargent and Alexander
Harrison have been elected members of the
now snlon committee , but will prohnbly ox-
hlblt in both exhibitions
Charles Iiolnhardt sails April 1 to locate in
New York
Henry Bacon has returned after o winter
in Vontco
Sarah Bernhardt Is rehearsing daily for
the production of Cleopatra , " nftor which
follows The Virgin Blury , " which takes
place soon after Easter
M. Lamourcitx contemplates a tour of
Europe and America next season with bis
orchestra uartor the direction of Robert
Strakosch
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Spencer Ilqprovoo tlio Tlinnilorer
London , March 1. iSpocial Cahlogram to
Tins Beb.J Earl Sponeer , speaking at Wdf-
vorton , reproved the Times for Its gullibility
In swallowing so readily Plgott's forced lot
tcrs , which were , in fact , the backbone of
all Its oharges Ho said that whenever dur-
Ing the last fifteen years Inquiry Into the
doings or sayings of anybody connected with I
Dublin castle had olicltod any coinmunica-
tlon from Piggott , what ho said had been ul-
ways found to bo unreliable Ho related
many Instances of Plgott's attempts to
obtain munoy for pretended information
while ho himself was lord lieutenant He
saidIf ; the Gladstonians are now worthy
of blame for < heir alllanco with the Pnrnoll
party , tbo torles were also worty of hlamo
for tlio alliance of 1SS5 SO and for the pres
cut offers of local government to Ireland "
Ho believed that posterity would regard
Mr Parnoll as one of the greatest reform ,
ors of the generation
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A Prouoli Minister IIosIkiih ,
Piuis , March 1 , Constans , minister of the
interior has resigned Ills resignation was
duo to a quarrel with Tirard over tbu ap-
pointinent of the republican Senator Mazuuu
us ono of the judges ot the court of Cassu-
tlon The cabinet today offered Coustuns'
portfolio to Uourgcars , a radical , and the
deputy from the Jura Bourgeors asked for
tiino to consider tbo offer ,
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Htoanisliip Arrivals
At New Yofk The Haotla , from Houi-
ourg ; the Travo , from Uremau ; the Spain ,
from London ; tbo Brooklyn City , from '
Bristol ,
At Philadelphia Tlio Nodorland , from
Antwerp
At Bremcrhavcu The Alter , from Now
York
At the Lizard-Passed ; The Itylal Hall ,
from Now Orleaus , for Havro
Dopuvv Prefers u Snro Tlilnc
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New Yoiik , March I. Chaunooy M
Dopow was scon today , in regard to the {
report that lie was about to resign his '
position with the Now York Central In vloiv
of his probable nomination fortho presidency \
of the United States by the republican party
Ho Baldi Its a moro fabrication I have
an honorable position , nnd a satisfactory In- /
como , and am not going to throw tbem up /j
chase dreams or rainbows , and that covers
the entire story "
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Tlio Dcnlli J Cell
New Yohk , March 1. Ex-Congressman
Charles L. Mltehell of Now Havcu , Couu ,
died this mornlug in this city
GREENS ' ' FEARS FOR FOOLS ,
Afraid They Will EngnffQ iu the
Tolosraph Buainoes
WANAMAKER SEVERELY SCORED
The Iratn Doctor Clinrircs the Post *
innster Gcnrrnl with Pushing a
Pet Holictno in mi Un-
seemly Mnnncr
_ _ _
Green Grows Cholorlo
WA9IIINqton , IMnrch 1. Dr Norvln
Green , president ot the Western Union
Tolegrnpn company , today continued his
statement respecting the pending postal
teljgniph hill , bnforo the house committee
on postofllccs nnd postrond9. He said ho had
seen It stated that ho wires on the Paclllo
railroad lines belonged to the government
Ho did not so understand It , and as a matter
of fact the government had no p.iwer to llx
rates over these lines Respecting rates
conernlly , Dr Green said that they were
nbout ' one-half of these provalllns twenty
two years ago The ratio between our own
nnd British rates was ns 25 cents to SO coiits
The postuvistor general proposed to reduce
tticao ] rates one-half , and this , in tbo facj ot
the ] fact that the British system had been
operated with n deficit of 511S00,000 In the
past olovou years and probably 53J.0OJ.O3O
slnco lts establishment Yet the
English j system had boon instituted under
a solemn pludgo that It should bo solfsupt
.
portiinr The salaries of the British operat
tors ( averaged from S21 to $ J9 per month ,
while In Now Yorn the average , Including
male ] nnd female , operators was 01.45 , moro
than double ttio British average The Brit
ish j , system was compact , In a closely settled
country , so that Its maintenance cost about
ono-fourth of the cost of maintaining a line
In j this country
If our government embarked In the telegraph -
graph buslnoss it must have managers , or
the business would go to the bottom The
government could not do business as cboaply
as the Western Union All small nnd new
companies wcro under much larger proportionate -
tionato CNpenso than thu Western Union ,
which handled ever 109.0JJ messaKOs a day
at Now York aloao It was cheaper to do a
largo j business than a small one Dr Green 1
presented llguies to show that the uctunl I
cost to the Western Union of handling business -
ness wns 2 , ' .4 cents a message Taking up 1
the dotalls of the postmaster generals ' plan ,
Dr ] Gi con says that at many of the postt
ofllccs there would not bo sudlclent telegraph
business j to pay expenses It nud boon sug
gested that postmasters at their oftlces might
leurn ] to work the wires , but they could not
do so , as thoy-wero usually business men
and fully employed In caring for their shops
,
Tbon special corps of operators would have 1
to bo organized in largo cities and they
would have to bo placed In rooms separata 1
from j the poitoftlce to preserve the secrecy
of the messages
The speaker made a comparison between 1
our domestic tologrnph rates with these in
Europe j , showing that for all distances ever
500 [ miles our rnto3 wcro much larger Yet , ,
said , ho , the postmaster general would estabJ
lish j a uniform rata for 1,51)0 ) m ile distances , ,
a , dlstimco over which no single wlro had 1
ever ( been successfully worked The post
.
master general In his order llxtng rates for
.
government business had made an order
which , the board of directors of the Western
Union had decided vfas practically an order
for the confiscation of their business
The doctor became somewhat excited at
this , point , nnd looking hard at Postmaster
General , Wnnamakop , who steadfustly re
turned , his gaze , ho exclaimed : And yet ho
says , ho Is on first rate terms with the tolo-
graph companies Ho congratulates himself
that he can snillo and smile and murder
while ho smiles Wo propose to controvert
that order ( fixing rates for coverinnent ;
messages ) in the courts und to demonstrate I
that it Is not ono-hulf of the cost of the ser
vice Wo have not received a dollar on
account of the covornment telegraph ser
vlco since la3t July Wo could not accept
the rate ono word moro I dent know
whether I am right , but this is the way it
looks to a in in up a tree . ThH is a govern
mentof the paoplo , by the pcoplo nnd for
the people In England und other monarch
lal countries , in Canada , in Scotland and in
the French republic ths cabinet ministers 1
are mourners of the loglslaturo ,
but in a country with a constitutional form
of government , as It is hero , the executive ! ,
legislative and judicial departments are made
independent departments The president
may recommend from time to time such
legislation as may bo nccdod , This proposed
legislation has fallal to receive his rccom-
mendation , although suhmltto d in the post
master generals report before his annua 1
message was sent to congress I have never
hoard heforo that a cabinet ofllcor may como
before a committee to coach It and help his
pet scheme through whoa it has not been
recommended by the president "
At this point Hepri-seutativo Andersen of
Mississippi interrupted Dr Green to cell nt-
tontlon to the Into hour nnd added that the
witnesses answers \v2r0 urgumon tativo and
not rosponslvo
Representative Crum of Texas remarked
that so fur as coaching the committee was
concerned the postmaster general had novcr
spoken to bun upon the subject When thu
postmaster general was on the stnnd ho
( Craln ) had catoolused him ns closely as ho
bud Dr Grcou , because ho wanted to vote
intelligently upon tbo proposition ,
aDr. . Green The postmaster general lias
between eighty thousand and ono hundred
thousand civil appointments to make and
every member has two or three In bis dis
trict
Craln I urn a democrat and got nonojfrom
him My only objection to the postin istor
1general is his politics
"
Addressinghimself to the subject ot the
pending bill Craln asked if Dr Greens on-
joctlan Was not based on the assumption
that It provided fur the erection and mainte
nance of government lines ,
The doctor replied that was what It ,
amounted to that > vould be the result
Craln asked why the Westoru Union opposed -
posed the bill if it proposed an impracticable
plan
, .
Dr Grcon Because the roolsnro not all
dead yet A great many people would Jump '
into building tologrnph lines without the us-
surauco that thov could make anything
Craln toinarked thut this objection seemed .
to bo that the Western Union would not bo
, le'l"2l' ' ' > uut lll ° I > B ° Pt ° would be
.
Dr Green rapllad that n cortuiu class of
people would bo bonetltcd if they could send
messages at 1 cent a word or 1 mill as
originally proposed by the postmaster general -
oral , but the benefit would bq confined to 1
per cent of the people 1 lid that at the cost of
the government
Craln rejoined that the bill did not propose '
that tbo government should moot the cost
_ _
The sender of the mcsTsga was to pay the
2
ontlro expense < \
Dr Grcon replied that the bill did not * > ro-
posoto do anything of'thb ' sort ; that wns his
objection The sender ; would pay 11 fixed
rate , which would bo liiittDlrlnnt
Hut , " said Grain , " [ I authorizes the gov
ernment to contract with tologrnph cotnpan
Ins nt a fixed rate Ii-Jt wcro a losing rate
the ; companies would ho the losers , not the
people " " ' |
Dr Green replied Hint It wns n matter of
opinion ns to the resultant ! the commtlteo
'
would see by experience thai his view was
right
Mr Crnin You say English operators ro-
eclvo but ono-hnlt ot the salaries paid to
your operators Dent ' ( boy employ twlco as
many men to do the sanio workl
Dr Oroen I say It i will take twlco as
many tn this country If the government docs
the work 1 3
Chairman Binghamaddressing Dr Green ,
said In reference juv criticisms of the
postmaster general : Vjt10 postmaster gen
oral Is here by the some Invitation as you
are to discuss half a ctazou hills refcrrod to
the house for Its action The poslmnstcr
ccncrnl hns not coached'tho comnnttco nor
does the committee prpposo to bo coached
bv uny ono | ; •
Blr Chandler , ( n commllteoman ) , added
that when the commlttno founfl that but 1-
'
000,000 out of 59,000,00 was using the tolo-
graph It bellovcd It to bo _ a matter of duty to
see how its use could ba7 extended It was
an Improvement upon the elder system of
mail communication nnd' tlio pcoplo should
bo offered every opportunity to use It It
seemed to him thut Dr Grcon had nn unjust
conception ot the postinnstot' generals post
tlon when ho assumed that ho wns attacking
tlio Western Union Telegraph com
puny | i The dcsiro * which had no-
tuatod the comtrihtoo nnd probablv
of the postmaster general was the attain
mentof an ndvuntago highcr nnd of moro
linportnnco to the mass'of the pcoplo than
might bo supposed from some things thut
had 1 been said '
Dr Green lonllod that this country was n
gic.it ngriculturnl country Farmers nnd
artisans hnd no occasionto use tbo telogrnph
once n year Tlioy would not telegraph If
they could do it for 5 cents Thu bulk of the
telegraph business was commercial or spec
ulative
3 i Mr Chandlur could not ngroo with this
proposition IIo bollovcd thut every man la
this t country was Interested In cheap tele-
cruphy • , '
This concluded Grden's testimony nnd the
committoejistcnod ( o tUp reading of astute
ment i by Barnuin roprnsentlng the Visual
Synchronism Telegraph Company , in favor
of the postmaster generals plan until uoon
arrived , when it adjourned
THIS IJIVAAb ? DI3NVRR.
P.ittl 1 Accorded iiCHWiiUloeiit lt cep-
lion VestcKfiiy Altcrnodn
Denviii , Col , March 1. [ Special Tele-
g.am f to Tun Bbe ] Patttsing in Martha '
this afternoon to a nlopster audlcnco and
i was accorded a magnitlecat reception She
showed ovloenco3 of hw Illness In the pallor
of her cheeks und In a perceptible weakness
of < voice not ut nil characteristic of the diva
Notwithstanding this h r porformunco was
a magnillceut ono , and Ais grcotod with fro
qucnt and prolonged wpplause Owing to
Madame J Paul's illnesc , she has declined to
see : anyone during her r.tay In this city , nnd
has 1 accorded interviews to no reporter
Manager J Grau iufurmed The BEcrepresout-
ativo i this afternoon thaffsho would undoubtedly -
odly < bo able to appear la Omaha as an
nounced i From n musical standpoint no
such i season of opera was ever giveu in Denver -
vor ' , but from a llnanclal-vlow it Is a failure
owing i largely to the uufortunuto illness of
the diva
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HOUfeE RUOCEimXGS
The Hill I'rovldinir for nn Assistnnt
Srcroinry , oi'War PiisHed
Wabiiinotos , March 1. After the pussago 1
of a few private pension bills the souato bill
providing for nn assistant secretary of war
was passed Yeas , l'ii ; nays , 10J.
Mr Houk of , Tennessee called up the con
tested election case or Feathorstono vs Cato
from the First district 6f ArliansaB
Mr Crisp raised the'qucstloa of consider
ation The house dacided , yeas 133 ; nays , 1
122 , to consider the case
The oponlng spoechin favor of the claims
of the contestant was'made by Mr Hnugon
of Wisconsin '
At the conclusion of ) Mr Haugca's speech 1
Mr Outhwaito of Ohio took the floor , but in 1
view ot the small attendance moved an ad-
journn.ont , which motion was agreed to
yeas , 111 ; nays , 107. < t
SUNK AT SEA
* A British SlcninerjOiul Two Hundred
lilvcH Itcportcd Ijoht
1London , March 1. A dispatch received
there this morning states that the British '
steamer Quctta , 8,2)1 tons burden , which
sailed from Australian ports for Loudon , has
been lost at sea The number of persons
drowned Is not daQtiltoly known , but the
dispatch states that n largo number per
Ishod The Quettu had twnnty seven first
class passengers and a crow numbonug 112.
tSho also had the mulls for England The 1
managers of the line to which the steamer
bolonped'suy ' they do not bollovo the report
that the steamer Is lost ,
Later the loss was confirmed at Llovds
Advices reeels'ed there state that 200 lives
were lost Tlio steamer struck a rock , not
shown hi the chart , last near Somerset in
Torres straits ot the , northern extremity of
Australia and sunk In thrco minutes
Killed lii'n Saloon
OaDBN , Utah , March 1. | Special Telegram -
gram to Tub HeeJ Pat Desmond was shot
and Instantly killed by Thomas S. Ted In tbo
Capital saloon shortly after 1 o'clock this
morning
The two men bad been drinking conolder-
able during the evening and had passed a
few uncoinpllmontary remurks concerning
each other , buttho.b rtondor , W. D. Collier ,
did not nutlclpato any < trouble Just beforn 1
tbo shooting bo turned Ills back on the men ! ,
Who were Btandlniri two or three foot apart ,
Just In front of the bar , and was engaged in
wiping some glasses Ho heard the man
urguing ever tbo ownership of some gloves ,
Ted elaimlrifc' thut Desmond had stolen them
from him , Suddenly ono shot was fired j ,
closely followed by four more , and by the
tlmo tbo bartender eould turn his face and
rim front behind the bar Desmond was |
strotchpd on tbo floor , breathing bis last , nnd
Ted standing u few Jeer awav with a sinok-
ing revolver in his bund ,
The murderer mudo no attempt to run
nwny or even leave fho place , but coolly remarked -
marked that he had plumped him "
The AVhntlier IoreoaKI
p0T Omaha.and vlclnitvs Fair weather ,
For Nebraska und Iowa ; Fair , colder In
northern Nebraska , preceded by light snow ,
southerly winds , warmer
For South Dakota : 1'nlr. followed Sunday
night by light snow , southerly winds ,
warmer
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IDAHO STATBUOOD PROSPHCrS
Where the Opposition Will Concauhl
trnto
_
ON THE TEST OATH CLAUSE
Oinnhn'fl I'ostonico
Blto Appropria
tion KnllM Short A llnmly Ilcino-
emtio Ballot llox Tntilhco
Will lilvo
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Washington HutiBivTiir Omahv Ueb , 1
M3 FOUIITEEN'TII STIIERT >
Wasminoton , D. C March 1. I
% 1I think nbout r.ll the opposition to state
hood j for Idaho will bo conccntratod 011 the
test oath cluuso of our constitution , " snid
Governor ( Shoup to your correspondent this
afternoon ( "Wo Inserted In the constltu-
tlon | ( adopted nt Bolso City a section which
.
will make it luiposslblo for Mormons to cap
Uire ( our state govcrumont and the demo
crats In the house hero will contend thnt
this ] test oath cluuso is ngnlast the llrst prin
ciples ' of 11 republican form of government ,
although _ It has boon tested very
rccontly by the supreme court of
the ] United States and declared
constitutional Thcro was objection to the
admission of Idaho on the ground that wo
, .
did . not have a sufficient population , but wo
demonstrated that wo hnd nt lenst 123,000
souls . , nnd objection on that score has been
abandoned . Thcro are no strong nrgumoiits
hi fnvor of statehood for Idaho which will
apply . to Arl2oua , and I think Springer nnd
Monsur , the democratic members of the
.
house committee on territories , who will
nubmit n minority report against statehood
for . Idaho , will find very uphill work in their
insistence . upon an omnibus bill Including
statehood for Arizona Wo have 75,000
moro peep .o thun Arlzonu , hnvo nlroady
complied ' with the fullest requirements of
congress for statehood and our internal con
, ,
dltions . ' are in every respect correct , so far ns
the demands of congress nro concerned All
of . the property owners in Idaho want state
hood and soon , so there can bo a readjust
ment of the taxes The Northern Paclllo t
railroad nnd the mines our wealthiest cor
porations ' pay no tuxes niw "
. You nro confident then of stutehood by
the end of the session ) "
• Very confident , " replied the governor ,
although . there may bo somodolay in getting \
the hill before the house on account of thu
time ' demanded by the democrats in which
to ! prepare their minority renort and muster
the opposition Tbo bills for statehood nro
privolegcd under the rules and thoio can not
bo any moro details than the republicans are
willing to suffer
. Who will the republicans choose as tholr
llrst , United States senators ! " wus asked
Fred Dubois , our present delegate , will I
be ono of them I know , " replied the gov
ernor . , for it Is conceded on every hand
that ho has earned this recognition Ho has
not ' only agitated our peoslo in favor ot
statehood and got the sentiment drifting the
right way , but ho bus fought our stutohood
battle before congress und in the supreme
court of the United States I do not think
that there la anybody In Idaho who would
not Hay that'FrooT Dubois Bhould bo nneot
our llrst United States senators The south
end of the state will secure ono senator una
I prcsumo the other senator will bo chosen
,
from tbo north sldo of the state "
Governor Shout ) himself has boon freely
mentioned as ono of the United States
senators ! from Idaho and it is not
Improbable 1 that he will bo selected as Mr
Dubois colleague , although both Dubois
and ' &boup como from the south part of the
territory t It may bo that the governor and
eoine other state ofllcors and the congress
man will he solccted from North Idaho , seas
as to offset the selection of the senators from
the soutborn part of Idaho In nny event ,
there is no doubt that Fred Dubois will boone
ono of thu first sonutors
When your correspondent asked Delegate
Dubois this ovenmg what arrangement
\
would bo made respecting the disposition of
the congressional and state oftlccrs , antici
pating statehood for Idaho , , he said :
Nothing whatever Wo tiuvo no arrange s.
ment nt nil nnd do not intend to make , uny
The , voters , not the politicians , determine
who shall have the office1. I am not laying
any political wires and 1 do not bollovo nny
of ' the statehood leaders are in that busl-
ness "
A DEMOCItATIO 1HI.I.OT JIOX
A unique and picturesque contrivnnco was
nn exhibition In" the room of the house com ,
mittee on elections to day It is an Arkan
sas ballot box , being a sample of twotity-ouo
boxes actually used In ono of the counties ot
the First district In that state and fllod hero
as au exhibit in the contested case of Feath-
crstono against Cute It is a strictly demo ,
cratio ballot box inndo so by a llttlo sleight
of hand nsslstcd by n sunplo attachment t
which can be placed In an Instant upon the
opening in which the tickets nro doposlted
'I ho box Is of heavy tin , nbout the usual eizo ,
the top which is on hinges , b'dng Boun-
c .uidrlcal 111 fo.-ui At the npox Is a slot
surrounded bv a recoptnelo half un Inch 1 ,
blub , like a miniature chimney Over this
is slipped , when It Is desired to put the box )
in proper working order , a small form which
makes two slots , ono leading directly into
the box and the other down the outsldo of
the chimney When a democratic ticket , n
fact which is determined by the identity of
tbo voter , is handed to the conductor of the
concern , ho slips it down the "cuini-
noy" Into the box whore it
belongs , When a negro hands
tip a ticket it Is put Into the false slot , slips
down the outsldo ot the box into the recclv-
ing bond ot the man running tbo machine [
and not one In a thousand could tell from his , |
position la front ot the box that ins ticket
had not gene inside It is exceedingly
simple and Ingenious and the man who In
vented It bad a great hood for political
machinery
TAUMlI.n HIM LIVE
Ex-Congressman Taulboo will recover
from the pistol shot wound inflicted upon
blin yesterday by Cbarlos E. KIncaid , the
uowspupcr ( correspondent The bullet has
not , the doctors say , uenctrated a dangerous
portion of the lioad , being conllued in its
course to the tcmplo bono and the area
around and above the left optio without en-
terlng the skull He will not lese his eye ,
it Is stated , ana ho promises such un early
recovery that late this afternoon KIncaid
was admitted to uailexecuting a bond for
( .2,000. A dozen men uskod to become Ins
bondsmen The more the details
of this case are learned the
greater appears Klncald's ' provocation and
the moro clear becomes the Justification of
his action In shooting Tauibee , The gentle
men who attended Tuulbco when ho was
taken from the canitol to the Providence
hospital say they fourd In his hip pocket ; a
pistol , so that Kincatd's version of how ho
cutno to shoot Taulbeo is corroborated ,
Kincald says thnt ho t\us shuck by Tsui-
bee ; nt the en' ' * " ice to the floor of the house
and was tolc 0 nnd nrm himsolt nnd ho
did so nnd hi _ j hour later met Tnulbeo on
the stnlrwn'J" . ho latter placed his right
hand to his 1 2 jckot nnd raised his loft hand
to strike . .u nttltudo of Tnulbiio wns so
threatening | that Kincald having his hand
already up .s pistol instantly drew It nnd
flrod | J E * iody is'pleased to know that
Taulbeo wl uolthor'dio from the effects ot
thu wo 1111 . • lese his eye and It Is genor-
nlly bollo"Ud that ho Will not pursue Kin
cnld's prosecution for two reasons In the
first place ho recognizes that Klncald's
actions , wcro Justifiable ; tint ho nctod in
self dofouso , and In the second place the
true Kentucky instinct would dlcUto to him
ngnlnst i uppearlng In n prosecution
SIIEM , OUT , aENTIVMEN
The supervising architeot of the trotsury
Buys It will llkoly bo necossnry for the cltlt
7ons of Omaha to go Jown In tholr pockets
and . make good a deficiency amounting to
between $3,000 and J3.000 on account of the
! ptlrchnso for the site for the now public
building ut Omaha It Is found thnt the
awards under thu apprnlseuiont agcrogato
$3311,281. Besides there nro iinny expenses
incurred In the way of special agents , Inter
est an the appraisement once the a wauls
were mudo , etc The appropriation for the
uurchasoof the Blto wus $100,003. The o0lu
cinls nt the treasury and the department -
mont of Justice bollovo that the nggrogato
to ( bo pnid for the slto will amount
to soincwlioro In the neighborhood of $100
and $ . ' ,000 or $ a,000. Thu supervising
nrchltcct will not proceed with his plans
until this deficit is made good , the title
vested in the government and ovcrythlug is
clear
NEW \1IMV STOI' .li houses
, Sitico General Brook loft Washington
Representative Council has been looking
after the request uuido by the goueral for
nn appropriation of $05,000 for additional
store houscs .nt Omaha The secretary of
war hns Informed Mr Council thnt the
rccomiuondatiaii lias boon approved by the
war and treasury departments , aud will go
to . congress In the regular nrmy appropria-
tlon bill , which prnctlcally insures Its ndops
tlon , The recommendation of Secretary
Windom for the $05,000 nppropiiatlon
reached the speaker today
i\nuaiUTioN iu\s.
Chairman Owen In the house todny offered
a ' resolution nuthoriztng the committee on
immigration J to instltuto nil Investigation Into
tno defects of our present immigration laws
with a view of uscortainlng what is neccs-
sary f in the way of additional legislation
Thoio was objection to the immodlato con
sidorallon of the resolution nnd tt wont ever
till ' Monday when It will como up again Mr
Owen : thinks Itprobahlo that ho can secure
the ! adoption of the resolution , hut there may
bo objection , and in that event It will bo
necessary ' to wait a couple of weeks until the
committee ' is called , when 11 slnglo objection ,
to its consideration will not avail Sovcral 1
gentlemen j have requested the privilege of
beiug hoard by the commlttoa ns soon ns it
begins Its investigation If Mr Owens resolution -
[ solution should bo adopted nn next Monday
the ' committee will bo axnsctod to begin Its 1
hearings within n week , but if there Is objection -
jection to its consideration , it will ba three 1
or four weeks before the hearings nro com
monced
THE llCATMCB HIM , . •
The house committee on puhllo buildiSgs
nnd grounds has agreed to report favorably
upon Mr Councils ' bill appropriating $100-
000 for a public building at Beatrice The
committee , however , has reduced the appro
priation to $00,003. The senate passed a bill
providing for nn appropriation of $100,000 , ,
und as it will agrea to the reduction by the 1
house , the measure will go to a conference
The conforfenco committee will llkoly com
promise upon nn nppropi iatlon of $50,000 , , In
which form the mcasuro wilt bceomo a law
Mr Connell thinks ho can sccuro nn addi "
tional appropriation before the building is
constructed , making the grand total como
up to $100,000.
JIISCXI.IANEOU9.
Secretary Hlatiio has posted cards tn the
corridors of tbo state department announc-
ing to oftlcoscekors that hereafter utl busl
ness connected with consulships and rolut-
Ing to the appointment of consuls and com
mercial agents must bo transacted with As-
slstaot Secretary of State Wharton Mr
Blaine intends to devote his attention tn tbo
primary duties of his olllco nnd will , It la
stated , turn ever to Mr Wharton the consld- '
oration of applications for consular and com '
merclul positions This work was perfoimod
by Mr Walker Ulalno up to the tlmo of his
death
Dr II A. Kenrns has declined thonppoint-
ment to a position on the pension board ot '
modlcal examiners at Lltchliold , Neb This
is the second gotitloman who lias declined
this position within a short time
Mr Dorsov Introduced 11 resolution in the
house today from tbo board of trade at Miu-
ncnpolls protesting ngalnst any reduction on
the Import duty of flax fibres
A favorable report will be made from the
senate committee on the bill to rouiovo the
3tcharge of desertion against the military
record of William S. Bennett of Nebraska
Indian Commissioner Morgan has wrltton
a letter to Secretary Noble In reference to
the bill providing for tlio payment nr for
fcituro of lands purchased , not patentod'cr
paid for on the Pawnee reservation in
Nebraska The commissioner Bays as there
is no forfeiture clause in the act of 1870 it ls I
presumed that the purchasers may not oo-
cupy the lands indefinitely without making
tbo deferred payments ; that the bill will ,
correct this result by requiring all purcbas-
ors In default of payment of cither principal
or Interest to make full and complete pay
ment thorofor to the soerotury of the Interior
within two years , and these lands not within :
the compliance of the proposed law shall bo
sold by publioauctlon , The commission says
tbo provisions of the bill nro right und proper
and nro In the line of Justice to the Indians ,
and ho recommends Its passage
A. J. Benton of Ipwn was today itfomotnd
from $1,400 to $1,000 a year In the treasury
department
The secretary ot war has made on estl *
mate of the amount due to the American
waterworks company at Omaha on Its claim
for supplying the water for old Fort.Omaha !
and the estlmato will bo placed in the rogu-
lar army apnrourlation bill ,
Milton J. Hull of Jlidgar , Neb , was today
assigned to the cblofshlp of a division In tbo
inofllco of the second comptroller of tbo treas-
ury , PEituvS Heath
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I'endlcton'H Funeral ,
Nett Yoiik , March 1. Frank K. Pcndlo-
ton , a son ot the dead minister to ( jcrmauy ,
snid this morning that the funeral of his
father would take place at Cincinnati a
week from today
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Vnll'H iiXnmluatlaii
St Cimiii.es , Mo , March 1 , In the pre
llmlnary examination this morning of Vail , ,
charged with thi murder of his wlfo Dr
Edwards and Dr McElureo testified , but J
nothing Important or sensational tvS'J do-
ulvcloprd. .
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A I ROMANCE IN HIS LIFE ,
StrnuRo Dlsapportrnnco of Iuvontotf
Edison's RlKht-Huml Man
FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS NURSE
tVlillo ingngcl ( in Scientific Ito
sonrchen In Mouth America Krnnk
MoGownii Becomes Smitten
AVithn Bonmlful Olrl
Mnslicd on n Dusky Mulder , .
New Yoiik , March 1. [ Special Telegram
to Tub Bei' .I-Oiio of the most mysterious
disappearance , ever reported to the police la
thai of Frank McGowan , who was Inst seen
on January 15 , when ho boarded it Christo
pher street car on his way to his homo in
Oningo , N. J. For ten jours McGowan had
been in the employ of Thomas A , LMison
Ho ! was the here of the romarknblo series of
advonturcs thnt befell the expedition scut to
South America by Bdison m search of n
peculiar species of bamboo to bo
used in his electric light system
McGowan , who wns a protege ot tbo
great inventor , endeared himself to lMisou
by succeeding In dangerous undertaking :
where other ngonts bad fnllod So indis
pensable was this rare variety of bamboo
libra thnt Kdison sent two expeditions to
scour the world in Bcnicti of it When they
both returned unsuccessful McGownti volun
teered to bond 11 party After 11 hunt of two
years , during which ho endured hardships
enough to kill a dozen men , ho located the
growing place of the bamboo nnd returned
homo , i > ftor traversing nearly the whole of
South and Central America His health wns
completely shnttcrcd nud he felt some
what discouraged , for , while his
search had been successful , it was so pro
tracted that Edison's fertile mind had had
tlmo to invent n substitute for the poculinr
species of bamboo that ha had ventured so
much : to discover Kdlson remembered his
achievement bv n present of $2,000 nnd a
block of stock In his company On January
15 McGowan called nt the cigar manufactory
of Hrucst Huu , 101 Clinton Place , and nftor
transacting soma business there loft for his
homo ' Since then nothing has been bccii or
heard ' of him John F. McGowan , the
missing mans cousin , knows more nbout
Frank than anyone clso , but ho is
altogether In the dark as to the reason of
his 1 strange disappearance IIo is also of
the opinion that the man has been murdered
for I his money He said ; There was 11 ro
mance ' in his life which I paid little atten
tion ' to nt the tlmo , but now I eco thnt it
might ' perhaps nrcount for his strungo disap-
pcurancc I Ho coutractod 11 fever while in
South America , aud when ho was lying nt
the I point of death u beautiful native girl
took ' pity on the young American nnd
nursed ' him back to lifo Prank novcr tired
of < speaking of the devotion ot tins girl Ho
said ' ho had socn many beautiful women
during his voynges around the world , but ho
had ' never mot 0110 quito ns lovely as his lit
tle ' nurse I used to laugh nt bim for his
scntimont ' , but ho merely smllod nnd went
onsinglughor ' praises.--It might bo that he
felt a longing to see his preserver again nnd
started ] off on the spur of the moment , but
thut is very improbable "
DOWNHDT1115 WIZARD "
Slosson Slides Out Nearly Two IImi
ll red Ahead
Nuw Yoitic , March 1. Daly nnd Catten
played in the billiard tournament this after
noon Score Catton , COO : Daly , 171. Aver
ages Catton 15 5 Hi ; Daly , 11 8J-32. High
est runs Catton , 00 and 6i ; Daly CO ami
47.
Tonight was the last rcgulur game of the
tournumenta nd this , togotber with the fact
that It was between the great players ,
Scbnefcr and Slosson , drew a tremendous
crowd The bolting was heavy with
Schaofcr slightly the favorite They played
fourtcea inch balklino Slosson led off and ,
scored 2. The Wizard failed to score In
the second Inning Slosson mudo a run of
135. The Wizard made his llrst 2 points
in this inning In the third Inning
Slosson made 3 and Schaeffer 100. Neither
scored In the fourth Inning In the fifth
Slosson made 0 , while Schaofcr failed to
score Each mndo IT 111 the next inning
In the seventh limine Slosson scored 20 and
Schnofor 17. Schaofcr inis3od a shot nnd
throw oft nis dress coat Impatiently ,
Slosson made 2 In the next inning , unci oil
the third shot made a inlscuc Schaofcr
followed with a ruti of 5. In
the ninth Slosson made 12 and Schuofer
failed to sco ' re Slosson opened tbo tenth
Inning with n run of13 , while Schaofcr muflo
only 4. Slosson made 3 iu the next inning
and Scbaofur roduccd his opponents ' lead by
a run of 45. Iu the twelfth inning Slosson
made 3 and missed a sotsup Schaofcr then
started out ns if to make a big run , with the
balls together in a corner , but kissed out on
the third shot At tlio nineteenth inning
the score stood Slosson , 300 ; Schaofcr , 220.
In the twenty-fourth inning Slosson mudo
a run of 29. This gave hhn a load of 140.
Schaofcr made 3 on his lust shot , got the
balls frozen iu a corner and the rofoico spot
ted them nnd ho failed to make another
point Nclthor scored in the twenty-fifth.
Iu the twenty-sixth inning Slosson scored 'A
ana Schaofcr 3. Slosson added 50 to
Ins score 111 tbo next two Innings ,
while Schuofer made 33 in tlio twenty-sev-
enlh inning and 23 in the twenty-eighth
yinning. . In the thirtieth iunlug Slosson
made 10 and Schuofer made 7 , making tbu
score for Slosson 153 and for Schuofer 311.
In the thirty-first Inning Slosson undo tbo
requisite 37 to to put him out
The Bcorowas Slosson , 500 ; Sohaofyr , 313.
Averages Slosson , 10 4-31 ; Schaofcr U'3 ' 30.
Daly , Ives hud Catton ure now t . lcd for third
pluco , Tonight they dccldod not to | > lay oft
thu tie , but to dlvido third und fourth money ,
amounting to $1,200.
A Blow nt Jtuckct Nliopi
Chicago , March 1. A new blow was
struck at the bucket shopb today by tbo
uboard of trade , The directors of the bouru
this afternoon at a meeting decided to
abolish the gathering und dissomlnutlou of
quotations The destruction of the elaborate
issystem now In vogue Is to begin
March 31. What , if anything , will be
done for a substitute can only bo Biirmlsed '
Must people bollovo tbo cessation will bo
toonly temporary and that after having broken
up the advantages now enjoyed by the bono
tit shops by reason ofurious Injunction *
the board will resume the servlco
A Bold Jt.itilc Itohliory
ViM.Br Falls , Kan , March 1. A bold
bank robbery occurred hero this evening ,
Masked men autored Hicks & Gobhart'n
hank about 5 o'clock , held up the cnihior
with two rovolvoM und robbed the bank
Presldont ( Jobhurt Is absent The robbers
leescaped , though thu town turned out tlve >
minutes utter tbo robbery la pursuit
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