. / THE OMAHA ! DAILY BEE . I \ NINETEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , SATURDAY MOANING , MARCH 22 , ' 1890. . NUMBER 271. .19 X HE SERVICE PENSION BILL , It Is Passed by the HOUOD After a LonRthy' Dleousalon. MANY MEMBERS TAKE PART. Shornian'ii Anti-Trust Mcnsuro Con- Hldrr.-d br the Hcnntc .Mr. Al- HHOII fllak-fl an Address Upon tlio Hnlijccr. Bonato. WABIIIXGTOX , March 21. In the senate numerous petitions nnd memorials wore pre sented for n law against the employment of aliens on government woru ; some for tha frca and unlimited coinage of silver ; ono from Nebraska against an extension of tlmo for the payment of Pacitlo railroad debts to tbo government. * Mr. Plumb , from the commltto on appro priations , reported baok the house joint reso lution authorizing the appointment of thirty medical examiners fortho bureau of pensions and gavonotlco that ho would ask thauonato to consider It tomorrow. On motion at Mr. Sherman the bill to declare - clare unlawful trusts nnd combinations in restraint of trade and production was taken up for consideration , The substitute re ported by Mr. Sherman from the flnanco committee on the 18th Inst. was road ; also on amendment offered by Mr. Kcngan. Mr. Sherman addressed the senate , At the close of Mr. Sherman's speech Mr. Ingulfo offered an amendment which is aimed ngnlnst dealings In futures or options. It mis'rond and ordered printed. On motion of Mr. Sherman It was ordered that the substitute report from the financial committee bo treated as tbo text of the bill and so the amendments proposed by Massra. Hcagan nnd Ingnlls are to bo treated ns amendments In the first nnd second degree. Mr. Vest argued against tlio constitution ality of the origin al bill ; is well ns of the substitute , declaring his bo lief that the supreme court will immediately throw It out of court. Tha sonata had been told last ses- Blon by Mr. Sherman that whenever ho was enllstlcd that combinations were protected by a high protcctlvo duly ho would bo In favor of reducing that duty , and * thnt , Mr. Vest anld , was the real remedy. These trusts were protected by u high tariff and were enabled to work their Iniquitous pur poses under the buttress afforded by the tarlll law. Mr. Illscock said no nttompt should bo made to give the federal government juris diction of n subject over which the states had fuU and ample control. Mr. Blair renewed his motion to , recon sider the vote yesterday by which the odu cntfonnl bill was rejected and Mr. Ingalls moved to lay that motion on the table , but no action was taken. A motion to ndjourn over till Monday wns opposed by Mr. Sherman , who wished to bavo aullo'i on the anti-trust bill tomorrow , nnd the motion was defeated , Mr. Allison replied to Air. Vest's argu ment ns to the connection between high dutlos and trusts , taking the cround tnnt all great combinations wore practically outside of the tariff and independent of It. Ho wodld nut admit thnt oven the sugar trust tvas do- pcndeiit on the tariff. Ho was not sure but that if supar wore on the free list there would not bo still u combination arqongtho sugar ro- HntriCB. Jn thn great staples woolen and cot ton goods , leather , boots and alioes , Iron and steel , on which duties wore high , tbora was no trust except perhaps ns to stco' . rails and nails. So also with the silk Industry of this country , which produced prooably half the silk consumed hero , and which was protected bv u heavy duty , there was no trust or com bination. On the other hand there was 'a very powerful trust or combination for rais ing the ; > rlco of beef nnd lowering the price of cattle on the hoof , nnd no ono could any that thnt that trust was the result of high duties. ' 1 hero was also the oatmeal trust nnd tbo whisky trust , which bud nothing to do with duties. Although ho ugrccd with the gentlemen who wore In favor of remod elling nnd revising tbo tariff , still tbo sen ators , If they wished to correct the great evils of trusts nnd combinations , would full far short of tholr purpose if they confined themselves to n modification of tariff rates. It was the duty of congress to put on the statute books such legislation as would inhibit trusts nnd combinations. Mr. Coke offered a substitute for the bill nnd Mr. Gcorgo offered an amendment , both of which were ordered printed. The bill then wont over till Monday , when It is to bo "unfinished business , " nnd it was ordered that the session tomorrow bo con- lined exclusively to business on the calendar. In announcing the pairs on the Hlalr bill yesterday the relative positions of four sena tors were misstated on the lloor. Messrs. Quay and Uansotn , who were for the bill , wore paired with Messrs. Uutlcr and Casey , who were against. It was the reverse of this that was stated. After an executive session the senate ad journed. House. WASHINGTON , March 31. The house wont Into committed of the whole on the pension appropriation bill , and Mr. Chondlo of Indiana spoke at length in favor of the service pension law. lie ex plained tbo provisions of the bill authorizing asorvlco pension to every votaran over llfty years of ago who served sixty days and was honorably discharged. Under the general law all Invalid pensioners who rocolvo loss than $ j n month and nil who receive no pen sion will bu bonellclnrlos under It. At the conclusion of Mr. Chcadlo's speech Mr. Clements of Georgia said that after listening to the speeches of tbo gentleman on the other side ho was Inclined to wonder why Commissioner Tanner had been re quested to resign. Mr. Morrow of California said that tha question could bo answered easily , but that as the answer would Involve going Into mat ters of detail ho would refrain from doing seat at present. Mr. Ucekbrldgo of Kentucky suggested that the bill recently passed for the appoint ment of thirty additional medical examiners would have the effect of Increasing the num ber of cases passed upon aud thereby caus ing u deficiency. Mrt Clements suggested further that in accordance with the circular Usuod by tbo commissioner of pensions , employes of tno bureau would bo utilized In working up cases , nnd ho said that if this was so there would bo a largo Increase In the amount of pensions under the oxUting law. Mr. Clements Inquired whether $93,500,000 , , Which wns carried by the bill , would bo BUftloiont for the next II a en 1 year. Mr. Morrow replied that it would bo suftloicnt to pay all pensions under the pres ent law , but thnt If congress passed further laws Increasing the uumbor of pensioners there would bo a deilclnicy , Whllo referring to the service ponsldn question Mr. Clements wns Interrupted by Mr. I'etors with a question ns to whether the country was not. bettor abla today to pass the sorvlcq pension bill than It had bean whn it enacted tbo Mexican service pension bill. bill.Mr Mr , Clements replied that ho was not sure nbout that. Ho referred to the published letter from the president of the Farmers' ulllanco of Kansas regarding destitution , etc. Ho ( Clements ) did not ouposo just and liberal pensions. His only objection to it was that it appropriated lois. money than the administration know would bo nocojjnry to pay pension * for the next year. Mr. H.vnum churned tbo republican party with being false to its promises to tbo couu- ry In the matter of pensions. Tbo demo crat * , he said , wore determined that the re publican * should carry out their pledges to the Suldiers. Mr. Cutcheon asked whether the demo crats , while In control of the house , had passed the scrvlco pension bill. Mr. Uynum rcultcd that they hnd not , but they had not ROIIO homo and asKed for votes under false orctcnsos. Mr. Splnola said the democrats Intended to draw the line of ba'.tlo on the service pen sion. The democrats didn't intend that the republicans should mark tliomeelveo as special friends. Tno democratic- party had forced trio pension rolls from $23.000,01)3 ) up to JIOJ,000UOO , and yet the republicans wont on the stump and told tha pooulo they were friends of the man who saved the country. Mr. Knloo of Tennessee impressed upon the housb the necessity of thoroughly in vestigating the workings of the pension bureau. Mr. Allen of Mississippi said bo did not belittle the services of federal soldiers , To do so would bo to belittle his own. Ho had been ono of tha man whom they had had to overcome. Ho had a high regard for the government ; ho was mighty sorry ho had tried to bronk it up , but It the gentle men were going to carry pension legislation to its legitimate conclusion congress hnd better stop und hva nn accounting. It looked to him ns if the country would have to lot the Grand Army of the Hoputillc take the government. Mr. Urccklnrldgo of Kontucicv expressed himself In favor of a llbnral pension system , but was opposed to an abuse of that system nnd opposed to maklrfg the pension bureau n great political machine. Mr. Grosvenor said the minority had siM- denly become wonderfully patriotic , and If it could only destroy the unpatriotic record it had always mmlo It would bo wonderfully bcneiltted. The gentleman from Now York ( Splnolu ) hnd said the democratic party had run up appropriations for pensions from ? 12SOCU,000 to $100,000,000. There was not n dollar of that money that had boon appropri ated under any general pension bill over passed by the democratic party or over sluncd by n democratic president except that Incroaslng the pension of widows. With this exception every dollar appropriated was duo to the patriotism of the rcpuollcan party. Referring to Cleveland's veto of the depend ent pension , ho said that when Cleveland was ronomlnntcd no man had shouted louder In his behalf than had the gentleman from Indiana ( Uynum ) , nnd yet Cleveland , who had hurled his vetoes In the faces of soldiers , was the most popular democrat In the United States , and three years hence would drag the democratic party at his car wheels. The democrats were not to bo credited with any of the pension legislation , but they were to bo credited with the fact that today there were " 0,033 union soldiers In the poor houses who would have boon comfortable under the bill which Cleveland had vetoed. Mr. Tnrsnoy Inquired whether the repub licans intended to p.isi the dependent pen sion bill vetoed by Cleveland. Mr. Qrosvonor replied that they would not. They would pass a republican bill , u bill which would not contain u paupsr foa- Uiro nnd would have nothing ID it TO degrade manhood. In tbo course of further remarks Mr. Sulnoln stated that the great bulk' of the union nrmy was made up from the demo cratic legions of the north. This caused a sarcastic laugh on the re publican side , Mr. Strnblo of Iowa vicorously antag onized ttic suggestion made bj Mr , Uynutn that nn Income tax should bo levied for the purposoof payinjr pensions. After further debate tha committee rose nnd the bill passed. The bill for the retirement of General i-Yomont , with the runk of major general , passed. The bill passed appropriating 525,030 to en able the secretary of war to purchase 2.500 tents for the use of people driven from their homos by the Hoods in Arkansas , Mississippi and Louisiana. Sf At thu evening session the house passed llftoen private pension bills.pndandjourned. - * * . 71 - ' * - - " " * K-K. Jy Itt , - AXiUlOUIjl'UUAD Dlit'UESSION. lleport of Government Statistician Dodun Upon tlio. Matter. WASHINGTON , March 21. The prevailing depression in American agriculture is treated by Statistician Dodge in the March report of the department of agriculture. The preval ence of low prices Is noted und n feeling of discouragement In rural circles througout the world Indicated. It has been especially severe in Great Britain and is a subject of complaint , discussion nnd ofllclnl Invest'gu- ' tlon in Germany , Franco , Italy and other countries. It. is present in monarchies und republics , under divers currencies nnd eco nomic systems. Dut it is loss severe hero than In any other countries. The main cauio of low prices la referred to the inexorable law of simply und demand. Corn und wheat and others staples are cheat ) Decnuso of overproduction. Immigration has increased the population 5oaotJuO In ten years. Inter continental areas have been curved into farms , free to natives and foreigner , opaa- ing millions of acres to cultivation. Dodeosays that while there Is nn excess of production nf u few staples like wheat , etc. , there are Inauniclout supplies of many other necessary products nnd a total absence of scores of others which should furnish profitable employment to rural labor. There Is too narrow a range of crop ping. Diversi fication is essential to agricultural salvation , Tbcro are imports costing $250,000,000 per nnnum of agricultural products which should bo produced hero. These are sugar , llbres , fruits nnd nuts/ barley , leaf tobacco nnd wines. Farmers are sufTonni , ' for the want of hundreds of mil lions of dollars that the sweat of brows and the dexterity of hands might produce in "raw material" for scores of old and now in dustries. Another serious clitso of the de pression , ho says , Is * the exorbi tant shuro o. ' farmers' products taken by the mlddlo mon nnd carriers. The nrmy of dealers in futures disturb the nat ural How of trade and check exportation by a temporary rise , to bo followed by lower oricos nnd greater lluotuatlons. Speculators depress prices when the garners nro full and boom them wtion the farmers have nothing to soil , as nt present. The community is In fested with pestilent swarms of non-produc ers. The curse of speculation blights and consumes the result of honest industry. MAXUli'AOTUliU OP I'ljATK QL.VSH. Orjiiii ! ntlm of the Lmrsast Com pany in tlio World. CHICAGO , March 31 , A company has bocn organized hero which , its promoters say , will build the largest plato glass factory in the world at Kllwood , Ind. , and prove an Important factor In competing with foreign glass. An application was snnt to the sec retary of state for a chirtor today und tbo capital stock U ilxed at (2,000,000. The president of the company is Colonel A. ti. Congqr of Ohio , nnd among those associated with him are K. G. Keith of Chicago and George T. I'crklns of Akron , O. For sorao tlmo past Colonel Conger , has boon experi menting at Kukomo , Ind. , in the inanu * fnctnro of ulato glass , nnd the result has been the production of n glass which ho says o-juals or excels the host French plato. " \Vo Hliiill begin building nt once , " said Colonel Conger , president of the company , today , "and will soon have works at Kllwood that will turn out UO.OOO feet of finished glass per day and glvo employment to about 2,500 men.Vo have what wo bcltovo to bo Inexhaustible natural gas welts and will giva foreign manufacturer * aotlvo compe tition , " * Tlio Weather Fon-cast. For Omaha nnd vicinity Fair weather. For Nebraska Fair , northerly winds , coolbr. For Iowa Fair , northerly wlndi , cooler. For South Dakota Fair , northerly wiuo > , stationary temperature. Decision CUICAQO , March 21. Argument * on the board of trade motion to have tbo Injunction regarding quc'atlons modified was heard by Judges Tuloy , Coillns und Horton today. Do- cUioti * will bo given next week. K TI1I4 WINNKll. Ho Knocks Carroll Out In the Forty- Bcvrnth Hound. SAN FJIA.NCISCO , March 21. Tremendous Interest wns taken In the contest tonight be tween Jack MoAullffo and Jimmy Carroll nt the California Athletic club , nnd fully 2,000 people were In nttcndnnoo. Owing to some rumors that the contest was not to bo genu ine , President Fuldn last night informed Carroll and McAullfTe that if at any tlmo during the contest there was any oyidoucaof "fooling" the light would bo stopped and the men thrown out of the ring. Hiram Cook was sclcotod referee. The battle tonight was qulto brisk and considerable monay was placed at 3 to 1 on Me- Aullffe. Both men were apparently in the pink of condition , MoAullffo weighing MIJ and Carroll 135) ) pounds. The mon came Into the ring at 0:10 : nnd nt 11:1" : thirty rounds had been fought , with no decided ad vantage , but slightly In McAullffo'a favor. In the twenty-ninth nnd thirtieth rounds McAuliffo pounded Carroll about the neck nnd body until the latter staggered somewhat. The next few rounds were generally in McAullffo'a favor , but both men displayed much cleverness. In the thirty-eighth round Carroll com menced to pound nt Mao's fnco and and jaw. Carroll reached his mark half a dozan times , and Mac was evidently becoming dazed. Ho struck out wc.ildy , but Carroll would getaway away safely and come bick with another jab In Mac's face. Carroll ropoatoi this per formance In tno next round , though with not such good effect. The fortieth round was quiet. McAulltle won the fight in the forty-sev enth round. o nEaiUMDISUtill ST. , PATIllOK. Four Students Expelled from the Ottawa University. OTTAWA , Ont. , March 31. [ Special Telegram - gram to THE UEE.J On Monday last , St. Patrick's' day , four Irish students W. W. Park , T. Iloddy , T. J. Nelloy and nnothcr all of Uoston , Mass. , left the Ottawa uni versity in the afternoon without permission and remained away n little ever an hour. Immediately on returning they were con fronted by ono of the directors , who laid In formation with the faculty. The satuo even ing a'council was hoid with the ro suit ( hit the quartette of students were expelled. The remaining 200 students held several Indignation meetings tbo following day and waited on the presi dent , who refused to move In thn matter. The affair was then communicated to Arch bishop DuhameJ uud tno reverend vicar gen- crul.who did their utmost to have the faculty withdraw their derision. These , too , falied nnd the United Status consul was appealed fo , but ho was unabla to do anything und the four young men were obliged to leave. Their friends say they would have passed their in termediate examinations without any dtfli- cultr ut the eloso of tno term next month. Tno relations between tha professors nnd students of the institution nro not very cordial and it is claimed that the expulsion was uncalled for. SOUTH DAKOTA'S O. A. II. Presidents Elected by Until Veterans mid the \V. It. C. Sioux FALLS , S. D. , March 21. ( Spooial Telegram to Tuu BEE. ] The principal feature of today's session of tbo Grand Army of the Republic encampment for Da kota was the selection of a commander for South Dakota. Thero'CverV ' 'only tnrd1'can 'dldate's In the field , Judge 'O. S. Palmer of Sioux Falls nnd Hon. E. T. Langley of Huron. When the session opened this morning It was generally conceded that Judge Palmer would bo the lucisy candidate , . but when the vote was canvassed the re sult showed that Palmar had 80 uotos and Langley 95. The now commander is a lawyer by profession. At the Women's Relief Corps Mrs. Lucy P. Drison of Gettysburg was chosen presi dent for the department of South Dakota uud the treasurer for the Dakota depart ment was re-elected. The features of tno day were a parade n mlle long , the ndt'ress of General Algor and his departure on a special train for Concord. Rnlluuy Ordinance. CHICAGO , March 21. | Special Telegram to THE HEE.I The mayor has decided to return the now railroad speed ordinance to the city council Monday night without approval. This does not 'moan n veto , but simply thnt the mayor , In his accompanying nicsaago.wlll nsic the council to reconsider the ordinance in order to that some necessary and Import ant amendments may ba inserted In it. Ho will not talk about amendments , but it is understood thnt the most important will pro vide tha nature or the fauces to bo put up , which will probably bo brick walls of a certain height , surmounted by nn iron railing. It is also said that instead of providing for tlio signing of nn acceptance of the ordin ance by the railway companies , which would make the measure a contract , the substitute ordinance will require n spool- lied time within which the improvements designated must bo commenced und com pleted. A , now or additional section will also probably provide thnt some system of permanent improvement bo made byvhicb grade crossings will bo entirely abolished. There will probably be no opposition to the amended ordinance in the council. Irylne to lUuUo I'nlftlonl Capital. WASHINGTON , March 21. Much interest has been excited nt the postofllco department by the action of Willhm Dudley E'oulUe of Indiana in sending out Inquiries to presiden tial postofllccs where changes have occurred slnco March , 1889 , especially to postmas ters who have boon removed. In speaking of the matter today First Assistant Post master General Clarkson said : "Wo are receiving letters from newly appointed post- roasters who have been addressed in this way. Inquiries scut out in every instance that I have soon show that the case has been prejudiced und the olmngo inndo assumed to bo wrong. It Is evidently an effort to got statements from removed and disappointed ofllcluls for political use , and some ot the letters - tors show an Intention to try and Induce now postmasters to muko statements of defeusa whora no defense is needed. No political comparison can bo ma Jo out of those changes , The president made no removal except for cause delinquency in ofllcial duties , Inef ficiency of service or violation of law. " Admission. WASHINGTON , March 21. Iloprosentatlvo Springer , with tha balance of the minority of the house committee on territories , have united In a report in opposition tp the bill re ported by the majority providing the ad mission of Wyoming as n stato. Tha main objections of the minority nro that there was no warrant of law for the consti tutional convention , and consequently a very inadequate representation of voters in the convention , among whom Were included n number of women. The minority proposes another constitutional convention , a popular vote on woman suffrage aud the admission ot thu uow state by a presidential proclama tion afterwards. 9 The Dnnth Itnll. ' LONDON , March 21. The duke of ManChester - Chester is dead. LEXINGTON , Vu. , March 21. General H. F. Smith , superintendent of the Virginia military institute , died tonight of paralysis. Ho graduated from West Point in 1S3U. An Alnbaiim Ijyiiohlntr. HUNTSVILLE , Ala , , Mnrch 91 , Robert Mora ley , colored , was lynched this after- near here for au attempted outrage on n Whlto Klrl. WILL MAKE CONCESSIONS. Republican Wayg&ncl Moans Members - bors Propar g to Hodco. ' . SOME OF THE MODIFICATIONS. f rroloiind K3crct Expressed. In Wash ington Over tlip. Dontli of Gen- rnl Crook Incident * In Ilia ( Jnrcnr. 1 \VAsniNOTOjrUtmRJHjTnrs OMAHA Has , ) 513 FouiiTEBXTit STHEBT , WAsitiJfOTON. D. O. . March v r It Is probnulcrthnt tha republican members of the commlttco on ways aud moans will make seine consldcrnblo concessions lu com- pllanco with tbo demands that nra being made upon thorn , atid in order to secure a sufllclcnt amount of 'support to pass the bill In the houson numb'er of republicans have notified the commlttco that they will not sub mit to It ns It is and Will vota with the damo- crats for the changes they demand , The committee will therefore have to make some modifications nnd wAl do it ns gracefully as possible. The democratic rnombors of tha commit too have nettled upon their policy , but they may decide to report tlio < Mills bill with some modifications as n substitute for that of the republicans. It-lms been suggested to them that they prepare a bill removing the duty on sugar and'carpet wools and placing all other raw materials on the f reo list. It would bo a very popular measure with the manufacturers throughout the country and would bu likely to carry moro vote * lu tbo bouse than the bill oTttin majority. THE IlEXnilICKS CASE. There has been quite a sensation In Phila delphia ever the investigation of tno death of Charloa A. Hcndricks , formerly of Omaha , and who "died some tlmo ago , an inmate of the Norr'lstown hospital for the insane. The coroner's Jury has boon en- deavorlng to ascertain whether the charges that Mr. Hendrlcks' death was duo to ill- treatment were well founded. Whllo the facts of his death disclose nn ill-treatment at the hospital , it was brought out thnt Mr. Hcndrluks hnd been very cruelly treated while en route nni under the charge ot Keeper Ott , to whoso charge ho had been assigned by the cojirt of quarter ses sions. It was disclosed * that Hcndricks hud been violent on the train , nnd In the effort to quiet him Ott struck him several times , but bis death was duo to natural causes and hud no connection with the harsh treatment ho hud received. The Injuries were exceedingly slight , amounting to uiero bruises. In the hospital it was shown that " Hondrlcks bad boon"treated with every care nnd attention. COMING EVENTS. OAfeT THEIR SHADOWS. Great surprise was shown in the senate yesterday when Senator Payne of Ohio voted against the Blair educational bill. Mr. Pnyno has all along-durlng the years of de bate upon this mcasilro been ono of its most ardent advocates. Hcyluia voted for it at every stage , und. us ti nfembor of the commlt tco on education ha baa signed the report in favor of tbo bill's adaption. Ho listened all along through the savtrdl days of the debate to the speech of ScnAtpnUlalr , which makes a largo volume , and * ib ' totwHbln an hour of the time when-Ao'lyoto , .wao taken Mr. Pnyno was vicrormig Iff hisfexpressions of ap-j ' Pnyuo" was called and there wan a weak but definite "no" almost every gentleman in the sonata Instantly turned to the veteran politician from the Uuckoyo state. A few minutes afterward a senator , from Virginia went to u senator from ono of the northern states and asked : "What in the devil hu ? como over Payne's dreams that ba should vote against this bill. " "Just before 1Kb vote wan called on the bill , " replied the senator. "Mr. Vest of Missouri wont ever nnd whispered In Mr. Payne's oar some very positive instructions. They were to the ef fect tnat if ho ( Payne ) voted for the bill it would bo cold son-in-law a very day when - - William Whitney got any votes from the south In the nominating convention of 1893. Mr. Pnyno reflected a few minutes , nnd. sec- ing that the bill was going to bo defeated by n transformation of sentiment in the south , changed his position and voted no. " THE WOItLD'S PAIlt HILL. The commlttoo on rule ? today had under consideration the resolution of Mr. Chandler and decided to set apaft next Tuesday for the consideration of tha world's fair bill and providing for final action upon it at1 o'clock that afternoon. Much to the surprise of everybody the New York mon made no remonstration , but submitted to tha arrange ment gracefully. It is thought they will not ask moro than ono hour in debate. The Chicago pcoplo will talk ns little as possible and will Icavo Mr. Chandler to submit their case. HILLS INTRODUCED. Senator Mandcrson Introduced n bill today providing for the extonsioii of the coal laws of the United States to the district of Alaska. Ho also presented a number of pe titions from Nobrnukans In favor of unlim ited free coinage of stiver nnd the Grand Army of the Republic service pension bill. Senator Paddock introduced a bill making the commissioner of llsh and fisheries an of- llcor lu ono of the departments of agricul ture ; also bills to pension Mary S.Miller nnd to remove thn char.ro of desertion from tha military record of Dowiti C. Hood ol Ne braska. Senator Moody introduced n bill to ratify and confirm nn agreement with1 the Wahue- ton nnd Sissoton bands nf Indiansjind the Sioux Indians of South Dakota ; also a bill authorizing the Fort Pierre pontoon bridge company to construct a bridge across the Missouri riyor ut Ploiro , S. D. * THE DEAD MAJOR OENCIIAL. The death of General Crook was n great shock to his many friends in Washington , particularly us ho was hero only a short time slnco engaged 'In n controversy with General Miles , m which hu had the sym pathy and support of Alt the oniooraultho war department.It "was only yesterday that the secretary of war transmitted to the scnnto the correspondence between General Sheridan and General Crook in regard to the Apache cimpalgn in March and April , 1830 , nnd It banra directly ! Upon the charge ) that have been mada by General Miles. For nearly four years ' thdro has bean u bitter controversy between the friends of the two generals ever the AnAtmo campaign , which has recently gained Ic wires t and bitterness by the dlscusslon-ofia bill now pending in congress for thu removal of Goronimo and his pcoplo to Fort Sill , L T. General Crook favored the removal'ana General Miles op posed it. The corrispohdeuco sent to the sonata relates to tbo campaign against Geronlmo , which resulted in General Crook being relieved , nt hla own request , from the command of the department of Arizona and the appointment bf General Miles to succeed him. Acconipan.vinb.thu documents is u his tory of the negotiations * between Goronimo and the Apaches , but the whole affair is summarized In the telegrams which passed be tween General Crook nnd General Sheridan. General Crook yvlrpd on March 2Q that ho had mot the hostllas the day before at Lieutenant Mnus' camp ; that ho had found thpm "very independent and as llerco ns so many tigers. " it pecincd impossible , ho said , to got hold of them except on the con dition that they bo allowed to return to their reservation on thoic old status. On March SO General Crook wired General Sheridan contldentlally that the Indians would accept ono of only three propositions to go east not exceeding two yours , to return to the reservation on th &r old status , or to return to the vvarpatb 'As t ba to act at once , " said General Cr.Qpk , "I have today accepted their surrender upou ilia flret proposition. " The Indians , the general eald. would start for Howie tha following day with the Apache scouts under Lieutenant Maus. March 80 General Crook telegraphed from Fort Uovvlo that a courier Just in from Lieutenant Maus reported that during the night Goronimo nnd Natchcx With twenty men and' thirteen woman nail left the camp , apparently with out cause , for Chihuahua , nnd twelve men remain out behind. Lieutenant Maus nnd some of his scouts hai gone la pursuit. Whllo thismosinuo was going ever the wlro n tncssa50 from General Sheridan was trav eling in the opposite direction tolling General Crook that the president could not nssont to the surrender accepted by General Crook , and that his instructions wore to enter into ne gotiations for unconditional surrender , spar ing only .the Indians' lives. This was fol lowed March 31 with n dispatch lom Gen eral Sheridan saying : "Your dispatch of yesterday received. It has occasioned great disappointment. It scorns strange that Gnronimo nnd party could have escaped without the khowledgoof the scouts. " To this General Crook replied that there was no question that the scouts were thoroughly loyal. In n later message ho claimed thnt the Indians had been drinking mescal freely nnd that "bad liquor was nt the bottom of Geronlmo nnd Natchez leaving. " March 31 , In response to the dispatch conveying the president's instructions , General Crook tele graphed that to Inform thu Indians thnt the terms of tholr surrender had bean disap proved would make It Impossible to no- potlato with thorn further. To this General Sheridan replied , April 11 : "As the offensive campaign against him.Geronlmo ( ) w'th ' scouts has failed , would it not bo best to take up the defensive nnd give protection to thn people and business interests of Ari zona and Now Mexico ! " To this General Crook replied in part : "It may bo , how ever , that 1 am too much wedded to my o vn views on this matter , as I have spent eight years of the hardest work of my life In this department. I respectfully request that I mny uow bo relieved from its command. " It Is bchovod hero by the friends of Gen eral Cruok that the recant agitation and the attacks thnt have been tnado upon htm by Miles nnd his friends had much to do with shortening his lifo. Captain John O. nourko , U , S. A , , nn nt- tacho of the Pan-American congress , who was for fourteen years nn nld-do-camp of General Crook and with him in nil of his campaigns against savage tribes west of the Missouri rlvor , suld today : "General Crooii's death Is a great shock to me , nnd yet not wholly unexpected. For a number of years past ho has scorned to ba on the vcrgo of a physical break down nnd ho often complained to mo of what ho called heartburn , but which , in the light of today , may have been premonitory of heart de- ponerntlon. Ho was a man for whom I had tha warmest regard and deepest nffoctlon. General Croak was the typical Indlnn lighter ot America and in sbmo respects re minded one of Danlol Hoono. Hu was tall nnd straight nnd slnowy ns u cat , with not an ounce of superfluous flesh , und never know the word failure. Ho was n dead shot with u rillo nnd an expert horseman nnd could read signs on u trail with a cleverness thnt t have never seen attained bv any other wliito man , nor excelled by an Indian. His Indian ser vices covered almost forty years , during which became face to Jaco with every tribe In our territory from the Missouri to the Pa- clllu and from the British dominions to be yond the Mexican border. Ho was a man of abstemious habits , seldom drinking even tea or coffee , and always tailing milk when ho could got It. I nave known him on ono occa sion to take the saddle at i a. m. in bitter winter on the high mountains of Arizona und ride till S n. m. the next day. Every man in hla command was worn out when tncy arrived at San Carlos river , where the agency now is , and throw themselves on tha craund to rest , but General CrooK showed no signs of exhaustion , nnd. talcing his gun , went out and nhot soma birds for breakfast. If ho had any fault it was his eagerness to kill bear. In hunting thorn ho would undergo fatigue , deprivation and terrible' risks. Ho. was once in the Big Hqni.mouut.aina otMontana when a big she -baar'fushsd angrily frfitrt'n thicket * ot roods Where sbo bad young cubs and approached preached with open jawa to within twelve tcot of him. Not a nerve trembled us General Crook raised his rifle , pulled the trigger and put a bullet through her open moutn Into the base of her brain and she fell dead at his foot. Ha was nn en thusiastic fisherman and probablyJiln great est enjoyment In lifo was to remain for weeks in the forests nnd canyons of the mountains , subsisting chiolly on the spoils of his gun nnd rod. General Crook'a services to western civilization cannot ba expressed In words nor computed in dollars nnd cents. Ho subdued the Snakes , Plutos and Han- nocks of Oregon and Idaho where are no w prosperous mining regions , following them in the depths of winter to their lava beds nnd capturing their fortresses by direct assault. Up to his assignment ot the command In Arizona In 1871 the Apuchos were lords of the laud and hud dohcd our government nnd that of the Mexican repub lic , keeping thu pcoplo of Now Mexico,1 Arizona , western Texas und the states ot Chi huahua and Sonora in n state ot abject terror that cannot bo understood by a person not on the ground ut tbo lime. General Crook began his campaign by holding an interview with ull the chiefs who were on the foucoand csuld bo induced to hold a council with him. Ho explained to them thnt it rested with themselves to oay how long the war should continue. They saw the force of his words and agreed to furnish scouts from among their"young men to go out after the hostllcs who were still on the war path. The result is already n part of history. In loss than n year ho whipped every band of Ari zona Apaches Into submission and put 0,000 ut work for a living. Ono of the lights in that campaign which , gro.itly broKe their spirit was knoivn as the battle of Salt river canyon. AVe were led into it by our Indian scouts and caught tha anomv ut the earliest dawn of day. They were conlidontof tha impregnability of tholr position and laughed " ut us , "but wa tumbled rocks ever the proci- plca and cleaned out tun whole party , killing seventy und taking thirty-live captive. The uoxt campaign In which Crook took n dis tinguished part wan against the Sioux-Cho.y- ennoa of the north. Ho kept his columns moving against them , relieving ono "forco with another , but staying constantly in the Hold for seventeen months. His marches were made In the deptn ot winter , when the mercury was frozen solid in the buib and in the bent of summer when the thermometer registered 117 and in rains thnt were deluges. No ofllccr or man can aver forgot the thrilling experi ences. Ono episode will show the severity of the campaign. His command left Geese crook with half rations of coffee , bacon and hard tack for fifteen days and remained out sixty days without a change of clothing. For twenty-two days rain foil constantly. For ten days the sun was not scon and for cloven days tha command hnd nothing to oat but the llcsh of tholr horses. There was , however - ever , plenty of rain water. During the campaign against the Sioux General Crock met the enemy at the head of the Little Powder early in February. 1870 , aud on St. Patrick's day bo destroyed the village of Crazy Horse on the Lower Powder , having nightly skirmishes for a week afterward. On Juno U ho fought the Sioux and Cho.vonnes on the Tongue river , ropellltii ; tholr florco attack on his camp. On Juno ID ho fought the whole force of hostllos , numbering by their own statement 5,000. " TlIE SUCCESSOItSHir QUESTION , General Crook was m his sixty-second year , nnd had ho lived would have bocn re tired for ago in September , 1833. Although the junior major general , ho wan tbo senior of Scolleld and Howard in service , having graduated from the military academy in 1853 , ono year ahead of Scbollold and two j ears ahead of Howard. It IB , perhaps n singular fact , in view of the Irregularities that followed promotion in the army during and Immediately following the war that Scolleld , Howard nnd Crook , the thrco major generals of tha army served together us cadets at West Point , Crook being the senior and followed by Howard and Soliollold in the order named. General bhorldan was a clnssmatu of Crook , but graduated ono year behind him , Sheri dan having boon suspended lu his first class year for broach of discipline. Generals Slocum , Stiyjloy anil Casey and Colonels Alex McCook and Kaulz were also class mates of Crook , There were forty-three men graduated In this class. Crook standing thirty-eighth la tbo or der of general merit , General Casey , ho present chief of oupineers , standing No. 1 , Slouutu 7 , MoCord 30 , and Kautz 33 , If Harrison selects the successor to -jnoral Crook according to seniors , Miles r $ , U bo the next major general , us ltd a lands yf ' .ho head of the list of brigadiers , nnd Is * % youngest general ofllcir of the nrmy. i - * t\K \ military ofllcori. who naturally asso- i * promotion with the death of n senior , th cellng Is general that Mites will su , d Crook , but there Is n great divot vet , of opinion among those gen- Hoii ns to who will succeed Mllt There nro forty colonels of the line , -.d it Is safe to nisumo thnt fully one- half of this number will be applicants for promotion. Colonel Grlorson ol' the Tenth cavalry Is the senior colonel of his corps nnd of the army. Ho has nn excellent record nnd Is a very deserving ofllcor. * Colonel Griorson will retire for tigo In'July next nnd It would bo u grateful tribute for his serv ices If President Harrison , following the cx < ample of President Cleveland when Colonels Potter nnd Wtlcox , within n few months of their compulsory retirement , were made brigadier * , would advanca this old veteran to the grade Of brigadier before ho roaches the limit of actlvo serv ice. Colonel Gibson of the nrtlllnr.y , Colonel Ulnck of the Second Infantry , Knutz of the Eighth , Morrow of the Twenty- third und McCook of thu Sixth will no doubt bo strongly urged for the vacant .brigadier- ship. Colonels Gibson nnd Ltluck will rotlro in IbOl , ICuutz in 1S3J , Morrow In Ib93 , nnd McCook In 1893. Of these , McCook nnd Kuutz will bo the strongest candidates , but nil of these ofllcors might properly stand ustdo for Colonel Grlerson , who would have , If selected , but n few months to servo in the now grade , nnd would not practically Inter fere with tholrambltlons. Colonel Grierjou is now serving as brigadier general , nnd Is commanding the department of Arizona , which embraces Arizona , Now Mexico and Southern California , and this fact , should glvo him preference with the president , other things being equal. PEIIRV S. Ilcvru. IN TI1K IIOUSI3 01LORDS. . SntUliiiry Mnvo * the I'nrncll Commis sion' * Hi-port Ho Ajiprnvml. LONDON. March 21 The Marquis of Sal isbury moved In the house of lords today that thu report of the Parnell commission bo approved. The Pnrnellltcs congratulated themselves upon being found not guilty on certain charges , but thnro was evidence to show that the Parncllites In parliament were .ready to make use of the crimes committed , by Purnellltes outsldo of parliament. Tho' Irish parllmontary party hnd their hands on the throttle valve of crlmo ( Hear ! Hoar ! ) mid lot go or restrained criminality as their political necessities required. How , could the country assent to committing the government of Ireland to mon thus linked with criminality und immorality. The com mission had laid bare and Indicated the spirit of these aspiring governors of Ireland. Hero were men whoso political objoets were sys tematically pursued by means lending to outrage und murder , nnd tholr political career oucht to warn the country beforehand - hand what would bo the fate of loyal ad herents of the crown if over these criminal conspirators got control of Iicland. Haron Hcrschell attacked the one-sided character of Salisbury's speech in referring to the charccs on which thu Parnellitcs were found guilty nnd omitting mention of graver charges on which they wjro acquitted. The verdict of public opinion was ou the side of the Parnollites now , nnd when the story of the episode was fully written on the pages ot history praise and blame would bo awarded in n very different fashion from the way in which they were nwnrded by Salisbury. Condemnation would not rest upou the Parnullitos , but would concentrate upon their uocusors. Lord KImborlv said that the whole case was pivoted upon forgeries , und It was only just to record that the charges baaed thereon had collapsed * , . . . , 1 Lord Spencer snld'ho > couldnoUsupport the motion without also recording tha great wrong inflicted on Parnoll. The old methods governing Ireland had failed , nnd the only remedy was to throw upon Irishmen the re sponsibility of managing their own ufTu'rs. ' Lord Iloseberry severely censured thu government for offering no reparation to Parnoll and for taking no stops to punish the Times. Ho concln cd with an olotiucnt reproach and warning to tlio Irish nristoc- raoy , saying nil hstory that guvo evidence that an aristocracy separated frjm the people was doomod. Salisbury's motion was. adopted without division. In tlio Commons. LONDON , March 21. In the commons this evening Lnbouchero moved the abolition of hereditary representatives In parliament The pcoplo would not long lolorato the Id of several hundreds of men born witU . .j privilege to Interfere with the government and to legislate as u class. The house had tbo spectacle before It of mon excluded from Jockey clubi aud warned off race courses und yet abla to Interfere with the legislation of the nation. The motion was rejected 8U1 to 139. COMPOSER GUUTHKN INSAM3. The Gloomy Knding of n Romantic ConrtHhii ) . ST. PAUL , Minn. , March 21. [ Special Telegram - ogram to THE UEE.J Adoloh Grottton , the composer of the well known opera "Man- ! ton , " for n long tlmo n member of the Max Uondlx Philadelphia orchestra and later of the Uoslon Symphony orchestra , wns sent to the Rochester msano asylum this after noon , t I'-or the past fouf weeks Grothon has boon stopping at his father's house In Minneap olis nnd making dally visits to his sweetheart , Miss Helene Zenzius , on Hondo street , St. Paul. Yesterday ho visited the young lady's homo , was denied admittance , became violently insane - sane and proclaimed the lady his wife. Ho was arrested , examined by n commlttco of thrco physicians und sent to Rochester to day. day.Tho story of his courtship Is romantic. Ha conceived tha most ardent affection for Miss Zoiuius nnd shu became Infatuated with him , but she Is his first cousin and her parents fearing the results of n consanguln- lous marriaga refused permission lor tholr union nnd finally forbade his entrance to the house. This unsettled his reason nnd ho became- possessed witlr tha halucmatlon that MIsB Xcnzlus Wns already his wlfu uud that ho was being kept from her by force und strategy. TUB M'OALLA INQUIRY. Chief KiiRlnccr Untwlstlo Testifies NEW YOIIK , March 31. In the MoCalla In quiry today Chief Engineer Kntwlstlo tes tified regarding his suspension by McCnlla because ho tested the boiler with salt water Instead of fresh. McCalla also told hla side of the story. Kntwlstlo said that to make certain repairs it was necessary to illl the boiler with salt water. Ho said McCalla was very much excltod when talking of the matter and would not allow him to explain anything. William Dulos and William Ucnnott testi fied that It was customary and proper to test a boiler with salt water before tilling It with fresh water. Coal Hcavnr Ilobbs told how ono day because - cause dirt on his shoo made a ruot on the deck Lieutenant ingoraoll caught him by the uectf , throw him down nnd had buckets of water thrown on him , The judga advocate asked Lieutenant Ingorsoll If ho knew of any olllccrs of tha Kutororlso bolng Intnmparata In the usa of liquor on the trip. Ingorsoll baul Bennett and Davis were suspend ed nnd punished at Fayall for being under the Inllucuco of liquor. At Villa Frunca , In February , nnd at Lisbon , In December last , Lieutenant Lemloy was un der the influence 'ot liquor. McCalla today refused to say anything to the reporters regarding the btory that whila hu was executive ofilcer Of ono of the vessels of the south Atlantic nquadron several years ago bo cut off a Bailers cur lu a moment of anger , GENERAL CROOK IS DEAD , A Siiddon Tormltmtloa of the Groati IirUltui Fljrhtor's Guvoor. HE DIED FROM HEART FAILURE. Ocntli , After I'CIIIK llruvoil for Forty V nrt Conquers tlio UcnoriU In ills 1'fnocful lliiine. Dentil of Gonornl Grnnlr. Cincvno , March 21. fSpccInl Telegram ta THE HUE. ! Major Gonornl George Creole , JJnltod States tinny , died suddenly in his rooms In tlio Graud Paclflo liotol tliln morn- Inj * . Ills death was so sudden that Tor aleut lout ? tlmo his friends unit associate onicora of tlio army at tlio headquarter * in tlio Pullman - ' man building could not realize tlu trutli of tlio report. It was necessary to have the re port confirmed sovor.il times from rolinblo Bourco3 bsforo It wiia finally ncoopted as true. The shock wns nil the morj seven ba causa Qonorul Crook had been up- I piiroiitly in the bst of hoilth mid spirits up to the moiuont ho ro- tlrod last night. All day ycstcrdny ho wns at his desk at the nrmy headquarters I porfot : : ilng her usual labor and directing I the affairs of the division of the Missouri , of I which no was commnndor. Ho was in Ins I usual happy frame of mind and worn his old- I tlmo smllo rs ho greeted his friends. Last I night with his wlto nnd sister , Mra. Hood of j Oakland , Md. , ho nttondo.l n small uoclal I gathering lit the homo of n frlond , nml nftcr I Ills return < o the liotol chatted merrily la I , the corridor with his acquaintances. I When ho arose this.morning ho stoprod at I once Into an adjoining roomas was his habitto I oxcrolsowithlndinn clubs dumbolls nnd other I gymnastic devices before putting on his I eliUhes. As General Crook walked Into the I little gymnasium ho called to his wife. Ho I spoke with otfort saying ! "Mary ! Mary I I como' iiuicklyl I can't breathe. " Mrs. I Crook ran hastily into tlu room to Had the I general ruiJ fallen to the floor. Mrj. C'roolc I called to her husband as she loaned over the I body. Kecelvlng no response she screamed , I and. running to.tho door , called for aid. A I momcut Inter n score of guests nnd employes I of tha hotel wore there In ruBpnnao I to Mrs. Crook's ' repented calls. I The IIOU.SQ iihyslcian was present I nlinost Instantly , but ho siw nt the ilrst. I glnnco that the general was already dead. I Major Kly McUlellan , thn nrmy surgeon , hail I already bean summoned from the headquarter - I quarter * , nnd ho itrrlvod with all the haste I possible , only to Hnd that It was iruo thnt I General Crook was beyond medical aid. The I news was broken pcnllv to Mrs. Croak and I Mrs. KoC't , who were led to the apartments I of lady friends. Major McClellan iavo I orders thnt no one but irionds bu permitted I to see oitticr of the Indicia , and ho nt unco I telopnoned Adjutant GeneralVlil - I linms , to whom ho reported llio I facts , nnd who nt once telecrnphed I to Secretory of War Proctor. The causk ) of * I General Crook' * death was heartfallure , re * I suiting from Indigestion , lie had been I troubled in this way tor tnany years. I Dr. Hurlburc , the p'lyslcfau who was Mlm- I tnoncd , said : "I arrived ut General Crooii'a I beclsidu Only four or llvj minutes before I death sup&rvonod. Ho was sufferI I ing from irrosrular action of the heart I % and hit lungs or chest seemed I to bo filled up. \Vo cJld what wo could for. I him In the way of hot implications with * ' | sinapisms , hat ba0's n 1m feet , etc. , but ho I was In artlculo mortis when 1 arrived I nnd died without rallying. It an- I poured to Uo n case of heart I failurebut i noula not be positive nboul thnt , I ns I had ucvvr been culled to attend him I before. There m\y have beoa I some stomachic complications. " I Major Handnll of General Crook's staff , I said : "We have noticed for some tlmn thnt I General Croak wns not In his usual health. I He was a man who never complained nnd I said very little nbout his sufferings. At the I locator last night I saw thnt he was not I feeling nt nil well nnd I nskol him If I ho worn In pain. He said "No.1.1 Hut I I think tliat was the beginning of the end. I "General Crook undermined Ills constltu- I tlon In his Indlnn campaign , " said Major I McClellan t'jla morning. "As ever.vono I knows , ho was a wonderfully active man. I Ho would stop at notnlng and denied himself - I self every pleasure or other comfort. Ho I constantly refused to encumber himself I with things that misht conduce to his comfort - I fort , BO that ho might move around moro I quietly. There never was n point of danger I In these western campaigns that he. did not I place himself so that a good example would I uo set for tha nrmy , I think the camnaiun I of 13715 wns the foundation for his trouble. I Then ho started out with thirty days' rn- I tlons for his force nnd was no no nenrlv a I year , spending a terribly aovoro winter I in thn mountains and on the west- I cm prairies far uwny from the I forts nnd posts. This hartl service , together I with the Irregularity of meals nnd the I scarcity of food , resulted in his etomucli I troubles , wtilcli Immedmtcly nlToctud his I heart. I have treated bun every day since I I have been lutnchod to the headquarter * In I Chicago , and n few woolen ngo I had about I concluded thnt his trouble had boon over- I como. Lust week , however , It returned sud- I dcnly. The nttnck was qullo severe , but no I ho cnmo to mo the moment ho felt III there I was little dlftlculty in getting him In good I shape again. If his death hnd occurred list I week 1 Hhould not nave boon surprised , but I ns ho pulled out of that sickness nppuicntly 1 bitter than before , his sudden dcatli waa I wholly unexpected by mo. " I Adjutant General Williams , who assumed I command Immediately nftcr General Crook'a I death , has charge of the nrrangcmonts for I the funeral. Ho Is In communication with I Sccrotury I'roctor. It Is Mrs. Crook's do- I Biro that the body bo taken to Oakland , Md , , I for burial nnd her request has been forwarded - I warded to too secretary. The funeral will I probably bo nt the Grand Pnclllo next Sunday - I day anil the body will bo taken to WashI I logton. It will bo escorted to tlio I tram by the Chicago regiments of the llli- [ nola National guurd , ns well us tho'rcgnlura I from I''ort ' Sheridan , i Every ofllclal army headquarters has some I expression of doon sorrow to make on hearing - I ing tho. IIOWA of the general's death. One of I thu most affected was Adjutant General I Williams , who said ; "General Crook and I I were boys together at West Point ii'id have I since bo n warm personal friends. I have I flcrvcjl nmiiy icars under him. I I Uuow him porsonnlly and ofllclally I well. I know of no character moro I lo.yul , true , upright tin a lovable , I Tiut | covers all that 1 could nay , It covers I everything. I never know u moro perfect I character. " I General Crook would have gone en thn re. I tired list novt year. It Is not known what I plans ho had 1'ormcd for his lifo thereafter * I ArraiiEromoiits for the funeral have not I yet boon'inndo. . General Schoflol < .l has been I telegraphed to In regard to the matter and I his wishes will bo considered. The I burial will probably take ptaco at I Oakland , Md. , the homo of his wlfo's people , I ttourfh possibly U may bo thought Lost to I Inter the remains In the Arlington national I cemetery at Washington , General Creole I was sixty-one years at ngo In September last. I Thu remains have been taken charge nf by I an undertaker , who Is now preparing the I body for Us coftln. I \Vnfchiimton OIllolnlH Slioolcod , ] WASIIINOTO.V , March 21. The nowa of tb 1 death of General Crook wai u great shock to | the ofilclals of the war department. Secretary - I tary Proctor was particularly affected by the I Intelligence , us ho had vorylnttinato nssoclaI I tlons with the t'onoral during his recant I visit nt Washington a few weeks ngo. Ho I sent u personal message of condolence to. I Mr a. Crook aud gave luatructloas lot Us I