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' 2' /1HE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , JANUARY : 21. 18&S.1. PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE. Springer Takoa nn Opportunity to Dofoncl His Olmrtictor. PIG-IRON KELLY THE CAUSE. A Vote on the Question ofKeopeiilng tlio Tlioelie-Cnrllfllo locution Case I-'rtllM to Shoxv Up a IIOIIHO. WAXIIIXOTOX , .Tan. .U Mr. Springer , ris ing to a question of privilege , stint to the clerk's desk and had road an extract from a speech made yesterday by Mr. ICelly of Pennsylvania , to the effect that a member of the congress which had made the appro priation for the Philadelphia centennial ( and who was a member of the present house ) , had claimed a fee of $10,000 for having as- tulely inserted a clause in the bill making a loan upon which he could go h > to court nnd enforce its payment. Mr. Springer said ho hud no doubt that ho was the member re ferred to by the gentleman , Ho hud moved F an amendment In the Forty-fourth congress I to the centennial appropriation which changed that appropriation from a congres V sional donation to a loan. At the close of the I exposition the board of finance was of thu opinion that the money belonged to the stock holders and not to iho government. The United States attorney at Philadelphia was instructed to brimr suit against the board of finance , nnd suit was brought. It was de cided that the money belonged to the board. Ho ( Springer ) , went to Attorney General Taft and asked him to appeal the ease to the supreme court. This was done and the at torney general had desired Him to appear on behalf of the United States. This sugges tion , ho wished It distinctly understood , had llrst couio from Attorney Oencral Tnft. Ho did appear in the case ana the supreme court reversed Iho decision of the court below and oidcrcd the money to bo paid into the treas ury. That ended his connection in tlio case as a lawyer. He hud never demanded a fee for his services. lie did file one petition , asking that his ease should bo referred to the court of claims , with the right of appeal for u ( lote'rininatinn us to whether his services had been of any value. The committee on judiciary had asked him to fix the sum. but ho declined to do so , as ho did not desire any compensation from a body of which ho was a member. He hoped the gentleman would , in view of these facts , re tract the statement ho hud made. DMr. Kelly said that he had not mc : > nt to do nn injustice , nor did ho mean to do one now when ho reaffirmed the language of the Kce- ord in what he said yesterday. If there was a wrong to the gentleman In that statement , ho ( ICelly ) , regretted it. He was no longer as young us ho hud been when he entered the bur , but since then ho had followed the lessons derived seniors of the bar. " Ono of these lessons was that no man was entitled to a fee in litigation which ho had engendered. The Kcntlcinnn would not deny that ho had called the attention of United States officials to the fact that there was a clause in the bill that ho had caused to be inserted and that ho had gone into court to press that clause , for the district attorney had declined to pursue the case further. The thing hud an ugly odor then it was not savory now. Mr. Kelley did not think the gentleman claimed a fee for inserting that clause. VVhat ho meant to sny was that , knowing the pur port of his own canst' , the gentleman was one man among r 0KX , ( > ,0 < > < ) of American citi zens who felt that subscribers to the exposi tion stock ought to bo made to pay , and who , following his onw trucks , hunted them until he stripped them of their investment , patri otic as itvas. . Mr. Springer replied that if the gentleman stated that ho demanded a fee for inserting the clause ho stated what was not true. It the gentleman meant to say that ho pursued the case with nil thu skill anil ability of Which he was possessed , ho admitted it. It was the proudest rpeord he had made since he had been a member of congress , nnd that was the opinion of his constituents , who had returned him six times since he made that record. Mr. Crisp of Georgia called up the Thoobo- Curlislo election case. Mr. Crisp opened the debute by reviewing the proceedings before the committee on elections with regard to re- opculng the case. Ho justified the majority of the committee In declaring that the case should not bo reo/pcncd. .Messrs. Cooper of Ohio and Rowoll of Illi nois spoke in support of the majority. Mr. Lymun of Iowa know of no reason why the house , should not reopen the case. Grave charges hud boon mndo by the contestant In affidavits ex purte affidavits , it was true and they hud been nnsweii'd by other ox parto affidavits. Sti eng efforts had been made to prevent an investigation of these charges. The fact that theio was such a constant de termination that the events of elections should not bo investigated suggested to his mind that there was something wrong. Mr Lodge of Massachusetts spoke in sup port of the minority report. On motion pf Mr. Crisp , Tliocbo , the con testant , was granted an hour in which to present an argument in his own behalf. Ho reud from u communication which ho had sent to the chairman of thu committee on elections , protesting against an unfavorable report upon his rciiiest ] until ho hian op portunity to examlno the affidavits presented by the contestce. In this communication ho reiterates. In part , the statements contained in his affidavits filed with the committee , de nies the truths of some of the affidavits filed by the speaker and declared his ability to dis prove the accuracy of the others.lf granted an opportunity. Ilo was sorry , he continued , that thu working classes were beginning to lose confidence in the security of tlio ballot. If the ballot was not secure what did they \iavo Jeftl [ Applause on the republican side ] . Ho did not proiwso to make any capi tal out of the fact that ho was a workingniun. Ho was not here for favor but for simple Justice. The previous question was then ordered upon the resolution of the majority of the committee which confirms the titio of Cur- lisle to his scat and upon the resolution in in the nutiira of a substitute offered by Mr. Lyman of Iowa , declaring that tlio contest is of such Importance to the sitting member and t6 the people of the country that it is entitled to a full , thorough and impartial investiga tion , and providing that the papers in the case bo printed and referred to a select committee or the sub-committee of the elections com mittee , which shall bo authorized to investi gate the matter. The substitute * wus de feated yeas , l'J5 ; nays , 1B. ! The question recurred on the majority reso lution , on the adoption of which the yeas and nays were ordered. The republicans , with the exception or four , who voted in the at'- flrnmtlvo , and Messrs. Hrumni , Hovoynml Luldlnw , who voted In. the negative , re frained from voting on the ground that they hud not sufficient in formation u ) > oii which to act , nnd tlio vote was announced yeas , HO ; nay * , ! i no quorum. The.hoiisu then adjourned until to-morrow. IrvltiK Closes In Chicago. CniCAflo , Jan. 20. To-night , on the oc casion of the last performance of Henry Irving and Miss Terry in Chicago tnh year , MeVieker's theater was crowded to the deors , The programme was niailo up of ono net each from "Merchant of Venice , " "Tho Hulls , " "Louis XI" nnd "Olivia. " When the cur tain dropped there were repented culls foi Irving , and , lifter bowing his acknowledge ments three times he mudoubiiuf s | > ccch thiinking.tho iHHiplo cordially for the cnthu.sl tie welcome accorded him and com pan j during thu past month , and suid the engage incut hud boon the most successful ovoi played in the city. A Murderer' * Eml. OOSTOX , Jan. 20. James E. Nowlin was lionged at Cambridge jail at 0:25 : this mom- ing for the inuruor of George A. Codman , his employer , January 4 , Ibb7. The details of the murder , which was com milted for money , and for which young Now- lla was executed , murk it thu most horrible iu the history of New England , Nowlin who was only seventeen , was employed hi Godmnn to deliver milk. According to Now lln's confession ho wont to the barn am- - waited for Codman early In the morning , am When ho appeared ho struck him in the ncel frith a knife , killing him instantly. Ho cul tip the body so ho. could carry ! ( and putting the parts In an pld fniik woKQtf , drove about fifteen miles away and threw out th'o slices where they wore found by a farmer. i > HN'ouxci3i > nv The Cdiidonincil Murderer Makes Chargi > M Agnlimt AVimliMi WuNli. Ni.w Vow ; , .Inn , 20. Daulol Driscoll , the condemned murderer , has given out a letter In which ho bitterly attacks Warden Walsh , of the Tombs prison , as a man morally and mentally unlit to occupy his position. Ho charges the warden with allowing social privileges to prisoners who foe him , such as sleeping In hospital beds and receiving fe male visitors in the privacy of their cells , with brutal cruelty to prisoners and with locking boys under fourteen years In a dark cell In cold weather without bedding for weeks at a time. Warden Walsh says some of the charges nro false anil others exag gerated. Drlscoll pays ho has seven bullets in his bmly and the ductors may have his body to trace their course In the Interest of science. , _ To no Hthl For D'ebt. PmiaiJm.rim , Man. UO. The sheriff will to-morrow sdl-'oUt ' the hmidsbmo dwelling and contents belonging to Mrs. Celia Hen- drlcks , at No. } K Ulrard avenue , under an execution for debt. The creditors are sev eral tradesmen and retail firms. Mrs , Hen- drlcks is the woman whom Miss Mary A. Drown , of Norristown , loaned at various times some $30,000 upon representation that Mrs. Ilcndricks had n fortune of fTiOOUO locked up In the hands of nn agent in New York. As the investigation of the transactions which Mrs. Ilcndricks had with other confiding acquaintances pio- grosses now victims di'vclnpc , and it is stated that up to to-night ci editors whoso claims aggregate over 1(10,000 ( have been located. Mrs. Hcndricks has disappeared and her hus band and son profess not to know her where abouts. They also say they did not know she was engaged in any such practices as arc charged against her. Some of her victims still maintain confidence in her. Two More Arrests. Dunu.v , Jan. art. father McF.iddcn , of Gwcedore , has been arrested at Armagh for taking part In-thu opposition to evictions. Ho was committed for trial on the charge of holding anti-landlord and anil-police meet ings. He was removed to Jail at Doneiral. Lilanc , member of parliament for South Armagh , was arrested at Armagh at the same time that Father MeFadden was. ' Ho was committed for trial on tlio charge of making speeches inciting tenants to resist the authorities. Upon the arrival of Father McFaddon at Londonderry the police escorting him were stoned by an excited mob and several in jured. A Mystery of the Sea. OTTAWA , Jan. 20. Tlio captain of the gov ernment steamer Newllold has forwarded to the marine department the following letter , picked up near Sable island last week : Nnw Fot'xm.AXD , Nov. 12 , ISSr. Dear Parents : I coino to bid you farewell forever. I will soon bo in the other world , not alone , however , for wo are feliO passengers in terrible despair. Only ono- half hour to live and then farewell. Do take courage and think no moro of mo. " At tlio bottom of the letter is apparently a signature , ' which road as "L. Llntlier , of St. Nicholas , Mcurthe. " The marl no depait- ment is making inquiries respecting the matter. The Murder of Sergeant Stance. CIUDUOX , Neb. , Jan. 20. The preliminary trial of Miller Miles , charged with the mur der of Sergeant Stance at Fort Uobinson , Christmas week , resulted in ills being bound over to the district court for trial. The evi dence showed that Miles made threats against Stance , that ho purchased n revolver on the day of the murder and deliberately planned the crime. A searching investiga tion now being made will probably lead to other arrests. _ _ Tlio Itcnnult IlclrH. PiTTsncno , Jan. 20. About fifty members of the .Renault . Heirs' association met in Rochester , Pa. , to-day for the purpose of 'urthcring their plans for tlio prosecution of their claims as heirs of Philip Francis Hc- nault , owner of a Jargo tract of hind in west ern Illinois and eastern Missouri in the vi cinity of Peorln , I1J. Do Iicssops Issues a Circular. PAHIS , Jan. 20. Do Lcssops has Issued a circular iu which ho says ho is prepared to appeal to the public with u olass of bonds ivmg the fullest guarantees , but ho declines to accept the governments' decision refusing him authority. to issue lottery loans. Ho urges the shareholders to request the deputies to hring the uiatter before the chamber for'a public inquiry. The I'niininn lottery Squelched. PAUIS , Jan. 20. The Journal des Dcbats states thai the ministers camp toaunnnimous decision at to-day's council to lofuse the ap plication of Do Lcsscps for authority to issue lottery loans for aiding the construction of the Panama canal. As a' consequence , Panama cami ) shares toward the close of business on'the bourse fell 25 francs. AV111 Appeal o the Country. WIXXHTO , Man. , Jan. 20. Premier Green- way has decided to appeal to the country and bring on a general election. Tills is duo to Norquay's intention to onposc the re-election of the new ministers. Proceeding" to K.vtradite Benson. EW YOHK , Jim , 20 , Extradition proceed ings against Charles IJcnson , the swindler who victimized the Mexicans by selling bogus Patti tickets , were began to-day before United States Commissioner " Lymau and con tinues ono week , ColinflcldMakes a Settlement. NEW YouK-Jnn , 20 , It was announced yesterday that a settlement between Isador Cohnfeld and his creditors had been com pleted. Ho has been granted an extension and is to pay his creditors in full iu four years. Iowa Freight Rates. CHICAGO , Jim. 20. At the western freight agents' mooting to-duy the demands of inte rior Jobbing points in Iowa for the same con cessions made to Mississippi river points was considered and a revision of rates made to meet the demands , The Florence Incident Settled. KOMI : , Jan. 20. The Tribuna announces that the Florence Incident has been settled. The Italian praetor will bo reduced and the French consul reproved by his goveinincnt. . . . . Tlio KnlKhth or Pythias. CINCINNATI , January 20. Howard Doug lass , supreme chancellor of the worldKnights of Pythias , btates that the next , meeting of the grand lodgeof tno United States will beheld held in Cincinnati. Moro Money Needed. HRIII.IN , Jan. 20. Supplementary esti mates , under the government military bill , already largely exceed the 200,000,000 marks recently mentioned as thu sum required. Lcland hotel , Chicago. Swearing In Policemen. SiiENANixun , Pa. , Jan. 20. A largo num ber of coal and iron police are being sworn inhere hero and it is regarded as an indication that the company Is going to force the working of some of Us colliers by massing protection for the men. Children Cry for Pitcher's ' Castoria. When Baby was IcV , wo cave her Cagtoria. Wbfn she WM a ChtlJ , she cried for Castoria , cu she became Sllis , she clung to. Castoria , V.TJ c n Eho had Children , nhe gavu Uioci Castorta. ' STATE K , OF L ASSEMBLY , GIoso of a Very Successful Session of That Body. THE NEW OFFICERS ELECTED. Iron-Clad ARrpcineiitH In Koruo In Oninhii Denounced General Mna- toi- Workman 1'owilcHy Un- tlorseil Other Ituslncss Done. Stnto Assembly K. of I * . The State assembly of tlio Knights of Labor cntnc to a eloso yesterday , niter a very successful session. The following olllccrs wore olcctcil for the ensuing year : Master Wohmnn Hub- buid , of Iteiitricu ; worthy foreman , .Tunics Allan , Omaha ; S. K. C. , Dr. Luvciulor , Omaha ; treasurer , George Hcinpstcad , 1'or- tnl ; executive board Oebrgo HlnekLlncoln ; Dennis OaleyCrookston ; V. K. .loucs , To- cunisuh ; Con Lynch , OniuhuV. ; . H. Hoyt , Puplllion. A number of lniiortnnt | Questions were dis cussed , but the action taken was not miido liubllc , except upon these niculloncd4 in this report. Considerable attention was devoted to the contract which every workman hi Swift's packing house , It seems , is required to sign bcforo beliii ? permitted to work. The contract or utfi cement sets forth the work at which the employe Is to be engaged and the wages which ho is to be paid , blanks In the agree ment being left for the Insertion of the name of the applicant , the kind of work Jio is to perform and the per diem ho Is to receive for the same. It Is stli > - ulotod tlmt hi consideration of the peculiar nature ot the business of the first party ( Swift & Co. ) , the applicant agrees that ho will not quit the service without two week * ' notice to said llrit party of his intention to dose so , and ns n guarantee of his faithful pcr- formunco of this agreement , the applicant agrees to deposit with Swift fc Co. , the sum of i > ' ) i ) . In uusc of a violation of tills ugreer ment by the applicant , Swift ft Co. may ro- tuln said 20 as liquidated damages , in satis faction and payment of all damages by thorn sustained. It is further agreed that Swift & Co. shall retain WO every week of the wages eurnod by tlic employe until the sum of 20 shall bo in their hands , to bo held by them according to the terms of agreement. It is stipulated also that Swift & Co.jnay retain the employe In employment only so long as satisfactory to them. The assembly also considered the applica tion and contract , in homo respects similar , and now in force with the Cubic Tramway company. In these the applicant must make n written statement relating to the position he desires ; also agcj place of birth ; married or single ; name of parents , their resilience ; mine of nearest relative or .friend ; residence of same ; whether or not there are persons do- ending on the applicant for support ; what dud of business the applicant has been en gaged in ; how long he 1ms resided hi Omaha ; lis last residence elsewhere ; name of. last em- iloyer ; wliy the smue was left by applicant ; whether applicant over worked on steam rail roads , street railroads of Omaha , street rail- oads of any other place , and if soia \ name of the road ; how long each position was held ind the reason for leaving the same ; whether applicant has ever been discharged by any employer ; if so , by whom and the reason .hcrofor ; whether the applicant uses intox- cating liquors and wishes to remain > cnmuiently on the road. It also shows that otters of recommendation initAt bo given witli this application and remain on file while the man is in the employ of the cotn- > any. Decides there must be given the mines and residences of six people as refer ences. The contract is a detailed one. It recites : hat after having boon reported upon us eom- ictcnt the employe shall bo assigned to duty ivhich shall be continued as long as employ ment may offer on the cars of the company or until terminated as will appear later. The employe is to faithfully pcrlorm all the duties of the position , bo boUnd by the present rules and those which , later may bo made by the company. Ho is , if acting as conductor , to see that all passengers getting on or Off the cars are .safely received or discharged before starting the cars ; to use the alarm register and consider the indicator as the rneaus of showing the number of fares collected , unless said indicator should bo out of order : See that the indicator is not tampered with while" in iiis possession ; to pay for'dimage to or loss of the register. If n gripman , he is to bo re sponsible for all property in hiS ehUTfrc * Isoth conductors and brakeiuen ttiay b6 dis charged , on any day or at any houu by cither written or verbal notice from the 'company or its superintendent , without Stath.it ? iiny cause for such discharge. These njeu may sever their connection with the company by giving seven days' notice in writing to' the superintendent. During these poVen flays the company shall have the use , ot , it&tantiou , of such services a the conductor or bruko- man has theretofore performed , under pen alty of non-performance thereof , of the for feiture of the deposit hereinafter referred to , and the payment of all loss to whichIt' maybe bo subjected if such loss shall exceed the amount of deposit , unless the man is physi cally unable to perform sucli services and shall produce satisfactory evidence to that effect. In case of a breach of any of the con ditions of this agreement , , the employe shall bo liable to the company for loss or damage sustained by it , whether the same could be reasonably anticipated or not. The seventh proviso of the contract distinctly avows that the object of the contract is to protect the Cable Tramway company from loss of any kind , cittier through injury to its prop erty , business or claims for damages to third parties for which the company may become responsible through the negligence , inahce , unskillfulncss or dereliction of duty on the part of the employe. The latter is expected to guarantee to pay the company any damages that may occur through sUcli causes. He is expected to deposit fJ.1 with the company and guarantco that if- said amount , or any portion of it , or any wages which may become duo to him , shall bo re quired for the purpose of meeting any claims for which ho may become liable under this contract , then the company is authorized to take out of such deposit ( if the wages are not sufficient ) whatever amount is required to meet such demand and apply the ' same toward the liquidation of such claims. When the employe leaves the service the 535 de posited , or so much of it as may remain free Irom liability , will bo returned to him. With reference to these contracts and agreements , the assembly adopted the fol lowing : To the Workingmen of the State of Ne braska : We , the representative doleiratcs to the state assembly. 1C. of L. , convened In the city of Omaha , January 10 , IbSS , having learned of the introduction of two iron-clad agreements now in use by two corporations In the above named city and South Omaha , vis. : Swift's packing house and the Cable Tramway company , do protest against tlio said iron-clad agreement , and declare our purpose to bo the moral , social and physical and economic welfare of our fellowmen and their prosperity and advancement. We de clare our right to lessen the burden of labor as mucli as possible , that the hard ships of the toiler may bo ameliorated. Wo declare our right to protect ourselves from every danger that may threaten or im pair our usotulness , Wo declare that self- preservation is the first law of nature and that wo nro justified in availing ourselves of ever.\ lawful means at our disposal to protect and defend ourselves against injustice and oppression in any and every form and therefore - fore justified In forming organizations having that end lit view. We , therefore , request the aforesaid cor- . poratlons to withdraw these Iron-clad agree ments on or before tlio 1st day of March , otherwise wo will use every lawful Mid le gitimate moans at our disposal to compel them to comply. Resolved , That this state assembly of the Knights of Labor of Nebraska now in ses sion at Omaha fully endorses our beloved general master workman , T. V. Powdcrly , and general executive board In all thqir actions pertaining to the faithful discharge of their duties , and further that wo sympa thize with our general officers for their con servative action and manly fortitude when assailed by the twin evils monopoly and anarchy , Kesolved , Further that every delegate present sign these resolutions and that a copy bo transmitted to Brother 1'owdorly and that tb'Jy be given to the press for pub lication , AMOXO AM. THE SCHOOLS. Whereas , Our present school law , author * ? lng towns and cltfeslo retain and apply to heir special school' fiuMl. all fines and licen ses imposed and colleHcd within their cor- xirato limits , is a ( jVuVft Injustice , Inasmuch is it diverts the fumlsyfrom where they nro nest needed , ( the 'mor and less populous country school districts ) , to the opulent city districts ; and Whereas , The Infrnt'of the law Is that the icenscs should act asn corrective of the evil nlluenco of obnoxiinf < v { raffle ; and as residents of the country are rMrA-d , contaminated and lebauched by the " ( Whs. " saloons and other baiting places of corporate commerce , it is only pure Justice thai the compensating Influ ence and benefit of 'the lines and licenses should extend to tliti'country ' schools ; there- foiebelt * " > Resolved , That we use every honorable and awful means to hart Ihp law so amended as to have all ilnes iinrt'tirrtises ' , constituteii general - oral country school fund to bo npiwrtloned imong all the school districts of the county , as the stale school fund Is riow apportioned. OTiimi IAWS. Whereas. Wo are convinced that the best interests of the pcoplu will bo subserved by : he enactment of laws for the following spec ified pur | > osc3 : Therefore bo It Uesolved , Tlmt.our best efforts bo directed ( o this end ) 1. That the state establish under n wise management , a public library of boohs treat ing of ) Mlitical economy , labor , agriculture , horticulture , forestry and kindred topics. 'J. That the mortgagee l > c compelled to pay the tuon the sum stipulated in the mort gage , and that said Bum be deducted from the assessed ptopcrty valuation of the mortgage. U. That railroads as now owned and con trolled bo assessed and taxed at one-third ( % ) their nominal sleek or bonded value. 4. That the commissioner of the United States general land office bo requested and compelled to issue patents to homesteaders and pro-emptors more promptly than hereto fore ; and that the attention of the horde of detectives and spies bo directed from the leer actual settlers to the corporate thieves who nro stealing millions of acres of the choicest irortlons of the public domain. 1IUUIO\I > S AXI ) TRI.UOHAl'lt. Whereas , the functions of tlio state , while irotectlng its own interests , Is not to harrass jr suppress legitimate enterprise or impede .ho morally legitimate acquisition of capital , : mt rather to encourage the one and protect : he other ; and , Whereas , the privilege and right of the state to fix rates for railroads and telegraph lines carry with them the duty md obligation to recompense or reimburse these to whom its Injudicious authority and dictation might cause unjust loss ; therefore be it Resolved , That wo demand the state gov ernment to assort and define , by the enact ment of the necessary laws , Its inherent and proprietary rights and ownership in all rail roads and telegraph lines within its borders ; and nil its right ! ) and franchises and privil ege as co-ordinate with these of the nominal owners , or stockholders ; that it have equal representation in all boards of directors and : natmgement of said railroads and telegraph lines , and that the state guarantee and secure : o its co-partners , the stockholders , a four tor cent dividend on the amount of cash ictually invested , not in stock certificates but ,11 , said railroads and telegraph lines , and if ; hc earnings of said lines nt the rates fixed jy the state should exceed said 4 per cent lividend then the surplus to be applied to : hc state school fund. A KAUX.YM BTHKET Tlio Lytlo IJIook Badly ' Damaged By Pirc Lii'st Night. About 1 o'clock this morning flames were discovered bursting tint"of tliorcar end of the Lytlo block on Farnam between Eleventh ' and Twelfth streets. The fire department were summoned and the lire was found to DC in all three stories ! ] It had started in the rear of the second story and was probably caused by the steamJailer used to furnish motive power to the presses of IClojip & liartlett's printing bftlce. It spread : o the thiru floor , "ujed by the Omaha Uusiness college , and to the first leer occupied by Adler & Heller , wholesale iquor dealers. The firemen had some trouble with frozen hose , but , succeeded in getting : he flames under control in a short time , riie.lloors and walls oT the three stories were DOUly burned , and considerable damage was done by water and smoke. There was a large stock of tobacco on the thst floor , which was1 uadly water-soaked and ruined. There was also some breakage of bottled goods. In the second story the paper and card stock of IClopp & liartlctt was spoiled , be sides considerable of the typo hi .he cases and on the stones being "pied. " In the third story the damage was confined mainly to stationery , eh a Ira and desks. The damage to the building will probably reach $1 , < )00 ) , but Is fully covered with insurance. The loss of Adler & Heller was not known to Mr. Adler , who visited the store an hour after the lire , being summoned from his residence by n messenger boy. Ilo said that his partner kept tlio books. This makes the third time that fire has been dis covered in the building. M'CimUY 'VS. 1MUXCE. Preparation for n Orent Kacc Between These Two Noted Killers. H.A.Penrose received a draft for $3,000yes terday morning from -Thomas Rowe , of Chic- agofor a bicycle race between C. C. McCurdy and Jack S. Prince. The race is to bo cither live or ten miles and within doors for the whole $ i,000 , or any part thereof. Negotiatiatlons have boon going on for some weeks between Air. Rowe and Prince's backer a wealthy business man of this city and an understanding arrived at that some sort of a race would bo made , Rowe was apprised Of this fact , and yester day Mr. MeCurdynndhMrainor , Fred Hill ings the Chicago oarsman , arrived in this city. Hillings has rented room 4 in the Odd Fellows' building , * Fourteenth and Dodge , for training quarters and to-day is engaged in moving a gymnasium outllt into the samoasMcCurdy will bo put to work immediately. It will bo a grc.it race , and excite much interest throughout the country. McCurdy is the champion star rider ot the country , while Prince was never in * better trim , or more anxious to tackle a good man than ho is just now. Personal. E.Mosicr , of Edgar , Neb. , is at the Paxton. L. A. Garner , of DCS Monies , Iu. , is at the Paxton. G. H. Saltcr , of Burlington , la. , is at the Millard. .1. Nafe , of Grand Island , Neb. , is nt the Millard. C. H. Elicit , of Chardon , Neb. , is at the Millard. F. E. Hear. , of Fort Dodge , la. , is at the Millard. George E. Ewe , of Walnut , la. , Is at the Windsor. ' E. F. Caslunan , of Led Valley , Neb. , Is at the Millard. t' ' " ' W P. Townscnd , of Sal. Joseph , Mo. , is at the Millard. John W. Hoffman , of/iLlneoln , Neb. , is at " the Millard. . , t Hugh Chittick , jr. , 6f'Fremont , Neb , , is at the Millard. 11 H. C. Keller , of Lcavonworth , Kan. , is nt the Paxton. " ' * Miss M. Meyer , of Chfcago , is registered at the Paxton. ' W. E. Heuch , of Nprtjh Platte , Neb. , Is at the P.ixton. , E. L. Reed , of Weeping Water , Neb. , is at the Paxton. , t Nilon Anderson , of Davenport , Nob. , Is at the Windsor. ' ' Mrs. J. Y. Altchison , or Hastings , Nob. , is ut the Millard. ' ; , ' ( Messrs. Anna Colwell"of darks , Neb. , Is at the Windsor. C. A. Earnest , of the United States army , is at the Paxton. Messrs. C. and P. McCaully , of Kearney , Neb. , arc at the Windsor. Mrs. M , A. Rambolt and daughter , of Nor folk , Neb. , are at the Paxton. Messrs. George C. Hall and William N. Ashton , of Lincoln , arc at the Windsor. Charles Barker , the American elinm- jiiou cliockur-nlnyor , is now nhiying a iiuituh with Murtiiu , the English chain- pion , in Glasgow Wyllio , the cham pion of the world , is ivbsont in New Xeahuid. In E'.iglmul tlioro is tv society con ducted by Indies for the promoting of long scrvlco among bervunts. Valuable nro given. WESTERN PHASES OF LIFE , Incidents of a Trip Across the Continent A DEAD MINING TOWN. An I ntortnlninonl lii the Prevailing Style Fret ! anil Uusy TrentiniMit of Chlne-ie Popular Young Lady Wlio Had Shot n Man. Nov } York Sun ! No one brought to the train blindfolded and then not al lowed to look out of the windows at the passing scenery could Imvo perceived from the looks of the passengers in the Pullmnn cars it n y reason for thinking that ho might not bo on it train hotwcun I3oston and New York or Philadelphia and Washington. Yet It was a 'trans continental train on the northern l'a - eiCic railroad , bowling along through Idaho. One has to look out of the windows dews at the prairie or the Rockies or pass through tlio third-class couches to BOO anything peculiar about a railroad journey across the continent. Tt was afternoon when the card entered Idaho , but the sun was not too low to gild the rolling scenery and reveal these treasures of wild llowcrs that dotted - ted and splashed the grassy area with ? ay colors. It was growing dusk when the time tables and passengers' watches told that wo were in Montana. Til.ere had been rumors of tlio wash ing away of the trestle , and then to dispel - pol all uneasiness came oUior word that the company had put men lit work all night to construct a new trestle , and so tlio travellers , in discussing the chances of delay , found something in common to use as a means of making acquaint ances ono with another. When the cars halted at Heron thcro was positive news that the interesting trestle ahead was not quite restored , and that thorp would bo a ehancofor all to BOO a typical dead mining town , a place that had enjoyed a boom of tlio first order and then had "petered out , " as they bald. Everybody was eager to embrace the opportunity , and presently the cars were emptied of nil but tlio train crow. Heron was at tlio gateway to the Occur d'Alene mining region , and was tlio point of rendezvous and depaut- uro for the mountain mines in that sea son of deep snow and intense cold when what seemed like all creation sought thoiniucs. failed to find the El Dorado and footed it back , freezing and starv ing to death in great numbers , and giv ing the region a bad name that it has only just recovered from. Heron was therefore well worth seeing. Every one had heard how mining towns spring up , how the. lirst thing to arrive is a billiard table and the next is a piano , with all that a piano implies on tlio bor der. And , by tno way , the billiard table stands tor a volume also , for it is tbo nu cleus around which is dove-loped tlio hotel , exchange , gambling saloon and general loafing place of the new com munity. In the building and on the table , which serves for a stage , tl < o p'ay ' of "Hamlet' ' is apt to be presently per formed by tlio lir.st barn-btormtug com pany to vNit the place. Heron consisted of ono sideof ono street , the houses all facing the railroad. They were frame houses , beginning with the village bar room , the only one loft of many that once enlivened the place. Then came a Htorohout-o or two , showing signs of ubcfulnes-s , in one of which goods were for sale , and in another of which a white family was living. After these were many vacant houses moro twoLstory boxes , tenantlessf with barred doors and gaping windows above rotting stoops. One of these builtlinirs had fallen in nt the top , and looked about as a silk hat does when U has been thrown out in tbo street and run over by numberless ve hicles. . These melancholy houses bore such sigu as "Brewery , " "Opera house , " ' Mat Cool's Retreat , " ami the like. Then came five or six of the houses in which in all probability pianos word ) once the centres of merriment ; but , alas , these were now tenanted by Chinamen and Chinese women. Play ing cards by the thousand littered the ground on all sides. These who were familiar with the country entered the Chinese quarters without knocking , just a a policeman would enter a Chi naman's quarters in Molt street , and as white men intrudo.upon these peaceful folk everywhere on the continent , without Urfking leave or meeting with anything more than a grunt or a "liowdo ? " - This free and easy mode of treating the Cliinene contrasted strangely with the gossip of the region , which was to the effect that if a Chinaman should be caught in the neighborhood of the Cii-ur d'Aleuo mines he would bo bhot , and that warning to tlmlofleet had been given to the Chinese. Soon after I reached New York I had occasion to recall this gossip on reading of tlio mysterious slaughter of bomothiiig like forty Chinamen in bomoChinese mining camps along the Snake river in Idaho. Every foiv days the bodies of Chinamen , bearing shot and knife wounds , floated down the stream. But I should add that I saw no disorderly conduct any where , nor did I see an" armed man on the entire jourjioy. The genial inhabitants of Heron , through taken by surprise by tills train load of visitors , at once bet about enter taining tflcm with a prize light. They said they wore not equal to anything else. They had no theater , church or ballroom , but they did happen to possess a stout , now twonty-foui-Ioot prize ring and n young follow citizen whoso mod esty did not prevent his boasting that ho could lick anything , white or black , in Heron. All that was asked of the visitors was that they should raise a pur o to be offered as a prize , and , to prevent thu affair being monotonous , that one of tlio train load should lick the Heron Terror if ho could. This was certainly a novel proposition to a lot of travelers who could not bo distinguished from effete eastern folks. But there was nothing to do in Heron except to do as the Herons did , and bo ono of the Pullman porters , who had the air of a Thomson street razor bearer , was prevailed - vailed upon to stand up to the Huron Terror. Until the purse which was being made up amounted to 91f > tlioro was nothing further from his mind , apparently , than lighting ; but when ho hoard that f-o much money as that had boon raised ho became solf-as- hortivo , and said ho "t'ought lie could do up dnt dar chicken" meaning the Terror. The ring was pitched and the battle begun , the local gin aollor acting as stake-holder , ringmaster and backer of the Terror. The mosquitoes drove the reporter of thu Sun into his beat in the foremoit Pullman , where ho had the society of the silent porter of that car , who made up tlio beds with utter indifference to what was going on , in plain bight of the windows , in the prize ring. Suddenly tlioro burst into the coach a very pretty and gay voting woman with the air of a sprightly and newly made bride , and a stiowlncss of attire that would have ruus-od Solomon to forget about the lilies and take another simile in his ro- v v L As Different as Black from As illiroiont as lihirk from wlilto nio the CMTI- citiiA lKMiiiis ( : from nil other remedies for thu treatment of ilNeases ot the skin , fcc.ilp ami blood , with loss of hair. CtrrictniA , thegient skin cure , and CIJTICIMIA SoAi-.un exquisite skliibeautlllir.pii'pixied fiom It , externally , and Cimciuu ItKsoi.vc.Nr , the now blood puilller , internally , are a loilttvc euro for every form of skin and blood dheuso. from pimples to scrofula. CUTIUUIIV ItKMr.iur.s uio the gieatest medi cines on earth. Mud the worst case of fc.ut Ithuum in thu country. My mother hud It twen ty years , and In fact died fiom It. I bellovo Cll- TICUIU would have mx\ed her lite. Jiy urms , breast and hoiul were co\cred for three j oars , which nothing relived or cured until I Inul used the cuTictniA | [ oi.vr.NT , fnteinally , and t'im- tt'HA and CL'TICUHA So M1 , externally , J. W. ADAMS. Newark , O. VourCUTicuiiA HuMii : > ir.s performed n wonderful - dorful cure last summer on ono of our custom- eis , nn old gentleman ot seventy yeuv.s of nge , whosutreied with a font fully distressing outp- tlon on his hs.ul and faee , and who had tried all remedies and doctors to no purpose. J. .SMITH , VCO. . , Tetnrkana , Ark. CUTICUIIA ItKMBiiiKMiiro absolutely pure , and the only fnfiilllblo Bklubotiutltleis mid blood purlflor.s. t O Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases , " 01 pages , W ) lllu > itratlonsniid _ ll ) testimonials. MI'LlS , blackheads , chapped and oily skin prevented by Cimcua v M r.incATKli So U- . marks upon dress could he have lived to sec her. "Now , I tell you what it is , " she said to the porter , "if I can't have a lower I don't take none at all , tl'yo uiulcstantli1 Lot mo know rifjht off , and if I can't { jot a lower I'll po back to tlio hotel. " Tlio porter paid her no moro attention than if she had boon a intito and ho had been a lo < j of wood. Therefore she re peated her firm intention to return to the hotel at the sympathetic face of the reporter , who. not knowing whatolso to ay , remarked that the conductor would bo in presently , but was at the moment engaged in witnessing the prixe light. "Where ? " she asked , and at the same instant perceived the crowd on the Hold close by. "Well , for the land's sake1 ! she ox- claimcd , her big brown eyes distending , and her plump and pretty face lighting up witli extreme pleasure. "A scrnp- pm' match , oh ? Who's in it ? Niggers ? Uli , a nig and a white fuller. My , you don't say so ? A scrappin' match , oh ? Oli , that's immense. How long they been lighting ? Who got it up ? Who's tlio nig ? I buy , mister " And hero she laid her pudgy little dimpled , brownish hand on the roper > tor's knee and look in his face appeal- iugly. "Would you just V ) Hove run out and keep mo posted who's aho.ul ? I'm just dying to know how that there scrappin' match is gittin' on. " . The rojmrtur , hidebound witli tlio false eivilation of tlio east , sat still and wondered how best to disoblige her gracefully- tlio mosquitoes were hungry and the task was peculiar. "Oh , excuse me ; you're a stranger , ain't you ? " she said , and then put up \\io \ \ window and bawled "Johnny , " until a boy came perspiring to the side of the car. car."Johnny , " said the beauty , "you just keep mo up on that scrappin1 match ; 'd'ye understand ? Want to hoar about it every round. Is the nigger ahead ? lie is , bli ? Well , run along , Johnny , and keep mo posted. Oh , my ain't it immense ? " News from tlio match came slowly. Johnny did not report , and she had dilllcuit work to see through the gather ing gloom. Therefore she soon turned to the reticent porter and desired him to understand once for nil though she repeated this again and again that she must have a lower berth or go back to the hotel. "I duniio nuthin' 'bout ycr berth , " said the porter , "sit down and bo good. " Never was woman moro surprised since the accident to Lot's wife. She looked tlio porter up and down indig nantly. Little as I know of the country , I had gathered enough to perceive that , sueli an answer to a woman in a land where there are practically no women at all was a novelty. I suspected that the porter hailed from the Atlantic coast , so undeservedly blessed with an overplus of women , and lie told mo I was right , afterward. Presently the conductor came in a typical far-west ern conductor , with waxed mustache and hair brought forward over his ears. "Conouetor , " f > aid the woman , "if I can't have a lower " "Ah , good afternoon , madam ; step tills way , madam , " said this gallant of- licial , bowing like a dancing master. "I'll take good care of you , madam. Stop this way , madam. " Ho led her to what is variously called tlio stateroom , tlio private compartment or the bridal chamber. lie saw her in with a bow , and tlien shut tlio door and fhut himself in with her. It was at least half an hour later that ho reap peared in the public- part of the coach. In tlio meantime tlio porter grinned from ear to ear and laughed to him&elf with a noise like escaping steam. After that , for nearly two days , this smiling pretty woman was the queen of the company. Most of the time she wit in her little compartment receiving the homage of the men. It was pretty to see how attentive they were to her and how very correct , according to their standards , was their behavior toward her. They could not have paid Vic toria more deference and would not have paid her so much. When thectiri stopped they leaped oil , and while some gathered ( lowers for her , others bought the newspapers , and each man spent from llftcon minutes to half an hour with her , proud of having bin devotion witnessed by the men and women of the rest of tlio car , for her door was alwavs open , At times she went out upon tlio back platform and smoked a cigarette or two , very dalntly , but like a well- trained victim of tlio vice. At all limes her merry laughter and her Hinilo- wreathcd tuco tilled the very souls of us onlookers as with sunshine. Ono of these newspapers whose , daily I have been mulcted isince last Match with skin disease the doctors called llczemh. My fnca was covered with scabs and sores , nnd the Itelilug nnd binning ; were utmost nnbenrnble. Seeing } our COTict'liv IIUMinnrs so highly rec ommended , concluded te ghe them n trial , using thu Cl'TlcuiiA and Ciniiinn \pp\tuiimlly , uud Kr.soi.VKMInteumU ) , for four months. I call iu.self cined , In giutltude for which I nmlco this pubic .statement , MIIS. I'bAUA A. ritr.wmirK. Iliond Ilrook , Conn. 1 mu t extend to > ou the thanks of ono of my custniiu-iM , who has been cuiid , by U'-Ing thu CtrnriMi \ ltr.Mitnis : : , of an old sore , runted by u long spell of sickness or feor eight years uno Ho was so bad lie wnn feat fill he would. ) m\o to have his leg amputated , lint Is lmpp.to say ho Is now t-ntlK-ly well , h und as H dollar. Ilo requests - quests me to me his name , which Is II. 11 OAS- so.v , Meichant , of this pl.uo. ' JOHN V. MIXOII , MuiRRUt , ( lahHboro , Tenii. H. K. Carpenter. IlendeiMm , N. V. , cured of IVoiIiiiIs or I.epiosy , of twenty years' standing , by CimruiiA Kr.Mr.im H , the most wonderful cine on lecord. A ( ln tp infill of scales fell fiom hlmdiilly Physicians mid blx friends thought lie must die. Fold everywhere. l'r ! < e , Cimrtm V , fij'e ; So U- , ! ! . " ) c ; Hisoivi : : > T , M. 1'iep.iivd by tlio I'OTTKII DlllIO A.MlUllKMICAI.Co. , llostilll , Ma--1. " 3 khi and Scalp piesei veil nnd benntl- fled by CUTII inn MI.IIUATII ; : > Sot p. issue the train met was published at Helena , and contained under startling lieao lines a telegraphic account of how , owing to tlio outcry made by "a green young woman" who had been decoyed to the town in question , the mayor or district attorney had served warrants upon something like a do/on Icmulo proprietors of resorts in the town His- marck , 1 think it was. The business men were represented ns being filled uith sympathy for tlio unfortunate fail- ones. "The houses are in full blast nnd crowded with sympathizing friends of the prisoners , " the despatch announced. Further information pictured the pris oners as haying every kind attention in the jail , while petitions for their release were being circulated and were receiv ing inllueiitial signatures in tlio busi ness circles of the city. "It seems strange to see you so atten tive to her , " the reporter said to one of his companions on tlio train. He re ferred , of course , to tlio lady enthroned in the bridal chamber , "Bless you , " tlio oilier replied , "sho ain't no ordinary sort of woman. Why , don't you know who she is ? Do you re member passing through Spokane Kails , that rustling town in the Big Bond country ? Well , she's just been acquitted in a trial for killing a man there. She has told me all about it. Bless you , blip wouldn't hurt a lloa , 'not willingly. Shoas _ about to retire , and , it seems , there's a staircase outside the house where this occurred , and just as she was going to her room a htnmgcreomo up those outer stairs and into the house and made a grab at her. She rushed into her room , nnd then lie made- grab at another .veiling lady , and this lady hero come outof her room with a pistol , meaning to just brandish it and scare him. It went oil and ho died. She tells mo . she feels dreadful bad whenever she thinks ot it. Well , they 'quitted her , of course. One curious thing about it was that it's never dis covered who she killed. JI a dieJ a stranger and was hurried a stranger to till in Spokane Falls. " Fell Among Wr.i.i.svn.Li : , O. , Jan. 20. [ Special Telegram - gram to the Hii : : . ] Samuel Skirt , eighty years old , was found dead in his barn yard near this place lust night. He had gone out to feed the stock , ami being very feeble , it is supposed ho fell , when he1 was pounced upon by tlio tiogs nnd almost torn Iti pieces. Ho wns hardly recognizable when found. A Spanish l-Ivpcilll ion. LONDON , Jan 20. - It Is stated that Spain is organizing an expedition for Morocco , to con- Hist of ST ! > ,000 men. A house in lloundstiteh , London , was burned lust nignt and four 1'oitugucso lost their lives. lllekH-ltcaeli LONDON , Jan. 20. Sir Michael llicks-Hcacli to-day denied that thcro had been any change In his opinions on the Irish ijucsliou. It would bo u great mlstaUu to hand lichmd tea a system of home rule such as ( Jhulstono pro posed. _ Hood's Sursuparilla cures catarrh by expelling impurity from the blood , which is tlio cause of the complaint. Give it a trial. _ _ Yesterday the receipts of tbo Internal revenue office amounted to $ lllUO.fJ7. ( DYSPEPSIA Causes Us victim * to bo miserable , hopeless , confused , and denroswl In mind , very Irrita ble , languid , and drowsy. It is a dlscaso which docs not get well 01 Itself. It KMjulros careful , persistent attention , and a remedy to throw oil the causes and tone up the dlgcs- ll\o organs till they perform thtlr duties willingly. Hood's Harsapaillla has proven Just the required icmcdy In hundreds ot cases. " I have taken Hood's Samparllla for dys pepsia , from which 1 have suITeicd two yeari. 1 tried many other medicines , but none procd fa satisfactory as Hood's Kirsaparllla. " THOMAS COOK , Drush Klcctrlc J.Iuht Co. , Hew York City. Sick Headache 'Tor the rast two J'caM I lmvo 1)rcn ) anuucd with fe\ero headache * and ilyspcp- Ela. 1 was Induced lo try Hood's HiiBapa- lill.i , and ha\o found Kreat K-lief. I cheer , fully recommend It to all , " Mas. K. 1' . A.v.vAlii.r. , Ne" ' Ha > cn , Conn. Mrs. Mary C. Smith , CninhrlilRCport , MRS * . , and sick head was a sufferer Irom dyspepsia ache. Kho took Hcoil's Barsaparllla nnd found It Iho lest remedy khe ever used. Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold by all ( JniBBliK l i Rl * f"r $5- Mail * only by C. I. IIQOO & CO. , Lowell , Mass. IOO Doses Ono Dollar.
