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TWENTY-FIRST YEAR. OMAHA , THURSDAY MOlliVlttG , MARCH 10 , 1892. NUMBER 205.
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WASHINGTON , D. U. , Maroh 9. The presi
dent today sent to the sonata tbo correspond
ence between the United states and Great
DrUaln which preceded and led up to the
vnaturo of iho Boring sui treaty of arbi
tration transmitted to the senate yesterday.
The correspondence begins on April ! i ( > ,
psi 1891 , but Inasmush as the department ot state
IV has heretofore made public that part ot It
which Is Included between the dates of Jnn-
. uary 0 nnd Juno 13 last , It was necessary to
review the correspondence which relates In
jrrcat part to questions to bo submitted to ar
bitration and which resulted tn nn agreement
that thcro should bo seven arbitrators , each
country to bo represented by two and the
other II reo to ba appointed by France. Italy
nnd Sweden , nnd that the treaty as agreed
upon was signed February 29.
fjrbo following loiters conclude tbo corres-
i to this date :
Sir Julian I'ttmirototc to Mr. lllulne.
. - "WABIIINOTON , D. U. , Feb. 19 , 1892. Sir :
"i tbo occasion of our Interview on the 2nd
CJnst. , , when you nandcd mo the draft of the
. ' Bering sea arbitration convention , wblch I
' forwarded to London for Iho consideration of
* her majesty's ' government , you asked mo
, whether they were prepared to agree to n
I ; modus vlvondl for the next tlshory season of
11 the Bcilng sea , In transmlttlcg the draft of
the arbitration convention lo the marquis of
Salisbury. I did not fail to inform him of
your Inquiry nnd I have now received aroply
from his lordship to the cffoot that bor
majesty's government cannot express any
opinion on the subject until they know what
"modus vlvondl" you desire to propose. I
have , etc. , JULIAN PAUXCEFOTE.
Mr , Hliilne to sir Jullim I'anneefote.
WASHINGTON , Fob. 84 , 1892. Sir : I urn In
receipt of your tavor of the 19th. You
therein inform mo that Lord Salisbury can
not express any any opinion on the subject
of the modus vlvendl until ho knows what
wo dcsiro to propose.
I am glad to boar that Eord Salisbury con
templates a modus vlvondl , for It is obvious
that it Is impossible to conclude the arbitra
tion within the time originally sot. Indeed ,
rwe shall hardly bo able to enter upon it.
* CTho delays have boon much greater on the
part of Great Britain than ou iho part of tbe
United Statos. In reply to your inquiry , tbo
president suggests that ihti modus should
bo much the sntno as last year In terms , but
that It should bo bettor executed. It was
very ineffective last year for there was
a larger number ot seals lu Boring sea taken
tbon than ever before. The vessels had setout
out before the modus was agreed upou , and
It was impossible tb give thorn notice in tlmo
to prevent thorn from taking seals. Her
majesty's govern Sent did not take suOlciont
measures , which an earlier date this year
will rondtir practicable. If her majesty's
government would mnko her effort * moro
offootivo , the scaling in Iho northern Pacific
should be forbidden , for tbero the slaughter
of mothers , heavy with young , is Ihe great
est. This would require a notice to tbo largo
number of sealers who are preparing to go
forlb from British Columbia. The number
Is said to bo greater than over bofnro and
Without any law to regulate the killing of
seals the instruction will ho Immense. All
this suggests the great need of an ofTcctivo
modus. Holding an arbitration as tn the
rightful mode of taking seals whllo their de
struction gees forward would bo as If while
an arbitration to the title of timber land
were In progress , ono party should reniovo
all the trees. I shall have to ask you to
transmit the contents of ibis note to Lord
.Salisbury by telegraph. Every day that is
lost now entails great trouble upon both
governments. I have , etc. ,
JAMBS G. T
Mr. Illitlno to Sir Julian Piiimciirorte.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Fob. 28 , 1892. Sir :
Mr. Myers , our consul nt Victoria , telegraphs
that there " schosnors
mo are "forty-six sailing
cleared today. Six or seven moro to co. At
tbe same date lust your tblrty-ono cleared. "
I think from this you will sco that if wo do
not como to an undersliudlng soon thcro will
bo no need of an agreement relating to seals
m the north Pacific or in the Boring soa. I
shall bo glad It you will let Lord Salisbury
know this fact. Vary truly yours ,
J\MES G. B LA INC.
Sir Julian rmiiiccforti ! to Mr. lllulne.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Feb. 20 , 1892 , ( Re
ceived March 1) ) : Sir Immediately upon
tbe receipt of your note ot tbo iMib Instant ,
respecting a renewal of the modus vlvondi
in Boring sea , nnd in accordance with the
wish therein expressed , 1 telegraphed its
contents to the marquis of Salisbury. In
that note , after observing that it is Impossi
ble to conclude tbo arbitration within the
tlmo originally set , mid that the delays bavo
neon" much greater ou the part of Great Bri
tain than on tbe part of tbo United States ,
vou proceed to Inform him that In view ut
4ho president the now modus vlvendl should
bo much tbo same as last year In terms ;
that owing to the earlier dates this year It
should bo moro effectively executed ; but
that "If bor majesty's government wohld
make their efforts moro effective tbo scaling
In the north Pacific ocean should bo forbid
den , After pointing out the great need of an
effective modus you state that "holding an
arbitration in regard to the rightful mode of
taking seals whllo their destruction gees
forward , would bo as if wbilo an arbitration
to the title of timber lauds were iu progress ,
one party would remove all the troes. " I
bavo ibo honor to Inform you that I have re
ceived a reply from Lord Salisbury to ttie
following ofToct :
T.onl Salisbury' * Kcply ,
III the lint plaoo his lordship states that
bo cannot In any pegreo admit that tno delays -
lays have been more on the part of Great
Britain than the United Statos. As regards
the necessity for another modus vlvoudl her
majesty consented to that measure last year
solely on the grounds that it was supposed
that there would bo danger to tbo preserva
tion ot seal species In Boring sea unless
some interval In the slaughter of seals were
proscribed both on sea and on land. But her
> majaity's government have received no In
formation to show that so drastic a remedy
Is necessary for two consecutive seasons. On
the contrary , the British commission on the
Bering sea has informed her majesty's gov
ernment that so far as pelaglo soallni ; is
concerned tbnro la uo danger of any serious
diminution of the great spoutos as a consequence
quence of the year's hunting. Nevertheless ,
Lord Salisbury would not object ns a torn-
jwrary measure of precaution for this season ,
to tbo prohibition of all killing at sea
within a tone extending to not more than
nautical miles around the Prlbylov Islands ,
mob prohibition being conditional on the re
( trictlon of the number of seal * to bo klllea
for any purpose. .
Lord Salisbury , referring to the passage in
your note sn which you compare tbo case ol
an arbitration about timber land wbllo the
trees are being removed by one of the parties -
ties , suggests that tbe ca o is inoro like one
of arbitration respecting Iho title to i
meadow , Whllo the arbitration u golnf
forward , he adds , wo cut tbo grass , and quite
rightly , for tbo grass will bo produced In an
other year and so will the seals. I have , oto ,
JUI.IXAN PAUXCBKOTB.
Sir Julian 1'nunccfote to Mr. lilalue.
WASHIXOTOX , D. C. , March 7.-Slr ; Will
teferenco to my not * of the 29th ult. li
which 1 had the honor to inform you thu
the toarqult of Salisbury has received m
Information to show tbn necessity for renew
ing during tbo approaching fishery seasoi
the modus vlvondi of last year tn Baring soi
in your note to me of tbo 2-tth ult
Freposed
tliInk U opportune to roiolnd you of th
following fact In connection with the modus
vlvondl which may hnvo escaped your atten
tion , as you were absent from Washington
ht. the time of its negotiation. In
the course of the correspondence which
then took place it was distinctly notified to
your government that the modus vlvendl
would not bo renewed for the following sen-
son , Vou will find that at the close of our
memorandum. Inclosed in my note to Mr.
Wharton ot .lunoll , isal , 1 stated under In
structions from my government that the sus
pension of sealing was not n measure which
they could repeat another year. Her mnjov
ty's govisriimcntconsontod to that measure
In consequence of the rumors widely circu
lated of I m pond I nt. danger to tbeseulspoclos.
But silica thun the conditions of tbo fur seal
fishery have boon Investigated on tbo spot by
experts appointed for that purpose by her
majesty' * government. Those experts have
advised that there is no danger of any serious
diminution of tbo fur sealspccle from pelnglo
sealing during the present year , ud'J that to
renew tbo prohibition of pemzio scaling for
another season would I'o going far beyond
the necessities of the caso.
Thirty Milo Minll.
Lord Salisbury's proposal of a thirty mlle
radius uround thj I'rlbylov Islnnds , In which
no soallni ; should bo allowed , is a judicious
temporary measure of precaution pending
tbe establishment permanent regulations
for tbo Hshory ns n whole. U Is n somewhat
larger proposal than that wblch you origin
ally made to mo on March 10,1891 , and which
was for n similar radius of twonty-flvo miles
only. The reason why you subsequently
abandoned the "radius" proposal Is stated in
your note of May 4 , 1891. That reason was
not that such n radius would bo Ineffectual ,
but that "It might possibly provoke conflict
lu thn Bering son. " At that lime no act of
parliament bad been passed lu England to
enforce such a measure on British vessels
and no doubt there was some danger on that
account In giving rlso to difficulties. But It
s othurwlso now. By tbo seal flshorlei
.Bering sea , act Ib'Jl ' ) , Vic. C. 19 ,
her inajotv Is empowered by order
In council to prohibit under severe
penalty the catching of seals by British
ship * In any part of Boring sea defined by
' .ho order and ttioroforo the enforcement of
.ho now modus vlvcudt now proposed by
Lord Salisbury would prevent much loss
dlniculty than was experienced last season In
[ tuning the existing ono Into operation. 1
rust that the above observations which I
feature to offer in further elucidation of the
proposal contained in my note of the 29th
ult. will satisfy your government that it
' . ! , under tno circumstances , n reasonable
proposal and ono which , if acceded to , will
mnlciontly safeguard the interests of both
nations during tno few months comprised in
fishery season , nnd pending tbo decision of
'he arbitrators , I have , etc. ,
JUMAX PAUXCEKOTH.
Acting Secretary Wlmrtou to Sir Juliiin
I'uunccfoto.
DEPAKTMEXT OF STATE. WASHIXOTOX , D.
D. , March S , 189.J. Sir : I nra directed by
.he president to say in response to your two
notes of February 29 and March 2 , that ho
notices with the deepest regret the Indis
position of bar majesty's government vo agree
upon iin effective modus for the preservation
of the seals in the Bering sea pending the
settlement , of respective rights of that gov
ernment and of thegovarntnentof the United
States in tho'ja ' waters and in the fur scat
fisheries thoroin. The United States clnlms
an exclusive right to take seals In a portion
of tbo Bering sea , while bor majesty's gov
ernment claims a common right to pursue
and taku tno seats in those waters outside of
a three-mile limit.
This serious controversy , it has now been
happily agreed , shall be submitted to the
dotoamlnatlon of a tribunal of arbitration
and the treaty only awaits the action of tbo
American senate. The judgment of the ar
bitration cannot , however , be reached nnd
stated in tlmo to control tbo conduct of the
respective governments and of their citizens
during the sealing season of 1892 and the
urgent question is now , what does good
faith , to say nothing ot intornatlou comity ,
requite of the parties to the arbitration )
An Injury to tlio United MttitcH.
If the convention of this government is sus
tained by arbitrators , then the killing of seals
by the Canadian sealers during this seaion
in tbo o waters is an Injury to this govern
ment in Its jurisdiction aud property. The
injury is not. measured by the skins' taken ,
but affects the main vuluo of
our property. Was It ever heard of
bcforo that one party to fciicb a controversy
whether a nation or an individual , could ap
propriate the whole or any part of the income
and profits , much the less tha body of the
contested property , pending the litigation ,
without an accountability i Usually a court
of chancery would place a receiver or trustee
in charge and hold tbu income of the property
for the benefit of tbo prevailing party. You
say that Lord Salisbury , rejecting the illus
tration used oy Mr. Blalno , "suggest that
the case Is moro Hue ono of arbitration re
specting the title to a meadow. While the
arbitration is going on we cut tbo grass , and
quite rightly , for the grass would reproduce
next year , and so will the seals. " Ho can
hardly moan by this illustration that being
in contention xvith a neighbor regard
ing the title to a meadow ho could
by any precedent In the equity
courts or by any standard of common hon
esty , bo Justified in pocketing the whole or
any part of the gains of a harvest without
accountability to tbo adverse claimant whoso
exclusive title was afterword established. It
Is no answer for tbo usurper to say that tbo
owner will have an unlimited harvest next
year. Last year's harvest was bis own also.
If by the plural pronoun his lordship moans
that the harvest of tbo contested meadow is
to bo divided between tbo litigants I bog to
remind him that the title of the United States
to the Prlbylov Islands has not boon con
tested and that our Hag does not float over
any sealing vessel. Tbo Illustration is inapt
in the further particular that the seals not
taken by this year may bo by next , while the
grass must be harvested or lost.
Ilcpmllntci Claims for Indemnity.
This government bos already boon advised
in tbo course of this correspondence that
Great Britain repudiates all obligations to
Indemnify the United States for any Invasion
of Its Jurisdiction or any Injury done to Its
sealing property by thu Canadian sealers.
The attempt to make a damage clause in the
articles of arbitration agreement fulled uo-
cause her majesty's government would not
consent that the question of Its liability to
indemnify thlu sort ot injury done by the
Canadian sealers. Two extracts from the
correspondence will sufficiently recall tbo
attitude ot tbo respective governments.
Mr. Wharlon reviews the correspond
ence of the summer reflecting liabilities for
damages and Rays ; "Tho president cannot
bollovo that while holding this view of its
account ability , the government of Great
Britain will , pending the arbitration , count
enance , much less justify or defend tin con
tinuance of pelaglo sealing by lu subjects.
It should either assume responsibility for
tbo acts of these sealers nr restrain them
from u pursuit , the lawfulness of which it to
be determined by arbitration. "
hulUtiury Tuld'H ii One-Sided Vluir.
In your note of February 29 you state her
majesty's government has been informed by
the British commissioners "that so far as
polaglo ( CJlIng is concerned , there Is no dan
ger of serious diminution of tbe fur seal spo
clca as a consequence of this year's bunting , '
aud upon this ground Lord Salisbury places
his roiuial to renew the modus of last year.
Ills lordship scorns to assume a determlna
tlon of thu arbitration against the United
States and in favor of Great Britainand that
It Is already only a question of to regulating
a common right to uka boalt as to preserve
specie * . By what right docs ho do this
Upon what principle does ho assume that 1
our claims are established any diminution
of the seals , whether serious or not , during
this season , or indeed , nuy taking of soa'.s ' Is
to bo without recompense )
In the opinion of the proiidont it Is noi
consistent with peed Inlth that either party
to an arbitration should , pending a decision
diminish the value of tbo subject of the arbl
tration or take any profit from the use of it
without an agreement to before an agree
ment for arbitration bad been reached the
prohibition of polaglo scaling was a matter
of comity from the moment ot ilgptug the
agreement It became In bit ( tbe president's )
opinion a matter of obligation.
Tno letter then goes on to show from the
statistics of the latt seaion the dangers ol
the utter anlbllatlon of seals.
lu ttiu early part of tbe discussion the sub
oct of n modus of last year this method was
cntutlvoty sugsoUcd among others In con-
'or.sailon between yourself and Mr. Blalno.
3ntlt was afterward in effect agreed to by
both governments ns being inadequate , and
VBS not iigulti referred to In the correspond
ence. In the memorandum furnished by you
with your note of Juno 0 you say Lord Salis
bury points out that "If such bunting bo
prohibited on ono side of n purely imaginary
tno drawn In thn ocean whllo It is permitted
on the other side of thn line It will ho Im-
lossiblo In many case * to prove unlawful
scaling or to Infer It from the possession ot
skins or fibbing tncUlc. "
U'lll ! mlt on n Mount Vivendi.
This was said with reference to the latter
loundnty ot our purchase from Russia , hut
t is milto as applicable to the thirty-mile
20110 which ho now Ktiggoits. The provnlonco
of fog * in the o water * gives Increased force
aid cnnclURlvoncss to the point mtido uy bis
ordihlp against an imaginary water lino.
The president cannot agroo. now that the
.orms of arbitration bavo bean settled that
.ho restrictions Imposed shall bo less thun
those which both governments deemed to bn
appropriate whou It was still uncertain
whether an early adjustment ot the contro
versy was attaltmblo. He therefore hopes
; hat her majesty's government will consent
lo renew the arrangement of last year with
the promptness which the exigency demands
and to ugrao to enforce It by refusing all
clearances to sailing vessels for the prohib
ited waters nnd recalling from those waters
all such vessels as have already cleared.
This government will honorably abldo the
ludtromont of the high tribunal wblch has
been agreed upon should that judgment bo
favorable or unfavorable , and will not souk
to avoid a Just responsibility for any of its
acts which by that judgment nro found to bo
unlawful , but certainly tbo United States
cannot bo expected to suspend the defense ,
by such moans ns nro within Its power , of
the property nnd jurisdlctlonnl rights claimed
by It , pending the arbitration and. to consent
to receive them from tbo tribunal , If awarded ,
shorn of much of their value by the no's of
Irresponsible persons. I hnvo the honor to
bo , etc. , WII.LMM F. WIIAHTOX ,
Acting Secretary.
It is learned that the Illness of Secretary
Blalno prevented any consultation with him
ns to Lord Salisbury's notes opposing the
modus vlvendl of last year and the reply
thereto , dated the 8th Inst. , and transmitted
by Mr. sVhnrtou , was In fnot written by the
president. _ _
Nothing to the nimrgn That Uo Used the
Guulpli I'll IK ! 1'crnoilully.
BF.m.tx , March 9. The Hamburger
Nachricbton in an article inspired by Prlnco
Bismarck , replies to the statement which
has appeared in several papers that much
uneasiness is felt nt Fredrlchsruho ( Prince
Bismarck's homo ) owing to the Impending
publication by the government of the re
ceipts of the Guelph fund and tbo expendit
ures made from that fund In connection with
the Gorman secret service. Prince Bismarck
it will bo remembered , bad practical control
of this fund , and It is charged in some quar
ters that bo ud ministered it to carry his own
points. Tbo Harabureor Nnchnchton denies
that Prince BismarcK feels any uneasiness
concerning tbo matter , nnd adds that if ho
publishes thu manner in which the fund has
been applied , it would bo very unpleasant
for tboso parsons who are at present at
tacking him.
The Kreuz Zeitung says that at tbo last
moment the dune of Cumberland has agraod
to the settlement of the Guolph fund , Thu
agreement , tbe paper says , includes a pro
vision that bis oldest son , Prince George
William , will be recognized as heir to the
duchy of Brunswick. Prince George Wil
liam was bom at Goundcn , October 3d , 1880 ,
and Is therefore not yet 12 years old. Ho
will bo recognized as the duke of Brunswick
on attaining his majority.
More. Terrible Tilled from Ilumtln ,
LONDON' , Maroh 9. Tno Chronicle's Si.
Petersburg correspondent says : Hunger and
typhus is causiug mortality in all the famine
districts. A serious lack of doctors , nurses
nnd medicines is complained & . Tb
daughter of General Badclskl , Ibo defender
of Shlpka Passhns died of typhus fever con
tracted while nursing patients. The czar is
incensed at the Incompetence of the minis
ters to deal with tha famine. The greatest
disorder prevails throughout , the empire , in
creasing dally. This fact is regarded as evidence -
denco of the Impossibility of governing from
St. Petersburg.
Brigands nro plundering the inhabitants of
lha towns and villages in Asiatic Hussln , and
highway robberies nnd deeds ot violence are
of frequent occurrence. The thlovos have
been made bold by their successes , and do
not hesitate to pillage the houses of the Hus-
sian officials. _
Deacon IlolciiHcil on Hull.
GIUSSK , Franco , March 9. Mr. Edward
Parker Deacon was taken from prison at 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon and released
under bonds of 10,000 francs. Ho complained
that his cell was so damp ho contracted rheu
matism. His cheeks uro pale and hollow and
ho has a slight cough. Ills eyes are sunken
and ho speaks listlessly.
JFUOLl/ill
She Attend * n nmiqiiet While Her Iliislmiul
Stays In Jnll lor Killing Jlolilimoii.
NEW Yoitic , Maroh 9. San Francisco ad
vices referring to tbo Robinson tragedy in
Japan state that on tbo ovonine of thd.day
the shooting occurred , Mrs , Hotherlngton
went to tbo wife of Admiral Bolknap'and
said :
"Mrs. Bolknap , what shall I do about this
dinner ) You know Judge ( she always called
herhasband by that name ) aud 1 have boon
Invited to the Russian consul's , end of course
ho cannot go because ho 1s in pris'on , but 1
don't see how I can get out of joing mydolf.
Don't you think I'd better gol"
"Most certainly not , " exclaimed Mrs. Bel-
knap , horrified at tbo appeal. "It would bo
perfectly indecent. "
" 1 don'taoo why , " replied Mrs. Hotherjng-
ton. tossing her head ,
"Then I will explain to you , " said Mrs.
Belknap. "I want you to understand that
whllo you and your husband arc restlug
under the cloud of this terrible tragedy it U
bolter that you dhould keep yourself in the
utmoit privacy. "
"Why thould II He killed Robinson ; ! did
not. "
At which Mrs , Bolknap says she could not
stand such nonsense any longer , and tbou
roado the foolish woman sit down and write
u note of rugrot. Mr * . Belknap departed for
the dinner thinking every thing WHS all right ,
Imagine her horror , when half through dinner -
nor , to see tbo tickle , golden halted beauty ,
Mrs. Hothorlngtou , come tripping in , olad in
white tulle nnd diamonds , smiling and greet
ing everyone with prettv speeches ; She
oven remarked to one guest : "You know
Judge has shot George. "
The guests wore shocked , and it was ns If
a wet blanket had fallen over the banquet
board. The lady remained there till late uud
departed as happy as If nothing had hap
pened to mar her solf-satlsllod tranqullity.
Will HcKln timillni ; on Monday ,
RocKi'onT , Mo. , March U , Engineer Van-
dosen has completed the location survey of
the Missouri , Kansas & Eastern railway , by
which the Missouri , Kansas & Texas pro-
poies to gain an Independent entrance to St.
Louli , from Franklin to Rockport , The con
tract for grading has been lot to Colonel
John J. Elliott of Boonevllle , and work will
bo begun next Monday. The Missouri
Pacific recently surveyed a routa along the
blurts hero , over which the Missouri. Kansas
& Eastern proposes to build , and it is ex
pected that Gould will attempt to harruss
and retard tbo building of tbo now road.
for the Keunlon ,
GitANii ISLAND , Nob. , March 9. [ Special to
TUB BEK. ] The reunion committee will
have a meeting next Saturday night to take
the initiatory steps in preparing for tbo
Grand Army of the Republic reunion ol
IbW. Several vacancies will probably be
tilled , An effort will be made to make the
coming reunion even a bolter success thun
was that ot last your.
OPENED WAR OS THE TARIFF
Democrats Lotl by MoMillln Mike a Vigor
ous Attack in the Iloub.
MR. DINGLEYOF MAINE RETURNS THE FIRE
Until Clmmplons Fntoreil With Large Audi.
enee nnd Cloie. Attention Home of tlio
Sullen ! 1'enturrn ut tlio Debute
.Semite Proceedings.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , March 0. Tbo tariff
discussion ot thd Fifty-second congress
opeuod In the house of representative today
with Roprosnntntlvo McMillln ot Tennessee
us the loader of the tariff" reform forces nnd
Representative Dlngloy the defender of the
McKlnloy law. Dosplto Iho well known
fact that a discussion of taq tariff Is mainly a
matter of comparison of statistics and fig
ure ? , and Its essential features are but a pre
sentation ot app-trontly Irrefutable , yet ,
totally Irrcconciliablo flows , iho galleries
were crowded long bofo.ro the hour of the
opening nnd Iho.public interest manifested
In Iho debate WAS greater than ou any pre
vious day of the session.
lilount I.e.nU the Dcmooratlu Attnck.
To Representative Blouut of Georgia , a
clear-headed parliamentarian of twenty
years of congressional experience , was
*
awarded the honor by tho.spoaker and the
committee on ways and inccms of presiding
ever tbo deliberations 'Of the committee of
the whole , nnd when ho wearied now and
ihon of bis arduous iftbjn Representa
tive Kllgoro , Iho giant statesman of Texas ,
was called on to assume the envoi.
In the days of long political wrangling that
are to follow in the committee of ttio whole
Speaker Crisp will find lha respite that ho
has so much desired. Today ha occupied a
seat in the galleries and was as interested
an auditor as any of tlio " 2,000 visitors who
bent eagerly forward to catch every word of
the partisan orations ot tbo day. The well
crowded newspaper galleries attested the
public interest that is being felt in the dis
cussion of the Issues now before Iho house ,
and tbo lilllo group that gathered in the
diplomatic gallery showed that this interest
m the revenue question and .tno attempted
modification of existing tariff laws is shared
by some of the nations acrossIho waters.
But Ibo crowning Indication Of the import-
mice of the discussion was'in thftduop atten
tion wblch the inombars themselves gave to
the Iwo speakers who represented the two
great parties on the question for.solutlon.
10 Tillies HII Interest.
During the opening speech of , Renro3onta-
tlvo McMIlltu , Mr. Burrows of Michigan
and a few of his loading .republican col
leagues vacated tbclr scats nn'd gathered on
Iho democratic side to be near the Tennessee
gentleman as ho arraigned fcbplr- party from
n democratic standpoint and , 'defended tbo
Justice of tb ? Springer' wool , bill rfnd the
various measures reported 'from the ways
and means committee to reduce the duties on
Imports. , , .
When Representative Dlnoloy of Maino.
alihough not a member ot- the ways and
means -committee , . .opened the ) disoassiou _ _ nn
behalf of tUo"rep\lblican.sido- K was the
flattering attention patfl.itor.him and bis
arguments by'his dcinocratuiop'ponouts.--
Mr. MoMillln , as rnlchfUiaye- . been , expected , - -
pected , devoted his atteuijoliVtP a roviowjvof
the McKlnley lawand , it ! 'fluoct'upon com
merce , tuoindustrios nnd tUo/wagoworkers
of the country , and Mr. . Dingloy naturally
sought to defend and Justify the law and in
sisted that tbo highest commercial wisdom
'
Justified its perpe'tuity. < ,
Senator Carlisle , under whose leadership
as speaker ot past democratic houses the
tariff ! debate in this latter half of the century
was revived , found the occasion on'p of such
charm that he left the seat in the upper body
to which ho had oeoh ( called by.tho Blue
Grass State and was an attentive listener to
Iho eloquent arguments of Representative
MeMltlln. No loss vlgilanf was the ntien-
tion with which ox-Spoakor Reed noted
every argument'not only of his trlcnd but of
his political opponents as well.
The speakers word generously npplaudoa
by their party colleagues , and us. , oaoh man
resumed his seat ho was tbe recipient of
warm congratulations and > a boquet of mam
moth sUo. , -
Mr. Illount Open * tV ! JiImto.
Tbo morning hour naymi ; expired the
house wont into committee of tbo whole on
revenue bills , Blount of Georgia presiding.
MoMillln then a < ldrcssod > tQo house in behalf
of the committee on ways , nnd means , and
referred in his opening remarks tb. the work
ot iho last congress. Ho declared' ! ! imposed
the highest tariff'taxes over levied in this
country , and made tbo nidst extravagant ap
propriations ever made jicre In a time of
peace. This congress , be said , Was. sent hereto
to correct both evils by Imposing less tax
nnd by spending loss money. Continuing , ho
said : "The tariff law has now boon-in oper
ation for a year nnd flvo months. Where are
Iho beneficial effects thatt wcro to follow
from itt Wboro is that magnificent price the
farmer * nd wool grower waste realize from *
iti Where are the incrdasod wages the
laboring men wcro to got ! il say the fanner
realized from - lo 3 per cent less on the
pound from his wool than ho did before , and
1 challenge any representative hero to point
to n sinclo line of manufacturers in which
laborers' wages have boJ'n Increased 'oy that
law.1 - r
McMillln said the bill was passed under
the pretense of a doslro to banoat tbo labor
ing man , but what benefit Iras it boon to him.
Hcnv It Affected Wool ,
Uo then took up wool/and said : "Tho
whole mutter may bo summed up in fact ,
tlmt after twenty-live years of experiment
with high rates of duty on wool tbo result
has been u reduction of one-half in tbo num
ber of sheep in the states cAst of the Missis
sippi and Missouri rivers uud a reduction of-
about one-half in tbo prlco or.wool ; nor have
the results bean encouracingto , wool manu
facturers , they have beeu restricted to tba
use of a quality they could futord to buy. By
reason of the tariff they have been restricted
to markets substantially tti ttheir own coun
try. They have been forced1 to use shoddy
as a substitute for woolen goods and shrop
husbandmen derived no HUlnLaxitUl benefit.
The speaker declared now ttVol moro than
two-thirds of the exponiosi incurred during
tbo late war have been paid.every Jopitlmato
excuse for Its Increase rates has disappeared ,
but not only has there boomno , reduction in
the tariff ratoe , but they havu-boen vastly in
creased , "
Touching on sugar MoMlllia said ; "The
authors of the bill taku muon credit to them
selves for- having placed isue r on the free
list. They did , it is truoi place some and
most grades of sugar on tlutifree list , but the
finer grades are still taxed Ueavlly for the
benefit of tbo manufacturer aud bo Is left
with more pt election bv tbatbill than by tbo
rates Imposed In the Mills' ftiU. True , fifty
odd millions of dollars bas Jtyen tuuen oft tbo
sugar tax , but this is no free will offering- ,
for the same measure provided for the pay
ment , I bellovo , of millions to tbo producers
of sugar on bounties again. Whllo fifty odd
million dollars of a tax'was taken off sugar
there was an Increase of ( duties amounting
to about { 415,000 put on other things and gen
erally on tbo necessaries of life. They ro-
tnoved the sugar tax , yrbivh yielded oigbt-
ninihs of the benefit id tbo treasury and but
one-ninth to the manufacturers , only to
place many millions moro than tbo sugar tux
on other things. Where but one-fourth of
the law's exaction went into the trcasurv ,
three-fourths went into pnvato coffers of
favored manufacturers "
Ktlll llurdrniomr Titx ,
It will be seen that/the tax is still a burden
of 118,000,000 Inalrectly to tbo people , and In
stead of tbolr getting fOO.OOO.OOU relief by this
cbungo of taxes , thev hardlv obtained (10-
000,000 net benefit. Tba whole lull ho char
acterized ay conscienceless favoritism for iho
few and merciless oppression for tbe many ,
lu the coustdorallon of the bill the manufac
turer alone was favored , but the consumer
had never been considered ,
The exigencies ot the preceding campaign
had required n vast amount of money to
carry the elections , nnd it was raised by
routing the apprehensions of some nnd prom
Islng benefits to others , and the promises of
that campaign were put into statutory form ,
Evoryclais except those who needed it the
worst bad been bonoflttod by the various
laws passed by our opponents on the subject
of taxation since lbtr > .
In regard to reciprocity the speaker s Id :
"I am astounded that In n free republic ,
wboro the right taxation through chosen
ropresonatlvos bought with blood that such
a thing was possible as the surrender of this
right to QUO man. The most sacred right a
froo.mnn has is to determine the extant and
manner of his taxation. "
The speaker denounced the rebate feature
of tbo McKlnloy hill. By this moans ho de
clared , very tnnnv agricultural Implements
and products of American manufactories
were sold at n much lower rate to foreigners
out of tbo United States than to citizens in It ,
Another Serious Objection.
Continuing , McMillln declared another
serious objection to the high rates of duty in
the destructive influence it has on commerce ,
and added : "Many friends of high pro
tection bollovo and have buslod tbomsetvos
to show that the duties collected are not a
tax upon the people. They claim this pro-
nil um or tax paid by foreigners whoso manu
factures sold in this country tor the privilege
of soiling thorn bore. These holding lo this
view Insist that the tariff is not n tax. Whan
nn American cltlzon buys n foreign article ,
manufactured abroad , he pays tor not only
the original cost abroad but the costof trans
portation to this country nnd the duty col
lected at the port of entry , and when ho uses
nud consumes the article bo pays a lax Im
posed by the government on it , no matter
whether ho or some daalor handed the money
to the customs oflloor collected for thi duty.
And not only this. When an American cltl
zen buys goods manufactured hero which nro
sold iu daily competition with goods of llko
character that have a similar use , imported
from abroad , ho has to pay cost
production there on , In many
instances nn amount equal to or nearly equal
to the rate ot duty llxed on the foreign goods
so competing , If the foreigner and not our
citizens pay duty , why did wo relieve him
from paying millions of tax lor us on sugar ;
why not lot him continue to pay this tlfty
odd millions. If uo other good resulted from
the McICiuloy bill it taught the American
people that the tariff is a tax and a lax upon
people who consiitno arliolos upon which it
is levied. The day taxes wore removed from
sugar prices /rent / down in all American
markets to an amount about equal to tbo
duty removed. On the ether hand , when nn
additional tax of U cents n pound was im
posed on tin piato tin plato went up in prlco
all ever the country. It was so on pearl but
tons , upon wblch duty wan vastly Increased ,
mid so ou linen goods. Whatever may have
been the situation before , the American people
ple have como to know that the tariff Is a
tax and have dealt with Ihoso who increased
iho tax in Iho last congress accordinglyby ad
ministering to the authors of thu high ralos
wo now have to pay tbo greatest reouko that
was over administered to any party in this
country , turning the republican majority into
n democratic majority of almost three-
fourths.
Another Section Unit Would lln Itepenloil.
"Thoro is another provision of tbo present
law that should bo amended , on allowing
these ivho nra opulent enough and have loia-
uro to'go abroad to bring in tree of duty
quantities of clothes as wearing apparel. "
In closing the speaker said : "Tho people
have resolved , and they will make that
resolution good , that they will have a
reduction In the rates of taxation , era
a still further reduction of those
In congress who favor a higher taxa
tion. This battle Is on aud is to the finish.
OiToao side Is arrayed the democratic party
in favor of a Just taxation ; on the other side
its opponents , clamoring for excessive and
( .unjust taxation. "
8oin Little Iljr-1'lny.
In tbo course of his speooh Mr. McMillln
was interrupted by Mr. Raines of Now York
with tbo suggestion that tbo utato elections
in Now York bad not been of a character to
encourage the domocratlc party.
Mr. McMillln retorted that the ox-speaker
had on Monday last referred to the triumph
ant in are h of truth. That march was em
phasized by the fact that the gentleman from
Maine ( Mr. Rood ) no longer occupied tbo
chair , but was relegated to tbe floor where
ho could do nothing but curse and cry ,
[ Laughter. ] Tbo city of the gentleman
from Maine had gone democratic the olnor
dny. fApplause.J
Mr. Rood , who was in the oloak room wben
his name was monlionnd , strolled down ono
of the aisles , and us be did so made nn npol-
opy that ho bad not been present bocausn ho
know that the gentleman from Tennessee
was speaking. [ Lauirbtor.j
Mr. McMillln replied that ho cared not
what the gentleman's reason for being ab
sent was.
At tbo close "ii Mr. McMillln's speech ho
was the recipient of a magnlllcont cluster of
red roses , and his democratic colleagues hon
ored him with generous applause.
Mr. Dliigley Milkas Keply.
Mr. Diugloy opened the dobata on behalf
of the republican aide in opposition to the
democratic tariff bills.
"If the gentleman from Tennessee , * ' said
he , "represents in his speech and his recent
North .American Review nrticlo tbo vlows
and purposes of tbo domocratio party us to
tariff legislation , and I have no doubt that ho
does , then the three sporadic bills reported
by the domocratio majority from tho' ways
and moans committee nnd now botore Iho
soualo , lo enact a tariff reform before the
democratic house containing 140 democratic
majority , afford the most striking exhibition
of lolling 'I dare not' iboforo a presidential
election wait on 'I would * after thn election ,
that It has over been my fortune to observe
in the political history of this country , Tbo
gentleman trom Tennessee condemns the
McKlnley tariff enacted by tbo republican
party aud presenting a complete plan of pro-
locllon , and condemns all protective duties
as class legislation , 'robbery , ' a 'wall of lira'
to destroy foreign trade and a measure which
is bringing ruin on tbo country. And
bo announces just us bo and his domncratlo
associates did before the election of IS'.K ) , nt
the tlmo the now tariff was framed that the
mission of the democratic party is tn swoop
every line and word of the unholy tariff from
the statute books and substitute a measure
of'tariff reform'from which shall be elim
inated all 'class legislation , ' all 'robbery , ' all
'proteollon , '
Awaiting the llcdemjillon of I'ledp * .
"Tho voters who were deceived and por-
tuadod to accept democratic promises In New
England that the democratic .scheme of tariff
reform looked to the rellof of manufacturers
suffering for want of free coal , iron ore and
free pig iroi , , with. A sly intimation that Iho
manufactured articles would bo undisturbed ,
are anxiously awaiting ibe roitoraptiou of
Ihcsu pledges by this democratic bouse.
"The voters in West Virginia , Virginia
andothvr coal and Iron producing states ,
who wore told that tbo democratic plan of
tariff reform would leuvo iron oru and pig
iron undisturbed and severely cut the duties
on eastern manufactured .products , are be
ginning to ask for tbo redemption of pledges
made to them , and ihoso western uud south
ern farmer * whoso votes were captured by
the assurance that the democratic plan of
taiiff contemplated a gouorul overturn of the
McICtnlev tariff are becoming uneasy at the
nonfulfillment ot tbo pledges inado to them.
'In this situation , with the republican
policy fully and clearly sot forth In the exist
ing 'law , with the representative of tbo
great democratic majority in this houio re
peating his old denunciations of the anorm-
itles ot .the McICiuloy tarliT , what do the
democratic majority of the ways and moans
commilloo propose as iho democratic plan of
tariff reform I
Keliume of Democratic Itetiirni ,
"First , to place binding twluo on tbe free
list.
list."Second , to place ou tbo frep Int. baling for
cotton hoop iron when manufactured Into
cotton ties and all machinery for the manu
facture of cotton bagging.
"TblrJ , to place ou the free list tbo farm-
ors' wool aud nbolUb some of tbo duty on
cloth , which is for the benefit of tbo farmer ,
and to leave an average ad valorem duty of
39 per cent to protect tbo manufacturer , "
Mr , Dluglcy dofouded the McKluiey act
eloquently and at length and argued that
these bills proposed by the democratic mem *
bora of the ways nnd moans committee could
result lu nothing but Injury to thu farmer.
Continuing , Mr. Dlngloy said ; "Every
evil prediction rotating to the McKlnloy
tariff bas been disproved by the march of
events. Every prediction of Its benefits has
been mftdo good. Protootton Is moro than
Justified. The polloy which has done so
much to make this country the largest manu
facturing , the largest mining ana tbo most
prosperous country on the face of the earth
is hero to stay. " [ Great applause. ]
Before the conclusion of Mr. Dlngloy's
speech the committee rose and thn house ml-
Journed. "
Tha debate will ba resumed tomorrow and
continued for live or six weeks with occa
sional Interruptions of two or thrco days for
thu silver bill nud appropriation bill.
IN TIIIISKNATi : .
Hill toTurtlicr Inrrcune the Niivy ASprll.
Ing Itotorin.
WASHIXOTOS , O. C. , March 0. Mr. Halo ,
from the naval committee , reported back his
bill to further increase Ibo naval department ,
It was , ho said , for the construction of battle
ships , coast defenses , gunboats and olght
first-class torpedo bouts. Ho reported it
back with nn amendment appropriating
$500,000 for experiments in the development
of torpodaos and m the procurement of
standard torpedoes.
Mr. Squire tnovsd to reconsider the vote
by which the sonata yesterday passed the
bill In relation to the collection district of
Pugol Sound , The motion was entered.
Wnnt * Spelling Schools ICHtuhllihnl.
Amouir the bills Introduced and referred
was ono with the following curious title , presented -
sontod by Mr. Cullom ( by request ) : "To
test and try tbo science of spoiling and to
provide for establishing 100 schools for that
purpose ; and to establish a spelling school in
the World's Columbian oxpoillion to bo held
In Chicago In 1S93. "
Senate bill appropriating (187.89 lo com
pensate tbo Indians of the Urow Crook
reservation ( to bo added to their permanent
fund ) for loss sustained by them in receiving
less land per capita in their diminished
reservation than was received by other In
dians , was passed.
The senate Joint resolution for the pav-
mont to tbo state ot West Virginia ot her
share of thn direct tax refund was taken up
and Mr. Daniel offered as an timondmont nn
additional section , instructing the secretary
of the treasury to accept the terms agreed
upon by the committee of the Virginia bond
holders as to the bonded debt of Virginia.
Aflor debate tbe Joint resolution was made a
special order for next Monday.
The pure food bill was then taken up , nnd
after the adoption of several slight amend
ments , it was passed without a division.
After an executive session of nearly three
hours , tbe senate adjourned.
Congreasntnii Springer Kests Well.
WASHINGTON . D. C. , March 9. Represent
ative Springer rested well after midnight
and his condition this morning was reported
about the same as yesterday.
Wheelmen to Meet ut
HASTINGS Nob. , March 9. [ Special to THE
DEI : . ] Tbo Hastings League of American
Wheelmen bavo taken the next state bicycle
tournament In charge and have had it located
In this city. The boys have boon agltuliug
this mailer for some tlmo and llcnv that tbo
tournament Is assured will spare neither
time nor money to make this the most suc
cessful meor , over held In Nebraska. Tbo
Hastings branch ot League of American
Wboolmon has nearly 10U members and as
this city bas the belt half mile track in the
state it is probable that their brightest an
ticipations will bo fulfilled. Tbo time set Is
July 4.
During tbo month of February farm
.mortgages on Adams county property Hied
ntrgrogated 10,715 aud tboso satisfied f.'U,5W.
On city property , tho. tilings amounted to
$4.C30 and tbe releases $12.815.
Interest in the treasury defalcation oases
has boon in a stata of ocltnso since the shoot
ing of Myron Van Fleet by Captain A. D.
Yocum on Washington's birthday. The case
of Emanuel Fist , which was to como up this
term of court , has been continued , and it Is
in the defendant's affidavit for a continuance
lhat ihe 11 rat insight into the plan of Ibo do-
fonsc is gained. Tbo defendant claims that
H. Bostwlck and Frank Pearl of Seattle ,
Wash. , respectively ox-president , nnd paying
teller of the dofunot City National bank ,
cannot appear at this lerm of court. By
them the defense expects to prove that all
money drawn from the City National ,
amounting lo over $00,000 , was checked out
by ex-Treasurer Charles H. Paul. Under
tbo indictments presented there is not much
doubt In the minus of careful observers that
both Treasurer Paul and Deputy Fist will bo
acquitted.
A citizens' caucus was bold last night In
the opera bouso to nominnto a city ticket.
The nominations made were : For mnvor , C.
C. Rtttonhouso ; for city treasurer , J. J.
Evans ; for city clerk , W. W. Miles , nnd for
members of the Board of Education , Jacob
Bailey and J. N. Ferguson. Councilman
from the various wards were also nominated.
The Yocum murder trial will probably bo-
coma ono of the most celebrated criminal
cases in this country. The fact of the killing
will not be denied , and thn course pursued
by tbe defense can only bo conjectured ,
Emotional insanity , provoked by brooding
over tbo scandal said to have been propa
gated by Van Fleet , thovlclim , may bo urged ,
or exonerating circumstances. The best
legal talent bus been engaged on both sides ,
nnd the battle promises to bo keenly fought.
It is somewhat doubtful If a jury can bo ob
tained in this county , as nearly every competent -
potent Juror has expressed or formed an
opinion
Wrecked liyu Flying IJox Car.
DAKOTA CITY , Nob. , March 9. | Special
Telegram to Tun BKU.J A freight train ,
pulled by engine No. 105 , last night at 11 : ! 15
collided with a flying box car , which the
wind blow from Co hum Junction , , live miles
west of this place. The ilromnn "and engineer
Jumped and escaped , Tbo train of fifteen
earn was all derailed and damaged except
the caboose. The engine was totally demol
ished , The cars were loaded with household
goods , merchandise and lumber. Tbo wreck
ing train Is no clearing awuy the dobrls. It
will take thrco days to do the work. It is
tbo worst wreck on iho St. Paul & , Omaha
road for years. I'ho estimated damage is
(120,000. All trains USD the sidetrack and
communication Is not cut off.
Crop IiidlrutliniH ( inoil ,
Ginnox , Neb , , March 9. [ Special to TUB
Bi'.i : . I The Indications nro that the wheat
crop In this county will bo the largest that
bas over bean put out. There are calls from
every quarter for farms to rent and to Imv.
Gibbon is tha oldest town In Buffalo
county , and In proportion to Its slzo U tbe
most prosperous. It was settled some time
before the construction of tbe Union Pacific
railroad , Tboro Is not n house in town that
is not occupied or rented ,
Hesldenro of u Farmer Ilimieil ,
FAiitmmv , .Neb. , March 0 , [ Special Telegram -
gram to TIIK BEE. ] The dwelling bouso of
Isaac Gardiner , six miles from this place ,
was burned late ibis nftornoon , The furni
ture was destroyed and also 500 gallons of
wlno which was stored In the cellar. The
origin of tbo flie Is unknown. The family
was awuy at the timo.
Tim 1'lra Record.
CHICAGO , III. , March 9. Tbo six story
building occupied principally by the Chicago
Paste company , tbe American Fruit compa
ny , Costello & Co. , chocolate manufacturers ,
and George Obornc , dealer In hides aud wool ,
burned early Ibis morning. Loss , 1125,000 ,
fione Into a llrrrlirr' * lluiuU ,
KNOXVILLE , Tenn. , March S ) , The Choro.
kco Land company has ( 'ono Into the hands
of a receiver , with assets of WJ.OQO nnd
liabilities of less thun (10,000. Tbo assets
are much in nxccss of liabilities. Tbo re
ceivership will bo only temporary.
< p
The Death JColl.
DUIII.IN , March 9 , Sir Edward Hudson
Konahan , head of ibe great linn of dUtlltors
In this city aud high sheriff of Quoou's
county , U dead.
SHOT IN COURT AT LINCOLN
Police Judge Borgot Punctured with Two
Bullets from nn Assassin's Revolver.
HURT BUT MAY RECOVER
IIU Atuntlnnt n Dollar u > |
' ' "Afor Htrullnjj u Shirt Arroit
t ' "Z 'o WoiilU-llo Mur-
L " - * .
t C 12 lorcr ,
Lif SA.S. Nab. , March P. [ Special Tele
gram v"'v.i BIK. : ] A dastardly attempt to
nssa i : Acting Police Judge Borgot w s
rnadd ' n'ut 10 this morning by an old m u
mine < T tor , u carpenter by trade , who
ias bHng at Greenwood until recently.
Last Saturday Borgot lined Warner 1 1 and
costs for the tholt ot a shirt trom n pawn
broker. Warner took the matter considera
bly to heart and 1ms boon talking in a threat
ening manner over since.
Today , whllo police court was In session ,
Warner entered the room aud walking di
rectly up to Judge Borgot's desk lirod two
shots in rapid succession before the by
standers could interfere. The first bullet
struck the judge in thobroAst , Just above this
heart , but was turned aside by his wntch or
some other hard substance. The tiecond bul-
ot struck him In the forehead , just above the
oft eye aud glanced upward. Up to the
present writing the bullet has not boon found
ind the exact condition of the Judge cannot
ao determined. It is not believed , however ,
that his Injuries will result fatally.
Warner has been arrested and is now In
Jail.An
An examination of thn bullet wound In the
Forehead was made this afternoon. The bul
let entered an Inch above the eye and frac
tured thu skull. The course of the bullet was
upward and it was extracted about thrco
nehOB above the point of contcct. The eye
Dall Itself was also considerably Injured by
the shot , and the services of an oculist worn
necessary to pick out the grains of powder to
sncjo thn sight. Judge Borealt's condition li
considered serious and ho has been uucon-i
scious most of tbe afternoon. It is feared'
that concussion of the brain will result from
tbo Injuries.
Warner , the would-be murderer , Is a well
known character nbout the city. He has
Dean arrested for minor offensas eovernl
Limes and has long been In the habit of hang
ing around the police station and threiUonin ?
dlro vengeance upon the oftlcers for the fan
cied wronirs bo has suiTored at their hands.
After tbo shooting toduv. ho WRS arrested
with difficulty , and was rather roughly han
dled. It is believed that his mind Is unbal
anced.
XIMTH Noten from Ilcmtrlee.
BEATUICE , Nob. , Maroh 0. [ Special to
THE Br.K. | Senior Vice Commander N. W.
Van Osdol of the Grand Array of the Kopub-
lie district , consisting of Gage , Pnwnoo ,
Johnson , Jefferson and Richardson counties
and known as the Southeastern district of
Nebraska , bus culled the fourth annual re
union to moot ut Pawnee City at U o'clock p.
m. , Wednesday , March 10. Each post in the
district is otititlnd to three delegates. It is
the intention to make the reunion one of the
most interesting over held in the district.
After many days of waiting the blir puma
"
for the now water works plant has "arrived
and Is now being placed in position. It is a
Smeaiiloy compoundduplox pump and weighs
over 12,000 pounds , and the manufacturer *
claim that It is ono of the boat ever turned
out by the comoiiny. It will bo placed beside
a GasKill pumping engine , both of which are
to ha used in tbo now building , and an ample
opportunity will bo afforded to test the roln-
tlvo merits of the two pumps. It Is thought
that the machinery will bo rcadv for tbo
capacity test of the wells about Ibo 10th inst.
Mrs. Haines' restaurant on Court street ,
between Fourth and Third streets , was dam
aged by tire to the extent of $300 early this
morning. An exploding lamp in the kltchrn
was ibo causo. Loss fully covered by Insur
ance.
The city council at a special mooting last
night , appointed Frank Barday , sr. , un ex
port plumber , to moaiuro iho capacity of the
Paddock pasture wells when the olllolal test
of the city water supply from thai source
shall bo mado. A commilloo of twenty citi
zens and taxpayers will ulso be appointed to
superintend and witness the test in'bobalf of
the city.
City Cleric 1'blllips was last evening au
thorised to advertise for proposals for fur
nishing li',000 candle power electric lights for
lighting the streets of the city aud for light
ing tbe city building and two water works
plants.
Nchrnnlm I'liyHlrlanii Meet.
AUIIOIIA , Nob. , March 0. [ Special to THE
BcE.-Tbo ] Central Nebraska Mfdlcal
society held a session in the Masonic l.uil In
tn Is city , beginning Tuesday evening at 5 : ! ) ( )
and was called to order by Dr. O. W.
Shldlor , president. Tbo following named
members responded to roll call : Drs. G. W
Shldlor , D. Uoswoll , vV. F. Hoynolds. 1) . B
Sedgwick , H. McConaugbynnd B. F. Parley
of York : J. II. Downing , \Vaco ; T. J. Cuso ,
O. B. Brown , Bromliold ; W. R Gooden ,
W. S. Williamson. E. O. Steonberg. T. II.
Line and II. A , Collins of Aurora.
Mayor Shoan being introduced to tbo asso
elation by Dr. Goodeu welcomed tno rul-
tors to the city in his usual happy vein , at
the conclusion of which an adjournment was
taken to thu adjoining banquet hull for Ilia
purpose of doing Jusllca to the roynl repast
furnished by tbo local medicos. At tbo con
clusion of thu banquet able papers were read
by Urs. Brown , Hoynolds , Goodon and
Downing , tbo subjects treated being dis
cussed generally by the society. The ses
sion was ono of ( tie most interesting ever
held by the association. A vote of thanks
was tendered the nniyor , cituns , owners
of thu hall and the resident doctors for their
reception find entertainment. The society
at a late hour adjourned to moot nt York ,
Juno 11. _ _ _ _
Dnlonr UUclmrgnil.
Viiltnioiir. , Nob. , March ! ) . [ Snoclal to
TIIK Hm.J The trial of A. H. Dufour , who
was arrested In Omaha on Fobrjary 95 by
the First Notional bantc of Crelghton ,
charged with obtaining mohoy under fulso
pretenses , took place Monday night ntCrolgh-
ton , baforo District Judge \Vlllliun V. Allen.
Uufour was represented by Judge Eslollo of
Omaha and Charles ICanianskt of Yordigra.
Numerous witnesses appeared for the prose
cution , but tbo case was submitted by thode-
fcuto without argument , and without a sin
gle witness being examined in its bcbiilf. In
his decision Judge Allen stated as follows :
"On r.oHbliloration it is found by thu court
that no crime has boon committed ai charged ,
or any other crime for which the defendant
can bo belli , nnd bo is discharged without
delay and costs taxed to iho tato. "
IU > Hiilt of u Dent In llunlc Hturk ,
lUsTixoa , Nob. , Maroh 0. ( Special Tele
gram to THE Bun. J The Jury in the case ot
M , A. Hartlgan against H. Jiostwlck , presi
dent of the defunct City National bank after
bcltifr oyt one-half hour returned n verdict
awarding the plaintiff (1,535 * damages. Soma
tlmo ago Hurtlgan bought stock of the City
National bank of Boitwlck to tbe amount
of JIiM ! on tbo representation that tbo bnnlc
was In a highly prosperous-condition. Not
long after the bank fulled. The receiver
appointed by the government lavlod un
iisti-ssment of 100 par cent on all stock- ,
Uartlgan sued Bostwlck Individually for thu
vnluo of the stock and the Intel ost. Tno
case < , vns tried In the lust term of court anil
tbo Jury brought in compromise verdict. A
new 1 1 nil was grunted aud this Unit ) full
damages were awarded.
limunr.
GniND ISLAND , Neb. , March -Special ( to
Tun BBK.J Wllllum Weston , Jr. , residing
near Donlphan , thU county , was adpjdcod
Insane yesterday and will be sent to tbo aiy-
lum for the insauo at LUiuo'a ' lu a few d ji <