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I < The Omaha ' Daily Bee I fll H NESODTEENTH YEAR lAJlA , THUKSDAY " J 1rFi G3 DECEMBER 1 2 > 1S80. NTBIBER 175. H JofToraon Davis Burial In Aocord With His Mllltury Bonk THE AIR LADEN WITH DIRGES IUfdinp Onlloittior Conducts the funeral Scrviorw , Assisted by Plvo Ot her Clergy nian-OIinuto Guns anil Moll * Tolled Itnlit to Hunt Nitw Oituiixs , Ln , Dec 11. By universal request Jefferson Davis wiw g'ven ' a funeral In full nccord with M rank ns n military officer , lu uililltlon to which Humorous clvio nuil other organizations combined to rentier the coitego today In all respects the most im posing not only with reference to Dumbcrs but In the pomp and clicumstatico of Its claborato ceremonial Thcro participated In the obsequies of the fulhor of the con federacy , beside * the votcrnns of the lost cause , wlio have once ngnln been called upon to close up their decimated ranks , many gal lant soldiers whoso unflinching valor dis played on numorotiB hotlv contested Holds resulted In glory nnd victory to the stars anil stripes Elovcn thirty was the hour at which the funeral ceremonies were to bo commcticcd , but long previous to that time the great tquaro Immediately fronting the city hall became nn unwieldy mnss of eager human ity According to programmo the square proper was to bo reserved exclusively for the military In the enforcement of this In junction , however , the largo , but by no means udequnto , pollco force on duty ex perienced iuuumorablo obstacles , and it was with the greatest difficulty that the swaying multitude was kept beyond the prescribed environments livery available place from which cither an unobstructed or partial view could bo had of the portico of the municipal building was crowded almost to suffocation During all this tluio the ulr was laden with funeral dirges , the solemn requiem of bolls was heard on every hand and loud mid decu wcro tbo sounds of the mlnuto guns that nt Intervals thundord foity decp-mouthed trtbuto to the dead The body , notwithstanding the very worm and exceptionally oppressive weather of the past week , was remarkably well preserved x At 12:20 the casket was convoyed trom tbo memorial room to un improvised catafalque in the center of the front portico , whoso massive pllluis were entwined with a pro fusion of crepe Over the casket was thrown the soft folds of a silver Hag of the lost cause and thcro glittered iho sabro with which the dead soldier had carved fame and honor for hiupolf and glury and victory for his country on the Holds of Chauultcpoo and Monterey Immediately surrounding the coffin wcro the clergy and armed sontrlos , they being the only poisons admitted to a place on the uortico during the service , The relatives of the deceased wcro assigned to seats in the mayors parlor , from the win ; do ws of which they were enabled to witness the , ceremonies During the obsequies . In the city hall mlnuto gunB were Urod and bolls tolled , l'lio Bcrvlco3 wcro conducted by Bishop Gallo ghcr or the Episcopal church , assisted by iivo ofllciatlng clergymen of various denomina- . tious ' Bishop Gallcghcr In his nddrcss said In part "I am not hero to stir by n breath the ' ' ombcrs of the settliog strife nor to speak ono word unworthy of him and the hour * * * Fearless and unsoltish this man could not well escape the lifelong conflict to which ho was committed , Greatly nnd strangely misconceived ho bore injustice with the calmness bcHttlng his place Ho suffer oil many and grlovouB wrongs Suffered most for the sake of others , and those others will remember him and hlb unlllnchlng fidelity with deepening graditudo whllo the Potomac seeks the Chosapcako or the Mississippi sweeps by Briorilold on its way to the Mexi can sea " At the conclusion of the religious services ; the casket was berne by a detachment of soldiers to a handsomely decorated caisson , which had been prepared especially for its 1 reception and on which It was to bo berne to 1 I the e/motory. The caisson was drawn by ; , I six blncK horses , two abreast , and each aid mul was lead bv a soldier in uniform 'Iho 1 battalions wheeled into line and the proccs- slou proceeded to the cemetery As the cor- tcgo traversed the strcots from the turrets of every church a knell was tolled When the progress of the procession finally brought the military to the mon ument and the soldiers were drawn up all around in a circle the caisson stopped at the foot nnd a detail of honor from Buttery H bore the casket up the ascent to tbo foot of Jackson monument , beneath which is the tome m which it was to bo placed The vet eran associations , choristers , clergymen , pall bearers , etc ) had already tauon position and the family and intimate friends of tbo bereaved - roavod followed Bishop Thompson opened the coremonlcs by rending the first portion tion of the Episcopal burial service Then Private Sappington of Company B , Nine tcouth United States infantry , sounded the "tups" on bis bugle and liisbop Qallehcr road the second portion of the ritual con signing tbo body to the grave An antbotn wiib sung by the choristers , Bishop Thomp son recited the Lords prayer , then tbo hymn Bock of Ages was rendered ana the religious rites were over , liibhop Gal I loher gave the signal for tbo closing , the cas ket was raised from tbo bier nnd the soldiers bearing It marched around to the doorway nt the back of the monument Tbo casket wns placed in the middle of the vault , the aluo sci owed tight and the dead had found n temporary plnco in the tomb of tbo Army of Northern Virginia An artillery suluto was Urod and the funeral was over What Davis Said CiiAiu.nrn : , N , C , Dee It A great mcot- lug was hold today In uioinory of Jefferson Davis Colonel William Johnston , who was with Davis hero when the latter received the tolcgram announcing the nssassination of Lincoln , was speuker Colonel Johnston said Davis remarked : That is a very extra ordinary communication " Colonel Johnston said a gloomy sensation pervaded the assem blage und thcro was uo cheering from auy- body who was close euough to him to bavo hoard the message read Colonel Johnston made this statement to contradict the assertion that Davis or the _ crowd cxprossod any exultation at the news of Lincoln's assassination At ht Loiiia Br , Louis , Mo , Dec 11. A largo number ef-ox-confeaorates assembled hero tonight nt tbo rooms of the ox-Confodoratc Historical and llonovolent association to express their lovoand respect for the memory of JofToraon Davis Kcsolutlons of sympathy mid eulogy were adopted declaring among other things that.whcu tbo history of the late strife is road In the light of calm Judgment there will bo a few unmos found to bo Immortal and among thesu few will bo the unmo and memory of Jolferson Davis " Al lluiiiiiiniiit , Kicuuond , Dec 11. business was gener ally suspended toduy and the stores and dwelling houses were draped in blaclr Among the most conspicuous places decor ulod lu black was tbo white house , " the I homo of Davis during the war All tbo Htroot cars wcro draped with mourning Me morial services were hold lu various eaurchas wbjch were w ell attoudod At Aumiuin , AvausTA , Ga , Dee 11. Dullness was gen erally suspoaitoil today and the entire olty ' Joined in paying a tribute to the memory of Davis A military and clvio procession , In cluding several hundred confederate surviv ors , paraded to tbo oporu house where pub lic exorcises were huld At Montgomery Mosiaoxttur , Ala , Dee , lb Montgom ery is wrapped In the emblems nf mourning nnd sorrow During the hours of the funeral the bolls of the city were tolled , mlnuto guns ilrcd from Capital hill and appropriate me morial services held and largely attended , At Alnntn Atiasta , Gu , Dec 11. Memorial services were hold tjidn.v In nltnost every town In Georgia durina the hour of the funeral of Davis In Atlantn services were held at the state capltol , which was profusely drnnod 'I ho procession to tbo capltol was a inlto long , the confcder.itu survivors of the city leading Over a thousand school children nnd the military and lire department were la line At Chuilottfnlllc • • CiiAiiLOTTSvnxi : , Vn , Dee 11. ThoJot- forson Davis memorial ser\lcos wcro nt- tpndcd by thntloc.il military nnd confederate veterans Hells were rung and business wns suspended At Columbia Comjmma , S. C , Dec 11. The lcglslaturo today held memorial aorvlccs In boner of JofTorson Davis , At the same hour nnotllor memorial servlco took place in tbo city bull No such matilfobtatiou has occuircdin the south sluca Calhoun's death Gnuurnl Mourning Nonroi.K , Va , Doc 11 , Business was sus pended In Norlolk , Portsmouth and sur rounding towns today and the people turned out en musso to attend the services lu honor of the memory of Jefferson Davis At Knloli-li. * RAMitmi , N. 0. , Dec 11. All the state ofllces wcro closed add uustness suspended during the hours of the funeral of JolTcison Davis Eluboruto memorial services were held Tlir Trnrs nlToutifnoa Nasiivii.i.i : , Tenn , , Dee 11. Memorialsor vices in honor of JofTorson Davis wcro hold In this city nt noon nnd lu orcry town nnd hamlet In mlddla nnd west Tennessee At Charleston CiutiLrsTOX . Va , Dec 11. Memorial " services were bold hero today in memory of Jcffcison Davis • XII13 WEHV TltlAIi Great Interest Miinlt'ostcd by News paper Mttn Chicago , Doc 11. [ Special Telegram to This Bbe.J Newspaper incu not from Chicago cage alone but from all portions of the coun try were In nttonduuco at Judge Orlnuoll's court today at tbo opening of the trial of ex- Editor and President James J. West of the Times company on the criminal charge of an over tssuo of stock Soma of tbo ablest counsel of the city have been rotalned by both sides and Mr West , though pile and visibly excited , faced his nccusors with an assumed ulr of assurance Mr Walker of the state in his opening statement to the Jury said that tlvc prosecution would provo that the luimonso over-issuo of stock was clearly for fraudulent purpo3os nnd that It well ac complished Its objects Hu invited the Jury I to consider the financial affairs of the Chi I cage Limes company for its ortrunizallon in January , 18S8. According to their chatter the capital stock was to consist of 10,000 shares of the value of S100 each , a total of $1,000,000. Before there was a forma lissuo of stocic Mr West as presi dent took a certlHoato with Its stub for the stock book was bound , Hllcd it out for 200 shares , and issued it to himself IIo then pledged it at StoDhou A. Itawson's ' batik for 31,000 for his own personal ttso and these shares nro still outstanding A few days after the stock wns formally issued Mr West signed certificates for 1,000 shares , tbo full amount , not taking into account the 200 \ shares already Issued , nnd in no issue of transfer consequently had ho ever made adequuto roductiou for these 200 shares Mr " Walkir then went on to deaenbo other over-Issues of stockin amounts ranging from ono sliaro up to 500 which West assigned to himself nnd pledged at various banks , prin cipally the First National , tbo Union Nu- tlonal and the Corn Exchange Mr Walker declared that West is3U0d to himself certifi cates of stock which ho already possessed , ami It could not bo possible that ho did It for any other purpose than for fraud , or that no did not know that they ; were over-issues. Ho also charges that in the stock book the stub of the savcra ! cer- tlllcals were tnarired cancelled and returned while the certificates were not in the stock book to show that they were canccllod , aud that West in April , lSb9 , secured ft loan of 8100,000 from John P. O'Dollof the Union National bunk on security of stock whicb was nltoircther an over-Issue , representing ho stock , the certificates of which it was claimed were cancelled In closing Mr Walker assorted vohoraently that no other explanation of West's actions was tenable and that they were committed with the express - press purpose of fraud TlltS JOHNSTOWN PANIC Ten Killed ondTwonty-Two Seriously Injured JonNSTOWN , Pa , Dee 11 , The number of killed In tbo opera house catastrophe is now positively known to bo ton , Twonty-two are sorlously hurt ; some of them will liitoly die Probaoly fifty sus tained slight Injuries The accident is an awful Illustration of the highly nervous condition of a largo number of people of this unfortunate city Under ordinary circumstances and before the flood there would hnvo boon no catustropho Thcro has been a disposition to draw morbid con clusions from the Conoinaugh calamity and it has fastened itself upon women , young folks nnd many excitable uilddlo aged pee ple It has been no uncommon thing to hear bucIi remarks as Well , 'I wonder what will happen noxtl" "Wo have hnd u flood , now look for tire " " 1b Johnstown usdor a curse ) " Uliara is no exaggeration In saying that thcro has been an undoUned but uumtstalt- able foreboding oi coming ill and th's ' is what led ta tbo slaugbtor last nleht These who first started out wont from curiosity ta see where the lire was , but they did so excitedly and the instant effect was a panic The bell which struck the alarm was so close to the theater that it seemed to bo sounding In the building ttsolf and never was confusion more precipituto and awful among human boiugs A woman said this afternoon that she saw two men actually stop to light when both of thorn had the opportunity to escape , The funerals will take place Friday Mother nnii children Drowned Pout Washington , Wis , Dee 11. Mrs Claude Augusttn , her seventeen .vear-old daughter and two Infant sous were drowned In tbo Mllwuukeo river at Saukvillo today One llttlo boy whllo playing on the leo broke through and Mrs Aucruttln uttemptod to rescue him 'Iho dauishtor tried to hole her mother , and as tbo three were disappearing the remaining four-year-old child toddled out on the Ice crying for its mother and fell in the same hole In an Instant hu like the others was curried beneath the ice A man saw the tragedy but all was over before bo could reach the spot Itooovercd llo.tvjr I > ii'iinin < i , Kansas Citv , Mo , Dee 11 , [ Special Tele gram to Tub Hub ] Dennis Splllauo , nged seven , ubout ouo your ago was Btruok by a Missouri l'acillo eugiuo lu the cast bottoms , losing part of his scalp and four lingers Tba boy was drawing a plocu of ice across the tracu with a rope Young Hpillauo's parents sued for 30,000 and the Jury zave them $3,000 for tbo four lingers The Wouiticr Parpcnst For Omaha aud Vicinity Fuir wcath r. Per Nebraska and Iowa Pair , followed in Nebraska nnd western Iowa by light rain Thursday night , lower temperature , except in eastern portion , slightly warmer , variable Winds ONE CRYING FROM THE DEAD Eon Through the Tomb Broatoh'a Bovlllnga Ascontl A POLITICAL PHANTOMS WAIL Sir Itosrtvator Ilnn No Ttmo to Ilnttlo With iho Shinies of llopni-tcd "Wnrd Workers V'nn Wjclc , Nails n Few Slanders Washinoton Htnint ? Tttn Omuu lien , l MB FOUIITRISXTH Ktumt , > WASittNOTrtv D. C Dec 11. I Air , E. Kosowator , who arrived from Chicago cage this morning , Intends to remain hero until Sunday nnd then go to Now York early next wcolr \ \ hen asked whether ho had seen the let ters of Mayor Brontch and the scurrilous at tacks id the recent Omaha dallcs [ ho re plied : "I was told Just as I was leaving Chicago that Broatch and bis satellites have opened a back flro upon me sluco I loft home , but I did not see these papers until this nftornoou I am now on a tour of recreation nnd do not propose to trouble uivsolf about bushwhackers - ors who are taking advantage of my ab sence "Broatch has simply rovnmpcd nil the slaudors and falsehoods which have been retailed nro und the streets by vagabonds and political pirasites who have been bundled without kid gloves by Tun Bnn in some of the various campaigns , aud sandwiched in malicious fabrications of his own "Broatch's screbd is a tissue of falsehoods and shows how totally depraved a man can bcoomo when his whole bolng is wrapped up In nn insane nmbition for olllco I never kick a political corpse Broatch will Boon bo a reminiscence Ono point I will notice , howovcr Broatch's flings about the army headquar ters reflect % seriously both on General Brooke , commandoroi the dopnrtmontof tbo Platte , nod Colonel Hughes , the chief quar termaster , who made the lease of the army boadquartors In Tin : Br.c building Thcro was no pnrttnllty or favoritism shown They Invited competition and have secured a lower rate for tbo government than any tenant in the building The government puys loss for the fifth floor and two rooms on the sixth floor than wo got from tenants on the fourth floor who fill less than two-thirds of that floor , which is n duplicate of the fifth Why , General Crook said to mo only yesterday at Chicago that the Omaha headquarters were by all odds the most commodious nnd elegant quarters the army has in any city in tins country and are hold at a lower rental than the'urovern- ment has yet been nolo to get in fire proof buildings Ex-Senator Van Wyck was soon by Tub Ben correspondent tonight in reference to the Broatch letter What of the charge that Mr Hosowater was demanding money of you dunug your last canvass 1" was asked General Van Wycli replied : The simo old chestnut I have board that before I had naturally a feeling of In dignation at n statement which reflected so seriously unon Mr Uosowatcr aud myself There was not a particle of evidence , not oven the romotostsuspicion to Justify n state ment ' so devoid of truth I cau only repeat what I have said , that the cbanro is without a shadow or pretense ol trutlifuluoss As everyone la the state knows , Mr llosewntor labored earnestly in my behalf , giv ing much of bis time nnd labor and neglecting his private business travollng through the state mnkingspeeches Ho nec essarily spent biuch money Ho never di rectly or indirectly asked for any return At my request ho sent thousands of papers through the state and when I desired to re- lmburso btm for bis expenses ho absolutely refused to accept it , and when I insisted that I should at least pay for the papers sent at my request ho absolutely rnfusod and in the canvass before the legislature at Lincoln ho Insisted upon and did pay bis hotel and trav eling urns , uiiring a long mo ami inrougu many campaigns such a devoted fiicnd I have novcr , found , tier ono more manly or more generous than Mr Kosowator I never cau pay the debt of earnest assistance ho rendorcd without money or prlco " AllMY NEWB Lieutenant H. J. Alexander Is on leave of absence from the department of the Platte and i the guest of Mr Prank T. Hymau , No 1014 Elovcnth sUreet , northwest Second Lieutenant Jamoa W. McAndrow , Twenty-first Infantry , ondoavo of absence at Youngstowp , O. , will report by letter to the superintendent of the rocrultlnn Bervico , Now York city , to conduct a detachment of recruits to tbo department of the Plutto Trumpeter George Mason , Company D , Fourth infantry , now with his company at Port Sherman , Idano , is transferred as u private to the Second infantry and will bo sent to the headquarters of that roglmont at Port Omaha for assignment to a company by the regimental commaudcr Commissary Sergeant John O. Budds , now at Fort Lnrnmio , Wyoming , will upon the aoandonmont of that poster as soon us bis services at that post can bo spared , proceed - ceod without delay to Fort Douglas , Utah , reporting upon his arrival to the commanding oltlcor .to relieve Commissary Boriwaut Benjamin Blnlsall The commissary sergeant , upon bolng thus relieved , will pro ceed without delay to Fort Kandall , S. D. , reporting upon his arrival to tbo command ing oillccr for duly Chief Musician Gustavo Orchslo , SovcntU infantry bnudf now with tils command at Fort Logan , will bo discharged from the servlco of the United States , WA8U1NUTON MUMOIIIAI , 8CIlVICnS. Ted ay'a exercises in the hall of the house of representatives in commemoration of the inauguration of President George Wnsh- luetou were Interesting , but not characterized by incident Tbo assembly was largo and distinguished The oration by Chief Justice Fuller was timely and eloquent Very many came out to see the new head of the bench of the supreme court of the Unite 1 Sutos , as it was * his first appearance lu tbo character of orator The event consumed tbo entire attention ot congress for the day , each house simply convening for tbo memor ial event When the senate adjourned to the hull ot tbo house of representatives It was not to moot asuln during the duy , The house adjourned until tomorrow noon as soon as its hall was cleared of the assembly Owing to the incomplete orcnnlzatlon of the house the urrangomcnls made by the com mllteo were not executed with tno precision that is usual Among the gucstB who had been invited especially were tbo governors of tbo ttilitcon original states that elected General George Washington president of the United States 'Ihcse guests were over looked , if not indeed snubbed Certainly they deserved as much recognition and at tention as the icprvseutatlvcs of the kings aud queeus of Europe , Asia und Africa , but they did not receive it Of course nobody is to bo blamed for such blunders , but tbo sight of a lot of foreigners filling all tno best Boats whllo tbo governors of the thirteen states who made this union were foruroltcn , was not pleasing to the Americans who sat In the galleries They were not accorded the least respect During the recess the house had taken to await thu comiug of the foreign diplomats the llttlo body of gray haired govornorj eu- tured the chamber , No ono announced them No ono received them There they sat und ulmost seemed to feci that they were Intruders Mr , Ueed , the deputy sergcant- at-arms ot the senate , did whut ho could to make amends for the flagrant blunder of tbo house Ho found the first live rows of scats all reserved fur senators and diplomats , but ho finally persuaded the congressmen ou tno extreme lust row of the douiocratla sldo to make room for the governors Qeuoral Eiu- hugh Leo of Virginia , who generally receives an ovation wherever he noes , Was completely overlooked There was consldurnblo com ment nnd the comment wis by no menus complimentary to the arrongomonts of the sercciat-at-nrms o t the housonnd tits deputy The governors themselves Were very Indlg- nnntund after the proceedings did not bu3l- tate to otprcss thomsolvcs in the very roundest terms At a few minutes before I o'clock Speaker Heed called the honso to order nnd shortly nftorwnrd the deputy sorgoant-nt-nrms nn- nounced the presldontnnd hl cabinet The on tire nssombly nroso when President Harrison risen came In ( lu ldano 1 on the nrm ot Secretory Hlnlno nnd the two gontlomcn sat sldo by sldo on the loft of the speaker Mr Nichols , the deputy scrgORtit-nt-nrms , an nounced the chief Justice und thou hesitat- Inplv mirier ! "nnd I1I9 ussoetntntusticos of the United States supreme court " Thu announcement was greeted with laughter from the galleries AH the Judecs were their robes The dainty llttlo chief Justice was completely dwarfed by the masstvo flg- uror of Justices Gray nnd Harlan The cab inet nroso and stood up until the Justices were scnted Mr Fuller tbon shook bunds with President Harrison nnd Mr Blalno and ono or two of the ether Justices came up aud saluted the prosldent 'I ho next to enter were the sonntors Generals Schollold and koscenms cntorod next The brilliant silk and Inco snshos of the oflkors lent radlauco to the hitherto dull souiUrcncss of the occasion The forolgn ministers In all the glory of Inco Plumes nnd swords came In next nnd then Mr Nichols announced the Pan-Amor lean congress und the maritime confer ence " After the reading of the two names Mr Nichols hesitated a moment nnd banded the paper containing the names to Mr Heed , who sat behind him Mr Ilced road off the word to Mr Nichols in n low tone , and then Mr Nichols an nounced the Wonnozuleau commissioners " Ho meant the Venezulenucoiumlsslon , which is In session hero for the soitloinsnt of cer tain claims , ills absurd blunder brought down the galleries , and the roars of laughter nnd mocking npplnuso hnd not subsided when Vlco Prosldent Morton , who bad en tered Just before the sonntors , uroso and an nounced that the proceodtiiea would bo opened by pruyor uy Hov Mr Butler , ennp- lain of the senate Chief Justice Fullers volco Is not a strong ono , but It penetrated the recesses of the great hall of the house of reprosontntlvcs and the galleries to very good advantage Hu read his oration from a printed copy enlarge largo shoots of heavy Frouch folio The chief Justice is n good reader Ho looked frequently from his copy und spoke very rapidly The oration , ot nearly ton thousand words , qulto five columns ot fine nowspipor typo , consumed but a little ever au hour in reading Thcro were fre quent intervals of nppiause and when the chief Justlco completed his iration nnd pro ceeded to tno scat ho accepted before ho as cended the chair of the speaker ho was heartily congratulated by , Assoclato Justice Miller , then by SecretaryBlalno and In turn by President Harrison , who sat by the chief Justlco Judge Miller scarcely took his eyes off the chief Justlco lrom the moment the oration was begun until the last ' word was spoken , arid the presi dent settled well down In his chair up to his ear for a trumpet nnd scorned to eugorly anticipate the sentences All of the cibiuent were present exoopt Secretary Noble • In sharp contrast were the proceedings in the hall of the house of reprosontitives to these being conducted at the same moment nt New Orleans , La , and Alexandria , Va Whllo the former wore m commomorution of the inauguration of the man who did mora than any other to create juid maintain our present form of govornmeht the latter were in commemoration of the man who did more than any ono living or dead todnstroyour form of government Th6rp were u number of absentees on the democratic sldo of the house Many confederates toolt the boat , and proceeded to Alexandria to participate in the exorcises there in memory of Jcfforsou Davis Whllo the Marino oand , stntioncd In the rear of Spoakcr Kocd's desk was playlnir Hall Columoia , " tbo Star Spangled Banner and ether patriotic airs , no doubt there were bands far in the south playing airs very different While the minds of these who sat in front of Chief Justice Fuller went back over the period ot our late strife of blood-Bhed and deadly con fliot , there were doubtless many minds in the hall at Alexandria , only eight miles from Washington , on the Potomac , which were rehearsing subjects in painful contrast , A. BOPKEME COUKT HUMOR Supreme court affairs came in for some 1 comment at the capital today by roasoa or a newspaper dispatch announcing that a bill would bo introduced increasing irom sovoa to nine tbo members on the bonob It is not ; generally believed that tttero will bo any such legislation The members of the court itself oppose it on the grounds that anv in crease of tbo bench would simply increase the work and not decrease the business on the calendar Justice Miller advocates the creation of a sub-supromo court winch will have absolute Jurisdiction of a certain class ot cases , the tribunal to bo a court of float resort the same as tbo present court This would bring about a reclassification and division of the cases on the calendar and would have the effect of soeuring an early hearing of cases which would hang flro if permitted to go upon the present calendar no matter how many members were added to the bench as at present organized HKYT P05TMASTEKS , Nebraska Davenport Thayer county , E. Walker , vice J. C. Moore , removed ) Kiowa , Thayer county , John Mueller , vlco II Blinkcn , resigned ; Fort Meade Lawrence county , Mary E. Hall , vice H. M. Garling- ton , resigned uiscniAxnoDS The Grand Army of the Itopubllo Is to bo Invited by Superintendent Porter to cooper ate with the census enumerators in making as complete as posslblo a list of names of the surviving veterans of the late war , tboir services , oto General Hrouno ot Indiana , who was next to Mclfinloy on the coinmlttoo on ways and means durinir the last so3slon , was placed Bocoiid on the couimlttco In the speakers orluinul draft of membership , but at the earnest request of the general his nutnu was removed Ills health , it is said , would not permit him to ao tbo amount ot work re quired , E. W. Caldwol ) , the ediior and ono of the proprietors of the Daily Press of Sioux Falls , S. D. , has boon tendered the position of leading clerk of thojsecato , but has do cllned Mr Caldwell has boon hero sovcral days and has made many friends , Ho says he doesn't ' want any onlbo 'i ho position tendered to him pays 3,030 a year James Stephenson of ( Jiaaha is bore P. E. Hall ot Cedar Rapids , la , is regis tered at the Norraandle 1 , Colonel S. M. Dodire , president of the Denver - ver , 'foxas & Fort Worth Railroad , Is Jn the city as the representative pt Governor Lar- rabeo of Iowa to attend thp mooting of Gov ernors , I'jfllUT S. HlMTII * i Notion to the KiKc.of Oorea Washington , Dee , 11 , Souator Cockrcll of Missouri mceivod a letter from Secretary Blalno yesterday In roiranLto tbo cuso of tbo thrco Americans who led this country about a year iico to take service under the king of Core * und who wore ycry 8ummi rily dls- uihsod a few daya ugo Mr Blalno states that hu both cabled and sent written In structions to the American consul general at bcoul , Coroa , ordering him to insist in the name of ids government that the king shall faithfully carry out every contiuctbo has panda with Calouol Cummins and his com panions These gentlemen on entering the Cor can scrvico did not renounce their Amer ican citizenship r.lcoti'lo titiitnr KwlntlleiB NewYouk , Dec 11. William E. Howard Is now serving a nine years sentence in Sing Sing for the electric/sugar frauds originated by Prof Friend , " Mrs IViend and Emily Howard George and Ornnllalstcad pleaded guilty to the same charge bed the district attorney today asked Recorder Smyth to discharge them under suspension of sentcnoo , 'ihey werev ho said , miuor ucents in the fraud ana bad already undergone nine months imprisonment The recorder took the matter under advisement IIARDAFrERTHEJlURDERERS Pulslfor's Frlonda Sonrohlngr Early and Late * A LARGE REWARD OFFERED , Sttnpcctci ) That the Guilty Parties Itrstdo In iho Community Con ttiiti.Ulon of the ltelly Case An Acquittal Probable Chnslnic Thoin Down Citownu , Neb , Doc 11. [ Spoclal Telegram - gram to Titu Bii.1 : liven nt this late hour (0.10p. ( : in ) , nearly n hundred men from Crowcll , Si.Tibncr , Dodge aud West Point nro scouring the country aud watching the roads for tlu murderers of Charles Pulslfer last night Ono o ! the soarchltig parties found ; this afternoon , a farmer named Schu- mnKcr , who lives four miles west from Crowoll , from whom the two moil who shot Pulslfer bought'a loaf of bread at 8 o'clock , two hours nftor the murder The general sentiment hero tonight Is thnt one of the men who commlltod the murder lives in this community , and the other ono at Scrlbiior The homes of these two inon will bo closely watched to night A man who claims to know says there can bo uo mistake , and If the Identity of the murderers is over established it will bo found that they are the sumo as referred to above A squad of mou well armed hns Just loft hero who will be placed on uuard at nil the bridges ever the Elkhorn between West Point and Scrlbner "Iho residents 1110 determined to capture the demons A ro- wnrd of 51,000 Is offered for the apprehen sion of the murderers , P1.000 by Frank Pul- slfer , a brotnor of the murdered man , S300 by the governor and $100 by the sheriff of Dodge county Hoynl mid Selrct Master * . FiiE\ioNTNob. , Dec 10. [ Special to Tub Bbe ] The Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of the Masonic order mot in this city yesterday afternoon and ufter hold ing three sessions adjourned Just before noon today 'iho work of the sessions bold yesterday afternoon and this forenoon was principally ota routine nature and nothing is given out for publication The election of ofllcors for the ensuing year and their in stallation occurred last night The following are the now olllcers : Samuel P.Davidson , reoumsob , M. I. G. M. ; James Gilbert , Omaha , Deputy G. M. : C. C. Ulttonhouso , Hastings , G. P. C. W. ; C. A. Holmes , Tcoumsoh , O Troa" . ; William H. Howen , Omaha , G. lteo : A. Truesdell , Fremont , G. Capt of G. ; J. J. Mercer , Omahu , Steward ; Jncob King , Papllllon , U. Sent This afternoon nt 1 o'clock the Grand Ch pterIloval Arch Masons convened and will bo In session till tomorrow There are present more than a hundred prominent Masons from all parts of the state This 1 evening the degree ot high priesthood was conferred I vldenco In the Kellny Case Watxe , Neb , Doc 11. [ Special Telegram to Tub Buii.J In the Kellcy case tbo entire | day was taken up with the examination of witnesses for the state , but no important cvldenco nor any that would bo likely n i have any wolght with the Jury was obtained It was siurply n rcDetltion of whut was given 1 by the omployeifof the asylum at the prelim Jnnry examination last winter There ro- tnaius hut two unimportant witnesses to ' cxamino for the prosecution and it is the \ universal opinion of these who have followed 1 the case that the statu has signally failed to j niako a case There is no doubt but what the verdict will bo for acnulttal - The town is full of Indians and others In terested in the Thurston county Indian case which will co mo up as soon us the ICellcy ca30 is finished Gives Himself Up Dakota Citv , Neb , Dee , 11. [ Special Tel egram to Tun Bke ) Thomas Crosby , the i man uccuscd of killing the horses of Dennis Mitchell , gave himself up to the authorities toduy Sheriff Brasilold found him m Wnvno , Neb , and he promised to como hero and give himself up it ho would bo given protection Ho gives no reason for doing the fiendish work except that tbo horses wore a nuisance to him und that they wore continually , breaking down his fence Hr-loctlng a f clo 'ntlon , Pon'oa , Neb , Dee 11.--Special | Telegram to The Bee ] A mooting of the business men of this city was held in the Oddfellows hall this afternoon for the purpose of so liciting a delegation to visit towns interested in tbo proposed railroud between Sioux Falls and Lincoln or Omaha The visits will bo made with a view to the incorporation of u company to build the road Full particulars are not made punllc , but it is supposed that the Manitoba Railroad company is at the head of tbo movement Their Just Dues Plattsmoutii , Neb , Doc 11. [ Spoclal Telegram - ogram to Tun Bib | Morris Williamson , Harry Johnson and Joe Dally were nrrlgnod in district court this morning charged with the larceny ot an overcoat from a Burling ton and Missouri River train on November 13. 'Ihey were sentenced to thirty days In- the county Jail Williamson also robbed the cash drawer In the City hotel the same day , for which be got thirty days additional Oauchta Horse Thief * . Fiunklin , Neb , Dee 11. [ Special Tele gram to Tun Uee ] Art Joslln of this plaeo , who has boon working near Val paraiso , was arrested this morning for steal ing a hnrso from bis employer , Mr Young , a farmer at the latter place He confessed his crime The horse was sold to parties twelves miles south of Lincoln for ii'i • Squlro Beach will recover the toO reward , Joslin's ' parents are well respected and it Is n sad blow for thorn Old hettlcrH' Union Madison , Neb , , Dec 11. [ Special toTm : Bcb.J Delegates from tbo different parts of the county met here toduy to arrange for the organization ot an old settlers union , which should mcludo all who have now roslded in tno county ton years , A committee Ot ten was unpointed to draft a constitution and-by laws and report ut the next meeting , Decem ber l8. ! Conferr ntr Dourooi Piattsmouth , Neb , Dec 11. [ SpoclalTol- ogrnm to Tim Bke | About forty visiting members of tbo Uoyal Arcanum from Omaha and Council Bluffi arrived iu this city this evening to assist in conferring degrees on a number of uppllcants in the lodge in this city After tbo ceremonies wcro closed all ud- Journod to tbo Kiddle house , where a tlno be li quet u us served GefH There Ail ( lie fininr NcuiubitA CiTr , Neb , Dee 11. [ Spoclal Telegram to Tub Bee | The recount of ballots In the I'iliuilng-Willman election con test has been completed und still leaves the luttor a majority of twelve votes , two less than according to the previous count The case was continued until Friday A VowsuniMr Ollloo UurelnrU'-d. Neiiiuska Citv , Neb , Dee 11 , [ Sppclal Telegram to Tub Bee , I The News oillco was burglarized last night and tbo safe broken open , from whtch about fOO was taken Thcro is do clue to the burglars Hull lilqiribuiliif- , SiPNur , Neb , , Dec 11. [ Spoclal Telegram to The Bee ] Hon William I * May nud M. E. O'Brien ' of the Nebraska Fish commis sion arrived bore today with their car , They " wcro received by General Iloury A. Mor row nnd oftlcors ot Fort Sidney , together with Major Mcintosh nnd n largo body of citizens , nnd escorted to the garrison , where a qvahtlly of bnss and carp were doposlted in the largo pond back of the post , after which n concurt was held by the Twenty-first in fantry band Thoylortat 2:30 : this after noon District Court Convene . OsCKOM , Neb , Dec 11. [ Spoclal to Tun Uru 'l Dlstiict court convened hero this morning , the now Judge , J , 11. Smith , pre siding ' A POIillK OENsOltMlUP Ciiluago Cops Who Hnvo AunrohlstH on ( ho Brain Cmotno , Doc Spoilt [ Telegram to Tits Br.c , ] The disposition of the Chicago pollca tosuppross certain soml-politlcal meet ings on the charge th it they are anarchistic lu their olinritcter has certainly placed the cltyudnilnlstiatlon in tin oinbirrnsslng pro dlenmont , Ofllcors Nordrum and llirvov wcro today arraigned In Just ice Wallace's court on the charge of illegally arresting Messrs Member nud Sclster ou the asser tion that they wcro anarchists About fifty witnesses , roprcsontlntt some of the pionil- nent labor agitators of the city , have been BUbprcmiod and Intcnso inuicnatlon has been wioiight up uinong tbo working class The trouble between tbo complainants nnd Chief Hubbard occurred on the night ot November - vombor 19 , when It was understood that an anarchist meeting wns to bo held on Milwaukee uvenuo The chief sent snvornl of his ofllcors to the assembly nnd told them to nrrest anybody creating a dis turbance During the evening Harvey and Nordrum nrrestod Mentzor and Seltzer and tbo prisoners woio disohaiged net day by Justlco Wullaco The defendants thou became - came complainants and swore out warrants for the ofllcors' nrrest The defendants swore that the meeting of November 10 was not nn anarchist assembly , but u labor moot ing held for the discussion ot the eight hour movement Thu facts seem to bear them nut nut.Chief Hubbard took his Boat tins morning on a chnlr next to the court whllo three ublo attorneys represented his ofllcors Tbo labor men huvo engaccd attorneys to prosecute the case Net much was accomplished before - fore adjournment m TfliO M5W .M imAhlvA KATES Regarded in Chfcnuo nn a Victory For liinuoln Cmcvoo , Dec 11. ISpecIal Tolcgram to The Bee ] The general malingers of the Interstate Commerce railway association met today in regular session Adopting an old custom It was decided to as far as possi ble clear the docket of minor matters before the main topic , the settlement of the Neb raska basis of rates , was uroatchod , A numuor of matters In dispute relative to grain , packing house products , live hdgs , und agricultural implement rates wcro dis cussed , but on nouo of them was a eon elusion reached , each being referred to Chairman Wulkcr for arbitration The Kan sas and Nebraska rate controversy was then taken up nud nftcr nn ull day discussion the question wns rofurred back to thn mbltrntors under the follcwuig lesolution : Kosolvod , That ttio board of arbitration is hereby Instructed to prepare a sclicdulo of rales , both through aud local , for Nebraska and Kansas roads and submit the same to u mooting of the mnnagors Wednesday , De cember 18 , and thut in the mcanllmu uo chaugo shall bo made by any road in the state ot Kansas to prevent the acceptance and adoption ot the same The peculiar woidlng of the resolution brought forth the reluctant but startling ud- mission fromChiurmun Walker thut the Mis- sourl Pacific nnd B. & M. roads had put In effect December 10 their Nebraska b.isit of rates , puttiim Lincoln and Omabn on an equality , and which they agreed to postpone until final action was taken by the general managers on the whole question , it was u shrewd political move on the part of tbp two roads thus to inalto > u point on their competitors and leaves noth ing to be done iu Nebraska except for all the ' other lines to tuil on und adopt the reduced basis It is a practical surioudciuy nil the 1 Nebraska loans to Lincoln und the political supremacy In Nebraska of that city It puts ' Lincoln , ulthough further west than Omaha , on an absolute equality In rates , both east and westbound , and settles iu short order the question which the general munaeors have spent so much time in vainlv Irving to decide The question of Kansas rates Is sub ordinate to thnt ot Nebraska ratus and the conclusion of the matter is simply the figur ing i of rates On the \ \ nr Path Chicago , Dee 11. At a meeting of the Western Freight association tqday the Alton gave notice that-It would reduce tbo cattle { rate from Kansas City to Chicago to a basis of , 18 cunts on the Ulstv It also announced thut 1 ut the next meeting it would give notice of 1 a further reduction to 12 % cents , assign ing I us a cause that other roads hud been secretly 1 cutting rates , particularly the Santa Fo and St , Paul IN A QUANDAHY 'Iho Lawyers Arrayed , the Judge Waiting , hut No Complainant Cmcoo , Dec 11. [ Special Telegram to The ' BiiE.1 The Investigation of the sonous charges against the management for tbo homo for incurables came to a sudden stop in Judge Tulloy's court today The attorney gonernl was beard today declaring that ho know nothing of the facts related in the bills but aslted that the charges bo investigated , Judge Tullov said bo pad doubts as to whether he , sitting In a court , of chancery , could try thu case without the uttornuy con eralas u complainant Ex-United States Sen ator Trumbull and the other counsel for the plaintiffs argued that the attorney goueial'a presence in this case was not necessary The court was also in doubt as to whotbor even if ho did spend several weeks In hoar • lug the evidence ho cotld administer the relief prayed for After a prolonged discus sion Judge Tulloy continued tbo case till uoxt Tuesday H will then bear authorities on the points in doubt , The position of Attor ney General Hunt in refusing to become tbo complaining party has put the plaintiffs in this present difficult position , No Compromise in Monlanii Helena , Mont , Dee 11 , The situation In the legislature is practically unchanged The democratic house has been without a quorum this week An effort at a compromise be tween the two houses bus failed , The son ale ordered the scrgeant-ut-arms to bring In tbo democratic members elect Ho found several of them but they asserted that they had not taken the oath of olllco and were therefore private citizens , and refused to go The sorgouut-at-arms made no attempt to u o force Charged With Swindling Kansas City , Dee , 11 , [ Special Telegram to The Beb.1 Dr D , V. Howard of Buok- lin , Mo , and Attorney J , W , Bailey of Brcokfiald were before Justice Mabury this afternoon charged with swindling William Mullan , formerly a druggist of this city , out of $3 , ! > 00. They gnvo bond for fJ.OOO each for preliminary bearlnir , Howard Is rich nnd Bailey highly respected Mullan chorees that Howard gave him Invalid deeds for his drug store In this city Howard denies thu charge , Bailey drew the drods , A Sllcott Kiimor NewYomc , Dec 11 , A rumor was cir culated today that Sllcott loft this port on tbo bark Antoinette on Wodnetduy for Chili , Attho oftlco of thocharterors of the vessel It was denied that she had taken passengers from this port However , it would have been an easy matter for Sllcott to bo on board tbo bark at quarantine , as she lay all night before ibo sturted on her trip CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS IVory Very Little Houtlno Business Trnna- l M THE WASHINGTON INAUGURAL , IH , Until ilrnnuhcs < > P Conarcss Meet In < i H Itcprosuutntivo Hall It ) Commom- J H ornto thn ( Jiout Event All H Nntloufl Iteprosented j H j H Wasuinoton , Dec 11. Cuinmlngs of Now 1 1 York , from the ccntonuinl ceremonial com 1 1 ' mllteo , reported the order of nrrutigcmcut j H and it was adopted , j H On motion ot Bayno n resolution was H adopted dlroctlng the clerk to inform the | sonnto thnt the house was in session aud < M ready to proceed with the coremonlcs At * H the request of the speaker the members thou j H rotlrcd to tbo seats assigned to them , Upou i H the conclusion of the contcnnl.il ceremonies HB the house was exiled to order out immediately > | | adjourned H Sonnto : J | Washington , Dee 11. The vice president H l presided over the senate today Halo , from t l the couimlttco on naval affairs , reported j H bick bills heretofore Introduced by him for | H the relief of tbo sufferers by the wreck ot J l the United States war vcssols nt Apia , H Samoa Cnlondnr H Among the bills Intro lucod and reforrcd H By Vest Hogulatlng the printing of certain - H tain public documents and largely reducing H the number ot copies to bo printed IIo made MB n statement as to the immense mnss ot books HJ and documents rotting away in the uttio mid Rfl basement of tbo capltol til Hoar icmurkcd that these books and docu- 111 moots ought to bo distributed among the 11 • > Kl brarlcs all over tbo country [ § Ingnlls called attention to the fact thnt n. ill paper puiporting to bo a memorial or rcsolu- ill tiou of ouo branch of the Montana legislature yl had been presented this morning and had II been referred to the committee on iuincsand fll mining It wns a mutter of public notoriety , no said , that thcro was Berne difllculty about BH organizing the leglslutuio of Montana , and iu fll order to avoid niiycommlttalof thosennto by m | reference to u committee ot n resolution of B | either branch of that legislature ho moved flfl that thu order of reference bo revoked and ; that the paper bo laid ou the table , ft was so fll ordered fll Ingnlls also Intieduced ( by request ) service fll and disability pension bills , which were re- fla fcrrcd fll A call was mtroducod for a joint resolution fll authorizing the president to begin uegoliafla nous with the government of Spain tor the fl > establishment of a republic on thu Iblaud of fll Cub i. fll A message was received from the bouse is fll the effect that t lie body was ready to proceed fla with the ceremonies in commemoration of fla thu lunugiiration of the first president of the fll United States und thereupon , on motion by Ingalls , the senators proceeded to the hull of fll the house Upon their return the senate adflB Jourucd " * ' flj 1 h ; Memorial r-orvloes. * fll Wasiiisoton Dcc ll In pursuance of a fl resolution adopted by congress at its last H session the two houses met in the hall ot the fll bouse of representatives today to bold norfll tcunial oxerclscs in commemoration of the „ * fll inauguration of tbo first president Tills w.is _ H in the nature of a supplemental proceeding HJ to ttio greit centennial calobration huld [ Hi April : M in the city of Now York It was Ifll literally a gathering of nations Through ' jflfl the forolgn Icgatious tesulont iu Washington flfl all wcro officially represented Added to Hh these were delegates from the Central Hh and South American icpublics uccredflH itcd to the Pan-American - cod ; grcss , and mombcrs of the Marino HjB conference There were also present the I Hi governors of nbout twenty btntes , drawn ! H1 hither for consultation In regard to incmorIfll lulizinc congress for the erection of a eenten4fla r.ial memorial building lu Pnlladclphla , The IU galleries of the house were picked before l [ fl | o'clock , when that body notified the senate I Hi that It was in session In a few minutes the Ifll senate , preceded by the president nnd vice ' • ifll president , the diplomatic corps und the JusIfll tlccs of the United Slates supreme court , 1 1 entered the hall of the house They wcio f M escorted to scats reserved for them in front ifll of the speakers desk Vlco President MorIfla ton then took thu speakers chair and called Ifll the two bouses to order In Joint session Tbo Ifll Marino band rendered appropriate idubIc Ifll Hov J , G. Butler , the senate chaplain , ifll opened with prayer Chief Justlco Fuller of ifll the a ipromo court then delivered thooraIfll tion The chief Justice in beginIfll nlng his oration made mention lfl | Of the uct declaring April 80 , 18S9 , MB n nntlon holiday in commemoration • ffl | of the inauguration of George Washington ] fl | us first president of the United States Ifll Washington , the orator continued , had boIfll come ( list lu war , not so much by bis vletofl | | rks over the enemy as by triumphs of con-y jfl | swuoy which no reverse , no hardship , no inlflj competency , no treachery could shako or | fl | overcome io had become first in the hearts | H | of his countrymen because the people comfl | | prehended the greatness nf their leader and ' 1H1 iecogni7cd iu him un entire absence of perifll / sonul ambition nud absolute love ot country , J fll of themselves and of mankind Uo had belfl | como the first in peace by bringing to tbo ffl | chai-KQ of the practical working of the bjs'Ifll torn ho bad participated In creating on be- > < ! H1 half of the people whoso independence he tifll had nehloved , the naino serene judgment , Ifll the same suirauity , the sumo patience , ttio Hl Bumo qonsa of duty , tbu same far sighted Ifll comprehension of thu cud to bo uttnlued that 'ffll hud marked his career from Its beginning , Ifll In referring to thu international relations ox'Ifll isling between the United States and foreign ifll nations , Justice Fuller snld : lflj "It is a matter of congratulation that tbo 'ifll first year of our second century wltuosses vflfl the representatives of tbo thtoo Americas ( fll engaged iu un effort to incrcaso the facilities ' 'Hi ' of commercial interests by consulting the Ml natural course of things , diffusing and dlfl [ | versifying by gcntlo means the streams of | fl | Intercourse , but forcing nothing , a success < 1H1 which must knit closer the tics ot fraternal lfl | friendship and bring the people ot the two lfl | American continents Into harmonious con < fHl troi of tbo hemUphoro , " J HI The chief Justlco olosod with a brilliant Ifll peroration In which bo declared the nation flHI had still n brighter future than over before | fl | ltev , W , II Mlllburn , the house chaplain , | fl | delivered the benediction In his opening 'iifll prayer Chaplain Mlllburn referred to the ' Ifll approaching ceremonies und returned thanks tfll thut after 100 years the government framed ; Hl bv our futhcrs stood more firmly com pact . "HI moro proudly orcct mora divinely beautiful , HI and bonlgu In its bouollcleiico than ever bo < Hb Whllo the Marino band played national "Hi airs the assemblage dispersed , 'flj .Silooit'M lnvifttlunilon > | Washington , Dee it Tbo Sllcott invest'fll ! gating committee today ugrcod to a prelim SlM inary report and will submit It to the house > , * ; fl tomorrow Thu amount of the deficit is given | H | us already Muted at about V71.8O0. Tbo ifll report exonerates the toiler and the bookIfll Keeper from uuy connection with the or I mo ' ffll It is pollovod that the speaker will announce .ifll tnorystof the committees a week from to"r Ijflj morrow so they may bo ut work during tba | { fl ] holiday recess , -JHJ London's LightH May Go Out IJHj London , Dec 11 , Thu nogotiatlnn outered \ jHl upon In the bopo ot preventing a general jHJ etriko of the gas workers have failed aud a jwj strike 'a ' now imminent which may leave ull 'fll London that depends upon gas lu jotul dark * 9l