THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , FEBRUARY 12 , 1H93-SFXTEEX PAGES. 3 I
NEBRASKA INDIANS FAVORED
Thurston Coratv'g Land Tax Bill Will Be
HOW IT WILL HELP THAT LOCALITY
Twenty Thousand A initially Will lie I'laced
! the County Treasury Mnnilrrion'i
Meamrr In the Inlrrrit of
the Omaha * .
BoiEir OF THE BEE , I
MS FofKTEEvrn STIIEET , >
WAMUNOTON. D. C. ! . Feb. 11.1
J , S Lcnvmon. Nick Fntz tind J. F. Meyers ,
officlulsof Thurslon county , arc in. the city
looking after the interests of the Indian land
tax bill Mr W. E. Peebles , who lives for
Nebraska , has during the last two yours
brought Thurston county into ulmost
national prominence. He represents a con-
fctitjenci of about 2.NK ) Indians who own
SMO.OOO acres of land , and about 1WK ) whites
owning 20.000 acres of land in Ills county. He
appears < o ! * the recornizod leader and to
have the confidence of both classes.
Air Peebles came here about three years
npo and s'furcd legislalion which placed
trcr ffcO.KK ( ) in cash at one time into the
hands of his red brethren. A year ago he
came to Washington and presented the
startling proixisition of assessing and taxing
the large area of Indian lands in his county ,
* aud hare the government pay the tux. This
met with considerable opiioMtion to start
with but through the earnest efforts of Sen
ator Marnlers-on. seconded by Senator Dawes.
the measure has passed the senate , and , in
ail probability , will become a Jaw this ses-
s n > n
This will place from JIB.OHO to . ' 0,000 an-
tidnih In the treasury of Thurston county
with whirl ) to make roads , build bridges ,
maintain courts , schools , etc.
Mr White Horse. Simla-ha-ha and Frank
Sanwijci delegates from the Omaha tribe
who came nere with Mr. Peebles , went home
impressed with the fact that American citi-
7t nshlp brings with it trials as well us
prh lieges that it requires a good deal of
law to enable them to handle their real
estate to adrantage.
In tin1 Interest * of tlir Omiilinn.
Senator Manderson's bill , introduced in
the senate toda.\ . relating to the lauds of the
Omaha Indians of Nebraska , will be re
ported favorably fiiun the senate committee
on Indian affairs , with recommendation that
it be made an amendment to an appropri
ation bill which almost insures final action
before March 4. The measure in exlenso
provides that the net approved August 7 ,
1KU,2 entitled "An act to provide for the
sale of a part of the reservation of
the Omaha tribe of Indians in the
state of Nebraska tar other purposes. " bo
amended so as to authorize the secretary of
the interior witli the consent of the Indians
of the tribe to uilot in severally Ihrouirli an
allotting agent of the Interior department ,
to each Indian woman and child of the tribe
liorn since allotments of land were made in
severally to the members thereof under the
provisions of the act named , and now living ,
one-eighth of a section of the residue lands
held b.\ that tribe in common , instead of
one sixteenth of a section us therein pro
vided and to allot in severally to cacti
allottee under the act. now living , who re-
eel veil onl.\ one sixteenth of a section there
under an additional sixteenth of a section of
such residue lands provided that the allot
ments so made shall be subject to the same
conditions restrictions and limitations pro
vided for in sections fi , 7 and S of
the act touching allotments and patents to
allottees therein mentioned.
By the provisions of this bill all children
who have been liorn since the allotment was
made under that act , will receive eighty
acres ejch. and the children who received
forty acres under that allotment will receive
mi additional forty acres. It is the intention
to have an allotment made learly this spring
of the remaining tribal lands.
Will Help Nehraiika Settler * .
The house committee on public lands in re
porting favorably the senate bill making the
laws of I by I relating to settlement upon the
Sioux reservation in South Dakota apply to
that jwtlon of the reservation which lies in
Nebraska , as well as 5rrr northern neighbor ,
makes this statement , which will be read
with interest by Bnr. readers In north Ne
braska esiwcially : By act of March 2,1S39 ,
the great Sioux Inaiiin reservation lying in
South Dakota and. Nebraska , was opened
to settlement under the provisions of
the homestead law in force at
that time , which it-quired residence ,
on the land for a period of five years in order
to acquire title , unless the settler failed to
pay the government tl.iBi per acre , in which
case he could get title in six months. The act
of March ! t , IMij. amended the original pro
vision so that a residence of fourteen months
is now required to guiu title. A provision of
this same amendment made this act apply
only to that portion of the reservation In
South Dakota , while the old law applies to
that portion in Nebraska , and as the law-ow
Elands those who located on the south side
of the state line cannot acquire title short of
five years residence , while tneir neighbors
just across the line may acquire litlo in four
teen mouths. r'g
This hill oulj seeks to add to Iho existing '
proviso the words.And in the state of Ne
braska , " which will place all settlers on the
reservation on a perfect equality under the
law regardless of state Hues. There is no
doubt that thU will become a law before the
4tli of March if Nebraska's members of the
house will get a move on themselves.
Will Not Oppose the Illi tutor
It Is quite amusing ttftboso in Washington
who ure accessible to Iho private views en-
tcrtainea by certain distinguished democrats
in congress , especially those from Indiana
mm Illinois , to read their statemenls care
fully prepared for publication regarding
President -elect Cleveland's reported deter
mination to bring Judge Grcsham into the
cabinet The views of Senator Voorhees of
Indiana and Congressman Springer of Illi
nois arc particularly interesting and they
are instructive as illustrating the cheerful
alacrity with which Iho average spoils-
hunting democrat can mount - the baud
wagon just before it starts on its triumphal
career
Senator Yoorhces has l > een particularly
prominent before the public of late for the
earnestness and confidence with which he
has claimed a cabinet place for his friend ,
ex-Governor Gray. He has persistently , up
to the present time , maintained that the
logic of the situation pointed clearly to the
Rejection of Mr. Gray for the cabinet , and
the cheerful acquiescence with which he
bows to Mr Cleveland's selection of Judge i I
Gresham. is all the more entertaining , be |
cause it is evident that the selection of an
Illinois or Indiana man absolutely precludes
the possibility of ex-Governor Gray or any
other Uoosier being invited into the cabinet.
When a short lime ago it was stated in these
dispatches that President-elect '
- t-'levelaud
had stricken Mr Gruj off the list of cabinet
possibilities , and xvould only ofl'er him a sec
ond-class mission like me Argentine repub
lic , Mr Yoorhecs was among the Joremost
of Indiana democrats to deny the trulh iStof
the statement and attribute it to partisan
inullce There is not a democrat in Wash ,
ington who does not in private remind the
casual observer by his fucial contortions of 'a
man bltiiu ? a green jiersinimon when ho
hears the " " hon
name "Secretary Gresham" men
tioned , and yet there is scarcely one of them
who dares to brcutlio his discontent.
Mr. Uxnard In Nut IntrreMed.
Mr Henry T Oxnard , thr Grand Island
beet sugar manufacturer who is now in
Washington , was asked today by TUB BEE
< xnrcs ] > oudenl what he thought of the out
look fur the bill now hetore the Nebraska
legislature promising to pay the. farmers of
that state $1 per ton for the sugar beets
which they produce for manufacturing pur-
IKISCS. A look of deep disgust overcame the
countenance of Mr. Oxnurd us he said :
I take no interest whatever in that meas
ure and don't care what becomes of it. The
state of Nebraska has not trailed inc. lulrly
in any of my enterprises uud does not seem
to care what Inhumes of her tn-el sugar in-
dustries. The hill now before the legisla
ture would benefit me in no waIn ; fact , it
nppcurb to have Uvu drawn with the pur |
pose of directly slapping me In the fuco , for i
it specifies that no manufacturer shall re
ceive nn. > benefit from it. end that the '
bounty uall be paid to the fanner | '
who produce * the beets. Of course , i
It benefits the Industry and indirectly ,
I suppose , me Before I located in
Nebraska the legislature enacted a law
which pledceU the state to pay a certain
bounty on liect sugar That was offered a *
an inducement for me In establish the fac
tories which I built. As soon as I got to
work the stain turned amuud and repudiated
the pledge and left me high ami dry.
Think * It rnfalr.
"It w s a most dishonorable transaction.
and I wouldn't given snap of my flt'gor for
the bill now before the legislature , even
though It named the manufacturer instead
of the farmer. The legislature seonis to
have a spile against every man that at
tempts to manufacture an article in Ne
braska. I have done more to advertise Ne
braska than any man in it. I have begun the
development of an Industry \vhieh could be
made the biggest thing in the state ; but I
have had no encouragement. I ast year I
could not get beets to keep my factories run
ning but live or six weeks not Sufficient to
make it an object to maintain the capital in
vested. Since 1MK ) I huvebeen'pluying a los
ing game , and 1 will stale to you very frankly
thht if 1 get no greater supply fir raw ma
terial the coming season than 1 was able to
procure the last season 1 shall be obliged to
close the factories in IBM. and Nebraska will
find out too late that she has killed the poose
which was to lay the golden eirg.
-11 is not a question of legislalion with me ,
not a matter of bounty or duty. It is a
question of procuring beets. 1'he matter of
developing the beet sugar industry in Ne
braska rests with the farmer. I have no
interest in what the legislature mayor may
riol do now or nl any time in the future. I
am paying all I can afford to pay for beets.
If 1 don't get the raw material 1 shall to my
regret have to acknowledge thai in Nebraska
the beet sugar industry is a failure. ' '
Western Pension * .
The following pensions granted are re
port 0-1 :
Nebraska : Orirlnal James H. Bliver ,
Alexander W. Chlsholme. William S. Wor-
den. David J. Caswell. James Wickham. l.ouis
Fr.var. Simon Long. Charles A. Austin.
Fielding Bradshaw. Renewal and increase
William T. Cirecr. Heissue Calvin Town-
send. Original widows Helena Townsend.
Oriirinal John tj Junes. David Sapp. John
Kenworthy. George Turtiin. Gt-onre J. A.
Moss. William 1. Philpott. Additional-
Isaac T. Shfiver. Kenewal and increase-
Alfred G. Hastings.
Iowa : Original William W. Brunei- .
Guilder G. Hatina. John W. Brooks. Thomas
Fltidlej , Aquila Lindsay , James Moore. Wil
liam H. Browning , Alexander W. Mitchell ,
Iit er Parish. John W. Kllsworth. Samuel
Miller. Noah C. Stutts. Charles L. Hoi-
comb , George R Hawley. Additional
Solomon H. Trude. Increase Charles
Peters , Daniel Good. Georce Gannan.
Kit-hard Eatingcr , William Hindman. He-
issue Hiland Stiipman. Original widows ,
etc. Nancy J. Douohoo , Eva Hobish.
Original Francis L. Batchellor. Thomas
Kodgrrs , Perry Glazebrook , Joseph P.
Hight. Andrew C. Burlingame. John W.
Beall. S. N. Goodhue. Supplemental Karl
Kuutz. Survivor Indian war Calvin A.
Walker.
Soulh Dakola : Original Frank Keeny ,
John McCullougn. Increase Joseph Hankin.
Hellick Thorston. Original George W.
Craig.
Mlbcellniironit.
i Today Assistant Secretary Chandler dl-
I reeled the cancellation of the homestead
i entry of William C. Blacumorc on Ihe
i grounds Ihnl il was Improperly allowed , and
! Ihe entry will be given to David Adamson.
The case came here from the North Platte
land office.
A conference has been oi-dered by the
house upon the senate amendment to the
Cherokee outlel bill. It looks as though the
measure may soon become a law , although
there is obstinate opposition. It Is claimed
that there is fraud and much"'corruption be
hind the movement to open the Cherokee
strip to settlement , and advocates of the
measure are slow to act for that reason.
There is a well organized lobby here in the
interest of the bill.
K. T. Richardson of Iowa and Ed K. De-
pay of South Dakota , 1,000 clerks in the
War department , have been promoted to
no.vu
Sherman Will Introduce a Kill to Olillgv the
Treasurer Wanlilneton Notes.
WASHINGTON , D. C , Feb. 11. The amend
ment .which Senator Sherman gave notice
today thut he should offer on some general
bill for the purpose of obliging the secp-tary
of the treasury to carry oul the specie re
sumption act of January H , 7. > , provides
that the secretary of the treasury
shall" _ , be authorized at his discretion ,
to issue and dispose of , at no less
than par in coin , eilher of the descrip
tions of bonds authorized in said act , or bonds
of the United States bearing not to exceed 8
per cent interest , payable somi-annually uud
] redeemable ! at the pleasure of the L'nited
States after five years from their date , with
like quulitlt-8 , privileges and exemptions
provided in said act for the bonds therein
authorized , to the extent necessary to carry
suid resumption net into full effect and to
use the proceeds thereof for the purpose pro
vided iu said act. An appropriation of K > 0- ,
000 is proposed to defray the expenses.
Gold In the Treasury ,
In the face of ttie heavy shipment of gold
for two weeks past the Treasury department
within the past ten days has increased its
net gold by W.7. ) . ( KKI. making the total gold
in the vaults today flll.ie7,07S , or * n.f-)7C75 !
"free" gold. Since February 1 the receipts
from customs at New York have aggregaled
frMKUWl , against fi.iI21.-145 for the corresponding
spending period lust February.
The democratic members of the senate
committee on privileges and elections , con
sisting of Messrs. Vance. I'ugh. Gray and
Turpie , are in almost daily conference rela
tive to the probable conlests iu the next sen
ate. Yesterday these gentlemen held an
important meeting In the conference room of
iiMr. . Gorman , and had with them Mr. John
Martin , the newly elected senator from Kan-
sas. Mr. Martin put these members of the
committee iu possession of all the details at-
tending his election , and an udjouninient
itwas then taken until Tuesday morningwhen
the campaign will bo mapped out. It was.
hov.-ever , decided that Mr. Martin should
not present his credentials until ufter the
4lh of March.
Hail Their Portrait * I'M luted.
The Treasury department exhibit at the
World's fair will consist iu part of the [ > or-
traits of the secretaries of tno treasurv , be
ginning with Alexander Hamilton ana con
cluding with Charles Foster. Alter Sccre-
taij Curlisle assumes the | > osltion of secre
tary of the treasury he will be added to the
list. The portraits of ten secretaries had to
be p" luted , no copies being in jiosscssion of
the Treasury department.
The secretary of state , complying with the
reqt'1's.t of Ihe secrelary of the treasury , has
instructed United States consuls in Canada
that curs coining into the United States
from Canada under the consular seal sys
tem must be sealed by the consuls them
selves , or b.\ some official of the consulate ,
aud not bj the unofficial pel-sons.
The National Capital Press club today
elected its oflleers for the ensuing year : Mr.
Walter \ \ ellun. correspondent of the Chicago
Herald , president ; Mr Fred D. Mussey. cor
respondent of Ihe Cincinnati Commercial-
Gazctle , vice president ; Mr. J. S. Van Ant
werp , corresixmdent of the Minneapolis
Journal , treasurer , und Mr. L. K. Jones , of
the Washington Slur , secrelury.
In I'avor oT Annexation.
The Star has this : It is learned on good
authority thut the government has practi
cally committed itself in favor of the propo
sition for the annexation of Hawaii , and Iho
president will send u uiessape to congress on
the subject next weeK. It is ki.own thut the
commissioners fc-el satisfied with the present
stulusof the r.egotlntions. They maue no
effort to concer.l their confidence of the suc
cess of their mission and evidently expect
tungible results in a short time.
Heavy llulim In California.
Cal. , Feb. II. Unusually
. '
heavy ruins in the San Jouquiu valley and in
the inouatiiltis have swollen the streams to
ar. abnormal sire and Thursday night
K'uni liver overflowed its banks , floodiug a
large section of the country. No damage
was done except lo railroads , canals aud :
bridges , all of which settled or pave way. It
is the opinion that with the exception of
railroad uud canal companies the flood will ,
do more good than harm. {
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Put * ot people nave pues. out DoWitt s | '
Witch Hazel Kilve will cure them. , '
;
Or. Gluck , eye and car , Barker block , i
TO / PROTECT RAILROAD MEN
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Passage of the Senate Substitute for the
House Oar Coupler Bill ,
PROVISIONS OF THE AMENDED MEASURE
Mr. I'elton tart nn Animated Control rr y
llv I'llllMikterlni ; Ihe lteiiihllenn In
the Honor Heteat an Atempt
to Shut Otr Del.atr.
WA UI.XOTOS , D. C. , Feb. 11. The bill to
promote the safety of employes and travelers
upon railroads by compiling railroad com
panies to equip their cars with automatic
couplers and continuous brakes , and their
locomotives with driving wheel brakes , was
finally disixised of in the senate today. The
subslllute for the house bill of last session
was agreed to and the hill passed yeas. Ml :
nays. 10. The only other important piece of
legislation was the agreeing to the confer
ence report on the fortifications bill nnd mak
ing the Nicaragua canal unfinished business
.Mr. I'elton Stirt : H 11 rated Control rrnf.
A controversy , in which a good deal of
bent and personal feeling was manifested ,
arose upon the motion of Mr. Felton of Cali
fornia to take up for consideration a Joint
resolution to provide for the appointment of
a commission by the secretary of the in
terior to appraise the improvements made
by actual settlers upon public lands , holden
in good faith under the United States in the
Sequeoi and Vosetnite valleys.
Mr. Dulph objected to the consideration of
the joint resolution , but by a vote the senate
decided to lake it up.
Mr. Dulph then made a long speech , the
thief onject of which appeared lobe lo con
sume all of the morning hour : this he suc
ceeded in doing , and the joint resolution
went over without action.
At 2 p. tn. the unfinished business the
railway car coupler hill was laid before the
senate.
After discussing the substitute of the
noun ; bill it was agreed to. and the hill , as
thus amended , was passed yeas , ! Kt ; nays ,
10. It now goes back to the house.
Negative voles were given by Messrs.
Blodgelt , Brice. D.iniel , George. Gorman ,
Harris , Morgan , Sawyer , Stewart and
Vance.
Telt ofthe Kill.
The following Is the text of the bill as
passed :
Section 1. Tluit from and ufter the first day
of Junuary , 1H05 , It vlial ) | > c unlnv : ful for any
common carrier , ensuged in Interstate com
merce by rullioads , to use on Its line any loco
motive cnplno In moving Interstate traillr not
equipped with u power driving wheel brake
mid appliances for operating the train brakes
syMeiu , or to run any train in such tratllc after
said date that hn not u sufficient number of
cars in It so equipped with power on train
brakes that Hit * engineer on the locomotive
drawing such train can control its speed \vllli-
out rt-qulrinc brakeinen to u-e the common
hand Drake for that purpo-c.
SIT. 2. That on and after the fir-t day of
January , In9j. it shall be unlawful for any
such common currier to haul , or permit to bt >
hauled or curried on It * line , any cur used in
moving Interstate tiufflc , not equipped with
coupler * , coupling automatically by Impact ,
and which can l > euncoupled without the IH' < H > -
slty of men coiiitr between I lie ends of cars.
! oc. 8. That when any person , firm , company
or corporal Ion engnced In Inter-tine commerce
by railroads .shall < < qulti a sufficient nuiiitier of
It- , cars > o us to comply w lib the pro * l-i.ins of
si-cllon 1 of thl > act. it may lawfully refuse to
receive from connecting lines or roads or
shipper.- any car * not equipped sufficiently In
accordance with the first sertion of this act ,
with-iicli power or train brakes aswillwoik
and readily Inteichunge with the brakes in
use on Its own cars , as required by this act.
Sec. 4. That from und after the first cluy of
Julj" , 1895 , until otherwise ordered by the In-
teiMate Commerce commission , It shall be un
lawful for uny railroad company to u--e any
cur in interstate commerce that U not pro-
\ Uled with secure grab Irons or hand holds on
the ends uud sides of each cur for greater se-
curlty to men in coupling uud uncoupling
curs.
Ordered to Designate the Couplings.
Pec. 5. That within ninety days from the
passing of this act the . \mcrlran Hallway as
sociation is authorized hereby to designate to
the. Interstate I'nuiintirco eommllon the
standard height of draw bars .for such cars ,
measured perpendicular from the lever from
the top of the rulli to the center of the draw
bars , for each of the several cauces of rail
roads In use In the United States , and shall lix a
minimum variation from such standard height
to he allowed between the draw bai > of empty
and loaded cars. I'pon their determination
being certified to the Interstate Commerce
commission , said commission shall at once
give notice of the standard fUed upan to all
common carriers , owner * , or lessees engaged In
Interstate commerce in the United Stutes by
such means as the commission may deem
proper , but should said association fall to de
termine u standard as above provided. It shall
be the duty i > f the Interstate Commerce com
mission to do so before July 1 , 1S94 , and Im
mediately to clvc notice thereof as aforesaid ,
and after Julv 1. JH95. no cars , either loaded
or unloaded , shall be used in Interstate traffic ,
whlcn do not comply with the standard above
provided.
Sec. G. That any such common carrier usln :
any locomotive euclne , running any train , or
hauling j ornKTmltlingUi be hauled or used on
Its lines any car In violation of a 113of the pro
vision * of this net , shall be liable to a penally
of 11(10 , for each and every such violation , to
be recovered In a suit or suits to be brought by
the I'nlted States district attorney In the dis
trict court of the I'nlteo States liavlnc juris
diction in the locality where such violation
lias heen committed , and It shall ue the duty
of such district attorney to bring s-uch suits
upon duly verified Information lining lodged
with him of such vlolnrion having occurred ,
and It shall also be the duty of the Interstate
I'otiiinerce commission to lodge with the pro
per district attorneys proper Information of
such violations us niaj come to Its knowledge ;
provided thut nothing : In the act contained
shall apply to four wheeled cars or locomo
tives used haiKlIliiR such tralni.
Sec. 7. That the Interstate commerce com
missioners may from tiin to time , upon full
lieiirlnK and for good ciuse , extend the period
within which tiny common currier shall coin-
lily with the provisions of this act.
Itlxhtii of Kmploycfc for
Sec. R. That any employe or any such com
mon currier who nmy lie Injured by any loco
motive , cur or train In use contrary to the pro
visions of this act. shall mil ho deemed thereby
to ha\c assumed the risk thereby occasioned ,
although continuing In the employment of
such carrier after the unlawful use of such
loconiolhe. car or train has he-en brought to
his knowledge.
A conference on the disagreeing votes was
asked , and Messrs. Cullom , Wilson and Har
ris were appointed conferees on the part of
Ihe senale.
Mr. Sherman then moved to take up the
Nicaragua canal bill , so us to make it the
unfinished business.
The motion was agreed to yeas , ! ! 3 ; nays.
Ill ; and after an executive session , the sen
ate adjourned.
ix Tim IIOUM : .
Kepiililleaiid Ilpfrat 1111 Attempt to Shut Off
Icliile < in the I'enslon Illll.
WA'-UIXUTON , D. C. , Feb. 11. The session
of the house today was without result. The
attempt of Ihe democrats to limit the time
for the debate on the pension appropriation
bill was firmly resisted by the republicans ,
and the strong minority came out victorious.
The result being that with the termination
of general debate Iho house adjourned.
The house resumed in commlliee of Ihe
whole Ihe consideration of the invalid ap
propriation bill. An attempt to limit the
debate g-ave rise to filibustering movements ,
led by Mr. Burrows , und the motion for
liinitulion was withdrawn.
Mr. ! .lvinc"ton' Mpeech.
Mr. Curtis and Mr. Harris opposed the pro
posed amendment ol the pension laws. On
the other hand , Mr. Uvingston approved
them , and he did so us a southern man. The
republican administration which was ubout
to go out of power had appointed a southern
democrat to a jiositlon on the United States
supreme bench. It was reported that the in
coming administration would upiraint ' a re-
publican as secretary of stale. With such
generosity on the of the
part outgoing and 1 i
incoming administrations he supposed that I j I
a southern ex-rebel would at least find the [ '
sympathy of his republican friends when a
discussion of u delicate question was entered I
upon. Speaking for a southern man , he
said lhat it was never intended to rein'al 1
the pension laws , but he , as a southern man.
reconstrucled under his country's flag j I
und under his oath to bupjort the con j
sUtution would vote for the nmeadI I j
_ , MRS. J. BENSON.
REMOVAL SALE EXTRAORDINARY.
The largest ' and finest stock of ladies' and children's furnishings and fancy dry goods in the
northwest to-'Jiie ' thrown on the market at a creat sacrifice. Every article in the stock will be sold
at a cut price to reduce stock before moving.
GOODS AT JEWELRY ,
Solid gold rings with real
SO stones half-price.
FANCY GOODS DEPARTMENT
Laundry bags , ' drapery
fringes , table and piano covers ,
embroidered pieces , picture
and chair drapes , head.rests ,
and all remnants. 20
All above goods at half-
or Half-Price price.
See our shell ornaments and
combs.
INCLUDE : Gobelin sheeting and Mexi
Fur capes , mantillas and can cloth for table spreads ,
' 33 \ $ per cent off.
children's .
sets.
Boxes of writing paper , 33 ' 3
Several lines of corsets. per cent off.
Two lines of ladies' winter . All ladies' muffs 33 J $ to 50
per cent reduction.
underwear. Choice
perfumes , 33 per
cent off.
Two lines of children's winter
Umbrellas from $1.50 to
ter underwear. . # 7,50 all reduced 33' ' ; per cent.
Children's bonnets. Pocketbooks , purses and card cases , 20 per cent off.
Children's black knit skirts. See our handkerchief stock.
42-inch black lace net for For this week a big cut in all yarns.
dresses. Zephyr , 3c per ounce.
Cambric and muslin night Germantown , good quality- , loc a skein.
gowns , slightly soiled. Zephyr , Germantown , best quality Bear Brand , 15C skein.
Silk tissue veiling , mull
Saxony , best quality , loc skein. if !
squares , lace 'and ch'flon
German knitting yarn , best quality , 23c skein.
fichus.
' Spanish and alliance knitting yarn , best grade for chili
Children's collars , rubber
dren's wear , 1 5C a skein.
dress facing. .
Rug yarns , 250 a pound.
Remnants in , '
ladies' and
children's skirt widths in white
Handsome embroidered flan OltU&RS promptly fillod.
embroidery and'irisertions. nel , 20 per cent off. 21O-212 S. 15th Street.
ments to the pending bill. The time was
coming when there would be no need of ret
form. 1I 1 No man would suffer more under the
present I pension system than tuo veterans
who had fought in "tho union. If the
present j system were continued the time
would come when the masses of the people
would ic go to the otbwestremo and the cause
iJ of the veterans would be injured. Southern
men J were not opposed lo pensioning union
soldiers. ! Long ago lhat question had been
settled.'not only as proper , but as justifiable.
Ho then proceeded to argue in favor of the
transfer of the pension bureau from the In
terior to the War department. He was
frank to say that under the general acts of
the administration the bureau had been in
fluenced by political considerations : he was
frank to admit thut political influence was
powerful today under the administration of
Commissioner Huum. This political influ
ence destroyed the whole organization.
Interrupted by Mr. Grout.
Then Mr. Livingston made a suggestion ,
which Mr. Grout controverted. "If" he
began , but Mr. Livingston interrapled the
question with the remark , "The heavens
may fall. Are you willing to po into Mr.
Cleveland's cabinet ? What do you think of
that ? " J Loud laughter , to which Mr. Grout
pleasantly contributed. ]
Said Mr. Fellows sotto TOCO lo Mr. Dini- ;
ley : "So far as Mr. Cleveland's cabinet is
concerned , no republican is safe1 and the
personal friends and jiolitical foes indulged
in a hearty laugh.
The committee then rose and public busi
ness having been suspended , the house paid
its due respects to the memory of the lale
Edward P. McDonald of New Jersey and
adjourned.'i
AXXIOt'S I'OJt 1J1K 1'I.ACE.
I einocratleseirttt > r AVao Want to lie Put
on tlip Kluunee CoiiitnJttpe *
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Feb. 11. in anticipa
tion of the fruits of their recent victory the
democrats are ua.v discussing the probaoft
changes in the senate committees , ouo of
the most important of which is tint on
llnance , which is presided over by Mr. Veer
hees.
There is no reason to believe that the
usages of the senate will be violated , al
though there was some talk , while Mr. Car
lisle was in the senate and before he
was considered for a cabinent po
sition , of making him the chairman of
the committee. The republican members ,
however , will remain undisturbed , the
present majority of Ihe jiarly being reduced
to the requisite minority by the retirement
of Mr. His.-ock. whoso term will expire with
this congress. The guessing is entirely on
the side of the democrats. It has been said
that Mr. Harris , owing to his succession to
the chairmanship of the District of Colum
bia commitlee , will withdraw from the
finance committee , hut while this would bo
gladsome news to some democrats who wish
to get this desirable bsrtu , it is unlikely that
the senator from Tcnncb&ee will relinquish
his share in the work < iof this committee ,
which he finds so tnwib to his taste. Mr.
Carlisle , of course , retired , and that leaves
another place for a democrat.
Mr. Vest of Missouri ib suid to have a wish
to get upon this committee , und his friends
are reported to be at work in his interest ,
while it is also true that the south is de
manding another representative in addition
to Mr. Vance of North Carolina. Mr. Mills
is said to be the mant whom the southern
senators will put forward for this place.
Owiuc to the fact that there is but one
vacancy , although it I .jumored that Mr.
Harris may retire , there will be a clashing of
Interesls , and even will'two openings there
is likely to bo more orless friction.
It is rumored about , ttie senate chamber
that Mr. Cleveland has expressed a wish to
have one of his jiersonal friends upon this
committee , and Mr. Vilas is looked u | > on us
the natural choice of the president-elect.
IM > CUsSKI ) THIS MTl'ATION.
Hawaiian CommUfclonrrs Tnlk lth Secre.
tury of Mate l' < iter.
WAMIIXOTON , D. C.Feb. 11 The Hawaiian
commissioners followed up the distinct ad
vantage gained by the oWclal recognition by
the president , which gives them a diplomatic
standing , by calling , in their now capacity
as recognized envoys on Secretary Fos
tor at the Stifto * department this
afternoon. The conf rence oointnenwxl
at 4 o'clock and lasted an hour und a
half. The president , in accentuating his
cordial reception of the commissioners this
afterndou. inllmated to them that the nego-
tiiitions which formed the subject of their
mission would he conducted by the secretary
of state. The commissioners accordinEly re- >
j paired j to the state department at
' the close of the ordinary routine day's
| business and laid before Secretary
' Foster ] in detail , the practical proposition
, they were authorized to submit. Some
' progress was made as to arriving at a har
j monious view of the exigencies of the solu
' tion , but no definite conclusion was reached
nnd the conference was adjourned until
Monday. ] The commissioners are combatting
in i detail the objections urged against the
annexation of the islands.
Speaking on behalf of his fellow commis
sioners , Mr. Thurston today said , in regard
to the obstacle of the coolie faction , every
lepislislalure of recent years , except that
probably of 1SS7 , has contained u majority of
native members The natives themselves
are responsible for the introduction of the
coolies of China into the islands and resist
ance hud been made by the reform party to
restrict the immigration of that class. They
tiave no one lo blame for the presence of
coolies in Hawaii except themselves.
He said further : "If it were not fer the
constant struggles maintained by the whites
the present laws which compel those
afflicted with that loathsome disease to bo
trausjiorted lo the leper settlement , the na-
lives in the legislature would speedily repeal
even thai beneficent measure , throwing all
barriers against its spread over the country.1
Since the appearance of the flrsl authenti
cated case there have been probably 5,000
cases of leprosy on the island , and at present
there are about 1,100 of the unfortunates in
the loiter settlement. Of this the percentage
of whites is almost infinite small. The per
centage of cases among the whites , Mr.
Thurston says , has not exceeded the deaths
from diphtheria in an average American
village.
Dr. Cluck treats catarrh , Barker block.
Another Ilmlj Discovered.
DOYEH , N. H. , F b. 11. The work of re
moving debris from the cellar of the burned
Insane asylum was resumed this morning.
One more body uud some charred bones
were found. This makes thirty-six persons
accounted for.
l.Ol'AL JtltEI'llIJ'.S.
Mr. Chris Hanson , who lives at Franklin
and Fiftieth streets , Jumped from a moving
street cur Friday night und fell , breaking a
leg near the ankle.
Secretary W. S. Wedge and Mr. George C.
Bassett of the Builders and Traders associ
ation , who left yesterday to attend a national
on vrtition at St. Louis , will make nn effort
o ftciie the nf\t iciuvtntitn for Cicaha.
James Kennedy bought of William Kettle
a butcher's shop at 111 ! * North Twenty-
fourth street , giving K > in cash and a note
for f 100. He stion learned that the shop be
longed to M. Toft , and now there is u war
rant out for Kettle's arrest.
Walter Brandes , Louis Hermann and
.lames H. Davis each sued the city lor $1.1100
damages because the building of the
Tenth street viaduct damaged their busi
ness. The suits were compromised yester
day by the allowance of Stto to Brandes , J-UK )
to Hermann and J175 to Davis.
Dr. Giuck treats catarrh , Barker block.
o
n K.iTinit
It Will He Warmer unit Southerly Winds
Will lilou in the State Tocluy.
WAMiixoros , D. C. , Feb. 11. For Ne
braska and South Dakota- Generally fair ,
warmer , southerly winds.
For Iowa Fair , followed by light , local
snows ; variable winds.
For North Dakota Increasing cloudiness
and possibly light snows , except in Uie
southeaslern part , fair weather , wanner ,
southerly winds.
Ixieal Kecord.
OrrifE ar TIIE WEATIIEU BI'REAU. OMMU ,
Feb. 11. Omaha record of temperature ana
rainfall compared with oorresrotidlng day of
past four years :
IbOS. 1602 18DJ. 1890
Maximum tenuK'rat lire. 2a = U2 = > 4131 -
Minimum lemjieriiture. . 11 ! = 7 = i7 ! = 'JBS
Averacc temperature. . WH 312 s
1'reclpltatlor T .T .00 . ( K )
Statement showing the condition of tem
perature nnd precipitation at Omaha for Iho
day und since March 1 , ! & ) . ' .
Normal temperature 233
UellcUmcy for tlm clay
Ueticlmicy hlnce. March 1 M
Normal iireclnitfttlon OB inch
IH-ficUmcy foi the drf 03 Inch
Delicleucy lnce March 1 3.W Incutts
Geouae E. Hr.NTL < xfil Forecast OftleiuL
If you have piles l > e\V tfs Witch Ha/el
salvo will surely cure you.
.
Dr Gluck treats catarrh , Barker block.
ONLY A FEW OF THEM LEFT
Lincoln is Almost Deserted by Members of
the Legislature.
SOME TALK ABOUT DUNCAN'S' ' 'STORY
Various Opinion * Held by the Mm Who Are
Interested it. the Outcome Work In
the Semite Seems to lie
Itlocked.
LINCOLN , Neb. , Feb. 11. [ Special to TUB
BCE. ] The several political headquarters in
Ihis city are deserted , and but few of the
egislalive solons are here to remind The
nhabitants that a session of the legislature
is in progress. All but three or four of the
independent members ha\e left for their
homes.
There are still a few whispered comments
upon the result of the house investi
gation into the alleged bribery cases , and
Ihe prevailing sentiment among the few
members still iu the city is thut there is a
prospect of some startling developments
within the next ten days. The opinion is
freely expressed that more than the two
members named by the
sergcunt-at-arms yes
terday are implicated , and that at least a
half a dozen members will yet be called upon
to explain away several things that ut
present have a suspicious look. In the mean
time there is nothing to do but to wait for
the legislature to reassemble und for the
Investiruilng committee to resume business.
One. View of the Cake.
Opinions concerning the merits of the con
troversy are conflicting. There is a manifest
disposition upon the part of the independent
members of the more radical strijK ? to throw
the entire- blame for the alleged bribery upon
the republican lobby. Several independents
openly boast that
the independents were
fully Justified iu agreeing with the opposi
tion to sell ttieir votes , fix a price , and if
necessary accept u "retainer" In advance ,
the whole plan and purjiose being to expose
the corrupt tendencies of the republican
lobby.
A prominent independent and one of the
leaders of that party in the fight made on
the floor of the house yesterday , was heard
to say the night before Allen was made sen
ator , that several independents hud gone to
the republican lobby with a proposition to
furnish enough votes to elect either Thurs
ton or Paddock , and that their
purjiose was to get the money offered for
the votes , und after securing it safely in
their inside } K > cke.t , refuse to deliver the
votes. The member referred to asserted
thut the plan wus u perfectly safeone.us the
men who offered the money for the necessary
voles to elect a senator would not dare squeal
over the miscarriage of their plans. The man
who made the assertion claimed to know
what he was talking ubout : and the further
fact that he was one of the few men who
made such a bitter fight to prevent the ser-
geant-at-arms from revealing the names of
the men who had gone to the rooms of the
iniquitous lobbyists is suggestive.
Moving > i1fiHly In the eimte.
The senate is unusually dilatory in pushing
public business at the present session , and
although one-half of the legislative lerm hus
elapsed bul three bills have been passed und
sent to the governor or lo Ihe other end of
the state house. One of these was Kggles-
ton's bill providing for the appointment of
assistant county attorneys , und was a bill of
no especial value lo the | K < oplc of the state ,
us its provisions only affect Lancas
ter county. Another of the bills was intro
duced by Senator Graham , and was offered
for the t > enefit of a fellow townsman who
desired the noi-essar.j legislative authority
to enable him to print .thj-statutes of Nn-
bi-aska. The ihinthllLjiiassod was house
roll No. 112 , proviaiij Igatbc recount of the
ballots cast 011 the fwoutuiendments to the
txmstitulioti at the last general election No
one hus yet been found that uffevtK to believe
that an honest rucounl of the votes on the
cfliiHtitutionul amendments will show that
either of them curried.
There are u number of iniKirUint [ indas
before the senate They have all been reuc
the seicond time , printed und iu the hands 01
the respw live committees The stock yards
bills , telephone bills , railroad bills
aud in fact all the measure * in which
the people of the state are directly and vi-
tallj interested have not yet found their
way to the surface. There is a lively sus
picion among a number of the senalors on
Ihe independent side of Ihe chumtier that
the Douglas countv contests are interfering
with active committee work iu , the senate ,
and that the delay in bringin * lhe contests
before the senate and the persistency of
several senators in refusing to allow the
cases to be settled in the most expeditious
manner , has something to do with the un
usual delay. When this idea takes posses
sion of the majority of the senators , as it is
ulmost certain to do wituln a few duvs , short
work will be made with the trutn ] > ed-up con
test proceedings from Douglas county.
AI-TUIC KX-ornciAi.s.
Illinois' New Administration Start * Olf with
Many I.ainultH.
SrniNorini.1) , 111. . Feb. 11. The only topio
of discussiDn among public men today was
Vcting Governor Gills' action in ordering the
ittorney general to bring suit against the
mst auditors and
treasurers to recover
uoneys alleged to have been misappropri-
ited by them. The matter was treated se
riously by the bondsmen , hut several of them
ire anxious to be understood they had no
' ' '
'ear as to tho'outcome of the suits' .
The principals in the proposed suits are
all alive with the exception of Charles E ,
Uppmcott.ft'ho was auditor from 1K72 to
IS7ii. A number of the bondsmen , however ,
are dead. As the Puvey case is docketed
Tor the March term of the Sangamon county
circuit court , it is not likely tne defense will
take any action for some time.
Attorney General Mulone is already mak-
ng careful research in preparation for the
suits soon to be instituted against the ex-
state officers. It is evident he must have
additional help If he is to pursue the matter
ivith vigor. Arrangements are already
: > elng made to
prepare an emergency appro
priation bill making a contingent appropria
tion of the sum necessary to command the
sen-ices of some of the ablest counsel in the
state to aid the attorney general. As most
of the ex-ottlccrs returned to Iheir respeclivo
counties after their term of office expired , it
is probable thut suit will have to be insti-
luted in nearly a dozen counties against as
many ex-state officers.
.All the 1'rolesi.orn Were .leulonx.
PiniiFtr. . S. D. , Feb. 11. ( Special Telegram
to THE Ben. ] The Brookings investigation
was continued this afternoon with the ex
amination of several professors , whose evi
dence disclosed nothing except general
Jealousy and recrimination. The testimony
closed with Dr. McLouth , who stated in de
tail u denial of ull charges and declared that
he had not procured the discharge of the
professor or improperly influenced the board
of regents. The committee will hold an.
other meeting Monday and make up its re
port. The general opinion Is that the entire
fucultj will be dismissed.
Washington's enutorlul Content ,
Oi.VMl'i * , Wash. , Feb. 11. During the
twenty-four days the legislature hus been
voting for United States senator sixly bal
lots have been taken , and although the re
publicans have a majority of forty , there Is
apparently no prospect of a speedy termina
tion of the deadlock. Allen has fifty-one
votes , being within six of the number re
quired to elect. Turner holds his own at
twenty-four votes , and Duubar has one. The
democrats nnd populists prefer to take no
hand iu the matter and vote constantly lor
their respective candidates.
Kllle.il the Sllier .Memorial.
Si PJH-I. . Minn. , Fob 11. By a vote of iiO
to ii ' the senate today killed Senator San-
horn's memorial to congress iu favor of Ihe
free coinage of silver.
Senator John Day Smith today Introduced
u bill providing for woman suffrage in all
municipal elections.
Leavitt's income ttti bill , which has oc
cupied u large share of the time of the legis
lature , was defeated by a vote of J to 'J3.
No Cholre In Wyoming ,
CitriENNE , Wyo. , Ftb. 11. The senatorial
ballot resulted : John P Koblnsou ( rep. ) ,
± i : John C.Thompson ( dem. > , 18. John E.
Otorne ( dem. ) , 7 ; G. W. Dexter ( dein.i.Si
others scattering.
Dr. Gluck , eye and oar , Barker block.
Gold and Miter KxporU ,
NEW YoHK.Feh.ll. The total gold exportt
to date this year are JlS.CM.dOO , including
P . 'iVKKI ) ( today The total silver export *
for the year are 2,102,000 ounces and 800.000
Mexican dollars.