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PB > - - TUJ2 NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE.
R Lincoln , Jan. 29. Senate. Among bills
a ' • introduced were tbo following : To provide
L' lor a married woman whoso husband is in-
| - curably insane , to annul and dissolve the
r . bonds ol matrimony , and to malco it the
5f duty of the county attorney to defend for
E- such insane persons in tho action. To
fc * amond section 3 , article 4 , chapter 80 , en-
It' titled "School lands and funds , " of the
m : compiled statutes of 1885. To apportion
W tho stato into judicial districts , and for tho
W appointment and elections thereof. To es
jjj , . tablish a normal school at the city of Plum
i. ' • Creek , in Dawson county4 Neb. To pro-
h bibit lumber dealers , coal dealers or any
| ; other person or persons , partnerships , cor-
porations , companies or associations from' '
f entering into any contract or '
f- combinations to pool or fix the price at
f' which lumber , coal , goods or stock of any
JV kind whatever , shall be sold , and to pro-
i _ vide punishment for violations of the same.
tr Lincoln , Jan. 20. House. Smyth of
[ . Douglas , offered a resolution , which was
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adopted by the house , that no bills be in-
i troduced on or after the thirtieth day of
t the session , except with the consent of t' o-
' . ' , * thirds of tho house. Bills were int'rod- ; -
§ ' - ' To provide a board of live stock sanitav ;
| > commissioners , to define their duties antlj
f - pro * ido for their salaries and to repeal an
? net entitled "An act concerning tho causo
t of and to prevent the spread of contagious
L ' diseases among domestic animals , to pro-
f t vide for the appointment of a live stock
\t \ • sanitary commission and state veterinary
S , Burgeon , defining their powers and duties ,
i and regulating their compensation. " To
L establish a state normal school at the city
of Plum Creek , in Dawson county. Neb.
To provide fora state inspector of oils and
n deputies and to define their duties and pro-
* [ r vide fees. Ceding jurisdiction to the United
? ' , States over tho military reservation known
H as Fort Niobrara. To appoint a fcpeci.il
X' ' immigration agent and to provide for de-
; . , fraying the expensed of bucIi special agent.
To amend section 37 of chapter 19 of the
' compiled statutes of the state of Nebraska
s- in cases in which tho judge is disqualified.
I To amend section 975 * of the code of civil
procedure of the state of Nebraska relating
. to jury selection , venure service , neglect of
juror , penalty.
? Lincoln . Jan. 31. Senate. In the sen-
" > ate Meiklejohu's bill amending the present
. law limiting indebtedness of corporations
f . "was favorably reported. The railroad
eommitteo reported a bill , a substitute for
tho one in their hands , providing that
legal service may bo had upon railroad
corporations in the same manner as upon
> other persons , by leaving papers with any
station agent , conductor or other officer
of the road. An adverse report on Colby's
t eight hour bill was decided upon. Colby's
• ' bill for making election days holidays
was reported to pass. His bill to aid me-
ebnnics and laborers in tho satisfaction of
liens was reported to pass. His bill for
i the establishment of free libraries in cities
and villages was reported not to pass.
Sleiklejohn introduced a bill providing that
> any number of persons not exceeding 200
may associate themselves for tho purpose
of mutual insurance against fire or hail ,
l\ and that anv number may mutually insure
against death or accident. .
' Lincoln , Jan. 31. House. In commit-
( tee of the whole tho bill for the printing of
2,000 copies of tho fiBh commissioner's-re-
port was recommended to pass. The bill
creating a board of pharmacy was so ma
terially amended that it was ordered
[ printed , as amended. The bill giving land-
i lords a lien upon the crops of their tenants
was made the subject of an adverse report
after a good deal of discussion. The bill
fixing the age of consent in females was dis-
cussed at length , the opinion as to the
proper limit of age varying from 1G to 75
years. It was finally recommeudeu to pass
fixing the age at IS years instead of 12 as
1 at present. The bill providing that the
supreme court be allowed clerk service at
55 a day was ameuded so as to authorize
the employment of clerks at $1,500 a year ,
and 53,000 was appropriated for the iiur-
C" pose of carrying out the provisions of the
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- Lincoln , Feb. 1. Senate. A large num-
s ber of petitions for a law granting the priv- ;
ilego of municipal suffrage to women wero
f preeented. ColbyJs bill making general elec-
Y' tion days holidays was read the third time
t and passed. Colby's bill providing that it
% shall be unlawful for any one to practice
f dentistry without having received a
diploma from a reputable college , and that
pv a copy of such diploma shall be filed with
S * the county clerk , was pased. In executive
? session the nomination of Reuben "W. Hyers
J of Cass county , as warden of the state pon-
% itentiary , was confirmed. Also that of Dr.
f- Gerth as state veterinarian , Messrs. Birney ,
K" Barnhart , and Johnson as members ol the
W' live stock sanitary commission , and that
W. , of W.L. May as fish commissioner. Among
fe. the new bills introduced were two , one by
feT Colby and one by Fuller , to make eight
| hours a day ' s labor. A bill repealing the
- Jaw'"authorizing certain county and muni-
; ; cipal officers to purchase real estate at tax
> eale' ' was passed.
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f Lincoln , Feb. I.House. . A largo num-
; ber of reports were made by committees.
fe" The senate bill prohibiting non-resident
f aliens from acquiring real estate in Nei i
" braska was favorably reported with
! slight amendments. Agee'a bill for the es- •
k tablishment of a state normalschool at
l- Aurora was favorably reported. The bill (
I. incorporating the Sons of Veterans was
l. - read the third time and passed. The cora-
! " inittee on penitentiary reported back for
{ . , passage the bill providing for the extension
g of the present contract for the leasing of
, sr the labor and the feeding of the prisoners -
f , at the penitentiary. Tho memorial and
L joint reeolution on the death of Logan was
b read the third time and passed. Twenty-
b five or thirty new bills were introduced.
f- most of them of an unimportant
f * nature.
k Lincoln , Feb. 2. Senate. The memor-
P ial and joint resolution urging upon con-
W gress the passage of the Miller bill , was or-
t dered engrossed for a third reading under
f ? * * suspen-ion of the rules. Fillmore moved
K. the previous question be called on his
IF * amendment to the motion to put the rail-
B- road bills on the general file , which was that '
Vt the minority report , favorable to their
I , . passage , be adopted. Thevoteon the pre
vious question stood 20 to 13 , and it was
accordingly adopted. OnSterling'snmend-
ment to Adopt the favorable report or the '
minority on the hills repealing the railroad ]
commission law , the vote stood : Yeas 19 , ,
says 14. The motion and motion as
* amended were declared carried. The
Holmes-Butler contest was decided in favor '
I ' of the former. Colby's bill providingor the '
• adding of an attorney fee not exceeding 10
p * cr cent to judgments for debts for clerks' ,
' i mechanics' and laborers' services , or on
I " notes or other evidences of indebtedness ' '
5 , f given therefor , was recommended for pass-
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Lincoln , Feb. . 2. House. Bills wero in
troduced : To transfer tho obligations of
purchases of school lands in caso of as
signment. For tho relief of Ezra Leonard
Smith. An net to prevent swindling.To
amond section 531 of title 14ontitlod
"Executions , " of thecodo of civil pro
cedure , and to repeal the Baid section so
amended. Giving * town boards-jurisdic
tion to vacate and establish roads in cer
tain caBes. To amend section 48 chapter
40 , compiled statutes of Nelvaska , and to
repeal said sections. But little business
was transacted , tho house adjourning at
noon.
Lincoln , Fob. 3. Senate. Tho bill for
the proposed new chacter of Omaha was
engrossed and passed to third reading.
Moore , of Lancaster , moved that tho Lin
coln city charter bill be taken from tho
general file and engrossed for a third read
ing , stating that there was no difference of
opinion among the people of Lincoln as
to its satisfactory character. The motion
was carried. Tho senate considered Mr.
Hockley's bill to prohibit pooling of grain
dealers , , but no action was to ken. The
senate-then went into com mi lien of tho
whole , and tho first bill read waB Brown'B
bill for tho submission of h prohibition
amendment. Schminko thought the amend
ment a very proper one. He called atten
tion to tho fact that very valuable prop
erty in Kansas and other Btates which had
been rendered almost worthless by tho
adoption of measures of this kind. Snell
moved that un order for Tuesday at 11
a. m. and accepted Lininger's amendment
fixing tho time at Thursday at 10 a. m.
Lincoln , Feb. 3. House. Tho house
passed the senate bill transferring $135 , -
000 from tho university fund to the state
general fund. The house in committee of
the whole refused to recommend a bill
making eight hours a day's work ; it recom-
' nieuded tho passage of a law compelling
employers to pay theiremployes every two
weeks ; also a lawprohibitingchildron under
tho ngo of 12years working in factories , and
a law providing that insurance companies
shall be taxed only on their premiums af
ter the reduction of their expenses and the
losses of the preceding year , instead of on
their gross premiums , as at present. The
law for the repeal of the railroad commis
sion law was then taken up. Agee said _
that a number of members having assured'
him that they ( vould vote for a good com
mission bill , ho would vote for the bill re
pealing the present one. Tho eommitteo
derided to report the bill with tho recom
mendation that it puss by a vote of 57 to
27. Tho committee then rose , and before
the report was voted upon tho hoiisd ad
journed. *
Lincoln , Feb. 4. Senate. The Omaha
charter bill was considered but not de
finitely acted upon. Mr. Schminke offered
a motion instructing the secretary of
state to provide transportation for the
committee whose dut3 * it is to examine
tho public buildings and institutions of
the state , for which large appropriations
wero asked. The motion prevailed. The
senate went through with tho usual
routine of work , but nothing of special
interest was done. The senate did not go
into committee of Jthe whole and therefore
did not reach Mr. Kecklcy's anti-grain pool
bill , which is the fitst bill now on general
file.
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Lincoln , Feb. 4. House. Bills reports
from committees were as follows : That
the bill fixing regular meeting of boards of '
supervisors of all counties under township
organization in January and in June j
should pass ; that the following bills do not :
pass : To provide for destruction of sun
flowers and foul weeds ; to prevent fraud ;
to amend" the revenue law so that men in
business of fattening live stock may be ex
empt from taxation on borrowed capital ;
to authorize the auditor of public accounts
to appoint a traveling accountant. . These
reports were adopted. A number of. bills
were introduced , among which were to re- ;
peal chapter 43 of the compiled statutes ,
of Nebraska for 1885 , entitled internal im
provements ; relating to tho purchase ,
lease and Bale of railroads in certain cas ° s ;
defining the crime of larceny from the per- •
son and providins a penalty therefor ; to
amend section 25 of chapter 50 of the
compiled statutes of Nebraska entitled
"Liquors ; " to provide for the erection of a
building to be connected with the indus
trial college of .the state university , to be (
known as the State Veterinary institute of .
Nebraska.
MISCELZstXEO US S TATE MATTERS.
Mit. Raymond introduced a bill in tho \
legislature amending the railroad commis
sion law so as to require that ono of the
members of tho commission shall be a law
yer of at least five years practice , one a
civil engineer and one a man fitted by ex
perience to represent the shipping interests
of tho state.
A company of about twenty Otoo county'
farmers will leave for Colorado in tho
spring , where they go to settle on claims.
.Expeuts who have examined the water
-orks S3'stem of Columbus pronounce it
. * . ' class.
ya Trcmont Herald offers $5 reward (
for th detection of uewspaper thieves who |
steal from the doorsteps. j
The Merchants' association of Beatrice 1
intend giving a public reception to Senator-
elect Paddock at an carry day. ]
The Norfolk Journal says tho travelling 1
men who make Norfolk their headquarters
have a project on foot to buy ten or more j
acres and plat it as a travelling men's ad- <
dition to Norfolk , requiring the purchasers i
of lots to build. ]
The Chinamen in Omaha celebrated the
Chinese New Year on the 29th. They had
a grand spread at theirheadquarters build
ing and entertained many outside of their
nationality' . It was.intended to close tho
day's celebration by exploding 50,000 fire
crackers , but tho cracked failed to arrive.
John B. Cisn , a hotel keeper at Talma ,
was robbed of $40 in an Omaha house of
ill fame.
The Burlington & Missouri road is post
ing notices all along its line , warning pa- |
rents and guardians to keep minor children <
away from the depots and adjacentgrounds
belonging to the company.
Fifteen new posts of the G. A. R. have
been organized in Western Nebraska during i
the last four weeks.
An Illinois man is in communication I
with the Columbus board of tradewith a <
view to establishing a twino factory of i
large capacity. 1
A special from Beatrice says : It is re- *
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ported here that Abraham Theissen , a . citi- '
zen of the Russian colony in Jefforson *
county , who went to Russia last fall has * -
got into some political trouble in that i
country and has been imprisoned , and
some reports say beheaded. It is also i
Btated that he is alive but has been impris-
oned to await an examination of his pa- 1
pers , and this report is the one generally 1
believed. Theissen if about 55 years old , 1
and came here with the Russian colony , ol f
which he is a prominent and wealthy memI
ber , and since has been naturalized. ' ' t
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A bill h been recommended by tho
proper committee of the stato legislature ,
for the payment of between $3,000 and
$4,000 to reinburso Chns. Johnson , of
Burt county , for His barn , , grain , otc ,
'Inch was burnod last summer in captur
ing a desperado and murderer.
The people around Rushvillo aro satis
fied that there is as much coal underlying
Sheridan as any county in the state but
they aro not going to fret themselves
about hunting it. The supply of wood in
the Pino Ridge country on tho north , and
tho Niobrara on the south , is sufficient to
UiBt for several years.
A new school district has been formed
in Dawes county near the old townsito of
Chadron , and a substantial log building
does duty for a school house.
The case of the stato va. Harry Gordon ,
for assault with intent to cut and main
ono Charles Wilson , brought to Indianola
on a change of venue from McCook , was
was tried before Judge Baxter last week
and resulted in binding Gordon over to
the district court under $500 bonds.
AKET.Paha county man has a hog of
the Chester Whito varioty that measures
two feet across the back.
Receipts of stock at the West Lincoln
stock yards is not equal to tho capacity of
tho works.
Mits. Coady , an insane patient in tho
Douglas county poor house was last week
sent to the asylum at Lincoln.
An Omaha landlord , for stopping up the
chimney of him tenant ; in his endeavor to
make his vacate , was fined $10 and costs.
Enw.vuD B. Roche , a Union Pacific brake-
man , was arrested in Omaha and booked
at the station as a suspicious character.
The real charge against the prisoncris that
of assisting a restaurant hand to rob a
traveler of all the money ho had. Their
plan was to get the stranger intoxicated
and then go through his pockets.
The Gospel and Salvation Armies in
Omaha are both working that city with
fair success. |
Senator and Mrs. Paddock gave a re
ception tit their home lust week to about
300 invited guests. An account of tho
affair says that "after a social hour the
guests wero invited to interview tho attrac
tions of tho dining room. This apartment
was most tastily decorated with tho flag of
the nation , while festoons of trailing arbu
tus and rare flowers made one forgot that
the thermometer was flirting with zero
outside. To the harmony of the decorations
and feeling of those assembled , was added
that of sound , by an excellent orchestra.
No pretentions to elaborateness or for
mality was attempted in the matter of tho
refreshments of the evening , as was the
case with every feature of tho reception.
That all should enjoy themselves unre
strained wasthedesign. and it was heartily
appreciated and availed of.
At Columbus the caso of O'Donnell vs.
tho Omaha , Niobrara & Black Hills rail
way company closed on the 29th in a ver
dict for the plaintiff for $5,500. The case
was stubbornly fought Tor two days and
it is generally believed the company will
now settle the claim.
All men discharged from tho Grand
Island car shops a Tew weeks ago have
again been put to work.
A new organization has been formed in
Hastings by some of the German citizens.
ItiB called "DeutchcrKreigerverein , " which
is tho German for "Dutch Grand Army , "
or words to that effect. The post is named
Emperor William Post No. 1 , and is open
to all soldiers who have served in and been
honorably discharged from cither tho Ger
man or Austrian armies.
TnE new station south of York on the
K. C. & O. is to be called McCool Junction.
It is about nine miles distant , and located
on tho farm of J. W. Smith. Lots are al
ready on the market and preparations are
being made by some of the business men
to locate there.
Randall Bnos. ' clothing and hat store
in Lincoln was partially destroyed by fire
on the 1st. Loss about $1,000 ; insured.
The Gospel Army , camped at Lincoln ,
is said to be making some progress toward
reclaiming the city.
Grand Island ia wishing for a congress
man to work up a public building boom
for that city.
A Council Bluffs German citizen named
Schurz , 53 years of age , had a close call
the obher night in Omaha from being
frozen into another world. "When found
his ears and hands were frozen solid , and
his arms to the elbows were frozen stiff.
Joe Palmer , who was arrested at Lib
erty in November for the burning of Geo.
Sheldon's wheat stacks , is again a free
man. Thegrand jury found no bill against
him.
Lieutenant Powpl , who was sent to
tsebuaska by the late General Hazen to
take charge of the Union Pacific signal ser
vice , finds nothing to do , in the connection
for which he was intended , because of gov
ernmental delay in furnishing the necessary
instruments. He has therefore made up i
his mind to return to Washington.
Union printers employed in the Omaha
Herald job rooms struck against the rate ;
paid them for setting bills for the legisla- .
ture. Fifteen uon-uuion men were at work
next day , but forty were required to do the j
work.
November 3G. 188G , there were 22,795 '
acres of school land still belonging to the '
3tato in Boone county. Only 7G0 acres
were deeded during tho years 1SS5 and '
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18S6.
Pati , the great singer , is to appear before
the publib in one concert at Omaha on'tho
25th insfc. j
Dodge county has abolished the office of '
superintendent of the poor. '
Gov. TnAYER sent a letter to tho legisla- i
ture referring to a letter from the officer in 1
: ommand of Ft. Niobrara , calling attcn- ]
tion to the fact that the slate had never j
: eded jurisdiction over that military reser- ' \
ration. The governor recommends that a ]
aw be passed making such cession. He '
ilso calls attention to the necessity of a
aw to correct the abuse of the law for the J
return of criminals and made a recommen- -
lation similar to that made by Gov. Dawes '
m his message.
There is quite a littlo ripple in real j
? state matters at Hastings. Tho impres- - ,
don that the Northwestern and Rock '
[ sland roads will enter that city this year "
las had a tendency to makebusiness quite 1
ively , and several people are negotioting j
or desirable property who have never l
jeen very active in acquiring any ' great -
imount.
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OFFICERS SaOT.
Little Rock , Anrc , Feb. 1. This morninj-
In Union township , a few miles south of here ,
Mann Suecd was arrested by Constable I. L.
Smith and his deputy for unlawfully carrying
a pistol. Soon after the arrest and us the
officers wero preparing to depart with Snced
his sister told them that his mother was very
anxious to see him before ho was taken nwny.
The officers consented and accompanied tlie
prisoner to the house of Wyatt Sliced. , a short
distance away. As they entered the house
tboy were fired upon and Smith was instantly
killed. His deputy returned the tire but waa
shot down and died immediately.
The assassins , Wyatt and Dinky Snecd. es
caped hut are being hotly pursued and it is
thought one of them Is fatally wounded.
The father of the Sneeils Is now serving a
term In the penitentiary for murder.
: THE SENATE AXJ > IIOUSE.
mat is Bclmj Done in Both JBranelies o'
the Xalional Congress.
Senate. .Ian. 29. The eennto bill to-
amend tho law establishing tho Yellow-
Btone park , was taken up and discussed.
Ou motion of Hoar , tho bill was amended
by inserting a provision for the appeal to
the district court of Wyoming territory in
case of imprisonment ; and it was passed
yeas 49 , nays 8. The Pacific railroad
funding bill came up as the next special
order , but was , on motion of Hoar , post
poned aa a special order till Monday ,
February 7.
House , Jan. 29. On motion of Lan-
ham of Texas , the bill passed appropri
ating $10,000 to enable tho commissioner
' of agriculture to make a special distribu
tion of seed in the drouth stricken counties
of Texas. After further business the house
went into committee or tho whole on tho
postofiice appropriation bill , which was
passed. The District of Columbia appro
priation bill was also passed.
Senate , Juno 31. Senator Van Wyck
offered a resolution calling on the secretary
of tho treasury for a report as to whether
any national banks aro leaving money or
discounting notes requiring payment in
gold coin only. Adopted. The senate
then proceeded to consideration or the
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. After a
discusion , in which Senator Allison furn
ished every detail in connection with tho
bill , the reading of the bill was resumed.
After disposing of fifty-six pages of tho
bill out of 104 , tho senate adjourned.
House , Jan. 31. Mr. Lawler offered the
following preamble and resolutions :
Whereas. Tho belligerent tone of the
Canadian press and tho announcement
that Great Britain will shortly dispatch
a fleet of war ships to cruise in the vicinity .
of our northwestern coast line , indicate
hostility towards the United States , '
growing out of our position
on the fishery question ; and , Whereas ,
Admiral Porter has directed at ,
tention to the fact that twenty-seven of
our Atlantic , Gulf and Pacific harbors aro
absolutely dofenseles , eleven of them , to-wit :
New York , San Francisco , Boston , the lake i
ports , Hampton Roads , New Orleans , i
Philadelphia , Washington , Baltimore , ,
Portland , Maine and Rhode Island ports ,
and Narragansett Bay , are in urgent need
of immediate defense ; and. Whereas , lb is
alleged that Great Britain and Canada are 1
in possession of charts and excmplifica- (
tions of all our harbors and coast defenses ; f
therefore , Resolved , That the president be
and is hereby requested , as commauder-in- '
chief of the army and navy , to inform the '
house of representatives at an early day '
what steps , if any , are necessary , in his I
judgment , to provide for this emergency. ]
Senate , Feb. 1. The credentials of AI- '
gernon S. Paddock as senator from Ne- (
braska for a term commencing March 4 , i
1S87 , were presented and placed on file , j
The senate then resumed consideration of J
the Sundry Civil Appropriation hill. In
the discussion of one of the items Allison ,
said that if congress appropriated the full
amounts estimated .for by the various de- ,
partments and added thereto what would •
be required for the various pension bills ,
there would bo little , _ if any , surplus left
for next j-ear , unless the revenue was
largely increased. The total amount estiI I
mated for was about 400,000,000. With1 1
out disposing of the bill the senate ad- j
journsd. j
House , Feb. 1. The bill authorizing the '
Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Rail- ,
road company to build its road across j
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Fort Meade military reservation , Ne-
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brask , was passed. The house passed , by
a vote of 129 to 9G , the bill providing for
an additional justice for"the supreme court J
of the District of Columbia. A resolution i
requesting the senate to furnish the house
a duplicate engrossed copy of the senate
bill forfeiting certain portions of the North
ern Pacific land grant was adopted. An f
evening session was held , at which the fol- -
lowing bills were passed : The senate bill *
authorizing the president to confer tho I
brevet rank on army officers for gallant * '
services in Indian campaigns ; the house '
bill authorizing the secretary of war to J
credit the territory of Dakota with S27- '
G50 for ordnance and ordnance stores is- 1
sued to Baid territory. 6
House , Feb. 1. The bill passed authorJ :
izing the construction of a passenger 1
bridge across the Mississippi river at Du- \
buque , la. The house refused to pass the i
bill pensioning Carter W. Tiller , the father '
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of the soldier who died in Andersonville
prison , over the president's veto , yeas
13G , nays 115 , there not being a constitu
tional two-thirds in the affirmative. Mc-
Adoos introduced a bill to provide for the i
manufacture by Americans of first-class 1
modern guns for the navy and sea coast I
defenses. The bill appropriates S20.000 , - f
000. Oates called up , in the morning hour , *
the bill to prevent the appointment of <
congressioTal committees to attend fu- ]
nerals at the public expense , outside of the <
District of Columbia , anil also to prohibit [
the draping of public buildings in mourni i
ine except upon an order of tho president , f
Senate , Feb. 2. The senate resumed coni
Bideration of the Sundry civil bill. Senator J >
Allison , from the committee ou appropria
tions , said : "The estimates for the next fis
cal year are $395,000,000. Judging from
the estimates made last year and the re- i
ceipts up to the 1st of January last , the re- ]
cepts fur nextyear , including the estimated - ,
postal revenue , will-be $410,000,000. mak
ing a surplus of $15,000,000. After the *
debate , in which Senator Teller made a I
strong plea Tor the naval and army approt
priations , the bill was reported from the (
committee or the whole to the senate. The
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general appropriation for the survey of B
public lands was increased from $50,000 to j
S75,00t ) and the bill was then passed. The rj
house bill to bridge the Missouri river be- H
tween Omaha and Council Bluffs waSprer
ported from the committee on commerce g
and was passed. j
Senate , Feb. 3. Senator Evarts intro-
3uced a bill for the "purchase of John t
Fricseon's 'Destroyer' and ten enlarged e
jteel vessels of the same type for defending r
the harbors of the United States. " Ap- [ ;
propriating $112,000 and $2,000,000 for r
these purposes respectively. Senator Sawc :
yer , of Wisconsin , and Whittborne , of j
Tennessee , presented credentials , which
tvere read and placed on file. A letter was
presented from the secretary of the treasti
iiry. stating that-there was no information B
in the report as io whether any "national i
banks are now lending money to be repaid ] <
ivith.gold only. This was in answer to Van b
Wyck'a resolution. 1 r
House , Jan. 3. Tho . house wont into
committee of tho whole , Blount ( Ga. ) in
tho chair , on tho pieitro pneumonia bill ,
jondingnmcndment , being tho ono offered
by Cutchcon , ( Mich. ) providing that tho
experts and agents to bo nppoiutod in pur
suance of this act shall be appointed under
tho civil service rules. Loot : 13 to SG.
Swinoburne , ( N. Y. ) offered tin amendment
striking-out tho provision lor the destruc
tion of diseased animals and inserting in
lieu thereof tho permission that bucIi ani
mals shall bo quarantined and destroyed ,
if deemed necessary , for scientific investiga
tion by scientific exports , and the experts
shall provide such rules and regulations as
they deem necessary to best prevent tho
spreading of tho disease , and promote a
thorough investigation and understanding
of its nature , characteristics and conse
quences. Agreed to 92 to 73. Without
concluding consideration of tho bill the
committee rose and tho houso adjourned.
Senate , Fob. 4. Mr. Hoar reported a
resolution for the investigation of Pacific
railroads and asked for it an immediate
consideration. Mr. Hale objected to im
mediate consideration of tho bill and it
therefore went to tho calendar. Mr. Hoar
gave notice that he would call it up at the
first opportunity. Mr. Hoar's amendmont ,
section 5 , provides that from and after
July 1 , 18S7. there shall bo charged to
the Central Pacific , Union Pacific ami Cen
tral Branch of the Union Pacific railway
company , Sioux City it Pacific railway
company and Kansas Pacific railway com
pany 40 per cent of tho net earnings in
place of 25 per cent provided for in the act
of May 7 , 1878 , "so far as the same
respects the companies mentioned in said
act and as to others herein mentioned
absolutely , " and to that end tho act of
May 7 m extended to the Kansas Pacific ,
Sioux City and Central Branch of the
Union Pacific. Tho senate took up the
railway attorney bill and after some
changes the measure was passed.
House , Feb. 4. Mr. Randall , of Penn
sylvania , from the committee on rules ,
reported a resolution discharging the com
mittee of the whole from further consider
ing the senate bill for the retirement and
recoinagu of the trade dollars and making
the bill a special order in the Iioum ! for
February 12. Adopted. Tho house , at
its evening session , passed thirty pension
billa and at 10:40 adjourned.
SIGXED JIY 1UE VRVSIDEXT.
2Itc Chief Executive 1'iils His Siynalure to
the Inlcv-Stale Commerce Hill.
SIGNED I5Y THE PRESIDENT.
Washington dispatch : . The sinning of
tho interstate commerce bill by the presi-
dont was in full accord with the opinion of
Attorney General Garland rendered to him
last Monday , and it is very well under
stood to bo in accord with the views of tho
cabinet. The attorney general was asked to
night to give his views in regard to tho bill
and explain wherein it differed from the
senate bill of two years ago which he op
posed on the ground'that it was unconsti
tutional. He declined to do so , saying
that ho regarded the opinion ho had given
to the president on the subject as strictly
confidential. It is stated from trustworthy
3ources that the attorney general , as well
as the president , considers tho bill which
has just become a law free from all ma
terial features which were objectionable in
the senate bill of two years ago. Accord
ing to this information the attorney gen
eral's objection to the old bill was to the
vast powers of the legislative and judicial
character that were given to the commis
sion. The attorney general is said to
hold that the present bill docs not confer
judicial powers on the commission , but put
them in courts on a report from tho com
mission , and that it does not confer legis
lative power except in the fourth section
( the long and short haul clause ) and that
this is warranted by numberless precedents
in the legislative history ofthegovernment.
MANNING'S SUCCESSOR.
Treasncer Jordan admitted to-day that
Secretary Manning , it is said , is to be
president and he ( Jordan ) is to be vice-
president of the Western National bank of
New York cily. The resignations of both
uflicials are in the hands of the president
and will be accepted in due time. It is ex
pected Manning will be relieved soon after
adjournment of congress. It is even said '
liis successor will be nominated before ad
journment. Department officials say every- '
thing now points to the promotion of • '
Assistant Secretary Fairchild to the head '
[ if the department. Jordan will not leave 1
the department until April 1.
SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. '
Senor D Muragp , the Spanish minister , ,
? ays his views favoring a policy of coer- ,
: ion on the part of Spain , unless a re- ]
: iprocity treaty between that country and t
She United Stales is carried out are ( :
iccurately given in the published state- .
nent which appeared in the New York .
Herald to-day , but beyond this had ]
ittle or nothing to say about it. Gov.
Porter , first assistant secretary of
date , says he cannot understand either the fc
-easons for recommending a policy of coer- [
don or how a reprisal system can be car
ried into effect. The only retaliatory meas
ure he could think of would be Spain's
withdrawing from the flag tonnage agreo-
nent. Such a course , however , he thinks
.vould be more injurious to Spanish inter- }
: sts than to America : ]
MEXICAN PENSIONS. 1
Commissioner Black of the pension office J
s preparing and will have ready for distri-
jution by next Wednesday , a set or blank *
onus for the use of Mexican war survivors : j
and widows , making applications for pen- j
dons under the recent act of congress. The J :
jomniissioner is specially desirous that ap-
plicants and others defer correspondence j
on the subject , as it is expected that the ,
onus in preparation and the accompanyi.
ng instructions wili be so full and complete j
is to render correspondence unnecessary.
\II forms furnished by pension claimants
vill be considered informal unless approved
- > y the commissioner of pensions.
AXOTHER BIG TEKEPIIOXE SUIT. *
Philadelphia dispatch : A telephone suit
nvolving the right to erect and maintain
ong distance telephone wires between New
iTork , Philadelphia and various large cities - .
vas begun in the United States circuit court q
jy a bill in equity filed this afternoon by C
he attorneys for the Brooks Telegraph I
Construction company. The defendants * -
ire part of the Bell telephone syndicate
md have organized a corporation which \
ins recently opened offices in various cities , q
Che plaintiffs claim they bought the excluq
live right under patent to make and use j
netallic circuits throughout the United
states for a term of seventeen years from j-
. • "ebruary , 18S1 ; that they have expended q '
arge Bums of money in perfecting the sysg
era , but that defendants are violating this
ixclusive right. It is claimed that the
apid application of the long distance teleV
ihone to modern business purposes renders C '
he prospective value of ownership of tho C
netallic circuit to be contested in the I
ourt8 second only to that of the telephone C
tself. S
The Kreuze Zatuurj says thai the candlda-
ure of Prince Georgeof Leuctenberg for the V
lulgarian throne is approved everywhere. C
"he Bulgarian regency , it s > ays , must resign , 0
saving the election ot a nrince to a new so- * -
rauje , In which event Russia will accept the E
uler chosen. S
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An Explosion Occttrn 'Soan After tho Vessel's ' * '
Start. ' f\
New York , Jan. 31. As the last bell waa • , V * '
ringing at 3 o'clock this afternoon for the de- , : / ; i
parture of the steamship Guyandott * from " / tJ \
her pier in this city for NorfolkVa. . , Robert . < ' Zk
Sinclair , tho mess boy , said a young mna " - *
• bout 25 years of ngecame hurriedly from - * V
the closet room. Tho boy's attention wus '
fixed and ho noted that tho stranger had a VT
brown mustache and whiskers , and that he ftf ,
wore a derby hat , light brown overcoat and < * j
dark trowsers. These observations weret %
made while the stranger hurried ashore and t ' It
disappeared among a knot of persons at the- , > : • ?
foot of the gang plank. r&
The steamer , Captain D. Kellev In com- ,1f Fi
nland , proceeded on her voyage , but when oflT * - \
"
Long Branch an explosion occurred lu the nf't '
terpartof the saloon , bv which Captain Kel- * ' - .
ley and James Justin were slightly Injured. >
It Is believed to have been from dvuauslte- '
packed In a satchel that had bceu left iu tho
closet room.
Sinclair told the captain of the stranger who-
hurried ashore as the Inst bell Avaa rhnriug be- '
fore the steamer sailed and naturally he Is
regarded as havlmr plat-ed the satchel con
taining the explosive. The steamer at once. I
put about and arrived at her dock at 10SO to
night. The amount of damage to thevessof * -j
has not been obtained yet.
The Guyandottc left with a mixed c. rgo , , '
though only partly loaded. She carried live
saloon and fifteen btccragc passengers , with j
a crew or forty-two. At the moment of the
explosion the captain was in the pilot house.
Tho detonation was heard In every part of tho
vessel , and cau cd much excitement among-
crew and prssengcrs. Captain Keilev at onco '
signaled to tho engine room to stop " , and an
investigation was begun. It was discovered
that a hole about fifteen feet square haii
been qaused by the explosion through
the main and hurricane decks and
much damage had ueen dona in the saloon .
and tinoutside joiner work on the main deck.
The cabin was filled wlth'splinters of timbers ,
a piece of which struck a passenger named
1) . A. Kelly , who was reading in the saloon , 'i
and was severely bruised on one knee. Jame& j ;
Justine , a waiter , was al-o struck bv { Jleces of '
flying wood and was slightly injured. The
machinery of the vessel was found uninjured ,
but the captain deemed his vcs.se ! in no con
dition to continue tho voyage and he put back. i
The stranger whom the mess boy saw hurry- 4
ing from the clo-ct whero the evp'osion
occurred Is about : i5 years old , 5 feet 9 inches i
hlcli. Sinclair says he noticed the stranger
some fifteen minutes before he cau.e from tho ' f
closet , and ho acted as tbougli he desired to
avoid attention. Then he passed from Sin
clair's observation until he came from the eros-
ct and went down the plank. Ho was the last '
person to leave the vcs el before she sailed. He
carried a satchel when first seen , but had nono-
when he left the ship. The belief on board is 1
that the stranger left his satchel , containlnp ;
EOine powerful explosive , In tho closets , which * v-
are blown to atoms and which locate the cen
ter ol the explosion. Captain Kelley will Usee
no one to-night ; no person has been permitted . ' 1
on board , and the pier of the company is guard- /
ed by police. '
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TRAXSFER OF THE WEATHER BUREAU f
Washington special : While oilk-era of '
the signal service favor a transfer of tho
weather bureau to a civil department ,
they are desirous of placing the service on , '
a footing similiar to the revenue marine
service in the treasury department. Tho 1
enlisted men of the corps seem to beunani- * j
mously in favor not only of the transfer ' jl
but of divesting the service of all semblance- jfm
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to a military organization. They think . . l
that if the service is organized like the reveJ i
nue marine it would.simply be achango .
from a military to a naval organization. yf
An enlisted man ol the service , in speaking ? '
to-day on the subject , said : 'Must why h
the weather bureau , a scientific branch of ' 1
the government , should be either a naval '
or military branch of tho government , and h
not civilian , is not clearly understood at
all. It can as well be operated under mili'j '
tary rules and discipline as under naval , * | f ,
and vice versa. That it can be as well , '
and better , operated under a civilian or
ganization is undoubtedly tho 1
sense of our legislators and the opin- |
ion of the scientific public. Tho
president , in his annual message , approved
the position taken by the secretary of war ' "
in the latter's annual report , which was to- /
the elfect that no legislation ahould he had \ > \
tending to further the military features 01
the signal service and intimating that the • !
time was approaching when the signal |
bureau should bacome a civil bureau. The 1
lieutenant general or the army positively ) > j
opposes a continuance of the connection of" > j
the signal set-vice with the army. The joint * '
congressional commission appointed under (
an act approved July 7 , 18h4. states ! in its i
report that the 'commission do not rV-Iwvo 1 |
that this work is in any sene military j
work or that military discipline and law |
are necessary to its efficiency. ' The ttate'I
ments which have been published thnt the- [
men do not favor a transfer to anvil or- •
; auization aro opposed by si paper signed 1
by a majority of the men on duty in tho '
signal ollice , which is to the effect that they
lo favor a transfertosuch an organization ' '
it this time. The paper has been bigned by 1 *
i large majority , with many more to bo
jeard from. " i '
Uc approaches nearest to the gods who j
mows how to be silent , even though ha Is in ,
he right. Gato. . 1
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
iVHEAT No. 2 60 @ 61
rAii.EY No. 2 42 ( g 43 s 1
EIye No. 2 154 ( ai So
: okn No. 2 mixed 22a , 2' , '
) . .Tn > > f ) ( fa ° '
jCtter Creamery 25 ( $ 27
ScTTEi : Fresh dairy IS ( f $ 20
Zggs Fre.sh 24 ( < i ) 25 •
? iiickens Per t-1 GKh Sfe
rciKKYS Per lb 9 fa. 10 '
Lemons Choice , per box. . . 5 00 fa > 5 2H \
) kanges Per box 3 50 faj 4 00
Apples Clioiceperbbl 4 0 < > Ou 4 HO
iiEANs Navys , per bu 1' . " 0 Oy 1 Ct 5
) nion.h I'erbuihel 1 25 0 * 1 HO
Potatoes Per bushel HO fa > 1Z
1Y001. Fine , per ! b 10 ( " * IS ,
: Eeds Timothv 2 20 ( q 2 50
seeds Blue Grass 1 30 ( $ 1 40 1
Iocs Mixed packing 4 70 fa ; 4 SO J
Jeeves Choice steers 4 .10 ( Sj 4 50
hiEEP Fair to good 2 25 © 2 ' > * (
NttW YORK. j
Vheat No. _ 2 red 92 < 3 92J !
Viieat Ungraded red 93 fr 95
* oun No. 2 4SV. $ 43fi ' (
) ats Mixed western 37 fa ) 3S >
rnirr 1 ° l,5 f i " 2 7. > ' '
.AKD 6 SO fa. 6 S. > ,
CHICAGO. * \
Vheat Perbnshel 77y. / ; % 77J-1 r ;
'ohn Per bushel 35V'C 35J ' 1
) Perbutdiel 25' 20 '
iTS - % 5
'ouk 32 50 fa. 12 55
, akd 6 42 (5 , 6 50 \
loos Packing itshipping. 4 15 ( hi 5 15 <
'attle Stockers 2 40 6 * 3 & ' > '
Iueep Natives 3 00 fa } 4 00
ST. LOUIS. f
FUEAT No.2 cash SO' T ? S0V
'oun Perbnshel 34' . ' 37
> ats Per bushel 2SUy 2S&
Iocs Mixed packing 4 SO ft , 4 90
Iattle Stockers 2 10 ft ) 3 00
heep Common to choice 3 00 @ 4 00
KANSAS CITY. I
rnnAT Per bushel 70 @ 70Jj ,
ohn Per bushel 30i@ } 32
Iats Per bushel 27 fa ; 2S
attle Feeders 3 10 @ 3 6S .
roGB Good to choice 4 35 ( a > 4 90
ueep Common to good. . 2 75 © 3 00
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