1M X" NINETEENTH YEAK ' OMAHA EEIDAY lUORNINb , FEBKUA11Y 7 , 1300. NUMBER 228.
MUST HAVE THE SPEAKER
Iowa Bopub loana Will Compromises
on No Other Baals
THE DEMOCRATS ARE WEAKENING
An Hx-Prcnolicr'H Seniiowlint Novel I
lclcns mi llio Subject ol Itctrrnoli-
* } - incut nnd I tclorm Non
' Partisan 1'ruyern
ConToroiiLO Committor nt Work
' Drs Moinis In . Fob 0-Special [ Tele
gram to Pin : Dee ] Conference commlttcos
representing botti sides In tlio house huvo
bo la at work today trying to end the dead
lock 1 do republican inoaiboM of the co n
mlttoo Insisted , ns a condition orccodont to
all agreement , tlio fact that the republicans
must have the speakership , no matter how
the other oMccs ire to bo divulod The dom
ocruls are resisting the demnnd , and vvnnt
to bo considered as li wing a ctuuiLd at it
Hut the republicans will not treat on any
I j > other basis Itlsbollovcd tonight that the
democrats will comedo the speakership
eventually , as they are showing many signs
of weakening liut they will Insist on being
Riven a Inrgo share of the conimlltcos They
wunt the commlttcos on legislatlvo districts
o they can gorrymnnaor the state after the
true domocruto ula 1 But the republicans
will ncv cr j leld that 1 boy also want the
L committee on the suppression of Intouiper
nnco The prohibitionists claim six majority
on a vote of the house but some of thorn uro
ufraid to lot the democrats lia\o this com
mlttca for fear they will fool than out of
prohibition in houiu unoxplnluablo wn\
Pending these nefotliitions nothing of In
tcrcst is being done in the lecislnturo , 1 hero
was n llttlo Ilurrv in the liouso today when
onoof the members , an ox-preacher bv the
uamoof Urown Introduced a resolution to
dispense with the Hcrvlees of a ehupl tin and
tiuvo the members of the liouso open the pro
ceedlngs of tlio house with prayer Ho
niguedithnt tlio state would thus buvo $ - > a
prayer But ns there org oxproieliors on
both sides of tha house the meinbeis were
afraid that if they did their own praiing
they would have republican prajors ono duy
and deiiioeinlio pravers the next , so they
voted down tlio lesolutioti by a tote of 48 teAS
AS mm decided to contlnuo the custom of
lion ] artisan pravers
Dns Moimis , Io lob 0 In the house
this morning a resolution providing for
members • opening the proceedings with
nruvor Instead ot calling on tbo ministers !
B was introduced but fulled to bo udoj ted
) | After tuking two ballots on permanent
4 H / speaker the house ndjourncd until tomorrow
H V jiltcmoou llio caucus committee will | , ct to
| H \ ywork on a compromise In the meuutlme
MBBa _ _ < _ J no Scum
r Drs Moist * , la , Tab 0 In the sennte
m this afternoon a special committee , cocsist-
t lng of Woo'son , lioltcr and Dungnn was
B oprolntcd on rulcB Gcbblo prcsontca a pe-
H titiou from thu commission appointed to ox-
H amino into the matter of uu mdustrial borne
H foi uuult blud , and u room was assigned for
K ' tbo exhibit of articles manufactured by sucU
H > i > * < . . | xnoii9 A memorial from ttio Improved
I H block Breeders association was presented
j H by 'Vule , unci then the sunato udjournod
H A flight ot Way huit
J B Four UonaE la Feb 0 [ Special Tolo
H pram to 1'iu liitr | Nine test cases liavo
H been commenced in tbo 1 obrunry term of
H the district cou-t mthlsilty bi owners of
H property abutting thu Mason CltyA-Foit
H Dodto railway to recover damages from that
H company for the approprmtlou of their lands
fl for railroad use When the railway was eon
M etructed in lbSO the old rlcht , ot wnv ot the
B Iowa Si Pacific company was purchased tor a
j B dlstanco of fort two miles for $20 000 and
> ! track laid on the old Vudo The property
jpBBkiw owners claim that the statutes of limitation
had 1,0110 against this rifcht of way from the
IBBB i. time of the original giant , in lUii , until
( J tiacked la lbbO if the cases are sustained
the Muson City & . I ort Dodpo rail load will
H lo practically without rkht or way for a
dislinco of fortv two miles of line thut is al
SBl reudj built and in active oporutlon llio
flBI suit is a most important ono Involving
) thousands of dollars and thecoiiRlitutlonullty
{ of thu statutes of limitation against inll-
way right of way ,
J 1 lie buuromu Court
M Des Moines , la , Fob 0 [ Special Toio
PH gram to Inu Bca ] llio followlog dccl-
bIodb were rendered lu the supreme court
M today :
j H W L Pcnco vs the Chicago , Rock Island
1 & , Paciflo railway company , appellant , Polk
H district , afllrmed
B State of Iowa , nppnllant , vs Jacob lieckey ,
Muscatlno district , aftlimed
j Joseph btory vs Chicago , Mllwaiflcoo
St , Paul ruilway company , uppellnut , Cllu-
ton district , afllrmed
_ li A LrkusoavflC W Smith and W C
w lirell uppollants , Cerro dordo district , ro
PC
Vr GeorKQ W. Lee , appellant , vs Agricultural
BBrio * . insurauco cooipauv , Hamilton district , nf-
V/ flrmod ,
H Levi W Llndsoy vs Western Mutual Aid
J nocictj' nppcllant , l'ollc district , afllrmed
J fatuto of Iowa vs Ldivard Ua\ , appellant ,
lanQ district , afllrmed
blcphen li Mlckloy vs V M Tnmllnson
ot al , appellants , rehearing , reversed
WB llio CrcHiuu liiviiHtlcatlon
1VM Ciiestok , In , Pcb 0 [ Special Iclogram
B to Tin : IIeb.1 Iho city couucil today con
1 eluded its investigation of Mayor Patterson's
_ books nnd accounts , finding $991 19 of city
III nionoy duo from the mayor An exumlnu-
pM tion ot the books of the State Savings bank
SVM showoU MC > to tbo majors credit , (100 being
del ositcd since the opening of thoinv ostlga
AV tlon In the Investigation today the mayor
denounced Alderman Viekers as a contemptible -
tomptiblo old wlitlp J ho alderman ad
dressed started for tbo mayor with blood iu
bisojo , but a policeman Luppaned to bo in
thu wav Iho major iu bis uofenso ex
ABB plained some irrceulurltlos us oversights ,
and as having skipped his mind A resolu
llnu was passed Just before adjournnu ut do
/ mundlng thut the muyor turu ever IJJ1 19 to
uVM , v tco treasurer If this is not done legal pro
y ccedinks will boiommouced Public inter
M est Iu the affair Increases dally ,
H A Torriulu I nil
PVJ WiTcnioo , Iu , Fob 0 [ bpcchl Tcle-
H tram to The Hll ] Hy the ghlng awny of
H u scaffold on tbo now street stund plpo ibis
H uftcmoon two of the workmen , Jack Long
J of llumiltnu , Out , and Wilder Harden of
J this cltv , were precipitated to the bottom , a
dlstai co of eighty Jlvo feet Longs ueck
wus brokeu and ho expired in a few minutes
J llardon's cscipo from instant death was
miraculous He is terribly bruised and several -
oral of bis ribs uro broken , but ho will prob-
4H ably recover
H Toll from n J ruin
H MesCiTiNK , la , Fob 0 [ Special Telegram -
gram to lim Hfk.J A man named Mukel
H son , vvhllo Uruulc , fell from a train at 'A est
J Liberty last ulglit , Uoth logs wore cut off
j nnd ho died at J o clock this morning ,
• MB < - ' " A llnuno Miirtlcr Trial
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VMki Doom * , In , Fob 0 ( Special rolegram to
B . Tub Uee I In the district oourt today tbo
HBBf " * trial of a prominent joung grocer , Thomas
M P. Hogors , on tbo charge of tnuuslaughter ,
VVJ was bfLun 'Nourlj a year ago Hogers had
KVJ on altercation with a young man namoJ l'ul
Hug , uud , It is charged , struck him ou the
i
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bead with bis fist Fulling died some mentis
after from a githuring in the ear nnd later
Hogers wai inllctcd for the killing The
court room is crowded wilh citizens , ns
Uogcrs Is very popular
hlio Wntitctl uCliniiso
Davtmout , la , Fob 0 [ Special Telegram -
gram ta J ml Hrr j John Henttlo and Mrs
II LnFounlaln were arrostel in n sleeper on
the Chicago , Kock Island t Pntlllcrnitway
here this morning bv a detective They loft
KunsisClty last evening with tickets for
, Ont , nnd resorted to no nrtltlco
to ovndo capture The worn in toll her
story freclv , saying thnt her husband did not
treat her so well ns Hcattic and nftcr five
Veirs of married llfo shu vvuntcd a ehuuge
Sbo is rather above the medium stvlo nnu
Is very pretty In face and form ftio injured
husb inu is expeete 1 tonight 1 vo ehll Iron
were left in Ivans is Cltv Ucaltlo occupies
a cell and Mrs La Fountain Is In the house of
dotcntion
1 xtniiHlvo lcc Drain
MA of Cm , la Feb 0 [ Spoilal Tolo
grim to inu ill e 1 Lxtonslvo ice deals
have boon mnuo hero during ttio past two
dajs A bt , Louis llnu will start a largo
packing establishment at Clear Lake and
w ill jo to vv irk nt once Tdo Hurllngton ,
Ctdni ltnplds & Nortnem railway has pur
chased the ice on the dam at Kock Full *
/llio enterprise will furnish work foi sov oral
hundred men ami tenuis
\ Cdit itTloltir Jillml
DciiUQUE , In , Feb 0 [ Spcalnl telegram
to 1 HE Htc J William Aloxifder arrested
on a charge of attempting to soil counterfeit
money in Uuchannn county , was examined
before United States Commissioner Hobbs
and held in $1 U00 bonds for trial , in default
of which ha was placed In juil Two ether
parties nrrrstcd wl li him were diseh need
Ho offered to s H $ J j00 of bojus money for
* I00
Din Aniicxnuo ilxts Won
Des Moinls la , Fob C [ Special folo
gram to 11 Ull 1 An informal vote on
the question of nnnexition wus taken in
North Dos Moines this nftcmoon and the
annexationists won l > i a vote of more than
two to ono This is tlio most popular suburb
of Dm Moines nnd is tbo ono where the
most opposition to annexation was ospectod
I or Vinlntln.1 tlio Itcvpiiuc li ivv '
Keoiuk , In , Fob 0-Special [ lol"grtm
to Tur Bef J George Sedgwick of 1 red
crick la , was examined before Com
missioner Leech today on the chaise of vie
lating the Iiitornal revenue laws Ho was
bound ever to the { rand Jury
the Hrlclc mill Xilo atal.or ?
Des Moines In Fob 0 Iho Iowa Brick
und Pile \ \ orkers' association closed its state
convention tonight J M Holing of Sfnn
wood was elected presldontand b Chaml"ers
of Dcs Moiucs secretary
II KlUULU VHKVPIjOSIOV
Throe Hundred Men IiunriHoiirU mid
I'iiltbl ) n Hundred llvesljost
London , Lob C Au rxplosion occurred
ted i > In a colliery at Abcrsychan in Mon
mouthshlro Ihrco hundred miners were
imprisoned nnd for several hours no commu
nicallon coula bo had with them An open
ing was finally effected and at noon 200 of
tbom were rescued A number of those
taken out were severely Injured Hescuing
parties are still searching for these remain
ing It is feared that it will bo impossible
rescue tbo minors who are still imprisoned
CJp to 4 o'clock tbls aftornoou forty ( load
bodies hnd boon taken from the mine Fiftj
minors are still Imprisoned It is not known
whether dead or olive rhoowuurs of the
colliery estimate 120 persons have lost thoii
lives by the explosion
Iho cause of the explosion wns the tlood
ing of tno pit adjacent to that lu which the
explosion occurred thus forcing tlicLUs into
the pit where work was in progress and
whore it was ijnitod The explosion had
tremendous force being heard a milo uway
I ho first party of rescuers orcanlzed on
doavored to | enutrato the pit tli rough the
old workings rhoj got fnr enough
to bo oblo to see gioups of dead
but they com 1 not reach them
and ivero compotlo 1 to retreat by suffocating
volumes of smoi e Upon the llrst anpeir-
aneo of diminution in thu volume ofsmoko
tbo rescuers went down the mnln shaft
1 hey roscuea u laro ( number of miners yet
nlivo , but all were badly burned , and they
brought out sixty dcau bodies nearly nil so
mutilated that lecognitlon of their identity
was Impossible
iho latest estlmato of the dead Is 150
IjiGKIPPF
An I.mlnent Scientists Keport on tlio
lltussinn Liiidonitc
Chicago , Fob 0 [ Spoclal Telegram to
Tnr Bee ] Dr Uauch of the Illinois state
boaid of boalth a scientist whoso reputation
is national , has Just submitted to the gov
ernor nn exhaustive report on the subject of
tbo Hussiar oildemlo Ho
says that the so
called Influenza was first recognized in
Boston on Decombcr 17 , roaehlng Chicago
abojt December 3 and has extended from
the Atlantic to the Pnclflo and as far south
as Mexico and Central America , practically
spreading over Lumpo and a largo portion
of North America within ninety davs extending -
tending ever a great area und with greater
rapidity tluir any epldomlo of which there is
record He expresses the belief that a care
ful study of thu history of the disease will
discover some communication mcideut to its
spread Carnfullj prepared tables of the ,
temperature and ralnf ill show tbo lnlluonco
of metooroIoMcal conditions upon tbo death
rate 1 rom the week ending December 28
to the week ending I ebruarv 1 , 1 203 deaths
in Chicago may bo attributed to this malady
Of those , 005 were under llvo years of ago u
number much greater proportionately than
n any ether cltj A cl03o cstimuto of tlio
moilalitj iu the northern states from the
disease of Influenza so far is jtv en as 10 00J
deaths '
FATAL TIGHT 1OUUIICH. .
A l'arsnn'M IteiunrLs I oad to the
Dentil or Two Sinn
CuAittoTTE , N C , Fob 0 iSpecial Telegram
gram to Tub Hee J During sort ices in a 1
Virginia country church , about thlrtv miles 1
from Sparta , N C , last faundaj , Ilev
Joseph M Strooko , during the course of bis
remarks , soldi ' There is a man In this con
grcgatlon who Is so moan and unfaithful to 1
his vvlfo that It is a wonder God docs not l
rain Uro and brimstone upon his head nnd I
consuuio bun "
The preaehor pointed bis flngor to Thomas 1
Coleman , who occuplod n seat near the pul
pit aud as he did so thut individual Jumped I
to his feet to
inciuiro if the
parson meant to 1
bo personal in his
remarks No sooner was ,
Coleman on his foot than half a dozen dea
cons were up demaudlug that ho sit I
dow n Lverything was In an uproar and an ,
attempt was made to eject Coleman Cow
man resisted aud seUint , a stick of wood I
Wing neur thu stove ho begun to wield it I
hard una fast knocking four
mon to the j
floor and fatally wounding Joremlah For
guson Ono man wrenched the club fiooi 1
Coleman and dealt him a deadly blow across
the head Ho then walked out of the ,
church and has not been seen since I he
riot lasted some time and was participated I
in by many of tuo congregation who used '
clubs as weapons Coleman nnd t crguion 1
wore killed und thrco ethers sovortiy In "
jured
JTlio I ire Reonrcl
New Yohu , Fob 0 riro in the matting
factory of Joscp U tide X Co , in Brooklyn ,
last night , did about I15J 000 damage , loss
covered by insurance
YtiLhEsuiuiir Pa , Fob 0 The flro in
the Pettebone shaft , by which four men ,
wore ueilously burned yesterday , Is spread
ing , and the shaft has been sealed up
TliESOinilWESrERNDELUCE '
OroRon nnd Washington Visltod by
Unprcocdsntcd Floods
PORTLAND PARTLY UNDERWATER
The Principal Uuslnesi btrr-et it Hi -
I114 Itlvcr nnd Nnvliinl'on In Hunts
llcndcred Dniicerous Uu-
iiiniRnDIo Itnliis
Cnntrd Iit • • novv nnd Itnln
routUMi , Ore , Feb 0 The Wllla
mctto river nt this city is higher
lhaii It has been since the great flood of
1S01 llio rho wn * caused by the
unusually henvj rains and the melt
ing snow lu the mountains lu this
city nil the merchants along the water ft out
and for two streets back from the river have
bccn\bniolltU to suspend business nnd
move their stocks to higher places Iho
water robe so rapidly tint mnnv ot them
were unnblo to move their goods out and in
consequence houvj dumnges will bo the re
suit Iho only means ot travel 011 liont
street the principal wholesale street , is by
bouts
Throughout the Will imotto vullev henvy
losses are reported Man ) bridges have
boon washed uwav and a larco nmount ot
grain stored in warehouses along the river
rulnod Iho wagon brldgo neross the Willu
motto river atbalom was swept nwav Mon
duv night The structure wis about onu
thousind feet long It cost in the neigh
borhood of 7 > U0) ) J < o less than
10 000.000-5iw logs h ivo been Bwept dowu
the Wllluinutto an 1 Columbia rivers iu the
last few divs Largo ( junutltlQA of sawed
lumber nnd 11 number of s wv mills on the
river hnv o also been c irrie I uvvnj
1 ho ltu ition on the bouthcrn Pa
cillc between here and California
remains virtually unchanged All com
mumcation south und east of hero
h is been rut oil for live davs and no trains
nro arriving over the southern Paelllj or
thu Union Pacific It W im | ossiblo to tlosel\
estimate the damage ut present , hut It will
probiblj reach ssiJOOOO The rain has
eeised throughout the Wilhimctto vallej
but the river nt this point
is still 011 the ilso Koports
from the south statu that tt 0 rivoi has been
fulling since noon lhu water is rushing
through Front nnd First streets rnpidlv una
this makes navigation bv means of Loats
dangerous M mj of the sidovv alks uro float
ing and several nceiients have oc
currcd Dj pedestiians falll lg through holes
In the sldov alks Die On gouiau
and the holograph wore compelled to tnt vo
their business olllces further back from the
rivei this evening thcie being at prcs nt
sovcril feet of w iter ou the llrst floor The
editor ! d 100ms which uro on tno secot d
ilooi nro reached by boats
Great anxlutv is felt for the two bridges
which span tlio nvnr at this point
Iho Morrison street bndgo is llablo to bo
swept iwnj nnd In taso thli bndgo is enr
no 1 down stream against the steel bridge of
the Union Puclllc the lnttci is almost certa'n '
to go J ho Associated press reporter in
order to llio nis dispatches is compelled to
wade through water thrco feet deep
A dispatch from McMiunvlUa , Ore ,
states that the town of Wheatland has been
almost swept awaj much stock drowned
uud u larco amount of grain destroyed
llid Latest I'artloul ir *
Poiitlami Ore , lob 0 Tbo water od
pnrontlv is at n stand still this afternoon
but is still up to the waist in front of the
1'i.clfic postal teleg-aph oflico
Iho water reached its highest point ,
t.vcnty eight feet and four incnes , al 0
o'clock this morning Since then It has
fallen four inches in the channel This is
the highest water in the history of the city
llio water falls slovvlv in the streets nnd is
not perceptibly lower but is running through
the streets with a less rapid current
aud is frco from hcavv driftwood in iho
cnanncl 1 he bridges uro bolloved to bo
safe and there is no evidence of any serious
damage to buildings llio only loss in tbo
business district will bo from the piescncE
of water on thu ground floors of buildings
which will be trifling Hcports from points
on Willumetto river inuicato that the river
is falling very rapidly 1 he detailed report
of the dnmugo will bo slow to como in on ae
count of iho intorruptiou to telegraph com
munifation The most serious loss
will bo the destruction of bridges
which seem to huvo been swept
away everywhere The largest towns in the
vtlloy are well above high water and only
small and unimportant buildings huvo been
carried away I He interruption to trnvol
still continues but the Oregon Itallroad & ,
Navigation company has established steamer
service to Cascade locks , above which the
trains are running Between Cuscado locks
and here there is a succession of laud slides
cntlrolv obliterating the track in some places
lbo bouthcrn P icillo sent out a train on tbo
branch line west of there , but it got no
further than McMlnnviUe fifty miles from
hero No trains have been sent out on the
mainline Iho Northum Pacific Is running
to luconia and is carrying tbo mails It is
expected the railroad blockade to Cascade
locks will continue soma days uud that between
tween here und bun Fr incisco for weeks as
the track and road have been ontiiely do
sttoyed for a considerable distance
fhomcagro ndviccs from Ashland state
that the bouthorn 1'ucllln railroad brldgo
across the Umpqua river has been washed
out und thut in Cow Creek canjon the rail
road truck has been v irtuully wiped out
Muny Btnallcr railroad bildecs between hero
nnd Ashland are washed away and the com
puny does not attempt to send out trains
On the west side of the WllUmetto river
trulns are running ns far a * McMlnnvilto
Iho Union Pacific is blockndod bv heavy
slides between this city und Dallas , and no
trains 111 a expected to bo running for sov
eial days The Northern Pacluc Is still
running
At Salem Blxtv houses bavo boon svvopt
nwav und many persons driven from their
homes , though , bo far us known , no lives
have been lost Along the river bottoms
considerable live stock was drowned and
largo quantities of grain and hay destroyed
Uemiirnllzuil Joleuruph lines
Chicago , Teb 0 Advlcos via the
Western Uniotrtolcgragh company from the
far northwest indicuto Llttlo Improvement in
the telegraphic situation there After tbo
wires bad been broken down by the snow
slides on tbo regular route to Portland , the
company managed to got a wire through to
Tucoma over the Cuscado division of the
Northern Pacific railroad and tbenco down
to Portland Ibis held up only a short tune
and reports this morning are to
the effect that a ho ivy windstorm
on the Cascade divison blew
down many large plno trees , broaklngtlo
wires aud disorganizing the s ivico lbo
flood in tha Wllluuiotto river at Portlaud
also carried away the cable ot the company ,
which was laid across It , making the break
in connection still more serious
1 ho general manager of the Northern Pa
cific railroad telegraphs to the Assoc lated
press from lucomn , Wash , stntmg that the
report thut the Northern Paclllu is in trouble
is absolutely untrue Iho road , including
all its branches , is open and all trains are
moving
bnovv Hlorni in Kansas
Kansas Cur , Mo , Fob 0 Au Associated
piess dispatch front Oakloy , Kan , says a
heavy snow storm is la progress throughout
the entire western portion of the state bo
far travel has not been dolavcd
Still in a Muddle
Auunt , N. Y , Feb 0. rho vote by
whii'h the worlds fair bill was lost yestor
duy was today , by unanimous consent , re
considered In the senate and passed
When the assembly worlds ' fair bill was
received iu tbo assamblv from the sonata as
amendo ) , a motion was earrlol to uon
concur In the senate umoadments and a con
ference committee was appointed
HiinilMVN ON'rilfc ' , 8T.AM )
llio Scnntnr Totlll s IloTdro tlio Ital-
1 itt Box ttmnniftjot
\ \ isntNOTOV , Fcd 0 TI16 hiujo committee
too on the ballot box * forgery this morning
called bontitor John bhermnri us the first
witness Ha wns shown LxhlbU ' A" nnd
dcrlarcd that ho had nev ot signed It He saw
{ It first when tt was jont to him in November
vomber b ) HnUtcul Iho signature
wn a copy of his rubier frmltlngstampand
J not an Imitation of his slgi uluro Witness
never heard or know of the ballot box con
tract ! and never hoar 1 At the Campbell bill
before Governor IdrnkorB Music hall
Bueceh 1 ,
Bellumj Storor , a lawyer of Cinelunntl ,
was then put on the stand •
His tostlmonj wns-unlinportnnt nnd when
ho ] stepped down Fditor Itnlstead of the
Cincinnati Commercial Gizetto took the
stsnd , Mr Hnlstcad was examine 1 nt
great j length Ho returned from abroad In
August Ho talked over campaign mnttors
with 1 oral er nnd thov discu'sol what
should j bo put Into the campaign ncnlnst
Cnmpoll Ono mutter wus his ( Cninnhell's )
vote for special cars foi1 coloicd pcoplo ( Jim
crow ! cars ) Another wis the biewoo
trust lhu governor sold ho had In
formation of Cimpballs connection with
the Hnll Wood ballot box , that there was a
contract which bo expected to get which
would bo nn Important fenturo of thu cum
pnign 1 hat \ \ oed had promised to furnish
It witness didn't ' know On Sotuoinbcr 14
on the train at bprlnilcld Governor Forvker
told Halstead ho had the p mer that it hud
como right out of John McLean's safe
Foraker said the piper had shocked him It
was moru than ho wanted , th it there were
names on It witness would not print und
that ho ( Foraker ) could do nothing with It
HoBbowoltho piper to witness lhu bill
nppeurod to be mtin latory that TO 000 patent
ballot boxes should bo purchased at5
each Witness did not sea nn )
room for questioning tlio genuineness
ot the papsi Ho told tornkor It
was necessirj vo use the nnpT or a part of
it , nnd thut ho felt so qxisporated at the
idea that Shermin Buttorworth nnd Me
Kmley were jolng la with John McLean in
sucti n m ittcr that he fclttcinpicd to explode
it under them It w is something nn ro than
pollcj almost n public dut ) but Campbell
was the enl ) ono before the people as 11 can
dldnto fm public offlco and thercforo It
might bo prot or to use onlj his name An
other reason for cutting off nil thu names
but Cimpbolls wns that Sunset Cox whoso
1111110 w 11s among the forgeries hnd Just died
and witness felt contldent of the genuine
ness of his signature
Halstead s theorj of the Torgcrv is that it
was never intended or" expected to hurt any
bodv llio motlvo origin ill was Wood s
extreme anxiety to get tbo suioko inspector
ship It was preposterous to suppose thnt
Governor I orakor thought there w is an )
thing fraudulent about it flicro was a
cloud of witnesses ahd the lawyer who
uiew uo the cortract Witness wondered
now that thej did not come down nnd donj
it the day after publication Undoubtedly
Wood put benntor bherman s name on it to
muko it impossible for ifo'ukcr to U90 the
paper After publications wns staggorei
1
to see Senator Sherman's declaration mat
ttio paper was a lie but ho assumed that
bhermun was oxtrcmetyjUnlikely to have
signed the paper Knowing what it was
lliirtv jcurs ago Sherman loot tlio apeak
erslnp bv signing in that ! way the com
pendium of the helper book "
Mr Halstead placed at/lbo / disposal of the
committee his private Jotters to Governor
Forolcer and said some Of ! thorn were con
cluslvo ovideuco that both himself nnd
Fornker were convinced ofjtho soundness of
the paper , ,
Mr Cogsvj ell asked vjhy y'tness did not
vcrlfv the character qf Thu ' Tiupor bv Snei
man und liutterwortbi Ho replied that Bpt
torworth was not in tfo.c < Ktntrj or had 5ds $
returned Sherman avas in Washington
Ho recalled the saying that 3 ou could gat n
member of congress to slgfi p petition to get
himself hanged It was not pleasant to put
n flngor on a sore spot like thnt , it was not
his particular part to go scratching at it Just
then Iho publication was forced bv cir
cumstances bovond his control , so ho did not
consult the signers Ho admitted that they
• could not driw out Campbell ns they tried
to do 'iho fnct is'said ' he , ' bo turned
out a moro difficult person than wo thought "
Turner Then if the governor had sue
ceedoa in getting Cnmpbell Into a corner you
woul 1 stand ut the bead of tbo cannon and I
touch It off I
Halstead No sir , I did not Intend to
stnnd at the head of the cannon but I got ,
there ( great laughter ) Continuing , Hnl
stead said there w is supposed to bo some ,
feeling between bonator bhormun and Governor
ornor Foraker growing out of events at the 1
Chicago convention Ohio contained moro 1
than bor shuro distinguished men ,
nnd there was necc'sscrily friction !
where they were so crowded rho delicate
relations existing between Sherman and 1
borikor maoo it highly inexpedient to nllow
a paper to get out through Foraker s ngenev
that reflected on tbo senator It would have
been fatal to the part ) . Witness had not relied
lied on Woods word regarding the paper
but was guided by the Internal evidence of
the paper a document ffor beyond Woods
ability to produce He bnliovcd from the
beginning that Foraker hud been fooled as
bo himself was Witness never contemplated
plated uny ilvnlry for afecnaturshlp between
hlnibulf , McKinley and Butterworth Ha
had known of great calamities befalling pub
lie men aud believed if these men bad signed
that paper they should bo struck down Ad
journcd
LL1T THE STATE
Montana's Democratic Sonntora Fly
from 1 ho Berccitlit-nt Arms
Helena , Mont , Feb ( 6 After the nd
Journmcntof the senate yesterday tbo eight
domocrutla senators , incensed nt the ruling
01 Lioutonnat Governor Rlckards In count
ing thorn present , took trains iu different
directions They suid they were going nov -
v end tbo state line to got out of the re ich of
the sergeant nt arms Their continued absence
senco will block all legislation
An Important Amcndmnnt
Washinqtov , Fob 0 The uouso com
mittee on rules this'morning amauded tbo
code to correspond to tha action of the re
publican caucus jestordsV afternoon Ono
of tbo umondmonts which was overlooked In
the abstract sent out lait nlclit Is of Import
ance , as it striken out of j tlio now code the
authority conferred updocommittees report
ing general appropriation hills to pro
sesent new legislation upon appro
priation bills It 1b learned that
tins action wus directed by the republi
can caucus yestorduy pnlv after a hitter
tignt , in which Cannoarand McKinley were
overcome by the opposihpn under the lead
of Pason As ainenddditho rule Is in the
exact shape of the corresponding rule in the
preceding house '
.
NoinitintfuiiB
Washinqtov , Feb 0 Tbo president today
sent the following nominations to the senate
Paris Kllbourno to bo surveyor of customs
at San Francisco , Alauson W. Board , col
lector of customs for tbe district .of Boston
and Charlestovvn , Mass ' Postmasters Iowa
Omar II Brooks Lailo ; Orovo , William
II Hirdiull tvowhampton Supervisors of
customs , Illinois Hmil Schmidt , bevonth
district , Nurmuu II Mbss , I ightUyllstrltl
Iowa John W , Itowlqj , F rst district [
Tim Plot/frl reived
Soma , Tob 0.It Is now proved that
Major Pamtza bad all things prepared for
surrounding the palace * during tbo ball bat
urday , and tbe plot was to kill Prluco t crdl-
naud ut that tlmo
Vienna , Feb 0. ICalopkoff , a merchant of
Uustchuk and lormarly 0 Russian otneer ,
was arrested for complicity la the Panltra
conspiracy Ho is believed to bo the agent
through whom the Kussian legation in
Bucharest acted with tbe conspirators
m
Halniiiannea Kerliinnly III
Hav ana , Fob tX Governor General Sala
inuuaca is seriously ill
THE SENATES ' DISCOVERY )
That August Body B003 Flitws In
the Intoratato Law
SOLICITUDE FOR RAILROADS
Xho Wlicolq nl ctnto 1 tun n ; Again
ns Usual In Washington Hnll-
wny Mnlt Sr-ralco U\-
nininatlino
Washington Huium' IiikOmahv Hrr , 1
G13 FotiiTrrNTit bTUEUT V
Wasuimjtoy DC leb 0 1
There was a geol ncil of tnllc nround the
capltol todnv about thu resolution introduced
vestcrdav bv bcnnloi Puldock inquiring
into tha oporntlon of the long nnd short haul
clause In the lntorstnto coaimareo law with
nvlow to npcnllng it unless It can bo so
modillcd as to permit rallro 11 companies to
make reductions in the rates for long dis
tances Llie statement of Governor lhuor
thnt the formers of Nubriska nro burning
corn bi cause the rallrou 1 companies will not
glvo reasonable rates fbr shipping it ou 11c
count of the long distnnco clause in the In
toratato commoico luw , nnd that coil Is verv
high for the same ru ison , let a flood of new
light upon congress Hverj western man
be irs testimony to the fact thut the long and
short haul clause In the law brings lowc-
rutes to no one , while it 01 crates in mere ts
ing the rates to cv crybodj There is not 11
public inau in Washington that joureorro
8D011 lent could Hnd today who did not con
tend thut there is but ono feature in the law
which is tojho advantage ol * hn people at
huge That is the provision unlnst ills
criminntlou flicro Is u general uprising of
sontiiront against the Interstate conmcrco
luw with the exception of the nntl discrlml
nation clause Iho nnr ounccn cut of Gov-
ornot Ili3)er has dlieetcd 1 tteutlon
to the fact th it all the rail
road comianles have incrcuscd the
long distance rates for the purpose of keep
lag up to a paving poln „ short huul or locil
truffle Lbo provision in the law rorjuirmg
the local rates to not exceed the proportion
of the long dlstinco tarilf acts agulnst a ro
diction of cither the long or short haul
t triff because 0110 must bo reduced proportionately
tionately when tlio othei goes down
SemtorFrv of Mamo said to lav tint
if there should be a fuithor nso in the long
huul rates of the great trunk lines for the
purpose of maintaining profitable short haul
rntes or nnj thing clso our export tralo would
Lo rulne I and that the traflle rates from the
far west vvero ulroady so higb th it the ex
port trade und \r the lntorstnto commerce
law was being badly crippled
Senator Cullom wlio Is the nuthor of the
princq al features in the tutotstuto com
mereo law says ho thinks the Paddock reso
lutlon will bring about an investigation ro
suiting in the repeal of the long and short
h ml clause of the law Ho cannot see how
the law can bo amended so as to permit a
reduction of the long haul rates without
nullifying the short haul clause The ono ,
bo s.i ) b must bo muiutainc 1 in order to
keep the ether , und the only remedv ho can
BUggest at tills tittio Is an entire repeal of
the long and short haul clause
TUB 0II1ND AGAIN
f Business at the whlto house and at thq
department of stale , which has been prac
tically at a standstill for Several days because
cause of the fatalities in the families of the
administration was resumed this morning
and is poing' on ns usual
Mr Ulaiiio did not go to the department
but ho bow several of the foreign ministers
at tan house nnd w is nt work there from
breakfast till dinner tlmo with his assistants
and pnvato secretaries trying to catch up
with bis work , which nas been so seriously
interrupted for the last t vo weeks Ho goes
into his duties with his accustomed zeal and
seems to have laid his grief aside Not bo
with beerctarv Tracy Iho latter has been
lying quietly in ono of the front rooms of the
White house since tbo funeral jesterdnj
only talking with bis son who is hU con
stant companion and the only real comforter
he finds Ha nas nnl ) left it to take a short
drive with the president this uftornoon
Mrs Wllmordlng is still prostrated so that
she can reeciv o no visitors and her brother
w is permitted to remain in her room but a
moment this mnri iug which was the first
tlmo ho has boon able to sue her since tbo
awful calamity Iter arm Is broken und her
ankle sprained iho little girl is getting
hotter rnpkilj
MAIL SrilV ICE EXAMIVATIONS
General Superintendent Boll announces
that examinations of applicants for positions
in the railway mail servlco will bo bold by
the United St ttos clyil bcrvlco commission
at the following places oh the dates named
Nebraska Omaha , Friday , April 23 , *
and Tuesday , November IS Iowa Des
Moines lUcsduy , April 29 nnd Tridoy ,
November South Dakota Yankton ,
1 uesduy , April 22 , Aberdeen , Friday ,
November 14 Idaho Boise Tuesday , Juno
10 Wjomlng Cheyenne , Fndaj Jmio )3- )
HLCOMMEN-DEI ) FOIl Al 1 OINTMENT
Tbo Nebraska delegation in congress has
recommended the appointment of the fnl
lowing to take tbo mortgage indebtedness
in tbo X bird d strict of Nebriska for the
eleventh censjs William II Putney of Oak
da'o ' Arthur W S mires of Broken Bow
Honri W Mntthoivsof Atkinson William
C Brett of St Paul , Augustus Wlelgockl of
Cbadion The rccomraunlution Is cquiva
lent to appointment Itcprosontutivo Council
will bo entitled to two of three appointments
for his district aud Mr Laws will
likely have the sino number for the Second
district , but they have not yet recomuu uaed
any appointments For the information of
these who desire to apply for work us
enumerators it may well bo stuted that tbo
addresses of tne district supervisors for tbo
census work , and to whom all applications
for positions as enumerators should bo dl
rccted are lor tbo lhlrd cougicssional
district , B F btouffei , Fremont , Neb for
the Scuoud district , W b Handull Fuir
bur ) . for the First district , Thomas Cook ,
Lincoln
MISCEII ANEOCS
Hon W. II M Pussey of Council Bluffs
and W. N Haskell of Oskaloosa arc at the
Lbbett
Representative Harris of Iowa has re
ported from the committee oa accounts a bill
which gives each representative end lele
gate the right to appoint u clerk to bo paid
at the rate ot f 100 a month
John Beck , Company C Twelfth Infantry ,
now in coniinoment at I ort Omaha , win bo
discharged I rom tbe servlco of the United
btates , to date November 7 , 1887
J 11 W'lswoll was toaay appointed post
master at Palmer , Devils Lake county ,
bouth Dakota vice G W bhuffer , removed
Ben Hovnulds of Wymorc , Neb , is here
Following uro the delegates to the Na
tional Guard association in session here
Nebraska Goncral John C Bonncll , treas
urer , General A V Cole adjutant general ,
Colonel O II Phillips 1 rut ro0iuiout , Lieu
tenant Colonel C J Hills , Second regiment ,
Major J. C Watson
General F Flick of Omaha u * o bo the
superintendent of mortgage indebtedness for
Nebraska iu the taking of the eleventh
consuii
The flro marshal today subailtted to Chief
Parrish his report on the lira at becrenry
Tracy's house , It Is his opinion that the lire
originated from tbo explosion of a coal oil
la np in ono of the bay windows
Iho seualo committee on commerce today
unanimously voted to report udycrsch Mo
Mlllan's bill authorizing tha construction bf
abridge ncrois the river at Detroit
benator Kragun made an argument In
favor of a scheme to spend $0 000 UOO in mail
ing a deep water harbor at Galveston A
subfcowinilteo was appointed to draft a bill
and report to the full committee
lowu Gcuoral Bvron A Beorou , adjutant
general , Captain W. L Alexander , United
States ArmJ - uionol Goo Green , First regt
montLieutenant Colonel W M Wilson , lifth
regiment , Major I M Morey , Sixth regl
ment , Captain II C bponcer , \ Third rogi-
niunt , Lieutenant W. G Dawes , adjutant
First rcglmont Pniitu b Hlath
COMJHLbSH U lMtOLiiiH\CJ.S :
I In Now I'o r Itules Ordered
Pi lull d mil Kcumtinlttuil
Washinoton , Fob 0 In the house today
nftcr the usual tactics of ttio democrats the
Journal of jesterdnj was upprovcl
Mr Cannon of Illinois ro | ortcd the now
code ofulcs nnd It was ordered printed nnd
recommitted
Iho scnuto direct tax bill was tail before
the house and referred to ttio committee on
Judiciary
llio comtultlco on Invalid pensions this
afternoon reported hick the senntc disability
poislon bill with n substitute tnnking the
rntoof tot U disability $ ? Jpormonth and p r
till illsibllltv S)0 per month lhu bill was
amondo 1 uu 1 passed
llio bill for the relief of the survivors of
the b imoan disaster also p issod
Mr larsnov of Missouri offered n resolu
tlon reciting that it is charged that mniij
hundred InilHIdu lis li wo entered Oklahoma
in violation nf the net of congress nnd tha
proclamation of the prosldont nnd directing
the s | o ikur to appoint n sch et committee to
lnvcslignta the muter Hefonod
llio following bills were introduced nnd
reforro1
Bv Mr Willlnms of lllliinls-Dlrcetiug the
scctctuy of the tteisurv to pureh iso at tlio
mtirket price s-I.OOO 00J worth ot silor bulW
ion per month uud have it coined ns fast as
purchased into standnrl silver doll us
B ) Mr Hiius of Iowa lor the erection
of n miblIo hiiildliie' at Muse itino la
13v Mr Stonu To plaeo bin ier twine made
from sis il grass or m null i ou the free list
Bv Mr Djrsoy Authorizing tbo Issue of
SJIM000O00 llfty vou 2 per cent United
btates bon Is to bo used oxcluslvulv for the
purioso of sccuiing the circulation of uu
tlonal b inking associations
* Mr Hnes from the commlttcoonneeounts
ropoitcd u bill providing clerks for monitors
and dulegites Printed mi t recommitted
Mr Perkins reported from the eomniittco
on Indian alTiirs uud the house p isscd after
nslioit discussion the bill uxtuulitig two
voars tbo tlmo within which the KnnsaHUitv
.1 Pacific railroad company ma ) constiuet
its line through tbo Iudl m terrltor )
Adjourned
Senate
Washington , Feb 0 In the senate today
the hill authorizing the constiuctiou of a
bridge across the Detroit rWt r at Datrolt
wisroportel b ick adversely from the com
mlttco on commerce
On motion of Mr Allison the senate bill to
nmend and alter the a t of August 0 , lSiH
authorising the construction of a railroad
vv igon ind fool passenger bi ido across the
Mississippi river at Burlington la , wis
t ikeu from thu cilond ir and pissed It extends
tends for two car from the passage of
this act the tlmo for beginning tin I flnishin „
the bridge and makes other chungc3 In the
origi ml hill
Mr H trris moved that when the senate
uljourned today L ba until Mondav
Agreed to
1 ho sen lto then took up the bill to prov I lo
temporary govci niiient for Oklahoma an 1
the clerk continued the roadlig of the bill ,
which hud been begun vestcrdav
At 2 o clod the Oklahoma bill went ever
and Mr Blair took thu floor to contlnuo his
speech on the educational hill Mr Bl ilr
however yielded to Mr Spoonor on whoso
motion tbe house Joint resolution anpionrl
uting ? 75 000 for the rcllof of certain Clilp
pciTB"Jndiaus nt La Point agency , Wisoon *
Bin , was taken up and passed
llio educational bin was then taken up
and Mr Blair ru3Jmcd his space I In its ad
vocacy After speaking for two hours Mr
Biair yielded the floor , lntoading to coiicludo
his speech Monday
The conference report on the sennto Joint
resolution for the removal nf obstructions to
navigation In the Missouri river was presented
sontod nnd ncrocd to llio house amcrd
ment reducing tlio amount trom (2,0 000 to
$ " 5000 and inserting a provision foi S7 > 000
for improvements at the mouth ot tbo Co
lumbla river was ndopted
After an executive session the Benato ad
JournaJ
1HC PATHS AGUNST Hlil
A Talented Mil l Dim H'foro Ijsurii-
Ina ol ills Good I ort line
WititrsnAitiiE Pa , Fob C fSpjclal Tolo
grain to Tnu Bee ] Asad ircidont of the
Nottingham mtno explosion at Plymouth laat
Saturday has como to light iu connection
with the death of Paul S Scholtz one of thu i
victims Ho wus a highly educated Gorman
mechanical engineer , but reduced hy misfor
tune to tbe necessity ot working as a la
borer He recently entered into a compcti
tivo conte.t In tbe engineering department
at Washington V C , for plans of a government
mont light house twenty Iho ether archi
tccts submitted designs His plaus were ex
ecuted during his idle hours and after nionlbB ,
of study were accepted by tbo government
u few weeks ngo Iho government officials ,
also addressed him a letter at bhonnudoah
Pa , offering him a position at f 1-0 par month ,
to superintend the construction of the build
Ing bo designed lbo letter was miscarried I
and ; necessity compelled blm to como to ,
Plymouth where ha procured work , only to ,
lose his life bv the acaidont before learning
of his good fortuuo lbo deceased was a
wldovvor and has a young sou living with ,
rclatlvos In Freoburg Germany ,
American Milnplnu Loaijao .
Washington , Feb 0 There was a good
attendance at the mooting of thu American
Shipping league this morning The report
ot tha committee on resolutions was adopted
The Furqulinr b 11 to piomote American ship
jilng by government aid was endorsed Ad
ditional resolutions urge congress to tnako
immediate provision for sonboard and luke
defenses , hall with gratification tbo acts of
congress for rebuilding tbo American navy ,
recommend adoquaie provision foi the im
provement of the harbors aud rivers of tbo
whole country concurrently with the restor
ation and development of our ocean com
marco so that all sections anu states ot the
republic shall participate Iho United btates
mails ougnt to bo can led in American ships
under our own Hag as soon as pruotlcablo
consistently with the certainty and celerity
of the service , and the government should
paj n Just compensation for this service ro
gurdless of the price at which other nations
are willing to provide similar service
It < v. nails Iilhel Suit
Buffalo , N V , Feb 0 I'lioovidonce In
the libel suit of Rev Ur Ball for $25,000
damages against the Now York Hvoning
Post , crowing out of the presidential cum
palgn of 1SSI , was closed today and counsel
begun the summing up
Ball had uttackod Cleveland s personal
character publicly , and the I veiling Post
paid its respects to Ball for having done so
John G Mllburn , for thu defeusu , said it
was to bo regretted that the old feelings of
IbSI wore to be raked ever by this minister
in his greed for money The action was
brought for defamation of character to got
money , when it appeared the plaintiff liae"
not suffered at all in either character *
purse * What aa opportunity foi a minis
to bo gracious and say that as the camp <
was passed bo would lot the matter ( '
But no ho must dlag It Into court undfpG
up things pilnful to manv A w"1 '
snould not preach the gospel ono dai5 ? w * "
week and pluy the pari of tbo deterf -
other six " '
. ' ttornoy Mooet for thq prosocutr- * > -
hls speech this afternoon
m
Tlio WontlierFnicutMinirn
For Onaha nnd vicinity , tM ; " *
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' )
For Nebraska Colder .
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winds , fair weather JTK
Fpr Iowa , Fair , warmer < " ' " •
colder Saturday morning , varl , ,
tor bouth Dakota , Fair ex/'u /
In eastern portion by I'SU'iinU '
north westerly wind * . Hull *
A WORTHLESS CONCESSION ,
The Itoruls Mttko ft Ton Per Con6
Cut in Com UrttoD
ANXIETY FOR THE FARMER ,
Omgcrl ) Fcnr Thnt This Iinnjj Htnnt-
Ing Gnsli In lolls Mill bo Ills
tiRtrotiH to ihc Setirns.cn
Grnnu < r.
Ii ! > n < Tlinn tlntdlinnf
Cittcioo , lob 0 ibpeehl lolc-rvm to
The Bi i ] llio Nobrnska hoird of inns
portntton has won nnd the Nebraska roads
ngninst their hotter Judgment will rcluco
the corn rates 10 not ceut
1 his action w as taken enl ) after tw o d y s
of conference nnd Is owing ontirolv to the
pctsistcncoof the board of trans ] ort \tion
'lne following resolution was passe 1 uuani
mousl ) by nil lines Interosto 1
Wbcieas A careful oonsl loratloa of the
situation shows that the market prlco ot
corn has boon seriously dcpiessud bv the
deliveries of the p tat few months from tbo
largo crop of lSs much of which Is still to
como forward ind that any stlimil illou of
tho'movomont would probibly result In a
further depression of the prlco iu 1
Whereas , Iho duty of the roals to thu
public along their lines voild requlru them
to oppose any measure the tendenev of
which will ho to further depress tbo market
prlco of corn , and ,
Where is , A reduction of the rates Is now
requested upon n falling marl ot uu I in the
presence of a v Isiblo suppl ) luigclv lu execs
of immediate demands which lcqucst the
rends bollcvo to bo hi opposition to the true
Intoicsts of pro Inters but under circum
stances vhlcli relieve the eirrlers from ro
spouslbility for results aud which lead thorn
to ucec ) t the situ Uion in the hope th it the
nrrungcmi nt ma ) to some oxlcut benefit the
farmers of Nebriski
ltcsnlvcd Ih u the Nebraska ro ids will
unite in u rcduetli n of the tariff rates on
corn from points in Nebi iska to Chicago of
10 per cunt fro n the present figures suojuct
to n minimum of J.I cunts and n maximum of
-j cents per bundled witli thu established
differentials at othoi | olutsiu idjustlugthu
tariffs rutus to bo midu even cents an 1 h lit
cunts the new tariffs lo become operutlvu
Iehru irv 15
• • iho effect of thu airrcoaiaat U to loava the
rates from O n ih i and other pi ices having
thu same bisls uifluugol Points In the
western pirt of the statu saeiiro the roduc
tiou What Governor ihivoi uskod for wis
iiructleally u liorirontil reduction for tbo
whole 81 Uo llio rallro il offtcl lis elul n
they * could tint do this without disrupting
the tarilf rales cast ot the Missouri river
The llullet is Im onsi qui litInt
Lincoin Neb , leb 0 [ Speclil iolo
gram to Iiie Beu | When lufoimod of the
result of the confeienco between the stuto
board of transpoilutinu and the railway
malingers ut thu meeting lu Chicago Just
closed which contemplates a reduction of 10
per eont only on freight shipments of corn ,
Governor lhjvcr said
'I do not want to criticiso tbo action ot
tbo board < ft transportation In compromising
on n 10 per cent reduction , but of course
they did tbo best they could , y6t it will af
ford very llttlo relief to our state , uud I
know it will not satisfy the pcoplo I asked
for a reduction of ut least 5 cents and that
was little enough and tbo ro ids should have
griutcd it leu per cent Is not enough
At best it can be but a llttlo
over u cent a buBhc1 and what is that to thu
f irmorei It is not worth the effort wo have
expended Few furmors will have moro
than a thousand bushels to soil and they
willhardl ) roallzo that the ) have had uny
benefits I sav again thut the rouls should
have uono honor by out people "
Attorney General Locscsaid ' Under the
present circumstances the reduction Bhould
huvo been at lpast 10cents on the hlimited
pounds A less reduction will not benefit
tlio people ot the state to an ) pcrceptlblo ex
tent Prior to the passage of the intoratato
commerce law ttio actual cash received b ,
tlio railroad companies was 14 and II ) cents per
1U0 and there Is no good reasou why the
roads should not haul corn ut the sumo ratts
today , lhls was their prlco for several
years , und the roads made mono ) and the
only reason that tha rate was increased
when the law look effect was to guard
agulnst any danger by the enforcement of
the now luw In the present condition of
the corn crop It seems to mo that the roads
ought to restore to the people a small portion
so unjustly taken from them Com should
bo shipped to Chicago for tha next sixty
days at a rate not to exceed U cants
per hundred I would bo ashamed to comeback
back to the pcoplo of Nebraska and face an
outraged constituency with llio reduction
agreed upon 10 per cent per hundred This
is only 2 cents par hundred , or a f ruction
ovora penny a bushel "
J Burrows , ox prosldont of the National
Farmers alliance , aud editor of tbe Farmers
Alliance , a news | uper published in this city ,
said "A 10 per ceut reduction will afford
no relief to the fanners of this stuto It
should at least bavo boon 10 and ought to
huvo been 1 > cents as aa emergency rate
My proposition is thut the board sti ill fix a
local rule on al ) kinds ot grain and stuck und
then appeal to the interstate commerce com
mission for Justleo on a through rate Wo
uro now paying 2 coots per hundred moro ou
corn to Chleico , Oil miles , than from Chicago
to Now York , 1,000 miles J. tie loads by this
combination arc continuous lines to the Boa
, board and tms discrimination is palpable
uud outrageous "
No Cabal hnya Cnhln
CmcAOo Fob 0 President Cable of the
Rock Island was quostiouod in regard to the
story in the morning papers which declared
that the stock of that road was being do
urossed by order of its ofucorti so as to lot the
projectors of the elevated railroad , which is
to bo used for the suburban passenger trnulu
of thu Uock Island , got into the city at low
ilgurcs Ho said It wus not true as ulloged
th it tbo officers ot the roud were engage I in
such manipulation and It was ul o untrue
that au elovatnd rrv ubovo Its tracks was
in contemplation U >
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have tur , Itouto from Of'0" ' "ow t0 fustor
passoni Illuffsf'18119 Cltv line has
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