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THE TRIBUNE. IT , 31. & E. BI. KIMTJIEM , , t ubn. MoCOOK , : : : : NEB NEWS 01' NEBRASKA. TUB HATKN MvBTtfiiv. Uncle John Morrl on , says the Lincoln Journal , who went to Omaha yesterday for the purpose of com pleting , if possible , the identification of the body of his son-in-law , James E. Hngen returned last night. Hesays ho identified the body as that of Mr. Ha on beyond a doubt and that the coroner and others who were in terested in the matter aronll satisfied thattlto idcntifiontlou is as complete as need bo. The JdonUllcatioii of the ring and the keys which were found with the body when it WOB flrst discovered , were a reasonably sufficient proof oftheidentliy. In addition to this Mr. Mor risen learned Irom Mrs. Hageo thut her husband had lost most of his buclc teeth , while the front ones wore yet good. An ex amination of the skull show d that the teeth corrc'ijpond exactly to the description given by Mrs. Hngcn. Mr. Morrison says Unit , while the fl sh was nearly irene from the head , he yet r cognized the Elzo and shape of the head very distinctly. Mr. Hngcn d sappearcd on March 14 , nnd Ills body was found on Juno 21. Mr. Morrleon thinks that ho was doubtless murdered by thugs and thrown into the river. Ho fays that several men have disappeared from Oma ha within a year or so past , and some of them Lave never been heard of since. AN OLD SETTLER. Hon. W. S. Townsend , of Hamburg , Iowa , says the Johnson County ( Neb. ) Journal , made as a pleasant call Satur day la-t while here on a visit to his Eon , Thomas Townsond. Mr. T. has had n some what eventful career , having served three terms in the Iowa legislature and assisted in the election of fho only two democrat ! United States senators over sent to the nation's capi tal from the Hawkeye state , uhey were .Messrs. James and Dodge. Mr. Townsehd owned and run the first chartered ferryboat ever orossi g the Missouri river , lhat being put In Irom Omaha to Council Bluffs. In 1853 he opened the second dry goods store in Otocumsehand conducted it with success until the breaking out of the war , when his known sympathy for the south caused him to emi grate. For many years he was engaged in buying grain at Nebraska CityMr. . Townsend - send is over seventy-one years of age , but is .halo and hearty , not looking to bo over sixty years old , but fa going west in the spring to begin life anew. THE STATE IN BRIEF. Wyoming coal is sold at Madison at $0 per ton. ton.A A circulating library has been established at Genoa. The poor house of Butler county has but one pauperl A now tlmo table went into effect on tlyj B. & M. last Sunday. The Beatrice Canning company has good prospects for the coming1 season. Another fire atTecumseh , with damage unreported - reported at this time. " Incendiary. An Insurance of $25,000 has been placed upon Beatrice's new school building. The Johnson county teachers' association will hold its next session February 7th. Carrie Reber , of Humphrey , fell while slid ing down hill and had iier shoulder dislocated The newsboys of Omaha have formed a branch of the mutual improvement associa tion. The St. Paul & Omaha railway company vill build a commodious depot iu Omaha this year. A Lincoln man has invented and placed in successful operation a horse power corn- shuckcr. Rev. Henry Bates , of Plymouth , Gage county , recently celebrated his seventieth anniversary. A grander with a wagon load of prairie chickens showed up on the streets of Creigh- ton last week. The charity ball in Omaha was largely at tended. The aid society will get about $2.500 from it for the poor. Beatrice's new Methodist church building will cost f 15,000. Work on the structure will commence iu the spring. The proposed changes in the city charter of Omaha will raise-the salary of mayor to $1,500 and that of councilmen to $500. The loss to the farmers of Nebraska by hog cholera the past year is estimated to be be tween $1,500.000 and S,000,000. Six murderers arb behind bars in the Doug las county jail. In all , the building contains bout seventy offenders. Judge A. W. Morgan's fine residence at Au. burn was burned to the ground. Defective flue. Loss , § 2,500. Insured for $1,300. Mr. Green , of Kearney , fell from a load of hay , striking on his head a shoulders , render ing him insensible for considerable time. They had a little mad dog excitement at Fairbury the other day. The shot gun was brought forth and the scare was soon over. The erection of a new building for the barb wire works at Beatrice , to replace the one de stroyed by fire three weeks ago , has begun. The county commissioners of Douglas county have flguied out-that they will need about $200,000 this year to run the official ma chine. It is estimated that during the year 1884 400.000 acres of land were taken up in Keith county under the various government land rights. The pastors of Blair are out with an address to the people , the purport of which is that the religion of Chiist is a reality and a good thing to get a hold on. Mr. Shedd. of Lincoln , is the speaker of the house of representatives , and Hon. Church Howe , of Nemaha county , presides over de liberations of the senate. The fun in Schuyler's skating rink was varied the other night by a game of knock- in which half dozen down-and-drag-out , a young men took a hand. James Carruthers , of Deloit , had his barn covered and the snow BO banked about his house in tbo late snowstorm that he bad to work all the week hauling the snow away with teams. A letter from the turnkey of the California state penitentiary shows that J. Robert Wil liams , the David City swindler- served a term , of imprisonment on the Pacific coast , being pardoned May 0,1880. The Waterloo Creamery association recently elected officers , retaining George R Williams as superintendent. The business last year was satisfactory , and the outlook for the coming season is encouraging. Dr. A. C. Jackson , of Kearney , who was held on suspicion of having been accessory to the mysterious death of his former partner , Dr. John Linthlcum , was examined lost week and after a full hearing discharged. D. Hudson , of Butler county , marketed in Schiiylertho other day a hog which weighed CC5 pounds , for which he received $34.86. This is the largest porker brought to that market I since John ilclntosh broughthisl027-pounder ' In three or four years ago. The Schuyler Herald says that signatures are beins'aken in that town asking the legis lature to enact a law requiring teachers in all schoola supported by public money , to teach ( he effects of alcoholic drinks and. other stlm- tilanta upon the human system. A b'll 1ms been introduced In the house by Conger , of Sherman county , relative to oon- taglous diseases among domestic animals. If it becomes a law , as It undoubtedly will , the spread of contagion will bo greatly lessened by the carrying out of its wiee provisions. Recent changes of railroad time-tables are aslollows : C. , B. & Q. trains leave Omaha at 0:10 a. in. and 5:35 p. in. , arriving at 0:20 a. in and 7:15 p. m. B. & Jf. trains leave Omaha at 8:10 a. m. and 6:00 p. m. , arrivinar at 10:40 a m. and 0:50 p. in. K. C. & St. Joe trains leave Omaha at 0:10 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. , arriving at 7:00 a m. and 7:15 pin. . Expenditures of tbo executive office for two years ending November 80,1884 , wore : Salary of governor , ? j,000 ; salary of govern , or's privat * secretary , 53,300 ; postage and postal expenses , $400 ; books , blanks ami printing , 5500 ; stationery , $403 ; telegraph , telephone and express , $400 ; furniture nnd repairs , $200 ; sundry ofllce expenses , $100. Some weeks since George Furnas , of John- Eon county , was arrested at the instance of Mat. Hague and Tom Townshend. At a pro , Hmlnary hearing Furnas was released , and now sues Hoguo and Townsend , Deputy Sher iff Woodruff , all of Tecumseh , and Jnraee Leary , of Beatrice , for $5 000 , charging false imprisonment. It is rumored Furnas offered o compromise for 82,500. The rlonds of John McGee. of Gnlesburg His. , are hunting in Nebraska for him. John loft his homo last October on a land exploring tour in this state , and has not been heard from. Ho had a $1,000 in oath with him , and his friends fear that he has been murdered. When last teen McGee was at Lincoln in com pany with a stranger who was trying to In duce him to locate on a timber claim. The Nebraska historical society elected the following officers for the ensuing yenr : Presi dent , R. W. Furnas ; flrst vice president , J. M. Woolwonh ; second vice president , E. S. Dundy ; secretary , George E.Howard : treas urer , W. W. Wilson ; corresponding secretary , Mrs. Clara Colby ; board of managers , ex- Governor Silas Garber , J. Sterling Morton , ft. T. Clarke , Lorenzo Crnunse and I. J. Mnnatt. Furnival , the supposed Nance county nur- deror , is now believed to be in Canada , a man answering his description , having been spot ted there. Further developments are expected soon. Appropos to this it may be stated that a number of letters for Fnrnival have accum ulated at FuHerton. They will shortly be ex amined in the hope that something- may be found which will throw light on the dark deed. There has been since opening of the Home of the Friendless at Lincoln as occupants 70 adults , 79 children , 71 babes. There are at this time 46 inmates , of whom 18 are adults , 19 children and 9 babes. The present building is stated to be entirely insufficient for the pres ent occupants , with almost daily demands for admission. It is suggested that an appropri ation is needed to the amount of $10,000 , for the construction of a wing equal in size to the present building. Following is a statement of moneys receiv ed from the general government and paid into the state treasury during the two years ondingDecember31,18S4 : September , 1883 , five percent on sales of government lands , § 11- 710.87 ; June , 1884 , five per cent on sales of government lands embraced in the Pawnee [ ndian reservation , ? 17,495.'J5 ; November , 1884 , reimbursing state for expenses incurred in suppressing Indian hostilities , $485 ; total $29,727.02. The Madison Chronicle is authority for the isfertion that an old lady , living ten miles ivest of that place , gave a certa'n young man if Madison a feather pillow and a goose , for i New Year's prebeiir , and at the same time : old him that if he would marry her daughter she would give the girl , on her wedding day , > ne thousand dollars and a feather bed for a owry. Q he young man refused the offer The above was n fast , and the proposition vas made in earnest. Eight miles north of Kearney , Charles Eak- : r , of Merrifield , Cayuga county. New York , iad been hero for some time visiting rela- .ives , a Mr. Benedict and family. The other norning the young man was in hisroompack- ng bis trunk preparatory to starting home. 1 pistol shot was heard and when entrance vas made into the room the body of younjr 3akcr laid on the floor. Life was almost ex- inct. Near him laid a revolver. The shot : ntered his head immediately in front and > ver the eyes. The shooting is thought to lave been purely accidental , as the young nan was bright and full of promise and had 10 cause for sicide. Among sensations In Fairbury recently ays the Gazette , was the sudden disappear incc of M. T. Hedges , a resident of the county or some years and for the past year a dealer n agricultural implements. An agent of a louse'with whom the firm dealt culled to eet- le , and Mr. Hedges left the olHco saying he vould bo back in a few minutes , but as yet he ias failed to return. Subsequently it was earned he had skipped , going as far as Atchi- on with Sheriff Belden , to whom he admitted lis intention not to return but to Eeek a loca- ion elsewhere. He left behind his wife to vhom he was recently married. The cause of is ! sudden departure he claimed , was his dis- < ke to face the creditors who were pushing tlm. "Rote Mucli Did St. John Get ? Joseph D. Weeks , late secretary of the re mblican national committee , in an interview .t Pittsbnrg , said : " 1 have read carefully the nterview with'Mr. J. S. Clarkson , of the Des loines Register , in the Chicago Tribune of 'uesday , January 13 , regarding the oveitures aade by St. John to tell out to the repub.i- ians in the late campaign. As it is well : nown that I am a prohibitionist , though tot a St. Johnite , ' both Mr. Clarkson , nd Mr. Kerens kept me informed as o the overtures made and showed me'the orrespondence. So far as I am acquainted rith the facts , and I had knowledge of almost very instance referred to in Mr. Clarkson'd nterview , he suites them correctly. I have een the origimils of the letters of James F. jegatetwMr. Clarkson and Mr. Kerens , and ave copies of them taken from the originals y mysel , and these letters , as given by Mr. llarkson and Mr. Keren * , are correct. I be- ieved at the time , and still believe , that Mr. .eeate was ihe representative of John P. Sc. ohn and acted with bis lull knowledge and onsent. " . Death of Prominent Jlfen. William Hale , governor of Wyoming tcrri- 3ry. died at Cheyenne on the 13th inst. , after lingering illness , aged 48. He was appointed y President Arthur in 1882. He formerly re Idcd at Glenwood , Iowa. The remains will 0 buried in Cheyenne. Ex-Viee President Schuylor Colfax dropped ead at the Munkato ( Minnesota ) depot n the 13th inst. He arrived on the lilwaukeo road from , the cast at 10 o'clock and alked to the Omaha depot , a distance of irec-f urthsof a mile , with the thermometer lirty degrees oelow zero. After arriving a le depot he lived only about five minutes. I 1 supposed that the extreme cold , subsequcn eat and over exertion caused a stoppage o 10 flow of blood to the heart. The Odd Fel iws took charge.of the remains. Waiting for the End of Ute TTorfd. The Karl family , prominent Adventists of reston , Iowa , are still looking for the end of 10 world. The men have thrown up their asitions and will not work. Their bibles are instantly before them , and they are shut in icir house waiting for Gabriel's call. There ro twelve of the religious cranks. C'oofc Sentenced /or Zf/e > Red Cloud ( Neb. ) special : The Cook murdci trial was ended to-day , the jury bringing : In i verdict of murder in the second degree , aftci deliberating twenty-two hours. Judge Gaslli Immediately sentenced Cook to the penlten tlary for life. The verdict Is generally satis factory. A disagreement was feared because of the strong case of insanity mwlo by the defense. Sheritr Warren leaves to-night foi LlLcoln with Cook. The cueo excited intcrcs throughout the community , and the coun room was crowded during the four days A largo portion ot the audience was ladles. STATE ZEUISZATIVE DOIXGS. As Forshadoiced in. a Condensed Report oj the Nebraska legislature. LIXCOLN , Neb. , January 12. SENATK.- Among bills Introduced were : By Dolan , t ( prevent the spreading of prairie tires , amend Ing section twenty-five , chapter twenty-cighi of the compiled statutes ; by McAllister amending section ten of the code of civil pro cedure. The following senate files were referred : One , two. three , four , six , eight , nine , ten eleven , twelve , thirteen aud fifteen , judiciary : five , medical legislation ; aevcn , constitutional : fourteen , railroads HOUSE. A resolution was adopted to inves tigate the management of the insane hospital Carl , Brunner and Dempster were appointee on the committee. The standing committees were announced , Following are the chairmen of the importanl committees : Judiciary and ways and means , Thomas ; accounts and expenditures , Johnson : railroads. Holmes ; public lauds and buildings , Wright ; printing , Peterson. Bills introduced : By Crook , regulating rail roads ; by ( Jasper , to establish passenger and freight rates ou raihvavs ; by Howard , relattv < to h'bnds in cities of the second class and tc prohibit houses of prostitution ; by Harlan , relative to cities of the second class and to reg ulate passenger traflie. on railways. LINCOLN . January 13. SENATE The stand Ing : committees were aunounced. A communicatiqn was icceived from the cbiff clerk of the house relative to the appointment - ' pointment of a committee to act in conjunction with a senate committee to Investigate the nnnascment of the insane hospital. A. resolution was adopted instructing the EPcrriary of state to furnish ten copies ofaaily newspapers , or their equivalent In weeklies , and ten two-cent stamps each day during the session. Senate files forty-five , by Snell , and forty- cix , by Dorland , were introduced and read. The interesting event in the senate was the announcement of the standing committees , which were as follows : Justiciary Paul , Sucll , McAllister , Burr , Lewis , Meikeljohn , Durland , Spencer , Has tings. Finance. Ways and Means Howe , Cherry , Sb'-iwin , Dolan , McShane , Love , Howell. Accounts and Expenditures Lewis , HoebeL Hills , Norris , Smith of Fillmore. Agriculture Cherry , Filon , Putnam , Smith oi Fillmore , Day , llowc-ll , Norris. Highwavs , B'ridges aud Ferries Howell , Sherwin , Cherry , Durland , Filson. Military Affairs Meikeljohn , Goehner , Lew is , Hyeis , Mctz. Municipal Affairs McShauc , Burr , McAllis ter. Durlaud , Goehner. Public Lands and Buildings Burr. McAllis ter DoUu , Lewis , Cherry , Durland , Sewers , Shell , Hastings. Internal Improvement Day , Sherwin , Mills McShane , Paul. School Lands and Funds Smith of Lancas ter. Brown , Mcta , Buekworth , livers. Federal Relations Metz , Love , Sewers , Paul , Skinni r. Public Printing Snell , Einsell , Skinner , Is orris , Dolan. Engrossed and Enrolled Bills Einsel , Howe , Ho''bol , Sherwiu , Putnam , Burr , Ctieiry. County and County Boundaries Mills , Put nam , Love , Howe , Filson. Mints and Minerals Putnam , Hoebel , Mc Allister , Clark , Lewis. Education Spencer , Skinner , Hasting , Day. Claik. Librarv Durland , Hastings , Snell , Filson , Meikeljchn. Claims Hyes , Spencer , Mills , Howe , Smjth , of Lancaster. , ? Banks and Banking Smith of FilfiiTore , ' Einscl , Hoebel. Noehuer , Clark. Railroads Sewers , Howell , Buekworth , Erown , Mctz , Meikeljohu , Paul , Eiusel. Hoe bel. Miscellaneous Corporations Norris , Cherrj , Goehuer , Clark , Iloi-bel. State Prison Dolen , Hycrs , Burr , Metz , Howe. University and Normal School Brown , Snell , Meikeljohn , Spencer , Shcnvin. Constitutional Amendments McAllister , Sewers , FiJson , Day , Howell. Immigration Goehner , Spencer , Norris , Einscl , Meikeljohn. Privileges aud Elections Hastings , Burr , Paul , SiiRll , Smith , of Lancaster. Live Stock and Grazing Love , McShano , Buekworth , Dolan , Smith , of Fillmore. Medical Legislation Buekworth , Metz , Day , Sowers. Miscellaneous Subjects Clark , Putnam , Skinner , Hyers , Smith , of Fillmore. Public Charities Skinner , Brown , Mills , McSbane , Love. Cherry , Goehner. Insane Asylum Bro'wn , Buckworth , Day. Deaf and Dumb and Bliud Dolan , Lew s , Smith , of Lancaster. Reform School and Home for Friendless McAllister , Smith of Lancaster , Skinner. HOUSE. A resolution was adopted to ap point a committee of three republicans aud three democrats to investigate the leasing of school lands , in conjunction with a senate committee. Olmstead , Sterling , Smith , Munn , Crook nd Hulsworth were appointed such committee. A resolution was adopted requiring the audi tor to prepare a tabulated statement of the appropriations made each year for the state board of agriculture since 1SG7 ; also a state ment of the moneys drawn by the "model farm anil agricultural department" of the university since 1ST3. The standing committees as announced in the house are as follows : Judiciary Troup , Kaley , Scoville , Steven son , Blain , Dempster , Varner , Thomas of Col- fax , Harlan. Finance , "Ways and Means Thomas , of Cass , Callahan , Hazeu , Gumaer , Burnham , Henry' Lt-e. of Mernck , Williams , Emerson , Martin , Nichol. Agriculture Cope , Hall , Gill , Everett , Glenn Root , Higgius. Roads and Bridges Hall , Booth , Holsworth , Turner , Whitmore , Munn , Leibhart. Militia Cole , Butlington , Williams , Blaco , Slaver , Kehoc , Bruner , Poynter , Harlau. _ . i and Elections Sutherland , Rob- irtson , Thompson. Newineyer , Marble , Lies- reld , McArdle , Luce. State Penitentiary Hazen , Russell , Aiketi , 31aeo , Burnham , Callahan , Martin. Blind. Deaf and Dumb and Insane Asylums -Scoville , Brandt , Munn , Newmeyer , New- lomcr , Buflington , Sutherland. Corporations Smith , Wolbach , Cope , Blaco , Miller , Cole , Glenn. Library Adams. Kuony , King , Stevenson , [ luff , Ebcrman , Holt. Cities and Towns Nettleton , Hazen , Brown , iVriirht , Peterson , Booth , Riley. Banks and Currency Heimrich , Eberman , 3rnncr , Howard , White , Cornelius , Brandt. Common Schools Tairgart , Poynter , Gill , Nettleton , Cox , VaiLer , Thomas. University and Normal Schools Bassett 2orr. Robertson , Jindra , Stavcr , Casper , Bick ev. Callahau , Taylor. Klines and Minerals Cox , Waitt , Thompson , iViUiams , Turner. Holmes , Whitmore. Immlcration Taylor , Sterling , Root. Emer son , Thomas , Lee of Mcrrick , Holsworth , Sverett , Leinbardt , Kehoe , Neligh. Manufactories and Commerce Neligh , Em- rson , Crawford , Bailey , Casper , Wright , Droup. School lands Kalev , Nichol , Turtle , How- trd. Blain , Cole , Harlan , Harney , In'in. Miscellaneous Subjects Lee"of Merrick , lenry , Crook , Booth , Jindra , Marble , Mc- Lrdle. Claims McArdle , Everett , Heimrich , Kil- aer , White , Olmstead , Coir , Taylor , Taggart. Live Stock and Grazing Interests Osgood , Jurnham , Adams , Hall , Smith , Barney , Bai ty , Winspear , Hocknell. Rule Conger , Miller , Scoville , Sterling1 , ilulvabill , 'Corn Mr. Speaker. Revenue and Taxation Holt , Howard , Hig- 1ns , Wolbach , King , Holsworth , Ltesveid , Cnony , R'ce. Public Printing Peterson , Staver , Casper , Jickly , Callahnn , Taylor. Public Lands and Buildings Waitt , Kilmer , Barney , Kalley , Cox , Stavcr , Olmstcad , Bick- ley , Taggart. Crawford , Leo of Furnas. Internal Improvements Hocknell , Smith , Dempster , Bickley , Johnson , Root , Casper ? Federal Relations Newcomer , Ebennnn , Dies-veld , Wolbach , Kuony , Waitt. Luce. Engrossed and Enrolled Bills Lee of Fur- nas , Blaiu , Aikin. Cornelius , Guuiser , Henry , Erwin , Mulvahill , Nelleh. Accounts and Expenditures Johnston , Crawford. Bailey , Miles , Turtle , Robinsou , Sterling , Huff , Cope. Constitutional Amendments Stevenson Rice , Varner , Newcomer , Newmeyer , Win- pear , Peterson. County Boundaries , County Seats and Town ship Organization Martin , Brandt , White , Bassett , King , Conger , Russell , Rice , Oseood. Railroads Holmes , Nettleton , Jiudra , Hock nell , Osgood , Riley , Leo of Furnas , Conger , Bufllngton , Olmstead , Johnson , Cornelius , Robinson. B.issett. LINCOLN , January 15. SENATE. Metx , of Douglas , introduced a bill amendatory to the license laws. The asserted object of the bill Is to insure equaling of license throughout tut ; state , and places the maximum license ut $530. The administration of the law is left to couuty boards aud city and village authorities. Bv 1U provisions the penalty for illicit sale or giving away of liquors Is In any sum between 51 and $500 , and imprisonment in county jails. A joint resolution and memorial to congress was introduced asking for the speedy passage of the bill for relief of settlers on St. Joe and Denver railroad lands. . Among important bills In the senate Is one concerning the social relat'oiis of men and women , anil one in regard to divorce. The last named bill provides that decrees of divorce may be opened , for cause , within two years , und prohibits parties divorced from marrying within that time. HOUSE. Lee , Furnn , presented a resolution instructing the committee on r.iilr.uils to intro duce a bill at an early day regulating railroads. Laid on the table. Bills were introduecd by Stevenson , Hall , Emerson , Martin , Russell , Turtel , Harlan , Kiley , Cole , Wiuspear , Melvahlll , Brunner , Thomae. OJmstead and Robertson from house rolls eighty-seven to 104 , inclusive. The "clerk of the senate reported that the senate concurred in the house resolution for a committee from both houses to act in con junction in Investigating the management of bchool lauds , with exception to the provision of employing counsel. Rilev , of Douslas , introduced a resolution to the effect that the committee appointed to act with the senate committee tie dismissed and that the house act alone in the matter. Laid on the table. . LINCOLN , January 15. SENATE. Mr. Howe presented , by request , a pet.tiou from Clara B. Colby and three hundred women of Nebraska , asking that municipal suffrage be conferred upon the women of Nebraska. Also a petition of G. W. E. Dorsey and three hundred others on the same subject. A resolution was offered by Clarke ( Sarpy ) appointing Brown , McAllister , Spencer , Put- uam and Mills a couuiittee to Inquire into railroad rates throughout the state , and to re port the facts found to the senate at their earliest convenience. Howe has introduced a bill making sweeping changes in the \pjtcni of leasing and selling of school lands. It' provides that no land shall be sold for less than $10 an acre ; that no one person shall purchase more than one section ; that a purchaser must live upon the laud lie wishes to buy five years before being entitled to purchase it ; and thaMie shall then be enti tled to purchase at the appraised value. The appraisement is to ba made by the board of county commissioners instead ot by appraisers appointed as now by the. county ollieers. The land is to be leaied at ( J per cent , upon its ap praised valuation , and if more than one party wants it the one. giving the largest bonus gets it. HOUSE. Cole ( Adams ) introduced a resolu tion ttiis morning instructing the committee on railroads to report back to the house with out unnecessary delay a bill regulating freight and passenger tariffs on railroads in the state. Kehoe introduced a bill compelling railroads to furnish cars with double decks for the traus- portation of sheep and hogs. * Howard introduced a bill providing for the call of a constitutional convention. Casper introduced a bill regulating the lia bilities of railroad companies lor personal in juries. - Dempster introduced a bill locating a state normal school at Republican City , llarlau county. There has been introduced in the house to date 129 bills , and iu the senate 03. The visit of sixty ladies of the society of the Home of the Friendless was made to the two houses , which took a recess tore c ive them. Mrs. Bitteubender spoke for the ladies and told the legislators briefly what the home had done and wtiat is expected of the legislature. An additional appropriation is wanted for en larging buildings and widening the work. SENATE. In the senate on the 17th , Nettle- toe introduci d a resolution which was adopt ed , providing that the payment of clerks of committees date from the day on which they are employed onpublic business. Riley , o"f Douglas , presentedpetition. signed by fifty electors , asking for a full and thor ough investigation of the management of the school lands , and also asking that an amend ment to the constitution prohibiting the alien ation of educational lands be submitted to the people. HOUSE. In the house the bill providing for the payment of officers and members and em ployes , was read a third time and passed. A resolution was adopted to the effect that the claims of Kennard , Hawes and others against the state for making collections be not allowed or paid. Bills introduced : By Martin , Holt , Emer son , Nettleton. Rilev , "Taylor , "Newcomer , " Brandt , Mulvahill , Bailey , Wright , White , Stevenson , Howard , Harkn , Whitmore , Bailey , Gill , Olmstead , Kroiiy , Crook , Brunncr. Johnj- ton and Taggart , from house rolls 139 to 10,3 Inclusive. WIL.-IT ABOUT ST. Did ITe Offer to Withdraw JFrotn the Presi dential Race for a Jiloncy Consideration 'f The following letter from J. S. Clarkson , editor of the Iowa [ Register and member of the republican national committee , was sent by him to the Chicago Tribune : In reply to your direct inquiry if I knew peisonally as to whether or not .lohn P. St. John offered to withdraw as a candidate for president tor a money consideration , I can answer now only as the fact , without yet being at liberty to make public the details. To my knowledge , he did have overtures made throujrh a friend from his own state , by which he offered , if paid § 25,000 in cash , to withdraw as a candidate altogether or to stay in the Held and "feather" his speeches , as it was put in the Kansan's phrase , to the help of the republican party. He was asked , in order to prove the sincerity of his offer , to withdraw from Ohio the last week before the October election in thatstate. He. did t'lis tinder the plea , which he said he would give. at getting 11 sere throat , and , with the friend I aave mentioned , went first to PittPburg , next to Philadelphia and finally to Now York where tie hoped to meet some one on the part of the republican national committee who would bo ready to make the deal and pay the cash. On Lhe 29th of October , through his friend. In a letter still in esistence , he alleged Ohio to tiave been curried by him in getting a sore : hroatone week for the benefit of the repub- ican party. This letter and other facts of de- nil , which will convince any fair minded person of the real character of St. John and mow to the country what a thrifty Christian 30 is , will be given to the press whenever he hall ask and persuade his Iriend , who was ; he medium of bis overtures , Jo give his con sent to have them made public. I may add : hat neither the national committee , or any me acting for it , ever made an overture or iroposition of any kind to St. John. All that t did was to listen to and discuss the orer- ; ures and propositions made to it through ho medium which he employed to reach it. everal other members of the national com- nittee and some other pontlemen connected vith the Ohio campaign had frequentconver- iatious with this friend of St. John and are as ionversant with the facts and details of it as nyself. They know that St. John's friend vas in constant telegraphic and frequent per- onal consultn ion with him , and that things vhlch were demanded of St. Johnas to his novt-ments in Ohio were pledged by that riend and carried out by St. John in many rays. Ample evidence was thus afforded us , deluding i ho exchunge of telegraphic corre- pondence between them and shown to sev- iral persons. Droving that this friend was act- tig with St. John and under his authority , me other peon is in possession of more rritten evidence than I have.J. . J. S. CUAUKSON. Confession on Ilia Dentn. Jlrtl. A Waupaca ( Wls. ) , dispatch says : Ono week ngo Thoma-s Walsh , one of the important wit nesses In thoVatidecar trial , of last January , was stabbed in n saloon. To-day his physician told him he could not Hv . Ho then confca rd he was the man who shot and killed Banker Mead , in October , 1E82 at this place. Alfred Vnndecar was churgi d with the crime. Walsh confesses tlmt Vaxdccar was with him , but confesses that ho ( Walshcommitted the mur der. ' Mrs. Senator Van 11'i/ck' * Reception , A Washington special says : Mrs. Senator Van Wyck signalized her ro-cntnmco into society after four years retirement , by a re ception at her handsome residence , corner oC Eighteenth street and Massachusetts avenue , on Tuo-duy afternoon * The attendance was notably largo aud brilliant , and MM. Van Wyck received a most cordial welcome back o Washington society. JSWRUi EXQHTH CONGRESS. SENATE. WASHINGTON , January 5. The inter-stato commerce bill came up and Mr. Wilson ad dressed the senate. He said that no act of congress would remedy all the difficulties , of the transportation business , still a wise , just and conservative stat t could be made toward putting that business on a proper footing In its relation to the government and people. The bill before the senate was not. perhaps , per fect , but it was a beginning. We had already crossed the line at which the railroad compa nies had tenaciously contended that the gov ernment must stop. The railroad companies had not been content to manage their own af fairs , but had intermeddled with almost every Industry of the country. A message was received from the president trancmlttlng the report of the secretary of the Interior , recommending that some * provision be made for disarming the Indians , when sueu action is found necessary for their advance ment in civilized pursuits , the Indian to be compensated for the arms taken. HOUSE. Hiscock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill abolishing the internal revenue tax on tobacco , ciirars , snuff , cigarettes and cheroots , the special tax on dealers in tobacco , and th tax on liquors distilled from fruit. Lost , 2J tol28. Keifer moved to suspend the rules and take from the speaker's table the Mexican pension bill , and concur in all the senate amendments thereto. Lost , 85 to 129. Collins moved to suspend the rules anil adopt the resolution taking up the senate bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy , continuing the special order for Thursday , January 22d. Lost. King introduced a biH appropriating $7,000- 000 for the. improvement of the Mississippi liver , In accordance with the plans and esti mates of the Mississippi river commission. Referred. HOUSE. WASHINGTON , January 10. Randall moved to dispense with the morning hour for the pur pose of pressing the navy appropriation bill tea a passage. Lost , yeas 1S5 , nays S3. Clardv , from the committee on commerce , reported the bill authorizing experiments as to the practicability of lighting the navigable waters of the United States by electricity. A bill was reported from the committee on public buildings increasing to $ IfcO,000 the limit of the appropriation for a public building at Marquctte , Michigan. The bouse then went into executive commit tee of the whole , Wilson , of low , in the chair , on the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill. SENATE. WASHINGTON , January 12. Van Wyck , re ported favorably , with amendment , the housa bill to prevent the unlawful occupancy of pub- . lie lauds. ' Among petitions presented in the senate was one from .Mrs. liclva A. Lockwood pray ing that congress ? ee that the votes cast for her during , the presidential election be counted. The chair laid before the senate a resolu tion , heretofore offered by Hawley , calling upon the president for a copy of the historical statement concerning the public policy of the executive department of the confederate states , filed at the war department by Gen. Sherman. A long discussion followed , when the matter went over. The inter-state commerce bill was considered - ' ered , followed by executive session and adj j joumment. HOUSE. The bill passed appropriating ? oO,000 for the erection of a building for the use of the ap praiser at Chicago. The senate bill passed authorizing the Chicago cage , St. Paul & & Louis'railway company to construct bridges across the Mississippi , one ivitbin Minnesota and one between Minnesota and Wisconsin. The house went Into committee of the n-hole ( Wilson , of Iowa , in the chair ) on the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill. There being no quorum , present , the house idjourned. SENATE. WASHINGTON , January 13. Dolph , from the : ommittee on nubile lands , reported favorably he house bill -pealing the preemption , timer - > er culture and deseit land acts and modify- ng ; the homestead act. The Sherman-Davis resolution was taken up md passed 52 to 10. Van Wyck introduced a bill to make rail- oad corporations , organized by acts of con- rress , subject to control and legislation of the tales and territories in which the roads are instructed. Consideration of the inter-state commerce till was resumed , but no final action was aken. HOUSE. The following bills were passed : Limiting he time for the. presentation of bounty and lack pay claims to three years from the pass- .ge ot this act , and of alfother claims , e-xcept icnsions , to six years , and providing that laims hereafter arising must be presented i-ithin six years from the time they originated. To extend the laws of the United States over ertain unorganized territory south of the tate of Kansas. Brown ( Ind. ) , arising , said : "I perform the ad duty of announcing to the house the death if Schuyler Colfax , at one time speaker of this louse , and late vice president of the United itates. A telegram was received through the ssociated press this afternoon announcing aid event. " The house , as an expression of sorrow , im- nediately adjourned. SENATE. WASHINGTON , January lo. The Edmunds' i ill to place Gem ral Grant on the retired list ith full rank and pay of general , passed after \ short debate , yeas 49 , nays 9. Edmunds ; poke stronalv and feeliuglv in favor of the ill. Amonc the democrats Maxey , Voorhees , ( eorge Gibs n and Jonas spoke in its favor , ; 'he senators who voted nay were Beck , Cock- zll , Coke , Harris , Pendleton , Saulsbury , , later , Vance and Walker. . The chair laid before the senate the Inter- ' tate commerce bill. Senator Slater offered an ' mendment prohibiting the charging of higher 1 ites of compensation for transporting the j ime kind and amount of property a shorter , jan for longer dhtince. Senator Slater de- < Bribed the operation of the principal of dls- , riminatins against "short hauls , " and the i ufferiug of western communities in consc1 1 uence. ] Cullom said the adoption of Slater's amendJ lenf would not only seriously injure the pro- ucers of the west but the consumers of the ist. It would injure hundreds of thousands f people. i t Van Wyck said he had often heard the c : atemenf made , but had seen no proof of it. J he people of Nebraska , as well as Iowa , Illit ois and other states , were suffering from the ' ctortions of railroads. He would like to ( now how a community could be benefited by * lilroads chargincr , as fhev did in an instance t ted by him , $500 for a carload delivered COO j tiles east of San Francisco , and charging 3200 j > r a carload delivered in San Francisco , COO liles beyond. Harrison called the attention of the senate 1 the death of the Hon. Schuyler Colfax , who n id been the presiding oflicer of the senate and j ce president of the United States. After a ; W brief but feelinc words of eulogy on the jceased by Harrison and Sherman , thti sen- c : e , out of respect for the memory of the de- * : ased , adjourned j Wcllcr Introduced a bill to refund the bond ed debt ot the United States at 2 # per cent Interest , to reduce taxation on circulating- bank note currency , and to secure such cur rency oealnst unnecessary disturbances and. fluctuation by applying the national revenues ci-onomlcally to the payment of the national debt. Referred. * Walt called up tl\e Chinese Indemnity bill , and after a short explanation the bill passed. On motion of Randall the senate amend ments to the bill for the payment of messen gers sent for the certificates of the electoral votes of Oregon aud Iowa was concurred In. Adjourned. SENATE. WASHINGTON , January 15. Hale , from the- committee on naval affairs , reported favorably the bill for the relief ot sufferers by the wreck of the United States steamer "Tallapoosa. " Placed on the calendar. Senator Morgan made a speech In executive session in favor oft he Nlcaraguan treaty. He discussed the possible relations of foreign powers to this subject and set forth at great IcLgth the advantage to this country which may be expected to follow the construction of. this canal. * An amendment was offered by Sh'rraan look ing to negotiations with Great Britain for the abrogation or amendment of the Clayton-Bul- wer treaty before the Nlcaraguan treaty shall take effect. HOUSE. The house , under special order , pro ceeded with consideration of the McPhcrsou bill , and a somewhat extended debate ensued. Warnrr ( Ohio ) offered an amendment au- thor.zitig thesceretary of the treasury , when ever circulating notes of the national banks- shall fall below J203,31S,9SI , to issue United States notes of sufficient amount to keep the volume of paper currency at all times at a total of $650,000,000. Wilkins then demanded the previous ques tion on the bill and amendments , pending which Mills moved that the house adjourn , stating that the democrats wished to hold a caucus. The motion was carried yeas 130 , navs 112. Buckner , chairman of the banking and cur rency committee , said to an associated pres reporter : "That settles the bill. We will never again be able to getit before the house. " SENATE. WASHINGTON , January 17. The committee on pensions reported adversely the bill to grant a pension of S300 per mouth to Emma DeLong , widow of the late Lieutenant Commander Do- Long , of "Jeannette" fame. The inter-state commerce bill was then con sidered and Senator Van Wyck addressed the senate. He said the people only demanded n-asonable rates , no discrimination , no pool ing , no rebates , no greater charge for a short than a long haul. "This , " said he , "is no time to delay. The work of deception cannot longer ba carried on. You cannot pretend to do something rhat the obstinate house of rep resentatives refuses to do. If the senate fal ters now to accept the house bill an indignant people will believe It falters in a double sense and Is seeking by disagreement to prevent legislation so longsoughtand so. long denied. " The roads owned and controlled the" elevators and the farmer , if he desired , could not ship his own grain or cattle to market , for he could obtain no rebates. The absolute power of the railroads was not always exercised in a saintly manner. To illustrate , the Union Pacific be came Incensed at Columbus , one of the active-- interior cities of Nebraska , whose citizens were enterprising and aided to secure another road. The company determined they should be pun ished for such terinerity and rebellion. So the rates were changed and more was charged per car load to Omaha than to Kearney and point * further west. So the Ceutrul Paeitic , without excuse except of revenue in punishing the re bellious subjects in this territory , actually rnarged to points east of San Francisco through rates to San Francisco aud then local rates back. Van AVyck quoted from a letter written by Hon. William Walter Phelps in which he said that senators and representatives purchased railroad shares on a basis of one to three. "Certainly , " he said , "stocks and bonds , ac cording to this evidence , are owned in this chamber and on the other side of the capitol on that basis that is , you put down one dollar and take up three. So" it would appear that even members of congress learn where the lit tle joker is. " To day the farmers It. the west were workIng - Ing their own farms on shares , the railroads taking the lion's share. They received not L-ne dollar in profit or interest"ou the money invested in the lands , teams or machinery , and ret the American senate seemed intent on how not to do it ; determined , at whatevt r sacrifice , that railroad stocks and bonds shall secure liberal interest aud dividends , and great lam entations Vas made if the stock gamblers , who ! iad stolen ? 4.000COO,000 from the industries Df the nation , should be disturbed in wringing interest from the overburdened people. The senator from I.va ( Wilson ) trembled lest too nuch should .e done , and the senator from Kansas ( Ingalls ) said he did not stand as the- idvocate of "that cheap deniauo uery that ap peals to public opinion against the railroads. ' Che railroads were enti led to the pro- action of the law. In Kansas and Nebraska fifty bushels of corn w'll ' not pur- : hase one ton of soft coal , and 150 bushels will jot buy one tone of bard coal. Your sym- ) atby expands for ths pauper labor of Europe md "India , while your hearts seem steeled tgainst the cry for "bread of Americans who ire forced to work for starvation wages or ave their places supplied in the niiuei by ) auper and coftvict labor imported under con- ract from Europe. Corporations , behind four jillions of stolen property , have been for y ars lontrolling state legislatures , the national iongress and the judiciary as remorselessly as lid "slavery , and they need no sympathy or tctivc support from the senators. It is the oiler seeking labor in the furnace heat , in the mderground labyrinth , the settler in the dug- > ut on the frontier of Kansas and Nebraska , vhose wives and children are drawing warmth rom corn because the great corporations re use to reduce the rates of freight so the coal if Pennsylvania may be exchanged for the orn of the west , who need your sympathy .ml protection. For twenty years th'ese cor- > orations have grown rich , strong and defiant n violation of law , and now let us sec to it hat the protection of the law shall be given o those who are victims of their extortion. FACE OX T.IIC W.1LZ. In Agparltlon Which Had Its Effect in Stir ring Up Sinners. Reading ( Pa. ) dispatch : The Reformed Jvangelic.l Friendship Is tnenameof anin- lenendent congregation having its church in hat section known as "Irishtown. " It is the mly house of worship In that vicinity. Dur- ng this winter the members have been hold- tig revival services nightly In this church. : hey are conducted in the good old-fashioned ray , By shouting , clapping of hands , etc. tev. Theodore Jones , w ho styles himself a young evangelist. " Is the leading spirit at he meetings. The worshippers have just een treated to a genuine sensation. While hey were in the midst of a stirring portion a the services they were awp-struck by see- 3gthe vision of a man's face appear on the rail in the pulpit above the motto , "The on of Man has come to save and to seek that : hi h was lost. " It was well d fined and ea'istic , : md appeared to be surroun eU by a right halo , notwithstanding that the room as brilliantly illuminated. The face had a rank , open expression. Some of the more uperstitious think that it Is a direct corainu- i ation from the higher powerf , and that sme sitrn and omen Is attached to it. It had deep effect upon the people , and tended to tir up such a reliiriuus fei-linic that seen or i ht conversion * have since been made. : ev. Jones siys of the vision : " 1 EC zd upon ic Idea of the apparit'onand refern d to how elsbaszar saw the handwritting of his doom a the wall. I asked whether the vision was ot a visitation Iroin on hign , giving notice to nners to repent and be saved he-tore it was > o late. I drove this truth home , and many n < l their feelings aroused to the highest itch. " Senator Conger has introduced a bill author ing the secretary of war to negotiate for ad purchase the Portage Lai e nnd River nprovement company's canal and the Port- je Lake and Lake Superior ship canul. The ill provides that the canal shall be a free aterway after Its purchase by the Ucstcd