L HE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
SIXTEENTH. YEAR OMAHA. TUESDAY MORNING. .FEBRUARY 22 , 1S87. NUMBER 249
A BIG BLOW TO BISMARCK ,
Indications That the German Elections Have
Gone Against the Government
GREAT EXCITEMENT PREVAILS.
Second llnllotf Net-canary in Many of
ttic IliNloriR Ijnulluli Conserva
tive 1'lniis Two
American Stilts.
Tito German Kindlons.
\ < tfi/rtal ] < t Iktfliu Jame * flonlnn Jtennett. ' ]
Br.w.iN , Feb. Ul. [ New Vtnk Herald
Cnblo- Special to the Hr.i : . ] Senator Sauls-
bury once said to Piesldent Johnson , "Tho
eyes of all Delaware arc upon you. " It Is no
figure of speech that It Is said to Bismarck ,
"Tho eyes ami cars of the great continents
arc now on your elections. Before
this dispatch ends , 1 give you souio
approximate results regarding the feeling
which thu lirst day of the contest brings
forth. Thcso elections will decide If thu
army Is the military force of a meio kaiser or
n ti.illatiicntary force. I heard the Issues
Involved thus expressed by a voter this fore
noon In front of the kalserhof. It Is ques
tion whether universal sulFeranco shall con
trol the government or an autocracy shall
hold It. Th number of members of the
rclchstag to choose me within three of
400. These were latterly divided Into live
croups and at last n dozen. tnctlons. Within
these groups , as Is well known , the center , or
Catholic party , as led by VTimltliorst , Is the
most powerful. This Is the faction which
Bismarck , allied with the popp , has been tryIng -
Ing to disintegrate. This Is an anti-autocra
tic party. Something like what tuo Piotest-
nnt Luther or Ciomwell was In their era Is
Catholic Windthorst stnco the "Jacoblnl
letters , or the new pope's bull. "
Then como the conservatives , or pure
ministerialists , led by \ on Moltke ,
about seventy-five strong. This band , acting
with the Imperialist and ministerial group ,
led by Bismarck , tnnu together about 100.
After these comu thu union of the old na
tional liberals and the now liberals ,
some with protectionists , some with
Dr. Laskcr and the free traders , some
with the progressionists , who do not believe
that the legislative will evui bo subordinate
to the executive power. This Is to a largo
extent , a gioup of professors , headed by
Kicliter. Next como about twenty social
democrats , among whom may bo recalled
the names of Bebcl , Llebknect
and Harcnclcvcr. Geneially allied to
these are twenty pure dcmociats
of advanced views , beyond the liberals , but
not so uxticmo as the state socialists. The
remainder , tormlng the last relchstag , wcro
fcl.xluen Poles , a dozen Alsatians , nlno Danes
and two or thieo iudcpcnacnts , aggiegatlng
about forty. They rcpre&ont , so
to speak , the discontent of sub
merged nationalists. It will bo pretty well
known on Tuesday night whether Ulsmarck ,
by adding to the faction oC his own proper
strength , Is bettor oil than ho was when the
relchstag was dissolved. But perhaps In a
later dispatch I can estimate the prospective
which to-night his friends are not hopeful
about.
The total poll hero was 311,009. In only
two of the six districts polling that enoimous
vote wcro there elections , the socialists ,
Slngcrandllassencleverjbeatlngby ono 12,000 ,
tlu ; other 2,000. But the latter had a plurality
over 18,000 and la.OOO.DAbout SO per cent of
the voters at the registry exer
cised the franchise. Piinee Bismarck
voted amid cheers In the poll at the restau
rant opposite the relclistag house. An un
doubted feature of the election will bo a for
midable tncreaso of social democrats all over
the cmplru. Newsboys are Hooding Berlin
with extras. A joyous meeting at the famous
Tlvoll beer garden , where Vlchow was speak
ing , however , was broken up by the police
when a social democrat had risen to .speak.
At midnight the Imperialists looked blue
over thu local results. The government and
police prohibition against leaflets and plac-
aids has hurt Blsmaick't * candidates. Some
scattering returns from other points slvo some
Blight encouragement to them. Kloti , tlio
radical , beating Baron X.edllU , the Bismarck-
ian , by 874 , has to overcome U.177 votes foi
the socialists to get a majority.
SirJlltz only got 200 votes over
his last vote. In another district
Wolff , the Blsmarcklan , potting 1,000 votes ,
pains , however , .1,000 over his last poll , but
the radical vote for I'rof. Wirchow of
10,000 nnd 14,000 for the socialistic candidate ,
puts Woltf badly In the minority. In another
city district the septennial * candidate is at
thu bottom of the poll , 1,0 JU behind the rad
ical , and & 00 behind the socialistic candl
dates. In all thcso cases there must bu new
polling.
TIM : HKSUI.T IK DETAIL.
Br.ni.iN , Feb. 21. The exact stroiisth ol
the government in the now relchstai ; will no I
be known until one or more votes are taken ,
It Is auticlpatnit that some members of the
center party who opposed thu scptennato hi
the old relclistag and who have been converted -
verted by the counsels of thu Vatican will be
returned to the new relclistag. How many h
not yet known.
10 p. m. Tim elections In this city have
resulted untavoiahly for all thoKovernmuni
candidates. In touroC six divisions second
ballots will bu necessary , but In uich of these
divisions thuiintl-septcnnato candidates have
at present a majority. In the Hist division
KluU , new German liberal , has lbii and
/.edlllz NciiKlich , soptonnist , 7,005 : a second
ballot Is nccess.iry. In ttiu second divisloi
Vlrcliow , noweiman ! liberal , received lO.IW
ainlVoilI , septennlst , 16,108 ; another ballo
Is necessary. In the third division ilnnckel
now Ceiman liberal , received 10 , 400 am
Cliribtoiisun. socialist , 0,00 : there will bi
another ballot. In the fourth division It ii
reported that Socialist Singer Is elected , bui
" > the ollicial returns from thu division havi
not yel beun received , in the litili distrlc
Baiimhach , now Cicrman liberal , has 10,071
and Major Illume , septonnist , 7OOU. h | tin
bixlli division ilasunctovcr , socialist , I :
elected bya largo majority en cr Grelllii'i | nev
German liberal , nnd Holu , soptonnist.
An analysis of thu polling shows that tec
day's looniest was unprecedently stubborn
Aa night aitvanced thu excitement bit-ami
intense. Thousands of people stirrouudei
the newspaper ofltces awaiting special edl
tlnns giving the letuins. It Is stated Ilia
Singer and Hascnclevor nave uach eve
12,000 majority In this city. Second ballot :
are neces3ary In Koenlgsbeig , Klbertehl
liicslnu , Lnbock , Dresden , Allstadt , Frank
fort. Danuie , Stettin , Cologne nna Munich
Septounibts me elected in Biemi < n , I.ciiisii
and lirniiiiwlck , The socialist oivanUatioi
lias beun most complete. Socialist elector
weiu brought to thu polls In battalions
Two socialists are re tinned frou
lireslau. Itichter Is returned for Hasren
1'rlnce Bismarck , on appealing at his pollini
B tat Ion lu the tecoud division In tills cltv
was greeted wlili n stoim of cheers. Accord
ing lo it-ballot arraii. ( Clients It Is probabli
tU.it Berlin will bo ivpiesenti'd by thruu nuv
( it-niian liiier.tls and Unco socialists.
n tue 1'tmrtii i ! vision of this city.
KH.U-I , i 'en ved vi-.U-W ; h\i > is
IM'Tit ' and I'rnf. llamel. New ( ieiniau Jit
vr.il , l , 'JJ'.V 111 tl'P fcl.\tn division llansei :
dt'Ver. sne'l.lllst leveiived Ul.457. ' Hullse - |
tennlst , iny-t ] , and GrelUii" . Ne.w ( uuriM. i
liberal. lt,7ty > , Thu net it-stills of the Herl < i
votingis .as 'follows:1 Social ! *
.i , jxgutn of } , GIM ; bt-ptennlst , n'J.hM
new German Hbeial.CS.bH. Thogeiu-nuniMi
parties have gained IS.lAO votes uud the ue\
German. liberals have lost 5,000. Heturn
from the provinces show losses by thu nev
Uernian liberals , ilerr lUchter'd organ , , tli
Frelslnnlge Xcittinc , consoles the party by
declaring that the socialist profited by radical
disasters. This , however , Is not exactly
the ca c. The combined conservative
ami national liberal" supporter's of the fiep-
tennatu secure I manv scats , though there Is
no clear prospect of their having a working
majority , ac 110 contensts seem to have voted
In uinl mlnishrd members. Forckenbeck ,
Bamberget , Staiiffenbciv and Gnneral Von
Moltko are re-elected. Mctz elec
ted Antolno , antl-Gciman , Sloven
returned Stocker. A feature of
the elections Is the unusual number ot ? ec-
end ballots neeessaiy , a fact which proves
the closeness of the contest" . Theiesult In
Hamburg is a triumph for the social demo
crats , two of whoso candidates are icturned
by largo majorities. In the third Ham
burg division the socialist candidate
Is ahead , but a ccond ballot Is
necessary. Corrected returns fiom the
second Berlin division show that Wolff , scp-
U'tinlst , received lU.G'iJ votes ; Viicliow , new
German liberal , livCri ; and the socialist
candidate , 11'W' ) . The prospects of
the success of the septennial are
good. A formidable Increase ) In the number
of socialists throughout the empire is a prom
inent tact. Dnriiii' the day all anptcaches to
till ) tnlareof ICmpcror William. Crown Pillice !
'rederh'kIIliam ' and Prince Bismarck
veiu barred by police.
Thu National Xeltunc says that a number
f Fieiich socialist societies have addii-sscd a
lanlfoito to their partisans in Germany ,
itprlerlng with the electoral struggle , ami
Hither that .some lodges of American
Cnlghtsof Labor have Issued a manifesto
ml forwarded contributions to thu German
oclalisK a fact aftoidlngfresh evidence that
'ie charter of the social democracy Is not
ational II Inter national.
TWO INJCliUESriNG SUITS.
> "ny Inmpleton anil Dickons' Ameri
can Audit in Court.
[ Copt/rfuM / J&17 lyJamfit Cnnliin Hciinrtt. ]
LONDON , Feb. 21. [ New York Herald
Jable Special to the Bri : . | Judges Dnn-
nan and Mathews this morning levlsed the
ate decision of the chief justice , granting an
njunctlon to Miss Fay Temple-ton , thu ac-
less. against the net of the Gulth manage
ment In reiilaclng her , on the ground that
N'ew Yoik law hold that no Injunction shall
ssuo where an action tor damages Is equally
ml amply available. The argu-
iieut called foith forty queer
itlldavits. The management swore that
ho actress were no ilress or rather scant
costume , that the Lord Chamberlain forbade.
She swore that the theater furnished the
eircss. They again swore that the theater
tad supplied sashes , which the plaintiff re
eded. The judces declined to inteifeio in
inch questions of morality or Indecency , not
\nowlng how far a decision might socially
reach , and icmlttcdMiss Teniphton to an
\ctlon for damages for wrongful dismissal.
AN ACTION rou i.innr , .
Justlco Stephen , whose decision was thus
reversed , together with that of Lord Cole-
Idge , was meanwhile hearing In the next
room an action for libel brought by Mr.
Dolby , Charles Dickens' American agent , for
reaellng against Mr. George Nownes , M. P. ,
proprietor of the Tidbits newspaper. The
alter had copied a speech madu by Howarel
i'aul before the Clover club of
, 'hlladelphia , wheicin Mr. Hovvaul had
iald "Dickens was entnely allvo to the
proftiso hospitality of the Americans. Some
rears ago , vt hen he came to read , ho broaght
ivlth him an able-bodied compatriot named
Dolby. Dolby had been in my emple > y and 1
was by no means struck with his capacity.
On the return of the novelist to England , I
said to film : 'I congratulate you on your
great success In the states , but cannot linac-
Ino what you wanted with Dolby. '
"Dickens lopllod : 'That man wasatieas-
ire. Ho possessed unlimited capacity lor
eating and drinking and had noble digestive
[ ) owers. Ho did mostly all my superfluous
jatlng and dilnking and I simply engaged
Dolby's stomach.1
"Shortly after this I met Dolby at the club.
Ho was relatively a wteck. Incessant gorg
ing , tocktalllng , whisky souring , champagn-
ing , liquoring and other alcoholic frivolities
had done their full work. But Dolby still
lives to protest that the Americans are the ;
most hospitable people on the face of the :
eaitli. "
Mr. Dolby , entering the witness box for
himself , denied that ho had been In the cm-
ploy of Howard IV.nl , and that the statement
of hh dining for Dickens , or that ho returned
n wreck , were untrue.
Mr. Lockvvood , who was lately queen's
counsel for Lady Colin Campbell , valnlj
cross-examined Mi. Dolby.
Mr. James It. Osgood , now the London
avtent of the Harper Hun , swore , as pub
lished , that ho rcgaided the libel as damag
ing te > Dolby , who was an author , etc.
Mr. Paul Howard , although In London ,
was not called , nor was any witness foi the
defendant member of parliament. Justice
Stephens , In summing up , said : "It Is one
thlnir to make chaffing obseivatlons In anj
dinner In a club In America , and quite
another thing to publish thorn broadcast In
English newspapers , They are liable to be
icgarded in a light prejudicial to character. '
The jury gave a verdict for 100 with ceisti
tor this unfortunate "Tidbit" ol a speech ,
To Investigate Crofters' Wrongs.
l < .opurtoM 1S87 bjj James Oat don llcnmtt , ]
LONDON , Feb. 21. [ Now Yoi k Herald Cable
Special to the Bii : : . | Thu lotd chamber
lain this cvenlnc , In the lobby of the house
of commons , told Mr. McDonald , M. P. ,
leader of the crofters' agitation , that ho pro
posed during tlio Kastor holidays to visit the
lido of Skyo and scones of tha crofters
wrong's In order to judge for himself , Me
Donald said that every facility would bo ex
tended to tlio lord chamberlain to gut at the
true Inwardness of the land crabs and the1
unjust sufferings on the other side. Tu <
London papers are about to visit the high
lands for the same puiposo when thu sprint
season makes the work easier.
Tory I'lans.
LONDON , Feb. 21. A conference of tin
conservative party was heJil to-day at the for
cign office. Thu conterenco was largely at
tended by members of both the house o
commons and lords. The meeting lasted hal
an hour. Salisbury was accompanied bj
Goschen. Both wcro cheered heartily \\hei
they enteied. The premlei. In Ids address t <
the confluence , referred feelingly to the latt
Karl Iddu-Iulgh and the loss thu governmcd
inclined by his death. Thu marquis nisi
elvvelt on the secession from tin
government of Hanelolph Churchill , whicl
thu speaker described as a "considerable loss
to the party , " Goschen's acceptance ot olllci
under thu present goveinmont Sallsbun
said , find strengthened the consul vatlvi
party. "After marking tune a month , " con
tinned thu marquis "we havt
arrived at a serloin business. '
He then said ho hoped the rovcinmen
would bu able by reforming tnu lulcs of pro
cedure to restore to the commons Its capaeltj
for work and Its rcputuation for comtesy
utter which , hi ) addcel "wo shall be able ti
deal with the question of local to vein men
In Ire-land and other ineasiiu's.1 ( Lout
cheer * . ] "I hope , " lie said , "tho present lav
will be siiftielent to enable the authorities t <
cope successfully with the disorder in Ireland
In any case , all bills will bt > postponed unti
ufle'i the conclusion ol the proceedings to
U'tinm of the piocedme-rules ami action 01
the > t'Stimate'S. The government expects ti
present the Roycrnmcntdurlng the hrst wccl
In April.
Tlvu marquis then predicted a Ion : lease o
ofticu tor the conservatives. ' hewr.il members
bers urged that tbo government Intio.luco ii
parliament a local govt-riimcnt.'bUl ( or KJIS
laud , r * > lland and \Vaics. \ thu provisions e >
wjile-h tthuuM mend 'to Ireland
l.dwjidDeLisle , ' conservative mem
her. spoke saying that , as. a Itomai
Catholic c-.ou.sevative. denounced tin
conduct- Archbishop . Croke , of Casth
Island In openly cncourapine the conduct ot
the Irish National Icasue , and ? ald he would
like to have the archbishop tried for this
by ajuiy of English Catholics In London.
T his statement evoked great enthusiasm In
the conference.
Ilolnc < 3 In rarllnmcnt.
LONOON , Feb. 21. In the house of com
mons this evening W. H. bmltli , lirst lord of
the treasury , In moving the lirst of the pro
cedure resolutions , appealed to the liouso to
maintain the tllcnlty ot parliament and vin
dicate the authority ot Us own proceedings.
The new inlcs , he said , would make
tlio Authority of the speaker absolute.
I'.irnell said the matter of pro
cedure reforms should not bo treated
as a party question. He doubted the wisdom
of placing the subject of pioeeduro In the
\an of all other business. Ho doubted , also.
whether the house would get through with
the procedure without modifying the
speaker's recent ruling that no subject could
bo discussed if there was n notice on
paper ot a motion iclatltitf to the same
mbject , [ Irish cheers. I H was Idle to expect
o assist tlio pi ogress 01 business by means
f merely penal restriction. The proposal
t the government piactlcally amounts to
nothing. Smith had failed to explain the
delicate and dilllcult function issUnod to the
ipeakor under thu lust rule. Upon what
irlnclplo was the speaker to proceed in glv-
ng or withholding his consent to the clo-
uieV In icply to I'arncll the speaker said
iat members who spoke on the gcneial
character of the rules would not bo entitled
atteiward to move amendments. T. P.
U'Connor moved to adjourn and a debate
ensued as to how to discuss the whole sub-
ect without the speaker's forfeiting the right
; o move amendments. Upon the suggestion
of Smith It was aereed that speakers
on the main question should not bo
debarred from prooosini : amendments.
Parnell , resuming tlio debate , contended that
the now rules proposed would not facilitate
the tiansnetlon of business , but would 010-
duce Iirltatlon and exasperation. Soon the
conservatives would bitterly reu'rot having
introduced their piesent proposals.
ItrltlHli Urnln Trnilo Review.
LONDON. Fob , 21. TheMark Lane Express ,
In Its weekly levlowotthe Brltlshgrain trade ,
sa > s : The deliveries of native wheat are
very small. The London market Is steadier.
Trices at the leading provincial exchanges
show an advance ot Odils. ( Sales of Eng
lish wheat duilnit the past week were -40.-U7
quarters nt 3Js lid , against 7U,5 > T quarters
at'-.b-ld during the cmicspondlup week last
year. Countiy Hour Is slow of sale but
values have .sliLMitlv hardened. Foreign
wheat was slightly steadier. Supplied con
tinue so lame that Imoiovument is impossi
ble unless in event ot war. Foreign Hour Is
slow sale , and weak. American brands are
Od cheaper. Corn and barley arc dull. Oats
are down ad. Theio were six arrivals of
wheat cargoes. Two caigoos wein withdrawn
anil three icmaln ono of them Amcilcan
red winter , one of California and oncot Ore
gon. At to-day's mantel whe.it was tinner.
Both Encllsh and foreign wheat weroOd
dearer. Flour was irregular and some sales
Oil lower. Ameiican coin was Od cheaper ,
oats , ad lower.
A. Consfrvntivo Conference.
LONDON , Feb. 21. The temper of the con
servative conleiencc to-day was distinctly in
favor of Irish repression , and this was only
opposed by Lord Sallsbiuy's promise that as
soon as tlio new pioceduie rules were adopted
coercion would follow. The leading argu
ment of others was that the adoption of the
procedure rules was the lirst step toward put
ting a stop to IiNU ohstiuctlve tactics In par
liament and strengthening the action of the
executive in Ireland. Chaplin and others ,
who aio opposed to the Clotiiro proposals.
threatened to levolt , but were cowed by Lord
Salisbury's declaiatlon that the mlnlstiy
would resicn unless the conservative party
continued solid. The vote of the confeicncc
resulted in its absolute subouluiation to the
leaders.
A Ocrlln Kditor Sent Up.
Binu.iN , Feb. 21. The editor ot the Tag-
blatt has been sentenced to one month's Im
prisonment for piintint : a story that the c/in
iiad shot Villaumo , a military attache ot the
German legation at St.
A Dutch Author Dead.
LONDON , Feb. 21. Tlio death Is announced
of Kdward Doumes Dckker , a Dutch autho.
Ho was born In Amsteulam In Ib20.
UAIIjKO.YDUKS MEliT.
Severn ! Conferences Held on the
Inter-Stato Commerce L/n\v. /
CHICAGO , Feb. 21. The ccncial managers
of the southwestern railway association line'
to-day began consideration of the repoit ol
their general freight agents regarding taritfs ,
and the interpretation of thu intei-siato com
merce law. Theie was consldeiahlo differ
ence ot opinion among tlio manacrs legard-
Ing the necessary steps 10 take , some of them
being of the oplnlon41iat in arianglng tariffs
the lines were proceeding too fast. Some
thought that It would be best to wait unti
the commissioners were appointed and ar
ollicial expression could bo had , and othoi <
that before taking any decisive action Ii
would bo better to let the freight agents o :
thu western and northwestern associations
prepare their reports. The postponement
idea prevailed , and an adjournment waf
taken until Friday next.
A geneial confeieiicu of the general pas
senger agents of the western , northwesteri
and southwcstein associations was hold to <
day. The southwcstein olllcials havlin
reached certain conclusions last week , rrp
resuntatlves of each association I } . 1' . Wll
son , G. H. Hcatloid and . ) . Clmrlton wen
appointed to compile a report , put In present
able shape , nnd submit It to the managers n ;
einbodv Ing thu views and conclusions of th <
general passenger agents of the west. The *
conclusions would abrogate passes , mileage
tickets , theatrical rates , etc. , nnd have al
ready been published.
Ki"i'onif : , Fub , 21. The committee ap
pointed at tlio convention ot railioad men 01
the Inter-state commerce law motto-day. Tlu
classification of Iroight rates was tlioonl ;
business considered. The object of the com
mlttee is to equalize thu rates over the vail
ous roads so as to make thorn conform to the
now law.
Tammany on tlio Wnrputli ,
Nr.w VOHK. Feb. 21. ( Special Telegram ti
the BII : : . I Should President Clovelam
seel ; the nomination In 18ss , then ) seems ti
bo but little doubt that ho must get aionj
\\lthoutthouuppoitof Tammany. Keitlie
Tammany hall nor Irving hall has recelvei
any recognition fiom I'lesldent Cleveland
Tammany leaders don't hesitate to say tha
I'jusident Cleveland , or someone who claim :
to speak tor him , has grossly vlolatet
pledses given , whllo Its bitter enemy. Mayo
Grace , can secure fiom Cleveland the ap
polutment of ministers and consuls. Om
leader said : "Om organisation has pros
peied under thu downs of the aUmlnlstra
lion ami it willsoiUht on. waiting for tlu
nu\t national administration to uiaku tin
balance eu'ii. "
Ijookont .Mountain Sold.
CHA.TTANOOOA. Tenn. , Feb. 21. The sal <
has been consummated of Lookout moan
tain , celebrated as the scene of the battli
among the clouds. A company has been or
? anlzcd to build n broad guase railroad bv
July 1 , and erect the liandomest hotel in the
south on the historic heights. The work on
thu railroad will commence at once ,
Tlio I-i : ln Daily Market.
CHICAOO , Feb. 21. The Inter Ocean's
Elgin , 111. , social says : The butter marke
was aetlvu at an advance. Regular sales , ut.W
pounds , at 'JOViWTc , closing Him at outsld
prices. The.ro was a better demand to-da
than for four. "witiks. " There was nothlui
doing in cjieese. Total sales , § 10,233.
The New Jersey
TJIUNTON , Feb. 21-The assembly dem
ocratle caucus sat till midnight. It was de
clde.l to request Speaker Balrd's resienatior
to-morrow , and a committee to consult w Ul
recalcitrant members was appointed.
NICARAGUA'S ' SHIP CANAL
The Senate Passoa the Bill to Incorporate
the Oompany.
PROVISIONS OF THE MEASURE.
anil Ilcntctl Discussion In the
on tlic Conforcnco Kcport
on Keiicnlltif : the Land Acts
Other
Senate.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 01. Petitions from a
large number of Grand Armyposts" of Ohio
'or the passage of the dependent pension
111 over the president's \cto AVCIO laid on the
able.
The ship canal bill was temporarily laid
side , ami the senate lookup consideration
if tlm river and harbor appropriation bill ,
ho question bolnir on the amendment of-
'creel by Mr. Van Wjck on Satuiday last to
ho Item ot S300.000 for improving the Mis-
ourl rior , and which was to the uftect that
100,000 should bo expended ut Atchlson ,
; 'ort Leav nworth , Arrow Itock , Omaha , etc.
lo modified it so as to direct the expenditure
> t half the 5:500,000 : at those points under the
llrectioh of the secretary of war. The
meudment as modllied was agreed to.
Mr. Plumb mo\eel to amend the Missouri
river paiauraph by adding to it the words ,
'and ' all the expenditmes ot tills paragraph
shall bo made under the diicctlon of the sec
retary of war. "
Mr. Vest said the ellcct of Mr. Plumb's
amendment would be to abolish the Missouri
tver commission.
Mr. Incalls had no hesitation In saying
hat , In tils jmUment , the Missouri ri\er
commission ought to bu abolished. A moio
unnecessary , superfluous and enlltely
01 nitmontal excrescence never existed. Mr.
Plumb's amendment was adopted.
On motion ol Mr. Allison , Sioux City , la. ,
was Insulted as one of the points at which
half of the SiOO,000 : Is to be expended. The
bill was then reported to the senate fiom
committee ot the whole and was passe-rt w UK-
out dUlsion. A committee of conference
was asked on the points of difference be
tween the two houses.
The senatu then took lip the bill to incor
porate the ship canal company of Nicaragua.
Mr. Vest otleicd an amendment that the
act shall have no toice or eile'ct until a con
cession shall ha\e been secured from the gov
ernment of Nicaragua and shall havu been
submitted to and appiovcd by congress. He-
joctod without dhlslon. The bill was then
passed yeas , : & : nays , 5. The bill Incoipo-
lates the maritime canal company ot
Nicaragua , with Its piinclpal office in Now
YotkCity. The capital stock Is to be not
less than fr : > 0.03t ,000 nor more than
5100.000,000. Ten per cent is to bo payable
when the subscriptions to the capital stock
are made , and future payments are to bo
madu as the board ot directors may deter
mine. The aggregate of all charges , dues
and towaco Is to be reasonable. Thu United
Status is to exorcise such control over the
canal as provided tor by the ticaty with
Nicaiagu.ianel not inconsistent with any
tieaty obligation ot the United Status with
any power , and is to en joy itsunobstiucted use
( at holt rates ) for troops , munitions ot war
and mails. If stock to the amount of
510,000.000 be not subscrlbtd , and 10 pel cent ,
thcieot actually paid in , within two years ,
or if the work of construction shall not have
actually commenced and been in progress
within lour jcars , thecoilioratlon shall bo
de-emed to havu o\plnil.by.limitation. * } -
Messrs. McMillan , Conger and Hansom
were appointed conforms on the river and
harbor appropilation bill.
Mr. Ulddleberger moved that , In honor of
the memoiythe father of his country , the
senate adjourn over to-morrow yeas , IS ;
nays , 4'J.
Thu senate took nn the District of Colum
bia uppioprmtlon bill and then went into su-
ciet session and soon adjourned.
House.
WASIIINOTO.V , Feb. 21. Mr. Dlnaley of
Maine picseiited memoilalsof Grand Aimy
posts of Bath and Poitlana , Me. , asking for
the passage of the dependent pension bill
ovei the president's veto. Heferred.
Mr. Handull piesented a memorial of the
Hhode Island Hadical Peace society against
expenditures for vessels and fortifications ,
and asking lor wise statesmanship which
will submit grave questions of dispute be
tween nations to arbitrament of reason and
inteinatioual law. Hefened.
.Mr. HeiUeKOii of North Carolina , from tlio
committee on elections , submitted a report
on the Indiana contested olcctlon case of
Kidd against Steele , which confirms tlio light
ot Steele to the seat , -and It was laid over
until Thursd'iy. f
Mr. Cobb ot Indiana then called IIP the
contcrenco report the report ot dlsagiee-
mcnt on the bill lejiealini : the pie-emptlon ,
timber culture and uesert land laws.
Mr. Stone ol Missouri said that the rapid
augmentation of the population of the coun
try , the i.ipld dcci ease ot the area of public
lands and the grow Ing demand lor homesteads -
steads led the committee on puolio lands to
repoit a measure to the house providing tor
tlio icpe.'M of the pie-emiition , timber cultuie
anddeseit land laws. Under the existing
law a slnirle person could enter 100 acres
under the homestead.GO \ acres under the pre
emption , 10' ) acics under the tlm-
bei culturoand WO acres piiiler the dt-scit
hind law , making the total l.l-'O ' acies. Th
committee ) had considered it wiser and moro
humane that tlio laudsshould , bo distributed
in smaller quantities to a gieater number of
people. Outiajjeous and scandalous abuses
had grown up under the existing laws , which
had been taken advantage ot bj coimorants
and land sharks In eider to secure millions
of aeics ot public lands. These abuses the
committee had sought to coire-rt.
Mr. Strait of Minnesota s.ild that thu only
real dilllculty between thu hoiisu and the sun-
atu conference was whether 01 not an cutty
man should bo allowed to 1:0 to the courts
alter thu cancellation nt' his final eertltieatu
by the commissioner of the general land
oillco ,
Mr. Peters of Kansas said that thu dlffer-
enco between thu two houses was as to the
protection ot Innocent purchasers. The
position of thu senatu was that persons who
had imiehased trompre-cmptors In good faith
should he protected in their rlirhts. The
position ot the house ) was viltiially that Inno
cence should be punished In order that guilt
niUht not go unpunished , The house did
not pioposu that ono innocent man should
bo punished In older that ninety-nine utility
persons might go unpunished , but It pio-
posed to reverse that rule of morality nnd
deliberately punish ninety-nine innocent per
sons In oidei that onu 101:110 might notgo
tin whipped of Justice. It would bu dishonor
able to repeal the pre-emption law and not
piovlde lor the protection ot innocent pui-
ehasers.
Mr. 1'ayson of Illinois said that politically
ho had never had an Iota of sympathy with
thi ) man who occupied the position of com
missioner ot the general land oilier. He did
not stand hero as Spark * ' etetcnder , peilltlc-
ally , but he did know that the commissioner
had been endeavoring to do Ids duty as an
executive officer. Ills attention hud never
beHii called to anv act In tlio commissioner's
adminlstiation ot his elmo that hu attributed
to a sentiment other than that designated.
Heplying to the objection that thu bill would
bo In the Interest of tlio e-attlu companies ,
and the assertion made in thu senatu that
special agents ne\er assailed tlio title of cat
tle syndicates , h read from the records ot
the laud otlicu to snow that recently ! , & ' " en
tries , covering 8.10,5'JO acres claimed by cattle
companies , had been cancelled In a section
of country which could bo corned lyr the
hcnd on an ordinary map ot the united
Statrs. lleferring to the abuses which ex
isted under the existing law , he said that
ouo cattle company the head ot which was
in ( ho gallery listening 10 him owned and
controlled an extent of tenitory sr by 1-50
miles an average larger tban-tho wholestate
ot Khodu Island. This company was
composed largely'of' foreigners , and an
American citizen could not resells footupoi :
tills largo area of which the government' had
been robbed. He instanced also .tho 1'stcs
park entry In Colorado , the'title to which
was , by Imud , iuveited in tUe Karl of Dun
ravon. In his verdancy , when ho lirst c.imo
to Washington , ho supposed that when a
thing of this kind was brought to the atten
tion ot government ofllcinls , something could
bo elono to causa aioxetsal. lie hail conn to
the department of Justlco four different
times trying to net Brewster to Illn n bill to
set aside the title. Ho had nut succeeded.
Ho liid ! tried It twice lu this administration ,
nnd now ho was done ,
Mr. Symes of Colorado said that the depart
ment ot justice had frequently acted , and
that thousands and thousands of acres had
beun restored to the public domain In Col
orado. In Ib77 ho had been employed bv the
government as special counsel In twenty-six
suits Involving land titles , and gained us cry
ono of thorn.
Mr. 1'ayson On account of fraud In entry ?
Mr. Symes Yos.
Mr. Payson So it scenn there is some
fund In Coloindo.
Mr. Symes stited that ho hnil never denied
It , but tlieie was moro opportunity lor retorin
under the present system than under that fa
vored bv the committee on public lauds.
Mr. Payson Inqulicd whether the gentle
man meant to Intimate that the committee
was not In favor ot land reform.
Mr. Symes rctoited that the committee Inti
mated that neihody else Was bi-e-.iuse there
werosomu frauds In Coleirado and elsewhere
which the committee , wished to unearth.
The committee- wanted to put It into thu
power of n crank commissioner to Issue a
sweeping older which would deprive honest
settlers of their homes , without giving them
an opportunity to piovu their honesty.
Mr , Pa > son then proceeded to argue In
favor of the house conteiee.s standlnc firm in
their position , bcllovlni ; that the senate propei-
sltlon would bo subveislvu ot the best Inter
ests ot the government and pieventatlvo ot
fraud. He yielded to no man In Ids elelro
to stand by the man who was seekIng -
Ing to make a home for liimselt upon
the western prairies. Let no man say to film
that by any action he would lay a straw In
.he way of such a man , but at the same time
ns stood hero to-day , as ho hail stood hero for
six j ears , in the way ot the tot rout of rob
bery , perjurv and crime that was swooping
the land , despoiling the government ot that
which It should reserve and icservo until the
atcst generation ioi the landless and Lome-
uss poor. | Applause ] .
Mr. Laird spoke In favor of the sen
ate amendment , which would submit the
Hiestlon \alldlty or fraud to thu com Is of
ustlco. A better arbitrator upon the rights
ot fie government and thu rights ot the
"nimblest clti/en could not be found.
Mr. Perkins snld that thu gentleman from
Illinois ( Paison ) had Indulged In the cry of
"fiaud" and had attempted to frighten the
guntletncn by that specter , out the tcpresunt-
atlves ot the west wouht nut bo re-itiaincd
rom thedl cluugo ot theii etutj 1) } .such an
appeal.
By a vote ol W to 33 tlm repoi t of the con
ferees was accepted.
Mr. Cobb then moved that the housu refuses
to recede fiom its disagreement to tlio senate
amendments and agieo to a request lor
lurthcr contcience.
Pending the question , Mr. Perkins moved
that tlio house recede lioni its disagreement
ot section B of the bill and consent to the
same with an amendment. Hejcctcd liStoUS.
Mr. Cobb's motion was then asieed to and
a lurtlier conference was oideied.
It was oidered that the daily hour for the
meeting of the house shall bo 11 o'clock. Ad
journed. _
Admiral Porter on Coast Dcfenqc.
WASIIINOTO.V , Fob. si. Admiral Poitcr
has written a letter to Congressman Lawler
on the importance ol protecting the approaches
preaches to Boston , New York and other
cities with heavily armored monitors , carry
ing tlio heaviest guns. Ho says torpedos can
not buielicel on. Further on Poiter says :
I do not think it any violation of confi
dence in me to say that the German govern
ment in particular has at this moment com
plete plans of nil our poits anih. every par
ticular relation -to the principal harbors of
the United States. " The admiral fuither
"i don't think It struck
says : ever any
body that It will bo necessary to locate a loit
on Coney Island to prevent a licet Irom
anchoring at that point and filing into the
city of Nuw Ycuk. " Boston , the admiial con-
Aiders , is ten times woise oil than Nuw York.
He does not suppose thnre is a Bostonlan nt
this moment who reall/cs that a single lion
clad could lay betoie the city at a distance ol
live miles and knock thu state house about the
cars of the inhabitants. The only icmcdy lor
this Is a licet of lion clads.
Wouldn't Furnish tlio Information.
WASHINOTON. Fob. ' ' 0. The president te > -
day sent to the liouso the response of the sec-
ictary of statn in loply to the resolution in
quiring as to the action taken by the depart
ment of state to protect the interests of Amer
ican citizens whose property was destroyed
by Ino caused by instiigents at Asplnwall in
IbM. The secretary says that negotiations
were commenced in October last and aio
now pending , between the United States and
Colombia tor the purpose of establishing an
Intel national commission to whom may be
refcued for adjustment claims of citizens ol
thu United States against the government of
Colombia irrowinz out of these in-tmections.
But It Is not deemed compatible with public
intci est to communicate to conmess In the
piesent state ) ot negotiations the correspond
ence between the department nnd the iteiv-
einmenl of Colombia icspecting the pending
convention.
Moro nonilH Culled For.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 21. The acting secre
tary of the treasury this afternoon issued a
call for 810,000,000 ot 3 per cent bonds. The
bonds will mature April ' ' . The tollowlni ; is
the de'scilption of tlio bonds called : 8 per
cent bonds Issued under act of congress ap
proved July 12 , 18S , ' , and numbered as fol
lows : 50 , original number 2-t to 50 , both
Inclusive : S100 , original number ! B2 to ! 574 ,
both Inclusive ; $500 , original number ll'J ' to
1C , ' , both Inclusive , and original number 42.55
toI1 : ; ii , both Inclusive ; Sl.UOU , original num
ber 12'J to Ui , both Inclusive ; 610,000. ori
ginal number 2ShO to HU.'is , both Inclusive.
Total , S10,007,7W ) . Panics holding the bonds
called by this chcular can obtain Immediate
payment with Interest todMoof picstmtation
by leqtiestlnic the samu in thu letter forwaiel-
ing thu bonds lur icdumption.
Texnx Klectlon In
WASHINGTON , Feb. 21. Before the Texas
Investigation committee Call Srlimel/n teti -
lieibthat lie was editor of an Independent
Geimaii paper at Bicnham. He said there
was an average republican majoiity lu the
county , ho bullet ml , of 500 or iWO , Witness
testified that lie was told by Bryan , demo
crat , that it was evident hu could not live
there ; that they ( tlio democrats ) , would kill
him. Ho closed out his business and moved
thu paper to Galvuston , When thu train
started three shots were Ilred Into it and u
rock was thiown through thu window.
A Government ( inn Factory.
WASHINGTON , Feb. m. The military
committee ot thu housu has agreed to a bll
appropriating 5,010,000 for a un factory , for
thu manulitcluie ot heavy oidnance , mm tars
and torpedoes , to bo expended by a board to
bu appointed by the president.
Two Moro I'enMon Vetoes ,
\ > ASiiiNf , ro.v , Feb. 21. The picsldcnt
to-day sent to the senate moisazes vetoing
the bills granting pensions to John D
Flncher and Hachael Ann Pierpont.
Ono Nomination ,
WASHING ro.v , Fob , 21. The preslden
sent the nomination to the senate to-day o
Amos M. Tliayer , of Illinois , to bo Unitoe
States district judge lor the eaiteui district
ot Missouii.
_ _
Tlio Governor of Alaska.
XKW YOIIK , Feb. 21. Special Tulrisian
to the HKK. | The World's Washmjttoi
special sajs : Governor Salneford of Alaska
Is again in trouble , gio'.vlng out of nuvv
chaigcs having been tiled against him in the.
interior department. It seems that at a pub
Ho meeting not long since , at Sltka , the gov
crnor made a speech denouncing the Chinese.
And Inciting opposition aidinst ; those living
in tlio terutory. On the night of his alleged
Incendiary speech 9 riot broke out , resultln. .
In the killing of four Chinese ana a genera
scaring ot tile Celestial population , The
charges , which are slenrd by n large pcr-
entagc of Americans at Sltka , demand that
10 bo removed at onco. Another charge Is
also tiled against tlm governor , alleglntr that
m was given a valuable cano by somocltl-
ens which they desired him to torwaul for
hem to the president. The charges specify
hat Instead of f andlng the cane to Clove-
and , hn nmdo a present of It to his personal
and political friend , Don M. Dickinson , of
Jelrult.
DOWN A COAIj SHAFT.
V Yonnn Mnn Terribly Injurcel Ncnr
Polk City.
Dr.s MOINT. " . la. , Feb. 21. ( Special Tclo-
; ram to the Bni : . ] Sunday moinlng betwcon
i and 0 o'clock Kd Bcchtol , a young man
ibotil eighteen years of age , son of a former
lariit-ss maker ol Polk City , onpagod In help-
tig his lather hoist coal at the Polk County
ompany's mines , went near the shaft to get
omo coal to burn at their home near by.
I'ho cover ot the shaf tin I been carelessly
eft off and the young man slipped and foil
nto the shaft , sf.lklng the lar e coal bucket
about sixtj feet down and breaking the Inch
ron handle which held it and tell with the
bucket 200 feet further , sti Iking nn his side1.
\bout an hour allot ward ho was found there
n an Insensible condition , with Ids left log
iroken below the knee1 , his right leg seil-
ouslv cut and his head badly gashed and In-
ernally lujuicd , hut still living. Towards
evening ho ictiitncd to consciousness and
low iccognlzes Ids fileniK and , stranco to
ay , sutlers much less than the doctors
hought he would. But the slr.inirest p.iit
> t It Is that a man can not only tall 2r > 0 feet
ind live at all , but that theie aie great hopes
ot his getting well.
Keal Kstntc Iloom nt SlonxClty.
Siorx CITY , la. , Fob. 21. [ Special Tele
gram to the Bii.1 This has be-on one of the
uost exciting days In the history of Sioux
City. A ical estate boom of the largest pro-
mrtlons has struck the rlty nnd upwards of
200,000 worth of real estate changed hands.
On last Saturday several quiet puiclinses
vveio nmdo In the eastern part of the city.
iggregatinc a very largo sum of monov , and
low that It is known that thenurchases were
n.ido In the interest of certain lailroads , and
hat It Is proposed to locate the union depot
here1 , tone has been given to real e-stato all
over thu city. Sevui.il castein capitalists are
teie and aio hguiinc largely in the deals.
flu- boom which Sioux City has long been
expecting is now here.
Death of General GeeleleM.
AMIla. . , Feb. 21. [ Special Telegiam to
he Bir. : . ] General James L. Gcddes , finan
cial agent of the state ncitciiltnral col-
eL'C , died this morning from kidney
eliscasu. Ho was a Scotchman by biith , and
when eighteen v cars of ago went to India ,
cnteilng the mllltaiy academy at Calcutta ,
ind at terwards serving two years with dis
tinction MS a member of the lioval Horse ar-
illeiy. He came to Iowa In 1S17 and served
hiough the war witti srreat credit as colonel
of the Kighth Iowa Infantry. For six years
licnentl Gedeles was military Instructor at
thecolleco at Ames , and at his death was
acting financial agent.
A Chance For Aspirant * .
Dr.s MOINES , la. , Feb. 21. [ Special Tele
gram to the BKI.J Major A. H. Anderson ,
congressman-elect from the Kighth district ,
lias issued a notice stating that a competitive
examination for recommendation for ap
pointment as cadet to the naval academy at
Annapolis will bo huld at Osceola Wednes
day. March 10 , _
A Mason City Conll.ir.ition.
MASON CITY , la. , Feb. 21. [ Special Tclc-
triam to the BEH. ! FIre this afternoon broke
out In the Masonic temple and damaged the
property of the Masons about 53,000. The
otlices In the same building were damased by
water and breakage to the amount ot Slr > 00.
Wood fc Wilson , nun chants , vveio damaged
to theamountot Sl.OuO on stock and fl.r.OO
on building. All the losses are coveied by
Insurance.
_ _
Itroken. Hones nt Norfolk.
NOUFOLK , Neb. , Feb. 21. [ Special to the
BEI.J : A. Morrison , a local architect , had a
leg broken this morning while snpciintend-
ing the removal of thu Kpiscopal chinch
building , a piece of lumber Hying out with
force enough to causu the I'ractuic.
Switch Kiulnecr James Davey. of the Fre
mont , Klkhorn & Missouri Valley , who had
his jawbone broken Fiiday night hj a blow
trom a hammer in tlio hands ot Yaid Master
J .M. Nichols , with whom ho was quairelliig ,
was repotted to bo quite low yesterday , lie
will bo laid up lor some time.
A Hraiicli Irlsli Ijca no Formed.
CoLi'Miii's Neb. . Feb. 21. ( Special Tele
gram to the UIK.J : The Irish National
league effected an oruani/ation with thirty
members heio yesterday. D. C Kavanaugh
Is president , William T. Walker secretary
and treasurer , Dan Condon and John C.
McMahon delegates to thu state convention
to bo held at Lincoln March D. Columbus
has some enthusiastic Irishmen on the league
question. Lartro accessions will unite- with
the Columbus organl/atlon.
A Sclmylor Masonic Hvent.
Scurvi.nit , Neb. , Fub. 21 , ( Special Tele
gram to the IfijK. ] Ophit chapter No. : ! 3 ,
HoyalAich Masons , was duly constituted
and Its olliceis installed to-night by L. D.
Hlchaids , deputy grand high priest ot the
giand chapter of Nebraska , assisted byi. \ .
M. Ke > ene as grand maishal. The Installa
tion was In the presence ol Hoval Arch Ma
sons and their wives , after which they ro-
p.ired to a splendid banquet pieparcd by C.
11. Chase , the bustcatoicr m the city.
For and Auainst lIondH.
TOIIIAS , Neb. , Feb. 21 , ( Special TftleglMm
to the Br.n.l A largo audience gatheied at
thu tchool housu in Tobias to-ni ht to discuss
thu question of voting bonds to aid thu Kan
sas City it Omaha railioad. Speeches wore
made by Mr. Uyan , of Hastings , Messrs.
Ptigh , Gilmore and otheis , of Tobias , and
Mr. FranU , of Friend , for ; and by Mussrs.
Dodson and Davis , of Wilbcr , and Judge
Wlllanl , of Aln.xandila , against. I'rom ' the
uppeuiancu of the meeting jour coriespond-
ent would think thu bonds will bo cairied by
a heavy majority at thu polls on Margin.
A Surprising Marriage.
Ni.w YOIIK , Feb. 21. ( Special Tuleguin
to tlm Bni.J : The Woi Id's Now Haven
special says : Much snrpiiso was manlfestei
tenlay when the fact became Known that
Miss Fannie Howe , daughter of the vonora-
lilo Henry Howe * , 01 Ohio , historian and pub
lisher , had been secretly man led to Kdwan
Sheehan , a jonnf , and unprepossessing mo
chanic. Miss Howe , about eight years azo
was engaged to a joung Now Yoik gentle
man of wealthy family , Her lianco died
Miss Hovvo received a shock fiom it fiom
which , Ills said , she has never fully iccov
ered. Of late , so hei friends say , she has le
soiled to power ! ill elrngs as stimulants. It Is
thought that the medicine- may have tempo
ratily affected her mind , although this fact in
Indignantly denied by some otM \ \ acquaint
nnre.s. Miss Howu gave free vocal liistnic
tion to Slieehan , who was possessed of a
magnifieent voice , and she cot him a place.
in the Ti init > Kpispoeal choir.
Tlio I'lro Hocord.
JlAvi'iiiiii.i. , Mass , Feb. 21. Hiiyg block
a lani ) lour storv bilck Rtiuetuie , huriiei
this itiui nliis. The loss will probably lead
.
Can AI.O , IVU 2-N'illlam ! M. llojt'f
four story and Ira > -L'iiient tenement liouso
Known us tlio Criteiion Il.iti , and situated 01
Klnsco ctux't between Stale and Hush , wafc
almost compiet > l > binned to-night. There
\\eie thiiteen families iti ilio building , all o
whnm lost all thu ) had. The loss on the
building is about sM'ywO ' ; tully instiled.
and Iowa Wcuihur.
For Nebraska and Iowa : Fair weather
higher temperature.
VAN WYCK SCORES A POINT ,
By His Efforts Nebraska Gets a SHco of the
River and Harbor Appropriation ,
STRONG OPPOSITION OVERCOME
V Hcciuost 1'or Contribution * of Socil
For Texas McetH Wltli Few Itc-
q The Loj ; " " Knnd
Capital News ,
Noltrnslca Koinombrrcd.
WA iit.NOTON , Fob. 21. [ SpoelalToIegrar. ,
o the BKII.J Dining the discussion of the
Ivcr and harboi bill In the .senate this after-
loon Senator Van Wyck won an linnoitant
mint for Nebraska. The bill , as lopoitcil
loin the committee , apptoprlated S.SOO.CO.i . to
> o o\peudcd under the dliectlon of thu sccro-
ary of war for the Impiovcrucnt of tlioMl.i-
ourl river , and to bo expended wholly at
\ansas City and St. Joe , leaving nothing for
mprovcmenls between St. Joe and Sioux
3lty. Senator Van Wyck demanded that
mlf of the amount should bo expended for
% orkat Leavonworth , Atchlson and Arrow
lock , In Kansas , and half at Omaha , 1'latls-
iimith , Nebraska City and Brownvllle , In
scbiaska. This was strongly opposed by the
committee on the Door of the senate last week
and to-dny , but this afternoon ( , ! encral S'au1
Wyck won and Nebraska will get 5150.000.
THE I.OUA.X rtl.VU.
Captain George K. Lemon said to-day tlup
ho Logan fund now amounted to upwards
> f 5(15,000.'o ( have received cash foroUn ,
arge subscriptions with one exception , " salif
10 , "and that Is a Montreal man who put life.
lame down for Sl.OOO. lie has several times
tated to a representative of Messrs. Morton'
t Bliss that ho would pay up shortly , and wo
expect to hear tiom him this week at the
fiuthest. "
NO sir.i : > ron TI-.NAS.
"Thus far there have been onlv three re
sponses to my call upon congressmen for
seed for Texas" said Commissioner Coleman
of the agricultural department. " 1 hava
about given up hope lor teller fiom that
liiaiter. The demand continues fiom Texas
or r\e , wheat , turnip and corn seed , and
icoijjouuit these vailetlcs In largo quautl-
oi.n ciiu.MH Tonr.rnr.il.
Major liuriows , foimerly of Indiana , whero.
10 is well known , and recently a law partner
ot ex-Secretary ot St.itu Mjcrs and now a
awier in this city , says that Matthews , the
colored man who has twice be'en lejccted bw
the senate tor the position of recorder or
Iceds for the Dlstilct ot Columbia , lias the
"drop" on President Cleveland nnd can holef
thu ofllcc as long as the present incumbent
remains at the white house. * Ho says that
Matthews and Cleveland wcro old chums at
Buffalo , plajod poker together and each
knows many ot the other's secrets. Major
13 arrows , who Is a democrat , thinks this the
real sccict of the piesidcnt's standing by
Matthews , and , speaking of Cleveland , added :
"It he Is lenominated he will not poll 50.00Q
votes In Indiana and will bo beaten In New
York by 100.000. "
IIONOIIINO WASHINGTON.
Unusually brilliant and extensive arrange
ments have been made to celebrate \Vashiiig- <
ton's birthday to-moi row. All the depart
ments will De closed and govcinmcnt busi
ness outside ot congress will bo suspended. I
The veteran firemen ot the old days ot Wash
ington wllLmako their appearance on the .
Htiects after an Interval ot many years. Theft ]
will welcome the veteran lircmcn of BalU-j
more at the railway station nnd after a p v'
rade through the streets will go to Alex
andria , Va. , where they will bo the guests
Filendship company , the oldest oreanlzk"
In the country , dating back In 1774. '
navy yard lire-men will have a uiasquetada
display , with an engine drawn by four oxen" . * )
The National rilles will parade in the morning - .
ing and the Light Intantiy corps in theafter L
noon. The battalion of high school cadets
will observe ( lie day by a public parade ,
foi ming at the high school building at 1 p , '
m. The Washington Continentals will make
their annual vo > ago to Mount Vernon , where
an exhibition diill will bo uiven. The Union
veteran corps , lust company , and Coiperan
cadets will embark lei Alexandria after a
brief paiade ihioiigh thu stieets. A battery
of the Thiid artillery will also go to Alex-
andi la.
MIUTUIV JIOVIMINTS : : ,
Major Bluncoe 1C. Fryer , surgeon , left Fort
Lcavi'iiw'orth > esteiday momini : tor li > s now
station in Ail/.ona.
Majoi lieoivu B. Sanford , First cavalrv , la
president , and First Lieutenant Hamilton
Kowan , Second aitlllory , judge advocate of a
geneial court maitlal which convened to-day
at Foil Loavenwoith.
Lieutenant Colonel Chailes K. fompton ,
Filth cavaliy ; Major Alfred A. Woodhull ,
Mirgenn ; Captain Call 1C. Woodtuff , Second
aitillery ; Captain George 1C. I'ond , assistant
quaitermaster , and First Lieutenant Harry
L. Itlple-y , Twentv-lomth Infantiy , compose ) I
a board of ofliceifi to convene. Thtiisday at
Fort Hiloy , Kan. , to consldui and report upon
plans lor increased water supply and Im
proved sewerage at that post contingent upon
nn inciease ot the u'airison there when a
cavalry and light aitillery school Is estab
lished.
John A. Toiler , n member of battery A ,
Thiid aitllleiy , was conipluinant in police
court to-day against his wife , Gcoigla A.
Porter , whom lie chained wltli making
tlneats of violence. Ho stated that tliuy had
been married only seen months , and Ijiw-
yer Cahlll asked him if lit * thougnt a soldier
could conscientiously swear ho was afraid OL
a woman. Ho said ho was afraid ot her )
when ho was asleep. The judge dismissed
the e'ase.
Post Chaplain James O , Itayner has bceo
placed on the retlied list of the army.
The president has accepted the leslgnutlon
of First Lieutenant ( ! lmiles C. Hairow.s ,
assistant surgeon , to taKe effect Felnuuy 17.
I'ini-iONAI. Ml.N'IION : ,
Juan Boyle , ol Kearney , Is at the Kbbltt ;
al o Adolph Meyer , wito and maid , ol
Omaha.
George K. French and Wesley T. Wllcov.
of North I'latti' , Neb. , and Oeoigo W. Stone ,
ot Belle Plaine , la. , weie to day admitted toj
practlco befoio the interior department ,
.Senator Manderson presented In the senate
to-day resolutions ot hdgai post No , Hi and
Lander post , ot Nclmiska , In favor ot the
passage over the piesldunt's \eto of the de
pendent parents pension bill ,
I'UhlAI. CHAM.IIS.
The following Iowa postmasteis were ap
pointed todayilliam : Scliult7e , Cain ,
ragu county , vlco Lester Cooniadt , rc.signed ;
John H. Caslles. Lllilu Cediir , Mitchell
county , vlco Clark H. Hensoi , , lesigned.
inr. i-.ssAvoin Kiun.it.
The members ol thu society of thoAimy
of thu Cumberland are wondeiin now
Speaker Kelfor caniu to bo i-elected lo de
livei the oration at thu dedication ot tlm
statue to thu late 1'ie.sldent ( iuilield , which IH
to bo unveiled heio May 10 , or whether there )
Is any truth ni the report that ho has been so
chosen. Lleutenaiit-Geneial Sliermnn , who
Is commando ot thu Army ol Hut Cumbur-
land , does not Know au > thing about It , nor
does thu remainder ol the olliceiH lieie.
K ( Hern selection is being haifilily ciltlcUed
by Ineiids of ( iailleld , who would have
pieluned that thu cholcu ot an orator
should ) m\o fallen upon some man
wlio e roimtatlon is not as unsavory us that
( it thu ex-speaker. Should Keller insist upon
Iliniiluu himselt forward It will bo his hist
pulilic appearance in Washington fciuco Ilia
dibappcaiancu item congics * twojeais ago.
Important Ituinihllcnn
W.\siiiNenov , Feb. 31. General Gros-
\enor , president ot the National Union
league , has called a meeting of the national
council , to bu held at tlio F.bbltt house , Wash *
Ington.onTiios'da ) , March 1. It is stated
that this will bo an important merlin i : of
piominent icimblicans from nil parts qt the
country , and that action will bo ukun oil
matters of Intcicst.
No Cliolco Vet Made. r
WASHINGTON , iuS : > . 21 , Colonel Laman (
said to-night tlrat the sccietaiysldp of tLo
treasury had not as i et befn oik-red to 'any
one , all rcjiorts to thu contrary nettwithstand-
Ing , and that the incsiduiit had not yet
bcttleu the matter in his owu utiud.
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