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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TWKHDAY , TTEBKTTARY 9 , 1307. SOUTH OMAHA'S ' POSTOFFICE Now Turn Taken Which Will Hold the Building Back. DEAL FOR THE SITE IS DECLARED OFF Cainpllcnllnnurrntiii } < 1liiK Ilio Tilt mill DoInjH in tlits TriuiMfcr Tlrrn Out Ilie TrtMiNtiry Ilrimrt- inent AutliorllloK. WASHINGTON , Ftb. 3. ( Special Tele gram.- The slto selected for the South Omaha public building 1ms virtually beer abandoned by the Government , on accoun of Uie checker-board appearance of tlio nb ntract. In addition to the complication growing out of the L. O. Powlor property which was taken In In order to make the slto big enough , deeds wore first execute * for $10,000 , a thousand moro than the nmonn appropriated. Not content with this bull , a protest wns filed with the Treasury depart mcnt against paying over the Fowler money Afterward this protest was withdrawn , bui before checks could .he sent now compile * tlons would arise , unexpected transfers o property took place , nnd other things tran spired which disgusted the department' to the extent that the chosen slto has been abandoned nnd a fipccl.il ngont of the Treasury ury department wilt proceed to Soutl Omaha to nolect a new slto. Congressman Mercer said today ho wanted work begun on the building- , and ho did not care much where the building was located , Just so the unemployed of the city may bo given work Plans for the building arc about completed and all that Is needed Is a slto to put It on II. T. Clarke Is In the city with a view of Inducing the appropriations committee to appropriate In the sundry civil bill money which ho claims the government owes him for the rent of buildings occupied by the military at Fort Crook. Representative iMcrcer has made npplca ! < tlon to have Omaha Included In the list o cities In which house to house collcctloi nnd delivery of mall Is to bo tried. CHANGES HIS CADET. Last Juno Representative Andrews nom inated as cadet for West Point Clarendon E. 'Adams , Jr. , of Superior , Nuckolls county Circumstances have so changed that young Adams has sent In his declination , which leaves the position vacant. Mr. Andrews has two hoys In mind from the Fifth district but has not decided which shall bo named 03 principal and which alternate. The boys electect will bo from the list of those who appeared In competitive examination for naval cadctshlp In 1893 from the same district. Mr. Andrews stated that young Adams had received an extenslvo training In military tactics while nl the state univer sity , his qualifications therefore being of the highest order , Intellectual , military and physical , which won him the place. A nom ination for the vacancy will probably bo maclo tomorrow. A great mariy Inquiries are being received by Senators Allen and Thurston , and Repre sentative Melklcjohn as to the extent of the free homestead bill as reported by Senatoi Pcttlgre\v In the senate and the senate ame'ndments concurred In by the public lands committee of the. house. The.lands on the ceded Indian reservations In Nebraska sold by the government come within Its pro visions and money due from purchasers to Indians are by the provisions of the bll , , pald by the government. This bill Includes t the Omaha and Sioux reservations In the . , 'state. - The president has ' I signed Mclklojohn's-blll v regulating the sale of liquor to Indians , and I telegraphic Instructions have been Issued by Commissioner Browning to all agents' , notl- } fylng them of the drastic provisions of the j. law , .which will go far towards putting a } etopi to the sale of Intoxicants to the wards f of the natlo.u. \ Senator Thurston was unable to complete his speech on the Union Pacific foreclosure , on account of the executive scission which J lasted this whole of the day. Ho Intro- X t duced , however , a raft of protests against / the passage of the Loud bill regulating 'i second class matter from a number of od- ' itora of Nebraska weeklies. Ho also pre- dented the petitions of the Young People's v Society of Homo and Foreign Missions ol Plymouth Congregttonl church , Lincoln , favoring the passage of the antl-scalplng bill ; favoring the passage of the McMillan bill , bo called , and another petition favorable to the passage of the Drodericlc bill. Rep resentative Mercer ( lied a resolution of the Board of Trade and Commercial club of Omaha favorable to the anil-scalping bill , and a petition of the Builders and Traders ex change of Omaha , favoring the passage of the Loud bill. NATIONAL BANK MATTERS. Comptroller Eckelo has declared a second dividend of 10 per cent In favor of creditors of the First National bank of Kearney , Neb. , making In all 30 per cent on claims proved , amounting to $142,330. Ho also de clared a fifth dividend of 20 per cent , a total of 90 per cent In favor of the cred itors of the First National bank of Rcdfleld , S. D. , on claims proved , amounting to $65- C9C , The comptroller has approved the First National bank of Omaha as reserve agent for the City National bank , David City , Nob. , and the Continental National bank of SL Louis far the Ottuimva National 'bank ' of Ottumwa. la. * William T. Goad , president of the Dakota Pacific railway , a projected line from Sioux Falls , S. D. , to Granger , Wyo. , Is In the cltty In the Interest of his company. Re cently ( by request ) Senator Pettlgrow In troduced In the senate , a. bill granting lands In aid of this road. It Is now Intended to ask congress to authorize the secretary of tbo Interior to patent to the company on com- .plotton of each eectlon of ten miles , 100,000 acres , and then only on payment of $1 per The little key that opens the small pad * lock is the real thing that opens the massive door. The door that will withstand the at tack of a crowbar opens readily with the proper use of a key one-thousandth part as big and strong. Big things are not always the most useful or the most effective , fierce' * Pleasant Pellets arc little , so small ( hat forty of them will go into a vial no larger round than a lead pencil anil two inches long. They arc tiny , sugar-coated granules , tut they do their work more effectively than nauseous doses a hundred times their hulk. They are for the cure of constipation. They cure the hundred and one symptom of con- ttipation. They cure headaches , bilious ness , sour stomach , foul breath , heart-burn , palpitation of the heart and pimples , aud they assist in the cure of almost every dis ease with which mankind is afflicted. No one can get well unless the regular , healthy action of the digestive organs is restored. The "Pellets" will do this. One little "Pellet" is a gentle laxative and two a mild cathartic. Without causing any pain , grip ing or any other unpleasantness , they will restore the natural action of the bowels , and when this is done their use may be discon tinued. They are not uient to supersede Nature , but to help her , and that i ? all she needs. There are druggists who for the sake of a slightly greater profit , will endeavor to ell you something else which they say is "just as good. " They are trying to make a profit at the expense of your health. Tor the physiology of women , Iu health and dis ease , read Dr. Fierce' * great work , the " Comiaou Sense Medical Advl er. " A copy , paper-covered , free to auyone who will ud 21 ouc-cctit stamp * , to cover co t of mailing only , to World's UUpcu- ury Medical Association , Buffalo , N. Y , acre to the Government. The bill will be rortrlctLil so an to apply to the Sioux roscr vatlon. This Ii the flr t compensation fo rt land grant bill over Introduced. IJAVS DOIM18 I.V Til 15 SUXATH I'lilirr House VntHoi n HIM Over i rreKlileiit'H Veto. WASHINGTON , Feb. 8. The senate was In executive scrtdon most of the day con sldcrlng the Anglo-American peace treaty * o that little time wan given In open BOS slnn to the transaction of regular legislative wort : , I3arly In the day the bill renrranglng the judicial dUlrlcts of Texas \van passed over the prrsldent's veto by the unusually heavy majority of 27 to 1 , the negative Vote being that of Mr. Cattery of Louisiana. Speaking for the bill , Mr. Mills of Texas said the burden of the president' * objection was that the judge of the court , the clerk and the malfhnl opposed the change. For years the development ot Texas had demanded the change , but every time it was attempted there was the opposition ot the court ofll- clals , who dtstrcd their convenience con sulted rather than the convenience of the public. And no In this rase , said the sen ator , the president hud accepted the views of the court oHlclnV ] rather than those ot the representatives of the people. "It Is strange to me , " said Mr. Mills , "that the president doca not consult the fifteen representatives from Texas thirteen In the other house nnd two hi this Instead of accepting the vlowfj of the court officers. " Mr. Hoar , republican of Massachusetts said h'o thought tha senator from Tcxa ( Mills ) did the president a great Injustice In saying he was moved solely by the wUlics of the court officials. On the con trary , said Mr. Hoar , the president took the very strong ixwltlon that but forty-five oases had arlron In five years In the locality of the proposed district. That was ft very strong nnd valid objection. The senator thought It was outweighed , however , by the growth of Texas and Its future needs , and he therefore would vo'lo for the bill despite the veto. The effect of the vote Is to make the bill a law without further reference to the president , as It already has passed oVei the veto In the house. . Mr. Pottlgrcw , Independent ot South Da kota , sought t' havq the bill relative to amending the timber culture laws recalled from the president to correct an error. Mr. Hill , democrat of New York , Intel- posed the legal point that It was beyond the power ot congress to take a bill out of the hands of the president to amend It on mat ters of substance. It might overcome the veto power by withdrawing n bill from the president when It was liable to be vetoed. The resolution went over. At 1 o'clock , onmotion of Mr. Sherman , the eon-ato went Into executive session and so remained until adjournment at 5:2C. : OF SUOAK rijAXTEUS Committee "Will nrmit AmdlonHon for WASHINGTON , Feb. S. The petition of the sugar planters of the south nnd west for nn appropriation of $1,013,000 to pay the sugar bounty In full on the crop which was planted under the McKlnlcy law and harvested under the Wilson law will bo granted by the house committee. The subcommittee on the sundry clv l bill has a special meeting on Sunday to con sider the request which had been presented by the congressmen from Louisiana. Ne braska and California , and concluded that the claim was a valid one. The Wilson act cut oft the bounty entirely , but con gress made an appropriation of so-ncthlng moro than $5,000,000 to pay the bounty on the crop which was In the ground wber the act went Into effect and whlsh It was said the planters had planted largely on the strength of this expectation of bounty. That appropriation was not for the full amount of the bounties due , nnd was di vided pro rnta among the claimants. The additional appropriation now proposed Is to make up the full amount of the bounty duo for that year and the committee will quote the opinion of the supreme court In overruling the action .of Qomptroller Bowler in withholding payment that fho promised bounty was In effect a contract made by the government with the planters. NO ACTION OX MU.VOI3R NOMINATION , Senate Jiidlclnry Committee PoMt- IIOIIPN All CHKC.H Ilcfnru It. WASHINGTON , Feb. 8. ( Special Tele. gram. ) The question of W. H. Munger's confirmation was not reached by the senate judiciary committee this morning. The senate committee did not acl on any of t'he nominations pending before It today , all go ing over. The senate committee on Judiciary today had under consideration the nomination of Charles F. Amldon to bo district Judge for the district of North Dakota. There have been charges ( lied to the effect that Mr. Amldon Is not acceptable , to the bar of the state. A subcommittee was appointed to Investigate the charges and report to the committee at Its next meeting , which will bo held on. Wednesday. IIoiiMo Ilrporl. WASHINGTON , Feb. 8. The house de voted the whole day to District ot Columbia business and eight bills of more or less local Importance were passed. The certificates of election of the presidential electors for warded to the house by the secretary of state wcro submitted and ordered to He on the table In anticipation of the counting of the electoral vote on Wednesday. The con- fcrenco report on the Immigration bill was presented and notice given that it would bo called up tomorrow. Mr. Dartholdt , who fought the first report , has signed the pres ent report and It will be accepted , prac tically without opposition. The speaker ap pointed Messrs. Grosvcnor of Ohio and Itlcbardson of Tennessee as tellers on the part of tbo house to count the electoral vote on Wednesday. A resolution was adopted requesting the secretary of the In terlor to/Inform the house what action had been taken to inforco the terms of the treaty of 1SCS with the Navajo Indians by which these Indians are required to remain ' within tho' limits of their reservation. At 5:10 : the house adjourned. JVeiTM for the Avmr. WASHINGTON , Feb. 8. ( Special Tele gram. ) A board for examination of ofTlcers for retirement with Major Stevens T. Novell , Tenth cavalry , as president , has been ordered to meet at Fort Ouster , Mont. Chaplain Prancls II , Weaver , Tenth cavalry , la or dered before tbo board. First Lieutenant Harris L. Roberts , Nino- 'eouth ' Infantry , has been transferred from Fort Wayne to Detroit. First Lieutenant Henry S. Klrby , Tenth nfantry , baa been granted one month's cave of absence. The president today sent the following nominations to the senate : War Lieutenant Colonel Edward Moale , Third Infantry , to ba colonel ; Major F. B. Trncey , Seventh Infan- ry , to bo lieutenant colonel ; Captain A. W. Corliss , Eighth Infantry , to bo major , DlrlilfiiiU WASHINGTON. Fob , 8. The comptroller of the currency has declared dividends In aver of the creditors of insolvent national ) anks as follows : Ten per cent , Grand forks National bank pt Grand Forks , N. J , ; a first dividend of 50 per cent for the National Dank of Illinois at Chicago , hero- oforo unofficially announced ; 10 per cent , he National Dank of Jefferson. Tex. ; 10 > er cent , the First National Dank of ICcar- noy. Neb. ; 20 per cent , the First National of Redflold , S. D. AitrlciiKiirnl Iiiiplriiic-iit Rxlilliltlun , WASHINGTON , Fob , 8. The secretary of grlcultura is advised , through the State epartment , wjth a roqucat from the min ster of Austria-Hungary to extend the In- ormatlon as widely as possible , that an xhlbltlon of agricultural Implements vlll be held at Vienna. May 0 to U. 1S97. } y special arrangements , the entries of \merlcati manufacturers for exhibition will ba admitted without duty if remaining uu- old , Dully Tri-immv' S nU'iiii'nl. WASHINGTON , Feb. 8 , Today's state ment of the condition of the treasury dhows : Available cash balance , $216,169,037 ; gold reserve , $115.169.482. _ Senator IlarrlH Ileitcr. WiASHINGTON , F b , 8. Senator Harris U reported better today. mm STATISTICS Boport of the Oommisiion for the Past Fiscal Year. PARTISANSHIP PAR DALLY ERADICATED Political AN PNKIMCII < M Not So Krniiiciit nH They Korim-rly Wcro Tenure of OlIlCL- Not AVIint It Should lie. WASHINGTON , Feb. 8. The thirteenth annual report of the Civil Service commis sion , covering the past fiscal year , has been submitted to the president. It reviews the growth of the government's civil service , the efforts of the commission to eradicate partisanship In feleral office and Important civil bervlco reforms aud extensions con templated. During the year the commission conducted Investigations Into charges of political as sessments , political or religious discrimi nations , Illegal appointments and removals and alleged frauds and unfairness In con nection with examinations and appoint ments. In a number of cases of charges of political assessments 'It was found there had been no technical violations of the law. Ono Investigation , whoso report Is still under consideration , was made at the Columbus , O. , postofllcc , over a year ago. It developed the fact that for years It was the practice of many employes to contribute to the cam paign fund of what party was In power. During the last four years the removals from competitive positions In the classified service at Washington have 'been less than two per cent for all causes , not Including such removals as resulted from necessary reductions" In the force. In the unclassified and excepted service at Washington , the removals arc believed to have aggregated In the last four years at least fifty per cent. The conclusion drawn Is that cither persons brought In through examination arc far moro efficient than the others , or the removals from the unclassified positions have been made for other causes than the good of the service. The now civil servlco rules , the report says , glvo the commission sufficient authority to regulate promotions as well as to Investi gate cases where discrimination Is charged In making removals or reductions. Within a short tlmo satisfactory regulations aru ex pected to be In operation iu all the de partments , so that promotions may bo ma no wholly on merit and removals nnd reduc tions be made only for satisfactory causes without regard to personal , political or re ligious considerations. * TENURE OF OFFICE. As to the tenure of ofllco the report says : "Our administrative system now presents the anomaly of filling certain 'Inferior posi tions by the test of inurlt and changing every four years the higher positions like collectors of .customs and internal revenue , postmasters , and chiefs of bureaus In which the largest capacity and longest experience are required , and .thus frequently subjecting subordinates to Inexperienced and Incom petent superiors to the demoralization of the public service. The gradual' Increase In the number of presidential offices , It Is asserted , Is bound to force a change In the method of filling them. "At the rate of Increase. " says the re port , "In a few years it will bo physically Impossible for the president to examine the papers nnd hear arguments and complaints referring to the large number of persons to bo commissioned , and the repeal of the four years' tenure laws will bo absolutely neces sary. " The commission Is of the opinion that fourth-class postmasters may be In cluded In the classification by executive order. When these extensions of the classi fication have been made and the four years' tenure of olllce acts are repealed and regula tions are In successful operation In all the departments requiring promotions to , be _ based on the efllalcncy of employes , the reforms - ' forms In executive civil servlco will be practically complete. EXAMINATIONS. The whole number of persons examined for the five branches of the. classified service during the year ending June 30 , 1896 , was 31,270 , of whom 20,494 passed and 10.S7G failed to pass. This Is a material decrease In failures. The whole number of appoint ments was (3,084 ( , an Increase of 292 over the previous year. Special efforts have been matlo to keep the examinations as practical as possible and radical Innovations have been made. For some of the newly classified positions , especially those Included among the mechanical trades , new elements In examination have been used , such as ex perience , character , and a workman's ago and physical condition. Itls | proposed to have no educational test , or one with a very light weight where educational qualifica tions are not required. In reviewing the growth of the civil serv lco the report says that under President Arthur there was a growth of 1.649 classified places , making a total of 15,000 at the close of his administration ; 7,000 added by Presi dent Cleveland during his first term and contemporaneous Increase of about 4,500 places by natural growth ; 8,000 additions by President Harrison by executive order and ti natural growth of nearly 7,000 places at the same tlmo. and at the present tlmo there are over 87.000. FOR THE SIOUX CITTi .fc PACIFIC. Stiiyvenniit FlMh .llnlci-H n IMea In He- liiilf of tinItonil. . WASHINGTON , Feb. 8. Stuyvesant Fish , the president of the Illinois Central rail way , today gave his views to the house c"ommltteo on Pacific railways on the pioblcm of reorganization of the Pacific railroads. Representing ono of the roads which lie said should have a port of the business with the Union Pacific at Sioux City ( the Sioux City & Pacific ) he suggested that the government should manage to foreclose on ; ho Union & Central Pacific at the snmo tlmo and make them public highways over which nil "connecting roads should have equal rights. The Sioux City & Pacific , a jranch of the Illinois Central , bad been juilt on tbo faith of the Pacific railroad act that it would bo a branch of the Union "aclllc , but was cut off from the business with that road. Ho opposed government ownership of the roads on the ground that all government works were conducted ex- ravagantly , but said the government should ako some steps to give the roads con necting with the Union Pacific the rights mder the original act authorizing the bulld- ng of the road. Mr. Fish said that If the jovernment looked only to making the nest money out of Its Pacific railroads In- ercst it should accept tho' first good offer for horn. Ho had no offer to make , he said. [ F. S. Bond , vlco president of the Chicago , illlwaukeo & St. Paul , also apoko , but , like dr. Fish , said that the western companies mil no offer to make the government for Its : nterest and had had no consultation on the matter. lEI'OHT TJIIJ CIMIMISHION HIM , . 'nvoralilo Act I n ii liy Mount- Com mit ( < < > on I lie IlnrrlHOii MeiiHiire. WASHINGTON , Fob , 8. The house com- nlttoo on Pacific ral'roads ' , after an acrlmcnl- us BUS si on In which Mr , Hubbard of MU- ourl was criticised severely today , decided o report favorably to the house the till In- reduced by Representative Harrison of Ala > ama for a commission to settle the In- lebtodness of the Pacific roads to the gov ernment. Tbo commission U to consist of ho secretaries of treasury and Interior and , ho attorney general. The amendment suggested - ' gosted by Attorney General Harmon that ho commission should mot Interfere with tending negotiations was adopted. There vas no opposition to tbo plan. The crltl- Ism of Mr. Hubbard grew out of the fact hat no railway men appeared to offer better erms than the Union i'aclflo reorganization ommlttee. The bill contains another amendment suR- oated by Attorney General Harmon , author- zing * tha commission to sell the government nterest In the properties In case It U not able to make settlements. There wan a ather stormy session of the committee , auied by the failure of the head * of western nllroads , who appeared , to make any offer or the government's Interest In tbo Union 'aclfle. The committee was ready to report ho Harrison bill nt Ita meeting last week , jut 'postponed action at the request of Ilepro- cntatlve Hubbard of MUiouri , who desired o have the representative * of the roads connecting with the yvtwi tefmlmu ot the Union Pacific appear. Tjh members under stood Mr. Hubbard to wj1 that these roadi were prepared to mslwHn offer to the gov ernment for the Union Pacific of $10,000,000 more thnn the offers of $15,000,000 by the New York syndicated The men who ap- ps-nred today said they. had not held any offer under dlseunslon. , . Msmbei-s of the com mltteo accused Mr. IhibnHrd of having pur posely staved off actlfirv on the bill , and xald they did not consjilfrMa course straight forward. Mr. Hubbard , eald he hid not In tended to convey the Imyrcsslon which was received that i definiteCotter would bo mado. His action was the subject of n rather heated hour's tcsilon , and will liv considered at an other meeting. SKNATOU9 niSCtWs ' ' 7\H IIITHATIOJT. Treaty I'll ' for Conxlileriitloti lt > ! eetitlvt * .Scxxloii. WASHINGTON , Feb. 8. The Anglo- American arbitration treaty was under con sideration by the senate from 1 o'clock until B:30 : today. The entire proceeding was In executive secslon. The first halt of the ses sion was spent In debating a motion Intro duced by Senator Hill to consider the treaty In open session and the most animated part of the day's proceeding was based upon this matter. The debate was characterized by sovcral sharp passages at arms between the author of the motion and Senators Morgan , Lodge and Sherman , the three last named contending strenuously for the observance of the senatorial custom of secrecy In dealing with the treaty. It was stated it was the wish of the administration that the public should bo excluded from the debates , The only vot2 of the day WES secured on the Hill motion , which was defeated , the count showIng - Ing only nine for It and forty-nine against. The ntllrmrtlve vote was cost by two gold domocrota , Hill and Lindsay ; two sliver dem ocrats , Roach nnd Tlllman ; two Independent sliver republicans , Teller and Pettlgrew ; two populists , PelTer and Stewart , and cue straight republican , Drown. This was not considered as In any respect a test vote , as there ar ) many senators opposed to the treaty who did not favor a departure from the ordinary practice of the senate. The friends of the treaty believe strength wns developed to justify the conclusion that the treaty Is certain ot ratification If It can ba brought to a vote. It Is claimed the straight republican vote U solidly favorable to ratification and that a fraction ot all the oth r elements will be found In Ita column. It was made apparent , however , that the treaty "would stand no chance without , the committee amendments. The supporters ot the ngreoment are not , however , so sanguine of early action as of n favorable result when secured. A quite determined spirit of delay was made manifest , and when Senator Sher man expressed the hope that consideration could bo concluded at another nlttlng Sen ator Teller told him frankly that he would bo disappointed In this respect. Intimating that several more sessions would be neces sary to the complete consideration of a mat ter so great and so .fan-caching In Its re sults. sults.SHERMAN SHERMAN URGES RATIFICATION. The ssnnto took up the treaty upon Ita merits. Senator Sherman , chairman of the committee , spoke for about an hour , making a strong plea for the ratification of the treaty , which he urged was the realization of a dream which hadj.long been cherished In the United States , lie quoted historical works and congressional reports to show that arbitration was a , > distinctly American policy , and referred. , to the resolutions of 1SS9 and 1S93 D3 proof of this statement. He also explained the amendments made by the committed on foreign , relations and defended the main amendment as essential to the proper undcrstandlngi and Interpretation of the agreement. Ho urger ) that this amend ment did not detract 'frpm the treaty's scope , except that 'through ' removing the Monroe doctrine from ) arbitration It also re moved the question of the Nicaragua canal , which was , ho said , elnbriccd In the Monro : doctrine. Senator Sherman contended for the parainpunt Impor/ancq ct , the treaty and urged the senate.to net upon it without un necessary delay , "ao only by pursuing this course could tha wishes of the country and the expecta.Uons of the , civilized world be met. Ho said' the amendment eliminating the king off Sweden and Norway umpire , . ls1 fete ] ! was'only..taken as a precaution , against "unwelcome complications , in con clusion , thej sena.to.r said Itr.would be a great mistake for the senate to repudiate the treaty a mistake which \v ould forfeit much of the high regard-felt toward the United States as a nation of peace lovers , and mlgtu exert a serious Influence upon the progress of the world In the settlement of disputes without resorting to war. MORGAN OPPOSES. Senator Morgan replied to Mr. Sherman , speaking In opposition to the treaty. The Alabama senator's argument was largely constitutional in tendency. He dwelt with especial emphasis upon Its sweeping char acter , claiming that in "delegating , an the treaty does to the president , the right to determine foi this country the circum stances under which arbitration shall be resorted to , It robbed congress of a prerog ative especially conferred upon It. In reply to a question from Senator Vest , put so as to show that such was the Missouri senator's conviction , Senator Morgan said ho believed the ratification of the treaty would amount to an abrogation of the rights of the senate to co-oporato with the execu tive In the making of treaties. Senator Mor gan said there probably wore few Amor- leans who would be willing to announce themselves as opposed to the principle of arbitration , but it did not follow -that everyone ono must swallow the first measure pre sented which professed to put into execution this method of settling disputes between nations. Ho said It behooved all persons to regard with especial caution the- overtures of Great Britain In such nn Interest and re marked thaL the Island kingdom had never been especially known for Its devotion to the welfare of the United States. Senator Morgan was speaking when the senate ad journed. His and Mr. Sherman's were the only set ipeeches made , but there were many other brier utterances. Senator Daniel hitlmatcJ opposition to ratification on account of thi > danger of entangling alliances , and Senator furplo asked a number of questions pointIng - Ing In the tame direction. Senator Nelson made a plea for the re tention of the clause continuing Oscar of Norway and Sweden as umpire. He con tended that Oscar was a benign ruler and a man whose sympathies were largely with America. Ho said the treaty of 1885 between Sweden , England and Franco had long since lost Its significance , as It was negotiated a during the Crimean war , for the purpose of preventing ' an alliance between Sweden aud Russia , which would have resulted In block ing the Baltic sea against the allied powers. Intimations wcro given of several amend ments other than those proposed by the committee on fprelgn relations , among thorn ono definitely withdrawing the Alaskan boundary a a' subject of arbitra tion , and another mbdjfying the clauseIn regard to the arbitration'of claims affecting the various' jtatea , which some regard as unconstitutional In it * present shape , Mr. Sherman gave notice'that ho would ask the senate to take up tlmuiuestlon tomorrow nnil tn "alt If nflfr ' * ft M . WIM , oijqit. xa IMIOTISST. 1. HK | SI I ml , , CoiirornliiR tlir \ CniiiilliiK > > f Soiii n'plirollnii'M Volt * , WASHINGTON , FebBi8 , Representative George Washington I Murray , colored , of South Carolina , who ItMtfa's ' reported several days ago would object \Vedneiday ' during the course of the co.upUji.K of the electoral vote on the ground ithdtwtho election laws of that state were Hmcimstltiltlonal , today announced that he liml'iabandoneil all Idea of Interrupting the pKteeenings on Wednes day , Ho has declded-that nothing could bo effected , and has , ( therefore , simply filed the memorials from the republicans of his state In the usual wayi aud says that before the session closes he bopos to have an op portunity to discuss the questions which they Involve , . | NomliintloiiH OiinllriiKMl , WASHINGTON , Feb. 8 , The senate to day confirmed the nomination In executive j session of Isaac H. Llonbcrgcr of Missouri to be assistant attorney general , Tha following nominations of postmasters were also confirmed : Iowa J , M. Topper , at Colfax ; W. J Sernmons , at Prlmghar ; " S. C. Maynard , atGrand Junction ; K. D. Evans , at Laporte City ; K. F. Douglass , at Dysart. Indian Territory J. It. Innil. at Paul' * Valley , Texas J. At IJoyd , at Lan caster. Montana A. Devine , at Anaconda ; 0. L. Lawjer. at licit. n nfi fi It you go out early In the morning ycu may catch rheumatism * Salvation Oil cures It , All members ot the city council were present when Mayor Knsor called the meet ing to order last night Milk Inspector Carroll reported th.it during the month of January he inspected fifteen dairies aud found thorn all In goad condition nighty-nvo samples ot milk were tested , the highest sample showing five and one-fourth butterfat nnd the lowest ono and one-half This low grade milk w.ts found principal ! } nt hotels and restaurants. Clerk Carpenter reported fifteen dc.Ubs during January , cloven males and four females ; and twenty-seven births , twenty mates end seven females. A communication from the electric light company wai read In reference to the arc light at Thirty-seventh and L ctrects , The light company had bnon directed to look to the D. & M. railway for payment for the light. This the light company refuses to do , ns the light was ordered In by the cltj council. James L. Paxlon requested the mayor one council to erase his name from the bond ol Clark Howard , city live stock Inspector. The Inspector will file a new bond within a few days. Mayor Ensor In a communication tirget economy , as the general fund Is now nboul depicted. He suggests cutting oft a num ber of Items ot expense , which have been met by the general fund. The mayor espe cially urged the cutting off of charity orders to the Indigent. Vansant wanted to know what to do with the widows nnd orphans who were depend cnt on the city during the winter. Mayor Ensor said the city had helped these people as long as It had the money , now the county would have to care for the indl- gents now on the list. The suggestions of the mayor -were adopted and expenses will bo cut down ns much as possible. Hylaud reported that the pavement at the west end of the Q street viaduct was caving In nnd wanted It repaired. The street com missioner said that unless repaired at once the curbstone and pavement would cave In as soon as wet weather comes. The neces sary repairs were ordered. The date for receiving bids for painting the two viaducts wns changed from noon February 22 to February 23. Caldwell , chairman of the special com mltteo appointed to Investigate the bill of the Omaha water company for the year 1896 , read n report. The committee recom mended the payment of the bill , amounting to $6,516 , as It was considered Just nnd right and the city attorney was Instructed to con fess Judgment for the amount. Upon motion of Schultz the city attorney was directed to confess judgment In the sum of $3,300 In favor of the receivers of the American Water Works company. This Is in payment of hydrant rental for the last half ot 1S95. After allowing a number ot bills the council adjourned until February 23. for XIMV ( lunrtern. Yesterday the following notice was tacked up in the lobby of the postofficc : "Sealed proposals will be received at the office of postmaster for a period of ten days from February 9 , 1897. for the lease of premises for postoffice purposes at South Omaha for a period of five years. Bids to Include light , % eat and equipments. Blank proposals can be had of the postmaster. " The lease held by the government on the present quarters expires April 30. Many of those who saw the notice ex- preraed the opinion that It would bo a long time before the government erected a pcatofflco In this city. Postmaster McMillan was seen about the matter , but ho knew nothing except that Inspector Sinclair had called and directed him to post the notice and he had done so. The postmaster , however - over , did say that In accepting a lease of a building the government retained the right to vacate the premises otter giving GO days' notice. That provision he said was In the lease which Is soon to expire , and will bo in the now one. Possibly this action has no bearing on the proposed public building , but nil the same the public Is wondering what causes the delay In the matter. for the WOIIICII'H Ilonril. Since Secretary Wakefield of the Trans- misslEslppi Exposition has Issued a call for a mass meeting of women to bo held next Friday afternoon at the parlors of the Voting Men's Christian association , Interest In the matter has been revived to some ex tent. South Omaha will he entitled to two members on the board of women managers , and already there Is one candidate In the field for that honor. Mrs. N. B. Mead , Twenty-second and N streets , Is being urged bzy her friends to enter the race , and very likely she will do so. Mrs. Mead is quite prominent in church work and la very well and favorably known here , her husband be ing manager of the Western Union Telegraph company's ofllce at the exchange. Besides belonging to several church societies , Mrs. Mead Is ono ot the prominent members of the Eastern Star. Her friends are ot opin ion that she would bo a creditable rep resentative of the city on the board of women managers. City f ; < itMi | > . Mrs. C. C. Clifton Is reported on the sick list. John Lowell , Dillon , Mont. , is a visitor in the city. C. M. McCllntock has returned from n trip to Crcston , la. C. C. Denny , Herman , was looking over the yards yesterday. J. E. Emlck , Douglas , Wyo. , Is registered at one of the hotels. Mrs. Irving P. Johnson , Twenty-third and G streets , Is quite sick. The Sons of Veterans will meet this even ing for work In all three degrees. George Ferris , Wood River Is In the city attending to some business matters. S. W. Whonn has gone to La Platte to work for the Swift Packing company. Alex Dobson , Elsmore , Utah , wns at the yards yesterday with seven cars of cattle. The Scandinavian Political club will hold meeting at Koutsky's ball Thursday even ing. ing.H. ; H.J. . Windsor nd F. M. Castettar , Blair , were callers at tbo newspaper offices yes terday. : A. 13. Hankey , a prominent Hall count , farmer , was a visitor at the stoclc yarda yesterday. This morning the remains of Mrs. B. 13. Hawley will bo taken to Perclval , la. , for Interment. Henry Llenemann , 3009 R street , has re i turned from Dodge county , where he visited for a week. . D. W. Held , Le Mars , la. , Is the guest of Joseph Doyen and family , Twenty-first and I streets. Mrs. W. L. Holland has returned from Lincoln wbcro she spent a coupla of weeks with \ relatives , James Lucky , a cattleman from Bitter Creek , Wyo. , was at the yards yesterday with several cars of cattle. The police are on the lookout for Ross Burnell , 14 years of age , who ran away from Ufa homo at Nebraska City. Richard Collins , Dead wood , S. D , , Is hero attending the funeral of his father John Collins , who will be burled today from St. Agnes church. Mrs. John F , Schultz , wife of Councilman Schultz , leaves today for Washington county where she will upend a couple of weeks with friends and relatives. The "Oddest of Oddities" club was enter tained last Saturday evening by Miss Jessie Carpenter. Another meeting ot the club will bo hold on Wednesday evening. There were 157 cars of feeders shipped to the country Icat week from this point. Of this number eevonty-slx cars went Into the elate , Tbo previous week only 130 cars , of feeders were shipped out. Rev. F. M. Slsson lectured at tbo First Methodist church last night on tbo subject , "Plus. " The lecture wan given under the auspices of the Junior league and the Up- worth guards. The Ladles' Guild of St. Martin's Epis copal church will glvo a New England din ner at the home of 'Mrs. Honey , Twenty- fourth and J streets , from C to 8 o'clock this afternoon. After the dinner the young folks will entertain. LESSONS IN NEWSPAPER MAKING. How many pounds make a ton ? 2,000 pounds. You would not take J 800 , or J 700 , or J 600 pounds tor a ton if you knew it , would you ? Of course not well , then Look at this object lesson taking eight pages ( the average daily is sue ) of four newspapers , as a basis : Columns 21 7-S in. - . The Omaha Bee are - long- World Herald Columns are 21 3-8 in. long. Lincoln- Journal Columns are 21 1-8 in. long. Sioux City Journal Columns are 19 5-8 in. long1. Each line of The Bee is J3i ems wide. Each line of the others only 13 ems wide. This short weight doesn't seem much , but in each 8-page paper we have this result The Omaha Bee prints 292,010 ems or 697 inches. World Herald prints 272,016-ems or 622 inches. Lincoln Journal prints 269,624 ems or 616 inches. Sioux City Journal prints 250,572 ems or 572 inches. Don't you see THE BEE gives you 75 inches more space , or 3i colums , nearly one-half a page more than the World Herald ; 81 inches , nearly 4 columns , more than the Lincoln Journal ; 125 inches , or about 6 columns , more than the Sioux City Journal ? In one week this amounts to more than four pages of the World Herald , and with The Bee's Saturday supplement , eight pages or a whole paper. That's equivalent to eight Bees to seven World Heralds each week , or nine pages , more than the Lincolnjournal , or eleven and one-half more than the Sioux City Journal each week. This is only the quantity of the news we'll have lessons on quality later. DO YOB READ THE OMAHA BEE ? ' TIIISAT TOR WAGX13IIIAX DEVOTEES. Mr . SimlillMK'M Lecture IMenHCH 11 r.arKC A ml U'ii co. Last evening nt the Unitarian church Mrs. Susan Mann Spaldlng gave a lecture upon the "Bayreuth Festivals and Parsifal. " The lecture was In two parts , the first dealIng - Ing 1 with Uayrouth , its history as a city of 1I Havarla I In the Middle Ages , nnd its evolu tion J into the Mecca of musical pilgrimages ; the second with Wagner's last music-drama "Parsifal. " Mrs. Spaldlng Is on artist. She paints with words as her colors , and her pictures are not less beautiful than true. She has not only studied Wagner and his music- dramas , but she has come to love them and t to feel the mystic power which has en t thralled the world of musical appreciation and understanding. She has caught the I subtle spirit which permeates every char- icter , every list-motif , every tone picture , and with her choice language and womanly manner she convoys the effect of this spirit to her listeners. Her exposition of the character of Parsifal ind Kundry , as they exemplify the struggle between Innocence and womanly craft ; her lellneatlon of the common elements In Chris tian history and the legend of the Holy [ Jrail ; her analysis of the musical struc ture by which Wagner has rejuvenated mediaeval myth and brought It within the : ompass of our own experience ; her trans- Iguratlon oB the very soul of purity as por- Tayed by the Icnlght and hero Parsifal , cn- ltlo her to a high place as an envoy of the ; reat composer Into that future for which 10 wrote his dramas , and to which ho en- rustcd them 'as a father his children. As in educator Mrs. Spaldlng would bo a power n any community. A largo audience was present to greet icr nnd listen to her. Every musician and ivory music-lover would have profited by icr discourse. Miss Helen Mlllard played a violin solo in very pleasing manner , and Mlsa Maud Jakloy sang "Elizabeth's Prayer" from the .hlrd act of Tannhauser with a full , rich folco , The entertainment was enjoyable hroughout. icirc mill I'nllce CoiiiinliMlnii. Hut llttlo business was transacted by the Flro nnd Police commission last evening , rho charges preferred against Firemen Fnylor , Urban nnd Anderson of No. 3 were aid over until next Monday evening's nectlnt" . Leaves of absence were granted I | Officer John Lnrrj'i ten days ; Noah Thomas , ten days ; Joseph Vnnderford , llvo dnys ; Flrenmn Jerry Sulllvnn , Ihreo dnyfl. L'Uiuor licenses ; Chris Uosscn , 521 South Six teenth ; Pnbst Drewlng- company , 310 South. Sixteenth ; druggists' permits : J. A. Ful ler , 1402 Douglas ; Ernest Stuht , Eleventh and Mason streets. WIII , ASIC FOR ANOTHER DIVIDEND. In 11 Defunct Iliinlc Com- lilulii of ( Hi ! Keuulver. A large number of the depositors of the defunct Nebraska Savings and Exchange bank met In the ball of the Jacksonlan club last evening to dUcuss means of forcing the Institution to declare further dividends. It was stated that tha bank had been In the hands of the receiver , W. 1C. Potter , for thirteen months , yet a dividend of only 10 per cent had thus far been declared. The expenses of the receiver nnd his assistants on the other hand were declared tn bo unnecessarily large. The salary of the receiver was given at $2,500 $ per year , his clerk at $7G , and an attorney at | 100 per month. The depositors were of opinion that moneys paid In would bo expended without benefit to the proper creditors. A committee of fifteen depositors was se lected to call upon Judge Keysor and re quest that an accounting bo made , and also that another dividend be declared If possible. The committee was directed to make a re port at the next meeting of the depositors which takes place at the Jacksonlan club hall next Monday evening. Mini HUN S. Anderson , who hua been nn Inmnte of St. Bernard's hospital of Council Uluffa for several months pant , has been reported mlBsIntr to the Omaha police. Anderson lins relatives livingIn this city and ho told the hospital authorities lost Wednes day that ho Intended visiting them. Ander son IH at times nllllcted with nttnuks nt dementia , and It Is supposed thnt ho lii'H wandered off during a visitation of Ills , malady. A Vim I M UN Wife Iocn < cil. 13. D. Itedeneur , living nt 2033' ' North Twenty-first street , gave a description of his wlfo to the pollen last ovcninu1. Dialing that she Imd been missing from her homo slnco February 4. At the tlmo of her leave- taking- she had mentioned that she would visit the lloHton , toro. She has not been seen since. i m Whllo Drcx L. Shooinan Is at Lincoln trying to get a grli ) ou the safe for the TraiismlHsl- slppl appropriation wo arc go- Int ; right on Balling all our f tfhotss at a cleaning out prlcu that really is going to clonr them them out same values In the shoes as always It's the price that's cut j DUEXEL SHOE co. , 110 FARNAM. SfUEET i