H \ NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA FRIDAY MORNINb , EEBRUAEY 7 > 1890. . NUMBER 228. |
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I jBBJ An Kx-Prcnolicr'n Bnincwlint Novel
FBB ldcnu on the Subject orltctrrncli-
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'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
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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
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BV George W. Lee , appellant , vs Agricultural 1
BBw" " * " * > iw msurauco company ; Hamilton district ; at-
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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 ) .
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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
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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
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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
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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
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