THE OMAHA'- ; DAILY BEE.
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NINETEENTH YEAII. OMAHA , THURSDAY MOlSpNG . . , MARCH W , 1890. NUMBER 202 ,
CESSION OF MEXICAN LAND ,
Bcorotory Blnlno Showa Ito Impos-
elblllty.
SHE WILL SELL NO TERRITORY.
Homo IntcrcfltftiR Diianinontn Clonrly
Sliowlni ; tlio Unalterable Hos
tility nf Mcxlao to the
Proposition.
Arizona A k Tno Much.
WABIIIXOTOH , March 12. Senator Sher
man today , in asking tbo senate to discharge
the commltteo on foreign relations from
further consideration of and to lay on' the
tnblo the memorial of the fifteenth legtsla *
> tlvo assembly of Arizona , praying that the
president and congress cntor.lnto negotiation
with the republic of Mexico for the ( cession
of sufilcient territory joining Arizona on the
southern boundary to sccuro n deep water
port upon the Gulf of California , which
would afford an outlet for the products of
the territory , laid before the senate some-
Interesting documents. Senator Sherman ,
ns chairman of the committee , referred the
memorial to Secretary Blalnc , and
the secretary In reply Enid In parti
"I bog leave to say that I can
discern no hopeful prospect of nny negotia
tions being successfully conducted with
Mexico at the present tlmo uven toward the
limited object in view. The temper of the
statesmen and the ncoplo of Mexico has been
only recently manifested In regard to , ho
alienation of national territory by the prom
inence L'lven In certain circles on tbo Pacific
coast to the movement for the acquisition of
all or n part of Lower California by pur
chase. For the information of your committee -
too I transmit herewith a copy of a memo
randum prepared by the Mexican minister
of a conversation which ho had with mo on
the subject on Juno 0 last , together with
Honor Marlscul's memorandum , May 20 ,
IfeS'J , of which Scnor Homero gave mo n
copy. I hold unhesitatingly that , the gov
ernment of the United States Is precluded
by tbo obligations of traditional good faith
from approaching the govcinmunt of Mexico
with n viovto acquiring nny partof Mexican
territory , and I equally believe that uo ad
ministration of Mexico could face tha mani
festations of the national sentiment that
would certainly attend nny indication of a
disposition to infringe tlio provision of the
Mexican constitution which withholds from
ttio government the power to cede Mexican
BOll. "
The following is a translation of the memo
randum from Scnor Mnriscal , Mexican min
ister of foreign affairs , to Sunor Koinero ,
Mexican minister to the United States :
' "Ibis department approves the article
whichIn compliance with its instructionyou
/wrote and afterward published In the Nortn
American Hcvlow , entitled The Annexation
of Mexico , ' because it is convinced thatn
tofil or partial acnult > ition of Mexican terri
tory , whether by force or by moans of In
trigue , docs not outer into the combinations
of American statesmen , to whatever political
party they may belong. As to the gentle
men who at present form the United States
government and direct its foreign policy , wo
uru sulllciimtly acquainted with their hign
character nnd political antecedents not to
entertain thu least doubt about their sense
of Justice' and firmness , not only on this
point , but on any other subject. Wa havo.
thorefore.coinploto confidence that nny absurd
plans of filibustcrism , which nro fortunately
looked upon bytlio enlightened majority of
the American people as disreputable , will
not bo approved by them , nor that they will
lend any support whatever to the machina
tions of badly Informed persons with the
view of chancing the decided opposition of
our pcoplo to any alienation of Mexican ter
ritory.
' Wo do not attach much importance to the
revelations , moro or loss vague , and after
wards contradicted , which have lately ap
peared in American newspapers concerning
organizations whose aim is to procure at all
hazards the annexation of some part of Mexico
ice and especially Lower California. Hut
though wu treat with contempt the coasts
of idle aim evil disposed pcoplo who
dream of wars of conquest or
of revolutionary movements plotted on our
border with u view to ttio annexation of a
part of our country , it is not so with other
manifestations ot respectable source , though
they have their origin in opinions equally
destitute of foundation. 1 refer to thu
proposition originated In the chamber of
commerce of Los Angeles , Cal. , and pre
sented to the house of representatives at
Washington authorizing the executive to no-
gotiuto with Mexico for the purchase of
Lower California. I refer nlso to the opin
ion which , without nny reservation , the gov
ernor of the state of California expressed
about the great convenience of such
acquisition and above all the pur
chase of our states of Sonora -
nora nnd Slnaboa , about which no
mention before has been mado. No matter
how much the Mexican government might
bo inclined to overlook this double expres
sion ot erroneous judgment as to our patri
otic sontimontH and our entire conformity
with the opinion of our country In this re
tard , it cannot do so , considering the expres
sion of such views by thu present officials of
the state of California , which Is coterminous
with our territory and interested in these
annexations. Wo cannot look with indiffer
ence upon anything coming from respectable
authorities , and if any QUO should tall us
that no serious nud well concerted plan is
entertained by tliom on the subject ,
but that It was rattier the Influence
of combinations or the exigencies of
interior politics which constrained them to
express such politics , wo should bo forced ,
although sharing In this belief , to deeply la
ment that there were persona in California
with such misguided judgment respecting
us , who had Inllucuca unoufh to induce-
Governor Waterman to innku publio utter
ances without thinking of thu effect they
might afterwards produce In tbo rotations
with n neighboring nation. "
Ttio memorandum then cpeaks of the
unanimous hostility ot thu Mexican pcoplo
to any plan looking to tbo alienation of na
tional territory nnd the Impossibilities of
BUch alienation under the constitution , and
continues : "It Is well Known that the ad
ministration of General Diaz has done
nil in its power to strengthen our
friendly relations by attracting the capi
tal , Industry and commerce of our
neighbors and by erasing thn last vestige of
thu prejudices whictl might dlvido them.
It will continue to do so , convinced that such
is tha only rational policy ; but if in tlio
midst of tticso efforts to secure a good aud
cordial understanding for the common bcno-
tlt obstacles should arise , perhaps Inconsid
erately , not by the government of tno
United State * , but by state loillclals of thu
name nation , In such case , however dlsa-
Kroeablo It might bu to us and although to u
certain cxtunt contrary to our International
policy , wo should bo constrained to afford
BixtUfuution to the Mexican people , so sensi
tive m this mutter , having shed its blood
nnd mudo Immense sacrifices to achieve the
Indcp ndenco and to preserve the Integrity
of this torritory. Wo should find ourselves
under tlio stern necessity of adopting ro-
Btrirttvu measures lu regard to the ucqusl-
tlon by curtain foreigners of real estate , con
cessions , etc. , us far a& engagements already
catornd into may allow.
' ihcsu steps might , however , bo inter
preted ns showing bad will ou our part to-
wcrd the American pcoplo , whan wo are
on the contrary animated by exactly oppo
site sentiments. In order ; therefore , to avoid
such interpretation , under tha Instructions at
the president , I have made the foregoing ex
planation. "
Thu memorandum prepared by Minister
Itomuro for Senor MurUhul after his conver
sation with Secretary Blnlue , Hays :
"Tho secretary of ttuto then Informed the
minister that his persouul views and these
of the United Stales government with respect -
spect to the annexation ot Mexican territory
voro expressed lu his note to Mr. Morgan ,
United States minister to Mexico , dated
Juno 1 , 1891 , and which was published In tbo
president's message that year. Ho added
that the United States government did not
think oven rcmotol.v of acquiring nny portion
tion ot Mexican territory nnd that It would
not support any project having the subject
in view , as the United States had all the territory
ritory they required for tholr progress
and welfare nnd desired no moro.
Tlio secretary of state further stated that
the United Stales government could not pre
vent the newspapers or citizens of this coun
try from saying what they pleased on that or
any other subject , but that ns rctnirds the
acquisition of Mexican territory by the
United Stales , ho felt that certain statements
mndo were of no Importance whatever , since
public opinion did not favor further acquisi
tion of territory , and that If any other ad
ministration should favor them ho thought
it would moot with no support In the country
for such n design. "
o
IIH.NWKLLMUilDEU. CASE.
lliiruhcll Hold for Trial In October at
\Vootlstoolc.
NIAOAIU FALLS , Ont. , March 12. Ttio
Uonwcll murder case was resumed today
and thu court room was packed with people.
Through n misundcrstahding Burcholl was
not brought from Wolland on Iho morning
train , and ho did not arrive until 5 p. m.
Soon after the court opened in the town
hall. Mrs. Uurcholl's case was the first
begun. The magistrate announced that she
was charged with being ac
cessory to the murder and that
ho was ready to hear any moro ovldonco.
Tbo dotcativos had none and the magistrate
remanded her to the same custody shu had
been in. , since her arrest. Burcholl was
ttinn brought up. Ho looked unconcerned
nnd smiled at the crowd , which stared at
him. Several witnesses were sworn and
most of tlio evidence wai merely a resume
of that taken at the coroner's Inquest. Now
evidence was introduced when Gcorgo
Pfiomlstcr , telegraph manager nt Niagara
Falls , produced thrco telegrams , ono of
which was sent from Niagara Falls Febru
ary 1" , addressed to "Pelley , Stafford house ,
Buffalo. " and said :
"Will arrive at Huffalo at 9 o'clock. Must
remain horotonlght. UASTKLL. "
Phoniistnr could not describe the sender
and could not siy It was not Uurcliell.
In this message it Is supposed Uurcholl's '
name was misspelled by the operator or by
lilmsclt knowingly. Another telegram from
Buffalo , February 37 , directed to Uurcliell
nnd signed Stafford , said :
"A telegram and letler were sent yester
day to ship heavy baggage to Fifth Avenue
hotel , Now York. "
The third lelognm was from Now York ,
March 1 , nud evidently from Policy , though
not signed. "Bon well not hero , " was all it
said. That closed the testimony.
When asked if ho had anything to say
Burcholl , after a consultation with his law
yer , said : "I huvo nothing to say nt this
particular timo. "
Magistrate Hill then hold him for trial la
October at Woodstock.
IDAHO'S ADMISSION.
Democrats Demur Hccanso Iho Mor
mons nro DIsfrnnohlHRil.
WASHINGTON , March 12. Koprosentativo
Mansivo , nn behalf of the minority of the
commltteo on territories , filed n report pre
senting their objections lo Iho passage of tbo
bill for the admission of Idaho now pending
In the houso. In part the report says : "Tho
precise point of difference between the ma
jority nnd the minority is this : The majority
approve a provision which deprives a citizen
of the right of suffrage , disaualltles him
from holding oflieo nnd prevents him
Jrom serving on juries , for criminal
conduct imputed to him when ho has not
been convicted of such criminal conduct ,
while the minority insists Umt no citizen ,
being otherwise qualified , should be deprived
of thcso rights and privileges on account of
nllegod crime unless ho has been convicted
ot such crime by some court of competent
jurisdiction , and where the penalty for such
crlmo or any part thereof is such disqualifi
cation , tbo minority , while reprehending us
much ns nny majority can reprehend the
offenses of bigamy and polygamy and
aiding aud abetting of such of
fenses , most respectfully submits
to the house that a man who is accused of
bigamy , of aiding bigamy or of belonging to
nn association that lacourngrs thcso offenses
is as mucn entitled to trial for that offense
as Is a man who is charged with any other
offense.
We insist therefore that when Idaho is ad
mitted it shall not bo with a provision in ttio
constitution which deprives citizens nf the
right of suffrage , of tlio right to servo on
Juries and to hold office because of alleged
crime of which the party has not been con
victed.
AN INDIAN'S PItlGHTPULi FATE.
Ho la Thrown Into n mazing Flro
null IloaHtoiI Alivo.
PIBHHE , S. D. , March 13. [ Special Tele
gram to THE Bni'.l A sanguinary Indian
tale comes from up Had river , some fourteen
miles from here , at the mouth of Willow
creek , where is located the camp of Bravo
Hear , with some sovonty-fivo followers. An
old Indian named Dirty Foot got possession
of some contraband whisky whllo paying n
visit to Fort Pierre. Upon arriving in camp
ho was drunk , Gomu to his tepee ho found
his squaw , who is known to many
settlers us "Old Sal , " and giving her
orders to wait on his wants ,
which she was slow to do , ho picked up an
ax nnd struck her on the forehead with Its
back , cracking her skull !
When this became known groatoxcitomont
ensued In camp and a crowd quickly gath
ered. Dirty Foot was caught and thrown
into n blazing flro burning in the center of the
circle of tepees , and when ho uscauod was
thrown back until ho was dying from his
bruises. Ills squaw was also In a precari
ous condition this afternoon when news of
the affair reached tills city by a half breed ,
and both are probably now dead.
Drummer Lcno I'M ' IJodv Kotintl.
CHICAGO , March 13 The body of Knwland
I.each , thu Now York drummer who has
been mysteriously missing for'BO ye nil days ,
was found in the river near Market street
this afternoon. Ho was last scon ulivo
In that neighborhood about a week ago In
company with a gang of hoodlums. A search
of the body revealed the fact that his gold
watch nnd chain and other personal belong
ings were still in his pockets , loading to the
inference that Leach was not robbed and
thrown Into Iho river as at first supposed ,
but thut in an intoxicated condition ho prob
ably full In.
The I'aul-Wiiuiiumnth On so.
CIIICAOO , March 13. [ Special Telegram to
THE HUE.J Mtsi Junnte M. Paul , who yes-
torduy commenced n $10.,00.1 ) breach of prom
ise case In the United Stales circuit court
ai/ulnst Louis C , Wachsniuth , senior member
of the wholesale clothing firm , Is nut In
Washington. A roportnr who called nt the
residence of the Pauls this morning was told
that Miss Paul was In the city , but was ill
nnd could not bo seen ,
Mr. Wachamuth , the defendant , refuses to
talk ubout tlio matter except to ducloru that
ho never guvo Miss Paul reason to believe
that ho would marry her.
Doin I'tMlro nt Nlcn.
lOipi/r/uht / I'Siiliii Jama ( Ionian llennttt. ]
NICK , Feb. 1'J [ Noxv York Herald Cable
Special to TUB HUB. ] The ex-ornporor of
Brazil with the Countess d'Eu came over
from Cannes yesterday. Oa leaving the
station ho walked to n cab stand and ca
tered a vehicle. The horse was balky and
refused to move and nearly upset the aged
monarch into the gutter. A crowd assem
bled and Dom Pedro promptly jumped Into
another carriage aud drovu off ,
BOUGHT BY TOE BURLINGTON ,
The Burlington & Northern Roud
Changes Hands.
RUMORED SALE OF THE MONON
What tlio Lending Ilallroatl
Ilnvo to Sny Concnrnlnu tiio
Affair Tlic | Iiitcrstnto Com-
nilsHion In Chicago.
Sale of the H. & N.
CHICAGO , March 12. [ Special Telegram to
THE KcB.1 Chicago railroad ofllclals were
slow In believing the sale of the Uurllngton
& Northern to the Hurlinptoii today , espec
ially ns Iho news came from Boston at al
most the same tlmo the Information came
from Now Yoric that tbo Monon was sold to
the Loulsvillo & Nashville. The latter re
port was readily credited , It having boon on
tbo tapis for BOIDO tlmo. Later inho day
positive confirmation of the Burlington &
Northern sale to the Liurltngton was ro-
coivod. The prlco was analyzed by a good
Judge as follows :
"According to the Boston Telegram the
prlco Is tha controlling interest at 40 par
cent , and the assumption by the Uurllngton
of the Uurllngton & Northern's lloatlng and
bonded Indebtedness. There is no moans of
knowing just how much tbo Indebtedness
amounts to , but u controlling interest in tlio
stock could bo bought for u bagatelle. There
nro only # 0,000,000 in the stock , of which the
Uurllngton already owns S.1,000,000 , consequently
quently it was only necessary to buy tl.COl-
( JOO in stock at 40 per cent to control tbo
ro.ld. This would tnko ? < ! 00,000 at 5 per
cent. This means only ? 30,000 a year. "
The only Uurllngton official In Chicago
who know anything of the deal was As
sociate Counsel Duwos. Said ho :
"I have not yet received official notifica
tion of the sale , but am expecting It every
minute. Vice President Harris is , I know ,
in Boston to arrange details. "
First Vice President Ponsly of the Uur
llngton had no further information on the
deal. Second Vice President Stone Is sick
nnd General Manager Rlploy Is in DCS
Memos trying to induce tbo I6wa legisla
ture to F.O easy in the threatened reduction
id freight and pasaongor rates.
Vice President McMullen ot the Alton
said :
"If the news Is true It will enable the
western reads , if they wish , to throw off the
proscut demoralization In rates and establish
things on a paving basis. The Alton believes -
lioves In low rates , but It do lot believe in
the wild scramble for busiuois and the dis
regard for tariff rotes now going on. There
Is no question that ttio deal , If made , re
moves the most disturbing element in west
ern railroading. The Uurllngton & No'rtU-
ern may huvo boon run in the interests of
its stocKholders , but It certainly kept west
ern rates In u turmoil. The whole
thing could not bo solved moro nearly than
In any other way by the establishment of a
detective bureau which would seek out and
punish relentlessly any violation of the inter
state commerce act. It would in a great
uicafluro take the place of associations. "
General Manager Tucker of the St. Paul
road was Immensely pleased at the news , but
was reticent of his opinion except to say that
the way now seemed much clearer for a reestablishment
establishment of rates.
Facilities for obtaining information in re
gard to the Motion sale wcro oven moro
meagre than those about the Burlington &
Northern. Not n general officer of the
Monon or Louisville & Nashville was in tjio
city nnd at the Monon ofllco the only information
mation obtainable was a Now York telegram
that the sale had been mado.
Morrison anil Vonsoy in Clilc.iqo. '
CHICAGO , March IU.Tho interstate com
merce commissioners , Morrison and Voasey ,
arrived in the city today nnd commenced nn
Investigation of the charges that railroads
are extorting excessive freight rates on food
products between points of production aud
eastern markets.
The session today was devoted to the hear
ing of the board of trade mou , who wished
particularly to voice their grievance against
the "Soo" lino. Several of them gave tes
timony to the offeot that grain could
bo shipped from Nebraska via Minneapolis
to No\v York nnd Uoston over the "Soo" and
Canadian Pacific and then sold for ono nnd
a half or two cents per hundred less than it
cost to Chicago. They declared that Minne
apolis shippers are undoubtedly receiving a
heavy rebate from the "Soo" and that with
such a state of affairs business with the cast
from here is impossible , They were confi
dent that tbo present rates between Omaha
and Chicago and Chicago and New York
were fair nnd reasonable.
The recent 10 per cent reduction
on corn rates was asserted to have bad no
effect , except to lower the price of corn just
that much nnd enable ocean steamships to
rniso their rates and gobble most of the
benefits. Eastern consuuiors and western
producers , the brokers assorted , were not
helped to any great extent.
llonrlnc the Kuilrondi.
DBS MOINCS , la. , March 13. The railroad
committees of both houses this afternoon
held n nicotine to hoar the arguments of the
representatives of the railroads regarding
the proposed legislation. The first speaker ,
E , P. Rlploy , general manager of the Chicago
cage , Uurllngton & Qulney , said that Iowa
freight rates were lower than In any other
locality in the world nnd supported his ar
gument with figures. Ho was especially op
posed to obligatory joint rates as proposed
by several bills before the houso. Under
the law ns It stands at present Joint rates
cannot bo made In thu state and if roads are
compelled to.do so and the present law ro-
mums unchanged , the effect will
bo , to to demoralize the whole rail
road business of the state. There
nro localities whore Joint rotes Jaro imprac
ticable and not desired by the pcoplo , yet If
compelled to make thorn Iho roads would
have to comity. The joint rate would in
some cases be less than the local rnto over
the same lino. The whole schudulo would
huvo to bo revised. 1 lit ) revision of * the
schedule to accommodate nil necessary
changes nnd arrangements under a compul
sory law would result in tremendous con
fusion and occupy u largo force of mon n
long time In compilation. If the restrictions
of the state law wcro re
moved the railroads would make
joint rates whoio asked to do 'so ,
just ns they had dona before tha law was
enacted.
W. O , Brown , general superintendent of
the Iowa line of tno Chicago , Uurllngton &
Oulucy , spoke of the necessity of continuing
all rates up to the present standard in order
for the roads to bo kept in good condition.
It was unfair to compare tlio years ISi'J and
1637 , because In the latter the losses had
been abnormally large , so ho compared with
1SS3. In order to show that the Iowa
roads woru not makmir moro money
under the now law than under
the old Tlio dcercaso in the number
of men employed In ISbU was caused by. un
favorable legislation and consequent
economical measures to meet the losses.
No Improvements were made , nnd If the
prudent policy of the state 1s continued tno
roads will degenerate from first to second
and third cliiss.
P. S. KusliK , general passenger agent of
the Burlington , spjku on railroad faro
bills before the legislature to roducb prices.
A New hot of Directors.
NEW YOIIK , March 13. The stockholders
of the Loulsvillo , Now Albany Af Chicago
road today elected an entire now set of
directors , except Ucorgo F. Poitlowalto ,
who was ro-elected. Although Mho now
directors bare not yet had tlmo to oxpron
themselves , it is gnlrt/ilWca'n bo safely
asserted that thnro are strdrtif probabilities
of the Loulsvillo ft NushvlltoFfiecurmg con
trol of the company.
The Humor (
HOSTON- , March 13. To c H/ormlty with an
official circular Issued today , ; , oo , Hlgqlnson
ft Co. this afternoon bought n majority of
the stock of the Chfcaso ? Burlington &
Northern road at 810 .rfsmlfo In. the Interest
of the Chicago , Uurlrngttfti & Qumcy.
Immediately after the ; transac
tion was concluded , Iho unco
of Burlington & Northern stock
jumped up nt the Uoston TUOclc exchange so
that nobody secured ndy.udvantago in the
market from an early knowledge of the
trade. * gL
Leo , Iligglnson & Co .Vsal buy all out
standing stock nt the aulR * > prlc6a. Today's
action Is the result of tltfcu year's negotia
tions. and its effect will1 ! bo to make the
Northern road apart of jjtho Chicago , Uur-
llngtou & Qulney systemnnd put au end to
all the long prevailing rnto cutting. The
action Is generally favorably commented on.
Outline Krolght Kates.
KANSAS Cur. March 12 , Following the
cuts in passenger rates comes slashing of
freight rates In which nearly all roads enter
ing and leaving Kansas ( Jity seem to bo In
terested. The Rock , ; Island , Alton
& Burlington are .jtcarrylnp the
bulk of the . .packing * housn products
nt greatly reduced rates. The Chicago , St.
Paul & Kansas City Is making rates on a i0- !
cent basis to Kansas City and Dos Molnos
points. Hegular rates ata made on a basis
of GO cents. The Wabash ' ( s handling corn to
Toledo and eastern points at 8)4 ) cents re
bate , Iho cutting of rates seems to.bo a se
cret. *
_
Local RotliiotlonsJ/Vuiliorlzoil.
CHICAGO , March 13. Tljo Interstate Com
merce Hallway association today author.
Izod the Minneapolis & St Louis road to
apply the same rates on fgraln from local
points in Iowa to Minneapolis when des
tined to eastern points ashn effect via the
Mississippi river. The Iowa Central was
authorized to establish a rate of $1.75 not on
soft coal from Puoria to St. Paul.
Western Union IDfvlilpnd.
Now Yontc , Mnroa 12.-JTho directors of
the Western Union telegraph company to
day declared a quarterly dividend of ljf per
cent. William Waldorf 'Astor was elected
u director to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of nla father. , ? .
A 8eini-Annnal''t > lvltlcn I.
Nnw Yonic , March . "if. The St. Paul
directors have declarodVtTs'imi-annual divi
dend of 3 % per cent on p &Jorrod stock.
JUMPED THI fnACK.
* *
Two Fatally Injuredj anil Alany Ho-
verjly HUrt :
Pr.vuuoKE , Ont. , Mar"ca 13. The train
from North Uay and Mrtttawa jumped the
track ten miles cast ol tblsVplaco this morn
ing. All the train but tndi euglno went com
pletely over n twenty-five , foot embanltmont.
Mits. M. MUNHOB , fatally Injured.
Mita. MACKAY , cut aborigine head.
All the passengers 'woro badly shaken up ,
nnd many had ribs and 'otu'cr. bones wrenched
and broken. The difiin&fjcar waiters were
thrown about violontiy. , The cook was fatally
hurt and the waiters tta'dy } ; bruised. The ac
cident was caused oy the rails spreading.
TliB Lakn Hhorb 'i > I-astr.
BTFFAI.O , N. Y. , Mnrc1v12. Several wit
nesses were examined before the coroner's
jury on the LakoSho jJ disaster txoday.
Daniel Beclavith. tha.fonprd brakcmun of
the train , saldwhon it 8trtod nt Dunkirk it
broke In two between the last coach and the
slcopcr. All the connections were broken
and ho shut the air cook off the coaches and
closed thu draw heads. There was a Miller
and another kind of a draw head on each
couch. Both seemed all right , but tbo safety
chains wera broken. Ho first learned
the train was broken in two from
Extra Conductor Sullivan , who said
not to stop , but to keep the forward
section moving. Ueckwith started to find
Conductor Houghtaliug , when ho felt the
brakes sot. Ho jumped off to signal the
engineer to go abend , but before ho could dose
so the crash came.
The Engineerlnf News of Now York m
an article today severely comments on the
disaster and says it is a case of criminal
ncgliijohco involving all of the train hands.
After the connections were broken it would
not have been a matter of moro than ton
minutes to have switched out the dofcctivo
car nnd put it on the rear ot the train , when
the air connection could have been inado to
all the other coaches. Furthermore , after
the two break-downs the train men should
have boon properly distributed throughout
the traiu and on the alert , wailo the ovl-
dcnco shows that they wuro not.
THE O.YTrLiESlEN'd CONVENTION.
EvnrytliliiR Waiting on tlio Report of
the Commltteo on KeHoItitlom.
FOIIT WOHTII , Tex. , March 13. [ Special
Telegram to TiiEHEK.j-iTho interstate con
vention was called to order at 10 o'clock.
The attendance was small and the hall dark
and cold.
The committee on credentials reported 6SO
accredited delegates , the number of votes
being iixod at 429. The Nebraska delegation
consists of Elijah J. Filley , Charles Gould ,
J. A. Hope , A. C. Davenport , Lon Meek ,
Colonel E. P. Savugo and J. B. Krvin ,
The committee on permanent organization
reported for president , H. B. Stoddard ; for
secretary , L. E. Finch. The chairman Invited
vitod clergymen of the various denomina
tions to seats on tna stage , but not ono could
be found to open with jifayer.
The commltteo on resolutions was ap
pointed , as follows : Now Mexico ,
Lewis Lutz ; Wyoming , J. G.
Pratt ; Kansas , G. W. Uleck ; Missouri , A
Leonard ; Illinois , C , B , Johnson ; Arizona ,
J. F. Waters ; Nebraska , J. U. I2rwinAr ;
kunsas , L. Minor ; Colorado , J. W , Bowles ;
Texas , A , L. Mattock ; Indian Territory , J ,
M. Catoo.
Nothing of importance was done , every
thing seeming to depend on the report of
the committee on resolutions , which will
wrestle with n largo number until midnight.
The convention will imaemblo at 0 a , m. to
morrow , when the real business of tbo con
vention will bo transacted. -
SAYS IT lA LIE.
KoprcsGiitativo 'Hens ! Denies that Ho
lntcnUv.il to Bnioiile ,
Sioux FALLS S. , D.f March 10. [ Special
Telegram to Tim Uuu.l Hon. Samuel L.
Hess of Flandroau arrived In thU city and
was met by a reporter and1 questioned in re
lation to the report of hit' intended suicide.
Ho said the whole story is b , He. without any
other foundation tlmn'aprevious row with
! ' . B. Ireland , a correspondent tnoro of tno
Pioneer Press and u few classes of beer.
Ho assorts that the report was sent out by
Ireland through malice nlono nnd for the
purpose of guttingoven. . Mr. Hoas baa also
n letter written to bis brother at Flandroau
from Plorro by F. W. Pattlgrew , brother of
Senator Pottlgrow , which snys :
"I have made u careful investigation of
the matter and find there U no truth in It ;
that the article Is malicious and written by
ono whoso reputation for 'morality ns well
as for truth and voracity is of the very
worst. " '
Mr. Hess Is retloout as to his future move
ments in tbo matter.
v Tronniiror Nalaml'H
ST. Louis , March 13. A Jefferson City
special says : Governor Francis this oven-
log appointed Lon V , Stephens of Uoonvillo
state treasurer , to servo until January , 1603.
Governor Francis has not formally accepted
the resignation of Treasurer NoluiiO , but
filed It Iu the state dop.rtuicnt as an ac
companiment to the order for Stephen's
appointment ,
STATUS OF THE TARIFF BILL
Sugar Still Ooutinuos to Do Iho
Stumbling Block.
NEARER TO AN AGREEMENT.
Blotal mid AVnul llatoil \ \ Soon He
Adjusted Duty on Mexican Sil
ver Ijciul Ore A Lively
WASHINGTON UUIIB tu TIIR OMAIU UlR , 1
513 FOURTEENTH STUKRT . >
WASIUNOTOX. D. C. , Mnrcli 12. I
Tbo republican members of the committee
on ways and menus have given outasomi-
olllclal stntoinoiit to the effect thiit "all tele
grams which have boon Rant from Washington -
ton In regard to disagreements among the
republican tnombors of tho-wnys nnd moaii9
committee nnd nro Intended to convoy tlio
Idea that there will bo no tariff legislation
this session nro unfounded. "
The committee Is nearer n satisfactory
agreement on the several points over which
there naturally nroso differences of opinion
than nt any other tlmo within the past two
ortliroa weeks , and It is expected that there
will bo an agreement on the sugar achodulo ,
the wool schedule and tho. metal schedule ,
and that the bill will bo reported toj the
hnuso within a very short tlmo.
This announcement moans just what It
says and no more that the republicans nro
nearer an agreement than they have been
for two or thrco weeks but they have not
ngrecd and they nro not likely to ngrco very
soon unless some of those who have sworn
to hold to certain positions ignoinlnlously
surrender.
There will be little trouble in fixing the
metal schedule. The duty on steel rails will
probably bo fixed nt S1U a ton. The wool
rates will also bo arranged within a day or
two ; but on sugar the dilloronco seems almost
hopeless ,
SILVEll LEAD ONE DUTY" .
Myer , a Kansas City lend suioltor , made
an argument before the house committee on
ways nnd means today In opposition to an
increase of the duty on Imported load. Ho
is a largo consumer of Mexi
can lead ore and said that
ho represented twenty-throe lead smelting
companies in this country which consumed
nearly all of the lead produced in nnd im
ported to the United Slulos , and that an in
crease of the duty would not bo resisted if
the domestic production was sufficient to
meet the demands. Ho claimed that the
Mexican lead ore cast as much as that pro
duced In this country , but on cross-exam IIMI-
tlon aehnowledced that the lead produced in
Colorado cost tlio smelter * $3.75 a ton more
than the Mexican article. Ho said that
Idaho and Montana produced 23,000,000 tons
of lead ore last year. Tlio committee , it Is
understood , will report in favor of making
lead ere nnd lead in siK-or ore pay the nuuiu
duty as pure lead. Hcprcsontatlvu Carter
of Montana was present and suggested the
line of Myor's cross-examination , which
demoriBtratod that the latter was interested
In American load mines or represented those
who arc interested. Carter succeeded in
breaking Myer's testimony down ,
runuo BUILDINGS.
The passage of so many bills by the house
of representatives for 'erection of public
buildings throughout the country has stirred
up the senate cotntmttco on public buildings
and grounds to report favorably the bill in
troduced DV Senator Paddock In the last
congress and again last December , provid
ing for the erection of publio buildings in ull
towns nnd cities where the postoflico re
ceipts for ihroo years preceding have ex
ceeded $3,000 annually , The committed has
made some changes in the bill as introduced
by Mr. Paddock. The substitute reported
urovidea that there snail bo appointed n su
pervising architect , nnd superintendent of
construction exclusively for the postoflico
department , as well us for the treasury ,
and the deslcns prepared by him
for poatofllco buildings shall bo
approved by u commission consisting of the
postmaster general , the secretary of the
treasury and the secretary of the Interior.
The bill requires that the designs and plans
for all the postofllco builaings shall bo as
nearly uniform as practicable , both ns to ex
terior appearance and internal arrangement ,
and they shall all bo lira proof. There is
considerable- objection to this section , for
many of tun senators do not want the public
buildings throughout the country to bo uni
form. They want a variety In architectural
design , but Mr. Merrill's ' plan Is to have
everything uniform , aud he will try to carry
it.
A LIVELY MEETING.
There was n very lively mooting of the
house committee on territories today. Messrs.
Springer and Mnnsuro , the democratic mem
bers of the committee , very bitterly com
plained to the majority that "snap judg
ment" had boon taken upon them by tlio
majority calling up In the house on yesterday
the bills to admit VVyomlng and Idaho to
statehood before the minority had presented
their report. After sharp wrangling the
majority voted to tnko up these bills for final
consideration In the house on a weak from
next Tuesday. It is understood the debate
will bo continued until both bills are passed.
rOItlC I'AOKKJIS OIUEOT.
Representative Lawlor of Chicago today
received n toloerum from the pork packers
of Chicago asking bun to secure for them a
hearing on the bill providing for an inspec
tion of meats for exportation. The telegram
was signed by representatives of Armour &
Co. , Swift Si Co. mid Fowler IJros. , stating
that the feeling of the trade was ugnlnst the
compulsory inspection of meats nnd that
tlioso engaged in the packing business
wanted an opportunity to explain their ob
jections 10 the present form of tlio bill be
fore its passage. "What the packers want , "
the dispatch satd , "is a eovornmont inspec
tion only when shippers or producers re-
ntilro It. The bill would practically destroy
the export trade. "
IUILWAT MAIL scnrioR ,
The superintendent of the railway mail
service nan issued the following orders :
Through registered pouches to leave Chicnzo
at 11:10 : p. m. , via the Chicago and Mc
Gregor , la. , railroad po&tofllco dully except
Saturday ! , nnd Sanborn at 7:40 : u , m. , via
the McQrugor and Chamburluln railroad
postofilco dally except Sundays , commencing
the 18th inst. Pouches to leave Chicago nt
11:10 : p. m. , daily except Saturdays , and Mc
Gregor at U52 ! p. m. , dailv except Sundays ,
via the Chicago and McGregor railroad post-
ofllco , commencing the 18th instant. The
exchange of inner registered sacks between
Chicago and Culmar. la. , will bo discon
tinued on and after the 18th lust ,
TIII : AUMV.
Hy direction of the secretary of war Cap
tain Junlus L. Powell , assistant Burgeon , is
relieved from duty nt Fort Supply , Indian
Territory , to take effect at the expiration of
his present loivo of absence , anil will report
in person to the commundlng.officer at Fort
Handall , South Dakota , for duty nt tliut post ,
nnd by letter to thti general department of
Dakota.
NKW rOSTMtSTBUS.
J , Skoloo , County Line , Jefforaon county.
In. , vice J. F. Clark , removed t T. II. Fairchild -
child , Fmrviow , Custor county , Nob. , vleu
Mrs. A. U Smith , roMencdV. : . F. Kruck-
mnn , Crandon , Splnk county , S. I ) . , vice
Flora W. Wairncr , resigned ; O. C. Passat ,
Glcndnlc. Hond county , S. D. , vice A. Slo
vens , resigned ; A. F , Holes , Tctoniia , Splnk
county , S. 1) . , vice ItV. . Towuo , resigned.
IX TlID ECXATC.
Senator Mandorson Introduced a hill In
the senate today appropriating $00,000 for
the construction , tumor the direction of the
secretary of war , of suitable bulldmus for a
military storehouse nnd offices at the mili
tary depot In Omaha , the amount to bo iui- .
mediately available. The appropriation U
recommended by the secretary of war , who
ban sent an estimate of the bulldlugs needed ,
which ho say * wilt cost fiO.OOQ. Senator
Mntulerson hopes to got the appropriation
through as nn Icntlent measure , or In
the form of nu A * intent to ono of the irg-
ular bills. \ \
In the senate \ "C \ Mr. Casey of North
Dakota offorcd\ \ - \ amendment to the
urgency dellcluncl V roprlntion bill , appro
priating $20,000 \ 5 Uormlno the proper
location for nrtcsit 5 * plls within the area
vest of the Orth it * \ \ \ nnd east of the
Hooky mountains.o amendment { was
considered In the \ 'ittoo ' on irrigation
and favorably rccod 'led after n sharp
deb.ito In which t utitl-r.illroad mon
showed tlioir fangs K \ advantage.
Senator Moody ted Uroduced n bill to
ilidnto the entries n\ \ \pon | the publio
domain In Washington , Montana nnd the
1)allolas prior to the admission of thcso
states to the union.
Senator Allison praanntrd n resolution
adopted by the Iowa Woman's Synodlont
Missionary societies nt Iowa City , October
II , ISM ) , requesting congress to use every
menus to stay the Iniquity of the liquor
trafllo In Africa.
Senator Moody presented the petition of
thirty-four members of the Farmers' alliance
nt Flora , S. D. , in favor ot free coinage.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mr. Dorsoy's bill extending the time to
January 1. 1S9I. within which payments for
lauds on the Otoo Indian reservation nro to
bo made , passed the house today. The
measure allows parties who have purchased
less than 100 acres , to purchase up to that
amount.
A poatofllcc has boon established nt Cnld-
well , Scott's Blurt county , niul John H.iy ap
pointed postmaster.
Ucprcsontntlvo Dorsoy gave n luncheon nt
the house restaurant to tlio Nebraska dele
gation In congress , and Hon. JoMi M. Thurs-
ton , Messrs. Slaughter , Peters , Cook nud
other well known NobrasKntis In the city.
Ttio pros'dcut this afternoon appointed
John IS. Weber of Huffalo commissioner of
immigration , nnd General J. P. lO'Hurno
first assistant commissioner of imniler.ition.
W. W. Holgor of Omaha. I. L. Marquette
and wife of Lincoln nnd John H. Amos , gen
eral solicitor of the H. & .M. rullwuv. are
hero , I'EUKY S. HEATH.
COMPOUND D.VIID.
Hearing Bcforo tlio House Committed
ii Afjrlonltnre.
WASHINGTON , March 12. 'Ihe lions3 committee -
mittoo on ngriculturo todnj devoted its en
tire session to hearing Heprt'sentntives liut-
terworth nnd Mason , who favored and op
posed , respectively , the measures pending
before the committee having for their pur
pose the regulation and luxation ot the man
ufacture of compound lard. Uutterworth ,
who was the first speaker , s.iid the bill did
not propose to prevent the manufacturers of
compound lard from prosecuting their busi
ness. "All wo ask , " ho said , "thut In taking
its place Ibis industry shall not place its
fingers upon the throat of another industry. "
The speaker discussed the condition of the
farmers of the countrytnklng n gloomy view
of It. Ho said they wore rapidly
becoming n class of peasants , and a despised
class , too. " 1'ho farmer * have been robbed
by means of gambling nnd gambling shops ,
nnd now It is pronoscfl to add to their bur
dens nn I to assist in malting them victims
of counterfeits. It is nn answer to tlioir
complaint to say that this counterfeit is
better than the original. " Uuttorworth said
ho spoke feelingly on tins subject because
the great industry of the country was suffer
ing from inlluences thut this committee can
do much to correct. Lard had been driven
out of the markets of the -vorld by u coun
terfeit. "Let the makers put this counter
feit before the public for what It is , 'vege
table lard , ' or what not. The farmer asks
no moru and will bo out Is fled with no loss.
Ho will have it. The manufacture and sale
of this counterfeit last year cost
the farmers of the country 515,000,008.
Have wo raachod such n condition In
this country , " asked the speaker , "where
wo believe that falsehood is better than
truth in business ! It is not so. " Butter-
worth said the uropospd legislation would
not destroy nor d.imago any industry at the
expense of another , but would compel mak
ers and dealers in lard compounds to hoist
the flag of honest dealing over their transac
tions. .
Congressman Mason said that the farmer
was the rock on which most men rely for
the foundation of tlioir action when they
cannot Justify it in any other way. Todav ,
M son said , ho appeared in behalf of the
working men of his district to oppose the
legislation proposed in the bills before tlio
committee. Ho , with tno laboring men ho
represented , preferred cotton seed oil lard
to the rotten lard put on tno market , and
they objected to being taxed for choosing
between two articles of diet. Hut they ask
fir and favor the branding of the product
for Just what it w.is. Legislation to secure
that would moot their approval. The prin
cipal objection to tbo bill , Mason said , was'
that owing to the Imposition of the dealers'
tax and the liabilities under the internal rnvo-
nuo regulations the compound would bo
driven out of convenient places nnd the
would-bo purchaser would bo compelled to
go u great distance for it or else buy hoe's
lard , however nasty and rotten It might bo.
It was no argument In f.ivor of the bill to
say that the farmers suffered from their ox-
'porlonco with the beef trust nnd the boards
of trade and because of the extortionate
charges of the railroads. Would tlio bill re
lieve the farmers of all the burdens Imposed
upon them ? If so , pass it , but if it would not ,
push the old bills to reiich these evils. Mason
said ho would bo witu the advocates of these
measures , but it was a great mistake to
place any food product under n tax.
Hutcti stated for himself nnd ether sup
porters of the Conger bill that they did not
believe the bill referred to or was intended
to refer to any product of cotton seed oil
and beef stcnrine that was not sold for lard ,
nscottolonc , for Instance. This concluded ,
under the present programme of the com
mittee , the public hearings on the bills.
AN OIUOUH OUI > 1.VYNCI3.
Cliionioniis Auitntini ; Corn Itoponl of
the Ton MMe Snlioiliilo.
CniOAOO , March I'J. I Special Telegram to
Tin : HEK.ITho opposition to the unpopular
measure adopted by the city council regu
lating the ratu of trains to ten miles an
hour within the city limits lias already taken
the form of a continued effort lor relief.
As stated yesterday the business men ,
after fully canvassing ttia subject among
themselves nnd having reached tlio conclu
sion that the railroads themselves are re
sponsible for the ordln.mcu are about to take
stops In retaliation.
Their first move will bo on the council , ns
that body la to the public the responsible
one.
Accordingly n score or morn of wealthy
men held nn Informal meeting and deter
mined to call a mass meeting of suburban
residents tomorrow afternoon. The first
business that will come before the mooting
will bo tht ) consideration of n petition to the
council demanding the Immediate repeal ol
tlin ton mile au hour ordinance after
a < Mro33es have been made b.\ the suburban
pcoplo ns to the damaL'O to their business by
reason of the alow trains.
This action will probably bo supplemented
by similar meetings In the various towns
and also by the business men of Chicago.
Should the council doliiy action on the peti
tion to repeal the ordinance thu matter will
bo mndo an issue In the uldortnunic campaign
about to open ,
The railway mnnngnrs feel the offqcts of
the adverse criticism and the loss of patron-
OKO in tlio three days that the tlmo of trains
lias boon reduced nnd ttiey lire already con
sidering methods by which they can effect
un amendment of tlio ordinance.
AI cor nt Qnlnuy.
Ql'l.vor , III. , March 12. General Algor
arrived from Indianapolis to attend tbo en
campment of the Illinois department of the
Grand Army of the Republic. Ho was the
loading speaker nt the monster camp lire to
night and took u strong poilllon In favor of
the Horvlco pension bill. Colonel UUtin of
this city will bo elected department com
mander by u unanimous vote , all the oppos
ing candidates huvlui ; withdrawn ,
An Attempt to Foroo Proh bltlon
on Oklahoma.
THE VOTE ON THE BLAIR BILL.
TlmrMliiy or Friday nf Next
the iMcnsiiro Will ho Ijiilil to
Itcst The lmmlrntioii
Honntr.
WASIU.NOTOX , March 13 , The senate con
current resolution for an Investigation of
Immigration matters was laid boloru the
senate today with tUo two houao nniotid-
mcnts oxt'jiidlng the Investigation to the
matter of the purchase of American Indus
tries by foreign capital nnd to the use of
Hodloo's Island as an immigrant depot , Tha
house nmondmont was concurred In nnd the
motion wan agreed to.- The concurrent resolution
elution has now passed both houses.
The senate then proceeded to vote en the
resolution to exeludo from the cniiKrotsionnl
rccoru the Interpolations made by Mr. Call
In the report of his discussion with Mr.
Chandler on the 20th of February , The resolution
elution was agreed to yea-f , ISO ; nays , 14.
The democrats voting in the nfllrmnttvu
were Messrs. Payne , I'ligh , Cock roll nud
Vnnco.
Mr. Cullom gave noticu that Friday morn
ing ho would call up the house resolution ro-
latmg to tlio death of the Into Mr , Townsend -
send , representative from Illinois.
On motion ol Mr. Edmunds the sennto pro
ceeded to discuss the resolution repoi tort on
February 10 from the committee on privil
eges mid elections declaring it is competent
for the senate to elect a president pro I em-
pore , who shall hold olllco during the pleas
ure of thu senate nnd until another is elected ,
nnd who shall execute the duties thereof
when tlio vice president Is absent.
Mr. CSuoriro spoke nt some length In oppo
sition to Iho resolution. At the conclusion
of hisnruumunt Mr. Plumb called upon Mr.
Itlalr to glvo the senate some indication
when ho would bo ready to huvo n vote taken
on his bill. There wore a great many im
portant measures on the calendar , and unless
an nijrcmiiunt wan mudo on the educational
bill ho would move at V ! o'clock tomorrow that
it bo placed on the caloudar.
Mr. Blair gpoko of tlio obstacles in the
way of reaching a vote , but thought that by
Thursday or Friday of next weolc u vote
might bo taken. The matter was further
discussed by Messrs. Plumb , Hawlcy , Plntt
and Fryo. Finally it was arranged that
Thursday of next week at 2 o'clock Ulnir
shnll have thu iloor to speak not exceeding-
one hour and then his bill shall bo under tno
live minute rule and a vote shall bo taken.
Mr. Plumb gnvu notice , notwithstanding ,
that ho would on Monday move to take up
some other bill , the effect , of whlcn would bo
to displace the educational bill.
Mr. Plumb moved an amendment to rula
: i'J ' so as * to provide that ull votes cast in ox-
cculive session shall bo made public nt the
close of such session. Heferrcd. .
The resolution regarding the president
pro tcmporo was again taken up and Mr.
Turpio moved to amend it by making it road
that thu president pro tern eluill hold oilico
during ull future absences of the vice prjsi- .
dent until the senate otherwise orders.
Agreed to , andtHo resolution adopted. , . ,
The educational bill was then tmfitifup
nnd Mr. George addressed the senate in ad
vocacy of It.
Mr. Hoar asked Mr. Cijorco wuatlmr his
plan embraced the protection and security
of the right of the colored people of the
south to vote without interference and their
right to a fair administration of justice.
Mr. George asserted that there was no
distinction in the administration ot Justice.
in Mississippi except that the black mail had
both in the jury box and on tlio bench n
leniency accorded to him which was not ac
corded to thp wlilto man. After quite a
lengthy discussion on thin point tlio'uenata
went Into executive session and soon ad
journed.
N , March 12. In the house today -
day tbo senate bill was passed appropriating
$0,100 for the removal of sand bars nt the
entrance of thu harbor at Milwaukee , \Vis.
In the morning the house passed n bill
granting right-of-way through the Sissation
and Waphcton Indian reservation In Dakota
to the Clilcngo , Milwaukee & St. Paul rail
road company.
A bill was passed extending thu time of
payment to purchasers of land from the
Omaha trlbn of Indians in Nebraska.
Mr. Cannon , Irom tlio committee on ruins ,
reported a resolution setting aside today anil
tomorrow for consideration of the Oklnliouia
bill , the final vote to bo taken ui 4 o'clock to
morrow 'Jho resolution was adopted nnd
accordingly the house went Into commltteo
of the \vliolo on the Oklahoma bill.
Mr. Morse offered un amendment prohibit'
Ing the Introduction nf Intoxicating liquor *
into thu territory of Oklahoma until other
wise provided by law. Lost.
Mr , Kelly offered un amendment providing
that the general statutes of Kansas ( Instead
of thoBO of Nebraska ) shall extend over the
turritoiy until after the first session of the
legislative assembly.
Mr. Pickard of South Dakota strongly ad
vocated the amendment , principally un the
ground that it would extend to the new ter
ritory the prohibitory laws of Kansas.
Mr. Fitch said this was nn attempt on the
part of the advocates of prohibition to win iu
the house what they had lost In committee.
Mr , Laws ot Nebraska , where there was
high license , had been selected as
a compromise Now the gentlemen whoso
hobby was prohibition attempted to extend
over Oklahoma the Kansas law which atato
after statu has voted thuy would not i-ccept.
The question was whether the house would
override the unanimous commltteo In order
to please gentlemen who were advocates of
prohibition.
Mr. Cutcheon protested against thrusting
upon the Indians In Oklahoma , the unspeak
able , the indescribable curse of whiskey
shops.
Mr. Funston declared that In Kansas there
was not ono uuon saloon , Ho hoped ttio tlmo
would soon come when tlio republican party
would champion the cause of prohibition as
It had championed the cause of liberty.
Mr. Stewart offered nn nmnndmcnt , ns n
substitute for Kelly's mo ion , providing that
unction ailt'O of tlio revised statutes shall bo
In force In tha territory until after the ad
journment of thu first session of thu legisla
tive assembly. Agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Ilolman nn amendment
was adopted providing that none of thuianda
embraced In the territory shall inure to the
use or benefit of railroad corporations except
the right-of-way heretofore granted ,
Pending further discussion thu committee
arose and the house adjourned.
A PAKAL1 I IC'S PLIGHT.
Unnblo to Move \Vlillo HH | Wife
Hums to Dentil.
POUT Ilt'no.v , Mich. , March 13 , Mnt.
Carlisle , an aged lady living throe miles west
of Mnrysvllle , wlilto fixing n II ro In tlio steve
Sunday , accidentally ignited her clothing ,
nnd was so badly burned that she died Mon
day. Her husband , the only other occupant
of the house , witnessed the whole oc
currence , but was powerless to help her , ns
ho is a paralytic and unablu to move hand or
foot. For three hours ho was compelled to
watch thu excruciating tigonlos of his wife ,
When their daughter returned from church.
medical aid was summoned , but too late.
'Jho Wnutliac Koreonui. ,
For Omaha and vicinity : Fair weather.
For Nnbrnska and Iowa Colder , fair ,
northwesterly winds ; fair on Friday ,
For Kouth Dakota Fair , northwesterly
winds , lower temperature.