I The Omaha1 Daily Bee
i\ NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA , TUESDAY j\IOBN@Ig \ , JANUARY 7 , 1890. i\ \ _ ' NUMBER 200.
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
A Bill Authorizing the Loaning of"
Money to Farmers
GERMAN SYMPATHY WITH SPAIN
} t BountorCnll ProtostH That llio Teu-
' 4 * ion la In League With the Don
w Against Cuba Springer
Fathering : More New Stnto * .
ConnrcsB Reconvenes
Washington , Jan 0 The sonnto reas
sembled at noon uftcr the holiday recess ,
the vice president In the chnir and with loss
than n quorum
Among the numoroua petitions presented
nnd referred were two from Knnsas and
Texas , the former urging the goleetlon of
Chicago and the latter of St Loub us the
plnco for the International exposition of 1SW.
j • Platte presented n copy of tbo consiltutlon
adopted at Bolso City for the proposed stnto
of Idaho Referred .
H , Among the bills Introduced and referred
sere the following :
B Uy Mr Fryo To promote ocean moll ser
H vlco between the United States and foreign
H ports , nnd to prumoto couimcrco
H liy Mr Rengnu To prevent the transpor-
M tntion of increlinndlso in bond from the ports
B nnd territory of the United States Into thoM
M , ' republic of Mexico , and to restore that privl-
H \ lego when the tree zona along the boundary
B * between the two countries Is abolished
m By Mr Cullom ( by request ) Authorizing
H the sccrotnry of the treasury to loan money
fl to farmers nt 2 per cent ,
M Mr Plumb offered a resolution which was
m ngrccd to , directing tfaa managers of tnc na-
m tional soldiers homes to consider nnd report
B upon the advisability of establishing a hos-
a pital at Hot Sorlngs , Ark , to which all ills
H nnlcd ex-union soldiers shall bo admitted
I under proper recommendations Plumb also
MJ offered a resolution regarding the lease of
Alaslia seal fisheries , which was laid on the
table for further action by congress , or until
B the latest period mudo necessary by thu ox-
B Istlng law , and that mcanwhilo
H the secretary of war mnka a full leport to
the nennto , as to the maimer in which
the Alaska Commercial company
H has discharged its duties and obligations
fl under the present lcaso and also what nddt-
J tional legislation , if any , is necessary in
B order that the Interests of the government
Bi and those of the natives and citizens of
BB Alaska may bo moro fullv protected
BB Mr Call offered a long preamble and rose
Bb lutlon setting forth that the Oerman govern
BH • mentis interested in assisting Spain to ucr-
Bb pctuato hoi noveroignty in Cuba ; protesting
Ba A against any such combination and requcst-
Bb j5r\ . itig the president to furnish the Bcnato such
By / fljlnfornintion as may bo in the possession of
| Mk jr 'pHho stnto department in regard to the niut-
BJjfcE ' tor Referred
BV Mr Dawes offered a resolution ( which
BBijajiw | < w agreed to ) calling ou the postmaster
BB general for Information as to the progress of
BB the connection of the postoDlco department
BB with the telegrnpn conipnmes nnd us to the
BB probable cost of the erection af nn lndopend-
BB ent government telegraph line between the
BB cities of St Louis , Chicago , Philadelphia
BB and Now York
BB The senate then took up the bill to amend
BB the census act by increasing the puy of
B supervisors from 8500 to $1,000 , and Mr
BB Stowurt proceeded to make a speech on the
BH silver question , after which the Ulll passed
BB - A bill to lueroaso to 17i per month the pen
BB ulons of certain soldiers and sailors totally
BB bolpless from injuries roccivua or from
BH diseases contracted wli' .Io in the service of
BB the United States , passed Adjourned
BB llOUHC
H Washington Jan 6. Among the bills In-
B traduced and referred in the bouse foday
B were the following ;
U Requesting the executive departments to
BTJ change the extradition laws with Great
BB Brltlnn so that persons charged with grand
VAkfV nrceuv , cmbezzloimnt and ether crluiei may
HBf > t > 0 extradited from Canada
H Nm DyMr Lanoof Illinois To prevent the
BB contraction of currency ; also for a graduated
BB income tax ; also to tax trusts ; also to ascer-
BB tain the amount of the mortgage indebted
BB ness of the farmers of the United States
BB By Mr Springer of Illinois For the ad-
Bfl mission of Arizona , Idaho , Now Moxlco and
BB Wyoming into thoiinlon ,
BB . . liy Mr Perkins of Kansas For the croa-
BB ttou of an oQlco of congressional corrospund-
B unco and departmental business This pro
BB vldes for an oftlco In connection with the
BB house , with ulorkx whoso auty it shall bo to
BB attend to the departmental business of the
BB members
BB Uy Mr Bland For the free ooinago of
BB silver
BB Uv Mr Piokler of South Dakota For a
BB public building at Aberdeen , S. D ,
BB The following appointments were an-
BB nounccd by Acting Spcaltor Buttorworth :
B Lodco and Wheeler , regents of the Smith
Bb sonian institution ; Illttand Hemphill , uiom-
BM tors of the board of directors of the Colum-
bin Institute for the deaf and dumb Ad-
Bl Journod
t - _ , , THO PACKING UOUSU THOUULES
H f Employes Determined to Test the
B " IiOKallty or Their Contracts
B CniCAno , Jan , 0. [ Special Toiogram to
H' Tie Bee | The employes of the various
H packing llrms at the stock yards who took
H action yesterday looking to tostlng tbo legal
H Uy or the contracts signed by them after the
grout strll.a of 18b7 , are ovldontly dotermlned
H to push the matter , The objectionable con
H tracts provided that the men must deposit
B with their employers a certain amount , to bo
H forfeited to the employers should the men
H quit without nottco
H' ' At Swift U Co 's oftlco today the manager
H declined to discuss the matter Ono of tbo
H employes said to a reporter that tno contract
H . is unjust For lustanco , a man who gets t3 a
H day must deposit ( ilU in Installments If ha
gets (3 a day stcudily , that would hot bo so
BB ] < \ onerous , oven dcsplto lis Injustice Uut
BH many of the men work only two to flvo duys
BB a week A man worked four and u half days
BH last week and earned (18 50 , The company
BBJ • ' • kept gd , aud for his weeks work ho received
BJ tluM
BB ! x " 1 ho contract is absolutely silent as to any
repayment of thu mouoy ta tbo employes , 1'
( continued the workman Sometime * when
BH a man is discharged Ills whole deposit is
BBJ given back to titm Uut coining lata to work
BBJ can do construed as u violation of the terms
BBJ of faithful service * and made tbo ground for
BBJ the retention of tbo money Swift & Co
BBJ must have at least f 100,000 of their employes'
BBJ wages in their bands and on tbU they pay no
BBJ Interest To the men who have quit they
BBJ refuse to pay the baluuoo of tliolr wages und
BBJ suits will bo broughV to recover the amounts
BBJ i ' 1 here are soma fifty men ou u strlko and wo
BBJ will bo supported by tbo whole working
BBJ ' force of the packing houses who are
BBJ , forced to submit to these actions "
BBJ Thcpackers uluim , on the other band , that
BJ this retention of part ot the employes' pay is
BBJ , the only method by whh'h they cun secure
BBJ I themselves against strikes aud wbolcsulo
BBJ ) Ucsortloas without notice by tbo men
H Ho Gnvo the Plot Away
H ( ! i Ki.NSi.3 Cur , Mo , Jarj 0 [ Spsclal Tolo-
M grain to Tub Usk.J William H. Mitchell
BHL jC" thbeondomnod murderer Michael Kai
H _ < < risky , sentenced to liaug next month , today
Pv gave away a plot that was boiug perfected
W \ to secure his escspo Miss Tilllo Lafrauco ,
H Mitchell's fiance , gave a mau named Stepti-
ons (0 With which to buy acids und a saw
BJ btepheus was flow about his task aud
Mltotioll beoame so impatient that hu guvo
BBJ the Jailor an order on him for the money
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BHa : <
The Jailer at once suspected something
crooked , nnd pinning Mltcholl down sharply
ho got the story Miss I-afranca nnd Miss
Nina Mitchell , the condomncd mans sister ,
were the chief plotters Stephens nnd the
women were arrested * The lallor , however ,
have bcon retoascd
A KANSAS OAUHI'l CEIjHUHD
Xrnulilos oTnii Aired Wnnmn Clinrecil
With Murdering Her llii bin < l.
Kansas Cur , Mo , Jan 0. fSpocial Toio
gram to Tub Ucn ] At Olatho today tbo
case of the stata ot Kansas against Lucy
Tcnnison , charged with the poisoning of her
husband In Juno , 1887 , was on trial for the
third tlmo In tbo district court of the
county This has crown to bo ono of tbo
most celebrated ca > cs on the criminal calen
dar in Kansas Mrs Tonnison is charged
with murdering her husband , J. I ) . Tcnni
son , n wealthy farmer , by mixing poison In
the incdlclnosho win giving him while sick
with a fovcr The coroners ' Jury declared
ursonic poison to bo the cause of death
She was arrested immediately after the in
quest , on the coroners ' warrant , and the
case came on far trial In November , 1887.
The defendant was discharged by the court
on the ground of the Insufficiency of the
coroners warrant Tno case was taken up
to the supreme court by the state nnd the
decision or the lower court wns ruvorsod
Mrs To inl on was then rearrested In
southern Kansas nnd tried in January , 1889.
She was found guilty una sontonccd to death ,
according to law , which * roallv means a llfo
sontonCb In the penitentiary : She was taken
to the penitentiary and the case was again
taken to the supreme court , this time by the
defendant Acain the decision ot the lower
court was reversed , this tlmo because the
dofondnnt had not testified in her own
behalf
Mrs Tonnison is nearly oiehty years old
and feeble Lawsuit * among her children
have grown out of the disposition of the
estate , only ono of the children , a duughtor ,
sympathizing with the mother
TI1I3 MONTANA SITUATION
It Ijooks ns II' llonutilionns Will Como
Out Victorious '
Atchison , Kan , Jan 0. | Sp < Tlal Toio
gram to Tnc Bee.J Hon FranU K. Arm
strong of Montana , ono of the defeated
candidates for nssouiato justice ot the
supreme court of that stnto , is in Atchison
today Ho gives 'lt as his judgment that the
democrats will default in the present political
muddle In the stnto and permit the republicans
to win a practically undisputed victory The
republicans have plenty ot money at their
disposal and the national administration
behind them , nnd the prlzo is so great that
they can afford to give a great deal to gain
their point There nro enough prommont
democrats wl'liug ' to stand in with the
republicans to complete the bargain and sale
Democrats Moot mid Adjourn
Helkva , Alont , Jan 0. The democratic
lcgislaturo met in Joint convention at noon
but as berctoforo without a quorum
Twonty-sir out ot thirty-eight members
present took a ballot , each voting for the
cucus nominees , Clark and McQinnis , and
adjourned
A FOOLISH FIFTEEN-YEAlt-OkD.
An Atchison Kid Attempts .Snlcldo
Ilconuib of a Levers Qunrrol
Atchison , Kan , Jan C [ Si ( , < cial Toio
gram to Tub Bec.1 The attempt at suicide
of young Louis Kurth this toronoon , while It
is sonous and may result In death , has Its
funny side , and Is the cause of much amus
ing comment The boy is but fifteen years
old and is the son of John 11. Kurth , a prom •
lnont nnd old citizen JThe girl who was the
Innocent cause of the boys foolish act Is the
daughter of Charles H. Batenshaw , promi
nent In railroad circles and the storekeeper
of tbo Missouri Pucitlo here The two became -
came attached as schoolmates aud their
friendship ripened isto puppy love On Sat
urday they quarreled On Sunday the boy
saw his sweetboart with another fellow and
ho took on oath to die Ho selected It o'clock
today ns the hour nnd a restaurant as the
place Ho coolly waulkcd into the restaur-
'anl a few mluuto * before the appointed hour ,
where bo loafed about until tbo clock struck ,
and then bo drew u U3-caIlbcr pistol and shot
himself in * the loft breast While bleeding
profusely ho continued to stand , and , nour
ishing bis pistol in a most tragic manner , ho
asked for chloroform that bo might die
pencofully and with "Nollie's name on his
lips ' ' On tbo lunch counter after bis friends
had taken him homo was found in bis hand
writing the following no to :
JJbah Nell : When this reaches you I will
bo in h 1. It was all your fault that , made
mo commit this , and I bopo you and your fel
low will bo happy , but I could not see you
with another fellow If this does not settle
mo I will try it again The time has cornel
Hark , 'tis Btriking 111 My last words are for
you Louis Kuuia
The young man Is lying in a critical condi
tion tonight and ho still Insists that ho wants
'to die ; that life to him is empty and full ot
sorrow
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Suing for Die Stakes
Ciiioaoo , Jan 0. | Special Telegram to
The Uee.J The demurrers of Samuel W ,
Allerton , John T. Lester and Charles
Schwartz to a bill by Charles S. Stettaucr
were sustained by Judge Jlorton this morn
ing Mr Stettauor is aulngthnsogentlemen ,
whom ho charges with fraud , etc , for un ac
counting Ho says that from 18S0 to 1SS3
they composed the firm of John T , Lester &
Co , which concern ho employed as his
agents in transactions in stocks and grain
Mr Stottaur claims tbat these transactions
amounted in gross , during tbo thrco years ,
to 810,000,000 , and that tha II rm rocolvod ns
commission us much as $25J,000 from htm
Ho iiays that they frequently cancelled con
tracts made for him on tbo stock exchange
and the board of trade without orders , uiuk-
Ing losses which ho had to stand ; that they
failed to execute orders given by him , which
were sura to bo profitable , and that they
failed to render a proper account'or let him
look at the books The demurrer was sus
tained ou the ground that the allegations ot
fraud woio too general , and that to compel
an exposition or tbo gigantla detain of
transactions involving $10,000,000 the de
fendants were entitled to have specifically
set out tbo amounts , time and other facts
which were not even referred to in the bill
Stottuuer's lawyer obtained leave to amend
the bill
NcbrAskn and lnwa Pensions
Washington Jan 0. fSpocial Toiogram
to Tub Uee.J Pensions granted Nebraskans -
kans i Original Invalid Alfred Snoll , Inaian i
Louis Nleman , EUtliornj George Bacon ,
Mlddloburg ; W. H. Harrison , Kising City ,
Pensions for loivuns : Original Invalid
William II Jenkins , Corning : William L.
Harris , Montour ; James W. Graves , Union
Mills Increase Nicholas O. Hosvard , Day
ton ; William Mutllory , Osage ; Edwin L.
ltood , Moutroso ,
The Oauch Hecord
Yankton , 8. D „ Jan , u fSpeolal Telegram -
gram to Tub Hkk.1 John P. Cronnon , ono
tbo foremost citizens and most prominent
business mon of Yankton , aud universally
rospactod by all , dlod at 7 o'clock this oven ,
ing , The business community is clothed in
mourning , Mr Crencan has ooon In Dakota
Bovorul ears , His former homo was la Toledo -
ledo , O. , where hu relatives reside
Olilo'a Iioixlulature Convenes
CoHJiiui's , O. , Jan 0 The general
assembly convened today The democratic
caucus nominees for the various positions
were ulootod The governors inoisugo wus
read ,
Inter-Hlnto HecomiuniidutionK
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Washington , . p. In Its third annual
report submitted to congress today ( ho Inter
state commerce commission makes recom
I mendations looking to an amendment la the
law of the llrst section so ns to correct some
nmbigultlcs of Inncungo and tnnku more
dcllnito und certain the transportation , both
Interstate and international , intended to bo
subject to the provisions of the net relating
to routlno and intcrchnugooftrnfllc between
carrlors The now sections suggested nro
the prohibition ot tbo payment of commis
sions by ono railroad company to the ticket
ngonts of nnother company for passenger
transportation , tbo abolition of ticket brok
erage , the requirement Mint milcngo shall bo
paid for cars used bolnnging to private com
panies or individuals , nnd the extension of
the law to make It apply to common carriers
by water routes
PHOVIDI1S A BltiVttll HASiq
A Measure Which Will Soon"Ho Intro
duced in Congress
Nrw Yoiik , Jan 0 John Joy Knox has
prepared a bill which will bo introduced in
congress soon , the principal object or which
is to provide for the use ot silver bullion ns
the basis for the national circulation ,
The bill provide * thnt after the pusaga ot
the act ovcry national bank shall bo author
ized to lssuo circulation notes to nn amount
not oxcecdlng 75 par cent ot tha banks capi
tal stock Not less than 70 per cent ot this
circulation shall bo socurcd by United States
bonds , ornt the option of each bank one-half
of Bald 70 per cent mny bo secured by
a deposit with the treasurer
under regulations to bo prescribed by the
secretary of the treasury of gold coin or
buliion or silver bullion at tha current mar
ket prlco Whenever thu mnrkotor cash
value of the bullion nnd United States bonds
deposited is reduced below tbo amount of
circulation issued the complrollorof the cur
rency may demand ana rcceivo the amount
of such depreciation iu other bullion or in
gold or silver coin , to bo deposited with the
treasurer us long ns such depreciation shall
contlnuo , or tno amount of the circulating
notes of such banks may bo reduced by
charging tbo excess of circulation to the re
demption fund '
An account to bo bo designated the National
tional bank safety fund Is authorized to bo
opeuod on the treasurers books by roduclng
the amount of United States notes
now outstanding , 81,500,000 , and by re
ducing tbo national bank redemption
fund iu the same amount and croditlng
3,00 > > ,000 to the safety fund To suld fund
shall bo added a duty of ono half of 1 per
Cent each half year upon the nvorago amount
of the national bank notes In circulation If
nny nutional bank becomes insolvent and if
uny of the circulating notes romam unpaid
utter the assets and Individual liability of
the shareholders are exhausted such circu
lating notes shall bo redeemed , cancelled and
destroyed and the amount charged to the
safety fund
Knox in explaining the provisions ot the bill
Bald It is estimated that lost and redeemed
national bank notes amount to at least 1 per
cent during every twenty .voars , but only
one-half of the amount estimated to bo lost
is to bo placed to the credit of the safety
fund to cover tno 80 per cent of circulation
not secured by bonds or bullion It Is not
necessary , however , that this appropriation
should be used for a safety fund if serious
objections are made , as the tax on circula
tion , which amounted in 1830 to $1,410,331 , is
abundant for creating and maintaining
a sufficient fund for the abso
lute redemption of 80 per Cent
of all issues of all the national banks , aud
the comptrollers report for lbs9 shows tbat
during the last twonty-llvo years the total
circulation of insolvent banks amounted to
but J15,000,000. The amount of insolvent
bantt notes each year on the average was
000,000 , 30 tier cent of which would bo
$160,000. The tax on circulation last year
was nearly eight times tno amount of the
safety fund reauirod If the circulation is
increased the tax will be correspondingly
Increased so hat the amount to be added
annually to the safety fund from it is
without doubt abundantly sufficient
to provide for 30 tier cent of all the insolvent
banks of the country The profit on cir
culation under this proposition would not bo
large , but would be suQlulcnt to induce mauy
If not nil the smullor banks to deposit silver
bullion and take out circulation Knox esti
mates that at the end of tbo next , twenty
years , or at tbo date of payment of the 4 par
cent bonds in 1007 , a safety fund would have
accumulated ' of at least $ i5,000,000. so
that from that tlmo onward a suOlcient
amount ot national bank circulation
would remain permanently in existence well
secured by gold or sllyer bullion and suQl-
ciontly profitable to ioakothe prrsout amount
of Unltod States notes sulllclont to respond
spend of the demand of the business ot tbo
country It would also give the banks In the
west , us well as in the cast , which have con
fidence In tbo future value of silver , an op-
to invest in that metal , and ho beloved -
fiortunlty
loved such investments would bo made for
tbo next three years equal at least to $20-
000,000 annually and thus rellovo th treas
ury from exccsslvo purchases
THEY WBKK AL.Ii CONDEMNED
A Chlcaco Inspector Charged With
Passing ; Diseased Llvo Stock
Chicago , Jan 0. H.i C. McChosnoy of tbo
Btate board of llvo stuck commissioners today
sent an open letter to Chicago's health com
missioner , Dr Wickorshum , concerning the
controversy between tbo city and state Inspectors
specters rolatlvo to tbo recent killing of dis
eased oattlu at the stockyards Tbo letter
is written in a most savage vein , and scores
Wlukorsbum for bis statements that tbo state
board would not bo allowed to foist
diseased cattle upon the Chicago public "
It charges that City Inspector Lamb is in- '
competent , The 100 cattle regarding which
the controversy originated were quacantiuod
by the state board because all wore diseased
with uctiuomyosls They could not be tanked
at Peoria , und the state boanl issued a per
mit to the ownora to ship thorn under quar
antine to Hess Brothers , Chicago , in care of
Stale Agent McDonald , tbo carcasses and all
parts used for food to bo put lu rondoriug
tanks under his supervision This has boon
done
McCbcsnoy says this Is the lot ot cattle of
which City Inspector Limb condemned
seventeen , and would have passed ninety
seven for market , whereas ail had been de
clared diseasoa py a board of eight compe
tent veterinarians Ho retaliates ou the pity
ofllcinls 'by saying that no ono knows bow
many cattle ulfected with the disease have
bcon passed by Inspector Lamb and put on
the market Ho Informs Health Commis
sioner Wlcbersham that thu public will hold '
him responsible for Lambs acts
The Wouthcr Forecast
For Omaha and Vicinity : Fair weather
For Nebraska ; Light snow ; ' slightly
warmer ; vanablo winds
For Iowa : Fair In eustern ; local snows In
western portion ; northerly winds , becoming
varlablo ; warmer except in southeast portion
tion ; stationary temperature
For South Dakota : Fair ; warmer ; south
westerly winds ,
A Victory for the Peopls ,
San Fiuncisco , Jan ft Judge Wallace In
the suponor court today doclded tbo case ot
Tbo State vs The American Sugar licllnory
company The court finds that in Joining
the sugar trust thu company Abandoned nlU
the purposes aud objects for which it wus
created und lias tboreforo forfeited Its cor
porate franchise Judgment for $5,000 and
costs wus also rendered agaiust the com
pany
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lleiiiands Turners Arrest
Mitchell , S. D. , Jan ft [ Special Toio
gram to The Hee.1 Sheriff Hoffman of
Ueadlo county wrote u letter to Sheriff
Dwight of this county , which was received
today , stating that ho had telegraphed re
questing the arrest of Dexter Turqer , gen
eral agent of tbo Citizeas' Llfo ussoclatloa of
Cherokee , la , on thu ground of newspaper
reports He asks for a bill of costs ,
ICnKaireil to a Couii } . "
Wh-uinoton , Del , Jan 6. The engage
ment Is reported of Miss Ellen Bayard , the
youngest daughter of the ex-secretary of
stuto , to Couut Leivcnbaupt , formerly con
nected with tbo Swedish legation la Wash
Ingtoa .
our fleeting oundary
Two Plaus to Koop'Nobraska nnd
Iowa at Homo
SUGGESTIONS ; BYM& . GROFF
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Government Printers Amtntlni : fbr
Higher WnccsVhat Western
Congressmen nro Doing Leas
as a Lobbyist
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Washinoton BuitKAu Tub Omaha Bun , ]
S13 Fouutbesth Sthbbt , V
Washington D. C. Jnu 0. )
The secrotnry of the Interior sent to the
senate today n rosponsa to the resolution of
December G last , calling for information
concerning the boundary line botwooa the
states of Iowa and ftobraska The reply
comes in tbo form of a letter prepared by
Commissioner Orolt of the generul land of
tlco , who says : The act ot ISO * cites the
mid rnaunul ot tbo Missouri as the boundary
between tbo states , thus leaving hinds origi
nally In Nebraska east ot the present mid
dle of the channel of' the river and lands
originally In Iowa west of the said tnlddlu of
the main channel aud leading to serious dis
putes concerning the ownorshlp of such
lands and threatening tbo defeat of
Justice In civil and criminal cases on
account of questions at jurisdiction
The surveys were made nt various dates
from 1815 to 1S53. This oftlco is In posses
sion of no official data regarding the changes
in the course of the river which have taken
place stneo the date of the Nebraska ena
bling not of April 19,1S04 , and Is unable to
communicate rcltablo Information as to the
effect of such changes upon the ownership
nnd Jurisdiction or to atato In what manner
or dogrco the lands ot tha United States
have been affected by the movement In
regard to the establishing1 of a boundary between
twoen such states which shall bo fixed , do
termlned and unfluctuating , two methods
occur to mo , as follows :
" 1. That the middle ot the main channel of
the Missouri river as It oxiifd at tbo date of
the Nebraska enabling'act bo adhered to ,
both stntcs cousentlng.-as the line dolining
iho Jurisdictions of the stntos respectively ,
the position of tbo said nlidohannel line at
that date to bo ascertained by actual survey
upon the ground , aided'by ' the best testimony
obtainable from residents , river pilots aud
others acquainted witlitho Yucts
" 3. A suivey ot the river for the purpose
of determining the position [ of the mid-chan
nel line as it exists at prcsont und tbo adop
tion of said line by the respective states as a
permanent boundary regardless ot future
changes in tno course of the channel either
by gradual accreti4ns or by suddaa in
cursions of tbo river "
clahkson is Arum
The statcmont originally made In these
dispatches several weeks ago that First
Assistant Postmaster Gerteral Clarkson con
templatqd resigning was Verified today Mr
Clarkson.in , n conversation , with your cor
respondent , said ho baddrlginally ; taken the
office only under tbo strongest Importunities ,
and that ho had acceptcdlt'tbou under the
condition thnt he wouldfnot'bo ' askodMo hold
It inoroithan a year , when he accepted tbo
offlco ho did so only forlUo pu'poseot rid
ding the party of detooe tic posCmlistote so
far as Itlay lu hispowdr.J'HOhopes to bo '
through with this before very long and then
ho will return to the mqra congenial field of'
Journalism Hb regards tbo time that be has
spent in the office as the most Instructive
j oar of his life Ho , says ho has learned
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moro of the politics ot every county nnd
state in the union in the ten months that ho
has bcon In office than the rest ot his llfo
put together Tberois not a county in the
states but has bad its loading republicans
hero befora him fighting out their local
battles , and he knows now the exact stand
ing and exact worth of ovcry republican
politician in the country
GOVERNMENT rilDJlCEllS' WAGES
The effort begun in the bouse today look
ing toward the adoption of-a measure for the
restoration of the waged paid at tbo govern
ment printing office in 1877 Is formidable aud
will likely succeed , .
The prices of 1877 were ft a day and CO
cents per 1,000 cms for typesetting at night
on the Congressional Hecord The prices
paid now nro about 23 per cent lower , The
bill introduced today Is packed up by a tabu
lar statement showlngy the cost of living
here compared to otbor oltios , from which It
appears tbat tbo wages-paid printers hero
are comparatively - wor than in other
fdaces , that is compared with the cost of llv-
ng elsewboro The western unions are
asked to send to their representatives in
congress resolutions fayorlng tbo stop in
augurated today
ev joineb's case
The announcement was made this after
noon from North Carolina that a Haloigh
paper would print In tbo morning a state
mout thut no ono in North Carolina know the
Key T. M. Joiner , wnols huro seeking Brit
ish as well us government protection against
tbo white ruffians ot North Carolina who as
saulted him and bis wife on December 20.
The dispatch also says tbat un investigation
bus boon made In Wadcucounty Very likely
no such outrage should have bean discovered
In Wndo county , as the Holly Springs where
Mr Joiner lived is situated in Uandolph
couuty Mr Joiner has brought with him
tbo minutes of the Methodist church
showing his record ns a minister
in North Carolina since 1800. Accord
ing to the Methodist church he has
been transferred almost every year to a dif
ferent parish add only tor tbo last tow
months has hohadcburgaof the Stout chapel
at Holly Springs Mr , Joiner is well known
In ABhboro , and If tbo Italoigh paper would
take tbo trouble to Investigate It would find
out that friends of Mr , Joiner and members
of tbo Methodist church ut Grconboro , N.
C , took up a collection ta send him to Wash
ington to place Ins paso'beforo tbo authori
ties Tbo counsel at Charleston , N. O. , is
now Investigating the case for the British
minister , and as soon osf the report is made
Sir Julian Pauncofoto will act In the matter
Mr Joiner and bis wiferbad a most satisfao
tory intcrviow with the'Hrftlsh mtnlstor this
afternoonin regard to tnelr case
tub woiij.d' paiu "
There is to bo no special committee on the
worlds fair in the house/ibr representatives
Tbat was pructleally yielded today Ono
can not bo authorized wjurout the consent of
the commlttoo on rules . and a majority ot
that committee areagafasT it Mr Flo wo r
ot Now York , who'bvtho chief boomer of
that city , has Introduced'a.resolution for a
special committee andjlho resolution has
gone to the committee , pn.rules , which will
not act upon it until nftbr tno committee ou
foreign uffairs , which nbw has Jurisdiction of
the subject , has reportea.upon tha bill drawn
by Edwin Walker of Cliicafea and Introduced
by Mr , Adams Mr Flower has been doing
a great deal ot lobbying ; lu the house on the
subject toduy and MrUuchannn of Now
Jcrsoy , who wants to bo4 chulrraan of the
committee and stands lu line for it , has bcon
assisting him on tbo republican side , Mr
Hilt of Illinois , ' who Vs Wairmao of the com
mlttoo on foreign affairs ; has called a meet
ing of the committee for tomorrow and will
refer the Adams.bill to a sub commlttoo
that will take action at once and au effort
will bo made to gut tbo bill before the houio
during the present week This bill , us is
well known , simply provides that an expo
sition shall be held to celebrate the Colum
bian centennial , but uatnos nu pluco ,
} S THE SENATE
In the senate today there was prosoutod
memorials from tba 0-uiaha board of trade in
favor of a reduction of letter postage to 1
cent per ouuco and thu passage of the i'orry
bankrupt bill ; also a petition from tbo
veterans in Keith-'county for pension legis
lation before there is any reduction of tbo
revenues There was also presented u
memorial from the HantUt state convention
of Nebraska for legislation to Increase the
number of army chaplains ; a memorial from
the votoraasof O'NoUl , Holt county , in favor
of further legislation on the resolutions of
the Nebraska Veteran association for the
repeal of the arrearages of ponslons
Air Wilson of Iowa presented numerous
private pension bills for his constituents and
petitions nnd memorials In favor of n lnw
prohibiting speculation on Iho future pro
ducts of the country Ullls were presented
us follows : Provfdlng for a steam vessel
for the use of the civil government In
Alaska ; nuthoritlug the construction ot n
railroad brldgo ncross thu Missouri river in
Mononn county , Iowa , and In Thurston nnd
Hurt counties , Nebraska ; to pension Mary
J. Welch , nn army nurse during the late
wrr ; increasing the pension of James II
Showaltcr ; uuthorizmg the sccrotnry of
the Interior to lssuo nn honorable
dlscliargo to David 11 , Mlllor lhoro ; voro
also prcscntod affidavits ot cltbens of
Thurston county refuting allegations In n
petition presented to the senate in Decem
ber last by Senator Voorhees roncorning-tbo
Interference of Indian Agent Ashley with
Indians on election day Thu affidavits arc
signed by J. S. Lcmmon , William .Mjers , V.
S. Uannv , H. S. Hnrcus , Charles Uiimttloy ,
Alex Stoyr , Uiarlos Decora , Chnrlus
Prophet , Samuel Elk nnd other cltl/ons who
deny the charges sot forth in the lcsolution
of Senator Voorhees in tote
Senator Paddock Introduced a bill provid
ing for the disposal of Forts Hartsuff ,
Sheridan and MoPhorson , military reserva
tions In the stuto of Nebraska , to actual settlers
tlors under tbo homestead law The bill Is
preceded by a prcalnblo stating that the
tracts of land ombraccd in these reserva
tions nro no longer needed or of use for mil
itary purposes und have boon abandoned ns
military reservations by the executive au
thorities
in the nocsn
In the house today Dorsoy presented n resolution
elution In favor of the roductiou of letter
postage to 1 cent per ounce ; also another
resolution from the board of trade in Omaha
in rofcrenco to national bankrupt laws ; also
a petition from Sedgwick post , Grand Army
of the RepUbllcasklur for the pissago of the
Graud Army of the ltcpublia pension bill ;
also petitions from citizens of the Third dis
trict asking thnt CO cents per barrel bo paid
for all Hour exported in vessels belonging to
citizens of the United States , and from sol
diers nnd sailors ot the state of Nebraska
asking for the passage of the Grand Army
pension bill
Mr Gear of Iowa Introduced in the house
today a bill providlngithut so much of tbo
Iowa river within the state ot Iowa as lies
south of Napollo to the mouth ot that river
shall..not bo deemed a navlgablo river or
public Highway , and that dams and bridges
may bo constructed across it Mr Gear also
Introduced a bill to regulate immigration
which prohibits aliens from being admitted
nnto the Unltod States If they bo iusano or
paupers or lmblo to become a public charge ,
or these who have been legally convicted of
a felony or other crimes Involving moi al
turpitude , or who are polygumists , anuich-
ists , socialists , or persons Booking to change
our political economy or social system by
forcible means or who are affected with any
loathsome or contagious diseases , or who
have cnterod Into a contractu ) perform laborer
or services for any person , firm , company or
corporation In the Unltod States doing busi
ness , or who rocclves money with which to
pay their passage , or who have a premise or
nn understanding or an agreement to labor
for nny person , lirm or Corporation within
the United States Mr Geur proposes to
luvy a tax of (1 upon caoh alton who immi
grates to the United States
Heprcsoutatlvo Lacy of Iowa today intro
duced a bill for the protection of the lives of
minors in the territories It provides tbat
tha president shall appoint In each organized
territory a mine inspector , who shall hold
the 6ffico until his successor Is appointed and
qualified Such inspector shall give bond lu
tuo sum of $10,000 for the faithful performance - -
anco of his duty "Thelnspuator will make
careful inspection of oaoh mine oporatcd-ond
report the condition of the mines and minors ,
look after the shafts of ingress or egress and
gcnorally attar the condition of the mines
for the safety of the workmen Hu ' shall
have authority to compel mine owners to
provide ovcry means of safety for operatives
and loolrafter the health of the miners Mr
Lacy also Introduced a bill providing that in
receiving and woightng In pension claims the
commissioner of pensions is directed to receive -
coivo the testimony of enlisted men as of the
same credibility and means of knowledge ns
any other witness who may testify in tiiich
cases Mr Lacy also introduced a
pill providing tbat hereafter the
annual army register shall contain
the names ot all distinguished marksmen of
the army and opposite or under the name of
oaoh officer as shown by the corps or regi
ment on which ho has or Bball have qualified
as a sharpshooter or distinguished murks-
man ' shall appear a designation to that affect
with the your in which tbo qualification or
distinction was acquired and tbat opposite
or under the name of each ofilcor who snail
have won a medal in the military sorvlco ot
the Unltod States shall appear a designation
to that effect and In whut year it was won
nnd the winners of such modals are author
ized to wear the same with their unilorms
HED LOimribTS
A very peculiar and at the same tlmo pic
turesque sight was witnessed at the capital
today It was a delegation of six Sao and
Fox Indians from Iowa They trooped
through the corridors of the building wear
lug paint and feathers and partially colored
blankets and some Incongruously cnrrled
dude-llko sllyer headed canes They made a
great show of this appendage and twirled
the nobby sticks around tbelr fingers with
evident dollght and at times sucking thorn In
pure dude fashion Tbo Indians came hereto
to procure legislation for their rights At
one time the tribe owned the whole of Iowa
and their chief , Keokuk , after whom the city
in Iowa was named , made a deal with the
government , selling ploco by ploco
their land Tbo Sacs and Foxes
now rocelvo $50,000 annually from
the government A portion of their tribe is
situated in the Indian territory and they are
very few in ndmbor The tribe In Iowa only
receives $30,000 total allowance , and they
came here to Bay that as they were in the
majority and so few being in the Indian ter
ritory a larger proportion of the allowance
should bo given to tbo Iowa tribe They
spent a good part of the time rapping on the
appropriation committna door and endeav
ored to see Senator Allison , who had Invited
thom to como bcra and lay their claim before -
fore congress The Indians were very much
surprised whan told that Senator Allisou
was out of town , and thought It rather
str&ngo that lie should bo absent for so small
a matter ub a senatorial election wbou they
came hero to sea him
MOVEMENTS 01' MIMTAHT MRS
First Lieutenant John F. Mcliain , Ninth
cavalry , oa leave ot absence in this city , will
report by letter on January SO to the superin
tendent of the recruiting sorvlco in New
York city to conduct recruits to tha depart
ment of the Platte On the completion of
this duty bo will Join his troop
Captain John Garland , Sixth Infantry , hay
ing been found by an army retiring board
Incapacitated for active service on account
ot dlsacllity incident to tboservico , is by
direction ot the prosldont relieved from
active sorvlco this date
Jilt OXNAHD'S AllOUMBNT
Ilonry T. Oxnard , the Grand Island boot
sugar rellner , made an argument today before
fore the house commlttoo on ways und
moans in favor of the beet sugar industry , as
anticipated in n special to Tin ; Su.viur Dee
Among ether things ho said ;
"I ask that the protection which has been
granted for the past twenty years or mora
to the sugar industries ot the United States
bo continued some years longer , mid thereby
allow a now Industry of great premise to
demonstrate its ability to supply In a few
years the homo market with ail its sugar at
u cheaper price than It has oyer before en-
Joyed This Is tbe-only course for the gov
ernment to take if It wishes to supply Us In
habitants permanently with sugar at
the lowest possible price It Is
an undeniable truth that tlio
only way to decrease the cost of an artiolo is
to increase the production of tbat articlu beyond -
yond the actual consumption and by this
method , practically applied in the beet sugar
producing countries of Kurope , wo uro today
enjoying sugar at a very much lower cost
than would ever bave been possible had not
iboso countries by a high protective tnrilt
fostered and developed an industry which
produces moro sugar than all the rest ot the
civilized world combined , Any reduction at
this time from that policy by our government
Will not only hnvo a coiir" \ offoot to the
ono desired , namely , chc 2sugnr , but may
permanently destroy in b 5 Sited States nn
Industry which Is today i S/iduroo of great
national wealth to Gorl'j ' • . Austria nnd
France , nnd which Is the • t commercial ,
agricultural and tnanufac * industry or
Kurope All this has bocu iu'lulled within
the Inst fifty years by- * * octlvo tnrllT
which Is continued to this d every coun
try lu the world winch can pi iko n pound
ot sugar Today Franco lias protective
tariff on sugar ot A cents n poniu , Germany
1 % cents nnd Austria n llttlo over 4 cents ,
wnllo we have only a protection of'J cents a
pound Wo will not have to wait fifty years ,
for wo can take advantage at once ot that
which tbo science of Iiiirope has discovered
nnd devolopcd into the nrt of producing
Biignr "
"In ISffltho sugar beet only contained 5 per
cent of sugar to the weight ol the boot , and
ten years nco 0 per cent was a gooduvorngo ,
Whilst In 1SS9 an average of ovur 14 per cent
his been obtained Now ovorv per cent
moans an increase of twenty pounds of sugar
to the ton ot raw boots , or about three hit n-
( ireu pounds to tlio aero ; that the rclluer
with the same labor , with the same fuel
With the sumo plant , nnd same capital In
vested obtains 100 pcutids moro sucnr than
ho did ton years ago The result of this is
to decrcaso the cost of sugar to the producer
and eventually to the eousu.nor , tiud by this
process of Bolcctlon nnd breeding In the next
llftcon years the avorugo Will Buroly bo 20
per cent of sugar to thu weight of the beet
I have polarized beets In Nebraska which
contained 2i per cent of sugar , nnd by se
lecting these boots und by breodlng from
them In thu course of u few years wo sbnll
bo ubld to obtain a crop with a general aver
ngo up to that standard , and for this very
reason the sugar beet Is destined to outstrip
nil ether known sugar producing plants
Now in'thls country llvo states which can
today bo called sugar producing stntcs
namely Louisiana , Texas , California Kan
sas , and Inst but not least , Nebraska , have
nn area oT 0111,030 square miles moro thnn
the total nro i of Franco , Germany nud
Austria combined nnd I may ndd In nil
truth thnt neat ly every ono of our northern
states arc Just us well adapted to the growth
of the sugar beet In Nebraska 8S. > analyses
of different beets iravo mo un avcrugo of 10 L
per cent 'Iho soil and climate of this
country is better adapted to tbo growth and
development of sugar beets than these of
Kurope , For many reasons I prefer our
northwestern states , but if nothing detri
mental in the way of , legislation occurs I
am convinced Unit m 1000 wo will
see boot sugar factories started und working
successfully In every ono of our nortuorn
states cast of the Rocky mountains , aim
right up to the Atlantic ocoin
"I wish to call attention to n popular error
People often speak Of raw sugar 'as Doing raw
material , but no one can deny that raw
sugar is a manufactured article which comes
directly into competition with all sugar fac
tories which produce sugar from the original
plant Why should wo not retain the profit
to bo derived from that source in our own
country , and at the same time dovclop an
industry which benefits our farmers , and is
the only sound basis on which wo can overbuild
build our hopes for cheap sugar ) "
Mr Oxnard's argument was of considera
ble longtb , nnd covered ovcry pliasa of the
subject of beet sugar Ho gave the climate
and soil of Ncbinska the bust endorsement
for agricultural purposes they have prooably
over hud in Washington
misiAAlaxeous
Mr Conger of Dos Moines Introduced a
bill authorizing the treasury to pay O. IV
Boyd of Wintcrsett la , { 31 , the amount due
him as the rcbato of the tobacco und cigar
tax
Byron Dlffcrbach was today appointed
clerk at the Genoa Industrial school
. - - Hon J. n W * Tucker was todoy oppolnted
clerk at the Indian school at Valentino , Neb
Hon S. PaddoeKv post trader at Fort Rob
inson , is iu Washington for a few days , the
guest William E. Annjn , his brother-in-
law PeUiiy S. Heath
A Decision on Untie
Washington , Jan 0. In an opinion ren
dered iu the well known EdolbofI customs
case the supreme court holds that silk and
cotton ribbons used exclusively as hat trim
mings are dutiable at 'JO per cent under a
provision la tbo tariff act of 1883 for trim
mings for hats , bonnets and hoods , and not
nt 60 per cent under t he provision for ma
terials of which silk is the component of
chief value The government will by this
decision bo compelled to refund * about
$000,000 to impurters la Philadelphia , Now
York , Boston and other places
Auditor Clayton Ousted
Washinoton , Jan 0. The supreme court
today rendered an opinion In the case of
Clayton , Appellant , vs Tbo People of the
Territory of Utah Clayton was elected au
ditor of public accounts In 1879 and has held
the office ever since , refusing to turn over
the oftlco to Arthur Pratt , appointed to the
place by Governor Murray of Utah It was
contended tbat the act ot the legislature of
Utah creating the office and providing that it
should be tilled bv popular eluctlou is in con
travention of the organic act of tbo territory
The supreme court of Utah doclded against
Clayton and this court affirms tbo Judgment
Presidential Nominations
'
Washington , Jan 0. The prcsldo nt today
sent to the senate the following nominations :
Register of the land oftlco at bldnoy , Neb ,
George F. Ulanchnrd ; United States at
torney for tbo nortborn districtof „ Iowa ,
Maurice D. O'Cunnoll ; postmasters George
W. Dunham , Manchester , la : John A.
Duncan , Amos , la ; Edward A.Wood , Avoca ,
la ; Richard A , Smith , Lake City , la ; John
J. Grubb Columbus Junction , la ; Marshall
W. Herrick , Monticollo Jo ! ; William H.
Itaco , Faulkton , S. D. ; William T. Havens ,
WobBtor , S. D. ; John II Decker , Columous ,
Wis ; Robert A. Scott , LaCrosse , Wis
*
Itvnum'H tlesolutlnn
Washington , Jun , 8. In tho'house today
Bynum of Tndloria offered a resolution which
wes referred to the commi * .tco on rules , for
the appointment of a special commlttoo to
investigate certain charges made against the
Unltod States district attorney for the dis
trict ot Indiana , Sin Hey II Chambers , and
his predecessors The charges consist in
tbo alleged suppression of tbo testimony pre
sented for the procurement of nu indictment
against W , W , Dudley connection with
the blocks ot llvo" letter ,
djmice liicivur Sworn In ,
Washington , Jun 0 Judge David J.
Brewer was sworn in as associate Justice ot
the supreme court of the United Stntcs at
noon toduy , and Immodialoly took his seat
upon the bench The ceremony was per
formed m the court room In the presence of
n largo audience immediately after the as
sembling of court at noon
Poisoned rho Whole Family
Huntinqton , Wo V. , Jan fl Edward
Church , a snvcriteen-yoar-old boy living with
his father near this placa , Is charged with
poisoning the entire family by putting'poison
in the bread Ono little girl is dead and four
of the family are In a critical condition Tbo
young murderer confessed to a friend aud
then lied ,
Nothing New From Oh o.
Colpmhus , O. , Jan , 6 There has boon no
now development in the senatorial situation
today , the tlmo of tha inomhors being taken
in open lcgislaturo The Joint commlttoo
has done nothing as yet in regard to thn
time pf holding the senatorial caucus , but 11
is thought it will uot take place before
Thursduy night
m i i i
Dr Potern Probably Allre
Behun , Jan 0 , Moro doubt Is now cast
upon the report of tlio muisacro of Dr Pe
ters Dcnhardt wires to the Einln relief
oommitteo that bu has received from Dr
Peters , uddressod to the commlttoo , letters
which are of a later date thun that ot the
reported inuiiucre and which were written
at a place on Dr , Peters route beyond that
at which It was reported ho was killed
NO CONFIDENCE IN BOUNTIES
Sugar and Silk Mon Plead for
Protootlou ,
FUTURE OF THE BEET ROOT
Twenty Ycnts of Tariff IlnconrnKC *
iuc.it Will Place it lu the Loud ,
Buys Mr Oxnnril of
Ncbr.iHkiu
Afrnld of Direct Subsidy
Wasiunhtov , Jon 0.-Thn ways miduiotin *
commltteo this morning hoard the nrguinouts
of several gentlemen Interested iu the sllit
industry They were follawod liy John
Dyinond , prosldont of tlio Sugar Planters
nssoclallon , who rcntl a memorial asking for ,
protection sufficient to enable the United
States to produce its own sugar Mr Dy-
uiond slid free ougar from the Sandwich
islands did not affect the price of sugar lu
this country nnd was not therefore a detri
ment to the sugar Industry of the United
Stntcs
Ex-Governor Warmouth of Louisiana
spolto nt some length Ho said that during
political campaigns iu his state ho bud been
met at various points by "Ropresontatlvo
So nnd-So" from Pennsylvania and Ohio
and Michigan in favor of a reduction of 50
per cent in thothrift , on sugar In the face
of those speeches ho had not econ ns suc
cessful as ho would wish In convening his
democratic fiiouds Warmouth thought tha
offoot or n bounty utter n years experiment -
periment would bo the destruction
of the sugar industry "If you
want friends In Louisiana , " ho said ,
you must not touch the Bupnr tariff Wo
ennuot , stand a reduction of X cent a pound
It would bo ruinous to the industry , anil
without sugar the city of Now Orleans
would bo depopulated If the commlttoo
could guarunteo to the planter that a suc
ceeding congress would not disturb it , ho
would bo glad to accept a bounty of U cents
pflr pound ou the sugar ho ralsod Ho
wanted , however , to stand on the Bamo
ground with ether protected Industries "
Governor Ware You dent stuud on the
same ground with them ; you dent ' produce
anything HUe enough to supply the demands
of the country
Warmouth Wo bid fair to if wo are given
the encouragement extended to ether indus
tries What wo wunt is to bo lot nlono
Kepresostntlvo Peters of Kansas said ho
was interested In silk , sugar and BUlt Ho
asked piotcctloa for his silk raising con
stituents by a suitable duty on rnw silk Ho
cited statistics showing the Knnsas sugar
product from sorghum cone und how It was
Increasing under the protection of the tariff
Mr Peters doesn't ' think much ot u bounty
It is a departure from the tariff
policy with which the people nro
familiar ; Its imposition woud ! { invite
constant and detrimental agitation of the
question Kansas needs additional capital
to put up sorghum sugar mills , but that cap
ital can not be obtained under n bounty
The witness nrguod strongly in favor of the
rotcntiou of the duty , and turning his re
marks into a political vein , said there wus a
fooling of unrest , umo 'dg the farmers ot his
state which if not allayed might result in
xmaaing muisns with us uis.uuo ropuOilcan
mujority a domocratio Btate '
Hoary L. Oxnard of Grand Island , Neb ,
made an argument In'favor of protection for
the beet -susfar industry , jprodicting that
with , the retention ot the present ' dutj
tbo beet root would , within twenty years
outstrip BUgar cane nnd sorshuin in the Pro
auction of sugar A reduction of the duty - -
would kill the industry
Prof Wiloy of the agricultural department
did not nntlclpato very high results from
Kansas sorghum , ns a 10 per cent artlclo llko
sorghum could not compete with a 11 per
cout article like boot Sorghum , howavorl
mudo excellent alcohol , and ho thought Kan-
Bus stood in its own light lu proven ting Its
people front making alcohol In Bocrot scs-
Biou tha chairman was lastructed to report
tomorrow tbo administrative bill ,
A BKAVI2 HE80UI3. \
Minora Go Through Flames to Have
Imprisoned Coinrnilrn
WiLKCsnAiutE , Pa Jan 0. At the Not
tlughuin mine in Plymouthwhoro the cava in
occurred last week , a terriHe explosion of gas
occurred this evening Tbo timber at once
caught lire nnd burned furiously , Five men
were caught between the cave-in and the
llro and their exit cut off The report spread ,
und in a few minutes hundreds of men ,
women und children gathered nt the mouth
of the slope , The wives and children of the
imprisoned men lost all control ofthom-
solyes , nnd many sorrowful scenes were wit
nessed ,
About half an hour after the llro broke
out John Humphrops and John Richards
were lowered into tbo mlno When they
reached the llro they beard cries nnd shouts
on the ether side Putting their hands be
fore their faces , they rushed through tbo
ilro and dragged tbo five imprisoned men out
ono by ono uninjured Thomas Richards ,
who was in auotberpart of the mlno , was
fatally burned Water is coming through
near where tbo cav-oin occurred last week ,
and the miners fear the river may break into
the mine If this should happen many mines
would bo drowned ont beyond hope or re
claiming thorn und operations would have t *
bo suspended
DCADLV NAl'THA EXPLOSION
Two Men Fatnlly Inlurcd and Several
Hovuroly Hurt ,
Lima , O. , Jun , 0. This afternoon one of
the largo stills of tbo Nnptha works at tha
Standards solar refinery exploded with ft
force felt all over the city A number of
men working near wei e covorcd with debris
The oil immediately caught lire , causingcon-
sidorablo excitement William Culver , the
foreman , was found insensible under a pllo
of brick with a bad gash in bis bond Peter
Devino bad his right log broken In two
places and was badly burned Their injuries
uro fatal J , F. Dayman , William Murphy ,
J , L. Galler , L. E. Holser , Wulkcr Evans ,
Frank White and John Sullivan were ser
iously burned Cbnrlos Lundkammcr was
thrown quite a dlBtuncp into a tauk of water
and came near drowning Tbo lira was
quickly extinguished
m
A lloulu.mHt Pint
Pauib , Jan 0 Upon the roassomplinfof
the chamber of deputies , Chautmnps , a radi
cal republican and formerly president of tha
Paris municipal council , moved tha reorgan
ization ot the policu ot the pro fecturo of tha
Some The ino tion is Important for Its rela
tion to the old dispulo between tlio central
government and the authorities of the city
of Paris The Boulangists uro con cent rat
lug their political efforts in Paris Hour
lancer , it is said , will con test tbo Eighteenth
arrondlsBoinent The latest phuso ot the
Houlunglst conspiracy is consequently tbat
the municipal government shall control th *
police and that Houlanger shall coutrol the
municipal government
Loss ot Cattle IVarol
Rawlins , Wyo , Jan 0. [ Special Tele
gram to The Hee.1 Considerable snow has
fallen hero , Cattle are drifting a good deal ,
and feed being scarce along the Platte where
the cattle are collecting , It is feared thcra
will be heavy Ions Other parts of the coun
try report plenty of feud and cattle In good ;
condition
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Murdered by llurso Thlovcs
Four Davis , Tex , Jan 0. A band of
Mexican horse thieves ambushed a party
consisting of thrco men , two women and ,
four children near Chihuahua Saturday and
shot and killed two ot the mon The mur-
deied mon wore officers ot the military guwd
sent to arrest the Mexicans '
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