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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1886)
The Brightest Bourbons Attempt to Answer His Masterly Speech. THE BOGUS BUTTER MEN HEARD VnnAVvok AiSvocates Liberal Pension Payments Patents I saucd to Western Inventors The Sioux City Land Grant. Kcchlo Answers to Henderson. WAsm.vnTo.v , March U. [ Special Tele gram. ] In tlio house this afternoon ( he democrats made another desperate efToit to answer the sjicccli of Colonel Henderson of Iowa , delivered a few days ago and icvlcwcd In these dispatches. Wilson of West Vir ginia , one of the brightest orators on the democratic side , and Matson o'f Indiana , chairman of the committee on invalid pen sions , were put up to tear down the superstructure - structure built of facts by Colonel Henderson as a monument to the hatred of union soldiers and the work of thu south against not only not Increasing the scopoof the pres ent pension laws , but of defeating the pay ment of pensions alicady pledged. As the democratic speakers proceeded , Colonel Hen derson , stationed at n convenient point in the house , clinched their misrepresentations so often nnd so firmly that their eloQUcnco fell Hat. Tlmo and again did ho ask both of them , In many ways , to answer Ids analysis of the vote against tlio Increase ot widows' pensions , which showed that sixty-four of the sixty-six votes cast against the bill were from the south. The 'nearest ho caino of getting an answer was from Matsnn , who linally exclaimed , " 1 am not heio to defend or explain the votes of those who opposed an Increase of widow's pen sions. Kvcry me.mber of this house has a right to exercise Ids own mind and vote , and those men are capable of taking care of them selves. " So he left the fact as It stood , that the solid confederate element In thu house is against more liberality In pensioning union soldiers. The effort made to-answer the charge by Colonel Henderson that Commissioner of Pensions Ulack had falsified tlio figures to the extent of syJ.OOO.OOO to frighten the house from repealing the limitation of arrearages act and enacting other pension legislation , was ridiculous. They seemed to think It sufllclont that lllack had acknowledged the "error" when it was pointed out to him. There was a good deal of furoio In the house during the debate , which lasted two hours , and when It was over Colonel Henderson found now laurels added to his crown. With the showing made against the confederates by Colonel Henderson and the speech of General Wolfoid , the veteran democrat from Kentucky , on Saturday , advocating tlio pen sioning of Jeff Davis , the majority In this house Is retrogadlng towards anti-helium days very rapidly Indeed. THE noous uuTinn FIJAUP. A sub-committee of the house committed on agriculture gave a hearing to representa tives of tlio oleomargarine and butterlnc in tores ( a to-day. A bill Is under consideration which makes Imitation butter pay a tax of ten-cents a pound and bear a hi and that will leadlly distinguish it from the genuine aitl- clo. ( ieorge M. Steam , of Armour & Co. , of Chicago , opposed the bill , contending that butterino was a healthy article of food. Ho could see no reason for such legislation as ( lie bill proposed. The dealers in It had no desire , ho said , to sell it as anything else than what it Is. A great outcry had boon raised against tlio butterino makers , but It was either by persons unacquainted with its properties or those who were interested In butler. He was confident that the whole at tack on oleomargarine was unwarranted and was instigated by tlio butter men. ( Jus T. Tapper , of Osage ( Iowa ) , representing the farmers and butter interests generally , made a strong argument for the passage of the bill. He hold that the butterino product was rapidly supplanting : genuine butter , and all over the country the farmers were opposed to the now trafile. Ho thought that legislation was called for which would absolutely wlpo oleomargarine or but terino out of existence. The buttcrmcn had begun a war ot extermination against the manufactured product , and proposed to keep It up. To-morrow a report will bo made to the full committee , and a delegation from Now York Is expected to speak for Imita tion butter. A very strong light is being madu for the manufacture , but the farmers of Iowa , Nebraska , and the west generally , who have made such a protest against it , will take courage when they learn that there Is a sympathy for them In congress. OUU HKNIOIt I'AVOHS I'KXHIDX IXOlitUSi : . In the senate to-day Mr. Van Wyck , fiom thecommittee on pensions , reported with an amendment the huuso bill to Incicaso the pensions of widows and depend ent relatives of deceased soldiers and sailors. The amendment provides for an Increase of pensions of minor children from S3 a month , tlio amount fixed by the house , to 54 n month. Mr. Van Wyck said ho would ask an early consideration of the bill and would ask the senate to Increase minor children's pensions to S a month Instead of 8-1 , as recommended by the committee. He believes that Idiotic and insane children , and these otherwise helpless , should bo homo upon tlio pension lolls during their depen dence. Also , that thu ago of children con sidered dependent ought to bo extended to IS from 10 years. I'ATHXTS TO WKSTKUX INVfiNTOIll. Patents , vcro to-day Issued to the follow ing : Alexander Anderson and It. Uiithor- ford , Brush Cieok ( Iowa ) , two-horse hay rake ; John T. Condon , Klngsley ( Iowa ) , liamu tug ; Iteiibcn H. Dowel ) , \Vaverly ( .Neb. ) , punching machine ; Oliver S. Foster , Mount Vernon ( Iowa ) , honey box case and clamp ; Lorenzo T. Gerblng , Wymoro ( Neb. ) , cabinet ; Chas. H , ( Jodfioy of Nebraska , water supply system ; George A. Grant , Kddyvlllo ( Iowa ) , gate Pcrloy Halo , Hurllngton ( Iowa ) , car for elevated railway system ; George Koch , Ihnllngton ( Iowa ) , seal luck ; I'reman Lllllbrhljje , Cedar llaplds ( Iowa ) , saddle for bicycles ; John Long , Hilghton ( Iowa ) , tifth wheel nnll-raltk-r ; Wm. Louden , Kntrlleld ( Iowa ) , hay carilor ; Josophcno L. Smith , Davenport ( Iowa ) , household press ; Joseph A. Wltluow , Scrantoti City ( Iowa ) , hay rack. FIIIKNIIH OF THE JH'ltl.Y I1UFPA1.O. Senator Mamk'rson pu'scnlcd In tlio senate to-day n petition from \ V.V. \ . Patterson am a laijo nnmbcrof other citizens of Nebrask : nnd Iowa , askimr congress to set apart a portion of thu public domain on the Kopubll can river , either In the state of Nebraska Kansas or Colorado , for breeding and pro tcctlng buffalo , antelope and elk. Th petitioners state that those food animals are rapidly decreasing in number , and tha unless some measures aiu adopted tor thol prescrvutlon they will eventually become ox tlnct. They want this laud set apart as n national park , where these animals ma ; breed and bo pioteeted for future generation ? TIIK stors crrv LAND OUANT. The .bill ( o forfeit ( lie Sioux City -tSt Taul land gmiit ? iu Iowa Will probably be ailed np In the senate by Mr. Wilson this vcek. H will undoubtedly be passed. The ccent developments In iclntlon to these ; rants brought out by the attorney general ot Minnesota In suits against the Sioux City & St , P.utl nnd other roads , iurnlshcs strong nd new evidence to show why this bill honld be passed , the roads interested having or years defrauded the pcoulo out of the axes the lands under the grants should have > ald. WHAT POJir. 10WANS WANT. Senator Allison of Iowa presented In the cnatc to-day a lot of petitions from citizens of his state. Among them was onn from the Cnlghts of Labor of Clartnda asking con gress to appropriate liberally for the con traction of tlio Hcnncpln canal. Another vns from Bucna Vista Grange , Jasper county , in favor of unlimited silver colnncc. I'r.llSO.VAI. MKNTION. O. P. Shlras and Benjamin McClnre ot Du- btiqne , and II. C. Pratt and wife of Tlpton Iowa ) arc at theKbbltt. coxmiKss. Senate. N , Marcli 2. Among the pell- Ions presented In tlio senate to-day was ono ty Mr. Hour from the worklngmcn employed n government woik shops since the eight hour law of IbCS was pasted , praying com- icnsatlon lor over time , or reference of heir claims to some tribunal that may ad- lustlcato the question whether they ought to tave such compensation. Mr , Hoar said ho 'avored thu request of the petitioners. He jellevcd the object of the eight hour law was o test the soundness of economic law , alllrmed bytho worklngmeii of the country , is well as by many economic writers , that on alaigescalo of manufacturing the employ- nent of Individual woiklngmcn will bo a urger producer upon workltiK only eight itmrs per day than when M'oiking a longer lumber. The increased vigor , xeal and In- elllgenco of the men working under such a system , Mr. Hoar believed , would make them better producers nnd more valuable citizens. The petition was appropriately referred. The committee on pcnsoiis reported , with an amendment , the house bill to Increase thu [ iciislons ot widows and dependent relatives of deceased soldieis and sailors. Theamund- meiit provides an increase of the pensoti of minor children from $2 per month , tlio amount lixed by the house , to SI per month. Mr , Van Wyck said ho would ask an early consideration of the bill , and would ask tlio senate to increase the minor children's pen sions to S5 per month instead of St as recom mended by the committee. Ho would also ask that Insane and helpless children should receive the pension given to minor children 18 vears of age so lomi as thu disability or In sanity should continue. Mr. Logan hoped the bill would soon betaken taken tip and passed , llethoimht it would lie better that the points suggested by Mr. Van Wyck , some of which he ( Logan ) fa- voied , should bo Incorporated In the senate Instead of encumbering the house bill. Mr. Van Wyck thought the amendments proposed wcie directly in line of tlio bill just repented and should be incorporated into that bill. Ho also said congress ought to have passed at the last session a bill granting pensions to Mexican soldiers. The bill was placed on tlio calendar. At 1 o'clock , on motion of Mr. Blair , the senate took up the education bill , and Mr. Hale addressed the senate In opposition. Mr. Allison's motion he characterized as a re flection on the states and an abandonment of one of the principles of our government , The president lo lay sent a message to ( lie senate on the Clilncso question. Ho says the condition ot the Chinese in the western states and territories is far from satisfactory. All the power of the government should bo exerted to maintain ample and good faith towards China In the treatment of the men , and the indexible sternness of thu law in bringing the wrong doers to justice should be Insisted on. Every clVort has been made by tlio government to prevent violent outbreaks , and the president says he Is prepared to give earnest consideration to any further remedial measures , within treaty limits , which con gress may desire. Mr. Saulsbtiry opposed the bill , whether with or without thu Allison amendment. Mr. Kiddlcbcrger opposed the Allison amendment as also did Mr. Hampton. Mr. Berry favored tlio bill , but thought the Allison amendment would seriously impair llm school system of Arkansas , and disturb the relations of the races. Mr. Ingalls said that If this money were to be distributed , wo should throw about it all the safeguards possible. Mr. Blair opposed the Allison amendment. Mr. Allison defended Ids amendment. Ho asked the southern senators whether they thought thu people of this country would as sent that out ot the S..S,000,003 which the bill would give to the south 5510,000,000 , should pete to thu education 'of the whites , while only Sis.000.00a was to go to the education of tlio colored people , notwithstanding tlio fact that the Illiteracy of the southern whiles was but little inoro than that prevailing In the nortn- cru states. Did they suppose this bill , with out tills amendment , would endure the just criticism of the northern people with such an Incqimtabluapportionment ot money'.1 Mr. Al lison had the belief that this vicious piopo- sitlon forthe distribution of the money with in the states had been maitu to secure for tlio bill votes from senators from which they could not otherwise be secured. Ills amend ment could not , however , bo "whistled down the wind. " Mr. Logan submitted as amendments the substance of tlio measure heretofore In troduced by him , one providing an appropria tion of 810COJ,000 the first year , $17,500,000 the second year , § 20,039,000 thn third year , ( ? l , OJO,000 the fouilh year , 810,030,000 , tlio fifth year , SU.OCO.OOO the sixth year. 812.030.- 000 ( ho seventh year. 510,000,000 thn eighth year , ? sooo,000 Ilio ninth year , Sfl,00.oao the tenth year , when appropriations under tlio act shall close. Also an amendment provid ing a special fund of S2,0Kooo ! ) to aid in building school houses in sparsely populated districts , not more than S1CO on anyone house nor more than one-halt1 the cost of school house In any case. Adjourned. House , WASHINGTON , March. 2. TIio committee on Invalid pensions reported the bill o.xtend ing until Julyl , ISSfl , the time within whlcli applications for arrears of pensions may bo filed , extending the provisions of the arrears act to special pensioners , and providing thai In applications for pensions the person on whoso account the pension is claimed shal bo presumed prlma facto to have been souiu and frco from disease at the date of entering the service. Ileferrcd to the committee of the whole. The committee on foreign affairs reportfi the consular and diplomatic approprlatior bill , and it was i of cried to the committee o : tlio whole. The speaker laid before the house the response of the secretary of the treasury to thu Bland icsolutlon , calling for Inforuiatloi concerning the circulation of the btamlan silver dollar and the policy to bo pursued as to the payment of sliver. lU'ferml to the committee on coinage , weights and measures Mr. Wise , on behalf of the committee 01 manufacturers , In the morning hour eallei up the bill authorizing tlio president to ap point a commission of seven oxpeits , slille ; < In the Investigation or the reduction and usi of metallic substances ami other stiucttira materials to execute tests and experiments 01 Iron , steel and other materials used in the construction of bridges , buildings and me chanlcal structures- , and deduct nscli'.l rule therefrom. After the morning hour expired the houi went into committee of thu whole on tli pension appropriation bill. Mr. Cannon gave his views on general pen slon legislation , and warmly favored the passage ot a measure ( o pension soldieis who were now disabled , ( hough ( lie disability might not bp attributable to the service , am who were now dependent on thoirdaily labo furstippott. lie would also amend ( he laws so as to pension paicns ( who would now bo deiHiinleut upon ( heir sou. Had ho not bcci killed In the war , though they had not beei dependent upon him whn , ns a young lad ho e.nteted the service of his country. Mr. Wilson vigorously dofendtjj C'ommls sloner Black from , the i-ri ttclsms of the gen tlem'an from IowaHenderson ( ) , and do * eltuvJ ( hut thu pubMo Ir.td gio ardbd Jii's uc 'ointment by ( ho president as ati eminently vise and patriotic selection. Mr. Hammond , alluding to the recent pcech ot Mr. Henderson of Iowa , said It needed no reply. The spirit of the speech. lot only In. manner but in cold , pointed vords. carried with it condemnation of the rgmncnt , nud needed no moio reply than vhen he consigned the confederates to hell nnd then Intensified hell by a promise to go hero with them. [ Laughter and applause. ] Pending further discussion , the committee ese and the house adjourned. I'MlUhnotcrs Captured. WASHINGTON , March 2. Secretary Whit- icy to-day telegraphed Instructions to Cap- aln Chester , commanding the United States steamer Galena , at Key West , to deliver to the United States marshal at Key West the steamer City of Mexico , which was seized on suspicion of being engaged In a illlibusterlng expedition to Honduras , together with all ) crsnns , paters nud property connected herewith. The case has been referred to tlio attorney general , and further proceedings will bo directed by him. The Konrhons ( Setting Itcady. WASHINGTON , March 2. About forty dem ocratic members of the house met In caucus o-nlght to arrange for the selection of a dem ocratic congressional campaign committee. A resolution was adopted Instructing state lelegations to select 0110 of tlieir number "roin each state to constitute a campaign committee. The committee so selected is charged to meet \\ltiiln a week and choose Ive of thf Ir number to act with a similar lumber chosen by the democratic senators , to act as a joint executive committee , Whitney and tlio SmTacc Itoad. WASHINOTI N , March 2. Secretary Whit- icy to-day sent a letter to the chairman of lie senate committee of the Now York legis- ature , investigating the Broadway street railroad case in which he explains his con- lection with the matter , and says If it Is In any rcsnoct open to Just criticism ho Is not i ware of it. A Rood Measure to Pass. WASHINGTON , March 2. The house com- nlttce on claims agreed to report the bill 'avorably granting compensation for ovcr- ! mo to government employes who worked nero than eight hours after the pa saio and > oforc the enforcement of the eight hour aw. Ttopcnlltif ; tlio Pre-Kinptlon Law. WASHINGTON , March 2. A test vote was : akcn by the house committee on public amis to-day on the luoposltion to repeal the ire-cmptlon law. The result was decidedly n favor of reporting a repealing measure. Rejuvenated Kobcls. WASHINGTON , March 2. The president to day apurovcd tlio acts removing ( ho disabili- ies of Alexander P. Stewart of Mississippi. Kdward G. W. Butler of Missouri , and Thomas L. Itosser of Virginia. NEBRASKA BITS. The Doors of n Hash House Closed on n Chattel ItlortKafjc. OAKLAND , Neb. , March 2. [ Special Tele gram.J The doors of tlio St. Paul hotel were closed to-day by C. T. Grillin , who has a chattel mortgage on the household goods for about SSOO. A. C. Smith , the landlord , has jecn hi Omaha for several days and has issued checks on the Oakland bank for a con siderable amount , not having any money in the bank. Our other hotels are having a grand rush just now. Captured lior Contempt. BI.OOMINGTON , Xeb. . March 2. [ Special Telegram. ] Deputy United States Marshal Stewart , of Htverton , arrived in town to-day and arrested County Treasurer Hildreth on a warrant from the United States court for contempt in levying upon propeity In the hands of said court. The complaint was made by II. C. Malone , the receiver appointed by ( ids court for the Nebraska Lumber com pany. An Express Ilohhcr Arrested. LINCOLN , Neb. , March 2. [ Special Tele gram. ] On the 13tli of February last S. M. Young , night agent of the Burlincton road at Glenwood ( Iowa ) , appropriated a package of 31,000 brought in by the American Express company , and disappeared. This afternoon Olllcer Fowler saw Young on tlio street hero and arrested him. Young has been In Lin coln under the name of Mills ever since the robbery. SIUN15ONK VALLISX" CONVERTED. Prospective Bloodshed on the Ti-nll ol * u Mormon Kovlvul. ATLANTA , Ga. , Maich 2. [ Special Tele gram. ] Clay county , Alabama , is tlio scene of a great Mormon triumph and internal strife which Is liable to culminate very seri ously ere long. Sometime since ono Lan ders , a preacher at Oak IMdgo , entertained a couple of Mormon elders and allowed them to use his pulpit one Sunday. The result was the conversion of Landers' wlfo and son toMormonlsm , to the chagrin of ( ho de luded father , who left the county. Later the Mormon elders , who had increased In num bers , were requested to leave , but declined defiantly saying they were ready to shed their blood in tlio cause. They have now converted the entire population of Shlnbono valley and warn people not In sympathy with them to leave in thirty days. Several such warnings nrp now out. The Gentiles retaliated ono night last week by gathering around the house of Elder Harrison and notifying him Unit ho must discontinue his work. Next day tlio elder's son bought a supply of am- munitionand Harrison had stuck upon trees around this notlco : "Como to our house another night and some of you will eat brcaklast in hell the next morning. " Deserted homes , separated families and friends changed to bitter enemies , are some of the results already accomplished by Mormonism - monism In Alabama , and the end Is not yet. Under the cloak of religion they are stirring up fooling among the people that sooner or later will end In bloodshed and crime. AVYOMIXG WAIFS. The Capitol Krcetion Bill Signed by the Governor. CIIKYENNK , Wyo. , March 2. [ Special Tel- fgraiii. ] The capitol erection bill success fully passed the upper branch of the terri torial legislature to-day and was promptly signed by Governor Warren , The bill pro vides tor the erection of a territorial building at Cheyenne to cost Sl&o.ooo , and for the erection of a territorial university at Laramlo City to cost S.r.0,000. Both of tlie o buildings are sadly needed , and there Is great rojolclng throughout tlio territory over the assurance of their Immediate erection. The provision fern n university Is most timely , as the residents of tno territory have never been provided with n suitable Inst jjMon In which to educate thu rising generation. Immediate steps will bo taken to carry out the provisions of tlio measure. A Itrntal Father Shot Dead. ST. Louis , March 2. A Post-Dispatch < special from Alton (111. ( ) says , that at 12 o'clock last night Jonathan Johnson was killed by his stepson , Charles Carr aged 19 years. Johnson had become angry at tils wife and was whipping her in a brutal manner when . the boy interfered. The man turned uuon Carr , threatening to kill him. The boy in his , flight out of tlio house , seUed a shot nun and , turn ing , lir'ed upon his enraged father , The first Klml did not take effect , but tlio second killed the man instantly , The boy was captured early this morning. Ho Claims ho committed the Uccd li : belt' defense , THE RIOTS AT RflCR SPRINGS A Messftgo From tbo President to Congress on the Subject. ARE WE BOUND TO INDEMNIFY The Executive llohls to the Contrary , lint Submits the Matter to the llcnovolcnt Consideration of Congress for Action. Another White J oiifie Document. WASIH.VOTON , Miiiih 2. The president sent the following message to congress to day : To the Senate nniL House of Iteproscnta- tives It Is made tlio tonstltutlonal duty of the president to recomlnend to the considera tion of congress troin time to time such measures as ho shall judge necessary and ex pedient. In no matters can this necessity bo more evident than when the good lalth of the United btates. under the solemn obligation of treaties with foreign powers , Is concerned. The attest Ion of the treatment of tlio subjects ot China sojourning within the jurisdiction of the United State- ) presents such matter for the urgent and earnest consideration of the executive nnd congress , in my ( list annual message unon the assembling of the piesent congress 1 adverted to this question. ( Thu president hern quotes a pasture from his mes sage upon thu Chlimso question nnd con tinues. ) At thu time 1 wrote this the shock ing occiinences at Kuck Springs , in Wyoming territory , were fresh in the minds of all , and had been recently pre sented anew to tile attention of this government by ( lie Chinese minister in a note which , while not unnaturally exhibit ing some misconception of our ledcral sys tem of admlnlstiation In the territories wlnlo they as yet are not In tlio exercise of the full measures ol tlio sovereign self-government pertaining to the states , of thounion , presents in truthful terms the ifialn features of the cruel outrages there perpetrated upon the Inolfensive subjects of ICliina. In the investigation of the Hock Springs outbreak and the ascertainment of the facts upon which the Chinese minlster'sstatemonts rest , the Chinese representatives were aided by the agents ot the United States , and the reports submitted , Having been thus trained and recounting the facts within the knowl edge of witnesSes on bdth sides , possess an Important truthf illness 'which could not fall to give them great Itnpresslveness. The facts , which so far are not controverted or affected by any exculpatory or mitigating tes timony , show the murder of a number of Chinese subjects In September last at Hock Springs , the wounding of many others and the spoliation of property , all when the un happy survivors had been driven from their habitations. Theio is no allegation that the victims , by any lawless or disorderly act on their part , contributed to bring tiDout a col lision. On the contrary it appears that the law abiding disposition of these people , who were sojourners in our midst under the sanction of hospitality and express treaty obligations , was made the pretext for the attack .upon them. This out rage upon law and treaty- engagements was committed by a lawless mob. AOIIO ot die aggressors , happily for our national good fame , appear by tlio reports to have been citi zens of the. United Stales. They were aliens , engaged In that remote district as mining laborers , who became excited against the Chinese laborers , as it would seem , because of their refusal to joiU.t&otn in a strike to se cure higher wages. The oppression ot Qhlncse subjects by their rivals in competition1 for labor does not differ in violence aiffl ; Illegality from that ap plied to other classes Of. fiatlvo-or-alicn labor. All arc equally under ( sfttprotectlon of the law and equally entttleurfo enjoy thc'ueflclits of assured public order. ? , S\Vns there no treaty in existence referring. 40 the rights of Chi nese subjects ? Did thqy not come hither , as all other strangers who voluntarily resort to tliis land of freedom , otself government and of good laws , peaceably to win their bread'/ and to live their lives , there can bo no ques tion that they would bo entitled still to some measure of protection from violence and the same free forum for redress to tlieir griev ances as any other aliens. So far as the treaties between the United States and China stipulate for the treatment of Chinese subjects actually In the United States as eitizeijs and .subjects of the "most favored nation" are treated , they create no new status for them they simply recognize and conform to the general and existing rule , appllc.iblo to all aliens alike , for none are favored above others by domestic law , and none by foreign treaties , unless it bo the Chinese themselves in some respects. For , by tlio third article of the treaty of November , 1SSO , between the United States and China. It is provided in article ! ! , that If Chinese laborers , or Chinese of any other class , now either permanently or temporarily residing in the territory of tlio United States , meet with ill-treatment at the hands of other persons , the goveinment of the United States will exert all Its power to devise measures for tlieir protection , and to secure to them tlio same rights , privileges , immunities and exemptions as may bo en joyed by tlio citizens or subjects of the most favored nation and to which they are entitled by treaty. This article may be held to constitute a special privilege for Chinese subjects in the United States as compared with other aliens , not that it creates any peculiar rights which the others do not share , but because. In case of ill-treatment of the Chinese in tlio United States , this government is bound to "exert all Its power to devise measures for tlieir pro tection , " by securing to them the rights to which equally with ono and all other for eigners they are entltledi Whether ills now Incumbent upon the United States to amend its general laws or dovlso new measures in this regaul I do not consider In the present communication , but con line myself to the particular point raised by the outrages and massacre at Hock Springs. The note of the Chinese minister , and the documents which accompany It , give as its belief an unexaggcrated statement of the lamentable Incident , and presents the Impres sively leL'rettublo circumstance that the pro ceedings In tin ) name of justice for the ascer tainment of the crime and fixing the respon sibility therefor were a ghastly mockery of justice. So long as the Chinese minister , muter ilia Instructions , makes tills the basis of an appeal to the prlnclnlcs and convic tions of mankind no exception can betaken. J5ut when ho goes further , and taking as his precedent the action of the Clilncso govern ment In past instances where tlio lives of American cltl/.ens and their property In China have neon endangered , argues recipro cal obligations on the part of the United Stutcs to Indemnify tlio Clilncso subjects who suffered at Hock Springs. It became necessary to meet his argument and to deny most emphatically the conclusions ho seeks td draw as to the ex istence of such liabllltv and the right of the Chinese government 'to Insist upon it. I draw the attention of congress to tlio latter part of the note of tuuficciotary of state of February IS , 1SSO , in reply to the Cnincso minister's representation * , and to Invite especial consideration of the reasons by which he reaches the conclusion that whilst the United States government Is under no obligation , whether by express terms of Its tieatles with China or the principles of Inter national law , to Indemnify these Clilncso subjects for' losses caused by such means ami under the admitted circumstances , yet , In view of the palpable and discreditable fail tire of the au thorities of WvomliiK tenltory to bring to just'cu ' the guilty parties or to assure to thu sufferers an Impartial forum in which to seek and obtain compensation for thu losses which these subjects have Incurred by the lack of police protection ; and considering further the entire absence of provocation or contribution on the part of the vic tims , tlio executive mav be Induwd to bring the matter to tlio benevolent consideration of congicss In order that that body. In its high dlscK'tion , may dhect the bounty of the government in aid ot innocent and peaccablu strangers whoso manner of maltreatment has brought discredit upon ourcountiy , with the distinct understanding that such action Is In no wise to bo held as a precedent , Is wholly gratuitous , and Is rosoitcd to in tlio spirit of pure generojlty toward these who aio other wise helpless. The correspondence exchanged is herewith submitted for the information of congress. GlIOVKll Cj.KVin.A.S'D. Executive Mansion , Washington , U , C. , ' ' March - [ Tho- note of the secretary of state to the Chinese minister , referred to In the pros- ! lout's message. Is an exhaustive statement of Im whole Chinese question , and Its main points are fully covered In the message. ] A TEL13IVH.ONB Hooslcrs Will be Deprived Hereafter of Shouting Hello. Cmc.vno , March 2. 'Ihe Central Unlo Telephone company to-day Issued the fol lowing : To Our Patrons In Indiana This company announces with regiet'tlmt In view of the recent decision of the supreme court In Indiana , sustaining the validity of the laws regulating telephone rentals and toll line charges. It has voted to decline all new busi ness In the larger cities , who ro It Is Impos sible to furnish service under the law without loss ; to forthwith give notlco of termination , at the earliest possible dale , of the contracts of all subscribers in such places ; to make con tinuance of exchange business In the smaller iilaccs dependent upon the possibility of eon- llntiin under tlio laws without loss , and to appeal to the supreme court of the United Slates. This conclusion has iteon reached after n careful and thorough revision of tlio estimates which were submitted to the committee of the sen ate and governor of the state , and upon which the oaths of Its olllecrs In the pending litigation were based , showing that the com pany coujd not pi olllablycuirv on Its busi ness nnder the ptesent law. Much tlmo lias been spent In an effort to devlso some plan by which nil of Its exchanges and toll Hues could be continued , but to no purpose. In conclusion , the company deslies to express to all of its subscribers Its thanks for their pat ronage , and especially to the majoiity who liave felt , In common with Its olllcers , the inexpediency and Injustice of the law. TIIK PACIFICROADS. . The Government's Movements In Kc- Intlon Thereto. Niw : YOIIK , March 2. [ Special Telegram. J The World's Washington special says : The authorities at the Interior department are giving a good deal ot attention to the i'aclllc railroads. Tha lo.iso of the Central raclllc to the Southern 1'aclllc is lecolvlng perhaps the most attention just at present. It has been discovered that this lease Is Illegal. There Is no evidence on lilo at tlio depart ment to show that the government was con sulted. Major Thomas Ileddlngton , who was dismissed by Secretary Lamar two or llireo days ago , represented that ho was offered bribes by the I'acilie railroad com- [ iany to the amount of § 23,000 to make a re port fa voi able to them , and that following Ills refusal to make such a report he was dis missed from tlio interior departiiieut'througli Ilio inlluenco ot Clmilcs Francis Adams , jr. Lamar now says tills Is absolutely untrue. licddington could not have falsified the Jooks If he had wanted to. Lamar dropped Hoddington without consulting with any one because lie was indiscreet. After ho came into odico every piece of Information relating to tiio 1'acUic railroads found its way into the newspaper ollices or into the stock market. Mot Their Freight Cut. SAX FHAJCCISCO , March 2. The Atlantic & 1'acilic railroad to-day met the cut on freights made by the Southern 1'acilic yester day.SAX SAX FKAXCISCO , March 2. The Southern Pacific company lias Issued a freight rate of I7j c per hundred for all classes of freight to Missouri rivcrpolnts and Chicago. Mother and Two-Sous Cremated. . , Fur/ro.v , Mo. , Marcli ! ' . Abou'l'2'o'clockthls nornlng Mrs. ( julsenberry's.hoiiso on Nicholas las street was discovered to be on lire. Tim neighbors hastening to the burning house leard loud cries of distress and found Mrs. Quisenberry lying in tlio yard partly wrapped in a blanket. Water was dashed over her lint she was dead. Tim house- was wrapped In llames and could not be saved. Mrs. Qul- senberry's two sons , aged 17 and 19 , were missing , and a searcli of the ruins was insti tuted as soon as possible , and their charred remains found in tlio embers. Tlio mother was probably trying to save them when her clothes took lire. Knocking Doivu Telephone Props. IlANXiiiAi , , Mo. , March 2. The city coun cil last night repealed the ordinance granting Ihe Missouri & 'Kansas Telephone company the right to use tlio streets and alleys over which to run Its wires. A contract is in ex- Istencn which says the company should charge only § 8 per month for each Instru ment when the number of subscribers reached 100. Notwithstanding this , the com pany has been charging $4 per month. The city council made a demand several weeks ago that ( lie rate bo reduced to the contract price. This tlio company refused to do , and the council last night repealed the ordinance granting the company the privilege of using its streets. A Druiilccn Tragedy. CATi.KTTsnuiso , Ky , , March 2. News has come from Marrowbone Creek , West Vir ginia , ot a tragedy at a sclmolhouso last Sat urday night , Colonel Hcnnclt , a midget and slclght-of-hand performer , was giving an en tertainment In the schoollious'c when J. M. I'lekleliclmer rode up , drunk , with a shotgun In his hands , and demanded admission. IScliii ; refused he tired through the door , kil ling Colonel lie.unett Inslanllv. Itobert Hamilton , aged 7 , died In a lew liouni from wounds , and four otheis were wounded , The murderer escaped. Inhuman Treatment of a Girl. S.YI.KM , III. , March 2. County Supervisor J. A. Phillips , of luka township , Marlon county , brought to light at n meeting of the county board to-daya case of cruel treatment of a young girl named Alsa Thomas by a re- ! tivo named Lewis I'resgrove. On ono of the coldest nights of January the gill , clad only in n calico dress and a thin cotton skirt , was turned out of doors and forced to walk three miles. She froze bot'li legs and Is now in iv precarious condition. i Ho DloH Hut her OflCMi. LiAi'AYinri : , Ind. , Match 2 , Joseph Hutchlns of Boswell , a Ilttlo valley a few miles from here , was burled Thursday last. Thirty-six hours afterward ho was taken up because of a rumor that he had been burled alive. Ho was found to bo warm about the heart , but was reburled. He will again betaken taken up. Ho Is subject to trances , and has twice before been pronounced dead , but dis appointed the undertakereacli tlmo. N'aviatlou ) Suspended. Niw : YOIIK , Marcli 2. Tlio recent cold snap has closed the river again and all the local steamboats which had stalled to run from Peeks'kill down have had to stop , Some of them are frozen fast to their docks. Jlelow Tarrytovui thu tide has broken tlio leu up and Illicit It high along the shore , and the chan nel is lull of floating lee , so that It Is Impos sible for steamers to get through It. A Brnhiulu Female Medic , Pitir.ADUi.t'iiiA , March 2. Among tlio pas sengers by the liritlsh Princess at this port to-day , is the distinguished Urahmin Jady , Pumfita Hamabai , from I'oona , India , who comes hero to witness the graduation as doe- tor of medicine of her kinswoman , Mrs. Josheo , at the Woman's .Medical rollcuo , of Pennsylvania. Both events niatk the jno- gress of women's education in India. A ISuhy's Corpse In n AVoll. llir.i.Hiioiio , 111. , Maich 2. This afternoon , while James Loueks was cleaning thu well of Mrs. James Blackburn , a highly esteemed widow ot tills city , ho was horrilicd at lull ing up thu body of a full grown Infant in an advanced state of decomposition. The mat ter will be investigated. Death of BUI Heath. Niw : VOUK , Marcli' 2. William Heath- well-known stock broker , whoso failure InH October attiacted so inticli attention , died ut .his homo lu this city this morning.- Churchill Denies He Kvcr Fnvorcd Homo Uitlc Hurdle Itnclng. LONDON , March 2. Lord Hatulotph Chnrclt- II has written a letter to the Dally News de- stilling a statement In n leading article ot hat paper to-day to the effect that he , Lord Carnarvon and Lord Ashbounio had prepared - pared a scheme of homo rule for Ireland , as a falsehood , lie says : " 1 have never departed from the opinion expressed In my speech at I'Mlnburgli on December 20. It Is absolutely false to say that Lord Salisbury's govern ment over wavered In resolute hos tility to repeal ot the union , or anything approaching repeal. " In con clusion ho says : Without , of course , expecting the Daily News to apologize , I trust that It will cease to propagate calnuml- ms libels. " In the speech referred to Loid Itaiidolph said the lories would not yield an Inch on the home rule question , and would not make any luither concession to Parnell. either on tlio land franchise or on the local government question. Ho advocated an advance - vance of publlu money on the easiest teims to develop to the utmost Irish railways , canals and public work ? . "Kimland , " ho idded , "owes Ireland reparation , Money cures must Injuiles , however deep , but the lilsli yells ot 'repeal' must l > answered with an unelianglnsnneliangeableand unanimous No.1 The grand International hurdle race was run to-day at Croydou , and was won by the Duke of Hamilton's hurset Bolero , Mr. Cra ven's male Caltha second , ami Mr. 11. Hun- jort'ord's ntaro , Xeiun , third. Then ; were : welve starters. Bolero won easily by four I'ligths. The betting was 1 toI against Bolero , 1'J ' to 1 asalnst Caltlia , and 8 to H uralnst Xema. The associated chambers of agrlcultuio ot Great , Britain to-day adopted a resolution favoring thu Imposition of import duties on foreign'corn. Clcincnccan Snys ttio Princes Must Go PAWS , March 2. M. Cleinenceau caused a sensation in tlio chamber of deputies to-day by demanding that the I'ronch princes be e.x- icllcd from tlio country. Ho denied that .heir expulsion wouldjbe contrary to republi can principles. These principles lie said , were based upon the rights of man. The princes claimed , by virtue ot their birth , uoro rights than other men enjoyed , and they therefore condemned themselves by placing themselves outside of democratic society. M. Clemeiiceau was enthusiastically iiiplauded. A majority of the groups In tlio chamber of deputies are now in favor of the expulsion of the princes. The National Ijcnguc Mooting. Duin.iN' , MatchS. The regular fortnightly meeting of the Irish National league was leld to-day. Michael Dayltt presided. The receipts since the last meeting were an- lounccd to bo $ ; > 0,000. Davltt denied that otitiages were frequent occurrences In Irc- and. If anv were committed the league was not responsible for them. Ho charged the enemies of homo rule with conspiracy to in- iurotlie league , and declared that the so- called outrages were the Inventions of their malice. He wired that the record of evic tions Do published weekly. The Pope's Sevents'-Finii Birthday. HOME , March 2. Pope Leo X. Ill celebrated the sovcnty-littli anniversary of ills birth to- ! ay , and tlie eighth anniversary of Ids corona- lion , which falls to-morrow , by an address to ; lie members of the sacred college. In this ids holiness eulogized the union existing among cardinals , andurgcd .cp'ncord among Qathollcs agaiiffit-thoso'-s'eeUins 'to corrupt aiid weak-en the anthorUy,3 , > f tlio church. Ho deplored the opprc.s < * cd'condition of the holy see as unworthy of tlio head of the church nnd Incompatible with his independence. A Continental Freeze. LONDON , March 2. Intensely cold weather with heavy snow prevails throughout Eu rope. In Berlin a cabman was found frozen to death on his vehicle , while another was discovered almost dead. Snow Storm in Knglaiul. LONDON , March 2. Snow continues to fall. It is heaviest In northern England and In Scotland. Tralllc on many ralhoads is entirely blocked. tirely _ _ _ _ _ Peace In the Balkans. r : v. March 2. Tlio treaty of peace bc- wecn Servla imd Bulgaria was signed at Buclmtest to-day. LtABOIl TIlOUlHjKS. Thrco Hundred and Flity Kentucky Coal Miners Out. ST. Louis , Marcli 2. A report from Erllng- ton ( Ky. ) says ! J.)0 coal minors quit work there yesterday. The trouble seems to have rown out of the reeout organization of a lodge of the Knights of Labor there. The miners claimed tlieir coal was not being fairly weighed and demanded that Knights of Labor should bo appointed to weigh It. To this the coal operators decidedly objected , ami the men walked out of the mines. Thu operators say they can procure other men. A BlgStrlko Ordered. Ci'Miir.itr.AM ) , Md. , March 2. The execu tive board ot tlio "National Federation of Miners anil mlno laborers for district No. ! ! to-day issued a circular to the 111011 employed In tlio mines included in tlio district , orderIng - Ing a general strike to commence March S , unless the advance of ten cents per ton de manded recently bo allowed. The McCormluIc Strike. OIIICAOO , March 2. To-night n meeting of tlio McCormlcl : strikers and sympalhl/.ers was held in Turner Hall. Fifteen hundred were present. The orators were vigorously applauded while dulivcrltiir Incendiary speeches. Parsons ami Schwab were among the speakers. Case's Plow Mnkci'H Out. HACI.VI ; , WIs , , March 2. This morning the employes of tlio J. I. Casu plow works , num bering over 103 , struck to enforce a demand for restoration of tlio former wages , which were a cut of 10,15 hiid 2 , " > per cent about a year ago. Brilliant , Marriage In Montana. Hir.i.VA : : , March 2. Thomas Cruse was mairled in this city at 10 o'clock to-day to Miss Margaret Carter at thn Cathedral of the Sacied Heart. The affair was the most bril liant social event In the history of the city. Over 1,000 invitations were issued. Cruse is onoot the wealthiest ami best Known min ers in tliu northwest , and discovered tlio Lummon mine , which ho Hold for SJ,000,000 cash to English capitalists. The bride 10- cclved as a piescnt n check for 500,000 , It Is understood. fir. Paul's Honnat Ion. ST. PAUL , March 2. Dr. ( ialo , who ilgiucd prominently In the double tragedy at Astoria hotel , Satiuday , which rn > : ultel ; In the d"ath of Itlch nml his wife , this momlng received a letter signed "By Order of tlio Committed of Ten , " stating ho muu leave the city im mediately or ho would bo "introduced to a lamp post and profitedilh . . . . . six teetof . hemp. " The police have the letter and aio on the watch. Attempted Assassination. PAIIIS , March 2. An attempt was nmdu last night to assassinate Dr. Blow/ ! , Paris correspondent of ( ho London Times. As the doctor was ascending the stairs ot his house a shot was tired at 1dm by some'unknown person. The bullet missed him , struck thn wall In front of him and IVII li.iiteneu at his fret. No elite to tlio would-bo assassin Is yet discovered , Ktnhbcd His Vvifo and Himself. CIIAIU.II&TON , 8. 0. , Maic-h 2. At Pied mont to-day James W , King , a white Uboivr , stabbed his wife to death and then killed hlmsolfj laliinifucifiSJiher byijy. They le'avo liino childu-n. Thu CA.i c' or the ciime Is unl.uuuu. COAL SCREENING QUESTION Now Bill Introduced in tbo Iowa Legislature turo Looked Upon With Favor. SIMPLE AND COMPREHENSIVE Miles' Telegraph Measure Passes Itn Second Heading In Uio Senate County Hoards of Arbitration JUI1 a Law. Tlio Town Dr.s MOINKS , Iowa , March 3. [ Special Telegram. ) The mtostlou of the reguiatlcn of co\l ; screening , which has been agitated so much this session , Is likely to bo settled by i\ now bill Introduced to-dny by Senator ( Sutoli , It requires tlmtconl opcratois shall , on orbotoro tlio-tth of .Inly , 188(1 ( , niul from that time forward , select what kind of screen shall bo used In operating c'jal , and shall lllo with the.stato mlno Inspector a description of the same and the angle ot Inclination at which It Is to ho used. This notlco Is to be posted at the pit , liead or tipple of Hie mini's , where It can easily bo seen by the miners. When this has been done the bill forbids the changing of this screen so as' to effect the l nsi gi % of coal over It until a notice , with all the particulars of the proposed change , ho ported besldo the Conner notice and bo kept them three months before the change Is to take plaeo. The sumo description In all Its details Is also to be tiled for the same length of time with the state mine inspector. It Is believed that this bill will juss , nnd will practically settle thu main trouble be tween the miners and operators. The chief : complaint about the present method of coal screening is that the miners do not , get pay lor all tlio work they do ; that when their compensation has been llxed at a satisfactory rate , the sl/.o of the screen meshes aio changed or the angle of Inclination at which It Is placed Is altered , so that the miner's compensation Is greatly reduced. Various bills to remedy tills evil have been Introduced , hut the ( tateh bill Introduced to-day yeoniM the simplest anil most elfcctual and most lllcely to nass. The Miles bill , rcsidaUngtho transmission and delivery of telegraphic messages , ami limiting the comronsatlon for the scivlrc , passed the senate on its second reading to day and was ordered engrossed. It requires telegraph companies to transmit all messages as faithfully , Impaitlnlly and promptly as practicable , and imposes a penalty 1'or fnllnro to do so , requiring the company to pay a for feit not exceeding S100 to the person ag grieved upon the verdict of a court or jury at the time of the verdict , and besides making the company liable for civil action for dam ages. The bill also limits the charge for sending messages of lilteen words or less to twenty-live cents between any points within tills state , and one cent for each word in ex cess of Ill'tecn. The house discussed at length the bill ( a icdnco the legal rate of interest from 10 pqr cent to 8 per cent. An attempt made to sus pend the rules nnd put the bill upon Its final passage was lost by a vpto .pf'59 .to.4 § . . The house passed to tUlrirdTca dlu"B the bill making the possession "of a government tax receipt or license to sell liquor evidence of keeping liquors for sale contrary to the Iowa prohibitory law , provided that they are no't -ept for the purposes allowed by the law , such as medicinal , mechanical or culinary purposes. The senate passed , on a third rending , the Hoggs house bill providing for local or county boards of arbitration to settle disputes be tween employers and employes. The bill passed without a dissenting vote in tlio sen ate , and has already passed the house. It Is substantially the Ohio law on this subject. TWO OF TIIKM DI3AI ) . A Serious Sinnsliui ) on n Blockaded Itlaluu Itallroad. Poirrr.AXt ) , Maine , March 3. A wind-plow special from island Pond yesterday was coming this way in advance of the Montreal passenger train , thu tialn consisting of the wind-plow , two engines and the conductor's van. A crossing caused the plow to jump the track. "Almond .Smith of Island 1'ond had an Inch bolt driven Into bis foieliead. Ho died at IMhcl at 11 o'clock. J'liuums Kilpatrirkof Island I'ond was injured about Urn head and .shoulders. ,1. Chadwick of island I'ond was Injured internally. Ho died at II o'clock tills morning. S. Lydon oC Coiham ( N. II. ) was badly injured about tlio head but will probably recover. New York Dry OoodH Review. Is'r.w Yoiiit , Morcli 2. Kxports of domes- tie cottons for the week , .1,017 packages ; slnco January 1 , a7S.V > packages , against ; 5I,90 < ! the ; same time last year , 2.S'J ! : ! tlio same tlmo In IbSl , and JM.O.'W In IbSit. New business lias been of moderate propoitlons , but more has been done In cnKagomentH for autumn. Dress goods and cotton goodsiiro very steady to llrm. Vine bleached goods are all sold ahead. Men's wear In woolens Is In steady loquost. Kentucky Jeans show an Improved demand. llnplst , S. C. , Starch 2. Abe Thomp son , u negro who outraged Mrs. Lanchestor , near Glen Springs , on Friday last , was ! lynched at Spavtonsbtirg yesterday afternoon. Ho confessed his crime. Throe Moil Frozen to Death , Nnw YOIIK , March ! ) . Michael McCabe , Patrick Condon , and nn unknown man were found frozen to death on the streets thta morning. \Vonthor I 'i r To-d ay. Missouni VAI.I.IV : : Slightly warmer ; cloudy weather with local iiilns or snows ; winds uenerallv sontlicastcily. Hood's Sarsapariffa Combines , In a manner peculiar to Itself , tlio best blood-purifying and strengthening icmc * dies ot the vrgotalilu kingdom. You will llml this wonderful remedy clluctlvo wlicio other medicines have failed. Tiy it now. It will purify your blood , regulate Ilio dl'-csllon , and give new Ufa ami vigor to tlio entire body , "llood'c Sarsapaillla did mo great good , 1 was tired out from overwork , nnd It toned ma up. " Mnu , ( ! . 15. HIMMOXH , Colioes , N , Y. "I suffered tlirco years from blood poison , I took Hood's Barsaparilla and think I : mi cured. " Jltis. M. J. luvm , Hroehport , N. Y. I Purifies tlio JJlood K.imi > arllla Is characterized by tlircc jiccullarlllr.s : ) ft , thu cuniltiuitlon nl remedial agents j 2d , the proportion ! Sd , I ho jirocesj of seeming tlioactive medicinal qualities. Tiiuickultl3amcdicliioofuiiUsa-.il strength , eltt'ctlns cures tdlhcito imUiiov/n , tiend for book containing additional evidence , "Hood's Hirai : > aillli : IHIICH up my Eyslcr , . . [ Ml HIM my lilooct , Unit-pens my aniJcllteui ; ; ( h-icms to make mo nvr. " .1 , r. ' ' .Uvglstcr ot iH't-ds , J.ov.-fll , J Sarsaparllln l > ft : | all otlicrs. urd l worth HR wfticlit In s < drt. " 1 , JUuaiiVCSTOi. , jo Hank Street , Now \Vrlc ( . 'I' ' } ' . HoocTs SarsapariHa BoM l > y all druggist * . ttsxfor$5. $ ! only tiy-C. I. HOOD & CO. , Lowell , Ma$3. IOO tostS..Or } : ) Q Dollar ,
