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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1890)
H \ NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA FRIDAY MORNINb , EEBRUAEY 7 > 1890. . NUMBER 228. | { MUST HAVE THE SPEAKER , BB B ) | BB Iowa Hopub' .tcans Wilt Oompromlso f H on No Other Basis IBB BBJ IBB THEDEMOCRATSAREWEAKENINQ MM I jBBJ An Kx-Prcnolicr'n Bnincwlint Novel FBB ldcnu on the Subject orltctrrncli- li'BB ' * * * V- incut nnd Itclorin Non / HE r" 'BBjT Partisan 1'rnyerB. yHB.Confnronoo Committors nt Work { J ' Dr.s Moines , la . Fob 0.Speclut [ ToloV jBB ? gram to Tub Uee ] Conference eomraittcos fjjMV representing both sides in tliu house huvo ' Ij'ttV bosnat work today trying to end tbo dcad } I9hI lock The republican uwnbora of the com piBB mltteo Insisted , ns a condition orocodent to 'flBH ' all agreement , tbo fact tliat the republicans lBk | | must have the speakership , no matter how W H the other odices ire to bo divided The dum1 [ | ] Bj ocrnts are resisting the dutnand , nnd want Jtr H to ba considered as having a cuanoo at u. JllBBliut the republicans will not treat on any EXj" ? other basis It is believed tonight that the BBW * democrats will concede the speakership "J7BJ eventually , as they are showing many signs | jBl | of woakonlng liut tluy will lusist on being MB ) given n largo share of the comuiltteos Tnoy ifBj wunl the commlttcos on legislative districts , ] lBfl so they can gerrymanDer the state after tlio tljHJ true domocratlo ulnn . Hut the republicans ! | BJ Will never yield that They also want the f'Bfl v. comiulttuo on the supprosslon of lntoinpcrj fBJ ( ' unco The prohibitionists claim six majority juBJ on a vote of the house , but some of them iiro tMBj ufrald to lot the democrats huvo this com ] mltteo for fear they \\iU fool them out of JBjV prolilbltlon in some unoxpluluablo wav nBja Pending thesa negotiations nothing of In- | { Bm tcrest is being done in the legislature Thcro i M Was n little Hurry m the house today when frBJ oue of the members , an ox-prcachcr by tlio idBJ unlnoof Hrown , Introduced u resolution to jhBJ dispense with the sorvlccs of u chaplain and VjBj huvti the members of the house open the pro jiJBi ceedings of the honsa with prayer IIo hBJ | niguedjthat tlio state would thus suvo S5 a { ft H | prayer , liut as there are ox proaeliors on aBl ) both sides of the house , the members were V a afraid that if they did their own praying Bl they would liavo republican prayers ouo day jjBM and democratic pru.verB the next , so they jtBji voted down the resolution by a vote of 4S to JB1 41) ) , unu decided to contlnuo the custom of , ' iion-partlsun prayers VBV lliu Hun c. faBj Dcs Moines , la , Fob 0. In the house < | BBj this morning a resolution providing for 1BBJ members - opening the proceedings with IBBj prajor Instead of calling on the ministers iBBj wns Introduced , but faded to bo adopted jjBfl / After taking two ballots on permanent ) BB f speaker the house adjourned until tomorrow iB | V nftoinoou The caucus commitloo will get to hBV \ y wotk ou a compromlSQ iu tlio meuutimo BBjWJB | _ _ _ _ _ - 'J Ho Menace BBBB Dr.s Moines , la , Fob 0. In the Hcnntc BBBthis afternoon a special committee , cocsist- BBf lag of Woolson , lioltcr and Dungan , was BBJ appointed on rules Gobble prcsontca n pe- BBJ tltiou from tlio commission appointed to ox- BBB amino into the matter of an industrial homo BBB f ° r auult blind , and u room was assigned for BBB ' tbo exhibit of articles manufactured by sucb BB.i - -i > mOTi9. A memorial from the Improved i ' ( stock Hroodors' association was presented jBBV ttf Yule , and then the senuto adjourned B * A Hiehtor Wny buit • BBW Foiit Doiiac la , Feb 0. [ Special Tolo- BBb pram to This Uun | Kino test cases have i BBfl been commenced In the February termW BBV the district court in this city by owners of BBV property abutting the Mason City & Fort BBj Dodge railway to recover damages from that BBj company for the appropriatiou of their lauds BBj for railroad use When the rallwuy was con BBJ Blructed m ISSt ) the old rlgbt ot way of the HV Iowa & Paciilu compuny was purchased lor a BBt dlstanco of forty-two miles for (20,000 , und I BBt truck laid on the old Tfrudo Tlio property JHHm owneis claim that the statutes of limitation BBBflBjt had gone against this right of way from the ) BB * . tlmo of the original graut , in 187i ! , until 1 BBj Hacked in 18S0. if the cases are sustained BBj ilia Mason City ii Fort Dodge railroad will I BBj bo practically without rluht of way for n H distance of lorty-two miles of line tliut is nl- BBjj ready built und in active operation The Bjl suit is a most important ono Involving jH thousands of dollars und the constitutionality M of the statutes of limitation ugalnst rail B way right of way B 1 lin Bupranio Court , H Des Moines , la , Fob 0. [ Special Tola- M gram to Tim 13m : . ] Tlio following dec ! i slons were rondcrcd iu the supreme court H today t H W. L. Pcnco vs tlio Chicago , nock Island I H & .Pacillo railway company , appellant ; Polk m district ; anirmed Bf State of Iowa , appellant , vs Jacob iicckey 5 Bt isiuscutino district ; altlrmed Bf Joseph Story vs Chicago , Milwnifkco & mf SU Paul railway company , appellant ; Cllu- Mm | ton district ; allirmcd BBL.U A. KricKson va C. W. Smith nndVT . C. B . Tyrcll , uppollauts ; Corro Gordo district ; rep - p - = • ' versed . BV George W. Lee , appellant , vs Agricultural 1 BBw" " * " * > iw msurauco company ; Hamilton district ; at- - MJ flrmod , BB L.uvi W. Llndsoy vs Western Mutual Aid Doclety nppcllaut ; l'olu district ; nlllrmed State or Iowa vs Edward Kay , uppellant ; mj l'nso district ; ufllrmcd Stephen li Mickloy va T. M. Tomlinson Bj ot ul , appellants ; ichoarlng ; reversed BH Tlio CrcHiou liiviiNticntion BBj Ciiebton , In , Feb , 0. [ Special Telegram BBT to Tub IJeb.1 The city council today con BBj eluded Us investigation ot Mayor Patterson's ' BBj books and accounts , lludlng $991.10 of city BBJ money duo from the mayor An exumina- BBf tlon of the books of the State Savings bank BBf showed UKi to tbo mayors credit , $100 bolng f deposited since the opening of tbo lnvestlga- tlon , Ju the Investigation today the mayor denounced Alderman Vlcuers as a con . BB tcmptiblo old whblp Tlio alderman addressed - dressed started for the mayor with blood in tils eye , but a policeman happened to bo la mj the way The mayor In bis uofonso ex- BBj plained some Irrcirularitles us oversights i , mj and as having skipped his mind A resolu- H tlon was pussod Just before ndjournmeiit do- ' H manillng that the mayor turn over f'J'Jl.lVI ' to ' too trcusuror If this is not done legal pro ! B ] ccedings will bo rommoncud Public Inter H est Ju the affair Increases daily , H A Torriulu Kali , B Watp.ki.oo , la , Fob , 0. [ Spcfchl Tele- H gram to Tub Dm ; . ] By the giving away of H a scaffold on the now stroct stand plDO this H aftcruoon two of the workmen , Jack Long M of Hamilton , Out , nud Wilder Harden of ' M this city , wcro precipitated to the bottom , a M dlstuiico of cighty-llvo feet Longs ueck H was broken and ho expired In a few minutes B liarden's esoapo from lustnnt death was B miraculous , He is terribly bruised and sov cral of his ribs are broken , but bo will probably - ably recover M Fell From n Train 1 Muscitinb , la , Fob 0 , [ Special Tolo- B gram to Tun Hur-J A man named Kioliol- BB son , whllo drunk , fell from a train at West Liberty last night Hoth logs were cut off und ho died uti ) o'clock this morning B' ' / ' A Ilnono Murder Trial BBjk * Hoont , la , Feb 0. { Special Telegram to BBBl Tuts Hue ] In the district court today tbo BB trial of a prominent young grocer , Thomas BB V , ltogers , on the charge of inaatfaughtor , BB was begun , Nearly a year ago Uogen Had BB an altercation with a .vouug man iiauiod Ful- ling , uud , it Is charged , struck him ou the , head with his flat Fulling died some months nftor from n gathering iu the car nnd later llogers was indicted for the killing The court room Is crowded with cltiions , ns llogers is very popular She Wnutctl u Clinnsf IHVEsroitT , In , Fob 0.-Spectal [ Tclo- grnm tnTiiu Her | John licattlo and Mrs II LaFountaln were nrrostod in a sleeper on the Chicago , Hock Wand & Pacific railway here this morning bv a detective They loft Kansas City last evening with tickets for Allcnford , Ont , and resorted to no artifice to ovada oapturo The woman told her story freely , saying that her husband did not trout her so well as Heattle , and nftor flvo years of married life sliu wanted a ehaugc She is rather abovu the medium style , nnu is very pretty in fuco and form Tlio injured husband Is expected tonight , Two children were left in Kansas City Ueattio occupies n eel land MrB La Fountain is in the house of dotcntion | j KxtoiiHivo Ice IlcalR Masom Citv , la , Feb 0 [ Spojlal Telo- gram to Tim lieu ] Extensive Ice deals have boon maao here during tbo past two days A SU Louis llrm will start a largo packing 1 establishment nt Clear Luke , and wilt go to work at once Tbo Hurllngton , Ccdnr J ; Hnplds & Northern railway has purchased - chased the ice on the dam at Hoek FnlU -Tlio ontcrprlso will furntib work for several hundred l men and teams A Cdii itTrfolt sr Jillml . Duntiqui' , In , Feb C [ Special Telegram to ' The Heu.J William Alexander , arrested on ' n chnrgo of attempting to soil counterfeit j money in Uuchannn county , was examined before ' United States Commissioner Hobbs nnd held in 51,000 bonds for trial , in default of , which ho was plared In Jail , Two ether parties j nrrested with him were dicchnrced Ho offered to sell $ iM0 , of bogus money for SI00. Tlio Anncxnlio 'ilHlt AVon Des Moines , la , Fob C [ Special Tele gram I to Tub Dei : . ] An informal vote on the t question of annexation was tnkcti in North Des Moines this afternoon nnd the annexationists won by a vote or moro thnii two i to ono This Is the most popular suburb of , Des Moines and is the ono where the most opposition to annexation was expected Kor Vinlntlns tlio Kovpiiub Ijiiw * . ' Keokuk , la , Fob 0.- [ Special Telegram to Tim Dee ] George Sedgwick of Fred crick ' , la , was examined before Com missioner Leech today on the charge of vie lating the internal roveiiuo laws Ho was I bound over to the grand Jury I The llrlclc anil Tlio Maker * . I Des Moine * , la , Fob , 0. 'lho Iowa Hriek I und Tile Workers association closed its state I convention tonight J. M. Holing of Stan I wood wa elected prcsldentaud Chambers j of Des Moines secretary TICKltlUliK MlMi JUVtMjOSIOX Throe Hundred Men Iiiinrlsonctt am ! 1'ioh.ibly n Hntidrcd I.ires Lost London , Fob 0 Au explosion occurred today in a colliery at Abersvehan , in Mon mouthshire Thrco hundred miners wcro imprisoned und for several hours no commu nication could bo had with them An open ing was finally effected and nt noon 200 of them were rescued A number of those i taken out wcro severely injured Rescuing parties are still searching for those remaiu- ing It is feared that it will bo Impossible to ' rescue tbo minors who are still imprisoned Up to 4 o'clock this afternoon forty uoatl bodies bad bocn taken from the mine Fifty minors are still Imprisoned , it is not known whether dead or ollvo Thoowuers ot the colliery estimate 130 persons have lost their lives by the explosion , The cause of the explosion wn3 the Hood ing of tno pit udjucopt to that in which the explosion occurred , thus forcing ttie mis into 1 the pit where work wus in progress and where it was ignitnd The explosion had tremendous force , bolng heard a mlio uway The first party of rescuers orcanlzod on- douvored to penetrate the pit through the old workings They got far enough 1 to bo able to sou gioups .of dead , but they could not reach them ' and wcro compelled to retreat by suffocating volumes of smoke Upon the llrst appear anro of diminution in the volume ofsmoko ' the rescuers went down the main shaft They rescued u largo number of minors yet nllvo , but all were badly burned , and tlie.v ' brought out sixty deau bodies , nimrly nil so 1 mutilated that recognition of their identity was impossibio The latest estimate of the dead is IU ) . * LA GltlPPK An Eminent Scientists lloport on the i iHusslan lOnideiulc Chicago , Feb 0. [ Spoclal Telegram to , The Dee ] Dr Kauch of the Illinois state board of health , a scientist whoso reputation is national , has just submitted to the gov- crnor an exhaustive report on the subject of tbo Russian oiidetnlc Ho . says that the so- called influenza was first rocogulzed in Boston on December 17 , reaching Chicago > about December 03 , and has extended from the Atlantic to the Pacitlc and as far south as Mexico and Central America , practically spreading over Eurnpo und n largo ponton [ of North America within ninety days , ex tending over a great nroa und with greater rapidity than any epidemic of which tboro is record He expresses the belief that a care ful study of the history of tbo disease will I discover some communication incident to its spread Carefully prepared tables of the tomperuturo and rainfall show the influence of meteorological conditions upon the doalh L rate From the week ending December 2S to the week ending February 1 , 1.203 deaths , in Chicago may bo attributed to this malady Of those , 035 were under llvo yonrs of age , u [ number much greater proportionately than n nny ether city A cl03o estimate of the mortality In the northern states from the dlst'uso of influenza so far is given as 1O00J deaths m FATAL FIGHT IN CIlUltCH A l'araon'K Ileumrks Lead to the D.-ntli or Two at mi Ciuhlottk , 1M. C „ Fob 0. | Special Telegram - gram to Tub Hee.J During services In a Virginia country church , about thirty miles from Sparta , N. C , last Sunday , Rev Josopu M. Strooko , during the course of his iremarks soldi ' There Is , a man in Hub con grcgatlon who Is so mean and unfaithful to his wlfo that it Is a wonder God does not rain flro and brimstone upou his head and consume him , " The preacher pointed bis linger to Thomas Coleman , who occupied a sei.t near tbo pulpit | - pit , and as he did so thut Individual Jumped to his feet to lunuiro If the parson meant to bo personal in his remarks No sooner was Colaman on bis feet than half a dozen oea- cons were up demaudlug that ho sit down Lvorythlng was in an uproar and an nttoinpt was mudo to eject Colomau Cole man resisted , uud seizing u stick of wood lving near the steve ho begun to wlold It hard nud fast , knocking four men to tbo lloor and fatally wounding Jeremiah For guson Ono man wrcuchod the club fiom Coleman and dealt him n deadly blow acrois the head Ho then walked out of the church and has not been seen slnco The riot lasted some time and was participated in by many of too congregation , who used Iclubs as weapons Colomau and Fergmon were killed uud throe others severely in- lured The Flro Hcoorct New Yokk , Feb 0. Fire in the matting factory of Josop Wilde & Co , in Urooklyn , , last night , did about tlOO.OOO damage ; loss covered by insurance , WiLKEsuanue , Pa , Feb (1 The flro In the Pettebooe shaft , by which four men . , wore seriously burned yesterday , Is spread * ing , and the shaft has been settled up • TliE NORTHWESTERN DELUGE j OroRon and Washington Visltod by Unprcccdsntccl Floods PORTLAND PARTLY UNDERWATER Tim Principal llURliiess Street n It m lug Uivcr nnd Navlgfition in Itoiti : ltendercd Dnnucrous ltu- iiinrknlilo ltnius " Caused by Miow nnd Itnln Poktland , Ore , Feb C The Willa- mcito i river nt this city is hlulier than It has been slnco the great flood or 1S01. ' The rise was caused by the unusually J heavy ruins and the melt ing snow in the mountains In this city | nil the merchants along the water front and for two streets back from the river have bconVbmpcllcu i to suspend business nud move i their stocks to higher places The water > rose so rapidly that mnnv of thorn were unable to move their goods out ana in consequence ' heavy duiungcs will bo the re- stilt i , 'lhoonly means ot travel on Fiont street ] , the principal wholesulo street , Is by boats Throughout the Wlllumotto valley heavy j losses nro reported Many bridges liavo been washed uway and a lareo amount ot grain stored in warehouses along the river rulnod The wagon bridge across the Wlllu- motto river at Salem was swept awav Mon duv night The structure was about onu thousand feet long It cost in the neigh borhood or * 7r > ,00i ) . No less than 10,000,000 saw logs have been swept down the Wlllutnutto und Columbia rivers Iu the lust few days Largo quantities ot sawed lumber and a number ot saw mills on the river huvo also been cirrled uway The situation on the boulhern Pa cific between hero and California remains virtually unchanged All com munication south nnd enst of hero has bocn nut oil for llvo davs , and no trains nro arriving over the Southern Paolllu or the Unioii Pacific It is impossibio to closely estimate tbo damage at present , but it will probably reach * 5'JOO00. The rain has ceased throughout the Wlllumotto valley , but the river nt this point is still ou the rise Reports from the south state that the river has been fulling since noon , 'lhu water is rushing through Front and First streets rapidly ann this makes nuvigution bv means of boats dangerous Muuy of the sldowalks uro float imr and several nccidents have oc curred oy pedestrians falling through holes In the sidewalks Tno Orogouiun nnd the Tolegrnph were compelled to innvo tlielr business ofllces further hack from the river this evening , thcro being nt prcs'nt several Teet of water ou the llrst lloor The editorial rooms , which nro on tno secoi.d floor , nro reached by boats Great anxiety is felt for the two bridges which span tlio rivnr at this point The Morrison street brideo is liable to bo swept aw.iy , nnd In case this brldgo is car ried down stream against the steel bridge of the Union Pacific the latter is almost certain to go 'J ho Associated press reporter in order to 11 lo nis dispatches is compelled to wudo through water three feet deep A dispatch from McMinnvillo , Ore , states that the town of Wheatland has been almost swept away , much stock drowned and a lurco amount of gram destroyed Tlid Latest 1'nrtioul < r4. Pohtl.ani > . Ore , Feb 0. The water ap parently is at n stand still this afternoon , but Is still up to the waist In front of tro 1 Pacific postal telegraph ofllco The water reacbod its highest point , t.vcnty-eight feet and four incnes , nt 6 > o'clock this morning Slnco then it hns 1 fallen four inches in the channel This is 1 lho highest water in the history of the city The water falls slowly In the streets nnd Is ' not perceptibly lower , but is running through 1 the Btrctts with a less rapid current ' and is free from heavy driftwood in the 1 cnannol The bridges are believed to bo 1 safe und there is no evidence of any serious 1 damage to buildings The only loss in tbo 1 business district will bo from the presence of water on the uround floors of buildings , which will he trilling Reports from points 1 ; on Wlllumotto river lndlcato that the river Is falling vor.v rapidly The dotalled report of lho damage will bo slow to como in on ae- count of vbo interruption to telegraph com ' munfation The most serious loss will bo the destruction of bridges , 1 which seem to have been swept ' away everywhere The largest towns In the valley uro well above high water and only small und unimportant buildings have been carried away Tiie interruption to travel still continues , but the Oregon Railroad & \ Navigation company has established steamer ; service to Cascade locks , above which tbo ' trains are running Uctweon Cuscado locks and hero tboro is a succession of land slides , 1 cntlroly obliterating tbo track in Bomo places The Southern Pacific sent out a train on tbo | branch line west of there , but it got no further than McMinnvillo , fifty miles from hero No trains have been sent out on the main line The Northern Pacific is running to Tucoma und is currying the mails It is expected the railroad blockade to Cascade locks will contlnuo some days und that bo tweon hero and bun Francisco for weeks , as the track uud road have been entti ely destroyed | stroyed for a considerable distance 'Xhomcagro advices from Ashland state that the Soutborn Paclfiii railroad bridge across the Umpqua river has been washed I out und that in Cow Creek canyon the rail road track has been virtually wiped out Many smaller railroad brldces between hero nnd Ashland uro washed away and the com pany does not attempt to send out trains Ou the west side of the Willamctto river trains uro running ns far as McMinnvillo The Union Pacific is blocimdod by heavy slides between this city nud Dalles , and no trains ate expected to bo running for several - oral days The Northoru Pacific is still 1 running , At Salem sixty houses have boon swept ' nway und many persons driven from their homes , tlioUL'h , so far as known , no lives have been lost Along the river bottoms considerable hvo stock was drowned and largo quantities of grain and buy destroyed Demoralized Tolourupli Lines Chicago , Feb 0. Advices via the Western Uniotrtelegrugh company from the far northwest indicate little Imurovoment in the telegraphic situation there After tbo wires bud been broken down by the snow slides on tbo regular route to Portland , the company managed to get a wire through to Tucoma over the Cuscado division of the Northern Pnciho railroad and thence'down ' to Portlaud This held up only a short time and reports this morning nro to the effect that a heavy windstorm on tbo Cascade divison blew down many large pine trees . , breaking the wires and disorganizing the s rvioe Mbu flood in the Wlilametto river at Portlaud also carried uway the cable of the company t which was laid across it , making the break in connection still moro serious , The general manager of the Northern Pa 7 cific railroad telograpbs to the Associated press from Tacotna , Wash , stntiug that the report that the Northern Paciilu Is iu trouble is absolutely untrue The road , including , all its branches , is open and all trains are moving Know Htorm in Kansas , Kansas Crrr , Mo „ Fob 0. Au Associated pe : s dispatch from Oakloy , ICaq , says a heavy snow storm Is In progress throughout the entire western portion of tlio state So far travel has not been delayed Still In a Muddle Amiaxt , N. Y „ Feb 6Tho vote by which the worlds fair bill was lost yostor day was today , by unanimous consout , re * considered in the senate and passed When the assembly worlds fair bill was received iu the uuombly from the sou a to as amended , a motion was carriol to uou- concur In the senate amendments and a con ference committee was appointed SilHIUlAN ON'TIIE ' 8TANI ) . lho 8cnntnr TctHI-8 llofdro the Hul lo ! Itox frimmftjoc Wvshinotov , FeD O Th6 hiujo commit too on the ballot box forgcVy this morning called Senator John SUermnd us the first witness Ho wns shown Exhibit i4A" nnd dcrlared that ho had.nevcf signed It Ho saw J It first when it was sent to him in No vember by Hiitatead lho signature wns n copv of his rubner franking stamp and not an Imitation of his signature Witness never heard or know of the ballot box con tract { nnd never heard of the Campbell bill before Governor Fdrakor's Music hall sucech , Uellamy Storor , a lawyer of Clticlunntl , was then put on the stand ' fits tcitimony was uqlfnportnnt and when ho J stepped down Editor Halstead of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazulto took the stand , Mr Halstead was examined nt great ( length Ho returned from abroad In August IIo talked over campaign matters with Forakor nnd they discussed what j should bo put into the campaign ncaluit Cnmpoll Ono matter wns his ( Campbell's ' ) vote for special cars for colored 1 people ( Jim crow curs ) Another wns tbo brewery trust Mho governor said ho haa Information - formation of Campbell's ' connection with the Hull-Wood bnllot box ; that thcro was n contract which ho expected to get which would bo nn Important fcitturo of tbo cam palgn that Wood had promised to furnish it witness didn't know ; On September 14 on the train at Sprinileld Governor For ticur told Halstead ho had the p.incr ; that it hud como ' right out of John McLean's snfo Foraker said the paper hud shocked him ; it was ; moro than ho wanted : that tboro wore names on It witness would not print uud that lie ( Foraker ) could do nothing with It Ho snowed the papdr td witness The bill nppcitrcd I to bo mandatory that 70,000 patent ballot boxes should bo purchased nt $25 each Witness did not see any room ' for questioning the genuineness of the papar Ho i told Fornkor it was necessary 10 use thp.pnpsr , or n part of It , and that ho felt so exasperated at the Idea that Sherman , Hutiorworth and Me- Kinley were going in with John McLean in sucn n mutter that he fctttomptcd to explode it uuder them It was something moro than policy , almost n public duty : but Campbell was lho only ono before the people us n can dldato for public ofllco and thercforo it might bo proper to use only his name Another - other reason for cutting oft nil the names hut Campbell's was that Sunset Cox , whoso uamo wus among the forgeries , had Just died and witness felt conlldent of the genuine ness of his signature , Halstoad's theory of the forgery is that it was uever Intended or" expected to hurt nny- body , 'lho motlvo originally waB Woods extreme nnxiety to get tjio sinoko inspector ship It was prcposteraus lo suppose that Governor Forakor thought there was any thing fraudulent about it There was a cloud of witnesses nhd.tho lawyer who uiew ud the cortract Witness wondered now tnut they did not cnftie down nnd deny it the day after publication Undoubtedly Wood put Senator Sherman's nama on It to make It impossibio for'Foraker to use the paper After publication 'b'o ' wna staggered to see Senator Sherman declaration thnt tbo paper was a lie , but ljo assumed that Sherman was extrcmetyjUnhkely to huvo signed tlio paper Knowing what it was Thirty years ago Sherman lost the speak ership bv signing in that way the com pendlum of the helper bodies - Mr Halstead placed at.tbO disposal of the committee hi * privajo Jokers to Governor Foraker and said some oft them were con clusive ovldeuco that both himself and Foraker were convincqd"6fjtho"soundness of the paper , ' , Mr Cogsw.ell asked vjhty y'tness ' , did not verify the character qf th& ' uupor by Sher man und Uutterwortht HA replied that Upt- terworth was not in infe.country or had jdst returned , Sherman iv < uir ' in Washington Ho recalled .tbo saving that you could get a member of oongross to sigfi ji uetition to get himself hanged It was not plcasaut to put a linger on a sere spot , like that ; it was not his particular pirt to go scratching at it Just then , lho publication was forced bv cir cumstances beyond his control , so ho did not consult the signers Ho admitted that they , could not draw out Campbell as they tried to do The fact is , " said ho , "ho turned out a moro difllcult person than wo thought " Turner Then if the governor had sue ceeded in getting Cnmnbell Into n coi nor you would stand nt the bead of the cannon and [ touch It off 1 c Halstoad No , sir ; I Hid not intend to stand at tbo head of tbo cannon , but I got there ( great laughter ) . Continuing , Hal . stead said thcro was supposed to bo some , feeling between Senator bhorman und Gov ernor Forakor growing out of events at the , Chicago convention , Ohio contained moro i than her share of . distinguished men , and there was neccsserily friction , where they were so crowded The delicate , relations existing betwaqn Sherman and I Foraker mauo it highly Inexpedient to allow a paper to cot out through Foraker's ' agency that reflected on tbo senator It would huvo been fatal to the party Witness had not ro lled on Woods word regarding the paper hut was cuided by the Internal evidence of I the paper a document ( for beyond Woods ability to produce He believed from the beginning that Foraker had been fooled as ho himself was Wituois never contemplated - plated any rivalry for aisonatorshlp between hinikelf , McKinley anil Huttcrworth Ho > had known of great calamities befulling pub lic men and bcliovod if these mon had Bignod l that paper they Bhould bo struck down Ad- journed LKI'T THESTATE ' Montana's Democratic Senators Fly from ilia Sorceatit-nt-Arins. Helena , Mont , Feb , ' 8. After the ad- Journmcntnf the senate yesterday tbo eight domocratlo senators , incensed at the ruling oi Lieutenant Governor Richards in count r ing them present , took trains in different directions They said they were going dc- yond the state line to got out of the reach of the scrgeant-nt-arms. Tlielr continued nb- senco will block all legislation . * > " An Important Ajiicndmnnt Wa8HI.n-qton , Fob 0. The bouse com mltteo on rules this morning amended tbo ; cede to correspond to the action of the re * publican caucus ycetordiv afternoon One of tbo uinandinonts which was overlooked in the abstract sent out } astiilcht ( Is of Import unco , as it strikes out of j tlio now code the authority conferred up6ncammittoes report ing general npproprlfctjon bills to pro | sesent now legislation upon appro- priatlon bills It ts learned that this action wus directed by the republi- can caucus yesterday pnl.v after a blttor light , in which Cannon ; and McKinley were overcome by the oppositipn under the load of Payson , As amonddJ * the rule is In the exact shape of the corresponding rule In tbo preceding bouse : Noiniiimjfoiiu Washington , Feb 0. < pbo president today Rent the following nomn > itlonsto tbo sonata \ : Paris Kllbourne to bo auj-voyor of customs at Sun Francisco ; Alatuou W. Heard , col- lector of customs for tlte'dlstrlct ' .of Hosttin and Cbarltutown , Ma s. | Postmasters , Iowa Omar II lirnoks Eagle Grove ; William II Hlrdsall , Kowbampton Supervisors of J customs , Illinois Emil Schmidt , Seventh district ; Norman { I : Mbss , Rlghthwlistriot , Iowa John W. HowlpyyF.rst district \ Tim illitlrnverl Som , Fob 0 , 1 { Is now proved that Major Pauitza bad all things prepared for surrounding the palace , ' during the ball Sat ; urday , and tbo plot was to kill Prluco Ferdi nand ut that time Vienna , Feb 0. ICulopkoff , a merchant of Rustchuk and lormdrly a Russian onicer , was arrested for complicity la tbo Punltza conspiracy , IIo is believed to be the ngont through whom the Russian legation In Uuubarcst acted with tbo conspirators SalatinMinuA ttoriquvly III Havana , Feb 07 Ooveruor General Sala- munaca is seriously ill THE SENATES ' DISCOVERY _ _ _ That August Body S003 Flaws In the Intorstnto Law SOLICITUDE FOR RAILROADS Xlio "Wlieoli tit * Pinto Turn n i Acnln U4 Usual InVnHliln ton Itull- ivjiy MnllHervloo Ev iimlnntloiii Wasiungtos UuhehTiieOmahi Hsu , I 613 FouiiTCBitTll SruniiT V Wasiiinotov D. C. Feb , 0. | There was n good iic.it of talk around the capltol todnv about the resolution introduced yestordav by Senutof Paddock inquiring into i the oporatlon of the long and short haul clause in the interstate cotimorco law with n view to repealing It unless it can be so modified ns to permit railroad companies to mnkc i reductions in the rates for long dis- tunccs t The statement of Governor Thajor that , the farmers of Nebraska nro burning corn hecauso the railroad couipinios will not glvo I reasonable rates for shipping it on ac count of the long dlstanco clnuso In the iu- torstato t . commerce law , nnd thnt coal Is very high for the same reason , lot a flood of new light ' upon congress Every western man bears 1 testimony lo the fact that tlio long and short i lnnil cluuso in the law brings lower . rates to no one , whllo It operates in increas ing ' the rntos to everybody There Is not a public 1 man In Wushiuctoa thnt your corre spondent i could Und today who did not con tend ( that there is but ono feature in the law which Is to l.ho ndvnntago ot lho people at largo ' That is the provision ugalnst dis crimination < There is a general uprising of soiitlmcnt , ngaiust the Interstate coinmctco law i , with lho exception of tlio antl-dlscrimi- nation ' clause 'I no announcement of Gov- crnor ' Thayer has directed Ltteutlon to I the fact that all tna rail road , companies have mcrcascd the , long dlstanco rates for the purpose ot keep ing ' up to ii paying point short haul or local truffle t The provision In the law requiring the i local rat os to not exceed the proportion of the long distance tariff acts against a ro- dl'cllon ' of either the long or short , haul tariff ' , because ono must bo reduced proper lionatcly i when the other goes down Senator Frv of Mains suld today that if there should be a further rise in the long huul rates of the great trunk lines for the purpose of muintuinim : protltablo short haul rates or anything else ourexporttrado would ho ruined , und that the traffic rates from the far west were already so high that the ex port trade under the interstate couimcrco law was being badly crippled Senator Cullom , wlio is the author of the principal features in the inloistulo com merce law , says ho thiuks the Paddock reso lution will bring about an investigation re sulting in the repeal of the long and short haul clause of the law Ho cannot see bow the ( aw can bo umcuded bo us to permit u reduction of the long haul rntos without nullifying the short haul clause The ono , ho says , must bo maintained in order to keep the other , and the only remedy ho can suggest at ths | tutio Is aa entire repeal of the long and short haul clause • TUB'OItlND AGAIN Business nt thoAVhlto house Ttnd at the department of state-which has been prac tically at a standstill for several aays bo cuuso of the fatalities In the families of tbo administration , was resumed this morning and is colng on as usual Mr liluiuo did not go to the department , but'bo saw several of the foreign ministers at his house nnd was at wor/i / ther ' o from breakfast till dinner time with his nssistants and private secretaries , trving to catch up with his work , which has bcoti so seriously interrupted for the last two weeks Ho goes into his duties with his accustomed zeal and seems to have laid his griuf aside Not so with Secretary Tracy The latter has boon lying quietly in ono of the front moms of the white house slnco the funeral yesterday , only talking with bis son , who is his con stunt companion uiid'tno only real comforter he finds Ho has only left it to take a short drive with the president this uftornoon Mrs Wilmording is still prostrated so that she can receive no visitors , and her brother wus permitted to remain in her room but a moment this morning , which was tbo first tlmo ho hns been able to sea her since the awful calamity Her arm Is broken and her ankle sprained The little girl is getting hotter rapidly MAIt , SBItVICE EXAMINATIONS General Superintendent Hell announces that examinations of applicants for positions in the railway mail service will bo hold by the United States civil service commission ! i at tbo followine places on the date3 named : ; ' Nebraska Omaha , Friday , April 23 , * and Tucsaay , November 18. Iowa Des > Moines , Tdosduy , April 29 , and Friday , November 21. South . Dakota Yankton , , Tuesday , April 22 ; Aberdeen , Friday , November 14. Idaho Hoiso , Tuesday , Juno 10. Wyoming Cheyenne , Friday , Juno J.V RECOMMENDED FOIt APPOINTMENT The NobraBkn delegation la congress has recommended the appointment of the fol lowing to take tbo mortgage indebtedness in tbo Third district of Nebraska for the j eleventh census : William H. Putnoy of Ouk- dale , Arthur W. Suulres of Hroken How , Henry W. Matthews of Atkinson , William 1 C. Urott of St Paul , Augustus Wielgockl of t Cbadion , The recommendation is equivu- lent to appointment Hepresontativo Council will ho entitled to two of three appointments | for his district and Mr Laws will { llkoly have the same number for the Second } district , but they have not yet recommeudod j any appointments For the information of these who * desire to apply for work us enumerators it may wall bo stated that the addresses of tno district supervisors for the census work , and to whom all applications for positions as enumerators should bo di " rected , are : For the Third congressional district , U. F. Stouller , Fremont , Neb : ror ' thoSc end district , W. S. Randall , Futr- bury : for the First district , Thomas Cook , Lincoln , MISCEIXANCODS , Hon W. II M. Pussey of Council Hluffs and W. N , Haskell of Oskaloosa uro ut the Ebbott , Kcpresentativo Harris of Iowa has ro- ported from the cointnittco on accounts a'blll 1 which gives each reprcsontntivo and dele gate the right to appoint a clerk to bo paid at tbo rate of f 100 a month John Heck , Company C , Twelfth Infantry , now in confinement at Fort Omaha , will bo discharged from the sorvlco of the United Stales , to data November 7 , ISS7. J , H , Wiswoll was toany unpointed post master at Palmer , Devils ' Luke county , South Dakota , ylco G. W , Shaffer , removed Hen Hoynolds of wymorc , Neb , is hero Following uro tbo delegates to the Na . tioual Guard association in session bore : Nebraska General John O , Ilonncll , treasurer - urer ; General A. V. Cole , adjutant general ; Colonel O. H , Phillips , Frst regiment ; Lieu , tenant Colonel C. J. illlls , Second regiment , ; Major J. C. Watson General E , F. Flick of Omaha u to bo the superintendent of morlgago indebtedness for Nebraska In the taking of the eleventh census The flro marshal today submitted to Chief Farrlsh his report mi the lire ut Secretary Tracy's house , It Is his opinion that the flro originated from the explosion of a coal oil lamp in ono of the bay wiudows Tno sonuto committee on commerce today unanimousty voted to report adversely Mc < Mlllan's bill authorizing the construction bf a bridge acrois the river at Detroit Senator Itnagun made an argument Iu favor of a schomu to spend f0,000ooo in mak ing a deep water harbor at Ualveston A ubcommltU'0 was appointed to draft a bill and report to the full committee Iowa Geueral Hvron A. Heoron , adjutant general ; Captain W. L. Alexander , United I J Stales Armiuionol Goo Green , First rcg | . | mantLioutenanl ; Colonel W. M. Wilson , Fifth regiment ; Major JM. . Moroy , Sixth regi ment ; Captain H. C. Sponcorj , Third rogl- mout ; Lieutenant W. G. Dawes , adjutant First regiment Pcitm S. Heath % COMJltEH.SU U IHOUEEPiNCJS Uln Now To1 r Ku1o Ortlorcd Printed mill I' oooiiiuilttoil Wasiiinoton , Feb C In the house today nftor the usual tactics of tno democrats the Journal j of yesterday was npprovcJ Mr Camion of Illinois reported the now cede ot rules and it wns ordered printed nud recommitted The sonata direct tux bill was laid before the house and referred to the committee on Judiciary J The couuultlco on invalid petitions this afternoon reported back the senate disability pension j bill with n substitute making the rule of total disability fripormonth und p r- tlal disability $ " > 0 per month The bill was amended and passed . The bill for the relief of the survivors of the Sauioar disaster also passed , Mr , Tiirsnov of Missouri offered u resolui tion t reciting thnt it Is charged thnt muuy hundred I Individuals have entered Oklahoma In ' violation of the act of congress nnd the { proclamation of the president nud directing the speaker to appoint a select committee to Investigate | the matter Referred ' The following Dills were introduced and refonod ' : Hv Mr Williams of Illinois-Directing the sectet.iry of the treasury to purchase at the nmrltot , price fl.000.OOJ worth or silver bull ion i per month uud have It coined ns fast us purchased I Into standard silver dollars IJy Mr Hayus of Iowa For the erection of a public buildiiic at Muscatino , la U.v Mr.Slonu To plnco binder twine made from | sis ii grass or iniiuilliiou the free list Hy Mr Djrscv Authonzinc the issue of 8300,000 J 000 llfty yo.tr 2 per cunt United States bo'ids to bo usnd exclusively for the purpose of securing the circulation of na- j tlonul banking associations Mr Hayes from the commit tea on nceounts ropoi I ted a bill providing clerks for members and ' delegates Printed and recommitted Mr Perkins reported from the comiuittco on , Indian alTalrs and the house pissed , ufter n i short discussion , the bill extending two years : the time within which the ICunsas City & Pacific railroad company may construct its line through the Indian territory Adjourned Semite Wasiiinoton , Fob ? ) . In the senate today the I bill authorizing the construction of a bridge 1 across the Detroit river at Datrolt was ' reported , back adversely from tbo com mltteo i on couimcrco On motion of Mr Allison the sotiato bill to nmond i and alter the act of August 0 , 1SSS , authorizing i the construction of a railroad , wagon and foot passenger bridge across the Misslsstnpi river at Hurllngton , la , was tuken j from the calendar and pissed It extends - tends for two years from the pussngo of this uct the time for beginning and tin lining the bridge and makes ether changes in tbo original ( bill Mr Harris moved that when the senate adjourned today it ho until Monday Agreed to The soaata then took up the bill to provldo temporary govern meat for Oklahoma and the clerk continued the reading of tbo bill , which had been boeun yestordnv At2 o'clock the Oklahoma bill wont ever and Mr Ulair took thu floor to contiuuo his speech on the educational bill Mr Ulalr , however , yialdcd to Mr , Spoonor , on whoso motion the house Joint resolution anprauri- utlng75,000 for tbo relief of" certain Chlp- pewo' Indians at La-Ioint agency , Wisoon- < sia , was taken up and passed ' The educational bill was then taken up and Mr Ulalr resumed his speech in lts' ad- - vocacy After speaking for two hours Mr Iliair yielded the lloor , intending to conclude his speech Monday The conference report on the senuto joint resolution for the removal of obstructions to navigation In the Missouri river wus pre sented and ucrccd to The house amend ment reducing the amount from $250,000 to $75,000 and inserting a provision for 57.1,000 for Improvements at the mouth ot the Co lumbia river was adopted , After an executive session the senate ad journed THE FATES AGAINST HIM A Talented Man DI.ih Itjforo Lanrn- luc nt' His Uood Fortune WiLKESPAititB , Pa , Feb 0. [ Spocinl Telegram - gram to Tub Hee ] A sad incident of the Nottingham mine explosion at Plymouth last Saturday has como to light In connection with the death of Paul S. Scholtz , one of th o victims Ho was a highly educated Gorman mochanlcal engineer , but reduced by misfortune - tune to the necessity , of working as a la borer He recently entered into a competi tive contoit lu tbo engineering department at Washington , D. C , for plans of a govern ment light bouse Twenty-live other archi- tocts submitted doslgns , His plans were executed - ecuted during his idlohours and after months of Btudy were accepted by the government u few weeks ago The government officials also addressed bini a letter at Shenandoah , Pa , offering him a position at 7120 per month to superintend the construction of tbo build ing ho designed The letter was miscarried and / necessity compelled him to como to Plymouth , where he procured work , only to lose his Ufa bv the acaidont before learning of his good fortune The deceased was a widower and has a young son living with relatives in Frecburg , Germany , American Sliinpini ; League , Washington , Feb 0. Tbera was a good I attendance ut tbo mooting of the Amorlcan Shipping ioaguo this aorning The report of tbo conimlttco on resolutions was adopted Thu Furquluir bill to promote American ship ping by government aid was endorsed Ad- dltionul resolutions urge congress to make Immediate provision for souhoard and lake defenses , hall with gratification the aots of ; congress for robuidlhg ) the American navy , racommond adequate provision for the improvement - provoment of the harbors und rivers of tbo i whole country concurrently with the rcstor- ation and development of our ocean commerce - morco so that all sections and states ot the republic shall participate The United States mails ought to bo carried in American ships under our own flag as soon us practicable consistently with the certainty nnd celerity of the service , und the government should | pi\y a Just compensation for this sorvlco ro- gardless of tbo price at which , other nations are willing to provide similar service Itrv nails Linel Nulr Bupfalo , N , V „ Fob 0. The ovidonoo in the libel suit of Rev Dr Uall for $33,000 damages against the Now York Evonlng Post , growing out of the presidential cum paign of 1841 , was closed today and counsel began thu summing up Uall bad ultackod Cleveland's ' personal character publicly , and the Evonlng Post paid its respects to Hall for having uono so John G , Milburn for the defouso , said it was to bo regretted that the old feelings of ISM wore to lie rulcod ever by this minister in his greed for inonuy Tbo uotlon was ! J brought for defamation of character to goti money , when it appeared the plulotift hudfl ! not suffered at all in either cbaractor H purse What aa opportunity for a uilmsj H to bo gracious and say that as the camp H was pasiod bo would lot tbo matter d H Hut no , ho must drag It Into court uiuj H up things painful to inunv A mjj H snould not preach the gospel ouo du H week und Play the part of tbo dote H Attorney Mooot , for the proiccut H his speech this afternoon H Tlio Wontlier Fnrcu isi H I For Omaha and vicinity : Fa' ' H For Nebraska ; Colder , uc | winds , fair weather H Iowaj warmer H colder Saturday morning , vurl l For South Dakota : Fair exj H in eaiteni portion by Ugh H uortb westerly wtuds M A 2 WORTHLESS CONCESSION I The Rends ltfnko n Ton Per Cent H Cut In Corn Rntos H ANXIETY FOR THE FARMER , I Gingerly Fear Thnt This Iiim Slant | Ihk Ganli In Tolls Will bn Ills H iiRtrotiH to the Nrlirnskn M Grander H IirRsTlinn llaira Iina' " . M Cmcioo , Fob , 0. iSpectal Tolo ram to M Tub Hkic ] The Nebraska board ot trans M portation \ has won nnd thu N'ubraskn roads M against i their hotter judgment will rcduco M the , corn rates 10 nor cent M 'I ids action was taken only nftor two.days M of conference nnd Is owing entirely to thu B persistcnco of lho board of transportation M Tlio > following resolution was passed uuaiil * M mously by all lines Interested : M Whereas , A careful consideration of tna M situation shows that the market price ot M com bus been seriously depressed bv the M deliveries of the p ist few months from the fl largo , ' , crop ot 1SS' . ' , much ot which Is still to M como forward , and that any stimulation of M tlicmovomout would probably result In a M further depression of the lirloe ; aud , M Whorois , The duty of the roads to the M imblio I along their lines -ould require them fl to oppose any monstiro thu tcmlvucy ot U which will bo to further depress the market m . of und U price corn ; , Whuruns , A roducttoti of the rates is now U rcqucstod upon a falling market aud in the U prcsoiico of a visible supply largely Iu excess U of immediate tlemauds , which rciiucst the H roads . bolicvo to be In opposition to the true U Interests ' of producers , but under circumstances - | stances .vhlch relieve the carriers from ro- U sponsibiliiy for results , and which lead thorn Ute to t ucccpt the situation in the hope that the H arrangement , may to some extent ucuotll the H farmers of Nebraska : H Resolved , That the Nohra > kn roads will H unite in n reduction of tlio tariff rates on H corn from points iu Nebraska to Chicago of H 10 ] per cunt from thu present figures , stiDjuct H to i a minimum of 21 cunts and n maximum of , H 25 cents per liund.cd , with the established H dlfTerotitmls [ at other points ; in adjusting the H larifls , rates to bo made even cents uud half H cunts , the new tariffs to become opurutlvo H February j 15 H - The effect of the airreomont Is to loivo the H rates i from Omaha and other places having H the ' sumu basis uncliaiigod , Points in the H western ! part of tlio state sectiro the reduc- H tlon What Governor Thavor asked for was H nruutlcully u horizontal reduction for the H whole state 1 lie railroad olllcials clui.n . H they ! * could lint do tins without disrupting H the ' tarllt rates east of the Missouri river . H The Iteliul is liii < iiist-iientlal H Lincoln , Neb , Fob 0. [ Special Telegram - B gram f to The Uii : . | When luformod of the B result i of the conference between the statu HJ board ] of traiispoitutinn and the railway IJ managers ' ut thu mooting lu ClilcAgo Just H closed , which coutomplatcs u reduction of 10 H per | cent only on freight shipments of corn , H Governor i Thayer suld : HJ ' 'I do not want to crlticiso the action of B tho.board ' of transportation In compromising HJ on i a 10 per cant reduction , but of course H they I did tbo best tlioy could ; yet it will nf- H ford very little relief to our state , and I H know j it will not satisfy the people I usked * a B for a roJuction of ut toast 5 cents , and that BJ was little enough , and the roads should have granted , it Ten pur cent is not enough BJ At bust , it can be but a little Bj | over , u cent a bushel , and what Is that to the H farmers ! It Is not worth the effort wo bavo expended | Few farmers will have mora BjV than a thousand bushels to soil , uud they H will hardly realize that they have bad avy H benefits I say again that the road ] should H have uono better by our people " • Attorney General Loesesaid : Under tlio present circumstances the reduction should H have been at least 10 cents on the hundiod H pounds A loss reduction will not benefit H the people ot the state to any pcrceptlblo ex- H tent Prior to the passage of the interstate commerce law tlio actual cash received by H thu railroad companies was 14 aud 111 cents per H 100 , und thcro is no good reason why the H roads should not haul corn ut lho sumo rates H today This was their price for several H years , und thu roads made money , and the only reason that the rate was increased H when the law took effect was to guard H against any danger by the enforcement of H the now law In the present condition of H the corn crop it seems to mo that the roads ought to restore to the people a small portion H so unjustly taken from them Corn should H bo shipped to Chicago for thn uoxt sixty H days at a rate not to exceed 12 cents Bj | per hundred I would be ashamed to como H back to tbo people of Nebraska uud face an H outraged constituency with the reducllou agreed upon 10 per cent per hundred This H is only 2 cents per hundred , or a fraction H ever n penny a hushol " H J. Uurrows , ox-president of the National H Farmers ' alliance , and editorof thu Farmers H Mlianco , a newspaper published in this city , Bj | said : "A 10 per cent reduction will afford H no relief to the farmers of this state It Bj | should ut least bavo been 10 , and ought to H have been 15 cents us an emergency rate My proposition is that the board sliall fix a H local rate on all kinds of grain und stock and Bj | then appeal to the Interstate com morco com H mission for justlco on a throusih rate Wo Bja are now paying 2 cants per hundred moro on H corn to Clilcaoo , 511 miles , tlinn from Chicago to Now York , 1,000 miles U'ho roads by this H combination are continuous lines to the sea • H hoard , and tnis discrimiuatiou Is palpable Bj | and outrageous " No Cuba I hays Cable BJ CiilOAflo , Feb 0 , President Cable of the BJ Reck Island was questlouod in regard to the BJ story in tbo morning paporB which declared BJ that tbo stock of that road was being do- BJ urossod by order of its ofllcors so as to lot the BJ projectors of the elevated railroad , which Is BJ to bo utcd for lho suburban passenger trafllu | H of thu Uock Island , got into the city at low H figures , IIo said it was not true us ullogod H that the ofllcurs of the road were engaged In H Buch muuipulution , and It was aUo untrue H that an elevamd reht ubovo Its tracks was 1 in contomplatlonjMB M Fn MVBnier BJ CmoAaOj BBVB peoial Telegram to BJ This Uui BBVBTago-St. Paul roads BJ have tuiflVB Wlou to faster | passon Bansas City line has BJ reducqBBBBBBjF'rtoua ' antl ono-hulf B houriM Tollowcd suit 'J'oduy H the 'o notice that beginBJ iit BBBBBBBF'0 ' ! 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