Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, March 11, 1886, Image 1
V/P JPr w * " * * > THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , FIFTEENTH YEAR , OMAHA , THURSDAY MOUSING , MA11OH 11. 1886. NUMBER 214 A RAILROAD ROBBERS' ' ROOST Henley Hauls the Union Pacific Over the Coals Without Mercy , HOW THE ACCOUNTS ARE KEPT. Cleveland May Veto the Dca Mnliica Htvor IjnmlH Hill Alii For tlio Omnlin Tribe General \VnnIiliiKton Notes , Henley After the I'nlon Pacific. WASHINGTON , March 10. [ Special Tele gram. ] Henley appeared before tlio commit tee on I'ncltlc roads to-day to urge tlic reso lutions he Introduced In the house Monday. After some discussion the committee ad journed for a day without taking action. The resolutions aio to bo brought up at the next mcetlnc. Thu resolutions reclto that the Union 1'iiclllc Uallroad company was pro hibited by the act amendatory of. an act In corporating the company from using stock unless the same was.fully paid for at par value In money. It Is further stated , It Is al leged , that In flagrant violation of law the Union I'aclfic company has Issued 010,000 shares of slock of the par \altio of 5108 per share , equal to SUl.OOO.ODO , and only 2li0 ? shares weio paid for In nioiicv , and only S21S,000 In money has been received on account of thu sates of the stock , and ceitaln Illegal Issues of In come , land grant and sinking fund bonds have been made by the company and In utter dclittiieo of the law and In fraud of the rights of the government. The Union I'.icltlc company has paid out of Its earnings moro than SS..OOO.OOO in dividends and Interest to holdeis of fraudulent stock and bonds , which was enough to have paid Its entire In debtedness to the government. The resolution goes on lo say It Is alleged the company , In defiance of law and In disre gard of the rights of the government , has built and equipped out of Its earnings twcnty- nlim br.tneh roads and caused to bo Issued to Itsclt for that construction and equipment bonds of thu branch roads lo the nominal value of S-lO.OOa.OCO , but which slock Is wholly without value. It is nllcsred S1GCOJ,030 of the bonds are now pledged by the company lo various banks and moneyed syndicales for loans of money , while no provision has been made by Hie Union 1'acilic company for the payment of Its first mortgage bonds , which amount to Sl,000,000 : ! , and which have prefer ence over the debt duo by llio Union Pacific lo llio government. By Its own records , tlio gross earnings of the Union Pacific liavo di minished St,000COD ! In one year , while the ex penditures have greatly Increased.whllo at the sumotlmothe expenses account of twenty-live of llto twenty-nine branch roads have been greatly diminished , and their earnings greatly Increased. Jt Is alleged the branch Hues are supported and foslcred chlelly by the business ot' the main Hue , which pays lo the branch lines a bonus In construction mileage of 1 % , IJf and 2 cents per mlle over and above the lognlnr rate of transportation charged by the branch lines , which rates of construction mileage , amounting to Immense sums ot money , are paid out of the earnings of the Union Pacific company to the branch raids in order to decrease the exhibit of net earn Ings , and thus decrease llio 2. > per cent- age which Is duo to Ihe treasury of IhoUnitcd States , which is a violation and evasion of the Thurman act and In fraud ot the rights of the government. The resolutions further say It Is but just find proper that a railroad built by gov ernment aid should be compelled to be just fo'tho government , and every abuse in their administration should be concMed and the just dues of llio govern incut against them bo ascertained and collected , and the right and Interest of the government in and to the. branch roads should bo correctly ascertained andcufoicjd. Then follows a long set of resolutions : That the speaker of the house Is directed lo appoint a committee" of live , who shall with thu least possible delay institute a rigid and thorough Investigation of the books , system of bookkeeping and business methods of the Union 1'acltlo company , into the manner and methods pursued which resulted In the consolidation of tlio Kansas I'acilic and Den ver I'uclllu roads with said Union Pacific ; what was paid for said roads , to whom iiald , and by what authority 210,000 shares of tlio paid Union 1'aclllc company were issued and Avhat was paid therefor ; how much stock In 11 has been Issued by said Union I'acilic , tXtul how much actual cash money has been Vnhl on account of it ; all Urn details of the before mentlo/.ed fe imuich roads and what rights Urn United Slates government has In them. Also , what the proportion of mileage paid said tiranches Is duo the government. The committee shall report a plan whereby the company will be compelled lo provide for the payment of their lirst mortgage bonds , and state whether the company has not violated nnd Is now violating Its charter and nmcnd- ntory nets , and whether it would bo for the interest of the government that the company should bo placed under governmental control , with iccolvers appointed therefor. For the purpose of Investigating monthly every detail of said roads , the committee may In its discretion visit such points as may bo con venient for this Investigation , nnd shall have tlio power to send for persons and Vapors , administer oaths , employ expert accountants nnd stenographers , and maku a full and llnal report to congress on or bcforo the Unit Monday of lncember , 1S.SO , of all matters embraced in the preamble am ! resolu tions , or of any abus-fl of administration on lliu part ot Mild Union JV.cllio company not mentioned herein that they may deem proper. VliAlIS THAT TIIF. I'JIKSinKNT Wlf.T. VJ'.TG TIII : nis : MOI.MW uivr.n LANDS HIM. . The president sent his first veto message tc the senate to-day. The bill which failed tc secure nxrcutlve approval was a private measure , and If all tlio circumstances couli ! bo printed the course of the pie.Mdcnt wouli ! lecelvo the endorsement of everyone. 1'rest dent Cleveland's tocond veto mesbagit is ex peeled to-morrow. It Is baltovud ho Intend ! to letuiii llio DCS Molnes river lands bit without ills signature. During the past fev\ \ days he has been besieged by rlo/.ens of iner interested In this bill. The ugents nnd alter ncys of the Navigation company have bronjrh enormous pressure to bear upon him In op position lo It , and they have so fni succeeded In their designs that he has tin douhtcdly made up nls mind not to sign it Major. Holmes of the Tenth Iowa dUlrlc called upon him yesterday nnd urged him t ( sign tlio bill , He explained that the land ! nbovo thu imccoon folks hnvu never boci patented , and that the grantlngnct has neve ; been complied with by the Navigation com pa up Ho went over the history of the en IliesutijC'-t and called the attention of tin Vrosu'.eut to llio fact that this measure lw bom liclure rongicsy for the past 1fleet ! years ; tliat lu ! > . ablest reports In favor of tin bill bad been made by Senator McDi > o nld In the semite and Mr. Ccuvesso litho the hoiiitf. He argued that tii.o oul ; manner , n which Usi various ijues'.lon could to.-seti'ed ' was by tlio means piopot > i liyOt : li.'Iiith ! t.ibe r'Jts : 0 ( ill ! panic interested would be considered If the bill passed. The president admitted that the statements made by Jlr. Holmes had placed the matter in n different light , and ho prom ised to look into the subject mow fully before linally acting on the bill. Nearly all llio other republican members of the I'owa delegation have called on tlio pres ident on n similar mission. To-day Messrs. Fredericks and Weaver ( democrats ) became alarmed at the rumors current to tlio effect that the president would veto the bill. They hastened to the white house and explained to him that such ix course would prove a serious rolltlcal blunder , which would cer tainly result In serious losses In the congres sional elections this fall. It Is understood that a number ot southern democrats also called upon the president upon the same mission , aid | that Uandnll promised to take n hand In the alfalr before night. The Iowa republicans believe that there Is no prospect that the president will sign the bill to-mor row. They hope ihat ho may compromise by allowing It to become a law without his signature. AID rou run OMAHA Ti'.inn. Indian Commissioner Atkins , through the secretary of the Interior , transmitted to the senate to-day the draft of a bill Intended to settle the nlfair.s of the Omaha tribe of In dians In the stale of Nebraska. II provides Ihat to enable this tribe lo further Improve llielr condition by making Inprovemenls upon their homesteads , by the purchase of stock , cattle , ngrlcultm-.il Implements and other nec essary articles , and In accordance with tliolr wishes , SOO.OCO is appropriated as the last nine installments of S10.0JO each unappro priated and secured to said Indians under their treaty of March 10 , 18 1 pro vided , that this sum shall bo paid per canlta , In two annual payments of SI5.0JO each , or that then last one- half bo paid in annual installments of § 0.000 each , In the discretion of the secretary of the Interior. Accompanying the bill are letters from Acting Secretary Mnldrow and Commis sioner Alklns. Also , petitions of the In dians affected by the bill , asking what the bill provides. The acting commissioner fctates In ills letter that thu Omaha Indians are a steady , sober and Industrious people ; that allotments were made to them under the act ot August 7 , 1872 , to the amount of 72- IKH acres ; that in order to enable these nllot- ccs to improve their farms , build houses and barns , purchase slock , agricultural niplements , and other necessaries , he is of the opinion Ihat It would bo greatly lo their advantage and substantial aid , that payment of a part of their unappropriated annuity per capita be granted to them at this stage of their progress , i'o this end ho recommended thu passage of tlio bill. Commissioner Alklns concurs In tins recommendation and transmits a copy of a communication from Charles II. Pottei , Indian agent for the Omahas , dated February 21 last , Inclosing a petition from 210 heads ot families , members of the Omahas , In which Ihoy set forth the fact that In order to Improve their immediate condi tion they desire a full settlement with the government by the payment of the 890,000 duo them , but under the present law to be paid in installments of 810,000 a year. The bill and accompanying communications were referred to the senate committee on Indian uffairs and will , it is believed , be adopted. OMAHA CIIOOKS AT THE CAPITA ! . , . Detectives Slatlingly and Haft noticed hvo young men acling suspiciously In llio lobby of the Washington National bank this fore noon. They followed them and found that tiioy entered every bank in llio cily and appeared to be watching for an opportunity to make a haul. They accordingly arrested icm this afternoon at the National Metro politan bank , and took them to the Fifth recinct station house. They gave their names as Jas. II. Powell and Waller Henry. About § 30 and a pawn ticket were found on them. They hall from S.t. Louis and Omaha. Tlio police think they arc bank burglars , and say they were suspected of being burglars when in Omaha. Among the graduates to-night at the Howard university of this city was .Benjamin Darling , of Dcnison , Iowa. W. U. Vauglian of Council Bluffs is in the city. _ _ _ _ FORTY -NINTH CONGUESS. Senate. WASHINGTON , March 10. The chair laid bcforo the senate Mr. Logan's resolution , of fered yesterday , to refer Id the committee on rules for investigation Bails' letter denying ho had any representative on tlio lloor of the senate. The matter went over In Mr. Lo gan's absence. The land grant forfeiture bill was taken up. The amendment offered by Air. McMil lan yesterday was rejected after some debate. The chair laid before the senate a letter the the list from scrgcant-at-arms containing of such private secretaries of senatois as had not been reported to the senate in accordance with tlio recent resolution. The letter was read. read.Mr. Mr. Itlddlcbcrger called for the reading of Ihe list also , and it was read. Mr. Hlddlebcrgcr then called up the Ends matter , and said he found in the llccordn lellcr Irom J. I ) . Kads addressed lo .Mr. Lo gan. Ho would llku lo know how the sena tor got the letter into the Iteconl. Mr. Logan said ho had nothing to do with cettlmr it into the Iteconl. Mr. U'ddlebi-rger ' said ho could load down the Iteeord with letters ciltloisln ; ; senators , especially during tlio pin-tldentlal campaign. but ho had not done it. Mr. Kails could not charge him ( Illddlcberger ) with falsehood and put It In the Congressional Hecord , but a senator could take Mr. Kails' letter and maku It of his own remarks , and as Ihe letter ap peared in connection with Mr. Logan's re marks ho ( Itiddlcbcrgcr ) meant to answer It as such. Mr. Logan was astounded that Mr. lllddlo- bergcr should say Ihat he ( Logan ) charged him with anything. Hu had merely present ed llio letter af n respectable citizen of llio United States. Mr. Itiddlcburccr Bald it was n personal letter to thu senator. Mr. Lozan replied ha had donn no more in thu matter than ho would Imvo done lor any respectable citizen of thu United States , but he meant nothing personal to thu senator. Mr. KlddlohorgiT nald ho would always resent - sent Imputations such as contained In that letter. The letter had no business hero. Ho was not so great a soldier as thu senator fioni Illinois , but he would yet dUcover ami un cover the conspiracy to make thu United .Slates government Indorse for Kails' Ship Canal company. Wo a 1 know , hosalu , Ihat ex-Secretary Wlndom was tit the head of the company. Mr. Logan , nt the fiiicgestion of several senator * , modified Ills lesolution so as to provide for leftronco of the Kads letter to the ctmmlttee on commerce. Mr. Uiddlcbergcr said ho declined to ap pear before nny committee. Mr , lllddleberger referred to the newspaper lobbyist.In the course ut'hls remailcs lie also alluded to Kads' representative whu had put his letter In the Ke.eord. Mr. Logan said ho treated the scnntoi kindly , but If the senator stated that lie ( Logan ) \\m the "representative'1 of anybody in any SCIIS.P , except n perfectly propet some , lie slated wliftt was absolutely untrue. Mr. Itiddlcteigersnhl be merely meant thai ho was Kads re p rose uta live to the extent of pulling his letter in ltu : Jtccord. At "i o'clock ths matter went over without Retina. Th t-r.alr then laid before the senate ' . ! ; < resolutions Irom the judiciary committee conceruioK thu lelallons U'.uccu the seiiutc I an < l Ihe pritiMent. ' Mr. I'r.icbsai.l he had xpre srd his vlevci tuiiyns icad.e In therpoit from Uio JUdlclarj ccmuiitteu by tc : uluojliy , nnd tuo wall object he had now In addressing the senate In reply to Ihe senator from "Vermont was to prevent If It was in his power to do so , which ho admitted was n difficult undertak ing llint senator from changing llio charac ter of the miestlon between tlio sonalo and llio president. The real character of Hint controversy could not bo misconstrued or mlsreiJTScnlcil. as It had arisen from facts apparent unon the record nnd reported by the majority of the judiciary committee. Mr. i'uijh related the lacts connected with the Dnskln case , and said the senate rc.ioln- lion did not call for public or olllclal docu ments but for private documents and papers relating exclusively to the ofllclal net of the president In the suspension of Duskln as dis trict attorney. Yet the refusal of the attorney general , five weeks after Ihe expiration of his term of office , to send In privnto documents relating lo tlio suspension of Unkin was criticised In the resolution of the inajorlly ns nn net so characterized as to bo sulllclent ground for instant Impeachment. As to the relations between the president and his cabi net officers , Mr. I'ucli quoted from ono of Mr. Edmunds' speeches on the tenure of office act , showing Mr. Edmunds held a cabinet olllcer should bo a gentleman personally agreeable to the president , being olio of his confidential advisers. Yet the senalo was asked lo pass a resolution condemning the attorney general for obeying the piesidenl , whose coiilideiillal adviser he was. Mr. PiiRh , In the course of his speech , averred tire non-existence of any case in tlio history of Ihe novernment for eighty years whore nny such documents as these called for In thu resolution were ever transmitted to the senate In an executive or public ses sion on the order of the senate upon thoat- loruoy general. Alter speaking in rebuttal of vailous other points made bv Mr. Kd- inunds , among which was that relating to the circumstances of the removal of .litilge Shacfcr of the. territory of Utah , Mr. Pugh called llio attention of the senate to the expediency and practicability of such a power being exercised by the sen ate. He read from the : report of the minority as bcnrinc uuon llio point , a portion of nn extract from the mes sage of President Urant In IbGO , calling attention to the embarrassments likely to arise from leaving on the statute books the tenure of oflico act. and asking what faith the president could put in the subordinates forced upon him , nnd how such officials would bo likely to serve an administration knowing Uml U had no faith In him. In conclusion Mr. Pugh said his object had been lo define Ihe character of this contllct of authority between the president and the senate , and to fortify the view that had always been held by the democratic party , nnd to fortify it by authorities. Mr. Cleve land had no fear of nn appeal lo llio people. Ho was responsible to them. He supposed the majority in the senate had no tear of appealing to the people in favorer or tlio omnipotence ot tlio senate. Ho knew the minority had none in appealing to the people upon the omnipo tence of the constitution and the integrity of Cleveland's administration. Mr. Wilson of Iowa was recognized bv the chair , but upon the suggestion pf Mr. Allison consented that Bending business bo tempo rarily laid aside in order that the senate might proceed to the consideration of flio urgent deficiency bill , which was then taken up , and an amendment recommended by the commiltce on miproprinttons was agreed to , appropriating § . ' )0,000 to defray the expenses ot ( lOiieral ( Irnnt's funeral. An Item ot § 185,000 deficiency In the dc- paitmcnt of justice gave rlso to some debate. Mr. Heck wanted the bill hold over till to morrow so that he might look Into It , but the majority of the senators wanted it passed at once and it was accordingly passed. Tlio senate then adjourned , leaving the Edmunds resolution unlinished business for U o'clock , Mr. Wilson of Iowa having the lloor. _ Jlotisc. WAsmxoTON' , March 10. Mr. llogcrs of Arkansas , from the committee on Pacific railroads , reported the bill requiring the Northern Pacific Uallroad company to pay the cost of surveying its land. Placed on the house calendar. The morning hour havlngcxpircd , pending nclion the house went into committee of the whole , Mr. Townshend in the chair , on tlio Indian appropriation bill. After debate the house adjourned. Interested Parties Argue Before tlio House Committee. WASHINGTON , March 10. President Kates , of thu Baltimore & Oulo Telegraph company , to-day concluded his argument before the house committee on postolliccs and post roads engaged in the investigation of the alleged telegraph monopoly. Ho stated that tlio average rate for lelegrams charged by the Western Union Telegraph company was 23 cents. This was a low average as com pared with the rate in England , and was attributable almost completely to the compe tition east of the Missouri river. Tlio average rate east of the Missouri river was very much less. than tiiat figure , because of the fact th.it west of tlio Missouri river the tariff of the Western Union was very considerably greater. If the land grant railroads were required to accept business from the Balti more & Ohio Telegraph company and oilier companies , ho believed that tlio benefit of tlio competition in rates which had accrued to the public cast of the Missouri river would , as a matlerof course , accruoalso to the people wcit of that river. J. C. Itulf of New York was then heard. Ho went Into a history of the establishment of telegraphic communication with the Pa- clllc coast. He said thai the telegraph ser vice of the whole country west of the Mis souri river was under the control of the Western Union , ns far as nieces ot waste paper. called contracts , could put It. 'iho attempt of cor porations to pay Interest and divide on nonds and stocks that should never liavo been issued constituted a crying evil ami instilled much of the complaint of thu labor ing men. Two-thirds of tlio Western Union stock was clean water , without a speck of ilyo In It. Let congress say that the tele hone companies should not combine. Let t style Hint no telegraph company should earn moro than 10 per cunt on tlio actual cash valuation ot Us existing capital. Let It com pel tlm Pacific railroads to perform ail of their duties according to tlio letterand spirit of the law. Alter a fair trial had been made with such laws and no beneficial results followed , congress could consider the pro priety ot taking control of llio whole tele graph business by the establishment of a postal telegraph system. If congress would enact such laws as would prevent consolida tion , promote competition wesl of the .Missouri river , and prevent thu telegraph companies from increasing thu rates they had themselves established , It would accom plish vastly more for public service than by a postal telegraph system. Itepresentalives of tlio Western Union will bo heard on Tuesday next. HIJACK ox "THIS RACK. Tlio Senate Committee Regius Invest igation Of Jiis ClHU'KOH. WASHINGTON ; March 10. The senate com mittee on expenditures of public money began an investigation of the charge brought by Commissioner Black in his report that the olllco under his predecessors was avowedly a political machine , nnd into the manner In which the pension oftk-o Is being conducted nnd administered by the present comiuls- bloncr. General Black was present , nnd re quested that he bo permitted lo give Ihe committee Iho names of witnesses whom he desired lo have examined before ho made his own statement. Senator Keuna em { loilied the leanest In n motion. Harrison argued that Inasmuch ns Black had made the statement in his annual icpurt up.in which Iho investigation was based , the usual nnd customary course of procedure would lead first to the examination of the commissioner himself. After some debatt Kenna's ' motion was lost. Black In reply tc inanities by Harrison , described the orgnnl Ballon of the pension ollicc and especially tin functions of the board of review , und tin muai coursa of claims through the cilice fron the hands of the examining to the board ol review : iud thcuco to the commissioner , Mr. Harrison Now , Mr. Commissioner , 1 yon Imvo auy Instance In which an npphca tlon ivasi'iuntei' or rejected by Iho board o rovlew. or L-x mi.cr. or commissioner , 01 nccouol of Ihe j > oiiii ) oJ applicant , or t'Ji person applying , will you pie.iso glvo tno names and numbers of these cnses ? Answer I shall bo pleased lo furnish Information - formation from Iho flics of Ihe office. Question Are yon able lo glvo lo llio com mittee the name or niinibcrot nny case ? A. 1 think 1 shall be nblo to furnish such coses. Q. Are you nblo to do It now ? A. I Imvo no memoranda with motnow. Mr. Beck Will you furnish them ? A. I will furnish such cases. In reply to further Inquiries by Mr. Ilnrrfson , the commissioner pro posed to furnish nt another session of the committee the number ot employes In the office on the day ho took control , togelli- cr with detailed information ns to the duty of Ihoso whom lie had appointed nnd their poll- tics , and how many had been employed under the civil service rules. In n general way ho could say Ihat ho had made f rom ono hundred nnd fifty-live lo one hundred nnd sixty np- polntmenls , of which iiuml > cr ono hundred nud forty-two were democrats. SUGARED Al l T7io Condiment Needs 1'rotcctloti nioro Tlmn Morrison Would Give. WASHINGTON- , March 10. The sugar clauses ot the Morrison tariff bill were dis cussed bcforo the ways nnd means committee to-day. Iteprosentatlve King of Louisiana entered a protest against n reduction ot the import duty on sugar. Sugar , ho said , was a most important revenue producer , and In the days of Increasing pensions It behooved llio commllteo to act slowly In changing Iho duty. It would bo belter , In his opinion , from n revenue standpoint to remove the duties on tlio neccssnrles of life , such ns cloth ing , shoes , nails nnd blankets. From a pro tective point of view he also favored Iho 1m- poslllon of a duty on sugar. King Instanced the course of colleo bclorc and alter the re moval of Hie duly ns foreshadowing Iho of- lect of n similar action in the case of sugar. There was great danger that tlio United States , by reiuovlnir the duty on sugar , would fallen monopolies abroad. John Diamond , of New Orleans , said llio sugar industry had risen steadily from Iho wreck left by the war , showing in Hvo yenis an increase of 80 per cent under a duty aver aging three cents per pound. When the duty was reduced in 18fO , and Iho Lonlsana plant ers were forced to compete with foreign slave labor , llio industry was partially sold The piesent duty did not equal thedltlercnco in cost between American free labor and slave labor. The planters had also to com pete with German and French beet sugars , protected by government bounties. These sugars were now coming to the United States. Hawaiian free sugar was also destroying llio markets. Thnt treaty should be lennl- nalcd. The government has lost § JOCO.OOO of revenue without adequate compensation. The adoption of the Mexican reciprocity trealy would bo slill more disastrous in its effects upon the sugar planter. If competition was forced with Central and South America it meant a reduction of wages in this country. With our fertile soil and great capacity for sorghum nnd beet sugar production , this country could C'isily supply our whole consumriUoivniid legislation could do for the United States what it had done for tlio beet sugar industry of Europe. The Louisiana planters not only protested against a reduction of duty but requested an advance over tlio present rate. THE PAN ELECTRIC. Senator Vest Tells ofHis Purchase or Sonic ol'tlic Stock. WASHINOTON , March 10. Messrs. Halo and Millarddesignated for the purpose by the house special committee , to Investigate mid report the facts concerning the ownership of llio Pan Elcclric .telephone stock by certain public officers , took the dcpoilthjii of Senator , Vest at his residencs this afternoon. The senator stated that hfi first heard of tlio Pan Electric Telephone company through a printed circular sent him through the malls , some time in Anrll , 1834. The circular gave the names of the officers of tlio company and the purposes for which it was organized. Ho noticed that tlio name of Senator Harris of Tennessee was mentioned In the circular as connected with the enterprise. He called on Senator Harris , and by him was referred to Senator Garland , who ft was represented was well acquainted with Iho status of the company and Its relations to the Bell company. Aft'-r obtaining Gar- laud's opinion , llio senator said ho concluded to take , and did take , 100 shares of Pan Elec tric stock , for which ho gave his check for SI,000 on llio Metropolitan National bank of Washington , which was paid on the follow ing day , and for which ho , received a contract - tract showing that he was entitled to 100 sluues of stock , which , owing to Ihe Incom plete organization of the company , it was not nt that tlmo ready to Issue. "That stock was issued to me , " said the senator , "about ono year azo , that Is , ninety shares of it. The other ten shares were 'retained by the com pany as an assessment to defray tlio ex penses of expected litigation with the Bell company. " "After this mailer got into llio papers , " continued Senator Vest , "StIIson Ilntcliins of this city offered to lake my block off my hands and pay mo what it cost. This oll'er I refused , as U inlghMook like a retreat under lire. 1 considered it a mere speculation , but was willing to take my chances. I liavo re ceived a dividend ot SIS or 815 since 1 liavo owned the stock. " Continuing , ho said ; " 1 have had no conversations with Casey Young , secretary of the Pan Klectrlc com pany , and I have never met and do not know Mr. Uogers , who , it appears , was prominent In the organization ot'jtho company. Garland represented to mo Ihat In his opinion the Bell patent was illegally obtained , and that the Pan Kleclrio slock niliiht bo worth some money. At that tlmo Cleveland had not been nominated to tlio mesldency and of course Curium ! was untboiight of in connection with the attorney generalship. " THE CIVIL SI'JUYIOK. A Minority Commlctco'N Reasons Ad verse to Its Ropoal. WASHIXOTON , March 10. The session of the house committee on civil service reform to-day was principally consumed In a discus sion of Iho report prepared by Mr. Pullt/.or adverse to the repeal ot the civil service law. Mr. Stone of Missouri will ( He a minority rcjioit , which was agreed to by all the oilier members , nnd will .subsequently bo laid be fore tliohouso. It is as follows : Your committee llnd Ihat the bill , Instead of either Improving or enlarging thu scope of tlio present law. simply provides for uncon ditional and absolute repeal. Tlioy rcpoit adversely , nnd nsk that the bill lie. upon table for tlio following further reasons : 1 The principalof divorcing the subordi nate olllccs of Iho government from politics nnd elections , and making the tlmo of tlio o Hi t'O dependent not upon paity service , but upon morals nud good behavior , is a good one so fur as tills principle is sustained by the piescnt law , and the pouimitleo think there bhonld be no change. < - The present law 1ms not been on the statute Looks long enough lo liavo had a full and complete trial. It for no other reason than this , the committee will oppose any measure providing-for an absolute lepeal. II No icfison or information has been pre sented to this committee justifying an uncon ditional repeal of the present law. It may perhaps need Improvement , but Iho icmedj Is an amendment , not a total repeal. The Supply of Wheat nnil Corn. WASIIINOTOX , March 10. The March re port of the department of agriculture on Hit consumption and dhitrlbullon of grain crops makes the proportion of corn still in tin hands of farmers 40 per cent of tlio lasl crop. Ono year ago thu proportion of tlio crop on hand was 87.0 per cent. The proportion U lowest in the west , where heavy winter feed ing is required , averaging IW per cent ! i : twelve slides. U Is 45 per cent 1 : HIQ south. The proportion merchantable is 82.0 per cent , which Is sllglitlj nbovo the averami for a score of years. Tin stock of wht-at in tlio bauds of farmers is 00.1 per cent qf the croit Itss 83.1 last year am s.4 two years oao. It amounts lo 107,000,001 bushels. aLMlnst" im.tOlOOO last March , am 119oai.000"two years ago. It is only lt.OUO.OCK moro than in Marchlbs.the. shortest Invlslbli supply in recent vears. 'Tho visible and In visible supply , Mutch 1 , was therefore 1W , 000,000 butlicli DCS Moines Menaced "With the Wild Vnpor- iugs of Monday's ' Horde , THREATEN DIRE DESTRUCTION. A Now Hcnpportlonmcnt Scliemo A Jtmkctiiif ; Trip to Select a Slto For the Soldiers1 Homo Tlio Assembly. The Mob Thirsts Vor ltovcn c. DKS MOIXKS , Iowa , March 10. [ Special Telegram. ] The spirit of Mondaj nights riot has been seen In the past two days In sullen multerlngs and threats to blow up pub lic and private buildings , and to-ilny an an- onyinus handbill has been circulated lo in flame tlio passions of the mob and lead to serious disturbances. It called for n mass meeting at the court house to-night to plan some coin-so of revenge. It contained nn In flammatory statement of the search of Ducrr's house , which was the occasion of nil the trouble. The custodian of the court house refused to nllow tlio meeting lo beheld held llicro unless some responsible citizens would guarantee that the meeting would bo orderly nnd no damage would bo done. Colonel Kibreck , editor of the Gorman paper , llio Amclgor , seemed to bo thu spokesman for the crowd , nnd ho went nwny to Hud some good citizen who would pledge for the order of flio meeting. llo caiuo back at 7 o'clock unable to do so , The leaders of the proposed mutiny thereupon went away , and It Is supposed thai n secret meeting will bo held somewhere to-night. Several toughs from out of town arc in tlio city to-night , and some disturbance Is feared. At 8 o'clock about 200 people are In the court house yard discussing tlio situation. The police nro vigilant , nnd extra watch is being kept lo-nlght. At 11 o'clock there was no signs of a rioter or general disturbance. A strong posse of dep uty sheriffs , heavily armed , nro In the court house to prevent nny attempt to break in the jail. The Governor's Guards arc also under orders , and ready lor any emergency. It Is understood that the mass meeting of the law less element appointed for lo-ninht will beheld held in the rink to-morrow night. Representative Nelson of Story county has introduced a bill in the house forareapor- tionnient of the congressional districts of the state. The bill , if passed , will make nlno re publican districts and two democratic , on a basis of the vote for governor last fall. These two are the First and Second. The former Is more probably doubtful , with the chances In favor of jls being republican. But tlio Second would bo overwhelmingly democratic , with over 8,000 majority. This now scheme for apportionment adds to Ihe Second district Dubuque county from the Third , and takes out Jones and Cedar. It further changes the Third district by adding Clayton from the Fourth , Franklin and Hardln from the Tenth. It adds to the Fourth district gevcrajcounlies from the Tenth , mak ing it ovemiielmlnirly republican Instead of close , nsnow. The other principal changes " are in tho"southern part of the state , where It Is firoposed'to take Javis county , ( General Weaver's home ) out of the Sixlli and put It Into the Kighth , while the stronghold of re publicanism in the Kiglit , Page county , Is to bo put in the Nlnlh. These changes would put Congressman Weaver into the Kighth district nnd take out of it Colonel Hepburn , the one man In that part of the state who can beat him without difficulty. Congress man Hepburn's present coiibtiluents will object most strenuously to such n change. In the northeastern part of the state Colonel Henderson , congressman for the Third district , would bo burled out of sight In the great democratic majority of the Second district , into which it is proposed lo put Dubuque. Wlille spine scheme for the reapporllonmcnt is greatly needed nt this session , it Is very doubtful If the one Inst pro posed would bo satisfactory to Iho legislature. The joint legislative committee on tlio loca tion of the soldiers' home have arranged lo start on n visiting trip Friday morning. They go part of llio way by special car , and will bo given receptions nt cacn of Iho twelve cities tliey nro to visit. Their schedule of ( ravel is as follows : Friday morning go to Indlanola , thcnco to Otlumwn , Ihenco to Burlington , leaving there Saturday forenoon ; thence to Cedar Kaplds amt Ihen spending Sunday nl Decorah and McGregor ; they will visit Mason City. Hampton nud Marshall- town on Monday . Urlniicll nnd Colfnx on Tuesday , returning to DCS Molnes Tuesday night. The house consumed the forenoon session in an attempt to consider the Cassatt bill for weighing coal , and the debate was lesuiueil In Iho afternoon , but a motion lo reconsider was lost by a vote of CO to KJ , and the bill was ordered engrossed. The bill locallng Iho supreme court at DCS Molnes , which passed Iho house to-day , pro vides for holding at the capital four terms annually In March , June , September and December. The house also passed on Its third r cadlng llio following bills of general interest : The bill to make possession of a government tax receipt or a license for Iho sale of liquors evidence of Intent to sell the same contrary to law : the bill lo provide for a levy of one-half mill state lax for Iho years 1SSO and ISj" , lo help In providing a homo for lown soldiers and sailors , and for making necessary repairs nnd Improvements in state and clmrl- lablo Inslllutions , nnd for paying outstand ing warrants ; the bill for an act requiring railroads to fence their roads ; the bill for nn act requiring banking eori.orations other than savings banks to Incorporate tuo word "slalo" In llielr corporate name , and lo pro hibit associations , partncishlps or Individu als engaged In tno banking bunlness , buying or Bellini ; exchange , lecelvlng deposits , dis counting notes , etc. , from adopting or using the woid "state" in connection with llielr as sociation , partnership or individual name. The senalo spent Iho atli.'rnoon in dis cussing the Chirk bill for additional licjps to thoY'iiforci'incnt of prohibition. It provides that injunction suits may bo brought by anj citizen in case of the t'ailnrnof the district or county attorney 10 do his duty , , and It pro ides severe penalties lo railroad and ex press companies for the transportation o ! liquors unless accompanied by a certificate of tlio county auditor of the county to whlcl they me logo , that the party to whom they nro to bo sent Is to use them for jmrtiosfs no f01 bidden by law. Several nmciidmnnts wen made to the bill , which called nut dlseiissioi through the entire session , nnd pending n yote the Rennto adjourned. Some shocking facts are coming to light o cases of destitution among tint Insann because cause of the lack of accommodations in the state hospitals. Mr. Oilman , superintendent of thn Mount rieavint hospital , Is hern ask ing the IcKickturo for an appropilatlon lo build an additional wing nt his asylum , lie sayst-.at ! yesterday the sheriff of ono of tin counties c'amu to. Mount Pleasant to &co I there wasn't any possible nccouuui'dntlon ' fo an Insane woman In the poor house o ( hi "founty. Shu was so violently Inline Umt t-.h had stripped all her clothing 'M , and vu ; > bhu ip In n small room six by eight , with manacles n her wrists , with which slio had gashed icr flesh frightfully , In this pen slio was ; ept in n condition Indescribable , with no appliances for her relief. The sheriff begged lint slio bo taken In at the hospital , but the upcrlntcndent was obliged to turn him way , Tor every room In Iho women's wards , eslgiicd originally for ouo patient , now i.ivo two , and the patients nro now sleeping n Iho lloor In the halls , so crowded arc the ulldlngs. Yel with this frightful condition if Ihlngs , many members of flio legislature losltnto to make nnnpprnprlollon on account f Iho small state debt of outstanding war rants. TIIR NEW YX Odmumls' Sennto Speech Receives Favorable CommeiitH. Niw : YOIIK , March 10. [ Special Telegram. ] Commenting on Kdmunds' speech veslcr- ay lliu Tribune says : Kdmuuds demon- Irated beyond doubt that nil the papers nd- rcsscd to nil olllcer In his olllclal capacity ro public properly and are required bylaw o bo placed on Hie , nnd the slalulo declares liat the attorney general , nnd not the pros I- cnl , Is the custodian of papers in the dcpnrt- icnt of justice. Tlio president's assumption f control over these paiiers.so as to withhold liem from congress , can only rightly bo crmcd usurpation. The niter absurd ly of his claim that papers iclat- ng lo Iho person ho selects lo ill an oflico are public , while Ihoso relating o the management and conduct of the olllclal ire private , was clcaily sho\vn by Kilmunds. 'ho precedents cited by KUmiinils cover very species of papers , relating even to xpendltures under llio secret service fund , t remained for this admlnlstnillon , with Its inprovcmcnt in public methods , to doty thu aw nnd precedents nnd call It reform. The Sun's Washington special says his pccch was a strong one. ' There were vnslons and sophistries In It , but on its face t wns dangerously plausible , and the demo- rats nro a little nervous about its clfcct on ho country , Presidential Timber. NEW Yonic , March 10. [ Special Tele- jrain.1 Tlio Washington correspondent of he World telegraphs : General Terry , who ins been promoledlo Iho vacancy made by the leath of Hancock , Is , I am Informed , n re- Hibllcan candidate for the presidency. Ho hinks the republican party will want to mvo n soldier candidate next time and ho lopes to be the ouo selected. 1 heard ycsler- day of n new piesldentlai combination on the tart of ceitnin rpubllcnns. This Is the ticket : jogan of Illinois , and Long of Massachu setts. Logan's friends declare that the lat er will never go on the ticket in the second ilaco ncain. Ho would prefer lo remain In he senate to nny such arrangement us that. Jlalno's friends are perfectly confident ho vlll bo nominated In 1SSS , and they profess o believe that Logan will yield in the end and lake his old place on llio ticket. Colliding Out of Politics. NKW YOIIK , March 10. [ Special Telegram ] The Sun's Albany special says : Uoscoo 'onkllng's friends unite In absolutely deny- ng the truth of the statement that ho Is to e-cnlcr'rpollllcs and the republican party , f hey sny ho Is making a great deal of money 'or the first time in his life and he enjoys , ho sensation too much to permit anything to interfere with It.- THE GOUia > STRIKE. No Trains Blovlnji et The HI. 1 . Dis charging tlio Knights. ST. Louis , March 10. The situation re- iialns about unchanged In East St. Louis. tfo knights there have struck as yet. A arge number of that organization from this city nro there attempting , It is supposed , to mrsuade them to join the movement. The effect of the strike In KnstSt. Louis upon the eatlla trade is especially severe. Itfo stock cars Imvo crossed the bridge and therefore the receipts are materially lessened as the strike proceeds. General Superintendent Kerrigan ) f the Missouri Pacific railroad this morning ssucd an order expelling from the Missouri Pacific yards nil Knights of Labor. This order Includes the delegation of men appoint ed by the knights to guard Iho company's property. The circular issued ordering them elf the company's premises is as follows : Yon are hereby notified that your action In withdrawing from the employment of the. Missouri Pacific railway company was a vol untary abandonment of the service of the company , and that you arc no longer in its employment. Your names have been strick en from its rolls. All such who are now about the company's promises nro hereby no- lllied they must immediately leave tlm same , to the end Ihat Ibis company may resume the traffic of the country.VM. . KKUUIOAN. Although the oiliclals nr.tdo no .statement concerning it , It Is generally believed they nro now employing new men to tnko the places of the strikers and Hint the movement of freight trains will bo nltcinpt- 3:1 : to-night. Should tills provo true tlio knights ( will undoubtedly oll'er resistance. 8:10 : p. m. It is now autlioillallvely stated that the Missouri Pacific railway company will attempt to-morrow Instead ol lo-niglit to resume freight traffic upon its road. The order Issued tills , morning br Kerrigan ap plies not only to men formerly In its employ in this city , but to all strikers and they liavo nil along the line will ( drawn quietly from the company's premises. ST. Louis , March 10. A Post-Dispatch special from Fort Woitli , Texas , says that the first trouble there between the knights and non-knights occurred this morning , when the now men employed by the railroad company to run Its engines went attacked wlillo per forming tholr duty and forced to vacate tholr places. Tlio strikers then "killed" the en gines. Quiet now prevails , but It Is thought this Is thu beginning of serious trouble. KANSAS CITV. March 10. The Missouri Pacific people to-day ordered that tlm strikers boexpollcu from tliclr yards. Nothing else of note occurred in connection with the strike. Tlio Ktvikcra Si CHICAGO , March 10.Tho Inter-Ocean's Milwaukee special says : The boc't and shoe makers strike in tills city Is at nn end , and the last of the strikers go to work In thu mninlng. Tlm strike on the pr.it of both the inniiufncturcid and employes has been con ducted in ndecldcillv orderly and business- lik i way , and tlm strikers liavo succeeded In getting all they demanded. ' AKalso Report. CIIKUO.O , March 10. A St. Louis dispatch , Intimating that a rfnku was liable to occui on western roads out of thU city this after noon , l.s denied rty officials und employes ot ttio Northwestern nnd Burlington roads , Both assert that no differences have arisen or exist , _ Colored Uriito Ijynchcd. LOUISVII.I.I : , Ky. , March 10. A special to the Courier Journal says : Last night twenty five masked men look Handy Woodwan ( colored ) outof tiic Jail at liussellvlllo , Ky. and hung him to the same limb thai thu no lorhnis bamiio Bully was bung from hvo years airo. Woodward was identified as Iho man who attempted to onlinco the I'-- ) ear old daughter ot CharHvs Johnson , statloi agent at K''djOalr ' , on .Monday. Soliaoffor Wins Aiiln. Niw : YOUK , Maidi 10 , Tlio nlay In the 3,000 , pulnt Join teen inch ball ; line bllllnr < match , between Srhneffor and Vignaux , wn ic.sumed thl < * fivoning. Score : SchncircrXX ( ) aveiao iM : Vlgnnux .SKKi , iwrage 0 2. Ml Total for the two nights : Schaelfcr 1,200 ' Weather for To-Day. Missonu .VAI.IBV Warmer. ; touthpil winds : lah" ' woathrr followed by ' coldur northerly wauls an * , ! HjLUuows. CONSPIRED TO KILL BLAIR , A Kansas Oily Man Seeks the Life of the Now Jersey Millionaire. AN EX-CONVICT'S CONFESSION. lo Claims HoVns Offered $ noOOO to Kcinovo the Railroad King ; The \Vonld-llo IHtmlcrcr Under Avrost * ndlctcd Co Conspiring to Murder. KANSAS Crrv , Mo. , Mnrdi 10. The Times if tills morning publishes tlio following : Samuel U. Sliaelfcr was Indicted by Ihogrnnd nry nt Independence yesterday for con- iplrlng to murder John 1 , Blair , the Blnlrs- own , N. il. , millionaire , rallroml king , mid rom whom the city of Blair , Neb. , derives ts name. Tim Indictment , was drawn up on ho strength of a confession by the man nl- ogcil tohnveboen hhed by Shaetfcr to commit lie murder , supported by eonoboiiitlvo tcsll- nony. ShuelTer was ai rested yesterday af { or * i. nllorof theeouniy Jnll , and Deputy Snerilt ilooiiv. llu was not taken tn the county jail , tut was allowed to it-main In his loom nt the lolcl under guard. Ho will be taken lolndo- > cndcnce to-day and arraigned. The iiiiin who inailu the confession which ed to the Indictment and arrest Is an ox-eon- let who served six months In the comity all at the saiiio tlmo ShaolVor was conllned. lo was MMilcncvd liero under tlio tmmo of Ihnilos Allen , but lie lias several aliases. 11s story and the allegations set toilh In the mllctment are substantially as follows : When he ami Slmelfor were in jail together hey beeamo intimate , and Shaollor proposed ( i him tn kill Mr. Hlalr. Shnuiror said that 10 had SW.UOO which ho was-willlng to spend o liavo Mr. Blair and Mr. William Bailei , ho president of the Kansas City & Southern allroad , put out of the wav. Allen r.o - entedtodo the job , and Slmeffer paid hU 50 while In jail. At the time of the paymRi lie matter was published as * fi net of cliaiity on thu part of Schaoll'or. Alluu was lolcased a lew days before ShaelVer , and when the latter got out the .wo held secret meetings at various places In his city and the plans were perfected. Allen vas to leave the city und hlro other men ' iccossary to do tlio job. On February ll ! Minn , under the name of A. li. Hrown , tele graphed to Mr. Blair at bis homo In llnlrstown from Little Itojk , Ark. Ho stated in tlio telegram that ho knew of a ilot formed In Kansas City to nssasslnalo ilm ( Hlalr ) and that he could bag the man on ho first teli'gram. Mr. Hlalr did nut answer ho telegram but sent a copy of It to his attor- icys In this city. Hrown , alias Allen , not tearing from Blair , vibited him at his homo n Hlalrstown and told his story. Mr. Blnlr eferred him to his attorneys in this city , and wrote them that Allen was coining on. Twenty-four hours alter the letter was re ceived hero Allen arrived and told his story. n addition to what is given above , he said hat ho had telegraphed to Shaetfer from Milo Uockon February 12 for SIM , with In- trnclionsto waive identification. Shaoil'er sent tlio money. Ho also telegraphed for S1&0 from Memphis , but only got S10J. This vns sent In tlio name of Frank Kills. Ho stated that ho had some trouble In collecting ho Kills mono } ' , because ho had s.tid . that ShaelVer was the name of the man who was to bend it. The attorneys and ofllcials lieio did not also much stock In Allen'sstory , but decided o Investigate it. Mr. M. H. Wood , general iianagcr of the Western Union TelcKi'aph company In this city , corroborated the story about tlio telegraphic money orders. He said that the first time Sbaslfcr declared ho did lot know who A. B. Urniyn was , but sun- > osed ho was sonic' fellow who. was dead > rokc , and as he had been that way himself : ifa thought ho would hel [ > him out. Shaeffer valv'ed the right of idcntlllcatlon at the otliCr end of the line. Frank Kills , who sent the S100 , is a sten ographer , who was at one tlmo employed uy Shadier , and who IH at present working In lie criminal clerk's office. Ho bays that Sliacll'cr went to him nnd said that A. B. Jrnwn was a lace salesman for a New York inn , nud was a friend of his. Ho said ho did tot want to fiend tlio money in his own mine , and asked Kills to use his name In Bend- ng It. .Mr. Kills consented and sent tlio nonoy. Ho says that ShaelYer told him that ic would collect the money when ho went to ; New York. In addition to this It was found that Allen , after his release from the county jail , had shown largo amounts of money In various ilaces In tills city. Oilier lads corroborailiiK Allen's story were also discovered , and It was letcrmlned to lay the matter before the grand Tlio Blalr-Shaeirer litigation will bo well remembered. Hlalr and .ShaelVer had ical estate dealings with each othur to the extent or nearly SIUJ.OOO. Slinolfor acting as Hlalr's agent in the purchase of Kansas City prop erty. The latter last fall brought milt In the circuit court claiming that Sliaoll'er had ao t'rauded him of some $10 , < IOO , and had placed the real estate In his ( SliaoH'or's ) name and refused to turn it over. The civil suits were Ail lowed by a criminal action for obtaining money by cheat and fraud. Slmcft'er wnis tiled alt he November term of the criminal court , found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary. Ho appealed the case to the supiemo court and was released on bond. H will be argued bol'oio the supicmo court next month. Besides thu civil suits thcroaro twomoro Indictments pending In thceilmlnal comt. Jt was while Sliaell'or was conllned In the county jail that the plot against Mr. Ulalr's llfo Is alleged to have been hatched. When the warrant was lirst read to Shacf- fcr at the hotel ho treated the mat lor as a toke and said ho thought it was a put-up job , When assured , however , that an Indictment liad been returned against him he grew very Indignant and said that the whole matter was a f in tlier attempt on the part of his enemies to Injure him. Ho denied thu whole btory and bald It was an infamous lie. Anotlicr Good Man Gone Wrong. IxiiiANAroi.is , Ma.ich 10. A special lethe the Daily News from Yliicuunes , 1ml , , sayn : An examination of the hooks , concluded thin afternoon , shows an approximate blioilugo against County Treasurer llollinsv/orth of &Ttj27t < .s.'t , Kverybody Is dumbfounded and mollified at Ibis gigantic expose , llol- linsworlli was n prosperous and wealthy farmer when ho took possessslon of the or.- lice.VImt ho has done with this Immense Mini of money puvi/.lcy everybody. Tlio eon- jectiiro is that It has been squandered In mar gin gambling ami In a woman ulfalr , over which Holltnsworth has had ono suit In comt. Kx-County Ticasuror W. W , Ucrry lias been Installed in charge of the treasurer"a otlice. Trees for Trmjlcws I'rnlrles , WASHINGTON , Maieh 10. .Senator Miller , from the committee on agriculture uml lorc.Htry , repotted lavorably tlio Kdmunds bill to establish forest reservation'on the head waters of the Missouri river and the head waters of Chile's fork of the Columbia river. ffiQST PERFECT MADE I'reptrtt < rxV ? * U 1 regtrt W tulife. PRI.Ce tAXlf-'S POWDER CO. , I CUICACO. . . . BT. UJUIt ,