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1 The Omaha Daily Bee I \ NINETEENTH YEAE OMAHA , SATURDAY MORNING , JANUARY 18 , 1890. NUMBER 21.1. ONLYWTAUED THE EARTH I An Impudent Proposition by the Iowa Bourbons NO CHANGE IN THE SITUATION * * lho Bonnie Grows Wonry or Waiting [ fur tlio Orgnnlz-utim or " * tlio House ami Adjourns , At tlio lava Cnltnl. . Des Maisrs , la , Jan 17. [ Spoclnl Telo- gran , to Tub Uce ] Tlio situation tonight as regards the organization ot tlio house is • still very much mixed Everybody Is smil- Ingnt thonstoundinggnll of the democrats In limiting tholr lust proposition for a coin promise They Instructed their conference commlttco to propose that the democrats ' should have the speaker , the republicans the clerk , and the democrats the chairmanships of the four following commtttoos judiciary , * * . railways , appropriations nnd suppression of * Haf * intompcrnnce the four most important com mlttnes Milt session They would kindly permit the ropuhllcans to select any other four , and then the remainder of the commit tees were to ho divided equally between the two parties 'J lint was about the nerviest proposition that has yet been made , but til" republicans didn't ' wusto liny tiuio In convsldorlng It J It was reported around the hotels tonight g that Mr Hwart , the union labor man from * Powoshlok county , was willing to break tlio deadlock if the republicans would lot him bo ( speaker nnd let him nnino bis friend , II S. Wilcox , of this city us clerk That nlso was asking a little too much , for if the republi cans cannot have n republican for speaker tboy certainly want to huvo something to Bay about what member of the opposition shull bo speaker So everything is at sen tonight , but conference committees are at work trvme to fix up some arrange ment which will permit ot a temporary or ganization tomorrow Tlio snnator3 , like scnslbto men , have gene homo , to bo cone till next Tucsduv , hoping that in the mo.iutlruo tlio house will reach bouio kind of an understanding by which It can do business Governor Holes has also gene homo Ho thinks ho can wnit tit Waterloo for the inauguration quite us well ns hero , nnd esenpo the importunities of a honlo of olllcosoekcrs by so doing Souator Allison will probably roinaln till tomorrow night Till ) Jlouup Des Moine3 , la , Jan 17. After the open Ing of the house tlio following pairs wcro announced : Gardner ( rep ) with Estcs and i Smith with Beetn Estcs is tlio first demo 1 emtio member who has been unable to attend sessions All the other members were present The fifteenth roll e.Ul on temporary rary clerk was taken up and resulted in n - - VOte of 48 to 43. In the house wnro many prominent politicians ot both parties It was expected in consequence of the action of the senatorial caucus lust nignt thcro would bo a break in the democratic ranksbut up to 11:40 : , after fourteen ballots had been taken , it had not materialized Ilicro have been twenty nine ballots in all On motion of Luke of Franklin tlio house adjourned until 2:80. : The parties immediately wont into caucus In the afternoon nuothor pair was an- oounccd , caused by the sickness of Eilers of Jones on the democratic side Brown of ttho paired with him Immediately alter ttio pair being announced Holbrook of Iowa ( clem ) moved nn adjournment till to morrow at 10 a. m. to allow the conference committee time to work The motion was lost and the thirtieth roll call proceeded With It resulted : Lehman ( detn ) , 47 ; Van tecuourg , 47. Eight ballots wore taken , each resulting tlio same as the ilrst , whou Luke of Franklin moved an adjournment The motion carried A yea and nay vote wim called for and Wood ( dom ) voted with the republicans for adjournment Chairman Luuo took the tally nlieet of the reading clerk nnd read the vote a tlo , but the tally sheet of the tellers showed a vote of 40 to 48 for adjournment Tlin He lint i > Adjourns Des Moines , la , Jan 17. In the sen- nto this morning a resolution was adopted authorizing the secretary of state to assign Beats to ronortcrs Lieutenant Gov ernor Hill announced as the commlttco on in auguration , Senators Mcservey , Balllngail and Dodge , Adjournment was then tauon until 2 pm next Tuesday Potts Found Utility Des Moines , la , Jan 17. | Spoclal Tele gram to Tub Hbe ] The trial of Constable Potts , the prohibition searcher who was charged with perjury In his own trial for bribery , was concluded at Indlanola today with a verdict of guilty The case is ono of considerable interest , as Potts was ono of the most active of the constables whoso irritat ing methods brought the prohibitory law inlo dlsroputu , Ho took a etinngo of venue to Warren county , nn adjoining county , claiming that public prejudice was too strong against hi in to permit a fair trial in .j _ . Des Moines Hut the verdict was guilty even there CJols Tlitrty-Flvo Yours Davkni'O'it , In . Jan 17.-7Speoial [ Telegram gram to Tiik IIke.1 John Webb , who made the murderous assault on Thomas W. Mc- f Causland , ono of the best known men in eastern Iowa , the night of February 28 , 1839 , was today sentenced to tnlrty-llvo yoarBiu the penitentiary Thotlmo for the prisoners sentence was fixed for tomorrow , but fturiim that a mob might como down from MeOausland nnd do him violence , Webb notified Judge Water man that bo wanted to waive time aud bo sentenced at once Tlio sheriff hurried his man out of town tonight Colonel hAip | Seriously 111. Des Moines , la , Jan 17. [ Special Tele gram to The Ueb ] Colonel W. F. Sapp of Council muffs , who was t a It on suddenly 111 last night , was enough better to go homo toduy Ho went over to the capltol lust night to attend the senatorial caucus Soon after oiitotlng the building ho beenmo vie lently sick uud had to stay tliero ull night rf CANADA'S IAULIAMENT Closer Ti-ndo Helm Ions With tlio Ktni6 DUoiihmmI Ottawa , Jan , 17. Durlug the parliamen tary debate this nftoruoon on the address in reply to the speech from the throne , Pope , the member for Common , denounced tlioso who favored annexation with the United Btatcs and referred to the Atlantic nud Hehrlng sea question at great length Hon Mr , Lnurier , the leuder of the opposition , criticised the policy of the government in regard to the settlement of - , international disputes and camu out strougly . in favor of closer trudo relations with lho UnlUa States Sir John McDonald in rcplv said thn disputes would soon bo Bet led on a basis consistent with national dignity Ho favored closer trade relations with the United Slates , but this was out of the question at present owing to the protective policy of the Harrison aduilu- > " titration Sir Jcnu said protection was des < r tlned to bo the policy ol Canada for many i years to como f Another Hoston Ilrc Bostox , Muis , Jan 17 , A lire which Is tthn to have started on the lower lloor of Claflio , Coburn & Co ' * building this mora \v \ spread with rcmaraublo rapidity to the upper stories The building is of stone four stories high , Claflln , Coburn U Co nro boot nnd short dealers and the linns adjoining nro dealers in leather and shoo findings The flro was confined to the Claflln building nnd at 10 o'clock was gotten under , control ConJ sldcrablo damage was done to adjoining buildings by water An oatlmato of the loss places It between $100,000 and ? 200,000. 1 ho li ss nn the Claflln building alone is about $15,000. Later a general estltnnto of the loss made bv nn Insurance expert places It between fTjO.OOO nnd $73,000. The Insurauco is ample to t cover the toss FAVORS AN CXODUa TO AFltlOA A Colored Itlslicip on the Scticino to Alii Nrizro Emigration Louisvillr , Ky , Jan 17. ISpoclal Telegram - gram to The Bee.1 H. M Tumor , D. D. , of Atlnutn , Go , , bishop of the A. M. E , church , arrived here toduy and was asked what , ho thought of the bill before congress which proposes to give national aid to such colored people as might dcslro to return to Africa or elsewhere , and replied by sayingt God grant that the bill may pass The whtto people brought us here against our will , Now they ought to provide for us to lenvo | If wo desire , Besides , wo must work 1 out our destiny anyhow , nnd If a i portion of us think wo can do It bettor elsewhere ! let the nation help us to try It If the bill meant compulsory expatriation I would light it to the death , but as it is voluntary - untary i upon the part of tlio negro , lot it pass ns soon as possible The negro at best is but ' a scullion here , and ho can bo no less in Africa I am tired of negro problems , lynch laws , mob rule and n continual fuss , aud a million of other negroes nro tired of it Wo want po.icoatsomoponod In our existence ; , and if wo cau not have It here , where wo were born nnd roared , lot that portion of us who cheese to try another boc- llon ; of the world have a llttlo help This nation owes tlio negro $40,000,000,000 anyway , so give us a llttlo to emigrate upon NoKrocsGoliiirtoOklnhoiurt Sr Louis , Jan 17. Letters rccoivod by W. L. Euglcson , business manager of the Oklahoma Immigration society in Kansas , from points in North Carolina , say u largo number of negroes of that state are going through in a wagon this winter to the now territory Eagleson says there are about twenty-two thousand negroes in Oklahoma , nnd by spring there will bo at least fifty thousand MONTANA STILL STKUGGIjING No Material Change in tin ; Legislative Situation Helena , Mont , Jan 17. There is no ma terial change In the legislative situation The consideration of the Joint rules was postponed in the senate owing to tbo Illness of Brown ( rep ) . Among several mensures passed by the republican house Is the oppo sition bill , the consideration of which in the upper house is opposed by the domocratlo members of that evenly divided body It Is believed the republican sonatorj if nil are uroscnt will next week procond to act on house bills , notwithstanding that oxocutlvo interference might attempt to prevent the construction of now laws 'lho domocratio house remains scattered and the adjournment continues for want of a quorum The senate adjourned until Mon day and the republican house will do the same toduy A petition for a writ of mandamus was filed today in the supreme court by Attorney William Thompson , a member of the repub lican house , from Silver How county , to coinj pel Auditor Kenney to issue to him a war rant for per diam and mileage The case was sat for Monday The action is brought to test the validity of the state board certifi cate which Thompson holds , ho being ono of tbo members elected by the eliminating vote at Tunnel precinct A SENSATION PROMISED The Kansas Legislative Itrlberies to bo Invostiicntcd Kansas Citt , Mo , Jan 17. fSpocial Telo- grain to Tim Uee " | A special tonight from Topeka Bays : There is serious trouble In store for members of the Kansas legislature who have accepted bribes , and also for tlioso legislative sharpers who have bean hribo glyers Tonight it was learned that a peti tion is la circulation asicing Judge Guthrie to convene the grand jury for the purpeso of investigating the acts of members of the last legislature and of certain state oflfcers Over ono hundred names have bcou sccurod , and tbo district court hns full jurisdiction If the petition meets the legal requirements a scmsatlon such as Kansas has not ex perienced in years will bo the inevitable re sult South Dakota Ijeclslntnro Pieiuie , S. D „ Jan 17. [ Special Tele gram to The Bee ] An important measure came before tbo senate today which designs to do away with the oBlco of justice of the peace and substltuto district attorney and county commissioners as a tribunal before which all criminal suits should bo brought for preliminary bearing The discussion on this monsuro occupied the creator part of the session today Ill the house the day was taken up in dis cussing delinquent taxes from September to February The house has adjourned until Tuesday to allow some of the members to visit their homes nnd allow others to recover from la grippe , which has laid many low South Dnkota'x Agricultural Hoard Pieiuie , S. D. , Jan , 17. fSpocial Telegram to The Hee | The two days session of the Soutli Dakota board of agriculture adjourned today uftor a business session of two days Aberdeen was chosen us the place for the next meeting of tbo state fair , which will doubtless occur in October EDNA WtbsO.VS KATE A I'rotly Girl Mysteriously Murdered mid Hurled Ciii'.VESNB , Wyo , Jan 17. In August last Edna Wilson , a pretty girl of eighteen , mys- terlously disappeared A youog stockman nainod MeCotnb wont away at the same time , and us ho had been paying her attention against nor mothers wishes It was supposed they had oloiied MeComb seen returned , however , and denied this Soon after MeCoinu sold his ranch and left for parts un known Monday last the now owner of the runch discovered a body which had been buried under the lloor ot a cabin in an unfrequented part of the ranch , which was positively Identified as that of the miss ing girl There was a bullet liolo through lho skull uud It Is now believed McComb murdered her A fund bus been raised to oinploy detectives to hunt him down Indiana I < 'lomls Bulnidliig Evansvilue , Ind , Jan , 17 , In regard to the reported Hoods In this regiou , dispatches from White Wabash und Llttlo Wabash la dleato that these rivers gro fulling slowly The low lands are all covered , but no reports of sorlous damage uro at hand The Curuii proper has not been overflowed , but the ucgro settlement in a hollow oppuslio Curml has been Hooded , About seventy-11 vo fami lies residing tliero etcapod in safety with their effects to Carmi , Hum Iteeognljced llrazll New Yens , Jan 17 , Senor Calvi , consul general ol the Argentina Ilopublio in New York , Has made public u copy of the formal proclamation issued by bis govurnmont in recognition ot the newly established repub lic of llruzll Down Willi Iuuiiinonlii Home , Jan 17. Prince Amadco , duke of Aosta , u brother ot the king aud formerly king of Spaiu , has pneumonia READINGS ' PASSED DIVIDEND Attempt to Square Oorbln Before Forolgn Stockholders AN AGENT TO THE RESCUE He Writes a Long Communication to the Press In Dcfeine or the Action of-Ills Clilof In the Matter _ _ _ _ In DotcnHO of Coruln [ Coni/rlofit WJ0 hu , iamsa ( Jordmi flsniist'.l Losno.v , Jan 17. [ Now York Herald j Cable Special to The Ueu.1 Sebastian U. Sehlesslngor has sent the following letter to tho'London 1 Herald , dated No 8 Wilton place 1 , Uolgravo square , January 17 : "I hnvo ' rofrntt' .cd from taking any notice ot the attacks that have boon made upon Mr Cor- bin ' because my position ns agent of the Philadelphia 1 & Rending railroad company makes i it a delicate matter for mo to speak nt , all , , In the interests of justice and fair play I J ask your kind permission to trospnss on the valuable space of your columns to the extent of i a ton words , not as an agent of the com pany but ns an individual having a right to express his opinion It is just b ccauso I am Corbln's ' representative that I have had ample ' opportunity to Judge him nnd to \ know the motives which guldo his actions , , and it was because I know Corbin so well before I had business rela tions 1 with him and felt convinced of his hon esty i ot purpose as well as ability that I was glad | to accept his offer to roprcsent him on this ' sldo , Corbin is neither a wrecker nor an ' operator His past record shows that His mission has been and is to work for the benefit of the proprietors of the Long Island railroad , which was hopelessly in the mud Ho took it out ot the mire , nnd the stock , which was selling at 25 cents on the dollar , isnow not far from par and for years has paid regular dlvidonds to the stockholders The Jersey Central railroad , which was in a similar position , ho helped to put on its legs The stock Is now worth $ 127 , against about $25 per share Corbin has loft to others the management of the road , and tbo talk that his interest in Jersey Central has induced him to sacrifice Uoading has not a vestige of truth at the bottom of it Nowas regards Heading , I have suffered , in com pany with ethers , a largo loss , but this fact does not diminish tbo esteem nnd respect I have for Corbin nnd the confldonco I rcposo In him It is perfectlr true that when Cor bin was hero ho confidently expected to pay the full interest on the first preference in come bonds , and ho so exsrossoa himself at the time I have no doubt whatever that ho and the other trustees fully believed that the earnings would bo sufficient to meet this Interest , but when the accounts for the year were closed the situation was changed The coal and iron company has forty-ono col lieries and the system is so largo and the accounts are so complicated that the most farseeing might fall to form an exact ostlmateof the probable final result It was found that the improve ments made during the year could not bo fairly carrlod into next years accounts , Everything was fully discussed and Drexel & Morgan and tbo tiustees all doclded that there was but ono course to bo pursuoJ not to pay the interest where none bad been earned and none ot the directors or trustees would consent to borrow money for such a purpose The annual report will demonstrate that in spite of the warm weather , floods and exceptionally heavy expense , a great earning power has been shown , and in duo time , when the road equipment and collieries are in proper condition and with a good coal trade , all of the owners may expect to rcceivo a good revenue No Im partial mind investigating the affairs ot thn Reading can fail to como to the conclusion that the present manngomont is able , eco nomical and honest , having no ether end in view than to do tholr best for the property nud its owners Any change in the man agement can not bottcr things and can only do harm Piorpont Morgan is far too able and far too indopoadoat to have approved Corbln's course if ho did not believe it to bo best , and as ho or his firm are probably the largest holders of the income bonds , his judgment should bo taken as conclusive " ItEV TAliMAGE The Great Dlvlno Tulla oC Ills Trip to the Holy Land ( Copi/rfofit 1800 by Jam , ' . * Uo > don Jlenmlt ) Paius , Jan 17. I Now York Herald Cable Special to The Bee | llov Talmago ot the Brooklyn Taoornaclo has aulto recov ered from the attack of intluonza which seized him here and Is In excellent health and spirits When I called on him at tbo American ministers a carriage was waiting to convoy the clergyman's family to the Hols do Boulogne Ho was entertained at dinner Wednesday night by Whitolaw Reed "I am in Paris for the first time slnco 18S5 , but never before during the winter Purls Is charming I regret very much that I must sail so soon , on the 2oth , to resume my duties I have roturaod from the most enjoyable trip of my llfo , I have been all over the Holy Land and into parts of Italy-Rome , for instance , which I bud not seen before , although I have boon abroad inuny time * . Every plaeo In Pales tine has a great interest for mo , Just oeforo I reached Uethlohom and Jerusalem 1 could not sleep I was as excited ns a boy , for it was the roulization of a lifo dream , At Jerloho I met an American , whose nama I have forgotten , who asked mo to baptlzo him in the river ot Jordan , so ono line Sunday moini'ig , when the sun shone gloriously bright , wo assembled together on the banks of the great river I was clad in tbo white robes of nn Arab sheikh A small crowd ot interested people gathered about me , some of whom were American * . Wosang together "On Jordan's Stormy Hank I Stand , " whioh my dauphtor had copied from a hymn book and distributed After this the rlto of Im mersion was performed and wo disbanded My trip was replete with biblical interest I feel doubly repaid for It " A Gluho Trotter Mimes Connections ICopurlaht 1X0 bu J < fnei Oortot Hcwtt.\ \ Paius , Jan 17. fNow York Herald Cable Special to The Hee.1 Miss Hlsland of Louisiana , the young Jady who started on a tour oround tlio world to roach Now York on tbo 27th of this month , will arrive tomor row morning at Villenuvo , Saint Georges , twenty miles from Paris , at 1 oclock Stio is too late , however , to take the Champagne , which is hooked to sail at 7 tomorrow morn ing , consequently Miss Hlsland , who Is a very pretty brunette , twenty-throa years old , has missed speedy transportation Cabled Congratulations [ CnpvrfiiM } ) bjjtm'i fljnicri Ihil'it'.l.l ' Paius , Jin 17 , INow York Herald Cable Special to The Hee.I Mr and Mrs Navarro of New York cabled today their congratulations on their sons engagement Ii I Mary Aiidersont who is at Sna Homo with Dr Shepard and family Mr A. Do Navarro Is nt the same place m REl-USED TO SHAVE A NCOItO Palmer l Ilouno Jl'irliers In Chicago Sniih n Oolnrctl Dolognto Chicago , Jan 17. ISpeclal Telegram to Thk Hnu.J The delegates to the Afrlco- American convention are excited over nn al leged J indignity to which ono of tholr number was subjected Today a dolognto walked nto the Palmer house barber shop and at the call of next took a chair for a shave The harbor ] attached to the chair loft and went down ( stnlrs and remained there The dele gnto I tried another chair and that harbor nlso wont down stairs The dolognto tried several oral ! other chairs nud other barbers disap- jioared , whereupon ho was compelled to leave unsliuvcd j Chief Harbor Wllkins , sneaking of ( the incident , snid that ho and the rest would give up their positions rather than shavn ] a negro Mr Eden , lho proprietor , wns J out ot the city , but ho will bo cnllud upon to mnko ntonoment for this nllogcd violation - lation of civil rights AFRO-AMER1CAN LEAGUE An Address to tlio Public The Rlnlr Hill Ktulor-icd. Ciiioaoo , Jan 17. At the convention of the Afro-American league todny the com tnlttco on resolutions reported the following resolutions , which were adopted ! The objects of the league are to pretest against taxation without representation ; to sccuro j a moro cquitnblo distribution of the school funds in tlioso states where sonarate schools exist ; to insist upon a fair and impartial - partial trial by a Judge and Jury of our peers in nil causes at law wherein wo may bo party ; to resist by ail legal and reasonable means nil mob and lynch law whereof wo nro the victims , and to insist upon the arrest and conviction of all such ofloaders against our legal rights ; to resist in the courts the tyrannical usages of rallrond , steamboat nnd ether corporations where wo nro conconod " Other articles were adopted providing for the establishment of local and state leagues and the holding of state conventions Tbo constitution was adopted after ienethy debate , as was also a lengthy address to the public , which earnestly pretests against nil forms of vlolonco , as never Justifiable except In self defense It advocates the establishment of Atro-Amorioan banks and amore moro equnl distribution of the colored popu lation throughout the country The report of the commlttoo on education favoring the passage of the Blair bill by congress - gross , provoked a long discussion Portuno of Now York contended that its passage meant oternnl discrimination between the whites and blacks . ' m the schools of the south Prof Prlco argued that tha colored people of the Botith were crying for education and did not care how tbo money came to them if It onlv came The Blair bill was endorsed Prof Price was elected president of the lnguo Ho is president of the Livingstone school in Salis bury , N. C. Thomas Kortuno was elected secretary , and C. H , Jackson of Cincinnati trcasuicr Adjournedslno die Will Tlo Tip With the Knights " PiTTsnuito , Jan 17 , The question of the coal miners of West Virginia , Pennsylvania , Ohio , Indiana and Illinois Inreforonco to the proposed reorganization and consolidation ot the National Progressive union and the Knights of Labor is about Bottled , Ooor- ators seen today sav the proposed consolida tion is tbo host nctiorritto mlpors can take It.will have the ofTeot'of putting an end to the llsagroemcnts and fights against each other Beyond this is the assertion of the operators that they will got them in conven tion to arrange prices , a thing they could not do under present conditions A DEADHEAT BARON Joachim O , von Sohlllhn Looked Up Tor Junipliie a Board BUI New Yohk , Jan 17. [ Special Telegram to Tnn Bee.1 Baron Jonohlm C. von Scbillhu , twonty-flvo years old , was locked up in the station house tonight charged with beating the proprietor of the Madison Park hotel out of a board bill of $200. The baron is a son of a member of the reiehstag , and after graduating at the university of Uonn served a short time in the nrmy and then came to this country Ho received remittances regularly and about n year ago hojnarrled a young Jewess who lived In the swell Bocloty of Chicago The baron added to his resources by teach ing German and French Ho deserted his wife at Madison Purk hotel and she went to live with friends It is said that the baron . has swindled a number of boarding bouses and hotels , m Arrested lor Smuggling NewYoiik , Jan J17. ISpocial Telegram to The Bee.1 Captain Kitty of the steamer Saratoga of Wards line , which arrived here on Wednesday from Havana , wns arrested at ills homo in Harlem today on a charge ot smuggling He had a grip sack containing t5,0O0 worth of juwolry , on which no duty had been paid * Ho says a passenger re quested him to toke earo of the grip for him without lolling him what were Its contents Subsequently this passenger , Isuao Lomm , n natlvo of Amsterdam , Holland , was arrested in the olllca of a Drokcr , with whom ho wns arranging to have the Jewelry sent to Hol land Ho denies that ho hud any intention of smngglinc Both men wcro taltcir before Commissioner Shields and held in $ .2,500 ball each for examination tomorrow The I'nnuinn Cnnnl Panama , Jan 17. The president of the commltteo which is studying the canal works , in an iutorviow said the commltteo had found the condition of the works and plant extremely satisfactory Ho denies the state ment that the committee , five members of which uro here , is or has boon in any way influenced by the Do Lesseps party Tlio commlttco is composed of twelve engineers who have no connection with or interest in either the Panama or Suez canals When thov return to Pans ' ilnal report will bo made as to whether the completion of the canal under the conditions conceded by Colombia in 1S78 is considered possible Mnilnnie Durore'x Forgeries , Toledo , O. , Jan 17 , Today the First Na tional bank obtained now warrants against Madumo Devere , tbo clairvoynut , charging the forgery of a note for $3,600. The bank Is outiaO00on tbroo notpj aggregating that sum willed lire all believed to be forgeries Tno woman is known to huvo received at least 120,000 by bur transactions in notes supposed to bo lorged during the past year lho Woollier Porootsr Per Omaha and vicinity : Pair , weather For Nebraska : Fair , followed In western portion py local snovv , slight rise in tempera ture , easterly winds For Iowa : Fair , northerly winds , colder iu soutboast , slightly warmer in northeast portion For South Dakota ; Folr , followed by light local snows , slightly warmer , easterly winds Garfield Memorial Oedlo.itinn. . Cz.evei.ihd , O , Jan 17. 'Ilia oxecutlve committee has arranged for the dedication of the Garfield inomorJal on Decoration day A general invitation is issued to the soldiers , Knlehts Tomplur and other societies und to citizens to general , A Vlotlpi of La Grippe , Coi.uiiiius , O. , Jan , 17. State Senator Athburn died today of pucumonla Induced by la grippa Two other senators and eight representatives are laid up , two ot the latter being expected to die , The legislature is crippled CHICAGO j GETS A BLACK EYE , . A Spoclcu Commlttoo Appoiutod on the Worlds Fair THE MONEY FOR THE POSTOFFICE Manner of Paylnir Over the Appro * prlntlon ldnlio'B Mormon Lnw An Attempt to Smirch Kor * alter Allison's Nomination Washixoton HuheauTub Ottttn Han , 1 .118 COUUTRRSTII STItEET , > Washington D. C , Jan 17. | Chicago got a black eye today in connec tion t with the location of the worlds fair when the house determined by a vote of 111 to ' 1C0 that a special commlttoo of nine should bo 1 created to detormlno the question of loca tion i for the lair Tbo committee on forolgn affairs , which has In the person of Mr Hltt of ] Illinois , a strong Chicago advocate , as Its chairman ' , up to this time has assumed Juris diction ' of this question aud gene forward In the construction of a bill making an appro priation nnd fixing the location and has given j honrings to representatives of the various coatcstlng ' cities On account of the position of ! the commlttoo on foreign affairs it has boon ' regarded ns strongly In favor of Chi cage i The frlonds of Now York , St Louts and | Washington becanio dissatisfied with its membership nnd wanted a special commlttco appointed ' whicn should have as its members iuoii I so geographically located as to bo with out i projudlco The Chicago people were op posed j to the cbango of Jurisdiction and mar shalled all their Btiongth to defeat the crea tion ' of n now commlttoo They uro a llttlo discouraged i touight but they nro full of light and i contend tbat they will got tbo fair yet HOW UNCLE 8AM PATS THE IilM , . , E. S. Dundy , Jr , clerk of the United States ! court at Omaha , Is here for the pur pose of ascertaining the process of dlsbuis- lug ' money paid by the government for con demned property Ho wants to know who is going to disburse the money for the slto nad building of the now postoDlco Btructuro at Omuha The impression seems to prevail at Omaha that the government pays the money into the United States court and the clerk of that body pays It out on the vouch ers ot the superintendent of construction ' 1 his Impression Is incorrect The govern ment , sends a draft to the United States district attorney and ho pays for the slto on which the building Is to bo constructed , direct to the parties from which the titles como The secretary of the treasury then appoints n disbursing agent for the payment of blllB In the construction of the building This disbursing agent receives as a remuner ation for his services "a nor cent of all the money which passes through his hands He is required to give a bond to the covorn- mont , usually about $20,000 , and ho never receives for disbursement a larger sum than bis bond secures Then there is a superin tendent of the building This oftlcer draws vouchers upon the disbursing agent for materials , work , etc , and they are paid Mr Dundy will leave for Omaha to morrow IDAHO'S MOnitON LAW On next Monday the supreme court is ex pected to render a decision involving the constitutionality of tbo provision to deprive the Mormons ot the exercise ot tboir fran chise onthe ground that the oath they take upon entering the church Is incompatible with the interests of a federal government The senate committee on territories was to duy in session and is now ready to report in favor of the bill giving Idaho statehoood , but it will withhold its reoort until the supreme premo court has rendered its decision There is a provision in the state constitution which Idaho adooted last fall prohibiting Mormons from voting on the ground raised by the question now pending before the supreme promo court It was for the pur pose ot determining the constitutional ity of the provision in the Idado constitution that Delegate Dubois roised the question as It now stands before tbo supreme court , und the decision of that body will have great weight of course with the senate committee on territories If the court decides that tbo prohibition is uncon stitutional it will have to be stricken from tbo constitution of the state of Idaho before the senate commlttco will report in favor of statehood , but if the constitutionality of the prohibition is sustained tbo bill will bo re ported promptly and passed by both bouses of congress PLEASED AT ALLISON'S NOMINATION Senator Allison's ' caucus nomination for reelection gives great satisfaction bore It is known that the democratic party at large did everything It could to create a fllll- buster and n break which would result in cither defeating bis nomination in caucus or reelection on joint ballot of the Iowa leg islature It failed la the caucuses and it is now bollovod tbat there is not the least possibility of his defeat on Joint ballot There was nothing contributed by the demo crats In Washington toward the scheme to defeat Allison , for ho is universally ro- spectcd and appreciated by the democrats as well as the republicans In congress A lot of telegrams have been sent to him extending congratulations , and among thorn are the sig natures of some well known democratic sen ators , All of today's Washington papers have kind expressions for Son a tor Allison The Star says : Senator Allison is still a unanimous favorite in Iowa " . The Capital hus this to say ; Senator Al lison received the unanimous nomination ot the Iowa republican legislative caucus , and will therefore bo his own successor , The re sult wo have constantly predicted We hope no state will bo bo ungrateful as to shelve nn old nnd eftlclont sonnlor or representative while yet sound and vigorous ot mind , as Missouri did with Thomas Hart Benton Old Bullion after thirty years of honest and splendid service in the senate , yet lion tons is tha greatest name of wtiich Missouri can boast So it would have been had Alli son been supplanted by a now uua unknown uiun " CLOSE VOTES A vote on a motion to reconsider in tha house toduy durlntr the dlsnussioa of the worlds fair commltteo showed how close the bouse will frequently be on general questions during this session A proposition to table a motion to reconsider wus agreed to by a majority two , yeas 144 , nays 14" . It Is very probable that nearly all party ques tions will bo disposed of by votesquito us close as this ono The republicans hnvo only a ma jority of ilvo when all of their number are present , und nt times there will bo two or three members on the republican sldo who will bieak away , thus leaving tbo vote with a margin ot but one or two on either aide This closeuess of the republican ma jority will requlro the greatest caution and it will bo necessary for the loaders to coddle or court the fuvor of the obstreperous or coutrary mem bers who are Inclined to Jump over the feoco ones In a while aud go oit with strungo gods Into the lands ot tha Philistines The nar row margin of the republicans will not , how ever , prevent the adoption of strict party measures It often occuis that a small mar gin is bettor than u largo ono , as it calls nut u full attendance und a firm adherence to paily principles All of the republicans in this house are republicans from uwuy back There uro no cranks or flighty individuals among thorn , It is ulways better for either of the leadlug political parties to elect a man In tbo opposition , and know ho is in the op position , thun to elect a specialist * who continually rides a hobby and is an uncertain quantity to all parties II.LTIir TO CUIUINATB rOHAKEII , All effort will bo made during the cross examination of ex-Governor Foruker by * BOtne gentleman connected with the investi gation of the Ohio ballot box forgery to show that the governor knew while ho was mak ing use of the forged document against Campbell tbat it was a forgery , The trend of the testimony in tbo main today was in that direction , but the ex-governor by the i 1' open ' , frank and straightforward mnnnor In which ho stibm'-Jed his testimony Im pressed ! his hoa ' < with the fact that be did not believe nt " time liotnadotiioof the document there w k . my forgery connected with It Ho courts tno sharpest nnd fullest examination possible , mid sivs bo hopes that there will bo nol'M ; loft Undone which has boon thought ot which can bo conceived by the mind to 11 Jf w light upon this sub ject ; Mr Foral(4 sajs he came lieioto stay until the luvc Vatloii is coinplotod nnd that ho will co iato i with nnyono nnd ovorybod.v i to got at the bottom of this out rage , ttiat the guilty party may bo propcrlj punished , There is uo doubt that Wood , the man who trnvo Foraker tbo forged paper , wns tryiug to curry favor with the governor for the purpose of socurlng his endorsement to an application for an nppointmout to the position ot smoke Inspector , a newly created office in Ohio NEW rOSTMkSTRHS AWOlSXri ) . Nebraska E. K , Butler , at Tobias , Saline county , vleo W. II Cowglll resigned Iowa Archer Urovo , O'lJiion ' county , W , 11. Parish , vice A. A. Blsboo.rosigncd j Dun bur , Marshal county , T. Lurson , vleo T. Thompson , resigned ; Patoti , Oreouocounty , Hnttlo L. Pomblo , vleov. . K. Clarrott re signed ; Plover ; l'ocahontns county , W. S. Gibbons , vice A. T. Eggspahlor , resigned A11MV NEWS Upon his own application Captain Louis II Huekcr , Ninth cavalry , will bo relieved from duty at .lefferson bnrracks , Mo , by the superintendent of the recruiting service when another oftlcer shall report for duty at the cavalry depot , und will then proceed to join his troop The portion of the sentence Imposed by a gcnonil court-martial December 17 , IbSO , is remitted in tbo case of Elinor Campbell , Into musiclnu In company C , Twcntv-tlrst Infan try , who escaped from Fort Bidwoll , Cali fornia February 0 , lbSl , nud was appre hended nt Memphis , Tcnn , December 21 , lbSO , und ho will bo released from confine ment nt the Llttlo Hock barracks , where ho is now held The leave of nbsenco granted Major Calvin Dewltt , surgeon , December ill , 18S0. depart ment of Dakota , is oxloudcd to iucllldo Feb ruary 27 , 1S00. MISCELLANEOUS A few days ago Mauford Mott of Kearney was allowed a pouslon nnd inadvertently n paragraph appeared in connection with tbo announcement to the effect that ho wns ontltlod to $1,800 back pay No Information can be obtained at the pension oftlco to sustain the statumont that Mr Mott is entitled - titled to such back pav or that his pension la retroactive , although It may become so Secotary Noble today dismissed the motion for a rovlow in the case of Alfred MogunsonJ Involving the southwest Jf of section ill , township 101) ) , range 53 , Walortown , S. D. , land district Iteprcsontmlvo Dorsoy has recommended tbo appointment of Charles A. Woods to bu postmaster at North Platte The recom mendation is equivalent to nn appointment und the announcement is expected nt the whlto house soon During her reception today Mrs Mander- sons ' home was cheerfully lighted by shaded lamps nnd glowing wood llres that burned upon the open hearths iu nil the rooms Mrs iMandorson received her friends m a handsome toilet of wood-brown satin bro cade relieved by frills of rare lace Miss Mndelalue A. King of Detroit , in an artistic gown of dead black wool with a vest and sleeves ot soft whlto mullo , stood bv her side In the dining room Mrs Dr Flint , with the Misses Yates and Miss Brown of Omaha and Miss Taft of Boston , presided over a pretty tea table from which confec tionery nnd cheering boverugeB wcro plenti fully dispensed Edward Benton of Fremont is a guest of Representative and Mrs Dorsoy Tbo presidents proclamation opening the Sioux reservation is expected dally now Representative Morse ot Massachusetts addressed tbo house commlttoo on commerce today In advocnc.v of his two bills , one for the entire repeal of the interstate commcrco law aud the other for the repeal of the long and short haul und anti-pooling sections At the cabinet meeting today Secretary Wlndom submitted a draft of n bill propurod by himself in regard to the colnngo of silver , and it recelvod the npproval of the president aud most of the members The bill will probably bo introduced in the house by Con ger of Iowa Mondny next A delegation of Oneida Indians from northern Wisconsin called at the Indlnn bu reau today and presented a petition asking for the suspension of the worK of allotting lands to members of their trlbo until tboy can bo fully heard und the views of the In dians obtained upon the allotment scheme Tbo commissioner declined to order the sus pension and expressed tno opinion that the delegation represented only the non-pro- grcssivo members of the tribe The senate committee on patents todny instructed Senator Plutt to report favorably the bill known ns the Cliaco International copyright bill , which was pending before congress during tbo lust session A favoruulo report was today ordered by the house commltteo on military affairs on a bill to authorize the president to confer tlio brevet rank upon oftlciuls of tbo army for gallant services in Indian campaigns The house commltteo on elections today hoard arguments by counsel in the contested election case of Fcathcrstono vs Cato Peiuit S. Heath A rtErUBLlOAN MAN1II33TO. It Advocates n Latin Federation Situation In lortuent LisnoN , Jan , 17. The Soculo published today an unsigned manifesto headed Directory tory ot the Portugucso Republicans to the Nation " It denounces vociferously the Eng lish ultimatum and advocates a republican federation of the Latin nations nnd the adhesion - hosion of Portugal to such federation ; de clares that a movement for the federation of tbs Latin republics Is steadily making great progress , and that the force of that move ment Is Been and felt in the revolution in Hiuzll The manifesto does notudvocato a revolution in Portugal at present and is mod crate in tone throughout except In its denun ciation of England's action The English residents of this city who have been victims of publlo animosity occasioned by tbo uttltudo of Eng land toward Portugal propose to appoint a deputation to wait on Lord Salisbury to urge that Great Britain adopt a mora conciliatory policy The feeling towurd Englund is very bitter Many English employes of Per tiiL'Ucso houses nnvo boon discharged Paius , Jan 17. Figaro says Portugal has complained to Prince Bismarck that Great Britain has violated the Berlin treaty She therefore usks that u conference bo con voked to discuss African affairs It is stated tbut the British squadron has been Been entering the Tagus and has ex changed salutes with Fort Julian Mobs of workmen and sailors parade the street denouncing England There are i many hundred of adhesions to the commer cial plun of campaign received from the owners of muchino building works The steamship companies buvo transferred their ' contracts for coal mid iron to Belgium , Englishmen employed by the government uro siveu the alternative of dismissal or naturalization English flags hnvo been i bought and publicly burned In several I towns Salisbury lee llnrsli London , Jan , 17 , The Portugucso cor ' respondence has been published in u blue i book The News , commenting upon the , dispatches , says they confirm the opinion that Salisbury bed spoiled u very Btrongcaso by undue hurshness , His dispatches insult Gomes by implying disbelief in Gomc3 * ; word < HKiiinslilp Arrivals ' At New 'Yorlt 'lhoWyoming , from Liver pool , At Queenotown The Celtlo , from Now York : the Nova Scotian , from Baltimore At London Sighted : The Roman , from Boston ; the Island , from New York At Hottordam The Veendom , from Now York Fatal Iloilor Kxploilon Vienna , Jan 17. A boiler explosion at t Dobschutz , Hungary , today killed four per sons and Injured a great many , OMAHA WILL PAY THE PIPER The ' Twouty-Plvo Gout Toll Main tained to Chicago KANSAS CITY IS IN CLOVER , Her Cattle Shlppr-tH ( Jot tlio Twelve nnd a Unit Cent Unto A Viola tion > rtho Interstate Com merce Law Hnnk Discrimination CuiCAiio , Jau , 17. Attho mooting ot the Western Freight association today It was ngroed to confine the cut In the cattle rates to shipments from Kansas City and In termediate points The Oinnlinroadsdocldod to maintain the ii cent rate from Omaha to Chicago and to preserve the present stand , ard of rates in Iowa This scorns to bo a violation of n provision of the lutoistnto commerce ' law ivhlcli prohibits discrimina tion ngalnst localities , slnco the arrntigemont will compel Omaha shipners to pay double the amount charged Kansas City for tlio same service A committee of ton was ap pointed to adjust the Intermediate rntos between Ktinsas City and Chicago ou the basis of the ll ! > $ cent rate Down Go It itci St Paul , Jan 17. The Chicago , Hurling ton .t Northern rend Issued notice today that on January ! 20 It would reduce the second end class rate from St Paul nnd Minneapolis to Chicago to f.1 , a cut of 81 trom present quotations mada by other lines , on account of alleged secret cuts by competitors , lho Omaha und the Wisconsin Control roads have already nunouueed that they will meet the cut 'lho Burlington rend nlso issued notice that commencing January 20 tlio first class rate to St Louis will bo $13. Adopts the New Cnttln ltuto Kansis Citv , Jan 17. Gcnei.il Agent Harrison of the Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy bus announced that the \ } 4 cunt cattle rate from Kansas City to Chicago , made by the Alton lccontly , goes into effect January 23 on the "Q" road riled Cross Hills Topeka , Kan , Jan 17. The Chicago , Hock Island & Pacific and the Chicago , Kansas & Nebraska filed tholr cross bills In the moit- gage foreclosure case today TI1I3 HAIitiOT BOX OASI3. Fornlti'r Continues Ills Testimony flc- lore thn Coc > gicsnioiiiil Coiumittoc Washington , Jan 17. Ex-Govornor Fora- kor continued his testimony before the house committee investigating tbo ballot box for * , ger.y this morning Ho stated that Wood had submitted to him some papers relating to the ballot box mutter , but ho inado no use of them as they did not Include what ho wanted Later Wood got tlio pnpors for htm which bore the names ot Snerman , Buttcrworth , MoKlu- ley nnd McPherson Witness said ho accepted the paper without question us to its genuineness It led to all the mortifica tion ho had experienced about this whojo matter , as uu honorable man would bo mortjl- fled to find that ho had been Imposed upon by a pauer which , in the light of subsequent events It appeared should nut have decelvod turn , But the preliminary statements hud prepared his mind for It Witness produced a numborof letters front Sherman , Huttorworth nnd McKinley , and declined tliero wan n striking resomblatico between the genuine and tha forged signa tures Ho said that soon utter getting tlta papeis ho had met Editor Halstoad while oa the train en route to Cincinnati He showed him the papers und suid bo ( tbo witness ) did not sco bow ho could muko use of the mut ter Hulsteud said he bhw how ho could use it as far ns Campbell wus con cerned ; that Campbell was the only man named iu the paper before the people ; tbat it was a duty to the people to keep such a man from being governor , oto ; that if the witness did not give him ( Halstoad ) the paper ho would publish it uuyhow At Hul- Btcad's suggestion the witness bad the paper photographed , to be secure against the loss ot the original Ou the lGth of September Wood wrote the witness , complaining that Major Moslov would not uppolnt him smoke inspector Witness understood that charues had been preferred against Wood The latter came to sea the governor nud ho believed lioved Wood explained that bis appoaranca in pollco court was tor defoudlug his wife from insult on a street car Witness road his letter of August , 18 to the mayor , touching Woods application , snylng bo had promised to rcc- , o in mend Wood uud would like to have the place hold open until the requirement bo had imposed on Wood had been complied with , | Witness told Wood ho need not expect the appointment unless ha was a worthy man ' and that bo ( witness ) did not doslro him ap pointed unless he could establish his charac ter I Several letters from Wood bearing upon , bis application were read In one Wopd ] soys i "I hey will be on to mo with both1 feet when you and Halstcad throw the boxes ou them and I should not bo allowed to stand ulouo " ' Wood added that many great men mnko mistakes tboy afterwords regret After tbo witness haur heard tbo charces against Wood , the latter again called upon him and was told ho must clear himself of tha chutgos bo- foio expecting the appointment Witness saw him ugaln In Cincinnati the night of the musiu ball speech and ho produced the ballot box which'formed the basis ot his ( witness1) object lesson in bis speech that night Ou October 1 Wood wrote to the witness tbut ho would have the whole gun crowd bagged in ton nays and enclosed u letter said to bq from Walters at Wushington respecting the gun patents ' Adjourucd until tomorrow Nehrnskn , Iowa and Dakota Ponslons , Washington , Jan 17. fSpocial Telegram to Tub BiE.--PonslQns ] granted to Nobros- kans William G. Oaks , Stromsburg ; Petov Lodam , Stromsburg ; Hulpli D , Hills , Blair Increase William M. Nevors , Alntuvorthj Ell Doyle , Johnstown , Original widows , etc Pustine , widow of Alvin Wulratb , No- malm City Iowa pensions Original in valid Bonjamlu FVlso , Thurmun ; Alburt Tipton , Marshall town ; Lovl Culver , Satoin ; Simon Pasteller , Murshulltown ; William D. HuvJvss , Durham ; John T. Shaw , Lenox ; Joseph C. Fuller , New London ; Edward J. Sheriff , Clear Luke , Increase William Johnston , Ottumwu ; John W. Cook , West UnionvEdsonD , Colt , Webster City ; William Neally , llonajuit ; William A , Black , Curlew ; John Lawrence , Noyau ; George Simpson , KnuxviUa ; Asa Earles , Slam ; Lewis Stanley , Des Moines ; Horace F. Dean , Wcstsldo Navy George Brock * hagou , Crcbtou ; George Uultzll , Guernsey ; Alvah B. Gordon , Conturvillu Mexican survivor William T. , Mathews , Weldon Original widows , oto Minors of William It , Workman , Lebanon ; Koxy A. , widow of Churles C. Murkhnm , Anumosa ; minor ot Desbery J. McCulllstlo , Clour Luke ; minor of John Murlonco , Dale South Dakota : Itoissue Wlllium W Hlatt , Lyonvlllo a Three Miu-direi'i Ilantrmt , Clinton , La , Jan 17 , Jcrosha and ! Charles Dent were hanged bero this after noon for the murder ot Mr Praotorlous near Ethel , La , whom they waylaid and ' shot to death on July 1 lust St John , La , Juu 17. James Holcomuo , colored , wu executed in the Juil yard hero today for the murder of Mudeline Willi * , a little colored girl , on November 12 , BSD Jiilloil for liotiiinliii : Pnlil Citt or Mexico , Jan , 17. The editor of tbo newspaper , El Progresso , has been teat to Jail for defaming Adiillon Putti