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M \ NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA THUKSDAY MOBMNTG , EEBBUAEY 0. 1890. - NUMBER 227. = *
THE COMPROMISE REJECTED
_ _ _
Iowa RopublioatiB Not Quito Rotttly
to Make a Oomploto Surrender
THE SPEAKERSHIP * IS THEIRS
And Unlearn tlio Democrats - nro Will
I inu to Mnko ti Knlr Division
, tlio Domllock Will Con
• A tin no Indefinitely
A. Miler Fnrtlsnn FlRht
Dm Moiniis , la , Fob 5.- ( Special Telegram -
gram to Til e Hek ] The olive branch of coin
promise was replaced by tbo red rag of defi
ance In tlio house today Uolh parties bad
I sorno Idea of getting together this morning ,
but they launched into a partisan debate
which landed thorn further apart thnn tboy
were ut the beginning ; bo the deadlock is
j still a reality and the end only a possibility
S The republicans reported both the reasons
J why tboy would not make a "glvo or take
pro ) > osltlon as tlio democrats suggested
' 'iliey showed that tbov represent thu ronuh-
Hk * llcan party In the atato , and ou the vote for
P * * governor Inst fall carried Bixty-two out of
the 100 legislative districts , though sovural
of tbo districts , through factional quarrels
„ and Indifference , permitted democrats to bo
p elected to tbo legislature The democrats ,
I replying , Insisted that they should have
< the speaker because they were lighting
jj for a platform principle , meaning ami-
R prohibition It was a fatal ndmlssion , for
i the republicans turned It ou them and asked
K 4 how , if that were so , they could claim the
jj ; * * union labor man as one of the ilfty , wlion ho
| has publicly declared that bo was in favor of
K prohibition Tboy would cither have to say
f > that there was no principle In this light for
PI the speaker In order to hold on the union
" ' lnbor man , or , if they declared that prohlbl-
' tlon was involved In it , then they would not
keep hiin with them This union labor man
Is n crnnlc on the suhject , mid has publicly
> declared that ho would cut his right arm olT
i before ho would cast a vote for the repeal of
if prohibition , ibo democrats were enrnorod
j ) by tbo turn the debate took , and did not
J prcBs it any further The republicans in-
f vltod thotn to name a fair division of the
i offices and see If ono proposition wouldn't be
1
accepted by the republicans ,
The belief is growlng-strongor cverv day
that the deadlocl : will soon end It will take
a day to cool after the partisan heat that was
dovelopcd today Uut after that efforts
toward a coinpromlso will probably bo begun
again , and many think that a permanent
organization will bo mndo by the first of
next wcok .
Oliln't ' Take Ilia Ilnlf
Dps Moi.ni.3 , la , Fob 5. In the house
this morning the republicans prescntod n
reply to the democratic proposition of yes
t terday Tliov Bald that because the propo-
Jf sltion glvin'g the democrats ( lrst choice would
Y Vglvo them the speaker , they were not willing
* to nialto such , but they were willing to sot
K tholrcouforonco committee at work to try
" " " "lutuf effect u compromise The house finally
adjourned without taking a siugla vote ou
permanent speaker
Discuesiona were all laid aside at the open
ing session this afternoon and toll calls on
permanent spenkor taken up The first bal
lot of tbo aftoruoon * was the sixty-fourth ,
mi J it resulted in n tie , thu vote standing
Hamilton 43 , Wilson 43. Tbo balloting pro
ceeded for about un hour , six beiug taken ,
all resulting the game way , and at 3:25 : the ,
house adjournoa
I The Honatt * .
Deb Moines , la , Feb 5. In the senate 1
this afternoon a resolution was adopted offer
ing condolcncn to Blame and Tracy la their
uflllctions which have lately comoupon thorn
Memorials were presented by Burnott ,
Englo and Gatch , asking the election of '
Larrabeo as United States senator Ad
journed ,
Disastrous Kiro ut Ujllo Ilnlne
OeiiauIUvids , la . Fob 5. fSpoclal Tel
egram to Tnn Hee.J A lire at Hello Plalna j
tins morning dostrovod a whole business
block nt a loss of JJBUOO The fire origin
d atcd in Phoenix hall , and threatened the en-
S tire business portion till the Tama City de
partment arrived with their onglno and got
it under control The followlngnrotholosses
and Insuruncoi Phoenix hall , owned by L. '
Euglo and W. A. Parish ; loss f. i,000 ; no in-
Buruuco Husli llrothers' hardware stock ,
1800 ; fully Insured Thu building of Mont
gomery lirotbers , $2,500 ; 52,000 iusurnnco
Turner Hrotbors' bank , 1,000 ; Insurance
11,000. Dr Brewers dental parlors ,
11,000 ; insurance S100. George Alloo ! ,
stock , SbOOj fully Insured '
The building of W. O. Parrish ' ,
12,600 ; insurance , S1.000. Scholblo & Turn
bull , restaurant , $500 ; no insurance
* l ho llro was caused by spontaneous com
bustion from oil and waste stared in Phoenix
, hall Thu Northwestern ofllcos and llonry's
lumber ynrd narrowly ' escaped The msur-
once companies cnugn t nro tbo Phoenix ,
Hrooklyn ; N. li & M. , Milwaukee ; Now .
York Underwriters ; Suriugllold Fire utid
Marine , Uurtford and Nwgura , iEtua , and
Ohio State
IVntit lmwcr Grain Kama •
Dis Moines , la , Fob 5. [ Special Tolc-
lt " • gram to The Uee ] T. D. Babcock , socro-
g tary ot the grain shippers association of
5i _ northwestern Iowa , has applied to the rail
road commissioners to make a lower rate on '
grain to Chicago and the seaboard , Ho says
tlio railroads have manipulated a through
billing dovicu by wnich they buvo tuken ad
vantage of the open waters of the lakes with
out considering the rates heretofore used ,
and ho thmlis the commission should Investi
gate tbo matter
Tint OhiO.mo , I own * PnUotn ,
Dr.s Moines , fa , Fob , 6. [ Spoolal Tolo-
grani to Tub Hee.1 The report of the
Chicago , Iowa & Dakota railway company ,
now tiled with the railroad commissioners ,
shows receipts as follows : Pussengor ,
15,740.11 ? freight , J39.0H 00 ; express , 1B7B.G2 ;
moll , 11,000.44 ; miscellaneous , KJ30 5U ; total ,
1411,7. .73. Length of main road in this state ,
'Mli miles
' 1 ho Supreme Court
Una Moi.nics , la , Fob 5. [ Special Tele ,
gram to Thu IIek ] The following deci
sions were rendered by tbo supreme court
today :
State of Iowa vs Owen Murphy , appel
lant ; Polk district ; nftlrmod
1 "V Loavitt & Johnson vs J. M. Hoynotds , Jr ,
Intervener and appellant ; Uluck Hawk dis
trict ; afUrmcd ,
J , U. Hull ot ul vs II E. Ilortou , appol-
laut ; Polkdlstnot ; aftlraiod
• T. 8. Stuolo & Son vs tbo Sioux Valley
bank , uppellaut ; Woodbury district ; af-
11 r mod ,
MurscU Si Co , vs the Chicago , Hock Island
& PuciUo railway company , uppellaut ; Ap-
jiauofAa district ; aftlrmod
SluVv of Iowa , appellant , vs William Wat-
rruiaii ; Clayton district : revvrjed
State of Iowa vs Frank Uoyor , appellant :
nivlidlUrictnmrmod ; '
J KMkb on Hvhuol lliiililing .
M FoiixDoiiOE la , Fob 5. [ Special Tolo-
9 pram to Tmb Uee | At Its meeting last
M evening the city school board decided to
adopt the now custom ot placing the na-
I tloiial flag on nil the public school buildings
In tbo city , The flags will bo beautiful silk
H . Vianners , very large , uud conspicuous orna-
j/T uieuts or tbo buildups Fort Dodge is the
hfciiT ' , rt c"y lQ tue uorthweat to adopt the now
r custom
g ' * ) The Ilrlok-aml Tllu Mitkero
B < IHi Moines , la , , Feb , B. | SpecIal Telo-
B gram to The lliiu.j The auuuul meeting of
• the Iowa Hnck and Tile Makers ussocia-
J tlon began biro today Tbo principal dis '
cussion I was on the manufacture and use of
brick for paving and sidewalk The tlio
makers reported that the dry seasons during
recent years had about destroyed their trade
in tiles , The brick manors discussed now
methods of burning brick for paving , nnd
reported very successful experiments In thnt
use They also urged tbo importance of us
ing more clay nnd less sand In manufactur
ing ' building brick , rlnlminglthat eight story
buildings of cheap brlCK will crutnblo unless
much less clay was used Tomorrow the
convention WU | hear several special papoia
by ' members ol the association
'Ilie limn Central Mmltllo
Mabon City , la , Feb 0. ( Special Tele
gram ' to Tub Hee.1 Unusual developments
are i oxpeutod shortly in the running ot the
Iowa Central railway The Stiuknay inter
ests m the road seem forced to the wall It
j
Is j rumored tonight that the Chicago , Milwaukee
waukeo j iSt St l' .iul had secured control , but
a prominent oltlcial was interviewed and
would say nothing further than that the two
roads were untoritig into agreements which
would result mutually benellcl.il , but that
each road would remain 10par.it0 and dis
tinct ] Further developments nro anxiously
awaited t
Oostnn'M Mivor on Trial
Cnr.sTojf , la , Fob , 5. fSDCCial Telegram
to Tin : Uee , | The Investigation of Mayor
Patterson's ' accounts by thu city council
commenced tins morning Charges were
brought of malfeasance in oftlco , npproprlot-
mg city moneys to his own use , and rofui-
Ing to pay to the city treasurer public money
in his possession , amounting to about fiOOU
Thu mayor llK.nl an answer , denying each
and every charge , and will proiont his side
of the ease tomorrow The affair has
caused intense Interest , and the council
chamber Is crowded to suffocation
KniiuUing One tlio Trimt
Foht Dodoi : . la , Fab fl [ Spochl Tele
gram to The Uee 1 The reduction re
cently made by the Western plaster agency
of this city in prices of cnlicincd stucco plas
ter for the purpose of forcing outsldo mills
Into the stucco combmo , is not working sat
isfactorily The result is scarcely what was
expected by tbo combine , as it threatens dis
integration of tlio stucco pool The 50 per
cent cut Is being opposed by many of the
members The mills ut Alabaster , Mich ,
will not adopt the new Bcalo of pritos , and
have withdrawn from the trust Ttie mills
at Grand Kapids are exuectcd to follow
The Wosleriui Oratorical Contest
Mi Pleasant , lo . Feb 5 , rSpecial
Telegram to The Uee ] The preliminary
contest to soloot an orator to represent tbo
Iowa Wcslcynn unlvorslty at tbo state con
test was held last night There were six
contestants , and the first prlzo was awarded
to C. S. Hogors , whoso subject was "Tbo
Philosophy of Progress " The second and
third honors were given to F. li Davidson
and W. F. Kopp , who will bo the delegates
to the business meeting of the associations
' 1 ho annual contest will bo hold aero Feb
ruary 28 , and all tbo leading colleges of the
statu will be represented In it
flu CiMitorvUIe Murder Trial
CENTE11V1LI.E , la , Feb 5. [ Special Tele
gram to The Uee.J The trial of Dr Murphy
of Moultou , charged with having murdered
bllas Tipton at that plpco last October ,
began hero today Over ono hundred wit
nesses have been summoned , and the tiial
has attracted great attention from the prom
inence of the parties involved
Ksmovoil to St Ijouis
Keokuk , In , Fob 5. [ Special Telegram 1
to The Uee.J Saturday the removal ot the 1
St Louis , Kookuk & Northwestern railway
general freight oftlco from Keokuk to St
Louis will bo commenced The passenger
department was removed to St Louis some I
months ago The auditing department will
rataiu Its headquarters at Keokuk indefi '
nitely
Klrctrlc Ijlicht lor Crt-stim.
CitK3TON , la , Feb 5. [ Special Telegram
to The Uee.1 Arrangements were male to
day by prominent citizens to organize n local I
electric light company , with a capital stock
of 125,000.
IllTUKM TOWN 1IUIIIKU.
Two Avnlnnolira of Snow and Hock
Overwhelm It
SroitANE Falls , Wash , Fob 5. The town
of Burke , Idaho , In the Coeur d'Aleno min
ing district , hns been nearly destroyed by '
two disastrous avalanches , Half the busi-
ncss houses nro in ruins The first disaster
occurred jesterday afternoon , and this
morning , with scarcoiy u moments wnrning ,
a tremendous mass of snow and rocks swept
down upon the town Five men were
buried beneath the snuw Two were rescued
but the others nro dead und their bodies
have not been recovered
The ill-fated town lies In n narrow gulch l
through which Cnnyon creek pours its
waters into tbo Bouth fork of the Coeur
dAleno It had ubout two hundred inhabi
tants who deserted their wrecked or incn-
aced homes and places of business ,
Yesterday nnolher disastrous avalanche
swept down upon the boarding house con
ncotod with Custer mine , which is situ 1-
ated upon Nine Mlle Creek , about
five miles from llurko The boarding house
was full of miners , six of whom wore killed ,
the others had 0 narrow escape and a num
ber were more or less InJurcJ Tbo snow
fall this winter hns been unprecedented in
tbo history of the country Within the last
few days it bus been raining , which hud the
otTcct of loosening the deep unow banks and
pi oclpitnting them upon the town and bousos
below
Later reports from Uurko Indicate that no
lives were lost there At Custer nuno ,
however , the disaster Is worse than first re
ported Six men were killed outright Many
other avalanches occurred in the Coeur
d'Alono district The canons are full of
snow , rooks und great trees The people of
that whole sccllo.i are terror stricken ,
* * Coloroit Jlrn'H Convention
WAsniNOTO.vt Feb 5. In the colored
meu's convention today Hey Dr Derrick
proposed resolutions commendiug the south
ern press for recently decrying the outrngus
perpetrated on tho"colored people , eta This
provoked a heated discussion , boveral proud
11 ent colored men favored it , but it was
finally defeated ,
Senator Hlnir epoko urging the convention
to petition congress to pass his educational
bill
bill.Editor
Editor Mltcholl ot Richmond rend a paper
upon the outrages upon colored people In tbo
south He said 11S3 negroes had been lynched
in the south from 18S7 to date Ho declared
that colored men bad been roasted lu North
Carolina , uud this statement was corrobo
rated by Jl G , Gussum of Kdonton , N. C.
A permanent organization was formed , to bo
known as the American Citizens Equal
liiguts association
KntnlWntur.il Oat Kxnloiloii
Pittsuuho , ia , Feb 5. Last night an ex
plosion ot natural gas occurred in the
Duquesno steel works Frank Holton , night
superintendent , und a laborer , 11111110 un
known , were irobably fatally Injured and
several others badly burned
Lima , O , , Fab 5. This afternoon a still
ut tbo Stundard solar refinery exploded ,
killing Patrick Ryan and injuring five or six
others sorlously ,
The Weather Forconsr ,
For Omaha and vicinity ; Fuir weather
Nebraska : Warmer ; southerly winds ;
local snows
Iowa ) Wuriuer ; fair ; variable winds
South Dakota ; Warmer , fair weather ,
except local suows und southerly winds
Steamship drtlvnls
At Qucenstown The Ohio , from Phlla-
delnhhi
At Now York The Fuldo , from Hremei ;
the Normandle , from Havre ; the Devonla ,
from Glasgow
THE ' REPUBLICAN CAUCUS ,
.
Report of the Oommlttoo on House
Rules Adopted
A • MUZZLE ON FILIBUSTERING
No Dllntory Motions Will he timer
mined Mnny Radical Change *
Mail • Spooner'B Telegrniili ;
Hill House Mnttcra
Obstructionists Thwarted
WASiitN'OTOjf , Fob 5. The republican
caucus was called to order by Mr llondcr-
son of Illinois The new cede of rules was
then discussed by Mr Mclvlnlcy , who ex
plained in detail their scope nnd purpose
Tim report ot the commlttuo was adopted
without material amendment , but tnoro was
at least ono Important addition , viz : tension
legislation was placed In tlio privileged class
and reports from the committee on invalid
pensions in ado in order at any tlmo This
change was made by i vote of 70 to 24.
Thrco calendars are provided for under
rule 15 The now clnuso added Is ns fol
lows : On the demand of any member the
names of the mombars present but not voting
ing ou any cnll by the speaker of the yeas
and nays shall ba noted by the clerk under
the supervision of the speaker and bo r e-
corded In the Journnl uud a record made
Immediately nftor the names of these voting
in the ntllrmallvo and tlio negative under
the head of "prcsont nnd not voting , " and
followed by tbo names ot the absent mout
hers , which shall be entered unilor tbo head
of absentees " T h is is In line with Speaker
Heeds ' ruling
Under rnlo IS , clause 4 reads : When a
question is under debate no motion shall bo
received but to adjourn , to lay on tbo tnblo ,
for the previous question , ( which motions
shall be decided without dob.itu ) to postpone
to a day certain , to refer , or to amend or
postpone Indefinitely ; which sovcrnl mo
tions shall have precedence in the foregoing
order , and no such motion beiug decided
shnll bo again allowed on the smno day nt
the same stage of the proceedings "
This section is aimed at filibustering nnd
changes the old section by striking out the
motions which may bo received , these to nx
the day 10 which the hoaso udjourns and to
take u recess In suction 5 the saino rule
provides that motions to adjourn to a fivoa
day , to adjourn and to take a rccoss shall
nlways be in order ; but section 10 of the
same rule carries the principle still further ,
for it is a now section , which roads :
"No dilatory motions shall ba ontortalnod
by the speaker "
Under rule 17 It Is provided that the pre
vious question mav bo made to include a bill
to Its p issagu or rejection The provision in
the same section of the old cede that motions
to lay on the table shall bo In order on the
second and third roadlug of a bill is omitted
The prlnciplo of preventing obstruction is
ngaln nut in operation in rule J IS , which Is
amended ns compared with the old cede by
the striking out of qusstions that may intervene -
veno between a motion to reconsider and a
vote , these to adjourn to a fixed day and to
take a recess
Section 1 ot the old rule 21 , which rcqulros
all bills and joint resolutions to bo read
thrco times before tbeir passage , is stricken
out
out.Section
Section 3 of-tlio same rule , forbidding the
Inclusion in general appropriation bills of
appropriations bylaw or by legislation , is
retained , with the addition of an exception J
in favor of such as being germane to the 1
subject matter of the lull shall bo doomed
necessary in providing for the carrying on of
the several departments of the government ,
and shall bo recommended or moved by di
rection ot the committee reporting the bill "
Hulo 21 omits the provisions of the old 1
rule forbidding the amalgamation of two
pending resolutions and treating river and I
harbor und post route bills as petitions in 1
their introduction
Another important step to prevent filibus
tering is found in rule 27 , wnlch has refer
ence to the Introduction ot bills Under the
former rules ono ineuibor couk on Monday
prevent the transaction of business by intro
ducing long bills , now or old , nnd demand
ing their reading in full , thus consuming the
day Under thu now cede no provision Is
made for bill day on Monday , " and wbonever
a public bill rs introduced it shall bo road by
its title only
In ruin 23 , soctjou 3 , which requires the 1
comuiittoo of the whole toriso when without
a quorum , a clause is inserted after the 1
word quorum as follows : which shall I
consist of 100 members "
What may bo n change full of significance
occurs in section S , the same rule , requiring ;
certain measures lo"6o considered in com
mitteo of the whole TLIs is in the opening
sentence , which reads : All motions or
propositions originating oitber In the
house or in the senate involving a
tux or charge dpon the puonle , all 1
proceedings touching appropriations of
money " The words , "oiiginating In tbo
bouse or senate are newly Inserted and
would annenr to rcmcnlzo tne lone diBnutcd
right of the senate to originate tariff and
approuriation bills
Another important change in the line of
expediting business occurs in section 4 of
the same rule , which prescribes the order of
business in tbo committee the whole ,
'Iho change reads : "Or la order us the >
committee may detormlno , unless the ques
tion to bo consluorod was determined by the
house at the tlmo of going Into committee
The effect is to relieve the house from the
necessity ot loving asldo bills preceding in
order the 0110 it is doslrod to reach , whicli
offered a large opportunity for obstruction
Another change In tno same direction Is in
section 0 of the same rule , whiuh penults
tbo committee ot the whole to limit or close
a debate without rising and going Into open
house for order and foruids a debate on a
motion to close a debate
Hulo 24 , order business , is radically differ
ent from the old rule It provides , after
prmcr and tbo reading of tlio journal , the
order shall bo as follows : Correction of ref
erence of bills ; disposal of business on
speakers table ; unfinished business ; morn
ing hour for disposal ot reports from commit '
tees ; motions to go iuto committee
of the whole on the state of tbo
union ; to consider bills designated ; the order
of the day After the disposal of the busi 1-
ness on the speakers table any unfinished
business in which the house may bo engaged
nt adjournment except business ot the morn '
ing hour , ahull ho resumed at thu same tlmo
each day thercaftor until disposed of , After ,
the disposal ot unfinished business the com j.
mittees may , In order , call up for considera
tion any bill reported on tbo previous day
and 011 the house calendar , When the com /
mittee has occupied the morning hour on
two days another eouiuiltico must bo culled ,
After the morning hour motions to go iuto
committee of the whole to consider a par
ticular bill uro 111 order
Another change of consequence occurs In
rule SS , which requires u two-thirds vote to
suspend the rules To this addition is made
as follows : "Kxcept to fix a day for the
consideration of a bill or resolution already '
favorably ruportod by the committee or a
motion to bo made by a sub-comiiutteo.
which shall rcqulro only a majority vote of
the house "
The caucus remained In session until 7
oclocK Great secrecy in regard to the pro
ceedings was preserved uud every oftort
made to pruvont the action of the
caucus becoming public While it
was stated that on every question
presented tbo caucus was haiiuonlous , the
length of the session and the known opposi
tion of several prominent republicans to any
radical change la the rules render tlio accu
racy ot this statement doubtful , la fact , It
has been gathered that fur from being har
monious the caucus at times was Btrongly
worked uu by the expression of totally di 1-
vergent opinions , and that this statement Is
the more probable one Is evidenced by the
gront ' oaro which vnvi tnkunUj prevent the
facts being known , '
How the Oppoltlon Fr-oK
Washington , Feb , 5. Thb dcmocrntlo
caucus , mot tonight Mr 'Oarllslo ' rend nnd
oxplnincd the nejv riiics ncre wns llttlo
discussion , but occasionally some member
would boll over with Indignation at some ob
noxious rule Springer tnought the rules
meant thu wntcbtnUi Were to bo gagged , the
wntch dogs chained * and the treasury to
bo thrown open to plunderers The goioral
Botitltnout , bowovor , was that no matter how
obnoxious the rnlos are they were nskod for
by the democrats and.they would bo consid
ered lu a fair spirit Carlisle accordingly
wns Instructed to netotlnto for proper aud
reasonnblo timu for tholr consideration anil
also for n reasonable Uluio for debate when
they wore called up'for consideration If
tuoso concessions are granted tbo democrats
will intcrposo no uuutuitl obstacles to thu
action upon the rules ; . ,
Senate
Washington , Feb 5. In the senate today
the bill to ' provldo ft jomporary government
for the territory of klnhomo . was tnkon up
nnd tbo clerk commenced to read tbo bill ,
but hod not completed It when at 2 o'clock
the bill to aid in tbo establishment or and the
temporary support of' ' common schools was
taken up as unfinished business Mr Ulnlr ,
after speaking a few tntnutes In advocacy of
It , temporarily yioldcif the floor to Mr Sher
man , who from the committee on foreign ro-
IuUoiib reported the following joint rcsoluV
Hon ( which were .plftced on the calendar )
congratulating tbo p " oplo of the United
Stiitpj ol Brazil on their udoptlon of a repub-
llcan form of government :
Resolved , Tout the United States of Amer-
lea congratulates thu , ppopIo of Brazil on
their just nnd peaceful ussumotlon of the
power , duties and expansibilities of self
government based upon the frco consent of
the governed and omtliolr recent adoption of
a ropubltcan form of government
This joint resolution is reported as n subc
stltuto for that of Mr Morgan , wh'ch ' was
referred to the committee on forolgn roln-
tions It omlttod thR'swords expressed in
their repudiation fat monarchlul rule "
It also omits j Several paragraphs
declaring the recognition of the
United States of Brazil as a lawful and
rightful government and directing the presi
dent to rcqulro the peyplo and tbo oQlcors of
the United States to rocognlzo the flag of
the United Statcs "bf Brazil as the flag of a
f reo , sovereign and independent state
Mr Blair then resumed his argument Ho
declared the constitutionality of the bill bo
youd question and spoke at some length in
support of his monsuro
After an executive session tno sennto ad-
jourued ' < '
llousr ' I
Washington , Fob 't > , la the Iioubo today
a largo number of members having gene to
attend the funornl ot Mrs1 , and Miss Tracy ,
the clone was pormlttod tb read the journnl
in its abridged form On the yeas and nays
demanded by tbo democrats it was approved ,
The bouse then , at 12:45. Jidjourned
A republican caucus was announced to beheld
held immediately and a democratic caucus to
bo held this evening ,
OHIO'S HALLOT liOX CASE
Sirs Elizabeth Wooll Testifies Uo-
loro'thn Committee
Washington , Feb ' 5 , The house commit
tee investigating Ohio ballot box forg
ery this morning continued the examination
of Governor Campbell Campbell soul bo
had Introduced the baljotibos ; bill altogether
upouT C. Campbollycqut'3t. . Ho know of
nothing wrong lirthe-matlor. 'iHis assertion
made la a spcootvlast iulV'tbaForakir ] ? was
an infamous scoundrel was , ' in answer to
Forakor's.chargo thnt ho , Govorpor Camp
boll , was a party to a fl\000,000 \ steai *
Lewis G. Bernard , a member of the demo .
cratic campaica committee of Ohio , and
Morton L. Hawkins , * adjutant general of
Ohio and political oditor.of the Cincinnati
Post , testified at some If a gth
Mrs Elizabeth Wood , wlfo of R. G. Wood ,
wns called and said licK first bnowledgo ot
her husbands connectioji with the ballot box
business was whoa ho came homo ono day
and told her Governor Forakerk's brother
and Hadden wanted hlra to try for the
smoke inspectorship and said ho could got it
if ho furnished certain papers to Governor
Forauor She advised him to have nothing
to do with the business . She told ubout the
letters her husband hod written her from
Washington directing her to call on
Hadden and how the latter had paid her
various sums of monoyf She had written to
Governor Forakor thatyWood's letters and <
telegrams had been sono by no one " , und that '
ho could have them Herfl Governor Forakor
stated that he had pever received the lot
ters ' " l
Several other wltnojscs were examined ,
but nothing parucularly-tioW was adduced
Kcgiilntfon of Tclcffra-ih Ointpanl s.
Washington , Fob B. ' Senator Culloai
today reported favorabjy from the com mi t-
tee on commerce Spooler's bill to regulate ,
interstate commorca catrlod on by telegraph '
The bill provides that jpvory telegraph com
pany shall publish lis 1 rates from tlmo to i
time and file with tbo nntorsttto commerce
commission a sworn schedule under penal
ties which are proscriliofL Persons claiming
to bo damaged may make complaint to tbo
commission or euo in.a United States court ,
The bill includes a provision simiior
to tbo long ' iind short haul
clause In the - interstate commerce
lnw In the section * forbidding special 1
rates , rebates or drawbacks to any person , ,
firm or corporation tliq following proviso 00
curs : Hut nothing in\his act shall be con
struod as prolubltlngany telegraph company
from receiving , transmitting and delivering
messages for the Uultod States or state or
municipal corporations , " the prosBIntended
for publication us > news , at lower rates than
these charged for social , business uud other
messages , but no suub ; company snail dis-
crlminato botwnon publishers ot newspapers
by allowing terms or advantages to ono or
more newspapers for llku and contemporaneous -
raneous sorviccs which jaro not allowed to
newspapers in uny c'ty , tbwn Or place where
there is or may be .a telegraph ofllco from
which such messages may bo dropped "
n
Rnmnon Trontor Attain
Washington , Feb ' Str h t'10 ' executive
sosslon ot the senate Yhis.ajtornoon the Sa-
'
moan treaty was bro'uxht up again by Ed-
1munds' resolution declaring It to bo the
understanding of'tbe scoiito that the rights
of the United States ( S ljogo-Pago harbor
were not disturbed by ibptronty This was
dlscussod for a long tftsw A vote on the
motion to luy the resolution on the table
dlsrlosed the fact thafnon-uoruin was pros
out , and the senatb thbaudjouraod A ma-
loiity of those prcsont were in favor of lay
Ing the motion on the labkf
Ailnptcil the HutMUomiiitlt'C 1)111.
Washington , Feb.V-i'r-fie house commit
tee on the worlds fair ; adopted the sub '
committees bill wltlpn \ amendment provld-
ing for the appropriation of H.500,000 for the
erection of buildings for government ex-
hlbits A sub committee was appointed
composed of Chantlur ) , Hitt , Hutch and
Wilson and instructed to immediately frame
nnd report to the ful\ \ committee a bill pro
viuiug for u schema af procedure in the
house
A Dynnmlto llomli In the Capitol
Washington , Feb 5. The rumor current
today thut a dynamite bomb was found In
thu cupltol proves to have a slight fouuda-
tlon A sinullt oval shaped tin box was
iifound In n spittoon In the rotunda Thu
chief of the CJpiLol police examined it and ' ,
ufound several grains pf u substance reaom-
bling saltpetre aud u suiaU'quauiltv of some
rthing that looked like punk , lie lound tlio
latter would huru He concluded the box
1was a rallrosd torpedo , but to settle the
mutter has suut it to the district iheuilst for >
unuljslt
SENATOR PADDOCKS ' INQUIRY
A Resolution to Invoatluttto Ghtirgoa
AgalnBt Rnltronds
ADOPTED WITHOUT DISSENT
.
No Truth In the Humor Thnt Senator
Teller oi Colorado Will Retire
l'rco bcctl Kind Hearted
HnrrUou
WASUINOTON liUHRAU TitR OMUtl UKB , 1
" *
519 FOUIITKBSTH SniSBT , >
Washinotov D. C , Fob , 5. | .
Senator Paddock this nftornoon Intro
duced in tbo senate the following resolutiou
which was adopted without dissent :
Whereas , It Is alleged thnt by reason of
the oxccsslvo freight rates ou lines of rail
ways subject to the jurisdiction ot the act of
congress to regulate commerce between the
sovcrnl states , the great section of tbo conn-
try lyfng between the Rocky mountains nnd
the principal food distributing centers of the
cast finds itself unable to market Us food
products 1 and to obtain the actual cost of
production ; therefore bo it
"Uosolved , That tbo senate committee on
interstate . commerce is hereby authorized
and directed to investigate the conditions
now oxlsting ns to these alleged f acts nHoot
ing J the transportation of food products on
IntorBtato j lines In tbo states und
territories situated lu tbo sootion
aforesaid , and if in their judgment
the interstate commerce commission
has not the authority under the present state
of the law to regulate excessive rates lu
such products in the interest ot unromuner-
atlvo agricultural production nnd a cheaper
food ' supply for consumers , that they shall
report nt tholr discretion such amendments
to ' the present law us will tend to tlio removal -
moval ' of the evil compluinod ot at the cnrlt-
est ' pructlcablo day "
In conversation with your correspondent
* the ] senator said : The complaints ns printed
in \ the newspapers uro so numerous that I
feel it but right thut national attention
should ' bo called to them Without having
entered ' into the details of the matter it seems
to ' mo that sufficient has boon alleged to do-
maud the very fullest investigation by con1
gross ' Tim roads which it is charged uro
discriminating ' against our agricultural
classes ' are subject to the provisions of the
interstate commerce commission und it such
discrimination exists they should bo made to
bear tbo full penalty I shall see that the
matter Is pushed There is no reason why
their investigation should not bring out the
status of affairs and help to ullav the Irita-
tion which exists , thereby showing the truth
of tbo charges and providing arumody , or by
proving the lulsltyuf the declarations made
and removing In this way the cause for com
plaint , "
The letter of Governor Thayer to the traf
fic association in Chicago with reference to a
reduction of freight rates on Nebraska
ceronls was prinlod In full in most of the
oAstcrn papers and has nttruuted much at
tention
' fuck siEn :
The secretary of agriculture has just made
an allotment of scods to senators und repre
sentatives , and committee clerks and private
secretaries will be bU3y for some time load
ing the mails with the germs for vegotuolos ,
flowers and cereals which Undo Sam con
tributes annually The farmer who wants
seeds for spring planting would do well to
make his wishes known to his representative '
in congress at once ,
THLLEK WILL NOT ItETinn
* There is no truth whatever In the report
telegraphed from Denver that an understand
Ing has been reached wnoroby Senator
Tailor will retire from tbo senate at the ox-
ptratlon of his present term , March 3 , 1S91 ,
and that ex-Senator dames P. Hill will bo
elected Au oftort was made before the
olectlon of Senator Wolcott n year ago to
patch up a reconciliation between the Teller
Hill factions , but Senator Taller rofusud
to enter into the schcino Sena
tors Teller and Wolcott are warm
personal friends as well as co-laborers.
Senator Teller will bo reelected without effort -
fort , as bo Is ono of tno ublost men la the
upper branch of congress and a steadfast ro
publtcan , and looks closer after the interests
of his constituents than any man who has
ovcry represented them in congress Ho is
sound on the lssuos which form the greatest
interests of Colorado , and no combination
can defeat him The statement was telegraphed -
graphed from Denver that Hill was to bo ;
Senator Tellers successor for the purpose of ' .
crystalyzing public sentiment in favor of
H ill and bringing out expression ou tbo propo
sition to send that gentleman to the Bonate ,
and not with a view to spreading news by
telling tbo truth
. THE TOESIDENT'S S1MPATHT.
The president and Mrs Harrison have
won the admiration of every man , woman
and child in Washington their
by loving at !
tention nnd sympathy for Secretaries Blame
' and Tracy in tholr afihetions A brother
and sister to those grlof-strlcken families \
have the president and Mrs Harrison been
Among the very first persons to call upon
Secretary Ulalnu when ills son Walker died t
was the president Ho extended all ot that
splaco which a brother would extend to a
brother or u father would have for a grief
stnekon son The moment the piesidcnt
heard of the horror at the rosldenee of See
rotary Tracy ou Monday morning ho wont to ,
the side of the secretary of the navy
With unnsuul tact and gentleness the presi-
dent broke the news to becretary Traey of
the awful death ot Mrs Tracy and his
daughter Mrs Harrison during nil these
trying scones was contriving to do tier part
to make tbo burdens fall as light as possible
upon the afllctcd She directed servants
aud messages to the families Whore death
was and with her gentleness made many
suggestions and did many things which an
altectionato and sympathetic woman can deus ;
us no ono else can , When General Tracy
began to recover from his shock she insisted I
with the president that ho bo removed to t
the white house , where ho would receive tbo
same care that would bo given to ono of her
immediate family For two days aud a night I
public business ut the oxocutlve mansion has
been practically suspended The misfortune
of the family of Secretary Tracy has been
made that of the president and Mrs Hurrl-
son At tbo funeral services today the dis
tress which death has wrought upon two of
the administrations families could bo dis
cerned In the lines ot the presidents face
It has been a thorough test of the manhood
and womanhood of the whlto house family
such as has never been made of any who
have occupied that old mansion before , but it
has only served to bring out the good quail
ties which were within , President Harrison
has evinced a vein of sympathetic manhood
and fellowship which has won to him all *
who have given his position und actions
even a slight consideration Since the
funeral Secretary Traey has quieted down u
good deal His son Frank Is with him and
will remain at the white house for a day
longer at least The doctors fear that the
next dnv or two may prove bad ones for the
Isecretary , for within three days bronchitis
will develop if it comes and they fear the exposure -
posuro and cold to which Mr Traey was ox-
nosed will cause some such trouble His
lungs nro still very weak , but the careful ; 1
nursing ho is now baviug may prevent any
illness Tno doctors did not think It advisa-
bio for the secretary to leave his room today ,
but ho iiislbiod upon uttandiug the funeral
sorvlcos und claims that ho is all right again ,
Secretary Tracy will remain at the white
house for some uuys yet
rosTMAHTinis awointed
Iowa Hebron Adair county , A. It Has
koll , vice G. W Hammer , resigned : To-
ronto , Clinton county , G , W. Thorn , vice K.
P. Slmmotis , removed
bouth Dakota Ulack Hawk , Mead county > ,
F. S. Macomber , vice O. L. Ward , removed
MISCKLLANKOlS
A postofllco bus boon established on the 13. )
& M , railroad , in Perkins county , and mimed
Hnltord , In honor of the presidents private
secretary , LU , Kenney has been recom
mended nnd will boappolnlod postmaster nt
the now olllco
A pension wns toany granted Ocorgo M
Connor ut Hatcher , Neb
. Pmiur S. HlUTII
i i
DISASTROUS FLOODS
OrtMii null Culllornln Sudor From
Freshets
Chicago , ob 5. For several dtys the
city o' , and and other points in Oregon
hnvo b 3 raetlcallyoutolT from tolcgrapnlc
commui • ou From n telegram received
this afu ? ? • .at Montreal by C. U. Hosmor
of the , linn Pacific und forwarded by
him to th loiatod press It would seem
that Porta in clangor from u flood
The mesin hich came from Portland , Is
ns follows
First stre . .a now flooded nnkle docp All
tradio In the streets is suspended nnd the
only moans of communication is by smnll
boats J The Pacific Postal tulcgraph onlco
floor is covered with water and tbo liver
_
still rising There is no news from the south.l
The situation ut Portland Is Undoubtedly
duo to the rapid rise of the Willamette river ,
For nearly n month past the hills and inoun-
talus through which it Hews have boon piled
witli . continually falling snow drifts , in some
places ilftcon und twenty feet high During
the past few days , however , the warm winds
have melted the snow and the Willamette
has 1 become a torrent On the Northern Pa-
I'lllc , between Noxon nnd Trout creek there
J have been several avnlanchos since last Sata
urduy and thu telegraph Hues there nro also
interrupted {
Anoth r Account
Poiitianh , Ore , Feb 5. The Postal telegraph -
graph and cnblo company furnishes the fol
lowing 1 information regarding tlio unpro-
ccdeuted floods In Oiogon und Washington :
The Willamette river at this city Is hlgbor
th an it hns been slnco the great Hood of
18(11. ( The rise was caused by the
unusually heavy rains and the molt
Ing i snow iu the mountnlus In this
city nil the merchants along the water front
and for two streets back from the river have
boon 1 compelled to suspend business and
move i their stocks to higher places The
water i rose so rapidly that mnnv of thorn
were i unable to move their goods out nnd in
consequence < heavy damages will bo the roi
suit i The only means of travel on Front
street i the principal wholosulo street , is by
boats 1 '
Throughout the Willamette vnlloy heavy
losses I are reported Many bridges have
been 1 washed awav and n largo amount of
grain | stored in warehouses along the river
ruined : The wagon bridge ncross thu Wlllu-
motto river at Salem was swept away Motit
day i night The structure was about one
thousand foot long It cost in the nelchi
borbood of 875,000. No less thnn
10,000.000 saw logs have been swept down
the Wlllatnotto nnd Columbia rivers In the
last few days Largo quantities of sawed
lumber and a number ot saw mills on the
river have also been carried away
The situation on the Southern Pacific -
cific between hero und California
romalns virtually unchanged All comi
municatlon south und east of hero
has boon cut oil for five days , and no trains
nro nrrivlne over the Southern Pacific or
the Union Pacific It is impossible to closely
estimate the damage at present , but it will
probably reach ifSOOOOO The rain has
ceased throughout the Willamette valley ,
but the river at this point
is still on the rlso Reports
from the south state that the river has boon
fulling since noon The water is rushing
through Front and First streets rapidly and
this makes navigation by moans of boats
dangerous Many of the Bldowslks nro float
ing nnd several accidents have oc-
eurrod by pedestrians falling through holes
in tnd Is sldownlks The Oregonmn
und the Telegraph were compelled tb move
tneir business offices further back from the
river this evening , there being ut prcsmt
several feet of water on the first floor , The
editorial rooms , which are ou tno second
floor , are reachud by boats
Great anxiety is felt for the two bridges
which Bpan the river ut this point
The Morrison street bndgo is liable to bo
swept away , and in case this bridge is car
ried down strcuin against tbo steel bridge of
the Union Pacillo the latter Is almost certain
to go The Associated press raportcr in
order to Ilia nis dispatches is compelled to
wudo through wntor three feet deep
A dispatch from McMlnnvillo , Ore ,
states that the town of Wheatland has been
almost swept away , much stock drowned
and a large amount ot grain destroyed
A Phenomena It-ilnstorm.
San FnANCtsco , Cala , Fob 5. A dispatch
from Jacksonville , Ore , says : A phoneme
nnl rainstorm bus prevailed In southern Oregon -
gen since last Friday , which iu connection
with the melting snows in the mountainshas ,
caused the greatest flood known since the
country was settled The damage to south
ern Oregon can not be estimated
as yet , for postal communication is so uncertain
tain that only surmlsos can ba made
of tbo ravages of the water on the line of the
numerous tributaries of tbo Koguo river
Many small ranches are badly damaged if
not rulnod and miles of fonclig swept away
Much ot tbo flnosl soil in the lower valley
has been washed down to tbo gravel and to
bed rock und the spectacle of fields llooacd ,
rends washed out and bridges and culverts
demolished is a common one The fertile
Hear crceic region has not escaped visita-
tion The heart ot the valley , has presented
tbo appoaranou of a turbid sea
for days und communication between
its many towns has boon suspended by the ;
Bwollon foot hill streams Roar crook Itself
has borne ulong a great deal of wreckage
besides fencuH , outbuildings nnd even barns
and houses , and has wrought much dostruc-
tlon In undermining and sluicing oft the i
dccji alluvial that composes Its banks , Mnny
people were obliged to leave their homes for
safety
Great damage has been done to the mining
Interests ot this section by the bursting of
dams and reservoirs , the breaking and filling
of ditches and the loss ot Ilumo boos and (
machinery .
The Oregon & California railroad track In
southern Oregon has been washed away for
miles and its road bed sorlously damaged
along the whole line There has not been
mull for either north or south for several
weeks No estimate can bo made of the loss
to the county in brldgos and prlvuto prop
erty Hundreds ot thousands ot dollars will I
not cover it
A ltiho lii iho Ht Lawrence
MoNTitKti , , Feb 5. It is reported here
this evening that the water in the St Lawrence -
renco river has risen so high that there is
six feet of it in tbo streets of La Pruirio A
serious flood is anticipated ,
-
Navujus Bloodthirsty
DukaNGO , Cole , , Fob 5. Fears nro enter
tained by the Bottlers of San Juan county ' ,
New Moxlco , over demonstrations being
made by the Navajos A few days ago the
Indians drove the family of Joseph Stcrritt
oft tholr ranch and ran oft ton head of horses i ,
Tbo sheriff and posse recovered the animals ,
Now 500 warriors are camped sixty miles
south ol Durango , The trouble arises out of
Iho killing of a Navajo Indian several wcoks
ago by a ranchman The Indians demand
$2,000 or ten head of horses for the deud
buck , aud If refused throatcn to murder
every whlto found on the Sun Juan , LaPlata
uud Animas rlvors * •
*
Dul'cntril fho Foriiinsaiis
Lonbon , Fob B. Advices from Shanghai
report thai the Imperial troops hayodefcated
the natives of Formosa and destroyed tholr
strongholds with heavy less These of the
natives who rofueod to acknowledge alio-
glance were killed unmercifully ,
Oraluim' . Case
Cmciao , Feb B. The proposed motions
for u change ot venue aud for a hearing
without a jury in the cuso of John Graham ,
tno uileged jury briber who has disappeared ,
were not beurd iu the criminal court today ,
Judge Waturuiuu being engaged with an-
I other trial
NO 1 CONCLUSION REACHED
Lower Nebraska Corn Rutoa No |
Yet Obtained
THE SAME OLD SUBTERFUGE ,
A ' "ut In Corn Tolls Would Only lto4
suit In Hearing thu Market , Say
the Railroad Mngnnten
Knnnhi' UeliiiiudJ
Drnt to Kntrentlcs
Chicago , Fob 5. Secretary of Staid
Cowdr.y , Lnud Commissioner Stcou unci
State Treasurer Hill of Nobrasku , a mnjorlty
of the state bonrifof transportation , reached ]
this city yesterday Their wish is to induce
the rnllrouds to grant thorn lower rates ou
com from thut state They say that the )
farmurs have plenty of com , but that thu
transportation . charges are nearly equal to
thu cash price at the point of shipment
They mot the managers of the railroads In
the forenoon und hud a long conference , thus
far no conclusion has boon reached and the
state officials express little hope ot
being oblo to nccoiiinllsh nn.\thing. They
say that while rales are much too high , a
temporary reduction , which Is all thuy cm
get from the ratlroais , would do no gold
The present state of affairs Is likely to last
several years and they want n correspond
ingly ' pormnuotit reduction In freight rates
Governor l Thuyor of Nebraska was ex
pected j here this morning on tlio samu or-
rund , but did not appear In fact , It was
understood thnt the board ot transportation
and the governor were running u nice to
see which would got relief for the fnrincv
first I
first.Another
Another conference will bo held tomor
row i , it having been found Impossible to roach
unanimous i action today , owing to tbo ab
sence of several interested lines The rail
road men say they would bo willing to make
any reasonable reduction in rates if ether
rates would remain unafTectud or If the re
duction would do the fnrmori any good
They assert thut a reduction in rates
would result In sueli a quantity
of corn being thrown ou the market as to
completely demoralize prices , putting the
Inrmors in a worse plight than over
It Is understood n formal domaiul for the
emergency rates was received today by nil
tbo i western roads from the ICaus is com
missioners i and it is bcllrvod the roads \t Id
bo I compelled to make the reduction
The Tr tin tlHsour , MikiIiii
Kansas Citi , Mo , Fob -ISpecial
Telegram to Tim Uck.1 The Trails-Missouri
Freight i association meeting ndjournod lata
this ' afternoon ntter considering the Kansas
nnd i Nebraska corn rate question ut soma
length i The question us to ICau sns was
passed ever until tlio next meeting after a
little wrangling , but the Nebraska matter
was pushed to a vote Mr George Crosby ,
goncral i frolgnt agent of the B. & M. , la
order , to got the matter well before the asso
ciation ( , offered a rate on grain from all
points j on his line to Chicago at a 5 cout re
duction , Tbo matter ' was dls-
enssod , at length , and when tlio
question , came to ii vote it
was lost The B , & M. immediately ap
pealed to the managers , who will moot in
Chicago next wcok It is well understood
tbut the liurlingten Is not heartily in favor
of the now rate , while the Hock Island , ul-
though kcoplug qulot , wants the roductiom
Chairman Ftnloy In an Interview , said :
From this action it must not bo concluded
that the railroads are not ulivo to the ncods
of the furmor They only question thnt the
proposed now rate would result in any uc ,
tual boucflt to the men who nucd it most " ,
In the matter of adjusting Kansas und
Nebraska cattle tariffs on the cents pur 100
scale , the association ruled in favor of
the method , but delayed In Issuing
authotity pending u decision on the matter
at the hands of the Kansas railroad commis
sioners , i
The question of divisions on cattle west of
the Missouri river was passed over Tno
committee in charge of the work sent word
that its report was not qulto ready It is
this report that is oxpoctnd to cause trouble
between the Union Pacific and tbo associa
tion Its fuiluro to appear prevented uu out
break at this meeting
Nothlnz ( Settled r\
Chicago , Fob 5. The Wcstorn States
Passongur association lines have boon forced
to finally adjourn without settling the com
plications arising from the request of the
eastern lines that differentia ! rates be used
west of St Louis nud Chicago Various
propositions have boon made , but after a
long discussion the western lines declared It
Impracticable to adopt them The lines es
pecially objecting ussortod tholr proffered
willingness to adopt nny bnsls of rates satis
factory to the eastern roads and to npply the
Bamo from their territory , provided the same
rates were used via St Louis and via Chicago
cage nllko , thus avoiding any discrimination
iu favor of any gnlowav nud obviating the
necessity for applying in the territory of the
western lines the differential rate principle
Tim Sioux Knlis ii Denver
Sioux Falls , S. D „ Fob , B. [ Special
Telegram to Tun Ueb J List night at u prl
vato mooting of capitalists from Mulno In
consultation with the woultby citizens of this
city It was determined to build the bioux
Falls & Donvcr railroad , Thu money Is now
on deposit and the contract will bo lot as far
as the Missouri river southwest within s >
month Tills , in connection , with the Muni-
toba , will give Omaha another outlet to Duluth -
luth if the Norfolk gap of thirty miles Is
built The mon who buvo determined to
build tbo roud are Congressman Milllkon of
Maine , Hon , R. 10. Halo of Boston , Senator
R , F. Pottlgrow of this city und nbout u
dozen of lesser lights in tbo moneyed world
An American AJumioo ,
Chicago , Fob B , I Special Telegram to
Tun Urn : 1 The Bo.ni-annuul excursion of
the National Qoncrul Pusscugor Agents as
sociation goes this year to Mexico It Is * the
announced intention ot the oxcurstoulsts ta
muko u boom for Mexico , and ut some elitri •
bio pluco start u Amorlcan Monaco or Monte
Carlo , to run in opposition to those in Europe
The plun has been cnrofully concelvod and
the passenger agents will start the boom
soon after their excursion in March
Hold ity the .Mnsiur in Clinucory ,
Si'iiingfield , III , Fob 6. The federal
' master in chancery today sold u portion of
the St Louis & Chicago railroad botwoca
iJtcbtiold and Mount Olive , together with
the right-of-way and nil Interests connected
therewith north of Springfield to Joliut It •
was purchased by a purchasing committee
for the trustees of the First Consolidated
Mortgage company for 750,000 ,
The Houllierii I'nolllo Ktatoinent
San Fham'isco , Cal , Fob 6. The annual
statement of the Southern Pacific railway
company for the year lBS'J shows u Small in
crease In the earnings , among ether causes
being the construction of now lines A do- •
crease of the surplus to 11,311,000 against
| J,5M ,000 is also shown
Union l'nu flu bmtoniont
Hoston , Fob 6 The preliminary state
ment of the Union Pacillo railroad for the
twelve months to December 01 shows gross
earnings of $11,070,181 , an increase ot J374-
LC0 ; net , fl2)70,0'iS ! ) , un increase of IJMMo .
.
Stovu Men ill fc'CMlOIl ,
Chicago , Feb 8. The National Stove
Manufacturers association Is In sesilon here
considering tbo condition of trade und tb
policy for tbo ensuing your