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    PATE legislature.
nf’EEDlNOS IN THE NEBRAS
KA SENATE AND HOUSE.
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rropoelo* st*»» for
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rho Omoho Chmrtor Bill-Recovery
a U.r Money I-o.t by the Failure of the
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»br«sk* refUtaturfc
k sat* —la the senatei on ^h® 13th,
q. i i flex assembling, the general ap
n bill was taken up. Senator
?,'r* offered an amendment to the ap
lt,i(.n for the state penitentiary,
"■'.'‘.‘ths* institution 310,550 for sew
... r-f-ral repairs, furniture. The
''''l'meet came in the form of an
s-atement, hut objection being
' , accepted an amendment giving
" .' vt -ntion 810,000 in a lump for
, repairs. Adopted. Senator
. ,,i„ i i offered an amendment strik
, tie appropriations for main
r, (V, trie bell system, telephones,
tubes, delivering convicts on
orders, stationery and printing,
, i i-fiotographing convicts. The ap
.iv.ntiir. was small, all the items
«,U*flie* amounting to $830. The
,'.r,; was not agreed to. The soldiers’
11.. [<,rs’ home at Grand Island came
*, •slight increase, amounting to
j, -l( Tiie institute for the feeble
:mi,, i- Beatrice was not forgotten
:V peieral distribution. The item
■V,:. -utenance and employes’ wages
r„.sed from 31.1,000 to 3G5.000. Other
j„A' Vre swelled to the amount of
jin Ml. —ill lilt? liumc luin ic
, - wert received from the standing
,.1X tte« on the following bills:
No. 335, to amend the con
dfateci -tatutes with the recommend
: hat it he passed as amended:
mV, No. 55, to assist the state
Ivan’ and the state historical society,
n commended as a substitute for
roll No. 150: house roll No. 533,
i ,u: t cd the insurance laws, was placed
i n, ral file: house roll No. 387, to
iii,< pohi'iesof life and endowment in
rar.ut nonforfeitable, was recom
need to pass; house roll 497, provid
!.,■ tar a. holiday to be known as
liiT.t.whnce day,” was indefinitely
i,!p.'iied: house roll 504, to amend the
; inspection laws, was indefinitely
n,tin,lied. The veto of the governor
f htmse roll 73 was sustained by 43 to
!. Tide was ‘ an act to amend section
.'.,f chapter iii of the consolidated
atut.es of Nebraska by providing for
n anti.tiocal judge in the Twelfth ju
iriat district.” House roll No. 404, to
i it de for the investigation andexam
uiti'.i. into the accounts, proceedings,
iiti.-i.its expenditures and all busi
i-,-' c mnteted with state institution,
as :■-sported for passage. House roll
I". 4<-v, b. bill for an act granting a
mntv of $100 to each officer and mem
r:1 h ,enlisted and served in the First
ini second regiments of Nebraska vol
at 'rs, and who has been honorably
if-iu.rged therefrom, and in case of
at: of such persons, to their widows
"I phans, and providing for the pay
ir ; t the same out of the state treas
rv. and prohibiting the payment or ex
tii '. of attorneys’ fees for the prose*
ii'i. r, rt such claims, and providing a
unisi.mentfor tlie violation of this act,
;a> indefinitely postponed. House roll
4 !, tu amend the act to incorpor
cities, of the first class and to pro
"i" lor the construction of viaducts,
i' recommended for passage.
st.NATE.—Iu the senate on the 14th
mv -oh No. 33. the house committee
iM'i.uit rate hill, was read the sec
i ! time and referred to the committee
1 ra. i mads: senate file No. 194, amend
t:,v irrigation laws was read the
1 :‘i unit- and passed; senate file No.
■ read the third time and passed.
’'I'"' away with insurance on the
■tit• ■ apitol building. Senate file No.
• l ead the third time and passed.
s ,,:i rases the limit of time in which
' a : i action may be commenced from
Un yrnrs. Senate file No. 330,
), hi witv. to prohibit prize fighting,
' t- a so passed. Senate file No. 45,
'll..’',jig registers of deeds to keep a
' • if mortgaged indebtedness, was
! l ; i t third time and placed on its
7".’! received a constitutional
'i ”',y and was declared passed. The
•uv, went into committeof the whole
! ! Senator Mattes in the chair for
i^ideration of the general appro
! t.i: b.il. When the miseellaneoui
titi,
s
were read the committee addec
“• targe sums. The experimentu
.... bt Culbertson and Ogalla):
”‘T”n $15,000. The expense o:
e,:'':' the state school lands wai
by an appropriation of $10.
"h‘ r large items were increased
1 • grand total of appropriation:
“lianeons items was swelled t.i
.. '• against .$309,900 as the bil
t ,,1'?"'b°use- The Institutioi
", Jaaf at Omaha was not forgot
■ t'tuf"' building was voted at t
’ • ".000, while $7,000 was appro
; • ; ' for repairs on the old. The ap
raiv.pV'iVtn l-’ wages wa:
Vk.'jj ”!lui hvmg expenses increase!
u^' and lights $1,000 and fa
'•"tiur'.-Vffe *1,000, tbe report of tin
a "«i , ’ iils adopted in the face of i
1of opposition.
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X,"','' :Tif' °nis Were passed: House roll
V ■ ■' Oakley, to provide for the
t- tii. * -'"PPort, maintenance, pro
l*Ptei,tion of minors, by a
jtm-tift,'. n*0?' lor or pro*
jin f ^vamP or bottom lands
Ian a.-’ , , Nebraska, and to repeal
'iia r ^,. Itp<i "An act to provide for
tamp lands in the state of
NV!,_
•as-. ... f me state oi
»nd .or“ “PProved February 28,1881,
<-tit» " ll,e a method to assess ben
arj>ir.|t iWrefrrd Hi* damages, if any,
Jo «M rr ' a Vote of 00 to 1.
h-1 to assd-V • u*oney to employ coun
*■». V, ‘ln Prosecuting certain stat<
v,i.,rt for the security am
• rehntt* __i__
i . vuucners, or eertm
•niNt.i, w mcorporated companies.
To nr,, Ylri" ,, lons; Arms and individuals.
- mat all persons shall be cn
e sam^ j.Uriia._• ,
t>,J— ““ Persons snail be en
a‘l iv-thcr,. #S:i‘u® civil rights, to punisl
Hsion< r Ule violation of its pro
kr.,j,v, u t, Pfal sections 317 and 818
Knvt. ,, *? “* "yetions a 17 ana SIS
•'oHdated rat t 1 V1‘*’ c*vil rights, con
*',l«‘retof/iiiU ■ ?* -'Veljraska Of 1891
a,'ts and Dartae^ist,n!f ,an<t to repeal al
fi*e provisiotio inconsistent witl
"ip ?*of this act by a vote of 7
6 houSe then went into com
mlttee oi the whole, with Schappel in !
the chair, to take up house roll No. Ill,
by Watson, to provide for the punish
ment of murder in the first degree, and
to abolish the penalty of death. Mc
Kesson moved to substitute for it sen
ate file Jio. 14, by Moore, leaving the
death penalty to the discretion of a
jury, and a hot discussion was on at
once. Tlje motion to substitute was
lost, and the house bill was recom
mended for passage. The bill to pro
vide for a state board of arbitration was
recommended for passage.
Senate —In the senate on the 15th
the Omaha charter bill with amend
ments was considered. It required one
hour and thirty-five minutes to read the
bill. It was placed on its passage and
received thirty-two votes and the pres
ident declared it passed with the emer
gency clause. A number of house rolls
were read the first and second times
and referred to appropriate committees,
among them senate file No. 227, by
Lowley, amending the criminal code.
It gives justices of the peace jurisdic
tion .in many cases of infraction of
criminal law now conferred upon coun
ty judges. Senate file No. 227, by Low
ley, also amending the criminal code in
the same manner. Senator Stewart
brought out his resolution providing
for daily sessions to commence at 9
9 o'clock in the morning. Senator Gra
■ ham met it with a motion to lay the
resolution on the table. The senate re
fused to have it that way, and the mo
tion to table was lost. The resolution
was then placed on its passage; but as
it made a change in the standing rules
of the senate it failed to receive a two
thirds majority and was declared lost.
Senator Gray precipitated discussion on
the employes question by offering a
resolution to the effect that if employes
had been allowed pay for Sunday work
the amount should be deducted from.
the amount yet due them. After- an
other half hour spent in fruitless dis
cussion the whole matter was laid on
the table. This w%s the fifty-second
day of the session us far as the senate
was concerned, and it was given up
largely to routine work. The commit
tees are digesting bills at a lively rate,
and a large proportion of the measures
introduced during the first forty days
of the session have either been placed
on the general file or indefinitely post
poned.
AU tllC AlAStAOC UU bile Xlfbtl a
resolution was introduced that a com
mittee of five be appointed by the
speaker, whose duty it shall be to im
mediately prepare such resolutions and
take such other steps as may be proper
for the pupose of instituting proceed
ings of impeachment against all state
officials and ex-state officials shown by
reports to be guilty of malfeasance or
negligence sufficient to warrant prose
cuting. The resolution went over for
one day. The following bills were re
commended to pass: A bill for an act
to provide clerks and assistants for the
county clerks in counties having over
25,000 inhabitants and providing for
same; a bill ior an act to amend chapter
44 of the statutes of Nebraska entitled
‘•Public Instruction;” a bill for an-act
to enlarge and define the duties of cer
tain members of the faculty of the state
university; a bill for an act for the re
lief of Scott's Bluff county, Nebraska,
and to appropriate $7,407.75 to said
county; a bill for an act to amend
sections 370G, 3721. and 3723 of sub
division 14 of chapter 44 of the consoli
dated statutes of Nebraska, and to re
peal the original sections amended.
An act to prescribe the mode of pay
ment of obligations to be paid in money.
A* bill for an act to regulate the duty of
persons in charge of steam engines pro
pelled on the highways of this state
Wholly or in jjart by steam power, and
to provide a penalty for the violation of
the same. A bill for an act to amend
section 2G63, relating to grading, and
sub-division G3 of section 3GG4, chapter
35, of the consolidated statutes of Ne
braska of 1891, and to repeal said sec
tions so amended. A bill for an act to
amend sections 2609, 2612, 3656, of sub
division 19, and 36 of section 2GG4 of
Cobbey's consolidated statutes of Ne
braska of 1894, and to repeal said orig
inal sections so amended.
Sexate.—In the senate on the 10th.
the committee on finance, ways and
means reported the salary appropria
tion bill with the recommendation that
it pass as amended. After the doors
were opened the senate went into com
mittee of the whole on the general file.
Senate file No. 97, amending the code
of civil procedure, was recommended
for passage. Senate file No. 101, by
Egglestqn, to prevent cruelty to ani
mals, provoked a lively debate. Sena
tor Lowley opposed the bill with all the
force of Seward county eloquence, and
Senators Correll, Babcock and North
championed the bill. The committee
voted to recommend the bill for pass
age. Senate tile No. 15, by Moore, reg
ulating the manner in which city funds
may be deposited in national or state
state bunks, was recommended for pass
age. Senate file No. 210, amending the
ies, was recommended for passage. The
senate immediately went into commit
tee of the whole to consider senate tile
No. 73. with Mullen in the chair. The
bill under consideration requires whole
sale liquor dealers to take out a license.
Under the present law a wholesale firm I
can supply dealers through an agent i
and thus escape the payment of whole- j
salers’license. Under the proposed law
the agent for such companies must take
out both a retailer’s and wholesaler’s
license. The bill was recommended.
House.—In the house the following
bills passed: To amend sections 3,700,
3,721 and 3,722 of subdivision xiv. of
chapter xliv. of the consolidated stat
utes of Nebraska and to repeal the
original sections amended: to provide
clerks and assistants for the county
clerks in counties having over 23,000
inhabitants and providing for same, by
a vote of 30 to 11; to give A. J. Arnold
an honorable discharge and pay for
three months service; to enlarge and
define the duties of certain memliers of
the faculty of the state university: to
appropriate certain moneys known as
the "Morrill fund,” received by the
state treasurer under an act of congress
of the United States, approved August
30. 1S0O; to amend section 323 of the
cotie of civil procedure being section
4.844 of the consolidated statutes of
Nebraska and to repeal said orig
inal section; legalizing the pay
ment and allowance of fees to county
treasurers in counties under township
organization, by a vote of 30 to 21; to
amend section 5.S32 of the compiled
statutes of 1891 of Nebraska, being a
part of chapter xxi. entitled “Gaming,
Betting1 end Lotteries." and for the re
peal of said original section. Stereos
call up his resolution calling for the
appropriation of money to employ coun
sel to assist in recovering the money
lost to the state by reason of the Capi
tal National bank failure. A long dis
cussion ensued, und the resolution was
not allowed to come properly before the
house, the motion to take up being
▼oted down by a rote of 30 to40. House
roll No. 538, by Irwin, to prerent de
ception in the manufacture and sale of
oleomargarine; placed on general file;
house roll No. 35, to amend section 3,
110 of the consolidated statutes of Ne
braska; placed on general file.
Senate.—In the senate on the 17th.
the following bills passed: Senate file
No. 210, to amend the statutes relating
to street railways. House roll No. 378,
to provide for the election of a com
mandant of the soldiers' and sailors'’
home at Grand Island. Senate file No.
176, providing that any warrant drawn
after 85 per cent of the amount levied
for the year is exhausted and where
there are no fnnds in the treasury for
the payment of the same, shall not be
chargable against the county, but may
be collected by civil action from the
county board making the same, or any
member thereof. The following were
recommended for passage: Senate file
No. 80, to provide for the payment of a
bounty for the destruction of wild ani
mals. Senate file No. 121, to provide
for the payment of outstanding road
district warrants and to liquidate all
indebtedness against road districts.
Senate file No. 09, authorizing school
districts with less than 85,000 of assessed
valuation to levy a higher rate of tax
for school purposes. Senate file No. 83,
instructing Nebraska's representative
in congress to vote against the repeal
of the Sherman silver purchase' act.
Senate file No. 105, authorizing any
owner of personal property in making
up the amount of credits, for the pur
pose of assessment, to deduct from the
gross amounts the amount of all bona
fide debts owing by such person, was
after a desultory discussion indefinitely
postponed.
House.—In the house on the 17th the
following1 hills passed: House roll No.
378, for the relief of Scott's Bluff coun
ty, Nebraska, and to appropriate $7,
495.73 to said county; house roll No.
317, to amend section 3,603 of the stat
ute relating to grading; house roll No.
133, to amend section 377 of the consol
idated statute of Nebraska for 1891;
house roll No. 146, to amend section 4,
347 of the consolidated statutes of Ne
braska entitled ‘‘Public Finances;”
house roll No. 380, to repeal section 36
of chapter Ixvili, annoted statutes of
1891 (by Wheeler) intitled “Real Es
tate,” and to legalize acknowledgments
and oaths heretofore taken and admin
istered by commissioners of deeds. The
committee on finance, ways and means
reported in favor of the passing of No.
503, appropriating 810,000 to push the
investigation of state institutions'by a
committee of three, consisting of E. J.
Hall (dem.) of Grand Island, C. E.
Pierce (rep.) of Pawnee City and Prof.
W. A. Jones (ind.) of Hastings, said
committee to report to the governor
their findings. The report was adopted.
House roll No. 450, by Farnsworth, to
more definitely describe the boundary
of Keys Paha county, passed by a vote
of 71 to 0; house roll 335, by Jenkins, to
prohibit the manufacture, sale, keeping
for sale, giving or furnishing to any
person cigarettes or the material for
their composition, and to provide a pen
alty for the violation of the law, passed
by a vote of 75 to 1.
BUSINESS MEN FOR CONSULS.
Mr* Cleveland** Idea of Extending Trade
with Neighbor Repabllce.
Washington, March 17.—President
Cleveland has decided upon a line of
policy to be pursued in the appoint
ment of consuls which is expected to
materially expand the trade of the
United States with foriegn countries,
especially with South and Central
American republics. His policy is to
select men for appointment to consul
ships who have exceptional business
qualification and possesses sufficient
trade instinct to recognize an outlet
for American merchandise and the
ability to aid in working up a market
for the products of Ameriean manufac
tories and farms.
The President said that of course
political, reasons cannot be entirely
ignored in the selection of consuls, but
that particular stress will be laid upon
the business abilities of the men whose
names are presented to him. Presi
dent Cleveland has indicated his adop
tion of this policy to several Congress- i
men lately, and especially to one New i
York member whose constituents are
interested in the increase of the vol- :
ume of foreign trade. It is understood, I
therefore, that for the principal com- I
mercial ports and centers of trade the !
selection of consuls will be based j
largely upon their commercial, fitness i
and “political reasons” will apply iu ;
other cases.
(CORED BY JOSEPH COOK.
Think* All the Wlrkedneu of the Earth j
Will Center In Chtraffo Next Summer. |
Boston, Mass., March 15.—At his !
regular noon lecture Joseph Cook took i
‘'Perils ami Promises of the World’s j
Fair, and Crime and Christianity in ;
Chicago,” for his topic. In the course
of his remarks he said:
“We are approaching in the World’s j
Fair a jubilee of civilization, and it is !
our duty to see that it is not accom- 1
panied by a local carnival of crime.
“The WOman’s Christian Temperance |
Union announces' that there is a con- I
spiracy on the part of the houses of in- {
famy. to bring 35,000 girls to Chicago i
within the next few weeks. Itepre- !
sentatives of the Woman’s Christian j
Temperance Union have visited the
Mayor, ani he has promised them all j
the assistance in the power of his office.
••Major Brewer of the Salvation ;
Army tells me that there are cases of i
kidnaping of girls on the right hand; i
on the left in many of our large towns, i
Here is a regular trade going on. I \
say that there is a minotaur in Bos- j
ton
•‘Dr. Edwards says that the Mayor 1
has made bids for the support of the j
worst element, promising indulgence :
to gambling and will be a friend of
the liquor interests. There are now
0,000 saloons open on Sundays against ■
the law. Municipal government is on j
trial and Chicago is likely to become a
national disgrace. i
‘‘What is the chief spirit impelling '■
Chicago: greed. The directors will do
anything for money. They think they j
have lost $5,000,000 by Sunday closing j
but more likely they have gained Ik.”
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
WHAT ITS DELIBERATIONS FI
NALLY BROUGHT FORTH.
It* Labor* Flalahed So Far a* Raorgsn
laatloa of Committee* of tho Senate I*
Concerned—Sentiment la Favor of a
Speedy Reorgsnliathm of tho Clerical
and Executive Foreee of tho Senate—
U*t of tho Committee* a* Finally Ar
ranged.
The Senate Committee Arranged.
Washixotof, March 15.—The demo
cratic caucus finished its labors yester
day, so far as the reorganisation of the
committees of the senate is concerned.
The session of the caucus was not so
long as anticipated, despite the fact
that there was some discussion on the
question of reorganization of the elect
ive offices of the senate. There was a
prevaling sentiment in favor of a speedy
reorganization of the clerical and exec
utive forces of the senate and that sent
iment took tangible shape immediately
after the adjournment of the caucus,
when the caucus committee met in Mr.
Ransom’s room for the purpose of con
sidering the subject. Up to this time
the committee has been so busily en
gaged with the revision of the commit
tee lists that the other matter has been
referred to • only in a formal manner.
This important branch of the work of
the majority is now, however, well un
der way, and it is probable that by this
time next week, if not earlier, the elec
tive offices of the senate will have been
cliancrad.
The official list as given out by Mr.
Gorman is as follows:
On Agriculture—George, chairman;
Bate, Ransom, Peffer, Roach; republi
cans, three.
Appropriations—Cockrell, chairman;
Call, Gorman, Blackburn, Brice; repub
licans, four.
Contingent Expenses—White of Lou
isiana, chairman; Camden; republicans,
one.
Census—Turpie, chairman; Berry,
White of California, Murphy, Peffer; re
publicans, four.
Civil Service—Call, chairman; Walt
hall, Gordon, Irby; republicans, four.
Claims—Pasco, chairman; Daniel,
Berry, Cafferty, Allen of Nebraska; re
publicans, four.
Coast Defenses—Gordon, chairman;
Irby, Mills White of California, Smith;
republicans, four.
Commerce—Ransom, chairman; Coke,
Vest, Gorman, White of Louisiana,
Wrhite of California, Murphy; republi
cans, six.
District of Columbia—Harris, chair
man; Faulkner, Gibson, Hunton,Smith,
Martin; republicans, five.
Education and Labor—Kyle, chair
man; George, Hunton, Cafferty, Mur
phy; republicans, four. •
Engrossed Bills—Mr. -, chair
man; Cockrell, Martin; republicans,one,
(chairman).
Engrossed Bills—Cafferty, chairman;
Mitchell of Wisconsin; republicans.one.
Epidemic Diseases—Mr. —-. chair
man; Harris, Irby, White of Louisiana;
republicans, four, (chairman).
To Examine the Several Branches of
the Civil Service—Peffer, chairman;
Gray, Vilas; republicans, two.
Finance—Voorhees, chairman; Mc
Pherson, Harris, Vance, Vest, Jones of
Arkansas; republicans, .five.
Fisheries—Coke, chairman; Call, Gib
son, Hill, Mitchell of Wisconsin; repub
licans, four.
Foreign Relations—Morgan, chair
man: Butler, Gray, Turpie, Daniel; re
publicans, four.
Immigration—Hill, chairman; Voor
hees, McPherson, Faulkner, Peffer; re
publicans, four:
Improvements of the Mississippi
River—Bate, chairman; Walthall, Pal
mer, Peffer; republicans, three.
Indian Affairs—Jones of Arkansas,
chairman; Morgan, Smith, Roach, Allen
of Nebraska; republicans, five.
Interstate Commerce—Butler, chair
man; Brice, White of Louisiana, Cam
den, Lindsay; republicans, five.
Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid
Lands—White of California, chairman;
Jones of Arkansas, Kyle, Roach; repub
licans, four.
Judiciary—Pugh, chairman; Coke,
George, Vilas, Dili, Lindsay; republi
cans, five.
Library—Mills chairman; Voorhees;
republicans, one.
Manufactures — Gibson, chairman;
Smith, Cafferty; repnblicaus, two.
Military Affairs—Walthall, chairman;
Cockrell. Bate, Palmer, Mitchell of
Wisconsin; republicans, four.
Mines—Stewart, chairman; Batc,Call,
Irby, Mills; republicans, four.
Naval Affairs—McPherson, chairman;
Butler, Blackburn, Gibson, Camden;
republicans, fxar.
Expenditure,* of Executive Depart
ments—Smith, chairman; Cockrell,Hill,
Walthall, Cafierty; republicans, four.
Patents—Gray, chairman; Kyle,Mills,
Berry, republicans, four.
Pensions—Palmer, chairman; Brice,
Vilas, Camden, Cafferty; republicans,
four.
chairman; Vilas, Irhy, Mills, Huntoon,
Hill; republicans, five.
Printing’—Gorman, chairman; Ran
som; republicans, one.
Private Land Claims—Mr , chair
man; Ransom, Colquilt, Pasco, Kerry;
republicans, eight (chairman).
Privileges and Elections—VancC,
chairman; Gray, Pugh, Turpie, Palmer;
republicans, four.
Public Buildings and Grounds—Vest,
chairman; Daniel, Pasco, Brice, Gordon;
republicans, four.
Public Lands—Berry .chairman; Walt
hall, Pasco, Vilas, Martin, Allen of Ne
braska ; republicans, five.
Railroads—Camden, chairman; Berry,
Gordon, Palmer, Martin; republicans,
five.
Relations with Canada—Murphy,
chairman; Pugh, Colquitt, Ilunton, I
Mitchell of Wisconsin; republicans, !
four. j
Revision of Laws—Daniel, chairman; !
Call, Ransom, Lindsay; republicans,
two.
Revolutionary Claims—Mr. —.chair
man; Coke, Pugh; republicans, three
(chairman).
Rules—Blackburn, chairman; Harris,
Gorman; republicans, two.
Territories—Faulkner.chairman.Hill.
Blackburn. Bate, Call, White of Cali
fornia; republicans, five.
Transportation Routes Ut the Sea
board—Irby, chairman; George, Turpie,
Gordon; republicans, four.
Pacific Railroads—Brice, chairman;
Morgan, Faulkner, White of Louisiana,
Murphy; republicans, lour.
Indian Depredations—Lindsay, chair*
man; Faulkner, Kyle, White ox Louisi
ana, Cockrell; republicans, four.
To Inquire Into Claims ^gainst Nicar
agua—Mr, —-—, chairman; Morgan,
Palmer; republicans, three (chairman).
Woman Suffrage—Mr. -, chair
man; Vance, George, Blackburn, Mc
Pherson; republicans, two (chairman).
The Five Civilized Tribes of Indians
—Mr.-, chairman; Butler, Pasco,
oecli; republicans, two (chairman),
ditional Accommodations for Li
brary of Congress—Mr. ——, chair
man; Voohees, Butler, Pugh; repub. 1
cans, two (chairman).
Select Committee to Investigate Poto
mac River—Mr. -, chairman; Mc
Pherson, Ransom, Hunton; republicans,
three, (chairman).
On Transportation and Sale of Meat
Products—Mr. -, chairman; Vest,
Coke, Allen of Nebraska; republicans,
two (chairman).
Quadro-Centennial—Vilas, chairman;
Colquitt, Vest, (hay, Daniel, Gibson,
Voorhees, Lludssy; republicans, si*.
To Investigate the Geological Survey
—Martin, chairman; Jones of Arkansas;
republicans, two.
To Establish the University of the
UnitedStates—Hun ton,chairman; Kyle,
Vance, Jones of Arkansas, Turpic; re
publicans, four.
On National Banks—Mitchell of Wis
consin, chairman; Vance, Colquitt; re
publicans, one.
On Forest Preservation—Allen of Ne
braska, chairman; Kyle, Morgan; re
publicans, one.
On Corporations in the District of Co
lumbia—Mr.-, chairman; Gorman,
Brice, Harris; republicans, two (chair
man).
To Investigate the Trespassers on In
dian Lands—Roach, chairman; Butler;
republicans, one.
Strange Sleep of a Chicago Man*
Wijtamac, lad., March 17_W. R,
Breckenridge, the Chicago man who
has been sleeping since Monday even
ing, shows some signs of recovery.
Physicians and friends have been
working with him constantly for the
last twenty-four hours, trying to
arouse him, but so far have been una
ble to keep him awake over a minute
at a time. He is unable to speak and
is now paralyzed on the right side.
The case is a mysterious one, as he is
not known to have taken any opiates.
He breathes heavily and does not rec
ognize any one when ho opens his
eyes. His son arrived here last night
from Chicago, but is unable to give
any idea as to the cause of his father’s
illness. __
KILLED THE EIO ELEPHANT.
Exciting Straggle la the Winter Quar
ters ef a Clrcas at Pern, lad.
Pjcru, Ind.. March 18.—-At.the Wal
lace circus farm near this city late last
night, Tobe, the mammoth six-ton
elephant, was killed because he could
not be reduced to subjection. .Ever
since his purchase he has been danger
ously vicious and it became a question
of subjection or death. For months
none of the employes have dared to
venture near him and care of the ani
mal was attended with great danger.
Four ponderous chains were attached
to his legs and securely fastened in the
four corners of the stone foundation.
Patsy Forepaugh, the keeper, and his
assistants then attacked the brute with
pointed iron spears and other imple
ments. The life and death struggle
then commenced. Unable to move
from the spot the ponderous beast
swung his trunk around with terrific
force, breaking the iron rods like
straws. His wild cries of rage and his
desperate efforts to free himself made
a great commotion.
It is a well-known fact among ele
phant trainess that when the beasts is
subdued he will cry like a child and
fall upon his knees. Nothing of this
kind was done by the furious beast.
His struggles for the mastery were so
terrible that it was thought the chains
would break. For nearly an hour the
battle went on, when Tobe broke a
blood-vessel and died in a short time.
When the animal was purchased he
was nothing but skin and bones and
for many months he was tractable.
When he got fat the vicionsness re
turned, making liis presence a con
stant menace. Tobe was the elephant
that whipped Prince, the giant of the
herd, killed several horses and nearly
killed, two of the keepers. His skele
ton will be presented to the Smithson
ian Institute at Washington. He was
considered worth about *12,000.
unton«m AbKbu TO INTERFERE
Protest Against the Promised Treaty
with Raulft.
New York, Mnr.il! 18.—A petitionto
Secretary of State Gresham against the
Russian treaty has been signed by a
large number of persons in this city.
The petition in part is as follows: j
“it is evident that under the charge
of attempted assassination any offender
whatsoever, any patriot who has
planned his country’s liberation, and,
perhaps, even persons in nowise im
plicated in political projects, whose
sole crime consists in having failed to |
denounce their relatives and friends to |
the police, might under the terms of
this treaty be seized on American soil
and returned to Russia, to be dealt
with under the penal code above cited.
“That the people of the United
States should enter into such engage
ments is contrary to the traditions of
American freedom and repugnant to
the moral sense of civilized* nations.”
• Among those who have signed the
petition are Daniel Appleton, Felix
Adler, Francis C. Rarlow, John Bige
low, the Rev. Dr. Robert Colyer, Chaun
cey M. Depew, Mayor Gilroy, Richard
Watson Gilder. William fa. Grace,
Henry Holt, W. D. Howells and Har^
per Bros. _
Hare Trouble About Cool Bates,
Pru.adki.phia, Pa., March IS.—
Rumors are current here of dissatis
faction among the anthracite carrying
roads. It is known that secret cutting
of rates has been going on for a
month. Some companies, according to
an official of the Reading Road, have
been selling at 25 to 50cents below the
schedule. This induced the reduction
made by the sales agents on Tuesday.
It is known that the Reading did not
intend to reduce prices till April 13,
but in order to maintain its trails had
to meet the cut.
not Mule Satisfaction.
WAsni.NiiTo.N-, March 18.—Senator
Palmer called at the White House to
day, accompanied by Congressmen
Forman, tMfefcr nnd Williams, to talk
about appointment* for the Southern
district, but got little satisfaction.
fMWMl In tna mhm.
Washington, March 20.—There U
lome reason to expect that the senate,
will enter in earnest this week nponthe %
business for which it was called togeth* ,
er. So far not a single nomination has '
been acted up except the cabinet ap*,'
pointments Excluding half u dozen army
and nary promotions, there erenow;
sixteen presidential nominations which
have not yet been passed upon even in '-i
committee, and therefore it iaunlikely
that today’s session will result in any i
confirmations unless the committees
managed to meet in the morning.
It is, however, the intention of the
committee having charge of these nom» '
inations to get together early in tha
week, and it is probable that within a
few days there will be some material iu
hand upon which the senate may act in f
executive session.
(Saving the possibility of a contest
over an attempt to reorganise the force
of employes, the open sessions of tha ,
senate during the week do not promise
to be frequent, long or interesting, nor
is it hardly to be expected that the com
mittee on privileges and elections will1
be able to keep up on the senatorial ap*
pointment cases, which arc sure ta
prove a subject of discussion.
Twenty-on* FerUhed.
Madrid, March 30.—At 3 o'clock yea* ,
terday morning1 lire broke out in a pal
try cook's shop in Saint Sebastian. A
keg of spirits exploded and spread the
lire to the adjoining houses, which were
densely tenanted. All the occupants
wore sleeping and the flames were
around them before they could be .
warned. Two families on the top floor :
of a four-story house were suffocated in
their beds. Fifteen persons jumped :
from the windows. Three of them were :
killed and three of them received mor
tal injuries. Altogether twenty-one <
persons are known to have perished and
several others whose fate is unknown ,
are believed to have been burned or *
crushed in the ruins.
Vied Their Old Few.
Washington-, March 30.—The preel*
dent and Mrs. Cleveland attended re- :
llgious services yesterday morning at :
the First Presbyterian church. During
the latter part of his former adminls-;
tralion, Mr. Cleveland was a regular ■;
attendant at this church. Soon after
his inauguration he selected a pew, and
each Sabbath morning, with but few
exceptions, found him in his accustomed
place. After his marriage, Mrs Cleve
land brought her letter to this church
and was enrolled as one of its members..
They will continue to use the pew -
which was formerly occupied by them,
The church was Ailed with an unusu
ally brilliant assemblage.
He v. Dr. Byron Sanderson, whose long
pastorate of forty years is one of the
notable incidents in the history of the
church, delivered the sermon.
Americana' nights Ignored.
Washington, March 30.—Several :
representatives of the American board
of commissioners for foreign missions
visited Washington last week. They
came from Boston, headquarters of the
body with which they are connected,
and had several interviews with Mr. :
Josiah Quincy, the acting first asssist- .
ant secretary of state.
The visitors were Dr. S. Judson
Smith, jr., secretary of foreign mis
sions; Dr. Edwin Webb of the presi- '
dential coipmlttee, and Bev. C. C. Tra
cey, a missionary whose station is at i
Marsovan, Turkey. $
They told Mr. Quincy that the Turk- ‘
isli officials interfered with the corre
spondence of the American missionaries
in that country; that the missionaries
were subject to much ill treatment by
the natives, who were not restrained
by the authorities, and that messages
from United States Minister Thompson ;
to the state department in Washington '
had never reached their destination
from which lib (Thompson) inferred
that his mail was tampered with.
Their statements were so positive that ,
an investigation of the records of the "
department was ordered, to determine
whether or not the correspondence on
file substantiated the assertions. This
investigation is not yet completed, hut
it is understood that the allegation
made by Messrs. Smith, Tracy and>,
Webb will be shown to be fully sue-;
talned. .
This question of dealing with the re
lations growing out of the presence of
missionaries in Turkey has always been
a vexing and perplexing one to the of
ficials of the State department. " 4s
The missionaries have a right to dom
icile in the (^ttoman empire, but it is,
evident they are unwelcome guests.
Theii^ relations with the Armenians,
who CTe more or less engaged ifi politi
cal movements against the existing au
thority, do not tend to commend them
to the good graces of the Turks.
'V
T re moot Temple, Boston, Burned. ^
Boston, Mass., March 20.—fire broke
out about 7 o’clock yesterday morning
In Tremont temple, on Tremont street,
opposite the Tremont house, and before
noon the entire structure was gutted,
entailing a loss roughly estimated at
9375,000. Fireman Patrick Dunn of en
gine 26 had a leg broken, and another
man, name unknown, is reported to
have been seriously injured.
The fire in the temple was discovered
by one of the guests on the fourth floor
of the Parker house, adjoining. He
had first been aroused by smoke
and on going to his window was
startled by seeing flames darting
from the window fronting him. He
thought it was the hotel, and smash
ing the glass on one of the signal
boxes on his floor, sent in the first
alarm. The hotel guests proceeded to
remove themselves and their effects,
and no mishaps are reported.
The temple was a fiery furnace
twenty minutes after the first alarm.
Flames poured from all the upper win
dows, threatening the Burnham build
ing. placing the Parker house and the
Park hotel in danger in the rear and
alarming the firemen lest it should get
down among the rookeries on Provi
dence court. 4?
NEWS NOTES.
Railroad managers at Chicago have
decided to recognize the transconti
nental association.
Baltimore suffered a half a million;
dollar fire by the burning of Matthias.
Ingram 4 Co's, building, manufacture:
ers of tin japanned ware.