Nebraska Newspapers

    pylOCRATIC CAUCUS.
bolted BY THE TAMMANY
,TI ORATOR.
rorkran a* a Fllltbusterer—Ha Makes
,.„int of No Quorum, bat Befora
noil Call l» Completed Withdraw* Bis
Objections—Mf. caunon Grows Warm
,t one Of His Colleaens* aad Balcas aa
Fsrltrd spooch—A Report on the Boad
Bill—Gold Still Heins Withdrawn.
TIio Democratic Caiirut.
ii apiiinotox, Jan.37.— That the New
York Democrats do not consider them*
tf'lv(.s bound by the action of last
jj.rM's caucus was evident as soon as
tl" journal was read in the house this
wornii.?. f°r Mr. Cockran continued
tlu, filibustering movement inaugura
te,i yesterday by making a point of no
quorum- This compelled a roll call,
l,nt before it was completed Mr. Cock
ran changed his mind and withdrew
til*'
After Mr. Bailey had reported his
bond issue resolution, consideration of
tl,e tariff bill was resumed, the
pending amendment being to fix Octo
ht.r i a'- the date on which the doll and
tl,v schedule should go into effect.
This was agreed to after Mr. Lock
„0od. Democrat of New York, had
tried to have the duty increased.
Air. Wilson then offered an amend
ment to reduce the duty on precious
stones cut but not set from fifteen to
ton per cent advalorem. He said that
this was to correct a mis-print in the
bill.
Mr. Cannon, Republican of Illinois,
jokingly said that he desired to call
the attention of his colleague (Mr.
Hunter! to the fact that if this amend
ment carried his (Mr. Hunter's)speech
of thirty years standing would be de
stroyed.
After Mr. Holman of Indiana had
moved as an amendment to the
amendment to increase the dnty on
previous stones to 30 per cent, Mr.
Hunter mado a bitter reply to Mr.
Cannon's remarks and concluded by
saying that in this house he never had
been and never would be guilty of the
vulgarity and indecency which had
for two years driven that member into
political'exile. Hisses and jeers from
the Republican side greeted this.
Ir. a moment Mr. Cannon was on his
feet, a burning flush upon his cheek.
He had been in congress for twelve
years, he said, while his colleague was
serving his first term. His reference
to that gentleman’s speech had been
entirely good natured. For twenty
live years upon the hustings he had
seen his colleague wrap his coat
around him (as he said this Mr. Can
non in imitation of Mr. Hunter drew
| himself up in mock solemnity) and
heard him say that ..he stood
for the common people whose
clothes were tdxed eighty per
cent and whose shelter was taxed
fifty per cent while the bonds of the
rich were taxed only ten per cent.
And for the past twenty-five years he
had stumped Illinois on that plea, con
cluding his peroration by saying:
‘■Not all the blood of the crucified
Christ on Calvary could wipe out such
infamy." “And now,” continued Mr.
Cannon, “the gentleman comes here
and drags in a reference to a remark I
made in the Fifty-first congress in the
hurry of running debate, a remark
that was misrepresented all over the
country. He does this with the true
instinct of an unfair debater.- I will
ant characterize this as the subterfuge
of a weak man. ”
Mr. Hunter withdrew his offending
remark and Mr. Cummings, Democrat,
of Xew York, made a very sensational
speech denouncing his colleague, Mr.
Cockran. for his position on the dia
mond schedules and alleging that the
latter was acting in the interest of
diamond importers after having prom
ised to stand by the diamond cutters.
bond issue held wronq.
The House Judiciary Committee Makes a
Keport Adverse to Mr. Carlisle.
Washington, Jan. 37.—The judic
iary committee of the house by a vote
of u to 4 to-day -ordered a favorable
report on Representative Bailey’s
resolution questioning the right of
Secretary Carlisle to’issue bonds and
in accordance with this decision, dur
ing tlie call of the committee for re
ports, Mr. Bailey reported it to the
house. It expresses it as the senti
ment of the committee that the secre
tary of the treasury had no authority
under the resumption act to use the
proceeds of the sale of the bonds to
pay the current expenses of the gov
ernment.
'1 he vote in committee on the reso
lution was as follows:
Ayes—Hailey of Texas, Terry of Ar
kansas. Ooodknight of Kentucky and
jh'Armond of Missouri, Democrats,and
hay of Xew York, Updegratf of Iowa,
A. Stone of Pennsylvania, Broder
«*°f Kansas, Terry of Arkansas and
Uuldsof Illinois,Republicans—Total 9.
A ays—Layton of Ohio, Stockdale of
Mississippi, Wolverton of Pennsylva
uia, Democrats, and Powers of Ver
m°"t. Republican—Total 4.
' nairman Culbertson did not vote.
Dus discloses that the voting Ltmo
erats were about evenly divided,
Bailey, Terry, Goodnight and De Ar
jnond sustaining the resolution and
■ayton, Stockdale and Wolverton
to lay it on the table. The Re
publican votes turned the scales in
avor of the resolution questioning
tne secretary’s power. The house
''■ill he asked to take up the Bailey
as soon as the tariff bill
nail be out of the wav.
C'RI.ISIE on the bond issue
Secretary Appears Before the House
Judiciary Committee.
’Washington, Jan. 27.—For the first
j'ne in this congress every member of
] ll‘ judiciary committee of the house
attended its meeting yesterday, the
magnet being Secretary Carlisle’s
statement of his position on the bond
,,sl'e- The resolution of Representative
alley of Texas, declaring it to be the
Lnse of the house that the secretary
•*»° authority to apply the proceeds
the bonds to any purpose but re
"'aption, was before the committee.
I,r- Carlisle spoke in an informal
anner for an hour and a half, and
s questioned bv several members of
® committee. It was held by the
.cretary that the law. conferred upon
him the authority to iseue bonds,'al
though he stated frankly that until
recently he had not entertained that
opinion of the question. Great prea
sure has been brought to bear upon
him, he said, for the bond issue,
and, although he regretted
the necessity for it, as tlic step did not
seem to meet the unanimous approval
of the party, yet it was piain to him
the necessity was imperative at this
. ie: * detlcit of $48,000,000 would
exist at the end -of the fiscal year, he
estimated under existing conditions,
or as a result of proposed tariff legisla
tion, unless congress gave relief to
the treasury, which he hoped it would
PRIZE FIGHT ECHOES.
Corbett Sorry He Didn’t Fonleh Mitchell
More.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 3?.—After
the biff fight Corbett said to a reporter:
“What do I think of it? 1 think of it
now as I did before the fight. I never
harbored any doubt as to the result.
Poor Billy Brady, the Lord bless his
little soul, has been doing all the
worrying. He trained for tne thing
in a mental way more than I did to
condition myself, and I’ll bet right
now that his nerves have undergone a
test ten-fold more than mine. I al
ways sized the man up for just what
he has been credited with possessing
and that which he lacked most—sci
ence and strength.
“I ran in on a few of his leads in the
first round just to see what, if any
thing, he had up his sleeve. I found
it empty. I never entered a ring in
my life, and I hope never again to do
so, with more of murder in my heart
than I had when I got in the same
ring with Mitchell. X had two separ
ate and distinct battles to win. Some
time since Mitchell applied to me a
name which I should scorn to hurl at
the vilest of wretches. ThiB was
one reason why I refused to shake
hands with him. The handshake
would _ have been the action of a
hypocrite. I notified the referee not
to call upon me to grasp his hand as I
should decline 'to do so publicly. T
am glad that this was spared me. In
cutting down Mitchell in the first and
second rounds I won the personal is
sue. In knocking him out in the third
round, I won the purse and retired
Mitchell's aspirations for the cham
pionship. I am proud of both accom
plishments, and with the personal
vindication and the financial gain, I
am content to rest on my oars until
next June, when I hope to demon
strate to the people who think to the
contrary that I. have a punch or two
left over from this battle for Jack
son,”
“What will your plans for the future
be?” was asked.
“I shall finish up a short tour which
Brady has arranged, rest up a bit and
then get ready for Jackson.”
“How about the challenge indirectly
issued by Ed Smith this afternoon?”
Corbett laughed, that was all.
Corbett and Mitchell Make Bp.
Corbett and Mitchell met in the
court room last evening and through
the efforts of Joe Vendig the long
cherished animosity of the two men
toward each other was buried.
Though they had not exchanged the
usual hand-shakes in the ring, either
before or after the battle, they
cordially shook hands in the court
room.
Mitchell made a little speech in
which he acknowledged having ut
tered many bitter things against Cor
bett, but said he regretted tnem and
was glad he had been whipped by a
man worthy ip every way to wear a
champion's honors.
Ex-Champion Sullivan’s Opinion.
Wilmington, Del., Jan. 37.—John h.
Sullivan said that he expected Corbett
to win, but he did not think that
Mitchell would be whipped in less
than ten rounds.
“It was a case of a good little man
against a good big man, and the big
man always wins in such a case,” said
the ex-champion.
When asked if he intended to chal
lenge the winner Sullivan said he
had not yet made up his mind, as Cor
bett already had a match on with
Peter Jackson. He would wait until
that was over' before deciding about
a challenge to Corbett.
What Peter Jackson Says.
Pittsiiukg, Pa.. Jan. 37.—Peter Jack
son said last night: “1 do not want
to say too much about the battle, but
let me say, emphatically, that Charles
Mitchell has proven himself one of the
most courageous of men that ever en- ’
tered the ring. After to-day nobody
can say that Mitchell is a coward.
Why, he is as game a little man as
ever stepped. I have to fight Corbett
next June, and sincerely hope I will
beat him.”_■
HAD TO BE HANGED TWICE.
Bungling Work Done In the Execution of
George II. Painter In Chicago.
Chicago, Jan. 37.— George H. Painter
was hanged at four minutes past 8
o'clock this morning for the murder of
Alice C. Martin. The rope broke at
the first attempt and the doomed man
was picked up limp. Another rope
was secured and he was hanged a sec
ond time.
The first rope used was the same
that was used in hanging the an
archists. The scene was a trying one
to the people who were present. The
jail physician said the second hanging
was unnecessary as Painter's neck
was broken when lie first dropped.
Painter smoked a cigar on his way
to the scaffold and tried to retain his
composure. After prayer by the Rev.
Moerdyke, he stepped forward and in
a faltering voice said:
“Men have sought death because
they thought there was advancement
in future life. To-day I bate death. I
don’t waht to die. If I killed Alice
Martin, the woman I dearly loved, I
nray this minute, my last on earth,
that tho eternal God will put me into
eternal hell. Gentlemen, if there is a
man among you who is an American
in his soul, 1 say, see that the mur
derer of Alice Martin is found, Good
bye.” ___
Clyde Mattox Sentenced to Death.
Wichita, Kan., Jan. 27. — In the
United States court this morning
Judge Williams overruled the motion j
for a new trial and for a stay of judg- J
ment and sentenced Clyde Mattox to j
be hanged March 23. I
DONE IN THE SENATE.
PARTIES DIVIDE ON THE HA
WAIIAN QUESTION.
fTtedom of Adopting the Keeolatloa No
ported bjr tho Foreign Rolatloas Con
■tlttoo—Tha BUI R«pooling tho Fed
eral Rlectloae Lows—Tho Iron Ore
Schedule Amendments Share the dame
Fate aa Those to the Coal Schedule—
Senator Hill to Defeat a Confirmation.
Proceeding* In the Senate.
Washington, Jan.27.—The Hawaiian
question came prominently before the
senate again yesterday, and after an
hours’ br.sk discussion went over until
to-day. The result of the debate was
to show there Is division in both party
ranks on the wisdom of adopting the
resolution reported by the foreign re
lations committee. Senator Vest ob
jected to it on the ground it indicated
the project for annexation might be
more favorably received in the future,
and Senator Allison and other Repub
licans objected to it on the ground
that according to their interpretation
the resolution pledged the senate as
altogether opposing the principle of
annexation and as approving the
policy of the president in this respect,
A half dozen amendments are rov
pending to modify its phraseology,
and it is likely to be snbjected to ma
terial changes before final adoption.
At 2 o’clock the bill repealing the
federal elections laws came up as un
finished business,
Senator Lodge then took the floor in
opposition to the bill repealing the
federal elections laws. At 3:05 the
senator concluded his remarks, and on
motion of Senator Allison, the senate
went into executive session.
At 3U5 the doors were again opened,
and Senator Coke of Texas, called up
the bill authorizing the Gulf, Beau
mont and Kansas City railroad to
bridge the Neches and Sabine rivers
In Louisiana and Texas. This meas
ure was made the occasion of a de
tailed discussion by Senator Vest of
the recent veto by Cleveland of the
New York and New Jersey bill. The
bill passed, several minor amendments
being first adopted.
Tlie bill extending the time for the
construction of the bridge across the
Calumet river, Illinois, the senate bill
authorizing the issue of a patent to
the Presbyterian Board of Home Mis
sions for certain lands on the Omaha
Indian reservation for school purposes,
and the house bill to authorize the
secretary of the interior to reserve
from sale certain land in the abandon
ed Fort Cummings military reserva
tion were passed, and then at 4 p. m.
the senate adjourned.
CORBETT IS STILL CHAMPION.
He Knock* Out M tchell, the English
man, In Three Rounds.
Jacksonville, Fla.,.Tan. 25.—Corbett
is still the champion of champions.
Mitehel1, who was to have knocked
him out or at least have given him a
hard fight, was never in it. The battle
was never in doubt a moment, and
Mitchell was cleanly knocked out in
the third round, after being repeatedly
knocked down.
BATTLE BY BOUNDS.
At 2 o'clock Corbett appeared in the
ring and was greeted with tumultu
ous applause by fully 2,000 men. He
was attired in a long bath robe.
At 2:05 o'clock Mitchell appeared
and was given a reception almost
equal to that of Corbett He smiled
as he entered the ring.
Mitchell’s seconds were Jim Ilall,
Pony Moore, Tom Allen and Steve
O'Donnell and Timekeeper Bat Master
son and Corbett's seconds were John
Donaldson, Billy Delaney, Jack
Dempsey and William McMillan and
Timekeeper Ted Foley, with “Snap
per” Garrison timekeeper for the club.
Then the men were called to the
center and instructed by the referee.
As they faced each other Mitchell
looked diminutive.
At 2:15 the men shook hands and the
fight was on Corbett led with his left
on Mitchell’s chin. Then they clinched
and exchanged body blows and Jim
reached Charlie’s left eye heavily,
while Mitchell reached the ribs. An
other exchange followed and Mitchell
clinched and Mitchell got in one on
Corbett’s neck. J im then landed right
and right again as time was called,
giving Mitchell a good body blow.
Honors were easy in the first round.
Second Round — A wild exchange
and a clinch opened the contest. Cor
bett uppercut his man as they came
together. Mitchell landed hard on the
ribs and, as Mitchell came in, Jim
caught him on the head, staggering,
him. Corbett uppercut Mitchell again
and landed with his right on Charlie’s
ribs, Mitchell reaching Jim's chin. A
sharp rally, with Corbett having all
the best of it, followed. Mitchell got
in twice on Corbett's neck, but Cor
bett knocked him down twice in suc
cession.
Third Round—Mitchell was rather
groggy. Corbett rushed at him and
swung his right and left heavily on
Mitchell’s neck. Charlie went down.
He took the full time to rise and then
Corbett rushed at him like a tiger.
Mitchell clinched but Corbett threw
him off, and floored him with a stiff
facer. Again he took all the time to
rise and when he advanced toward
Corbett the latter swung his right
with deadly effect on Charlie's nose.
Mitchell reeled and fell on his face,
helpless. The referee counted 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, (i, 7. 8, 9, 10, and Mitchell was
knocked out.
The referee then declared Corbett
winner of the match and champion of
the world.
VICTIMS OF THE STORM
A Man and Hla Wife Frozen to Death In
the Cherokee Strip.
El. Reno, Ind. Ter., Jan. 26.—A se
vere blizzard struck this country at
noon Tuesday, and up to date has
steadily increased. Fifteen miles
west of this city a man and his wife
froze to death, and it is rumored that
there are several others.
At this time it is impossible to givf
pames of parties frozen or further es
timate of loss. Both Canadian riverf
•re frozen solid for the first time in
years.
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NEWS IN BRIEF.
In tiiw of the offer of Secretary
Carlisle to aocept gold eertteates for
the new bond*, it is a question If the
gold reserve will be materially in
creased by their sale.
Dr. Stalker, of Dee Moines, la., who
was in Honolulu when the Hawaiian
qneen was overthrown, was before the
senate Hawaiian committee. He says
the revolution was unjustifiable.
Rev. Dr. Thomas H. Skinner, of Chi*
eago, has given 935,000 to Parsons col
lege, Fairfield, la.
Eire uumugea too senator miner
residence at Springfield, 111,, to the
amount of $3,000 or $4,000.
George H. Edbroalcy, a New York
architect, walked into his private
office whistling “On the Bowery," and
ahot himself dead.
Marie Imperial!, the daughter of a
wealthy Italian banker, was arrested
on a charge of vagrancy preferred by
her father in New York.
Miss Minnie Porter, a wealthy Nor
folk, Conn., woman, walked from her
home January 7 in a erased condition
and was found frozen to death.
Johann Kronpa, editor of a Bohem
ian newspaper in Nebraska, sent his
wife in New York an invitation to his
marriage to another woman. The
wife got a divorce.
Near Crawford’s cross-roads, Russell
county, Alabama, three children were
burnod to death, and their grand
father, with whom they lived, was
driven insane by griof.
It is reported in Rome that the
pope has summoned Archbishop) Car
rigan of New York to Rome.
Near Chandler, Ok., Allen Flint shot
David Emory in a quarrel over a
claim contest, the entire load of the
shotgun enteicd his head.
United States Marshal Neely of Kan
sas has named as his first applntee
George W. Earp, who formerly lived
in Ulysses, Grant county, but recently
moved to Wichita. He will be travel
ing debuty marshal for Southwestern
Kansas.
An accommodation train on standing
at a water tank at Waterson, N. C.,
was run into by a freight and L. Bow
man, of Richmond, and the Rev. Mr.
Shaw, of Portsmouth, W. Va., wero
killed, and Mr. Broodie, of Warrenton,
severely injured.
The ice on the Kansas river at Law
rence, Kan., is six inches thick and
cutting will begin Monday.
Jacob Stotler has sold his interest in
the Fort Scott, Kan., Monitor to Pro
fessor W. C. Lansdon of the Kansas
Normal college.
The supreme court of Minnesota
has decided that the law passed last
winter for the commitment of the in
sand is unconstitutional.. The decis
ion affects 470 patients.
The board of trade of Round Pond,
Ok., has sent two of its leading mem
bers to Washington to fight for a con
gressional bill to compel the railroads
to stop trains there.
During a religious revival at Glen
Campbell, Pa., a convert named Vas
binder confessed that he and another
man had murdered a peddler for his
money three years ago.
A warrant has been issued for the
arrest of Rev. T. B. Hepp, a Methodist
minister at Waterford, Wis., charging
him with killing a servant, who is
said to have accused him of ruining
her.
Since the Belleville, 111., steel works
have resumed operations it is rumored
the Missouri iron furnaces in Car
ondelet, which supplies the Belleville
concern with pig iron, will resume.
The furnace when in operation gives
employment to about 300 men.
A CHICAGO ALDERMAN SHOT.
Jeremiah Hulvlhlll Mortally Wounded by
a Drunken Man in a Saloon, -
Chicago, Jan. 27.—Alderman Jere
| miah Mulvihill was shot and fatally
wounded in a West side saloon late
| last night. Mike Fewer, who fired
l the. fatal shot, is locked up and his
victim is at the Presbyterian hospital,
where it is thought he will die.
Fewer was drunk at the time and
beyond this no reason is known why
lie committed the crime.
Gold Still Being Withdrawn.
Washington*, Jan. 27.—Since Jan
uary 17, the date on which Secretary
Carlisle issued his circular inviting
bids for the purchase of bonds there
has been withdrawn from the treas
ury department $3,800,000 in gold or
its equivalent for the purpose, it is as
serted. of paying for the bonds. Since
January 1 the treasury has lost $12,
440,000 in gold. Offers to take bonds
continue to be received at the treasury
department, but no information is ob
tainable as to the amount
The Torrey ftSlli Jfavorea.
Washington, Jan. 27.—There was a
sharp discussion yesterday afternoon
at the meeting of the National board
of trade on the resolutions reported
by the committee favoring the Torrey
bankruptcy bill and, although the
resolution indorsing the bill was final
ly adopted, a great diversity of opin
ion was expressed during the discus
sion. _
Union l’ai'llio Employes uneasy.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 37.—Officers of
the railway unions of the Union Pa
cific are discussing the expediency of
asking the federal court to enjoin the
proposed new schedule reducing their
pay. The general executive commit tee
and heads of the unions will no doubt
be called together to confer over tho
•ituation.
Unmarried Women HU Victims.
Montreal, Canada, Jan. 27.—An
drew Somerville, a private banker,
has failed with liabilities amounting
to $160,000 and nominal assets of $180,
000. Of the deposits, $65,000 belonged
to unmarried women._
Fockliam Likely to Be Rejected.
Washington,Jan.27.—Well informed
public men believe that the nomina
tion of Wheeler H. Peckham of New
York for associate justice of the United
States supreme court will be rejected
just as was the nomination of Mr
Hornblower
Congressman Sibley Resigns.
Washington, Jan. 27.—Mr. Sibley,
the Democratic congressman from
Pennsylvania, has resigned his seat in
congress. Criticism of his course on
the tariff bill is said to be the cruse oi
Mr. Slblev's action. i
REALESTATE H0A1XG.
MR. O..W, CRAWFORD'S VIEW OF
the situation,.
dontODi Tmi! Rapidly Omlat to Ika,
Front—Tha Real Batata Market A«
«l*a—No Boom, bnt Health/ Coadl
tloas Prevail—A Good Opportunity for
Inreatoro.
Globe-Democrat.
Mr. O. W. Crawford, secretary of the
National Real Estate association, in
talking over the situation, said: It is
interesting to note the plaints of the
people. ' You see by what small limits
human vision is circumscribed. When
this term, of financial depression com
menced, labored editorials appearing
in hundreds of newspapers, put a tale
of woe in the mouths of the whole peo
ple. It is startlingly true that the
masses speak the words that the press
gives them, to speak.
The country was suffering a relapse
from, booming. The real estate men
had promoted the booms—those I’an
dora Iloxes. So said the press. Right
here let mo say that real estate men,
simon pure, are not boomers. The
boomers are the lawyers, the doctors,
the livery stable men, professors, board
ing house keepers and carpenters, who
unasked and unneedod, flood our ranks,
and like Jonah's gourd, come up in a
night They serve no apprenticeship;
without knowing the multiplication
table, they tackle the most abstruse
problems la the calculus of our busi
ness.
There has been no malignant real
estate fever in the United States for
several years The last was in Cali
fornia, and that was almost ancient
history when these bad times sot in.
The papers have since found in turn
several all-sufficient causos for full bank
vaults and empty factories The press
said free silver or silver that is not free.
The people took up tho shout. The
press now exclaims, "Too much tariff"
or "Too little tariff.” Thank fortune
they have stopped talking about real
estate booms.
There is only one place In the United
States that I know where there is any
marked real estate activity. That is at
Houston, Texas. Hut it cannot grow
into a boom, for the agents told me
when I was there last-week that the
purchases were small and 90 per cent of
them for cash. The clearing house re
ports have advertised Houston's Ifetsiness
as out of all proportion to its popula
tion. All railroads run about half fare,
round trip excursions, once a month to
Texas The next one starts the 13th of
February. They are ail alive down there,
let me tell you. Everybody is helping
I to advertise their fruit lands. The New
Hutchins house sends free a beautifully
illustrated book of several hundred
pages, to every one who writes for it
I believe that the cash now hoarded
in banks, and which by the way don't
belong to the banks, but to the people,
will be invested in reul estate. The
large subdividers in Chicago tell me an
unusually large percentage of their
sales are for cash.
On* Hundred Miles nn Hour*
The real danger in increasing the
speed of express trainB driven by steam
does not lie in accidental risk. It is
not denied that a modern locomotive
might be built which could run up to
90 or possibly 100 miles ad hour, if the
lines were straight. It is the curves of
the existing lines which render such
speeds impossible, unless the weight of
the engines and trains wore increased
i far beyond what the bridges and per
manent way would bear. At the first
sharp curve the 100-mile express would
fly off the rails. The necessary rela
tion of these curves to speed is accu
rately known, and it is that, and not
the want of power, or novel dangers
from wind pressure or boiler explosions
which sets the limit to modern train
speed.
As the force tending to throw off
the line a train running at the speed of
150 miles an hour would be about six
and one-half times greater than that
which a steam express train resists at a
curve when running at sixty miles an
hour, it is plain that the present lines,
could not be used for the "lightning
express,” even though tho electric mo
tor were substituted for the steam en
gine. The linos must not only be
stronger, but straightcr than would be
possible by any modification of their
prose n’t form.—The Spectator-.
The Musiulmon's l>evotion.
Yehi Jami is one of the beautiful
mosques of Stamboul and is frequented
at alt hours by a motley crowd of wor
shipers, says F. Marion Crawford in
Scribner's Magazine. l.cavo behind
you the glare, the hurry and the rush
of the thronged street, thrust your feet
into the wide slippers at the door and
enter the beautiful building at the hour
of prayer. The contrast is sudden, sol
emn und grand, and something of the
deep inyetery of Oriental life is all at
onco made clear to you. In the cool
shadows Mussulmans of all ages are
prostrating themselves before the Miii
rab—the small shrine which in every
mosque shows the exact direction of
Mecca—or before the sacred writings
in other parts of the wall.
There is profound relief and devotion
in their attitudes, gestures and accents,
a belief as superior to tho idolatrous
superstition of the far east as it is be
yond the conviction of the ordinary
Christian in simplicity and sincerity.
It is indeed impossible to spend much
time among Mussulmans without ac
quiring the certainty that they are pro
foundly in earnest ill religious matters,
and that the unfurling of the standard
of the prophet which is occasionally
hinted at as a vague possibility would
' be productive of results not dreamed of
in the philosophy of Europe.
Character is a diamond that scratches
every other stone.
Ever since a Louisville woman saw
some mummies in the Anthropological
exposition, she thinks she is 1,500
years old and she has just been put
into an insane asylum now. She is
worth $30,000, too.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who recently
returned from a trip of exploration in
Labrador brought with him two Eski
mo children and fifteen Eskimo dogs
Dr. Cook has quartered tho children
and the dogs in his h&me in Boooklya,
where they are visited by many peo>
pie daily.
A lover’s eyes will gase an eagle blind.
FREE IRON ORE WINS.
All thf AanAwMi Orirvli«]mlA|ly '
Voted Down—Ineome Tu.
Wamiimotox, Jan. 2<V—The emend- .
menta to tho iron schedule yesterday
shared tho same fate as those to tha
coal soliedule. They were overwhelm
ingly defeated and iron ore remains
upon the free list. The remainder of
the afternoon was spent in the dl*
mission of amendments looking1
to the free admission of maehin- >
ery used In the manufacture
of cotton goods. Just before
the house adjourned the advocates and
opponents of the Income tax upon the
Democratic! side were arrayed against
each other, tho latter attempting to
prevent Mr. McMillln from reading
the Internal revenue bill to tho house.
The Kepublleans have joined hands
with tlie income taxers and defeated
the smnll band of Democrats who
pledged themselves to use every effort
to prevent the internal revenue bill,
containing the income tax, from being
placed upon the Wilson bill as a rider,
Senator Hill Speak* Ont.
Washington, Jan. SO.—Senator mil
stated very frankly yesterday that he
intended to defeat the confirmation of
Mr. I’eckham, nominated to be‘ nsso
ciate justice of the supreme court of
the United States, if he could. Ho is
very confident of success and it is very
probable that a number of documents
against Mr. Peclcham will be laid bo*
fore the committee on Monday.
MISSOURI GRAIN INSPECTION.
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Chief Inspector O'Shea Submit* HI* An
neal Report. •
Jfffkiison Citv, Mo., Jan. 80.— Mis
J. M. O'Shea, chief grain inspector of
the state, yesterday submitted hl»
fourth annual report to the stain
board of railway hnd warehouse com
missioners during the year that closed
December 30, 1803. There was lnr
speeted at St. Louis 10,483 cars of
wheat, 10,441 cars of corn, 5,700 cars of
oats, 130 cars of rye and 280 cars of
barloy. The state inspection was only
in force six months of 1803 at Kansas
City. During that time there were In
spected at that point 4,146 cars of
wheat, 4,477 cars of corn, 073 cars of
oats, and 378 cars of rye. The inspec
tion was in force all the year at St.
Joseph, and the figures are as follows:
Wheat, 1,143 cars; corn, 5,570 cars)
oats, 339 cars; rye, 03 cars, and barloy
17 cars.
The financial exhbit of the report la
as follows:
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Cash receipts from all sources.137.057.81
Payrolls. 85.tn7.IM
Expenses. .. 8 003.86
Total expenditures. 1,7,<75.(8
Chief Inspector O’Shea says in his re
port: “The business of the year fell
short of the preceding year to some
extent, owing to the fact that specula
tion languished, confidence ivas at a
low ebb, and many seemed disposed to
take a pessimistic view of the business
situation, as well as the further fact
that our public warehouse men were
carrying all the grain that they pould
handle with safety.”
LEGISLATORS HIDE.
Republican Member* of the Utah Senate
Vico to Avoid a Boaotntlon'* Defeat.
Salt Lake, Utah, Jan. 35.—A joint
memorial to congress protesting
against that portion of the Wilson bill
removing the tariff from lead ores
passed the house of the territorial
legislature and was made a special
order in the upper houso yesterday.
This branch is composed of five Demo
crats and seven Republicans. There
were but five Republicans and five
Democrats present, two Republicans '
being absent from the city.
Thu Republican members seeing
that they could not pass the memorial
absented themselves from the cham
ber, with the exception of the presi
dent, leaving but six members, one
short of a quorum. The absentees
ran through the streets, leaving hats
and coats behind, took suburban
trains and street cars and sought se
clusion in every possible way.
The sergeant-at-arms ana his assis
tants, the United States marshal with
fifty deputies, the sheriff with all his i
deputies and the chief of police with
his officers, over 100 in all told, were
immediately sent in pm-Ruit. Their
services will cost several thousand •
dollars. _
STATEHOOD FOR OKLAHOMA.
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Democratic Convention at Perrr Favors
the Single State Idea.
I’rnr.v, Ok., Jan. 20.—The Demo
cratic statehood convention w hich met
here yesterday, contained representa
tives from every county in the terri
tori'. Though there were differences <
of opinion on minor details, upon
tiie main question there was great >.
unanimity and the convention ,i
spoke in language unmistakeable. A,
demanding of congress immediate 'r
statehood. Judge W. M. Melton was
chosen ehairman and addresses were ;
made by all the leading Democrats of
the territory, the pith being a de
mand for congress to act at once and .f:
admit Oklahoma and .the Indian terri
tory us one grand state.
An endeaver made to add rcsolu- .
tions that “We desire a state as above
described or none at all,” was voted
down by 23 majority.
Secretary Batter Seeks a Divorce.
CiTV or Mkxico, Mex., Jan. 26.—A
sensation bas been sprung in diplo
matic circles by the preparation of a
suit for divorce brought by E. C.
Butler, secretary of the American le
gation, and late acting I’nited States
minister to Mexico. Mrs. llutler, who
will be named as defendant, is now
visiting her old home in Kansas City
and it is understood will file a counter
suit.
Mr. Carlisle Before ■ Committer.
Washington, Jan. 25.—Secretary *
Carlisle appeared before the house
judiciary committee to-day to explain
liis reasons for his call for bonds. The
Baily resolution declaring that the
secretery has no authority to issue f -
bonds cxcent for the redemption of
greenbacks was under consideration.
Brooklyn officials intend establish
ing a squad of police to protect pedes
trians from the danger of the trolley
cars. A similar squad does duty on
Broadway, New York. i?
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