Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 5, 1882, Page 1

— "gl‘ll.\l'l aMn RLEVENTH YEA NOT GONE VET. I Breathing Spell, The President Vetoes ths Bill Restricting Chinese Immi. gration, and Proba- bly Kills It. The Paciflc Slope Congressmen Very Angry, and the Re- publicans Generally Batisfied. General Expression of Opinion on the Subjsct, and Other Con- gressional Matter. BENATE, WasHINGTON, April 4 —A veto of the anti-Chinese bill reached the sen ateat 1:20 p. m, The president says that heis fully persuaded that the bill is is violation of the treaty, and other remedies for the alleged ovils should be found if heaccepts the bill as an expression of opinion from con- gress that the immigration and resi- dence of Chinese in this country are injurious to the people. In negotiating the second treaty the Chinese commissioner told China that he would not consent to the ex- clusion of all Chinese from the United States, and the United States com- miasioners agreed to subatitute forthe word “prohibit,” words ‘‘regulate,” “limit” or ‘‘suspend.” China then gave her views that classes ..f Chinese who enjoyed the provision of the Burlingame treaty were entitled to the priviledge enjoyed by most na- tions. The system of personal pros- pects was undemocratic and hostile to our institutions. The bill also made provisions that the Chinese trade was valuable and of recent growth, and needed more liberal legislation. On motion of Mr. Farley the messago | was laid on the tablo and ordered|ocrats, The republicans did not make printed. Consideration of the bill giving the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad the right of way through the terri- tory of the Choctaw nation was re- sumed. Furiher consideration of the bill was deferred until to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Hill the Colora- do bill, admitting free from_ duty ar- ticles for the mming exhibition at Denver in 1883, was taken up and passed. The following nominations were sent to the senate yesterday and con- sidered in executive ression: John J. Piatt, of Ohio, for consul at Cork; D B. Searles, United States attorney of Minnesota: Benjamin T. Simpson, United States marshal of Kansas, HOUSE, The committee on territories re- committed the Alaska bill to a sub- committee, with orders to prepare a bill for a simple government and no delegate, They also authorized the chairman to give passage of the Da- kota bill under suspension of the rules on the third Monday in April. The house committee on elections adopted a report in favor of Lynch and against Chalmer in the Shoe String district of Mississippi. The house spent the entire after- noon on the army bill, discussing the paragraphs transferring quartermas- ters’ claims to the court of claims and retiring army officers at 62 years of age, but arrived at no conclusion, ex- cept to amend so as to allow offlcers to retire at 35 years’ service, if they desire, The president sent a letter from Frelinghuysen regarding American citizens in the British prisons, It says that negotiations have been go- ing on for months between the two governments, and that on the 22d of March only three American citizens remamed in prison in Treland. Since that date O'Connell, Hunt, Walsh, Dalton and White, imprisoned in England, have been released. Nego- tiations are still going on to release the remainder, and are likely to be successful, Adjourned at 4:54 p, m. HOW THE DOSE WAS TAKEN. WasHiNGToN, April 4,.—The veto of the Chiacse bill is the sole topic to- night., Politicians are divided as to the effect. It is concluded that the bill will not pass over the veto, The democrats think it will redound to their benefit. The Pacific delegation has been disappointed and are almost mad, Miller thinks it a great mis- take from a republican point of view, but doubts not that California will take the matter in her own hands and keep the Chinese away. Farley says the democrats ot Cali- fornia can stand it if the republicans of the whole country can. Bayard will vote to sustain the bill, also Beck, Pendletan and nearly all the democrats. Beck says the bill ig kill- «d, and he does not suppose any?hing can be done. Jones says the presi- dent puts himself in a silly light nuggelting any form of bill that would suit him. ~ The republicans generally are satisfied, except Miller, of (ala- fornia, and Hill, of Colorado. Jones, of Nevada, 18 not here. Miller, of New York, Sawyer and Vale, of the seven republicans who voted for the bill, will now yote to sustain the veto. Pacheco, of California, said he very much regretted the matter,as it would cause great agitation on the Pacific coast and injure business and upset things in general. Rosecranz said he supposed they would have to stand it, but it was pretty tough, It was the deathblow politically to those bringing it about. Hewitt said he presumed it would be passed with a ten years clause insted of twenty. Tt would hardly pass the house over the veto, even if it did pass the sen- ate, and there was no disposition to push in this matter. Moore, of Ten- nessee, who opposed the bill, had doubts even of its passage with the ten years clause. Carpenter, of ie "Heathen Chinee" Given a THE OMAHBHA DAILY BEE R. Towa, who opiposed the bill, did not believe it would injure the party, for no party could be injured jormanent- ly tor refusing to do wrong. (feorge, of Oregon, th t it a dangerous blow to tho Republicans: it was an injustice to the Pacitic coast and the people of that section. Willis, of Kentucky, a champion of the bill, says it insures the Pacific const to the Democrats. Robinson, of Massa- chusetts, was satisfied with the veto, and was sure it would not hurt the party prospects, No party could af- ford'to do a wrong act for effect. Williams, of Wisconsin, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, was pleased with the veto, and, while he would oppose the bill with even a five or ten years clause, he presumed that such a bill would pass. If the Chi- nese were to be excluded, he thought it should be by treaty to that effect, by which China would keep her sub- jects at hcme. Page, of California, refused to express himself on the subject. Kasson thought this the only construction a inking man could reach, He thought the ten years bill would pass with a change in the paseport system. Washington Wirings. National Associatod Press. Scoville is_sick, being used up by overwork. He expects to have to ar- gue the Guiteau case. Guiteau has his book ready to print. The Mason case was considered in the cabinet to-day. Lincoln approves Gen, Syain’s decision. No final ac- tion will be taken until the supreme court proceedings are concluded. The benefit for Mrs. Mason to-day netted $300. The fund now amounts to nearly $4,000. The redemption of bonds when busi- | ness closed to-day amounted, under the 105th call, to §0,687,050; 10Gth call, 818,415,550; 107th call, 815,569, 800. Admiral Balch, writing from Co- quinbo, Chili, Fobruary 25th, reports an interview with Trescott, and that ho left the Alaska for Trescott to re- turn home. Secretary New attributes the suc- cess of the democrats in the Indiana elections entirely to prohibitory meas- ures, which were opposed by the dem- the issue on the liquor question, but the demoerats saddled it on them. In regard to the statement that a proposition had been made by New York and Boston bankers to replace the outstanding government 3} per §200,000,000 of legal temder notes, bearing 2 per cent. interest, which the national banks may count among their assets, Folger says the bankers recently submitted such a proposition to him, but the subjoect has not been considered in the cabinet. e ——— FOREIGN Natlonal Assoclated Press. A¥TER FOSTER'S SCALP. Loxpox, April 4.—At a meeting of the reform club last evening the ma- jority adopted an address to Glad- stene ashing him to remove Foster, sacretary for Ireland, and to initiate the Irish coercion policy. AMERICAN STAMVS GO. In the house of commons to-night Postmaster General Fawcet stated that he had refused to discontinue the mail service which had hitherto been offered by having the stamps which carry American mail stop at (Quecns- town. This service,which practically amounted to the saving of a day’s time, would be:continued. Sir Chas, Dilke, under the secretary of state for foreign affairs, stated that he would consent to produce the official correspondence between England and America regarding Dr. Lamson. FRESH OUTBREAKS AGAINST THE JEWS, A dispatch to St Petersbupg from Kieff reports that great excite- ment exists there, and fresh out- breaks against the Jews are immi- nent, The siudents of the university as- sembled there yesterday, armed with revolvers, and marched in a body to the prison in which their comrades ar- rested during the recent disturbances are confined. They clamerously de- manded a release of the prisoners, | © not presented a bold front. It is|l well known, however, that the troops sympathized with the mob, and fears are entertained that if the disorders continue they may refuse to act Skobelefl’s future movements are set- |} tled by his going to his estate at Ria- | ! son. Thoe current belief here now is |1 that he will remain there until the storm has blown over, when he will return to share the czar’s council. TERRIBLE DISASTER. c The latest dispatch from Corruna, | ¥ Spain, says that forty-six persons lost their lives by a collision between the steamship Douro and the steamer Truroc Bat, off Cape Finistere, HEARD FROM, Lonpox, April 4.—1In the house of commons to-night Gladstone, in re- ply to an inquiry, sad that commu- nications between the United States and British governments continue to be passed, but he deemed it inadvis- able at the present time to state the substance of the cerrespondence, * Maprip, April 4,—The Spanish senate to-day passed a vote of confi- throughout the province. Loxpox, April 5. —It is reported that Mr, Chamberlain, president of the board of trade, and BSir Charles Dilke, under secretary of state for foreign affairs, will withdraw from the ministry on account of the opposition extension of the coercion policy of the government, e LR Important Railroad Change. National Associated Vress PuiLApeLenia, April 4.—The Pennsylvania nilmldp company have Correspondence of The Omaha Dee. tion to-day is exciting an unusual amount of interest in this place of mammoth majorities and one-sided political contests. are perambulating the streets and crowds of voters surround the three cont. bonds now pagable at the option | POlling places. The chances, of of the government, with an issue of | course, favor the election of the as ever on the subject of an extra session, protestations of innocence on the score of further political ambition, any close observer here that he wants to go to congress this winter, and that if he dared to resist the overwhelm- ing popular sentiment in favor of a meeting of the legislature he woald gladly do so. murderer, morning about twenty miles south of Seward, and is now in jail pending examination. and a rumber of Omaha attorneys are and they would have forced an en- |18 not expected that court will last trance into the jail, had the military |over a weck, as there is nothing of dealers on Monday afternoon against their frenzied co-religionists, | Sented President (iowan, at Phila- The conflicting reports about Gen, | delphia, with a silver centre piece for anon, Pa., aged sixty-four, was found dead in an alley near Yost's brewery, That he has been ordered to Turkestan | his face battered and froth at the is discredited, mouth, cious, determined since the resignation of D. W. Caldwell, general manager of tho company's lines woest of Pitts- burg, to divide that system into two departments, Of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & (hicago railroad and con tributing Jines a department is made called the Northwest. William Bald. win is appointed manager of the Pan- Handle road and contributing lines, James MacOren, superintendent of the New York division, is made man- ager, This is called the Southwest department. P’resident Roberts last night denied emphatically the report that he will resign on 1st the presidency of the road. Ho says there is no’ difference between the board and himself. JENNIE CRAMER'S MURDER. How the Indicted Partios Ploaded “Not Guilty, ' National Associated Press. New Haves, Conn., April 4. Con- trary to official announcement, Walter and James Malley, Jr., and Blanche Douglas were hrought from the county jail to-day to plead before the April term of the superior court on the charge that between the 4th and Gth days of August they killed Jennie Cramer by administeringarsenic, Al pleaded “Not guilty,” Walter very calmly, but James and Blanche ina very nervous manner. The hoys met Blanche in the court room for the first time sinco last August, but she epoke to neither of them. The preliminary business of the court 15 less than was expected, and the trial may begin next Tuesday. To avoid a crowd in the court room the newspaper reporters wore in- formed yesterday that the prisoners need not be expected in court to-day. The boys came from the jailin a hack, and Blanche was driven to the court by Jailer Stevens in a private car- riage. They took a circuitous route in order not to attract attention. SR LINCOLN LaCONICS. ELECTION DAY IN THE CAPITAL CITY. LiNcors, April 4.—The city elec- Bands of music straight republican ticket, by a re- spectable majority. The coalitionis's expect to defeat Gaimes, the regular nominee for alderman in the First Ward, and elect Shaberg in his stead. It is alse -vithin ths limit of possibili- ties that Gien, Montgomery may de- feat Ben Cobb for police judge.” The latter is young and inexperienced, having just been admitted to the bar. The chances sor the success of the antis would be greatly increased if there were only some means of shut- ting Elder Miller off. His loud- mouthed advocacy of the ticket will cost them a hundred votes, The weather i very faverable for election purposes, a hard rain last night having laid the dust completely. Yesterday was certainly one of the meanest days that ever dawned upon this place, The dust blue around in donse clouds from morning till night, making it at times impossible to see across the street. The governor is as non-committal Notwithstanding his serious there is no question in the mind of Patrick, the Seward county wife was captured yesterday United States court opens to-day, on hand to attenyl to their cases, It 'mportance coming up. Ancus, Telegraphic Twinklings. —A comamittee of prominent coal pre- his banqueting table, costing $2,000, n recognition of his efforts to suj,- wess the Molly Maguires, —Dave Hitter, a watchman in Leb- The circumstances are suspi- He was insured for $30,000 n favor of other parties. OMAHA WED Premiuma to the amount of £15,000 and a speed purse to the amoun | £8,000 were docided to be offered, | and §£2,500 to be expended for amuse ments. The state horticultural soci ety, the state wool growers' associ tion and the state poultry association | all unite in holding the fait, The| capacity of the display buildings will | be doubled. The soldiers reunion | An will be held here the same date of | the fair, September 1lth to 1ith. | Proparation will be made for an im- mensegathering. Congress has granted | tents and artillery for the occasion. | v Sl | BERNHARDT MARRIED, The Great Actress Boocomes tho| Wife of n Grook Gentleman. Mational Assoclated Fross, | Loxvox, April 4.~ Sarah Bernhardt gentleman, in this city to-day, and | SDAY MORNING The INDIAN UPRISING. Outbreak of the Cheyennes and Arrapahoes Expected. Whole Indian ing a Railroad. | Great Floods in Minnesota, on | 180, Md,, coal the Manitoba Line Run ning Northward, was married to M, Damala, & Grock | Two Disastrous Firer, which Cause | miners in APRIL 5, 1882 Nation |- “Wild and Woolly” Over the Prospect of Invad- goes to Barcelona to-night to fulfill an engagement, She will continue her theatrical career. A SEWARD SLAYER. Dick Patrick Kills His Wfe ana Escapes. — . Correspondense of The SEwann, April 2 der was committed last ovening by « Mr. Patrick, seven miles northeast of Seward, The victim was his wife, unharmonious feeling ever since th were known in this county. Th; were in town yesterday in eompany with a married son, and, acoerding t. the latter, quarreled befora reachi: The son left them at their house and went to his place, one- quarter of a mile further on, when ho | was attracted by his little sister ning to the field, brother was plowing. Before he could get to the scene his mother lav home. and producing death ginstantly. Meanwhile the young an had | reached the house from the field and was up stairs after his revolver, as it seemed to be the intention of the | sons to kill their father should he| feared he would do. However, be- fore he come down, his older brother had came up ar.d fired one barrel of his shot gun at the old man, causing | several shots were fired between them, one killing the horse the son had ridden. Hearing his other son coming down the stairs he fired two shots through the doors, neither taking of- fect. As tho older son had only his shot gun, he could do no more and started home, and the old man came out and started off. The authorities were notified, and the sheriff with a party started out, but up to a late hour nothing was heard of the fugi tive, Larer.—It was repotted he had come to the Park Housq about three o’clock a, m., slept the pemainder of the night, got his bmakfast and walked leisurely off. Moxnpay MoryiNG,—Nothing has beer heard of him up to vhis time, Bee. L e Northern News. National Astociated Pross. 8r. Pavy, Minn., April 4,—The ice passed out of Lake Pipin to-day. This is the regular annual siunal of the opening of navigation on the upper Mississippi. Governor Hubbard to-day appoint- ed H. D. Baldwin, of Redwood Falls, a native of New York, judge of the ninth judicial district, to succeed E. St. Julien €ox, whose impeachment and removal on the ground of drunk- enness, created such a scandsl. 1t has been formally announced at a meeting of the chamber of com- merce, that hereafter all army sup- plies for the Department of Dakota shall be advertised for in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Heretotore the Chicago merchants have had the ben- efit of these profitable invitations. - Health Along the Mississippi. Natlonal Assoclated Pross, SperiNcreeLp, IlL, April 4.—The secretary of the state buard of health has announced that the annual meet- ing of the sanitary council of the Mis- sissifipi valley will be held at Cairo on the 19th inst. The subject coming before the body will be the inepection of immigrants with regard to small pox, beginning at maritime ports, ‘The prevention of the introduction of yellow fever, and particularly the sanitary condition of the Mississip)i, is likely to be affected from Cairo to the gulf by the great overflow, Legalities. National Associated Fress. SeriNerrenp, April 4—In the United States circuit court to-day an order was issued modifying the in. junction heretofora obtained against —A fire Monday afternoon de- stroyed the Besseler Iron works near Troppen, Austria, Loss heavy. ~—The workmen of Barcelona, Spain, threaten to renew their riots, Large crowds opposed to the financial policy of the government paraded the streets, but nothing disorderly oo- curred. Shops were all close business entirely suspended. and Toxan Diversity. Natlonal Assoclated Press, ATLANTA, Tex., April 4.--A man named Williams went home drunk, dence in the government that it would foll e"]“’"l:]““"?:‘h'“‘:‘ named .thu- maintain order in Uatslonia, Shops | fHaYP®, s WHIOUL — provocation, and manufactories remain closed | 2¥2Pbed him threo times, each stab reaching to she lungs, and then shot ;t h';m, the ball grazing the top of his ead. He then commenced prepara- tions to leave, but the strong Dutch- men said ‘‘nix,” when he gathered a pistol, jumped upon bis horse, and told them to stand from under, Three shots were fired at his retreating form, It is believed with effect, put nothing definite has been learned, e 5 Kansas State Falir, National Assoclated Fross. Toresa, April4, ~The Kansas state directors held & meeting here to-day. the state treasurer, prohibiting the ayment of interest on bonds Ey Franklin county to the Bellevue & Eldorado railway. The order directs the payment of interest on all over due coupons held by the parties in interest, to the exclusion of all other coupons of the same class, and re- serves all questions of merit for adju- -A terrible mur- | with whom there has existed a very| .| i whera anothor | ple here housed, ever injure their mother, which they | - 8500.000 Loss of Property. Fxprotod Indian Uprising. Leaveswortn April 4.—The fort s considerably excited over the {hoes are threatening an outhreak |near Fort Reno. The Indians number two thousand. The grievance is that they have been put on half rations of beef, and that the proposed | branch of the Atlantic & Pacitic road | will destroy. their hunting ground. | Major Randall has cight companies of roops on the ground, but think them indequate to suppress a general up- ot bl i Gront Fiood in Minnesota Natlona, Assaciatod Presi. 0, Dik., April 4.—A dispatch from uden, Minn., saya that wash- outs, several miles in extent, have oc- curved on the oba line. North- [ eru teavel ix stopped for a time. No passenger train runs either way. - There is quite a eoncentration of peo- going north, for| accommodations are very Sixty car loads of stock whom hotel inadcquate. a corpee, the ball entering the heart|en route for Manitoba, are in the same fix. It is bad to stop, but worse to go on. The weather is turning colder, which will check the prairie tloods. The track betwecn Brecken- | ridge and Crookstone is under water for the whole distance, The Firs Fiend. National Associated Pross. Prrrspvra, April 4.—The ware- house of the Standsrd Oil company him to retreat into the house, where | o Twonty-ninth strect, in this city, was totally destroyed by fire this morning, together with 300 barrels of distilate, distillery tanks and 17,000 empty barrels, The lces is estimated at §75,000; no insurance, | A TOWN DESTROYED, HorxiNtoy, Mass., April 4. —Incen- diaries at 3 this morning with a fuse ignited a quantity of powder in the basement at the rearof P. W. Smith's clothing, starting a fire which de- stroyed every business place in the town, Total loss, $400,000. Among the losers are Bridges & Co.’s shoe manufactory, the main stay of the town, which employed 600 hands, They had $200,000 worth of machinery, stock and finished goods in the building, all totally de- stroyed. Loss $2060,000; insurance $150,000. Tho following were totally destroyed : P, W. Smith, clothing, loss §500, insurea; H. C. Wilbur & Co., groceries, loss £5,000, insured; postoftice and tele- phone central office; A. A. Sweot, dry goods, hotel and buildings, loss §7,000, insured; store building occupied by Sweet, worth §10,000, owned by Bridgos & Co., msured; chapel building of the Congregational church; Barry Mahon building, occupied by Mahon & Co., dry goods and groceries; T. 'I'. Ober, billiards: L. Parker, barber, and sev- eral residences and the town hall, valued at $15,000. The Kokomo Fiend Lynched. National Associated Press. Kokosio, Ind., Apnl 4.—William Richard Long, alias Chas. Gimson, the tramp who outraged a little 3-year old girl, was taken from the jail carly this morning and hanged. He denied the crime to the last. The only re- quest he made was that he be allowed to sing a sonw, which was granted, Ho sang; 3'Seo That My Grave's Kept Green " “Tho box was kicked from under Lim at 2:30, The entire popu- lation of the town witnessed the hanging, Long hus a brother living in Lone Hill, Neb, Killed by a Falling Wall. National Assocated Pross New York, Apil 4.—While a number of workmen were engaged this afternoon teering down an old building at No. 11 James street, the wall suddenly collapred, precipitating the workmen to the ground and bury- ing two childred, John Dow, aged 14, and Louisa Brodriche, aged 4, in the debris, The two children were taken out from the ruins, & few moments af- the wall fell, but both were dead. The contractor was arrested by order of the coroner, and placed under a bond of $5,000 to appear before the coroner's inquest. Jesse James’' Body Fully Identified. Natlonal Associated Prow Kaxsas Crry, April 4.—The body dication. Large Fire. National Associated Fress. Prrrssura, April 4,—The oil tank of the Standard oil company’s refinery here exploded and fire broke out about 10 a, m, to-day., Their warehouse, 300x150 feet, three stories high, was burned, containing machinery and empty barrels, Two tanks burned, uufnnu barge containing empty bar- rels. The fire extended over eight acres of ground. The loss on 25,000 empty barrels was $30,000; on oil, $125,000, and the total loss is about $200,000. 1 e - A Chauce for the Widowers. National Associated Prese. Orrawa, April 4, —The bill legaliz- ing marriage with a deceased wife's sister has practically become a law, the senate to-day having d the second reading by a vote of 40 to 18. of Jesse James, the outlaw, having been fully identified by his mother, still remains in St. Joseph, but will probably be taken to-morrow to Kearney Station, Clay county, which is near where his mother resides. (Governor Crittenden has been in the city all day. He says Frank James will be captured or killed before long. An Expe: Arm, National Associated Pross. TavnNron, Mass,, April 4, —George H. Rankin brought a suit through General B. F. Butler against the Taunton Locomotive works for $20,- 000, the price of an arm lost in the company's works a few years ago. A New Railroad Projected. National Associated Fress. Farco, D, T., April 4.—The Red River and Lake of the Woods Railway rumor that the Cheyonnes and Arap: | | Company has filed articles of atsocin- | tion with the Secretary of State, with | G ¥, Copeland, Frank Tves, Arthur | Yeervault, J. B. Copeland of Crook- stone, and W, J. lIves of Mel.eod county as _incorporators. Tho ca | stock is 00,000, The proje | road i from a point on the Red River g Red Lake river to the mouth of hief river and thence to the Lake of | the Woods. - Miners’ Strike Probable. | National Associated Pross | Pritabeveiiy, April 4.—Private |advices received from tho Cumber- gion, say that the likely to continuo some Tho operators, if the strike is ded in two wecks, will intro. raign labor, There is a do- cstloss feelivg among the the OCloatfield region of | striko is | time. |n | duce f | cided | this st o Looking for a Job. National Assoclated Vress | Ariaxta, Ga., April 4-—About sev- | enty-five members of the Atlanta bar mot to-day, and_appointed a commit- | tee to go to Washington and place be- foro tho president the name of an ex- judgeof the supremo court of Georgia, H. K. McKay, for judge of the di trict court in the northern district of Gieorgia, | s | Going to Settle Up. | National Associated Pross. G Pruavenamia, April 4, —President Gowan, who sailed for Liverpool this evening, will place $40,000,600 of the tive per cent consols in Europe. This, with £10,000,000 realized on deferred bonds. will meet. the floating debt, | redeem the general mortgage bonds, and meet the serip on coupons due in July. Stock Growers’' Bank at Gheyenne. National Assoctated Pross. Wasnixarox, April 4.--The Stock Growers’ National bank at Cheyenne, W. T., has been authorized to com- menco business. apital $200,000. A TREASURE TROVE Unearthed While Making an Excavation for a Sewer, A Genulne Bonanza Struck by “Chick- en Hagerty" Yestorday. The joy that permeated the frame of Bdward Dantes when ho uncovered the wealth of gold and glittering gems on the barren isle of Monte Cristo, or that swelled in the bosom of Con Cregan when he turned up the won- derful treasures while digging a grave for a miner in the gold region of Guajaqualla, must have been a com- bination of feclings similar to those which surged through the breast of Mr. John E. Haggerty when herested his eyes on a crock full of gold, silver and paper money which was found on his premises yesterday. Mr. Hag- gerty is an old resident of St. Louis, and drives a good business in poultry and game at No. 944 Broadway under the firm name of Haggerty & Son. His residence is at No. 941 Colling street, and has been for the past sev- enteen years. The house in which he lives 15 an old one, and in the days when it was a mansion with white wallsand clean appearance it was the home of Montgomery Blair, MR. BLAIR BUILT THE HOUSE, and previous to his departure from St. Louis, sold it to Samuel Gaty, Esq., from whom Mr, Hagerty purchased it in 1865, Yesterday morning at haif-past 11 o'clock two men employed by Mr. Hagerty, named Daniel Shields and Thomas Higgins, while digging a trench in which to run a sewer-pipe from an outhouse to the Collins street sewer, on Hagerty's lot, struck their spades against something very solid. Shields stooped down aud removed the clay to find the dimensions of the ob- stacle met with, The obstacle proved to be a stone jar or crock, sunilar to what is termedl a ““butter erock,” and, with the aid of his companion and the power of curiosity, he unearthed the vessel, which proved to be decidedly heavy and tested the strength of the men, Calling to the inmates of the house they proceeded to open the mysterious receptacle, which was thickly sealed with wax. The cover was finally torn off and its removai re- vealed to THE WONDER-STRICKEN GROUP what they had only seen before in fairy-story books, a veritablo pot of gold and silver. Thoey inserted their hands 1nto the blackoned metal and pulled out whole handfule of goldand silyer coin. They rang them, bit them, tested them in every way, looked at the dates, and when they found it was really good money they actually eried out for joy. Just then Hagarty appeared and took posses- sion, He Lruuuht the crock and the coin into the house, brightened up the time colored metal, and turned the whole treasure out into a wash- tub, This revealed to his gaze a 1l amount of Continental scrip, which was down in the coin. The gold and silver and paper were sep- arated. The paper amounted to about $200, the silver, mostly in dol- lars, with a few half-dollar pieces, was in such a quantity as to com- pletely conceal the botton of the wash-tub, and the gold coin was in even GREATER BULK THAN THE SILVER, Mrs. Hagerty put the gold intoa dish-pan, which filled out one-half the space in the pan. The gold consisted mostly of English sovereigns. Noth- ing less than a sovereign was found among the gold coin, How much it all amounts to has not yet been ascer- tained. Mr, Hagerty immediately held a love feast, and gave out coins freely as mementoes to his friends, and during the course of the day pur- chased a house and lot on Bmquly of Marcus A, Wolti' for seven thou- sand dollars, A Republican reporter last night about 11 o'clock, 1n company with another newspaper man, called on Mr, Hagerty at his residence, He — 244 waa in bed at the time, but willingly arose and gavo the reportors a cordial greoting. He was surprised at their having heard the news, but, in order to dispel the idea advanced by one of them that it was an April fool narra- tive, poured on the piano SILVER They were all well worn and bore dates from 179% to 1830, The scrip was also shown, There were bills of the denominations of £60, £55, &40, 8, 87, 83, 82 and $1. The follow- ing is a copy of a &3 bill: Tux Usiten Stares, Three Dollars. DOLLARS BY THE HANDFUL, Three Dollars, This bill enlitlex the hearer to re- ceive t1 ree Span- ishmilled dollars or the value H theveof in gold [Medaition, | or silver, accord- ing toa resolu. tionof Cox passed at 1 = delphia, Ma: 1777 f IIn the circular seal in the right hand corner of the bill is a device, an eagle hovering over a crane, the beak of the crank being in the eagle's neck, and around the circle which sur- rounds the device are the words, “Exitus in Dubio est.” There are two signatures written in the left hand corner of the bill, which are legible On the and just barely perceptible. back of the bill are the words dollars,” “Printed by Hall & 1777, The bill measures 37 inches in length by 21 in width. IHE OLDEST PYECE OF PAPER as follows wreo shillings, No. 18,207. ¢ This bill of 3 shillings proclama tion is emitted by a LAW of the colony of New Jersey, patfed in th Fourteenth Yeat of the Reign of His Majesty King' GEORGE the Third. Dated March 25, 1776, [seAL. | **Three Shillings, ‘“Jona Dearz, ““Robt, Smith, W, Smith.” The eariest date found was 1775; the latest 1832; the latter on a gold sovereign, the former on a silver dol- Jar. The money must have been bur- ried in the thirtics, probably about 1 Not a line of writing was found, nor the slightest trace of the original owner, Some member of the Blair family may have buried it, and it may have been buried by a man who had committed a crime and thus hid the evidence against himself. Whoever buried it, or at what time it was buried, will probably always re- main a mystery, It is hoped by the Hagarty family that it will. At any rate a fortune was turned up in the construction of a sewer that will amount to $25,000 at the lowest cal- culation, and may run vp to $59,000, and the right and _title is at present vested in John K, Hagarty, poul- terer. reads The Council Meeting. Councin Brurrs, April 4.—At an adjourned meeting of the councit last night the chief engineer of the fire department presented his report, showing that during the past seven- teen months there had been twenty- three alarms and two false alarms. Total loss, $64,215. The council allowed Mr. Sodopski $137 for being injured by a defective sidewalk. The final reports showed only $7,717 of the general fund unab- sorbed, and of that amount over $1,000 had been enjoined, which. with the uncollected taxes, showed the city to be behind from $15,000 to §20,000. The resources reported consisted of $34,435 delinquent taxes and $14,683 cash, making a total of $45,118, The liabilities consisted of a bonded indebtedness of $147,400,and $19,213 floating indebtedness, making a total indebtedness of §166,613. College Cruelties. National Assocated Press. Harrrorp, Conn,, April 4—Three sophomores of Trinity college, Wan Shille Hills and Purdy were brutally hazed Bunday night by thirteen sen- iors on account of personalities which appeared in the annual college publi- cation, *“Ye Jug,” of which the three scphomores were the year editors. The seniors placarded the city Sunday with the words “Grand Tribunal,” and in the evening the three sopho- mores were enticed from their rooms and taken sevemal miles out of the city in carriages, the car- rvinges being ‘driven in different - directions. The letters ““G. T." were burned into the backs of the hand of the victims with chemicals, ©One was inhumanly paddled, and another was left blindfolded in & swamp snd had to walk back to the college. There is great excitement over the affair, The Sophomores publish a list of the assailants, all of whom are well known in society. Few years ago the mem- bers of the ‘‘Grand tribunal” com- mittee were expelled. - Postelfice Burglariz: Notlonal Associated Press. Mexia, April 4.--The postoftice was burglarized last night of seven or eight hundred dollars and stamps to an amount unknown and subse- quently set on fire, but the flames were discovered and the fire ex- tinguished, Off for Europe. National Press Association. New Youk, April 4,.—Mme. Ade- laide Patti and Signor Nicoline, sailed this afternoun for Liverpool, in the steamship Arizona. A num- ber of theatrical people were also passengers. Maratime Movements: National Associated ¥ress. New Youk, Avnl 4.—Arrived— The City of Paris and Baltic from Liverpool. Liverroot, April 4. — Arrived—The Catalonia from Boston. e ———— Smoked Gieese Hreasts and Smoked Tongues at Motz & Posenstein's,