1 The Omaha j Daily Bee I \ NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA WEDNESDAY MORNING , JANUARY 22 , ISflO zNUMBER 214 , DEMOCRATS HAVE A SCHEME It Might Brlna About Senator Alll- k ' beds Dofont I i THE REPUBLICANS ON GUARD ft They will Mnko a Proposition for n * Temporary Organization 'lo- ilny 'JrniiHrorrliiB the Scone of llnttlc The town IjcRlslntlvs Situation IJks Moisks , In , Inn 31. | Spcclnl Tele- r Brum to Tub BrB ] Tlio deadlock In tlio legislature seems to bo Bottling down to n Bollil basis The old story was repeated in , tbu short session or the house this morning I Tno republicans held n caucus , lasting I throughout the afternoon , nnd decided on a • courseormlon 'Ihoy will propose when I ' the house meets tomorrow tbut n temporary J | organisation be effected ntonco und transfer the light to the pormnncnt orgunhatlon jHft . They are willing to glvo the dumocruts the H * tompornry spealtor , or most anything tfey r. want lor thu suite ot getting organized , on j the ono condition that the roll ot members j bo the roll that has already bcou imido up J by the Bocrotary ot stuto This will compel the democrats to show their bund It lias boon understood ull thn while thai it they could control thostorganlz.itlou would make up thn roll , leaving off the nnmes of sixteen members who e.mio from > , districts which the democrats claim nro un- cnuBtitutloiially apportioned If they could once strlko off thu sixteen republicans they would elect n democratic speaker and defeat Allison and have things their own way In the hnuso Lendlngaemocrats'whcn questioned on this ( I point laugh it off and pretend that they have # . no intention of raising thu constitutional [ • question , but It Is nouccablo that every pro It , posed compromise they have made guards II * this point and loaves It In their power l ] to tnlio this revolutionary pioccodlng SI it they choose So the republicans will ' 1 take no risks nnd will inntsL that the roll bo mudo up us it has bcon mndo out by the secretary of state on the face of tbo re turns The republicans will force the democrats to show their band tomorrow on this point , and will offer to lot thorn control the tem porary organization if they will agree to this condition on the roll ot members , It it Is accepted , then tl < J temporary organization will bo made aud the big struggle will begin for the permanent organization and control of the speakership and commlttoes The Sunn ) Old Tic Dk3 Moinis : , la , Jan 31. This morning / few Changes wore made in pairs It hud.boen M , j expected that Ewart would bo present and | W j / break the deadlock , but ho remained paired jS\ > with Younc The first roll-call the slxty- XP second so far resulted m u tie , Lobman , fe H . . ilotqocrnt receiving , and Wilcox roDUb- m * t llcun , 41. Two mora ballots resulted thom m same way Seven moro ballots resulted iu a < H tie , and after taking tno soventj-llrst the house , on motion of Holbroolc , adjourned till IH omorrow morning at 10o'clock. Thoropuo- ' . leans met in caucus immediately after ad- H ournmenU ! The Honaio v IB Dis Moines , In , Jan 31. In the senate jjl this afternoon a uumbor of bills were Intro , M ducca , as follows ; U By Fonn Providing for bank examiners H and the payment of fees thereof ; ulso pro B vlding for the establishment of aboard ot j school book commissioners , nnd providing H for furnishing text books for common j schools Uy Dodre To provide for printing and distributing ballots and to regulate voting M This is the democratic Australian ballot bill , Also to recognize and establish u labor day S Objection was mudo by Gateh to tlio in- troductlon ot moro bills on the ground that < they must bo acted upon by the general L. assembly und that body was not in actual | Hfe * existence as yet . % > Lieutenant Governor Hull ruled that as xjl the prosldont of the senate ho would recog- * iilzo any senator who desired to introduce a bill , saying thnt the senators were perfectly ublo to Judge for thomsolvcs whetbor their actions were proper or not , Thc scnato then adjourned ! An Importune iliiltnmil Suit Des Moines , In , Jan 31. | Special Telo- Bi-am to Tub Unis.l An Important case ot long standing was brought to the attention of thu supreme court today on a potitlon to lmvo it transferred to tlio Uultoa States cir cuit court It is known as the state of Iowa vs the Iowa Central railway company , and la the continuation of long litigation to compel the oporution ot a line ot railway from Man ley Junction to Northwood In north ern Iowa When the old Control Iowa company built their line ot load they secured aid from the citizens of Northwood nnd the territory intervening be tween Manlcv and Northwood The road was built , but instead of making it thu main line , as was the under k , standing that It should bo , they aban- jW doued the operation of the road so J far as their company was concerned nnd ' i . . Icabed It to another company Complaint M was made by the citizens of Northwood < The Central Iowa was ordered to ope rat o ; the road , but It soon after wont Into bank ruptcy , alio road got Into the hands ot a recelvor nnd was finally sold at auction , Mr James Thompson ot Now York being tbo purchaser 'I ho Iowa Central railway com pany wns organized and took the manage ment of thu road , The Buprcmo court at its last session issued an order requiring the I own Centrul company to bIiow cause why it should not comply with the decree of the supreme court issued In October , 1SS7 , nnd directed to the Central Iowa company , Thn aimvor says that at ' the time of the Issue of the order of lbST the Iowa Control company was not In existence , 1 und the Central Iowa company Is long ninco defunct , The line of road was purchased at foreclosure sulo and the Iowa Central com pany is not the grantee , successor or as signee of tbu Central lowu company , aud ' cannot be compelled to carry out its con tracts 'I bo presout company oaks to have tlio case transferred to thu federal court on tlio ground that the dofouduut Is a citizen at another stnto The supreme court appointed . February ! i for hearing argument on thutpo- - k tition * The bupr.'iiui Court Dts Moixcs , la , Jan , 31. [ Spocl.il Telegram - gram to Tnc Bcu.l The supreme court 1 convened today und lllod four opinions us i follows ; Abraham liulton , appellant , vs Jacob Mc- Shanc , supervisor ; Linn districts aulrmod , V. L > . Stoddard vs J. M. Lloyd ot ul , uppol- lants ; Montgomery district ; ufllrined , 1) , W , Fuulkncr , appellant , vs John Cloi * tcr : Shelby district ; affirmed Christian Weir , appellant , vs T , F. Bhruuk- , Clayton districts unirmed V I. • 'Hin Horticulturist * . I Bes Miinks , la , Jan 31. | Special Tolo- I Krnm to TinsBKe.J The Statu Horticultural I society held Its annual meeting hero today 1 ' tvithubout seventy live ot the leading fruit \ growers of the Btato present There are twelve horticultural districts In the state I vf Each has a director , und the principal busl- Mt M ues * of tl , ° session toJay was In hearing the VHrrcwrls of these directors They discussed * " * the jloldof fruit ( - ( , bpeclal experiments they ' ' bad made , etc Ono director In southwest ern Iowa roportcd that over ilvo huudred thousand barrels of apples bud been shipped out of that country last fall The general tone of ull the reports indicated largo crops of fruit in XbSO , particularly In bouthern Iowa A proposition was made to the soci ety to appropriate $100 for the Mahaska county horticultural society , which scorns to bo the most flourishing of nil the county so- clottos It this request Is granted similar applications will bo made by nil the other counties The state appropriates { .2,600 , annually - nually for thu help of the horticultural soci ety , nnd It now has in its treasury about $ 'JWX ) , A Convention or IMintottrnptior * . Watkui.oo , la , Jan 31. I Special Tolo- cram to Tub Heu.J The first state conven tion of Iowa photographers Is in session hero aud will continuo through Wednesday A largo numoer of the craft nro In nltendnnco from nil over the state The objects nro to Retiuro moro uniform prices on their work Thu stutlont system of photography is to bo discouraged l < "ir ooii Below Zero Watem.00 , la , Jan 21. [ S [ > ccial Telegram - gram to Tnc IIec ) The cold has been In tense here nil day , the mercury standing at ID3 below zero Hitb'AiciNU am ; hlocicadh Tlio Oontrrtl Tnc lie Rxifott to Ho Clcnr Totlny Sax Favscisco , CM , Jan 31. The pros pects are thnt the grunt snow blockako on tlio Central l'ncllic will bo cleared away to night or tomorrow There Is now three foot of snow on the ground ot Colfax , whllo at Cisco the country Is covered to n depth of tlftoen foci on the level , and In drifts the snow Is throe or four times as deep Last evening the Central Pacific opened the road to live deid engines near Champion Bpur A rotnry plow was pushed by eleven engines und the snow was thrown Ufty feet on either side uf the track A hundred and fifty snow shovolcrs engaged in dlirgiiig u trench were surprised and completely burled by the biiow from the plow ' 1 hey were budly scared , but thn onlv Injury sustained wus a ducking Heavy slides and drifts are reported hotweon Truckeo and Boca A rotary plow Is clearing the road to the two imprisoned passenger trains between IJluo cahvon nud Alta Over ono thousand snow shovolora and workmen are on tbo mountains tonight ; Truckeo is cut oft from all communication with the outsllo world , but this is true of all mining and other towns In the Sierras A p.mongcr named B. A. San ford died of pneumonia superinduced by nn attack of la grlppo and was buried by men on snow shoos nt 1'ruckcr yesterday , it being impossible to break a road to the cemetery Most ot the passengers in the two trains near Uluo canon were well provided for delay Among the enstorn passengers on the imprisoned trains are E. J. Dalbor , Po- catello III : E. P. Uoberts , MaploPurlc , 111. ; Jumcs Dovlo , Omaha ; Miss J. s. Brondall , Galena , III At Dutch Plat many houses have boon crushed by the snow , but no lives were lost Snowshoes nro the only moans of getting anywhere The damage to fruit trees will bo con siderable Should the snow co off with rain the datnugo to the valley will bo immense In addition to the imprisoned trains near Blue Canyon , two eastbound passenger trams nro snowed in near Shady Hun The railroad pcuplo are doing everything possible to make the passengers comfortable John J. Jennings , a Now York newspaper man who came out to meet Nellie Blv in San Francisco and escort her to New York , was caught in tbo blockade Ho made tbo journey from Blue Canyon to Alta on snow shoes and then rode on the engine to Sacrn - rnonto , where ho arrived this morning and took a special train to meet Miss Bly at Latbrop On the Oregon road passenger trains bound to and from Portland are 6till iu the deep snows of the Siskiyou range The l-'lrsi tor a Week PoitTUKDOre , Jan 21. Tbo first through train for tbo past week arrived here this oveninir at 0 o'clock over tbo Union Pacific line from the east About two hundred and fifty passengers nrrived on the first section , also a largo quantity of bnggugo and mall Another train arrived at 0 o'clock with more passengers and mail Two moro trains are duo in the morning Tbo blockade is broken and utiles * another storm follows the rail road company will bo able to keep the road open 1 ho blockade on the Southern Pa cific remains unbroken UA1LTIOAD OI < 'l < 1CLVI.S SILENT Will Not Talk on iho lntcrstato Com merce Agreement Sulmituto Chicago , Jan 31. | Spoclal Telegram to Tub Bee.1 Not n western railroad official could be fouud today who would tulk for publication on the agrecmont which will be substituted for the interstate commcrco rail way association agreement The unanimous opinion was , however , that it would bo diffi cult , It not impossible , to bavo an agrecmont accepted which provided for final arbitra tion , All the ofllclals think final arbitration would boa good thing if some of fho stronger roads would join an association with such an agreement , but the weaker lines see in It a pitfall which might at any tlmo land them into the hands of a recelvor At any event it will bo next to impossible to formulate such an agreement that lines with no branch , such as the Alton and Burlington & North ern , will join Either of these lines would join an association if they could bo made certain that'all the members would stick to the agreement , but the history ot associa tions has been a breaking ot faith on the part of one or moro of-its members Chairman Walker arrived in Chicago .to day , but had nothing to add to his Washing ton intorvlow Ho still boliovad an agree ment could bo formulated which would bo a strong one and to which ull or most of the western roads could subscribe All the members were satisfied to work under thn present agreement until tbo new ono was drawn up , which might tuko throe mouths • ICdwurd Kemblo'u Uoiniilnlnt Washington , Jan 31 , Edward Kctubloof Kumblo & Hastings , Hour grain dealers of Boston , has filed with the Interstate com mcrco commission a complaint against the Luke Shore & Michigan Southern railway company , the Now York Central Si Hudson Kivor railroad company and the Boston & Albuny railroad company Tlio complaint alleges that shippers of grain and flour frgm Chicago urocharged unjust und discriminat ing ratcf , Atchison Trust Meeting Boston , Jan , 31. Nearly two hundred thousand shares of Atchison steak wore rep resented ut today's modified fivoyoar trust meeting B , P , Cbeuoy , Levi C , Wade und William J , Kocho wore chosen as now trus tees The trust indenture-Is modified so that nny vacancies in thu trust shall bo filled by the trustees as u whole Jtolihetl by Mnskrit Men , a'l'i.AKE , Cal , Jan , 31 , Tbo southbound passenger train was Bloppod this morning by two masked men , seven miles north of hero 1 hey climbed over the tender and compelled thu engineer and fireman to stop the train and leave il The robbers then compelled thu expressman to open the door , wbeu they robbed the car of the money in it , which is thought to be several thousand dollars , A tramp stealing u ride was mistaken for ono of the train robbers and shot la tbo head Bo was brought hero uud may recover No trace ot tbo robbers The Wonther Forecast For Omaha and vicinity ; Fair weather , . Ncbr.uka ; Warmer , fair , southeasterly winds , Iowa ; Fair , variable winds , warmer in uorttiwcsl ; stationary , followed by rislug temperature in southeast , Soutu Dakota : Slightly warmer , generally fuir wcalbcr , southerly winds A CIVIL SERVICE MEASURE , General Roeocrnns' ltlocta on tlio Subject THE INSULT AT ABERDEEN The Unrcpontnnt Itclicl l'ostmlstrcsa Will Go Mr DoiMoy'a Onlnt ltcso- lutton HiiHtiicsq Trans acted In thn Senate WAsnisoTON Huitiuu Tun Ottim Bsb , 1 513 FoUHTEBNTII STItEBT , V Wasiunutov D. C. Jan 31. | The house committee on clvii sorvlco reform - form has gouu Into the Investigation ot tbo workings of thn present s.ystcm with great earnestness and wlillo its members nro lint bigoted either way tlioro seems to bo n de sire to malto as much Improvement a * possible - blo In the low without Injuring the effect ot the system The committco proposes not only to Investicato its practical workings and obtain thu views of the loading ofllcluls of the government , but will summon before it oil the prominent civil sorvlco advocates throughout the country for their views and suggestions us to how the systuin can bo improved A bill has been pre pared by General Hosccraus and submlttod to several members of the committee which has soma new and novel features It pro vides that the clci leal forces In the several government departments shall bo classified according to congressional districts , each district having its proper quota , and that when there is a vacancy in nny district the congressman shall bo notified Ho shall then nominate not less than four candidates for that place who shall present theiusolves for examination before the civil service com mission nud the ono passing tlio best exam ination shall have the place The oftlclal life of the subordinates in the departments is fixed by the bill ut six years , but at the oxoiration ot that time the congressman can recommend the Incumbent or n now man ns ho chooses , but the incumbent shall sub.nit to the same ex amination us the now candidates Civil Service Commissioner Itaosovelt has exam ined the bill , but says ho does not lilto It as well as the pre3ont system wousiiirrEitg op d ' avis It was understood thnt the cabinet would today consider the insult thnt was offered by the citizens of Aberdeen , Miss , , to the secretary of war recently , of which un offi cial report bus reached tno attorney general Aberdeen has ono of the prettiest federal buildings lu the south , which was recently finished nt a cost ot $150,000 , and is occuplod by the postofllcu aud other fodcral institutions The jiostmistrcss holds her commission from President Cleve land and Is an unrepentant rebel When the news of the death of Jefferson Davis reached Aberdeen the citizens of that place draped the federal building , the property of too United States , with crepe and lowered the Hag upon it to halt mast Whea Secretary Proctor sent his dispatch to Mayor Shakespeare - spoaro ot Now Orleans explaining why ho did not lower tlio flag on the war department the people stuffed an old suit of clothes and labelled it Proctor and hung the ofligy from a rope stretched across the street ho tweon the fodcral building nnd the ono'oppo- site Neither the posta-istress nor any other of the federal officers occupying the building made the slightest protest , but seemed to concur in the action of the citizens The matter was referred to the president , who referred it to tlio attorney general for a re port , and there is no doubt of the truth of the story Nothing can bo done , however , except to remove the woman from the post * ofllco , and she will likely bo notified within a f < w days that her services are no longer required.DOltSEY'S DOltSEY'S JOIST HESOUITIOJT Mr , Dorsey of Nebraska has a joint reso lution which be will present to the bouse ot great interest to the country , ns It proposes to sot afloat a largo sum of Idle money In the treasury It authorizes and directs tbo sccrotary of the treasury to reduce the rcservo fund now hold in the treasury for the redemption of United States notes , to the sum of (35,000 , - 000 , and ho is directed to apply the re mainder , S7ij,000,000 , to the paymout and re duction ot the public debt T'tils moans an extra purchuso of $75OU0O0O worth of out standing bonds by the same process now being followed by the secretary of the treasury , ' It is understood thot Mr Dorsoy's resolu tion has the approval of Secretary Wlndom JIAKEUVEltlNO FOU TUB KAIB There is a good deal of manouvorlug about the worlds fair going on just now and the Now York mon nro trying to form a combi nation with St Louis und Washington against Chicago Mr Belden of Now York lot the cat out of the bag today when ho suggested the postponement - ponomont of the fair until 1S9J. The New York people , in order to secure the support of the friends of Washington for their city , will propose the holding of a grand his torical celebration In Washington in lb93 , such a ono as will bring together as largo a number ot people as possibo , aqd then have the exposition in 1893. The postponement of the fair for a year they think will secure them eoino votes from republicans who do not llko to entrust the expondlturo of so largo a sum of money In a presidential cum lalgn , although the urgumont scarcely { olds good because if a fair of any size is held in lb' .U most of the contracts would bo made before J.ho presidential election and most of the mono.v would bo expended lir 1693. It has also been sug gested that some grand monument to the memory of Columbus , or a permanent museum building or a bridge across the Potomac , or some other public structure bo erected iu Washington and thus satisfy the people of this city Representative Flower bus invited the whole couunitteo to dlno with him on next Saturday and talk things over IN THE SENATH In the senate today Chairman Fryo of the committee on commerce Introduced u resolu tion recalling from the liouso the bill which recently passed the senate granting the right of wuy for a bridge over the Missouri rlvor ut or near Omaha Ho stated that the amendment providing thnt the bridge shall not bo located within ono-thlrd of a mile ot any ether bridge hud been inndvertently omitted from the measure und that it was desired back in the senate for the purpose ot amendment , a'ho'resolution was passed , Senator Paddock today introduced a bill in the nature of a substitute or supplement to the bill previously presented by him pro viding for the reimbursement of the pur- chusors of tno Otoe Indian reservation lands at their appraised value The senate today passed a bil | creating a surveying district of each of the states of Dakota At present North and South Dakota uro ono district , or are recog- nlzod us such , although it is a question whether the omnibus statehood bill did not abolish the ofllco B. H , Sutton , who is now the surveyor geacral for both Dakotas will bo appointed surveyor general fur South Da kota A new otfico is created for North Da kota ScnatorTellcr of Colorado , ex-secretary of the iuterior , introduced a bill today propos ing n complete reorganization 'of the gcieral land office It gives additional , clerks and raises the salary of the commissioner from 13.000 to * 5,0Ja u year H Is proposed by the administration to facilitate , the work m the general land office as rapidly as possible , and to not only clear up the thousands ot cases which have been pending for many years , but to malio it iiossiblo to dispose of the cases as rapidly as they are presented Senator Wilson of Iowa introduced a bill today to remove tbu charge of , desertion against the military record ot John Lo wis , ulias Manis S. Davis Senator Paddock introduced a bill to pen sion Z. Yarncll of Gage county , JUSCKLUNKOUS Chalrmau Curler of Montana gave a din -r r- nor tonight nt Wolknr's , to the members of the house committco ton mines nnd mining It was n thoroughly jonloyablo affair , mo o llko n family 111001111 ? than nnythlng clso The committco Is noWv thoroughly organized nud works harmoniously in every respect , Mrs Walter I. Hnyos oMnwa will rcculvo on Friday Instead of Taosday , at 1325 G street Northwest ' ' Mrs Jane Miller was today appolntod post mistress at Dontun , Bancsslor county , vlco D. A. Gilbert , romovrtd OA committee fronr the Grand Army was before the house loiriniltteo on invalid pen sions today In the Interest of pension legisla tion They advocated the enactment of a disability s > cnslon bill'and ' alsb the passagoot a service pension blll.J" Colovol U. O. Phillips of Lincoln looked In upon the proceedings ot congress this nf- tcrnoon | Jr Pkiuiv S. Hihth , INSPBCTOU JiamiUG'H KBPOHT Itnsonlity thnV < > rt fenturo In the bcttloiticiitrof Oklahoma I Kass Cur , Mo , Jau 31. | Special Telegram to The Bcb.1 Now that Publto Land Inspector Cornelius McUrldo's report on Oklahoma to Secretary Noble has been ordered printed by the senate Mr , McBrldo gives out Its contents " "Up to this tlmo , " ) io said this afternoon , " 1 have always considered the report prl- vato , but now I thinlfl am nt liberty to dls- close its contents Ij ] > ad not been in Guthrie long before I dlsMvered thnt it was not bloodshed but rnscollty which the depart ment had to fear \ * I found that John I. Dillc , thu land register , and C. M. Barnes , the receiver , bad connived to allow their friends nnd relatlvoft.to como Into the terri tory bofoio they had any right and enter the ' choicest land Major Picklcr , who went to Oklahoma with the fiamo authority , had re mained on the insldo of tbo land ofllco while 1 was on the outside Avatchlng the proceed ings and getting names , witnesses and trans actions for our report The corruption alnrmodl mo , and When 1 showed what I had gathered to Major Picklor ho was astonished My report gives the itnmcs of wituossos and violators in all cases of illegal settlement which I found In tbo territory I was in the territory six weeks I found that John I. Dlllo , the laud register , and C. M. Burnos , the land recelvor , had connived to allow Illegal tiling of clulnis I so rcportod General W. II Clayton nnd Barnes were follow tpwnsmou Clayton , un der thu guise of , n deputy United States marshal , went to Guthrie on the Saturday before the opening on Monday , nnd on Sunday ho surveyed the section of land laid out for thotownslto of Guthrie and made n plat Murk7 S. Cohen wus selected to enter this plat Ho , too , was la the terri tory before ho had aji.v rtoht to beaud by the grace of Land Itocalvcr Barnes John E. Dlllo , a brother of Land Register Dillc was ulso on the ground before the opening and by the grace of his brotjierls official position , Dille and Cohen word elected to make tbu first entries , Tbo.V , prepared themselves with power of nttornoy from a num ber , including soldiers , to enter By the request of Register Dilla and Iiccelvor Barnes three men were appolntod deputy United States marshals to guard the door of the land ofllco on the tnoruinsr of the open ing , Tboso three men were personally known to Dlllo and Barnes It was under stood that Dillc and'Cohcn were to bo al lowed to enter the . door first Dlllo and Cohen sat on the-steps of the land ofllco waiting for the houi.6M3 o'clock to como so that they could enter1 their lands General Clayton , Dlllo and the rest know who I was and enmo to mo , each wiUt , his own story Clayton tola mo that-unless ; the town site plat by him was allotf l.toTbo entered blood would flow on the stt eti ol QutBrer ' " ' ' * : . ' * * A tity " " • it * * U3 B > - * vt XHB _ WOttMKsVTPA lK.i * ' ' .iter thirst Mooting : or'ttio 'Spoclnl Commit tee Washington Nervous Washington , Jan 21. The special com mittee on the worlds ' fair held its first meet ing this morning All of the members were present except Messrs Hatch and Boudon Mr Springer called up his resolution pro viding that the house shall proceed next Thursday to select a site for the fair by bal lot and It wus discussed for an hour Mr Springer urged the importance of speedy action on tbo proposition Ho held that by Its action on the Cannon resolution last week the house had virtually decided that the matter must bo decided as early as passible , and that the committee was practically under Instructions and was as much bound by them as If they had been formulated Ho argued that tbo house liquid not move in the matter until It had first Buttled where the fair was to ha hold Mr Hitt also declaied in favor ot the immediate selection o ( thu site by the house , and pointed out how delay jeopardized the chances of the fair Ha said that tbo committee on . foreign affairs had been working for some tlmo on the fair bills and had practically completed preliminary arrangements All of the results of tbo work could bo made use of by tbis committee , but tbo site should be first agreed upon Mr Flower thought that the data on Springer's resolution was a llttlo too soon Ho suggested tbut a resolution bu roportcd providing for n dobute in the bouse next Monday , ono hour aud ' a half Doing allowed for the presentation ot tbo claims of each city , to bo followed by balloting on auesday Mr Boudon at this point expressed a doubt as to whether any fair could bo held in 1S93. It should bo first settled that the govern ment would give aid to the fair before an at tempt was made to select a site This brought the Washington men to their feet with strong objcctlous They contended that to udopt Boudou'scourso would result in comhiningallof the other contending sites against Wasliingtou.whcb | must rely upon government financial aid Mr , Boudon's idea wus that the historical celebration could bo held In ls93 , to bo followed a year later by thu worlds fair , The chalrinnn's atten- ttlon was hero cilled to tholanguage of thu resolution under which thu committee was appolntod , which spanks of the words ' fair in lbOJ , nnd thu point , ' was made that the committee had no ultorrra tlvo uud could deal with no proposition that did not concern the fair to bo held in that year Mr Frank of Missouri offered a resolu tion thnt Mr Springer's resolution , provid ing for balloting by tbb house next Tuesday , buTOforred to a sub-rommutco of three witli iustructlous to report Btytbo next committee meeting Subsequently ! the motion wus modified so as to make , the chairman of the full committee also chairman ol the sub committee and to have it report next Thurs day , I Mr , Springer said tnif It this motion was defeated he would mnvoto modify his prop osition so as lo have Ihddebato in tbo house next Monday aud the balloting oa Tuesday , as suggested by Mr ( Flower The Now York members took alarm at tills , bowevor , as . it was apparently thq object of tbo Chi cagoans to get tbo chairman to vato and show his views , ThoX ilcasoans had calcu lated on Flower voting .i > lth them in sup port ot his own proposition This would leave tlio remaining threo-members present bcsldos the chairman 'in opposition , and compel thu chairman tojvote to bieat tbo tie , and it was net regarded as desirable that tbu chairman sliou ibo considered ut this early date So iwhen Mr Franks ' resolution was put the Chicago muu found themselves Mono lu opposition and It pre vailed , so the chalrmau was Instructed to appoint u Bub-comwitteo to cousldor the . Springer resolution und report next Thursday , when the committee will moot aguin 1 Later the sub-oo rainlUoe- was selected us follows ; Chairman ? Chandler and Messrs HIU and Flower The committco decided to hear no oral arguments respecting tba site of the folr Then the committee instructed tbo chair man to ask for permission to tit duriug the sessions ot the housf and adjourned until Thursday , Bnn Into u lloulilor , Suimoki.v , Pa , Jan , 21. Two moa were killed and three wounded in a wrook on the Philadelphia & Heading road this morning , cause ! by a freight train running into a hugo boulder that , bad rolled down on the track NO PROVISION FOR TELLERS The Speaker Qlvoo the Opposition Some Pointers NOT GOVERNED BY GHOSTS The Itulcfl of Iho Depnrtcil House of the Klltlclh ConurcHs nro Demi Farm MortgaircR nnd the Cjmsus Hcnnto Washington , Jan 21. In the sennto today Mr.Blalr proscnloda memorial f ro- * the board ot missions of the African Methodist Episco pal Zlou church of America In favor of the Blair educational bill , nnd nskoJ lo have It printed lu the Record Mr , Harris objected Mr Blair also presented numerous other memorials of the name character , all of which were laid on the table On motion of Mr Fryo the bill passed some dnys ago authorizing the construction of a bridge across tno Missouri river at a point between thu county of Douglas or the county of Sarpv , lu Nebraska , and the county of Pottawattnmio , In Iowa , was recalled from the house und a motion entered to recon - con idor the vote by Which It passed IIo oxplalnod that.by a mistake the amoudmont huu been omitted forbidding the location ot the bridge within a third of a milo of any oxlstlng structure The bill adversely roportcd on January 10 from the census committee to ascertain what purcoutago of people own their furms , the number of farms under mortgage nnd the amount thereof , was taken from the calendnr In order to give Mr Berry , who In troduced the bill , an opportunity to state the grounds ot his opposition to thu report aud whv the bill should bo passed Mr Plntt , referring to thostatomont made by Mr Berry ns to oasteru manufacturers loaning monov to western and southern farmers at high rates of Interest , took occa sion to Say that the idea that oasteru manu facturers had nccumulatod lurgo profits nud wore loaning money to farmers was a mis take Mr Berry varied somewhat trout his orig inal stntoment nnd said trust companies und corporations In Now York nnd Now Euglaud had roprusontatlvus in ull southern and western states trying to lonu money to farm ers on farm mortgages Mr Hnlc , chairman of the census commit tee , stated that thcro wus no Hostility on the part of the comtnitteo to the proposed In quiry , but in every suggestion to enlarge the scope ot the census tbo committee was con fronted with tbu danger of putting in such now work as would delay the census and in stead of tbo census being made a clear , dis tinct and swiftly takcu one , it would run over years and years , and the committee was desirous to prevent thnt Mr Halo stated that n great and valuable body of substan tial Information on the question wns now being obtained by the superintendent of the census Mr Rongan argued In favor of the bill Mr Vest spoke of the abnormal do- preislon of the agricultural interests of tbo country , evidenced oy the fact that corn is bringing now to its producers in Missouri and Kansas only from 13 to 14 cents a bushel , and wheat from 40 to 50 cents , while coal costs them 39 cunts a bustiei Tbo farming community bad the conviction that ( legislation was-largoly ro ponsiblofor-tho oxlstingjdeprossion . Ho was , authorized to < irfak0-tbo statement.thatilbq superintendent , bud written a letter to bis colleague ( Cock roll ) that the census supervisors would bo lting to the republican parly ; that prefer ence would bo given to them in every in stance Under that state ot thiugs who could.blnmo him if ; ho asked that congress should make mandatory on the superintendent ent" the duty to give the information which the bill required 1 Ho was not willing to trust to the discretion or judgment of the superintendent of the cen sus a duty which ought to bo accurately and honestly performed Mr SoooiiBr said ho bollovcd Mr Porter was eminently adapted for the discharge of the duties of his positiou Ho went on to argue that mortgages were not always a sign of distress ; that they often indicated energy and vigor , aud the ambition and de sire to obtain moro property Finally , after further discussion , the ulll went over with out uctlou till tomorrow The senate then passed the following : A senate bill to create the ofllco of surveyor general for the states ot South Dakota and North Dakota ; the scnato joint resolution grunting authority for the removal of tbo Apache Indian prisoners and their families from Alabama lo Fort Sill , Indian territory After an cxecutivo session the seDate ad journed llOllHO v7asuinotojt , Jan 21. In tbo house yes terday , just previous to adjournment , Mr , Bland moved that the bouse adlourn , and on division the speaker dcclurod tbo motion lost Mr , Bland thereupon demanded tellers and , according to the record this morning , tbo speaker replied : "Thcro is no provision for tellers , " Tlioro was no record ot tbis fact made in the Journal and tbis morning Mr Bland moved to have the journal amended accordingly The speaker stated that ho had made bis reply in un interroga tive form and the gentlotnun from Missouri bad seemingly acquiesced in it The chair was Informed that such details were not in- soiled iu the journal The chair submitted Mr Bland's ' motion to amend the journal and on division declared tbo motion lost by a vote of 88 to 93. * Mr , Bland demanded tellers . The speaker Inquired whether the gentle man from Missouri bad discovered any ground why tellers should bo appointed Tbo chair last night had sugcestod that he would llko to huvo attention caltod to any provision regarding tellers Mr Bland said that Un hud demanded tell ers under thu general practice of the house The speaker declined to entertain the ae- mund for tailors Mr Bland demanded the yeas and nays , but almost ut thn same mouiont appealed from thu decision of the chair Tno speaker ald the appeal came rather lulo , but he would calertulii It A long and boated debate then began which lasted three hours Mills ot Texas , Breck * inrldgu of Arkansas , Blount of Georgia , MoMillin 01 Tennessee uud others argued that a vote by tellers was as much a part of parliamentary law us a motion to adjourn Mr Mills Bald It was the only votu by which tbo house could correct a decision of the speaker and it the house did not have the right to this votu tbu speaker became a mora czar , When iho speaker refused to permit tbo house to have tellers to verify his count ho simply refused to allow the house to say whether tils decision , right or wrong , should stand Mr Cannon of Illinois , B&yne of Pennsyl vania und others upheld the chulr Mr Carlisle inquired what redress a mem ber had atrnlnsi a wrong count by the speaker if ho could not have the yeas and nays The house in tbo absence of the con stitutional rules established by Itself was to be governed by general parliamentary law as modified by tbo rules heretofore prevalK ing ing.In submitting the appeal to the house the speaker said : "Iho chnlr always has been unable to see bow it is posslblo for u house , which has passed out of existence , lo bind by its rules and regulations a house which was to corns Into existence in the future Ricoiil decisions by tbo speaker have been to tbo effect that the rule * of the last bouse did not become the rules ot the present house directly The chair Is uuablo to bob bow they can bocoino tbo rules of tbo pros cat bouso Indirectly The very fact that they have beau made as rules shows clearly the uecessity of a special enactment If they bec.iuo , by indirection , the rules of the next house It woul ( not become neo osiary to ro onncl ' . . 'icm ' , The sug gestion which has oeou tnndo that the matter Is under thl . luslvo control of the speaker Is nt this v > moment iccelvlng n negative because nn d , il is pending In this caw as It Ins in mar lliors , All decis ions from the chair uhU < nro mndo under Proper circumstances and good taitli nro sub ject to revision by n mnjoritv of Iho house , consequently there is not und ciniiot bo uuy arbitrary control ot Ihls lodv ngnlnit Its will The present occupant of the chnlr has frequently ordered tellers slnco Iho begin tilngof thosesilon , und I * not unwilling to do so : but thu qucstioa has now iMinoup us 11 question ot right , nnd whatever the porsonnl wlshos of the occupant of the clinlr might bo , ho wus obliged to docldo in accordance with what ho regards us the unmistakable parliamentary law of the land All pirllnincntnry law must bo mndo on the supposition Hint thu man elected to preside nam lie un honest official who will honestly perform his duties It lilts been suggested nlso tbut the speaker may , on thu question of ordering tlio yeas ami nny , miscount , and if tellers can bo ordered , that the miscount tuny bu cor rected But it Is necessary , in order to have tellers , to have one-fifth of n quorum demanding them , and under the rules of the last honso the speaker must count that one fifth Ultimately , therefore , the speaker is the counting ofllcor nnd any supposition that ho would botr.iy his duty is not tbo supposi tion on which parllumentui'v law is founded , nor the rules of the lust house Finding parliamentary law to bo as < I conccivo it to be that n division may bo had whereby the Bpoakcr muv make the count llrst by sound ol voice , nnd second by the membora arising in their seats , and that his record may he corrected under constitutional right by the yeas and nay > , I have been compelled 'to make the de cision I have made " Mr Cannon moved to lay the appeal on the table Mr Mill raised the point of order that par liamentary law rccocnizcd no such motion , The speaker overruled the pjlut of order and submitted Mr Cannons motion It was agreed to ; yeas 149 , nays 13ii. Tbo question then recurred on Mr Blnnd's motion to amend the journal und it was lost ; yens 130. navs 141) . The Journal was thou approved Mr Craln of Texas offered a resolution di recting tbu committee on judiciary to report within ono week whether the Into sergeant at-arms was u disbursing officer , and if so to report n bill providing for the | ) n.ment . of the salaries of the members Rufmrcd Bills introduced and rororred : By Mr Funston ot Kansas For the crea tion of an agricultural commission to investi gate the abuses that cause the present de pressed connitlon of agricultural inlorosts By Mr Dorsoy of Nebraska Authorizing the secretary of the treasury to reduce the reserve fund The house then resumed lu committee of the whole the Oklahoma town site bill , but no progress was made and the committee arose Adjourned STAKTL1XO DlSCLOSOItBS A Lnng List or itccclvnra of Public MotipyH Short Washington , Jan 21. Sccictary Noble , through special agents of tlio Interior de partment , for some tlmo past has been In vestigating the accounts of a largo number of rccoivorsof publio moneys Indifferent parts ' of the country The accounts of a number were found short , and in these cuics vigorous action will bo taken Upon the recommendation of thn secretary the president has made the following per emptory romoyuls : It W. lluiclilns , Hum boldt , Cal , an Alleged abortagoof 3,000 ; , Fred W , Smith , 'iucson , Ariz , an alleged shortage to the United States of (5,000 , and , to private Individuals of about2i,000 , moro ; Sterling S. Smith ut Devils Luke , N , D. , an alleged shortage of about SI,257 ; Frnnos-L. Andomon at Del Norte , Col , u shortage of about f 1,311 ; Charles Spalding at Topeka , Kan , an alleged shortage ot about $000. About ton ethers who have bcon found short will probably bo removed within a few days A Sensational Story Wabiiinotox , Jan 31. A Toronto dispatch today stated that Mr Farrar , a Canadian now-paper man , has bcon secretly before tbu republican members of the acnut' com mittee 011 relatione with Canaua and in fluenced It in opposition to tbo commercial union bill in order to force nnnoxation Sen ator Halo said the story was sensational and absurd The republican members of the committee bad heard no ono in secret session Senutor Dolph , another member of the committee , also denied the story CoiillrmntlniiH Washinoton , Jan 21. Marcus Johnson , collector"ol internal revenue for the district of Minnesota ; George P. Fisher of Dela ware , to bo first auditor of the treasury , Fishers nomination has bcon hung up in the committco on flnnncu for soma tlmo because of certain charges made against him , but the committee today unanimously decided that thcro v/oro no reasons why he should not be confirmed , and so reported to the scnato tbis afternoon with tbu results noted Itiilillolicrgor Very Low Washinoton , Jan 21. A dispatch from Woodstock says ex-Senator Rtddlebcrgor is very low and his case Is considered hopeless by his physicians , niorohnnt nud Foremen Tatlori Ciucaoo , Jan , 21 , At the annual conven tion of the Merchant Tailors National asso ciation President Turner deprecated the practlco of English agents soliclng trade in this country by promising goods nt 50 per cent below the trndo price , He also advo cated the adoption of a style of gurmont based upon tastes thoroughly Amoricun and breaking away from English styles and ideas The exmutlvo com mittee recommendud tbo establishment of u buicau of information wlilch should pub lish a rating book to bu u complete directory of nil dead boats in each city The Custom Foremen Tailors association had u stormv session today uud expelled ox- Piosldout George W , Fisher of Houston , Tex It is ullegod that Fisher endeavored 10 itijuro the association by trying to induce delegates to refuse to tulto part lu this con vention , A Ituruoil Up Uiioh Ottvwa , III , Jan 31. The llttlo town of Utica , which wns nonrly wiped out bv flro last summer , was again visited oy flames this morning , The flro raged thruo hours and six.now business blocks were completely destroyed Thu utnount ot loss lias not yet been definitely ascertained Thu IIro was a terrible olow to the village , which wus just renewing its former prosperity St , Johns , N. F „ Jnn 31 , John Qorley and tbrao children perished In a lira lust night Gorloy died in the flumes u hllo mak ing a third attempt to tescuo his children from the bouse Attciiiiitcil tn Arrest a Hasp trade , Santa Fb , NMJan 31 AtSovon Rlvors Deputy Shorlffs Perry anil Berkley at tempted to arrest a dospcrato character named Jeff Hunt Thu latter drew a re volver and llrud at and wounded Perry In the general shooting which followed Hunt received a fatal wound aud Berkley was seriously wounded Iho Apnolm lrlsiinorN Washinoton , Jau , 21. The president lias soul to the senate thu report made by Gen eral Crook and Lieutenant Howard upon the condition ot the Apache prisoners at Mount Vernon barracks , Ala The president rec ommends that provision bo made lor the lo cation of these Indians upon lands in the In dian territory m Stoniimhlit Arrivals At Phlladolpblo-Tho Ohio , from Liver pool , At New York The City of Chester , from Liverpool ; tbo La Qjscogne , fiom Havre At London Hlghtod ; 'Iho Lnko Huron , from New York ; WRECK ON THE BELT LINE , A Frolght Ovortnkoa tt PnssotiKor Trnln with Disastrous RoBttlts WILLIAM BOYLE IS KILLED Four OthctH Sustain Prohnhlj Total Injuries nnd n Dor.U Badly BrulHcd Lint or the On- Tot tunntcN A Deadly Wreck At 7:41 : yestorduy morning a rear-end collision occurred on the Dell line , A suburban passenger trainbouiid for the city , loaded with business men , clerks und mechanics wns crashed into by a frolght , resulting In loss ot lifo nnd tbo serious and possibly fatal Injury of a number of well-known people The following Is a list ot rilC Kll.l.l' .l ) AMI WOUNDUP ! WILLIAM HO VLB , klllod WILLIAM SOIIWAK1C1C , Injured inter nally und hurt nbout thu head CHRIS FRAHM , lee broken FRANK CHURCH , knee crushed OLIVER M1T7.LAFF , skull crushed nnd injured Internally MAX MIT/.LAFF.concussionuf the brain J. A , HARVEY , spine Injured and lower limbs panilj/cit. W. E. VANDBVBNTCH , badly cut by glass EDWARD P. SWEULEY urm Injured II L. SEWARD , Jr , foot badly injured WILLIAM SHIELDS , conductor , urm broken and Dadly bruised , MISS ALICE THOMPSO N , sllebtly In jured • WEST , telegraph messenger , arm broken Mow the Accident Oconrri-d. The passenger train , consisting of a coach , smoking car and engine under the direction ot Conductor William Shtolds nnd Engineer Daisy Dean , was dolaycdon Its out trip by a slight accident to a freight tium in front ot it , whicn made it ten minute ? latu on.tho re turn trip At Walnut Bill and Druid BUI it picked up nhueo number of clerks and mechanics , the majority of whom were In tbo roar car , which was used as a smoker Owing to the slippery condition of the track tbo tralo could not mime up its tlmo nt any of this stops , nnd a heavy freight following on the downgrade crashed Into It at Millcr'sstntloU with tekiiii'io roucc , the platform of thu smoker going through the front end of the freight eiigmo's boiler At this point the passenger coaches left tlio track nnd were driven over thu ties forever over two blocks , when the forward coach loft the truck aud went into the ditch The smoker In the roar was driven nbout two hundred feet further , twlstod around und for end and thrown from the track on Us side , trucklcss and battered The engine of tlio passenger train kept the track and was stopped about ono thousand yards further on , comparatively umnjurod The heavy freight was not stepped until It hud run al most to the next station When the engineer ot the passenger saw the freight behind htm ho threw thu throttlu widtPop eir , but tbo wheels only spun around and he failed to mnko headway The engi neer of the trolgnt saw that ho could not hold bis train and whistled for brakes , but they failed to act on the slippery grade , CONPUOTOIl IHIIiLtls' WAHNINfl Conductor Shields , who wus In the bug gage compartment of the smoker , rushed forward and cried : Look out , boys , she's going to strika us " Evoryonu instnntly Jumped to his feet nnd uttempted to get out by the front door Shields was ahead of them aud forced thorn back , however , and told them to kocp cool Tbo uisla was crowded with exulted men holding on to tliti Beats as the car jolted over the ties In the forwurd car , in which were u number of ladles , tlio excitement was intense , and soma ot them wanted to jump from tno windows , but Con ductor ShloldB got in there and prevented them from getting out Bo stood by the rear door and held it shut William Boyle , howovur , managed to get out on the platform between tbu cars just a * . the first ono lott the track and was CltUSIIKI ) TO UUA1H t and thrown from the car to the opposite Bldo of the truck The scene wliieb followed Is indescribable The groans of the wounded , the crashing or glass and the shouts of encouragement from these who found themselves uninjured made a babel ot sound which brought help from the cottages in the neighborhood Cnrinir lor iho Injured A Bee reporter who witnessed the accl- dent from adlstanco was ono of thu llr.it on the ground and assisted In caring for the In jured Tlio nearest cottage to the scene was at once thrown open nnd the occupants helped these who were ut ull able to stand tip to it Some of tbo uninjured uasscngors broke the windows and helped their los3 fortunate fel lows out W , E. Vandoveiiter was THIIOWN THKUUUII A WINDOW and several of those inside anxious to got out as soon us possible followed him , falling on his back und Injuring htm Hu was badly cut ubout thu head and wrist by the glass ho plowed through , The first to bo picked up was Fraulc Church , a young man who acts as private secretary to Muster Mechaniu Cushlng of the Union Pacific , Bo was helped to the cottage by a lady who ran out to tbo assist ance of the wounded Then a procession of men bearing the Injured fliud its wuy to the nearest cottage In the cottage , thu rooms I.OOKP.U 1.1 Id ! A HOSl'ITAI , . On tbo floor were stretched the Insonslblo fonts ot four mon , whllo ethers Jess badly Injured sal In chairs , palo nnd fainting Two boys , Oliver and Mux Mitzluff , who are learning th'u tinners' trade with O. F , Qardnor , on North Slxcoonth street , were Inscnslblo and In 11 precarious condition Deputy County Treasurer \Villlam \ Stshwar- ick was stretched out on the floor whlto and speechless William E. Vundovontor , who wont through the window , was bleeding terribly from n seerved urtery , And ou every chair in the room was a man oiioani.no in aqonj- bv reason of a broken limb or bruised body Many of the fcUfTerors were hurried to their homes by friends Chris Frnbin , u bookkeeper In the Elrst National bank , wboso log was broken aud badly bruised , und Frank Church , wboso knee wus crushoa , were put into a buggy and taken homo and a surgeon summoned " In the next house lay J. A. Harvey , a carpenter - ponter in the employ of the waterworks company , with an Injured spina und probably hurt internally Conductor Shields , who Is a strong , heavy man , fainted twice from pain , and when a friend called a doctor to come und ussist him SbloUUsaid ; "No , let the doctors attend to these who need assistance moro than I do , " Ho wus removed to the residence of Dr