BMir 5lSnCAY.ilA'llOH4 12 , 1888. MOTHERHOOD HEN AROUSED They Demand the Recall of the Bur- llhfftbn Scabs. A GENERAL STRIKE THREATENED rnclflo Men Will Do Nothing Until After tliollcarliiRTo-Day Burlington Trnlni Uuii- nliiff Irregularly. Tlio Brotherhood's Demands. NtwYoRK , March 11. A meeting with closed doors of delegates from different local assemblies throughout tlio United States of the brotherhoods of engineers and firemen was held in Tammany hall to day. About - eighteen hundred delegates , representing 20,000 engineers ami firemen , were present. The situation on Iho Burllngloji road was explained by ono of the strikers and then a solution , was adopted as follows : iKeaolvcd , That wo , as law abiding citlrcns of the United States , declare - clare to Iho railway managers who Jiavo been secretly aiding mid abetting tlw . . Burlington road with n view to defeating the l Itist demands o ( Its old engineers and firemen 'Jiy sending them incompetent and Irresponsi ble persons as engineers and firemen , thereby endangering the public safety , that if they do riot withdraw said men from the service of BaJd company , We , as Individuals , wilLunoour own discretion about remaining in their em ploy after a certain date. Wo do not say to the managers of certain railroads connecting with the Burlington 1 that they shall notjtsxchnngo tranic for being aware of the duties of common carriers , wo do n6t propose to interfere with the laws governing the same , but as Individuals wo recommend that each and every engineer nnd fireman in the employ of such n connect ing road or system URO his own individual judgment as to whether It will bo to his In terest to remain in the employ of such rail roads offer a certain date. The resolutions further pledge moral and financial support to the strikers nndcundomn. the .action bf the Burlington road as mean , penurious and worthy of the contempt of all fair minded men. It is declared tmt the Burlington road is positively misrepresenting its present condition. Thanks nro extended" to certain managers of railroads connecting with the Chicago , , Burlington & Qulnoy for klndncssca already ttfektcnded ; to managers _ of the roads who liavo given'tho ' men the assurance of favor- "nblo consideration- ; to tholr friends of the press , pulpit and elsowhorc. It is recom mended that engineers and lircmcn call a bpccial session of their respective grand con ventions to bo hold ut Chicago at an early ' -date. date.Arthur Arthur Proud of tlio Brotherhood. f CHICAGO , March 11 : Chlof Englner Arthur ealdto un Associated press icportor this , Afternoon that ho considervd tha decision of the lown railroad commissioners eminently fair nnd impartial. Ho also thought the letter of 'Governor Larrabeo to President Perkins , of the Bur line ton , would be com mended by the traveling public and tha pub- > Jlc generally. * ' ' ' - l4The governor , after a'thorough investiga tion , " said he , "has fouiul there is something to arbitrate , the Burlington ofllciats to the contrary 'notwithstanding , ancl has advised tr- the president qf tlio Q accordingly. "J * " "As to the situation having been narrowed Ptflown to a game at 'freeze out , ' " continued Mr. Arthur , "it. remains to bo seen how long "the directors'nnd stockholders will sustain the present bankrupt policy of manS - S ( ngomcnt a policy with no sufilclcnt cause. f'For ourpartwo are confident the brother hood can stand it longer than the nwnors of , the road -v\u ! bo. willing to sanction. Our adVices - Vices are-that but SO par cent of the usual local business is being done , and no titrough .business. The Burlington members of the ! t brotherhood will bo sustained by the cntiro * organization Just ns long as the tnen'wish or require help , and that is certainly lonegr than the Q can go on without freight or fast pas- iBOiiger trains. ' "Nono of the brotherhood have , deserted , " cddcd the chief with evident pride , "and I predict none of flienl will. " The chief then referred to the clause in the constitution of the order inquiring the instant expulsion of any member found intoxicated and notillc.ition to tljo load employing him that ho - was nn uiiflt person to i give charge of an cngino as well as to the other tests of character and said : "During the east fourteen years not a single brother hood engineer over deserted his cngino with out using every possible precaution to save ' the lives of his passengers , nnd the public ivell know ho.w many have dtad ut the post of r duty. I attribute this rcmurkdblo record to the fact that those men are nnd must bo eobcr , skilled , moral. Intelligent men of nerve and principle. In all this the great public ' Uios been bcnetlttcd during the life of the organization. I have only to say further that the nerve of those men has and will bo demonstrated In tbo "Q" strike. t It is understood "that , , to-morrow or next fioy another general conference of grievance ' ' . .committees will bo held for the purpose of ( discuadlng the question of handling Q .freight. . At this meeting the eastern as well ' ns the western roads will bo represented , Eepi esontatlves of the Lake Shore ami Penn- , sylvauia companies' men are already in the city and delegates nro expected to arrive to iinoi row .from the Michigan Central , Haiti i more ft Ohio , Chicago & Eastern Illinois , * Chicago & Grand'U'rnnlc , Chicago & Atlantic , the Nicklo Plato and the Louisville , Now ' Albany & Chicago. It is not expected , un- less something uuloolicd for hapi > cns , that nuy action will bo taken until after the an nouncement of the decision by Judge Greslmm in the case of the WabasH. r - Kverylwdy DisHntlHflcd. Last night anulilorly , dignified appearing > genUemnn with a. well selected and vigorous supply of swearwords to fall back npon when his patience and good nature Is imposed rUpon , gnvo a few samples of his stock in trade nt the Burlington depot , IIo had purchased A ticket for Lincoln , with the expectation of .starting on train 3 , which was scheduled to leave lit 8 p. m. The train not having ma terialized nt that hour , ho pressed his well Developed stomach against the rail of the ticket ofllco and tired a few Interrogatories nt bo ticket seller who peered out through the igratod window , Ujwn being laid thut the S-truln was reported Jlvo hours late frmn'tho "east , and that m all likelihood a few hours moro of delay would bo tacked to it at mid night , tlio old gentleman fumed , swore unij rtjireatoned in a manuor that shocked ( "tUo ladies present , convulsed the men and caused the tiqlu-t seller 13 to seek solace In u far oft corner of the ticket ofuYu , Tlila is getting to bo pretty tough , " were the faint wuids that foil on the curt ) of the iIJuu reporter a few moments later. , Looking about him for the source of this expression , and peering through the gratei window , the eyes of the reporter wcro uie' ' by an emaciated face with sunken and heavy oyoa. The reporter was astounded , and gazed into the wasted features with a qucri some look. "Don't you know mo 1" came the words .in trrniulons nnd uncertain tones , with the addition , "Gun ft bo possible that you do not rccognizo the old friend that lias enabled you ' ' the other times ! ' to 'scoop' papers so many The BRE man was forced to confess that ho did not Identify in his skeleton iutcrlocu tor any ono to whom ho was obligated , aui tlUo wasted form turned sadly to ono side am weakly Belied , "It is sad to bo so sooi .forgotten. " Taking another and morocrilieu Kltinoa i t the abbreviated bulk , the i-eiwrtei Identified It ft * that of 1ho corpulent , liapnj imd good-naturoil man that once greeted hui "with a emilo nud Joke before the strike com menced. Apologies were Quickly In order , nnd the ticket-seller explained that ho feared if tha ptriUo lasted another week ho 'vould bo u ( lead uiun euro , and go Ui his grave witn tha . .record of being tha champion liar of the nineteenth century. He assured the UKU man thut the custJgatiou given by the oh man bound for Lincoln wiia only n smal pamplo of what he had undergone in the las y > iirtxyyi daysf 'Mid aKtldpated that a few bbrqonhO kfnd , < woulncna bl earthly ex- McntW Threporter promised to prftr for hfe deTJveranco , and wont his way. It 'will bo two weeks this morning since ho strike was inaugurated , nnd the Burling- on * ollci ( l continue presenting a froutt thnt is forced. Their rcprcsen- ations that everything is running imoothly Is exaggerated and In the main Un- ruthful. The passenger sprvlco. as far ns concerns Omaha , is gotllng worse nil the time , and the traveling public are beginning to show tholr disfavor. Trains are being run vlthout nn.v respect for scheduled time , nnd heir "flyers" are still kept in abeyance. Business men are also beginning to get. ng- t'ravntcd owing to the uncertainty of the nails , and unless there Is n speedy cnnngo hey propose , it Is said , taking a hand In the disturbance. Lrfist night n train of twenty-five ears ad vertising an eastern fnrminglmplement house > ound for San FrancUco Went over the road , md a west bound freight over , tha Union . 'nciflc had In its make up n number of Bur lington cars. The engineers and firemen of the different roads centering In the city wcro In session .ho greater part of yesterday nt their hall on hocornerof Douglas and Fourteenth streets. What was dono.is n secret thnt could hot bo fathomed by the" reporters , "who , in reply to questions , received the already tiresome response , "nothing thnt the public are inter ested In. " Everything.wnanjovjiigamopthly nt tho'Unlon Puclllc depots and yards Ust night , and there , wcfo no Indications at nn mmcdlate' disruption between the men and , bo company. Tills morning the temporary Injunction granted by Juugo Dundy against the Union L'aclflo ana theiremployes is returnable , and i lively time is anticipated. General J. C. 3owin will appear for the brothoihood. itock Island MBII llooln.ro Themselves. KANSAS Cur , Mo. , March 11. Vice-Grand klostcr Hannahan of the .Brotherhood of [ x > comotivo Firemen arrived hero this after noon and immediately wont into a secret "con- , forenco with S. M. Stevens who has charge of affairs hero. Han'uahnn has , in the past low days visited Denver and points between , there nnd Kansas City. Ho officially ro- > ortcd that ho had found the engineers and Ircmcu of otticr roads determined in tholr stand not to bundle nuy Chicago , Burling ton and Qulney freights. Tho.general grievance cbmmittco of the Dlllcago , Itock Island * ahd Pacific road met icro this afternoon. They' were In session for throe hours , during-which the situation Was thoroughly discussed. No final action was taken. Tlio speeches made wcro. to the effect that If the Hock. Island- touched the jurlingtou freight the engineers and lircuion would lesivo their positions. Slopped Handling "Q" < FrolRht. ST. JLouis , Mo , March 11. All tlio rnll- * oads terminating. In East St. Louis stopped handling Burlington freight at 6 o'clock this evening. This was duo to n resolution odopt- : d nt the meeting ofengineers , firemen and jrakcmeu this afternoon. Twolva roads are affected by the order. ' Governor Adams' Views. DBUVBII , Col. , March 11. Governor Adams , : ii conversation with nn Associated press rev ; > or or to-iilght , regarding Governor Larra- bco's' letter to President Perkins and the decision of the railroad commissioners at-Dcs Moincs yesterday , said : , "I am of thu opin- 'oa , that the decision * of the commissioners upon the nutter bf permitting incompetent ngineers to run passenger trains on the Bur lington road is right and lust. , No man who has not prpven himself fully competent to run a locomotive should' bo permitted to Icopardizo the lives of hundreds of passen gers , as well as the property of the company , uy being put in charge of n train. "Woro my opinion asked ns to the best way to settle the present trouble , I would advino that the ofllcials of Iho "Q" accede at ouca to the demands of the engineers and firemen upon the basis paid these men by other cor porations having as extensive territory as the Burlington. If this is Impossible , then I heartily agree with the ideas of the governor , of lown embodied in his letter to President Perkins , advising n settlement by arbitration immediately , " Ycsterdny nt Lincoln. LINCOLN , Neb. , March 11. [ Suecial Tele gram to the BEE. ] The day in. railroad cir cles has been quiet and uneventful. A re port was in circulation that a monster peti tion was going the rounds and obtaining sig natures , the gist of which was a request to the state board of transportation that it tuko action similar to that taken by the Iowa commissioners and ascertain whether or not the Burlington road is employing engineers that are competent nnd who instiro safety to the traveling public. The recent wreck on the A. & D. N. line arid the wreck in the Burlington yards hero , in addition to the fact that nn experienced switchman was killed on duty while working with nn engineer of six days' experience are facts sufllclent In them selves to call for a strict and rigid invcstiga tion. tion.Several Several visiting engineers from Iowa and Illinois were in the city today and in the morning talked to the members of the broth erhood. EYotn an examination during their trip to this city they assorted that not over one-half of the places made vacant -when the men quit had been filled and these thut had been filled were filled in a majority of cases with men totally unfit to handle trains. Sat in clay afternoon it was reported nt the hall thut cngino 20 had dropped its crown sheet and thu special train made up of disabled on- pines that was forwarded to the shops at Pluttsmoutu caused a great deal of discussion among the men Another special of this character it was loported would bo made up to go east after night. The brotherhood put In the greater part of the afternoon attending thu prohibition meeting in i espouse to a cor dial Invitation extended them by Bishop Skinner who had the meeting in charge. Trouble "With Unglnes. Lour CiTr , Nob. , March 11. [ Special to the llrn. ] The scab engineers on tills braucl of tbo B. & M , have had considerable- trouble with their engines burnlntr out , nnd In other ways gutting out of ouler , flvo having already gone to the shops. Probably througl ignorance of the rc.il cause , thu scab engi nocrs intimated that sompono had tuuiperei with the water tanks nnd the company have now u day and night watchmen in their yard Arthur Indorsed. PrtTSptnin , Pa. , March II. A general mooting of brotherhood engineers , in whicl all local brotherhoods were represented , was hold today. The Chicago , Burlington & Qulney strike and the manner in which it is being conducted was approved nud the morn and , financial support of all the lodges ropro Bcntcd was pledged. As to the matter of ; strike on all lines centering in PJttsburt , nothing whatever was said , nnd several dole- Rutcswhon spoken to said nothing was 'fur thor from their mlnda. . Gnrpcnteif } Extend Sympathy. OMAIU , Nub. , March 10 , The following resolution's were unanimously adopted at n meeting of Local Union No. 53 of carpenters and joiners of America. Resolved , That wo , the members of union No. 5S , carpenters and Joiners of America tender our warmest sympathy to the striking engineers and firemen of the Cltieago. Bur llngton & Quincy system , and hope their duv of victory may BOOH como. Resolved , That these resolutions be spreai on the pilnutes of the union , and a copy bo sent to the engineers and firemen and fur uished the Omaha BLU for publication , P. P. COCIIIIAV , Recording Secretary , Local Union No , 53 , Carpoiitcrsund Joiners , oj America. Rending Miners Ituturu tn'lVork. HAZLETOX , Pa. . March 11. The Knights of Labor have declared tho"minors' strike ii the Lehlgh region off , and lu n few days every colliery will bo at work. The com tnuuity nt large are highly elated over the prospect of resumption. Stuart Jlnhson , tha actor , asked In- gcrfcoll not long since to define the diHoronco betucon the pulpit nnd the stage. This is what "Pugau Bob" said in reply ; "Thu pulpit SB the pretense uf honesty ; the stage is the honesty o. protom.01" UNITED LAPCm MEN. V Gall Issued For a Nntlonnl Conven tion nt Cincinnati. ISHMXAr-ous , Ind. , March 1L Tbo choir- nan of the national committee of the union nbor party has Issued n call for n notional convention nt Cincinnati , May 15. Thn basis of representation will bo t\vo delogntofrfrom each congressional district in the. several states nnd territories ami two nl largo from 0091 * stnto. The rail nays in part : "Thl ? I * not n move ment of politicians intent on capturing the spoils of ofllco. Let the coming convention 10 the nucleus for ngrnndfedorntlonof labor. Let us agree upon , the essential principles common to nil nnd leave details of Opinion nnd theories to bo settled In the respective stnto organizations nstba diversified Interests of the country may demand.1 ROMANCEOF THESOUTHERN SEA. The Strnngo Tidings -and AlnlmtrosH Brought. Springfield Republican : An extra ordinary story w'fts published some wooka ago of the means employed by n com pany oT shipwrecked sailors , to inform Lho world of their perilous plight on iv litllo fsland almost within sight-of Ant- nrctto ico. The story came from olncial sources in Franco , and WRB tollio olToct Lhtit the French government had been informed by the British ambassador ; in Purls that word had boon received from the governor of West Australia that on- September " 2 last a , dead jilabatross had boon found on the beach nt Prootnantlft , around whoso neck was fastened n small piece of metal , on which had -been scratched in .French : . - _ j . Thirteen shipwrecked men took refuge upon the Crozet Islands. August 4,18S7. The story ojccited some incredulity. The Crozot islands nro hundreds of miles south of Madagascar , far out of the ordinary track of ships.Vhalors nro about'tho only vessels that visit this vast soutlioin .wasto Of wafers. It was ; , indeed , a wonderful series of fortunate svonls if castaways on these ftvr-olt islands had found a winged messenger which , unconsciously exerting in their behalf- his far-famed powers ofondur- anco on the wing , -had carried' their tidings over thousands , of miles of Boa with few opportunities to rest on the way , and had finally dropped dead , prob ably of exhaustion , on the shores of a civilized lund. Oonsidoring the source from which the information was derived , the French " " " " government promptly decided" "that there could bo no doubt"that'"this albatross tress , With its important 'message 'had been , found at Froomantlo , which is Ono of the larger towns irt sonthwostern Australian The JPronch minister of marino at once'sont ordoVs to the com mander of the naval division df the In dian ocean to dispatch , thq transport Meurlho as soon , as possible to the Cro- zets to search for the castaways. The strange atpry was published'in tire Paris nowspaporBj and the liioxVr day a communication camo- from the commercial .house Qf Bordcs & Son , of Bordeaux- ! ; saying they had reason to fear that the uiir- teen sailors' on the Crozdsts wore the crow of their throo-mastor/Tanrards , which had sailed many months before for Now Caledonia , in the Pacific. She was some time overdue. Her- owners had expected her to take a course not far from the Crozet islands , .and hot * crow npmbored thirteen persons. This information ffavo additional interest and probability to th'p story. t The British government decided to take part also in the search , -and , her majesty's ship Thalia' , which was about1 lo leavp Euglanfl for Australia , ' was' ordered to go.out of'hor course to.callatthq.Crozeti islands- ' ' It is now possible to gTve iho sequel of this romance of the sea. The French transport Mourtho , returning from her bcai'ch early this yerr , reached the bay of Diego Suaroz , in north Madagascar , January 0. On that day.hor commaiidpr wrote u report of his voyage. He said that the first of tha four Crozet islands at which ho touched was the little island of Cochousi Ho found no human , beings there , but plenty of evidence that the island had recently been occu pied. Traces of recent camp fires , and biscuit boxes and other debris , compara tively fresh in appearance , were scat tered around. A heap of. stones had boon piled up to attract attention , and in this heap was aeheot of paper on which this comrriunication had been written in French with a lead pencil : The iron ship Tomaris of Bordeaux , with thirteen men in the crdw , went ashore on that island of Cochous during a heavy fog. Some tirao after she got clear and floated off3 but thrco hours later slip filled anil sank. Tlio crow escaped in two small boats to the island , taking with them 100 kilogrammes of biscuit. The crow have lived on Cochous Island nine months , and their food being exhausted , they are about to sot out for Possession island. September 30,1887. Possession island , which is also ono of the Crozet group , is eighty miles from Cochous. The Mourtho at once went to that island , but found no trace whatever of the shipwrecked men. Then she wont to East Island , another island of the group , where she found BO mo American whalers' that had boon there for some weeks. They had neither scon nor heard anything of the castaways. All the other islands in these waters were visited without re sult , It ia firmly bullqvod that the un- forluuato men were lost in their peril ous passage by small boats to Possession island , though there is h , bare chance that they wore picked up by gomo American whaler. Of course the i30 ! pounds of biscuits with which the mon reached Cochous is.land was only a small part of the pro visions they required during their nine mouth's sojourn thoro. At last one of their crow has boon shipwrecked on the Crozots , and it subsisted until rescued on pouquin ilosh and eggs and flsh. In this way doubtless the men ol tho.Ta . - inaris okcd out o ; their food rcsou'rces , and it is not propablo they would have starved had their patience hold out a little longer until relief camo. They probably thought that nt Possession is- .laud the chances would bo better that some whaler would discover thorn. They .know there was not ono chance in many thous ands that the "man-o'-war" bird to whom they intrusted thpir brief moh- bago would carry it biifely and quickly thousands of miles to the civilized world. They little dreamed that eight days be fore they sot out from the desolate rock where they had lived sq forlorijly the bird they bant skimming over the wat ers had liuislioJ hib wonderful llightand had told the world of their unhappy situation. Few stories of the animal kingdom equal in pathetic intu'rcst that of this strong-winged bird , whoso happy fulfilment of the mission intrusted to him set two nntkms ut work to rescue men in sore distress. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. When Ilabjr was sick , wo giwo her Caatoria. ' When * liu-wfts Child , siecrfcd fo Gutoria , ' When site became liltu , eho clung to CastorU , TVfcoo she had Children , she gayo theoj Cuter ) * . MAKING POLITIGAL CAPITAL , M ir The Elootlon N ctNovombor | [ Con stantly Bbforo XJpngroBsmon. ) > it i tntt * l STUMP-SPEAKINGXDN BOTH SIDES . < > ti _ I PIVJ Every Measure { itooflttocd Is Dis cussed With nVllsxv to Securing Votes at tie NextProsl- dcntlal. JJcotlon. The 1'c Jslon Bill. , WASHINGTON , March 9. [ Correspondence of tliotJgn.J The principal busfnoss of congress - gross for the next four months will bo mak ing political capital. The statesmen of both parties have iho Doming presidential canvass constantly before hclr c > es. Every meas ure which comes \\\i \ \ fpr discussion is exam ined wllh a political microscope , \vlth n vtow to discovering what effect Its passage or de feat will Have/ / upon votes next November. The grand army pension bill Is a case hi point. It was reported from the senate com mittee on pensions by n unanimous voto. In thp form In. which It reached the senate It carried out the rccommcn atfous ot the grand army and would have probably secured the presidential approval , but the inomcnL thut It reached the staga of discussion , .both dem ocrats and republicans davoted > themselves to loading.lt doxvn With amendments * On the democratic side jt was proposed to include * JMoxican war veterans and veterans of vari ous Indian wars , in order , that needy confed erate soldiers might share in Its benefits. . On the republican side , i Btat6sm6n who" nro anxious to secure ' the soldier vote and the . support of the pension agents , proposed n half a dozen riders , the effect pf which would bo to add tnany mil lions' to the bill. As1 a result , stump _ speak ing on both sides wns Iho' order oftlio day. The dependent pension' bill Is still' being vigorously discussed , and , If it passes the senate nt nil , will do so.In . such a mutilated form that neither thp Grand Army nor the ' pension cotnqiittco tire I'lkoly to rceognlzo.it. The principal aojcct ot tllo debate ha ? been to make capital , and the' speeches lor which tbo dependent piinslonqr gave the cue are already being spicad broadcast through thd country on bolh sides of Alasoa and Dijon's lino. lino.Tho tariff bill , haying.bee'n reported to the ' house , will afford n 'great opportunity for the .manufacture of political capital in the varl ous sections of tlio country which its pro visions affect. The Now England and Penn sylvania" statesmen are up to tholr ears in statistics , preparing to show that any reduc tion 'in. the tailff Which will _ ben efit the public by furnishing them ' with cheaper food and' cheaper clothes will bo destructive to American in dustry. The iron men me posting their representatives in congress with schedules and tables which thoyyjla.Uji will demonstrate that a reduction of $3n tapon , steel rails will result- starvation /wages to the already starved coal and coke men , and will close half tlio furnaces why:1i rfro now working on short hours throughout 'tlfo country. Tkeso arguments when worked Tip in speeches will bo circulated extensively throughput tlio re gion whore they can noke < the most votes. Michigan and Wisqcyjsluf which nro con sidered doubtful states , ore about to bo de luged with speeches showing the iniquity of making any change intho "tariff on. lumber and salt , while t ha "pi-nil- states Will bo ticated to n series of speeches showing that tlio most Iniquitous of qll tlio duties are those imposed on salt and lumber , while any reduc tion in the duty on wdolivill result in paralyz ing tlio forming rntcrcstofthojcountry. , It is to bo a light between. , Individual interests with' votes us the prize jn view and "danger to American Industry' " as the club with Which opposition is lo'bo battered out of the way. Another vote making topio with which tbo senate will soon wrestle is the fisheries treaty. The codfish and TnacKorol statesmen are already prcspirmg in their shirt sleeves over speeches showing thcshamoful betrayal Of the interests of American fisltermeil through the treaty which has recently beert concluded between the plenipotentiaries of Great Britain , and this country. While tbo west is not expected to take much interest in this topic , it is hoped that New England from Maine to Long Island sound will cheer en thusiastically over the showing which will bo made , and will rise in indignation at the polls next November to overthrow tlio ad ministration which has dared to permit n , compromlso of the claims of the United States regarding the Interpretation of the treaty of 1818. An attempt is noted in some quarters to re vive the "bloody shirt" iss'uo and to make capital out of tlio suppression of the negro votes in the south. This has not materialized in any marked degree up to the present time but will probably bo an issue later on in the session , in time to affect the delegations to tjio national convention at Chicago. On the democratic side of the house the only issuaout of which votes are expected to bo made in any large numbers is that of the tariff , This will not bo.as . clear sailing as was expected , inasmuch as the manufactur ing regions of the south are already begin ning to make themselves heard for protection to their Industries. Senator Vest hopes to make votes in Missouri by retaining the duty on zinc. The senators from Louisiana are confidant that their state can only bo held firm by a retention of tlto duty on sugar. The senators from Alabama feel that any radical reduction of the duties on iron ore or manu facture of iron would bo political destruction for the republicans in their state , while Now Jersey and New York , thiough their demo * cratic representatives , are already warning their colleagues that the protective principle must not bo attacked. There will bo a gen eral dodging in many democratic states upon the question of radical tariff inform and capital will bo attempted to bo made by re ducing the tnrl If on urtielcs pioduccd chiefly in o tti or states while i otalnlng the tariff tuxes on articles manufautuied or produced in their own. own.Thard are several issues of great moment which , If congress had tlia honesty to investi gate and couragn to attack them , would make more votes for the party taking them in charge than any of these mentioned , Onq of these is the lolations of the corporations to the public. An&thcr is the growing dissen sions between labor and capital , and still an other is the problem of ' 'trusts. " So far neither political party has shown any desire to get nt the bottom of those grave questions , The .congressional committees have merely scratched the BurfaceTVthjij party leaders , fearful of awakening "antagonism which might lese the votes of er < m and wealthy in- teiests , ftio with .shorty wited policy over looking tbo votes of tlitfRVtsftt mass of wage camera , who will sitnslyuihold tlio national legislature to an accounfinhjlity for neglecting to provide some remoih'.qfpr the wrongq under which they are sijfterjng , A. E. W. " The first mooting/of i the Ladles' Mu- sicnl society nt Moyefif'fl mow musld Imll lint ) boon postponed from March 1 i to March 21. jrnr' " There is oonsldoriilil toinplalnt about the condition of PieP'cL Btroot botwoou Twenty-second und Twenty-fourth. Tlio recunt rains have waslfccl out yullics from two to bix fpot th6i'e , and driving tlicro after night is wbfjdlutoly danger ous. ous.Tho regular ineotinff of the Fourth ware republican club will be held Tues day evening , March 1 ! ) , at 8 p. in. , nt the olllco of Gustavo Anderson , No. 1500 Farnam street. At this mooting thrco delegates will bo elcutod to roprcspnt the club at the stuto convention to bo hold in Omuhu March 15. A large attend- ancp is requested , John Rogaun contractor at South Omaha , died yesterday morning at the ago 61 fifty-five. His remains are to bo sqntto DCS Monies for inlormont. James Ednoy. the wholesale hardware d.oalor at 1212 Lon von worth street , died .yesterday morning at his residence , 2103 Douglas. Ho wits yet young , being yut thirty-eight. Eiinpcror Frederick Sadly Welcomed to llorlln , _ " BrmLUTi Mnroh 11. All members "of the ministry loft by special train nt 3:15 this nftomoon to moot Emperor Frederick rts IMS returns from' Saif Homo. The special train convoying the roynl party arrived nt Munich thla morning and tholr majesties mot with a sympathetic reception nt the station. , Dowager Empress Augusta last night re ceived Prlnco 13 is marolt , who hnd previously passed some time by tbo dead monarch. After Iho Interview Ulsniatek visited Prlnco "William. Another requiem service wns bold to-day attended by a largo number of distinguished mourners. It has now boon decided to remove the re mains of the emperor to the cathedral to night , where they will Ho in stato. From noon to-morrow tlio public will bo admitted. Cium.oTTENncna , March 11. The imperial train Arrived here at half past 11 , having been delayed by n severe snow storm. Tlio emperor nnd umprcss were greeted by the crown , prlnco and his wife nnd Princes Honry'Saxonnd Molnongon. The emperor anil empress Immediately alighted from the train nnd proceeded through n pavllllon pro fusely decorated "With flowers to ther ) car riage. They wore driven direct tn tlio cnstlo along a route densely crowded with people , who manifested much enthusiasm. The royal princesses with Prlnco Bismarck and suite continued tholr journoy. Taken to the Cathedral. Bniu.ix , March 12 2 a. m. The remains of thoempcrorliava been transfctred to the cathedral. ' The coflln was.'carried on'tho shoulders of eighteen soldiers of tfio body guard through the vestibule of tho-M'fUacc , Where it was handed to a number Of non commissioned _ ofllqcrs. The streets , wcro " lined "with "doulilo row * of soldiers , every 'tenth man folding n torch , The funeral procession was headed'by squadron of Grlvassiers. These were fol lowed by-detachments of the foot guards nnd n numerous train of servants of the imperial household. Then came the coflln. Tlio < Jrown prince and otli&r princes followed on foot , null the cortege closed with n detach ment of cavalry , The throng onthe streets was dense. .Tho cathedral boll began to toll nt midnight , when Emperor Frederick ar rived to visit the } cumins , at the palaco. The , 1/nto / Emperor's Will. BEULIN , March 11. The late omporor's wjll has been opened. It directs that his body shall bo Interred dressed in field uni form , with a gray military cloak over the shoulders , and u field cap on his head. Upon the body are to bo placed decorations of the orders ot Black Eagle and Jron Cross , tlio cross of the HussianOrdorof St. George , war niedals of 1814 , 1804,186 and 1870 , nnd the HohenzollcinmcQalof 1840. Post ; Mortem Held. BEKUN , March 11. Prof. Ilartmann , as sisted by Drs. Von Lauor , J outiwld and Thicmanii , conducted a post mortem examin ation r > f the emperor's body. They found a calculus the size ot a pigeon's egg , which must have caused intense pain. Press Comments. ST. PETEHSUUUO , March 11. The papers to-day all agree in expressing the wish tha t Empcior Frederick would continue the friendly policy of the deceased monarch towanl Kussiu. The Official Messenger and liwulidoRusso ] > ublishartfclcs with mourn ing borders , paying warm tributes to the memory of Emperor William. Tlio Army in ST. pETEiisnuiia , March 11. The whole army , & .y special order of the czar , will wear mourning for four weeks and logimenU of which the dead emperor was an honorary colonel for five weeks. On the day of the funeral the whole army will wear full mourn ing , and full use of the bugles will bp pro hibited. The Kaluga regiment will coritinuc to bear that name. Its vacant honorary col onelcy has been conferred upon Emperor Frederick , who also has been appointed tituku ; commander of the St. Petersburg regiment of grenadiers. ' WIHES imoitEN DOWN. Tclpgrnphlo Coinmiinicntloti Almost ' Cntircly Cut On ? in the East. New YOUK , March 12 , 1 :80 : a m. A furi ous stoun of wind followed successively by rain , snow , ' hail and sleet bi eke over the At lantic coast In this section early Sunday evening. It travelled in a nortlieasteily di rection , as is evidenced by the loss of tele graphic communication , first with Washing ton , then with Baltimore , lastly with Phila delphia. It is safe to say no such destructive storm to telegraph wires lias been experi enced m many years. Not a single wire can bo used t6 Philadelphia and telegraphic fa cilities between that city and New York are probably unequalled in any similar distance in any other country. For the first time in years the daily weather joport has failed. Strenuous efforts have been made to roach the capital by way of Chicago , but they were in yam. Blackmailer Arrested. STiiATmtor , Out. , March 10. [ Special Telegram to the BEE. ] llev. John Stone- house , a Methodist minister , residing nt Adelaide village , has been arrested hcioon the charge of blackmail. Stoiiehouso , it seems , has sent several letters dated from Toronto under au assumed name to hotel keepers hero stating thut ho was n detective and had chat gcs against them of violation of the liquor law , but would withdraw the charges if they would pav him $25. The case was put Into tiio hands of n detective and a letter was mailed to the address given , which wan called for by u biother of Stono- houso. The latter when accused produced u letter from his brother giving him authority to recgivo letters and forward them to his address hero. The hotel men intend to prosecute him , A Iji/y Alan. San Francibco Chronicle : Lazy Bill handed down the parrot cage , which w w deposited in a box , from where the occupant of the cage could obtain n good view of his surroundings. The wagon was cleared of its freight and Tom stopped upon the wagon and undid the fastenings of the goat , but inadver tently ho lot the rope by which the goat had boon tied blip through his flngorsf and the goat made a dash for liberty. Lnay Hill was standing with his buck toward the goat , talking to Collector Miller. Jlia legy were spread out , and between the goat saw his only avunuo of escape. Unfortunately for Bill , tho' goat was , too largo to pass through the narrow apace without touching , and the result was terrible. The goat reached the ground , hut Bill's feet slipped from under him and ho Bijt down on tha bottom of the wagon with n force that started the horhos forwardi "Hal lui ! hat'f croaked the parrot in glee. "Blame the hlamod thing ! " yelled Bill , tluowing his Jmt at tlio parrot and slipping froni the wagon to give chase to the goat , IIo cornered the goat after a run which brought the presphation out of his forohoat , but the goat was not yet caught , he suddenly lowered his head and gave Bill an upper cut that caused him to gasp and clutch his vest convulsively. The parrot shrieked with delight , hut his tuna watf soon changed when the horns of Urn goat became unlanclod in liis cage and bird and buust rolled on the wharf together. "Now you've got him , Bill ! " cried Miller , but Bill did not want him , for picking up his hat ho mounted to his seat pd prepared to watch the scone from a &afoplace. . Tom disentangled the cage Ironj the horns and Miller picked up the cage , whereat the parrot , who had eviduutly formed several ac quaintances in the forecastle coming over , fpund his tongue. "Lam the lubber ) " ho cried , Knock IGWA LEGISLATIVE' " ttEJll 3 u The House Bassos the Maximum ' Tariff Bill. ' \ ANOTHER RAILROAD MEASURE. The Sweeney frill Dtacmflsod In the Scnnto Defeat of the "Woman The School Board Lobby. The MnVltnnm Tariff mil. Dns MOINKS , la. , March U. [ Correspond ence of the IJRB.I Aflor discussing the mnt- tor for fully a week , the honso on Thursday suspended the rules nnd passed the maximum tariff bill by the magnificent vote of 87 to 13 The negative votes were cost by lluoll nnd Curtis of Clinton , Dletz nnd Hip well of Scott , Cummins of Polk , Moore of Tnma , Thompson of Clayton , Ouster of Jasper , .Evans ot Mus- catlue , Llmback of DubUiiue , Luke of Vrank- . . Hn , nnd Speaker Kcdninn. Craig , of Lee , who was opposed to the measure , was absent. The main objection to the bill was the sus picion that thq schedule was gotten up in the Interest of Iho lumber dealers in the cities along the Mississippi , but thd fact tnat nearly nil pf the representatives from the rivorcounties voted against the bill , effect- uallydlsproves.'of the charges. Every ono of the fifty farmer membcrt , with n single exception , supported the tneasuro. An out line of the principal features of the bill was given in my-letter lastweek. The rates on coal and lumber , especially to remote points , are only half as "high ns were flxod by the "old granger tariff , " nnd nro n great reduction from the rates established by the railroads themselves at a recent meeting. This feature of the bill makes It extremely popular In the northwestern part of the state , nnd it received the solid support of every member from that section. TJio fight on this bill will now bo transferred to the senate , which Is extremely close , tlicro not being more than two or thrco majority either way. The Sweeney bill , covering another phase of the railroad problem , has nhoady engaged the attention of tljo semite for more than a week. This bill oxtendstho provisions of the inter-stato commerce net to local shipments in so far as itprevents pooling discrimination and charging moro for n short than a long haul. Evoiy inch of ground has been hotly con tested by the railroads. A strong effort was made tq retain the qualifying words "unduo nnd unreasonable" in the clause forbidding railroad companies from granting any advan tage-or preference to ono shipper over an other , but it failed , only thirteen senators voting "aye. " Senator "Woolson , of. Henry , who , it id understood , is posing as the corpor ation candidate for thd nomination for gover nor ngninst Lafe Yonng , leads the fight for the railroads Senator McCay , of Nebraska , Dodge , of Burlington , and Catch , of this city , are his chief supporters , llolter , of Harri son , the leading democratic senator , nnd most polished orator in the upper hduse , occupies a neutral position , nnd will hardly support so radical a measure as the maximum tariff bill. As ho rcpicscnts the strongest mill monopoly district In the state , if ho faltcis in this struggle ho will likely hour from his constituents in no complimentary torms. yOMAJf SUPl'llAOE. Tlio suffragists met with an ignoble defeat in the house this week. After engrossing thobill granting municipal and school suf frage to women , the tiouso defeated the bill on llnal passage , much to the disgust of the Jargo lobby of women present who weio clamoring for the franahiso. To placate them that body approved the amendment to strike out the word "malo" from , the constitution , wliieh in some measure appeased tholr wrath. The senate will likely approve this amend ment , but as it will have to go [ over to an other legislature before behg ) submit ted to the people , it will not become a politi cal Issue for n couple of years. The republi can party , having the prohibition elephant on its hands , Is disposed to go n little slow with new fijnglcd issues until its majority of only 1,000 takes an upward tuni. TRUSTS . This legislature does not take kindly to trusts and other combinations to enhance the value of the necessaries of life A bill has been favorably reported in the senate absolutely prohibiting such combinations from doing business in this btafo , and pun ishing nil parties concerned with n heavy line. A similar measure Is also pending in the house , and some bill ofthiscuarnctorwill probably bo adopted. SCHOOL HOOKS. Prom present appearances it would seem that the school book lobby have got In their work , and so confused the friends of cheap books and n uniform system , thut no relief ngainst extortionate prices will likaly bo off ered. For soina reason or other the teachers of the stnto nrc strongly opposed to a uni form system , nnd liavo made tholr influence felt in that direction , Tlio senate committee has approved the Finn bill which provides for uniformity by districts , nnd this muy pos sibly become a law. THE KAUMBHS' ALLIANCE. This organization is wielding n powerful influence in shaping legislation , especially on thu railroad question. lion. Jesse Kennedy , the president of the state alliance , is a con stant attendant at thu legislative sessions , and practically has charge of all mcasuics deshcdbytho alliance , Petitions bearing fully ! iO,000 names in favor of the maximum UriiT , and the 2 cent faro bill have cpmo in from 700 subordinate alliances in the state , all of which uro under the direction of President Kennedy. Several scnatois , who are naturally in sym pathy with the railroads , have yielded to the overwhelming sentiment of their constitu ents ns expressed in these petitions , nnd will suppoit the desired legislation. As might bo expected , Mr. Kennedy has drawn the liru of the corporation organs nil over the stnto , The State KosiHtcr polios fun nt him without stint and calls him the "general superintend ent of legislation , " Conscious of the power behind him , ho pursues the oven tenor of his ways and urgcis the claims of the f.iiincrs in u moduHt nnd unobtrusive manner. However - over , tlicro is no doubt that the alliance will make it interesting for the politicians who disregard their demands in this crisis , should they seek public favors In the future , 8MAI.Ii (1OS3I1' . The lawyers , bankers , loan agents nnd druggists' in some sections of the state nro oxtieinely disgusted with this logiHlatuio , if wo may judge from the petitions thut they send In , A few uays ago Mr. J , N. Prouty , , * nnd others , 6f Humboldt , sent In n petition , which wns road inho Wnnto , asking thnt laws should bo pnssod to hnngftll druggists , to abdllsh all railroads and * nd their ofilcors to the penitentiary , to provide n public guardian in each township to c that no ono mitdo a bad bargain , nnd to com pel banks to loan money nt 4 per cent without excessive security. They also requested tha leglMftturo to adjourn nnd move out of the stnto , and send the committee clerks to the orphans' homo. Instead of being referred to the oQmmlttoo on the Incurable Insane tha petition was sent to the eomuilttoa on re trenchment nnd reform , The house Is wrestling with the question of taxing mortgages , nnd a bill to thnt effect has boon approved by the committee oa way * and means. The railroad feeling took n now turn In the sonnto this morning. Senator Uodgo , ot Burlington , offered n resolution oommomorn- tivo of the llfo nnd services of Tom Potter. Several members objected to th6 considera tion of the resolution nnd It wns quickly withdrawn. Ex-Speaker Head , of Green , who Is posing ns a farmer but who Is la reality n bunker of the Bhylock variety , had the wind taken out of ills sails very nicely ono day this week. Having moved nn amendment to the railroad bill Imposing the snmo thio on a nhlpoor who receives rebates as on the railroad which grnnts them , Mr , Kusscll , of Adnms , proposed to apply the provisions of the not to every banker who received extortionate rntds of interest , n sally which brought down tha house , The iwsltlon taken by Senator Young , of Atlantic , In favor of reasonable railway leg islation , is giving him A decided boom for the nomination for irovornbr , to succeed Lnrrn- bee. Uctw.eon Woolsou ' and Young , the latter would Imvo.ulmost'n wnlk away. Tlio house will take up the tcmpornnca bills the. coming weekwhllo the sonata grinds away at the railroad problem. , _ KBX. Their Work Scarcely tJoRiin. Dns MoiJfKs , In. , March Jl. [ Special to tha Bun. ] Moro than two months hnvo' passed since the Twenty-second general assembly began Its session , and jet the .statesmen nra still lingering with thotr work scat colybo- guu. The delay in getting down to business seems more marked this winter than over before. Ono reason Is that the members so largo a propQitlon of them now haven't known JUst how to go to work ( o accomplish what they desired. They came hero with n Btrdug' untl-monopoly sentiment nnd wnntcd to enact some legislation for railroad regula tion and. control , but hardly know how to go at it. The moro the problem was studiutl thu larger it scorned , and the moro dlfllcult to do what seamed necessary without doing in justice to nny interest. So the weeks have passed nnd the legislature Is Just really tak ing hold of tlio subject , nnd getting Us forces In hand to treat it Intcllcgtmtly. The tune has como , when ordinarily , a legislative would begin to talk about adjournment , but this legislative has the greater part of Its Work ahead of * it. The senate lias been mare dllitory than the houso. It has not yet , passed a slnglo measure of railroad regulation. A number of bills are awaiting consideration , and it has two or thrco weeks' work nearly on this ono subject before it. The frreat questions of amending the pharmacy bill ao as to pre vent drug stores from succeedingthosa - IOOIIB , the school book monopoly nnd other Important subjects uro yet untouched. Then comes the appropriation bills , always n largo subject , and this voar us much so as over , and they are all waiting action. So it looks as if the middle of April would find the leg islaturo still in session , and possibly a later date. However , if the spriilg should open pretty early nnd the plowing languish for want of n master , tlio fifty-one farmers of the house would get pretty uneasy and soon settle the question of adjournment , tf Interest to Hotel Keepers. Dns MOINES , In. , March 11. [ Special to the Ben. ] The railroad commissioners have rendered a decision that will interest hotel kccpuis who send runners to the trains to solicit patronage. The case of complaint came from Manilla , a small station on the Milwaukee road , where proprietors of a hotel claimed that their runners who went to the trains to solicit patronage woco kept so far away by the station agent that they could done no good. It seems that the railroad mnln- lains n hotel and eating honso in connection with the station , and takes the passengers into the fold before the outside hotel gets a chance at them. Thu commissioners say that the railroad platform is the property of the rnihoad , and o long as they do not Interfere with the rights of the traveling public they cxn make such rules and restrictions regard ing occupancy ns they plcnso , even if it gives them n monopoly of the hotel business at that place. A Persistent Claws. DBS MOINRS , la , March 11. [ Special Tele gram to the llisn. ] The womitn suffragists are nothing if not persistent. They take ono knock down and-gct up and ask the privilege of being knocked down again , The house killed tlio bill to give the sweet Buffering sisters the right to .vote at municipal elec tions , The very next day tholr champions were on hand with another policy , nnd a Joint resolution was introduced to submit to the people the question of amending the con stitution EO as to give women the right "to vote at nil elections. As thU resolution hns to pass two geneiul assemblies before It dun bo submitted it Is quite likely that the present legislnturo may send it on its way. That in the Judgment of many is the easiest way to get rid of the importunities of the suffragists , for the present ut least , nnd It very conveniently unloads the responsibility upon the next general assembly. The pconlo of tlio state would m.iko quick work of dis posing of the matter if once loft to them , for the sentiment against woman suffrage Is very stiong , The people of Iowa think that they nro carrying nbout nil the reforms that they cnn stand now. AHlHon'8 Boom. DBS MOINP.S , In. , March 10. [ Special to the HF.K.J The boom for Senator Allison is growing steadily nnd very satisfactorily. Ho is developing great strength In the east as well as west , ami the calm second strength is beginning to recognize thu many qualities that mnlco him so available. An amusing incident occurred recently In Fort Smith , Ark A thnnocrntlo paper of that city Inter viewed Governor lluirhcs , the democratic governor of that unenlightened ntnto , ns to the probable democratic candidates for pres ident and vipo president. Tlio governor icpllcd that ho believed Cleveland would bo iiinoiiilnatcd , und ho thought the second place on the ticket would bo given to Allison , of Jowa , or Stoneman , of California. A gov ernor who doesn't know to what party Sen ator Allison , whoso publlu Ufa as a lending figure In the republican party covers twenty- five years' , belongs , Is n pietty good repre sentative of the Ignorant democracy of Arkansas. Purifv Your Blood. I a Rood lienllli ileiiemlH upon pitra titnodi therefore , to keep woll. purify Iho bloort bytaklnu Her War- mimrlllH. This imulldno In i > umlUirldcntxiuxl to RC ( upon thu blnoil , nnd tlirunyli tlmt 4iion nil tlio or- Runs uml lUkuHH of tlni body. It liu npirlUo action , ulio , upoil lliBnucrt'llrin * und oxcrt'tluii , auil aanUU nnturulo expel Iron ) tli < iru > w nil Ininiiir * , Impure pnrIK let nndctrulo mutter tliruliuh Hui luhn , llrt-r , bowel" , kl < liiBHa ( | kln , UotruiHuullr iildnwouk.lm- pulri'd mi' ' ) ileblliuu-il nivun , lnvli'iiruUi tlio nciroue > Mrm , Kincntlio Olitt'i'llUH , unil ImptirU new life und cm w tu nil ll'u ' SuuctUjni or tlic bed jr. A peculiarity of Hood'a Bursaparillu , litliat It truK8tlin ! Hna build * up tto Bjitcin whllo It erndlcutDH dlsatiso , "I mutt af Hood'i Bnraaparllla U ttic licit inertl- clna I over mod , JJi l ( print ; I had mi apjiellUi , und tlio lean work I ' " J f ntluued mu ever o much. I bo * limi to tuk IIooU' 8ir | ip rllltt , and noon lfcltJi lf I could ilo > much In B Unjr at 1 bad formerly done In a week. MX appeilte l > voracloui. " Jlr . M. V. Hay urd , AtlanUoCttj-.N.J. N , II. If yon dare nmde up your tnlud to get Hood'i Sarupurllla do act take any oilier. Noivlitho tlinn to purify Hie blood , for at DO otbrr teuton I * die body no micu ] > tlble to benclll from mortlilnu Tlioi > eculiitr puiltlng and reYlvlnif qual- Him of 11 noil't l-nr > Hpnrllla art ) Ju t wliut are nnulod ( oiiKpi'ldlrfiineuiidlortlfy the ) item mrulnil tlio iliiWIUiUliiK elli'cu of mild weather. Hv ryyo r In- < rriin. thu popularity of Hood' * Hartnparllla , for It U Juslwlud juupjii need at this BOUIVII. ItUtbu Iduil pprlnu mc-dlclne. It you liavn IIOTCT trltxl U , done no , and ) oil w III be convinced of IU ( > euiillnr merit * " ] ! i > od' Siir i > "nilii lini driven tlio pulton from my blued , und lliouKh 7U , I feel Hctlvu and utronK n * iUW . " W II.Unoi'nUECKllrookliilN.Yf Spring Modiclno. "I tnVeItooil'ihiinopaniln fora iprlnir medicine , ttndlUndttjuiUhethlnu. H tonei up roy nyitem na makfi mo ftel like a different man. My wife take * U for dyipepilu , and iheilerlvtn great benefit XrouiH. " KUAMCC.Tl > ! UiKUUookiuid Jjiiddur Ka , 1 , Friend titrtet , ] laioa. "I bad alt rheum on my loft arm three years , ยง uf- JerlnK terribly , It alinoit dliabled ine from work. ( took three bottlei of Ilood1fcitir aparlll , Biid the alt rheum hat entirely dluppearcd. " II. N.MlU-3,71 French tilreet , Lowell , iia . Hood's Sarsaparilla Boldurandr W.Hi.lxl'orlS. I'nptred only by I BoWr14n UU. til ! . IP - 4 onl/l * UiCO.Ix > w ll , wan. IO.I.HOOIJ * COIx > wHM i. 100 DoseaOuo Dollar | 1OO Doaoa Oao Dollar