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r | " SIXTEENTH YEAB. OMAHA. SATURDAY MORNING , JANUARY 15 , 1887. NUMBEK 211. - , ADJOURNED UNTIL TUESDAY , The Nebraska Honso Takes a Rest to the Day of Conflict. ROPER UNSEATED BY TRUESDELL Ijlvoly Dchnto on KcsolmlonsofSyin- imthy Fur HtrKKlltiB Ireland Itn * ] ) ortnnt Changes In Omaha's Proposed dinner. Doings in thn tfoimc. LINCOLN , Xeb. , Jan. II. [ Special Tele- Brain to the Hr.r.J Mr. Caldwell traveled the rocky road to Dublin In trying to get the adoption by the house of a simple resolution this morning. The resolution expressed sympathy with the struzglcs of the liish people ple for constitutional liberty. He regarded them as entitled to the admiration of all lovers of liberty for their comageous and in domitable stand for home rule , and extended to Ireland , Charles Stuart Parnell and \Vni. K. Gladstone the appreciation of thn house of representatives of Isebraska for their efforts. Messrs. Tracy , Ag.ec , Horst and Knox were theories who principally llgured In opposition to the resolution. Mr. Tracy made objections to thu effect that It was not a political question- and didn't believe In making It one. Alter Mr. Caldwell had made a halrcurd ling speech , Mr. Tracv icmarked that the ob ject of the resolution had evidently been at tained , which was toglve the gentleman from Lancaster an opportunity to make a speech. He drew a laugh by addlnir that the real pur pose of the resolution was not so much to glvo moral support to the Irish In Ireland as to catch the votes of the Irish In Nebraska. Mr. Caldwell disavowed the Insinuation that the resolution was Introduced tor political effect , saying It was at the requo.U of Patrick Kgan and John Fit/herald , who had drafted It. Mr. Knox was disposed logo Into discussion of the question whether the Irish people were oppressed or not , but finally gave way to Mr. .Randall of Clay , who attracted the ap plause of tlio house by saying ho was surprised that so much valuable time was consumed , and energetically tirged the mem bers to take a vote on the resolution at once unddisposcof It. It was noticeable that the other opponents of the resolution , while urging its rejection , were out of place in the house , and oilier business was pressing. Mr. .Slater brought the debate to an end by vigor ously demanding the question , and adding that every member should vote for the reso lution , and go Into his pockets alter the dollars lars to help the cause of Ireland along. An aye aim nay vote was demanded , and resulted M to 14 In favor of the adoption of the resolution. Those voting against It wcio : Messrs. Fuller , Abraham- son , ( .iambic , Harrison , Hclmiod , HerM , Knox , Wlihelmsen , Wlthernld Underbill , Tyson , Tracy , 1 toper , Overtoil , Matthicson and Marshall. Several gentlemen were ex cused from voting and nearly all who voted negatively made explanations. The Irish question is evidently a sensitive one. Dur ing the debate Air. Cole oil'eied a substitute extending heartfelt sympathy to all nations which may bo living under oppressive rules nnd laws tending to degrade them , but this was too general and Indefinite and was voted down. ( ientlcmcn anxious to go homo moved that when the house adjourned It be until Mon day at 4 p. m. Alter considerable amending and the occupation of an half hour's time , the motion was tabled , The committee on privileges and elections reported favorably to sealing T. A. Trues- dell in place of lioper of Tlmycr county. The committee stated that It had considered the depositions and statements in this contest - test cisc live hours , and had found that while by the returns Kopcr had received Ml votes and Truesdell U" > S votes , live votes containing iiasters lor Truesdell had been thrown out. In the opinion of the committee this action by the canvassing board was Illegal. Truesdell was therefore elected by ono vote and entitled to the seat. The report of the committee was adopted by iho house and Truesdell was sworn In bv Justice Coub. Hopcrlsa dem ocrat and Truesdell Is an ami-YanWyck republican. A democratic member said to vnurrepoiter : "That action will glvo Van Wvck ten votes. " The committee on appointments recom mended that a cloik bo allowed to each of live standing committees and after a sharp debate in which Mr. Miller led the opposition , tlio report was adopted 74 to lit. The committee on arrangements for the senatorial joint conventon reported the opera house was obtainable at 315 per day and would seat double the number of spectators that the hall of the house would. By motion of Mr. Whltmore. Mr. Ballard's resolution asking Information of tlio rail roads was reconsidered and the matter left to the railroad committee. Recess until p. m. AHTKItNOON SESSION . The disposition to do nothing , which has been coupled with a spontaneous dcslro to get away , has been perceptible In the house all day. The secret of this Is that In the minds of each and all the members the seua- toilal contest of the coming week occupies so constantly a conspicuous place that no ether legislative matters can be given serious con sideration. Soon alter the house reconvened this afternoon the advocates of adjournment over Saturday , Sunday and Monday had t hint's their own way and a motion to fix the time of reconvening after to-day's session at 10 o'clock on Tuesday , went through swim mingly. The real cause tor this anxiety to get homo Is the desire to ascertain the wishes of tliulr constituents as to how the members should vote In event of certain contingencies In the seuatoilal contest. The following bills wero- among those In troduced : By Shamp To dedicate to the use of Iho Church of the United Hiethren In Christ ot Lincoln , Neb. , lot U In block 2iO In the city of Lincoln. By Marshall To prevent the negotiation of bonds hold by the state as a permanent t-chool fund In case of loss by thcltor other wise. By Italian ! 'lo provide for warming rail road coaches by the nso of steam. It makes It obligatory upon railroad companies to adopt this method s BOOH as possible. By ( iafford To provide for the appoint ment of a board of commissioners of public charities and dellnlng their duties and pow CIS. CIS.By By Mr. Kennedy To provide for oil public bridges that cost over iT > ,000 being utiilo bridges and to provide for the care and paving for the same. By Mr. Newcomer To amend chapter 43 of-the compiled statues of 18S.5 entitled "In siirancu Companies" and to piovent the In hcrtlon of any claims in any policy issued for lire Insurance that allow such companies to t > ay a less sum than Is specified in the policy In case of a totnl'loss and to provide for a penalty for tlio violation thereof. Mr. Underbill secured the adoption of a resolution that iho hoard of managers of the Jlomoof the 1'rlendless be asked to furnish information as to the niim her of Inmates re ceived during V&5 and 1 0 , and the number for whom homes have been found. Also , In quiring : "How aio inmates received , nnd uro thevieccived from all sections of the ' " ' htate' . Mr. Dempster proposed to grant the enroll Ing and encros&ing clerks the same quota of paper and Maiups which thu members received , but the resolution was tabled an act of unuallantry tor which Air. .Newcomer was chiefly responsible. Messrs. Alkln and Itaudall were added to the constitutional amendments committee , and Messrs. Kin.- and Kenny weruappolnted additional members otthecoiiuuiltce. cm cities nnd towns. The committee on judiciary reported a rec ommcndation that the following bill pass : "In the Fourth judicial district of the str.t. of Nebraska there shall bo two judires ot tin dlstilet couit , who shall l > e elected for the format and hold their olliccs for four yeau from and alter the lirst Thursday after the lir > t Tuesday In January next succeeding their election. The KOVOI nor shall appoint a judco to lill the vacancy created by this act \\ho shall hold tils.onion until the lirst Thurs day after the llret Tuesday In January , Ibby' T.lio act Is to go Into elfect immediately imei , 'Us passage ana approval. , . Mr , Tiucsdcll was.RssItnoa to tUo coinrnU toes on which his unsuccessful competitor , Mr. Hoper , was appointed , The hou c adjourned until Tuesday mornIng - Ing at 10 o clock. . The following explanation by Mr. Hulm- roil , ns presented to-day upon liU vote on the Ireland sympathy resolution , Is substantially that which was otlered by soveial other mem- iHjrs who also voted against It : "I offer the following In explanation of my vote on iho resolution now before tlio house : Thatwhllo 1 am In sympathy with any oppressed nation I do not desire lo discuss foreign matters In this house , as long as there remains Impor tant business unsettled affecting the altairs ol our own state. " Mr. Watson occupied the speaker's clmlr during a portion of the morning session , The probabilities aio thai the lobby operat ing at the Capital and Windsor hotels will inpldly Incieaso in number from now until Tuesday. I'rocoedlnjjs of the Kcnntc. LINCOLN , Neb. , Jan. 11. [ Special Tele gram to thu Hin. : | Chaplain Tate , In Ids morning Invocation , prayed that the sick ness of Senator Campbell be not unto death ; that he be spared to his family and to the senate. Mr , Keckloy , chairman of the committee on agriculture , repotted back Ins bill to ptohlbit pooling by grain dealers , with the recom mendation that It pa S3. The special committee , to whom was re- fened the communication of Senator Van Wyck , reported that Walt M. Secley stated under oath that the newspaper statement concerning him was untrue. He had never made such statement as therein charged , and had no documents In his possession , as Inti mated. Mr. Llnlngcr , therefore , as chairman of the commllteo , moved the adoption of the report and discharge ot the committeewhich was carried. The committee on joint rules appointed to act with a joint committee ot the house re ported In favor of the adoption of the rules of the last session. The report was adopted. The joint committee on arrangements for the joint convention to elect a United States senator repotted that the opera house could bo had for the purpose at SIR .per day , and had a seating capacity double that of the hnuso of repiesentatives. The committee had no recommendation to make. > Jo action was lakenon thu report. Mr. Uobbl ns of Valley moved the adoption of a resolution that the secretary of state furn ish senators a pocket county map of the statn lor use In discussing rcdistflcting and appor tionment. Adopted. The following bills were Introduced : By Snell To redistilct the state for sena torial lenresentalion. This bill trives Doug las and Sarpy counties four senators. By Snell To amend an act entitled Liquors. Hy Sneil-Kor relief of feo. ! M. Price. By Snell To prevent fraudulent manipu lation of election tickets. By Heattwell To appoint the state treas urer bank examiner of the state , and to fix the charge of each bank examined at SI. " ) . By Llnlnger For an act incorporating metropolitan cities. A few bills weie read the second tlmo and referred to tlio committee. Mr. Diiras of Saline olfered a resolution that chirks of committees ho paid only tor actual time put in , and moved the adoption. Mr. Colby said thai was not the place lo be gin economy. The clerks needed pay for everv day , and he hoped the resolution would lot prevail. Mr. Kohbins of Valley said the clerks were compelled to stay here , aim that being the case , they should be paid for every day. Mr. Moiulojohn of Nance rose to a point ot order , holding that every resolution under Iho rules must lay over ono dny before notion be taken , In which ho was sustained by the chair. Mr. Brown of Clay insisted on the printed rules of the senate being provided at onco. Ho bad waited long enouch. It was ordered that the rules bo printed Immedia tely for use until the manuals were com peted , which was retarded bv the delay of ho house In forming some of Its committees. I'ho senate then adjourned until 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. NOT 1:0. : The president of the senate suggested that it would be necessary to take some steps to provide tickets of admission to spectators of the joint convention next Tuesday. It has always been Iho case llial hundreds of people fall to gain even standing room upon these exciting occasions. To those who cannot at tend , the HKK will present a pen picture of the scene and a detailed account of every word spoken. The democrats had a little conference last night , all by themselves , and Senator Bone- sieel very generously provided the room in which they met , bearing the expense per sonally. A mornlii'T paper hero throws out a slur upon Senator Van Wyck In connec tion with this m' > cllng , and alleges that the room was paid for by him , intimating that these democratic members made n mistake In permitting Van Wyck to pay lor their quarters. The badly mixed statement is un just to both Senators Aran Wyck and Bono- steel , aud Is on a par with the announcement at the bwimiitr. : ot thu session that Senator Llnlnger Is n democrat. The newspapers who are opposing Iho election of Senator Van Wyck have a very broad Held to occupy In their reports and pre dictions. They can say anything about any body and It's all the same. They can'deal In glltlerlng generalities to their heart's content , because the light weight can didates In the field areas uncertain and weak as this newspaper twaddle. It is a good deal like writing fiction It don't make any diller- enco what is said , aslongas n certain amount of space Is coveted. On the other hand the Bins has given brief but true reviews of the situation , which have been as accurate as it was possible ( o make them. It is very Imid to Infuse any Interest Into the proceedings of the senate , because tlm tlmo has not yet come for the discussion of Mils In committed of iho whole. However , from Iho Interesting character of some of the bills already presented , It may bo predicted that some highly entertaining discussion will take place on those measures when the senate gets down to business. Senator Llnlnger will be at his homo In Omaha every Sunday , nnd would then bo glad to son any of his friends who may wish to talk with him on legislative matters. The senate IH composed of a good many men of means , some ot them being quilo wealthy. Senator Casper says ho Is the poorest In the lot. He is n newspaper man. "Vou can rest assured ot ono thing,1' said a senator to-i'my , "that if no member Bells out Van \V\ck Istho man. And there is no reason to think that any of the members will sell out , for as a rule they are high-priced men or.ln other words , their pledges at homoaro so stiong that they could not sell out and go back to their constituents. There fore , thu amount for whlcl'any ono of them could bo Induced lo sell would necessarily have to bo largo enough to establish them In business In some other locality. 1 don't think anv candidate now In the held has fol lowlnir enough or money enough to beat Van Tlm Oiimliu Charter. LINCOLN , Jan. 14. ( Special to the Br.n. ] The Omaha delegation was in session until midnight discussing the new charter. After a very animated debate over the question of railroad taxation , Mr. Council' * section ro- milrlne all railroads to p.iy taxes on their real esiate , was adopted and Incorporated by an almost unanimous vote. The section on the liquor traflle was re jected and will bo embodied In a new bill. Quite a number ut changes were inado In matters which hud been oM > rlookcd by the charter committee. The bond of the clt > treastiioi was Incieased from SlOO.ooo to $ ' ; : aM > . The right of ( lie citj to build engine houses or other public building- , , which has hereto fore been icstilctcd to s-"i\0 ( unless by a vote nl the people , was chanted MI , t > to permit the election of biilldlnys worth ? -.X > , OOU without a Mituof the people. A surloiu omission wn.s dUcovoied In re gard to existing city olllclals The present oillclnls would have held over for two years had not the discovery been made. The cor- teetlon make their terms expire next snrlng , Hon. John A. McShaue appeared before Ilia commUteo and urged that South Omaha bo exempt from iucoruoraUoii wlthl * ) thu city limits , and after a lengthy discussion his re quest was granted. Mr. C. J. Smyth's sugccsllon In assessing city taxes S"flO in real or personal propeitybc exempted , was adopted , This will be of grout bcnolit to Hie poor man , who , If he has moro than 8 .00 worth of property , will have to pay taxes only on the surplus , The charter bill was linally put Into perfect condition for Introduction , and It will bo In troduced In the senate by Senator Llnlnger. A WAIl OF WOUD3. The Illinois Llvo Stock Commission's Itpjily to Cotcmnn. Si'HiNoriKi.i ) , 111. , Jan. 14. 'the state live stock commissioner * made public to-day their reply to Commissioner Cotcman , of the agri cultural department at Washington. It Is as lone or longer than Colcman's letter and as sails him vigorously. The commissioners Impute to Colcmnn malicious and vicious motives for his attack and claim that the dis covery of plouro-pncumonla In Illinois was duo to them and that the government bureau of agriculture never discovered a case in any state. They say Colcumn Is now pretending before the public lo hold views about the matter that he and his suboidlnatos know perfectly well are entirely dlll'erent nom these expressed at the tlmo of the trouble. As to the condition of Shufeldfs distillery sheds the commissioners say the aio not as Colonial ) has stated. They charge that ho has neg opted to fnmlllari/o himself with the laws of Illinois on the subject and consequently his recommendations to tlio governor are puerile. The commissioners undertake to show that Colimian's communication Is an entire misrepresentation of their acts and that his complaints contain malicious mis quotations for the purpose of deceiving the public. I hey charge that the commissioner has sought to magnify the Shutoldt matter. The board claims to have done more In ninety days to suppress pleuro-pneumonia with limited appropriations than the depart ment of agriculture lias done In moro than two and a half years with ample nppioprla- tlons , scientific knowledge and appliances ; to have established precedents that the depart ment has been unable to establish. The board charges that the department has not the ca pacity to handle the pleiiro-pnoumonia ques tion. NI3W YOKK STOCKS. The Market Opens a Shade Higher Than the Previous Uay'n Closing. .NEW Yonic , Jan. U. [ Special Tele gram to tno Hii.1 : : Tlio stock market opened to-day a shade higher than last night's clos ing. Ulchmond & West Point Terminal was the center of Interest , and on reports that it had secured contiol of the Kast Tennessee road was very active and stron ? . Thu clique which haa been bulling it from a up were talking much higher prices , but on the ad vance at the opening to-day It was noticed that there was a good deal of stock for sale. Fiom Philadelphia a story came to the effect Ihat Norfolk A ; Western luul secured the Kast Tennessee road , and on this claim Philadel phia purchased a good deal of Norfolk ifc Western. In point of fact , however , no dell , into news could bo obtained In regard to the Kast Tennessee , and Richmond & West Point and Norfolk & Western deal. Thu belief was that some Important consolidation of the interests named was being negotiated. Heading was higher , and all coal stocks 1m- [ iroved a fraction. A sharp advance of 2 pur : ent for Consolidated Cas ! attracted some attention. New Kngland boomed early , with the movement In the other clique stocks , tint later lost all the advance. About noon the market became very dull. It was ex pected that a vote would be taken on the mtor-stato commerce bill before the close and traders wore Inclined to await the result he- lore taking any heavy ventures. Ueports from Washington Jnst befoio the close were contllctlnir. Some advices stated that a vote would be taken on the Inter-state commerce bill this afternoon , while others stated that a vote would not be reached before to-morrow. It was regarded certain that the bill would pass , and moderate amounts of long stock were thrown on the market , causing a weak ness all through the list. The close was steady at about the lowest prices of the day. The total sales were about 300,1)00 ) shares. A Unto War on Lumber. CmrAdo , Jan. It. [ Special Telegiam to the Bii : : . ] The western roads are anticlpat- Inga war on lumber rates to points in Kansas and west of the Missouri river. The St.Paul and Northwestern lines , taking advantage of the cut-off recently finished by the Union P.ieilic , connecting Its main line with the Kansas Pacific , are sending la to Topcka , Kan. , largo quantities of lumber , from which point It is distributed throughout southern Kansas. The Southwestern lines from Chicago cage to Kansas City nave heretofore held a monopoly of this tralllc. and uro exasperated over the loss. The northern lines made a hid for the business , with a cut of 2 cents a hundred , which was met by the pool roads and still further reduced. Another cut via Omaha will follow , and the prospect lor u lively rate war is first-class. They AVnnttho World. CHICAOO , Jan. 14. A document called a ' World's Petition" lias been issued by the Woman's Temperance publication house for the national W. C. T. U. Tno petition Is for the protection of women , Is addressed to "Honored rulers , representatives and broth ers , " and Is to bo circulated In all civilized lands. When two million signatures are obtained it is to bo presented by delegations of women to the different govermcnts of the woild. The petition sets forth the evils of Intempeiancu and the paitlcipation of gov ernments In the liquor tralllc by accenting as revenue a portion ot the profits. The peti tion closes by an appeal for total prohibition of the dilnk tralllc and opium trade. A Stnr Hoiitn Vordlot. LITTI.I : HOCK , Aik. , Jan. 14. In the star route case of the government against J. T. Cludester and others , brought before Judge Caldwell on a suit to iccovcr 5174,000 claimed to have boon over paid on the mall route ex tending from Fort Woith , Tex. , to Viima , Ariz. , tlio jury , without leaving their seats , rendered a verdict for the defendant. The court instructed tlio jury that there was no evidence of fiatid , Chlcajio Conl Goes Up. CinrAdo , Jan. 14. Thrco hundred mem bers of the Chicago coal association were picsont to-day nt the regular meeting for reg ulating prices. They voted unanimously to increase the price to cents per ton , taking effect Monday morning. A member said that the Chicago stock of coal was 100,000 tons loss than at this tlmo last year and that sutllelent cars could not 00 obtained to keep up the supply. Another Jvvpress Kohtinr. ST. Louis , Jan. II. The Post-Dispatch Peorla special says : John 0. Donnelly , a baggageman on the Wabash road , was ar rested hero this morning for stealing a pack age containing 51,000 from the United States Express company. He waived examination and was bound over to thu grand jury In the sum ot fe'-J.OOO. Lost His Leg- , LINCOLN , Neb , , Jan. 14. [ Special Telosram to the BEE. i A switchman In the Union Pa cific yards In this city , while on duty this afternoon , caught his foot In a frog before a moving onclne. Ho saved his life by rolling from the track , but his right foot wat badly crushed by the wheels , renderni ! ! amputation necessary. The Injured man's iiamo Is 11. L. Willis. Nehrnska nnd Iowa AVonther. For Nebraska and Iowa : Sllshtly warmer , fair weather , Adjourned Till -Monday. TIIKNTON , N. J. , Jon. 14. The senate was called to order at noon to-day by the secre tary of the last senate and only three mem bers responded to the roll call , Adjourn ment was taken uutU Monday , 1\T \ ( , The Intcr-Stdtc Oomtncico Bill Passes the Henato By a Ebtising Majority. THE VOTE STANDS 43 TO IG. Decision on the jicnourc Ucnchoit Sliortly Ileforo Mtdnluhc Sherman IC.iplnlns Ills Action In Itcgnril to it The Vote , Scnntc. WASHINGTON , Jau. 14. Jlr. Ingalls In troduced a bill grftiitlng arrears In ccitaln cases to those pensioned by special acts. .Mr. Cullom moved jlo proceed to the con- sideiatlon of the conference report on the Inter-state commerce'blll. Agreed to a * to 10. The nays wore : -Messrs. Hlalr , Cameron , Chace , Cheney , Fryo , llawlej1 , Hoar , .Merrill , Sawyer , Scwell , Khcrman and Spoonor. Hefore taking up the subject Mr. Ingalls oil'eied a tesolutlon calling on the secretary of the Interior for Inlormatlon as to the lead- judicatlon of private land claims In New Mexico or Arizona. Adopted. .Mr. Sabln Introduced a bill to amend the act of March ! ? , 1SJ5 , ' granting to railroads right of way through public lands of the United States. Referred. Mr. Sowell , from the conference committed on the bill making an annual appromlatlon to provide arms and equipments for militia , made a report reducing the appropriation Ironi 5000,000 to S 100,000 , which was agreed to. The senate then , at 12:40 : , resumed con sideration of the Inter-state commerce bill and was addressed by Mr. Hoar , llo said ho was one of the ilr&t to debate In favor of na tional railroads , but ho objected to two feat ures of the conference report. He regarded thcso two features as an attempt to strike down healthy competition because ho re garded them as calculated to Increase not. to diminish the burdens which railroads already laid on the commerce. of the country. At the conclusion of Mr. Hoar's speech In opposition to the Intcr-stato commerce bill Mr. Sherman took the lloor and spoke forever over an hour In opposition to the bill. Air. bherman said he desltcd to state his reasons for the vote he would give on the bill. Ho believed that no bljl of Its importance had ever had such gcnt'ral support , not only among the people , but In both houses of con gress. The necessity for Its passage was great , made greater by the recent decision of the supreme court. Whatever might have been tlio diU'orences of opinion In the past , there was now a concurrent sentiment among all classes of people , strongly represented In both houses of congress , tliat there should bo some general legislation In regard to Inter-state commerce , llo was tree to say that if his vote on the the bill would tend to defeat Its passage at this ses sion lie would vote dlff--iently trom the way in which ho intended to vote , but there was no such exigency. Tlio bill was In biich an advanced state of consideration that without question it would pass at the present session in tome Jorm or other. If the bill wore re committed thcro would be sure to ho action on it. Under these circumstances ho should vote to recommit the. bill to the same con ferees with a view to have them look over the disputed points and See whether or not they can frame such provisions as will enable sen ators and representatives . . , to vntfif rti. j.iii UsWtnocUeet of fioely without any tV i any of its provisions. Ho thought that the section as to lonpand short hauls would de stroy the exyort trade of the country. It might , for instance , " divert the tea trade. which found its course from Asia to Europe by the trans-continental railroads , to other routes like SUM , the Capo Horn , Panama , or Canadian routes , A conference committee may divest this bill of its objectionable fea tures. For that reason and only for that , reason 1 shall vote to recommit the bill. It , however , this motion shall be voted down ( as now/seems likely ) 1 shall re serve to myself the right to decide whether on the whole it Is best to take the bill , with its objectionable features and with Its many good features , pass it Into law and leave it to tlmo to correct its imperfections. Mr. Kdmunds argued In favor oft'iocon- ' fcrenco report , lie claimed that as to the .short and long haul section the conference committee had merely changed the phraseology elegy of the bill as passed by the senate , lint had not changed Itfl .suDsiantial tenor or ef- tect. He defended also the section against pooling , which , ho said , was simuly another plnase for a combination of corporate monop olies. Some years a''o , when the Icglslatuie of Iowa passed the llrst granger act , dire ca lamities had been predicted of it , but none of thorn had come to pass. On t Me contrary , the railroads of that state had' prospered more than ever before , and ho believed that when the great railroad ; system of the United States found Itself compelled to submit to this legislation It would turn out to be for its benclit , as well as for the benefit of the whole people. Mr. Aldrieh argued azainst the fourth sec tion of the bill and reminded Mr. Kdmunds that the Iowa granger law Imd been repealed. He expressed his profound conviction that if the fourth section was enacted Into a law It would prove disastrous to the great inter ests of the country. The fourth section would worK a distinct reversal of that policy under which the great communities west of tin ; Mississippi had grown up. Its ell'ect had never been moro clearly or cogently pre sented than In an argument made before the house committee on commerce January ' 0 , ISM ) , by a gentleman now a senator from Iowa ( Wilson ) , extracts from winch no read. The same reasons that then existed against the short and long haul provision and which were so forcibly presented by Mr. Wilson , existed to-day just fts strongly and forcibly. Mr. Merrill saldiho had reached the con clusion that it was Ills duty to vote to recom mit thu bill. Mr. Wilson , referring tohis arguments ho- font the house committee , ( ( noted by Mr. AI- drleh , said that ho had changed his views somewhat since then. He had made n deliiilte study of the question since ho had como to tlio senate and ho had found Iniquities In the practices of ttio rail road companies sulliclent to Induce him to vole for the conference ronort. Under the present administration of the railroad sistem thu people of Jowa were to-day prac tically without uiu-siich thing as a low rate onafonghaul. Tbofarmcisof Iowa were to-day , and had been Mnco the railroad com panies induced a chnngo of the lirst trans portation act , compelled to pay local rates to Clilca.'o. j Mr. Morrlll-Asliunderstand this bill it does not Interfere at all with railroads In sev eral slates , Mr. Wilson lam nnly giving that as an example of the Iniquitous conduct of railroad companies. Mr , Merrill That Is not remedied in this bill. bill.Mr. Mr. Wilson No.'but ' I hope that the people of Iowa will follow this bill with n supple mentary action In reference to transporta tion inside the state. I , have concluded ns a hcnator toclvo my'\oto for the measure. which 1 believe will tend In the direction of justice. ' 5 Mr. Merrill called attention to the pro vision of the bill \vlilch would allcct the Grand Trunk line of Canada. _ ; a Cullom explained what the effect ot that provision will be. , Mr. Sewcll inquired whether that would constitute an abrogation of the treaty of Washington. t Mr. Cullom did not so understand It. Mr , Kdmunds stated that tno tnliticth ar ticle. of the treaty of Washington ( which seemed to bo the principal one In this con nection ) , had Men terminated on the 1st of July. li-M , and was no longer In force. Mr. linrallssald > he debate In thosennto on the 4lh section In the original bill turned on the Idea that the provision applied to terminal iiointa. Thu 4th bcction , as reported by the conference committee , did not mean that. It meant the application of the short and long haul principle * to every single mile of road between terminal points , and to every 'pound of freight carried. It meant local rates fpr everv pound of freight carried over the roads. This was a bill to regulate commerce , ' not wreck , rulu and do- Etioy It , Its , ' purpose was huiiuuo and bcnelicont and was in the Interest of the producers ot the country. The section against pooling would not prevent benoliccnt co-operation between railroads in a healthy condition. There were other matters in the bill moro fatally defective than the 4th and 5th sections. Ho regretted that ho had pot to vote for the bill and tin thought thcro were a good many ether sen ators In the same condition. As he had al ready clvon sufllcicnt reasons whv ho would sunport the bill ho would nowyleld to the mo tion to recommit It. Mr. Snooner said that If ho felt In regard to the bill as tlm senator from Kansas had expressed himself Ho could bo brought , In deterenco to any clamor or to any considera tion , to sunport It. If the construction which that senator putmton the longand short haul section was a correct ono he could not under any circumstances vote for It , Hut ho was not able to glvo It that construction. Mr. Morgan , In favorlnir the recommittal of the bill , said th.it If ho hail the monev of Jar ( loiild , Ids talents , nls enterprise , his am bition to absorb railroads and to put them under single ownership , lie would not want any better law passed than this law In rela tion to noollne. Mr. Cullom rose to close the debate , llo had beon-Ustenlng all day to assaults on the bill until he had almost become convinced that he was most vicious towaid railroads , and dial the bill was Intended to destroy the commeicoof the country and break down railroads. And yet most of thoassaults upon It were In relation to provisions , which were In the bill , as It passed thoseimte. He warned the senators that for the last ten years the people of the United States have been strug gling to assert the principle that the government of the United States had tlio power to icgulatu commerce. Ho confessed there wore provisions in tlio bill ho did not like. He would have pre ferred the bill which ho icported last session from thn select committee , or the bill which the senate passed. After some further debate , the presiding ofllcor having stated that thn question was on agreeing to the conference report , Mr. Kryn moved to recommit the report with In structions to the Aonato conferees to Insist on striking out section ) , and substituting sec- tlon-.ftof thusennto bill : also on striking out section 5 and substituting therefor section 1U of the senate bill , which provides for an In vestigation of the subject of pooling. Mr. Kvarts said ho would vote to recommit , believing that action would bring congress and the country nearer to a good bill than over before. Mr. Cullom said ho should regard the vote on the motion to lecommit as a test vote on the question. The vote was taken and resulted Yeas , 25 ; nays , UO as follows : YEAS. Aldrlch Ulalr Itrowii Cameron Chaco Cheney Kvarts Fryo ( ! ray Halo Hampton Hawley Hoar Mahono Mitchell ( Oregon ) Mitchell ( Pcuna ) Morgan Morrell Payne Platt Sawyer Sewell Sherman Spuoner Williams-23. JAV Allison Ueck Ueuy JUackburu liownn Call Cockrell ' Coke Colqultt Conger Cullom Dolph Edmunds Kustis Fair Oeorgo Ulbson ( Joriuan Harris lugalls Jones ( Arkansas ) Jones ( Xev.id.i McMillan Mnnderijon Palmer Plumb Pitch Sabln Saulsbury Teller Vance Vest Palrs-were announced between Uutlerand Van Wyck , Canulcn and Stanford , Dawes and Maxoy , Kennn and Miller , McPherson and Voorhees , and It was .stated that Han som was absent on account ot Illness In his family. The vole was taken and the conference report was ogiecd to yeas , 43 ; nays , 13 as follows : . Allison Heck Berry Blackburn Howen Cockrell Coke Colquitt Conger Cullom Dolph Kdmunds Kiibtis Fair Ferry ( ieorgo Gibson ( iorman ( ir.iy Halo Harris Hawley Ingalls Jones ( Arkansas ) Jones ( Xovada ) McMillan Manderson Mitchell ( Oregon ) Palmer I'lumb I'lijjh Sabin Saulsbury Sawyer Sewcll Shermam Suoouer Teller Vance Vest Waltlmll Whllthorno Wilson ( Iowa ) 13. JfAYS. Aldrlch Hlalr Hrown Cameron Chaco Cheney Kvarts Hampton Jloar Mahono Mitchell ( Penn ) Merrill Payne Platt Williams 15. The senate at 11:40 : adjourned till Monday. ItOllHC. WASHINGTON , Jan. 14. Mr. Caldwcll of Tennessee submitted the conterenco report on the electoral bill and it was agreed to without debate or division. Alter the reception of a number of committee reports the house went Into committee of the whole for considera tion of senate bills upon the private calendar. At 4 o'clock the committee rose and the house passed half a do/.en private senate hills , including one for the relief of sulfcicrs troin the wreck of the steamer Ashuclot. The house then took a recess until 7IW : , the evening session to bo for ttie consideration of pension bills. At its evening session the housn passed twenty-four pension bills , and at 10:120 : ad journed. Incrriiiicil Postal WASHINGTON , Jan , 14. The subcommittee mittee on postollices and post roads of the house to-day finished the postolllco appro priation hill , and It Is expected that the mea sure will bo reported to thu house early next week , The total approbation inado by the hill is SW.to,0.y ! ) ) , or Sl.JttU.-ST moro than the appropriation for the current fiscal year. Of this Increase 3 : > I7,000 is an appropriation for the extension of the free delivery scrvico. tlio Walianh. CHICAGO , Jan. 14. With the approval of llccelver Cooley , the Wabash railway to-day Issued an order abolishing several ofliees of division freight agents east of Jiomont , 111. , and placed the entire business of these of. flees under the supervision ot J. M , Osborn at Toledo. West of Be.mcnt the control will remain with Knight at Dccatur. French Itnjiriunlu In China. SAN FIIANCISCO , Cal. , Jan. 14. .Steamship advices from Japan say : Thrco French war Milps under Admiral Hieunicor , who has his Hag on the Tunerue , nro reported to bo cruising alonsc the China coast near Pncklny for the purpose of making reprisals for outrages against Hakol and Monkol. Favorable on War Claims , WASHINGTON , Jan. 14. The house com mittee on war claims to-day decided to report favorably the senate bill to liquidate the claims of states for expenses Incurred in the defense of the United States tu the war of the rebellion. A Verdict For the Archbishop. BOSTON , Jan. 14. The Jury In the suit of Father Fitzgerald vs Archbishop Williams , for slander , this afternoon rendered a ver dict tor defendant. UuslncH.s Failure. ST. LOUIS , Jan , 14. Frederick D. Shafer , wholesale boot and shoo dealer , made an as signment for the benefit of creditors to-day. Ills assets lire estimated ut § 10,000 ; liabilities at 525.0W. oiiuvinuus i He Solemnly Protest ! ) His Innoccnco to tfic I/nst. liicii.MONt ) , Vo. , Jan. II. Thomas J. Clu- verltis was hanced at S minutes past 1 and died from strangulation. Ho died without making any confession. Speaking through Dr. Hatcher , liH minister , ho says ho had no foellnc of 111 will towards any man on earth. Die ciimo for which Clnvcrltts sulforod the death penalty was for the murder ot his cousin , Miss Fanlile Lilian Madison , March 14 , l Sr . Miss Madison was about twenty-two years old , and up to the tlmo of her death was teacher of a school In Hath county. Some -00 witnesses were examined and the evidence- fixed upon the prisoner the brand of murderer and so- lucer , and at the conclusion of the trial the lury rendered a verdict of murder In the lirst loiiroc. The counsel asked for n trial which was at once re fused , and ho was sentenced to be lianged November 'JO , m * > . The oxecullon ot Iho.sentence was staved for over a year by the supreme court , when ho was sentenced acaln lo die December 10 , IK > II. The governor was applied to for it pardon or commutation of sentence to Illo Imprisonment , but he could liml no reason for Interfering , llo. However , respited the condemned man until to-day. During the foienoon Captain Frank W. Cunningham , Ittchmnnd's sweetest tenor singer , who has before visited the prisoner on several occasions and sung numerous Hymns In his cell , again called to see Cluver lus and was gioeted pleasantly by him. At Ills request Captain Cunningham sang the hymn , 'How Una n foundation , ye sons of the Lord. " When ho finished , Captain Cunnlnpham turned to Cluverlus and asked : "Doyou still iv that you ate innocent I" To which the prisoner replied : "I am inno cent. " "Aud , " said Captain CunnlnKham , "do you beliuvo in our Lord and Saviour JCMIS Christ , and believing In Him , you assort that you are innocent , knowing that you imvo got to answer betore God' . " ' Again Cluverlus said : "I can say that I urn Innocent. " When Sereoant Smith entered the con demned man's cell at live minutes to 1 and announced that tlmo was up. Cluverlus showed no signs of emotion , but simply remarked : "I am ready to go with you. " As he was passing down the steps on the way to the scaffold the vast crowd outside thu jail caught sluht of htm and shouts went up from thousands of throats , "Yonder ho is. " Thu pilsoner never raised his oyes. but kept them cast down as though in deep thought , and for the first time , perhaps , he fully realized that ho was going to die. As ho wended his way to the scaffold , down the long jail yard , the eyes ot over 200 persons were directed to htm. Ho never looked to the right or to the left , but walked along without the least sign of weakening. None of Cluverlus ro.la'lvos were with him to-day. His brother , who had been so devoted to him since his nuest twenty-two months ago , paited with him yesterday. Ills fattier and mother , owing to feeble health , did not como to the city to bid farwell to the doomed man. Four orix Kind. ST. Louis , Jan. 14. Albert Odell , .Tamos Lamb , John T. Kcliols and John Stephens were hanged at Fort Smith , Ark. , at noon to-day for murders committed In the Indian territory December 35. 1885. Odell and Lamb killed a man named Edward Pollard In the Cherokee nation. John Kcliols murdered a man In the territory some time ago and was considered a desperate character. Stephens , colored , murdered his companion In the terri tory some time ago. BKNSATlONAIj 1)13 Vl-JIjOl'MISNTS. CHICAGO , Jan. 14. The Inquest began to day on the body of Lucy lleldelmeyer , step daughter of Lawrence Krug , wno died re cently under clicumstanccs which caused suspicion that she had been poisoned by tier stepfather In order to obtain the fife insur ance held by her. Within two years Krug had three wives , each of whom were insured and died mysteriously. At the inquest to day , a relative of the deceased , Miss Shonstein , testified that on Monday when the body of Krtig's stepdaughter was laid out In the front room , Krug called the witness aside Into an adjoining apartment and asked her to marry him , and when she 10- fused ho said : "Vou must tor I will make you. " Dr. M. O. Kcliner testilicd that he had been called to attend the deceased on Christ ina ? . Ho was told that she was suffering from rheumatism and ho prescribed for the malady. Next day ho made a critical diagnosis and was surprised to observe symptoms of lead poisoning. He asked King U thu patient had eaten canned fruit and mentioned the possibility of poisoning ironi that bource. Krug replied that no fruits had been eaten and gave the doctor such a L-lanco that from that moment witness giew suspicious. Ho quietly bei-aii an antidotal treatment for lead and thu girl was improving when , on Decem ber SI , he in Lred that she bo tatcen to a hospi tal. At this juncture witness was notified by Krug that his services were no longer needed. Dr. John Simpson sustained the sensa tional Interest which the testimony was rap idly developing. Ho had been railed to ; il- tend the third Mrs. Knur and prescribed lor malarial lever , from which it appealed she was sutl'erlng. Next day King notified him that another physician had been engaged. The medicine prescribed had not been given the woman , though she was In great agony. Witness concluded befoio leaving that the cause was accidental arsenical poisoning , but as the case was in tlio hands of the family physician , a thoroughly competent gentle man , thcro was no apparent necessity for In terfering. The inquest was hero adjourned until Monday. During the proceedings Krin : had been quietly taken into custody and olllcei.s dispatched to hli residence where all articles of a suspicious nature were luvled upon. The remains of the dead girl will bo removed from the vault at St. Honilaco cemetery and subjected to a thorough selentilfe examina tion. Knit's appearance on the stand at the outset of the examination created a rather favorable impression except for the fact that ho was excessively nervous. Firio Kcsldunco 'turned , CHICAGO , Jan. 14 , The magnificent resi dence of X. H. Iteam , Prairie avenue , buined this morning at U o'clock. The lire caught In the basement In the vicinity of the furnace. Heaui had a portion of his household effects In the house and expected to occupy the premises with his family nest week , The total loss Is about 150,000 with an insuiance of Sia'j,000. A IjlNt ol Stoc'liholdorH Ordered. NHWOHK , Jan. II. The supreme court to-day ordered that a writ of peremptory mandamus Issue tu the Metropolitan Trust company nnd John Paten it Co , , compelling thpiu to show to Kdwurd H. and William Jlar- rimaii.on presentlngthelrcertllicatesot stock , the transfer book of the Dnhuqiic A : Sioux City railway and a hit ot Btockholdeis of the company , Slum Go lo .Jail , Nr.w Yonic , Jan. 14-Juduo Pratt , of Brooklyn , rendered a decision In thu case of Aitliur McQuade , the ex-alderman convicted of bilhcry In the matter ot the Broadway railroad franchise , and In which decision McQuadn's motion for a stay ot piocecdings pending uu appeal Is denied. Trial oPTralnVro.clcers , WYANDOTTK , KAN. , Jan. H. The Jury trying Ccorgo Hamilton , accused of train wrecking , was released last evening , It being Impossible to agree upon a verdict. Thcjiiry stood seven for conviction and five for ac quittal. The defendant was remanded to jail to awall a Oufllni : a Colored Democrat. WASHINGTON , Jan. 11. I'ho senate com mittee on the District of Columbia this mom- Ing ordered an adverse report on the nomina tion of J , C. Mathews , otBuifulo. N. V. , the colored register of deeds of this dibtiict. BISMARCK FAILS TO BLUFF , The Gorman Farlinmont Refuses to Pass the Ohanccllor's Measure. DISSOLVING THE REICHSTAG , Wllllnni Order * n Now Klcc lion Tito Cninltlnntloii Which Caused the Onvornnictit'H Defeat IAirelfn News. The Ariny'lllll Vn\\n. \ \ IfYipj/rfuM ( .WJji/Jitiiir.iOnnloii llenntllA ItKiit.iN ( via Havto ) , ilnn. U. [ New Yoik Herald Cable-Special to tlm HKI : . ] The ex citement In Berlin to-night knows no .uuinds. The streets arc lilled with knots of people dlseusslnj : the question of thn hour , ind llorllnors nio warmly pialslng Prince. [ JlsmarcK. 'I'lin liberals scorn to admit that the play In dayed out , that they approve the action of. ho laturolchstng , which by a nmjotlty of : n ( isfl to l.M ) , declined to bo butldo/od , nnd was In consequence sent ntmnt Its business. 1'ilnco Bismarck Imil previously polled tbn . clchstaj * , anil knew what thu result would be. Scarcely had the result been announced and the motions on the bill begun when the chancellor arose , with eyes of steel and lilii mustache bristling , waving a document , much as If It were a pistol , ho said In a dts- pason voice : " 1 have to communicate n message fioni the kulsor. " Then ho read the .llssolutlnn deerco. "Wo , William , by the grace of < ! od , cm- ( icror of ( iermany , and kins of Prussia , do order . So begun the historic document which Prince Itismarck read to the refractor ; parliament house. The crowded boxes wcio lillcd with easier faces. Von Voltko stood at the foot of the stairs below the president , when the voting began , lly a mistake ho at llrst cried " , la" with the opposition , but , hurriedly coiroctlng himself , uttered nn em phatic "neln. " It was a dramatic scone. The members made no demonstration cxceut when the president , as ho was leaving the chair , called for tnreo hochs for the kaiser. Then every throat , radical or otherwise , opened will ingly. " The scene after the dissolution was most exciting. 1'rlnce Bismarck was frantically cheered as lie drove away. So , alter all , Bismarck once more failed to "blutt" the Imperial parliament. There proved to bo a union of the groups of the central and antl- Imperialist main parties , with a few strag glers from the Imperial party against him. With the Imperial party , however , were the national liberals. Against Prince BIs- nmrck were all the Poles his soil woids for the czar forced that tno social democrats , the South ( ierman democrats , tliu protestors from Denmark and Alsace- Lorraine , the particularists , the Hanoverian ( iticlphs , the old Prussian icactionaries , the luitschrltts- p.uti'i , or German liberals , and the great central party. The elective struggles during the com Ins four weeks may bo watched with Interest. aud Von Moltko's prediction , "Iteject the seven years' bill and there will be war' ilpens in everybody's thoughts. IN TUB Hr.lCIISTAO. _ - DKiti.ia , jimr * " . AIIU iiuu ui mo aimy " bill was settled to-day by the rclclistng ad versely to thn government , and the action was immediately taken to dissolve the cham ber. On a recall vass ( if the rolehstog Von StoiifTonborg's amendment limiting ( lie dura- thin of the bill to Ihrce years was voted upon , and the amendment was carried , the vote being ISO to 151. The conservatives. Imper ialists and national liberals voted with the minority. The socialists and most of the Alsatian members abstained from voting. Bismarck Immediately mad an Imiierial mcv MIUO dissolving the reichstag. Several meetings oV the bnndesrath have been held recently to decide what action should be taken In the evMit of the defeat of. the army hill in the rulsclit\ ! ? . An Imperial decree was issued tills alter- noon llxing February for holding the gen- eial elections for members ot vho new rulcli- sta ! , ' . _ _ TIUO AVKMNOS IJI-JNV. They Contradict the ChnrKCH Mndc In America. K ) W'y'il ' ' WW Jiil .JdiiiCK ( jiiiiMtl 7cillr.l { | ( ( LONDON , Jan. 14. [ New Voik Herald Cable- Special to the HIK. : ] The Evening Standard publishes the followlngcard to-day : "Your leaderette on ourselves anil our sup posed charges in Amciica calls for the most explicit contradiction. You have been mis led by the No\v York Herald , as that journal was misled by some unprincipled person. It is not true that wo charged S1U ! ! ) for thirteen weeks , or that either of us remarked , 'Well , It's Kngllsh , you know ; rjnlto Kngllsli , ' nor that theie was an item of Sil for corsage bosquets ; nor that either of ns pointed out ( lie value of floral embellishments for catchIng - Ing tlie audience ; nor that § 50 was put down for cigarettes for the doctor and his eman cipated wife ; nor that a two days' wlno bill at a hrst-class hotel was St. ; nor that either of us modestly repioscntcd himself or herself. as the dramatic critic ot the Saturday lluvlow ; nor that the thcaties were siimmarl/.cd at S100. But it Is true that wo were Invited to Amciica by the socialistic labor party ; that they made all the arrangements as to the tour ; but those arrangements were accepted and adhered to by us ; that according to the final statement of accounts , SITil were duo 114 as money advanced toward tlio.se expenses , and that we have handed that § 170 back to the paity. ( Signed. ) KDWAHD Avr.i.i.vu , Kl.n.VNOHMAItyAVI.UN * , . " John ISrl lit on Poilnratlon , LONDON , .Ian. 11. John Biluljt , in a letter declining the invitation to attend a meeting of tliu advocates of federation nn IIio ground that he has no sympathy with the objects and puipose.s thereof , asks the projectors of the movement howthopiopnsed federation would deal with the fisheries dispute between the United StaloB and Canada , If Canada wcio independent , he asset IH , Mm would vleld to the arguments of her powerful nnluhhor , and if there wan no dominion of Canada HIM dispute would KOOII liavo been settled by KnglMi conces sion of Amei lea's reasonahle claim. The federation project hit says is mainly the of- hprlng nl the jlimo spirit which clamors for vast and continually widening einplie and seems icady to bo.ist that the emnlru can light the world outhldo ol its own limits. Hi iu'Mt says ho would udvlsu sensible men 10 let the question ns.st. 'J'llR lllllllCIl I LONDON , Jan. M. The course for thn jubilee yacht race for boats of all nation,1) lias been decided upon. The race will bo nailed around the United Kingdom. The yacht * will start fiom tlm Thames , and will bo 10 ( juircd to koejireat ( llrltaln and ( inland on the port side. The finishing point will bo at Dover , llrlllsh vachtsmen approve the soloc- tlon of this course , believing that it will glvn all yachts , whether home or foreign , a fair chance. The race will take piaco early In June. IllntiMiN Workman , LONDON , Jan. II. A number of unem ployed woikmen held a meeting at Norwich to-dav , and niter listening to soecplii'fj of two MMialistscommcncidan : attack on the shops. Thu notice dispersed thu men Ix-loru tlioy cpuld do any damaso further than bresiklnR a numburoi wlnduwb. Two socialist ! WflrY Bl.'UiU'd. cm T3 < l It ' f & & I
