I The Omaha i Daily Bee I I \ NINETEENTH TEAB OMAHA THTJUSDAT MOBNING , JANUAEY 23 , 1800. NUMBER 215. FORCED TO SHOW THEIR I1AND DomocratB Ju the _ Iowa Loglelaturo Led Into q Trap HOTCHKISS LOST HIS TEMPER And Ilnldli Aniioiiiiucil llic Intrntlon * of Ills Pnrty to Endeavor to On- sent Sixteen Itepiibll- 1 cmi lUcinbcig * Thdr Holioinc * Exposed Vttn Moistb , la , Jan 22 | Special Telet /rani to Tut , Hi r.J The most sensational Diono thnt tins ever occurred in the Iown leg Islulurc took place In the houna today , when the republicans exposed the democrntiu mo- tlvo for the deadlock It hnd been rumored In the lobbies Hint the democrats wnuld try to uuscut sixteen members , If eh en the chance , mid then proceed to elect a dnmo- cratlc snnntor la place of Allison , repeal proI litbltlon and Larry things ultli a high hnnd • through the bcssIoii Of the slxtoou mem bers , fourtcon are ropubllenns , and the all cotnu from districts that ttio aemocrats claim are unconstitutional , not having , It Is nllegcd , ' the requisite ratio of population 1 ha aomo- crats bnva ridiculed the idea that any such Bchcmo vvus intended , but the republicans discovered that this argument of unconBtl- was being used in the potltlon prepared by Mr Lehmann , the democratic v candidate for temporary cleric , In the Interest lor one of the republican seats In watch contest ho appears as attorney Dr thu con testant The republicans thorofora deter • mined to force the democrats to show their hand today So In caiofuliy prepared speeches tlioy attacked the democratic position , and boldly assorted that It was the democratic intention , if given the speaker ship , to carry out the rovolutloaary proceed ing There was grcit oxcitomout on both lidos of the house , nnd the republi cans provoked the democrats till ono of thorn , Ilotchlciss of Davis countv , walked into tha trap aud boldly announced that ho did not bellevo that any member elected for tbOBO Gerrymandered districts should bo seated 1 bo republicans then slid that there could bo no moru conference between thorn on uuy urrungcuicnt looking to giving the democrats the gavel , foi they know very well that it would boused in a revolutionary way Ilotchkiss quickli replied that if ho vvoro spc * , jr ho would agree to lnavo the roll us it is / Will jou put that in writlug ! " shouted A the ropubllcuas l 1 J Yes , I will , " ho answered , yl-s \r \ Will your colleagues also stand by itl" kvj j was the next question jU • Yes , ttiov will , " cried Ilotchkiss , ' and I V - , cawttVr .Tlpon thorn ail to rise and show that they - intend uo trickery " 'J hen turning toward the democrats , ho shouted , * Stand up , t'ontloinen , " but not a man arose Your silence confirms my charge , " sild Mr Hl tbo , the republican luadur , while the spectators and republicans encored to the H echo Tno democrats were overwhelmed witn con fusion ut the trap into which they had * . . bteu drawn , and thu calling of the roll was Wr ' "w"resued without fiirthcrUebate * i * * u - * . * * Hotcbklss was a greenbacker who bad been ulcoted by fusion with the domoci ats , but had not boon taken into ttio democratic secret , and unintentionally placed tlicm in a poBlUon where they duro not tifilrin and could not deny The democratic ) pint to unseat the slxtoon members is the talk of the state , uud the republicans nro dctermlnud now to resist uny overturns that would elvo tha dome cruls anv opportunity to curry out their plot I A l.liolyucn'i In tlKi House I Des Momrs , la , Jan 22 In the house , \ tlio sovouty-third roll call for tompo-nry B | i. cleric worn taken up This time eighty-six HI Cx votes was cast , Evvnrt ( independent ) still , Xij voting with the democrats , maklnir the tlo " " still on After the fourth roll call o llvoly scene t , took place Blytlio lose to state the reasons , why the republicans would not accept the | doaiocrntlo proposition Ho said the repub licans had decided in caucus that it would not do to let Lehman have the place , as L ho was a probable candiduto for senator Ho 1 boltcvod thut a number of districts were un constitutionally made up , una in ois position 1 ho might exclude motnbers from scats Ha spoke in supsort of this assertion , saving thut the democrats had not a clear majority in the house , nor oven fifty straight votes Hnlbrook said mat the proposition hail the , support of fifty members ; that wbilotbov all I were not strniclit democrats they hnd Been i nominated and elected by democrats , and I proposca to stay there and press their rights Klctiman of Muscatlno spoke , saving that the democrats rightfully domauded the i speakership because a majority of the voters i were with thorn and would sustain their do wand & . , * * Chasn ( rep ) spoke in reply , say mg that T the republicans had a majority of many of ; W the questions , und ospociully ou prohibitions , 1 -s and proposed to stand toguthor 1 Hotohkiss ( dnm ) spoke after Chase Ho i said that ho wondered how nny member coula at tlio samn time have uny regard for ills oath and votofor uu lutumous gorrymun- ) dor bill Blytlio , In asking a question , got an cx- ' prossiou of opiuion from the democrats ou tha ropresentativa districts question 1 Ilotchkiss was the only ono who would not ' niovo in the matter In the session ilo ap pealed to the democrats to sustain him , but not ono other rosu to support tlio assertion Later Ilotchkiss suld ho had rcforenco 1 merely to the matter of organization After another vote the housu adjourned I i until tomorrow morning , J Tlio Honme Des Moines , In , Jan 2X Iu the sanato , this afternoon the fnllowlug bills were Intro duced : Uy tingle To amend chnptor 0 of the cede ' ot IbTU to inako tha law applicable to private bunks Hy rinn To amend the cede of 1873 In 1 rcforenco to tlio election of county oftlcers ; I n' nlso to amend the cede of 18T8 iu reference J to the terms of office of county auditors nnd I treasurers Hy Mack To rapoal the first four see tlous of chapter U of the cede in leforoiico to the permanent school fund , and enact a substitute therefor ; also to require a United States Hag on school buildings , and provid ing for umglug aud teaching patriotic inuslo Hy Null To fix the liability of state banks Uy Punk Restricting railway corpora tions from limiting the lifo of railway mile age age.Hy Carson To regulate the neighing of coul in coal mines und estubllshlug a uul- _ „ form si stem of weighing f A resolution was introduced by Kollj that < no tnoro bills be Introduced until the legisla ture 1 fully orgaulzoii.rins provoked dls- cusslon and was lluullj adopted bv a v oto of 29 to i ) , Gutch was opposed to more bills being acted upou until tha general assembly was i fully organized , Those opposed to him ur- > r fcued that the fcuiiuto was ready for business W f nnd that It was not necessary to wait for jtlio housu The vote shows that a tnujority | „ of tbo senators ai a utnvllUug to take risks I in regard to legislation lncemllarlen at Wnrlc , MJlUhlk Rock , la , Jau 2& [ Special to Tub H . | - . 'lho little town of Nora Springs Iu riovd countv Is all torn up ou account of If an attempt to burn their sominiry thrco J S times In the pist week There has boon a I row between the people of Norn Springs nnd | S the prl iclpal , nnd the attempted Incen diarism is the outgrowth Last summer the principal mndo the citizens a proposition , so thoj ] nvor , that If they would put In IJ.OOO ho would put in the ether $ .1,000 , build i sera Innry conduct It on his ow n plan as ether In- stitutlons , and at the end of fifteen voars it would revert to him A contract was drawn which in fact did not bind him to that , and as fur as can bo n ccrtnliicd , ho did not put In i anv thing ot tha $ .1,000 bo promised , claim ing ' that his contract docs not bo specify A mortcngo of $ T00 was placed recently on the institution I slnea It * completion , nnd ho has received some JNH ) for thn fall term tuition which they think should go toward the pay ment of the mortgage The heiviest con tributors have ondoivorcd to forca a settlement Lnst week the building took t ilro In the third story ana wis barclj snv od from destruction Two more ' attempts w nro made since , but were discovered in time to snvo the building Public excitement has run high Indlgnao tlon t meetings huvo boon hold and moisuros devised to nsccrtatu the incendiary An attempt - tempt • will bo made to have aboard of direct ors nppointcd for the institution and the whole matter umicublv Bottled , to avoid furt tbor t nttempts on the part ot some dlsgruna tlod I part } to destroy the seminary Una WorU.n lvploilc Sioux Cm , la , Jan 22 [ Special Tele gram I to Thk Hi h 1 At 11 o'clock last nlgbt ' two largo Iron pnrifving icsorvolrs at the gas works exploded The shock smashed window glnss nnd sashes within several blocks and shook houses in remote puts of tno city The entire west end of the gas works building wis blown out and reduced to a mass of debrit The loss is about $10,000 The gis lights all over the city were suddenly extinguished The enuso ot thu explosion l believed to bo n leilc in the res- orvoir but the actual manner of ignition is not satisfactorily explained The Supr > iiio Courr Des MoiNBd , In , Jan 2i | Special l'elo- gram to liti Hi I 1 The following decis ions were rendered by the supreme court today : State of Iowa vs II C. Shank , npppcllant , Montgomery district , .liilrmod II Pitch and IMicubo J White v Martha M Itclser , appellants ; Chickasaw district , nfllrmod AchaBah Nowans vs John Nowans ot ul , executors , appellants ; lien ton district , af firmed N. S , Heal & Co , appellants , \s C. J. btovens , Tama district , afllrmod iUtua Iron and Metal Works , uppellant , vs ICossuth county ; Km me a district , re versed A Conl Pauline Tlircntcnuil Tout Uudol , la , Jan 3J [ Special Telegram gram to Tub Hfi' 1 Northern Iowu is threatened with an tminediato coal famine , which , if thn present cold weather continues will entail much suffering The Tort Dodge ' nnd Lehigh coal fields are the principal souicoof fuel supply tor this rccion 'At present more than naif the minors nro suffer ing groin the grip and unnblo to work The rem under am working night und day , but can not supply the demana Special trains arc run from the mines to meet urgent de mands , but dealers unnaunca that they can not fill half their orders The I'ot Stdok Association Hoove , la , Jan 22 [ Special Telegram to Tile HnE.J The ninth annual mooting of the Town Stuto Poultry and Pet Stock associa- ttloriJicgan in thin city today , , Members are here from all over the state , nnd the largest amount of poultry is exhibited ever known in the history of the organization , there being over thrco hundred fowls in the coops I K. rolch , the well kuown Massachusetts poultry fancier , Is the Judge in the contests A business session will bo held tomorrow A Collision .it Stanton Ciiestov , In , Jan 20 [ Special Telegram to The Hee ] An extra eastbound freight collided with a passenger trai i this morning at Stanton Fortunntoly th . -t , i.r train was brought to a standbt l > * ere they struck , and tha passonget • - : " ! know what was the matter Engirjer Ciapp re ceived a broken leg in Jumping The freight was runniug on the passcngor trains time iiooeil Witti n ( ninlilcr Sioux City , Xa , Jan 22 [ Special Tolo gram to The Hee ] James Cirroll , known among the gambling fraternity as Foxy , " loft this city a few days ago In company with Miss Jessie Kalverstoue , a handsome girl of seventeen years , the daughter of ro- spactablo and prominent parents A brother of the girl left today for at Paul , where the pollco have located the runaways Potts Gets 'Jllirpe Vnnrj ) . Indianola , la , Jan 22 [ Special Tola- gram to Tub HrE J Constublo Potts , the 1 notorious prohibition scarennr who was con victod of perjuiy In n trial hero , was sen- tenccd today to the ponltentlnry for thrco years J ho charge of perjury gro v out of a | former trial foi bribery m eonnoctlon with whisky cases _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A Proniiniinr | iiiliiiiin Man Dead DuutQui' , In , Jon 2. [ Special Tolcgrnm to Iiie Hur ] Dr J. P. Lull , ono ot the , leading capitalists aud business men of this | city , died today from an attack of conges- tlou of the lungs , following la grippe Ho , wnsa very piomlnont citizen and was con ncoted with many leading Industues Siiloirtn ol n Convict Cedar lUrips , la , Jan 23. [ Special Tel ogram to Tin Hee J George Taylor , recently - cently sentenced from Maquokota to a term ot olghtcon months in the penitentiary for [ robbery , nung himself In his cell at Ana mesa this morning with bis neck scarf Creston Notes Ciiestov , la , Jan 'ii [ Special Telegram | to The Hee ] Mr , George Hobbs , an old 1 and highly icspected citizen of Creston , died 1 of malaria this morning A. U. Fuller today took possosslon under a ehattol mortgage of the stock ot hardware and groceries of his son-in law , L. Ii Grifllti Juilirn Alucoiuu luil Des Moines , la , , Jan 22. Word has Just been received bore of the death ot Judge 1 Macomb of the district court of Ida county , ' which occurred ut his homo in Ida Grove today from au attack of la grippe CIVILIZATIONS SAVAGES , Plymouth 1'olcn Dcsnornto the Demi Ol a ltt.nl I ucllon Wii klshahiie , l'a , Jan 2J The Polish church wui at Plymouth w us rene wed this evening Thu Polish fuotlon wont to the i cemetery and dug up the bodies of the Lithu anian burled uudor police protection yoster- day The coffins were broken open and the bodies dragged all over the ground nnd I thrown ovur the fence ' 1 wo bodies were horribly lacerated by pick axes used in I breaking open the eolllus When armed I Lithuanians arrived the Poles tied 'J here is talk ot lynch luw Hoard or Intllaii missions W-8iii > otov , Jan 2. . The board of In dlan missions bold its annual meeting today , This ovoniug Senator Moady ot South la- kotn made on address in which ha opposed [ trio Buverulty act and contended tbat K vvhito settlers were not permitted to take up more than 1CJ acres the Indian should not bo given a larger amount No Contract Lulinr Tor Ciuiailo , Ottawa , Ont , , Jau .J A bill was Intro duced in the house of congress jestordaj to , prohibit the Importation and immigration ot f foreigners uud allons binder contract or agrcoment to perform labor In Canada I THE BACILLUS OF INFLUENZA , " " a Very Important Dlscovory by Two Youuk SoiotitlatB VIENNA MEDICAL MEN AGITATED , The rioltnr Thnt liti Grippe la n faro * runner or Cholera KfTectunlly DiMiiotcd Of Comto Do Paris Ciinliif ; to America A Wonderful Discovery [ Cnvvrtohl 1VXhy Jimu Gordon R nnctt , | Viev va , Jan S3 [ Now York llorald Cable Special to Tub Urn I The medical faculty of Vienna is greatly ogltnlcd ever the dlscov ory of the bacillus of Influenza by Urs Maxi milian and Adolpbo Jollcs of the bnctorlan , labratory of the general hnspltil , lho ioung scientists had do'ormlnod to keep their discovery secret until Saturrtaj , vvhon , at a spcclul mootlug of the medical faculty , they proposca to relate their experiences and studios ot the last two months , which huvo been so successful I was lot into into ' the secret by ono ot the many . American scientists who are Btudjing la the labratory I presented myself at the faim of thu bacilli breeders and found them qui to ready to accord the primour of tbolr discov- cry to the Herald la recognition of its aril clos from Spain about cholera innoculutlons and j from Vera Cruz about the porouospora lutea of velloyv fever "Wo eamo upon the trace of the baccllll quite accidentally , " fintd Dr Muxlmllian Jollcs , about the middle of December In n ] sample of urine scut us by n prac 1 titioner who thought that his patient ] was suffering from u Uidnoy dlsoaso Examining the urlno microscopically wo discovered , u baclllius which , owing to the poculiur | cjssocK formitiou of thu head , wo cilled ( the ' bishop of bacilli It was a baeillius wo had never scon before , nor had it j ever been signalled by any bjctoriolomst Wo immediately set to work with the yvholo stiff upon the examination of the urine ot influenza patients in the general hispitul and iu piivato practice , and in every case bishop bacilli wore found in great numbers , while in the oxecro tlons from various other maladies examined ut ttio same tlmo the bicllli could not bo found This wo aid to avoid the argument brought agatnet the Mexican doctor , Cordo via , to tbo effect that poronospora lutoa is found in the blood of all who die in certain seasons at Vera Cruz , whether jolloyv fever bo prevalent or not ' } he doctor then introduced mo into a laboratory where iu inserted glass tubes the bacilli were Hcon at rest and where tbo cultivation of the bacilli was in success ful pi ogress • ' 'As Bee " said the doctor " „ you , , they resemble - somblo in no way the cholera microbe , but have many points of resemblance with the bacilli of pneumonia , discovered by Dr Frlodlander " I then carefully oxamincd the bacilli in the glass tubes stopped with cotton nnd half full of gelatine On top of the gelatine X no ticedwhat with tjo naked eye lee iced like a milky vvhito spot , round in form With a microseopo I saw a small animalcules , elliptic in form and sharply defined 1 bo ereut majority were j ollow in color , but in the largest and oldest tbo cassock-sbapod heads wore dark blue They wore lying parallel and very close to each ether Then the doctor showed men tube containing Asiatlo cholera microbes which looked like fine cotton threads , nnd differed iu every way from the influenza bacilli As seen through a microscope the cholera microbe resomblcs an infinitesimal "I hope , " said the doctor , that the Her ald will accentuate the absolute difference in form and nature between the two animal culao because it is 3tlll popularly believed that infuenzalsa forerunner of cholera , which belief , I think , we have scientifically disposed of now On the other hand , tha in fluenza bicllli and tbo pneumonia bacilli1 are undoubtedly of the same family and annl- ugous " Then I was shown the bacilli of pneu monia , discovered ana cultivated by Or rrlodlundor , Thov were less brilliant , less yellow hi color , and not nearly so elliptic 1 in term and also much larger , with beads quite as clerical looking as the Influenza i baclllius In the case of the Influenza bacilli I ono tlooi not sea the cuzeous bubbles to bo soon in gelatine , in which the pneumonia bacilli are cultivated Looking aiound at ; this point I noticed various sized Jars re- sombllng those in which last spring two of M. Pasteur's talented assistants endeavored tocultivato , attenuate audurcparaforlnnocu- latlon purposes the bacilli of dtnhtboria "I see doctor " Irnmarkcd " . , , , "thutouarogettlng at the practical side of the diseoveiy Whoa will you begin vaccination , or rather Innocu- latlon against influenzal" Well , I have no idea , but would not like i to think tbat the happy process is postpouoa very long Had you not noticed tbo prepa rations I would not huvo spoken of our attempts - tempts at all , us up to the present they have not boon vet y satisfactory Wo have bred the bacilli and attenuated substantially the virus , but our ilrst case of Innoculation J killed the patient , nrabbit , on whom wo tried it a weak ago Ho died immediately of blood poisoning I cannot speak about the 1 experiments upon which wo are now en gaged except to say tbat they promise vVoll Another curious discovery , " concluded the I doctor , "yvas-maao on Decpmber28 , when the epidemlo was at its height , I then examined some ot tbo water which comes to tbo city from the Kattor well , a hundred kilometers I away , m the Styrlun mountains , and I find I " 2S bacilli in every cubic centimeter ot water " The young discoverer Is a Viennese by birth , of small bizo , blonde und with a Vuu- dyke beard Ho has only recently taken up his present position , having been for six years professor ot bacteriology at the University of Wurzburg am : comto n : ; i > aius Ho Will Visit North America and the i West Indies [ Onpi/rff/rit 1350 hj Ja nsj ( JjrJl I Utnntt ) Lovdov , Jan 2i [ Neyv York Herald I Cubic Special to T'iie Hee 1 Advices from i Lisbon leave HUlo doubt , according to tbo Trench press , that the Comto do Paris in tends to visit North America nnd the West l Indies before returning to Kngland , and that t bis journey will extend over aomo two months or more This information , which in vioyv of the Comto do Paris close rcla- tionshlp with the rojul family ot Portu gal aud the existing little difficulty bo tvveon that country and Great Hrltaln , is easy of comprehension , but of course the official reasons given for tbo trip nrp ou a different basis Iu conversation with a rep rcBentutlvo of u Paris netvspaper , an Iiiflu- cutinl member of tbo royalist party , wbllo ' absolutely confirming the truth of the state moot , ga > o as the principal motive for the Journej the Comto do Paris Ocslro to paj . visit to his old companlous-b arms during the American wnr of secession The Inter vletver ondenv orod to obtain svmoro precise ntisyyor to his questions , but w s met with the | roplj : There Is something ccrtilnly , but It Is n dollcjto msttnr , which can only bo touched upon with ho greatest caution " Kx-Mlnlstnr Pcliillcton'd Itctnnins ICoivrlvM HW l > V J'llnrs fluiitou Hfiuictt 1 DtiiTMouTit , Jnn 22 [ Now York Her ald Cable Special1 to The Hrn.l The American sloop of-yvnr Untcrprlso has ar rived hero , having on board the remains of Mr G. W. Pondloton , ovUuitod States mln- Istor ut Ucrlin , for convojntuo to Notv York for Interment T ho Enterprise will coal nnd sail In a dny or two aAltll'K HKlOim Clovolnml Claims n Monopoly of It tor Ilniiiocrnc } . New Yonh , Jan 22. Morrison Munford , editor of the Kansas City Times , who is visiting Now York , hni had an interview with 1 ox-Presldont Cleveland , w htch ho telegraphed - graphed ' to his paper tonight The folloyvlng portions ' ot general Interest nro taken Mr Cleveland has lost none of the 7cal for tariff reform which inspired his cclebratod message "It is most gratifying to mo , " bo said ' , ' that the mussesas well as the lcadors of ' the party , nro taking hold of the tariff Issue with such splrltajid evident determin ation ] to win My lotycrs from ovcrj part of ; he country show the extent and depth of the agitatfon I was genu- Inelv plci'ed , " said Cleveland , "to And In Boston n degrco of earnestness and fervor beyond that of mon jdngugod lu politics From my observations there and in New Yorit and from my carropondonco 1 con clude that the thinking'men of the cojntry are masked utmost solidly ou the side of tin iff reform " I then said to Cleveland , the domocratlo party is already prepariug foi lblU and look ing fonvird to that eutnpaigu yvith con fldenee , and the sentiment yvus virtually unanimous that ho should be our bead "As to that/'ho replied , "it is the cause uud not the personal considerations thut should concern us HI consulted my oyvn feelings I wduld prefer to have bouio one else tnko the lead " T But no ono else is thought of among the domociallo ma scs- " , * Men who have tile elements of leadership develop rapidly and Itis ; a longtime tilllS'JJ , " quickly replied the ox president ' It is not a mutter of men but of principles It would bo a pity not to cariyfoiyynrd the work yyhich thu party has so grandly inaugurated , and there ougnt to bo no fault until the ends aimed at are compassed nb"d tbo pcoplo are in the full possession ot the benefits and bless ings which the accumulation of tbo inequal ities , culled into uxSsionco by apathy on the ono side , -jinU self Interest on tbo other , have diverted , from them I rejoice In the focling thnt the domocratlo purty is the repository of J.ho best principles uud purposes , thut Itssranks team yvith thu intelligent youug manhood of the country ; that it enjoys n complete [ uonopoly of every American policy not merely sectional or time serving " _ -f y south j , oakoaiv ) incsmum • Tcrrib'o buflerinit 111 Nineteen Coun ties Aid ABked Chicago , Jan 2J An [ Associated press reporter Just rctumedfrom [ lho northwest bringB with him n tale Sljfterrible Buffering anddestlturlon in nineteen counticMt South Dakota , gathered from , , jlcrsons who have bat , recently been oyc icnijeasos to what they so graphically describe , A Mr F E Paxton ; a woll-to do business man of Sbabbona , UoKnlo county , this state , • vbo spent some days In the afflicted dis tricts , says . , 1 However hard land sbarkt , and ether in terested parties rany try to keci > tbetruo state ot things from the pcoplo of this country they cannot lung bo successful Tbo successive failure pf four years crops have reduced those formerly well-to-do to a condition of sorest distress Many thou sands of families are without means of uny kind They lack : the wherewithal to pur chase the nccossarlos of lilo " "In Miner county , " Paxton said , they have no flour , the staple of lifo being badly ground corn meal , und there is deplorably little of that Every farm is mortgaged , la many places for more than a sale uuder piesent conditions would realize Most ot their stock has b ou levied on and sold bv the sboritt at public auction , the ridiculously low prices obtained bcipg'eloquont , not only of the starving condittonyof the cattle , but of the scarcity of means In tbo community , cows fetching as low as (5 a ( llcco , horses t-i und $10 , vvhtlo Bbccp aud pigs are simply un saleable , there being : nothing to feed thorn with 1. "lho women and children bear evidences of tbo hardships tbov have undergone , with their pinched uud mcagro faces In many instances they are quite unprovided with clothing yvltli which ta'vylthstand the rigors of winter , what they uiw have being in a ragged and worn out Condition flour is the thing most needed , " said Paxtou , especially in Kingsbury and Minor counties , and clothing for the vvomon and children Provisions * of any kind Just now would bo v God send to thousands yyho are In a bo mi starving condition Unless relict Is civen yvith a liberal hand this winter lu South Dakota jou will hear of mauy deaths from absnlnto starvation , and the reports will undouS.odly have their foundation in fact " • f Mrs A. C. Cleveland ot Esmond , S D. , confirms Mr Paxtou's story This lady is 1 now in Minneapolis , where she is muuing heroic efforts in behalf of the sufforora A vvonltliy I'hlliviitsliroplxt'f ) Will PiEitur , S D , Jan J23 [ bpocial Telegram gram to The Bee 1 The will of the lute Dr Francis P , Wright , a wealthy philanthropist of tins city , has been filed iu the proboto 1 court Aftei remembering handsomely several oral dlstaut relatives , hoybctng childless , he I gives 220 acres of tho'mojt valuable land in > Tuzowoll county , IlllnbU.fvolued ut $50,000 , to i # the American Hlblo Bounty of New York , if it will accept , buMf not then it goes to tbo i Woman's hospital of CDlaago Tbo balance i of the estate , representing 75,000. will bo la- vested jtfebonds nnd securities and lie made a permanent fund to bo used for the boneflt of the indigent children of Pierre It is a grand I bequest I • ' , couth Dakotas Dejiuquont Taxes PiEniiB , S V , Jam 24. ( Suucial Toloram to The Hek.1 In the * wito today tha time vvus mostly occupied in flobato on the ques- tlon of oxtendlng tha tjute for delinquent ; tuxes from Februury to beptombor After a i hot dobito u substltute was finally offered I by Senator Caiiio iu ) il4ca of tha original 1 motion and amendment * to extend the time of pajmoutpf toxoB to Juno J , with no pen alty or interest , ' 1 ho BUtntituto was amended to require 1 per cent afteir Juno The ques- tlon finally went ovur t 'lho Wonthbi * J\ireoast , For Omaha and v'lQlnity ' : Light snow , followed by clearing weather Nebraska : bnovv in oastcrn portion , fair In western portion ; south westerly wind , bo- coinluc varlablo , warmer In eastern , station arv temperature in Western portion , loiva : ' 1 hn utonlim weather , with snow i generally warmer , southerly wind * . bouth Dakota ! Fair , followed by local 1 snows ivarmer in eastern uud ; western per tlons , Btailonarj temperature in central ( Kir- tlon ; varlablo winds * . I'ovvdt r > ill | llloyys Up EniMiuuo , Jao , 22. Hy tb.o eaplosion of a powder mill uflloslyu Ave meu were killed 1 uud many injured - , pjSNlni : the boulalltt Hill Ilerlin , Jun 22 The reichstag has pasted I eleven clauses of tha socialist bill TWO ] UNFAITHFUL STEWARDS , Rooalvora Stolnmotz nnd Hudaol Short in Tholr AcoountB THEY WILL BE DISMISSED Other Lmil Oftlco DolliKiuonts-IIos- tility to ttio Itustlnn lAtrndltlnu Treat } Senator Pndduuk'B llrothcr Dcnd Washington Hunntv Tun Omahv Her , i 513 roUHTEENTII STIIEET > Washinotov D. C. Jan , 22 , ) It is learned tonight from the secretary of the t Interior that Hccciver Stelnmctz ot Mc Cook , Is short iu his scttlomcnt with the laud oftlco about $2,80) nnd thut Receiver Hudson at t Llncolu is short nbout the simo nmount They vy 111 bo dismisaed from their positions and , forced to set .lo They aia dumocr Us GOOD CAMl HON T1IUM > FH Tha Investigations that have boon going on Into | the accoutits of holdover domocratlo officials , nnd these who have been already removed by tlio present administration will , furnish the republican orutors with a good deal , o. ' material for the next campaign , When the Arthur administration went out of ofllco tbolr successors did not diseoyor ono solitary ' dcfarcatlon , uor were any ot the Judlcino ' officials found to bo short in their accounts i , but so far a large number of dcmocratlo i officials have failed to make good the monov duo from them to the govern * ment nnd In the laud ofllco there bitva re cently i been several serious cases dlscoy cred VMlOUllTMIMT 1)BV1) . The Russian ovtradltlon treit < is undoubtedly - doubtodly doud When it was called up for consideration ' lu the exccutlvo session of Uio senate the other dav there were some veri strung speeches made In opposition to it The clnuso providini ! for the extradition of persons cullty of high c rimes was adopted , but yyhun the clause defining yvhit a high crinio is and providing that attempts upon the life ot the czar or any of the imperial familv should not under this tro ity bo con sidorud political crimes , but classed with at tempts to murder , manslaughter , forgery , cte , and extraditable , was reached n i ory very obstinate objection was raised There is a great dual of sym pathy among the American legislators as well as American citizens in private life with all persons who uro under imperious governments The natives of Ireland hay o no moro bj mpathy than the Russians who are Irving to Bccuro u government for the pcoplo und by the pcoplo The clause in the treaty which would ma no it impossible foi the frco thinkers of Russia to lice to this country for refuge was most bitterly nt tacked and on its account the treaty was sent birk to the commliteo on foreign rela tlons for further consideration Unless this clause is stricken out or modified the treaty will never bo ratified SILCOTT'S VICTIM * Since the vote of the house of roprosentu tives the ether day refusing to pass thn bill to reimburse certain members the monev lost by the defalcation of their cashier , these who suffered most have been trying to invent a schema to accomplish tbo same pur pose , and scvcrul bills huvo already been in troduced beariug on the subject There w is not so much eonsclcnco iu this vote as .iu- peared upon the surface , but moro policy , For , mladful , of tbc fata ot the members who voted for the salary grab some > fifteen years ago , those who represent doubtful dis tricts wore very carat ul to record themselves on the negative side of the proposition , but it may bo rcgurded as pretty certain that the depleted purses of the statesmen will bo re filled from tbo public treasury in soma way or another , or human ingenuity has lost its cunning Tyy o members have gone to the court of claims to recover the money they lost by the defalcation SENATOn PAUIlOCk'8 UHOTtlrll DEAD Senator PuddocU wasgreitly shocked this morning upon thu receipt of n telegram from Now York announcing the sudden death last evening of his brother , the Hon Franklin A Paddock , of that city Senator Paddock had been expecting a visit from his brother , which was to begin on Saturday of this week , und the news naturally was a tcrriblo blow Ho took the first train for Noyv York , where ho will remain until after the funeral Franklin A. Paddock was the oldcit son of Ira A Paddock of Glenn Falls , N Y „ and was several years the senior of the senator For many years ho had been a prominent practitioner at the Now York bar , and was closely Identified with the political reforms of the republican party in that city Ho was ono of the earliest tnombcrs of the Uniou League club , in which , up to tbo data of his dcutb , he was an cctivo and respected mom bor For a number of years bo had been on tbo committco on political reform of that great organization and had been sovoal times ono of its directors He was also chairman of the Judiciary committee of the bar association of the city of Now York More than two years ago Mr Paddock suffered from a slight stroke of paralysis duo to his excessive labors in his profession , and was compelled for a number of months to retire from active labors Ho had Jatolv resumed his practice , and with increasing health was sanguine of the future Ilo loaves a family in New York citv and a brother and sister , the former Sonutor Pad dock of Nebraska and the latter , Mra John Hlgby of Hcatrico POSTMASTERS AWOINTED Iown Conred , Iowa county , U T Rog- ors , vice a. Gallup , resigned ; Pilot Grove , Lee county , C A. Leo , vice H. J. Mercer , resigned ; Plymouth , Cerro Gordo county , Mary II Warobam , vice R. A , Warcham , deceased ; Kcddlnf , Ringgold county , J , A Andrews , vice D. M Smith , removed bouth Dakota Hill City , Hennlngton county , J. Hare , vice C. E. McEachron , re moved , Lennox , Lincoln county , P. L. Haas , vice Wilkinson , removed ; Wentworth , Lake 1 county , E IX Stevenson , vice C. II Weiss MISCELLANEOUS Tbo commissioner ot the general laud ! office has informed Scnntor Manderson that bo is considering the question of surveying the Iowa Indian reservation in Nebraska , with a view of bringing the lands into tbo i market Upon tbo recommendation of Representative - tivo OorBoyu medical board of pension oxatn- iners was today appointed for Litchfield , * Sherman county , Neb , as follows : Drs G. 1 W. Kottoll , J. W. Goff nnd W. Archerd Hy direction of the secretary of war Com missary Sergeant George W. Porklns , noyv at Tort Randall , South Dakota , will , upon 1 the arrival of Commissary Sergeant Ucnja- uiin Uirdsall , bo relioycd from duty at that post and proceed to Fort Pembina , North 1 Dakota . Hy direction of secretary of war Howard 1 A. Lyon , company A. boyenteonth Infantry , now ou furlough , will bo discharged , W , J. Curroil of Omaha is hero li , A. Duinony was today appointed postmaster - ; master at Genoa aud Albert G. Pickering at Kownnda , Nb becrotury Wlndom has written Llnd of the bouso committco on commerce , stating thut ho perceives no reason for maKiug Sioux City a port of delivery or Rock Island , III , it I port of entry 'i he sonata committco on foreign relations today ordered an adverse report lnudu on | benutor Calls Cuban resolutions W. Lannlug Is ut Noyv York for a day J. Ii Dauiout and W. L Adams of Omaha i arc ut tlio Ebbltt Judge b P. Davidson of Tecumsob , Neb , is here on business before the supreme i court Hon John M. Thurston is expected hero i daily noyv • M. II Day , of Rupld City S D , Is nt the > National 1'Eitnr H. Ilium Governor liltd's Protest Washington , Jan William , L , Hlrd , 1 governor of thu Chickasaw cation , In auom- * municatlon today laid before the senate a protr.U against the proposed establishment ' of a teriitoriul form of government in Okla - homa ' as a violation ot the treaty of 1S.10 1't snvs such n chnngo would bo the nn- nlhllntion of the Indian tribes in the Indian territory • HIE SAMOAN TREATY jl _ U 1 W 111 bo .Mndo Piihtlo A S ) no puis ' " or thn Compact " WammnotoS , Jan 22 The scnato today \ secret session resolved to mnko public the 3 tr.ioau treaty negotiated In Hcrlln last 2 mg Secret iri Hlalno's letter to the T "sldcnt accompanying the treaty Is verj ' lho subjects as to yvhlch the com iloners wore Instructed como under lho heads 1. They were directed to ask tlio rcstora- t' . . of the status quo in order to rcmova tlio disturbance caused by thu fori iblo inter vention of Germany nnd the dciosltntiou ot Maliotoa J This was not to be , however , an ultimatum which would cioso the conference , 2 Ilia organization of a stable governg mental > sv stem for the Islands yy hereby tlio native Independence and autonomy should bo preserved [ free from tlio control or preponderating - derating iullucucoof any foreign govcru- ii \ out : i 1 ho adjustment of land claims 4 lho prohibition of the sale of firearms and ' alchoholiu liquors 5 The question of the municipal admlnls trntlon \ of Apia as a 'oralgn selth tiicni under duu i reservation of extra territorial rights Mho secretary Bays : The protocols of sovorul ' sessions horawith submitted shoyy the discussion which took place on each of , tbeso Important he ids nnd iudicktotho suecesslyo i stages hi which the viuyvs of the thrco i governments thereon ciuiu into hir monj j thu result Is in the main ciiliiely iu ! accord with the instructions undoi which tbo American plenipotentiaries actcu It is proper to observe that the matters in respect : or which the agreement seemed most difficult i were the lostoratlon of the status quo i the formation of n sUclo government without n prcpondcicncu of inlluuiice on i the pnit of any of the treaty power * and the raising of rovetiuo for tlio uiiliilcnuncu of ' thnt government As to the Ilrst of thesn points the chief ob stuclo to the unqualified rcticwil of tlio st itus was found in the reluctance of Gcr many to admit such a situation as would nj- peat ! to leave Mat tufa , against whom she had declared war , eligible for the free eholco ot ' the natives us king It is conll- dentlj believed that thesa difficulties are removed , and thu Samoans themselves lu thu cuirciso of the freedom which they nro to continue to enjoy nppenr to hive effected a practical solution of tlio mutter , On the second point the danger of a pre ponderuthig Inlluonce ou the n irt of uul ono of the three poyyers Is obviated by taking tha chief foreign advisor and Judge from u neutral nation The revenue question has been adjusted witn duo regcud to the limited icsourccs of tbo nutives In conclusion the secretari expresses the hope that the act may bo conducive to tbo good gov eminent of Samoa undei nativuuu touomv and to the lusting settlement of th" vexed questions which huvo ugltateu the three powers iu their complex relations to thesu islunds NON-I'AKHSAN W. C. T. U. Ono Hundred Delcijatos Present from n Dozjii Mntt h. CirvELAND , O , Jan 22 Tbo convention called by a committco of ladies connected with the nou partisan Women's Christian Tcmperanco union foi the purposu of the or gumzation of a national union wns opened this morning Ono hundred dolcgatcs from a dozen states were present lho morning was clevotod to prayer and bible work The aftornodtf session of tha convention opened with devotional exercises after vvhica letters were read , amotie them end from Mru Bishop Novvman of Omaha On motion of Mrs -Vtiiricli of Iowa a committee on con stitution was appointed , consisting of ono member from each state represented Among tbo members are Illinois , Mrs E , M , liar vev ; Iowa , Mrs J Ellen Poster A committco on resolutions was appointed as follows Ohio , Mrs Hatch , Minnesota , Mrs O'Neil ; West Virginia , Mrs Swanoj ; Maine , Mrs Jones , Iowa , Mrs Miller , Penn sylvanlu Miss Clailc , Now York Mrs Al- ford , Michigan , Mrs Cudluui , Illinois , Mrs Webster ; District ot Columbia Mrs Tlltou Mrs Aldnch offered a resolution that the noyv organization huvo uot loss than three nor more than flvo general departments of work whien could bo sub divided Aftei considerable discussion it was derided that tbo board of managers should consist of not loss than three nor moro than live members Recess was taken until oven Inc -it the evening scsslou addresses of wel come made by the dolcgatcs were responded to by Mrs Aldrich SENSATIONAli ICSTIUOMY A Very Positive Witness In thp Chi coco Giimbllnir Invt-wtliratlon. Ciiicaoo , Jan 22 | Special Telegram to The Uee.1 Sensational testimony against tha democratic city administration was pro duced today before tbo grand Jury in the investigation of gambling in Chicago Among the witnesses called by the citizens association was Henry L. McLean , "I have been in almost every gambling resort in toyvn , " said ho , "aud I can give the names of the proprietors I have played in them and have lost I can provo that houses are kept open for the purpose of gaming nnd can swear to the names ot lho proprietors I can go further I know and can provo It , too , that tbo ad ministration bus boon bought oft by the ring " Are you sure of that ! " "I certainly am I knoyv my business and would not make a statement which was not true My layvyer Knows the facts which I huvo mentioned , and in fact there is no rea son why everybody slionld not know it All thut is necessary is to make a few Inquiries " A COUNTY HEAT WAll The Partisans of Rival Texas Towns I'lull nn u. Austiv , Tex , Jun 22 News was received this morning of a tcrriblo shooting affair at Johnson City , Hlanco county , For about fifteen years there has been a heated controversy over thn removal of the county seat from Hlanco , located four miles from the county Una , to Johnson City Five years ugo an election was bold to tnuko John son City the county Beat , but it resulted in a failure Another olectlon to decide tbo ques- tlon was held Monday amidst Intense axclto- ment When it was known that it resulted in favor of Johnson City there was a clash and a light iu which pistols weie used Hen Cage , u prominent business man of Hlanco , got into a difficult } with Zach Lloyd , a Johnson City mur , in which ho shot Lloyd through tbo rln 'bt lung , Lloyd will die Tha shooting between tha tivo factions then becnino general und Deputy bbcriff Crosby was wounded 'n ' lho thigh , lho dls turbancc was finally quelled and Cage Is in i cburgo of officers , and friends convoked Hlanco to Jail to prevent his being Ijnched , A gnntlemun Just from Johnson City sajs i intense excitement prevails in the county nnd believes many men will bo killed before the affuir ends ttlrn Worku llostroyrd , St Louis , Mo , Jan , 22 The extensive mill and works of the rrccmun wire and 1 iron company locutcd In East St Louis , caught ilro about 10 30 this morning , and I with the exception of tbo warehouse la i which there yvas u largo amount of manufac tured stocic , were tutlroly destroyed The ' plant was valued at f 100,000 , on which there 1 was JoO.oOO insurance 'J ho works cm- ployed 200 hands and will rebuild at once M. ill huhnilt to Arbltr ition Pams , Jan 22 The Sieclo says France i will probably submit the Noyv 1'oundland difficulties to arbitration , but adds that there must bo no repetition of lb85. "If England { is unab.e to exercise authority , " sajs the i Steele , "we are Justified in desiring the i autonomy of New l'ouudluud or its unnoxa- tlon to tbo Uulted States " CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS I The Farm Mortprniro Dill Sent BnotT to the C0118U8 Commlttoo H OUR AGRICULTURAL DEPRESSION I • Teller DonicR Tint Protection li tha M Cause , mill Attribute * It tit H bpcolc Pn > inoutiIVd - | oral 1'iiHons. jH Sonnto H WAsmsnrov , Jan 22 Among the bills H reported and placed ou the calendar in the M sctinlo todnv was ono liicrcnsiug to f2r > 00 n > M r year the pension now allowed to thu widow M of General Kllpatrick M Air Chandler offered a concurrent ccsolu * M tiou , which wont oyer till lomoirovv , author m izing the committed on immigration In th ! M two houses to investigate the workings of ! M the various layys of tbo Uulted btates nrd M soy oral st itcs In regard to Immigration from M foreign countries ; uud also to Invustigato M . the working of contracts bv the sceretno of B the treasury under the law of congress of M August 2 lbbJ , with the various state com . M mhslons , boirds and officers M The sennto then resumed foiisldcrntion of M the bill that was discussed jestordaj to U ascertain vy fiat percentage of thu pcoplo oyv i\ M thnli farms , the number of farms uudor M mortgage , and the amount thereof M In rcsponso to Mr Vests ' reiuaik of yes * M tcraay Mr Teller remarked that the present M agricultural depression was nolpeculiut to M tlio t United Stales It prevailed in all the M countries of the world except Trance A M recent parliamentary enquiry hnd shnyyii M that t British farmers had Within twcho M ycirs sunk moru than unit of U thcli t cnpitil The condition of the H British j farmers could not bo attributed M to | the protective taiiff The trouble wns M in i itlicr free trade nor protection Since lho H United 1 btatcs resumed specie payments in H ] ISI'J there bad been a eontiiiuous drop lu lho H prices | of farm produce Ityyas that which H wns making the illsLontont and tioublo Ho H moved i thut the bill bo recommended Tlio H discussion < was kept up for nearly two hours , H going | lurgelvover thu questions of tariff , H silver i , overproduction and steamship BUbsi-j H dies < It wuc further pirticipitod In by H Messrs j Merrill , George , blew art , btiooner , H Yost , Hlalr , Plumb , Berry und Rcamiu H 1 inully Mr Halo , thu chairman of the ecu H sus committee , expressud bis willingness to H have the bill rocomtnlttod , as suggested by H Mr Teller , and believed thnt it yvould bu tha H best disposition of it 'J ha committee would H then uiidurtuUo to perfect thu bill and would H ruuort it back ut an e irlj day lho question H of rei ommittnl vvus taken by the jaus and H nays lho ilrst votu resulted Yeas H 22 , nays 1-1 As there was i.o H quorum voting there was n call of the H sciiiitu , yyhich showed thoru woru llfty thruo H senators present ( some of them paired ) Ilia H second votu lcsulted' Yens 20 , nays 20 , ac- H comphslicd by tlio transfer of pairs , uud iha H bill wns recommitted to the census committee - H mitteo H 'I lui Blair educational bill was then takou H up , Mr Blair dcinunding its reading in full H At the close of tha readme and after some H discussion It was arranged by unanimous H consent that the bill bo postponed until a , H weeic from Monday , and bo then "unllnlsheil H busluoss ; " H After uu oxecuttvo seBstoa the senate ad- H i Journcd H - * * • -iX > fe' l9at3' - * | Wasiunotov , Jao22. . In iho house today - " " B day tbo following bills were introduced and H referred * H I/or the improvement of St , Mary's riior H and tbo Hay Lake canal ; to forfeit land H grants to aid in tbo construction of rallioads , H nnd ono making Den Molnos a port of da- H livery H Mr Grosvcnor of Ohio , from the commIt H tee on rivers nnd harbors , rcportod back the H senate Joint lcsolution appropriating ? J50- , H 000 for the removal of snags and other obstructions - H structions fiom the Missouri liver bctweuiv H bt , Joseph and its mouth 'lho committco H proposed a substitute reducing the nupra H prlatlon to S75 000 The substitute and Joint H resolution as utuendod passed H Tift ) house thou wont Into commlttoo of H the wbolo for the consideration ot the OklaH ho in it town slto bill , rtio third section of H tbo town site bill was dually ugrood to alter H some amendments , and tha commlttoo rose H The bill was tlion reported to thu house and H passed H Mr Stewart of Georgia , from lho com * H uultuo on Judiciary , reporlod a bill for the H purcbaso of Bites for the erection of buildH Ings fqr the confinement of federal prisoner * . H nt n cost of (500,000 each , nnd appropriating H (100,000 for the erection ot workshops H The bouso went into committco of the H whole nnd on motion ot Mr Cluulo of CallH forula an amondmenl was ndoptod provIdiiiK H for three buildings , ono to bo locutcd north H and another south of tha "J'Jth dogrco and H cast of the Rocky mountains , and another H west of the Rocky mountains 1 he second H section provides that the convicts shall bo H employed exclusively in the manufacture of H supplies for thu govrnmeut H Mr Spinolu of Now York offoiod nn H amendment providing that they shall uot bu H employed in tbo manufaeturo ot ntiy goods Her or merchandise that are manufactured iu H any pai tot tha Unltod States Rejected H Mr McCreary of Kentucky offered un H amend ment providing that tbo convicts slinll H not bo worked outsldo ot the prison H enclosures Adopted H Mr Raines ot Now York offered an H amendmeut providing that tbo convicts ba H umjiloyed exclusively In the manufacture ot H Biicli supplies for the government as ouj ba H manufactured without the use of machinery H Agreed to H IVndlng furtlior action tha committoa H Mr , McKinley rnportod back the customs H admlniBtrativo bill and it was referred to tha H commlttoo ot tno whole Mr McKinley H moved that the house go Into committee of H the wbolo , stating that as soon as the com * H mittoo was m session ho yvould move thut H it rise and tha house adjourn This did not H provo satisfactory to the democrats , and Mr H Crisp moved un ndjouriimoiil The speaker H decided the motion lost by a vote of H 8J to 88 , and the yeas and nays H were culled for The motion to adjourn was H lost ; yeas 91 , nays 100 The motion then ro- H eurred on Mr MoKinloy's ' motion to go , ulo H eoininlteo of the whole , but as it was ovidcut H the democrats would demand tha yeas and H nays , Mr McKinley moved to adjourn , H yvhlch motion was agreed to H The reasons underlying Mr Crisps mo- H tlon to adjourn was that ha feared that the H committee on elections might report H upou the contested election case of Smith H vs Jnckson , from the Fourth , West H Virginia district Ho does not desire , and iu H this he lias the full support of the uemocratlo H side of the house , that uny contn.tod election H case shall bo called up whila the house Is do * H void of any regular rules for Its government H and Is dependent only on geuoral nailiamea * H tury law us construed by the speaker H No roiiolii-liin Itnnohi il H Wasuinotov , Jan , 22 lho sub committee H of the special eoinmltteo on the worlds ' fulr H was called tngothcr this mouiln and dls * H cussed Springer's proposition to select nsita H for tbo worlds fulr by a ballot in the liousn H tomorrow , Tbo scsa'on did not lust moro H than hulf on hour , as it was ovldcnt that tb H sub committee wai hopelessly divided upou , H the propositiod It will report tomorrow to H tbo full committee thut it could come to u H conclusion H The I'opo lluiiiore-d tn lie Dmil H Komk , Jan , 22 There is a widespread H rumor that the nope Is dead Tins appoart H to huvu been caused by the unusual and uo * H looked for announcement that ho h in pier _ H health M