Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 19, 1882, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEgge FLEVENTH YEAR. " THE LITTLE COBBLER. What He is Doing with His New Possessions. DAY MORNING "OMAHA, 111UR THE WAIL OF WOE. The Expiring Kick of the Assas- sin's Brother-in-Law. JANUARY 19 1882 mind, onshrined in my own heart a8 a| “Ilic Now York court of appeals de hero, he shall not " escape feom the | cided favorably a ease applicablo to condemuation to which mought to | our theory, T thank you, Mr. Judges. be subjected for comimghome from | When reference was wmade to the Mexico, leaviug his daties there with | prisoner going about in_slippers and undue haste, to throw his name and | summer pantaloons, as General Logan influence in the petty quarrel about | testiied, he shouted: “Logan is a an office in the gift of the president. | :.od fellow, but that's all bosh.” and thus fomenting the differences| 1In a case of ordinary murder, Soo which ~ had sprung up. He/lville said, he would be perfectly safe stande only a nobleman as _he in leaving the caso to the jury on the stands in the opinion of his hllow‘m idence adduced by the proseoution, countrymen, We l:n\'a no Barl Granty | While that testimony mm\n not abso- we have no Duke of Galena here; we | lut ly convince the jury, yot it would have General Grant, the Tanner Le sufficient to bring them to that from] Galeoa, and so long as Gon- conclusion of mind where they would | eral Grant maintains that high ehae- | o ohliged, it thoy had a reasonablo | acter tor honesty, for devotion to his [ doubt of the sanity of the accused on {country, for the principles he has tho 20 of July, to acquit mamtained, just so long and no lon- | “Some,” continued Scoville, “might gov will e maintain that place: which | think a mistake was made by putting he had in the hearts of his eonutry- | the prisoner on the stand, beeause ho fmen. Tsay to you, it is more noble lud shown so much brightness and | i my opinion for General Grant ¥ [smartness under crossexamination. say what lie has lately said in reard | Aoy one who understands the subject to General et that his conduet insanity, howover knows that this [ towards him cighteen or nineteen | apparent keonness was consistent with | years ago was a mistake, that he did | cortaim forms of mental disorder, 1t | him wrong and at this late day the wiswell that some mental facultics error should be corrcoted, than @ng-|wero made sharper by the derange- | thing clse he has done in the” whole | t of other faculties. 1t was 8o in | course of Lis public life. Butshere [ (iiteau. The smartness was only on 2 is another step for him totake, Thero | the surface. He could not put two «d under insane | is another step for the presont presi- | idcas consocutively, and if he had delusions, showing sorrow afterwards, | dont of the United States and these | boon allowed to doliver his speech he rauing from this that during the de- | mon to take, to redecm themselves in | vonld have so jumbled it that his velopment of insavity certain facultics | the opinion of their = countrvmen. | confusion of mind would have been were suspended merely and wight sub- | When the vice president of the United [ upparent to overy ono in the court sequently operate rationally. Dr. | Siates, clected by tho: ‘suffrages of | Then people would be shocked by Gray was hired to help hang Guiteau| the whole Union, left his high | his making his horrible act the sub. and was one of the conspirators of position and went to Albany and pros- | ject of prayer. This was consistent whom Corkhill was chief, but had left | tituted his_talents and influence to. | with his belief in inpsiration. The evidenco that contradicted himself. | wards the fomenting, the fanning and! prisoner had to pray becauso of his | oville insisted that Dr. Gray's| the spreading of the quarrel and con-{ weak mind. } prayed beeause 1 definition of insane delusion as a false | troversy in the republican party about | was right,’ said the priconcr,” belief, proved Guiteau labored under | an oftico, ho desorved the condemna-{ At 2:05 the court adjourned unkl such a delusion, as he honestly beliov-| tion of every citizen of this republic|to morrow. It is understood Scoville ed he was God’s instrument in killing | and that conduct sticks to him yet | will oceupy all day, and probably run the president. No sane man would | and will stick to him until he, Gen. |into Friday. have written to Senator Cuneron with | Grant and Senator Conkling, in_all a firm beli<f he would receive a loan | their pride, in all their ambition, of &00. Guitcau w:s honest and | gpall come out openly and plainly be- sincere in his belief that he would! fore the public, cith er in a letter or in get the movey and that was a false 4 declaration ot some kind,'and say belief or insane delusion. — Guiteau, | that that warfavre which they waged after commntiing the crime, went upon President Garficld was unwar- to the juil as to a oyl ranted, was disgraceful to them as of ~rost and felt rciioved | gitizons of the republic occupying the and happy unt 1 the trial commenced. | high position they held. I would not Guiteau acted differently from what | have said these things but for this, anybody would who should feien in-| and I sny them entiroly on my own re- san He did not protend to have | sponsibility. I have consulted with no memory. Ho did not pretend to|no one. Whether my associate or be oblivious of occurrences and did | any other person thinks with me in net tuke time to consider questious |this matter is a question of entire before he answered them in order to |indifference to me. I would not form an answer consistent with the | have said it now but for this. I am pretenre. “Back of the prosscution | not going teseo the shortcomings, the of this prisoner,” exclaimed Scoville, | isdeeds of these men, though high “‘there is something that T feel the | in place and power, visited upon the presonce of. It is not merely the ef- | head of this insane man, it I can help fort of the district attorney. Buck of | jt, and I will tell you how it might be him is thé goverument of the United [done. If you found a verdict of States. L arraign before you, gentlo- | guilty here it would be done. This i men, as those who are crowding this | the reason, and the argzumont which man to the gallows, persons high in prompted this expenditure of power, authority. | say without (favor that | und force on the part of the ad- the movers in this prosecution are | miyistiation to' hang this man, It is persons who try to hide their own in-{not for the purpose of vindicating fxmny i-lll the df‘u'-h of thi‘-Jin'sfiy-eman‘i President Garfield. It is solely for say that such men as Conkling and | the purpose of doing justice-as we Olullan, G. M. 'I. McMahon and Col. Gl‘“}:t and Arthur—those who l“fhdfluxrdifinri‘iy consider t’:xejmntWr of jus- L. A. Hawia. To-duy's seasion was|ywar without justification upon that| tice nccording to law and the proceed- devoted entirely tu routine business|dead prosideut whom they have since (ings of courts—not. st all. But in connection with estimates ({f AD- | laudedtotheskies--instituted thatstate [if it could be made to appear propriutions, ' The board will adjoutn of things and manufactured that de-|by a verdict of this jury to-morrow cvening. gree of publicexcitement and popular | that this act, the killing ° of feeling that preyed upon his insane | President Garfield, was the act of a mind until reason left its throne and | gane man, of a man who was respon- he did that which he considered was | sible for his conduct, of & man who in\swrfecr accord with their counsels | could control actions, a man who and theiv conduct. 1 should not, | could he judged by the same stand- perhaps, have said this, gentlemen. | ard as that by which we jugde our- He did not intend _to do it When I'| selyes and feliowmen - if all this could opened the case T expected then a|be shown, what then, gentlemen ! fair and iwmpartial trial. T believed | Why, these men could say and will that there would he no effort on the | gay "we are not responsible for what a part of the prosecution, o: the part | gane man has done ; it is true we had of Corkhill, who represents the wov- | 4 qus it is true we had difforences, erament, to prevent us from intro- | hug no sane man had a right because ducing all the proper evidence before | of them to go and shoot the president. you. Isupposed at that time that Ii And their reasoning would be correct would have the bare pittance that T | Therefore, i you find him asked for, and which, as an American| guilty, these men are shelter- | citizen, I was entitled to, and to sereencd, almost vindicated meeting was to confirm the agreoment with the Grand Trauk railroad of Canada and making provis or the retirement of certain bonds of the company, bearing 7 per vent. interest, by the issue of another series of bonds bearing 5 per cent. interest. Both arrangements were approved by the ltockguldnn. The president of the company, Joseph Hickson, stated that the traffic was satisfactory, and that upon the restoration of reasonable rates the revenue would be in excess of the most sanguine estimates which had been made. He stated that 50 engines and nearly 1,000 froight cars had been ordered and would be de- livered before August. The directors present at the meeting were Major Beardsly, of Aburn, N. Y.3 E. W, Meddough, of Detroit; Judge Stan- field, of South Bend, Ind.; Mr. Skin- ner, of Valparaiso, Ind.; Me, Daltor, of Dalton, TlL; J, H. Mctatirey, F. tHowe and J. H. Whitman, of Chi- Among the gentlemen in the company of President Hickson is Col. G. Zweki, one of the aides-de-camp to Her Majes'y Queen Vic:oria, The Yowa Leglslature. National Assoviated Pross. Des Moines, January 18.--<The legislature in joint - scssion to day oleoted United States senators, state printer, state binder and wardens o penitentiaries, ratifying the nominees of the republican caueus. A bill was introduced in the senate proyiding for the establishment of a state department of “agriculture and industrial arts. Te provides for a president, secretary and treasurer, and a vice president for each cony sional district who, together wich the | professor of practical and experimen tal agriculiure of the Iowa agricultural college, compose and will be styled the Inwa state department of agriculture and industrial arte. A resolution was also introduced declaring the Sioux City & Pacific railroad had forfeited its land grant and askiny congress to resume title to the 90,000 a yet undisposed, of. Appropriate resolutions on the eath of President Garfiold passed both houses. A NEW DEAL. No More Eleotric Lightsin the Board of Agriculture, Lincoln, Our city is certainly large ounough and we doubt not but that the postmastor general will acquiene, Although there has been consider able complaint that the revised statutes by Guy A, Brown are not printed rding to the rules of the logislature, tho differenco is so alight that no material injury will result therefrom Considorable intereat is manifested in the trial of the star route case be- fore Judge Dundy. Hon. J. M. Thurston claimed that the prosecuting attornoy was not confining himself to the facts of the case which Judge Dandy has expressly ruled to be the main factors in the cave. The indict went aaid nothing in regard to the ar rival of mails, which was the main part of the prosecution, and hense defense that it should Iu quashied judgo has the matter under consideration, D. H. W, Jr. Hd. Molntyre, of Beward, Hlected President and Dan. Wheeler Secretary. The New Board of Managers a Puvely Favorable One to Omaha, “ Reducing the Working Force of the Wabash and Exciting a Big Kick. He “Arraigns” Arthur, Grant and Conkling as Being Responsible. And Would Have Them Held Up to the -~corn and Con- tempt of the Nation, The Atchison and Santa Fe Road, However, Manages to Get Him Foul Misoollaneons Raoket and Rat- tling on the Lines The Noew Officers of the State Board of Hortionlture For Inciting the Weak Brain of the Murderer National Assoslated Press. Curcaco, January 18, Managers of the Chicago railroads are conc rned over the swecping reduction of the opurating foree of the Wabash. Word has reached here that a remonstrance was beiug enulated for signatures o discharged employes on all divisions of the road. 1t is stated that this re- monstrance, which1s addressed to Jay uld, contains a threat of revenge if the ged men are not immediately re-ompioyed. A dis- charged employe admits that a threat ening remonstrance has been circu- lated, but as yet only u few signatures have been affixed. He says that a few of the vicious ones who uspired to a leadership of some kind were un- doubtedly considering to precipitatean other labur outbreak next spring, and wero intending toutilizethis reduction of the railway force as a pretextforthe uprising. The officials of railways center in Chicago think that a threat made bythe aggrieved employes will only lessen their chances of ever securing work again on either the Waubash or any other railway. They <o not believe, however, that any such conspiracy as is hinted at is in process of organization, but ascribe all the trouble to a few fellows who have a craving for vicious leadership. An- other general officer said that the redaction in the working gaugs on the Wabash would soon be followed by a chopving off of heads from the em- ployment lists of all the principal roads in Illinois. His company is now engaged in the preliminaries of an intended reduction, though they may not begin discharging employes for some weeks to come. Another Chi- cago company is calculating to reduce its working force 15 per cent. The reduction in this instance would even extend to the locomotive eungineers, valuable of all employes. 1 concluded his interview Y 1g that if the recent reduction in help on the Wabash was to be made a pretext for popular disturb- ances, the provocation for another la- }(u-, uprising would be greatly agera-' Speetal Dispateh to The Bee National Asociated Prese, - Liscory, Neb., January Wasiizaros, January 17, Cox said he would anuounee eision on Guiteau's applicatic dress the jury when Scorville ¢ ed his argument. Scoville then 18, —At the meeting of the state board of agri cago, o} Judge his de. to ad lud- culture this forenoon the following | officers were elected Presidont, Kd McIntyre, of Seward county. First vico prosident, J. B. re, of Clay county, WasHINGTON, Mr. Davis_(Illinois) from the judiciary committee vopovted a bill to permit Ward Hunt, justice of the supreme court, gave notice he reaumed. He eited reports of poer- i Ding. mor My, Cameron (Pa lution authori val commit teo to examine into the new aystom of dofonse invented by J. E. Ericsson. Adopted. At the oxpiration of the morning hour Me. Brown called up his resolu tion declaving it expedient to contract the currency by the withdrawal of silver cort and addressed the senate. Mr. Brown occupied an hour and a half with his speech. ' The funding bill then came up and Mr. Morgan addressed the senate on it. Mr gan ocoupiod an hour and o half He opposed all proposi- tions to refund the debt rnd advoon ting its spee 'y - stincuishinent, Ard o K the s mato went into et asim on referved nomina- | tions sent i to-day, and soon after wards adjoureod, PROCEEDINGS IN THE Sceond vice president, 8. M. Bark cported a reso er, of Platte county, Treasurer, Omaha, Socretary, Daniol . Plattsmouth. General superintendent of the state fair, A, D. Yocum, of Hastings. Superintendent of Gates, of Fillmore county, J. F. Kinnoy was electod a delogate to the national turf congress which meets in New York, M. Melntyre ma e some appropri- | Chris Hartman, of Whealer, of | J. Jonson LTS Tho StarRoute Casos. National Associated Proms. WasniNeToN, January 18 - The stir route cases wore resumed in the police court to-day. Col. B.iss gave notice to-day that' he would confine himself to proving contracts and bids he would present. Watkins, Crois- st and Blackmire, clirks in the contract office, identified over ten thousand bids as having come from the files of the contract oftice. Hav. ing proven the papers, Bliss offered them in ovidence subject to future argument. Col. Totten objected and after some discussion between the counsel the court directod that the papers bo laid aside for the present. Blisa then pronounced the objection of the counsel as a violation of the stipulations ontered into by Wilson, who was absent. This was denicd by the other counsel for the defense present. Bliss said that he should give them no opportunity in the fu- ture to break faith. After offering and proving three thousand bids, Bliss at 2:30 asked for adjournment until noon to-morrow. Grantod. ate introducstory renarks upon taking tho chair Board of Managers M. Dunham, of Omaha; J. C. McBride, of Lincoln; E. N. Grennel, of Fort Calhoun; L A. Kent, of Minden; R. W. Furnas, of Brownville. HORTICULTURE, The Nebraska state board of horti- culture met this afternoon and elected the following officers: President, Samuel Barnard, Table Rock, First vice prosident, R. kamah, Second vice-president, J. H. Mas tors, Nobraska City. Treasurer, Chris. Hartman, Omaha. Secretary, D. H. Wheeler, Platts- mouth Directors, W. B. White, Tckamah, R. W. Kurnas, Brownville; E. N. Grenell, Fort Onllflm. The Arndt Case. Lo Bt 0 the Bev, ‘ LiNcorN, January 18.—The jury on the Arndt case, for threatening the life of Judge Dundy, was impanelled before Judge Foster to-day. No ac- tion yet. HOUNE, Mr. Neal jresonted a resolution re- qmring tho printing of 3000 copies of the report of the Guiteau trial for the use of the houee, Rufurred Mr. Burrows (Mich.) again pres entod his bill against. polyzamy. — Ob jection was mado and he withdrew it- Mr. Stophens, from tho committes on_coinage, reported favorably the bill for coinage on the motric systom of silvor dollurs and gold eagles, half engles, etc., aud a four dollar gold picce of the same value as the Ger- man florin and Fronch sovereign. The committee requested the report be printed ard re-submitted and ton thousand extra copies printed. The propesed coins are to be of the same value as the present silver dollars, eagles, etc., but based on the me'ric system After the morning hour expired, Mr. Robeson’s resolution increasing the membership of committees oame e Board of Managers of Soldiers. Homos. National A wociated Pross Wasmiyarox, January 18, The board of munagers of the natwonal | howmes tor disable 1 soldiers held its annual meeting at Willard's to-duy Before the meering the board budy waited 2n the president and Se retary Lincoln to pay their resp {and invite them to attend thoe sessions of the hoard. Presdent Athue is ex-ofticio president of the board. The invitation was accepted by both the president and secretary of war. There were also preseut by invitation Gen- Sherman, Gen. Knox of New York, Col. Brown of Ohio, Chief Justice Waite, Gen. Charles Robexts | of Maine and Major Fulton of Wiscon sin. Members present were Gen, _B. F. Franklin, Gen. George B. Me- 4 } N. Day, T One of Bou Hill's Rows. National Amociated Press. . ATLANTA, January 18, —The Con- stitution to-morrow will contain n two column reply of Senator Hill to the attack of Llun. W. H. Felton. The lat‘er will contain much that will bs spicy reading for Georgians, in view of the fact that Dr. Felton is the leader of the independent party in Georgia and Mr. Hill has been first to attack that party from its organ- ized side. Hill refors to hise past friendship for Felton, deplores Kel- ton’s recent attack, and proceeds in answer to defend himselt and make an attack on Felton's past political career. ted wheu the other railroads in Lili- 1vis shall be heard from. Cuicaao, January 18 — A Philadel- phia special says Jay Gould received wfor-nation.on Auceday last- that President Strong, of the Atchison, "Topeka and Santa Fe road, had been negotiating with stockholders for the » purchase of the St. Louis and San “ Francisco, and the Atlantic and Pa- cific roads. After sending an agent to St. Louis he was informed that nothing could be done without his! " _presence. Accordingly Mr. Gould| . § “lefs for that point, After his obtair.- 3\ " in® whie 4 management of the discussion in be- half of the back seats andnew members who could not catch the speaker's eye because they did not hurung to the “‘sacred circlo that assumes donomi- nation of debates of the house,” Mr. Robeson objected to fur- ther consideration of Mr, Orth's amendment on the ground that it was not germane. On the question being submitted to the house by the speaker, who thought the subject” was not ger. mane, it sustained Robeson’s point of order by a vote of to 74, After the vote Mr. King spoke on his amendment proposing giving the committeo on Mississippi river equal power with the appropriations com mittee. A long discussion followed and vas concluded by Mr. Robeson . New York Legislature. National Associated ross. Avrpany, January 18, —The legisla- ture met to- The governor ser in a messenge recommending legisla- tion which would tend at least to pre- vent a recurrence of such aceidents as that of Jast Frid ALBANY, Jamuary 18, Ttisreported Senator Jacobs said to-night there will be an_electiot: of president pro| tem ne: When asked if he| wou'd b seted Jacobs laughinely replied he knew nothing further It has now been made known an ar- rangement was in negotiation betwi Jucobs and Wagner wheroby an s R THE CAPITAL. Board of Agricnlture State Lands Froe Delivery, and Oth- er Matters. ‘ng control of the Missouri Kansas and Texas, the Missouri Pacific, and the Kansas, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Northern, the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe said that their Kansus City connection was taken | away, and unless they could conirol | [\ the St. Louis and Pacific line they 1"\ would have no castern connection, 1t has been Gould's plan to prevent this Correspand Lincony, Neb., state board of on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, in Red Ribbon hall, an unusually large number of delogates present, After o Failuve. National Awsociated Press, Cuicaco, January 18, —Moyer Bros., wholesalo white goods and notions, have failed. Liabilities, y 18, The agriculture convened o and a number of agents, have Leen sent to buy all the stock obtainable. But unfortunately there was but little to purchase and all that was sold the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe peo- liance would secure the election of Jucobs. The death of Wauner de- layed this arrangement, though it is not believed it is entirely given' up. It is stated that when Jacobs and which every criminal is entitled to until the jury pass a verdict upon him. T supposed that we would have that for which T came to Washington, ol to-wit guilty and a_person of sound mind. What would be the result ? 1 the public mind. But, on the ther hand, if you find this man not People $170,000; the assosts consist of stocks and bills receivable nominally $160,- 000. The unsccured creditors are principally eastern houses. CH1CAGO, Junuary 18.— H. B. Lock- voll call they proceeded to hear the report of the committee on creden- tinls, among tho most complote boing moving to adjourn, giving notico that he would insist on’ the previous ques- tion aftor the discussion of the pend- mg amendment to morrow, Adjourned, Simplya fair and impartial trial of the case. But sinco I have found that the evidence has been suppressed, I have come to the con- clusion that T will not spare those men who fomented this strife and prompted those of Platte county. The treasurer’s report showed the socioty $6,000 in debt, not including the amount on hand from the fair of 1881, The committee on the re- would say, There is a man whose mind was 8o _preyed upon by some suppused evil that he becomo possoss- ed of the delusion iut Lie o was going to ruin, that there would be another war, and under the delu- 1t is searcely probable the element is sufliciently stroug to carry Mr. King's amendment and carry on the Mississippi river committeo as a full fledged appropriation committee, Wagner were in the ill-fated train last wood, Nos. b1 and 53 Wabash avenue, Friday they had perfected the plan. 2 <k was closed by the sheritf to-day, to satisfv judgments in favor ot Carter & Hawley, New York. Amount, $90,000 ; $50,000 more are due other fA ple obtained. When the St. Louis B8 and San Francisco and the At- | laatice and Pacific are completed 4 there will be a direct air line route |Succoring the Jeannette Survivors. § National Assoclated Press. WARHINC from St. Louis to the Pacihc coast, shortening the distance 630 miles over any competitive line if taken posses- on of by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe people. The route by the Southern Pacific will be abandoned, hus saving 331 miles through New Mexico, whereas, if Jay Gould gets these lines he will force the Atchison, Topeka & Sunta Fe pecple to build , January 18.--Sccre- tary Frelinghuysen has received ' dis- patches from Hoffman, United. States charge at St. Petersburg, reporting the action of the Russian authorities in aid of the survivors of the Jean- netie on receipt of the president’s order to make provision for payment ot expenses for mniutaining the res- these Jawyers to make a scapegoat of this man, so that they shall still be | revered and honored in the public es timation. What T have to say is this, and I say it without a feeling | except regret, that men placed 80 high in honor, elevated #0 high by the suffrages and opinions G n k of sion he shot the president of the step on this reasoning? Somebody | would rest upon the heads and hearts war against the United States, What is the next nust be to blame. An act of that ind has been done and the blame f those who vmged the unjustifiable ead president. These New York firms, Fires. Pirrsnure, January 18 —The fire at Hillard & Sterett’s foundry this morning extended to the row of brick dwellings on Third avenue, ten of which were destroyed. The loss ou the foundry is found te he about §i0,- arrangement of the premium list were instructed to arrange it with a view to economy, at the same tiiac giving good premiums for worthy artic'es. Those for fat cattle and sheep were to be increased, and also in sweepstakes. A committeo consisting of Messrs. Dunhvom, Hurtman, Bivs tow, Y- cum and Kent were appninted CAPITAL NOTES National Amsociated Press, LANEOU WASHINGTON, Junuary 18 A deal~ egation of Tlinois S By, sty el gress enlled upon the state depariment to-day ureing ex-connty clerk Klokke, of their fellow men as these persons T have vamed T havea fealig of ro g that thoy should ncglect their high dutics-—that they should descend frow the high positions in which they have been placed to the potty jeno. minious seramble for plice anl ol which was exhibited in their warare upon President Gartiel . will rest forever with this oppro- briwn over them and they will go down to their graves with the cou tempt and roproach of their follow citizens unless they do the only thing that can ba done, the only thing that is for them to do, the thing that Gen. Grant has Now, |done in rodation to Gen, Port aentlemen, you are upon yous oaths, | come out and say to the American Do you belivve that this crime would ens us they ought to say: We| ever have been commitivd if Conkling | did wrong. Lot them write a loticr | and Platt had not vosented the nomi- | to that desolate widow at Clovelun | nation by President Gurfield of Judge |and say, instead of burdening her Robertscn tobe colleetor of the port of | with their personal sympathy, Tt is New York! But those men, who true, we are sorry; it is true, we since hin death have heen so profuse | mourn; but we feel that this terrible in their admiration vf Garfield, who | calamity was in some degree the out have said 8o many things it laudation growth, the legitimate result of that of his character and purposes, were |unjustisble war we waged against ready bofore the 2d of July last to|your dead husband and we pray your trample hini to the earth if they had |forgiveness. When these men the opportunity. They were ready 1o [ that they will show a claim to the r degrade and disgrace him. They |gard of the American people and it is were perfectly willing to see him go | the only thing that remains for them down to the grave if it could be done cued men, aud sen ling them to the United sitat e, Hoffo o had a con- ference with Goneral Tgaatiefl, who showed very deepinterese in the fate of the ¢ He has alread graphed 1he Sheriw authorities to furnish the el n i needed, and wile suophie kind, and to place the 1 tele an ndependent lino from Kaneas City | to St. Louis, and he will also dictate | what ratcs shad govern the southwest- | ern and coast trade. | | o, for e amesion to Ger- Austiia, signation of tho collector of W terna) revenuo at Philadelphia, Jas. Asworth, has been received, He has boer. in office sinee May 20, 1873, MeDill, senator from Lowa, being informed that a publicreception would be tendered him upon his arrival here, has telographed his declination. Atrorney General Brewster has an- nounced his intention . to appear for the government in the supreme court in all cases affecting public interests. The national board of trade held ita annual session at Willard's hotel. Representatives were presenty from boards of trade and commerce bodies of all the principal cities of the union, Fred Fraloy, of Philadelghia, in the chair, The annual report was pre- sented by H. A. Hill, of Boston. It discusses questions of inter-state transportation, immigration and bank rupt laws, ministry of commerce ane 000, 810,000 of which is on the build ing. Greensni e, 1od,, January 18 At Milhousen a flouring mill and saw mill was consumcd by fire last night supposed to be incendiavism. Loss, | $7,000. Barney Koons was the own er of the property. —~ Small Pox, N tional Associate] Prews, Ricusosn, Va., January 18, The small pox scare is ubating and the dis- case is dying out. The frightened legis lators, hewever, want provision wmade specially for them in case any should catch the disease, and the city coun- cil at a called meeting to-day, decided to humor them and this had quieted the matter, Fewer deaths and fewer cases are repoxted by the board of health for the last week than for many others previous, r— Steamer on the Rooks. (o arrange a pwse tor «p od,oand o | strneted not to 2o bey the limit of | $2 100. The charge v soaids whach wivs abolished for las was 1ok | tuvlishiod, Al entrazee cycoptupocd, and those coasses wher ladies were | especially intorested, were to be | charged " 20 per cont. entrance. A proposition was proposed by some Omaha mon to increase the purso in epeed department, and. recoive part of the gate mon The (ues tion is under consideration. Con- vened at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning and after some business of minor importance proceeded to elect ofticers for the coming year, which resulted as follows: E. MclIntyre, president, J. B. Dinsmore, first vice presi- New York, Jundary 18, Severa railioad managers have been inter- ! viewed regarding the reduction. Oune genaal maniges gajd he had no doubt that the J ) operating f on the Wubash ir disposal. Active me force would be incrensed by the re- | ur v heet takon for the employment of the lately divcharged woof the missing men before the middle of February. He thinks Gould has some temporary purpos: to serve by the order for a reduction of the force. ‘This official, howeve, did not believe that any por- sons suspected of inciting to an up- rising could expect to be reinstated, no matter how badly the company may need their services. Harrrorn, Conn., January 18.— The New York and New England railroad party were joined at New- burg, N. Y., at noon by the western - Suicide of & Lunatioc Natlonal Associated Fris. Bosron, Janusry 18- W. Plum mer, a flour merchant of Minneapolis, Minn,, committed suicide at the Dan vers insane asylum. Ttappears that a few days since Plummer went to Lynn for treatment, and stopped with J. T, Patten. He seemed to be par- tially insane, and made several at tempts on his life. He was then sent do dent. i . K. M. Barker, second vice presi- dent, O, Hartman, treasurer. D. H. Wheeler, secrotary. todo to suve their names from mer railroad managers and agents to the number of thity, They took din- ner, and in the afiernoou moved east, ing here this evening, and quar- ng at the Allyn House. In the morning they will start for South " inchester to inspect the silk wanu- ng carried on there. In the 1 they will stopat Williman it the thread manufactories, and at Baltic to see the cotton facto ries. The party will arrivein Provi dence in the evening and remain over night, and leave for Boston Friday evening Cuicaco, January 18, —A- meeting ot the Chicago & Grand Trunk rail- road company was held to-day at the Palmer House. to the asylum. To-day he entered a closet used as a wash-roow, and breaking a mirror that hung on the wall he seoured a piece of glass with which he severed the jugular He died a few moments later. The body was sent to Manchester, N. H., for interment, e — - — Discharge of a Yonthtul Seducer. Natiouat Associated Kress. New Okveass, January 18, —Jose Desilvay Warner, the 14 year old boy whom it is sought to back to Cuba on the charge of kidnapping aud rape, was yesterday disgharged by United States Comumissioner Coheu, without the aid of an assassin’s hand. I admit, was said here by Judge Porter, that Mr, Conkling is one of the first parliamentarians of the age, one of the greatest statesmen, Mr Conkling, with these qualities, had no right, he had no business to engage ina petty quarrel about an office, and wage war on the chosen repr tive of the American people. ling shall not shirk, shall not aveid, shall not escape the condemnation of the American people if I can fasten it upon him at the present time for that disgraceful conduct on his part, Neither shall General Grant, honored i v u i sl who thought the boy physically in. capable of committing the crime with The purpose of the | which he is charged. a8 he has been by the suffrages of his fellow citizens, honored as he has been tor twenty years in my own ited oblivion stalwart the doc vight kind of talk this inorning " rior calmness and cooluess after the fatal | Profound sensation. | During recess, Reed said he did ob approve le's attack on the brauch of the republican arty. Guitean In passing on the way to k said: “Scoville is puttin v some work, He gave them the When court resumed Scoville re iewed the acts of the prisoner ante and up to the assassination, rging that cach and every one was idicative of iusanity. . (Guiteau's National Associatod Press WasaiNaron, January 18, ~The steamship Nederland, 1,734 tons, owned by the Nederland steamship company, en route to Baltimore from | Rotierdam, struck abreast of Cape Henry at 12:14 4, m. and was board {ed by theorew of the life saving station, but the captai id crew of thirty-four refused to les e Indications. Natlonal Assoclated Press. Wasninaron, January 19. - For the lower Missouri valley: Generally fair W0t was fired was the natural result of the condition of his mind. The prisoner cried st one point : weather, winds shifting to east and south, followed by failing barometer in the southern portion, and slight rise in temperature, Other appointments not yet made, The land comnmissioners’ report for the month ending January 14, shows an extra,amount of work done in that department, The state’s leases and deeds for common school lands by it- self amounts to 16,593, during which time werc thirty-seven deeds issued conveying 2,050 acres of land. The #ales, 145 in number, amounting to 13,036 acres, amounted to $104,530. There were also 118 leases covering 8,410 acres, Their figures do not in- clude the transactions on umyersity, agricultural and normal school lands. Some of Lincoln’s enterprising men, shipping questions, Mr. Fraley was re-olocted president. I, C. Meyor, Now York, made a_report on adul” teration of food and drugs, and Ed ward Kolloy on trade reluions with Canada, Two claborate reports were subinitied on the pilotage question, and 4 resolution was adopted usking tor logislation by congress in reference to pilotage. A proposition from the New York board of trade relating to rity on advance goods in transit s referved to the executiye com- mittee for further investigation and future rep A proposition from New York, Baltimore and Philadel- headed by J. J, Timhotl, are very much interested over the prospects of secur- ing a free delivery of mail matter for his relating to the national benk aw was referred to a special com- mittee.