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j-irn The Omaha i [ Sunday Bee t Tl I r j - r I v NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA , SUNDAY MOKNINGii , FEBRUARY 10 , SIXTEEN PAGE NUMBER 2377 * I MERE ELECTORAL MANEUVRE What Will Oomo of fho Propoaod International Gonforonco FRENCH LABOR LEADERS VIEWS Tlio German Emnoror Could Nnt * Carry Out Ilia Promises Because " of Opposition from the Money Princes A. French Lnbor Lcador Talks ICoM/rful'C / ' t&o lu Jama Uonlon nemi'U.1 Paiiis , fob 15. | Now York Horatd Cabla Special to Tun Bed I What Is your posl- tlon , sir , as regards tlio International labor conference recently proposed by the Ger man crapororl" It was the Hornld correspondent who put this 'quostlou this afternoon br M. l'aul Doroublo , tlio worklngmnn's ' friend , tbo wrltor of patriotic sonrs , the maker of do- " \ „ aunclatory Bpooclics , the wearer of famous t-v green rcdlngoto , the man who Is always being run in by the pollco In times of politi cal disturbances , the ardent Baulanglst doputywho was suspended from tbo cham ber the other day for malting a row , the moving spirit of the Patriotic league , the editor in chiot of Draoeau , and ono of the > best natured , busiest , fastest talking men In Paris Thin Is bis reply : " * " ' "T > UI will not charge the German emperor with Insincerity in the propositions ho lms mnao tending to a betterment of the labor ers ' lot I willingly bollovo that ho is a higfc-mlndcd though inexperienced young man , who has inherited from from his ostl- niablo fnthor , the late Emperor Frederick , m.uy noble aspirations to make people hap pier and bettor , but I am also convince ! that bets deceiving himself and these whom bo would boacfll by bringing forward as a tcra cily for the existing Bocial evils this scheme of an International labor conference What be perhaps regards as a genuine , earnest ef fort towards labor reform will , I venture to say , turn out a moro electoral mnnocuvro , dcslsrncd to Bocuro votes from the largo soclaltstlo party in Germany for conscrvativo candidates The emperor says substantially to the army of Gorman toilers : • You have to cheese botwocn my candidates and these of the socialists They offer you reformB and I offer you reforms , but as I am emperor , with unlimited power , my reforms are moro likely to bo curried out than theirs ; • therefore vote for my candidates and bo I J > happy ' Tlio only trouble with this reason * lug is that it Is utterly false The emperor , j/ though ho bo William II , would be power l f less to carry out uny swooping reforms against H the latent rcslstanco ho would meet with at r the bauds of his conscrvativo supporters He r might as well order the w.nd to stop bowing or the sea to cease beating ngiinst the rocks as to expect the rich , sclllsh , grinding aristo cracy of gold scokcrs to surrender tbo sources of their power and wealth to their less fortunate fellows When It came to a choice between loyalty to their sovereign fi _ • and loyalty to their purses , the money S . 'jirlncos of the empire would decide for tboir purses every time For the moment the aristocracy are profuse in their promises to the socialists because they are fast riovolop- intr into a dangerous political power , but wlion once the coming elections are passed , when enco the dust has boon well sifted into their eyes , wo shall see and they will sco what a vast , formidable difference there is In Germany as clsowucro bo- * twocn making and keeping a promlso Thcruforo I hi ik It pluin that if the social ists of Gcrr a ly hope to succeed they must makeup their minds to depend upon thorn fcjj-- solves alone and not upon the cenorosity of r ' 5sJ their natural enemies I hope and boliavo S that they will succeed for two reasons ; First , because I wish wall to all men who are striviug "loyolly to throw off the yoke of oppression and injustice ; secondly , be cause If they do succeed the worklngmen of Franco will bo the first to profit by It Thl s point Is casilv understood when ono consid ers the disadvantueo wo are under at pres cut In trylnir to compete with the ruinously cheap labor across the Klilno If the German laborer adopts the standard of living general in Franco ho must have higher wages , but higher wages msan higher prices for produce With equal prices for French and Gorman manu factures Franco will drive her rival from no marksts of the world because slio turns out a better article Today Germany sells wares ' 'sclilccht Und bill is , " but when higher wages prevail alio will continue to sell "sohlccht" without ocing able to soil blllig " That day will bo disastrous for bor Ab to | V . the action which Franco should tano if in ' * * _ - . vitod to soud delegutos to the proposed labor r \ congress , my mind Is perfectly clear Franco should qulotly settle bor own social ists troubles ana lot Germany settle hers as , bosl.slio can W lint I Send Frenchmen to Dgrlln to roeolvo orders from a victorious autocrat , for that Is what an attempt at understanding between conquerors and con quered must amount to Uo assured that when Grandson William summons us to a congroBs it is nnt to inquire what favor or courtesy ho may offer us , hut what right of , r advantage hi ) can wrest from our grasp , NvouUoaod by defeat , to accept the invita tion would bo an act of fools ; to accept tbo . terms an net of dupoi Imagine * , for tbo sake of argument , that French dalogatas } should bo sent to such a congress atBorlln , , What would happen inevitably | The discussion , commencing on apparently In nocent humanitarian subjects , would , little by little , get on to dangerous ground , for the labor intoroits of u nation cannot bo tampered with without affecting the ontlro social , governmental and military g v superbtructuro If , for Instance , tbo con ' ' n grcss is to decldo upon the esttiblisbmont of homes and pensions for aged nnd disabled workiiigmon , it must also docldo where the ' money for the gauio Is to como from Thut Is , It must discuss the budget , which has always meaut ttoublo since money was In vented , Hero Is an imaginary conversation which might easily occur : " * Franco Wo Ilka your Idea of working men's homes and pensions , but wo can not afford to allow it Germany Cut a few hundred millions off * " your military appropriation and the thing Is " , uouo I % France That Is Just what wo dent ' pro * * jioso to do Our military appropriation suits t Us very well as It is , Germany Hut It doesn't suit us at nil , It I U entirely too largo Wo think It proper • ' that you should lessen the slio of your " - v standing army , Wo propose a general dls- Bjjp armament In order to preserve the pcaco of rffy Europe , Let tno uriny in each country be in f a certain fixed proportion to tbo population France We , with a population of only 85,000,000 , , bavo built up an army as largo and as powerful as you have with your population of 47,000,000. Ho murk tbo better for us Wo certainly do Lot prcposo to abandon ' our ndvantago to nccommodato you , Wo rcfuso to disarm Germany Wo Insist on your disarming Franca Insist , then , and take the cense quences ' Then the discussion would enter upon the balr-pulllng , noso-twlsting stage and some body would gut hurl \Vo should bo forced either to fight or to submit to bitter , crush ing humiliation , It strikes me , thcroforo , as bolng much wiser to begin by avoiding discussion and staying at homo The day may como when wo shall go to Berlin , marching with the tricolor flying , but that dny has not como yet A HANDSOME GIFT KI2FUSCD. Colonel Cody's ) PrcNont to President Cnrnot I'olltoly Returned ICiwyrtght ISOOliu Jama ( Jordan HeumtCI Paiiis , Fob 15. fNow York Herald Cable Special to Tun Hbe.1 Colonel Cody ( Buffalo liill } has received a blurt from President Camot Colonel Cody prcsontud M. Camot with a magnificent lamp to adorn the vcstlbula of the lilysco , but it was re turned by the president with a note from General Brugero , his secretary , saying that the president thanked the colonel for his kind attention , but that ho coutd not accept it , having made a rule to take gifts from no ono and could not depart from It in this case The lamp Is nine feet high , made of carved brass and a table of Mexican onyx twenty eight Inches square on a placquo of onyx Fastened to the lamp rod is attached a largo Buffalo head captured bv Colonel Cody on the frontiers The sbado of the lamp , thirty-eight inches in dlumctor , Is of scarlet silk covered wutli moss green tulle , embroid ered with popples and cauliflowers The cost of the lamp was 5,000 francs It was made In America expressly for President Carnet Colonel Cody is at Nice Ho is much uunoyed at the presidents ' refusal of his handsome gift Parisian Personal ) . LCopvrfflM bu Jama Gordon IIsmiitM Pahis , Fob 15. | Now York Herald Cable Special to Tnn Bee.1 The whirl of social galtios is over for a few weeks Paris ians and visitors have taken flight to the sunny south for the carnival fetes Incom ing steamers bring mnny passengers who stop a aay'en route to the Hivlora Mr and Mrs W. D. Sloano ( nee Vanderbilt - bilt ) and family arrived on the Champagne and are now domiciled at the Grande Bro tagne , Nice Mrs Francis Hodgson-Burnett is hero at the Chatham , still suffering from her recent carriage accident iu London She leaves as soon as she can travel Mr and Mrs F. H. Prlnco of Boston are • at tbo Mcurlco Miss George Peabody leaves tomorrow for Italy Mrs Baldwin and Miss Rachel Sherman left for Homo last night Mrs William E. Moore , Mrs , May and Miss Lillian May are among the departures today for Monte Carlo Mrs David Urquhart and Miss Urquhart bavo left for Cannes Mrs Boeah Grant Is In ill health and leaves shortly to Join Miss Adelaide Grant at Cannes Mrs George Bowles is again in Paris and hold a reception .thnwiftornooa in , tba Rue Hassano Mrs Whitelnw Reld , Mr R. Wnnnamakor and Herbert Mortimer Hyde sailed on tbo Champagne today Ylscour.t and Viscountess des Moustlercs Mcrinville ( neo Mlle Oestorolclis ) , whoso marriage in Paris waB the social event sev eral weeks ago , are at the Hotel du Ilholn They leave tomorrow for Cannes and Con stantinople • IN THE house ; . Tlio Senate Bill on Mortgage lnq-ilry Amended and Parsed Washington , Fob 15. In the house today the sanato bill providing for the ascertain ment of the mortgage lndebtodness of the country was taken up in tbo house and amended so as to provide penalties for any person who refused to answer any questions propounded After considerable debate tno bill as amended was passed Eulogies to the memory of tbo lata Hon Richard Townsend of Illinois were then listoncd to AddrosRos were made by Messrs Holman , Hooker , Compton , Cutchcon , Hon dorson of Iowa , McMillan , Williams , Hen derson of Illinois , Cannon , Lane and Springer , and then as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased tno bouso ad- ourned , > m * Considering the Worlds Fair New YoitK , Feb 15. The republican state committee mot today to consider tbo ques tion of the worlds fair bill and to pass reso lutions embodying tlio attltudo of a majority of the committee towards the bills now being heard befora the legislature A committee on resolutions was appointed and a recess tnkon until 1 oclock Aftorrocess resolutions denouncing the original bill pnsscd by the assembly and fa vored by the BOnato amendments were passed by a vote of 4i to 0. The resolutions vigorously condemn Tammany ball for Book ing to make political capital out of the worlds fair , Ilnnzla Discharged from Custody , St Louis , Mo , Feb 15. A special from Dallas , Tex , , to the Post-Dispatch aaysi Uatula , tbo lightweight pugilist who Killed Tom James in a sparring match night before last , has been discharged on tbo ground that there is no law to indict a man for killing another in a licensed exhibition Baltimoue , Md , Fob 15. Mrs ICilraln . this morning received a telegram from Jake , who was held at Dallas , Tex , la connection with the killing of Tom Jones Thursday night in a sparring bout , stating that ho bad been released Hteainsliip Arrival * . At Queenstown Tbo Auranla , from New York At Hamburg The Moravia , from New York At Boston The VcUorian , from Glasgow , At Now York Tbo Ailor , from Brojien At Philadelphia Tbo Norwegian , from Glasgow At London Sighted ; Tbo Wisconsin , from Now York fiusin n. IsHavcnty Wasiiixotov , Feb 15. The seventieth anniversary of tbo birthday of Miss Susan 13. Anthony , the vMcrau champion of wo mans rights was celebrated by a banquet at the Riggs bouso this evening 'Xlio Dentil Record , Lonuok , Feb 15. Rt Hon Alexander Dundas Ross WUbart Bailie Cochrane , baroa of Lumlugton , is dead tinVf ruor oT Cuba Maduip , Feb ' 15. General Rodruguez Arias has been appointed governor of Cuba ComlR de J'urlu tn linvuiia , Havana , Feb 15. The count of Paris and the duke of Chartres arrived today NOT J 1 WORKING FUR APPLAUSE , Juetlco to Hia People Emperor • wminm'e Aim AN ANSWER TO THE CROAKERS "If tlio Worklnit Mans llonrt Is Hardened tlio Mlsory of Ills Con * dttlon Is tlllaitie" Not a Crlmn to bo a Socialist A Klne AVItli n ronsolonon [ Copurlaftt IWO hj ; AVw York Aw > ctate > l Pr * " .l BEiaijr , Fob 15. The omooror's ' generous and magnanimous purpose and his earnest ness nnd sincerity in his ondenvor to amel iorate the condition of the wonting people Is obtaining full recognition and a chorus of praise arises on every side but the doubts that nro expressed regarding the practical vnluoof his Intentions , as indlcatod in the rescripts , bavo been strcngthonod by the speech ho delivered before the council of stnto In every part of this ho shows an In creased consciousness that the power of tlio sovereign Is Incited by the moro fiction that this is a constitutional government , and that bo may not succeed in overcoming the obsta cles arising from the Inherent difficulties of nil social reforms The emperor was brought to roall70 the tough nature of the lob ho bnd undertaken when ho tried to frama a bill for creating ' lnbor councils in which omployora and worklngmon might moot to rcgulato nnd adjust labor disputes , ills majesty wrestled bravely with this problem and consulted upon it von Borlonsch , his new minister of commerce , as well ns Krupp , Stamm , Jonsoko and other moo well luformod upon industrial subjects , nnd tbo moro infoitnation he obtaiued tbo loss clearly ho Boomed to sea his way toward the com pletion of the bill , nnd ho finally abandoned the attempt nnd banded over the preparation of the bill to tbo committee of tbo council of state presided ever by Jensoko The address of tbo emperor delivered before tbo council of Btato was his own , but it was BUbmittod to Prlnco Bismarck for his criti cism on Thursday and bo and the emperor had a two hours ' conference upon the sub ject It is erroneous to suppose the em peror has been plunged into alt this labor matter In deflanco of the chancellors op position Throughout the incoptiou of the programme tbo emperor constantly Bought the opinion of the chancellor upon the main theme Itself and upon Its various phases as they presented themselves Bismarck's opinion has modified tbo emperors purpose at many points , but it has not curtailed his views so far as to impress upon him any radical change The chancellors right hand man , Dr K y- ser , has been appointed vlco secretary to the council of state This nppo'ntmont disproves the renewed rumors that there is increased friction In the relations between the chancellor and the emperor Prince Blsmarcu stated In a very free spirit In a conversation hold nt the last parliamentary liamentary' dinner the rotations between himself and the emperor ana tno position in ( which ho stood --He Baidw * > M * M S5 * j'- * : : The emperor certainly likes mo , and as to many things ho rellos upon me , but ho has a stubborn will , and when ho has made up bis mind even 1 cannot influence him nor can any otnor man , " Knowing the headstrong character ho haste to deal with and to guide , tbe chancellor has ta give him a loose roln , confident that experience - porienco will tame tbe impetuosity of the emperors present ynarning to control and regulate everything At the same time tbe chancellor gives to the emperor whatever kindly and prudent suggestions no finds it posslblo to advance at their regular private Thursday conference Upon the point that tbo working men would not appreciate the interest tbo emperorfolt In their welfare and that gross ingratitude from them would bo the only rcsponso to the effort to ameliorate tholr condition , tbo emperor has used the follow ing language ; "To earn tbo gratitude of the workingmen mon is not my motive My motive is to sea Justice done If I satisfy my own consclonco on that point I shall bo indifferent to ingratitude - gratitude bore or there If the souls of the working men are so hardened that they can not properly respond to what wo shall endeavor - deavor to do for them , _ It must bo duo to tholr degradation and misery , and gives moro reason for coming to tholr rescue , but I do not believe they will fail to recognize an earnest and honest effort to Improve tholr position In the social scalp " The report that invitations had been Is sued to the International labor conference Is without foundation All that has been done tn the way of appeal to other nations Is that copies of tbo rescripts have been communi cated to other governments through tbo ambassadors with instructions to obtain the views of tbo governments to which they are accredited upon the emperors propositions Before the rescripts were issued the Eng lish government was consulted upon the subject Tbo murqals of Salisbury maao a very sympathetic response , but evaded tbo plain . point as to whnther England would send n representa tive to the conference If Franco and Switz erland should decline to take part the emperor poror will regard the conference as' ' a futile project and will renounce it altogether The Swiss bundernth has decided to request spe cific Information as to the scope of the conferences labors before assontlng to take part part.Llcutonant Llcutonant General Verdy du Vernols and the other leading officials of the war depart ment received today twenty delegates from the worklngmon In tbo Spandan factories who made an appeal for improved dwellings for working people The general promised that houses should bo built for tbo working men upon the most approved sanitary meth ods • It is thought during the eleotion for tbo reichstag Taursday that every part of tbo country will bo quiet The mooting * of the socialists everywhere are now undisturbed J'ho pollco bavo been ordered to cease , to in terfere with them The emperor has espe cially warned the pollco bureau to refrain from any practices of doubtful propriety , und plainly said that ho will not tolerate the use of agents provocateur , The minors in Westphalia , In the Rhino provinces and in Saxony , nro holding frequent - quont mass meetings , In all of which social ism is the great theme Herr Bebol , speaking at a socialist meet ing st Dresden , predicted that no law against the socialist would ever Include the odious ' proposition of expelling mon from their rountry because they held socialist opinions , And if such a law Is made , " he said , with such a clauto in it , wny than tboso who en force It will have to expel the vmperor him self , for be has gone furiher than most so cialist * in declaring tno soundness and the truth of socialistic principles " The waraeuof St Georges church , which is i under the patronsfco of wx-Empross Via j tons , widow of the EmparorFrudorlck , has Informed Mr , Phelps , IJnUod States mm istor , that the privati rojjni entrance to the cburcli will be placed nt tno disposal of the Phelps family " A Tbo municipal obstaulos/p / the marriage of Mr J. C. Llvingstorfof Now York to Miss Louise Bowlorof Cfnolnnall hnvo been removed - moved , The civil ceremony was performed today nnd the rolialou * ceremony will bo performed at the English church on Mon day . Count Pfoll , the African explorer , has re turned hero with hU health broken down Ho will make a tour of the Umtod States in the autumn The new sultan of Zanzibar favors a good understanding with Germany , and the agents of the East African company count upon bis support - The police bavo arrested In l'oson several emigration agents who tire booming Brazil as a now paradise Tholr story told to would-bo emigrants was that Prlifco Henry , of Prussin , was founding an omplro in Brazil nud Mint every ' rann that Joined him would bo relieved of military Borvlco nnd that a free farm would 'bo gtvon to htm In the provlnco of Rio Grnndo Many work ing men preparing to go bad already sold all of their bousohold effeetsi THIS IOWA DISADLOOIC Mnny of tlio Rural Blombcrs Growing Restless nnd Impatient Des Moines , la , ' Fob 15. [ Special Telegram to Tub Ubb.J Tonight ends the fifth weak of Idleness for the Iowa logislnturo All scbomes for a compromise have failed , and the deadlock fs as tightly fastened ns It wasa ' month ngo Five bal lots were taken for sponkor today with the usual result A largo number of uiembors were absent , haying edna homo to replenish their pocketbooks and Und out the fooling among their constituents Soma new schemes are bolng m-oposed , bucu as taking a secret ballot , the " man who gets the most ' votes to bo speaker , or drawing lots for the speakership and dividing the otnor offices oqultably There is a general fcollng of weariness ever the lonfi delay The fact that farmers have tfegun plowing in some parts of the state is" making the members i om the rural districts very restless They want to get to work and , got homo as soon ns possible There will bo ( some projoot for ending the deadlock submlttod by Monday , when the party caucuses ] will be held In the republican caucus today the only thing done was to roc olvp notification of the resignation of D. C. lColpas assistant tempo rary clerk , and to nom&ato J. A. Sbolton to nil the position ' ' THE ECO.\OMITES. Celebration or tlioJBoclety's Eighty Fifth Anniversary PiTTsnuno , Pa , Fob (15. [ Special Tele gram to Tub Bee ] Tib eighty-llfth anni versary of the Econ ' oEJIto , society was celebrated bratod at Economy , Pa.'today with peculiar and interesting service ? . Sixteen new members , including usbands ' , wives and children , were taken , Into the society today As in the case of other tniombers , the con verts took vows of"cejibscy , " nud from this tlmo the husbands and wives shall never more boar that ralatlr&fhlp to ' onoSoother The BpcietyTmjjbors riS' .v flnoludlnRftbo ac cessions today , lesSjlhaU" fifty persons , nnda majority of them nave reached four score | years They own nothing as individuals , but tboir wealth as qi society is variously estimated at from $05,000,000 to 35,000,000. The society's holdings embrace millions in vested In railroad stocks and gas prouorty , besides 3,000 acres of valuable farming lands and a town containing scores of houses and manufacturing plants , The anniversary services began at daylight with a band con cortin the Btoeplo of the old church and will I bo kept up until a ( rite hour this evening In tbe afternoon tbe sixteen converts were ! admitted with improsslvo coremouies It is Btatod that a number of lav ; suits will ( grow out of the admllon of marrlod folks , to the Economlto society toduy All the , members of the sect aye compelled to trans fer tholr worldly possessions to tbe society's ! common fund Tho1 heirs of such persons , throatcn to bring suit against the Economlto , association for depriving thorn of their legal ! rights to fortunes which would otherwise , bavo fallen to them upon the doalh of rela tives going to the society , Tbe names of t the now members are -Dr. Benjamin Folcht and wife , Harry Feiobt ana wife , John Duss , and wife , Julius Stlcklo , wife and daughter , aged eighteen ; ' C. Hermans , daughter und | wife , Mrs Hoen , Herman Fisher , Jacob , Nicholas , Hugo'Mlller , Ed ICollman , Plasius , Platz and Slgmono Stoifvater Will Probably Result in Murder Lahamie Cur , Wyo , Feb 15 , [ Special Telegram to Tns Bkb , ] At Modlcino Bow late yesterday afternoon B. D. Bonticou , agent of the Union Pacific at Hanna , was shot and probably fatally wounded by Louis Hahn , an ox-saloonkeeper. Mrs Bonticou has boon kcoplng house at Medicine Bow , which is npt far from Hanna Hahn bad been boarding with her , Friday evening she desired to attend a ball on a ranch , at which Hahn was also to be present Bonticou ob Jected , and upon his wife insisting ho armed himself and became intoxicated Uo flour ished the revolver around the house and his wife Bent to Haha for aid He responded and ascufllo ensued otween him and Bonti cou , during which Hahn's revolver wus dis charged , tbo charge bofng received by Bonti cou in the loft breast.Haha { and Mrs Bon ticou claim that tbo shooting was accidental , but tbo neighbors are M.a different opinion , Bonticou is not expect to live Bloodelird Will Kjqllow Its Adontion Monthiul , Feb lS Spoolal Telegram to Tub Heb.J Reforrlqgja the Orange bill , l'Etendurd says that _ 1U adoption will mean un early civil war , for \l the Orangemen at tempt a street paradjejUie next 12th day of July a bloody rlo 'tis su ) $ to follow It adds : However lariroly the.paUenco . and forbear ance of Catholics , both French Canadians and Irish , may be de etued upon , the provo cation will bo too grj > * j Nothing can pre vent bloodshed , " Tbi' paper further do dares that there will boa conflict of author ity , as a provincial , ,1bv already forbids Orangemen balding demonstrations outside of the lodges Tlio Balrdmnwn Wreck , Cleveland , O. , Feb ; 15. The particulars of the wreck whioh occurred near Balrds- town , O. , last night between a stock and freight train ware recelvod hero tonight , Brakemen Ellison and Raynolds and a boy named Bruce Bavorsox , worn instantly Killed Considerable stock was killed and the loss to the company will be heavy , May Ur.w > Tnelr rnnr | e . Helena Fob.,15. The supreme court decided - cided that state officers inoy draw their sal aries without any appropriation being made for that purpose by the legislature The court held ttut as the now constitution fixed tbe rate of compensation , no special legisla tion is necessary , There fs * 11,0 lit the state troasurj | THE NEW CODE IS POPULAR , Satiofaatlon on All Sldos Over tbo House BuIob FAREWELL TO FILIBUSTERING Needed Legislation Hint lias Boon Burled for Years Will bo Passed Tlio Army Other Wash lngton News , Wasiiikoton Uuiif.au Titc Ostmi Hse , ) 513 Fouiitekstii SrnEBr , > Washington , D. 0. , Fob 15. I Now thnt the house has settled down to buslnoss and tbo controversy ever the adoption of the rules I finished there is very general satisfaction oxprosscd on nil sides ever the outlook for legislation Never before - fore , in the lust twenty yours nt least , has there been so good a prospect for Important bills which hnvo bocn pondinc for years In congress as there is today The reason for this is that the now rules give the majority power to conduct buslnoss In the bouso nud that the few lnvotorate kickers who nro always on hand will have tboir pinions cllppod when thev attempt to fly too high There hod to bo a fight on the rules of course Thcro ' are a dozen or more members on tbo domocratlo side of the house who flud it necessary to make political capital out of everything that Is done , and although these eontlomon are now stneeroly glad that the cede wont through they had to do a cortaln amount of talking for political reasons One of the leading members of the democratic side , who , however , took very Httlti part In tbo discussion during the past wonk , said to your corresoondont this morning : "I have bocn hero in congress for moro than ten years now , and bave constantly seen tbo 4th day of March como around and the life of congress expire with many meas ures of the greatest lmportanco to my people still on the calendar Year after year I hove been bore bogging for legislation to which there is not the slightest objection nnd which could never bo reached on account of the tactics of a few mon who undertook to control everything that was done hero This is all changed now and 1 really believe that , although I should not like my name to bo mentioned as saying so , the Fifty-first congress will ac complish moro than any of its predecessors have done in the way of necessary legisla tion smco the war " This op Ilion is shared by n great many men on the minority Bide of the chamber , and altogether there Is a foellng ot very general satisfaction ever the new era which began when the chaplain finished his prayer this morning The first work was not particu larly brilliant because the now harness has yet to bo broken In , but something was ac complished and the indications are that from this time forward scarcely a day will pass but that something will bo charged up to the credit of deeds done bv the house of ropro- sontattves In any event there will bo no more long filibustering fights over unlm- I portailt matters.but measures on the calen dar wlil taico tholr ohanoes acoordlng 'to their mbrlts ' " BENiouiTT on influence ! President Harrison will have the solectlon of seven brigadier generals during his term o oflleov including a successor to Paymaster General Rochester , who will bo retired to morrow Except in the Judge advocate generals - orals department the bead of ovcry ono nf the staff corps wlll.roacb sixty-four years of ago within two years and under tbe law will bo retired at that ngo , Thus Paymaster General Rochester retires February 15 : Quartermaster General Holablod , Juno 10 ; Commissary General MoFooly , July 1 , and Surgeon General Moore , August - ust 10. Next year General Gibbon , goes out on April SO January 'Si , 1802 , Gcn- oral Bonet , chief of ordnance , and on June 21 of the same year General Kelton , adju- tnnt general , will bo retired for old age For these several places , each of whioh has the rank of brigadier general , Presidout Hnrri- son has tbo power of selection and is not limited as to rank In making the scloction It was formerly the custom to select the senior ofllcors for promotion , but of late years this practice has not alway prevailed In the pay corps for many years Junior of ficers bavo been selected and promoted over the beads of a large number of seniors Tbis may bo said to bavo boon tb'o rule in the pay nnd medical corps ever since the termi nation of the war of the rebellion For the vacancy to be filled by the retirement of : General Rochester several majors are bolng vigorously pressed by political and social in fluences , and the older officers of the corps fear that these influences will be potential with President Harrison Colonel Rodney Smith , who Is the sontor colonel , is being urged on account ot the length and charaoter of his servlco , and has the support of tbo older officers At tbo same tlm * Colonel Rucker , who is next In rank to Colonel Smith , and Lteutonnnt Colonel Gibson , who Is the senior of his grade , are applicants for the vacancy , but only in the event that the president determines to pass over Colonel Smith , A great deal of interest Is felt In tbe outcome pf the con test for the succession to General Rochester , particularly as tbo action of tbe president in this case will be regarded as indicating whether or not ho will follow the rule of seniority or permit his soloctlons for those army places to be made through political and social influences I'OSTMASTEltS APPOINTED , Nebraska Dorsey , Holt county , D. Bonkard , vlco S. Dcrlcuscn , resigned Iowa Batavia , Jefferson county , Maggie Greenland , vlco J. R. Peck , resigned | Fansicrs , Guthrlo county , W. B. Lewis , vice J. H. Slaughbaugb , resigned ; High Lake , Eiunett county , ' V. Hans , vice C. O. Peter son , resigned MISCELLANEOUS Congressman Dorsey baa received and has forwarded to tbe comptroller of the cur rency an application from a number of men in Grand Island , the pi elimlnary papers to wards the organization of a now bank there to bo known as the Security National bank , witb a capital of (200,000 , Tbo commissioner of pensions has ap pointed Dr A. J. ICcnrns , vlco G. M. Mitchell , on the board of pension examiners at Rusbvillo Congressman Dorsey has Introduced a bill to increase the portion of William Sebort of Archer , Neb , to 121 a month In the house toduy the senate amendments to tbe bouso bill fixing tbe duty on ribbons were concurred in • Attorney General Miller has given an opiniou that tbe secretary of the treasury lias full power under the act of Muroli 3 , 16S0 , amendatory of the Tburraan act , to sell government 5 per cent bonds , uotnposluir so much of tbe sinking fund under tbe Thur- mnn act , as were appertained to the Union railroad when tbo act of 1S87 was passed , nnd to reinvest the proceeds in first f mortgngo bonds on any or all "aldod'ralU | roads "V . The following named national banks ba " been authorized to commence buslncs < First National , Efllngham , 111. , cnpltal J3U- 000 ; Tlrst National , Portogo , Wis , * T5,000j , Corn Exchange National , Sioux City , Ir , * 300W)0. ) Governor Flomlng of Florida and the nt j torney general of that state called nt tl.i will to bouso today nnd hnda conference with the president regarding the nssnssinatton of Deputy Marshal Sauudors nt Qulncy The governor assured the president that tbo stnto authorities would certainly assist in bringing the guilty persons to Justice Hcprcsontatlva Strublo from the committee on territorial today roportoa favorably the bill organizing the territory of Oklahoma Baker , from the committee on territories , today reported to the house tbo Curoy bill to provide for the admission of Wyoming ns a state Andorsoti of Kansas introduced a bill ap propriating $250,000 for tbo purchase of a rcBldcnco in or near Washington for tbo president The people of Chadrnn hnvo petitioned the commissioner of ngrlculturo to establish nn cxuorlmenting station in that town for ex periments in the culture of boots for sugar Senators Paddock and Mnndcrson called upon the commission of Indian affairs this morning to urge the retention of tbo RoBobud nnd Pine Rtdgo agencies nt tboir present places In Nobrnskn The sonntors pointed out that the Elk horn vnlloy road was built ospoctally for Jtho Black Hills and Sioux reservation , and thnt Forts Robertson and Nlobrura are located In such positions in rotation to this road and to the agencies as to make it essential thnt those two agencies shall not bo removed from RUBhvlllo and Valontiuo The senators also Introduced Judge Isbam Ronvls , who has six or more clients claiming la bo mem bers of the Sacs and Fox trlba throuch their mothers , nnd who demand their proportion ate share of the hinds In Nebraska belong ing to these Indians Pcnur S. Heath , SAWTISLiIjU whakesh Confronted Willi Pro o Is or His Crlmo Ho Is Confused CnESTEit , N. H. , Feb 15. Mrs Sawtolla was today shown the collar buttons , pencils and keys found on the body nf the man sup posed to bo her husband and Identified them as his She also identified the body of the headless man as that of her husband A coroners Jury was empanuollcd nnd took Mrs Sawtollo's testimony as to the Identity of the body The Jury then ad journed till monday Seth W. Corson ot EiBt Rochester , in an Interview states that on WcdncBduy night , February 5 , while on his wny homo from work ho saw a toatn noar-tho Nutter woods , ono and ono quarter miles from the Rochester tor depot , toward East Rochester Two men were in the wagon Ono was talking excitedly After the team had passed by Corson aovcral rods ho heard a pistol shot It was then 5 p. m. Ho thought nothing of it at the time and did not recall It until he loomed of the bullet wound in Sawtelle's ' body Corson Is certain that the two men were the Sawtelles A " man f rom Eust Roohostec has given Information - ; formation that on tbe Wednesday " night in' ' question two men drove by him on the road to Lebanon , JuBt nfter they passed ho beard tnxco shots This information , was given to the doctors , who upon washing the body found tbreo bullet ncles through the breast At tbo place where the body was disinterred from fifty tom seventy five men wore hunting for tno murdered mans head today , Oue of tbo searchers found In a wood choppers shanty about fifty yards from the grave of the murdorcd man an old coat with blood on tbo back of it as though the head had been wrapped la it In a stove in tbo shanty were found bones which are sup posed to bo portions of the murdered mans skull These have boon turned over to tbo medical mon When Mrs Sawtolla was on tbe way to South Debanon she described be fore aba saw thorn the socks that were found on the body When the bodv was uncovered In her presence sbo fainted away and fell Into am officers arms When revived she immediately rccocnized some India ink marks on the bands Tbo Jury before ndjournmont Viewed tbo spot where tbo body was found It Is understood tbo physicians will testify tbat death was instantaneous from a bullet in tbo heart The examination of the frac tured bones has not been completed but the segments bear evidence of having been * broken up in small pieces so as to destroy them by fire fire.A A Partial Confession Boston , Feb 15. Isaac Sawtollo , who Is churged with the murder of his brother , when confronted with the proofs of nls crlmo today backed down somewhat In his statements and made a partial confession , He denied having killed his brother and im plicated Dr " Blood and one Ed Russell in tbo crime BISHOP O'CONNOR DYING Ho Roaches i'lttsliurc and Is . Taken to a Hospital Pirrsnuno , Pa , Feb 15 , Bishop O'Con nor ot the Roman Catholic church of Omaha , was brought to this city from St Augustine , Flo , in a dying condition and was at once taken to Mcroy hospital Ho has boon seri ously ill for some months and there are little or no hopes of his recovery m Afraid of the Apaobea i Washington , Feb 15. Governo r Lowls Wnlflcy ot Arizona today , before tbe house , committee on Indian affairs with Regard to , tbe proposed removal of tbe Apaches to Fort Sill , presented a large number of dippings | from western newspapers , whioh , he said , showed that the sentiment of the people was | that these Indians should not be returned to t , the west People or Arizona beliovcd in and liked General Crook , but they thought he bad made a mistake In recommending the transfer of the Indians At the conclusion Wolfley's testimony General Miles , at the request of tbo chairman ot tbo committo gave a detailed account of his campaign against tbo hostiles up to the tlmo of their surrender General Miles said In conclusion , tbat he thought the people of Arizona and New Mexico had great caut.o for apprebon- sloa it the Indians were removed to Fort BUI _ National Haengflrbund , New Ohleans , La , Fob 15. At tbe meet ing of the Saengerbund today it was decided to hold festivals ovury tbreo years instead of every two as heretofore Cleveland was selected as tbe next place of mooting Quito a number of singers have loft for homo and moro will leave tbis evening , The last concert-was the most successful of the series A grand reunion and supper was tendered to tbe singers tonight in the hall Sixteen hundred covers were laid , Julius Weiss , a prominent Texan and editor and proprietor ot the Texas Fowartiu In Austin , was chosen master of ceremonies RECENT RUSSIAN OUTRAGES ' I Stopulak Says the Dolnlla Are t' HI Oomo Yet HI HORRORS OF KARA PRISONv ' M Political Prisoners Treated Llko H Common Criminals Women Sui- H oltlo Rattier Than Hoar lntllg- t nitlcs lloatiod Upon Tliniu M TnrUlili Atrnoltlri Outdone H iCopi/rfyM 1S.H ) Yew VniU Afoclnttil firm.l j H London , Fob 15. Provided with a table j H dispatch of Introduction from George H Kanunn , tbo colobrntod Siberian traveler , | H the London ngont of the Associated press H called this morning ton Scrglua Stopnmk , H the well known writer upon Russian poj H litlcal and social conditions Stupnluk , when H asked whether ho could give nny Information H in regurd to the outrngo In the political H urisou nt Kara , In eastern Siberia , ropllod H that the roportB already published gave H only a hint of the horrible traKody enacted H nt Kara Perfectly trustworthy luformn- H tlon , ho said , had bocn recelvod | In cfphor letters that toll the H story onlr in its U'uln outlines H The full details of the drendtul story enn'lOt H bo long now in reaching the western worldT M The facts so far received are us follows : M Madame Sngldu did not commit suicide , us H the oarllcst report stated Slio died from the M effects ot the cruel lloguiug to which she wus j H subjected Tlio Hogging took nluco Wed lies t dnv , November 0. It was continued till H under the brutal blows tlio utihiippy victim , H lost conBclousnoss The news of her shockI I M lug murder produced widespread dismay mid \ M anguish among her fciunlu lollow prisoners U and thrco of them , nimble lunger to bear U their wrotchud fate , committed suicide by M poison Their names were Murto Kulurhfl noya , Marie Paoloona Kurulosknya und fl NcdczhdnSmlrultskayn Mtnlo Kaluzhtiaya M was afrestod in lhS-t , then n girl of eighteen , M onthouhnrgo of disloyalty Every means j H tried to extort a confession Implicating her M rriends were futile until Colonel Katansk H brought her a forged statement purporting M to bo the confession of her fellow conepira- fl tors and promising immunity Marie fell M into the trup and confessed mid hrr ron H fession was used against her friends , who M were sentenced to penal servitude When M she learned of the deception she procured u fl revolver nud tried to kill Kuntaiiskl For M this she was sentenced to twenty years of M penal scrvltudo M Murio Paoloona Kurulnfsknva was \ourg U married lady about thirty-lire years or uga M and of a good family In JST1 she was sentenced - M tenced to thn-toen years penal servltudo , U with cxilo to Siberia for lifo , for belonging M to the secret circle Her husband was scut M 1,000 miles from the mines to which she wls M sent The separation drove her insnuo , and fl in lfcSl she was allowed to Join l.or M husband -.in the hone of restoring her M reason Sbo recovered , but u new governor fl separated them aga ln and sbo was returned fl to iho.Kftca mines "Nudezhda Stnirnitskuya M was thirty-throe years old nnd a student in M a woman's college She Was sentenced to M tbo Kara mines for fifteen years with ponul * " M servitude t Shoitly after the suicide of the throe H women a brother of Marie Kulu7huaYa , , also M a political prisoner , died suddouly Another M exile nnmed Bakukor committed suicide U rather than submit to tbo cruel humiliation M and Buffering of flogging M Tbo flogging or Madame Sngida occurred M under orders issued by Lieutenant General M Banon KorfT , governor general of the H provlnco of Amour , In which Kara M prison is situated These orders dl- M rccted that the secret edict M of March , 1888 , signed bv Galklnovraskl , M director general of prisons for the omplro , H should be unflinchingly enforced Tbis edict M was to the affect thnt political convicts M should bo treated by prison officials in precisely - M cisely the same manner ns criminals con M damned for common law offenses In what M particular way Madame Sagida transgressed M the prison rules is not clearly oxplalnod , but M flogging a sensitive and cultured woman to H death for any lack of conformity to prison M regulations , Stopnlak tbopght , would Impress - H press the western world with a profouud M Tbo political prisoners at Kara , Stepniok H said , had in some way learned that political M exiles lmpmonod at Soghalicd bad also boon H subjected to cruel floggings They were con * M stantly in dread of similar torture to that in- H flictod upon Madame Sagida Stopniax H thought it not unllkoly tbat the publication H of tbo facts would force the superior ofllcials H of Russia to take some notlco of the affair , H but flogging nnd all other brutalltios were H entirely duo to tbe direct orders of the central - M tral government at St Petersburg , H > hwlnillfd by I'riv nto Detectives M Piiiladdlimiia , Feb 15. [ Special Tola- H gram to Tuu Bee.J The hearing ot the prU H vote detectives , Leopold Alexander and Ed- H ward Hull , charged by Mrs Emily B , H Hooper witb fraudulently obtaining ever H { 20,000 from her m cash , was postponed H until Tuesday next Mrs Hooper swoari H that sbo first employed the detectives in the H fall of 18S0 to obtain Information as to her H missing daughters ' whereabouts She said H they docolved her with false rcpresonta- H lions , and In four months rocciyod from bur H 15,000. They declnro , sbo says , that her H husband , who had deserted her , Intended to H place her tn an insane asylum , and during H tha years which have eap ! ed since tbo bo H ginning of her conuootlon with them bavo H obtatnod thousands of dollars from her H They represented that bIio was safe In their H bands alone , removed bor from tbe assist * H ance of frlonds , relatives and legal advisers , H and induced her to transfer to them tbo sum H of { 18,418,09 , which she bud deposited with j H the Pennsylvania company for the Insurance - H anco of lives and the granting of annultlos , H fraudulent Uru of the Malls , H Chicago , Fob , 15. United States CommlsH slonor Hoyno this morning hold David GallaH gbor , George E. MoFaddon , ] r „ William J , H McFadden bnd Miss Annie Burns to the H federal grand Jury on the charge of using H tbe mails for fraudulent purposes Gallagher H is the proprietor of Tbe Homo Journal and H eight other monthly publications of a cheap H order In these prints bo advertises gold H watches for | 5 , and tbe victims ho has caught H are said to ruu up into the hundreds , Tbo H watches in reality are not worth 10 cents a H dozen All the defendants waived examineH tlon and gave the required security , H The Mouther Fort-oast , H For Omaha and vicinity : Fair weather H For Nebraska , Iowa and South Dakota ) H Fair , colder , northerly winds , cold ware , H A latul Collision , * U Staunton , Va , Feb 15 A locomotlvo ran H Into a car in the suburbs tonight , killing two H men und • sriously injuring six others H