Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 6, 1881, Page 6

6 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THE SNOW. Some Improvement in the Running of Trains Yesterday. ° The Wabash Abandoned and Passengers Transferr ed to the Alton, Most of the Bailroads Expect to Be Cleared Up To-Mor- TOW. Northern Indiana Visited Yes- terday by Another Ssvere Snow-Storm. The Great Snowfsll Throughout Towa Ended, but Travel Still Obstracted. Unfortunate Wisconsin Again the Victim of a Manitoba Blizzard. Monmeuth, il., Greatly Rejoiced Over the Arrival of a Train Bearing “The Tribune.” The People of Streator, Iil., Also Giving Thanks in Return for the j Same Blessing, CHICAGO. THE RAILROADS. ‘The new giant snow-storm from the north did not come down Friday night as had ‘een anticipated. and the prospects for rais- ing the railroad blockade became proportion- ately more hopeful. The beavens continued to lopk ominous, however, and the report from Northern Wisconsin was that the snow was still drifting there about as bad as ever; but the work of clearing out cuts and open- ing up wain tracks generally was rapidly prosecuted yesterday. and, unless another storm intervenes, the traing"wili probably all pe moving on the various roads to-morro. Among the sufferers from the blockade was the Bernhardt, on her way to Milwau- kee. Sara’s special train left Springfield at theclose of the performance, and reached the Grand Trunk crossing near Chicago about 6 o’clock yesterday morning. In mak- ing the stop at this point the train got fast in the snow, and nearly an hour’s time Wwas re- quired to dig it out. Then it started for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul depot by the way of the tan-Handle track, and was again stuck in the snow near the artesian well. Finally it had to go back and reach the depot over the Canal street tracks. The delays were so lIong that the train did not start for Milwaukee until in the afternoon. The Chicago & Northwestern Road is still ina very uncertain condition, although 4,000 men were at work cleaning off the tracks yes- terday. No through trains were started out ifisterdn}' at all, but between Chicago and ilwaukee there were two tramns each way, running on tolerably regular time. The Galéna Division was clear as far as Elgin, Geneva. and Carpenterville, and the Wiscon- sin Division was clear as far as Desplaines. ‘The suburban trains were running about as tuey were on Friday—very irregulariy—and no freight was moving. The milk trains are getting info line again rapidly, there being one big one from Dundee and another from ZElgin vesterday. The Rock Island noon train left on time yesterday, taking with it the train which shoald have gone at 10 o'clock. T noon ‘was a through one for Kansas City and Omaha, and there was great_probability that it would go through all right. The train that left here for Davenport Friday noon went through without much trouble, The east-bound train from Davenport reached here yesterday morning-on time. There are o freight-trains moving on the Iowa or Southwestern Divisions, but the General Superintendent telesrapiied from Davenport gesterday that all the tracks would soon be zlear, and the probability is thatto-day trains will be moving nearly as usual. The Lake Shore trains were running on pretty fair time yesterday, leaving the city &t the usnal hours, ‘The Wabash Road is_still meeting with great trouble at Auburn Junection and in that neighborhood.” A train was started for St. JTouis at 8:45 yesterday morning and was blockaded there and abandoned.” No other trains were sent out and no trains arrived over the road yesterday, none having started this way from the other end. It was accord- ingly arranged with the Chicago & Alton TRoad that it should honor Wabasn tickets and carry Wabash passengers between Chi- cago and Springtield, St. Louis, Kansas City, aod Owaha. Freights are stifl idle on the e Bhicago & Alton Toad e Chicago & Alton Road is having very 3ittle trouble with either freightor pas“s%uger {rains, = The Fort Wayne trains were all running on time yesterday. The Baltimore & Ohio trains had no dif- ficulty beyond Kensington, and the banks between lere and there caused no very seri- ous delays. The Milwaukee & St. Paul Road expected 1o be ready for a through train to St. Paul last night, and about to-night will find the line pretty clear unless another storm comes up. %‘he mountains of snow that impeded the movement of the trains on the Lake-Front during Thursday and Friday had vanished from sight yesrerday morning, as gangs of men with shovels and picks were busy all night, and finally succeeded in clearing the tracks. Trains were coming in and leaving the Central Depot as usual yesterday, and will coutinue to do so unless another heavy snow-storm sets in, The Lake-Front, as is generally known,. is so exposed to east, Tortheast, and southeast winds that the small- est snow-storm coming in eitner direction causes much trouble, especially when the lake is covered with ice some distance out, ‘The managers of the IHinois Central say that no devices ean prevent serious blockades on the Lake-Front unless they are permit- ted to erect a snow-fence along the eastside of the tracks runuing parallel with the stone wall on the west side of the line. This would prevent the suow on the ice on the lake from blowing on the tracks, and no snow-storm, however severe, would interfere much with the business on the Lake Front. ‘The Chicago Division of the Illinois Central ‘was free from snow yesterday. and trains ‘were runnine as nearly on time as possible. The North Division was also open as far porth as Dixon. Between Dixon and Du- Dbuque 325 men were busily enzaged in clear- ing the tracks. It is expec by the man- agers of the road to run trains regularly again between Chicago and Dubuque this evening. On the Towa Divison 35) men were at work all day yesterday, and orders were given to employ 400 more if they can be secured, in order to open the road at the earliest possible moment, as the people along this line are suffering severely for_the want of provisions and fuel. The Illinois Centra] people will ]Eéll}ie uuthinfi“uudaunlubnflord succor as speedily as possible. On theSpring- fietd Division of tue lllinois Cemmlp onze train stuck fast in the snow yesterday morn- ing ag Thornville Station, but during the day all obstructions were removed and trains are now running through without delay. The Middle Division of the illinois Central was freed from snow during yesterday, and trains were rooning through to Eankakee last evening. All the suburban trains between here and Hyde Park made their rezular trips yester- ’l)‘i:e Illinois Central also commenced to run freight-trains yesterday afternoon from this ty. u’l)‘he Burlington was still battling with the snow-drifts on some sections of its line yes- terday, but the obstructions are rapidly dis- appearing, and it is expected that trains will be able to make good time to-day along the entire line between here and Omaha. 'Fhere was no difficulty in running_ trains yesterday between here and Aurora, but between Au- rora and Mendota there was still considera- ble snow in the tracks. 'The trains that left here in the morning, however, managed to work their way through, but_of course were considembly‘bemnd time. The express that left Quiney Friday evening and was due here yesterday morning at 7a. m., passed Gales- i burg at 12:50 yesterday afternoon, and was expected to” arrive in Chicago at 9 o'clock p.om. All the traing that left yesterday morning were at last reports making good time. The delayed trains in Towa were also moving on good time yesterday afternoon. If another suow-storm does not set In duriniu:a night everything on the Burlington will'be ir good ranning order to-day. There was but little trouble on the line of the Michizan Central yesterday, and trains were coming and golng with cousiderable regularity. CLEANING THE STREETS. ‘The Street ‘Department had 200 men and fifty teams at work yesterday on the viaducts and in the business district removing snow and opening the sewer inlets, 1Ir. the weather is warm to-day every available man will be secured and, agang sent into the southwestern portion of the city, where thercare no sewers, to clean out the ditches. Every possible precau- tion is being taken by the Department to pre- vent damage by water in case of a sudden thaw, and property-owaers and storekeepers are doing their share, Many of the Iatter, especially down-town. are hauling the snow’ from in front of their places. The teawsters, however, through thoughtlesness, have peen dumping it on side streets. This incensed the people living in many localities, and many cowplaints have been madde “to the police authorities, who propose to step it. An imwmense quantity of snow was duuped on Market ana Quiney streets yesterday, and the police were obliged to interfere and make the teams go elsewhere. The proper place to deposit is in the river or lake, The huge snow-piles along the Randolph street car-ling settled very little yesterday, and no effort appears to have been made to remove them. * Forsale™ was sticking up in many places, but no bids werereceived ex- | cept for *“*seller June.” Young Americahas dug caves, formed bridges, and”erected snow men and monuments till the street presents a curious and picturesque appearance. The | street-crossings are in a dangerous condi- tion, the snow having been tramnped into an abrupt slippery ending at the car-tracks, which it is difficult to surmount. A lady came very near being run over by a street-car lastevenmg while trying to scale one of these hillocks. "The storekeepers could easily level them before they become solid ice. THE STOCK-YARDS. The situation was only slightly improved. The arrivals were somewhat increased as compared- with Friday’s and Thursday’s totals, but they were scarcely more than half as large as they would have been but for the snow-blockade. No receipts were reported by the Northwestern, Illinois Central, or the Alton & St. Louis, but by the Wabash, Bur- lington & Quiney, Rock Island, and Eastern Illinois svmething like 2,000 cattle, 6,000 hogs, and 530 sheep were delivered. The eastward shipments were confined to the Pittsburg & Fort Wayneand the LakeShore, and were mostly of cattle. THE STREET-CARS. A TrRIBUNE reporter called at the offices of the various city railroads yesterday after- noon and found that they had all virtually recovered from the effects of the late storm. The West Side Superintendent reported that at 2:30 p. m. they had single teams working on all their lines except on South Halsted and ‘Twelfth streets and Canalport avenue, which, on account of the narrowness of those thoroughfares, were still greatly clogged by snow. The North Side and South Side lines were running about as usual. All the Superintendents acknowl- edged that the threatening aspect of the night previous had caused tnem a great deal of disquietude, and that the brighter aspects of the morning following hiad been very wel- come indeed. If the present weather only held for a while, they would be able in a day or two, they expected, to get their tracks in perfectly good order. The North State street line will be reopened to-day. SUBURBAN. ‘The recent heavy snow-storms have had the effect of almost burying Evanston. Dur- ing Thursday and Friday the railroad com- 1munications were not to be depended upon. Occasionally a train of engines with a car or two came along; but the late evening trains and the through trains did not ron at all. The streets of the village were partially blockaded, so that travel was only possible after a snow-plow had cleared the way. The Jargest drifts were along Davis street, where the banks in 2 number of places were even with the second floor of the buildings. The sidewalks were for some time given over to the sport of the elements. A vigorous use of suow-shiovels, however, has now again discovered the town, and the atfairs of life will engage the attention of the people. ELSEWHERE. DUBUQUE, IA. Spectal Dispatchs to The Chicago Tribune. DuBUQUE, Ia., March 5—~The roads leading into the country are in a terrible condition, and it is almost impossible for farmers to reach the city. The snow has drifted fifteen feet high in’ many localities. Blineral holes are partly covered with snow at the mouth, which makes it dangerous for travelers to leave the road. This morning E. Burton, while coming to the city, lost the road and drove bis team into a shaft sixty feet deep. Fortunately the harness was old, gave way, and left the wagon and inmates on the edge of the hole. Both horses were killed out- right. The sun came out pretty strong to- day, and a thaw js looked for. No trains have reached or left the city since last Wednesday:. 10 the Western, Associated Press. Drououe, Ia., March 5.—The prospects are brighteniny; the storm has cleared away, the wind has died out, and the snow is thaw- ing in the sun. The raifroads were never as efiecturlly blocked before, butare working ouvof the difliculty. A train went south to! day over the Milwaukee & St. Paul Road, in the effort to reach Chicago. *Trains run to La Crosse every day. The Illinois Central 1s digging out the track east and west, and, Jjudging from theefforts under way, will have trains running in both directions Dy Monday, The last Chicago mail was received Wednes- day night. There have been no trains from the West since Thursday. The freight de- pots on both roads are closed, and the-em- ployés have been discharged until the block- ade is raised and freizht moves. The stock of butter, eggs, potatoes, and coal in town is exhausted. Maggie Mitehell, billed for to-night, is snow-bound in Davenport, but will be here next week. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA. Special Disvatch to The Chicaco Tribune, CEDAR RaPIDS, In, March 5.—The morn- ing opened clear, with no wind. Every line of road put on a full force of men to open the blockade. Snow-plows were sent in every direction, some getting stailed before Teaching one station, others getting fifteen or twenty miles. Section-men and hundreds of other hands were busy digging out the bad places. The Chicago & Northwestern train left for the West at 4 o’clock and one for Chicazo at 7 o'clock this evening. A<goodly number of the delegates remained here fear- ing to venture, Chicago delegates will leave for home to-morrow. The 300 passengers who have been hoiding their seats in the cars since Wednesday night were rpleased at the prospects of getting started. A young lady bound for New York was taken suddenly ill yesterday, and fainted twice, but medical aid was summoned. and she recovered. There bave been peculiar incidents among the passengers,—some laughable and others sad, the latter ina number of cases where the people were trying to get home in response 0 telegrams announcing sickness or acci- dent. - One physician offered S50 to be taken twenty miles in a sleigh, but no one would accept. The large number of passengers passed resolutions to-day thanking the Cni- cago & Nortbwestern conductors, W. P. Foote and Ar. Paler, for constant watchful care, also the Chicago & Northwestern Comi- pany for bountifully supplying them with provisions. - ROCKFORD, TLL: ' Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune Rockroxn, 11, March 5.~The great snow- storm ceased last night, and early this morn- .ing work was commeticed on all the rail- roads to clear the huge drifts from the track. The Freeport express, which has been sno- bound here since Wednesday, was ordered out, but only succeeded in getting about two miles west, after working all day with two engines and a large gang ot men. The Post- Office has. now been closed, as far as dis- tiibuting mail is concerned, since. Wednes- day noon, which is longer than the oldest inbabitant remembers. Nothing has been heard from Chicago, and we are entirely shut - away from the outside world. The manufacturing estab- lishments willbe compelled to shut down, because they eannot shio their goods. 1t is impossible to get into the country, and thus the supply of meat, cattle, butter, and other farm products is nearly exhausted. 1t ‘will require several days yet before travel can be resumed. There are about seventy-five per- sons snow-bound here, among whom are passengers for Chicago, Boston, New York, and other Eastern points, ELGIN, ILL. Special Disvatch to The Chicago Tribune. Ere1y, IIL, March 5.—Owing to the cessa- tion of trains the past few days the dairymen hereabouts have had a glut of milk. Nearly half of Chicago’s supply passes through this place. To-daya special train gathered up the milk from Algonquin, Carpentervilie, Dundee, and Elgin, and took it for Chicago. Eight cars were filled, there being 2,400 cans, or 19,200 gallons, in the shipment, probably the largest ever made. Two cars were filled here. This was the only train leaving Elgin since Wednesday, and is at S p. m. reported fast in a drift between Efmhurst and Lom- bard. _An'excursion party of New York and_ Philadeiphia _delegates to the National Butter and Eggz Convention at Cedar Rapids, which left Chiano over the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Wednesday, was still this morning suowed in at Olin, thirty miles this side of its destination. . MONMOUTH, ILL: « Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune. Moxarouts, 1., March 5.—The Pacific ex~ press on the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney Railroad, which left Chicago Friday morn- ing, arrived here about 6 p. m., and was re- ceived with great rejoicing, as it was the first train from Chicago since Thursday morning, since which time we have had neither mail or copies of TiiE TRIBUNE or other papers. About 7 p. m. to-day an express train caine in on the St. Louis division. The road be- tween here and St. Louis has been cleared, but it is still blocked north of here. Desper- ate efforts are being made to open the road, large gangs of shovelers are employed. Such acomplete blockade of the railroads has never before been experienced. The hotels have reaped a rich harvest. as they have been full of belated passengers the last few days. DAVENPORT, TA. Speciat Dispatch 10 The Chicago Tribune. Davexrorr, Ia., March 5.—General Super- intendent Kimball, of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, states this even- ing that the Iowa line to Council Bluffs and the southwestern division to Kansas City will be open to-night. The hundred passen- gers who have been snow-bound for two days were started west this morning, It will be two or three days before the branches are cleared on the Rock Island branch of the Chicazo, Burlington & Quincy. The train which left St. Louis Wednesday ar- rived to-night at 6 e’clock. On the Milwau- kee & St. Paul no trains have moved since Wednesday. The -weather has been made to-day, and no wind. By Monday something like schedule time may be expected. CLINTON, ILL. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Crixrox, 111, March 5.—Thesnow blockade here is terrible. Train No.1 on the North Division of the main line of the Iilinois Cen- tral Railway, due in this city at+4 o’clock Friday afternoon, arrived at 1 o’clock to-day, having been stuck in a fifteen-foot snow- Dbank near Minonk, and the engine was off the track. Therehave been no Chicngo papers or mail received here for_forty-eight hours. Alsothe trains on the Springfield Bivision were stuck in a large snow-bank near Belle- flower. It is by far the warst storm ot the season in this locality. -All trains have been abandoned north from Clinton, and there are several tralns now out that cannot get in. STREATOR, ILL. Special Dispaich to The Chicago Tribune. SteeaTor, 1M, March 5~The storm abated here last night. Trains have been running 2 little to-day on the Alton, giving us one mail, which left Chicago some two days ago. The Burlington snow-plow got turough at half-past 6 this evening, and brought Tae Trinuyze of Thursday, Friday, and to-day, all of which found ready sale, many of to-day’s issue being sold the second timeatan advance of five and 10 cents. Trains will probably go out somewhere on time Monday, if it does not stormn again, as large forces of men are at work in the drifts, STERLING, ILL. Speetal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune- STERLING, IIl., March 5.—~The whole coun- try here is under an embargo of three feet of snow, and business of all kindsis suspended. ‘The manufacturing establishments are near- Iy ali closed for want of material. The rail- roads are completely blockaded. ' No mails have arrived from any direction for the past threedays, and from present appearances it will be several days before we shall know ‘what is going on in the outer world. DES MOINES, TA. . Des Monves, Ia., March 5—The storm has subsided, and the railroad trains began mov- ingon the trunk lines this morning., The branches will be cleared to-day. One train arrived to-day from Stuart, a | short distance west on the Rock Island. A train from the East is expected over the same road about 1 a. . to-morrow, and the 2:55 2. m. passenger from the Easl is ex- pected on time. One passenger-train left over the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney, and one arrived over the Northwestern, but came only from Ames. The through Chicago train over the same road is expected some !t:i\}i during the night. Weather clear and MADISON, WIS, MADISON, Wis., March 5—The Capital City is still cut off from all communication with the outer world, except through the medinm of the telegraph, and the wires are fairly groaning with business. The storm, which had the appearance of a let-up yesterday, got on another tear and commenced agnin at noon, and continued until about midnight. The storm seems to be entirely over now, and the railroads are being cleared as fast as possible, and probably will -be in running order by Monday. CARLINVILLE, ILL, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicazo Tribune. CARLINVILLE, 1lL, March 5.~This portion of Central Illinois has been visited by a series of heavy snow-storms, The storm has continued for three days,and the fall of* snow has béen the heaviest of the season. All trains have been delayed, and business is practically suspended. The severe weather has not as yet injured the growing winter- wheat crop, which is still in fine condition. GALENA, TLL. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. GALENA, IIL, Mareh 5.—No trains have reached this city since lnst Wednesday morn- g, and railroad-men informed your cor- respondent that none need be expected be- fore next Monday afternoon. Weare com- pletely isolated trom the outside world ex- cept by telegraph. The latest papers Te- ceived here from abroad are dated Wednes- day, the 2d.inst. . COUNCIL BLUFFS, TA. ~Couxcit BLurFs, In, March 5.—Several Chicago trains arrived here to-day, and regu- Iar trains are expected to-morrow morning. 1t is expected thatall the roads will be in” operation as usual in a day or two. FOREIGN. - Forster Hard at Work in Dub- lin Getting the Irons of Coercion Hot. Americans Harassed' with Apprehensions of Arbi- ‘trary Arrest. . The Painful Position of Glad- ‘stone, Once the Cham- pion of Freedom. His Present Posing as the Irish Co- ercionist and the Dutch Oppressor, General Bre;xkdown of His Con- stitution Under the Woes of Government. Parnell and Dillon Equally Unfortunate in Their Direction of the Irish Cause. A Vessel Wrecked Off Sunderland, En- gland, and Fighteen Persons Drowned. THE IRISH. . FORSTER. Special Calle. 2 DunLxy, March 5.—Secretary Forster w: laboriously engaged from early morning - to late at night on Friday in investigating the condition of .the various districts in Ireland likely to come under the Coercion act. Fifty Stipendiary Magistrates and over a hundred police inspectors were sum- moned personally by telegraph from the west and south; and each was separately ex- amined on the latest statistics of crime in his own district, as well as in regard to illegal drilling, secret - combinations, and suspected leaders. It is understood that Mr. Forster requires, first, proof that each distriet is now suffi- ciently disturbed to warrant its being proclaimed; secondly, proof of some overt act on the part of each Individual arrested,— declining to act on mere suspicion or known connection with illegal organizations. AMany Leaguers have already fled. The Govern- ment hope that comparatively few arrests will be necessary. y 2 THE LAND LEAGUERS, despite the heavy blows that have fallen upon them, are uot yet .by any means beaten in Parliament, as it is found that no measure can possibly = get “beyond its second reading unless under vote of urgency, and thus the tenth week of the ses- sion will begin with blocks of bills on all Kkinds of business. The Government cannot get urgency voted without the consent of the Conservatives, consequently they are largely at the mercy of their opponents in spite of the great victory which they won at the polls at the last general election. TINS POSITION, naturally, Is regarded as most vexatious by the whole Liberal party, whose leading or gan, the Spectator, complains bitterly to-day that the Liberal majority in the House of Commons is .utterly paralyzed, and says: “Thus the ninth week of the session has passed, and ‘we are not even in sight of a measure that the Liberals can take satisfaction in.”" Sim- ilar repining comes from all parts of the country. The main result of the Speaker’s rules is, after all, to throw the control of pablic business into the hands' of the Con- servative minority. The Lrish members are indefatigable in opposing dilatory motions to all bills not backed by an urgency vote of two-thirds of the House. This deadlock of legislation has been A SOUKCE OF GREAT MORTIFICATION TO MR. . GLADSTONE, whose” compléte recovery has been much retarded by his anxiety. Although abfi to appear i the IHouse, the Premier look very much broken, and it is scarcely probablé that he can long continue to support the present strain of care and overwork. I understand, upon good authority, that the shock of his recent fall in getting out of his carriage did not tell so severely on him as the loss of Dblood from his scalp wound, which left him terribly weak.” That his administration should have done no more thun pass Irish coercion bills and push the war in the Transvaal s A GROUND OF POPULAR REPROACH against him, whicl causes the Premier sin- cere distress. The Disarming bill, it is gen- erally understood, has only now been taken up iu deference to Conservative opin- ion, the Cabinet having last week, (as was ~ announced in the dispatches at the time) decided to drop it. ‘The entire political situation, in short, is one of such confusion and cross-purposes as has scarcely ever been chronicled in Parliamen- tary history. MR. PARNELL has almost broken down under the strain to which he has been subjected. It is understovd that he will return to his old policy of quiet and stolid obstruction, and discountenance the violent tactics which have brought so much dis- credit upon his contingent. Mr. Baxter is anxious that the Government should adopt . more rigorous rules for crushing obstruction than those now in force, and there is considerable anxi- ety to know what Ar. Gladstone will do avhen Mr, Baxter suggests that the course in the House of Mr. Dillon has ably seconded his chief in bringing discredit upon the Land League. His frank declaration that he favored landlord-killing and civil war was too much even for Mr. Labouchere, and the League branches in Westport and other parts of the disturbed districts have: FOLMALLY REPUDIATED HIS SENTIMENTS. The general belief here is that Ar. Dillon wished to provoke the Government into ar- resting him, but, although the Coercion act. IS now in full - force, he is still at large and likely to remain so. The act, moreover, does not give those ar- rested much opportunity for posing as mar- tyrs. Those arrested will enjoy the privilege of having their food supplied by friends out- side, and there will be no chain-gang or treadmill, not even picking oakum. Kilmainham Jail, in Dublin, has been se- Jected ds the place of confinement for pris- oners arrested under the act. TIE NOME-RULE MEMBERS held a conference after the division on the Disarming. bill last night, at which it was decided that twenty-three of them should ' leave for Ireland ' next week and hold mass-meetings for the discussion of the Coercion and Disarming bill to-morrow week. Mr. Parnell urged his followers to speak out boldly, and there is a strong probability that 'some of them will get into trouble. The Coercion act authorizes the arrest of any person who is declared by warrant of the Lord-Lieatenant to be guilty, among other things, of * Inciting to an aet of violence or intimidation, and tending to interfere with or disturb the SUNDAY. MARCH 6, I18831—EIGHTEEN PAGEX maintengnce of law and order within the preseribed .district.” It will be strange if some of the speakers do mot bring themselves within the grasp of the law, It is generally ‘gmderstoud. kowever, - . that Mr. Forster will not order the arrest of any member of Parliament without the grav- est cause. THE GOVERNMENT’S RESOLVE to proceed with the Irish Disurming bill was due partly to Conservative pressure, but mainly to the conviction of the inexpediency of relinquishing its original program in the face of the determination of the League to pursue agitation. Mr. Dillon’s perform- ances in reland in reorganizing the League in anticipation of coercion confirmed the Ministers’ purpose. 'Che result abundantly vindicates their decision. NOTHING IN THE IISTORY OF THE IRISH AGITATION produced a greater sensation than Sir Will- iam Hafcourt’s demonstration of the objects of the League in arming the peasantry, followed by Mr, Dil- low’s- confession that he wanted arms to shoot landlords and agents, and re- gretted that the- Irish had not arms enough .to undertake eivil war No disclaimers of Mr. Dillon’s confeder- ates nhave * diminished the effect of this declaration. Sir Willlam Harcourt, tholé,eh blamed in some quarters for his se- verity, is considered by his colleagues to have substantiated that the doctrine of the League is treason and assasination. The Parnellites, though meaning to renew obstruction, have abandoned the field for the present, aiua- Jjority of them going to Ireland to attempt to restore confidence among their adherents, ENGLISH RADICALS say that Mr. Dillen’s speech makes it impos- sible for them to continue to act with him. The League organ in Dublin, while de- ploring Mr. Dillon’s imprudence’ in advocat- ing civil war, declares that most Irishmen agreewith himin their hearts. Mr. Parnell’s speech last night made no impression. The 1rish are dissatisfied with both Dillon and Parnell. The latter returns to Parls and Dillon to Ireland. No real leader of the parlinmentary faction remains. A NORRIBLE AGRARIAN MURDER was committed .in County Westmeath last night, at Multyfirnbam, about seven miles from Mullingar. A .man named Farrelly, who, some years ago took a farm from which another man had been evicted, was shot by two men in 2 field near his own home. Farrelly had been transacting business at the Multy- farnham Fair. About half-past 2 o’clock he vproceeded to walk home across the fields by a short cut to his house. After crossing a few fields he was met by two men, one of whom discharged a. pistol at him. e fell, and: when he was lying on the ground, the second man fired several shots from a revolver, all of which took effect. * Farrelly has since succumbed to his wounds, Previous to the crime he had been guarded by the police. No arrests were made. i DILLOY, Special Cable. Duprs, March 5.—It was understood this morning that Mr. John Dillon, M. P., who left London to-day, was to be summoned, on his arrival in Dublin this evening, to appear at the Borrisokane Petty Sessions on Wednesday next to show cause why criminal informations should not be filed against him for his speech at Borriso- kane last Sunday. AMr. Dillon returned to Dublin this evening by the mail train, but the authorities did not serve the summons, as expected. At the last moment in- structions had been received to suspend any action until Monday, as ‘it had not been decided whether AMr. Dillon should be arrested on warrant or proceeded agains by summons. It is believed that the Home Secretary is IN FAVOR OF ARRESTING ME. DILLOY, and it is expected that this course will be carried out on Monday. To-day Mr. Jeremiah Stringer, a detective, went to Borresokane, and swore out informations against Mr. Dillon for his *“Boycotting” speech there last Sunday. Mr. . Stringer returned to Dublin this evening after getting the informations signed, but he found instructions ‘had been given to suspend the warrant until Monday. There tas some doubt expressed as to whether Mr. Dilton would appear, but, by arresting him, the authorities will compel him to give bail for his appearance on Wednesday next. No arrests have yet been made under the Coer- cion act, and none are expected until Mon- day or Tuesday. PARISIAN COMMENT. ‘Special Cuble. Paxrts, March 5.—The Republique Fran- calse is to-day particularly hard upon Mr. Parnell and the Land Leaguers. “The Trish,” it says, ‘‘have gone 2 little too far, and the struggle is now turning in favor of the Government. Mr. Parnell, who seems to have lost his head lately, has com- mitted a fault, or, rather, series of faults. Having no hopes from the English e erosses the Straits to induee the French to meddle with a matter which did not concern them; At this delicate juncture he was un- able to choose between the holy-water basin of the Archbishop of Paris and the ink-pot of M. Henri Rochefort. He wants to haveall the trumps in his hand,~God, the Devil, and the rest. Itis too mueh or too little.” AMERICANS. Spectut Cuble. Loxpox, March 5.—Pending the passage of the Coercion bill and Disarming act, about twenty Americans in the Counties of Cork, Limerick, and Kerry have applied to Col Brooks, United States Consul at Queens- town, for advice and protection. All express fearsof arrest. The Consul informed them that if they were of good behavior there was no fear of arrest, but he had no power in the matter, 2 DILLON'S SPEECH. To the Western Associuted Press, Dusriy, March 5—The Westport (Mayo) branch of the Land League last night passed a resolution regretting the violence of Dil- lon’s late speech in the Icuse of Commons. HOME-RULE COXFERENCE. The London Times says: The Home-Rule members of Parliament held a conference yesterday, Parnell presiding, at which it was decided that a majority of them shall return to Ireland, and on Sunday next address their constituencies on the Coercion act. All speeches are to be bold and outspoken. FATALLY SHOT. A farmer named Farrelly has been fatally shot near Moyvore, in Ireland, in connection with a land dispute. - i THE ARMS BILL. Loxpoy, March 5.—A division on thethird reading of the Arms bill will be taken in the House of Commons on Wednesday next, by direction of the Speaker, if negessary. BRITISH NEWS. PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S INAUGURAL. Suectal Cable, Loxpoy, March 5.—President Garfield’s inangural address was telegraphed here ver- batim, and produces an excellent impression, the English and Americans alike admiring its scholarly style and wise moderation of tone. The press praises liberally his polit- ifcal mood sense, and Augursa prosperous Administration. _ * & £ CARLISLE'S “ REMINISCENCES” were published to-day. Over 4,000 copies were taken in advance. They contain many more autobiograpical details than were ex- pected. There are several characteristic allu- sions toearly contemporaries. Briefsketches of muny persons were given, including Leigh Hunt, Parr, Lamb, De Quincy, Chalmers, Tallma, Murray, -Disraeli, Hazlitt, and dozens of what Carliste’ calls thin celebri~ ties. He nicknames Beaconsfield “De- mosthenes?” Disraeli. . MR GLADSTONE’S appearance yesterday denoted much feeble- ness. - His friends say he will take little part in public business, but will probably intro- duce the I;g bill. k CANDAHAR DEBATE, wholly false, was made to influence the country, the London upper classes excepted. Lord Lytton and the ex- Ministers made extraordinary efforts to ex- cite a demonstration against the Government, collecting & brilliant audience, and using the press in Londgn and the provinces to create excitement, thus seeking to revive the old “Jingo” feeling. All this failed, the Government being un- shaken in its determination to retire from Candahar at the earliest ‘suitable mo- ment. The public reiterates its condemna- tion of the Afghan policy ot the late: Ministry. The majority for Lord Lyt~ ion’s motion was twenty less than was expected, though Including seventeen nominal Liverals. The debate on the ques- tion of the retention or abandonment of Candahar has excited an unusual amount of interest. At its close A CURIOUS INCIDENT OCCURRED. After the division. in which the Government was beaten by 89 votes, an’ unexpectedly large majority, as the Conservative majority in the Peers is only 65, Lord Beaconsfield, apparently in a dreamy fit -of abstraction, walked slowly up to the Treasury Bench as if he were to resume the front seat he occupied ~ when Prime Minister. On reaching it, and finding Earl Granville in occupation, he smiled to himself, quickly turned round, and crossed the House to the Opposition benches. At this there wasa general laugh, Lord Beaconsfield himself joining - in the hilarity, a thing never seen before by mortal man. Had the adverse majority been in the other Chamber this might have been thought to foreshadow THE RETURN OF “ENDYMION” to his old place. Butas thingsare at present the move toward the Treasury benches ap- pears to have been made 2 little too soon. But who knows ? p THE STOCK MARKET. P Now that the Funding bill. has been disposed of, there is more activity here than ever in American securities. It is rumored that Gen. George B. McClellan and Mr. W. W. McFarlane, formerly of the firm of Shipman, Barlow & McFarlane, are coming over to London to place the shares of an underground railway in New York. Some opposition: to- this project has already been manitested here. Inother quarters it is intimated that Mr. Macfarlane comes out on the personal invi- tation of Sir Edward Watkin, with an eye to some new and mysterious operations in Erie and Reading, LARGE PUBCHASES OF UNION PACIFIC shares have been made this week by in- vestors who ‘are acting under the ad- vice of leading bankers and brokers and on a rumor that W. IL Vander- bilt is to accept the Presidency of the company very shertly. It is stated in the city thatthe Atlantic & Great Western Railroad will shortly be made a part of the Wabash combination, and the first mortgage bonds advanced 6 per cent this week on extensive transactions. It is believed here that the American National debt could easily be funded at 8 per cent. At 3 per cent even consols rarely touch par, and never remain there. THE DARLINGTON TRON COMPANY. T PATIOOSIY WL 903 AL Loxnoy, March 5—It i3 understood that the creditors of the Darlington Iron Com- pany will be paid in full, and that the stop- page is only temporary. EIGHTEEN PERSONS DROWNED. LrverrooL, March 5.—A vessel has been wreeked off Sunderland, and eighteen per- sons drowned. PORK. LoxDoy, March 5.—The Neweastle Daily Chronicle says: * Granting that the disorder known as trichinosis exists, the next most important inquiry is as to its prevalence, and about this we have no hesitation in saying that there has been recently no end of exag- geration. The only alleged instance of its appearance in England is still a matter of dispute. and like untrustworthiness hangs by the reports coming from most other coun- tries wheré the importation of foreign pork is now being prohibited. How foolish the outery is, so far as this country is concerned, may be gathered from the fact that America sends annually to” England some 700,000,000 pounds weight of hog products, forming, next to cotton, the most extensive import trade of Liverpool, and yet not a single case of death frown trichinosis has ever been proved to have occurre-“n Great Britain,” THE BOERS. GEX. ROBERTS' DEPARTURE, Special Cable. LosDoX, March 5.—Gen. Roberts left Pad- dington Stauon at noon to-day for South Africa. Ten thousand persons were present. Among them were the Duke of Cambridee, Mr. Childers, Secretary of War, Lord Chelms- ford, and Sir Bartle Frere. The crowd: formed in the avenueand atthe station. Some hundreds of Iadies strewed the path of Gen. Roberts with flowers. The crowd was much larger and more enthusiastic than the assewmblage that gathered: when Sir Garnet Wolseley wentto Zululand. Gen. Loberts will have an army of 15,000 Europeans. Though earnest operations will not commence until his arrival, the feeling of England regarding the Boers still remains the same. THEY MUST BE BEATEN in order to save British prestige, whatever that may be. While everybody admits the injustice of the war and the justice of the Boers’ claims to independence, nearly everybody clamors for revenge. Jou- bert’s sword is said to be dripping with En- gland’s best blood, therefore the Boers must be punished. *‘The Boers may fight well,” says a rabid paper; “so does the African lion, but England has both the right and the authority to veto his obstructiveness, to re- strain his barbarities, and to chastise his belligerence.” Ammong the few VOICES IN FAVOR OF THE DOERS, the Daily News, on Friday morning, had a strikingly earnest editorial, evidently in- spired By the Roform Club, admitting the wrong to the Boers inthe Shepstone annexation, and said *‘that wrong has been done, and that wrong, if =any available means can be found, must be -set right.” In earlier days these views expressed by the official Liberalorgan would have been taken as indicating the views of the Liberal Cabinet, and they may be so of certain members thereof to-day. Gladstone, Bright, and Chamberlin, the champions of freedom in times past, are said to be deéply distressed about affairs In the Transvaal, and they may yet prove themselves possessed of loftier ideas of England’s duty than the PANDERING TO THE BRUTAL CLAMOR of the “plebs” for revenge. Thinking peo- ple regret the disgraceful war against men who have proved themselves worthy to be ranked with the old Puritans. If Mr. Bright'or Mr. Gladstone were not on the Tréasury Benches, and their conduct were free, they might easily succeed, in view of the proverbial fickleness of English public opinion, in bringing the mass of the popula- tion to support measures of justice to the Boers worthy of the highest statesmanship. AsGen. Roberts cannotarrive forsome weeks at the seat of operations, it is confidently hoped that -the peace negotiations, broken of by Gen. Colley’s disastrous movements on last Sunday, may in the meantine be re- sumed and brought to a successful issue. The only obstacle in the way is the sense- less clamor for the maintenance of British prestige, the necessity of revenge, and the infidelity of the present Cabinet to the gener- ous policy which was foreshadowed in the Midlothian cumpaign, and for which the Liberals were elected to power. % reached here thatStanderton has but it is not confirmed. Heav;lma% been heard in that direction. bag BRITISH TROOPS FOR THE TRANSY, Loxpox, March5.—The Seventh D, 200 Ninth Hussars, and two battalions of mn‘t lery will be sent from England to OFF FOR SOUTH AFRICA. Gen. Roberts and wife left for S rica this morning. Ay PERU. ANARCHY. PANAMA, Feb. 24, via NEW Yorg ; 5.—Matters in Peru are in 2 state of anarch, No peace, no government, national law o rided, robberies numerous, and a feeling o general alarm. -' Business is all S(opp;L There are 20,000 Chilians in Herina, Al the farms in the neigliborhood of thy city have been plundered. Pierola is in gy three days sail from Herina. He was pe,, ged by the people to treat for peace, He rg. fuses unless the Chilians allow matters to revert to the position before the war, The Chilians refuse to listen to such terms, ang give thirty days to treat. Theychansg to take their own way of settling and collecting indemnity. The citizens are atraid to treat, There are well-grou nded FEARS OF AY UPRISING OF COMMUNISTS and general murder after the departurs of the Chilians. The people are fieeing from y the towns, especially Lima. The Chiliang promise not to destroy Lima. ‘The Chilly Alinister of War has returned from Area, The instructions to Gen. Boguedno arp to collect a war indemnity in his own wayjf the Peruvians fail to treat in thirty dapy, ‘The Chilians have azreed to protect foreigy . capital. Only one newspaper is published In Lima. The * Ancona Chorillos Chancay” i closed. 5 Communication is limited to Callao, wherg the Chilians do all the customs. The Chilians are taking upall the armsang blowing up all the forts and guns that they cannot use. They are removing war munk tions, powder, machinery, libraries, pubiiy statues, paintings, and all things of value, including lions and elephants, to Chili. Thy prisoners of San Lorenzo Island are liberated, The Comnmunists say that they will overmg the country when the Chilians go. Tha peg. ple are terrorized and are fleeing from thy country. ‘WEST INDIES. DAMAGE TO THE SUGAR CROP B¥ FROST, Paxadia, Feb. 24.—The 10th of February ‘will be remembered in Antigua as the oces. sion of frost, the heaviest in the memoryof man, occasioning damage which has noree ord in the history of the country sinceits conquest by the Spaniards. The frostws so keen that ice was formed in many places, and on the following morning it could be el lected quite readily. Even in ‘protectsd places, such as the balconies of houses, fog formed in water vessels and was foand of very respectable thickness. In the morning after the frost the cane fields and coffes plantations appeared as though a fire haf passed through them. The leaves of thy coffce—the most vigorous trees as wellas the tenderest shoot—were discolored, ‘and shriveled, and broke to pieces at the slight- est touch. Several years must necessarily elapse before the plantations can be restored to their usually heaithy condition. Tos sugar-cane was Killed as it stood, so that tha loss in this respeet is confined in amountts that now actually uncut, although all of this will scarcely be a total luss. . The amoantol |la:lng e is calculated to be between $1,000,008 and & . RUSSIA. BOLD ACTION OF THE BARONS. - St. PETERSBURG,” March 5.—At Wednes days sitting of the St. Petersburg Assembly of Nobles, Baron Frederick moved 2 resols- tion that the Emperor be petitioned to grant the Nobles the right not oniy of considering their own needs, but also of making repre sentations to the Government for the remosl- of the evils of local administration, evex when resulting from the general lawsof the Empire. This motion Jed to m important debate upon the abolition o Statute 142, which forbids the discussion of questions touching the fundamental pri- ciples of the Government. AL Platondd, Marshal of the Nobility at the Palace o Tsarskoe Selo, exhorted the nobles to - mair tain their rights, which were confirmed ty B Catherine 1L He asked how it was thatFir F land and Bulgeria had obtained 1nstitutions [z which everybody was convinced were equak ly necessary for’ Russia. Gen. Glinka and others questioned the right of the Assembly o discuss such matters, but the mouon was supported by the President of the Assembly, and carried amid applause. S ——— FRANCE, AMERICAN MEATS. St. Louts, Mo., March 5.—The Seignonrett Bros., of Bordeaux, France, writing ‘W. &, Bartley, a provision broker of this city, & vise him to witihold shipments for fifteen days, by which time all restrictions,-they think, will be removed. The French Gov ernment took forty-six cases of long cleat sides, which were shipped to Havre from Keokuk, Ia., and these are being subjected 0 a most scrutinizing inspection by eight ex perts. Upon the result of this examinata depends the immediate future of Americal trade with France, and, as it has been ascer tained that this meat left in splendid cond tion, the packers are very sanguine, SPAIN. CUBAN SLAVES. ALADRD, March 5.—The Committes of & Chawber of Deputies for the Protection of Slaves in Cuba has proposed the abolition of corporal punishment and the enfranchis: ment of all slaves not inctuded in_the regis tration of 1570. The Colonial Minister bss promised to take the recommendations of ti8 Comwmittee into consideration. AN AFRICAN EXPLORER. . Loxpoy, Murch 5.—A correspondent Lisbon’ telegraphs: * Explorer Segaert has arrived. e was sent by the King of theBe gians to make scientitic_researches on IX:( Et:;;é,gf Stauley at Viviand other porls SWEDEN. . DETROTHED, Lospos, March 5.—The Crown Princect Sweden has been afflanced to the elds dnugl;ter of the Grand Duke of Baden. . —————— - A Philadelphian’s Iavention for Col* iecting and Meltinz Spow from Streets. . PUILADELPATA, March 3.—The inabllity o4 city authorities to keep the public streets ¢letf of snow during the present winter caused inventive mind of Leonard Phlezer, 8 velend engineer of the city. to dwell upon the Subj: and in u remarkabiy short time ne had the satis- 1action of producing wbat he claims tobe s fect snow-cleuner, und which Is now at the ris & Fasker Iron~iVorks uwalting heavy Sa0. full to demonstrate its ability. Ats glaoce T8 spparutus bears close “resemblance to e 84 dertaker’s wagon, but upon close Inspectiod § appenrs to be a lony budy printed bllc§ s muunlcdlon wnce‘Is. 1mnummr m;\: thaa wagon with an iron body, surmos 2 smoke-stuck: ot the renr uf the body, like s 855" engine, IS a fire-box, the hent from wnlc' cends to 1 Space eight jnches in lengtin bodr extends the lensth und width of tho boh Aoove this spuce i3 the snow-box, which 18 6%, fect deep and fourteen und a halt feet ook . The theory of the inventor is that the s which pusses through the narrow spuce lmuy diutely beneath the box will keep the H00¢ the box heated to such n degree that mf:_wa" will melt 4 fast us it cap be thrown otole one side of the bax is a line of noles three 4 - wide, through which tho water from the M€ 70, . 8now will run into the street. A smoke-3HCC/,” the top i froat, which can te placed in s horizontal or s !rerpendlclllnr ‘positions o] pletes the inventlon. Tho entire apPAFFC, ", slxteca foct long and the body three {eehier, The object of the Inventor i3 to place t8 7, chine in 2 snow-blocked Strect, Buve Bit% g -shavel tho énow foto the heated box, n!d ot the water to run into the gutter, snd foy thence foto the nearcst sewer. A “"'flml"* proninent gentlemen have examined Uii® paratus, und the genernl impression 18 h worthy of u trinl. " Willlam D1, Singerly, betf 1y the Fourth and Efghti Street Rahw%{ reat confidence in the practical util CAPITULATED. To the Western dussociated Press. Mouxt ProspECT, March 5.—A. report has ity favention, uad a3 purchused the Srat mSCH construoted,and will use 1t along the Lines Cars. . B