THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. . -is- TWENTY-FIRST YEAR OMAHA. THURSDAY MORNTN'GJ FEBRUARY < j , 1392. NUMBER 231. THOSE TROUBLESOME RULES Time of the House of Kopresantativos Taken Up in Their Consideration , ADOPTED A REPUBLICAN AMENDMENT * ' Sir. Dliiglcy'n Suggest Ion Ailopled lined [ , ' "Given Democrntlc Support Chinese 1m- mlgriitlon Discussed In the Semite A Uuy'H Doings In Congress. WASHINGTON , D. C. , Fob. n. The house of representatives spent another monotonous day In Iho discussion of the rules , and it Is now evident that the first two months of the session will close with Iho rules of proced ure of the Fitly-second congress slill under /s consideration. The pro/ross made today wns very slight , but It was marked by ono very Mgnlllcant event the adoption of nn amendment , proposed by Mr , Dingloy of the republican side , nnd chiefly supported by ox- Speaker Heed. This amendment , too , Is ono of the most Important thus far proposed to the committee , as It provides that all scnnto amendments to house bills , other than appro priation bills , shall bo considered ns seen as laid before the house by the speaker. This Is considered an Important stop to ward the practical expedition of legislation nnd no stronger evidence of iho disposition to consider the rules in n nonpnrilsan spirit could bo afforded than In the general support which the amendment of Messrs. DIngloy nnd Heed today received from the democratic sldo. v The pending motion this morning wns that mndo by Mr. Boatner of Louisiana , striking out the clause permitting general legislation on appropriation bills , provided Hint being germane it retrenched expenditures. In ad vocating his motion Mr. Boatner argued that the appropriations of provlous congresses would show that the expenditures could bo reduced constitutionally and reasonably with out the bouso depriving itself of its Indepen dence. It had coequal powers with the senate - ate , and it should not surrender thorn. Oave tlio Democrats Warning. Mr. Bowers of California said that be did not need any reforms as far as ho wns con- carped. Ho was not bora to sound tha praises of reform. The people of the west wanted appropriations for the improvement of rivers and harbors , for publln buildings , for the survey of unsurvoyod lands of sottlers. Ho wanted to glvo tho'domocrats n good straight tip In the race tor the presidential stakes. Tlioy wcro putting the race up wrong , nnd if they oxpocled to win they would have to change their horseshoes. If they did not put on sound , sensible horseshoes , they would not bo In lu Changing his slmilo , Mr. Bo\v- \ ors warned the democrats that they could not win with the hand they hnd. Tboy wou.d have to druxv or they would bo beaten. The i party which took n 6-cont nickel as tbo ' measure of the people would ranko n mlsluko. Mr. island of Missouri contended that nn- " "less the rule wns adopted in its present form It would bo Impossible for the bouso to re trench expenditures and reduce the legisla tion. Couldn't Understand Why They Objected. Mr. Pondloton of West Virginia could not understand why the republicans of the Fifty- second congress should bo opposed to riders on appropriation bills. Riders on npptoprin- tlon bills had saved the liberties of tbo pee ple. It was by measures of this character that the liberties of the English people wcro established , lu latp years they had been used lo prcborvu tho'constltutlonal rlghls of Iho people of the south. Whllo ho did not think that tbo policy of riders wns n sound ono , Iho present situation would Justify Its adoption. Mr. Butler of lown said that ns nn original proposition bo would feel It his duty to oppose - pose riders , but ho WHS controlled largely by the thought that public lute rests should * nlwnys bo sugpcstlvo of public duly. When representatives determined for themselves what tbo peoplosent thorn here for , then , in order to carry out lhat duterminallon Ihoy must adopt methods which would make It possible to do so. It was the bounden duty of the house to adopt such methods as would rnako economy possible. Demanded the 1're.tlons OiicHtlon , Mr. Catch Ings of Mississippi demanded the provlous question and it was ordered. Mr. Boatner'a molion was defeated : veas , DO ; nays , 119. Mr. Dingloy of Mnino offered an amond- 'nont ' providing Ibat no bill or rosolullon shall at any time bo amended by inscribing therein the substance ot any other bill or resolution pending before Ilia houso. The amendment was lost. On motion ol Mr. Enloo of Tennessee nn amendment was adopted providing that nil bills shall bo inlroduced by prcsenling them to the clerk properly endorsed , nnd shall bo appropriately roiorred by iho speaker. Mr. Dingloy of Mnino offered nu amend ment providing for tbo consideration of senate amendments to bouse bills ( not appro- printing money ) ns soon as they are laid before fore the house by the speaker. In speaking In favor of the nmondment , Mr , Heed of Mnino remarked lhat the work of tbo last congress had been done under stress of weather from the reading of tbo first Journal to the final adjournment ; and U the shin had sailed smoothly over the stormy son how much better would It sail in the summer weather which would charuc- temo this houso. [ Laughter. | The amendment was agreed to. I'rlv.ite 11111 * . A long discussion onsund directed toward if * the method by which Iho private calendar ! ' should bo considered , There was much com plaint made that the calendar was blocked with measures reported from the war claims committee and that those , as they gci..iraly ! glvo rise to much antagonism , would prevent tbo consideration of other private bills , Mr , O'Neill of Missouri protested against the small attention which had boon glvon lo private measures during provlous congresses and offered an amendment providing that on Tuesdays , Thursdays and Saturdays the bouso shall meet at 10 o'clock , the two addi tional hours to bo Javoted lo prlvato bills. Tbo amendment wns lost , yeas , 80 ; nays , 1U8. The house than adjourned. MCSi : m.MMiltATIO.V. 1)111 to Ilu-etmet flip rniHunt IVtir Intro duced In thn Semite. WASiuxnrox , IX O. , Fob. ! ) . The senate committee on foreign relations ronortod back adversely tbo anti-Clilneso bills introduced nt the proiont session and reported in lieu of thorn a bill continuing In foroo for ton years the present la v prohibiting and regulating the coming Into the country of Chlnoso persons - sons and persons of Chlnoso descent. The lM" wns llacoj ° " tl' ° calendar. The Joint resolution proposing an amendment - mont to the constitution of the United States relating to marrlago and divorce heretofore Introduced by Mr. Kyle was taken up am : Mr , Kyle addressed tno senate In support ol it. At Iho cloHO of his remarks tbo Joint resolution was referred to the Judiciary com mittee. The bill appropriating $350,000 for an ex- tentioii of the public building at Los Angolrs , Cat. , wns passed , also the bill to pay the eta to of West Virginia the sum duo to it Under the "direct tax1' law. The bill for postolllco bulldlugs In towns jwhoro postofllco receipts are $3,000 a year was discussed and wont over without action The public printing bill then came up and wns amended by adding tbo words , "but tbo. provisions of tha oigut hour law shall apply , ' Without disposing of the bill the senate ad journed. _ WASHINGTON , D. C. , Fob. 3. ( Special Tulo- grBin toT.ie Hue , ] Too following list of pau&tons granted Is reported by TUB BEIS and Examiner Bureau of Claims ; Nebraska : Original James F , Churou , Alexanders. Marsnman , Charles Uarnos , M , Karsohonor , Thomas S. McO'jIllen , Prowery Gohlo , Frauk P. Puolps , William lownov. J. K. Cotton , .lohn T. Buckley , Javld K. Staples , William Worllnc , Mnrtln , . Law , .1. llormcl , Oliver K. Goodell , John Gardner , Henry Kaislng , Lovl J. Palmer , 'homns A. Taylor , John Moore , John H. loff , Mark Hanson , Jnmoi Kay , Charles Bo.vd. Son ford Doltz , David Ditch , Thomas M. Glen , John A. Hnymor , Simon M. Mc- Jluro , William J. Jackson , Wilber M. Greene , ames F. Crowlev , Willlnra Weaver , George Miller , Joel B. Hover. Addlllonnl--Samuel , , Mllncr. Original widows , oto. Elizabeth Iowa : Original Hlchnrd It. Bean , John D. Alsop , David P. Elliott , William Bum- gnrdner. Homy Buser , Frederick W. Kinder , George A. Fawcott , John B. Wilson , William H. Hume , Obcd Long , Charles Young , Cyrus O. Hawkins , Peter S. Noble , Robert L. Dnrrah , William H. Kllon , James K. Jonks. Lewis Holt. William O. Vlr ol , Gcorgo Eastcrday , William BeaU , Benton Hnkestraw , Green M. Parsons , Jeremiah F. .tones , Christ Eyckcrhom , Jacob L. Scrog- glns , Wendcl Lehman , Edward -N. Hownrd , John V. Waluor , John U. Abarr , Lovl L. Fnrr , Daniel Grimm , Henry M. Andres , Milton ILJudklns , David H. Kelley , Hichard P. Btssrll , John Ilornm , August Ktugor , Dnnlcl L. Hnyward , Jesse W. Sauthln , George B. Clms'o. Alden H. Durnoll , Edgar L. Hobos , Hiram Ashmoad , Joseph M. Browne , Henry B. McClure , Daniel M. Sheldon , William Marshall , Uolson P. Graves , William Klloy Mills , Wnrron L. Dean , Adnlson McCroy , Charles B. Merrl- man , John C. Gates. Increase Charles H. Miller. Kolssuo James Sodcn. Original widows , etc. Snrnn B. Maxwell , Sarah A. Saxton , mother ; .lohatinnh Kurr , Helena Detrpondorf , Phllotha Foulz , molher ; Abi gail Vnnhorn , David Homer , falhor. J > K.1I.tXIS Of HKI.HII'M 1'KOl'LK. They Declare for IJnhrrsiil Siilfrage nt Any Cost to thu ( ioternment. I//UIIM ( tonlm Jteiui'it.l BIHSSEIS ; , Feb. 8. | Now York Herald lablo Special to Tin : Bnu. | An important question in the revision ot the constitution , which wns raised by the popular demand for universal bullrnge , came today before the louse of representatives on n propositioh of Janscn , radical , leader for Ihe revision of suffrage clauses of Iho coiisltlulion. Premier Bccrnaort gives adhesion to the proposal , but said that before dissolution of Iho present parliament for the election of the constiiu- , ! otial assembly it would bo well lo asreo upon n general scope of suffrage roform. Ho proceeded lo lay before iho house a bill om- jodylng the views of Iho government. This creates household suffrage and Increases the electoral body from 200,000 to 000,000 voters ; nodlflcs iho veto clause of the constitution and grants the king the power after any law passes parliament to refer it to Ibo people. After u lengthy debate the house agreed to the proposal of the minister to refer the bill to u central section of the house which will report in April. After n vote the budgel will como up for llnal discussion ; if then agreed lo the present parliament will bo dlsolvcd In Juno and the now ono elected with the special mission to revise the constitution on the basis agreed upon. The ultimata result will probably caiiso great discontent and dangerous agitation. The working classes declare thov will resort to any means to ob- lain ubsolulely universal suffrage. The lime between now und Juno will bo nn important epoch for Belgium and even for Europe , us any intornallonal trouble hero may furnish Ibo long looked for occasion for foreign in- lorforenco , loading lo n general war. rjtlSOXJMS JtUI Ol.T. Trouble at the MussiichiiscttH Penitentiary on Deer Ixlaml. BOSTON , Mass. Fob. 8. An outbreak is re ported this morning among the prisoners at Dear Island and fifty policemen have been sent from this city to Iho scene. This is Iho second riotous demonstration thai has oc curred in lhat Institution within a few wcolis. It is stated that the raon refused to go lo work when ordered Ibis morning nnd were threatening the officers' lives. A dolnil of men from Iho various stations was immedi ately sent down on a police boal and their ar rival Ihero was announced by Captain Brag- don , who uotlllcd headquarters lhat inoro men word needed , as the iroublo was sorious. Additional assistance hns been sent nnd Iho reserve police have been ordered in readiness for Immediate service. When iho police arrived at Deer Island a largo number of convicts wcro making a great noise. They refused to go to worn arid threatened the police , numborlng sixty men. The police drew their clubs nud In n short time put the mob under subjeclion nfler free uo ot Iho batons. The refractory prisoners were locked in their cells. FOUll 1IU1TI.S11 TAKS IlO\V.\ii ) . Thvlr llout CapnUed III Diihlln Iliirbor Dur- liiK u Gale. N , Fob , 3 , A boat containing n num ber of sailors belonging to Iho warship Bo llslo has been capped In tho- harbor hero and four ot the sailors were drowned , The men had been glvon liberty and spent the evening at a thoatoi. When they reached the place where the boat was , the wind , which had boon blowing fresh during tbo early part of the evening , had Increased to a gale , and quite a misty son was running. Tbo men , however , bad to return to tbe ship before their liberty expired or clso bo looked upon as deserters. They entered thu boat , but had proceeded only a short distance on their way to the Bolislo before they were overturned. Th i survivors clung to the up turned boat until they could attract atten tion , when ether boats put out to tholr rescue. _ Canadian I'liriiieri * lor Iteelproelty. TOUOSTO , Out , , Fob. ! ! . At tbo annual meeting of the Central Farmers Institute of Ontario yesterday speeches wcro made by Messrs. Dryden , Horror nnd Hnrcourt , prov incial ministers , and by President Narwny , M. P. , who talked strongly In favor of unre stricted reciprocity with the United States , criticising at some length the recent address of President Mauth of tbo Michigan Farmers association. Ho hold It far more important to develop trade with the United States than with Europe. _ _ Mattery Suyx There'll liu Xo Trouble. TOPEKA , Kan , , Fob. 3 , [ Special Telegram toTiiu BEK.I T. T. Slattory of Galcsburg , 111. , second vies grand mastcrof the Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen , arrived In this city last night from Omaha. In speaking of the trouble the Union Pacllio was having with Its tralumeu , bo said : "I bad only a short consultation with the men In Omaha. I bollovo that as soon as Mr. Clark arrives the consultation botwocn him , Mr , Dickinson and the grievance comuiittoo will settle everything utiiicably. " Station Agent .Murdered hy | lurihir . PI.NE BI.UFJArk. , . , Fob. H.-W. A. Mo- Kcmlo , station agent at Wabbesokn , or. the St. Louis Southwestern road , bos been mysteriously murdered in tils room at the depot. It Is thought the murder wae com mitted for the purpose of robbery nud the burglars wcro scared away before they could complete the work. _ ' lliuliM-ns Tioublei , HocKfoiip , 111 , Fob. a. T. M. Smiles pro prietor of tbo New Yorkstoro has confessed Judgment In Chicago In favor of Bradncr & Thomas of New York city. The amount ol Iho latter's claim Is $10,709 , while other claims will make the liabilities equal to the assets , which are placed at $3-4,000 , , WliUky Triut Oftli-er * Indicted. Bnvros. Mass , , Fob. ! ) . It was repnrtot this m or in ng that the federal grand Jury hac Indicted tbo ofllcors of the whisky trust , but ns thu grand Jury has not reported any In dintmmits yet the re nor t Is discredited. It Is bdllovud , however , that Indictments will bo returned , _ Date for the Mining HKLBSA , Mont. , Feb. 3. Tbo uoxt natlona mliilug congress will bo held In tbU city July GAMBLING IN FARM PRODUCTS Arguments on the Pending Anti-Option Bills Made in Oommittco. EECH GIVES SOME SILVER FIGURES \mrrlea Ahlo to I'lirctniNP the AVorld'n Slnrh Interstate Commerce 51 liters Antl-Chlnesn Legislation Territories Deslro Admission. Asmxnio.v , D. C. Feb. 3. The house ommlttoo on agriculture .today bcgAn n sores es ot hearings on the various anti-option illls pending In congress. C. Wood Davis , n Cnnsns statesman , apnoarad In advocacy of ho Hutch bill. From the Chicago Itntird of Tr.ule. Just before the adjournment of the com- nltteo II. H. Aldrlcb , Murray Nelson ana others representing the Chicago Board ot Irado spread before the committee n volumi nous memorial In opposition to anti-option oglslatlon , Tbo arguments contained in thic memorial are chiefly that boards of trade are essential to the marketing of the farmer's iroduco. and that the dealing in optlonn and 'utures is a stimulus necessary to Iho main- .onanco of boards of trado. "Tho pending bills , " says the memorial , "contemplate an attack upon ono line of busi ness , singling it out from everything else , nnd nre , In that ro-jpoot , very serious class legislation. Designed ostensibly for the sup prossioti of gambling In the products of the soil , they would , if allowed to become n law , extinguish an established system without tfhlch producers would ho absolutely nt the norcy of combinations of capital formed to prey upon tboir helplessness. An Unmitigated Kvll. 'Gambling in farm products Is an unmiti gated evil , and there is not a legitimate cx- : hango In tbo country that would not lend its aid and countenance to the enactment nnd enforcement of laws for its extinction. In simple truth , the extent to which produce gambling is carried on in the legitimate exchanges - changes of the country Is immensely exag gerated. It boors about the same relation to the legitimate commerce and speculation of : ho country that tbo froth and foam of Niagara do to the mighty volume of water underneath. It is bubble and fuss and fury , ihe froth and foam upon the surface of the Lrado and commerce that , offends not to T.ulo and commerce itself. "Gambling in products , gambling pnro and simple , is carried on in the bucket shops. This form of gambling is nnd has long been n fruitful source of nijricultural depression , nnd a rigorous federal bucket shop law vig orously enforced might go far toxvard ac complishing the end that is soucht. Tbo laying of wagers In these thoubands of bucket shops on the quotations of proauco as they are made in the great marts of trade creates a powerful concentrated interest for the de pression of values. Has Itccomc n Xntloiml Curse. The extent to which this bucket shop in fluence Is responsible for Iho agricultural depression that is complained of is not , wo fear , fully appreciated. The evil is ot suffi cient Imp'ortnnco in our opinion to merit tbo attention of congress. It hns become a na tional curso. This board docs not upprobond that your honorable body confounds bucket shops with legitimate oxcbangcs. Such a thought would bo an insult to your Intelligence. Boards of trade ore n necessity of modern commerce. Thov enable the producers to find a mar ket at any time for their surplus grain , cattle , hogs , cotton and other crops at far bettor average prices than could otherwise bo obtained. America raises a surplus of almost every kind of farm product , and this surplus must bo sold to domestic and foreign consumers , else congestion results and the country suffers from evils of overproduc tion. Tbo fanners are not as a class able to furnish the capital needed to carry the surplus ot their crops. They are as a general - oral thing obliged by the necessities of the situation tc realize on their crops as suon us savod. Urgent Hellers. ' This makes them urgentsellers during tbo few months immediately following hnrvest , and were it not for tbo helping hand of speculative and invested capital the high ways of commerce would bo glutted with nn unsaleable plethora. The ultlmnto consumers to whom our surplus must bo sold , If sold nt nil , would supply their requirements only ns necessity demanded and fathomless depres sion In values would ensue. Destroy tbo system of contracting for thn purchase nnd nalo of agricultural commodities for future delivery by imposing a prohlbitlvo tnx on such operations nnd a very largo proportion of the capital thus employed will seek other channels of investment. "Tho farmer may rid himself of the mid dleman , but ho will also bo bereft of his market at tbo same time. " Interstate Commerce Matters , The senate committee on interstate com merce today board arguments upon amend ments proposed to bo made In the interstate commerce law , a number .of railroad repre sentatives being present. Mr. Raymond , a member of the National Board of Trade , presented the resolutions adopted by that body last week urging con gress to adopt legislation calculated to strengthen the interstate commerce law and tbo commission , James McNaught , solicitor for the Northern - orn Pacllio road , argued that tbo pending bill proposed was an infringumontibv the ex ecutive authority upon the proper functions of the judicial branch. It wont further In the direction of centralization than over ho a republican could venture to follow. It deprived n party of tbo right of a fair trial and limited the courts simply , to a rovlow of the law without authority to re view the facts. Ho also feared that by the ro-onactmont of the section of tha existing act rolaUvo to foreign transportation of Amotican traftio the courts would1 bo obliged to uphold the decision nf the commission in favor of the Canadian Pacific road. His company would Ilka the same right of rato- making as the Canadian Pacific enjoyed nt competitive points. Mr. Knapp , ono of tno Interstate commerce commissioners' addressed the committee briefly In answer to some of tbo points made by the speakers , pointing out what ho said were the fallacies and tolling of tuo exper ience of the commission in endeavoring to prosecute Its Inquiries and en fore conclus ions , There wns never any dispute as to tbo facts in a cauo before the commission , Un less tbo commission's decisions were glvon legal weluht there would bo no complaints made to It , because aggrieved parties would bo discouraged by tbo inevitable suit.in court to follow an order in their favor , Tha result would bo that the commissioner would become merely a collector of rate Rheots and compiler of statistics. Antl-ChliieMi I.ecUhttlon. Senator Dolph , from the committee on foreign uffalra , today reported , with amend ments , a bill to continue in force for ton years all existing laws prohibiting nnd regu lating the coming into this country of Chinese nud persons of Chinese descent , Tuo bill further provides that uuy Chlnoso or person of Chinese descent once convicted and adjudged to not bo lawfully entitled to remain in the United Stales and having re moved and is subsequently convicted of a llko offense shall bo imprisoned at hard labor for a period not exceeding six months and afterwards removed from this country. Want to Come Into the Union , The house committee on territories listened for an hour this morning to an argu ment by Delcgato bmlta ot Arizona in behalf of tbo admission of that territory to the union as a stato. Delegate Harvey of Oklahoma also nd- dre&sod the committee brietly on tils bill for tbo admUslon Into the union as ono state of the territory of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. The president has Issued an order direct ing that the local land ofilcos at Folsoin , Now Noxico , be removed lo Clayton. The prcsidout lias recognized Ulccardo Motta M consul ot Italy at Now Orleans for the stntcs of Louisiana , Texas' ' , Mississippi , Alabama and Florida , , , . Sonnior Power was taken suddenly 111 with hemorrhage last night , biit today is reported much b Por. t UICH : : T.vi.tcs ON siircu. Ho Is Ktamlnod hyho ( lloimb Committee on ColimRe. WASHINGTON , D. C. , Fob. 3. Thohouto committee on coin ago , wcjghts nnd measures today examined Director of the Mint Lsoch on matters relating to thd silver question , In answer to queries Mr. Loach said his mlnl- r.um estimate of the production of silver la .ha United States during the ast year was 5.OOD,000 ounce' , t the ntnount used In the arts nnd sciences , vero deducted , the American product would jo loss than the government purchases. Thu unount of currency ln circulation In tha United States , ho said , wns4.50 per capita ar orttun ether country except Franco. Leech did not think there was any lack of circulating medium in this country. Mr. Williams ot Illinois asked If 10 regarded Iho Issuance ot silver certificates to circulate Instead of silver dollars as any obstacle to free coinage. Mr. Leech replied In the negative and said ho thought the notes preferable. The Issu- inco of gold notes was open to the same ob- octlon , but not to the aatno extent as in the ; aso of silver notes , as they could bo clrcu- : aled easier. Mr. Lcoch admitted that it was n matter of opinion nnd ot conjecture , but in his Judg ment free silver coinngo would either scud gold abroad or to a premium. Could lluy the Worlil'H Silver. Mr. Bland Have wo gold enough to buy n ship load of silver ) Mr. Leech Wo think < wo have enough to uuv the world's stock. Mr. Bland suggested that the proposition of Mr. Leech waj that the pcoplo of Europe would take their silver from homo , where It wns worth as much as gold , admitting that it was not worth , as much for foreign transac tions , and soil it here wboro they could not buv as much of it as at homo. Mr. Leech insisted that that would bo the cnso because of a dcslro to cot In n gold basis and said Austria was contemplating that very thing. Mr. Bland said that so was Germany con templating It , but she stopped soon. A query by Mr. Johnson of North Dakota , ns to whether or not the United States had any ngont abroad with n view to learning tuo sentiment toward blmotallsm and an Inter national agreement , led tho.dlscnsslon into the Held of International agreements. Mr. Leech's reply to the question pro pounded by Mr. Johnson was that wo hnd selected cortnin ROntlomcn' who were going to travel in Europe , nnd who had a social ana financial standing , enabling th'in to talk with public ofllcors and financiers to learn the probabilities of somd International agreement being securca. Those gentlemen had nothing but a general' ' lottcr from tbo Treasury department. Thby received no compensation. Several letters had boon ro- coivcd and would bo read by tlio president within the next few months , ' International Agreement Possible. Mr. Tracoy of Now York "Yon were some what encouraged to bcliovo that an agree ment might bo eventually rcnch'Cd ? Mr. Lcoch Wo nro encouraged. England hnd shown a disposition to act favorably. Ho ( Mr. Leech ) would regard an Inter national agreement as a very great bcneBt to all mankind. Mr. Tracoy Would not nfcoontry in Eng land's position rooeivo mo'ro benefit if wo alone were to pas : a free- coinage bill and they were to get "pur gold , ifiatfif nn agree ment were roacho'd ? vl. . ' , . Mr. Leech A free colnopn bill would cor- tolnl3f bo largely to tholr IntBrosts. Mr. Bland Is It not i fact that these in ternational agreements and' ' the talk of tljom generally arise about tbo < time we got up the silver question hero } . Mr. Leech No , sir. I thlr.k wo have been at work quietly while you gentlemen have- boon at home. Mr. Bland said It was his experience that for twenty years that ovary time a free coinage - ago bill was talked of they had been told to wait for an International agreement , but ' uono bad ever coma' Mr. Ed. Stark of Cleveland , O. , then pre sented nu argument in favor of free coinage. ItKATll MiT.T. . Sir Morcll MacKon/lo Aim wars the .Summons Others Called. LONDON , Fob. 3. Sir Morcll MacKonzlo , tbo distinguished physician , whoso serious Illness with bronchitis was announced a few days ago , died today. Sir Morcll MaoICenzIo wns'born In Loyton- Rtono , EBSOY , in 18117 , und wiuMiduuato : ! ut the London Hospital .Medical Conoco and In I'arls nnd Vienna. lie founded * the hospital for diseases nf the throat-In 'Golden ' sonaro , Lon don , In 18t'l. ) In the siun'o'Vear he obtained the Jacksonlan prl/o from . { lie Uoyul College of Surgeons for his Ofisay on "JiiRoatios of Larynx. " Ho WHS boon' afterwards elected assistant physician to the London hospital , becoming In fine coin-so full phytdclun , und was appointed lecturer on diseases of the throat , un appointment which ho held till the time of hli death. lie was corresponding member of thu Imperial Koynl Society of 1'hyKiclans of Vienna and ot the Medical Hoolety of I'rn ue , and an honorary fo low of the American Larynoloxical association , , Mr. MaoKenzlo was the author of a number of publications 011 larynolojjlcal subjects , 'and in particular of a systematic treatise In. two volumes on diseases of the throat and nose , which Is acknowledged to bo a standard work , having been translate I into Frcnch'and Uerinun , und bnvlne n very largo circulation In England and Ainurlc.1. Dr. MnuKcnzIo was also the author of monographs on diphtheria and hay fuvor. and of an article on "Specialism In Mcdlulno , " which appeared In thu I-'ort- niphcty Itovluw in ISW , mil which ONOltcd considerable attention. Jr ) , MaoKonzIo wasln attendinco on Frederick III. , f > or- many's emperor , during the lattor'H last illnes- , , and was knighted in 1 887. Ho published , ) n 1BSS "Tho Fatal III- ness of Frederick the Noble : " At the close of that year ho resigned Ins connection with the C'ollo o of I'hystelans. In 18-t'J ' he contributed to the Contemporary Hovloiv HCIIIIO e.ssuys entitled - titled "Tno Voice In SlnuliiB and Speaking. " Jlev. Dr. Mlaiina. Bm.rAST. Fob. .1. nor. Dr. Hanna , the Irish Presbyterian , dloa h'oro today. Dr. Mcljci-dlnif , BKHLIN , Fob. 8. Dr. Mobording , director of the Catholic gymnasium fit GloinU , Prus sian Silesia , is dead. Judge It MADISON' , Wls. , Fob ; 3. 3udgo lloonoy , county Judge ot Kowano4 county , died this morning , aged 53. Johiiitowii , I'll , , I'eijnlti .StJirlleil by u Num ber of Awful CrlmVi. JOHNSTOWN. Pa. , Fob. jft-tfothlng eluco the awful flood In the spring ol 1839 hai caused ko much nlavm'as a sprlos of myster ious murders that "bavo1 boon committed wl'.hln a radius or twolva mlles , Apimrontly all the murders were done by ono hand , uut so far detectives have ; been unable to discover Us owner. On December 4 Ihn'body'ofTi well dressed man was found in the woq'd-r.uear Gallitzln with n bullol In his head , 'Thb ' remain * were those of a prosperous looking man , The theory of suicide , whlvb nC first prevailed , was dispelled by tbo position in which the body was found. No olow-could bo obtained as to his Identity , 01114 uo u'tts buried. A week later the body nf another man was found about twelve miles awn with u hole through his head , About thh time It was learned thai George Myers , a prosper ous citizen of Frugality , had disap peared , and the body was identified as his. Myers had f&K ) on Ills person when ho loft homo , and ho bad boon murdered for his mqnoy. Loss than a weak ago the decomposed body of another man was found In tbo woods near Bethel , The'clotbos were of food quality , but noth ing could bo discovered to establish li , _ idon tlty , Tbo horrible butchery of old man Krlng and his wifa and the cremation of their bodies a fovi nights airo Is attributed to the same mysterious murderer who Is evi dently hiding in the mountains , ready to ) ) ounce upon any victim who ho supposes has money , f THEY DON'T ' FAVOR ECONOMY Merits of Senator Manderson's ' Printing Bill Ignored by Democrats. IT WOULD SAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS How the Proponed Mrnturo 1'rovliles for the Distribution of the Dulles of tlio Department Present Sjstem Largely Discounted. WASHINGTON BUIIBIU or TUB BEB , ) BIS FouiiTKr.Niii SntnitT , } WASHINGTON , D. ( J. , Fob , 3. ) If Senator MandoMon does nothing more ho will put tbo democrats In n hole on the score ot "economy , " with bis printing bill now before the senate. It bccamo evident today that this measure , which is in the in terest of true economy , and which would snvo the government about $303,000 n year , Is opposed by the democrats ot the senate Just ni a duplicate- it has already bocn de feated by tlio democrats in the houso. The hill Is the ono agreed upon by the Joint com mittee on printing and Is nonpartlsan , and its general purpose Is to place the publication nnd distribution of nil public documents under the control of a superintendent to bo appointed by tbo president. This superintendent would perform , In a certain sense , the duties of the managing editor of an enormous publishing concern. Ho would dotormluo what ought to bo printed for the information of the public and what was not worth the expense of transferring from manuscript to typo , within certain lim itations and in tha absence of spcclllo in structions from congress. Ho would also decide how largo nu edition should bo pub lished of any particular document in the absence of specific direction by law. How KxpoiiHes Coulil lie llcdiiceil. Under his direction would nlso bo the foldIng - Ing , wrapping nnd mailing of the enormous mass of printed matter which is distributed over the country from Washington every year. At present all this worn Is done by employes ot the senate and houso. These omoloyos nre In many cases paid by the num ber ot documents folded. This hns led to abuses , under which the work has boon ' farmed" out by persons who draw the full pay for doing It , but who perform none of the duties. Tbo system has also many other abuses and is extremely expensive. It will bo scon , there fore , that Senator Mandorion's'bill , which was before the senate ate today , is aimed directly toward that re trenchment In expenditures which the demo crats so blalantly profess to favor. On ac count of tho. loss ol patronage this bill was defeated bv the democrats In the house just us it is now being opposed by the democrats in the senate. Ouo of the most potent reasons for the op position from Iho democrats is the fact that the measure abolishes the clerk's document room of the house , where about a dozen democrats are employed. The expense of that room In itself is not'over f 12,000 or ? 15- , 000 a year In salaries , nnd yet the proposed law would save to the government $ . " > 00,000 annually , .accordlnc to the estimates of the democrats nnd republicans who had to do with Its compilation. Senator Mandorson is maklntr a strong light , but it will likely fall in the fnco of democratic duplicity and domagoguery. In Fiivor ol 1'uro 1'ood. Senator Paddock is pushing his pure food bill to the front with n hope of having it con sidered by the senate this week. It Is n sort of supplement to the senator's important meat'lnspection act passed in the last con - gross aha llko that bill It has special appli cation to the packing interests of Chicago. Senator Pnrldock says that ono of Iho main purposei of tbo pure lood bill is to put an end to the practice of unscrupulous packers in using the carcasses of animals which have died of'dircaso or have been "horned" to death in transit. It is also broad enouirh to take tbo place of the "puro lard" bill which attracted so much attention last year , as the Paddock measure provides penalties npalnst tha. adulteration ol lards as well as all ether foods. The senator has recently made material amendments to his bill. It will bo urged to the senate this week. Objects of the Measure. Its provisions , so far ns they apply to the pacliing industry , are ns follows : "A food or drink shall bu deemed to bo adulterated : First If any substance has boon mixed and paclted with it so as to reduce or lower or Injuriously nffect Us qunllty or strength , so thnt such product , when offered for sale , shall bo calculated and shall loud to deceive thopurchaser. Second If any inferior suo- stance hns boon substituted , wholly or In part , for the article , so that the product , when sold , shall tend to deceive the pur chaser. Third If auy valuable constituent of tbo article has been wholly or In part ab stracted , so. that the product when sold shall tend to decelvo the purchaser. " E'ourth If it bo an imitation of , and sold under tbo spc clllo name ot another. Fifth If it bo mixed , colored , powdered or stalnod in n manner whereby damage Is concealed so that such product whin sold shsll tend to deceive the purchaser. Sixth- It it contain any added poisonous ingredient or any Inorredlout which may render such article injurious to tbo health of tbo people consuming it. Seventh If it consists of the whole or any part of a diseased , Illthy , de composed or putrid animal or vopoUblo sub stance , or any portion of an animal unfit for food , whether manufactured or not , or If it is , the product or a diseased animal or of an animal that has died otherwise than by slaughter. " A favorable report has been made to the bouso upon the Soerly bill to amend an net entitled "An act to authorize the construc tion of a railroad , wagon and foot passenger bridge nt Burlington. la. , approved August 0 , IbbS , " as "amended by not approved Feb ruary 21 , IbOO , by extending the time another two vcars. O.'E. Hedge was today appointed postmaster - master at Conquest , Cherry county , vlcoV. . P. Slayton , resigned , and L. F. Shaw at Lutes , Koya Paba county , vlco N. A. Harris resigned. George W. Tllson of Omaha is at the Eb- bitt. Frank Alexander of Mound City , S. D , , is at the Metropolitan. Mrs. Carey and Mrs. Warren , wives of the Wvomtng senators , have resumca tboir tholr Thursday receptions at the Arlington. Mr. Albert J , X-uiton of Iowa City , IB. , nnd Emily Perry of Wendron , Cornwall , England , have boon married In this city , Editor Wahlqulst ot Hastings Is horo. Senator Mandorson has made application for the establishment of a weather forecast station at Yorir , Neb , A favorable report will bo madn by Sen ator Mnndorson upon the bill donating lands from tbo Fort D. A. Kussoll military reserva tion for state fair purposes ; ulso the bill to detail military oftlcor * for special duty to the World's fair. Senators Mnnderson nnd Paddock have recommended the appointment of W. O. Elder as receiver of the North Plattu land ollico , vlco A. B. Baldwin , who will bo made register. Secretary Noble today donlod the motion for a ruviow of Iho decision lu tbo homestead entry case of Anna M. FJynn from Huron , S , D , which rejects final proof offered and requiring now proof , P , S , H. Mall Wagon llubbcd. NBW YOIIK , Fob. Ji. When the mail wagon which loft tbe postofllco last evening with moll for liobokou , N.Y. , arrived at Hoboken , It was found to bo empty , The moll was for tbo 7:45 : train on the Luckawannn road and six pouches for western New York cities were lost. Tha oatohos on the back of the wagon wcro found open and tbo locka gono. They bad , It is supposed , been opcuod on tbo ferryboat whllo cros.lug the rlvor. Hmcro Cold In Ilimla. ST. PETEUSHUKO , Feb. a. The thermome ter registers from 30 to10 degrees of cold In thn fnmlno stricken districts of Kussln. This terribly severe weather ndds intcnso panes to the sufferings of the people , who nro already " ready greatly weakened "by starvation And dlioaso. ITS .v/ > . Indication * Tlmt the ( tuhcrnntnrlnl Muddle Will lie Concluded Thin Week. LINCOLN , Nob. , Fob. n. [ Special Telegram toTncBnR. I The Lincoln end of the guberna torial situation is practically unchanged. Gov ernor Thayer has not yet made a tender of the ofllco to Governor Boyd , nnd ns far as any thing ho will say himself Is concarnod ho has not made up his mind Just what ho will do. Ono of Ins Intimate friends said this evenIng - Ing that the only thing that stands In the way of nn Immediate tender of possession is the uncertainty that exists in Governor Thnyor's mind M to his legal right to turnover ever the oftlco until ho Is authorized to do so by some order or mandate of the ohraska supreme court. From nvanU which have transpired today , however. Governor Boyd need not bo sur prised to receive n communication from Gov ernor Thayer by next Friday at the latest tondorlne him possession of the ofllco. Every thing points to this fact tonight. Adjutant General Cole and Oil Inspector Games have tendered tholr resignations , to take effect on the nay that Governor Thayer relinquishes the ofllco. Dr. Knnph of the 3tnto Hospital for the Insane , Warden Hop kins of the penitentiary and other appointive oftlcers were in consultation with Governor 1'hnycr today and It Is believed their resig nations will also bo placed In the hands of Governor Thayer , If they have not already boon presented. Governor Thayer denies most emphatically that'roquosts have been pouring In upon him b. tnajl or telegraph to glva up the oOlco. Ho also denies the report circulated in Omaha this afternoon to the effect that ho will leave the state his wcok. Ho starts for Texas Monday , not before , and it Is the general belief that bo will leave all oflloial cares and anxiety behind him and that the pleasure ot his Journey will bo enchanted by tbo thought that the famous Nobrnsita gubernatorial con test has boon settled for ovor. Congriituhitlni ; < ! o\eriior Itoyil. BIHYTON , Nob. , Fob. U. " ( Special Telo- grum to Tun BEE. ] The following message of congratulations was sent , today to Gov ernor Boyd from Brayton today : The democrats of Greoloy county , who lire In n largo majority hero , fcnl enthusiastic over the decision of the United StatosMinremo I'ourt In your favor. 1'Ieaso ace-opt our hearty congratulations. J. MoENKANV , P. J. KOONf.V , WU.I.IAM Aur.iiN , DAVID \VII.HII : , W. M. DENNIS. T. O. I'll tt : < * N , It. H. Twoitsv. .T. II. MAdUIHE. With ( io\vrnor lloyd. CiiumoN , Neb. , Fob. 8. | Special Tolo- grom to Tin : Bui : . ] Dawes county demo crats hold a grand Jubilee at this place to night. Hugo bonfires , brass bands and speeches by Hon. J. C. Dahlmnn , Mayor Lease , C. Dana Say res , John G. Maher and others helped to nmko the occasion ono of great rejoicing. Many republicans and in dependents were among Iho throng of celo- brators. XOlt'A'S I.EGISLATUlti : . A Largo Number of ItllU and Resolutions Introduced. Dr.s MOINIIS , la. , Fob. 3. Bills were in troduced in the senate this morning as fol lows : To regulate banking and provide for the examination of private banks ; to appro priate $ -285,000 for the institution for the deaf and dumb at Council Bluffs ; to provide for a permanent endowment tax of a tenth of a mill for the state university to appronrialo SJOO.OOO for Iho agricultural college. Mr. . Perry introduced a concurrent resolu tion calling on Iho attorney general to give an opinion as to who was tbo legal secretary of the senate. A resolution calling on Ibo attorney gen eral to furnish the senate with information concerning the Pullman Car company tax cases wns Introduced. A resolution wns Introduced limiting the appropriations to a two-mill stale tax levy. Adjourned till tomorrow. Tno honso spent the whole morning dis cussing the reconsideration of the appoint ment of a special committee on Iho World's ' Fair. The committee , which hnd been discharged - > charged , was reappolntod and instructed to examine and report to the appropriation com mittee not later than Fe'bruary 13. Ad journed till tomorrow. Sioux City Tired of Hoodlem. Sioux CITV , la. , Fob. 3. [ Special to Tun Bni : . ] Tbo doplorublo condition Into which the finances and public morals of the city have fallen Is prompting the better classes of all parties to unite In an independent move ment with a view to controlling Iho coming city election. Tno belief is universal that there has boon elaborate boodllng In the city council in connection with contracts for public Improvemonts. Business men have boon conferring. The idea is to await the nominations of bolh political parties and then to select n ticket made up of tbu best mou of both party tickets. m Sioux City Highwaymen. Sioux CiTr , la. , Fob. 8. [ Special Tele gram to THE BEE. I John J. Wing , n leading butcher , was slugged last night and so badly Injured that recovery Is Improbable. Ho had been out nil day collecting bills. Ho has a terrible cut In the face , splitting nn eyeball. Ho was not found till this morning. WMlTUKIt MiltttU.tST. Omen WIATIII'.U : DUHRAU , 1 OMAHA. Fob. 3. f The barometer continues high over Iho central valley ? , but n low area appears In the extreme nortbwoit and another low area lu tbo extreme southwest. The southwestern low area will probably control our weather shortly and cause east to southeast winds and rising temperature. Generally fair weather now prevails tbroughaui , the Missouri valley , cloudiness with occasional snows in the lake region and Increasing cloudiness In the southwest , The temperature hns generally risen. For Eastern Nebraska Warmer , fair weather ; easterly winds during Thursday. For Omaha and Vicinity Continued fair weatnor ; warmer duringThursday. WASHINGTON , D. C. , Feb. . For North Daitota and Montana Generally fair Thurs day ; south winds. For Colorado Generally fair ; south winds ; cloudy wsather Friday and probably light rains , For Indian TcrrlUr.v nnd Kansas South winds and generally fair Thursday ; Increas ing cloudiness Thursday night and probably rains Friday , For Nebraska and South Dakota Gen erally fair Thursday and , probably , Friday. For Missouri nnd Iowa Generally clear weather ; south winds Thursday ; probably cloudy Friday. _ _ I.ynclierj May Ho Lynched , SiiBi.iivvii.M ! , 'Vox. , Fob. 3. Five men who participated In the lynching of J , A. Shields last Thursday are in Jail horo. There is fear of tha lynching of the accused , nnd the Jail is guarded , UHUII ! Denial from NprvckeU. SAN FHANCISCO , Cal , , Fob , 3. Sprockels Brothers , owners of the California sugar re finery , make the usual denial ot the report that their company has been absorber ) by the trust. sugar _ _ Hale of Kentucky Htock. LBXINOTON , Ky. , Fob. a.At Ilrashllold & Co.'s hoi-oo sale yesterday thirty-eight horses were dlspoiod of for ever $60,000 , The U. B sovornmuut are usin ? largo num bcrs of the Improved Howe scaloi , Borden & Scllock Co. , at'cnU , Chicago , 111. BY AN AMATEUR AVAIA8CIIB Dwelling House nt Fifteenth nml Jonol Crushed by a Falling Embankment. 1 NARROW ESCAPE OF Thrown from Their lie Not Ono of Them I Ing n Tot nl Singular . \ ' _ t ! | „ A dull rumbling , f < sharp report-rosombllng enormous cannon , wn o'clock last night. The explosion was loc , st sonlh of th police station , nnd atllrst it was thought thai the report came from the gas works. 'Iho masstvo embankment tit the corner ot Fifteenth and Jones streets hnd caved In with n deafening thud which fairly shooli tlw ground for several blocks around. ( Some seven or eight months ago a cut 1 $ the high bank on the corner was made toi the purpose of extending n twenty-foot nlloj from Jones to Lrnvonworth , between Four tcenth and Fifteenth streets. Just east o tbo alloy stands a couple of two-story tram houses. The house farthest west and near cst iho great bank was occupied by P. U Green. Their Slumber Disturbed , j Mr. Green , his wife and baby were sleep * ing In a bedroom In thu west sldo , when sutV donly , without any warning beyond the dul rumbling , the great mass of earth fell aaln t the house , almost completely domollsbmi ono sldo ot It. The room which the famllj occupied , had a west bay window , nnd tbl falling embankment completely crushed thu throwing the dobrls across the beds of tha family. The house , which was n snbstaliJ' tlnlly built ouo , was moved nearly throe fiiat' ' oft Its foundation and remained In a tllteoV position. The crash throw the sleeping family out ot tholr beds. Several pnssers bi and the neighbors for a block around wer aroused by the shock , ana hastened to th scone. L Some ono cried out thai there was a woman and baby In Ibo house , und several windows' 1' ' were broken In. A lantoru wns brought nnd the frightened family were carried outing Ihp.lr night clothes and taken lo Iho residence adjoining. An oftorl was then made to pro1 * ' euro the clothing and valuables belonging ti Mr. Green. A fireman nnd a couple of pohott ofllcors cllmod Into the building nnd nfted quite n search managed lo find some of Mr. Green's clolhing , Ihen Ihe search for thfl valuables wns commenced. As soon ns pojsljj bio Mr. Green dressed himself nnd enterej his wrecked dwelling. lliul u .Mighty Close Cull. The bed room which ho had occupied but' a fo'.v moments before was a sight lo boholdij The floor bad been pnrlially torn up , tha plastering had nearly nil fallen off and tha timbers of Iho bay window and n part of th side of the house wore slrown on the Ilooty After considerable digging around , all of MKj Croon's Jewelry was found , though ho coula not oxtricalo some of his clothing from bo. ' noath Iba fallen timbers. ' ' The foundations and west sldo of the build * ' ing are wrecked beyond repair. FulljJ seven foot of loose earth lays In the area waV ) . between tbo house and the ombankmen which still stands. The banlc which cave in Is nearly 100 long , about thirty feet big' ' und fully twenty-five foot wido. It wns a curious accident and a miraculou escape for the Greens. The properly owned by Iho Omaha Loan and Trust com' ' pany and had only been occupied by MB Croon since Sunday. WJHVKKI > Itiillroiid Cur Containing Thirteen Met > ' HloMii Up , lint Nobody Ilmlly Hurt. PiTTSiit'lio , Pa. , Feb. 8. The Woods Hut car of tbo Manchester line , having on boar ; thirteen now employes of the company , wai wrecked early this morning bv the oxnloslori of a dynamite cartridge which hod beedj placed on the track. Tlio concussion was so * severe that tbo car wns thrown from thd track and badly wrecked , and windows were shattered in oil the bouses on the sida of the street nearest Iho track over whlcUl the car was running. Not ono person wo * badly injured. Several of the men were cul ny Hying gloss , but no ono was Bcriouslj hurt. Many persons were thrown frott their beds by the force of the explosion. Thi strikers had been quiet for several days an ( it was thought they had nbamlonod the tight , and that all tbo trouble was over. Filial Wreck on thu 11. & O. I , CHICAGO , 111. , Fob. 8. Advices received hero state that the train on tlio Baltimore St Ohio which loft hero last night , nnd which was madn up entirely of United States o press cars , wns derailed at North Baltimore , O. , early this morning , and engineer James Manuel of ( JarroU , Ind. , was killed , Tb flroman and two express messenger \vorfl injured. . j , Mm. Oithornn Will Hurroiider. LONDON , Feb. ! ! . Interest In tlio cnso oif Mrs. Florence Kthol Osborno wns revived to < day by an assertion that that lady had do * elded to surrender herself to the iiollco ta answer to the charges of perjury raada against nor In connection with the ult for IN bul she brought against Mrs. Hargravo W charging her with the theft of a iiinntity | of valuable lowolry , Mrs. Oiborno Is at 1 rural , a town of Spain noartho frontier of Franco , where she In In aollcata health , At the timd of her Iliplit she wn * inan intorostlni ; condli tlon and It wns then stated IDul , to stand trial on the charge against her would result In boa death. This was glvon as ono of the ronsona for Hoeing the country. Captain Osborne. " 1 bor husband , has started for Kpaln for the purpose of escorting his wife back to Loa- doo. f ( lonu to VUlt thu Oiiren , LONDON , Fob , 8 , Tbo princess of Wnlcr' has Keno to Oiborno houbo , Isle of Wight , to pay a qulot visit to the quoun. It is not known bow long bar royal hlghnoss will re * main nt Osborno house , but If thu proposed arrangements for the trio of the prince and } princess of Wales to the boulh of Franco art carried out , she will stay there but a short time. This will bo the 11 rat time that they prlncoss lias scon Iho queen since before the sickness and death of thu duke of Clarence , and it la surmised that her present visit Is an muoh for a change of scones and associations ni for any other purposo. Stio will Und k ready sympathizer In the lot > s of her son iho queen , who was devotedly attached the duno. All Specie llemcneil from thu Killer. I LONUON , Fob : 3. All the specie on hoard the stranded steamer Elder has been taken from Iho steamer , but it Is roporlod that 40Q' sacks of mail matter arc still on tbo vessel , i The weather has become liner and tha cargo of the Elder is being truiuferred ta lighters. Thu Death Holl. PIIII.ADEI.VJIIA , Pa. , Jan. U. James McCul lough , tbe last surviving son of thc distin guished tragedian , John MrCullough , died at tbo old homestead , McCulloUKh's daughter LotltiaU now tbo only surviving descendant ? of the great actor nnd will iuhurlt nu estalrf valued at $40,000. ,