Nebraska Newspapers

    I The Omaha | Daily Bee I
j5\ | NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA , F1XIDAY MOKNEgS ; EEBJRUAEY 28 , 1890. NUMBER 249 , I
I FLOODS AND SNOW STORMS ,
tl Tfl0 01ll ° Rlvor stU1 Qin ?
| R Rapidly
jll GREAT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
[ 9 If tlm Prohcnt Ileal y llnlns Cniitlnuo
[ ff a Terrible tniiiiilatloii Will He-
.1\Wh \ r suit Sevornl landslides
> JM itoportcd
f A Wet Prospect
I Cincinnati , O , Feb 27t It this morn
ill ing the tlvor lind reached a llttlo ever lift
four feet anil was stilt . rising Unless there
iR * BlionM bo phonomlniill ) rain ) woollier within
it ! tlio next four dns It is not thought the Hood
, i will reach tlio height to which It ansa In 181
'I nnd | 18S4 the present stngo drlvos out
I mnnv families In the luw rrounds qf Clncln-
I nut I Covington , Newport and other points
I nlong the river
j | The iron -orks and iaw mills of Novvport
M Ky hao stopped operations beciusc of the
nil high water and others nro IIKcly to follow
| | W loon In Covington and in Una city Railroad
( HHc communications nro hourly ( rowing mora
4fc ' find moro uncertain to the exposed roads and
m It is posslblo thnt trains cannot gctrntotbo
I central passcngci station by night
J I Shortly after dn ) dawuco t steidy rain set
} m In which continued the cntiro da ) At 0
11 o clock tonight the rain still continued to
. I fall though it was not very hciv ) If the
! rain is very severe In this section It will
jm probibly cnuao i tlood hut it it continues at
) J te > the rata it is now falling oven throughout
J HJ ) the ciulru Ohio vnlle ) It will hardly do mora
l K' than to hoop tlie river nt its present stiga
or a llttlo higher for n fowdajs only Tlio
Haltlmora H Ohio , the Southwestern and
S the H"o line liavo their tracks covered to a
/ depth of iicnrl ) four feet ucnr the stock
„ • yards Toward midnight the rain ceased
'm Tbo storm is reported to bo centril about
{ V Nashville lenn At this writing , 11 o'clock ,
• • it Ib causing grnvo apprehension hero If
: M the precipitation in the next twenty-four
w houis should bo ns great in'ho Ohio \ alley
as it tins been nt Memphis and Nashvlllo , it
M will doubtless cnuao a treat flood
B Louisvmr Teh " 7 The Ohio rlvor has
reached the Hood stngc Ono or the elevate J
H road stations on tbo city fi out has been cut
H off A seiro was stilted tonight uud u uuui
1 ber of families in the dlstucts sub uorged in
> 1S ! > 3 niuvad out , but thiro is little fi ir of
Bj Buoh ndelugo as then iho river is still rM-
H Ing an Inch un hour C A Wooster who
X has just returned from Middloborough and
Va intermediate points sujs the Cun b-rljud Is
M higher than it has i.\ar been and the run
V > ways of the witors have craa o 1 much
BJ huyic J hern nave been landslides where
B great ticcs nnd immctwo bodies of earth
BS hive tumbled nwn\ , and in places big ti acts
B of countiy uro subinoiced ,
Bf At Dillon swltcb below Livingstone , noth
s ft # ' Ing but the top of the extensive saw mill Is
B . to bo seen nbovo water , and at Livingstone
BT . Kock Castle cicck has encioaehed upon tbo
BJ S town disastrously
Bb' At liddleborough the electric light plant
BF has Lccu rendered useless , the streets are
Br subnieiged and the canal is out of sight
jBy iho floods ha\c Crippled the rallvviystou
BV considerable extent *
BJ Jbqnen.s fiom the mountain section is
BX tli it luna slides and wash outs tire numerous
B 'Iho mails of that region have been practl
BE call } discontinued iho telegraph wires are
| Bj down In many places
By bAN 1 iiAseioco Fob 27 Heavy nlns
BJ [ routinun to provall in Anzona List night
B the floods washed out a lasgo portion of tlio
Ba Prcscott > L Arizona Centril rnilvv iTele
Bl fc'niph couiuitinlontions hnvo boon rut off
Bf from Prescott , so the nature ottbo daraago
BJ isnotknonn
B > l HAiii Esrov , W Vj , Tob JT Aland
Bz slldo occurred at Grinncmont , on the Ohcsu
BJ peal o & Ohio this morning covering tbo
BJ track for 200 jarts A freight train was
B2 wrecited , but nobodv was burt
Bj TouiuvEE , Miss , Feb 27 Yostcrda\
B > tcrnoon a heavy wind an i rain struck this
Bf place , doing nu immense amount of diuniifo
Bjl bavoral stores wuro wi celled and fences and
Bj barns were lovele 1 In man ) places A he ivy
B > ram Is still fulling and tbo streets are
BJ flooded
BJ MrMPiui Tob 27 Tno nnusuii rain full
Bit ever the entire watershed of tbo Mississippi
BJS nnd Ohio r ( ers and their tributaries since
Bj X buturday lust portends evil to the low lands
BJ V , protected by the lovecvfln the \nzoo delta
Bj and tLo lonsas basins lhn worst is fenred
BJ for the ncwli constructed levees alont ; the
Bj Tonsns Insln Major Storlintr engineer for
the lower Mississippi levco district nntlcl
I ) ites that the lovecs in Arkansas will rio |
w j and rcliovo the pressure on thu Missis
slppi Bide The outlook In the section
through which the White and Arxnnsas riv
ers pass is not eniaura iug Both streams
nro rising fast nnd the penplo living along
tlio banks are taking odv image of the timely
notfeo served nnd arn moving their stock to
p'nees of safet )
Snow sturnn
Kaksas Cm , leb J7 Dlspatcribs from
Missouri and Kansas state that a blizzard
from tbo northwest prevailed tl roughout
these states today 'Iho thermometer foil to
about zero
Dam monr , laTob 27 Aheavj snow
storm has been rapine hero today and street
cartiuOIols ticntly impeded About ten
inches of snow 1ms fallen and the storm con
tinues It is the first general snow storm
, that bus occurred in this section for two
k - * years
f That Aw Till Kn ltsli b > nillo-vtc
CmcAro Tob i A morning piper print
el u lengthy stor > today to the effect that
a representative ot nu I nglisb syndicnto had
made an iigrccn ont with Jacob nnd Samuel
\ \ ooluor of Peoria for the sale of a controll
Jng interest In tbo whisky trust , ote ibis
aftomoon Simuol Woollier said the story
was cnllrcl ) untriio
Mr , Do IV ) or , the alleged represoutatlva
of tlio syndleato also denied tbo storv It Is
true tbo vvjiisk ) trust has received some
t propositions , but Mr Jacoo Woollier declares
thq present negotiations do not oven ro
mutely concern that opciution Do lovers
Bcboma Is to punhaso tlio t'corla tirovvcrics
Iho Ln lish SMidlnilcs itlsstatcd has now
control of the browerlcs in all tlio I irior
cities of tbo cnuutry and is commencing n
similar aciiuircmont in the am illor cities and
towns In l'eurla tbo transfer , if carried ,
out , will amount in the inonuv to cbango
bunds about f 1,000 00Jm (
! \\y < > tt ( ! grlH Inoinrrnteii
CiiAMiiLiu uv , S 1) , Tob J7 Ibpcdal
3clcrain | to lnu Uce ] Knily this morning
| y flrodostrojcd a bulldluj occupied b ) an old
m | ucgrcss on tbo outskirts of the oltj , and the
J old woman was burned to a crisp Jothtng
but u portion ot the lioad aud foot of the
bud ) was uncnusumed How It camotbat
fcha wat unable to Have liorlifo will probi bly
never be ki ovvu , but there is muoii talk tbat
bIiq wasnurdcrcd l'or not oral niehts put
alio bad boon bothered t > ) n gang of ruMuus
who hud ropcatodl ) eillod ut her house and
Insulted her , nnd It is bolluvod they mur
dered her unit ihon set lira to tbo house to
cover thclr erimu
btcniii litl > ArrlvnU
At Now York Iho btato of Indiana , from
Glysgow
> At Philadelphia Ibo Xodciland , from
\ Ajitwerp
* " At bouthauii tou The Allcr , from Jvcw
ork for llicwen
AiQuccnstown Tbo llritauulc , from Now
Yoik
\ Cruise pi tint 111 umllitr
V1 * Ni.voiik , Tcb 27 Malarial fovorjdld
Bm dradl ) work among tbo crow of the schooner
B ff lirundritc of bt , Johns Newfoundland , on
W I " tbooago from Uarcolona to this port ,
which terminated this mnrmog , bho left
Uarcolona eighty dajs ago with Captain
Toot * aud a crow ot flvo won Whoa she
W arrived this morning oul ) her captain and
one sailor were left to navigate her Three
of the crow dii > d on the \oyage nnd ono
: sailor lay more dond thin nllvc in the cabin
The victims were stricken Immediately after
the schooner inft Uarcolona lor thrco
wcoks tbo captain , with tbo asslstinco ot
onoscimin \ navigated the schooner nnd nt-
tended to tbo wants of tbo sick men In tbo
cabin
stain Aij\mnD
Tlio ran-Aincrlcnu Confcrr-iice DIs-
< iish il In tlio CnrtPB
ICnrw Uil 118J0 hj/ lames Gordon flenn'K )
Madhii > Tob J7 | Now York Herald
Cnblo bncclal to lnr Hun I In the debulo
in cortos on tbo foreign oftlco budget which
closed this evening Tortuondo tlio Cuban
deput ) , made tlio promised Interpellation in
rcforcneo to the Pan Amoncan conference
IIo oxprcssed alarm lest the United btatcs
should ndoul a bouth Amorlcau policy in
junousto Spain
liovest , of thu budget committee , In rc-
pl ) said tto bouth Americjn policy of the
United btntcs oxclted tlio alarm of Europe
and vvus dangerous to tlio whole Latin rnco
I his poliov ulwnvs shows n profound dls
llko to Spain and Si anlsh-Amerlcans 1 ho
Monroodoctnno of "Amorka for Amorl
cans reall ) memt Amoilca far tbo United
States
Iho minister of foreign affairs closed the
debate d ) staling that Uio policy of tbo
liberal government fostered friendly rola
tlons with the South Amorlcau states for the
purpose of forming a Pan American union
He bslmvcd the conference at \ \ ashington
wns in Its main object a ilasco Iho relation
tion betvvoon Suiln and the United States
were most friendly despite tbo late position
of the I lorlda Bcnator rolatlve to the pur
chase of Cuba
Minister Lincoln's Son Not Dint
[ Copi/i IqI I 189J ou Jnintj Oord m Ilcnnett ]
London , Tub 27 fNow York Herald
Cuble Special to lnr Utnl The condition
of Abraham Lincoln which was considered
hopeless last night took a slight change for
the batter at an early hour this morning ,
which enabled the doo'ora to porforra un
operation Ho is still in a very critical co
dition The doctors say that his out ) etianco
for life is in another operation It will be of
a desperu o character and will bo per
formed shortly
MtLI'AUING I OK I'I US I Allt
Work Br > ciiii on tlm Smith Slile Lle-
vntcd Line in Lnicimo
Chicago Tob J7 ISpoclal Pologram to
The Bi.u | Witbtho arrival of ull necessary
material work wis vigorously begun on the
South faido elevated road this morning nnd
the startling annoancomont is made that tbo
company will have a mlle completed before
April 1 After tbo first span called ' a truy
olei , " VMS placed on a platform orectol on
top of the girders , a stationary cngino was
crcctod there and the girlcrs tboroaftei
lifted intoplnco by steam power
' How fast will the ; vvork proceed ! " was
nskc 1 of Chief Engineer Cornell
r
When wo get fairlj started v\o will build
from bite oicht , girdo" * a day with each
Lnnc t\o start with ono gang at Thirty
third street and anolhor gang starts Just
north of Thirty third nnd works north In
thirty days , or by the end of March wo ex
pect to have a mile of tbo road completely
finished We call it a mile from Iwenty-
ninth to Thirty sovontb street , and that will
boooimlo'ed Loforo April 1 Hio cntiro
j-pad from Van liuren street to Thirty-ninth *
street wo will have completed n year boncu
riut much acoamplishod , the hardest , per
tlon of tbo road is built , because south of
thirty ninth street the land is almost va
cant and wo will not ho bdinpoiod by con
demnation pro < codings , and will bo nblo to
put up a road from ibirty ninth street ooutli
in no time But wo first want to sea where
the wet Ids fair is golug to be located ir It
is to bo in Jackson park and wo think It will
be wo will go ahead with the road out there
If not wo will tike our time about It Event
ually , however the road will ba built to
Ninety llrst Btrcct or tbo Indiana state
line
The company has succeeded in settling
with most of the propertv owners without
tolug into couit
I1I-101 > O'CON SOU'S hUCOESSOn
A loir Gonrril Ilriilv or St Louis
l'riitmljl ) tlio Mini
St Louis Mo , Tob 2i [ Special Tel
cgnun to liiB BfeI Tno special moot
of tbo Catholic bishops of the western nrch
dlooeso which wiseillod at tlio request of
liisliop O Connor of Omaha who is now
lying nt the point of death in Pittsburg , to
elect a coadjutor bishop of Omaha , was held
in St , Louis this morning at the residence of
Archbishop Kenrick On Sixteenth street Tbo
following bishops ware present ! Bishop
Ilcnncssy of Wichita , Bishop rink of
Leavenworth , Bishop Hognn of Kansas
City , Bishop Scanlon of Concordia , Kus ,
Bishop Bouacum of Lincoln , Neb , Bishop
Cosgrovo of Davenport To and Bishop II n-
ness ) of Dubuque the oulv blf hops absent
vvcro Bishop O Connor of Omaha and
Bishop Builto of Pittsburg It was impos
slblo to ascertain who was the ono doclded
on at the meeting to bo rofcrrcu to the pope
as a candidate for coadjutor bishop of
Omabn but it Is universally conceded that
Vicar Uencrnl Brady ot St John s church
St Louis has the choice ihoro nro many
reasons for bib appointment Ha Is lh-Bt on
tbo list for promotion , and in addition to
tills is a man of gicut abilltv He la still
noungman bolng about thlrtv olgbt years
of age , and bus six yens been vicar general
IIo was formerly pastor of tbo Annunciation
church in this cit ) , aud ono year ago was
{ ,1Von chnrc.0 of bt Johns church Ills an
polntmont vvillhtvogencial atiafaotioa IIo
is u native of St Louis
I'ATTI ILL IN DU VCR
Tlio Prima Oomin Siifr-TiiiK Prom ICx-
linsuro In the Snnw Itlnokndc
Dinveii , Fob J7 The Abbey Grand
Itahau opera company's special train of ten
coaches und four baggage cars arrived ever
tbo Union Pacific at 4,10 yesterday after
noon The tralu was dolav cd b ) the Central
tral Ptcillc biiow blockade , aud was thirteen
hours uoblnd schedule tlmo 'J ho momoors
of the company are in bad shape , owing to
tba privations they underwent when
blocked in n snow banic fifteen hours lbo
company open at the Metropolitan tonight ,
but the Douvorites will not sea Putti at
the opening performance , as thu proat prima
dunna arrived in the cit ) sutlcrlng
from QHsovoro chest cold , und to
dav it was announced at her private ear ,
whloh she vvus unable to lo.ivo , that she had
n blf h fever Nlcohnl Informed n reporter
Hint the doctors were hoi oful of the Qlva's
reioveiy by bulurda ) , ivhen she is billed at
the matinee Iho weather beio Is vor\ cold
and a storm is threatened , so taking into
consideration Pttttis aversion to appearing
under any but the most favorable circum
stances the chances nro very poor for the
many admirers of the lady hearing ber ut
ail Ihoadvaiicosalo has been the largest
In Denver fos yeai * , evou nt tbo prices ,
which are the sama that Chlcisoan ? paid at
tbo Auditorium opening 'cicuilrunilde"
was to open the season , but Puist"his
been substituted , with Albam mil lamaguo
Nordicaand Pabbri are each suffering from
severe cojds , but were able to go to their
hotel , and It i oxpeetca the ) will bo able to
sin ? ,
Priiillol.ill's ltoniuiiiH Vrrlve
New YoitK , Feb 27 rho United btates
Moamor Enterprise , with tbo body of George
II Pendleton , late mlulitor at Berlin , ar
rived this morning
REPUBLICAN TARIFF BILL
It la Fxpootod In the Houoo Within
Two Weeks
ULTIMATUM OF THE SUGAR MEN
Tliey Will Stnml a Cut of 1 went ) -n % o
Pel C < nt Lend In Silver Ore
Must Pny tlio Hck *
ulnr Out ) .
WrAsiilKGlot UimEto Tim OvtAnt Bbr )
513 1 ouiiTins-rn bxiiEsr >
WAsniNavov , D C , Peb 27 I
The republican members of the bouse com
mittee on nays nnd means have informed
the Pacific slope delcgitton that the satno
duty will bo imposed uuon load in sllv er ere
that Is lovlod upon pure loid ere 1 his pro
vision v 111 bo reported In the tariff bill if it
proves satlsfaetorv to tbo representatives ot
tbo lead producing districts It will check
the supply of lend from Mexico which comes
in with silver ere
The representatives of the sugar bcot In
dustry have Informed the majority ot tbo
committee on vvavs and moans tint thev will
without complaint accept a reduction of 25
tier cent of the sugir duty , nnd they will
light against any greater reduction The
committco Is tncllnol to report a cut of 30
per cout The prcsont duty on sugar Is
about 72 per cent Tbo tariff bill is expected
In the house within ton da ) s or two wcoks
ONIA TWO MLMntinS OIMECIPD
Onl ) two membois of the house committco
on territories vote I against the bill to glvo
statehood to Idaho , both are of course demo
crats Ihoy nro bpringer of Illinois nnd
Mansar of Missouri These men will submit
a ininoi ny report , but It will provo of no
avail Sprlngor wns the suggestor of the
omnibus pro nsltlou , which passed the last
house and resulted in the admission of four
now states , nnd bis Idea is another omnibus
bill admitting Arizona and Now Moxioo
ns a political offset to the rcpub
llcan territories of Wyoming und Idaho
Ho is trying to work up sympathy in favor
of this proposition nnd claims that a demo
crallo house wus willing to admit three re
liable republican territoiles upon i com
premise admitting Montana a doubtful po-
lltlcal territory Mr bpringer , however ,
knows as well as nn ) body that the sentiment
of the majority of the last house was bo-
j end control of the domocratlo leaders and
that if the rcpublicms hud not agreed to the
omnibus bill enough democrats would have
\otod with the republicans to admit the
four states which ramo together and
would have boon admitted upon separnto
and distinct bills It was not a compromise
The republicans by virtue of ha\ lug demo
crutlc support upon the popular proposition
to admit tbo four states , forced the demo
crits to do what they did Iney did not do
It willingly Iho democrats it will bo ro-
membercd insisted upon the admission of
Utah Arizona and Now Moxlco at the satro
time but wo 10 compelled to back down by
reason of their inability to muster a mai
Jorlty of the house
IMnUCR S-1DMIKITIOV FOIt BLAIR
Senator Blair has been about the senate
consulting with tbo now members ot that
body in order to ascertain what amount of
opposition ho may expect when his educa
tlonal bill comes to a vote Ho llnds tbat all
ot the now senators will support the mens ,
urc , but they give dllTorent reasons fordoing
so Foi example , Senator Pierce said ' Of
course Mr Blal1 will vote for vour bill I
will vote for it purely out of admiration for •
you I would vote for any bill that n senator
would stand up hero for nine davstoadvo
c ito without a single listener cither in the
galleries or on the lloor and did not get mad
but tvvico because the people would not stay
and listen to him A man who has that much
patience dcseives to have his bill passed nnd
will get mj vote "
THE 1IQIIT ON WAnMOUTH
There bus been n very long and vorv lively
light In the senate committco on commerce
against the confirmation of ex-Governor
Warmouth of Louslana as collector of the
port of Now Orleans The president uom
inated him over the recommendation of a
Mr Coleman , the republican representative
from Louisiana vv bo secured the nsslstanco
ot the negro leaders of the part ) an ) of Gov
ernor Kellogg in his efforts to prevent War
mouths confirmation Xho members of the
senate committee after hearing state
ments from everyone interested in the
case have como to the conclu
sion that the light is purolv a political
one between the two factions of the party in
Louisiana and that Mr Wnrinouth's wing
would doubtless have made a similar war
upon aa ) represontatlyo of the otbor faction
that might have been nominated to office
I hero is nothing alleged against Warmoutb's
personal character and ex Governor ICoilogg ,
who bas been rather in tbo load of War
mouth s opponents has finally como down
nnd consented to his confirmation Lolonol
Warmouth bad a narrow escape In tbo com
mittco room thu other dav while bis case
v/is un lor consideration , boingflolzcd witha
falling lit from which ho did not recover for
some hours The phslclans think that It
was due purely to nervousness
JU1H1E llltEWUK'S SUCCrSSOB
Tbo appointment of Ilenn C Cntlvvell as
district judge for Arkansas to bo United
States circuit Judge tor the Lighth circuit ,
Vice David J Brewoi , resigned to bo ap
pointed to the supreme court of the United
States oblitcritcs tlio Immodlato chances for
the promotion of Judcc , Dur d ) as forecasted
in 1 nr BLr dispatches some wcoks ago Ibis
appointment was made upon the prineiplo of
senlorlt ) promotion
AllllOVLI ) THE IlltlllOI 11111 ,
Iho secretary of war todiy approved the
location and plans for the Nobraskn Central
ralliojtl brilgu across the Mlssouii at
Omuha and there is nothing in tbo way of
tha Immediate commencement of tbo uonc
of construction bonator Mnudorson's bill
for a briduo over the Missouri ut Decatur ,
Iu , passed the senate ted a ) , also ills bill for
tbo puv ment of a claim to J Llttlo und Ho
bart Williams of Omabn
SU'CEieVNEOUS
The river and harbor coininltteo of the
house bus not yet taken un the Hennepin
cauul scheme at this session , as tbo report of
the survey that was made under the direc
tion ot thu chief of engineers is still in the
hands of the government priiitor
In oxucutlvo session this afternoon tbo
sonutu confirmed tbroo nominations of re
ceivers of public motieys iu tbo Nebraska
land districts who wore nominated yostnr
day This is exceedingly rnpll work
Usually nominations of land olllcers uro
hungup for weeks and go through regular
investigations by the connoiltoo on publlo
lands
Hon James G Day , for twelve years a
Justice of the Iowa supreme court but now a
uiembci of tbo Des Moines bar , Is in tbo
city on business before the supreme court
und Is mopping ut tbo National llilsishls
ilrst visit to tba national capital and ho Is
charmed with its man ) beauties
benator PHtigrow today tiled Ibo memo
> lul of the bouth Dakota legislature pr n ing
for tbo opening ot the Fort Randall military
reservation
CongiCBs Pickler today introduced a bill
for the i reatlon of a national soIdlciH' homo
ut Hot Springs
Iho senate todjj passed Senator Pad
doik'a bill | rovlding that iu computing tbo
period of cultivation upon timber culture on
tries tbo time bball run fro u the date ot the
entr ) if the ncceBsurj acts of cultivation
were performed within thuproucr time , that
the preparation of tne land and tbo planting
of trees shall bo construed us acts of eultiva
tion and the time authorized to be so em
ployed and actuully employed shall bo cui-
I uted as part of the eight jears for eultiva
tion required by statue
bcnator Moody introduced bills today up
propriatlugt-Uja.Ma to enublo the secretary
of the interior to i ay Indian depredation
claims which bavo been allowed under the
'
net of March n 186,1 , nnd jeKpav Thompson
, t Hnmilton ot bouth DnkOtni$3H0 on In
dian uo | red Uions Tj
bx President Cleveland tnw inndo n vorv
luudsomo thing outof the Ralouot his coun
try seat three miles out Qf Washington Ho
made the purchnso in 1W58 far SJ3 000 or
about * 10O nn aero , nndsold It todnv for
8110,000 This will bo n itfear gAin of 100 , .
OlX ) after pivlng for nil ot the Improvement *
Mr Pendleton of W est Virginia , who was
unseated in the bouse thb afternoon by n
vote of 103 to nothing , proposns to carry tbo
casa to the supreme court on the ground
that 160 votes is a constitutional quorum
nnd that the spcakor InisModlawtul right to
count mi ) ono prcsont who''Wns not voting
This will furnish tbo test that tbo democrats
hive bcon anxious to maio as to the consti
tutionality of the rules racuntly adopted bv
the ronut ) leans aud tbo { rulings of Spcakor
Heed on this subject if
Assistant Seerctar ) Chnndlor today nf
firmed the decision af thb commissioner of
the gonornl land odlco in dismissing the con
test of William D Sowoll agilnst the tlmbor
culture entry of James llopkafcllor for the
southwest ' ( of section K..township 8 north ,
ringo i west , Bloomington , Neb , district
S H Karoo wns ted iy appointed post
master at Curtis , rrontio ounty Neb vlco
C B Compton , removedfnnd Llln S Ham
lin nt Bloekloy , DecntUricountv , la , vlco
Llln C Hamilton , resigned
tlov Hlgcs , n well known missionary , will
be appointed special agatvt to allot lands In
sovernlt ) to such Sioux n desire allotments
on the reded portion of the re > ervation
Attorney Gonerul Miller to lay nppolntod
Dowltt C Cram to bo osslstunt United
btatcs attorney for the riorthom district of
Iowa ijWiitv S Hkvtii
GhXKKAij CROOKS OPINION
Rntlicr Inclined to I'nvor tlio Pro
posed Military Acndoiny
CmcAao , Fob 27 [ Spofclal to Tun Bnrl
General CrooltB was sejn toda ) nt nriny
bcadquartors , nnd asucdvbother ho favored
the proposition to have the government
present Fort Omaha to Stho state of Ne
braska to bo used ns a lnllltiry ncadomv ,
provided the state wouldvchargo itself with
the maintenance of said academy
"I am not partlctlam well acquainted
said the gonnral , ' with iho facts leading up
to this proposition , thbuui as a matter of
general information In army circles I am of
course aware that such a proposition has
been mootel from time to time I do not
qulto sco the necessity for agitating the
question just now , as it was my understand
ing that it was | rnctlcally.disposod of by the
bill which congress passed ovuravcaraco
However j , I suppose some now phases of tbo
paso ( have ansen , vvithwbich I have not
yet been made acquainted ; nnd until I am
moro i particularly informed , I should not
ciroto hazard a decided , opinion as to the
ndv [ isabllity of such a steo On broad prln
clplcs I may say , howuvor , > hnt I am in
sympathy i with the military policy of the
government t which is to foster aud promote
educational i military establishments through
out i this couatry I know the post well of
course i 1 bollovo It contains eighty ncros or
thereabouts i and it would , no doubt , bo nd-
mirabl i ) s uted for the purpose of an acid
emy < As I have said , I do " not know of any
arrangement j looking to the acquirement ot
this i nroj orty of the government by the state
Qf i Nebraska , coupled with a prov iso for its
maintenance i as a tullltary.acadcmv That is
new to mo Mv understanding has always
been j that the old fort w ts to bo sold out und
out i , and tba proceeds ho devoted to tbo build
ing | of u now post , which believe \ is now in
process | of erection Ot course , I believe in
propatratlng I military nrftdgo as milch ns
Dossil ! le and anything tll > Cbasthat in vlovv
I should undoubtedly lo cUned to laver "
A PRLMAXURL , flft OUNdBBlCNT
V Tbo ew 4si&i irV\'Vcs'torn '
Lines ftotct 1 nrmulnteil
CniCAao , III , Fob 27 | Special Telegram
to , The Bee I The leport that Chairman
Walker has formulated and submitted to the
presidents : of all wostera lines an agreement
to < tul.o thu place of that under w hicb tbo
Interstate Commerce Railway association is
working is premature Up to this afternoon
when Chairmen Walker , Faithorn and Fin
ley held n consultation not nn article of the
new agreement hud bean formulated At
the conference today the woolo subject was
gene over and a goncril understanding
reached but nothing could bo doflnltol )
settled owing to the ubsenee of Ch lirman
Midglo ) It Is safe to say that the now
agreement will not bo ready before the last
ot March
I IxIncr Lxcurslon ltoutew
, Cbicaqo Feb 87 ( Spqciil Telegram to
Tut , BflTbo ] Central * rrailia Passenger
department met today and decided on its
series of summer excursions to ull castorn
resorts outsldo of trunk line territories
The lines lately mcmbeis of tto Western
States Passenger association also mot but
fallod to agree on barvout excursion latcs
Will Not Itcdnoo Iowa Hates
Chicago 111 , Feb 27 [ Special Telegram
to lim BtE 1 The railroad odlclals who
went to Des Moines to argue with the Iowa
railroad commissioners ngninst n reduction
in rales rcturuod this morning As a result
of tbo conference the commissioners decided
not to reduce rates ut present and if they
thought best in tbo future to muko a reduc
tion they promised to llrs 't heir tbo railroad
tide of the case |
CJroiti Hmlvvny Aotlvlty
Nkiv Yoiiif Teb 17 Tbo Engineering
News tbis wcok will say the work of rail
way extension for thu coming soison prom
ises moro activity than 4ny season i < " . ' ° S7
In the Unite 1 States there are S.OilOVii Uo ; \
process of construction 7.D41 miles surveyed
und J 8)1 ) miles projected , making a total of
14 010 miles In Canailn the figures nro
Construction , Old mllcst surveys 4 ) b pro
jectcd 7t0 , total 2 118 wjles The jiriiicipal
enterprises undei vvav in the south und
southwest are the coal roads ot Pcnnsyl
vunla and Ohio anl in Montana and Wush
Ington Almost all lines in prospect are
ratbor short und genoiallj furthered to do
vclop comparatively local interests Ibere
are practically uo paralleling sohomes
CANADIAN lAltipk ilUVls > IL \ .
Mnnv lmnortnnt Clifincei to Ho Made
AfrctlneTlilq qonntry ,
Ottawa , Ont , Fob 27 Bellablo Informa
tion bus been secured thatthero ; Is to bo a
complete revision of the , tVrjiI ( Probubly the
most Important changes affecting the United
States will bo an lucroise of from SO to 75
cents a barrel on vvlio j Hour und the re
moval of the duty on lpolsn corn imported
Into Canada from the United States 'Iho
duty on American fruit , and vegetables will
bo roimposcd and Increased on boots and
shoes , pork , beuf and fresh moats A strong
eftort is being made tol'securo the abolition
of the export duty on plnb Jogs shipped to the
United btates but so far without unv cn-
couragalng assurances from the government
T * f
t
Watoroil ClHontVM , l.y belz'd ,
Ciiioaoo , Fob 27 [ Special Telegram to
Iuk Ueb | Iho UmtudBtates covonuo col-
leetoi has soizcit a lot of whl ky from vvholo
Biilo firms here Ho says be hoard that certain
tain Arms were selling whisky at figures
bolovv oven tax cost , ( After careful Iuviuti-
gotlon lie lem net that after the w hi > k > is
gauged and Btampod 20 ur 89 per cent of it is
drawn fem tno barrels/which / uro then lilted
up with water The gaugors certllleatu
st ites the w hisky is n-oof | of a , certain stau
dard , while in fuot it la adulterated the
report has been fet warded to VVashiiiKton
rho parties Interested tull tbo colleelur ttu
practice Is very common here , and is neces-
sarv In consequence of tbo liccn competition
In the wbisny frade
Tlio t\nnter ] Forraahl
For Omaha nnd violulty Fair wcathor
For Nebraska and bouth Dakota Fair ,
warmer , variable winds
lor Iowat Cloudy weather and snow , fol
lowed bv fair , colder in eastern portion ,
wnrrror NstnMsv In wrira pni-tinn
A LAW WirilOUT A PENALTY |
Shormtin Movoa to Remove the
AntiTrust Bills Stinp ; .
THE DEBATE ON THE MEASURE
Goorjjo Maintains Hint Congress 11ns
Un Constitutional Power to
Lnnrt It Coiitcslnnt At-
klnsun Santcd
Snnnto
Wasiiivotov Fob 37 In the sonnto to lay
resolutions were proscnto 1 nnd referred to
the committee on the worlds fair from the
convention of granlto dealers being hell at
Boston , dcclnrlng it to bo the sense of the
convention that thocity of New York affords
advantages ana facilities for the fair of lSOJ
• possessed by no other ctt ) in tl o union , nnd
oxtotidtng tbo thanks of tbo convention to
thu Now Htirland mombeis who had voted
for locating the fair there
Iho follow jng bills were then taken from
the calendar mid pissed For the erection
and location of a brouzo statu to of Christo
pher Columbus and tharomovalot thonivil
monument to tv now site , to authorize the
construction of a railroad brldc.0 ncross the
Missouri In Monona count ) , Iowa and Burt
countv , Jscbraslia , to amend the timber cul
turu net
The senate then proceeded to the consld
erition of the bill to docliro unlawful trusts
and combinations in restraint of trade ntid
production
Mr bhorm m who reported the bill from
the committee on linnnce said ho hud been
instructed by tbo committco to move to
strike out the third section which IKos
penalties for the offense of ontcrlng Into
trusts and combln itions
Mr George opposed the bill both on the
ground of its inellloieucy und on the giound
tint congress had net tbo constitutional
power to onnct it His nrgumonts were
mainly of n legal nnd toohnlcil chnrieter
and dcslgnod to provo that It would be im
possible to oven get a conviction under the
mil , and ns to the suits piovi led for ho said
few suoh o\onts would evei bo instituted
and not one would bo successful
Mr Heagm give notleo of in amendment
which bo would off or to the bill , being the
billcirered by him m December last
SI he bill wont ever without action After
an ' executive session the senate ndjouined
Hens
Wasmnotov Feb 27 The conto3tod
election i ciso of Atkinson vs Pendleton was
called , up and the floor was accorded tbo
contesteo , Pendloton A vote was thou
tab ' on on the minority resolution declarin g
Pondloton entitlou to his seat and it was
dofeatedbya i strict paitv vote The vote
then recurred on tlio najorltv resolution
seating Atkinson lbo democrats rofr ilnod
from voting their object being to have the
contoatant < Rented bv less than a quorum so
that tbo question of the right of the speaker
to count a quorum may bj taken before the
courts ' The vote resulted vcas 102 , nays
nothing , tbo Bpoakor counting a quorum
Mr O'reirall of Virginn raised the point
of no quorum , but the speaker ignored nim
and the newly elected member appeared at
the bar of Abe house nud took thii.jiUhf , of
office amid applause on tbo ropubhHiffrsid'
Mr McKinley , from the committee on
jrnloa.jrepoftod a resolution maklbjfr- the
special ordot for March 4 und 5 bills ro ,
ported from the commlttoo on public build
ings and grounds Adoutod
iho house then proceeded in committee of
the whole to the consideration of tno urgent
doficielicy bill , and after soma discussion ad
journed without action
ROCK IbUND AKSLNAb
Secretary Proctor Rpports on its
Condition
Wabiunotov , Teb 27 Sooretary Proctor
today truusmittod to tno house an nnswer to
iho resolution of that bed ) calling for n report
port on the prosuit condition of the govern
ment work at Rock Island nnd the views ot
the secretnry as to the propriety economy
and dosiraoility ot utilizing those works as
a tun factory for finishing nnd assembling
heavy ordnance Incorporated in tbo nn
swor to tbo resolution uro reports
by Colonel Wnlttemoro , commanding
the nr cna , who is favorable to
the project and by General Beuet who wis
.of tbo opinion that the distance of Hock
Island fiom the picscnt sources of scppl ) of
forglngs from proving ground at which tbo
guns can bo proved before issue ana from
the sea coast whore tbo euns must be
mounted rendered its location unfavorable
to the ostabllsnmout of a gun factory
Secretary Proctor save in the transmittal
without approving or disapproving of tbo
plans subimttel , In my view , the arsenal at
Watervliot should be first completed accord
ing to the original plan and an appropriation
made for mounting iho guns already author
ized by law Ihoro will be needed for tbo
mounting of these cuns lifts for tba larger
guns and it Is qulto probiblo tbat it will bo
desirable to munufucturo sumo ot them at
the Uock Island and Watervliot ursonals
and it may bo that t revisions will bo mndo
for hcav ) guns so that some of these cun ba
and tat hied at Koclc Island That is an ex
. Copfep'jcntion with feood buildings nud
wat f power , and I am in favor of establish
Ing some branch manufacti.ro there In connection
noction with the making of heavy ordnrneu
cod Held in iterial that will bo re luircd but
it is impossible to decide now what will be
required nnd what work can bo done there
to tbo best advantage , and I think it the
part of wisdom to complete the work In
ban I and ttofcr the boklnuini' of the manu
facture nt Rock Islnnd until wo can } udgo
better what Is required "
Confirmations
Wasiiinotov Feb 27 The sonnte has
confirmed the following nominations Cbiot
justice of the supreme court of New Moxlco ,
James O'Brien , Minnesota , United btates
district judfo foi North Dakota , Alfred D
Thomas United States marshal A. fi
Price , North Dakota Register of land of
fice-W. II Claik , Lincoln , Neb Recclvor
ot public money A L Towlo , O'Neill ,
Neb , M M Neovcs , bidno ) , Neb , B b
Williams Yankton ) S D Appraiser of
merchandise R N Pearson , Chicngo bu-
pcrvisors of the census Illinois J W ,
Builoy , iblrd district Iowu-R. W Hlght ,
Iblid district , J W Near , Fourth district
Postmasters , Nebraska II H J roth Mo
Cook : V L Taylor , Supeiior Wisconsin
I rank B Hand , Hurley
A Iluronii ot Animal IniliiHtr ) .
Washington , Fee J7 benitor Paddock
today intioduted a bill for the establishment
of n bureau of animal Industry to piovcnt
tbo exportation of dlseasod cattle and to pro
Vide for tbo suppression und extirpation of
pleuro pneumonia and other contagious dls
eases among domestic animals lbo bl'l ' ,
which is intended us a substitute for nil
measures on the sumo topio , provides that
the secretary of agriculture shall prepare
ana enforce rules for the suppression und ex
tirpation of all discuses of cittlo and espc
oia'ly of pleuro pnouuiontu Cattle so af
fected nro nut to ba transported from ono
state to another 1 ho secretary uball make
u special Investigation into the cxlstonca of
plouro pneumonia ulong tbo dividing line between -
tween the United States und CunuJa , and
uloug the lines of transportation from all
pans of the country to all ports from vvbtuh
live Btock are exported , and establish regu
lations concerning the exportation ot such
stock Penalties are provided for violation
nf such provision * It shall be tbo duty of
lbo secretary to give notice through the
newspapers of the existence in an\ locality
of contagious diseases nnd ho snail also no
tlfy nil transportation companies ot this
fact
"
A JvAVAl UULLY
Lonininmtor MoLnlln Mnkes Life Bur
( li nsotno on Hnnril Ills ' Ship
Nrvvoiik , Fob 27 Tbo warship 1 liter
prlso nrrived tola ) On bonul nro two of
her odlcers who hnvobcen brought homo
under nrrc t , to be tried bv court mnrtlil
Thov nro Chief I ngineor Lntwlstlo nnd Kn-
slgn Kline lbo ehlof engineer is uccusod
of Impudence to the commander nnd the
ensign Is accused of sleeping at his ] est ,
Her eo niuandor , MeLatln Is , aor )
Billet disciplinarian It is slid among the
ofllchls that he is overbearing nnd trun
nidi nud on very slight | revocation his
anger is nrouscd However this may bo it
is a fiit tba much disorder nud discontent
has boon manifested on tlio vessels list trip
Over slxtof the crow do ortcd at the \arl
ous ports ut which she tout ho 1
Iho lrlbuno tomorrow will print an Inter
cstlnL , stoi y of thu pceulinr notions of Com
minuter McCnlli which will doubtless bo In
vestigated b ) the liuvv department 'iho
Lntor ) rise bas been on u LUropom station
two voars and seven months and was Commander
mandor McLillis tlrstsea ditt ) ihocs
Bel left the navy yard nt Broolt-
lvn with a well selected crow nnd
olllcers picked out bv McC illi himself bho
loturned probabl ) the most unhappy slip
tbat over ciuno Into port
Life aboard the Lntorprlso for the officers
mil men wus desertbed by ono of tbo iunlor
ollicors today as having been ono continu il
round ot from boll to biciikfust and bnck
again "
One lucidont which is rclntcd Is almost ln-
ciodiblo When the sM | > was nt Christiana
u ilrcman named Wulkur got drunk and wis
put in Irons MeCall i bad him brought to
tisk W ben the officers on deck questioned
lnui Wulker replio I that ho ' was drunk nnd
glad of it" llioroupon McLalln ordered un
ofllcci to cut the man down with n Bvvord
Iho ofllcer refused and McCnlln himself cut
the man down deluging thu deck with blood
and bo sevcrclv injuring * ho man that
bo was under n surgeons i ire for some tlmo
Mun ) other stones nro lelated among them
ono of an adventure it Alrbrs At this
place Captain McCnlla gallatitl ) offered to
mount the beef Lid ) Pliv fails cirrlngo
aud drive her down to the cit ) fiom n picnic
vvnlch bad taken pi ice Her coichmnu in
toifered and McCilla belabored
him with a whip llo was an Livllsh
coachman and vvnen next McC ilia and his
olllcers came ashore the ) ivcro sot upon and
rouc.hy used In the course of tba cruise
nearly every oMcar in the vvuid room bad
been under suspension soverd tlmos for
ruuuiiiL against some of McCill i's notions
•
A ItACI WITH I II.C
Six ' Miles in Six Minutes to Snvo n
Burning Mail Con < Il
Oai en Utah , Feb 27 [ Spccitl lolo
jramtoliih I Bli I There vis an iutcrost
ing ! und oxcltinc rico on the Central Piclllc
this morning near Blue CrcCk west of
Ofaden ' twcnty-livo miles It was a rico
against time with i burning train nnd the
go il uhcau wus the watoi tanlt It wis a
race the trainmen ind passengers will long
remember while the c\ci oment itself lost
much of its atti action on uccount of the im
pending uangcr that tineulcued When tba
westbound fast mail reached a point six
miles east of Blue C-cok the 011,11 dis
coveicd tbat u mull car filled with through
mall wns on fire An effort wns mida to put
it out , but there being no water nour tbo en
gineei throw open f-u thiottlo and resolved
tar reach the Wntor'fnrh-if possible in time to
. save tils valuable cargo Lach initiate tbo
Ibuihlug 1 train was a mill nearer the prom
ised rescue In six minutes be lauded the
chariot of fli 0 under tbo spout of the water
tank but it was too late Ibo intor'or ' wns
a mass of flumes nnd 1HS sacks of through
mall were almost tot illy consumed Word
soon spicad thioush tbo coaches tbat the
tialn wnB on flro The greatest excitement
prevailed Onlv the lightning spud prevented
vented the 1 idles from Jumping fiom the
train As the llnmos bad not made their
way tbiougb tbo sites of the coach 110
danger threatened tbo other cars I nomas
Orchard chief clerk of the riilw a ) mull ser
vlco ut Ogden was on the Hum He sis
that lie is unable to give evin a theory of
the firing nf the triln is it bcoiiis impossible
tint it should hive ciuchl , ftoui llvnc
spai Its *
trior \ islts ItrooKlvn Navy laid
Nlvvoith Fob 27 | Spcciil'le o rnm to
The 13m I Secretary of the Nnv ) Tracy ,
who cimo to Uiooklyn yo3t3rday for the
purpose of miililnf , noccssaiy uiruilgemonts
foi tnliinc out letters of administration on
his late vvifes estate paid a visit to tbo
navy yaid tbis mornlnc in company with his
son The visit was entirely unoftlclil
After grcetinc his friends , the secretary
accompanied by Rear Admir il iSraino , Navul
L , nustructor Mliitouyc and 1 leutunuiit
Schwurln went on 1 tour of inspection
around the yaid , visiting in Ills walk tlio
cruisers Mnino and No 7 , tbo monitors
Terror uud Miatitonamou nnd the Barbelt
battle ship Puritan , ill iu various slaves nf
construction Ihe secretary also visited the
now bimpson tlmbor dry dock ind tbo gun
boats Alirm and Intropitul tlio former or
which Is now In the old Stotio dry dock
undergoingrepurs and the latlor lusting
on bur w.ijs over a Bund bank near her
queenly sister tno Maine Iho secretary
expressed hi nieclf to his compnulons ns
highly I leased with the condition of tbo
ynid
Anderson m A.pnc 1 !
Wasuiscton Fob 37 Represontatlyo
Anderson of Icons is to lay appeared before
Hie house lomuuttco 011 Paclllc nilroads to
uigo favorable action 011 his bill tn foreclose
tbo proc Jaiiuc,8 instituted against tl e Union
Pnclllu and tuivu the lallroal pluccd 111 tbo
bunds of a government receiver Anderson
said the vvholo west una csueclall ) Kausai ,
w jb deeply interested in the subject , ns that
section had for years Buffered fiom oxcos
slvo freight rates nnd railroad combluat'ons
to bleed the pcoplo He Suid the f irmcra of
Kansas receive 1 but 11 cents per bushel for
corn which nftervvards sold in New York ut
50 cents llu attributed tlio existence of the
present state of utfnlrs to the machinations
of Ju ) Gould , whom bo characterized as the
biicjitost man tbis country bud over pro
duccd
bottled iholr Difllculiy
Momiii At , 1 eb 27 | Speclal Jolegratu to
The Ble ] The clin\cuttlos \ between 1 licr-
tblaumo , proprietor of La Presse nud La
Minorvo and Father Par ills which tbo
Vatican had bcui asked to adjucate upon ,
huvo bcon settled by order ot Archbishop
1 ubro Father Paradis formally withdraws
bis various libel suits now pending in the
criminal uud sunarlor courts ugainst Ber
thluumr , and tlio latter nrttnowlcdges in a
letter published iu I. 'l nteiulard that ho hud
110 knovvlodeo of any factB to substunll itu 1
the Incriminating pass ies of the letters
published In * il paper
A Wonlil-llo Murderer
CoitMiins O.Feb J7 About midnight
tin unknown man called it tbo rcsldeneo of
Di Alexander Neil one of the loading phy
sicians of the elt ) The doctor came to the 1
11001 Ibo nan drew a rev olv er und placing
It irilnst his head putted the trigger Ibo >
caitrldc.o failed to explode and the doctor
grabbed biai After 1 dcB | crate strucxle he
wiested the riv olv or from tbo man and the
1 ittor ran nw i ) Be afterwards came back
und smashed several windows with rocks
i ho police cannot lind him
9' '
Return rilu Viator *
Cmctao , Feb i7 Mayor Creglsr and a
large number ot other members of tbo
worlds fair delegation airived homo from
Washington this morning The party
inurchei In procession to the city hall
through the streets lined with cheering pee
pie At the city hull on informal reception
wus held , at which much enthusiasm was
manifested
GREAT DAY FOR DEMOCRACY
Eoloss. . duotod Into OlHoo na Governor -
" " ornor of Iowa
1
EXTE ; UED INAUGURAL ADDRESS
r
llin Lnrgcr Portion of It Given 10 Pis'
cii | m Prolilbltlo 1 ami the
Prnctic.nl Lcttlslitlon on
tlio Miliject
Innuinrnl < il nt Imnt
DrsMoiSM In Fob . ' 7-bpcclnl [ Tola
gram to Im Hsr ] For the first tlmo
since 1 54 there Is a democratic ( .ovctnor In
lown The innuhiirntion of Governor Holes
under aucli circumstances called out a great
throng of demoeruts vvhobignn coming ty
the eirlv trains A special tialn from St
Joseph Mo , brought the Jcffersonlm club ,
1 0 strong Atiotlior special from Chicago
brought the Cook count ) democracy , R00
strong lown cities rontilbutcd their quota ,
and ut 2 o'clock , the hour for the p trade to
start , tin ro were moro democrats togcthor
thui have over been seen tn nny
Iowi city before Some of them were
old timers who wont Into retirement years
no ( Ono grojp was composed of domocrnts
from Powcshiok county who vvoio cugngod
In the draft riots during the war , In which
a deputy United btates marshal was mur
dered lhov have scarcely been seen out of
their township sltico tbon but they came to
the front todnv
Tboveither was bitter cold nnd wind ) ,
making II Impossible to hold the In lUgurnl
exorcises out of doors Iho pirulo was not
ns in ) o lng as expected , many of they isltors
rofusmg to march on account of the cold
the militur ) displn ) included six compa
nies of the national guar Is from the cities ot
Des Moines Dubuque HurllnUo 1 Oltumwi
nnd Sioux City then came the Chlciito
contingent nil drosso 1 uiiltc with bl vck silk
h its und silk umbrcllis ivcuring enormous
badc.es nt cr the lnuuuun ) hall style Ihcy
were followed bv the bl Joe in irchiuz
club ind tlio Ban lie ) 0 club of this ,
city and then a line of carriages witbtho
notables Tbo Chicaeo dolccaittou cm no I
ono 1 nco banner buying a picture of Grovcr
Cleveland ( pilule 1 on one side mil of Gov
ernor Holes on tbo other Another banner
bore i tbo Inviting worl9 Pomo to the
worlds i fnlr at Chicago in lb'2 ' "
Several thousand pcoplo hal gathoiod In
the ' ca | itol before tbo profession arrlv " (1 ( nn 1
the ] house of representatives was pickcl
with invited guests Ihcro wora no decora
tions | except large p ilntings of W nslilncton ,
C i ovornor Hnmpstoid the lust democritio
govcrnoi I , uud Governor Grimes the first republican
publican I govoinoi which hunc , over the *
j speaker'n chair lour color sergeants were
hlntioned in front ot the desk , nnd Givcinor
Hob s and Licutcn mt Povnecr took the oath
of i olllco st uidlng bcncith their il ics , the
lloor I of tbo house was reserved for
members ' of thu kglsl vturo , state of-
ccrs and their fi lends and the gnl-
] loiies foi Bpeelil visitors Governor Boies
reid ] Ins Inaugural address iu a clem IIun
volte nnd wns frcqucntlv nppl ruled His
utterances 01 tbo prohibition question called ,
out ' tbo treitcst ontbusiasm
Just before the uxorelsos bognn thu chair
m in Llcuteii mt Governor Hull , rapped for
order ' and requcstu 1 the audience to rlsa
while prayer was offcroL Ono of the Chicago
cage ' contingent , mistaking the opportunity ,
call.doutlua ' loud voice 'Thrco ehfcers
for the now governor of Iowa ! " and the
thrco hundred members ot tba club rose up-
anlchcored with kieit enthusiasn , utter )
which the chaplain uroceeded with thu dive
tions
The innuKUral addiess was vorv highly
applauded for its strength nnd diction nud
the ro unrk wns fro lueutl ) made that Gov
ernor Boies would be tbo next democratic ,
eiiiaidutu for vice ptcsldcnt IIo held an
Informal icecption at the close of the escr-
eises and tonicbt wi 1 hold his first formal
rceui tion foi the public ut thu state house
Iho Inoiiirnr ildilro
Di s Moisrs la , 1 ob 27 [ Special to Tub
Bi r | -In the opening of his address Gov
crnoi Boies of tor confessing the unusial
sense of responsibility which ills election to
the fli si place in the gift of tbo state had
imposed upon him , und that the election had
been duo to the united action of the different
political | iai ties uiged upon his heaters the
great imiortiiLca of wlso legislation and
promised , on bis part the policy of a
broad ind liber il administration of affairs
After piy intra cxacoful compliment to the
rotinng chief exeeutivo ho proceeded to take
up ana by ono the most important publlo
questions at present igltitmg tba pouplo of
the stuto of Iowa , discussing them at treat
length and exhaustive ! ) touching ou thu all
Important topic of prohibition to which a.
lurc.o portion of bis inuutural was dovuted
On the question of ballot rafoim bo do *
clorcd that the vcr ) sufet ) of the lciublio
depended upon tbo intelligence of thu elec
tors uud that icnornnco , und corruption
were alllco incompatible villi st ability
in a government which dciived
its powers fi0111 tbo 1 eoplo If any danger
llireitcned thlsfcovi inmcnt , it wus Iu the
fact tbat ignoring tba question of iutollic.cuce
in electors , the franchise had been unduly
extended beyond tbo limits of rcusonnbla
sufoty Among other olstiiieilous to f-oa
billet was the uiiduo Influence oucrtcd by
employerson tbe'r ' 01111 loves
Great interest naturally utticbed to tba
subject of rate tunspoilutlon Prior to tl a
present laws the purchase ! -trmspvi tntlon
was ut tbo iicrcv of tlio railway com ) uuics
fhoy nbuscd their power , nul to gain crcit
dlvldonds individual and public , rights vvcra
Bu-iillccd Vuluiblolives were intrusted to ,
these men 1 ho ycai ly record of maimed nnd
dead among thee em.icd ( , in the operation
of railiouds was appalling Iho chief mag
istrate of this nation bud 1 ailed attention to
tlio suffaili > 3B of these men and invoked the
Hid of tbo nation il luw to lessen their daii-
cufl An impoit mt work lemninel for tno
Dcoploof lown to 'eirislato ' wisely between
the pco | lo uud railroads within Its boun
daries
Referring to tbo division ot representative ,
dlstilcts which bad bcon made tlio census of
16 1 , upon which the prcsont ratio of repre
sentation was cstablishol , showed
the population of tbo state to be In
round uumbor 1,7M uoo , which should
have made tbo actual ratio for 100 muniiors
17,51(1 ( l n Bt cul ot adopting this number the
legislature in lb ( S enuclod that H 000 should
be the ratio of representation and divided
tbo si itu Into assembly districts No less
than sixteen of thejo districts as then formed
contained less that twelve thousand inhabi
tants He believed th it such an upnorllon-
irent wasa i.ravo error , if not an actual
wrong
'lbo condition of tlio common schools
of the state wns satlafnctur ) Not
so yyith tbo higher institutions of learn
ing To make tboai compaio fuvorabl ) with
those of sister states larto sums of money
must be contrloutol tor their establishment
and supi ort A liberal policy should l > -
udupted In the wav of appropriations 1 vetj
npproprhtlou of this character would be ro
turned tu the great mass of people In that
which was fur moro vuluablo than gold
Cmjilnc to lbo question of prohibition tba
govcrnoi said
Serious complaint Is made by the iharma *
cists of tbo state ntainst muuy of the pro
visions of our staluto regulating the conduct
of their bUBinos * It can scarcely I e deniel
that tboso complaints , iu some particulars ,
are well founded
Personally 1 can see little excuse and no
justification for thu crttat bulk of Iho pro
visions of this law regulating the sale of In
toxicntlng liquors for modlcinul uurpoees
If It is nocoiBary that such sales be made
those whose dutv it becomes to truusact the
business are entitled to uoittlcmauly treat
ment ut toast from the publlo they servo ,
'I bis tbey certainly do not receive under Uo