Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 31, 1881, Page 2

-the Senntor from Georglat, but e challenged 2 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TIIURSDAY, MARCIL 31, 1881—-TWELVE PAGES, during the period following tho War were attributablo to the carpet-bag rule of the Re- publican party, MR H0AR then took the floor In ".NF to M. 1111, 1le denfed tho statements made by that gentle- man, that the negro nt the South wis ul- lowed a free ballotand an honest count, The testimony of the books aml documents in possession of tha Senate could not he pus’\)ml away by tho ere assertlon of the Senator, however cn'nu«l(-mh; made. Iad - there ever heen mnssacre at Cnddo? Ilad the streetsof Now Orleans ever run with the blood of Ttepuo- 1nd there ever been a mnssacre at Coushiatta? 1iad a man ever been murdered at Colfax? Wera Twitehell's armg on his body now? Were Chisoln's murderers convieted? The Seantor from Georgin rose to answer the eharwes made on the Republican side of the Chumber that there was no free ballot In the South. Jet Tim give an opinlon inregard to the evidence roported to the Sennto nud ilonse, ‘Tho speech of the gentleman was In substance n must emphatic confession of the wisdom of the Republican party of the inst fifteen years, Every ong of the preat meusures Avhich had “separnted the two Yurlh-s durine that period had been altuded to by the gentteman ouly lo confess how tterly-he and thoso who acted with him had been mistaken, e sume fiereeness of ut~ tack which the gentlemnn to-day made upon the motives of the Republican pari m((_ been heard ever since from that party, onty 0 bo followed by a confession from the same Jps that the Republican party had been right, und that what it had done would be aceepted, hot only ns a necessity, but 1s o benetit. The gentleman had - attacked o conlitlon, If the wen who had planted themselves in resistanee to every step taken for the \u’yuxn of benefiting the colored race might Eim together 10 keep thelr power, showld not_those who differed from them unite to overthrow it? He dld not, now, he stnted, desire to enter upon a diseussion of the issues which had been broughit up by lican Jeglslators? that gentleman, who cluimed that tho evlls in Ull’l,'lsnlflh were attributable to the Repub- Jiean party, to point out u single great nens- wre for the henefit of the coloresl men where the Republlean party had not been In the rlght, and the party with whleh he assocl- ated I the wrong. * Mit LT sald he had heard exaetly tho speech he had expected, but he had too much respect for the Senate and himself to charaeterize it os it ought to be characterized. He cuvied no man his nature, his position, his prospeets in this life or the next, who could deliberately et up in w Ci this and take pleas- ure In rehearsingeharges agalnst s fellow- eltlzens In any section of tho country, Was 1t manly, foif, and patriotie?” Would it not be just as manly to make an Issue on the Constitution itself, and on its framers ? Mr. Hoar again ehallenged Mr. Hill to state upon_ what neasures In reguard to the, South the Republiean party lnd tiot been in the right, and upon Mr, 1TH} replylng *The Revonstruetion measures,” deelired that the swecalled carpet-bag Governments iad Deen necessitated fu laws enaeted Th many South- ern States practleally redstublishhg stavery, Inthe midst of the controversy, which was kept up at some length, Mr. Logan entered upon the discnsslon, Induced to do so by o remark of Mr. ITHI 1o the etfect thut the Re- publicans would not let, the War rest in jence. ** We are told, timé and time again," he snld, ** by the Senntors from that side that the War Is past, and do not want to allwle to it, yet every thns an opportunlty is offered, the Senator digs up every question growing outof the War, You, sir, and every other man that jeined In the Rebellion agaiust this Government, are responsible for every wrong complained of. -Mr. Hill—{ happen TO NOT II A8 RESPONSIBLE AS YOU. When he (Logan) was stamiing ardvoeating a polley for the Demoeratic xmrl{ which en- cournged thom resist, I was manfully breast- ing the, storm, and I will tell the Senntor what Is o historical fact, that I was not on the stump I Georgin with the argument that heand such ns he would sustaft the Seuth it It dld secede, [Applause in the galleries,] Mr. Lozah—Auy man that nsinuates that 1 sym}.m(hlzed with It at that thne Insinnates what s fulse, o M. 1ill—1 did notehinrge it. The Senator will understafd that 1 do not indorse what was said of hing but when le crises and charges that -1 and . thoso with whom . L. was assoclgted are respoisible forall the wrongs 1o the Southorn States, 1 then rewlnd him of the attitude of himselt and my: when the thing was fingrant. 1 didwot ehargo that the Senator Intended Lo sympathize with seces- slon,—by-no’ mennis. [ win stnply stating o higtorien! fact, My, Lozan—T desiro right bere to settle thig'question. I donet Intend that nn insin- uatlonof this kind shall be cast atme whon it Is false. It hus been done often enough, Sitting right In this Chamber there {s a Sen- .atarwio -1 KNOWS TINS INSINUATION 18 FALSE. bas o, right.to. know . It. .1 have :never called wpon him to'state hls knowledge, be- cause I am here to ‘ur;xlepl wmyself, but 1say these insinuations in this direction have got 1a stop, for they nramot tru - Mr. HIl—I uceept the gentleman’s state- ment that they nre not true; but, if the Sen. ator.expects to stop me from reciting histor- feal faets; he {8, inlstaken, * His speech 1y un- niedssury, us out of place, . The controversy -was then resumed be- twedn. Messrs. Toar ond ilil), the former clmllenf)nw the latter to ndvaneo. any pronf sustainfng Nis eharge that the Republican party In the South was not the friend of tho eolored mun, and_the latter contending that the evils in the South had been brought about by carpet-buglsm, In concluding his speech. Mr. Ll agaln alluded to THE CUITTENDEN LETTER, declarinz that he was still of the oplnion that 1t would be for the best to have both party orgunizations abandoned. As long as u purty whicl lived . upon dead Issues™ ex- isted, evils will continue, But, whlle the parties existed, he continued, lio coulil noy afiitlate with a party which had lost no op- portunity to malign his people, e would Tather b o doe and bn{ the noon than o Southert man to nssoclute with themallgners of his people, Mr, Honr followed with & brief speech, In which he again alluded to the great achiovements of the Republicnn Enru’ In the great eause of frewdom, and rld- cutled the ldea of there belng n fres and fair ailot In the South under Democratie rule, MIL, BECK intimated that the veason the lteFuhllcnlls T fused the many Invitations of their Dem- oerntie friends to o lute executive seasion was that they had gnarreled nmong them- selves, and dured not face such n session, It vas hls deliberate opinlon that_tho Repul- liean party, under pretense of desiving to elect oflicers of tho Senute, had been post- poning, from duy to duy, fora week consids eration of executlve business, "They hnd ens couraged debate upon Loulslana atfutrs, and all the fllth that existed in rezard to tho poli- ey of that State, and they were agaln wiving the bloody shirt, when the fact wus that they Tk ress tho conslderation of exeentive busliess beeuuse sueh complications oxisted umong themselves that they weru afrald to Tagw the issue, Mr. Duwes—I glve tho Senntor my word that 1 will move to go Into exeeptive sesslon Wwithin ten minutes after weo have adopted thieso resolutions, all,mu:hler.] Mr, Beek—"The Senator knows very well that they cannot be adopted, certalnly not us long us the Republivan party sceks o ut- teh [tselt to tho repudintors of the country, ‘Wa canniot allow the Senator to so far dise Eraco ll)sfmr 1S Lo nlly it with such o {mru‘ us that, [ believe now, und © hnve belleved for a week, that no carnest contest will be mude to _see whether this thing can he dono or not. . Lknow thoy cannot do'it, The Sen- ator kdows It 'They do, not enre about it. ‘That Is not thelr object utnll, But TUEY ARE AFRALD T0 GO INTO EXECUTIVE BESSION to develop tho difference of oplnion between themselves, g Mr, Dawes—Tho country will know who prevents, Mr, Beck~'The country shull know, The Republican party 18 so " divided about the volley hu regurd to w great nomination that, bending they dnn‘s uot. gonafder- the. busi- ness for which the Presldent -eulled us to- getbier, and that, under pretenso of turning out two or thres good of uggs and putting fn w{udinuoulm aud suppletienting that with debates upon Loulsluns and {ssiies about cuwl—hafif 18 and negroed, and othor things exhuusted long ugo, they hopy they are much conceujed us an usteleh when hls hrm’ i3 under tho sand wd his body exposed, 1io inoved to go juto executive sesslon, Ito- ected. Mr, Duwes, then, ridlculing the new dis- wmade by the Senator, and destring to cover: fiv]:l 8 ?t‘"flfi’f': lrlum]h; lllmu to rully rsund oved to udjourn, which. was agreed to, Bud the Senato adjouried, - 8 X CONKLING, 1B ATTITUDE, Bpacial Dispated to The Chicago Tribune, WasniNaToy, b, Else can It be but S ling to-day, in responseto nn Ingulry what his position would bo with respeet to the nominatlon of Robertson, It s evident that Senator Conkling Is fully detevmined wpon war, “It Is very quiet here now,” said a Republican Senator to-tay who [s on exeel- lent relations with the Presldent, “but 1 am afrald that 1L 1s tho quiet which preceedsa nreat atorm.” The present dead-lock i3 glve g Mr. Conklng n great ndvantage, 1L enables him {o form his plan of battls | and to marshal his foree, It Is reported that Mr, Conkling, before the po- Htieal debnto I8 ended, will himseif sound the toesin for n free ballot and an honest count, and will put himself IN THE FUONT RANK OF TIIE RTALWARTS, Mennwhile, the Republican press 1s being closely watched, and Mr, Conkling {s much vleased Lo sed that the New York Repubilean pross, with one exception, seems disposed to shite with him. The Conkling men have no more advances to mnke, ‘Tlioy are walting for tho contest to ULegin when the wresent dead-lock shall end, The ot- tempts nt mediation between the New York Senators and the White House have been unsuccessful. ‘The nomination will not be withdrawn. The enly way out of tho dilemn seems to be the voluntary re- tirement on the part of Judge Robertson. 1t is vven rumored that Postmaster-General James may be mada Collector of the Port of New York, and Judge Robertson uppointed Postinaster-General, but this 18 one of those rumors no soner mude than denled, Thers are some Senators who, while vory friendly to Gen, darfleld, and not disposed to embar- rass his Administration, ave still INCLINED TO 8IDE WITII CONKLING, on the sole ground that he should have been consulted before the appointment was made, Thoy say It wny bo thelr turn next, nnd hence they sido with the New York Sena- tory, beeause they may need their colpern- tion i the matter of nowinations hereafter where their own States nre concerned. 'I'his I8 due to the Freemasonry and comradeship which Is su general In the Sennte, The New York Senators holid frequent confer- ences with ench other, and with the Viee- President. There s what I3 ealled A WARLIKE FEELING on both stdes, but there are shrewd poli- ticlans here who do not belleve that actunl war will begin, ‘I'hese say that, i the end, the nominution of Mr. Robertson will be con- firmed, thougl, perinps, not with the_the exeeutive coliperation of the two N ew York Senatorss that prominent party’ leaders in New Yorl will interfere to prevent any fur- ther breashs that the President himself, he will not tolerate lietution from Senntors or others in mattors of this Kind, i not desirons of war, meuns to treat both wings of the party fulrly, and to do all he can for party harmony, and cherishies 1o resent- ments, Only, they say, to be Prosident, and WIHEN TILAT 18 ONCE ALLOWED, nsthey belleve 1t will be, there will be no fur- ther trouble, Thigis not the guneral view ol the politicians, but it 13 the view of some yery shrowd men. Mr, Chandler, veferring to the ro{.un. that ho will not be contirmed, orthat his name will he withdrwn on ue- eount of the opvosition of Atterney-General MaeVeuglh to his_confirmutlon, says that ho cannot usk the Prestuent to witiedeaw his name. * 1did not seele the oftlee,” he said, *und Idonl feel that It Is Incumbent upon me, under the elremmnstances, o withdraw my nwme, 10 eontivmed, then the questlon of the relatiuns between mysell and Mr, lacVengh, and what either will dounder the _elrewmstances, will present itseif,” As tothe erlticsms made by Mr, Chandler upon THE CELEBIATED LOUISIANA COMMISSION, of which MacVengh was o momber, Mr. Chandler.says: * L'did eritielze the Commla- slon, because I'thought it an unconstitution- al budy, but I never made persounl retiections touching nny member of 16" “"Ihere are no porgonal ditferences between mysetf and My, [neVengh” snld Mr. Chandler, *but he represents a difterent view of what should be the niethails of the Republiean purtf’ than myself.” Atlorney-Generul MaeVeagh spsnt an hour and a holf, mingling with and con- versing with the Senators ot both sides -to- day,- - lle was hu&mrlng about tho dendlock ond thachances of its. buing ended, for one thg, and bie ulso, Itis sald, made nqulries as tg the probabllity of William E. Chandler’s contivmation. One Republieun Senator s said to ltve declared his intentlon to vote agalnst Chisndler, and the Demoerats will vote sodldly to refect him, so that A BINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTE FEAT HIM, Gen, MaeVeagh, among other matters, talked fo the -Senators about nominations for the Depurtment, of Justice In thelr States, 1t the Stulwarts press their fight agninst Rob- ertson, the present indleatlons nre that all the Democrats will support him, 1t IS possi- ble that Mr, Conkllng may get two or three Domoeratic votes, but this'is doubtful, THE PRESIDENT. . A company of gentlenen who were at the Executive Mansion beard the following cone yersution between the President and s mem- ber of Congress, who was opposing the ap- pointinent of o Tostunster: "The President remurked that the primad question under ais- cusslon was Whether the present hiemnbent, Who Ind geryed but four years, wus a \vorlhy and effective otlleor, *So faras I ean learn,” sald the President, *the citizens of that plree seem to be nearly unanimous In his favor.” The Congressman replied: © I sup- 2 WOULD DE- nosed 1 was the Iteprescnlative of wmy district, and - my wishes would Lo respeeted. 'Phoy were not during the lust Administration, and I suurosc they wil not during this ene.” The Prestdent remnrkeds “Certainly, slr, you are the Representativo of the distelct, and 1o de- sirous of avuiling myself of your Information concerning the ofiices of your district, but the npunlutln!- power i3 lodged with e, and not with the Hepresentatives of the vatious districts, and 1 do not intend 1o divest ny- self of my proper authority ot respousibility In sueh mattors.” The Congressman did not appear to relish this conversation nearly so well ug the bystanders did, THE SUPREME COURT. AN UNSATISFACTORY BITUATION, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicage Tribune, WasmiNaroy, D. C., Mareh 30.—The Unit- ed States Suprome Court s In a very em- burrassed condition, owing to the failure of the Senato to cunflrin or refect, or of the President to withdeaw, the nomina- tlon of Stauley Matthews. ‘The anbsence of nsingle mouber provents the transaction Of uny bustness, ns thore are only exnetly enotigh members on active duty (six) to con- stitute n quornm, Very recontly the fndis- position of Justice Bradley compelled nn - Journment for u week, M, Clitford has been off the Dench for sume thu, und his age and Infirmities wake it certuin that he will not return, and yet, though ho s entitled to ree tire with full pay, thero 18 no means of va- enting his place unless he Is able or dis- posed to avall himself of the privilege. Mr. Justice Hunt bus been nbsent from the Bench some three yenrs, and 18 understood to bo vurmanently disabled, and yot he continues to druw the salury and to stand fu the way of the appointmentof & mun abln to perform the vutles of the position, IHaving been up- polnted In 1872, ho hos NOT YET BERVED THE TERM OF TEN YEAIS, whleh would entitle hin, belng 70 years of age, to retaln tho sulary It he wers to retire, ‘That I8 probably tho renson he hny not reslgned, But there 1s'ong actunt yacancy on the Suprome Beuch, and there lins been no obstucle whutever the way of its being promptly fitled slieo it first oceurred. — Kven that one wlditlonal member would prevent the breakbng of o yuorig anud the necessity for adjourmment whenever ong Justics Is detalued from court, Justice Swayno reslened, aud the ntment of Mr. Stunley Jatthews us tho asor of Justive Swayne Is what keepy @ place vaeaut on the Supreme Beneh which ought to have been litled without delay, . YORKTOWN, THE AURANGEMENTS, Epectal Diaateh (o The Chicago Triduna - Wasixaroy, 1, C,, Mureh 30,—Fne mana- gers of the Yorktown Centennial aro active- ly ut wark prepurg for a demonstration Jiswhteh shull bo worthy of the oceaslon, “T'he approprintion mude by Congress was 100,000 for u imonunient, 20,000 to bear the expense of entertatuing the Freuch squadron which Is expected, ond §20,000 for the purpose of the Congressional Committee, which 13 to huvo partial charge of the artungements. It s evident he means Ench of the arlginal thirteen States has mado an appropriatlon to senid n regfiment of ity militin to take part o the military pageant, aud it Is expected thata numberof other States will follow this exnmple. Lfforts are being made to induce the State of Olo especlally, on neeount of her former relations to Vir- ginin, to send a regiment to Yorktown. THE FRENCIL GOVERNMENT has zent official notico of an aceeptanco of the Invitation to partletpate, and seven ships of the Fronch North Atlantle Squadron ure Jexpected, Two vessels of the French navy will leave Tiavre, bringlne n numberof proni- inent French officials, The colobration at Yorktown will begin on the 6th ot October, the dute ab which tho Ameriean and French forees opened the outer parallel for the siega of the plnce, It 18 destened to have the en- eanipment of the troops continue until the 18th” of October, amd upon the i0th, (the centennial of the surrender), the marine delegations present, with other clvie assuciations, will take part In laying the corner-stone of the ‘monument, Arrange- ments on a lnrge senle are making for the accommadation of the crowils of visltors wihtleh are expeeted. 'The hotet accommodi- tlons I the reglon are, of course, Jimited, but the plan involves the runnlng o n_ considerabls number ot large steamers from the growds each ovening to Fortress Maonroe, Iimpton, Norfolk, nnd Portsmouth where accomntodations for tho large numbe, of people ean be seeured. It lins nlso been nrcanged fo bring several of THE LARGEST SOLND PASSKENGER STRAMERS amt moor them at the wharves, which dre to I construeted for the purpose, ‘I'hese bonts are to be used In pinco of hotels, ‘The man- agers huve purchnsed n tarm of 600 acres upon which {s the houe in which the terms of surrender were arruged. T'he: c‘:rumuls also Include the final battle-field, the scene of the netual sarrender, and n portion of tho Huoes of tho siege-works, which are still v)nlnliy' visible. Upon this farm the monument will be erected, and at tho elose of the ceremonles It 1s propused to transfer tha title of it to the General Government for the purposes of a National I'ark, 3 s COLORED MEN. THEIR CALL ON THE PRESIDENT. Wasiixarox, D, C., March #0.—A dele- gation of fifty colored men, representing the colored Republicans of Loulsiana, ealled upon President Gartield to-day sud presented o handsomely sugraved addiess setthyg forth the views and wishes of the colored peoplo of thelr State, The nddress Is qulte long, It clalins that the colored race In Loulsiang has kept paco with the rest of the Unfon In the mareh of progress; that they pay taxes on 95,000,000 worth ot property, and by tholr Inbor talse seven-clghths of the sugnr and rlee crop and five-elghths of the cotton crop; that thev nask no new legisiation, only the honest enforeement of existing luws for thelr protection, espe- clally an .cqual participation in the advan- fnzes of the publle school s‘ysteln. and the freedom and _profection of the right of suf- frage, ‘The Preshdent, in reply, expressed his gratitieation at the progress and material prosverity of the colored race, ns evidenced Ly the stutements of the address. He re- newed tho assurances of his inaugaral ad- dress, aid urged upon thelr considerntion the Tuportunce to their race of education and the persoual ownership of the soll upon which they live aud toll, NOTES. POSTAL ORDERS, Bpectat Dispatch ta The Chicago Tribune, Wasmixerny, D. C., March 20.—It ap- penars that Postmaster-General James has n- tended tu speedily issue an order allowing the registration of all sums under 815 for fiva cents, Tho law was explicit that he had the authority to do so, but, upon consultation with the Chief of the Money-Order Dlvision, ho was surprised-that, by a recent uct of Con- gressy that authority had been abrogated, and # law passed fixing 10 cents ns the lowest rate. Mr. James says he will not fail to urge upon Cougress, nt Its next sesslon, the neces- sity of the low rate of 5 cents, to nllow the Teglsiration of small sums ng n_ convenlence 0 publishers aud subsctibers of newspapors., THE JEANNETTE EXPEDITION. , ; Tu the Weatern Assoctated Press -+ WasinyaroN, March 80—Lieut, 1. M. Berry, of the Unlted States Navy, haybeen or- dered to command the stenmier Mary and Ielen on the proposed Arctle expedition in senrch of the Jennette. Sceretary 1llunt has furnished Lieut. Berry with allst of naval oficers who have volunteered for service, and wHl be gulded by any peferences ho may entertain In making up the detall of the of- ficers who will serve wnder him, . FIRST-CONTROLLER LAWRENCE has dectded the net of June 1, 1850, does not. muke'n permanent specitic appropriation to puy the expenses of operating and keeplng in repulr the 8t, Mary’s River Cuual in Mlichi- gun or the publie works thereon, Notlew has been glven that the Treasury Depnrtnient will redeem, on and after April 1, 1881, any outstanding United States b per cent funded loan bonds of 1831 embraced in the 101st cnll (which will mature May 4 1851), at the rate of one hundred and one o twenty-live hundredths dollars (SWL%) n full payment for each $100 of bonds, IMPORTANT DECISION. A decision wus rendered by the Supremne Court of the Unlted Stutes to-day fn o cuse which hay o good deal of jmportance for ofticers of the army and navy, and which sottles tho question of thy right of the Prest- tunt, by and with the consent of the Sunate, o dismiss any army or navy ofiieer from service without n conrtamartial, Charles M, Blake was, in 1808, Post Chaplain ot Camp McDowell, Arl., and forwavded to the Pros. ident, durimg o temporary (it of insunity, what was construed a8 o resignation. ‘e resiguntion was nceepted, and shortly therentter Alexandor =~ Gilmore nomf- nated and contirmed ug Blake's succossor, [n 1878 Prestdent Hoyes, upon reconslderution of the circumstances of Itake’s reshgnation, st uside Ity neeeptance und restored him to service, whercupon tho Iatter hrought sult for buck ‘my. ‘The concluslon of tha Court is that whitever view be taken of Blnko's resignation, the appointment nnd confirnin- tlonof unother mun in his placo had the ef- feet of discharglng him from the service, Gllmora's uppointment suporseded Blake nnd discharged him from service without any reference to the latter’s montal enpacity to wnderstand what was a resignation, Bluko could not thereafter hnve bean restored to serviee without & now nomination and con- firmution, YVESTERDAY'S CADINET BESSION, ‘I'he Cablnet sesslon yestorday wis devoted entirely to the conshioration of o tinaneisl poliey “of tho Govermment, It wis decided Wt for tho present the Seeretary of the ‘Trensury will use_only the surplus revenies and funds derlved from the renminder of the bonds nuthorized by the Refunding nct to meet the neeruing obligations of the Governe ment, Including redemption, * m— WATER-WORKS SUPERINTENDENTS, 81, Loum, Mo, March 50.—1'ho Convention of Superlntendents of Wuter-Works, which hus been In sesslon here two days, completed 1ts business to-night, aml adjourned to meet in Columbns, O., the third Tuesduy of next AMarch., A constitution and by-laws were udopted, ad wn organization formed under the name of the Ametlean Water-Works As- sociatton, having for 1ts object the exchango of luformatlon pertalning to the manugement of water-works, for the mutual advancement of constuners uiuld eompanies, nud for the pur- pose of securing econuiny wid unlformity In the uperntlon of watersworks, ‘f'ha tollowing otlicers were elected for the ensulng year: 'resident, J. S, Foster, of Chluu:xu-\ Viee. Presldents, W, C. Btripes of Keokuk, Charles A Smith o of St Louls, W. 8. Canieron of My his, M. X, Chuse of Blovmtugton, 1L, und J. D, Briggs of "Terre Haute, Ind, ; Trens- urer, 14 1, Wood, of St. Fouls, ——— CHARGES NOT SUSTAINED, Kansas Ciry, Mo, March $0.~Some thne lust fall the Messes, Armours, of tuls clty, procured the arrest of 'L J. ‘Templer, o well- “known-grain dealer, on a ¢harge of remoyve ing graln trom his elevator which was held. by them nd securlty without thelr written consent. ‘Uhis action by the Armours vaused aunsiderable comment at tha time/myd de- tinled necounts of the uffair were telegruphed abroud, 'The cuso hus been postponed from Umy to thue by, the Prosecutiug Attorney, aud when it was cutled 1o-duy-ho stated tha the chargy could notbe sustulned, and the case was dismissed, [t is reported that Tem- rlur will Dring sult mmuls( the Annours for lenyy dumiages tor wstlelons brosceutiun, A GREAT STORM. Sixteen and o Half Inches of Suow in Indiana and Ohio in Ton Hours, Ralroads in Central llinols Somewhat Demoralized by the Drifting Snow. Kentucky the Victim of the Worst Storm of the Season. A Heavy Thunderstorm During the Provalence of the Snowfall in Northern Ohlo, The Far Northwest Now Visited by Most Disastrous Freshets. @roat Destruotion of Live Btook and Prop- erty fn tho Low Lands. TO VENNOR (PERSONAL) For'Tne Chicugo Tribtine. TLetupt Lot up! Enough! We cavel We've quantum-sur. ot this. . cn tho liv'rymen au't to It tunble whon ‘These storms from West by N, Como with such whiz. Canuck! Canuck ! you despot, stapl 18 this your April-fool? Why, that other auow you sent, Wreathing white each battlement, Chilling every seatlment, BN Keeps us ¢vol. Avast! Belay] Qur conl's all gone. On bended knees wo plead. (tood Lutter's forty cents thoso days, Give us u sun with Hfirlnu-llko wiyd; Semil out tho lowing kine to grazo O'er till and tmend, He warned in time. Tho bow mny break, You'ro hated wide and far. You'd best ty the hint suceumb; Fix It so 8pring will come, Or you muy hear i bombl Homeombor tho Czar! New-MAN. CHICAGO. Although Chiengonns might have been ex- cused for Indulglog in o lttle profanlty against the wenther god yesterday morning, they had renson to congratulate themselves that this city was no further enst than ¢ Is, Thy snow-fall fn Northern Indianz and Ohlo and Southern Michigan was deseribed s be- ing ono of the yworst that had desolated thas reglon this winler, while along the Atlantle Const raged a territic storn of wind and rain, At Pittsburg It was snowing heavily yester- duy worning, and snow was also folling at Loutsville. InChiengo there fell only ubout two and two-tifth inches of **the beautlful,” and the storm did not estend far enough north or west to-reach the Signal-Service stations, So the rallronds which had alrendy sutfered so much from snow blockades were not affvcted by'it, Of course, the streets of Chlenzo, which were before in about as bad a conditlon as'they eould be, were rendered entirely outrngeons. The temporaturs. re- muined below freezing nearly. wll day, but the heat of the: buildiugs and pavemonts welted tho suow and crented n con- glomerate mass of wet, muck, and mud that ulniost made locomoton Iniposible. ‘Che street-car travel: was serfously Interfered with until noou,” by which’ time, however,: tho tracks ind béen prun{ well cleaned, "The South Side lines experlenced. less troublos than the others owlng to their snow-plow attachinents onithe cars, and the West Sldo. linos fured- the worst, 'l'hey hail to ** double up? fu the earlf'part ‘of the' day, running bulf the usual natuber of ‘ears aud cach with a double team, * But in the altérnoon ears on all tho lines wete running on_regutar time, It: was sald” b the - Slgnal-Service oflica yesterday fifternoon that there were no Immedlate rruspuuw of any more snow In Cmunlgu. It Lhis Is so, thereIs o probability that tho lee-banks which now line the thor- oughfares will be about leveled by June 1. ¢ BISMARCK, D. T. Special Dispgtch (o The Chicdgo Tribuns. Bisyuanck, D, ‘T, March 30,—The grand break-up In the Missourl at'this point oc- curred to-day. Forsix weeks the tempern- ture In Montana has been lke spring, and In the “Yellowstone Valley and around Fort Benton tho mercury has stood a3 high as 50 degrees, 'This continued spell of early sum- [ mer with the snow broke up the leo in tho. rivers and prepared the way for the smash- up to-day. . Neatly twonionths ago thero wns & phenomenul wreek jof the ice at Benton, Jiver siuce that date tho tributaries of tho Migsourl have been repeatlng thls unex- pected oceurrence. At Blsmarekand Buford - thie weather kept cool, and only the tremen- dous pressure of the rising water and floating acres of fee from the warmer country broke the solld mnsses between the points, Final- Iy, when the break dld coe, thero was a rush of water covered by numberless neres of fco that astounded tho oldest inlnbltants, It erowded over the bauks, and sprend over the bottom until thero was u stretch miles wide, Itrose ten feetlin a fow hours, and Uefore 8 o'clock this afternoon the water registered thirty feet aboe low-water wmark, The first disaster yeported was the, wreek of the stenmer Dachelor, which oceurred at & place above Buford, where she was chught lust tall, She was on a mfsslon of the Government, nnd was ordered to do hor best at all hazards, The Government Indemnbied Leighton and Jor- dun, post-traders ot Buford, in the sum of SILU00, Tho Govornment steauer Gon, Shir- man was obliged nt the same time to lay up this slde ot Buford, und wlso the steamer Eclipse, owned by Pittsburg porties, The fate of both of thieso bouts is unknown, but no steamboatmen hiore betleve they ean sur- vive, ‘The milithry telegraph wire Is now down, and 1o “news ean by rocelved r(rum any station above Blsmurck for severul duys, ‘Chy wuu(lAclm!mum and settlers n the lowlunds wre wll washed out, und 1t will un- doubtedly prove truo thit iy ure drowned, The three warsliouses ab Blsimarck Londing are all wrocked, ‘The Town of Mandan, ot the west siilo of - tho river, Is nnder two to threv feet of water, and the sircets are blocked with feo us \“\ll us water, The greatest loss nsida from )te will bo the cords wool cut durlng the winter for the towns, settlers, and steamboats. 1t has all been HWOPL BWAY, swounting to thousands of cords, A puthetic sight was the floatin, awuy of three deer upoh a mussive cake o, © No report of casualtics will be U Te- ceived until the water beging to fall, CLEVELAND, Bpecial Dispaich to The Chicago Tribune, CLEVELAND, 0., Maren 80,.—Decldedly the worst snaw-storu of tho season begun in thissection, and has continued lucessantly to the present thne, though tho gale, which at ono thue tan high, has died down ¢onsidora- Dly, The highest rato of wind registered at the Slgnul-Oflice during Inst night was thirty- two miles,—only two iles less than .the highest wind-record this winter, "T'he storuy provails throughout Northern Ohfo, and the rullroads are generally obstructed,—frelghts tralus belng abandouou on the Lake’Slore Rond, Passenger-traing frony the East wore ucarly on thine, but west of Olovelund serlous trouble was exporienced. At Gallon, the: crosajug of the. New. York,. Pennsylvinia & Ollu und the BeesLine, traling on both rounds ean scurcely ket through, the snow belng from two to threo feet dmyip in wany places wlonz the lnes, In tho clty business was uimost suspended. Street-cars mako progress by doubling wp teams, * To- night the snow Is still falllng, but lightly, flndmuau( ull;rleuk-uuluruuuwumul. Dur: g tho storin this moruing. the passengers on the LakeShore trains from the East were “witnesses to wstrange yet beautitul phenon- enon between Madlson and Palnes- ville. t the time It wus snowlng fust © and furiously, when suddonly the heavens were lighted up by the bind- A glure of eleetsleity, wideh, b'the driving suoW, mads sl thiugs ook wlerd . und could only fhnslly\ Startling peals of thunder fol owed, “flash suceeeding flash and peal followlnz peal in guick succession. 'The effect was grand. Throughont the region over which tho storm extonded the efect+ of tho eleetrle cnrront wers noticed: by tole- graph operntors, ) —— * © THE FAR NORTHWEST. Bpecial Dl{mkh to The Chicaco Tribune. St. PAut, Minn, Mareh 30.—A Sloux Clty speelnl to the Ploncer-Press to-nlght says: *“I'he fee broke ot flort Stevenson and 1 marck and commonced moving to-day, 'f'ho water rodo four fact at the Intter place and is fulling slowly betweon thero and Sully. Thero Is twonty-soven feet of water In the chanuelat Yankton, The lee 18 still gorged below that place, Vermilion, and Jefferson, and tho situation at those points remuing About tho samo ,ns yesterduy, Anxlely ls felt for tho snfety of the Northwest Trans- portation Company’s steamer Maude. Col. Akln, General Manager of tho Company, suys that the steamer Far West Is not damaged, having received dispatches statlng that sho is supposed to Lo safe. 'I'he Gen, ’l'vr{ly 13 near Svringficld, the Neille Peck and the ” Penntnal at'Yankton, and the s K. Peck at Nebraska Clty safe. The stemmer Nellle Peck has steni un to render nsslstanee nt Yankton in case of necesslty, and witl lenve for Fort Benton as soon as tho river Is elenr of lee, probably not Iator than Aprll 5, and other boats of this line will fol- low Immediately nffer. Yankton and Ver- wllion are overflowed in piaces, and the end Is not yet. i MARSHALLTOWN, TA. Spectat Dispateh to The Chicaga Tribune, MAansuaLiTowy, k., March 30.—The Iown River reached n higher mnrk at this place this morning than ol any thue stneo 187, betng within fourtcen inches of the top of the brenkwater protecting the pump-house and buildings of the City Water-Works De- partment. The bottom lands for mlles on elther side are overflowed, and considerabla dumaga to stock, grain, and liay is reported, whilemiles of foncing has beow des royed, lany of the country ronds are impassable, and the wagon-bridges cast of the city enns not be reached. A fall of two Inches'since noon is reported, . COLUMBUS. O. Bpectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tridunk, Coruspus, 0., Murch 80.—The grent suow- storm df yesterdny continued during the night, accompanied by high winds, which plléd up the snow within the city limits in huge drifts, rendering the streets practienlly Impassable during the early part of the day. A fine but heavy snow has beon falllng dur- Ing the entire day, and to-night fitteen Inches cover the ground, I'he tracks of the varlons lines of streot-railronds aru covered with six to ten inches of hard-packed suopw and ice, rendering the running of ears Impossible, Business is """“““'lf' suspended, little or nothing being done, ‘The indications favor o clearing up of the storm during the nigh! TOLEDO. Speclal Dupateh to The Chicago Tridune. ‘Torrpo, O,, March 30.—The snow-storm which hns raged In this clty and vielnlty for the past thirty-six hours is entirely beyond precedent for this season of the year. It comnienced sitowing hard Inst night about 9 o’clock, and has continued through the day, and almost up te midnlght to-night. The wind was blowing o gale from. the north and northwest, enusing the snow to drift budly, ‘The strest aud railrond curs, as wvell as wag: on travel, have been sorlously delayed, and business generally greatly impedod. - At this hour (mlfinixlm it‘f\ns Lurnmf Into rain, X STREATOR, ILL. . - Spectal Dupateh to The Chicago Tribune, Streaton, I, March 50.—The snowfall Inst night-is, though not very heayy, drifted very badly, The cuts on many raliroad 1lnes that were opened up yesterday aro full agaln to-day, ‘The morning .passenger on’ the Alton Branch was delayed eight hours fiaswnlny. and to-dny the noon train on' tho -Burlington was an “hour and a.halfy Inte,. Pekin gruing from the north. nsu entiroly oif * of time, ' whllo the Wabash Branch, . which ;‘:'uinlsz nearly due south, I3* uuniolested by the ritta, - ias Rt & PITTSBURG, T’A. Speetal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Prrrsnuna, Pa, March 30.—One of the Deavlest snow-storms of "the “seagoh” set In lnst night, and has continued all ‘day, The suow I’ at lenst six inches deep on the level. Tho streets are alinost Impassable, nnd cnunn?' ronds entirely so. * Business was ulmost entirely suspended here to-day, Tho wenther 1 now (90 p. m.) moderating, with a prospect of rain hu&'w morning. Al trains were late. % - YOUNGSTOWN, O, . . Youxastowy, 0., March 80.—The snow- storm herc was the heaviest of the winter. Between 5 a. m. and 3 p, m, sixteen and o halt Inches of snow fell on the level, which Is unprecedented for the samo length of time. Brown, Donnell & Co.’s mammoth mills were compélled toshut down l’f reason of innbllity to got coal nud ore Into tha ‘works. l’nssun‘fi:r tralng were all more or less delayed. "Uhoprospects are that a henvy raln will'fall and earry the snow away. BEDI'ORD, IND, Bpectal Disvateh (o The Chicago Tridune. Bepronw, Ind,, March 80,~The hewviest snow-storm that has ocourred In this latl- tude this senson began on yestorday morn- Ing. ‘Fhe suow lias fallen almost continu- nlly ever sluce, It bids falr to continue all night, and people who hive lived hera over fifty years assert that they never experi- enced anything like it herotofore. DETROIT, MICHL. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune, DeTnory, Mich, March 80.—It has been anowing continuously all day, but tho snow {s not vory deep. It has drifted some, and delayed trains a lttle from the south, Other- wisn thora has beon no Impedimont to trans- pvortation. 'I'he temporature has been rather sovere, It 1s warmer to-night. : FORT WAYNE, IND, . Bpeclal Dispateh to The Chicago Tridune. Fonr WAYNE, Ind, March 30.—Suow has fallen here all dny, which has noarly, it not quite, blockaded all, railroads eutering tha city, The snow la-fiftesn Inches deop this ovenlug, Tussonger tralns are several hours lute, with double headers, Freights are nearly all abundoned, LOUISVILLE, KY. Loumsvirik, Ky, March 30,—The weather the post thirty-slx hours hus been the worst of the season, Snow fell the entiro time, but melted as fost as 16 fell. At 10:80 to-night tho sky 1s clear, Therg Is n high wind, and It1s freezing. 'Ilio sume kind of weathor Is A‘{l!l:.‘l:l'll all through tho State so faz us heard Tom, ¢ s Speclal Dispateh tp The Chicago Triduns. Dwianr, Ill, March 80.~March came In lkeallon and It is' golng ouy llke a bull, which will notsuit the bears, A nard, driy- Ill‘.’ snow-storn, and country ronds block- uded aguln. Lverybody I worn out with- the long, tedlous wlntgr, o t . ' ANDERSON, IND. -ARDERSON, 1nd,, March 80,—The heaylest snow-gtorm of the senson vislted Wils seetion yesterdny-and lnstulght; 1t §s stil) snowing, and thore Is about sixteen Inches of snow on the level, The fallronds are considerpbly troubleds 5 3 v ° COLDWATER, MICIL, .- Bpectal Dispaien 1o The. Chicago Tribune, "CoLpwaTeR, Mleh,, March 30,.—Tlis city was struck by n snow-storm Just night whieh Insted far into the day, six or eight inches of BIOW lm\'In{'mIlua."'l‘lwm 1s no slelghing, lha_.gmuyg o1y ¢ soft and warm, LAFAYETTE, IND. - . /Bpctal Dispaleh ta TAS (hicago Tribuns, Lapavyrre, And., March 20.—The heaviest snow-stqfm o(,(hu season full here lnst night, **the beautiful™ covering the earth'to the depth of about one foot this morning, #CLINTON, ILL. HpsetabPapatch to Tha Chicago Triduns, Craxtoyjo L, March 20.—A heavy. siow fell hevo dast ulght, to un averuge depth of ot aout from four to six tuches, accompaniocd b qulto a heavy wind fromn the northwest. It commenced with a heavy raln. AT JACKSON, MICIT. 8peciat Dispateh ta The Chicago Tribune, JAcksoN, Mich, March 30,—Snow-storm sotin enrly this morning, and *tho beautl- ful” has been falling all day; Wenther chilly and disagreeable. Aspect wintry, . CINCINNATI, O. Cixersyarr, March 30.~S8now has been falling all dny. Reports from nll over Ohlo show an unprecedented sitow-fall, ranglog from four to twentyfour inches, WASIINGTON, D. C. WasniNaroxn, D, C., Mareh 80.—A sovera snow-storm has been raging here all day, but thie snow molts as fast ns it falls, 4 SIGNAL BERVICE, Wasimnsaroy, D, C., Mareh M—1 a, m— Indications: For the Ohto Valley and ‘Ten- nessee, fair weather in thoe western and elear- Ing in the castern parts, northwest to south- west winds, and stationary or higher tem- porature and barometor, For the Upper A\Ilsslsslrpl and Lower Mls- sourl Vn]lcf's falr und warmer weathe northerly witds, lower barometer in the I :ur. "rmdstul.lonnryor lower in the first dis- rict. For the Lower Lnke rcgion, cloudy or purtly cloudy weather, with lliiht BNOW, northerly backlng to westerly wintls, station- ary or bigher tempernture, and higher ba- roteter in the enstern part, For the Upper Lake reglon, fair weatherin the western and elearing In the enstern parts, northwesterly wiids, andstationary or higher femperature, ‘Tite display of cmltlonny slgnals will ba resunied on Lakes Erio and Ontarlo Aprit 1, and on the other lnkes as thoy open, - LUCAL OUSKIRVATIONS, Time. sl % n p. sl & | N 10:18 p, w, [0 R Barooiotor corrocted for tomporature, elovation, e oo foan Laromater, 21124 mean thormomoter, 20; mean hutaldity, §20; maximum tomporaturo, 3 wins 1mum tomporatu re, 25, UENERAL ONBERYATIONR, Cit1oAGo, March 20-10:18 p. m. Ther.| Ther. Stations, {2248 | lu:1y V. ] HI1 iz Bt a kil k1l 2 W M & i 8w 2 i o ] W u g 1| a1 |8 s Crus: B | Lonvenworti. a3 | 1 Loutsvitle, M |2 Madinon, . i Murauotie. bt 7 unky. Han Francisco,., Shraveport. .. .- FIRE RECORD. FLOATING OIL, e Bravronp, Pi., March 30.—OIl on tho, surface of Tunu Creck trom n leaking tank! In the fower pnrt of tho clty was set on fire’ this morning by a live conl froma locomotive on the Erle Railway, Tioforo the fire could b subdued the rallway bridge and J. W.' McKee's wheel factory werodestroyed, Loss. on bridge $3,000 and on frctory £5,000. ‘The Fire Department was called “out and: pre-: vented the flames from sproading, * ¥ S *CHICAGO. At seven minutes nfter 0 o’clock lnst night the fire-signal was turned in over an A. D.T.. instrument. The binze was in Sam Engle’s tallor-store, No, 165 Clark‘street. It wns noticed by some passers-by, who broke the: plate-glass window and then got In and put; the fire. A suit of clothes on a dummy: had been left too near a red-hot stove _nmi‘ l‘llnllllclr,dught tire, The loss nmounts to . few oliard, AT LEADVILLE, COL. LeApviLie, March 80.—Fire Inst night destroyed n saloon owned by D. Cowell, and MeDanlels’ Theatre, owned by Schlessenger Bros., and damoged the Capltal Restaurant £3,000, ‘T'he loss on the salnon is estimated at $10,000, The loss on the theatre s 810,000, Allare fully insured, Incondiary. — ———— PORK-PACKING STATISTICS. CINCINNATY, O., March30,.~The Clucinnati Price Current will publish to-morrow morn- Iug Its thirty-second nnnual roport of pork- packing In tho West for the winter and yenr ending March 1, showing for the winter total of 0,918,456 hogs packed, belng 80,005 less than the preceding winter. ‘T'ho total for twelve months 1s 12,213,354, showlng an increaso of 1,841,055 ‘The winter’s average net wnlf;hl: Is 20770100 pounds, agalnst 212 94100 Inst yoar; the yield of Iurd, #5.05, against 30.03 Iast winter, " ‘I'ho reduc- tion In number and wu(l)s&;o. during the winter 1s cquivalont to 200, lmgs. Mess pork mnde during the winter, #59,001 barrels, o re- duction of 17,867, The reductlon in the pro- duction of lard Is 5,703,043, The prospect for supplles of hogs for tho sumuier sensongwas considerably below st year up to Jundy but boyoud that tiine not varylug much from lnst year, WINTER WHEAT IN ILLINOIS, Bpecial Dispateh to The Chlcago Tribund, SemINGFIELY, Ik, March 30.—Phil War- ren, one of Sangamon County's wealthiest farmers, has just returned from a trip through the southern part of Snngamon and the adjolning territery in Chrlstinn and Montgomery Counties. e says that on many sections the farmers are plowing up their winter \vhunt‘ as It has booen so bnd!{ damnged that it will not pay to let It stand, Ex-Itepresentatlve i, Callahan, of Crawford County, says the whent In the elay lands in that \'I{finlly hnsbeen badly damnged, though 1t promises well nlong the Wabash bottoms. Senator Merrltt snys the farmers in Marion Clinton, and St. Clair Countles aro )mnetul of a good yleld. Durlng the weok plowing has been hufnn in Vermtlion, Chinmpalin, and Macon Countles, and all along the Wa~ bash main lne. BANQUETING. Bpeclal Dispalch fa Tha Chicago Tribune, Bostoy, March 30.—Sir Hugh Allan gave # dinner on the stenmer Parisian this after- noon to nearly 200 merchanuts und the Board of Trade. it was an clegant affair, and speeches were mnde by Gov. Long and other State ofticlals, memboers of the City Govern- ment, and Uniled States ogllcurfi. ':‘o-n:llxhc the city inve g banquet to Sir Hugh Allun t the yllulell‘(undéuw. Over ‘.!D.O‘O‘u people i‘mvu visited the ship while herp, und nearly 4,000 -wore callected on the two days of public oxhibition, which will be given to the Lluyur for charltable purposes, ———— INCORPORATED, * - Bpecial Duspalch to 'The Chicaca Triduns. BrunNorieLD, 11, March 30.—The Becres tary of Stato to-day Issued licenses to or- guntzo' ay follows: 'The Uujted States Foundry Company of Chicago; capital, $50,000; corporutors, Willlam 3L Baldwin, Charles Baldwin, and W, 8. Hall. ‘The £hl- cago Phitladelphla Pressed Brick Company of Chicagos eapital, $30,000; corporators, Peter H, fluverldku Q. 1L, Casler, John Morrlson, and John K. Caldwell, ‘Ths Cairo Opera-House Company; eapltal, 20,000, ‘Che Benrdstown Bulldbuye and Loa Assoetution, ot Beardstown; cuplial, 3200,000, . were lashed to i mast and.can bo scen. CASUALTIES. A Family of Four People Killed by a Cyclone in Randolph Coun= ty, Georgia. Twenfy-five Men Injured, Some of Them Fatally, by a Ratlrond Cole lislon in Iowa. A Young Man in Iniiana Crushod to Death by Falling Timbors, A TEARFUL CYCLONE, Gronoia, Aln, March 30.~lnck Embroy, his wife, and two children, an entire fame ily, wero killed by n eyclone in Randolph County, 3 DaNviLLE, Vo, March 30.—A tornado de- vastated this section of country lasy night. COLLISION OTF 'T'IRAINS. CouNein Brurrs, fn., March £0.~A specinl gives the purticulars of n gerlous aceldent on the Rock Istand Itond near Wainut, this county, A construetion-train collided with o frefght-train west-bound, demolishing the carg of the constructlon-tenln, Ineluding the caboose, In the latter wero about twenty- five employés, all of whom:were more or less Injured, and several probably fatally, the Intter inetuding Honry Jolhmson, Theodore Chapmnn, englneer of the construction tralng Frank Rokestraw, engiucer of the frelght-train; Fred Sauke, Mike Dalley, John Draper, John Sharp, 11 Baller, at Sam Perry, ‘Tho neelident was the result of the fallure of an overator to place o sigual for the freight to stop nt \Walnut, A DEFECTIVE SWIULCH, . ‘Torkpo, 0., March 50.—The Atlantie Ex- press, bound eastward on the Wabash, St. Louls & Pacitic Railway, was thrown from the track at Colton, twenty miles west of this city at 10 o’clock to-night, by a defective switch, The engine pnssed safely over, but tho balance of the traln was ditchoed. Sey- eral persons wére reported Injured, but the extent of thelr. injuries or thelr names can- not be ageertained to-might, The frain wiy running thiety miles an” hour nt the time of the acelilont, ACCIDENTALLY KILLED. Spectal Dispatels to The Chicago Tribune, PAxtoN, I, March 2#0,—William "Frickel, of this city, of pile-driver No. 1 gaug on the Lake Erle & Western Rallway, was acci- dentaily killed ab Frankfort, Ind., this even- ing, while londing timbers, "Ile was ono of the most Industrions boys In our comnunity, where he hns reslided since his hoyhood, 1iis mother ks nearly wild with grief. A BTEAMBOAT COLLISION. Tirrspuna, Pa., Mareh ‘ Montang, which left here (o evening, colllded with the Clneinnatt puckes Emma - Grahom In - Beaver Shonls, near Rachestor, lnst night at 12 o’clock, sinking the Grahinm in four foet of water. ‘I'hv eargo Issnfe. LASOED TO TIHE MAST. CoNEY I8L.AND, March 80.—A sloop came nshore at Barren Island Polnt, justabove Manhattan Beach, this morning, 'T'wo men 1t Iy im;;posml anumber of the crew have been st A STEAMER AFIRE, - Care LENRY, Vo, Marcl 30.—Thore 's o {nrgo vessel on fire about six miles from hére.” . % Y Laten—Tho vessel on fire is a steamer. ‘The tinmes are now. under control, . A YOUNG LADY DROWNED. Derraxce, O; March 80.—Miss Emma Spron, a young lady about 20, tried to cross the eannl on'tho feo to-day, but the fce broke and she was drowned, AN..IMEORTANT DECISION, Yown Taxpayoers Obtaln a Gront Vice tory in tho’ Sottlement of a Mond Question, : Bpecial Dupateh to The Ohdcago Tridune, Keokui, Tu.; March $0.—At Inst o practical ending of the Scott County bond-case hay been renched, resuiting In an Important and declsive victory for the Taxpayors’ Associa- tlony which has been fighting it. The facts In the cnse aro ns follows: . The holders of -thess Scott County ML L & M. bonds having got m judg- ment upon them In 1877 a large number of the lending taxpayers of thecounty organe ized themselves Into n Taxpayers' Assvcta- tion, the object and design ot ‘which was to resist the payment of the speclal tax levied lodmy the judgment, - n the 23th of February, 1870, thcmmumrcu nearly 000 strong to provent fho sale of the property levied on to pay the tax, and did suceeed in stopping the sale, g The boudholders then brought sult in the Unlted States Circult Court at St, Louis agalnat the mombers of the Assoclation for consplring to defent the tax by preventing the sale. Defondants demurredl to the peti- tion of the bondholders, on the ground that tho bondholders had no such Interest in the tux usto maintain an’ action for failuro to collect upon thon, ‘The nintter as thus out- Iined wag submitted to Justico Miller, of the United Stutes Suprems Court, and to-dny & telegram was recefved here stating that the demurrer was _sustalned and judgment ren- dered for the defendants, or Toxpayers’ As- soclatlion, ‘I'his ruling i3 one of vnst Importance to the peoplo of Scott and all other bonded countles, us It mewis, in _effect, that bond- imhlers have no right to colleet taxes on helr bonds in any other way than that pro- vided by tho State lnw, and 18 a victory which the taxpayers will'hall with rejoicing, —— ALASKA TERRITORY, SAN Francisco, Marelr 80.—A: Port Town- send dispateh glves advices from Sltka per steamor. . The Indlans at Ilnocheno are reported to have burned two of tholr numperat the stuke for some offense not stated., ‘There I3 fifteen feet of snow in the Takon mintng distriet. Expuorts and prospectors are bulldlug eabins In which to awalt tne opoulng of spring. The uunluu‘r nud educatlonal systems fui- posed on the Indlans ut Sitka by Commnnder iluss, of tha sloop-of-war Jauniestown, nre meeting declded suceess, ‘I'here 1a much ro- grot at tho prospeet of his departure on the rellefof the Jumestown by the steam-cor- vette Wasliusotte, A Sigual-Service s(ntmn is be estab- lshed u'i Sitka. ik e —— SANITARY . CONVENTION, Bpectul Dispateh 1o The Chicugo Tridune. Batrie Cuzex, Mlch, Maroh 00,.—The State Sanitary Convention is in session here. ‘Ihera s a Jurgo nttendauce, and much fn- torest Is’ manifested. The address of wel- como was dellvered by Mayor I, C. Nichols, followed by the openiug nddress of the Presi- dent of the Assoclation, tho Itev, D, F. Barnes. Anumber of papers have been reud and discu: ————— A TRIP TO TEXAS. Des Moingr, fu., March 80.—~Thp mystery of the missing C. W. Nelson, recently ngent of the Chicago & Northwestern Ruitway, who started for Chicago ten days ugo, was eleared up yesterduy by n letter from him in “Texas, explaining that while en route to Chl- cagp lio recelved i proposition to goto Yexas, accepted It, and sent word to his wite, which miscarried, . § —— TRICHINOSIS, - Hpecial Dispateh to Tha Clilcago Tribuns, Bostox, ' Murch 80.—Trichinosls Is préya- lent mmongs swine in Massachusetts, but there Is no fear that It will becoma ephlemic. It' was discavered to-duy in some valuabje anfmals ut Framinghun that had been dressed for market utml}balou. and the entlre herd, highly valued, was at onco - destroyed, bk o kel v " MILITIA INSPECTION, Bpeclat Diapaten to Ths Chicaso Trivune, Frervonr, I, March 80.—Ma). Elott Durand, Assistant Inspector-Ganeral, mado the annual ton of Caipany C, L N, G, of this eity, 1o-dhy I the presencs of o lurge nuiber UL ouisiders,