The Omaha I Daily Bee I
\ \ NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA , THURSDAY ' JtfQltNINGt j FEBRUARY 20 , 1800. NUMBER 241 ,
THE DEADLOCK IS BROKEN
Iowa's Loglslaturo Now Rondy to
Proceed to BuslnosB
DEMOCRATS GET THE SPEAKER ,
lltit by tlic TcrniH oT the Comprombin
Ho Will rind IlliiisoirCom-
- " plctcly Shorn of His
. Power
s Substance nnd Shadow
DJtsMoiNrs . Ia , Feb 19. [ Special Tcle-
, cram to The 'Dei : . ] The deadlock In broken
nnd tbo Iowa loglslaturo l formally organ ,
hod For the last two day * there hns boon
a general disposition to end the doadtock In
omo way The democrnta wanted to dlvldo
the committees and minor offices equally and
then draw lots for the spcakor Several re
I publicans onposcd that plan , and fuvorod
balancing the speaker against the bulk of the
ether ofllcials The republicans decided lo-
' day to test the democratic claim * that they
• 4 would accept any proposition that gnvo them
the Bpcnkor , so they fixed up an offer on the
Jug handle plan It gave the democrats the
* speaker and second assistant clerk and n few
pages and doorkeepers , n total of fifteen po
sitions , and It gave the republicans all
of the other important offices , a total of
thirty-six , and allowed the republicans to
i ) rclect the first llvo commlttoes and hnvo an
equal number of what was loft The demo
jp cruts reeoived the proposition with scorn
and dcinnndod that It bo greatly moil I Ilea
The republicans refused , nnd told them that
It was that or iiothlnr , since they bad said
they would glyo anything for the speaker
ship
1 hero was a stormy scene in the dome
cratlo caucus , some of the loading democrats
declaring that It was giving up nil control of
legislation for the snlco of n drum major
But tholr storming did no good , and they
llnully surrondoicd and accepted the terms
offered
The republicans were Jubilant when the
news was mndo known they had ended the
den J lock on their own terms They give up
the Bpcnkor , but ho Is so shorn of
his power that ho cannot appoint it
slmrlo eotmhlttco They not all of the minor
M ofllcos worth having and a clonr bonus of
H llvo of the host commlttoos They will proba
* * B nbly tane Judiciary ways nnd means , lcgls-
H lntlvo , apportionment , appropriations and
K suppression of lutempcrancn Then they
B nro to hnvo half of the remaining commit
B tecs , choosing altornatcly with the demo
BBJ crats They nil ] boiicvo that they have
BBJ the substnnce and the democrats the shadow
BBx as the result of the compromise
BBJ The deadlock began llvo wcoks ago last
BBc Monday , and is llio longest ; deadlock of the
i kind In thirty years
f Tbo HUbJect of Inauguration Is already bo-
* _ v , ing discussed , and it is thoucht that it will
[ H _ toke plnco next Wednesday LIcuteuant
fcc / \ _ * . Governor Poyncer Is here with his commit
* * * kj V" ' tecs ready to announce at any time , and
Governor Holes is ut Waterloo with his inV -
* * * V augural nddrcss ready to deliver whou nn
T opportunity Is given
B Hamilton Kleetrrt Spanker
H Dr.s Moisns , In , Feb 19. The domocrnts
H 1 the house wuntod tlmo this morning to
HBm ccsidor the republican proposition mndo
V yesterday , so ndjournmont was taken until
HBl 2130 this afternoon The democrats ut once
B H WL"1 'nto ' caucus They decided to accept
B t'5 reuublfcan proposition If the ronuhllnris
B would concoda them two morccoldmlttocs *
B ' The republlcanb at 1:20 wont into caucus to
BBZ consider ttioninttor
BB § The democratic caucus nuked the rcpubll-
BBf cans , in addition to conceding two commit
BBf tees , to give up the assistant postmasters ,
*
BB | two doorkrepors and engrossing elorlc
BB § The republicans answered Unit they could
BBt make the modlllcjitions desired and proscnt
BTf ) them to the republican caucus ns a give or
BBS tuko proposiiion , and the republicans would
BBT bind themselves to accept one sldo or the
BBT
BB\ When the house was called to order at 2.t0 :
BBV n recess of an hour was takou to give the
t
BBT ] tLg democrats time to consider the matter
BBT After the announcement that the dome
BBn vv crats had accepted the republican proposl-
Bj tlon there was a scene of croat activity in
BB the bouso A general feeling of relief pro
BB vullcd Up to date , In the llvo wcoks and
BJ thrco ( lavs of the session , ninotv-onu ballots
BJ have been taken on temporary clerk , and
BB ISO on speaker
BB Wbcu the house rcassemblod 'at 4 o'clock '
BB adjournment wns token until 7:80. : The re-
BB publicans iwmodlatoly wont into caucus to
BBnomlnato parsons to till vacancies on the
BJV ticket ami dctormlno what committees they
BB } would have
BJ At the evening session Luke mtroaucod it
BB resolution embodying the terms of thoagreo-
BB inont On motion of Boor ( dom ) , sccondod
BB by Bycrs ( rep , ) , the resolution was unanl- '
BB mously adopted On the ono hundred and
BJf thirty-sovonth roll call Hamilton ( dom ) was
BB unanimously elected speaker Ohuttloy of
BB , Wills und Johnston of Dubuque , wombers
BB who were In the deadlock of lb74 , were up-
BB pointed n eommltteo to escort the permanent
BJg speaker to the chair , The oaths of ofllco
BJ | worn admlnistorod , and after a few remarks
BJg Hamilton announced the duties of his ofllco
BJf The election of the remainder of the olllcors
Bk1 * . was proceeded with , rcsultlug as follows :
BT V , * Spoukor pro torn , Silas Wilson ; chlof
BB * T v cleric , Henry S. Wilcox ; llrst assistant
B " dark J. A. Skoltou ; second assistant , W.
BJ | II Uobb ; engrossing clerk , Miss Olive
BJ | Conger ; enrolling clerk , Miss Lucy Par
BJ sons ; sorgoant-at-nrms , S. P. Zonor : bill
BJ | clerk , Miss Kittio Jordan ; IIlo clerk , E. E.
BH Htnven doorkeeper , II O. Sheldon , The
BJf ofllcora wore.sworn In uud the rules of the
BH Twenty-second general assembly wera
BJf adopted until the rules can be reported
B upon A Joint resolution calling for a joint
B session tomorrow to canvass the vote for
B governor und lloutonant gorornor wus
BJf udoptod Adjourned
BB lu the senate this afternoon Ilorsh Intro
BJi duccd a Joint resolution asking for the np-
BJ polnlmnut of a commission to investigate
BJ trusts and combinations Woolsou pro
BJ Ktfiitqd the report of the eommltteo on rules
Hf It was placed on tile and will bo acted upon
BB tomorrow Petitions on the senatorial ques-
B tlon wcro introduced Adjourned
BJf Nn Spenkor , No lny
H Dkr Muikes , la . Fob 19. [ Special Telo-
H gram to The Hbb.J Auditor Lyons sout a
H letter to the house today , repeating his deB -
B tcrmliiBtlan not to pay the members tlietr
J' salaries uutll u speaker was elected , The ,
BJfn * ' ' * breaking of the deadlock has relieved him of '
Jf ' cnnsiderablo cmbarrusement , for he was i
BJk flying in the face of the best legal opinion in
BB > thuetato The ruling of Attorney General
BJf Stone is universally approved , uud gives i
general satisfaction to everyone but Auditor
fJJ Lyons The latter thinks he Is right , though
Jf everybody clso nearly thinks bo is wrong ,
BJf though all admit that ho Is honestly trying
J to protect the treasury ,
m Mr Itoyiiiund Una Vanished
J Drs MoiKns , la , Feb 19.- [ Special Tclo-
gram to Inn Due ] A few weeks ugo a l
J wan giving bis tiamo as Frank Raymond l
i- cumo hero from Sioux City Jlc rented n
m store room and uunouueed his intention of
B opening a grocery store Ho visited the >
J church sociables of all denominations , , md I
> thus prepared to work the members lie >
fj worked mem very successfully , goltlap a
fj horeoon credit , a carrmge nuu phaeton in i
f | the sama way and soverul other articles
J Then ho vanished , leaving ull his bills uu-
BJr x paid , driving off with the horsound buggy
BB\ . , / ou a prejended trio to the country -to see u i
BJlLtr * sick sister The detectives are now work
Bx _ ing bard to tarn the rewards which nro i
BB r oRored for the return of Mr Haymond aud 1
Jf the goods and chattels that weut with hiui
B The Wlnuiia * HoutliwcKtern ,
K MitON Cur , la , Feb , 19. [ Special Tele-
B from to Tub Ulk , ] The citueus of Charles
City are nftor the Winona A Southwestern ,
nnd nro offering heavy inducements in the
way of bonuses . The route is from Osngo to
Charles City , Hews , Wobstnr City and Fort
Dodro to Omaha Olllcors nnd engineers nro
now looking over the route
Aurora Uitdiy Hcorohed
IsnEritxnESCB , la , Fob 19. ISpeoIal
Telegram to Tub Hee.J The village of
Aurora , ten miles northwest of hero , suf
fered from n disastrous llro Monday night
The postonicc , llvo stores , blacksmith shop ,
butcher shop nnd two dwulllngs were en
tirely consumed Loss $3,00. ) , with small
Insurance
WcRtrrn CoIIpijo to He Rebuilt
Toi.rno , In , , Feb 19. ( Special Tologrnm
to The Ubb.1 The board ot trustees hns
decided to rebuild Western eoltego at this
place , nnd not rcmovo it , r.s hnd boon pro
posed They have now pledged $3j,000 for n
now building
I'lro nt Uttiuinvn
Ottumwa , lu , Fob 19 , rSp cclal Telegram -
gram to The I3ee. | The nlogant three
story brlcfc resldonco of Mrs Alann Jordan
burned at 3 o'clock this morning The Iobs
is f20,000 ; Instunnce , $ 'J,000.
A Iliibmiin * iVliIurtnnn Dcnd
DmiuquE , la , , Fob 19. [ Special Telegram -
gram to The Hue ] Alderman William
Coats dropped dead this morning of heart
disease
AN EX-l'KL3Sll > iNT\i lHOlISGB
She Fleuron ns rinlntllT in a Clii-
cnuo Dlvoroo Court
Cntctoo , Fob 19. [ Spociul Telegram
to Tnn Oee.I Ida May Ordwnv , the pretty
blonde who Ilgurod In Judge Tuley's court
ns a protogo of cx-l'rcsidont Cluvoland ,
makes her second nppcaranco in the chan
cery courts in a bill illoi In the superior
court seeking a decree ot divorce from
Harry \V. Ordway on the ground of doser
tlon The bill Is brief and merely rooltos
that she marrlod Harry at Schenectady , N.
Y. , December 18 , ISSt ) , and came to Chicago
to live May 14 , 1S87 , she says , Harry do-
scrtcd her and loft her without , any means
of BUDport About two years ago Mrs Ord
way appeared as plaintiff lu a suit for sep
urate maintenance against Harry The de
fendant was the soventoen-yoar-old son of n
South Water street commission merchant ,
und made a general denial of nil his wlfo's
charges His friends ondnavorcd to make It
appear that the youth was a vicitlm ot a
woman much his senior und educated in the
worlds ' ways In the school of Washington
department Borvico Harry was represented
ns ! ' young and unsophisticated , but his own
testimony \ disabused the court of any such
j Idea , und Mrs Ordwny succeeded in
thoroughly winning the sympathies of the
court \ by producing nn autograph letter from
President Cleveland to the head of a depart
ment , in which the writer ruconinionrjcd the
J bearer as a young lady worthy in ovnry way
to J bo given a position Mrs Ordway said
the presidential lcttor was succcsssul and
she was given n place in the government
sorvlco ! , which she Kent for two years Then
she ' mot Harry , und against the atlvico of
her ' friends murricd him She was givoa a
decr.co ' for separata maintenance and went
to Omaha nnd the west It is said that she
lias never been paid the allowance decreed
J by the court , und now seeks to got rid of the
husband j , who , she says , is of no further use
to her
A SEANCIi WITH TUB ( JOUBr
The Exposed Chicago i-plriiualists
Hrltt for Trial
CniCAOo , Feb 19. [ Special Telegram to
The Uke.I Tho.apirlttiallsts , Carrie Sawyer -
yor , Miss Kitty Italngor and Mr Frank
Uurke , the husband of Mrs Sawyer , who
wee exposed during tholr soances last Mon
day night aud subsequently arrcsied , waived
examination today before Magistrate Prmdi-
vlllo and were bold to the criminal court in
bonds of $100 each on the charge of obtain
ing money by fnlso pretenses aud conspiracy
to defraud In the casu of Miss Hulnger ,
however , the charge of obtaining money was
dismissed nud she was lined $ 'M and costs
lor lighting the ofilccrs making her arrest
Mr Hurkn and Mrs lawyer were hold on
both charges , but as iho lady has a dying
daughter ut homo , Mr Utirku was allowed
to sign her bond that she might go homo
MIssHalnger and Uurku were unable to give
bonds , nnd in consequence were carted off to
Jail Several of the believers In the spirit
uulistio powers of the defendants hung
around the court room during the trial , but
for some cause did not offer to assist them
In their trouble
The Sioux Aurooiucnt
Wasiiikoto ! ? , Fob , 19. In transmlttlug
the Sioux agreement to the sennto today the
president says : This ' agrosmont involves
a departura from the terms oi the general
allotment act in at lnast ono particular It
gives to each mombcr of the tribe 100 acres
of land without regard to ago or sox , while
the general law gives that amount only to
the bonds of families There are , ho thinks ,
sorlous objections to tbo basis adopted in tbo
general law , especially in Its application
to married women , but if the basis of
the argument is accepted , it would , bo bo-
llavcs , result tnsomo cases , wbcro there nro
largo families of tniuor children , in excessive -
sivo allotments to a single family Touch
ing the question of the payment by the
United States of tbo annuities forfeited by
the act of lbK ( ) the president thinks this
should not have been considered in connec
tion with the negotiation of the cession of
those lands and says the forfeiture-declared
by the net unjustly Included thoaiinuitios of
certain Indians guilty of uo fault and who
reudercd good services In the army during
the late war
ICuvnnngli a Free Mtn
Chicago , Fob 19. Thomas Kuvanagb , a
building contractor and a member of Camp
ISO , Clan-ua-Gaol , on trial for conspiracy in
un attempt to brlbo the Croniu Jurors ,
walked out of court this afternoon a free
man The ovldonco in tbo case was con .
eluded today after which the arguments
were made , the attorneys for both Kavanagh
aud O'Uonnoll , moving for acquittal The
motion us rogurds O'Uonnoll was overruled ,
Judno Waterman holding that u Jury should
ba allowed to paBS upon the Isstimouy , As
to Kuvanagb the Judge ruled that the states
attorney had failed lo muke out a case A
miin could not bo convicted on the suspicion
that he know ot corruption Ho hud a right
to Inquire as to the churacter of talesmen
summoned or about to bo Tbo motion for
acquittal was sustained This loaves only
O'Uonnoll on trial out of tbo seven men in-
dieted
In Churgo ol ° Kt-vmiim Ofllouis
Wheeling , W. Vu , Fob 19. Tbo largo
tobacco factory of Uloch Brothers was tuken
possession ot yesCordav by revenue ofllcors ,
the proprietors bolngchnrged with swindling
tbo goieminent out of nearly $59,000 by sell
ing overneight packages Internal Hovemio
Commissioner Mason urrivod this morning
from Washington uud u long cou
fere nee was held with the firm
At its conelublon Commissioner Mason in-
formed the Associated press roprcsontntivo
that the ilrm had satisfied the government
cluiui and would ruxuina business at once ,
Ho would give uo detuils , but it is under
mood that lilooh Brothers will uiukn goad
thodcllvit 'J hey claim tbo overweight was
duo to careless employes und inaccurate 1
scales
,
lluluarln Jilutt Iay
Sofia , Feb 10. Hussia has demanded of
the government of Bulgaria the payment ot
3,000,000 rubles of arrears money duo on no-
count of the Uutslau occupation durlug 18TS 1
and 187J. The demand Is in part related to i
the consolidation under ono government of
Bulgaria and eastern Houmuma Itussia i
hns never pressed tbo debt but demands the >
arrears now uppureutly under a sense of
irrllutlea ,
THE LETrERS THAT CAME ,
Senator InRnlls Will Spring a Sen
sation Boon
SOME THREATENING MISSIVES
WnrnltiRH Sent by Southorticrs His
! > lcnRt With the Spocah on the
ltnoQ Question The Irri
gation Problem
Washington Uvnmo Tub Omni Uss , }
C13 FOUHTBRNTH STllBKT >
Wasiusotok U. C „ Feb 19. ]
Senator Ingalls is preparing a speech
> \hlch will causa n sensation when it Is de
livered in the senate
Ever slnco his speech on the race question
ho has bcon bombarded with totters from thd
south A number of them have been pub
lished , but bo has kept u collection which ho
is nrrnnglng to plnco before the country In a
'
speech The majority of theao ouistlos are
of the most outrageous character and the
threats and intimidations contalnod in thom
would bo enough to frighten the average
mau , but Senator Incalls Is not the man to
bo bulldozed He has also received a num
ber of articles which would make a small
museum In themselves These will also bo
exhibited , It is said , nnd will chow what a
United States senator who has convictions
nnd the courngo to express them ls _ obliged
to stand from a certain class of' people
Among the exhibits will bo n cartridge
and a totter from an Indignant southerner
who cxrluims : The next bullet you recelvo
from mo will bo from a rifle "
' WE9TEIIN IllltlOATIOX
The irrigation ot the western plains seems
likely to receive unusual uttentton in this
congress Both houses have special committees -
mittoos on the subject which have alreaJ.y
bad some thirty or forty mcctiugs Major
Powell of the geological survey has spekon
before them eight or ten tlmos , exhibiting
new maps ot the arid waste and the pro
jected irrigation districts and the reservoir
systems Already live bills have been In
troduced into the senate and house embody
ing projects for tbo division of the land aud
the use of tbo water of the unfertile basin
Most ] of tbeso nro vague and immature ,
the \ best , thoroughly conslderod and coin
ploto ] being that introduced by Mr Sprineor
of Illinois A bill is now taking form as a
result i of nutnoroua conferences between
Major ] Powell , Senators Stewart and Rea
gan j , Mr Vaudovcro of California and ether
members : of the irrigation committees , which
Is | very comprohenslvu nnd which will prob
ably i be submitted in congress within a wouk
or i two It cannot yet bo published
in ! full because therd nro one or two Im
portant | questions undoclded Thono bills
provide for the survey of the arid region into
irrigated districts by hydrogruphic basins ,
each basin consisting of its stream and its
uflluont and all the lands whicli they dralu
The ' boundaries ot these basins will neces
sarily bo tbo highest ridges of laad dividing
them , which will give thom irrogularlty of
form and great disparity of size It is
obvious that districts so constructed would
cross state , lines and inoludo portions of
adjoining states aud this would raise difficult
queslions ns to Jurisdiction , which ure
now delaying the report of the bill
In some cases , as on the head
. waters of tbo Platte , the Snake and ,
other rivers nil the rosorvdlrs"toTetuin"thd
waters will be In one state and all tbo land
to bo irrigated will bo la another , raising a
, perplexing problem It is probable that the
bill as finally roportcd will establish within
each hydrogruphio basin a local government
somewhat nnalagous to county government ,
enabling the settlers within the district to
control their own affairs ab ' itely , subject
only to the laws of the state uud the United
Stutes , They can obtain their lands by
honicstendlng , retain the ownership ot the
waters within their district , levy taxes
mortgage their lands to companies who Khali
furnish money for irrigation uud do all other
things that may bo necessary in connec
tion with tbo fertilization of a
soil now unproductive The bill will pro
vide thut after u certain number of years ,
during which the irrigating company shull
bo paid for its service , its rights shall cease
nud the reservoirs , canals and other works
constructed by thom shall pass Into the
hands and become the property ot the set
tlers themselves It is made tbo duty of the
United States Irrigation survey to designate
the reservoirs und creeks und mark out the
irrlgatnblo lauds , to locate tbo dams , canals
and rcsorvoirs and to prevent the construc
tion of Itnprovidont and obstructive works
or Irrigation by unauthorized parties
No settler can acquire more than
olghty acres of irrlcratablo land ,
while mining lands , coal lands and townsltes
are to bo obtained under tbo provisions of
the existing law All other lauds , Including
forrest lands and lands not Habla to irriga
tion , nro to remain the property of tbo
United States and are to bo hold for the use
of the people of the irilgatlon districts It is
provided thattha attorney general of the
Unitea States , the secretary of the Interior
and the secretary ot ugricutturo shall con
stitute a national ooard of Irrigation com
missioners , to whom all appeals from states
can bo made The voters of each Irriga
tion district nro authorized to oloot district
commissioners , who shall constltuta the
legislative body ot the district relative to
irrigation , and an irrigation district court
and a superintendent of irrigation tor ostray
and pasturage is also provided for The
dutfes of these officers are defined , It is ex
pected that each state and territory will cooperate -
operate for the purpose of this bill by choos
ing a bourd of irrigation commissioners for
the purpose of supervising the ncttou of tbo
district commissioners and tbo aotlou of the
contemplated law within a given state is
made to depend upon the concurrence nnd
co operation of that state in tbo purposes of
the act Ills made incumbent upon each
state and territory to provldo by statute for
the condemnation nud relocation or extinc
tion ot improvident or obstructive wuter
rights rcsorvoirs aud canals wherever they
have been established m violation of the
publlo good
This bill may bo said to represent the
popular phase of the irrigation questionas it
proposes to dlvldo the lands among settlers
olther at cho regular prlco of II 'i3 au aero or
free under tbo homestead bill , aud to ooab'
thom to own the waters and protect them
selves from monopolists and from greedy
corporations
The ether projects before congress propose
either to hand over both the arid lunds aud
tbo valuable water to corporations to bo by
them reclaimed an J sold at whatever priut 1
tbdy choose to put upon them or to have tno
fednral government go to the expense of lr-
ricuting und then sell tbo roclalmcd
land .to the highest bidder It is
cstlmotod that after reclalmutlun the lands '
now und would bo worth from $ .10 to fiV ) an
aero
Tbo Dili above outlined , which may bo ,
called the Powell bill , will , if it becomes u ,
law , enable the people to take the lands and
irrigate thom by borrowing money , they to
have tno benetitof all the Increment result
ing from tlm increased value
DEIUTE O.S THE MOULDS 1'AIIl IIILU
The debate on tbo worlds fair bill , which !
begins tomorrow , will bo a notable one and
cull out tbo bst speakers lu the house of
npreseiVjiires , Two duys are allowed for
discussion , which means ubout eight hours ,
unless U diould be arranged to hold night
sessions so as to give additional orators a
chance , Everybody is anxious to make a |
speech on ono sldo or Ibo other but the 1
chairmun of the committee , Mr , Chundler ,
has reserved ono whole hour for himself ,
which will leave only seven hours to be di-
vided between tbo four contesting cities , or
un hour und a half each The extra hour
will bo allotted by Mr Chandler to kill the i
fair faction , as the opponents of an expos !
tion are called There wus an umuilu ? r
scene in tbo special committee when the i
question at to tbo division of tuna came )
"
up Mr Chnndlcr claimed Ihft right that
the chairman of a coiritnltfce bsunllv oxcr-
ciscs in apportioning the whole tlmo to suit
himself , but Messrs Springer and Hltt pro
tested against this and insisted upon nn equal
division among the four elttas ! which would
have glvon two hours each , bat they could
not carry tholr point The rcit of the eom
mltteo was against tllcm , ns It had bcon on
other matters , nnd'tho division above described -
scribed was agreed upor ) . Then came the
question ns to the orderJn which the claims
of the sovernl cities should bo represented
Air Springer insisted that the assignment
must bo by lot , and t strnupo to say Mr
Flower agreed with nlnij although Mr
Chandler nud the St Louis men objected
Four sllpsof paper numbered 1 , 'J , 3 nnd 4
were placed In a bat Mr Flower draw No
I , which requires the Now York mon to present -
sent their ease first Washington drew second -
end , Chicago third and St Louis fourth
Each city will have ono hour to open nnd n
hnlf hour on the second day to closa the do-
bate
SEW POSTMtSTEItSArPOtNTEt ) .
Nebraska Uallagh , Garlield county , Mrs
Sarah J. Unllngbt Santee Agency , Knox
county , Eugotio M. Cooioy
Iown Coppoclc , Henry county , J. F ,
Kurt ? , vlco S. M. Tumor , removed ; Unions
burgh , Harrison county , Mrs A. L. Now
land vice II , U , Peckenbaugh , resigned ;
Watklns Benton county , U. S. Magg , vice
O. Goissicr , resigned
MISCELLANEOUS
Senators Paddock nud Mandorson , to
gether With Congressman Laws , called upon
the members of the house eommltteo on
publlo bulldlncs nnd grounds today to for
ward the consideration publto buildings
for Nebraska It yas ngreod by Chairman
Morgan and niombcrs of thd house eommlt
tee that the Beatrice public building should
bo first reported , ns being a bill which has
passed the scnato and ono moro oaslly dis
posed of The others will follow in suc
cession ' !
The president loft today for Pittsburg to
attend the formal openlrirf of the Carnoglo
library Ho will not roturu before Friday
Tbcro will therefore ba no appointment of a
paymaster general before tbo end of the
week Evorvono is ut sen as to the probable
nppointeo , although the , friends of Colonel
Terrell still insist that ho has _ the best
chance
Ilhodcy H. Shell of Indianapolis Is here
Chairmun McKinley , wild bus boon suffer
ing from la crippo for several days and went
to Fortress Monroe todajr to remain u week ,
will , It i9 said , write tbo report on the tariff
bill before ho returns The committee on
ways and means will report , the bill to the
house onrlv this week If pissiblo
Now that the British extradition treaty
has bocn ratified and dotectlvos have bcon
put on the track of Louise Thobnult , the
mistress of Defoultor Silcott , the cashier of
the house ot representatives , who.has Just
started back to Canada to rejoin her para
mour , it is believed ho will bo arrested
Miss Thcbault drew some monov from the
National savings oanic hare yesterday , but
the ofilccrs of tbo institution refuse to say
anything about It , There is a' belief in
Washington that Silcotthas been bled by
detectives , is running close for funds nnd
that when ho is out of rossurces ha will
surrondcr Ho is thought'to be in Victoria ,
B. C , now
A postoMco has been established at Bal
lagh , Garlleld county , Neb Mrs Sarah J.
Bullagh haB bcon appointed postmistress
upon the rocommondntiouof Mr Dorsoy
Senator Wilson today secured the passage
of the bill for n publtofbuildlnc at Fort
Uodgo , la , to cost MOO.OUO.i
Senator Moody's bill 'croatlng n customs
collecting district consisting of the Btatcs of
North and South Daltotit'passed the senate
today tri *
Senator Paddock presented a memorial
from a Grand Army oflhi Republic Dost ,
Burtlett , Neb , favoring li Jler dlonr-penslon
bill und the repeal of urrearv limit-in the
present bill , . . ' i/3" ' - > * ' • *
" ' • Gommisslonor'-aronP'c- geenrftlland-
ofllco today sent a tolcgrant to the roglstor
nnd receiver of the land ofllco nt 0'Nel. |
Neb , cautioning them against permitting
settlements , entries or filings ou any land
recently acquired from the Sioux Indians
south of tbo forty-third parallel , as they
were not n part of the state of Nobrnsic.i
until they were regularly surveyed , allot
ments mudo to the Indians and tbo Indian
tltlo extinguished ,
George W. Powers , who has been slght-
scolng in Washington , for some daye will
leave for his homo tomorrow , at Beatrice
A bill repealing the timber culture net was
favorably repo rted to the house todav from
the committee on publlo lands There is
little doubt of the ultimate success of this
measure , as it has two'or thrco times passed
both houses during the last six years , but
never became a law bcsluso there was not
action In soma form bj.botb houses of tbo
satno congress ' /
Iowa and South Dakota prohibitionists
mny well rejoice , for Senator Ingalls has in
troduced a bill to amend the in'orstuto commerce -
morce law by providlngMnat any person
shipping or smuggling Intoxicating liquors
into a state or territory thut forbids tbo sale
of It shall be deemed to bo guilty o ! a mis
demeanor , and any railroad company that
transports the same shall bo fined f 103 for
each offense *
General Brooke Is horato consult with the
officials ot the war department in regard to
the building for new Fort Omaha
Senator Paddock today discovered that
there has not been credited to the state ot
Nebraska a sufficient number of the proceeds
derived from the salc . of public lands In that
state Tb > 3 bill croatlng tbo state ot Ne
braska was passed by congress March 10 ,
1804 , although the state was not actually ad
mitted to the union until February 20 , 1807.
Tbo bill provided that the state should be
credited with C percent ? of the umount of
revenue derived from the sales of public
lauds prior and subsequent to the duto of
admission to statehood , The senator has
discovered that credit hns only bcon given
since February 30 , JS07 , . whan the state came
into the union , and.bo will ascortaln why the
credit was not at leastldated back to March
10 , 1601 , and If it Is necessary will introduce
a bill mailing good tbo"umount which the
state should have received long a o.
Captain Charles F. Humphroy , assistant
quurtarmastur , is rellovod from duty at
Cheyenne , Wvo , , and will report In person
to the commanding general department of
the Platte for assignment to duty upon the
construction ot buildings , etc , ut the now
post at Omaha I'eiiiiy S. Heath
Nebraska , Iowa nuitJjakotn Ponsloni
WA8iii.NOTO > f , Feb , lO.-f-TSpociaiTotograin
toTucHEBJ Ponslonsrhuvo buen granted
Nobrasuaus as follows ; , Orlglnalinvallds ;
Colwoll , Lincoln : JumesPondergast Pluln
view ; Samuel Smith , ' Franklin ; William
Craig , Cruwford IloUsue Albert Cotton ,
Omaha \ .
South Dakota i Original invalids Jesse
M. Spears , WushlngtoaiHurings ; Daniel U.
West , Mitchell , -
Iowa : Original invalid Washington Bird ,
Missouri Vnlloy ; Benjamin * F. Archer ( de
ceased ) , Avoca ; Norman * F. Wood , Ains-
worth ) William Cable , ' Now Hamp-
ton ; Oscar Lemou.f Jlnuasquoton lie *
issue Kar.snm E , Hulbfert , Marshalltown :
Samuel Corporal ] , Cipcinnati Original
widnws , otc Elizabeth j-widow of James
Tatoman . 1' '
, Sulphur Springs
• - <
Kelluy in i bioaKo ,
Cnioiuo , Feb 19.-2J , h , Kelley , the
nlleged Croniu suspect , arrested in St Louis
yesterday , arrived hero tonight Mr Cjnk-
lin mid Frank Scanon | utterly failed to
identify lum as tha nun who drove Crjuin
away from the bouse , Other witnesses will
be given an opportunity to sea biui to sea if
ho li identical with the "
loug-iookod-for .SI-
mouds " '
Two Ships Collide
London , Fob J9 , The steamer Hlgbgato
collided wab the ship Sovereign in a fog off
Lundy island today and sank Thirteen of
the persons on board the alcanier ut the
tlmo of the collision , have landed A boat
containing six others Is missing
* ' . i .i i , *
Itreck Uontd I-rli.
LirAVETTe , led , Feb 19. George O.
Breck of Indianapolis today woti the Atneri-
con field chumpnnsbip wing snot from Fred
Erb , who won the cup from Budd of Iowa
Brock got 49 put of M birds , missing the
0tb , Krb's score wus VJ ,
GRASD ARMY ENCAMPMENT ,
The Thlrtoouth Annual Eouulon In
Session at Qrand Island
IMPORTANT BUSINESS BEFORE JT
The I'lrullon oT Ooniinniulor nud the
Question of Location Tor the
Next Klvo Voars to
Ho Dccldoil
Onntrd with n Lorgo Attcmlnncc
GntND Ist.AN-i ) , Nbb „ Fob 19. [ Snjola
to The BiiE.l Dosplto ono of the ugllost
storms Nebraska hits witnessed this year ,
the thirteenth annual cncaninmoiit ot the
Grand Army of the Republic , department of
Nebraska , opened with unusual intorcst and
an attendance larger at this time than on
ntiy picvlous occasion Last night every
hotel In the city had exhausted its accommo
dations nnd private houses were called upon
to take care of arrivals on bclatod trains It
Is estimated that ever ono thousand niom
bcrs of the encampment nnd visitors were
present Tuesday night , and the encamp
ment did not begin its work until today
The encampment formally opened at 8 p'
m. , Department Commander S. H. Morrcll
presiding All ot the session was taken up
in attempting to formulate the roll of mom
bershlp , but nothing was nccompllshod
Tliu ovonlng session was oxccodingly
stormy The eommltteo on crodontlnls is
still out nud unnblo tn report •
Grand Island Is a candidate for the per
manent location of tbo Grand Army ot
the Republic encampment Lincoln has
an active committee on hand pro
seating the claims ot the capital city for
permanent hcadquartors of the department
and Norfolk is out hero in force contesting
for the same honor The determination of
the matter will htngo largely upon the selec
tion of commaudor for the ensuing year It
an Omaha mau is made doptrtmont com
mander Norfolk or Grand Island will no
doubt secure thoencampmout , but if Lincoln
orSoword carries oft the prize in the way of
department commander the encampment
will go to Hastings or Kournov There arose
so tar onlv three candidates for department
commander Major T. S. Clarkson of Omaha ,
Joseph Toter of Lincoln nnd Mr Parkinson
ofSoward Of the three names the llrst is
the most nonular Maier Clarkson Is strong
because of his largo iirquuintanca , his muni-
fest zeal In Grand Army work and his gen
tlomunly aud courteous bearing The
opinions expressed so far by members of the
encampment show the drift of thought , and
it i is toward Clarkson Purkinsou has some
following because of his active support of
Pnnner when that gentleman wus com
missloner i of pensions But ho does
not now llvo in the state , hav
j ing secured a clerkship in ono of the do-
uartments nt Washington , and is therefore
not likely to be selected The Omaha dele
gation is industriously presenting the claims
of their candldato aud feel quite confident
that t ho will go in by a good majority As
usual , there is a 111 tin contest between locult-
tics i Tbo South Platte people generally
favor j Toter for commander and the North
Platte j boys Clarkson This contest will
provo tntorosting , as the friends of the three
'J avowed candidates are sawing wood at a
lively j rate ,
' ; There is some uneasiness felt lesttbo storm
naw | prevalent-may toop away many who
would otbi rwIso have 'beeu present General
Algor and staff ure expected tomorrow
Colonel { Morrow of Sidney of the regular
army , Is In attendance und bo is General Dli-
worth
Governor Thayer , Commissioner Steen and
other , state ofllcars are in nttondauco
A largo parade was the feature of this af
tornoon
A. .Sncnlc Thiol- Arrested
Beatiiioe , Neb , Feb 19. [ Special Tele
gram to The Bee.1 A sneak thief giving
the , name of Samuel Francis Young was
caught ' ibis morning in the actof robblifg thc
till of a bakers wagon , nnd a livolv pursuit
of the thief wus began , two or three hun
dred citizens Joining in the chase Ho was
finally overhauled in an uuthouso und taken
to the city jail , where it was discovered that
ho had all the ovldonces of a good record ns
an export crook On his person were found
two overcoats , one of which wus found to
have been stolen from Steele's store Mon
day night , also a pair of shoes stoloa the
same night und a lady's ' gold pencil , which
was Identified as having been stolen from
the rifled trunu at the Burlington depot that
same night His case will bo taken under
consideration by the grand Jury tomorrow
The musio and steaollstore ot H. S. Wood
worth was broken into by burglars last night
and a quantity at stencils and tools stolen
illnir Notes
Blair , Neb , Fob 19. [ Special to Tub
Bee.J A saloon operated for the past year
by Nato Davis and Dave Herman was closed
yesterday by the shorlff Herman sold out
bis interest a few days ugo to Dotleif Smith
'J ho firm was owing for roat and borrowed
money to the umount of about flOO
Rev Power , Rev Whiting , S. C. Boyle
nnd William Sutherland left for Lincoln to
day to attend the prohibition convention
Thoodor Bailer today started for Grand
Island to attend tbo Grand Army of tbo Re
public encampment
The citizens called a mass meeting today at
4 p. in to tuko measures toward giving aid to
the Dakota sufferers Mr Troup of South
Dakotu Is expected to makke a statement of
the condition ot affairs in bis state
Aalilnuil Flrninen'H llniiiiiot | null Hall
Ashland , Neb , Fob 19 , | Special to Tub
Bek.I The flromon's banquet and ball at
the opera house last night was a success so
cially and financially This Is the first ap
preciation the people ot tbo town have shown
tbo boys The work dona by them recently
in saving Mr Wlntmoro's resldonco when
everything was against thom , met the up-
Firoval of nil , und merltod the recognition of
ast evening The attendance was largo
and tUo , amount realized was about (80 ,
which is to be paid into the treasury of the
Firomen's association
Iloih Arms Itrokon
Beatiiioe , Neb , ' Fob 19 , [ Special Tele
gram to Tim Bee ] George Strockoy , a
loading merchant of thu Woit side , wus acci
dentally throwu from a coal wagon this af
ternoon und broke both arms His Injuries
nro of a serious character und it is probublo
that ono of his arms will have to bu ampu
tated in consequance
Gnvo Himself Up
Neuiiaska Cur , Neb , Fob 19. [ Special
Telegram to The Bee | Ham Merry man ,
who jitinpsd his ball , being hold to the dis
trict court for shooting Mrs , Goodman dur
ing a neighborhood quarrel , returned to tiio
city last night and gave himself up
The WoMhcrForec.iHt , .
For Omaha and vicinity : Fair weather
For Nebraska ; Fair , variable winds ,
warmer Friday morning (
For Iowa : Clearing iu pxtremo northeast
portion , fair in remaining portions , colder ,
northerly winds
South Dakota ; Fair , variable winds ,
warmer Friday morning ,
Sut'o nt IHtaburu
PjTTsmmo , Feb , 19.-Tho train bearing
Proldont Harrison and party reached Pitts
burg at 11 o'clock touight The party was
drivou to the Duqucsne clnb , which will bo
the presidents headquarters during his stay
iu the city After a light lunch th weary
executive retired tor th * night
COMPOUND Ii.VItl ) .
Ita Advocntes Sny It Is Not nn Adul
teration
jVT > * mnotox , Feb 19. The house com
miti j u ngrlctilturo today began the hoar
IngVL- legislation proposed by Congress
nianW' 'orworth's bills to regulate the
manu • _ _ ire nnd sale ot compound lard mid
the taxi n of the product thorcof
A. K"i ill of Boston , representing the
ndvocii { the Conger bill , nskod the com
mlttea t > ort it favorably to the house
Al xaiidWcdderburk \ , representing the
national grni go , Patrons of Husbimlry , addressed -
dressed the eommltteo on behalf of the far
mers Ho read resolutions of the national
grunge nnd letters from planters in tbo
south declaring iu fiivor of legislation In
tended to prevent the adulteration of food or
drugs The Interest of the fnrmor In the
subject lies In the fact , Wcdderburk snlil ,
that ho can produce only pure lard uud lie
suffers by competition with the adulterated
article , the manufacturer of which is do-
Btroylug his commerce In this article with
foioign countries The Conger bill , ho said ,
would protect the cotton ratsors ot the
south
Colonel Brlghnm of Ohio , innstor of the
national grange , Patrons of Husbandry , said
the subject of adulterated goods had been
considered in the national grange for sev
eral years , and that It had endorsed the
Conger bill
Victor G , Piollott of Pennsylvania , n mom
bor of the leelslativo commlttoo of the na
tional grange , closed the bearing in behalf
of the ndvooatos of the bill , nnd George II
Webster of Armour & Co opancd the case
for its opponents Ho asserted thnt com
pound lard Is not an adulteration , but nn
economic nnd meritorious mingling ot lard
with ether pure substuncos , The higrcdleuts
are prlmo steam lnrd , cotton seed oil and
beef stcurino His firm puts compound lard
on the mnrkol branded by Its proper name
Ho said there was enough pure lurd tn
the Unltod States to meet the demands
The people do not ask for this legislation ,
and Webster predicted that if It was onactcd
into a law It would operate llko the oleomar
garine law The manufacture of the article
lncieased whtlo the pricoof butter was never
so low If legislation of thin character Is to
be passed ho favored Faulkner's bill In tbo
senate for n food division In the agricultural
department
Henry C. Butcher , representing the South
ern cottonseed oil company , said the effect of
tbo bill would bo to kill the manufacture
of compound lurd Unless it o.n : bo
shown that compound lard is composed ot
dolotcrious of substances Injurious to the pub
Uo health there is no reason to place It under
government control As a matter of fact
compound lard is loss likely to bo tainted by
animal diseases than pure lard Legislation
of this character was dancerous in tendency ,
resulting in the building up of ono industry
at the expense of another The bill would
destroy the demand tor cotton seed oil
placing } a uouuio ouraon upon tno people or
the section In which that product was pro
duced Adjourned until next Wednesday
GALI/AN1 UAMWlUlili
Ho ' Furnished Antedated Questions
to it Young ; Lndy •
Washington , Feb 19. The three civil
sorvlco , commissioners and Frank Ilntton ,
editor of the Washington Post , which mndo
the t charges ngainst the commission , and u
number of other gentlemen were present
when , the house committee on civil service
.
reform this ovonlng began its investigation
Commissioner ' Lyman testified that his
brother-in-law I , A. C. Campbell , had
xocelvcd , , , .aovora ' _ l _ promotions , ono of
them | in April , * jlSS9 , when ' the witness
was solo commissioner Campbell did not
pass , any'examination for
promotion , com
missioner'sr clerks not being required to do
so In January or "Fobruur.y"Commissoner ! >
Oborly , called the witness attention to the
fact that examination questions were
being furnished to outsiders The next day
ho discovered that thesa questions were In
Campbell's ' handwriting , and at witness sug
gestion tbo chief examiner made an investi
gation and found the questions had not boeu
used Campbell acknowledged that ho had
made coplos of them for a lady friend
id the ponslon olllco who had como to htm
for assistance in passing the examination for
promotlon , Campbell Informed the witness
that ho told this lady that ho did not know
any way to help her except that ho might
give her a sot of questions formerly used that
would embrace the subjects included in thu
examination for promotion , Witness placed
the mutter in Obcrly's hands , as It would
have bnon manifestly improper for witness
to act in the case
With respect to the criticisms made grow
ing out of the witness daughter making ap
plication to take the civil service examina
tion before sliu hnd reached a legal ago ,
Lyman said his daughter had acted witnout
consulting him His daughters application
was made before the rule regurdlng the ugo i
of applicants was adopted , but the examina
tion did not take place until after tbo change i
had been made
In response to a question by a member of
the eommltteo Lyman said Oberly , after in
vestigating the charge ugalnst Cnmpboll ,
stated it was merely nn offouso ugalnst the i
technical dlsoipllno of the ofllco , involving r
no turpitude , uud that u reprimand would bo i
sufficient punishment
Commissioner Roosevelt said that when ho i
learned of the Campbell matter Commis
sioner Thompson nnd himself bad conducted
at inquiry into the matter and
after learning that Oborly had continued
Gumpboll In ofllco they had concluded 1
that they would not bo Justllledln reopening ;
the case Roosevelt ca * lled attention loathe )
editorials in the Washington Post , contain
ing the cbargos ugaiust the commission , und I
said as fur as they affected the present com
mission they were unqualified falsehoods
Commissioner Thompson corroborated the i
statements of Roosevelt concerning Camp
bell The commlttoo ndjournod , subject to i
tbo call ot the chairman
BISHOP DUits' TRIAL
Charffcd AVIth Conduct Uiiliecciinin ;
it Christian
Cleveund , O. , * Fob 19. Bishop Ran
dolph Dubs of the Evangelical association
was placed on trial today at Salem church
for conduct unbecoming a Christian , "
Fifteen clergymen constitute thu trial
commit'eo and Bishops Eshor and Bauman
of Chicago are present The charces ugaiust
Bishop Dubs are tnat bo accused Rev , Flit
zlnger of BulTulo and E. B , Eshur , a son ot
Bishop Eshor with having fulsllled u tele
gram which be sent several years ago re
ferring to church business and thut on two
occasions ha was familiar In his con
duct toward two women nothing
crlmlnl being charged , however
The Evangelical association has inanv
churches in Illinois , Indiana , Ohio and Finn
sylvania and the northwest Bishop Dubs
has always bean populurund friends decluro
there is envy back of the present trial The
investigation is being made behind locked
doors , and Bishop Dubs rcquost , today for a
certified copy of tbo record o ( 'nuuh session
was refused His son was denied a sout
He entered a protest against the aJinlssion
cf written testimony unless ho was glvon
the piivilcgo of croes-exuininliig the wit
nesses That was Impossible us no wit
nesses were bore Bishop Dubs then with
drew , declaring the Investigation should pro
ceed without his presence in us much us ho
hud been deprived of all rights His frlouds
say the charges nro false and hare no
foundation whatever
m
Confirmations
WASiUMa-tox , Fob 19. Tbo following
nominations have beeti confirmed by tbo
senate :
OIUInoIs-G. D. Cartle Cirllnville ; W. W.
Lewis Leha : J. A. Wtlloughbv , Bellovlllo
Nebraska J. W. Johnson , Sutton , Wis
consin James Driver , Parllngton ; II J.
Smith , Raclno
Ilond OlToilius
Wasiunoto.v , Feb , 19. [ Soecial Telegram
to Tub Bee.I Bonds offered ; 11,283,000 , at
ll.il ; HO.000 at | lWJf
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
Hnrrlaon'a MosanRo on the Sioux
Agreement Rooolvod
TO INVESTIGATE FREIGHT RATES
A Resolution From the Intcistato
Coimucrro Coiuuilttco Adopted
DisuiiNslon on the Okla-
huiiin Hill ,
Honntp
Wamunotov , Fob 19. In the sennto today -
day the presidents message transmitting
the agreement recently mndo with the Slsse-
ton and Waphetou bands of the Sioux In
dlnns for the cession of their lands was pro *
sontod nnd roforrcd to the eommltteo on In-
dlan affairs '
Among the bills reported from the committees -
toes nnd placed on the calendar were lliotol-
lowing : For the Inspection of moats tor ox-
portutlon nnd prohibiting the Importntlon ot
adulterated urtlolcs ot food nnd drink ; for
the relief of women enrolled as army nurses
Mr Cullom , from the Interstate com
mcrco commlttoo , reported a preamble
nud resolution reciting the allegation that
by reason of tbo oxccsslvo frolght ratoa
the great section of country lying bctweon
the Rocky mountains and the principal food
distributing cantors In the east Is unnblo to
matitet Us food product , or to obtain for
them the actual cost of production , und dl-
reeling the eommltteo to investigate such
allegation uni rnport to the sjnato whether
such rates nro reasonable or unreasonable ,
nnd whether the , reduction of such rates is
prevented or hindered by reason of
nny provision of the interstate commerce -
morco net , nnd whether it moro
stringent onforcomout ot that net Is
practicable and would bo n romoay for the
evils complained of The resolution was
ugreod to
Iho resolution heretofore offered by Mr
Chandler calling on iho attorney general for
Information as to the assassination of Dup '
uty United States Marshal Snuudeis in
Florida wns taken up uud passed
Mr Pasco proceeded to address the senate
in explanation ot the facts and circumstances
of the ease air Pasco had not concluded
his address when the hour of 'i
o'clock arrived und the educational
bill came up us unfinished uuslness
Mr Blair , however , yielded the floor
to Mr Wilson of Inwu , on whoso
motion tbo senate bill appropriating { 100,000
for a public building nt Fort Dodge , Iu , was
taken from the calendar und pnssed , Mr
Call call in if attention to tbo fact thut this
wus the fourth DUbllu building bill passed
for Iowa this season
The senate bill establishing a customs collection -
lection district to consist of North nnd
South Dakota was passed Mr Blair thou
resumed his argument iu favor of thu educational -
cational Dill Without concluding his speech
Mr Blair yielded for an executive session ,
after which the senate adjournud
House
\V\siiinuto.v. Feb 19. In the house * "
today Mr Rowull of Illinois , chairman
of the eommltteo on elections , gave
notice that ho would call up thu West
Virginia contested election case of Atkinson
vs Pendleton for consideration next Wodnes-
day
Under call of the cOTimlttoes Mr Adams
of Illinois , from the Judiciary committee ,
called up u.bllLto divide the judlciuLdistrint
of North Dakota into four divisions , tbo
sosslons of tno courts to bo hold at Bis-
murcir , Grand Forks , Fnrgo and Devils
Luke Thu bill was passed , as'Wus the corresponding -
responding scnato bill , with amendments
providing for u division of South Dakota
into thrco divisions , the sessions of the
court to bo held nt Sioux Fulls , 1'ioiTO nnd
Deudwood
Mr Sherman called up the bill to provldo
for the terms and places of holding Unltod
Stutes courts in the districts of Minnesota
and it wus pussed witli amendment
The senate bill authorizing the president
to confer the brevet rank upon army onicers I
for ualluut service In Indian campaigns slnco
1807 passed ,1
At 1 : ! 35 the house wont Into eommltteo ot 1
the whole , Pavson of Illinois in thu chair , I
on the bill tn provide for the nppolniinent.ot I
nn assistant secrotarv of war Alter some I
debate tbo bill was favorably reported from I
the conunittco of the whole to thu house and I
the Oklahoma'blli was then taken un I
Mr , Hooker gnvo notlco that ho would 1
iriovo tn stilko out all of the bill nftor sec I
tion " " > , providing a judicial system for the I
Indian territory Ho said the bill proposed I
a grand robbery equalled In the history of I
civilisation only by the spoliation of ( Poland I
Mr Washington declared that the bill vlo- I
luted no property rights of the Indians , nnd I
and in his opinion , there could Bo no groutur .1
crlmo against civilization than to leave good I
people in n territory wituoul nny govern I
meat at nil I
Mr Perkins said there was not a single I
provision in the blu wbleli infringed on the I
rights of the Indians I
Mr Moore said the bill should Include all I
of Indian territory ; there was no uecosslty I
for the division of that magnlllcont territory
The Cherokees were the only nation object I
ing to the extension of the territorial lines of I
Oklahoma and it was n significant fact that I
not un Indian appeared to protest The men I
who hud uppeared before the commlttoo pro I
testing against the inclusion of tbo Cherokee I
lands.lu tbo now territory were ull whtlo I
men , I
Mr , Springer briefly maintained the abso- I
lutorightof the government to the hind om- I
bruend within the Oklahoma lines Ho said I
there wns not an Indian llvluir on the outlet
and the lauds were leased to a cattle com
pany At this point thu eommltteo rose nud
the Ijouso adjourned
>
too HniindnrH Murder
Washinqtok , Fob , 19. The report ot
United Stutes Mnrshul Mizoll of Florida , regarding -
garding the recent killing of Deputy Mar
Bhnl Saunders ut Qulncy , thut stuto , wns
made public today It is substantially the
same us tbo story given in these dispatches
the night of the killing , being in substance ,
that huunders wus Invited out to drive by
two muo , named MuFurlanund Mitchell , the
former of whom bo bud before bad trouble
with over the serving of writs ,
In the afternoon Mitoholl brought
back Saunders dead body , but would
make no statement as to wbn did the killing
beyond xaylng it was not Himself , MePurlun
had disappeared , Mlzell had hoard in the
looming u report that uu attempt would bo
made to Kill homo of the party , und bad
warned Saunders not to go out After the
murder ho received un intimation that It
would bu well for himself and Longford to
leavn town , and they did so that night Tbo
attorney general said this afternoon that nn
steps would bo tuken in thu mutter until the
president returns from Alloghouy City ,
r > yuiinthv With Amoriotn Author ) .
New Yoiiic , Fob 19 , At u meeting of the
department of superlntondenca of the Nil
tionul Educational association toduv u rose
lutloii was adopted expressing nympatby I
with American authors in the effort tliay are I
making to obtain from congress an Interna- I
tlonal uipyright law , I
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A Hie Contract I
New Yoiiic , Fob , 19. President L > wry of I
tbo St Paul & Minneapolis street railway
company this morning signed a contract for -
an electrical oqulpment for 3)3 miles of roaa
in those cities Ibo contract is said to bo
the largest ot its kind over made , the tuiount I
involved being tj,00),030 ,
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Tiio Jieatli Iteonril
Lospox , Feb 19. Joseph O. Blfger , the
well known homo ruler and member of tbo I
house of commons , died today of heart
disease , Ho was sixty-two year * of age ,
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