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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1881)
| T4 JHE ? OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , DECEMBER 22 I 8J. f The Omaha Bee. Publlthtd every morning , except Sunday. Che only Monday morning dally. . TKUMSUYMAII.- : Ono Yoir 810.00 I TlireeMonthsJ3.00 Six Months. 5.00 One . . 1.00 IHB Wl'.EKLV IIKE , published cv. T.KKMS rosr PAIIJ : Ono Year $2.00 I Three Months. . 50 Sit Months. 1.001 Ono . . 20 COUUKSPoNDKJfOE All Commnnl- cUiotn relating to New * nnd Kdltnrtnl mat- ten should bo addressed to the KuiTC-n. or TlIK llFE. BUSINESS LKTTERS-A11 Ktwlnow tetters and llcmllUncps should ho 04 ! drosccd In THE OMAHA 1'irni.iHiiiNn Cox PAKT , OMAHA. Drafts , Checks nnd Post- otfico OnlciR to bo made payable to the order of the Company. . ROSITWATER. Editor. THK star route thieves have no con- fulonco in Brewator and Bliss. Tun Mississippi and Missouri are making themselves hoard in congress. OMAHA must save her young men by closing the vile dons which dis grace the city. WISCONSIN gat there , after all , on 'that postmaster general rave. She now knows Howe it is horuolf. RAII.UOAD brigandage should be sup pressed by as rigid laws as those cov ering other kinds of highway robbery. VAI , got a commjttco after all , and lie will now bo-ablo to put in his spare time in studying up mnnpkin seeds and cabbage exotics. AITKK two weeks of hard labor spent in convening and adjournment , Congress has taken a rest until after the Christmas holidays. . > < Pin IKON KKUV lias been appointed chairman of the Ways and Means committee by Speaker ( Coifor. Mr. Kelly is the heaviest weight protec tionist in the country. Cinu.vniAs and Now Years will bo universally observed throughout the country by everybody except newspa per men on the Monday's following the 25th and the let of January. Tin : constitution says that exces sive bail shall not bo required. It would bo interesting to know what is generally considered "excessive bail" for a person suspected of contempt of court. Coi. . LNUKUSOU , says that White House receptions are a humbug. "They simply convert the president of the United States into a pump , and give everybody a clmnqo to take a jerk at tho'handle' " , intention of the license Jaw to put the sale of liquor into the hands of respectable and responsible men. The people of Omaha will in- ssist that the intent of the law tihall be carried out. THI. RepnllicaH claims that the edi tor of THK BEK is n "crank. " The editor of THE BKK is not a crank that turns a railroad organ , and that is whore ho difl'ora from the brass col lared editor of the Rcjni TUP rapid extension of the louth- vreatorn railroad system and its con necting branches over the borders makes it probable that within eighteen months there will bo direct communi cation by rail between St. Louis and the City of Mexico. A BOSTON paper says that the little experience the people of that city have had of woman BuU'rugo "has not boon so encouraging no could be wished , " their exorcise of the right in choosing members of the school committee hav ing done very little to improve its membership , Woman sufl'mgo will never bring a political millenium. l.N one district of Chicago made up of thirty squares , there are 500saloons , COO other rooms for gambling or other vices , four variety theatres of the lowest grade , 100 concert saloons , ( if teen regular gambling doim , nil o which places are supported by 12,000 , portions , chiefly young men. St. Louis 'has not yet taken notice of this item and hou no desire to improve upon it Tnr. Atlanta , Ga. , Coiutitnt'n thinks that under an inexorable prcs sure that U beyond the reach of in Jluenco or argument , the plantation will split into small farms , und suml farmers will take the place of larg planters. The samecausea tha diced nearly 70,000 farms from th Georgia plantations in ten years pro ceeding 1880 , will cut oil'as many more between now und 1800. SIMIK 1805 Teiinwti'o has acquire ! nearly 400,000 additional population .und has made crops every year of ai average annual not profit of $27,500 , 000 , Since 1800 Memphis , in upito o the war und thrco epidemics , has grown from 23,000 to 47,000 , vhil Nashville has crept up from 17,00 ( population to 75,000. The growth i > Chattanooga , Knoxville and othc townu lumbeen nt proportionate rates A MONSTROUS OUTRAGE. The land grant clause in thochnrtur granted in 1802 to thu Kansas , Union anil Central Pacific railroad compa nies provided that five years after the completion and acceptance of the Pa cific railroiuls by the government , the nnd remaining unrohl should revert , o the government , and bo subject to entry under the homestead and pio- cmption laws of the United States. This , provision was Inserted to lisprovo the nrguinentsofcongrc. moii vim opposed the gigantic donations of lie public domain on the ground that ucli gifts would create a land monop oly. Its evident intention was to 'orco the companies todispo.tuof their and grants to actual settlers as rapid- y as possible and thus to assist in the ottling up of the country through which the Pacific railroads poised. The Union Pacific made its junction with the Central Pacific un the Oth of May , 180 ! > . Although the ailroad was operated from thnt time n , the Union Pacific managorn con- rived not to have it accepted by the { ovornment until 187-1. Thin dudgo f the corporation gave them an ox- onsion of five yearn for the sale of heir lands. This limit fixed by tlio barter expired in 1871) ) , and by jus- ice and equity all lands for which latonts had not been granted by the oinpany reverted to the company. Presuming thtit'corporations woro'o8 inich bound by their chnrtt > rH as in- niduals by their solemn , legal en- 'agoincnts , a largo number of people n Kansas and .Nebraskaavailed thorn- elves of the privilege granted by the ixni ration clause in tlio Pacific rail oads' charters , by taking up homo toads on the forfeited land grants of ho Kansas Pacific and Union Pacific ailroads. The monopolies at once took thu tlarin. A test case wan immcdi- , tely made by the Kansas Pacific gainst one Dudymot , who had nettled in a quarter section of land forfeited ij' thnt company with the intention if proving up hiu claim under the lomostcad laws of the United States , -and Commissioner Williamson , who > distinguished himself an a land grabber in Now Mexico and elsewhere nd who had been land commissioner f the Union Pacific when lirot organ- zed , was applied to by the rail- oad company for u decision on he cane. General Williamson decided hat the railroads had not forfeited heir lands , and that such lands were oiiscquontly not open for entry un- or the homestead and pre-emption aws. An appeal was ut once taken rom the decision of Gen. Williamson o the Hocrotary of the interior , and lie ruling of the land pflico was re- orsod by Secretary Schurz under the dvico of Assistant Attorney General ilarblo , now commissioner of patents. Instructions were immediately is- ued to every land oflicor that the land ranta of the Pacific roada were for- cited under the charter and subject entry and that filings of claims pen fliicli lands would bo made mat ers of record by the government. This was a critical juncture for the ailroud land grabbers. Hundreds of OL-ationn were ut once made upon the and grants by parties who in- ended to become actual settlers nd to cultivate thousands of acres which had been withhold from the narket by the railroad companies in n order to realize greater prices from speculative advance in value. Ampng others was August Anidt , who , justified by the decision of Secretary - rotary Schur/ and backed i by the ad- ice of the department of justice in ho JJymot case , tiled on a'quarter ection of land in Saunders county in his state. Tlio railroad companion were thor uglily frightened. They saw that the ccupation of their laud doparinont wan fibout gone. The managers of the B , c M. , in order to take no risk , sold out their surplus lands to an inside ring called the South 1'lalto Land company , in order to evade the law , [ tut the Union Paoific , always bold md aggressive , and conscious of the immense power which they wield , decided cidod tn put up u aham test casu and wrest a favorable decision from the [ rovornmont. They cntised their land agent nt Grand Island , ono William 1'latt , ( o bring suit against them to con- pel tlio company to yield posaoitaioi of the hinds they had forfeited. Judge Wakeloy , formerly assistant at torney of .tlio Union Pacific , was re tained by Platt , presumably at the expense of the railroad company , and J'opploton and Thurston went through the farce of defending thu Union Pa- cilio. This bogus suit , as might luivo boon expected under thu circumstan ces , waa decided in favor of the Union Pacific in thu United States district court of Nebraska became the showing wet ) one aided. It wan promptly rushed into the supreme court on the ground that it was a very important mutter. There , inasmuch as the government an interested party , Attorney Ciuneral Do vims , who had been retained in the Ames in terest in Boston , wits culled upon to rep- reront the people. The Ames interest , which is of course Union Pacific , made iUulf felt and thu same sham was gone through with in the supreme court whcro the j udgcs sustained the decision of the lower bench. Thoio is no doubt that if thu case hud boon lion- stly argued , Secretary Schurz's dcci- ion in the Dudymot cano would have > ccn upheld. There is no occasion for entcrinjf ipon a discussion of thu grounds on vliich the Union Pacific baaed their asc. Briefly Mated , they claimed hat'thoy had already diaposedof their alula under thu land grant by issuing nortgago bonds payable from their ale. The company know very well hat the disposal contemplated by the ; ovcrnmont was actual sale to > onu lido purchasers , and every ensiblo man knows that disposal of iroporly consists in putting it out of ho control of the party who disposes f it. Inasmuch , too , as that corpora- ion is still soiling the lands it is iflicult to ( too how they have disposed f it. Hero , then , are the founda- ions of August A null's suit in thu > rosocutlon of which ho lias sunk all iis savings nnd encountered the via- out opposition of thu monopolies. It s not "a lawsuit of comparatively rifling importance , " as stated by thn , 'nion Pacific organ. It involves millions of dollars of property Immod by that corporation. And this in why the Union Pacific s making such an outrageous fight ipon tho'charnctcr of Arndt. This is why they want the coso no summarily liaposod of. Thay are endeavoring lo prejudice public opinion against a man who is jailed on a trumped up charge , and confined in default of outrageous- y extortionate bail which it is well mown that 'ho is unable to furnish , [ "hoy " are straining' every nerve o throw such a cloud over his ctiau that should thu decision , as hey expect , be in their favor the case will never bo reopened. They are trying to bull-doze and terrorize , ho settlers of Nebraska so that thuy vill not dare to pit themselves against ho power of the corporations. This s the true inwardness of the Arndt aso , and < lie sooner the people of understand it the hotter. NOW OR NEVER. ' The time has comu for Omaha to purify and re-doom herself. The coss- > eels of vice and crime where for HiarH hellish orgies havp been carried m in the very heart of this city in iolianco of all decency and law must > o closed. The robbers' roost.s and ow dives , into which boys in their eons and wayfaring men are do- eyed by indecent exhibitions , must > u broken up. It is a burning shame nd disgrace that these moral canceru mve been tolerated in our midst so > ng. ng.Theao Theao haunts of vice and crime mve injured Omaha beyond calcula- on in creating the impression abroad iiat our population is made up mainly f bullies , rowdies and rogues. The pportunity to rid Omaha of these ens of | iniquity is presented now. ) maha must rise en masse to protest gainst loaali/.ing these vile dives by a ; rant of license under the Slocumb aw. It is given out that no man un iilu a written objection o this [ class of applicants or liquor license without running the isk of being waj laid and murdered , 'ho editor of TuE BKK has taken that isk by calling upon the mayor to delis lis duty and suppress thesu disorderly louses. * But wo ask no other man or woman o take such a risk individually , 'hero are thousands of men and wo men in Omaha that foul and think in his matter as wo do and vu oak them to proteat en maaie. It n not likely that thu desperadoes will undertake to waylay a whole commu- iity.But But our people must act now nr never. If these vilu dons aru allowed o take out liquor license to keep up heir infamous vocations wu never ihall bu able to get ridof thorn. Lot us say to these people you can tot keep up those criminal resorts in ) mahu. You must Und BODIO legitimate call- ng or leave this city for the good of he community. To the impractical uformurs who want prohibition or lothing , wu'HIIV lut good enough alonu. You -can accomplish a great dual by closing thu low duns. In this you will havu the active co-operation of .ho well-behaved , ruspectablu dealers who kuup orderly houses and nro willing to comply with the law in every respect. THK . ommittccti to settle thu bill * resulting from Pruaidont Gurtiold's sickness and death are at work und il is stated on good authority that they have decided upon the following re muneration to thu physicians anil nurses who attended him in his hut sickness ; Congress will bu asked to retireSur- goon General Barnes with thu rank and pay of a major general instead of a brigadier as ho now is. Dr. Wood ward , now holding thu rank of major in the medical corps , is to bo udvuncoi by act of congress to thu special rank of colonel , to bu oreutud for 'him ii recognition of his services to thu Bounded president. Under thu c to pay ull the expenses incident totiw incurred by President Gurtiold'g ill- HUBS and death , bills to the amount of § 110.000 or oven glLTijOOO will come in , Of this apn'ropriation Doctors Bliss , Agnuw and Hamilton are to receive - ceivo two-thirds , which would give to each about ? 'J4,000 or $27,000. The four nurses are to receive 82- , oOO each. Dr. Lainb , of the Burgeon goncrrl's ofiico , is to receive $100 for the autopsy which ho made. Dr. Roy burn , who was Dr. Bliss' assist ant , will also receive a reasonable sum for his constant attendance. It IB not known what charge the railroad companies will make for the use of the special trains or for the construc tion of thu now tracks laid in Wash ington and at Long Branch. STATE JO TTINGS. Mruli.vm now hrn four hundred house' Arapahoo' * tcleilione | system IK com pie ted. Wymoreans will c\tcrinlimto tlio woUei on the 2Htli. Wolves ara fcastlui : < > n stray turkeys and chickens near Ar.ipahoe. Syracuse h on the boom anil is enjoying a Htculy growth In > \r \ and hupinesg. William Phillip , , , of Norfolk , wan killed by the cars at Long I'ine last Friday. . - - , . . bridge OUT the Republican i Iver ncnr Bloomirigton will bo completed In January. William Orendorf , > f Valparaiso , died suddenly last week , by the bunting of blood vo scl. Miss Jennie Meant , of J-'ullerton , has been commissioned a notary public -the third lady notary in thu stale. The Republic in Valley Sentinel , pub lished at Orleans , lias dunned a new suit. The Sentinel is a tyH | > xraphio < l Martin-ct or nothlnc. The well-known river navigator. Cup- tain S ] [ . Morrison , of Nebraska City , has become oderanged ai to require con- ntnnt care and quiet. Mr. Burkeyo , late of Illinois , had the painful misfortune to have ono of bis little lK > ys drowned in tlio IJIuo river , near Dnrcht'ster. Ibo bodies wfere recovered. Two livery stable * of LIncdrt wo o vlct- imi/od to the extent i f two buggies' , and the well known stejii er , "Howdy , " by two expert "engine extractors. " They were making 2:40 : track * i ver the pruirio .it last accounts. Ono of the juror * in the cnso of Alex. If. Itlckoy , ox.chief of police of Nebraska , convicted of manslaughter , asserts thnt hu would have held out lor acquittal till the 4th of .luly but for tbe expense it would put the county to. The Alma Herald mmounces the discov ery of coal near the town. Mr. J'rank G'onldin , while boring ft well , struck a vein at tlio depth of thirteen f et from thu surf co. After utriking the conl he bmed eighteen Inclien further , tlio coal becoming pluutior at each turn ( .f the auger. A novel case ban been brought avfore iTudgo Philpo * , of Lancaster comity , for settlfment. A com let just discharged cues lions Stout forS ( ) O.U"i for o\ervv rk. In order to mnke IIH sentence as brief as possible , ho worktd day nnd night , and ( ruined Kovornl months by bis industry , Ho wants the uboye nmouut for the extra work. The North Ncbnukau , of Ponca , come * out in a mammothtb ten page nlieet this week , contaiinng a detailed view of the progress of Dlxon county , and the several towns therein. It is a xplendid exhibit of t * growth of the "garden of Nebrnitkn , " and the imblishers.dei'ervo ' every credit for their enterprise and push. l''ri > mont bos tears to hcd now over tbe discovery of awill milk , which has been palmed otf ou that pretty propinquity for many years as the genum * nitlcle. In tbe agony of his retching , th * discoverer exclaims - claims : "Miscreants with check to resort to this villainous mode /f obtaining a live lihood , would thrive by stealing the grave clothe * of theirgmadmotherB / , and trade them for polecatatinx. " I'XIV.NKK I'AKACilUHIIH. liiiBint'su In un the boom and our busi ness men are happy. I'awnco has a catdidate for gubernato rial bonois slumbering in'Ker midst The holidays are no v hero in all their glory , and our people nro amply prepared for them. Tlio fine new bank building of C. F Kdee & Co. ia nowinearing completion , and will bo the finest in the state when completed. The Cincinnati postoffloe will close it * doors after the 1st of January , and the key returned to the department at 'Wash ington. Table Kock enjoyn a new pout master iuco congresKtnet ; or at loait Table Rock tu got it"Valentine" in advance of the tew year. Protracted meetings , holiday balls , mar- lagu bolln , and Jhristmns ( aprecs ) trees are the way our people will ammo them- elvea during the lii.-t days of ' 81. While Omaha hai been rajoying mud , noUt weather and bad roads. Kroutly to ho disgunt of her keener and higher Benni- lilltles , pretty _ progrcBsive Pawnee } \mt \ > e n enjoying linu weather , good roads and good hcawh. It cost PawnoB county just S5-1.80 to hold n iniUCHt | over the body of Adulteier klyorii , who wan shot by Stanton some time ago. Powder must be dear to tax- ) ayers , CT else such worthlesH caruassed r.ust cost the i > eople enormously away lown here. A Fnrmew' club is being agitated here md pronounced a now itlta. This only shown how fnr i ur farmers are behind ith r parts of thertatoin this direction : ! ut at all hazards it should be encouraged as It can only be the development of good ummj the masses. A fine new eating and lodging parlor boa iteu opened in our city this week that sur passes anything in that Hue heretofore dterupted. It m prcslibd over I y Mra. J. W. lumllck , who U well versed In the culinary art , and promises to "supply n ong-felt want in our city. At ono of the latveHt literary societlM n tbe county , the woman'H rightu qiicH- tion was discinaed at leiiK'th , and receivetl iiuuh u Huvero drubbing that the decision wan unanimous again , t tlio question. This liowi that wo havu t w , very few fcmalv.t lhat enteitulii favorable VHIWH on such "dampboolery" as. thu woman's right * question la. The Puwneo County agricultural w > - cletv , at ita unnuul meet ngtho other day , ri'-elccted all the old board by acclama tion , anil repotted the society out of debt and 111 a llourinbltm condition , with over $11,000 cash on hand for next year. Thin i * rrgnrJed us one of the utronKvat and In-ft Hocletlesln the state , nnd will ccllpso the utato fair In two yoitA more. Our city complalun of thu luotlicienoy of itrt City Alarshal anil only pays him $25 per month for his nepicea. Complftliita ant made of petty tbte'vlng , drunlcenncm ) , and lighting that have been pcrpretratoa during hU adiiilulntrrtion. In our opinion any city that cannot pay an omcer of that kind more than $1 u day for such services Is a disgrace- the map on which Itclaluis respectalilo mention and ought to be stolen blltul. Who U most to bliiinf , the Mar shal ur the City Council ? I'Aw.vrxCniEr. f CITV , December 15 . IOWA IlKJIh. Thu iron fttatrwnv in the new uapitol a lies Moinen will cost V.7,89. , The liuiahint , ' touchei are now being pu on the new ceurt houhu ntBtulvern. The s'vernl coal compuuiea of For Uodgo pay out about tfiiO.OOO monthly fo The coal prtHluvt of Adams comity amountx to nearly ten tlunuuml tons an nually. TU'II million brii'lcu wciu burned and used for building piupned tit Clarinda tbu prx'icnt yoar. About twenty farmern from Manhull county IIWIHWO locating lit O'Bilen county In the uprlu ; ; . Olio jlarnlialUuwn nmn controls 850,000 which he proposes to in- Nfft in O'Hrien county lands. If 1'nclfic Junction \ Incorporated nc- pordint ? to the plan now on file , Hwill con tain 180 The Ited Oak vinr-gnr works have been IncsrporMed with a capital stock of fno thousand dollars. Teachers' salaries In the les .Moines public Bch iU H\erago . * 60 per month , and m those of Uubuqtio JjUi ) . Keoktik shipped during the past scnson lO.r.00,000 dozen gg ! , nnd claims lobe biggest ben fruit market lit the world. During tbe two weeks ending on the loth the pension oth'co nt ! ) < ? .Moines cashed 10,000 vouchers , amounting to $ .120,1140. The entire amount of delinquent taxes in Pacfe county , as shown by the recent sale of landc , fal's considerably below two thousand dollar * . A ganc of fillvo coin counterfeiters has been broken up at Brooklyn , 1'ouoshlek county , and the three opctntors arc In the clutches of the law. The German Methodists of Ida ( trove have rai'ed ? < 0) for n church Imil'inj , ' . which will bo commenced when the fund has reached 81,000. The supreme court has decided that the township nnd not the county la responsible. for bill * contracted In renting halls or places at which to bold elections. On the arrival of the now railroad at Lake City the cilir. n gave u grand ban quet to all the employes of the road that wore present nnd they numbered about eighty. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ AFTER. THEIH BEER. How Two Milesian Ladlea Attempted to Cnpturo a Keg. There nro many \arieticH of larceny , but thnt practiced by two women from that historic portion of the city kmnui an "the patch" Tuesday IH somewhat novel nnd not lacking In humorous features. About three o'clock In the afternoon two females of decidedly Miletian accent , took in < ! . Xiinmcrman'fl saloon , lornor of Tenth street nnd Capitol avenue , and axkcd for a "drop of the crnythur'1 in the shape of two glaBses of beer. They were politely but decidedly refused unless they hid the dti- cats to put up for the same. After consid erable talk they dt parted , lcn\ing male dictions in their wake. About ten minutes p.-iHscd , nnd every thing \VM serene about the neighborhood. The di-pemer of the cheering Inge was quietly dozing behind the ba > , while in Mtrious pointi loomed up as luncon llghti t > over.il rubicund countenances [ of parties who h id droptvd in to see a man , nnd for gotten that their \isit was already t < o prolonged. All of n sudden there was a commoti.itt in the iviir. A colored geimiien rushed in with the excited ex clamation that two females were walking off with n keg of be"r. Thq b trtender bo- c imo HU demy interested in the condition of affairs outside nad rushed to the door just in time to see the prcciuus pair he had refused n drink a few minutes before \vult7ing off with several gullons of the beverage. One of the women hail shoul dered the keg , tvhilo the other had tin own n shawl over her t omp.mion'8 head nnd at tempted also to cover the beer receptacle from hight. They were thus pro -eding to the tune of Mulligan Guard , when the barkeeper gave chas" . The "Shoulder beerr "We'll march , march away , " was changed to n double , uick of the whole column , nnd the retreat was con ducted in na good ordsr as pobsible. Hut the ordnance utores were too cumbersome , and so they were dropped and the raaks divided. One woman went one way , the other nnoti _ ! r , nnd the bar keeper shouldered his beer bock to safe quarters. "Bnchupalba. " New , quick , complete cure in four days , urinary u ( lections , smasting , frequent or difficult urination , kidney diseases. SI. Druggists. Depot nt C , ! ' . Goodman's. (5) ( ) THE STORM. Fait Weather Predicted for the Holi days The Streets as Bad us Evaer. Qlho storm which set ia on Sunday even ing nt 7:40 and raged with such disagreea ble effect' to the pedestrians of Omaha ever tuna * , was a remarkable one in several re- swats. | It seems that , outside of Omaha and PesMoines , no othoir station reporting to this Signal Ollicc has had much , if any , rain , or snow-fall during that period , but most of the time clear or fair weather pre vailed at Denver , Cheyenne , North I'latte , Yankton , D.tvenport arut other placet. Tie prevailing wind direction at first was- aithe ly , and the temperature e y high , tor this season , but on Monday even- ng the wind vucrc'l to the n .rth , and a tcided change in thermometer fol- owed in consequence ! Tlio highest tern- > eriture recorded since the beginning of lia utorin , ou the IKUt. was -U ) ° Fahreu- heib , the lowest 2'J ° . The highest velocity ttained was 28 miles per hour , nt 9 o'clock > i m. onyeiterdny , and the total amount/ if rainfall und meltud HUOW , no far , l.OD lichen. Considering that the snow when melted neuiurc.H onlyabout t > ne-t nth of its orit , " iml depth , it will bo seen that we have bud HUT goodly share of' wet weather during Ira month , und may reasonably exp ct tome finer weather dmrhij the appioaching At 11 o'clock yesterday it began a gentle Jn , some feathery ilnko < of snow falling. . 'lio streets are nearly in bad as they were a miinth ago and broken wagons , stalled e.inis and delayeo ) street cars nra again hoorlcrof the ilav. The pav tie ( jues- ion will come to > the front , it is said , as or.ii ns the holidays and the Slocumb U itcment nro over A. RonoTating Romoc3y s to be found m lU'HDocK'.t Uu > oii HIT- 'Klis. As au nntidoto for nick bo idnchc , emnle weakness biliousness , ladiRestion , coiiritlpation , and other dlneatas of n Icin- Ired nature , thv e l-ltto-s arc invaluable. L'rico § 1.00 , trial si/o 10 cents codlw CHINESE DIGNATAHIES. The Chinese Embassy , Eu Route to Washington , Pass Omaha. Attaihwl to Union Pacific train No. 'roiu the west yehterday afternoon , was a special cur which contained the Chiie iniaUter to the United States , and suite. The pnrty were ucconv ( > anied by T. I ) . MvKay , the ' -eniiil ami widely kaown agent at San FrancUco uf the popular C. , 1) ) . & Q. railroad. The Chinese minister , who is also min ister to Spain nnd IVm , rejoVea in the badly spelled name of Ch ng Tsao Ju. Ho Is nocompanled by his wif j , a very pretty , though highly jwdnted , altixmd-eyci Judy , with foeta * small an a baby's ; hi * secretary. Shu Sh u Pangj chief inter ureter ChcDg Sbing Fouch ; and about a dozen servant * . They came direct fron Hong Kong , China , nnd thence tbrougli in the special our referred to. They left ii another special car on the I' . Ii. & Q road , and will proceed to the national cap ital as exrwditloualyns po.viibe. ! The luln Uter U a man of fine npiwartmco mid un doubted ability in a diplumat. His par ID the management of matters during th next M sicn of cougrc.- will be of cotmd cruhlo Imi > orUnce , iw the co.-ut tenatur will imdoubtcaly eudea\or to c-.ifoice wltl conadt ! > rable vigor ' the pvsi U islatioi which hns been luiulv l tu the Chiiu- In tlio country , SATISFYING EVERYBODY , How Speaker Keifor Solved the Committee Problem. Kelly Gets the Ways and Moans , Hiscock Appropri ations , and Rood the Judiciary. Williams , of Wifjconsin , the Foreign , Townsend the Railroads , and Dooring the Indians. While Onr Own Land Grabber Honda the Sunflower Seed Committee. HOUSE COMMITTEES. atlon&l Associated Tress. TUB CO.Mn.KTK Ll.HT. WASHINGTON , D. O..Documbor 21. "n tlio houao Speaker Kuifcr announced ho standing committees ns follows : Ways and Means Kelly ( chair- nan ) , Kasson , Dunnull , McKinley , ilubbol ) , Uaskcll , Russell , Errctt lanclall , Tucker , Carlisle , Morrison , 3pecr. Appropriations Hiscock ( chair- nan ) , llobcson , Cannon , Burrows , Jutterworth , Oaswoll , Kyan , O'Neil , Cctchain , Blackburn , Cox , Atkina , "ornoy , Lcfovro and Ellis. Banking and Currency - Crape uhairtnan ) , Webber , Dinglcy , Moore , Cornell , llucknor , Hardenbergli , ' 'lower and Ermcntrout. Education and Labor Updegnvll' chairman ) , Shcrwin , Carpenter , ) avis , Pace , Tyler , Willis , Clemontsj lloroy , Dibblu , Dowd. Uules Mr. Speaker ( cliairnmnt , Ortli , Ilobeson , Randall , Blackburn. Mileage rlargonson chairman ) , lich. Ward , Cobb , Moulton. Joint Committees : On library- - HcCook ( chairman ) , Lindsoy and Geddes ; printing Van Horn ( chair- nan ) , Mc01uror Springer ; elections Culkins ( clmirpiain , Hnzlclon , Waif , . Phompson , Rannoy , Ritchie , Petti- one , 'Miller , Jacobs , Paul , icltxhoover , Dugro , ' Jones. Judiciary P.eed , Willets , Robin- 011 , lir'ggs ' , Humphrey , Taylor , Mc- ) ook , Kaasoi Norcroaa , Knott , Jlatn- lend , Culborson , Gnenther , Town- end ( Ills. ) . Agriculture -Valentine ( chairman ) rpdegran" , Carpontar , Anderson , lottschnlk , Wadsworth , Rich , West , } ullcn , Hazlpton , Hatch , Dubrcll.Ai- _ sen , Black , Post. Postoilices and Post Jtoad.s Biny- am , Anderson , Jorgcnsen , Lacey , Parwell , Moray , Springer , Morse , ( Ivans , Armficld , Brents. Public Buildings and Grounds Skallenborger , Lewis , , GJutts , Dcmotto Jcrnnton , Ford , Smith ) . Cook , Hewitt , Singleton , Herbert. Mines and Mining Van Vorhis , ) avis , Bingham , ijulkcrson , Hobbs , yoUsins , Young , Gansidy , Berry , Wood , Brutnm , Ou ray- Manufactures Campbell ( chair- nan ) , Hammond , Mills , Gottschalk , Vest , Chase , Fiuloy , Marsh , Morse , Stoskslager. f Mississippi river improvement Thomas ( chairman ) , Carpenter , Pres- ott , Darrell , Rico , M < * > ro ( Tenn ) , ones , Burrows , Kmjjj Thompson , xuonther , Carey , Whitthorno. Foreign Affairs Williams ( Wis ) , chairman ) , Orth , Kasson , Rico , Dun- tell , Lord , Walker , Blunt , Wilson , ) eusber , Belmont. Coinage , Weights and Measures Tishor , ( chairman ) , Uelford , Me Jluror Lacey , Washburn , Payson , la'/loton , Stevenson , . Slaughter , Jlader Lane. Conunetco Page ( "chairman ) , Rich , ] &wnscndVashburnHook , , Chand- er , , Word , White , George , Guen- her , ILano , Ross , Herndon. Naval Affairs Harris ( Mass. ) , chair-- nan , Roboson , Harmon , Thomas ? Vatspn , Kotchumj Doeaendorf , ilorris , Davidson , TaJbot , 'Harris K. .I * ) . Military Ailairs Hunderson ( chata- nan ) , . Hiscock , Bayno , Steole. Davis , ipuulding , Spooncr , Sparks , Upson , Jragg , Wheeler , Majjjanis. Invalid Pensions Brown ( Indiana ) , hairman , Joyce , Cullen , Uay , Dawoa , 'ettibone , Parker , ll ce , Wadsworth , rlat.'Kin , Caawoll , Sitnwnton , Caldwell , Latham , McMillcn. Interior Department Expenditures -Bubboll ( chairman ) , Crape , Wood N. Y. ) , Bchulta ! , Simonton , Blanchard - chard , Burrows ( Mo Navy Department Expenditures lobcson ( chairman } , Harris ( Mass. ) , larnitr , O'Neill , Morris , Phelps , Turner. Public Expenditures Rr.ndall chairman ; , Blackburn , Walker , Wood , DeMotto , ILewis , Todd , P.ilker- son , Martin , Guenthcr , Berry. District of Columbia Neal ( chair- nun ) , lleilinan , Barr , Turner , Smith N. Y. ) , Pierce , Doesendorf Clot ? : , .lurrifloii , Cassidy , Allen. Pensions - Marsh ( chairman ) , Hep- ) \ITI\ , Rico , S ono , SteelO ) . Weber , Fulkoraon , Hewitt , llobiiiecj ) , Burr - r w ( Mo. ) . Railroads uiid Canals Townsend chairman ) , Dwight , Henderson , Cami > - bell , Schult Ijord , Bro'-var , KennaK Wise , Hoblitaoll , Civil Son-ice Ortli ( chairman ) ! . Kasaon , Ilorr , Briggs , Ninl , Hubbell , UuKorworth , House , Randall , Tuck er , Phelps. Territorifs Burroud IJchainnwiJ1 , Aldrich , Vnu Vorhis , Miller , Daw s , Cromioy. PostoUtcu Dopartis nt Expviulr- tures Walker , Pound , Farwell , Itoft- gar , Figlman , I add. Law and Election < 4 Prusideub aiul Vice President Updograft'otkair ( - man ) Camp , Crape , White , i'ishur , Jacobs , Lindsoy , , Stevens , Mention , Carlisle , Hewitt. Piiisions , Boituty and Back l ny Toyco ( chairmui ) , Drown , Uudsey , Hawk , WhitthoTiio , Mosgrove. War Dopiirtment Exjonditurea Brip-gH ( chainnan ) , Mues , Stuulo Marsh , Blackburn , Jones , Sparks. Enrolled Bills Aldrich ( chairman - man ) , Kellogg , Poircti , West , Hhul lenberger Warner , Belmont. Consuls Prcacoti ( chairman ) , Sherwin win , Tj-ler , Bayno , Fulkorsnn , Me Cord , Poirce , Cox , Colburn , Wise Indian affairs llooring ( chairman ) Rico , Mason , 8nauldini { , Buck , Rich ardson , Hooker , Scales , Wellborn , Blanclmrd , Ainsley. Revision of Law MeKinley ( chait- mam , Robinson , Buck , George , IJrumm , Hall , Clmpnmn , Covington , lliclmrdaon , < loncs , McMillan. Accounta Turner ( chairman ) , Skin- tier , Brewer , Candler , Morton , Hardy , Houk. Patents Young ( chairman ) , Skin- : ier , Farwoll , Jrmcs , Spoonor , Vance , .Turner , Scovillo , Shelly. Claims--Crowley ( chairman ) , Tny- or , Bowman , Mason , Thompson , liny , [ 'eel , Hill , Smith ( Ills. ) , 0Ncill | , Llutcliinson , Turner , Clarke , Otis. Public l nids Pound ( chairman ) , Uclfprd , Hepburn , Divight , Watson , Straight , | Hice , Cobb , Wobater , Mil- "er. Militia Straight ( chairman ; Guon ; her , Bayno , Houk , Moroy , Valon- ino , Thompson , Mosgrovo , Jones , Tex. ) Pacific Railways Hazlcton ( chair- nan ) , Harmer , Camp , Robinson , Ohio ) , Hammond , Paul , D.vrroll , Harwell , McKen/.ie , Bliss , House , Dunnoll , Nolan. Priyate Land Claims C.ichcco chairman ) , Norcross , Hazluton , Cor * neil , Morris , Cults , Muldrow , Wil- "iams , Ford , Shackloford , Uouk. War Claims Hawk ( chairman ) Updegruff , Smith , Dunnoll , Choi- nera , Hall , Robertson , Guddcs , Hal- nan , Harbour. Chapman. Treasury Expenditures Bjlford 'chairman ) , Reed , Holmaii , ScranUn , Thornton , Bucknor , Curtin. Expcnditiires of the Department of state Deoring ( chairman ) , Lindsoy. 3arr , Williams , ( \Vi . ) , Herndon , Iving , Frost. Department of Justice Expcndi- , urca Willits , ( chairman ) , McCord , Norcross , NeaJ , Singleton , Blunt , Bragg. Public Buildings Expenditures Srrottchairman ) , Robinson , ( Ohio ) , louk , Grant , Wise , Garrison , La- hcam. Public Health Van Aornam , chairman ; , UpdegralF , .Rowniun , Jullen , Hobbu , Rcsccrans , Colerick , Aikcn , King. Alcoholic Liquor TratKc White1 chairman ) , Joyce , Chase , Hepburn , r'lince , Dunnoll , Williams , ifckins , Davio. Comjressional Library Accoinmo- ! ationRieo ( .chairman ) , Farwell , iumphreys , Geddes , Gibson. Foreign Intollicciioc. ST. Pr.TEr.sntmc ! , Deoembcic 21. For some time past the authorities lave been fully aware- that the appivr- nt inactivity of the nihilists was oxrly isaunied , and that pluts of the most orioua nuturo were being formsd. Numerous arresta have been mode rom time to time without any impcw- ant results , but to-day the otiloora icecilesl in laying their hands on. . n clew which will probably lead to the letoction of some of illo principal eadora in this latest conspiracy. Cer tain suspected persons had boon very carefully and closely watched for oine days , all their inovemonfca leinc noted. They were togethsr nitho rear of the building occupied ) y the ministry of tlio interior , , and were carrying dynamitehombs en- closudi in orange skins , from which he pulp * had been removed. TIk > tombs were very cleverly arranged s * hat their explosions , when tljrovm upon tho'ground would bo inevitable and most probably fatal. Further in - bnnation. concerning the arrests is at present dbniod. Generall Anantchim , governor ( if Jastoni. Siberia , has had % 'Bpocial oon- orcnoo with thn czar at Gatchina in. regard to the relief of the crew of tile- steamer Jbannette. The zar ordered ; hat all necessary supplicaj money and ransportalion bo placed at their dis posal at once. Gen. Anantchim- - > rcEsod > the opinion that tlio rest of ho crew have been fallen in with by natives.and hospitably entertained. ST. P.H7iBiisnunn , December 21i lo Nerd Stuiio , oflieial organ of ; iH * ; overnment , in dissossing Mr. Jlaino's-despatch , declares no guaran- ees of the canal are sJlicacious un- ess shared in by all the powers. Ttiu- lucstioiiimust bo settled at once for ,11 , by making Europe the guardian of hcrown interests co-jointly with hat of America. ST. 9iXBitsni'iui , Dcember 211 Gonornl Ignatieff is superintending ho arrangement for th search for tiitt- nisaing otllcers of thu Joannett . - DUM.IN , December 21. Two boxe f rifles anil other weapons have tieon. toleufDOiu Cahill station , near ( Jlon- nel. The theft was Eiillfully planned and adroitly oxocutodf.but it is thought lore it aiust liave b ou by tlto-cona vance of part of the men in ckorgo-'uf he prop. erty. Abiconded. x \.tluwl Aatwx.-Iatc < l Decom'Asr 21. lUi xe- lo&tod this morning that Allhert Ariemloll , a well kaown wino-mwtch- unt of this city , had absconded with StyOOQ to § 10,000 no t his awn. Hi > recently visited Now York , whes ho collected § 7,000 fr m Ives , lieoc&er it for other lirma Afton , ih appoara to Canada. Made an Asslgnutoat- rational AsaoiUtrd > 5sa. THitA0 ! , December 211The ex- nsivu sowing machine manufactory , etc. , of Goodrjoh fc Co. made an na- signmpnt this morniiifj LtaLilitie , ? 50,000 ; assotsv S20OC ; Died a National Auoclntoil I'ro i DAVKNVOIOT , Docei bor21. Georg * A. Davonpott ) once the woalthiesi citizen of thia Tjlaco , died last night at Mt. I'leraar.t linapital , u nwing maniac. THE. OOHEALI J. I. PAYNTER , Proprietor Corner 10th and Howard Streets , OMAHA , NEB , Bates , Two Dollars Per Day , Edward W. Simeral ,