Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-07
BUT AN UNFOUNDED RUMOR.
A Report That Blaine Proposes to
Resign.
cLEvELAND's SACRIFICE SALE.
Everything Knocked Down ut Ridicu
lously Low Prices - Nebraska's
Delegation Pow NOVA New
Department Proposed.
WASHINGTON BUREAU, THE OMAHA BEE,
5l3 FOURTEENTH STREEr.

spondent made some inquiries at the state
department in relation to the report, and
was unable to discover that there was the
slightest foundation for it. Mr.. Walker
Blaine says that his father is improving, and
as far as he knows he has never thought of
resgning his position. He will probably be
entirely well within week, and will fully
resume the duties of his office.
SACRIFICE SALE.
President Clcveland's name did not lend
additional value to his seal browns, car
riages and stable trappings, which were sold
at public auction this afternoon. They
brought astonishngly low prices. The
horses cost Mr.. Cleveland between $500 and
500 each, and were sold for Sl4l each. The
brougham cost 81, 200 and sold for $3.50. The
landeau cost 81 400 and sold for $3.50. The
victoria cost 81, 600 and brought s4S5. The
silver mounted harness with the monogram
sold for S62. Two suits of livery sold for
| Sl425 and Sl4.15 respectively. Robes with
| the family monogram sold for less than half
| their cost There was great disappointment
| on the part of the auctioneers, who begged
| the large audience to give fair prices for the
trappings.
| NEBRAsKA'S DELEGATION CONFERs.
| There was II meeting of the Nebraska dele
CATION in congress today at the committee
| room of Senator Mandcrson. All of the
delegation except Mr.. Lard were present.
| The object of the meeting was to discuss the
federal appointments for the state, out owing
| to the absence of Mr.. Laird no definite action
| was taken upon anything. Nearly all of the
| time was occupied in the examination and
| discussion of the applications for land Offices
1t is not believed that there will be many
| vacancies in these positions before the eX-
| praton of the present commissions. The
first change is expected in the rcglstershp
of the ONeill Office. After the meeting,
| Senator Paddock and Representatives Dor
| sey and Connell called on Representative
| Laird and found him in much better health
| than he has been for several months. He
| assured his callers that he would be present
! at the meeting to be held tomorrow after
| noon, at which final conclusions are expected
| on a number of the positions. Mr.. Lard eX-
| poets to go to Atlantic City this week for the
| purpose Of getting a change of air, and he
| will remain there as long as he receives
| benefit.
A NEW DEPARTMENT.
| An effort will be made to revive in the
| Fifty-tirst congress the bill providing for the
! establishment of new executive depart
| ment introduced by the late Representative
| Townshend, of Illinois, in the last congress.
| This bill provides for a department to be
called the department of industries and
public works. charged with the supervision
| of public business relating to agriculture,
labor the Improvement of rivers and har
bors, coast, geoditic and geological surveys,
the construction of public buildings and
lighthouses, the establishment of naval
| observatory, patents, the steamboat inspec-
tion SERVICE the interstate commission and
fish and fisheries. The new bill will not in
clude agriculture, of course, as that has been
made separate department and its head
| given a seat in the cabinet. 1t is proposed
| to include IN the new department the census
bureau, which will be given permanent es-
tablishment, thus obvlating the confusion
and lack of uniformity caused by the pres
ent plan of organization of that bureau.
| Senator CulOm, of Illinois, also presented
bill during the last congress-, "for the es-
adjustment of a bureau to be known as the
| bureau of harbOrs ana waterways, ana for
| other purposes" under the supervision of
| the war department and to be ot1icered by
| civil engineers. The country, according to
Senator Culoms plan, is to be divided into
ten or eleven engineering divisions, the
| river and harbor Improvement of each to be
| under the chief of the division. Each bill
has its supporters, and as there is conflict
in the authority proposed to be vested in the
department and the bureau, it is expected Il
fight will ensue and legislation be postponed,
if not entirely defeated.
| WINDOW BETTER.
| Secretary Window is still confined to his
house. He has recently moved from the
| Hotel Arno to the residence of Mr.. Gardner
| Hubbard, on Connecticut avenue. His in
disposition is of a comparatively trivial
| character, although it is sufficient to keep
| him away from the department, and it is not
expected that he will be there tomorrow.
The secretary is not allowing mis- work to
run behind, however, as he has his private
secretary constantly by his side, and gets off
more work than it would be possible for him
TO do if he were at the department. The
reason of this is that he is free from the
| crowds OF otficehunters who hang around his
room from 10 to o'clock every day, whom
ever he is at his desk His absence from the
| Office and from cabinet meetings will
| probably delay the appointment of some of
, the subordinate officials of the treasury and
| will probably, unless he recoyers sufficiently
| tn rat I'M m 10
the filling of the auditorships and the two
comptrollershlps, which appontmer We're
expected to be made this week.
PALMER CALLS on HARRISON.
Frank w. Palmer, the Chicago editor who
has been nominated by public opinion for the
public Partnership, arrived here this morn
ing, and before noon was talking with the
president. He came, he says, upon tele-
graphic request from Private Secretary Hal
ford. The president talked about almost
everything except the position in question,
discussing politics, local and genera. This
evening Mr.. Palmer said he did not know
any more in regard to his appointment than
he did before leaving home. He dned to-
day with Mrs. Clarkson, wife of the first
assistant postmaster general. When he was
| departing from the white house the presi-
dent asked him to call again, and Mr.. Pal
mer'S friends tonight believe the appoint
ment will be made within day or two. The
object of the president in talking to Mr..
| Palmer as he did was undoubtedly TO get
| acquainted Wltu MN. loeSlueS tne puDHC
printer, number of appointments are ex-
pccted this week. The three commissioners
for the District of Columbia are, it is said,
10 be named Judge Gikinson, of Bristol,
Pa, the man Senator Quay pushed for the
sOlicitorship of internal revenue, and over
whose appointment the contention arose be-
tween Senators Quay and Sherman, is ex-
pected TO be named United States district
Judge for the northern district of Florida.
DENIED IN TOTO.
Oue OF the local papers contained a para
| gSLph this morning TO the effect that l4l con.
sular positions would be filed on Wednesday
OF this week. The paragraph was printed
} entirely without authority and was denied in
toto at the state department to-day. The eff
feet was, however, that two-thirds OF all the
applicants for consular positions now in the
| city FASTENED to the department TO ascertain
II possible, if their names were among the
l4l. II was learned that there are about
fifty consular cases already made up and il
is thought at the department that this mum
ber of changes IN the service will be made
| this week.
THE EFFECT.
The effect OF General Clarkson's absence
in Kentucky last week upon the workings OF
the postofice department was shown to-day
! when, for the first time since he has taKer
| nIn Of hn ~ thn aiG nj Nngt