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THE OMAHAI DAILY BEE
FIFTEENTH YEAR , OMAHA , WEDNESDAY M0IINENGU MARCH 24. 188G , NUMBER 224
A Brutal Eavialicr at Long Pine Barely
Save a From Lynching ,
ASSAULTS A YOUTHFUL GIRL.
Latent Information Prom the Scene
of the Terrible Trnjjcdy nt
Oakland Politics nt
Nebraskn Oily.
KlRlit-Ynnr-Old Olrl Outraged.
Lo.vn PINK , Neb. , March B3. [ Special
Telegram. ] At 3 o'clock this afternoon an
unknown tramp outraged thu 8-year-old
daughter of John Wllkliis , a resident of this
place. The \ \ hole town turned out and en
gaged In a hunt for the brute.
Ho was captured durlnc the afternoon
about live miles from town and returned to
the phco just about dark. He was brought
bcforutho outraged girl and she positively
Identified him as her assailant.
He was immediately brought before J.
Com trltrht , justice of the peace , for prelimi
nary hearing. Excitement ran high. The
people began to gather In and around the
court room until the number reached at least
800. Loud threats were made of lynching
and picparatlons were under way to put
them into execution.
The mvlshor was remanded to the county
jail to await trial foi his crime. The consta
ble who had him In chanre , seeing It was Im
possible for him to protect ills prisoner alone ,
called for assistance , and thtity men were
sworn In ns special olllcers.
John Wllklns , the father of the outraged
child , made a desperate client to shoot tlio
prisoner , but was kept back after a hard fight
by the constable and his deputies.
It was stilt daylight and the excitement In
creased with every passing moment. It was
decided to board the first train and take the
prisoner to Alnswortli. The evening pas
senger train was almost due. Darkness was
gathering fast and the officers feared It they
did not reach the depot before the night set
In the man would bo taken from them and
hanged to the most convenient limb.
The ranist was placed In the center of the
tidily deputies , with drawn icvolrcrs , and
marched to the depot platform. Several un
successful attempts were made to break the
cordon of guards surrounding him but with
out success.
Among tlio crowd were several experts In
the use of lariats and several futile attempts
were made to throw ropes over the heads of
the deputies , about the head and neck of
the prisoner and cholto him iu tlio midst of
his protectors.
The depot platform was reached and again
and again lariats wont whizzing through
the air , but each time missed the object of
their mission. The crowd could liavo taken
the prisoner In a niinuto If they desired to
create a conflict with his protectors. They
were cool chough not to precipitate a fight
that would result in the shedding of innocent
blood.
The train arrived and tlio brutal ravlshcr
wa-i hustled on boaid , pale , blanched and ex
pecting that each moment the crowd would
close In and take him. A desperate attempt
was made to secure him. Forty men followed
the guards but were driven back. AH ciulclc
as possible the train pulled out and the brute
was finally safely landed In the county jail at
Alnswortli.
The most remarkable feature of the affair
is the successful work of tlio constable and
his deputies in saving their man from tlio
Infuriated crowd of people. The crime was
n most brutal one. Nothing is known of tlio
criminal or his previous history.
News After the .Rattle.
OAKLAND , Neb. , March 23. [ Special Tcle-
gmm.J It Is now n known fact that tlio
shooting of 11. C. Steadman Saturday morn-
Ina arose from a dispute with Wright over
pay for three days labor , Steadman claiming
that according to his contract with the mur
derer ho was only to board him and his pony
for the work. Wright had been up all the
nlglit before at a dance. Jlo carried Ills re
volver with him wherever ho went. That
night ho was seen counting Ills eaitrhlgcs
and Is known to have had nienty-flvo besides
the chambers of his revolver all loaded. This Is
what ammunition ho had when lie started on
his death trip after committing the cold
blooded murder of Steadman. IJcforo ho
bhot Steadman he had his pony saddled
ready to start.
Yesterday morning , when a man by the
name ot Whlk-omb awoke , ho discovered
ono of his legs was so stiff ho could not use
it , and'to his astonishment ho found he had
been shot in tlio member. Ho now recollects
fccllnc n sensation In the spot when the rush
was made on the barn while It was burning.
It was done by a rovolvfir ho carried In his
own pocket , a 23-eallbre. Tlio ball has been
probed for but not found yet. lie was eent
to Ids homo at Lyons where the bullet will
bo lemoved. No geiions it-suits are feared in
Ills easo.
During the slcgo several rifles , revolvers ,
ovcicoatn , and other valnabloartlclesot wearIng -
Ing apparel were lost or stolen. It Is gen
erally customary for thd citizens to follow the
lead of the bhcrlll when an emergency de
mands tlielr assistance , but in tills ease It ap
pear * the citizens led the bhcrlll in every at
tack made on the murderer's reheat. This
can b accounted for by tlio Intensely bliter
feeling of the wowd against Wright. His
dlblodgemcnt came BO Mow when hu was an-
paumtly within their grasp that they could
not bo prevented from placing themselves In
the forefront of danger , It was In this way
that Kdgar Kvcrett received his death wound ,
( leorgo Stursls was the only man near Kvcrett
when he received the fatal bullet. Ho fell
Into Sturgls' arms and had to boeanlud fiom
the field.
About thlity-llvo cartridges were found In
the ruins after the Ihe enabled a thorough
search to bo made. They had not been dis
charged but simply exploded under the lullii-
once of the heat. The charred remains ot the
murderer wen < drawn from the oat pllo Into
which , weak and exhausted , hu had crawled
to escape the Humes which were rapidly clos
ing In around him. Tlie light hand held his
revolver with n llrm grip , the Wt one being
.cnttiely burned off. /
Johnson's loss cannot bo definitely esti
mated. Ills barn , with contents , is com
pletely destroyed. Ills dwelling is considera
bly damaged , and Ids farm and fine orchard
completely ruined.
The thanks of the citizens of Hurt county
are certainly duo Superintendent MrC'abo of
the Chicago , SI. Paul , Minneapolis Omaha
railway for bis kindness In I'ui-nlslilng a
special train to send toTekamah for assist
ance , Tlio hardware dealers of Oakland also
showed n generous spirit In an hour of need.
Firearms weie scarce not half enough to
supply the number who joined In the pursuit
could bo seemed from private sources. Our
meielianls placed all the lilies , guns revolv-
eis ana ammunition they had at the disposal
ol these who.wIMird to Join In thn chase.
Kdjrar Ktorctt Is still alive but slowly sink-
\\\X. \ \ \ HeiiiorrliaBt ) ot the link's 1ms set in ,
t.ud Ids death U momentarily vxpected.
Wnltlnsr Tor llio Other l-'cl lows. ' .
A fny , Neb. , Maichst.- ( Special
Telegram. ] The democrats of this city took
every ono by surprise this afternoon by ad
journing tlielr convention for the nomination
of city officers over without making any
nomination until next Saturday not before ,
however , giving the Sago of Arbor Lodge a
little political thrust by electing S. 11. Cnl-
houn as their chairman. It Is thought they
wanted to see what the other fellows are
going to do before selecting tlielr men. The
prohibitionists In convention to-night nom
inated J. W. Waldsmllh for mayor.
A Nnvnl Ofllccr Killed.
WAKIFIIU : : > , Neb. , March ST. Harry
Elscffcr , an ofllcar ot the United States
navy , while visiting his brother here , was
killed by the accidental discharge of a gun
Sunday. The gun lay In the bottom of a
wagon In which ho was rldlnir , and while
lifting it , muzzle foremost , it was discharged ,
the bullet striking him In the neck. Death
was Instantaneous.
Tlio Committee At Their Ditty.
Coi.tninus , Neb. , March 23. [ Special Tele
gram. ] The committed to confer with the
Northwestern Messrs. Jacgel , Kramer ,
Olack and Kavnnaugli together with Mcl'ar-
land and Cowdery , go to-day to confer with
P. K. Hall of that road in regard to an exten
sion from Leigh or Scrlbncr to Columbus.
Sintuihcd IIIH Hand.
OAKI.AN-D , Neb. , March 33. [ Special Tele
gram. ] ( Jeorgo Howkcr , while coupling cars
here this morning , got Ids hand badly
smashed. The wound was dressed , but it is
feaied amputation will be necessary.
The People Arc Jubilant.
O'CoNNoit , Neb. , March 23.-Spccial [ Tele
gram. ] Union Pacific surveyors reached this
point yesterday. This Is to bo the terminus
of the line , and llio citizens of O'Connor are
consequently jubilant.
Hli3I.iI.rS 1) ISP DTK I ) PATENTS.
The Papers Filed In the Govern
ment's Cnsc at Columbus.
COI.VMIIUS , Ohio , March 23. District At
torney Kumler of Cincinnati this afternoon
filed In the United States court in this city
tlio government papers to test tlio validity of
the Hell telephone patents , the defendants
named in the petition being the American
Hell Telephonecompany , a corporation under
the laws of Massachusetts ; the Central
Union company , under the laws of Illinois ;
the Erie Telephone and Telegraph company ,
under tlio laws of Massachusetts ; the Central
District and Printing companyiindcr the laws
of Pennsylvania ; the Cleveland Telephone
company , City and Suburban Telephone com
pany. Union Telephone company , and Uuck-
eye Telephone company , under the laws of
Ohio ; and Alexander Graham Hell. The at
torneys for the government are Solicitor
( icncnd ( loode. District Attorney
Kumler , Allen O. Thurman , Grosvcnor P.
Lowry , Hunton & Chandler , and Chase
Whitman , of the special counsel. A process
was issued directing appearance by May 1 ,
and requiring that answer be Hied on or be
fore .Juno 1. The petition , with the accom
panying exhibits , makes about seventy-live
pages of pamphlet printed matter. The
points were made public in the press some
daysniofroma copy obtained surreptitiously.
One of the attorneys states that the abstract
contains Iho substance of all the allegations
made. Taylor & Taylor have been retained
as local counsel by the defendants. It Is
understood that the first question to be con
sidered In connection with the ease will bo
that of jurisdiction.
Attempted Suicide.
ST. Louis , Marcli 23. The Post Dispatch's
Spiinglicld special states that the circuit
court of that city , before which the ( iralmin
case is now being tried , adjourned shortly af
ter the opening this morning on account of
the serious Illness of Mrs. Molloy , making it
impossible for her to attend court. It is stat
ed uion ) good authority , although It has
been denied , that Mrs. Moiloy's Illness is caus
ed by an attempt to commit
siile.ldo by taking poison. She was seized
shortly before the time for opening of
court with n violent lit of vomiting ,
and nhysleans were Immediately sum
moned , who administered an emetic which
slightly relieved her. Her condition
at noon was considered precarious.
Pork Packed In the West.
CINCINNATI , March 23. The Price Cur
rent has nearly completed Its annual report
of pork packing in the United States for the
pastvcar. It will show the following In re
gard to packing In the west from November
1 to March 1 :
JSS5-M. WS/-R5.
Number of hogs packed. . .0,2HK0.I00.210 ! ! )
Average cross weight. . . . 25S.OS 25.51
Averace yield of Innl.lbs. : n.23 : J.03
Average cost , ICO Ibs. . . . . § 3.00 g-1.21) )
"yesterday's Cabinet Session.
WASHINGTON , March 23. To-day's session
of the cabinet was devoted to tlio consider
ation of measures designed to secure a more
rigid enforcement of the Chinese restriction
act , particularly with reference to preventing
the landing of Chinese laborers on fraudu
lent certlllcatcs' . Another question consid
ered by the cabinet was in relation to the af
fairs of the Union P.icillc Itailway company ,
and tlio steps necessary to protect the gov
ernment's interests therein.
Now York Dry Goods JTtovioiv.
NMW 1'ouic , March 23. Exports of domes-
tie cottons the past week were 0,033 , pkgs ,
valued at S3U3S- ! , making the total for
the expired portion of tlio year C5i.l ( ! pkgs ,
compared with -18,173 pkgs the same time last
year and ttS.bOl pkgs in 1BSI. As usual , to
Tuesday the demand bus been very light , the
quiet ot the day being increased by tlio con-
hcrvutivo takings of all markets , In consequence
quence of the labor Mrikcs dlsimbing the
tianspoitation of freight.
They'll Never Qunrrol A nln.
iKiiiANAi'OMS , Marcli 23. At Hagprs-
town , Wayne county , this afternoon , N. S.
Hates and wlfo quarrelled , and the woman
struck Hates with an uxo handle. Ho
wiested the weapon from her. struck her u
blow with it , and then made a slash at her
with a pocket Unlfo , nearly beheading her ,
The woman fell to the lloor dead. Hates was
arrested.
Tour llables at Once ,
KVAXSVII.I.K , Ind. , March 23 , A special
from Jasper , Ind. , says that the wlfo of Hen
ry Conrad , a prominent farmer , gave birth
last Friday to four living children. All were
well developed , and of medium size. Ono
died tlucc days after its birth , the others a
low hours after ,
Nominations Favorably I'oported.
WASHINGTON , March si. The hcnatocom-
'mlttee on finance to-day decided to rouort fa
vorably tlio nominations of several internal
revenue collectors In respect to whoso predecessors -
cossors Secretary Manning says no charges
reflecting upon their ofliclal or moral charac
ter aio pending.
Pulled Down thu Hank ,
CHICAGO , March 23. The Inter Ocean's
Coopcrstown , Dak. , special says : The Hank
of Cooperstown suspended to-day , owing to
the recent fallmo nt the Lonham Kleyator
company. There were no very heavy de-
positois. The county treasurer had 54,000 In
the bank. _
UanlKy Safe Hlowers.
MADISON , inrt. . March 34 , The eafo in
Loclaid's store at Canaan was blown open
lust night and Si 0.000 in notes , 810,000 iu rog-
Istoivd goveuimeiil bond ? , anil SUO Iu cash
stolen. Tlie postolltci' tit this sumo place was
also roubi.-d. _
AVoatliwp For ToHay. .
Missot'iu VAi.i.KV-Ftdr weather In south-
'em poit km ; local ml us iu northern portion ;
winds vailublu ; tlightly warmer In southern
portion ; colder Iu northern portion.
MORRISON A FLAT FAILURE ,
Consternation Abounds Among the Tariff
Reformers at Washington ,
HIS BILL MAY BE ABANDONED.
A Settler's Pointed Prayer-For n Veto
Humors of n Strike by Govern
ment Lawyers Patents to
Western Inventors.
Dead Iiock on Morrison's mil.
AY'ASfiiNOTON , March U3. ( Special Telc-
grnm. ] There Is but one subject for com
ment In congressional circles to-night. It Is
the consternation abounding among the tariff
jcfonncrs. Work upon the .Morrison bill was
practically suspended lust week , when It was
stated by the friends of Dm measure who arc
members of the Committee on ways and
means that nothing would bo done till an
understanding or compromise was effected by
the majority In thu house. It was then re
ported that a largo portion ot the southern
delegations would oppose the measure , on ac
count of Its provisions In relation to metals.
It was proposed that the section effecting Iron
oic should bo stricken out and free wool In
serted. At the meeting of the committee on
ways and means to-day an effort was made
to renew work on the bill with a
view to this amendment , but n * dead
lock ensued and it was immediately aban
doned. Mr. Morrison is "all broke up" and
discouraged at the failure to please a
majority. Ills want of knowledge on the
subject and lack of tact in treating the dele
gations who lately appeared before the com
mittee havu done much to cause the failure oC
this bill In its present shape , but till some
one takes hold of the matter who can handle
It rightly and judiciously , Mr. Morrison will
bo allowed to amusu himself by thinking ho
is an authority on fie tariff question. The
outcome cannot bo safely predicted. Many
think it will bo abandoned altogether.
A sr.TTI.Kll'N POINTED IT.T1TION.
Senator Wilson presented in the scuato to
day n petition from W. W. Clarke of lioone
county , Iowa , which was so pointed In refer
ence to ( he president's veto of the bill to
quiet the title to settlers on the Des Moincs
river lands that it was ordered printed in the
Hecord. It says : "After three years of ser
vice for the government in the late war , I
settled on a tract of the Des Moines river
lamts , believing then , as now , that the tltlo
is in the United States according to the Ilnr-
ncy settlement , which was approved byJho
government and the state. Tills theory has
been sustained by repeated memorials to con
gress asking for a settlement of tins title ; also ,
by reports of committees , with one exception ,
slnco the Forty-fifth congress. Twice the
action of the house and once the senate have
endorsed it previous to the Forty-ninth con
gress , and now , after eight years of struggle ,
your honorable bodies having passed the senate -
ate bill to qHtet the title of the
settlers on the Des Moincs river lands
In the state of Iowa and for other purposes ,
we are defeated by a veto o the president.
Believing that the case was misrepresented
to him , for no person In his position could
afford to veto such a just measure had he
known the facts , your petitioner earnestly
prays that your honorable bodies will pass
the bill over the veto , let the case go to the
couits as provided in the bill , and scttlo the
title to the homes of over a thousand families
of sturdy , hardworking persons , hundreds of
whom hold patents , pre-emption and home
stead papers. Nothing shoit of tills will
ever settle the title. We aresatlslied to abide
by the decision of the highest tribunal , and
hope that you will pass this and let it go
there.
PAN ELECTRIC LAWYERS 3IAY STIIIKK.
A very unusual proceeding lias already
taken place in the forthcoming telephone
suit to be Instituted by the govcinmcnt , at
Columbus , Ohio. All the government attor
neys , numbering half a dozen , excepting
Judge Thurman , have applied to Attorney
General Garland for an advance of St,000 ,
each on their prospective salaries. The at
torney general referred them to the secretary
of the treasury , and ho has returned their
bills unpaid and unsigned. His excuse for
tills Is that there is no appropriation yet for
this suit , and no fund out of which to
pay the legal gentlemen. Tlio remun
eration lor the attorneys has not yet
Ueon fixed , but no objection was made to
their receiving this advance If it could have
been provided lor. There is a nervousness
at the department of justice through appre
hension that the lawyers may strike and refuse -
fuse to go to Columbus unless they get an
advance and some kind of an assurance
about the magnitude of their pay. There is a
rumor that the attorney general Intends to
put up his Pan Klcctico stock as collateral for
the poor lawyers.
I'ATK.Vffl TO 'WnSTnilN INVr.NTOllS.
Patents were issued to the following to.
.day : Lester 11. Gear , .Mentor , Iowa , mouse
trap ; William K. George ana II. llarney ,
llarlan , Iowa , stock wagon ; Charles C. Gilman -
man , Kldora , Iowa , ( ten ) construction of
wooden buildings , lire proof Hour pavement ,
lire proof po. t and column , tiio proof Door
and ceiling , outer wall of buildIngs -
Ings , roof , lloor , arch , construction
of lire proof floors and ceilings , and electri
cal subway ; llarlan Hodges , Neohi , Iowa ,
grain weighing and delivering apparatus ;
K. A. llarnbast , Uskaloosa , Iowa , billiard
table leveler ; Frederick K. Itichardson
Uniontown , Iowa , washing machine ; John
M , Shuck , DCS Moines , Iowa , bco lilvo ; Jltu-
ver M. Wilson , b'ullerton , Neb.plpo wrench ;
James 11. Woodward , Seward , Neb. , electric
belt.
I'lIMSONAI , AND I'OSTAI , .
M. M. Ham of Dnbiuiiie , Iowa , is Ln the
city. *
The attorney general of Iowa Is here to
repiesont the settlers In securing passage
over tliu picsident'8 veto of the bill quieting
tlio title to the Des Moines river lands.
S. HerbeitJamcs has been commissioned
postmaster at Jollity , Iowa.
A postofllco has been established at Butka ,
Loup county. Neb. , and Frank llutka ap
pointed postmaster.
Livingston L. Wagers has been commis
sioned postmaster at Lambert , Neb , , and
Kphraim J. Letter at Hliss , Neb.
mi : oAMi'imu.-wjiAvuu CONTEST.
The house commUtco on elections has fixed
upon a tnno when an etfort will bo made to
dispose of tlio Campbell-Weaver contested
election from the Sixth district of Iowa. It
will bo called up next Monday if opportunity
oilers. If not on that day , then on Tlnnsday
of next week. It is believed bymanv that
n majority report will be tendered for Camp
bell. _
now NiatvspAPKuaUE IILED.
A Kansas City Journalist Kxposcs tlio
AVestcrii Union.
WASHINGTON , March 23. The house committee -
mitteo on postoftices and post roads , conduct
ing the telegraph investigation , to-day began
Us Inquiry concerning the alleged attempts
of. the Western Union Telegraph company to
coerce newspapers fi the western states into
.niattlnz exclusive contracts , etc. 15. 0. M.
Ayers appeared In behalf of the Kansas City
Times and Kansas City Journal , and submit
ted a statement by J. A. Mann , secretary and
bublness manager of the Journal , -together
with a letter from Morrison Mumford , pro
prietor of the Times , and 'several ' communi
cations that had passed , between the latter
and the Western Union managers relative to
tlio news contracts of the Times. Mann's
statement was read to the committee. Its
principal points are substantially as follows ;
Tlironch the course ot years the news
papers of Kansas City have boon at the mercy
of the Western Union Telegraph coilipany.
With the consolidation of that company and
the American Union and Mutual Union
companies , some five years since , the extreme
measures characteristic of the Western
Union linvo Increased. Their form of con
tract had contained a clause or clauses bind
ing our papers to use the Western Union
lines and no others under penalties and pro
visions designated to bind the party ot the
second part unalterably to the useof Western
Union service. Tlio press of Kansas City
either had to succumb for want of adequate
facilities or yield to the Western Union. It
is believed with good reason , by the writer
that not n slnulo rate agreement has been
made by any paper with this company In live
years except under protest , and that
in every one of tlio contracts the pub
lisher signed away Ids light to
tnlr competition. Spies In some Instances
were employed to tollow my messengers to
learn thu sources from which matter got to
us. Them were clauses In sundry other
contracts by which wo were held , provided
all others failed. The delivery of even our
regular press report was threatened to bo
withheld by the Western Union if wo failed
to glvo the Western Union all our special
business. This jeopardized the foundation
of our telegraphic servlci1. Wo had violated
repugnant contracts only after long and
weary efforts to first obtain a fair measure of
relief at tlio hands of thu Western Union
company. Wo were threatened that unless
wo signed those contracts wo should bo
placed upon a higher scale of special rates
practically to ruin us notwithstanding the
prohibitory clauses In the contracts. Of
course wu signed , for wo dared not risk our
business. .No open contracts were over al
lowed to be made , and wo were always con
fronted with Iron-clad fixtures , binding us to
boycott ail other lines.
The witter then refers to the change in the
special arrangements of his paper , which
necessitates a largely Increased telegraphic
service , application to which end was made
to the Western Union company , by which
matter was delayed , endangering the Inter
ests of the paper. When tlio company finally
responded to the application it was at n
higher rate than the contract then In t'orco
specified , and from that date the rate on all
our specials they advanced fifty per cent.
We can not legally claim that wo have not
violated these contracts , but when occasion
demands that we carry an increased amount
of telegraphic matter , as is the custom , we
expect'to gut better rates than for general
service. JJut In every case the western
Union has had service first offered them r.t
prcfcri cd rates , and then they had always
stood "on the letter of thobond. " It is man
ifest that some remedy is required to restrain
thu rapacity of these , consolidated corpora
tions , and that the protecting power of thu
government must stcp'ln and perform tlio
telegraphic service oti the country just as it
does the mall service.
Mr. Ayers said that llio purpose of the Kan
sas City newspapers was , , simply to inform
the committee of their existing relations witli
the telegraph company , and it it thought the
matter of suflicient importance the proprie
tors would como to Washington to verify
their statements. Ho requested that the pa
pers bo returned , as they would be used in a
law suit to be Instituted against the Western
Union company.
Mr. Somcrvllle , Of Now York , superintend
ent of tlio press department of the Western
Union company , rcplled&ckllu,4o.Uiei < .statG
mcnt read by Mr. Ayers. lie said that the
Western Union had two special rates one
open to every newspaper , and 'tho other 33
per cent lower to papers that signed agree
ments to send all their news over tlio West
ern Union wires. Uoth'of ' tlio Kansas City
papers had signed thaLagrecmcnt voluntari
ly , and both had broken it. The AVestern
Union hail slmplv notlllcd them that the con
tracts would bo abrogated if they
persisted in breaking the aurccment bv send
ing their news over the other lines. The pa
pers had signed the agreement to get the ad
vantage ot reduced rates. The Western
Union does not collect news , and is entirely
distinct from and disconnected with the Asso
ciated press or the Western Associated press.
It was simply the transmitter of news , In
cases of unusual occurrences , such as the
death of the president , when the company
sent bulletins as a public service without pay.
In general elections the Western Union man
agers were allowed to collect returns in
places where there was no regular press
agent.
FORTY-NINTH CONGKESS.
Somite.
WASHINGTON , March 2. ) . The senate to
day passed the bill grail tin ; ; n pension of
52,000 per year to the widow of General
Hancock.
At 10:50 : the pending order was laldnsido
and on motion of Mr. Van Wyck the senate
took up and passed the bill to confirm entries
heretofore made upon public lands in accord
ance with the rulings of the land office in
force at the time the entries were made.
Tlio unfinished business , being tlio ju
diciary committee resolutions , was then
taken up , and Mr. Jackson proceeded to ad
dress the senate In opposition to them.
Mr. George followed Mr. Jackson , also in
opposition to tlio majority report. Ho con
tended that the power of removal was vested
In the president alone. Mr. George had been
accustomed to regard the senate as thu high
council in which the rights and Interests of
tlio states were maintained. Since ho had
been here ho had seen little to impair that
viuw but much to confirm it.
When Mr. George had finished Mr. Morgan
obtained the floor and the senate adjourned.
House ,
WASHINGTON , March 2:1. : In tlio morning
hour the house passed the Fourth of July
claims bill. The amount Involved Is § ! SW,2QO.
A millibar of bills were Introduced at the
oxnlratlon of the morning session.
.Mr , linrns of .Missouri submitted a confer
ence repoit on the urgent deficiency bill.
SKOll BTA HY aiANNIXG I M ; .
A Sudden Hut Not Dangerous Attnok
of Vcrtljto.
WASHINGTON , March i3. Humors were
nlloat to-day that Secretary .Manning was
seriously 111. The rumors grew out of the
fact that tlio secretary was taken to his
residence in a carriage , and assisted up the
stops. The facts are the secretary was
seized with vertigo on his return to his
olllco fiom the cabinnt meeting. Ho
had been working all day with
out any nourishment ! and was fcellne
very weak. Ho walked up two ttlulits of
stairs , and on reaching the top was attacked
with vertigo and partly fell and paitly sat
down. Hissudden Illpessularmod his friends
and lie was taken home. His mind was per
fectly clear and ho had thu fieo use of all his
limbs and gave a very clear account of every
thing that occuned , Two or tlueo hours
after his attack ho had improved very much.
At midnight Dr , Lincoln , who had just left
the secretary's bedside , said that Manning
was holding his own , and slightly Improved
slnco making his last visit. The secretary's
Illness , Dr. Lincoln saya , was caused ley pros
tration from overwork. He has been workIng -
Ing very hard and had a great many things on
his mind lately , and the result was this pros
tration , in spite of the hopeful view ot tlio
case taken by Dr , Lincoln , some of tlio
friends of tlio secretary are exceedingly
anxious , and consider his condition quite
sei ions.
The Militia Appropriation.
WASHINGTON , March 23.-Ucprcsentatlve
Forney has been directed by tlio house com
mittee on militia to report favorably the sen
ate bill Increasing the annual appropriation
for militia , but the committee has reduced tlio
amount to 8-100,030 per annum. Several
members of the committee , wlillo.favoring the
report , when the bill is readied in the house ,
will endeavor to have the amount lestomt to
8000,000 , as provided for in the bcnato bill.
The committee also directed Mr. Forney teleport
leport favorably the bill introduced by Mr.
Cox , authorizing tlio secretaiy of war-upon
application of the governorsfslatrs'todetail
army ( iillcers to Instinct the militia in1 mili
tary tactics. -
The Bill For Reorganizing tlio Oonrts of
Iowa Passes the House ,
THE DISTRICTS AND JUDGES.
Carson's nill to Punish Drunkards
Hit-one Opposition to Scuntor
Knight's Labor Measure
The Soldiers' Homo
The
DES Moixr.s , Iowa , March 23. | Special
Tclesram.J The bill reorganizing the dis
trict courts , which passed the house to-day ,
abolishes the circuit courts , redlstricts tlio
state , and assigns judges to the districts In
proportion to the amount of work consid
ered probable. Tlicronio to be eighteen dis
tricts according to tlio bill , with the follow
ing number of judges allowed each :
First District Includes Leo and DCS
Moines counties , two judges.
Second District Lucas , Monroe , Wapcllo ,
Jcffurson , Henry , Davis , Van liurcn anrt
Appanoose , three judges.
Third District Wayne , Dccatur , Clark ,
Union , lllnggold , Taylor , Adams , Page ,
Montgomery , Mills and Fremont , three
judges.
Fourth District Cherokee , O'Urlon , Oseo-
ola. Lyon , Sioux , Plymouth , Woodbury and
Monona , three judges.
Fifth District Dallas , Gutlirie , Adair ,
Madison , Warren and Marion , two judges.
Sixth District Jasper , Powcshlok , Mahas-
ka , Kcokuk , Washington niul Louisa , three
judges.
Seventh District Polk county , throe
jUdKCS.
Eighth District Johnson and Iowa , one
judge.
Ninth District Museatlnc , Scott , Clinton
and Jackson , tlirco judges.
Tenth District Dnbuque , Delaware , Buch
anan. Grimily anil Ulackhawk , two Judges.
Eleventh District Marshall , Story , lioono ,
Webster , Hardln , Hamilton , Franklin ,
Wright and Humboldt , three judges.
Twelfth District Clayton , Allamakcc , Fay-
etteVlncshick \ , Howard and Chlckasaw ,
two judges.
Thirteenth District Bremcr , Butler , Floyd ,
Mitchell , AVorth and Ccrro Gordo , two
judges.
Fourteenth District Winnebago , Hancock ,
Btiona Vista , Clay , Palo Alto , Kossuth , Pocahontas -
cahontas , Emiuctt and Dickinson , two
judges.
Fifteenth District Pottawattamle , Cass ,
Shelby , Anderson and Harrison , two judges.
Sixteenth District Calhoun , Ciawford ,
Carroll , Green , Ida and Sac , two judges.
Seventeenth District Tama and licnton ,
one judge.
Eighteenth District Jones , Cedar and
Linn , two Judges.
The district court hereafter Is to have juris
diction of all nlsc prlus business , Including
jjrpbnte matters. -vvv. *
" " ' 'Tim DP.INKKH AS nA.n As TiiK sni.T.En ,
The Carson bill , passed by the senate to
day , is intended to suppress intemperance by
punishing drunkenness severely. Senator
Carson said that lie did not believe in put
ting all the blanio and punishment upon the
saloon-keeper and allowing men to get drunk
and violate the law and go unpunished. So
his bill proposes to make the drunkard
amenable as well as the man who makes him
so. It provides that any person founu in an
intoxicated condition can bo arrested by any
peace olllcor without a warrant , and
tin lined.for the first offense S10 and costs , erIn
In default , five days' imprisonment ; for the
second offense , S25 and costs , or ten days in
jail ; and for the thhd offense , ho doubles the
preceding. It also provides that npoition
of the penalty may bo paid by
working upon the streets for the im
provement of highways. The general
drift of tlio bill Is to provide very severe
penalties for drunkenness , Increasing In
severity with each additional offense , tlio
author of tlio bill holding that if men were
punished for the effect of drinking they
would not bo so likely to drink. The oftlcer
before whom a person arrested for intoxica
tion Is tried may remit the penalty In the first
offense , but in no other , and order the pris
oner's discharge upon his giving Information
under oath stating when , where , and of
whom ho purchased or received the liquor
which produced the Intoxication.
KNIGHT'S I.AIIOII HIM , .
Tlio Knight bill lor the better caroand
protection of persons employed In factories
and workshops was stubbornly fought in the
senate to-day. It was pushed by Its author ,
Knight of Dubuque , but opposed by a major
ity of the senate. The bill Is chlofly objec
tionable to manufacturers and other employ
ers of labor from ono section , which pro
vides that they shall bo held respon
sible for damages lor every acci
dent to ono of their workmen
through the carelessness of a fellow work
man. Manufacturers from all over the state
have sent In protests against passing the bill ,
many of them saying that If the bill was
passed they would remove from tlio slate.
To-night a meeting was held hero of manu
facturers and businessmen from several cities
In the slate , representing in their own capi
tal eleven millions , to take action to se
cure the defeat of the bill. Sever
al of those representing very larpo busi
ness Interests say they would not put
their business in jeopardy if this bill should
pass , but would sell out or remove to another
state. The light In the scnata over the bill to
day took on a political character , the demo
crats all seeking to mnko a bid tor the labor
vote by bupportlnir It , and the republicans ,
recognizing the injustice of the bill , opposing
it. They succeeded in getting It sent back to
the committee , and tlio pressure that Is being
brought against the bill will probably keep it
there.
OTIinit I.KQIST.ATIVK DOINOS.
Tlio bill to raise the salaries of county
auditors from § 1,200 to § 1,500 was lost on the
final passage. The seimtn took up on recon
sideration tlio bill locating the supremocouit
ut Des Moines and passed It 28 yeas , 17 noes.
The Donnan bill , allowing judges of courts
of record the same power to commit cliildicn
to the soldieis'orphans homo that boards of
supervisors now have , was also passed , alter
reconsideration , on tlio thlul reading. Thu
Johnson bill , removing the president from
the boaid of regents of the state university ,
was passed. Tlio senate concuned in the
house amendment on the butterlne bill , so
that it will become a law as soon as signed
by the governor.
Tin : riioi > osin : EOI.DIIIIS' : HOME.
The soldiers' home committee , having In
spected nineteen sites , aio piepared to re
port , and unless otherwise oidercd will do BO
to-morrow , The feeling about the capital
to-night Is that unless the legislature first
passes the bill aiithoilzlng the erection of a
homo the bill will fall if the locality Is chosen
first. The rivalry between the several points
Is sosharp that it is thought
that the unsuccessful .ones might combine , to
defeat the .measure If left.'till .the.place-is
chosen. The contest see'nis tobenairowed
down to Mar&halltown , Colfax and Hulling-
ton. Strong lobbies for each place are hoio ,
and until this matter , is settled little geuciuj
legislative work can bo done. Inquiry do
velopcs the fact that there arc very few old.
soldiers who could go to a homo if ono were
built In ninnv counties none at all and
many arc doubting the propriety of Investing
§ 100,000 for n homo when there will bo so few
to enjoy IUCIIOOKS
CIIOOKS AND C1UM1NA1.S.
A special from Dakota City says ono Henry
S. Williams , claiming to bo from Cornell uni
versity and tlio Smithsonian Institute , has
been working the people of Humboldt county
for several dollars. Ho sells geological speci
mens for cabinet * , taklnir the pay In advance ,
and .somo of his victims arc still looking for
their cabinets. A card from the picsldent of
Cornell university pronounces him a fraud.
Jack Sullivan , n young but hardened crim
inal , born and raised at Clinton , was son-
fenced thcro to-day to Anamosa penitentiary
for fllty-nlno years on two charged of at
tempted murder , ono of burglary , ono of
house breaking , and ono of larceny.
FIGHTING TMK FJUKNCH.
Uupturo Ilctwcoti tlio Natives mid
Troops In Madagascar.
LONDON , March 23. An African mall
steamer which arrived at Plymouth to-day
brings the news of desperate fighting be
tween the French and tlio llovas In Mada
gascar. About the end of February tlio
llovas , under General Willoughby , attacked
3,000 French troops , routed them with n
heavy loss and puisucd them to Tamatlve.
French houses and stores in Tamatlvo were
shelled bv the Hovas and destroyed. The
llovast hen returned to the capital. Their
losses were small. A few davs later General -
oral Shcrrlngton surprised 4,000 Sakalovaa ,
preceded by S.V ) Frenchmen and three
machine guns. The Sakalovas were routed ,
forty being killed and many wounded. This
is the first news of n French rupture In
Madagascar , and has created a great sensa
tion. ,
Labor Troubles in Ilolglmn.
Hnussr.LS , March 29. Reports from min
ing districts state that conflicts between
striking miners and the troops continue.
To-dayYs reports say that many more persons
on both sides have been wounded. Numer
ous arrests continue to bo made.
Huussui.s , March 23. in tlio riots to-day
at Saralng ono of tlio strikers was shot dead
by the tire from thu troops. A number of
German anarchists who took part in the dls-
ordcis have been arrested
Uituss&M.s , March 2 : ] . A dispatch from
Liege says that the strike is extending , but
that the city is quiet.
Seamen Joining the Kniuhts.
CHICAGO , Starch 83. At a meeting of the
Seamen's union to-night , 2,10 members being
present , it was unanimously agreed to join
the Knights of Labor. It Is understood there
is a general movement among the seamen
throughout the country to take this stop.
AVI 11 Take An Appeal.
FitANKFOiiT , March 2 ? . Police Commis
sary Meyer and a policeman , who were rc-
contlvsentenced to Imprisonment forexcced-
ing their duties at a socialist funeral in July
last , have given notice of appeal.
AMONG 'JIll-MtAHjUOADB.
Gowcu's Plan For Reorganization of
the Heading.
NKW TOIIK , March" 23. Franklin U.
Gowen , president of the Philadelphia &
Heading Itallroad company , makes public
to-night his plan for the reorganization of
the company. He criticises the syndicate
plan and cautions the bond and shareholders
against paying assessments to or depositing
securities with tlio agents of the syndicate.
For his own plan Gowen says tlio security
holders can form tlielr own syndicate , save
81,000,000 in unnecessary charges , pievent
foreclosure and keep control of their prop
erty. The plan embraces the Issue of a > 10u- ,
000,000 ot seven year 4 per cent new consoli
dated mortgage bonds to provide for the gen
eral mortgage and floating debt. In addltioh
to this , no amounts being mentioned , provis
ion is made for the lirst , and second prefer
ence Income per cent bonds to take care of
junior securities. Ho proposes an amicable
foreclosure , which ho says can bo effected
within ninety davs.
Forty-Five Koundu Fought :
LOUISVILLE , March 23. The longest light
over known under the Marquis of Queens-
bury rules took piano In the open air at Mile
Creek , Ky. , this mornlnir , between Tommy
Warren ot Louisville and Tommy Barnes of
Kngland. The fight was with three-ounce
gloves , lor § 500 and the gate receipts , and the
feather-weight championship. It took three
hours and a quarter and forty-five rounds for
Warren to knock Jinnies out.
'JCIic Ice Gorge Above Us.
CHICAGO , March S ) . Inter Ocean Yank-
ton , Dakota , special : The ice gorge still
holds above Klk Point. The St. Paul rail
road track iscoveied with water a distance of
twenty miles. Many farms and homesteads
are flooded. It Is now asserted the Uig Sioux
bridge was not washed away. It is impos
sible to estimate the damage yet , but it will
bo very large.
I'lg Tail JJIown Off.
PORTLAND , Oregon , March ! iO.About 8
o'clock this evening the front of the Chinese
washhousc , corner Sixth and Madison streets ,
was blown out by dynamite. A Chinaman
was Injured about the head. No clue to thu
perpetrators ,
U'juils to I.ooato In Omalin ,
I'ostinnster CoulanC was thej recipient
of ft letter yesterday from A. ( j. Sells , a
practical wool manufacturer of Kanka-
kco , 111. , seeking information in regard
to tlio establishment of : i woolen mill in
Omaha. Mr. Sells thinks such nn insti
tution would bo : i success here and yield
a good profit to investor . If n company
can bo formfd ho agrees to tnko u portion
tion of llio stock , or if the citiy.ons will
rniso about $ , ' 5,000 for n building , he will
purclmso the necessary machinery ut a
cost of § 10,000. , It is Ins idea to manu
facture blankets , yarns mid all classes of
woolen floods for the westoni trade and
employ fifty hands.
Care for the Children
CMlOrcn feel tlio debility of ( ho changing
seasons , even more than adults , and they bc-
, coino cross , peevish , and uncontrollable.
tTlio blood should bo cleansed and the system
jT Invigorated by the us cor llooil'a Bnrsuparilla.
gj " Last Spring my two children were vacci.
. natcd. Soon after , t hey broke nil out with run-
jT nhig sores , FO dreadful I lliouKht I should lese
'
* them , Hood's Harsapaillla cmcd them com
pletely ; and tlioy have been healthy over
since. I do feel th.it Hood's Sartup.irllla
saved my children to me , " Jilts. U. L.
TUOMVSO.V , West Warren , Mass , >
: , j Purify the Blood
t Hoods Barssparllla Is cliarnrtcrlzcd by
tlirco pociilhifiles ; 1st , the combination ot
remedial agent.4 ; SdH\oproitortloni \ 3dllio
process cf soeurliiR the ucllvo medicinal
qualities. The result Is amcdlclno cf unusual
strength , cmictlns cures hlthcrlo unknown.
Bend for book containing additional evidence ,
"Hood's Sarsitiarllla ; tones up niy system ,
pmiaeti my Mood , tliaipensiiivajipollfeand
seems to mike : IHQ over. " J ) ' . Tuoili'SOK ,
Itcglutcr of Dcedi , Lowell , Mass.
"Hood's Bimaparflla bests all of hers , and
h worth Its weight l.n fold. " I. liAitnixaiox ,
15'J ' IJaiili Sired , New Voile City.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all ilmirghu. | i ; blx for $5. Madr
only by 0.1. HOOD Se CO. , Lowell , Mass.
THE WORST IS YET TO COMB
A Leading Kuight Declares They Will Novel
Submit Without Recognition ,
THE SWITCHMEN REMAIN FIRM ,
No Freight , Train * Moving In or Out
of KnnsnH City A DnrliiR Outrage
AVItlt Which the Knlchta
Deny Connection.
Itcuocnltlon or n Fight to the Kml.
ST. Louis , March S3. The ICnlRhts of La
bor say they will accept no terms from the
company unless offered to them as members
of thatorKunlzutlon. A member oT the execu
tive committed said at a late hour last night :
"Tho worn Is yet to come , 1 dread it , but
there la no help for it. If vu were to submit
now and ret urn to our work without be I UK
recognized ns Knights of Labor , It
would bo n defeat not only for us
but also of l/.ibor Unions , the
trades' assemblies , and for every labor organ
ization In Urn country. Wu will walttlnvuor
four days in hopes that some way towards n
settlement may bo opuned ; and , then , If the
situation lemalns unchanged , every frlcght
train , on every road ruuniiiKout of St. Louis ,
and every freight train uinning out of Chlca-
Co , will be .stopped. "
KANSAS Cm * , Aio. , March ttl. The situa
tion tlds morning is ono of quiet , but anxious
expectancy. No freight trains have boon
moved , and there has been n'o attempt made
to stint them , J'asscngcr trains are not In
terfered with. Railroad suuerlnteiident.s of/
the various roads have m rived here , anil
will hold a meeting early this afternoon.
The strikers are also engaged In secret
council , ( irand Master Monogan , of the
Switchmen's association , Is heio In confer
ence witli them. A stock train consisting oQ
thirteen cars of cattle and five cars of liogtt
came in this morning over the Alchlson , Topeka -
peka A : Santa Vt > , and was delivered by thq
trainmen ; no oilier business has been dona
as far ns has been reported.
A repot t received train Atohlson snys a par
ty of masked men visited thu Missouri 1'aclliu
round house last night and Intimidated thd
guard and killed all onulno.i in thu house.
KANSAS CITV , March ssi. A meagro ro-
poit has been received of the derailing of n
freight train by thu strikers near Sedalla and
the Injury i f several men.
ATCIUSO.N , Kan. , March ! U. At 13:45 : this
morning the ten men on guard at the Mis
souri I'acilie round house were surprised bjn
the appearance of thiity-livo or forty masked
men. The guards were corral led In the oil
room by a detachment of the- visitors , who
blood guard with ulstols drawn while the
rest of the force seriously disabled twelve en
gines which stood In the stalls. They held
possession of ( ho house about fifty minutes ,
and upon taking leave unfilled the impris
oned men not to stir until the expiration of
twenty minutes.
At noon there was another exciting event
when a largo number of strikers anil others
seized a largo freight tiain below town bound
for Kansas City. They climbed upon it iu
scores and tightened the brakes to inevent Its
further progress. They uncoupled the cara
and threw the links and pins into tlio river
and killed the engine.
KANSAS CITY , March ? A The Journal's
SedallasDcclnlsays : Shortly before 3 o'cloclc
the Missouri I'acilie pconlo succeeded in get
ting out a freight train composed of an en-
Kino and ten cars. As tlio train passed the
stockyards It was running1 ten orfltteen
miles per hour. Some torpedoes wore ex
ploded on thu track and several men jumped
aboaul. When the train was three miles
out and going at good speed , tlio rail *
suddenly spread , and the engine anil
four cars went Into a ditch. Tollco Olllcoc
Mason , who was on tlio train , had an arm
broken and Special Policeman Leal had a leg
broken. Division Superintendent Freyt who'
had charge of tlio train , was severely bruised.
The track was torn a distance of " 00 yards ,
and will block tlio road until workmen cau
bo sent out to repair it. An examination o
the rails showed that the fish plates had been
removed and thrown upon an embankment *
The strikers deny all knowledge of the work ,
The Few Atfntiist the Many.
CincAoo , March JJ3. The fact will be pull *
ll.shcd hero to-morrow that a movement is on
foot and letters are being sent out quietly to
arrange for u national meeting of business
men and manufacturers , to bo held sometime
next month , to take action toward devising
some means of defense against the power oS
organized labor. Ther < is nothing definite
yet arranged about the proposed meeting ,
but the opinion of business men is being1
asked In confidential clieulars , which speak o
lho"oiitrinreous demands" now being made by
the world ngnicD , and suggest 'action to meet ;
these demands and put thoemployersin a po
sition to withstand them.
A Successful Strike.
PiTTsnuiici , March S ! . The great htriko of
four thousand woikmen at tlio National
Tube Works has ended satisfactorily to the
strikers and work lias been resumed In all
departments at once. The troubles were set
tled tills morning by the workmen accepting
tlio proposition of General Manager 1'laglei ,
to restore wages ruling In 1B84 iindadvanco
the wages of laboiers to 51.25 per day. The
increase will range from 7 to 20 per cent.
Tlio Coal Pool
Niw Yon if , March 2 : ) . Presidents of the
anthracite coal companies met at J. 1'lerro-
pont Morgan' * house , in this city , last even
ing and , after a session lastintruntli 1 ! o'clock
this morning , uimnlmotiblv agreed that the
tola , output of coal this year should not ex
ceed SOMO.OOO tons ; alf-.o , Unit the output foe
ApillMiould not exceed ' . ' ,000.01)0 ) tons , and
that prices should bo advanced > cents
to-day.
The Car Didn't Itiiu Very Far.
DAYTO.V , Ohio , March SI. The announce
ment that the sheriff , assisted by the police ,
would start a car i mining brought out a largo
niowd to-day. Ono car was taken out , but
be fore It had proceeded far the mob had
smashed the windows with stones and linully
threw It nil' the track. Kour policemen were
seriously hurt. No further etlortH have been
made to inn cars.
T\vo Thousand Workcra Out.
Niw : Vonic , March 23-AII Inside opera
tors on dress and cloak making left work this
morning pursuant to the call of thestillio
committee. They number nearly two thou
sand. Negotiations ant pending for a settle
ment of thd dlilleulties.
NiwYoiiK : , March 2U. To-morrow morn
ing M)0 ) cloak cutters will Mop work until the
striking cloak luaker'H demands are met.
A Jtiul Mun'K .Meeting.
Kvi'AtTi.A , L T. , March 23. Delegates
fiom Hve clvlll/ed tribes of Indians In con ]
volition heio have entered Into u compact
pledging themselves not to redo or In any
manner allenuto to llio United .States any
part of their present tcirltory , Provisions !
am made for the punishment of crime , llio
n-btoratlon of htolen properly , exchange of !
citizenship from ono nation to another , and
tlio Mippicsslon oi thu sale ot ardent fcplrlte.
Jnolino'tj Souond Nl ht In tlio Tombs.
Niw : YoitK , March JSi. Assemblyman
Michael lirennan and two otheru appeared
at the district attorney' * ollico late this after
noon and offered themselves as bondsmen
for A hlerman Juehne. Determination In thu
mtler was , however , deterred until tomorrow
row , and thus the alderman Is spending hia
second night In tlio Tombs prison.
The Mikudo'M Conti-lbiiilon ,
Niw ; VOHIC , March ' . ' 3 , Tlm emperor of
Japan has sent a contribution of $500 to the
Crant monument fund in token of the high
estimation which ho holds the memory of tlio
Illustrious deceased.
John \Viahart. . Davison , Mo.P. . J ,
Murphy , Aiuswortli , Neb , ; Sidney Hayes
iiii'l party , London , Kujjluwl , are ut tlio
CunlieiU.