Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1885)
STATE LEGISLATURE This was a Field Diy for the ] Rail road Who Under Chief Ohuroh Howe Got Their Bill Pixed , The Honso and Senate Dispose of a Number of Billn , Brainless Idiots Shooting Fapor atEaohOtheri Some Ono has Stolen the Gamb ling Bill , The Mnjorlly and Minority Kcporta on the Boliool Tjantl THE SENATE. Spool al Correspondence of TitsBKE. LINCOLN , March 3. ' .there was little of in terest in the tenato this morning , all the brass-collared gentry of tha railroad order being - ing over In the houeo engineering the pafsoge o the futile and fee bio railroad commltsion bilL About a dozen bills of minor importance wcro passed , and ono or two received an effect ive quietus. Au attempt was made by the witty senators to be hilarious over the bill preventing prosti tution , and refer it , as was done with tha adultery bill , to the committee on federal re lations , but the numerous lengthy petitions of constituents regarding the evil made the ques tion important , an 1 tha bill passed. An effort was made by Senator Clark to bring up Ilowe'd gambling bill , but was strongly opposed by Senator McShane. The bill WAI ordered en < rossjd for a third reading some days agj , bu ; has myiteriously diaap poarcd. _ Afternoon Eoselon. Special Telegram to TUB BKB , LINCOLN , March 3 , The sonata spent most of the alterncon soseion considering the billi in the committee. Seventeen bills were dis posed of. Tha Norfolk asylum bill passed , though Senator McAllister fonght hard tc giro Columbus n chance. Thu saline land till came tip and after t llttlo discussion was made special order for the evening sersii n , at which time there was ar effort to cut the appropriation ofl5X)0 ( ) tc 1S20.COO or S30 OJO. Nei her amendment pro < v.il ed It ljuks as thnugh the bill had been held till too Into un luur..Bo ns _ to ciowdil through. Tha general feeling i < that auy amendment would imueril the bill. It woe finally agrcoJ. Senators McShane , Paul aurl Meikle-john oppnnail thu bill , nnd Burr sup' porUd it bicstd by the saline lobby. THE HOUSE. Special Correspondence of tbo BKB. LINCOLN , March 3 , Almoct the first bil placed on itspas'ago in the housa tliii morn ing * was Sonata Kilo 187 , a bill providing fo the establishment oi a board of railroad com misaionors , to define their dutiiis nud providi their ftiUrles. The section namii > g the diitte ; of the said commissioners does not occup ; much Bpac ? , it generally being devoted to pro vidiug salary fees fur tha useless tecretarius , The bill passed through tha sonatr , nf tor sorai opposition , and , as wai expected , met witl some in tha house , but it tin illy was acceptci as a sat'sfactory measure by men whoprofe ? to bo favorable to railroad legislation , 11 Mr.Kiley was tha first to upoak on the bill and aid members were too unxlons to mak personal capital out of railroad legl'Iatioa Ho was terry to notlcfl tlii , but hd wouli heartily supp it thu bill and recommend it pa-sage. Mr. Johnston also spoke at length In suy port of the bill. Mr. Kin ? moved an amendment to providi that the comininiloner.1 be given rights to na tablUhund re-Rulato rates aiid fares. Th amendment was objected to by the railroads aud Mr. Kiloy moved thu previous question On a vote being liken tha amenduinnt wai lost , the following having voted for tin amendment of Mr. King : Aikon , Ulaino Unrnov , Basiett , Ca-ipar , Corneliui , Cox , tOr.iwford , Uallalmn , Ciook , Everett , Gill , Hale , Harlft" , Hi gins , IL-wiril , Hull , Ir win , Kehoe , King. I bUurt , Mirblo Martin Mills , Miller , Muun , Neleivh , Kettleton Illcbol , O < auod , 1'eyr.ter , Hice , 80ille liiy , Btovonnon , Sutherland , Tomer , Tur hitmoro , Wiufp ar , Wolbach. ahKt Adams , JilcUIey , Hal ley , Blaco Carr Cjle. Casper. O po , Booth , Brandt 15 runner , Butlington , Demintor , Kverman J cnerson , Uleun. Uumaer. llazen , lltimricb .Henry. Hocknol-j , Holmes , Holawortli Holt iudra , Johnston , Kalgy , Kelmer , Kuony eei of Furnaca , Leo of Merriok , Liesvieldl X.aoo. MoAtelle , Mulvahillo , Nowmyer , Ne > w ouio.iOlmstoid , I'ete-Hon , Hlley. Hiblnnit Jtobcrtson , Knot , Smith , Stavcr , Saggari Taylor , Ttiom i of G.MS. Thomas of Colfas Thompson. Troup , Vance , Waltt , White Wi2Jair.s ( NVright , Mr. Speaker. AJuiewt every ono who opposed the amend nw > ut gave some oxcuto but Mr Whitmor w Ho voted for it and in support of the bill wa iu followa ; 1 'IkJiovinp that the voters of this stat won U , If present and voting on the amuae ] ment Adopt .rt by r.n overwhelming majority and bultovlnc that wo ard hero to repiesui the iutrdats Aud the winhes of the peonlo. votoayfl. W. ( J. WMIIJIOIIB. " The WM ajt inow road > ectlou by lectio > .nd eaclr in its turn adopted. It was oventi ally ordered to be engrossed for third readln exactly us the aontte ordered , by the rallaoae and their chief apper , Churdi Howe , ha proiented U to thu hotue. HTho entlru railroad lobby wai on the floe during the t.'nio the h/mie wut dealing wit the bill. M. ' Ho drldrfo and Church liow acted HI chlrf eugiu cfa. They wo to asclate by Charley GnWi , JoUn M. Thurston , Job U. Manebewter , Frank frulund , and the Hai orablo Mr. Tow or , and iu fact the why availablH ttatf of tha xu'lroad * . They drt goonod the tnerub lr aa they hod. the senator and the railroad bill now .tandi exactly i they ordered It. . . . K ireral members f the ; iouio who ha > evidently been sent down iiera to dlipls iclr ftklll in shying paper w.idf , not having rains for anythitig elte , have cominenced : > erationi. Theta intellectual pigmies having o dignity In themselves with tu redaco the roceedings of the house to tha lame stand- rd of Idiocy and contempt as they are hole ) n by the persons who watcli their stupid ork. Afternoon Session. pecial telegram to the BEE. LINCOLN , March 3. The afternoon teuton : the house , like the morning , was devoted the third reading of hills. Although about wenty were passed none ot ( htm call for any special mention , The bills rrgected were olahan'a which sought to establish a sUto oard of charities , Taylor's to establish nu tnmlgration bureau , Mulvohill's for the relief James Donnelly. The joint comtnittos appointed to tnvesti- ate the school land frauds protected a ina nity and minority repoit thin afternoon , ho major ! y reports boasts of having atford- d ovcry opportunity to everybody to npp _ ar jcforo them and glva all the evidence possible n tha subject ; that they had everybxly who knew anything about the bchool and before them and they had no videnco that any member of the educational oard had been guilty of fraud or wrong iu oaling with the school lands. The evidence f two ox-nvtnbers of the board had proved ut everything connected with the examina- .on of bids and leases was transacted in a lorough business manner ; also that the mat er of opening bids and awarding them , and ssuing contracts was so guarded as to prevent laud or collusion ) that the present lows are nriBcient m allowing persons to obtain an nhml ed quantity of land at low pi ices , /ben the land wnu Increasing in value. Con- equently tuo commissioner of reboot lands Is t a great disadvantage iu disposing of land o the bcit interests of tha rtate. [ Signed ] A D. BCCKWORTII , JOHN T. Si'ENCKii , T. S. LKWIS , A. B , CllEliliY , II. O. SMITH , 1' , P. OLHSTHAH. The minority report says it haa been proved n evidence before the committee that Che roceodingB of the educational board , in them eallng with teasing nu I sale of school land : , lave simply been fuimal and contrary to tbo aw , Tha whole staff is inefficient , and Ken- all delegated Ms duties to subordinates , 'hero is gross neglect on the paitof the board nd graver suspicions of illegal conduct on the art of Kenda'l. ' Land cptcultUora had been Herded hibido infornution indicatirga lack t fidelity em the part of tbo otlicia a which -inuot bo too highlv condemned. The mlnor- ty , by censuring Kqndull , the governor of the tutu und the officials cvnnocted withthottato chool land. , and charactorlz > d tiinsu pro- oodlugs a ? KrofH and inexcusable prejudice , lignoel , Mills , Mctz , Muuu , Sterling , lloh- worth , Cook. DUMU ? thu riadingqf the ro- ) ort considerable interest was rnnuife&tsd by ho serious and moro intelligent mombois of he houeo , The three-dollar-a day men iu the neantlmo amused themselves by shying paper around. The report was at night made the pecial order for Thureday next. The house laesed teveral small bills at the night icsaion nd adjourned at eleven , Tlio Chnrtcr Signed. Special dispatch to Iho BEE , LINCOLN March 3 Tha charter amend- nents have been signed by the governor. THE THE \SUKY RAID. LINCOLN WILD WITH BNSAlIONAIi AND JOBS. Special Telegram to TUB BKE. LINCOLN , March 2. Unless something is done to stop the epidemic this city will go stark , raving mad over the tragedy of last Saturday , At the time tha man Griffiu wae shot too much could not bo said in praise of Detective Pound and his associates , but reac- ion Boon set In , and there are paople who are willing to string Pound to a lauppoit for shotting a poor , innocent , one-Iegted , harm less , unarmed roboer , who was seduced iuto LliR ( Crape The grand jury B dismiseod Saturday morning , but a new ono ba. ) been empanelled , > nd Is now taking testimony. If Pound it 'ndlctod , Gov. Dawes will bo held as ac- ctusory. lavis.ono _ of thn detectives , is caid to be n Former citizen of Omaha , of unenviublo repu tation. lln W R accused , with kin wife , of killing a cattle dealer in a low dito ho kepi on lower Tenth street several years ago. The polii-e aud many citizens will remember him , ind the murder with which ho was charged The particulars of the case are not remem bered by y ur correspondent , but he is bad : itzen. ! He may hava reformed when he iolucd tbo detoUivo forco. FOHKIGN EVENTS. TEOTEBTAM CUUItCH DK3TUOTEI ) WITH DYNA MITE. DUBLIN , March 3. The protestant church n Ulei.fuld , near Stranolav , Donegal county , was destroyed by dynamite today. TJIK IICBBIAN HAII ) . LONDON , March 3--Advices tothoTImei Rtato when the Kus inns under Gen. Kemar off and Col. Alikdhoff turned their attention Lo 1'endjfh reports quickly spread tlut large body of Kiifsian cavalry was advancing on the garrison at that fo'mt. The troops were sup plied with ammunition and prepared to with stand tha reported Huseian advance. The Alghate , being frenzied with joy at the pros poet of becoming religious martyr ? , Kemaroff it appearrs changed his men and halted a Alikbatum , sent Col. Alikdhoff with 7EO cav alry , who were halted within sightof 1'endjel but tiuding the Turcoinaos thor made no assault upon the gar rlson. Ho wrote an insulting letter t the Afghan general and returned to Merv It is another great Biupriao that the excltec AfghauB did not attack the Itussians , Th correspondent Bays there has been a very nar row eecups from serious complication botweei Kngland and lluseia. KncUud's pe/sltii < n ii Asm U much stronger than the Kunoian cAr'a. The government is nwaro of it am will only require a lltt e firmness to soou set tie all pending dilliculties. In reply to our remonstrances Russia declined clined on February 21th to withdraw her ad vanced poita at Sargaria and Tulfilgar Pan but gave asmrance that the Itussiau oflicer had been ordered to carefully avoid conflict with the Afghans , and complications ueei only be feared in the event of attacks tieln mode by tha Afghans ypon Russian poatf Sir Peter Lum den excited himiolfto pro vout cjllifiom and li.i ad\i ed the Afghan to maintain themselves * t the posts they noi occupy , Thiiadvlco has been approved b Her Majesty's government. Sir Peter Lumi den boa been instructed to urge the Afghan it Uie tame time to refraiu fiom advanrin rom their pritent poattioni. Negotiations ro now In progrfss between Her Majesty's ovptnment and Russia for the settlement of he difficulty. LONDON , March 3. In tha commons this venlng the debate upon the redistribution eaU bill tesumed , Harcourt , home secretary , l answer to a telegram asking If it was true 10 resignation of the ministry was imminent > ecMisa of the discord in tha cabinet , sent elegr phic nntwer denying that thera was ny dlicord in the cabinet , and eaylng that lie ctbluct WAI not going to resign , In the houio of lords this evening Salisbury asked whether the Kutsian outposts were within tha boundary of Afghanistan. The esrotory of ntata for India said that he hid 10 hesitation in Baying that Kngltnd regards Lo Russian outposts as withlu the Afghan > oundary , and that tboy foun a comiderablo dvanco iu the direction of lloiat. The mar- ills of Lothian asked : "Dots the question cif caco or war between Kngland aud Ku'sia opccd upon a chance squabble between the ifghan andUufslan ( outposts , ? " Grnnvlllo , irelgn secretary , said ho must have nolico of .10 question. The marquis gave nutico tlut 10 would repeat the quostion. Tbo excitement cjused by the strained rela- ions between Kntsia and England still con- nnes. Consols have fallen J In consequence. A TKUKIPIO EXPLOSION. Hxurred this morning in Uaworth Colliery , underland , killing twenty-seven peraonn , niieed by tiic-damp , LATKn. Thirty-six dead bodies have been cowered , nnd the search still continues , Gladstone pawed a gooel night , aud is much letter lliismurui g , SHA OllAI , March 3. The French fleet which had been bombarding Chinghal retired fter eloipg much diiiuga. THE FltENCH nKPULHE Till ! OAINKSli. 1'AniB , March 3.Gen. . Bri ra do Lisle elearaphs February 28. the French Btarted or Tuyenquan , a Fretch garriton , at Tuyen- uau ta-y recu'scd a furious night attack in- icting l.envy loss upon the Chinese. Gen , iearier dispersed the Chinese iu the vicinity f Uangson and captured several Krup guns nd mitrailleuse * . Ho also captured the fron- 'er town , Cuaai. IOWA. OVKIlKOIl BHERUAN DIU'OBES STATE ADD1IOU BIIOWN ron DKLINQDKNOY , BUT BBOWN WILL NOT BUIinKNUKIt. DKJ MOIMLS , Iowa , March 3. Governor ihcrmaD , lata this afternoon , rerved notice on Luditor Brown , suspending him from office nd appointing the Hon. J. W. Catto'l , for merly auditor of the state , au itor protein , 'ho no ica states tha' tha suspension IK made > ecauso of Brown's failure and refusal to ac- ount for certain monova and property of the tata entrusted to him as uudiior. Mr. Onttellvho bad filed bis bond , accnm- i > ied the oflicer serving the notice , ready to ftko poBtession of the office , but Blown re used to surrender tha ollico or the books and mpers. It is understood that the goveruor md tha office of the audit r examined by a commission , under section 769 to 7C5 of thn code , that the commission reporto I a ttato < f acts which made it mandatory on the gov- rnor to suspend the auditor. Fuller paiticu- ars nnd Brown's dtatemont of the case will bo sent later and ftleo the govcrnor'i < , if tbcy can > o obtained. The inauers nf alleged delin- mcncy ou thu auditor's part , on which the ; ovorcor has acted , has nothiig to do with the iomplaintd made agilntt Brown , in connoc- ion with the examination of insurance ; cinu- mnies. The CJinmicfiion di I uot iuquiro iuto bat mutter , but only Into the management ol of his office aud accounts ,1 JCA.OICKT. INDIANAPOLIS , March 3. The Journal an nounces to-morrow that the Indiana , Bloom- ngton & Western road will abandon the lease of the Indianapolis , Decatur & , Springfield road which U has been operating for stveral years pait , owing to the uiiprohtiblo nature of the airanpeuioat. The Indiana , Bloom- ngton & Western people claim to have lost SMU.OOO under the lease. President .Toy , of the Watmh railway , will neet the Kuchsh Btockholders next week. i'he committee succeeded in obtaining a ma- ority in support of the principle of the Joy reconstruction scheme. Jjord Wolaeley has been advised to pits ho summer in Cyprus for tha benefit of his eyes. eyes.Leuar , of thoHussian-Afghan frontlercom- misfion , will leave Loud n on Monday , the discussion of his proposals being closed. The itusalan commission will meet the English commission near Balatuurgbab abjut the 10th of May. The decline in Kufsian Cs on the Btcck ox- : hango since February 7 is only a quarter to n The 'IVxas rauiflu StrtkcrH. MAU3HALL , Tex. , March 3. The striking employes of the Texas PaciBc shop carriei out thu resolution adopted at tha meeting b ; stopping ull passing freight trains to-day Uluven trains are now Htauding in tha yard 3KVOrnl .cars loaded with perishable good ) The strikers this afternoon notified the ifiicers of the road that within twf nty-feiu : IOUB all i > aaseng-r trains wilt ha stoppu I , bu the engine with tha mail can bocarriec through. At Lon ? View aud Palostiuo uff uir are in a similar condition. The Wlicnt Crop ProapcotH. C'oLnsiuus , O. , March 3. The secretary o the state board of agriculture oilimatcs th winter wheat damaged fifty per cent by th freezing weather iu the south half of Ohio This means that tweuty-nvo per cent of th total crop of tha state ii lost. A dltpatc from.ti. W. Talmage , Milwaukee , says DC cording to latei advices fiom all tba unnclpa winter wheat sUte * , the yield of ' 85 will la largely below that ut last year , Ghlnninun Hocovrra JUIIIBKCB , NEW YoilK , March 3. Chan Paid Tiff to day in the supreme court obtained a verdlc of 61000 against Wong ChfnjFoo , editor of th Chinese-American newspaper , published I this city , as dauvagea for libel. Tiff is tb proprietor of five laundries and was cbargei with being a member of nn organl/.itli i formed for the a'tassinetlng Fee , and luivln lobbed his employer in Chicago , nnlliinoro Allvo with Vleitorp , BALTIMOIIE , Maich 3 , Trains from th east aud we t began ti arrive early and b , noon the city wat thronged with visitors o tha way to Washington , The railroads ar all tixeei to their full capacity and tralni wl bo In motion all night to accommodate th vast throng. Xlio Mcnr Kua Canal Treaty , MANAGUA , Nicaragua , March 3 , The prc riosed canal treaty between the United State &nd Nicaragua unanitnouily paued the Nice rajrua senate Saturday. ' . , . _ ; THE CAY CAPITAL he City Resplentictit in i's ' Holiday Attire ; Official Leave-Taking the Order of the Day , 'resident-Elect Cleveland Galls on President Aithnr , ) ourt Martial Ordered to Convene on March llth For the Trial ofi Chief Signal Officer Hazen , 'ho Army of Government Glories IVlio Draw SnlftticR but Itcmtcr no ServlccH , BENA.TE. WASHINGTON , March 3. Dawca called up 10 conference report on the Indian appropri- lion bill. Ttio two hcusoa , hn caid , bad greed on the bill so far as oil items properly Retaining to the appropriation bill were con- erncd , The Bonate had struck out all items f general legislation , and all items fur depro- ation claims. Upon these , however , the iou-0 Insisted L'lumD said that the senate was confronted vlth the possibility to ay nothing moro of an xtra seanon of congress growing cut of the ction of the house. 1 he couno tlut tbo rody Lad shown the magnificent wilt power f uno mtD , to produce such a result , pre - nnt , BB I'lumb believed it tu be , with the ; ravi Bt consequences to the peop'o of t o Jnitod States. Tbo exceedingly defective urin of Irglslatipn found on the appropriation ) Hs ! tended to tnakn him ( I'lumb ) Immorally ppoaed to the jieldli.g , so far , at least related to important legislation. io moro gross confusion of Icgislatho ncompotoney had ever been reon ttinn has ) fim manifested within a stuao'e throw of the Sanate chamber within thirty days. Bills pproprintlug nillllnns of dollars h.ivo been usued without consideration and then sent to tie Senatn within two days of the close of the cesiim. Plumb characterized the river ud larbor lump appn p iati n now as a criminal wasta of the ptoplb'd money. _ In order to bring the q option t } the point , nd get an undemanding , Senator Dawes moved that tbo senate ra edo as to the pro- Ision of tn bill relating to loal jurisdiction nd proceed In tha cased of crimes committed > y Indians , The Senate ) refused to recede yeas 4 ; nays The message from the Iloufo annouccad n lljagreenjQut wiih the Senate oil the euadrv civil bill. The Senate insisted on the amendment * and appoint d as conferonca committee Allieon jalu and Beck. Dawes explained the removing' of diffaroncei on the Indian bill to ba.tho provisi n support ed Mamie1 son. Motion refused to recede b > a vote of 13 to 33 Vent hoped that the senate Jwou'd agree with the h mse provision regard'og thu Okla- icma matter and moved that tuoaouato IB ctdo from its nmoLdmeuts. i Ingalls did not be i-ive tlut the senate op- eciutfd the full sig ificince of tha Ok la loma difficulty , he hw1 no doub't that withir 'orly-eight hours 20,000 persons with con n rted _ action would move on th eo lacds , t < 'oicibly occupy them , and were prot ared t ( iihintatn that occupancy by force of arms Be did neb believe 111 it n giaver comtilicn ior : ould arise In dawn of the coming admmia- ; iallon. [ Cullom said that ho had received reliabli information that 2,000 wore really ami netor iiiiueid to go on those lands on the fifth o March. liutler asked whether tha commander in chief of the Uiiited States army had not ten > n armed force to put , and keep , out tha pee ilo alluded to. Ingalls said yes , but It in stated that thi sun of that eminent commauher was about ti Bet , and within a very short time the com mand of that very majestic body , known a the army of too United States , wou'i liavo passed from tin control of thi ; reat general who now commanded to a util ? ro > tor commander whoso course woi still in the womb of the future , bu' ' undoubtedly tbo impression wan that after th 5th of March the troops would be withdrawn It may , however , ba tint before the eun roe g In the ml'guidod titizms of tha Unitoi States might ha\o aconflict with the tn-ops Icgalls would rpgret tbo shod ing of blood and them was hue ono way , in his opinion , t avoid it , and tlut was for the senate uot t invite people tog ) thereby a promise th < negotiations were about being entered uoor for the purpose of opening the lands to eel tiers. Hawley submitted a verbal report of th work done by th i fcpoclal committed to invei tinatej tbo fcteel producing capacity of th United States , stating that the investigation hud not been completed for want of tiaii Tae committee was continued dm ing recef and rf eiuired to report next December. Aldrt h Bubmitted the report from the con ratttco on transportation routes to the sei boanl. Ordered printed , Halo called up the general deficiency bi and its leading was pro eoded with. Tr. houto provision abjlithmg the oflica of tent census WJB stri keii out l-y thu renato , . Miller of New York , offered an amoni ment appropriating 51' ' O.COO to complete tl pedestal of the s aiua of "Liberty Kulightei in ? the World" to bo erected on Bedloe Island , New Ywrk h rbor. Agreed to. Amendment * were adopted approptiatln S50OlO to continue the Missisiippi river coin 1 mission , and Increasing the appropriation fc i compensation of poatma tera whose alari < hftAn been readjust' d under the act of 1883,1 $278,481 , an increase of $137,933. A fo othtr unimportant amendment ) wera adopto and the bill passed The fortification bill was then taken up an the umendmont wai adopted apnroprUtin f 820,000 for the purchase of machine gun 'Jlio commltteo'a amendments wcro adopU and the bill pasted. Tbo senate went Into executive session ar when the dojra re-opened took a r seen a unt 0 o'rlock. When the senate reconvened the river ar harbor bill wat taken up. As it passed tl house It appropriates 1500,1X0 in gross ; i p opoaed by tbo iien&to committee to I amended It appropriates 810,000,003 , Cong i-1 defended the increate and Frya ptopoioi tl ' lump sum bill , Pending debate on the bil 'endleton offered the following resolution , for hich ho atked Immediate o nslderation : "Keiolvod that the thtnks tf thssrnato lira ue and arc hereby tendered George F. Ed- nuods for the tonrteous , impartial and able manner in which ho has presided over its dc- borntlons and fulhlled.the duty of president ro torn pore. " The resolution WAS unanimously ftgroed to ad the dlscufsion of the rlter and harbor 111 was resumed. HOUSE. WiaillNaroN , March -There were hardly dozen members in the hall when the tossion osumcd this morning. The sundry civil bill meantime came over from the senate heavily oaded with nmtndmcnts. Ilnudall asked nanimoua content that the bill bo Uktu up nd the amendments non concurred In , and i t It bo sent to the conference committeo. Hepburn objected and there was then the call of the house whlih showed the prosecco f only forty- five member * . Hnudall's motion was then renewed and gteod to. After various ineffectual attempts u have bills taken up by un nlmous consent nd It beln # plainly Impossible to transact ny public business , the house adjourned until 1 o'clock. Wlun the house rcconvenod Valentino Im mediately moved a recess until 10 o'clock to- iglit , the object being to prevent the consitl. ration of thocontistod election case , Fred rick VH. Wilson ( Iowa ) , The republican ! ro- ralned from voting and left the houto with- ut a quorum , Townshend submitted the ro- art of the conference committee on the > ust ollico appropriation bill , on- iounclng continued diiagreement. After a long debate on the ocean mail trans- loitatlon bill , the house coi currcd in the seu- to amendment , authorizing the pestinaater- nucral to loaao premises for third-clajs post- dices. The huuso insisted on its ditagico- nent to the eennto amendment relative to cean mail transportation , and n further con- ernico uaa ordered. JCHIs submitted the conference rei > ort on the ndian approptlation bill. _ The report states bo agretmnnt on nil points in controversy icept on the eonato amoudments striking out tie clauses for paying the claims against the noi n tribes on acojimt of depredations , and nacting legislation relative to the introduc- iou of Intoxicating spirit ! into the Indian erritorien. The amendment striking out the lause relative to claims azalust the Indian ribcs , was concur'ed in , tha other amend ments disagreed to , and a further conference rdered , iiuncock _ submitted _ the conference report n the peniion apprnpiiatlon bills Adopted. ? ho hou-o receilrH from its disngrecmcnt to all enato amcnunicnts and as finally agreed to he bill aporoprlated $60,100,000. Kocess mil 7:30. : Upon reconvening. Numerous motions to ake H reseat were made again , to p evoLt the onsideratlon of the oltctipu casen. The oiut of no qii'Tiini was raised. Robinson , VewYork m > do an appeal "ta llioUstworil 10 would ever say in Washington" asking the muse to make a donation of any amo mt to ilrd. Mik Ilium , gr nd daughter of Jtfiforcon , and rcciuestod unanimous consent for the pas- agoot the bill maki g an uppropiiatlon for hat purpps > . Hammond objected to .ha deficiency In the appropriation 'ill ' that waa received from the senate. Che snute amendments weio non-concurred n , Hud liurnB. Ilaadall and Long appointed cobforoes. The time dragged along very ilowly , the monotonous voice of the clerk 'uuuciating ' the names beir-gouly varied by In members themsBlveD paaiing lazily re- tweon tbo tellers as the queitiun of ' No quo rum" was raised upon several dili.ory mo tions , tired out from the long eosti"n of lad night , the representatives took no interest it ho proceedings , rarely voting , but leaning > ccV ia"cluirs , nmoUlng and fingering ead pencils ornamantud with n pict ire of G rover C.'oveKind and bearing , ho logcnd , "for projid-nt , 18S8-9 , " whicl lorno enlh slast'c Cleveland mau lm < dis : rlbuted in large quantities throughout thi nils. The fun of tne evening was confined the < , ho ways and minus committee room when 3presentativo Ulaikbum wus c lebrating hti net uight in iho House by trratu g bis par .IcuUr ftionds to a musical pitity , thi nttrumental pertion ot whicn w& ' 'urniahed by n party of Loxingioi colored man , while thu entire company nov nd then joined in a refrain In some negn nelody , and broke with applause as each ai was completed , Repre-pntativoa Curtain LVlland , Jtobortpon ntd Money wcro amunj , ho members present and I'oatmaster-Gonora Hatton was ono of tha guobts , WASHINOTON NEW8. WABHIKOTON , March 3 The white hous Building bnJ grounds were crowded with visi tors to-diy. The east room , however , wcs th only ono open to tigbtseers. The preel'en wai kept very busy during the day signin Acts of congress an \ attending to other elli cial matters. The members of the United States euprem court , beaded by Chief Justice Waitn , callei just bafi > ra noon and took leave of the picni dent The session was devoted to clearing n all offi.ial buainesj requiring action during th prieout administration. At U:30 : the probident reseivod a nvmbor c the diplnmatic corpj. All legations wer eprf While arrangements wore being made fa packing and removing the personal effects c the president and his fuinily , a Urge expree \vanon drove up to the maiu entrance and dc pouted u numb r of trunks , b > xea aud pai celt contu nine the personal elfi cts cf Pres den'cle ' ct Cleveland and hi > pi ivatet eecretarj Alter the prtgident hai roviuwed tha ii augural proowtion ho will proceed to the res denco of Secretary Frelinghuysm , who : guest he will be f r two or three weeks , Tha president to-day ordered u genori cou t martial to convene in the city of Was ! Hilton on the llth iust. for the trial of IIRiaADIEU-QKN , W. U. HAZEN , chief signal officer of the army , ou charges ( conduce t ro judicial to gond order and mllitar discipline , in having officially and public ! criticised the action of the secretary of wi for not following his recommendations I ( end an expedition to the relic ! of Lieuttnai Grfely In S-ptember , 1883. Tli following is tha detail for tha com M j-Gen. , H.ncock , Mj-Gen. Scholieh Brig.-Gon. Terry , Biiir.-Gon Augur , Hrig Geu , HoKeeley , B > lg.-Geu. Heilabird , Brig Gen , Murray , BrlK.-Gen , Newton , Cc Andrews. Twenty-fourth infantry ; Cc Merrltt , Fifth cavalry ; On ] , Block , Twent ; third infantry ; Cape J , W. Uloup , Twont fourth lufntntry , Judge Advuckte. Orde aUo lisued to-day for euapen-ion of Ge Hazen and for him to conaider himself in a rest until further orders. Capr. Mills , the ilfinal service has ben oidurid on du as aciiuc chiet signal officer pending the r eult of the trial of Gen Hazen , It i undo ( too 1 that action in this C > BO was precipltati by an interview with Gen , Haten publiebi yesterday in which the latter is represent ) us placing on the secretary of war the r Bpookibility for the loss of BO many mernbe of the Ureely party The lub-commltteo appointed by the Ina ruratlon general rtceptlon oommittco to w * ) [ come the president-elect lo Wathmglcn , : Allid on bin. by appointment this afternoon. Their chairman , Klcbard T , Meurick , flcr ntroducing his fellow-membots , cxprcs ed ho welcome In A few well chosen words , and Cleveland felidlously returned his acknowl edgments. It. formal conversation enaund for sometime , and the committee Individually ook the ir leixro. After the oall of the citizens' reception com * mitteo Cleveland continued to reooUo callers intil G o'clock , when he dined at the hotel. Among those who called were Mr , Hcndricks , Col , Vilai , Secretary McCulloch , Gen. faros- worth , DtnUl Mantling , Senator Gorman. Senator Garland , and Gen. Sheridan nd .hron . mcmbrri of his stuff. Hondrlcks called about noon and had a long talk with Cleveland. It was a ( tor 8 p. in. when Cleveland appeared In tha parlors alter Hnncr , Fiom thin until 10 tha pmidont elect continued to rcceivo csllcis. At 10 leveland retired. He will leave the hotel to-morrow mornina at 11 for the whlto houro and from thuio will bo drlvtn to tha capllol. IIKNDBICKS 1IKCE1VX1) A L.M1QE NTJUDRR Or CALLEI1B nt his rooms to-day , In the evening ho won serenaded by several visiting orgailzatiems anl In acknowledging ono of the-o compll- nonts tendered by the 13mch Xoimvon of At , Liouls and a fljmboaux club of Kanto * . Ho aid , hn had reporued the dvmonitratloDs of o-day as the eedoreemcnt of the principles of a pnro nnj honest Rovcrnment. The city on the eve of Inauguration day fRcnta n tcono of oitraoidmary activity. 1'hcitemfiit and enthusiasm. The fronts of all buildings on Pennsylvania avenue an nearly covered by flags , shields and 'estoons of bunting so that the street Is al- nest walled In with trl-colora and drappery. The lanlors of the strnf t lamn post have been removed and the Ran Q&mes nurrcunded by colored globes. Electric lights blaza on every xirncr and along the pavements brilliantly 11- umibatid under iluttcring etreamors and jannera move ) crowns of Inaugtration vis- torn , Thoiecrftary of the interior today trans milted a letter from the commissioner of rail navs in nuponso to the resolution of thu sen- ito asking whttliei the Union Pacific and other land grant or bonded railway companies IAVO p nstrucled , and are inniut\inins and operating their own lines of tetlegraph , and whether telegraph messages are accepted and iransmlttod for ull persona and oorporatioun , without disciimioation. The commi > niou couniilorcd the underlying question is a con' eroversy between rival telegraph compan\ca \ , i rising out of or differing in the conttmctior of the BMIIO law , utid that the question ii clearly ono for judicial adjudication. The Army of Government Clerks \Vlic Draw Salaries and Kenelcr No Services. Special Telegram to The Bee. WASHINGTON , March 3. Judge Helms n of Indiana , eays that after the democratic ad ministration machine gets to running smoothj ! they expect to dispense with ono-tbiid of thi clerical force in the departments hero. "I on admit " said he "that thera willing to , , an soma berths , like the sixth auditor's olficc one patent ollico , where an incroso of thafvicaii really necessary , but excepting those two then is not another office under the government ! where tbo work could not ha performed witl HALF THE rnUSENT NUMBER OF OLEUM. Lvtmo cita you an inBtixnoa that cami under my obstrvatiou on Saturday. ] dropped in at the Interior , department tha day. A very pretty and handsomely attiroc young lady was talking very earnestly. . . ! ' Assistant Secretary'oslyn7" ) When iho arosi to leave she placid her handkerchief befor her face , but not in time to hide the fact tha etn bad bten weeping. Thei sight of lie jut ; in distress always touches my tonslblliile and I incjmrtd of Joslyn the causa of tni young lartles trouble. Ho replied that tin was ant-icaof a general , naming a distinguished od regular urniy ufiicer , and was also relate ! to roveral members of oongiceB. Upon theii recommendation eho was given a $120 clerk ship in tto land office about eighteen month ago. She was Beldam at her desk and whei sha was present , occupied the tim mainly in writing letters or read lug book * or _ gossiping with othe clerks in the corridors. Upon pretense of ill IHBS she was absent from duty during th year jest ended , 22 clays , not counting Sun days or hiliday ? . At tha commencement o the year she was notified t at iho must eitbe repoit regularly or ba dropped from tlu rollt Oun day last week the retried tick again am the BUIUO evening cave a theatre piity at Al bur 'n. lord , red her dismissed next man : ing , Now , if the truth were known , umtinuo Judgu Helm in , ' there are hundreds of peopl btirg cmriod ou the government roll who d as little for the salaries they receive , as th ! young lady We piopona to chai go all thi when democrats cimo into power. " Thera 1 no di ubt a ( treat deal of truth in Judge Hoi mnn' strictures upjn tha looseness ot disc , ptlnein niuuy of the depurtmonts hero. H IH , however , blind to the fact that the ir lunnces which produce this state c aifaiia will ba equally M potent wit democrats as republicans , and there is littl rca-on to biliovo that the democrats can witl stand them any moro tuccossfully than tli republican have dono. r MOKE APPLICATIONS FOB PATKNTH f hitvo been Cl'd by ThomoH A. Edieon than b any living individual in this or foicign coui tiies. Kdlinn made bin first application for patent July 1,1809 Ho was then barely : yaara old. It waa a rather clover contriv ni for restoring automatically the votes of legl lativp bodies , Since that time he ban filed 0 applications , outof which number 10) hai e already been granted. There has been steady decline in applications for several yea tl past. Thu largest number for nny one ye ; wai 132 in 1882. In 1882 the number droppi to 71. and lakt year it waa only 23. "How do you account for this decline > f asked the correspondent of the examiner 1 y charcre. y "Kdison's contract ) with the electrio ligl r syndicatu kevpi him so buiily ongoged the o ho has no time for outndo mattora. Ho h it a largo income but spends It in experiment He receives a retuiinm ? fee nf $20,000 a ye from the Western Union Telegraph coinpan 1 , Tiny agree to pay him this turn for an in te- nito number.of years , in return for which Ee ion aangns to them thu full ownership in i patents relating to telegraphic improvement His royalty from tha rame company for t u > e of bis ( piudruploxjIintrumeLt is wor $50COO per annum and ho no dqu receives a like sum I rom the Now York " trie Light company , Fifteen years ego was following his avooatlun of telegraph 0 { rater and earning 3100 a month , " ' Is I-JJlson the most successful of the lati day Inventora ! " ' 'Scientifically he Is far In advance nf i others. Brush , his principal competitor : d , e ectiio lights , has mode tha mwt rnonc : d Ills income is $2,000 a day. Uo is probal e-1 the richest of living Inventors , Ho haa ma rs I every penny of it since 1879 , Edison : I Bruih are both very young men. Edison a-1 thirty-eight and Biuih thirty-six. 'CHANCE. War ai § Rnmors of War Mtctti Prices on 'Mange ' , Wheat Was Consequently Qaiotf Nervous and Irrogulari Corn was Active but Affected by the Same Cause ; Frioes of Oattlo Oontinno About the Saiuo. A Marked Decrease in the Eeooipts , There wns ConnUlcrablo Activity lit Mny Vork Prices are Bxpcutcd to Huom. CHICAGO MA11K1CTS. WI1KAT. Tolcgram to THE 15 n , CHICAGO , March 3 , War and rumors of war affected prices on 'change during the early part of the morning sostiou to-day. Wheat was qu'ot , nervous anil irrefular. May options opened at 70c , which was Jo lower than the cloco last night. It neon broke , however , under the Influence ot an increaco In tha visible supply over last week , aud It Bold down to 7Sfio. The fooling at the opening ; was bearish , but after the break the Kmopean wet minors sent it up ogniu. In fact It wan the war card that the boys played right along to keep the market up There are no ouUido orders coming In , aud there is nothing but a scalping busines fairly done Ono opera tor was also of the opinion that the market would not Htay up. but must inevitably go lower. Another -'man about 'change" con troverted thin opinion. Ho based his viewa ou his correrpeudoncu and thowcel a Inttoc from Mi-souri , which tad that the acreage ) was 20 per cent less than it was last year In that eUto , Arkanpas aud Kansas. Thera was Bomo short covering to-day , and this helped to keen prices up. Options closed firm at ; i [ com ? . Trading in May corn was quito cctivo , but the Bame causes which affected wheat in ado themselves felt with It. Oiitlcns opened at 41c and closed jo higher. There was consid erable activity la rOBK. It sold away down , bowaycr. Toward thu clo'O the tnarkf t rallied a little , nud it cloar.tl at $12. 47 $ , having npvntd at 12 CC. It It 01- peoted that the cablegrams rocclveid Into this afternoon 10 the effect that JCnzland has ar ranged to hold in rca Jiness ICO 000 men for teivlco against Kusia in Afghanistan wili send prices btoming to-morrow. CATTLE. Receipt ? BO far for the week ore considerably lees than for the , coi responding ported last nook. , Xut that. fact doesDot , , uoorn to Uflu- on'co tlio valuei to any 'groat" " extent. ' There wan a slight upturn jesterday but to-day trade wa * slow aud vnriou , rather weak on all sorts except perhaps funcy 11.00 to 1COO steere , and therp wore nnne of that class on sala. The ordinary run of chipping' and dresand beef steers were generally quoted easier and in Bomo cases 10fe ( > lr-o loiycr thun on Mon day. Common and medium utters were quoted etrong lUc lower than ou Monday , but are not as cheap as lowest of iaetwcek ; etock- crs and feeders In good demand and steady ; etcck cnlvow acarco and nominal ; 1060 to 1500 pounds SH104 CO : 12CO to 1300 pounds , S 75 < 8j5 25 ; 1350 to 1500 pounds , SB ! @SO < 1 ; butchers' , S2tO@IOO ; bulk , S270@3EO ; stockers , S3 41fo-l 10 ; feodtrf , 81i0S34eO ! ( ; Texans , § 3 Out 00. 1IOOH , Receipts rhow a marked falling off In lha Bupply as compared with , tha corresponding period last week. The market to-day openeel rather Btrniu ; at firnt theio was a spurt of ac tivity and a substantial advance on light , medium - dium eortc , but at the ckse the market waa weak and the advance of lOc at the opening waa loEt ; SI 95 for light ; 150 to 210 pounds , $1204GO. _ Tbo Hnruii I'olHonliiK Oaso. . Win. , March 3. In the tiial of Nell Iloran for poisoning her sinter Anna , now in progress in the circuit couit , the entire forenoon and greater part of tha afternoon was taken up by the testimony o ! Mies Wake , man , with whom Anna was afsocintodjn thu dress making bunlne'c , and who was with the deceased during her illness und death , Tha testimony was but a repetition [ of that Riven intlo preliminary examination. Mitn Sucks , another intimata friend of the poisoned girl , was afterward examined. Hood's Sarsapariiia Combines , In a manner peculiar to Itself , the best blood-purifying nnd strengthening reme dies of Uio vegclahlo kingdom. You will find this wonderful remedy effective where other medicines have failed. Try It now. It will purify your blood , regulate the digestion , und give new life and vigor to the entire body. "Hood's Sarsapariiia did mo great good. I was tired out from overwork , and It toiictl mo up. " Mnu. O. E. SIMMONH , Cohoca , N. Y. " I suffered thrco yearn from blood poison , I took Hood's Barsaporllla and think I am cured. " MIIS. M. J. DAVIS , IJrockport , N. Y. the Blood * Hood's Samparllla Is characterized \ llireo pccullarltlrs : 1st , thn combination l remedial agents ; 2dthopofort on ; 3d , tlif process of sccuriiijj the active < | iialltlcs , The result Is amedlclne of uaumui Htrcnglli , effcctlni ; cures hitherto unknown , Bend for book containing additional evidence ) . " Jfood'n Barsapnrllla tones up my nystcni , purifies my Mood , ulinrpena my amietlte , anili ici'ins to iiiuUo mo over. " J. ] ' . TJiosiJ'-WH Keylster ot Deeds , Lowell , Hast , "Hood'H Btrsnparllla beats nil othrrfl , aiuf ! worth UH weilchtliicnlil. " I. lUuuiNUTUN , 130 llauk Htiect , New York City. Hood's Sarsapariiia Bold by all druggists. (1 ; six for J5. only by C. I. HOOD & CO. , Lowell , Mass. c5eerv tilerycoJ1.ere Smoking Toacco
