Nebraska Newspapers

    II The Omaha i Daily Bee I
\ NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA , THURSDAY MOJ fe , FEBRUARY 13 , 1890. NUMBER 234. I
V THE DUKE GOES TO PRISON
W Sentenced to Two Years Imprlson-
HK mont by the Court ,
B | ALMOST A RIOT AT THE TRIAL
JB $ Ho Mnkcs a Speech In Ills Own lie *
• Sy linir nnd Produce * Quito rt
* V , j lavornhlo Impression on
\ m - the Audience
fl ; The French I/nw Sustained
JL ICniiyrfoM IWOhu Jamti Worion fhit'liLM
jH I'Aiufl , Fob 13. [ Now York Herald
W > Cablo-Speclal to The Hbc.1 Duo d'
H' Orleans , tlio eldest son of the Comto do
HL Paris and bolr to the throne of t ratico , was
H [ conactnDcd this afternoon to two years im-
H * prlsonment and to pay the costs of trial Ho
Hj may bo pardoned and sot at liberty on the
H other aldo of the frontier within a few hours ,
HI but may , on the other hand , bo ntoncotnkon
HJ to ono of the central prisons , cither at Clulr-
W vnux Salllon or Mclun , and loft there In
HM durnnco vllo Until the year 1893. In any enso ,
. '
MPP 7 he Is pretty sure to look back upon bis
L * twenty-first birthday ns ono of tlio red letter
ft periods of his life Never has any cjuso
JK * celebro drawn such crowds to the Palais do
HJ ? Justlco as this morning swnrmed along the
Hf Qunl do hi Porlcgo and Boulevard Uu Palais
K and udjoining streets The Prude and Wll-
, | son sensations were tarao In comparison
$ , _ _ _ But for the olaboruto precautions taken by
JJ s the pollco there would have beou n consldor-
C ablu nunibor of lirolten heads to bo cared for
K Even ns it was , a few hundrou happy pos
K scssors of cards of admission ha I literally to
m fight their way to the court room
W Bring In Monsieur lo Duo d'Orlcans , "
' said the prcstdont , laying a dollcato stress
j on the word Monsieur "
4 Two agents promptly obeyed the order
The prince , who had boon taken from the
# onclcrgorlo by nn underground passage ,
j took his plaeo on the prisoners bench at the
I front IIo was dressed entirely in black ,
f with close fitting frock coat , showing off his
graceful llguro In his hands ho carried a
. pair of black glovoB nnd ncano Ills brilliant
blonde complexion , his hair parted mathe
matically in the middle , bis collar ,
his cravat , tlio cut of his clothes ,
his smiles , his bow , hit manner
everything gave him far more the air of an
clcgnnt young Englishman than of a pre
tender to the throne of Henry IV HoBhook
hnnds with his legal adviser * , Mm Rousso
and Limbourg , and then moro cordially with
his old preceptor , Colonel do Percivnl , nna
his bosom friend the Due do Luyncs who
/
> sat at his right The princes appearance
mz y causcd'a buzz of curiosity and admiration to
tj * | n-t "fBTi through the audlenco , ladles allowing
H H themselves particularly enthusiastic The
Hflp palals was blocked by squads of sturdy sol
HF dicrs who listened with deaf cars to the en
treaties and prayers and throats of the
thousands who would | fin huvo passed In
side , but unfortunately could not uroduco
the requisite pleco of colored paste board
Ono excited oldcrly ladv , an nrlstocrat from
tlio St Germain quarter , offered an obdurate
guard 1,500 francs for a place where eho
could see the "ooor young man , " but the
guard remained obdurate Several times ,
in spitu of stubborn resistance , the soldiers
' were driven back by the crush Shortly before -
fore the hearing commenced the court room
was filled with a mass of struggling men and
half fainting women who Jammed themselves
Into every possible nook uud cranny within
I the four walls until tlio latter bade , fair to
burst under the oressuro
"On such uu occasion as this , " sneered a
wittv royalist , pointing to the half crazy
tnob , ono appreciates how thoroughly ro-
. republican this French peoulo Is Look nt
HK L them there trampling on ono apothor merely
wM-y" "V t ° Rut a gllmp30 of a prince "
At the stroke of noon Prosldcnt Tar dirt
entered the court room accompanied by two
judges , Mm Molcu and Du Desert
and the state prosecutor , M. Cabot
Bo compact was the immcnso crowd
that even these solcmn-fuced magistrates
doubly imposing in their robes of ofllco ,
could hardly reach their ulaces At last ,
however , order was obtained for the trial
What a handsome young ni.n , " ex
claimed several of his fair udmtrers 'Iboy
were not fur out of tlio way
Prominent in the audlenco were the
Marquis and Marqulsso Da Hcauvolr , Conito
Imatiuol do Harcourt , Due do la Uocefoucauld
Doudeauvlllo , General de Cbarotto , General
doUaslln , Comto ao Mastoyrlo , Comto do
Tuussonvllla , Dr Nachtoll , Duo da Cases ,
with his mother , Dowagar Duchess Comtcsso
do Ferraralds , Senator Luma liaragnon , M.
Arthur Moycr , Madame Camond Uollfus ,
, Prlnco Ponlatoaskl , Madame do St Gormain ,
j HT * * • and representatives of the principal French
HE : and foreign nowspapcrs
t * " * * * , kv- Turning to the distinguished prisoner
v standing before him , President Tardift be
gan i
Monsieur lo Duo d'Qrlcuns , ns today's
tribunal is differently constituted from that
before which you rccontly appeared I am
obllgod to repeal the usual preliminary ex
amination Your uamo Is Louis Pnilllpo
"Kobort Bun d'Orlcans ' , " interrupted the
young man , as if jealous of his title
You were born at Twickenham You are
the eldest son of the Comto do Paris , grand
son of Louis Pbilllppo , who roigncd in
Franco until February 34 , 18181" *
"J am "
You are doubtless aware that the law
forbids heads and heirs of bouses which
nnco ruled Franco to sot foot upon French
territory , yet you were arrested in Paris in
February , where your presouco Is uu
authorized Will you explain your action ) "
The prlnco was very pale , und was evi
dently controlling himself by great effort
Ho glanced nervously about hlui and
f my seemed to ttnd encouragement In the multl-
| H i tudo of sympathetic faces which mot his
HJ gaze Stenrthenlng himself with a proud
H movement of his head and shoulders , ho
H niado the following declaration Ills volco
H sounded low as ho began , but bad ho
whispered , every word would have been
hoard | n the remotest corner of the
room , to inteuso was the silence As
ha Went on bo spoke louder , his cheeks
flushed , he looked at bis judges out of a pair
of eyes shining with old fashioned courage
. * _ Ho made a pretty picture as ho stood there
• telling his simple story , refusing to ask for
JJ mercy , ready lo accept the cousoquenco of
his boyish enthusiasm and appealing to the
soldiers of the nation to declare that be had
H' ' done no wrong These were his words i
H Monsieur lo presldont , I beg poruilsslou
Hk to addressyou with no display of tlao phrases
H I came to Franco to servo In the army us a
HJL J * common soldier , t have nothing to do with
HCs J | politics I did not go to the Chamber
HHPy of Deputies but totbo | enllstmont bureau I
HV know the risks I am taking , but that did not
Hf | r stop me I Iovo my country , I * that a fault !
Hj i longed to snrvo Franco In the ranks Is
HT that a , crime ) no ; then I am not guilty , I
Hj need no dofeuso I thauk my counsel f r
Hti
the devotion they have shown , but t request
them not lo plead for mo I have no favors
to nsk , I mnko no appeal for pardon In
exile I have learned to honor the magistrates
of Franco I shall respect their judgment ,
but If I nm found guilty 1 know that 2,000,000
Boldicrs of my ago will declare mo Innocent
and nil fair-minded moil and women will do
the same "
As the prince ceased speaking the hush
which had settled ever the chamber was suc
ceeded by a tumult of cries and voices
Whether the speech was the result of his
own inspiration or , as republicans maintain ,
was written for film by moro oxporionccd
advisers , there Is no doubt that it was a dis
tinct success ns far ns the nudlonco was
concerned Under the combined Influence
of the stilling heat mid the lntonso excite
ment women became hysterical nnd smell
ing bottles and handkerchlofs came into
crcat demand Even mon gave way to emo
tion and moro than ono pair of mascuUno
byes winked hnrd to keep baok the tears
A few hotheaded eontlomun increased the
general nolso and confusion by loudly
maintaining n contrary opinion , declaring
that the speech was all bosh , but thcra Is
no doubt that the almost unlvorsal sonttmont
was in the young mans favor Could the
audlenco have decided the case ho certainly
would have bean sot at liberty then and
there Unfortunately for the nrlnco that
audlenco had nothing to Ho with the case
Quiet having been restored , M. Cabot , the
prosecutor , made a tedious and rather In
comprehensible speech , in which ho de
manded a strict application of the law with
out any sentimental nonsense Ho was several
oral times interrupted by angry romarlr *
from the princes friends , to which ho ro-
tortcd In the Bamo spirit The proceedings
were rapidly developing Into an ooen brnwl ,
when President TardliT put a stop to the dis
order by threatening to clear the court room
Maitre Iiousso , the dukes nblo defender ,
then arose in his turn Sympathetic mur
murs accompanied ovcry sentence that foil
from his lips , for right or wrong , ho spoke
from the heart and spoke eloquently , being
tremendously applauded Ho concluded as
follows : .
"I have hoard , sir , how many times during
the past few days , respectable pcoplo saying
with a pitying air this act of the due d'Orlcans
in venturing on French soil , was the act of a
child And if it was the act of a child , I
pray God that In the day of our national
need and dancer Franco may find rislug upon
everysldo many such children who will
hasten to the front ongor to take their place
in the ranks'and light for their conntry And
now , gentlemen , I place In your hands the
present destiny of my cllont My honorable
opponent has charged you to bo inflexible
I charge you to decide honestly , as men , us
Frenchmen , whether It bo your duty to con
demn this young mnn If you do condemn
him ho will , as bo himself has assured you ,
bow before your sentence But I am sure ,
gentlemen , that eacn ono of you speaking to
bis heart , to his conscience , must say , T
would raiber a tnousand times have it my
duty to defend this young man than pass
judgment upon him , ' "
Having finished his appeal , Maitre Housso
linndcda.0 the court bis conclusions touching
the purely-legal aspect Of the case Ho ar
gued that the prince was justified , in fact
was . obliged to como to Paris in one
dienco to the military law of July
15 , 18S9 , which summons all Frencbmon of
rcqulsito ago to report for duty , and which
makes no exception in cases of Frenchmen
in exile Of course the other sldo consider
this argument as n moro looimolo At this
point the president declared the session sus
pended nnd retired with Lis asscciutes At
. five minutes past 1 o'clock tbey returned
and in the midet of a profound silence Presi
dent Tardiff pronounced the sentence of the
court , which after the usual preamble , con
cludes as follows :
Therefore , in accordance with the above
mentioned considerations , the court hereby
declares Louis Phllllppo Hobert Duo d'Or- '
loaus guilty of having violntod the ' law of
Juno 33 , 18S0 , and condemns him to two
years imprisonment and to pay the costs of
the trial "
No sooner was judgment pronounced than
a scene of confusion was witnessed in the
court room , The whole audlenco arose and
shouted itself hearse Men sprang upon
bonrhes nnd frantically , waved whatever
they happened.to bo Holding in their hands
The guards looked oq helplessly aud made
no effort to maintain order Vivo lo due
d'Orlouns" was the cry which rose on every
sldo , and scores of hands were stretched to
ward the condemned prlnco , oacror to show
by their grip the sympathy they felt for him
As ho was lad through the corridor hun
dreds of persons waiting there uncovered
their heads respectfully , while now cries
were heard nf Viva lo duo dOrlcans "
As ho said goodbye to the duo do Luynes
the prince smiled gaily
"Is that the emotion you fool , mon
scignor " nskod his friend , after the sen
tence you have beard 1"
Yes , " wastho reply "It does not trou
ble mo very much "
Then someone else said half In fun , Remember -
member , monsolgnor , that if you are par
doned and rcpoat the offense you will bo con
dctnuod to ton years Imprisonment "
"Oh , " said th6 prince , shrugging his shoulders -
dors , ten years is a long time , A great
many things may happen in ton years , espec
ially in Frauco "
With that the royal prisoner was led away
to his cell in tbo conciergerio While
all this was gnlmr on inside tbo
court room an excited mob outside
was eager to learn the verdict On tbo Pont
Neuf several hundred friends and sympa
thizers of tbo duo d' Orleans erouped about
the equestrian statue of Henri VI and with
cheers and songs did their best to got up a
• political demonstration , Most of them were
well dressed gentlemen , many of them being
well known in Purls The pollco promptly
nut an end to ihi so tumultuous proceeding
by arresting everybody who refused to pass
on About forty arrests were thus made ,
but all were released later in tlu day
Count of l'nrlH Hears the News
Paiiis , Fob 13. The count of Paris , who
with the duke do Cuurtres Is a passenger on
a Spanish mail steamer bound for Vera
Cruz , arrived at Porto Ilico today , whore ho
received the intelligence of the arrest of his
son , the duke of Orleans ,
Tlio Wuailior Foreoasr ,
For Omaha nnd vicinity i Fair weather
For Nebraska ; Fulr , southwesterly winds
For Iowat Fair , warmer , southwesterly
winds
For South Dakota : Local rains , westerly
winds , colder Friday morning
Fatally Hlioi ttio Primmer
S K Diboo , Cat , Feb 13. During u recess
in the trial of William Mayno on tbo ehargo
of assault with intent to murder , today , Her
tha Johnson , tha prosecuting witness , shot
Mayno three times , Inflicting fatal wounds ,
Tbo woman was arrested ,
ltroehrtl Another Setbaolc
Auunt , Feb 13. Tbo worlds ' fair bill
bill received another setback today The
senate couforenco commitloe reported a dis
agreement and a new committee was ap
pointed
BEATEN AT EVERY POINT
Iowa Domoornta About Rondy to
Glvo Up the Fight
PLACED IN A SAD PREDICAMENT
Republicans Drtvo Thoni Into a
Corner by Kovorsing Ono or
1 heir-Propositions The
Knights or Labor
A Hitter fill to Swallow
Des Moinfs , In , Feb 13. [ Special
Telegram to Tub Hub | The ropub
licnnB In the lcgWnluro are in fine fcathor
tonight over the predicament In which they
hnvo placed the democrats The latter had
tried the sea-saw game , declining republican
propositions for ending the deadlock and
sending back n counter proposition which
they know the republicans would not accept
Their last proposition claimed the speaker
ship and assistant clerk for thomsolvcs , with
ono less thnn half the commlttocs , and gave
the rcoubllcans the rest , They claimed
that it was very fair and reasonable und
ought to bo accepted , The republican caucus
took tha proposition and lust roverscd it ,
and sent it bacir to the democrats unchanged
The lnttor had not oxpSctod to bo asked to
take their own prescription nnd they were
very mad
The caucus hold n stormy session this
ovonlng , nnd some of the democrats were in
favor of adjourning slue die und going homo
without any settlement of the question They
are placed in a position where they must
cither fish or cut bait If they uccopt their
own proposition they end the deadlock by
giving the republicans the speaker If they
icfusu they convict thomsolvcs of having
nsked the republicans to do what they would
not do themselves They show to the state ,
also , that they have bcon bluftlug all this
time when they pretended to be making
reasonable overtures for ending the dead
lock Either horn of the dilemma is a de
feat for them , aad the republicans are very
hapny at this stroke of policy which has put
their opponents in a hole The hotheaded
democrats uic very angry and inclined to do
something reckless Hut tbo cooler heads
are likely to advise that tha proposition bo
accepted They cannot defend themselves
if they do anything else , since they are asked
to accept their own terms , which they have
already declared to bo fair and reasonable
If they ac opt this proposition the deadlock
will probably end tomorrow , and the inaugu
ration of General Holes will probably take
place the fore part of next week
The iioiiHC
Des Moines , la , Feb 12 The house mot
at 10:30 : and held a session which lasted half
an hour The report of the mileage committee -
too was adopted Three ballots were taken ,
resulting : Hamilton 45 , Wilson 45. Ad
journed until 3:30. :
Immediately uoon reassombllng this after
noon a recces was taken until 4 o'clock to
give time for the conference commltteo to
work At 4 o'clock tbo commltteo not havirg
reached any ngreemont the house adjourned
until tomorrow afternoon ,
Tlio Knights of Labor
Maiisham.town , la , Fob 13. | Special
Telegram to Tue Bbe | Tonight will prob
ably close the state meeting of tbo Knights
of Labor and Farmers alliance The dls- ,
cusslons today were animated , especially
these over tbo return of William U. Allison
to the United States senate It is openly
claimed by the knights that it was their
power that defeated Hutchison nnd elected
Holes , and they are now as eagerly after
Allison's sculp Their expected union with
the Farmers alllnnco has not matured A
resolution asking Governor Holes to ap
point State Master Workman Sovereign
commissioner on labor statistics
was unanimously passed Judging
from interviews and speeches it is alto
gether probable that neither organization
will ally itself with cither of the old parties ,
but will continue the independent move
ment Resolutions were passed fuvorlng the
district purchase plan of school books
Sovereigns annual address was greeted with
loud cheers Among other things , ho said :
"llio industries of this nation are concen
trated in tbo hands of a few , and tha or
ganized brnins of opulence are fast becom
ing monarchs Distributed business Is dying
out and society is tendiug to produce the re
sults of the labor managed hy vast mechan
ical associations Combinations of capital
and brain are reducing men from independ
ent laborers to moro wheels In the ma
chinery of great manufactories To meet this
exigency society must have a higher con
science and statesmanship a keener sense of
justice and the church a truer brother
hood , and tbero must prevail a wider , loftier ,
purer public spirit The administration of
government should bo a model of tbo highest
typo of human character , nnd promote the
creation and distribution of wealth in an
abundant and beneficial manner Lot the
ownership nnd possession of nuturo's gifts
bo limited to use Let the government
assume the operation of the tolegrapbs ,
tolopbono and railroads Lot the govern
ment issue a volume of currency ample to
the needs of business and the employment ot
labor without tbo intervention of banks , and
make the dollar at production roturu a
greater reward than tbo dollar at Interest
Lot tha millions of llttlo chlldion who
discaso tbalr bodlos und dwarf their in
tellects in the dark and unwholesome rooms
of our factories bo given the blessings of
tbo school and the virtues of the homo
Lot tbo woman who mukes tbo shirt re
ceive tbo Bamo pay recolved by the man
who wears it , when the services are of
equal value , aua apply the rule to all
other avocations of human toil Let the
hours of labor decrease in proportion to the
Increase of mechanical devices for produce
tlon , Lot the markets of the world bo free
and forgo no moro chains lo onsluvo commerce -
morco under the insidious pretense of pro
tecting labor Abolish convict contract labor
Abolish the truck-storo. Abolish labors po
litical muster by the substitution of a secret
ballot and let the voters elect representative
men to the council chambers of the state and
uatton who will place the honor of country
and the interests of the peopla above parti
san prejudice and the sordid interests of
self
self."Do all this and indlgenco Is cured and the
the eurtb will grow greouer under tbo hand
of honest toil , and u nation once blinded and
stultified und duzed by the bigotry and super
stition and Intolerance ottho cruel past will
reverberate with the anthem of brighter
homes and resound with rapturous melody
to charm the ears of an unfettered world , "
Ainciullnu tlio Ill irin.ioy Law
Des Moines , la , Feb 13.- [ Special Tele
gram to Tue Use ] The eleventh annual
meeting of the Iowa Pharmaceutical asso
ciation begun hero today , Unusual Interest
is taken In this meeting because It is ex
pected to prepare a bill for the modification
of the pharmaoy law Two years ago ,
wboq the cranks were on top of the prohibi
tion work , they passed an iron clad law for
the regulation of the sale of- liquor by the
druggists It was a very drastto meas
ure , which has proved so oppreslyo
that public sentiment las demanded
relief for the diugcibta Tbey will prepare
a bill while here , und the legislature is quito
likely to pass It nnd relieve them of the em
barrassments of their business as at present
conducted Only rqutino proceedings were
transacted today , President W. H , Forbers
of Dubuque made the annual address
A Hey Fatally Injured
Cueston , la Feb 13. ( Special Telegram
to Tue Uee.J Gus Vetlnger , a twolvo-year-
old school boy , was seriously and perhaps
fatally Injured this afternoon while attempt
ing to jump on a moving freight train His
loft arm Avas badly crushed , necessitating
amputation at the shoulder . His recovery is
doubtful . '
His nooks Kail tttltftlnncn
Hoo.vn , In , Fob 13. tSpeolsl Tologrnm to
The Uee.J P. D. * HoUt , the recently in
stalled county superintendent of schools ,
claims to have discovered serious dis
crepancies In the books of G. W. Ashtoti ,
who rccontly retired , Which would indlcato
that ho was n defaulter to ttio county for
several hundred dollars Some records arc
entirely worthless , having bocn mutllatod
with u knlfo Ashton niovod to Texas u
week neo Although a republican , bo
worked hard for the election of Hoist , who
Is a democrat
font to the Itoformalnry
Ciiesto.v , la , Fob 12. ISpcclal Telegram
to The Uee.1 Kato KInney , ono of the
young girls who recently ran awny from her
homo to Omnhn , but was later brought bock
by her father , was to day sent by order of
Judge Wilson to the gtris' state Industrial
school at Mltchollvlllo
1
Tlio llontio Murtlor Trlnl Kniltid
Uoosn , la , Fob 12I [ Spooial Telegram
to Tun Uke.J The trial of a popular young
merchant Tliomaa P. Kogors , on the ehargo
of manslaughter , whlchnas oxcltod so much
interest here , ended lustnight ! , at midnight
In a vordlct of gulltv ot assault and battery
BCTTLKilS 8I3CUIU5 JUflTICK
An Old Simrl Unrnvnlcd by the Open
ing : or the Reservation
CiUMiiEm.Aix , S. D. , Fob 13. [ Special
to The Ueb.I Now that the Sioux reser
vation is open to settlement , the Bottlers on
the Crow Crook and Winnebago reservation
will secure tbo justlco that has long been
denied thorn The Bottlers , numborlng about
sixty , have been llvtnfc , on this reservation
since the spring of 153. ) , but have never
bcon given patontsjo ; the lands they res ido
upon A brief hlstory of this matter may
provo tntoresttng reading to northwestern
pcoplo who wore ot the time fully Informed
as to how these settlers , catno to locate upon
Indian lands : On February 37 , 18S5 , Prosl
dcnt Arthur Issued a proclamation declaring
a portion , consisting ot , 331,9S0 acres , of the
Crow Creek and Winnebago reservation
opened to settlement These lands Ho di
rectly north of this uity and are the choicest
portion of the entire reservation A largo
number of pcoplo had congregated In this
city in anticipation of President Arthur's
proclamation , and no ' sooner was It Issued
than the crowd mudo a wild stampede to the
lands , and In a remarkably short time every
quarter-section had nn occupant Houses
were built and preparations were made for
putting in tbo seasons crops April 17 , of
tbo same year , President Cleveland , acting
on tbo decision of Attorney General Garland ,
who claimed tbo lands werolllogally opened
. issued a proclamation withdrawing the land
from the market and ordering these who bad
located upon thorn to yncato at once Many
of the settlers obeyed the , order , leaving
their buildings , etc , on tbo land An at
tempt was made to eject thbso who refused
to vacate , but it proved unsuccessful They
are still upon their claims and have repeat
edly petitioned the government to either pay
them for their improvements or glvo
them patents for their lands In answer to
tbolr demands a clause was inserted in the
Sioux bill , under which these lands and a
portion of the great Sioux , reservation west
of the Missouri river is opolled to settlement ,
and the settlers will bcAllo'jved nlnoty days
priorltyTn which to refill ! their claims This
also * includes these who left their claims
when ordered to do to These poor settlers
are dolitrhtcd to think tbnV'after.many years
, ot hurdshlp ihd privatlahl5tbeyi\ylU at last
secure titles to their , land and enjoy the
same privileges that'ot her settlers on public
lands enjoy '
Not Flacking lo thoKoservntlnn
Huron , S. D. , Fob 13. jSpoololiTelogrum
to Tue Bee | Nosmow applications to
cuter lands in Hughes codnty will be ro-
colvod at the land ofllco here , Commissioner
Groff having advised officials that Hughes
county will bo included iu' the now land dis
trict at Pierre The reported rush for lands
in the Sioux reservation is denied by parties
who arrived hero from Pierre this afternoon
They regard the sensational reports from
Plorro as an imposition upon the eastern
press andpooplo Tbero were less than tbreo
dozen passengers on tbo west bound train
this afternoon , which is only running to
Pierre , % i j !
THE SI1LITAKY f > ItA.WN OFF
Bottlers Now Allowqd Vraa Access
to the HosTVntion
St Paul , Minn , Fob 13. A Pierre , S.
D. , special Bays : This afternoon Colonel
Tusobii , commander of tha'mllltur.v , received
an official telegram announcing tbo presi
dents proclamation The town was Imme
diately in a hubbub of nolso and confusion
Vehicles of all kinds jvoro called out and
packed with mon of all classes and there
was an exciting race for the reservation In
thirty minutes the town was practically do-
scrted , stores closed and business almost
suspended Perched on the dome
of the copltol building the writer
could see over the country for miles
Stretching away across , , tbo river for miles
Into tbo reservation was a procession of men
and wagons , hurrying along on a mad rush
for bouses and lund , winding their way over
bills and valleys , ouch trying to got ahead of
the other Fully 5,000 people were In the
crowd and tonight they are camped on the
reservation Load after load ol lumber has
loft the immense lumber yards hero until
tbey are almost doplotcd , and tonight for a
radius of twenty-live miles can almost every
where bo beard the sound of saw and ham
mer , . '
At Fort Pierre the situation is serious
The bulk of the croud first struck that vll-
lago and Immediately commenced to claim
the lots , there being as many as ten claim
ants to ono lot Trouble has already arisen
Ton wagon loads of , boor and whisky
and several gambling outfits wont over to
the reservation , today ( Liquor nan been
prohibited op the rutove } heretofore , but
tonight It Is as froons WMer , and tha inbubl-
touts , having been relieved of military rule ,
are giving vent to thoirrpolings by indulging
in the flowing bowl Gambling Is going on
openly < ln the streets , j and half broods ,
squaw mon and even thdrod man himself Is
playing high with the 1 aids which they have
received for the relinquishment of claims
The Situation u ' t Jchainhcrlnln
St PAUfc , Minn , Feb 13. A Chamber
lain , S. D „ special saysj The situation in
tbo town site west of tins city became moro
complicated than over last night , when a
lurgo party of persons1 irrived with a force
of surveyors and begin at once running
lines regardless of the [ rights of prior set
tlers , Indian lands or unyttilug else The
fight for possession , pfoinlsos to bo bitter
Personal oncounlors ttr 'becomlng frequent
and serious trouble is likely to ensue In
the meantlmo building goes on stead
ily and a largo number of busi
ness pluces are boing/opened. A news
will bo issued tomorrow Stops are
Gupcr taken to or-ruqizo a city government ,
and soon the peculiar feature of it city rep
resenting ull brandies of trade nnd a popu
lation of nearly throe thousand persons will
be wltnesf ed , but not pno of tbo citizens
owning a solitary foot of irround The
reservation for many miles wosuvurd Is becoming -
coming dotted with houses In nvory direc
tion Tbero is no trouble regarding the set
tlement of farm Jandt , settlers appearing
anxious to avoid complications in settling
lands provioujly.selected by other parsons
Crowds are arriving-by every Incoming
train and innumerable prairie schooners are
steadily on the Increase
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Canadian Wlf * Murderer llunx
TonoNTO , Out , Feb 12. Thomas ICano
was hung in the jail yard here this morning
tor the murder gf his wife last Novinbcr
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CONFIRMATION OF MORGAN ,
Ha Will Horonltor Administer the
Affairs of the Indian Buronu
THE LONG AND SHORT HAUL
OiiIIoiii'a Ahicnco Prevents Action on
Paddocks Keonlnthm of inquiry
Iron and Wool Interests
I'iuhiing Suicnr
Washington Uuiie p The Ou ha Hee , )
613 L'NlUIlTEE.NTlt Stiibst >
Wasiiisotok D. C „ Fob , 13. )
When the scnuto wont Into executive
Bosslon Immediately attor the rotitino busi
ness early this afternoon the nomination ol
Indian Commissioner Morgan was aguln
tnken up for consideration Senator Spoonor
made a long and strong argument In fuvorof
confirmation Ho argued sorlatltn the
charges reflecting upon General Morgan's
military record nnd rcspootlng his discrimi
nation against Cnthollcs in the mnnagomont *
of Indiun Bchools and the letting of con
tracts Ho refuted all these charges In do-
tall and extolled the private and public
character of the nominee
Senator Spoohur was followed by Mr
Dawes , chairman of tlio committee on Indian
affairs His argument was In much the
same direction nnd was strong In favor of
confirmation
Senator Mnnderson spoke at conslderaoto
length in favor of confirmation He also
cleared up the charges against Morgan's
military record aud polntod out his olucloncy
as a commissioner , glvinr lnstancos of his
work in Nebraska nnd elsewhere The democrats
ocrats hud their Innings yesterday when
Jones of Arkansas and Vest of Missouri
made long speeches against confirmation
Altogether about six hours wore consumed
yesterday and today In tha discussion of
this question On a final vote Morgan's
nomination was confirmed by a vote of 38
ayes to 10 nays Plumb and Dnvls , repub
licans , were paired against confirmation ,
nnd Ingalls , republican , voted nuy Pugh ,
Colquitt , George , licugnn and Ulodgett ,
democrats , voted for confirmation , The
ether 23 ufllrmatlvo votes were republican
tub loko and shout haul
Chairman Culloin of the Beuate committee
on intcrstato commerce is in New Vork to
attend the mooting of the republican league
tonight , and there was no meeting of his
committee this morning , as was anticipated ,
to take action on Senator Paddocks resolu
tion inquiring into the operation of the long
and short haul clause in the interstate commerce -
morco law No action is now oxpoctnd until
next wcok It Is understood that there will
bo a general Investigation of the subject , and
railroad mon , shippers and producers will
bn brought here to submit testimony nnd
their views to the couimittoo It is not
likely that the eoction will be ollhor re
pealed or inodifiod , but there may bo ad
ditional legislation requiring railroad corpo
rations to carry out moro of Its spirit as well
as the letter of the law , so that there maybe
bo lower rates for the long haul and the
maintenance of . the prcsont shoit haul
tariff , if not a reduction
Senator Paddock received today a telegram -
gram from Lincoln signed by the proildenl
bf the Nebraska State Farmers alliance and
Hargraves Brothers and from prominent
wholesale mcrchnnts in Lincoln , stating that
theyvbcllOvo tbo interests of tbo people of
Nebraska and of tbo railroads were against
the repeal of section 4 of the intorstuto commerce -
morco law , and adding that they trusted ho
would use his influence to prevent the same
Seuator Paddock , when Interviewed by
your correspondent , said : " 1 cannot see
how any construction of my resolution of
fered In tbo senate can bo made whjch
wouid place mn , as at present , an Advocate
bf the repeal of the short and long haul
clause My intention In introducing
this resolution , which scomB to have
created a stir , was purely to secure informa
tion as'to the truth of the charges mndo ,
numely : That excessive frolght rates are
responsible for the deplorably low prices for
farm products in ur state To quota Mr
Cleveland : 'It is a condition , not a theory ,
which confronts us ' There is no question
of tbo excessive lotvness of prices in Ne
braska , a great agricultural state , with an
Industrious nnd frugal population I am
anxious to ascertain the cause , and have
brought the matter before tbo senate so that
It may bo officially investigated , and in order
that whan the cause la ascertained a proper
remedy may bo applied I am frank to say
that when the intcrstato commcrco law wus
passed I feared that the long and short haul
clause would afford a temptation , at least to
the railroads , to tncroaso the long huul rntes
to save tbo short haul rales Since
the passage of the law tbo increased
rates to the seaboard from our section of
the country seems to justify that apprehen
sion , 1 am not in favor bf a repeal of any
part Of the law until all parties interested
have had an opportunity to bo heard I am
only desirous that tbero shall bo a full inves
tigation to determine where iho responsi
bility lies If after such investigation it shall
bo made perfectly manifest that the princi
ple of tbo law in respect to tbo long and
short haul clause is wrong , taking Into con
sideration the special Intercstsof our section
of tha country most especially and vitally in
terested in low rates for export products , I
shall then bo In favor of the repeal of the
parts shown to the obnoxious Lot mo say
very cloarlv , thatlf the railroads alonoure re
sponsible for the present condition of uffnirs
I will vote lor moro stringent meas
ures If necessary to restrain und con
trol them In the interest of cboapor
rates to the seaboard for our products
What wo need now is cboapor rates These
we must have not for today , or tomorrow ,
or for next your but permanently Our
farmers are ontltlod to know always exactly
what to expect and what to depend upon in
the mutter of frolght rates Tbo resolution
which I introduced bad no further mcunlng
or ptoso thun this It was introduced in
tbo interest of tbo producers , and it Its in
vestigation shall disclose that tbo temporary
interests of a few may bo oftectod as against
thosoof the great producing classes of the
stute of Nebraska by a modification of the
lawB , tbo lntorests of the majority must
stand as much as these of a smaller number -
bor , "
IHON AND WOOL ylOIITlNQ BUOAII
The Iron nnd wool Interests are In a death
grapple with sugar , For several weeks tbero
have been Iron manufacturers and wool pro
ducers in Washington quietly working to
bring about a heavy reduction In the duty on
sugar witb a vlow to self-presorvaiion.
Tbero have also been hero gentlemen Inter
ested in the construction of BUgar factories
in Nobruska , Kansas and other states , and
they nave wonted against the reduction of
the duty on sugar , which , the Iron and wool
men say , means a cut upon their interests
If there Is u lioavy cut on the sugar duty the
iron and wool men b ltovo tbolr duty inter
ests will not bo disturbed
Mr , Oxnard , who is putting up a largo bcot
sugar factory at Grund Island , Neb , In
which he will Invest several hundred thou
sand dollars , has bocn in the city several
duys and suys that if the com
mltteo on ways and means deter
mlno to report u reduction of 60 per cent
in the sugar duty or any cut which will be
muterlal ho will stop the construction of his
factory and do it by telegraph Ho says
there are a number of gentlemen In the
west , among them , Mr Wutters of Carroll ,
la , who are figuring upon the establishment
of sugar beet factorlos , and they only await
the uctlon of tbo committee on ways aud
means ; that If the committee does not make
a reduction in the sugar duty a number or
beet sugar factories will bo established this
spring uud summer , but if the proposed re
duction is mudo these alreudv under coursa
of construction will bo immediately stopped
and contemplated factories will bo aband
oned Ho is very much incensed against
thu action of tbo iron and wool representa
tives here , and sajs they are using all their
inllueucu to strangle tbo greatest infant
industry h" < • United States Ho says
they nro of , to glvo the sugar Industry
n foothold occtuso It may make
such a good showing as to domnnd the main
tominco of tin ' - snnt duty for n number of
years This ' , in operate a reduction in
the irou nndv. . * schedule
It is nn intort ng fight that these Indus
tries nro waglnu Kach b'allovos that unless
the ether gets u c * 'n ' the preparation of the
Inrlff bill tha pro.in g knlfo inny como around
the other way and .nntto a reduction In
ether words , each Interest is demanding as
sclf-prcscrvntlon tnat the other bo visited in
the reductions which will bo made In the
tnrifl bill , Hach believes It Is not posslblo
to pass u bill without a reduction of either
the Iron , woo ) or sugar scholulos * There Is
some lively work going on among the mem
bers from the prmrlo states The people in
terested in boot sugar reductions nro trying
to solldlfv nil of the members In states which
nro capable of producing boot or cane sugar
and hold tlicm against any reduction of tha
sugar dutv Hereto fore the demand for the
inuintcnunco of tlio sugar duty tins como
from Louisiana , but that ? tate seems to bo
inactive now , believing that Nebraska , Iowa ,
Kansas and other republican slatosaro moro
capubla of making the light necessary to
rctnin tha presuut duties or to prevent nuy
heavy cut
NO AI'l'ltorillATION roil IIUUClATION
As anticipated In the early part of this ses
sion of congress , there will bo no appropria
tion to begin the work ot Irrigating the arid
plains Major Powell , superintendent ol
the veologicnl survey , has propnrcd a bill on
this subject , but It only milies nn appropria
tion for a topographical survey of the rcuions
where irrigation by moans of artesian walls
or basins is doomed practicable The com
mltteo does not contemplate actual work iu
the wiy of irrigation and simply carries out
the lilea of the special committee of the sen
ate which visited the west and southwest
during the summer and took testimony on
thu subjnu it Is likely that about fr.J.UOO
will bo appropriated for tlio purpose of se
curing final surveys and definite Information
by means of visits to tlio points throughout
the country where Irrigation In Its various
forms is proposed
A IllVAI TO IIUFFALO IHtA
F. C. Whitney , proprietor of Wild'Amer
ica , nn oxhihitlun similar in charnctor to
Buffalo Hills Wild West , today called upon
the commissioner of Indian affairs nnd se
cured consent to toke about thirty Indian
bucks from Pine Hidgo ngonoy to Ins exhibi
tion , which opens nt llut' .a Pcsth , Hungary ,
on March 30. The show thou socs Into Rus
sia for the summer Wbltuoy has had with
him some Sioux from the reservation which
was recently thrown open to settlement In
South Dakota ,
OIUIEIIEl ) TO AU.OW SETTLEMENT
A telegram was sent from the war depart
ment today directing the troops Rtatinned nt
Pierre , S. D „ to permit settlers to enter
upon the Sioux reservation at their own free
will and to do nothing except prevent per
sonal-collisions. The trocps , it wus ascer
tained , were holding the settlers oft this
reservation on the ground that official notice
had not boon received of the reservation
being thrown open to settlement and under
the Impression that it was tlio duty of the
troops to see that the laud laws were com
piled with The trooi > 3 wore slmuly sta
tioned ut Pierre to keep settlers oil the
reservation until the president had issued
his proclamation nnd to prevent collisions between -
tweon the pcoplo 'I hey bud neither in
struction nor tlio right to ask that the land
laws bo complied with
NKnilASKA LAND 01TICE UECOUMEXDATIONS
Secrotury Noble today made out a list of
recommendations for land ofllces in Ne
braska which ho will at once transmit to the
president They include Hon A * L. Towlo
for the O'Neill office , Mark M. Ncoves for
Sidney , Hon A. S. Halclwin as rogistcr at
North Platte , Hon , John Nesbltt as rcculror
at North Platte and Joseph Teeters-as reg
ister at Lincoln
the AnMr
l3y direction of the secolnry of war Trum-
Iieter Charles Wllcomo , light battery D ,
< Tfth artlllory , now with his battery nt Fort
Douglas , Utah , having sitisfactorily ex
plained to the department that his truenamo
is Charles Mitchell , he will bs borne uuder
the latter name on the rolls , returns , otc , of
bis command after this da to
First Llcutouant John II Gardner , Nintli
cavalry , will repair to Jefferson barracks
and report in the commanding officer for duty
at that depot Ho will also report 1,1s arrival
by letter to the superintendent of tbo recruiting -
cruiting sorvlco , Now York city This detail -
tail is made with u view to a tour of duty
till October , 18'JI.
rOSTAL MATTEllS
J. W. Brooks was appointed postmaster at
Cardy , Nuckolls county , today John O.
Taylor bus boon appointed postmaster at
lierwyn , Custer county
The president Is expected to appoint H. II ,
Troth postmaster at McCoolt tomorrow , vice
Hubbell , resigned
Fourth class postmasters appointed : Ne
braska Octavla , Butler county , J. U. Mel
linger , vice J. M. Stubbart , removed Iowa
Urompton Monroe county , S. Sumner ,
vice N. A. Jones , resigned ; Ureone , Butler
county , W , A. Kolster , vice S. T. Hotchkiss ,
removed
MISCELLANEOUS
L. S. Irvin of Kearney yesterday passed
examination and has recolved notification ot
his appointment us special agent nf the treas
ury department Mr Irvlti ivithdrow from
the contest for the Grand Island land ofllco
some time ugo
First Assistant Postmaster General Clark
son today Informed Senator Paddock that the
demand of tbo postmaster at Lincoln for In
creased help would bo allowed The natrons
of the Lincoln postollicc may therefore ox-
pccl shortly a relief which has been long
nocded After looking ever the situation
Senator Paddock has dotorralnod that it will
be bcst.for all Intoronts not to push his bill
for an appropriation of $300,000 for exten
sions to the Lincoln postofllco Ho will
tboroforo introduce a bill calling for
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a now public building on Fed
eral square nt Lincoln to bo eroded
nt a cost of tl,000,001) . The senator said to
day that bo was convinced , as ho hud bcon
for suvcrul years , tbut nothing but u new
building would moot the demands of that
rapidly growing city , but that in response to
the evor-growing requests pouring in upon
n I in from Lincoln ho had introduced a bill
for repairs and iidditionul construction upon
the old federal building Now that there
seemed tc bo a unanimous wish In the capital
city for a now building , ho was propurcd to
work tor an appropriation commensurate
with the iucroaslng dignity and prosperity ot
Lincoln
Mrs Stanton's daughters , Mrs , Lawrence
of io ' wa , and Blatch of Kngland urrivod ut
the Itlggs last evening Peiuiy S. Heatu
A ratal Onllisl'in In Alabiimn
Biiiminouam , Ala , Fob 13 , A collision
occurred this morniug on tbo Alabama and
Great Southern near Coallnir , Ala , be
tween a spoclul excursion train currying
1,000 passengers and an accommodation ,
Engineer Doollltlo was uiBtautly killed and
some ten or fifteen persons pn the accommo
dation were badly hurt , but It Is thought
none fatally , Notio on thu excursion train ,
which was en route to Now Orleans , are re
ported killed They were from Chicago
und points in Ohio and Illinois
Conk County JSoodlors Sued ,
Chicago , Feb 13 , All the Indicted Chicago
cage boodlars , whether they hud been im
prisoned , escaped or compromised , were sued
today by the county for $300,000 for trespass ,
The defendants are thlrteon In number The
county attorney says the BUlt is brought because -
cause there was clearly a conspiracy ou tbo
" pari of the defendants by which the county
was injured to th < 3 amount named The suit
is a dlsugnieablo surprise to the boodlers , a
majority of whom flnlsbod a term in Jollot
prison a few days ag o.
Stiiumshlii Arrivals
At Moville The Kthopia , from Now York
for Glasgow ,
At Liverpool Tbo Istrlun , from Boston
At Baltimore The Kosiscr , from Bremen ,
At New York Tbo Cuflo , from Liverpool ;
the City ol Paris , from Liverpool
At Philadelphia The Lord Clive , from
I Liverpool ; tbo Switzerland , from Antwerp
OMAHA MEN GET A HEARING I
The Frolght Association Comldor * M
luff Tbolr Domtinds M
LITTLE PROGRESS BEING MADE , H
The St I'nul Insists Thru K itc-i nro M
Cuiitliuiiilly Mnmjmlntod l'ho M
Alton Will Mnkc n He- H
duct Ion on Sheep H
Waiting on the It & N. H
Chicago , Fob , 13. [ Special Tologrnm to M
Tin : Bee | The Uuilliigton & Northern M
played with the ether lines In the Western |
FrcUht association today , Everything nuw H
depends ou when the Burlington & Northern M
gives Its notice , under the ten duys rule , o ( B
the application of its 'Mi } per cent rcduclion H
In rates Until it docs , none of tlio ether B
lines cm tuko action , us they nro restrained HHJ
by the association rule requiring official HBl
notice to bo given llvo du > s before u regular HBl
meeting All they enn do now Is to follow HB )
the lead of the Burlington & Northern The SBf
committee appointed yesterday to limit tlio HH |
spread of thu reduction was unable to make HH1
a report today , although they wore In session HH1
nil yesterday urtornoon nnd this morning The H
discussiou showed , lion ever , It would be an H
extremely difficult thing to adjust western H
rates to St Paul , us corresponding roduc- H
tlons must bu mudo to the Missouri river H
The notice of tha St Paul road for a rcduo- H
Hon in rates of 'MJ } per cent lo Kansas City H
wus brought up aud the St Paul Insisted It H
would make the reduction under tiio rules H
unless Its competitors quit manipulating H
rates This brought the work of the com H
tnlttco to a standstill , ns such action would H
simplify Its work to making u uniform re- H
auction of IM f. per cent in all western rntes H
The Alton also gave notice of its Intention to H
reduce rates on sheep to the cattle basis of H
1 } { cents , nnu It was deildod that no attempt - H
tempt could bo niacin to adjust rates until all H
the notices were filed nt thu end of the meet H
Ing At the afternoon bcsbIou n hearing wn * H
L'runted to n number of Omaha and Kuiibus H
City packers The Omaha men wanted the H
hiuiio rntes to southeastern points us Kansas H
City , the hitter now being given adiffurcn H
tlal ot S cents A commltteo of Interested H
lines wns uppoimod to consider the matter H
Itcdnood tlie Unto on Merchant Iron H
Chicago , Fob 13. [ Spoclul Telegram to H
Tub Hun | The general managers of the H
Intcrstato Commcico ltailway association H
today reduced to 10 cents the prcsont rate of H
15 cents on merchant iron , from Chicngo to H
Mississippi points On un application of the H
Omaha lines of the Northwestern for tha H
same rata on coarse grain from Omaha to H
St Paul as that to St Louis a spirited dls- H
mission arose und the matter was sent to ar- H
bitrutioti The St Louis Imps claimed the H
Omaha was scciotly making the rule it H
asked for uud pointed In illustration to the H
lmmenso business being done ut the open H
high l.i to 'J lie subject of report from tlio H
committee appointed by the presidents to H
prepare an amended form of agroomunt was H
discussed and u motion adopted hy u urn H
jority vote expressing the souse of the lines H
to bo in fuvor of action as soon as prucllcv * H
bio All eastern und western Hues Inter H
cstcd will meet ugain tomorrow to consider H
the differential question and the dlscontiuu- H
ancc of commission , - H
Knduo ( I IlntPH nn Shnpp H
Kansas City , Mo , Fob 13. The Alton H
will announce a reduction In rates on shcrji H
from the Missouri river to Chicago froul'33 H
to 12Ja cents - * * l
LINCOLN'S nilllHOAY , H
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Hon . John M. Thurston Spunks Be * H
Torn u Chicago Aiullonn . H
Chicago , Feb 13 At Central Music hall H
tonight U.000 people celebrated the birthday M
of Abraham Lincoln Lincoln council tf H
the National union conducted the affair H
Hon John M. 'Ihur ton of Nobruska wus B
the orator of the evening His address w.is HJHJ
received with great applause Ho b id ! , in HJHJ
parti The state of Illinois had contributed HH |
to the history of tl o nineteenth century its HH |
two most illustrlou * numos ono the greuU'st H H
captain of modern times , the ether HHl
that of a statesman nnd patriot , HH |
whoso birthday wo now commotnoruto The HH |
name of Abraham Lincoln should bo taught , HH |
revered and honored wherever liberty Is dear H l
to men The spoukor said ho was a bollcver HH |
in Gods providence which had raised up a HH |
leader in ovcry time of a peoples exceeding HH ]
need , Tlio rail splitter of Illinois bad boHH |
como president in the durkest hours of tlio HH |
nations peril His actions umuzod politicHH |
laus Ho oftendod the leaders of his party , HH |
but the people loved him and followed hi in HH |
blindly All grout reforms originate with HH |
the populace Universal suffrage is HH |
tbo safety ot society Dreamers and H _ _
idiots pruto ot an Ideal community HHl
In which all shall llvo on an cxuut uqiullty HHl
The monotony of such un existence would bo HHl
unbearable It Is Inevltablo that tbero shall HHl
always bo an unequal distribution of wnalth HHl
Speaking of taxation , Mr Thurston said HHl
the student of political economy would HHl
readily discover that the dully wages of HHl
ovcry toiler wus lessened by the tax on capiHHl
tn1. The ulnuialo liquidation of all niunlclHHl
pal and governmental Indebtedness was met HHl
by the sweat of the brow und the toil of HHl
busy hands Pcoplo nave a right to doHHl
mand that capital should only bo employed la HHl
Icgitlmute business purposes , but redress HHl
could never bo afforded by the mouthing of HHl
domugogucs or of attempted roprisuls of IraHHl
practical men Spoaklug of the chnngo In HHl
the government ol Brazil to a republic , ho HHl
said ; "On freedoms scroll of honor tlio HHl
iiuino of Abraham Lincoln wns written first , HHl
and the colossal statue of his fame stood forHHl
over before thu American people , the sunHHl
shine of an approving heaven rcstod upon It HHl
uud ever it calmly Mauled the uuconquored HHl
Itugof the greatest nation of the earth " HH ]
At Otlini I'lnCDs , HH ]
New Yong , Feb 13. Tlio republican club M
at Dnlmomco's tonight commemorated tb HH ]
eighty first annlvorsury of the birth dav ot HH
Abraham Lincoln , Cephas ilramerd proHJH
sided and on tbo other sldo ot him were HJH
Senator Cullom of Illinois Senator Davis of s l
Minnesota , Congressmen Uolllver of Iowa HHl
and Dingloy of Maine , Governor Lounsbury HHl
of Connecticut , Genorul John C. Fremont HHl
und Chuuncuy M. Dopow , HHl
CoLUMiius , O. , Feb 1' ' . The Lluooln banHJ
quel under the auspicies of the Ohio republiHJ
can club occuried tonight and wus largely HHl
attended by distinguished republicans from HHl
Ohio und other states HHl
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Spain and Cuba , | jH
Mapiiid , Fob 13. The government has | jH
docldod to bring before the Spanish courts | jH
of justlco the dnfraudcrs of Cuban revenue I H
who escaped to America In tbo chamber ijH
of deputies the minister of trade presented | JH
the Porto Hlco budget , which authorized tbo | | H
government to issue a loan tor fSO0OO00 for | | H
thu conversion of the Porto Itlcuu debt | JH
HH
Convention * of Comity Olllolalu V HH
Des Moines , la . Feb 13. [ Sponal TeloHH
grain to Tub Uee.J The county supervisors , HH
auditors and uttornoys hold conventions M
hero today , No business was transacted ex- | JH
cept the appointment of commlttcos to re- . | JH
port tomorrow They are to discuss several | jH
objects ot general interest to these dillorcnt | JH
officers , aud possibly suggest some desired | | H
legislation , 'iboy will reinuln Iu sonlou | | H
several days - / | JH
llond Offerings | JH
Washington , Feb , 13. { Special Telegram HH
to Tub He.J ! ( Bonds offered | 100,000 at HJ