2 TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE. : WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 0. 1889. Douglas Oounty Contests a Special Order for To-Day. SHORT SESSION OF THE SENATE. XIic Itemized ICcport of the Lire Slock CommiHHlon Finally Mnfco tt Appearance Goislp From tlic Cnpltol. HOURC. ' . Neb. , Feb. B. [ Special to TIIR Br.u.l The house met at 2 p. in. with about twenty members absent. Some routine de tails were taKcn up. Amonjf the bills lutioducsd were the fol lowing : By Bohacck To regulate the prices of sleeping cars. By Berlin TO create a board of park com- ' mlssloncrs. By Huntfatc To authorize the jjovcrnor , on bolinlf of the state , to execute and de liver to the city of Omaha a deed convoying to the city the ground known as Capital square. Bills on third reading were taken up for . Thn hill taxing dogs from $ ' ) to ? 10 each Was lost on final passage by u vote of15 to 31. , , , The Gaily memorial to congress , nsklng fern n suspunslon of entries on school indemnity land -in this ntnto , was taki.-n up mid passed. The following Dills were taken up nnd passed : Compclllm ? nil railroad trains to stop Within from 1200 to 800 feet of grada crossings : making ullKht cliaiiRCH in the pharmacy roiju latlons ; providing Unit all county supnllcs of blanks , books und stationery shall bo fur nished by contract with the county and by the lowest , bidder. The house wont .into committee of the whole nnd disposed of a Inr e number of bills. TIjdTfgpolviuK were recommended for * ' passage : GruntinL' William J. Wilson , of Tckatnnh , 82,500 for Injuries recelvml in assisting to ar rest "Heddy" Wilson , the burglar , on No- vcmbor 10 Inst ; declaring "state warrants" to bo "fttiito securities. " The Doutflas county contest cases were made a special order for 2:30 : to-morrow. Hcnati ? . - LINCOLN , Fob. 5. [ Special Telecrram to TUB BKG.J The senate1 had n quiet one-hour Bosslon , beRlnnlngnt4 o'clock. It passed the following bills : By PoVo Making n ponitentl'iry offense of an assault with Intent to kill or to commit ri ? ereat bodily Injury. By IIurd-Hequirinj ; admission to the bar to bo tiiroiiRh thn supreme court. ByPopo Making It a criminal conspiracy \vhen two or more persons combine to injure the reputation of the business or the property - . - ' erty of anothor. * By Llnd'say Hoquirinc notaries' records to bo made to district court clerks instead of 'County court clorlts. Among the bills introduced were : By Connor For the arbitration of disputes botwcon employers and employes. By Howe Directing the governor to par don two meritorious convicts on each Fourth of July. The following committees wora named : On invitation to participate in the Paris - exposition Wethorald , Sundcrland , Kay- niond , Shanner , Woolbnck. On the proposition of Kansas for a confer ence to consider cattle trusts Lindsay , Gal- logly , Mahcr. To investigate senate employes Jewott , Piclcctt , Hansom. Iitvn Stock ConiiuiHsioii's Itcporr. LINCOLN , Neb. , Fob. 5. [ Special to Tun BBE. ] Tlio live stock commission has just , ecnt tlie sonute the itemized report asked for nearly three weeks ago. It comes too late to Influence the action of the senate- , but oven post-mortems nre of interest soino- ' times. The whole appropriation two years ago , was $70,000 , nnd frt.1 ; " ! has been expended. The1 appropriation for salaries nnd expenses Of the commissioners was 810,000. The following - , . lowing Htatcmcnt shows what they did ' , .with it : . Paid to J. C. Birnoycommissionor , for per diem , hotel and traveling expenses , livery , postage and in cidental expenses of oBIco $ SOS3 , CO G. W. Barnhart , commissioner , for per diem , hotel and traveling ex penses , livery nnd incidental ox- DOIISCB of oflice ! ! , ! ir > 0 ! ! 0 \V. W. Abbey , commissioner , for i per diem. . . . , U,2.jO 00 Jlotul expenses , railroad fare , liv- cry hire , telegraph , iwsUipo and . ofllcc expenses 2,3-1045 "Stationery , circulars , books for use of ofllco and printing blanks. 285 00 * * p. B. Skinner , livery U4 00 Omaha Republican 1 50 \V. J. Hyatt , livery 4'J 00 Nebraska Telephone company 100 23 Nebraska State Journal company , . nnd typewriter nnd stationery. . . 101 15 It will bo noticed tlmt the sums paid Bir- rjnoy and Barnhart Include hotel nnd traveling ? texponscs , Hvory hire und Incidental otllcu ox- " ' ppnscs. Further along is an item of $2,250 lor slaiilur outlays. INowheroin the report " ; ls there an Itemized statement of hotel , trav eling nnd oflice expenditures , which is what - > the scrmto wanted. But thn foregoing Btate- picnt docs not exhibit the whole sum that went Into the pockets of the commissioners. 'Xho legislature appropriated $ . ,0t)0 for in- 'Bpection nt points of entry. .That fund has . .been paid out in the following manner : 4 WollB-Fargo & Co $ 100 Percy Pepoon , for printing books nnd blanks for point of entry 02 .10 - O. E. Hull , inspector at Decutur. . . . 2-5 ! 00 0. C. Blrnoy , pur diem and expenses 1,407 CO " " 0W. . Buruhart , per diem and ex penses 1,203 70 > V. W. Abbey , per diem und ox- - ponscs , 52T. 00 If , CJei'th , cxjiunses 02S 00 On hand $4OSO 50 Hero again is un absence of an Itemized Statement of traveling expenses. The ap propriation included $3,000 for assistance by exports , sherllTs , etc. The following state ment shown who caught the plunm from that tree : H. L. Uamlclottl , Omaha $1,103 00 y [ A. E. Wussol. Gnmd IslandS.OSrt 'Jt * ' W.A.Thomas , Lincoln 1,41103 O. M. Oaborn , Fremont 053 05 A. W. Carmichnol , UeWitt 10 W ) A. B. Nuwklrk , Fulls Oitj' 20 ! ! 0 , VO. Trovitt , Lincoln 100 00 „ K. IJ. Vail , Beatrice 003 8:1 : \V. S. Bray ton , Beatrice 213 84 li. E. Slmpklns , Kearney 12S 00 "P. D. JounHon , Sidney 77 75 3 , II. Knears , Wnyno Ul 00 , B. S. Skliini-r , Lincoln 37 00 Total - . e7SOO , U The reVert gives a list of the owners of the 830 horsoH and mules nnd the eight cattle killed by the commission , toguthor with the amounts paid such owners. These nggro- .Kuto fitbS'JO : out of un appropriation of (40,000 , nnd the commissioners any they have n hundred nails that they Ifavo not yet been ( iblo to answer. Brniitn IuveHtljnUiifj Ooiiiinlttoes. LINCOLNNob. . , Fob. 5. [ Special Tolo- Broin to TUB BKU.l Tha senate railroad committee mot this evening. Sutherland's , Joint resolution instructing the railroad com- 'tnlMlon to make a schedule ot maximum freight rates for all railroads In Nebraska yras modified to a request , and will be recoui- inended for passage. The committee on Investigation of the ag ricultural department of the state university will meet to-morrow night. Investigating tlio Collpjjo Farm. LNcot.v | , Nob. , Fob. 5.Spuda ( ! to TUB jBia' . ] Mr , Dlllor , ohulrman of the comnrit- .tee to tnvcstlgato the ODlloso or experimental \ arm , sulil to-day that thn commlttoo would 90on appoint a tlmo to visit the placa ami in- pcqt Us workings. He paid there ware two Ideas of it imnfltatlng nuturo tlmt ruloil th.o * varlous members of the board , Some watitoit to maKe It a 'model farm. " and others an xporimental station. "For myself. " ho Hi furor of putting the farm to a practlcnl use. I think that all the thous and nnd ono theories nnd problems that con front thO'prncUcal farmer concerning every pha o of farm life , nnd which ho has neither the ability , time nor means to solve , should bo tried hero under the moit favorable con ditions. I meet with hundreds of things on the farm that puzzle mo , and I know they exist. But the cnuso is what I am not able to solve. Thcro U n wide field for practical work in connection with this farm , und for one I propose to sec that It ii fully occupied nnd that some benefit Is returned for the outlay. " Omaha's Share of tlin Indemnity. LINCOLNFob. . J5. [ Special to Tin : Bur. . | According to the special report of the llvo stock commission Omaha came In for its olinro of the $3. " > , OJO paid by the state for glnmlcrcd horses slaughtered by the commis sion. Following is the list : Aug. IJIIzeii&Co . S 1 00 F. ChaiiUlor . 50 ( H ) J. Gross . GO 00 John F. Droanmn . 0000 Stephens & llogors . OS OJ Charles Hnrt . 7000 Omaha H. U. K. Co . 50 00 A. Hoppo . 7500 Andrew Freolund . DO 00 O. F. James . . . 75 00 Omaha H. K. U. Co. (3) ( ) . 15000 Nels Anderson . 30 IK ) J. W. Ullranee . UO 00 J. J. Wcure (2) ( ) . 15000 11. S. Uolllns . 00 OJ Omaha II. U. U. Co. (2J ( . 70 00 F. V. Atwuter . 70 Oi ) F.W. At water. . . . , . 70 00 llasinus Nelson . 50 00 Omaha H. U. H. Co . 3500 D. C. Hurley . 0000 J. McCaeuo . 50 00 PaulIIenion . 5 00 Omnlm II. U. U. Co . ! 00 T. C. Wallace . 2. ) 00 C. M. Woodbrldgo . - 0 00 Jerome Beardsloy . 70 00 O. G. Decker . 3000 Omaha H. It. U. Co . . " . ( )0 H. If. Ilcndco (2) ( . Q 00 John Sullivan . 25 OJ Omahn II. K. U. Co . 40 OJ Hnssoy & DV . 40 OJ .1. . I. Anderson (2) ( ) . : . . . 3500 Hans Umnui9 . 40 00 Nels Larson . R , 1C. Llvsey . , . GO 00 F. D. Wood (2) ( ) . 12500 Arctic Ice Co . 70 00 Ilussey&Duy . 0000 Andrew Connelly . 5000 Jane Thomas . 0500 Omaha H. U. H. Co . 40 00 Omaha II. I { . U. Co. (2) ( ) . 70 00 B. F. Shtpman . Id 00 O. C. Hurley . 40 Oi ) Omnhn II. U. U. Co . ; i5 00 A Kiddle , of Omaha , and William McCoti- ley , of South Omaha , lost animals , but were not Indcmnilled. Against Watered Stock. LINCOLN , Neb. , Fob. 5. [ Special to THE Bni : . ] Mr. Colenran of Polk has introduced a joint resolution to congress reciting the nbusos in watering stock nnd piling up llctl- tlous debts , as practiced by railroad man agers , and closing with a rojoliitluu request ing congress to enact stringent law.i regulat ing the issuing of railroad stock , prohibiting and mnkitig it a crlmo to issue any stock , bonds or other railroad securities unless each contains a certified abstract giving the amount of stock and indebtedness par mile , gross receipts nnd nil other data that Is given in the reports. Also a statement , under oath , that none of the stock or bonds have been Issued in violation of law. Tlio resolution went over and will bo called up In u few days. Noten. LINCOLN , Neb. , Feb. 5. [ Special to Tnu Br.B.J No normal school bills have been in troduced in the senate , but Senator Kocho may put in ono as soon as the owners of an academy at Noligh decide whether or not they will donate their buildings. The management of the soldiers' homo nt Grand Island are criticized by some of the visiting committee for appropriating the entire front 01 the building while tlio old soldiers are relocated to rear rooms. Senator Koblnso'll , of Hartington , was ex cused from attendance to-day. The submissionists don't know whether they are "out of the woods" or not. The double-barreled amendment may yet be "loaded" and they are handling it "with care. " What if both amendments should bo adopted } Is the query which fairly paralyzes the whole prohibition crowd. Cady thinka that no ono can vote for both amendments , but Olmstead and others contend that they nro two B'-parato propositions , and anyone may vote for either or botii or not ut all on the question. The opening hours of the session were rather slunly attended to-day. Fully twenty members failed to make connection with the morningtrains. . COUNCIL l Several Members Absent but Consld- ornblu IJurliies.s Dune. It was 8 o'clock ueforo the city council settled down to business last night , and on the roll being called Boyd , Ford , Kaspar und Van Camp wi're reported absent. llulos were suspended nnd the ordinance making the annual levy of taxes for 16S9 was rend for n third time and passed. A former report of the committee of the whole was reconsidered , nud a portion of it relating to changing the width of Eloventn street , re ferred to the judiciary committee. A num ber of communications wnro read and re ferred to the various committees ; those from the board of public works , recommending the ncccptunco of estimates for sidewalks , etc. , being referred to the city comptroller. The report of the inspector of phiinlnilg was also sent to tno comptroller. A number of small accounts ware ordered paid , nnd the claim of Sarah Seldcn , for $ -107.80 damages , caused by the rain Mown of April 12 , rejected. The president was authorised to nominate n committee of llvo to look after the c-it.y charter at Lincoln , und will do so Saturday night. Among the ordinances read for the flrst time was ono prescribing and regulating the duties of the city clerk ; ono for the appoint ment of city weighers , and one regulating the sale and weighing of coal. The appropriation ordinance calling for $32,582.55 for the month of December , nnd fdl/JgO.OO for January , was read a first and Dccond time , and the council ndjourncd to meet on Saturday night as a committee of the whole. FAIINASI STRK13T WINS. Tlio J a'crson Square Homupru Bur led Out of SlKhr. " As foreshadowed in last night's Bm : , the election of yesterday resulted in an over whelming defeat for the Jefferson square schemers , and a triumph for the city. There was a light made tyy the losers , but they gave up early In the contest. There wore no Imuortant Incidents marking the day. Every proposition balloted for carried. The pcoplo declared In favor of a city hall nt Eighteenth and Fnrnam , the original site ; in favor of the necessary bonds , and bonds for other purposes. In every Instance there was and unexpectedly largo majority. Interest of course centered in the matter of attempted removal of the city hall sito. The Ptirimm street site won In ovary district outside of the Fifth und Sixth wards , whcro victory was In advance conceded to Jolt r- son square , und ono district in the Eighth , Tlio total vote in favor of the Farnam street site was 7,302 ; Jefferson square , 3.787. Majority for Farnam street 8,7ti7 more than had been predicted by the moat nanguino ad vocates of the latter. AT Till ! Thn Chase Continues Auildtjt Much Kxoitonteiit. The rrowd In attendance at the six-day 'cycle chuso al the colosscum lust evening was much larger than on the opening even ing , and the struggle continued amidst much enthusiasm. The riders reached the 100-mile post In just five hours and flfty-ono mlnutns , and iu th o two days have made 102 mites and three laps. Thn closing spurt last night was extremely exciting , and wound up with In vincible Prlnco ilrst , Morgan second , Knupp third and Reading last. In the parlance of the turf , however , u blanket would huvo covered the rjuurtotto. To-nlgHt ladies will bo admitted fi'oo acd thu nrosjioct'i are for n large attendance. ACCEPT IT UNDER PROTEST , Railroads Will Conform to the Iowa Commissioners' Soliodulo. PENDING A FURTHER HEARING. A Slunlflcntit Ijottor Prom rrosltlcnt I'crklns of the Uiirllnijton The 11 row M Mtirdor Xrml Su preme Court Decisions. 'Jhoy Arc Ooiiilnu lo Tornin. Dr.i Moixns , In. , Feb. 5. [ Special Tele gram to TUB IJnii.j Tha first railroad to como to terms with the Iowa commissioners * rates slnco Judge Urowcr's decision is tlio Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy. President 1'orhlns has written the following significant loiter , received hero to-day : Clucaijo , UurllnpUw ft Qulncy Hailroad Company. President's ' Ofllce , Hurlingtoii , In. , February 4.V. . W. Ainsworth , cs < | . , Secretary Iowa Hnilroad Cointnlssionors , Dos Molncs. in. Dear sir : I boj ? to Inform you that while \vo most respectfully but car- nustly protest Unit the oommissloncra1 sehoilulcs nre unjust to us , It Is the intention of this company , pending further hearing , to comply at once with the decision of Judge Hrower , liled with the clerk of the United Stntos district court on Saturday , February a , Wo shall iriut schedules without delay , imd shall refund any overcharges slnco the tiling of the decision. There has been disposition In some quurtCH to criticize the ) managers bocnuso they Inivo foil it to bn thotr duty to the owners of the property to uslt the courts to expound the statute. But 1 urn satisfied tlili has gro\tti out of u misunderstanding of the situation , It scorns to us not only proper , but of the most serious importance to the state , as well as to the railroads , that the law In u mutter of such very great import- unco to all of us should bo interpreted by the hlirhost tribunals. Tim present railroad law in this stuto affects a great many millions of dollars worth of property , honestly invested , and as much entitled to be protected as property of any other character. T.'ho people of tlio state uro themselves owners of mop- erty , and know that they cannot strike a blow at the railroads without affecting till values. I have lived thirty years in Iowa , and while I know it is not the desire or intention of the people to deal unjustly with the railroads , or to make laws likely to prevent capital from coming here , not only for railroad construc tion but lor improvements of various kinds , 1 know also that the subject of railroad transportation is un intricate and diftloult one , and that few persons have boon able to give it sufllciont consideration to understand , as wo do , the very serious nature of the con troversy which has boon going on. Wo un derstand the effect of Judge Urewcr's de cision to , bu that the hut sched ule fixed by the commissioners should bo complied with by the railroads , pending further hearing in the courts , unp , while wo hasten to uet accordingly , wo desire to ex press the conviction that the rates estab lished are inadequate , and the hope thut wo may have the eo-uporatioii of the commis sioners iu the further hearing und the final mid satisfactory settlement of the whole question. Very respectfully , C. E. PCUKI.VU , President. Officers of the Chicago , St. Paul & Kansas City , and Hurlington , Cedar Rapids & Northwestern roads telegraphed this after noon that they would also accept the rates. The Hi-own Cast. MVOJC Cirr , la. . Fob. 5. [ Special Tele gram to Tun HKK.J The evidence in the Brown case is taking quite a decided change. The defense to-day have boon directing their efforts to prove the assertions made oy Mrs. Brown at the time of the coroner's examina tion , that there was three reasons why she thought her husband had a motive Iu com mitting the crime , jealousy , financial uifll- culty and threats , and in proving the evi dence implicates Mr. Brown us the one guilty of the crime. Several testified to Ills jealous disposition. He acknowledged financial difficulty , und witnesses will bo put on the stand to testify to threats made by him. The defendant is clearing the points against her by the state , and before the trial is through with many are looking out lor some startling evidence. Tlio Supreme Court. Dr.s MOI.VIU , la. , Fob. 5. [ Special Tele gram to THE BUG. ] The following decisions were tiled by the supreme court to-day : C. H. Wnru & Co , appellants , vs. S. A. Hobcrtson , Polk district ; affirmed. Martin Bartlctt vs. Firemen's Fund In surance company , appellant , Muscathie dis trict ; nfllrmed. John Millhop , Sons & Co. , appellants , vs. B. F. Seaton ct al , Linn district ; affirmed. .lonas Klcc , appellant , vs. Henry Schlupp , Leo district : reversed. Charles W. Stewart vs. James McArthur et ul , appellants , Lee district ; reversed. Mary Parks , appellant , vs. William Gar ner , Pottawattamie district ; affirmed. Cornell's Oratorical Contest- . MT. Vuisxox , In. , Fob 5. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Bni.J The oratorical contest at Cornell college took place last night iu the presence of : i large audience. There were four contestants for the honor of represent ing the college in the state oratorical contest , which will bo hold hero February 33. V. B. Dolliver of Fort Dodge , hud for his subject , "Lincoln and the Slave , " and received the highest murks. B. L. Ucnluic , of Wuverly , took second honors. Mr. Dolliver is n brother of Congressman-meet J. P. Dolli- vcr. Worse Than nil Injunction. , la. , Feb. 5. [ Special Telegram to Tun HIM : . A crowd of toughs , bout on mischief , entered the saloon kept by M , Howeekcr tills afternoon , and , after fright ening the proprietor into submission , pro ceeded to flit up on his wet goods and heln thcmsolvcs to cigars. After satisfying their appetites they concluded to break up his business , which they successfully accom plished by throwing empty kegs throuirh the windows und demolishing the furniture. No arrests have as yet been mado. IMauro-PiiPUiiioiilii Amouj ; Ilorxcfl. FOUT Donoi ! , In. , Fob. u. [ Special Tele gram to Tim BUB. ] Farmers in this sec tion of the state nro considerably exorclsod over the appearance of pleuro-pncunionla among their horses. John Schmukor , a farmer living eiizlit miles north of this city , lost t'Xn ! ( in horfloflesh during the past three days from this disease. Hlowii Down , by the Wind. Fosu.v , In , , Feb. 5. [ Special Telegram to Tins Bci : . | A heavy wind storm arose hero yesterday about ! ) o'clock und the wind mill of the DCS Molnes it Northwestern railway was demolished. _ A Fa II uro at Im I'orlo. WATKW.OO , Iu. , Fob. 5. [ Special Telegram to The BKU.I The firm of Walker & Ashley , doing a grocery business at La Porto , failed yesterday , the liabilities being $3,000 and the assets $3,000. , ArniH For the PHILADELPHIA , Feb. fi. Mr. S. Preston , of New Yoric , Huyti's chief representative to this country , to-day requested Collector Cad- walndor to stop the English steamship Won * Blttyiialo , which Is suspected of carrying mysterious packages containing arms and ammunition to the insurgents in Ha.vtt , but the message came too late. The stoauior sturtod ( or Cuba early this morning with a cargo said to ho coal , and passed out of the capes last night. _ Almost n ailrnoln. Washington Critic : Translated from the French : She : Do you BOO that handsome woman across tlio room'/ Uo : I have eyes , my lovo. . She ; Well , BUG la deaf and dumb. Ho : Dumb ? She : Yes ; she hasncvorspolscn. She was born eo. IIo : Man dloul Thuro Is nothing Impossible with God ! LILY LANGJRY'S LIFE. She Intends to Write It With Her Own tfcHt llnntls. Nym CrinhloUh Now York World's drnnmtlc critic , shys ! Hearing tlmt Mrs. Lang try Iflitl boon for some tlmo employing ncPlc'lsuro In writing a book , I was curious to know If It could bo Into , and ttirh'dd In suddenly 0110 morning at hef g.ito in Twenty-third street with the'Tnto'htloa ot finding out. I found her in'lhdt | ! house of boudoirs whcro ono wutfta" . An cushions und situ down on tapestry u'lyiug like an Oriental princess on a . .couch of Himalayan nirs with an alAurd tablet und an equally absurd irold'tioncll In her hands. "Yes , ' .sho said , ' "look at that pile of manuscript. Perhaps you can't im- jigino that I have anything to say. Hut I linvo. 1 believe everybody but myself - self 1ms written about mo. Won't you think I ought to take a little interest In a subject that , appears to internal every body else ? " " 1 am quite sure of it , " I said , but I only cnmo to see if you wore doing it yourself , or only Intend lo sign your name to if" "All " she "with myself , replied , my Uttlo pencil. I suppose HOUIO people will thlnh I have grudges to ventilate. I haven't. I don't believe I have an enemy in the world ; at any rate 1 hope not. Lint I huvo got such a mass of unique experiences in society and In the profession tlmt I have always felt that I ought to put them In shape and tell them as pleasantly 113 I can , as bravely us t dare. You once suid to mo tlmt I began with princes and ended with posters. That was ono day when you hud the dyspepsia. I forgive you , because there is a certain amount of truth in it. I hayo found that tliore nro princes among bill-posters. I don't think 1 should have found it out if 1 hadn't come to America. " t think this charming woman might write a charming book. There ia a fascinating unproloniousness about her that , once got upon , paper , would arrest attention , and if coupled with cnndoi- in telling all she knows , it would bo read with avidity. A W ! ll Hi-oil Cut. Says the Detroit Kreo Press : Mr. G. Lorch. of Lamed street , has just re turned from Germany , wiioro he went with the hope of inducing his aged par ents to removes to this country , but without success. Jlis father Is eighty years of ago and his mother a few years younger. They would not leave the fa therland. They live all alone , with the exception of a cut. "You ought lo sue that oat , " said Mr. Lorch. "It's as big aa a dog , and is the most wonderful feline I over .saw. When tny parents sat down to a lunch of wine and biscuits , the cat would squat on u chair at the table , whore a little cup of wlnu and n biscuit had been placed for her. Just as daintily as n human being she would roach o t a claw , secure one of the biscuits , , dip it into the cup of wine , and cat iti .with great relish. "VVondofulcat. " - . After > 'mri Year * . A joyful reunion of a brother and sis ter after a soparatJ6fl of nine years oc curred at the residence of Mr. James II. Smith , clerk of the "probate court , at at 2121 Woodland pvenue Thursday , says the Kansas ( , 'ity Times : Nine years ago Samuel W. . [ Harris , a brother of Mrs Smith , then a boy twenty years old , left his home htjro and wont west to seek his fortune' . He has been a cow boy in Colorado ! lid ) Texas , a gold dig- go'rin Idaho and' Montana , and has wandered from Manitoba to Mexico in search of wealth ; Having acquired in his long search ivdiaudsome competence bo returned to thtjhome of his youth , and hunting niV'hls only sister made himself known to her. She had looked upon him as dead as no vijord hud been received , nnd her joy at meeting him was unbounded. U'liero He Had tliu Advantage , Chicago Tribune : "One advantage I have over you , Smithkins , " said Jen kyns , the society reporter , "is that I have nothintr but facts to deal with , while you have to draw on your im agination. I presume , now , I can write ten or fifteen columns of society doings while you are writing n column of one of your magazine stories. You have to do all your work out of your own head , you know. " The magazine contributor absently picked up Jenkyns' hat alzo six and one-quarter and looked into it. Then be laid it Jown. "I think you are right , Jenkyns , " he mused. ' "You are fortunate , indeed , in never being required to do any work out of your own head. " William and ItlHinnrek Confer. St. Louis Post-Dispatch : It was night. The wind was playing n fugue in Hohcnlindon. Kmporor William and Bismarck were seated in front of a table ; Count Herbert had just rushed the growler ; an empty "stein5' was in front of each. A few dewy amber drops hung from the premier's huge mus- tnchins. The "steins" wore filled and emptied. William pulled the cotton out of his oars lo hear bettor , and lift ing the growler , ho canted it insinuat ingly towards Bismarck's beaker , say ing : "Have Samoa ? " "Samoa ? " said B. , eronsing himself ; "Samoa ? Why , cert , " and he hold out tlie stem to bo refilled. Consistency. Philadelphia Record : First Physician "What utter idiocy ! Here are a lot of American actors protesting against the importation of foreign actors.1' Second physician "Yos , justlilco the ignorant laborers who witnt their own countrymen shut out , so us to keep up wages. But wo must be going. " "Yes , it won't do to be late at the medical convention. Our votes will bo needed to help keep these impudent women doctors out'Of the female wards of our hospitals ; and'jJosideH , we want a big majority on jj.hu motion to debar young Ir. Wiseman , "for advertising in the papers. " im > .M HI'ARKS rilO.H.TIfl-J : WIKI5. Representative HuUu'r , "of Illinois , pre sented in tno IIOIIHD'/U petition asking thut stops bo taken to sot'fo'rth nt the Paris exposition - position tlio value qf tha corn crop of the United States. The peiHlnn bristles with statistics showing the wonderful yield of .his crop nnd Its iuimtyinr value. The death of Gentjri'lvrelsenuu , of Berlin s announced , , jf -i L. A. Croll , vlce'Drftsldstit of Gettysburg college , and profossqci.niuthomututt and astronomy tit that nHtt | utlon , died of con sumption , aged llfti'-ny.iji . The workmen Im tliy glass works at Hlmrorol , Belgium , 'wivo gone ou a strlku- A number of collfsions huvo occurred bo- .ween the pollen and the strikers , and many > o r so us were wounded. Tlio secretary of the navy nnd Mrs , Whit ney cutcrtiuno.l tin president nud Mrs. Cleveland , with members of tliy cabinet and others. ( Jovernor Hill , of Now York , , was also present. The Indication * are that the Illinois nonuto will refuse tlio jointgubinu > Blon resolution. A careful canvass BUUWA twenty-seven hen- atom In favor of It , which is seven less than the necessary two-thirds. Starving hy tlio Tljo jutuitla , , SHANGHAI , Feb. 5. The sorority of the winter Is Increasing ll\a \ distress caused by ho famine In Shan Tung and Manchitria. t la estimated that ' 59,1)03 pontons uro sturv- ng In Chun Kiang. Bcochum's Pills act liUc luajjio ou u wc-alt stomach , wiANCEOFWICKEDSEi Rov. Boii Hoffftn nnd His Extraord inary Oaroor of Orluio. AN ALL-ROUND MEPHISTOPHELES Uo Wna A Shooter , n Gnuiblcr and n Homily .Juniper , nnd Did Some Vary Creditahlo Work an n Pirate. Antecedents ofnn It is well known that Uon Hognn has had a stormy anil sensational career , says tlio Oil City Dot-rick , nml to obtain some now points in regard to his eventful lifo , the Derrick has hail a brief chat with tlio once bail man ami present evangelist. " 1 was born in Uerne , Switzerland , " said Mr. Ungnn , "in ISI'J , whore my father null mother also were born. I was raised in Whlttenborg , Germany , until I was eleven years old , and then came to this country with my father. 1 was brought up in the densest ignor ance ; was what you call a wharf rat , surrounded day and night with de bauchery and crime. I never wont to school , hardly know there was Hiteh n thing , and I was nearly forty years old before L could either read or write so much as my own name. At the ago of thirteen 1 shipped on a bailing vessel and wont to sea , whore I was for throe years and a half. During this time 1 wont to Havre , do Grace , France. ' 'Before the war I left Charleston , anil w'ith six other characters as tough as myself , wo bought a small vessel and entered upon the business of IlUlllttXU AXI ) ri.L'MMiltlNU ON TIIK SUAS. I was in this business for two years , and at the end of tlmt time my share of the spoils was iMUOOU. Some time after this seventeen of us formed a pool and bought n larger vessel with which to run the blockade at Charleston. Our cargo was whisky , tobacco , quinine and such things as could bo readily disposed of to the soldiers. We ran the block ade and sold our supplies to General Ueauregard's army. When we got through with this business wo had $75- 0011 in gold and silver and about $11,000- 000 in confederate money. In endea voring to get the boat out of the harbor on our last trip wo were pounced upon by four United States vos.-els , well manned and armed. The blue coats boarded our vessel and then began a hand to hand fight with handspikes , hatchets , and whatever wo could get hold of. Wo wore largely outnum bered , and our crow wore falling on every side. Three of us jumped over board , and not being far out at sea. we swam ashore , and as far as 1 eould over learn the rest of our crow of seventeen were killed or taken prisoners. As it happened the three of us who jumped overboard were the custodians of a largo part of the money , and this wo divided. I took my share cf the con federate money and went to Canada to sell it , the tiunadians at that time be lieving it was pretty near as good as their own money. I sold It at Montreal , Toronto and Kingstown , reali/.ing 'M cents on the dollar. A itomiKi : nouiiKn. "Coining buck from Kingston I had a strange experience. A New York crook , disguised as a woman , got after mo and made desperate love. I got sea sick on the vessel , and this attentive female took earo of me. and in the meantime wont through mo for about $10,000. When I got to Now York my old cronies there had the laugh ou mo for the way 1 hud been taken in. This blockade enterprise , after deducting all expenses , including loss of the boat , netted mo $100.000. ' In Naslivlllo I worked as a spy and general detective for General Miller and Provost Marshal Hrooksof Cincin nati. I nail a permit to go where I pleased on the railroad and I carried on 1 big stroke of business for myself and mother person or two I hat I do not care Lo name. I had an arrangement whereby [ received 81.400 for every soldier I would enlist in the United States army. [ enlisted a great many , most of whom wore already soldiers , but this made no difference. I gave each recruit $100 and cpt $1,000 myself. I made at this busi ness us high aa $10,000 a week , and right ilong averaged 810,000 a month. This noney went about as easy as it came. I , vas on a train that was hold up by Mosby's guerrillas and robbed of a large sum and a lot of valuable jewelry and diamonds that I had invested in. "Under the leadership of Jim Col bert , a noted Now York burglar and crook , now dead , who leapt n resort op posite Harry Hill's , a band of forty of us were engaged in bounty jumping. We wore KNOWN" AS THU 'KOHTV TIIII5VKS. ' I took thirty-six bountiobiilUOO each. The man who jumped his bounty and got back first to headquarters received a cash premium nxtra. These bounty- jumpers took desperate chances in es caping from the soldiers , who were not slow to use their muskets. I had deserted - sorted so often that in Washington city I was sentenced with some others to bo shot. My father was then alive , and ho made 'a great ell'ort to save my lifo , although I had no hope that ho would succeed. The culprits had been led out and wo wore sitting on our cofllns wait ing for the order of execution , when Lincoln pardoned me. It happened that my father had known Lincoln per sonally , and through his intervention my li'fn was saved. That was close enough for mo , and I quit the bounty- jumping business. HIS VI ItST SHOOTING HOKAI'K. "The first shooting scrape 1 was over in. was in Now Orleans , before the war. There was a southern man there who said ho could whip any man in Now Orleans , who had come from the north. I don't think ho intended to include mo , as there was nothing in my German accent to indicate that 1 had como recently from the north. Hut wo retired to * a favorable place and had it out. It wasn't thought much of an ofTonse at that time to kill a northern man. anil the evident intention of this follow was to kill me. At all oventa , ho got out his revolver during the light and fired nt _ mo. I took the pistol away from him and shot him , though not fatally. I got away from Now Orleans aa soon after tlmt as possible. "My next shooting scrape was at Mo bile , where a gang o ( sports tried to rob me at a game of curds. I saw-them put up a hand on me. I had $300 on the table , and when I objected , ono follow saidrj"D - il you , you've got to stand it , " and in the Bcutllo that followed he shot at mo , but instead of hitting mo , t > hot his partner in tlio arm. I got my money all ritrht , und then wo had a general molco , in which wo used the butts of our revolvers on each other. 1 was always u pretty good hand at a rough find tumble , and got away with u , whole bkln. JIHN CIOKS TO OII.nOM. 1 "J arrived at Pitholo during the great oil o < ccitomon-th | < > ro , and huu a stormy time of it. A man known as * SUna- house Jack' was thu louder of u gang of touch ucowlo .whoso special object i Boomed to bo to got mo out of the way. Their throats to kill mo were frequent , nnd several times thovallompcdlo make these threats good. Those follows were thloves and footpads , nnd I had the permission of the Iturgcss to run them out of town if ftf could , 'Stone-house .luck' shot at mo once , and tlio next day 1 met him in a saloon opposite the Chase house and struck him in the nock with the butt of a pistol , Some of the gang left town , but the others remained. At IMtholo a light was arranged between mo nnd Jack Halllday. The fight cnmo oil at Hall town , and the crowd was pretty much all on horseback. Tlio tough gang was there ( o do mo tip , but the business men were on my side and kept the 'Stono-houso Jack' crowd down with pistols while the light went on. I thinU wo fought seven rounds when Ilnllidny failed lo como to tlmo , and I was de clared the winner. I wa * seconded by illm Klliot , who was killed n few years ago in Chieairo by .lore Dunn. After the light Elliot challenged mo , and wo fought the next day. There was a gen eral shooting match around the ring , and the light could not proceed. The loughs were arrested and fined $ ij each , Klliot among the number. From IMtholo 1" went to llabylon , in the Tidloute Held , and that 1 think was the TOrOIIKST TOWN I UVI5U (1OT INTO. There was an organized baud of high waymen in that country and they fre quently attempted lo clean out my place. One night a party of the-n made' dash to go through mo and I had a light with them. There was a number of shots llrod on both sidi's. Four of the gang were shot and one killed. They stole $700 , a gold watch and some diamonds. 1 was ar rested the next morning. Sunday , on the charge of murder. Tlio olllcor who arrested mo was Mr. Scott , who I think still lives in Tldionlo. 1 was acquitted on the ground of self-defense. At Baby lon I was malting $ . ' 10(1 ( a day. From the old country 1 went lo Sara toga and opened a gambling house , pay ing $110,000 for my place. 1 was getting along quite well when French ICuto , or Kate l.o Connie , made IHM- appearance on the scene. This woman was once married to a French count. She owned property in No\v Orleans worth $3(10,011(1 ( ( and was rich besides this. I hud met her in Washington City. 1 think , with out doubt , she was TIIK WR'ICKIKST ) WOMAX OX KAIlTlt. She had n great deal more to do with Lhe plot to assassinate Lincoln thnn Mrs. Snratt had , and ought to have [ ) eon. hanged in place of her. She was jealous , rovoiigoful and vindictive to an extraordinary degree , and she an nounced her presence in Saratoga by firing at me through the window. This was a .pastime that my customers did not enjoy and it broke up my business n Saratoga. Went to Albany and .rallied A dock and I'ayuo , who defeated Weston in the great pedestrian contest at Troy , that was witnessed by 50,000 ) . STOCKTON SAYS IT IS BOSH. II IH Kcply to n Detroit. ] li > y'd Charge ol' Frank M. Day , a graduate of the Do- , roit High School , says a dispatch to .lie New York World , staled that lie .bought Frank Stockton 'a plagiarist. ! lc gave the result of his investigation , o-niglit at the commencement eSer- : iscs of the clnssof ' 80. llosnid : "About .835 N. M. 1'riiod , an F.uglish lawyer vnd poet of some ability , wrote * A Question of Gravity , ' a story which was very original and which attracted some attention at the lime. It is noiv very Peldoni road. "About 1835. fifty years after the pub- ication of 1'racd'H article , Frank Stockton , one the most pleasing of our migazino writers , wrote and published what ho called 'A Tale of Negative jravity , ' a story so closely resembling .Vaed's article that I am really in doubt vhich lo call it , a coincidence or n plagiarism. Uotli made their heroes otirod scientists who by much study md labor succeeded in constructing a nachiuo' to extract all gravity from , heir bodies. This was at once the be- rimiing of their trouble and of the > oints of similarity in the stories. "Both heroes were accused of insan- ty , and both were enabled to pL-rform vondorful feats as athletes because of their lightness. Both jumped high in the air and wore unable to got down without assistance , and both finally be came disgusted with their dangarous invention and decided not to give the public the rather doubtful benefit of it. This is probably the only reason th.it that the problem of flying has never boon more successfully solved than by Darius Green. " Stockton's story can bo found in it book entitled " Encyclo pedia of Good Literature , ' ' Vol. V. A World reporter called on Mr. Stock ton at his apartments in I ho Hotel Albert and showed him the dispatch. Mr. Stockton looked ju-.t a little bit annoyed as ho said : ' 'That charge is nothing but the most perfect loih. ) : In the first place , I iicvcrhcard of the bonk referred to and said to have bean writ ten more than fifty yours ago ; but I am not surprised to hear that there have been other works similar to my book respecting the use of 'negative grav ity , " which is simply another term for buoyancy. Stednian in his 'Air Ship" published in Sr-ribncr , used il. bo have hundreds of others and so will probably hundreds moro , but I claim novelty and originality for my story , just the name. "It is a now story , and , as far as I know , tlic idea of a man carrying with him iu a small bag enough negative gravity to elevate bin body is ne\vand HO are the situations in which the man Hails hlniHolf. Love is an old theme , n very old ode , but every one who writes a love story is not necessarily a plagiarist. " Pttv Snviiij ; n llycnu'/i I/il'- . Probably for the first time on record a man is to bo rewarded for saving the lifo of a hyena , says a Philadelphia dis patch. At the annual suasion of the ladies' branch of Iho Society for Pre vention of cruelty to animals next Wednesday. Keeper .Shannon of the Xoolouical gardens will bo awarded a gold medal for hia bravery In entering : i cage containing two hyenas and preventing - venting ono of them from choking to death on a chunk of nurd. On Novem ber til , while the Cnrnivin-a house was tilled with visitors watrhingUio feuding of the animals , the hyunns , which arc young and unusually llcrco , began to light over the share thrown them : Hud- denly ono of the brutes begun to uhoke and it wa.s found that ho liad crushed bin loelh into a boat- nnd that the meat attached to it had partially slipped down his throat and was strangling him. If thn animal was lobe saved something would have to bo done quickly. Shannon grasped a scraper and without hesitation opened thu door and sprang into tlio rage. The hynciis made a dash at the daring kaypor , but ho beat thorn bank , whllo lloadkoopor Byrne clubbed thorn with a broom handle. Both an I mills frothed at the fangs and n t-id a though they wore rabid. Wu'ching his op-xirtimity , Keeper Shannon finally succceled in striking the choking annniit 0:1 : the jaw and loosening thu bone , and it fell out upon the floor of Iho cage with thu meat Btill attached. The plucky kooporman- iigud to got out of the cage without being injured and his act of Id ml MUSH In saving the lifo of tlio animal Is ooiislil- urcd worthy of the Booloty'a gold medal , The Oklahoma Dill Referred to tha Territorial Oommtttoo. NICARAGUAN CANAL MEASURE. An Animated Discussion on tlicQito.i t Ion of Civil Hcrvleo Koliinii Stnto Commerce 1mw Amendments. Senate. Fob. ft.In tlio soniito the house bill for the oMnbllMiment of n territo rial government in Oldiilionni having boon presented , Mr. 1'liitto moved IU rofi'rouco to the committee on territories , and Mr. DIIWIM moved Its reference to the committee on In * dtnn affairs. After a lonp dobnto tlio Oklahoma bill win referred to tlic committee on territories by a vote of yeas W , nays 1-J. Mr. llnwle.y offered nn nincndinnnt to the sundry appropriation bill , wlilcli wn re ferred to tlio coimnllteo on military iitTalrs , for tlio payment of $ T > , )00 ) to tlio widow of General blierldiin. The house Joint resolution for the payment of $50,01X1 , to the representative * of tlio lulu James li. Kads was tukmi up and p.mud. Tlio legislative , executive und judiciary np propriatlon bills wore tben taken up , nnd tlio amendments reported from tlio committee too on appropriations n rcod I ) . Tliey were few nnd unimportant , the o"ly noticeable ono liclnj ; tlmt Increasing tlie salary of the president's private score tary from SUM ) to f Oii ) . An amendment offered by Mr. Iluwloy to increase thoclcrl cul force of , thu civil service commission , pro- voliod discussion on the question of civil service reform , In the course of which Mr. Plumb contended .hut "p.lrtlsnnshlp of Uui most desperate character" Imdhcon practiced in the administration of the law , und Mr. Stewart charaotorized it as a "hroad farce. " Before the discussion closed the confer ence report on tlio bill r.mcndutory of the Intcr-stato commerce law was presented and road. The conference committee having agreed on the house amendment in reference In tlio transi > ortalnn ! ° f ° " > M > ' - Khermii-i innvod to concur in that amendment , as boliiK in the line of the Intor-stato commerce law which the senator from Illinois ( Callunn had fathered und cat ried through BUucosstully. Mr. Platte argued against the amend ment. ment.Vhilo \Vhilo the discussion was still in proirrosn , Mr. UiddleborKcr tried to have an executive session "so as to remove the obligations of Kccrocy" from tliu proceedings nn tlio Hritish extradition treaty , but a motion to adjourn prevailed , neither the conference roporl nor the Icf-islntlve appropriation bill having boon disposed of. House. WAsiuxoro.v , Fob. 5. In the house this morning tlic senate amendment , to the house bill rctlriiiK ( icm-rid William R Smith ( au- thnrlitltii ; his retirement with the hunt of major of engineers ) was concurred in. The house then proceeded to the consideration of the conference report on the Nicaragua ! ! canal bill. Mr. Cobb of Alabama , . ' thought that the house owed to itself to reject , the report. Ilo declared it was not fitting for a ( jroiit pov- L-rnmont lilcc the United States to put the l > o\vcr into the hands of a set of men to KO xbroad and get money under false pretenses. There was millions in it to tlio incorporators f the enterprise is a success. There wuS to jo no loss if It was a failure , lie then pro- locded to nrgiio that coiiKresn had no const ! .ntional authority to orcct a private business jorporation. } < ir. Kityucr defended the action of the ; enforces In receding from tlio amendment oqulriiitf the printing of the obligation ! * of , he company and a statement of tlio | , rovcrii- nont's liability. It was an amendment vhich was intended to kill the hill , t wus intended to intiinidato nvostors. Ho also Justified the action of ho house oonforties in receding from the imoiulinont rcipnrin ? that slmio * , stocks , lends , certificates or other sccnrltios shall )0 disposed of only for cash. It would bo mpossiblo to raise $ ! ! , OOUCOO in c.ish. Mr. Cobb suggested thai tlio engineers lad stilled that the canal would cost OO.OOO.OiX ) . Mr. Uayner said tlmt if the engineers csti nated it at ? 'W)0.,000 ( ) ) It would cost WOO.IXJO . , LI. ( Hut oven 80O.MKK ! ( ) was a good ( iolli Of uonciy to raise. Touching the action of tlie onfeiver in receding 1'rnm the amendment uthon/iiiK the United States to tlx tolls ipon Iho canal , Mr. liayncr siild tlmt rates > f toll were to ho fixed in concession , and the JicaiMKuan government was to receive a percentage of them. Mr. Uland of Missouri criticized the con ercnce report , in that II eliminated from tlio > it ! an amendment which had been adopted 11 thn house upon his motion , ivsorviiijr U > ho government the ritflit to regulate the ate of tolls. There on ht to bo in Iho bill . provision so-urini ; the rights of tlio United States under the Hullwor-Claytor. bills. Pending further debate the house took a ocess , the evening session to bo for consid- ratlon of district husinuH.i. The evening buRiiion of the house was do- otcd to consideration of Dislrirt of Coluui- ia business , and al IUiO : ! adjourned. Want tlio Tobacco TnKi.'inovfMl. . LorisVn.i.i : , Feb. 5. At a ronllnucJ PCS- Ion of thu tobacco convention , at l.oMngtoii , L'tioa was taken providing for a memorial ttt impress nhkhitf u removal of the tax on to- acco , TlicVatlici * Indications. For Nebraska , Dakota and Iowa : Fair , armor weather , variable winds , ( 'oaorally jutlierl.y. Tracing 'J'n-i.'olI. Philadelphia Record : Firtilf'hi'-ago 'olicomnn ' " 1 say , Shorty , M > ni" " ' folkn * hiiitin' now that maybe Taucoll IH la llilcago dJsguisjd as a woman. " .Second Chicago 1'ollcuinnn ( after oop thought ) "Maybe HO , innybo no. met a young lookln' woman the other uy that not only wouldn't notice-mo ' n't looked kind o' scared when I tried ) flirt with her. " An Aocoplallli ! l'r < ; : iiiir. ! Paris Figaro : . "Tommy , win t would cm like for you blrMidayV" "I'd Ilko 'Hi ' to give brother Jimmy a good jilting. " 3 that Impurity of llio blood which crodiicc-.i insipidly lump.-i or i.wcllln 'i la l'o ' : iii'Ck ; vlilcii cansiM nmalni ; i.orc.i en the anna , i'gs , or feet ; which develops nlcm In llni : yi-8 , cars , or nos"ofK'ii caii'-lna lII.iilnci ! ir iKifiiwis ; wlilcJi h tlio nr'Blii ' of pimples , can- cron-i Krowtlis , or "Mmsora ; " ulilrlir.islcn. ill ? upon the I IIIIR. ' ) , causes < -oMiiiiaitiiiii ; nml lenlli. Ills the innt nnclcr.t of oil illsc.isM , .ml my few persons aioontholylroof torn It. low Can It Belly lly taking iruc'1'3 flar.saiiarlll.i , which , hy lid rcianiUuhlo cinca It lr. i iircoiaiiH.ilicil , ias proven Ihelf to bo a juitrat anil peculiar iioilldno for thin dlsc.-.se. If you sulfur from crofula , try Hood's Karsujiarllla. "Kvcry spring my wife and children li.iv * ici-n troubled with xcroftil.i , my lltllo hey , lirco years old , l > clng a tmlMo sufferer. , rist Pirlii | | ; ho w.1 * ono mass of son's from ,0:11 , : ! to feet. V/oalUool ; Hood's. Snmpm Mb , ad all Ii.ivo licoii cured of the si-rof nil. Hy tlio lioyt \ rmllrdy fico from gorcx , nnd nit .nir of my children look lirlcht nml h'Mlihy , " V. II , A'nir.KTO.v , I'asmiic City , N , J , Hood's Sarsaparilla i1Jtiyt1i1ru : | > ; ; < ti. Jl ; 1 C , I. HOOD S. CO. , At i , Ixmdl > ! a < e. 100 Dosoo Ono Dollar