Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 6, 1883, Page 1

- THE OMAHA DAy BEE TWELFTH YEAL. WHAT MICHT HAVE BEEN What the U, 8. Congress Could Have Done and What They Really Did do During * the Last Sessi An Upprecedented Number of Bills Pigeon-Holed and Placed on the “Oal- enders.” . A List of the More Importact Bills Which Finally Passed. The River and Harbor and the Shipping Bills Laid in Their Graves. Distrlot defiolency, of Columbia, $§1 $2313 187; 0,867 @ aggregate appropriatis! lnlzm, inoluding $18).. the river and harbor bill, was $2vo, 509,639, and for preceding year, in oluding river and harbor bill, was $219,367,488. ‘WORK OF THE SESSION. Bpocial Dispatch to i Brs. REVIEW OF THE LAWS PASSED WASHINGTON, the Forty-seveuth ocongress introduced ia the two honses. Ila each hoase a great majority of these measures still remain with the com wittee to which thoy were referred, and of those reported from the con.— mittets a larger number remain upon sho oulendars of the respsctive houses. Aside fiom the regular annual appro- priation bil's, 163 hills and joint reso- lutions were passed by both houses during this sesslon and becamo Jaws. Among the more important of these The Grand Total of Appropriations Reaches $320,827,611, UNFINISHED BUSINESS. Special Dispatches to Tun B, RELICS OF THE SESSION, WasHINGTON, March 4, —Uader the bead of ‘‘Unfinished business,” the only matter of importance lefi is the bill to regu'ate the carriage of passen- gera by sea (with the president’s veto message). Under the head of ‘‘Business on the speaker's table,” are the following: To regulate immigration; relating to the entry of diatilled spirits in dia- tilleriesand special bonded warehouses, and to withdraw the same, Under the head of *Bills from the senate on their first and second read- ing,” there are 95 bills unacted on that come over from the first session of the Forty-seventh congross, and 81 trom the second ression. Among the latter are the following: For the survey of passes botween the afflaents of the upper Mississippl and COolumbla rivers; for the performance of the presidential dutles in case of re- moval by death, resignation or inabil- ty of both preeident and vice presi- dent, and for the rellef of Fitz John Porter. Bllls and resolutions rematn- ing upon the calendar of the senate re- ported from committee bat not fioally acted upon number 398 The more important are: A resolution propos- ing an amendment to the constitution, relative to the manufacture, importa- tlon and sale of iptoxicating liquors; resolution extending banking privi- leges; resolution for printing 10,000 coples of the medical and surgical his- tory of the war; the bill to establish a branch mint at Omaha; making the govammnt paper currency legal ten- or for custom dues;to in rate the Inter-Oceanic Ship Rallway com- pany; to constitute a bureau of agri- culture; an executive department; to eatablish a bursau of industry; to ‘ff:ol‘;‘ liai.crlthndm on ‘he o srmy na brigadier general; admitting Dn’l’ofi to the union; to exempt freight veasels less than 25 tons burthen from inspection and license; the bill providing fora government for Alaska; to expedite the administration of justice in the supreme court of the United States; to provide for an investigation anda settlement of claims againat the United States; the resolution to sppoint a commission on the revival of interna- tional commerce in the United States steamships suitable for naval pur- poses; to prevent the payment of double pensions; to enable corpora- tions to become surety on official bonds; increasing the area of the Yellowstone park; to relieve ships from compul- sory pllotage; to suppress the oplum traffic with China; to provide for the specific annual appropriation for fifteen years for school purposes on the basls of illiteracy; The **Dingley"” lllllpplng bill which the house early in January was not taken up by the senate till yester- dayat midnight, objections having been ralsed which seemed to jaopar dize the psssage of the bill, the com- merce committee withdrew the tou- nage and mail ({ny sectlous which they had added, and the bill with some amendments then passed. Two hours later the bill reached the house, and nnamf'l were made to send it to the committee of conference or to pass it as amended under suspension of the rales. Owlog to the dead lock over the South Oarolina election case, the house refused to entertain either mo tlon, and the shipping bill failed. The river and harbor bill appropria- ting $8,047,000 was strangled in the senate by a motlon to lay it on the table upon the last day of the session. Among other propositions which falled to reach the status of legisla- tive enactment were those to forfeit the land grants of the Northern Pa. cific, Texas Pacific, Atlantic & Pacifio and other rallroads; to reduceamounts paid land grant railroads for trans- porting mails; to place General Grant upon che retired list, and tc constivate a wife as a competent witness agalnsc husband in prosecution for polygamy. The last bill which passed the senate was the house bill to fix terms of the United States courts for eastern and northern dlstricts of Texas. The bill reached the house just as Speaker Keifer began his remarks preliminary to declaring the house adjourned. The clerk, with the bill in hand, rashed up to the desk and endeavored to get: the speaker’sj attention, bu the bill fell without Jthe coveted sig- nature, THE APPROPRIATIONS, The chalrman of the house commit- tee on appropriations has furnished for publication a statement relative to the appropriation bills passed thi: sion which have bocome laws: aggregate amount of all the bills is $229,327,611, made up as follows: Pensions, $86,676,000; military acad: are the following: The tax and tariff bill; the clvil ser- vica bill; the Japanese indemnity fand; the bill to provide for a new mixed Venezallan cowmmission; to modify the postal money order sys tem; to readjust the salaries of postmasters; ‘o afford ae- slstance and relief to con- ress and the executive departments; in investigation of the olaims snd de- mands against the goveroment; to prevent lmportation of sduiterated tea; to encoarage the holding of a world’s Industrial cotton centennial exposition in 1884; to amend the act repealing discriminating dutles an goods produced in East Cape of Good Hope; & joint resolution to adjudicate the clalms of New York brokers for rifanding of taxer; to print the agri- caltural reports for 1881 and 1882; to erect monumsnt to Gen. De Kalb; to reimburse Oregon and Oalifornia for moneys psid in suppression of the Modoe war; to amend the revised statutes relating to the tax on Perlque tobacco; to amand the revised statutes 0 as to exterd the jurisdiction of jus- tices of the peacein Washington, Idano and Montana territory; to admit free of duty the monument to General Wazhington; authorizing the exawina. tion and auditing of certain clalms against the Fraegmnn’l saviogs bank and the paymont of certain divilends barred by a tormer act of congress; to increase the fees of witnessea In star routo cases from west of the Missls- sippl river; a blll to regulate tne ex- porting of tobacco In bond. In addi- tlon to a long llst of propositions which found their last resting place in pigeon holes of the vorlous commit- tees, 760 bills and jolnt resolutions are left upon the calendars and 222 upon the speaker’s table, having falled to secure a final actlon by the house, T:z&danfl:; ;l the onmml"ue of pot:e wl ! composed of proposi- floutnvblvln&upondltunofmowyon the part of the government contains among others the following: For the appolatment cf a liquor traffic com- mission; for viding a permanent wugl“, %‘: the navy; to regulate the col of the tax on Weiss beer; authorizing the construc- tlon of vessels of war; for admission of the state of Washirgion; provid- ing for an ocean mall service; the Hennepia call bill; for the construc- tion of the Illincis and Mississippl canal; for a board c¢f commiesioners 01 incer state commerce; to create an ‘agricultural commission; to create a commission on immigration. The titles of bills on the house calendar fill ten printed psges, and two of those, which ‘are of the greatest im- portance, are to establish a postal eavings depository; the French spoilation blil; to promote the efficiency cf the revenue marine servioe; also of the signal corps, de- claring forfeited certain railroad land grants; to limit coinage of standard silver dollars, and to saspend the is- sue of silver certificates; to establish a uniform system of bankruptoy for the issueing of *gold certificates; promot- ing the use of domestic materials in the construction of ships for foreign account; to incorporate the Nicaragua Maratime Canal Company; to declare the forfelture of Texas Paocific rallrrad land grants; to authorize the consolidation of the Southern Pa- ciflo aud other railr.ad companies; the treaty with the Garman empire. The titles of the bills loft untouched ou the private calendar fill twenty-five pagus and reprasent some 400 bills, Under tho hoad of *‘Special orders,” lefc unacted on, arc the following: To provent politicul assessments; to aid in the support of common schools; to grant pensions to the survivors of the Mexican Indian wars. —— A Brilliant Meteor Special Dispatch to Tux Bxx. PereRsBURG, Va.,, March 5.—The most remarkable <phenomenoa ever witnessed in this viclnity occurred early yestorday morning, An im- mense ball of fire darted across the heavens {brilliantly illuminating the -ity. Witnesses of the phenomenon were considerably frightened. The oourse was northwest. An explosion was heard shortly after the passage. At Fredericksburg an explosion cc- ourred, followed by loud detonations and tremors of the earth, The light was very brilliant and of blue tint, All along the route traversed persons were awakened by the nolse and shocks, e Political Points. Spocial Dispatches to Tus Bus, Porruanp, Me,, March 5,—John W. Deering (dem.) was elected mayor by 174 majority over Libby (rep.), the present incumbent. Until last year Deerlng was a republican. LewistoN, Me,, March 6.—Dr, Gar- celon (dom.) was elected mayor by 219 majority, The greenback vote was very light. S ————— The Augustine Church Debt Special Dispatch to Tis Bun, emy, $318,667; fortifications, $670,- 050; conseller and diplomatic, $1,206,- 766; navy, $16,894,434; army, $24,. 681,350; postoffice, = $44,489,520; Indlan, $5,362,656; laglalative, $20,- 464,206; sundry civil, $23,900,147; LawkeNcE, Mass,, March 6,—Ten thousand dollars were subscribed to- tinfan rellef fund, It Jesults of Boston offer to assume the control and indebted- ward 1he Aq, 1s reported ness of the Csthollc churches here. Margh 5. —Darlog 10,670 bills and joint resolutions have been OMAHA NEB TUESDAY MORNING MARCH 6 1883 Suomser:| RELIEF FOR THE RICH, $405,640; misce'laneous bills involving appropriations of money;. 2750 000. BLqy, The Aristooracy of the Dollar "be. wpd foom Ruin by the ' Bovernment. Overburdened Bankers Re- lieved of all Taxss on Oapi- tal and Ohecks. The Wage Working World Ten- dered Untaxed Matches and Oheap Cigars. 'he Beauties of the Recent Revenue Bill Explained by the Officials. Important Regulations Issued Concerning the New Pension Act. The Original Mormons Protest Aga'nst their Polygamous Brethren. . The Greenbackers and the Irish in Meeting—Miscellane= ous Nows. CAPITOL NOTES. Special Dispatches to Tus Brs. TREASURER GILFILLAN RESIGNS, WASHINGTON, March b.—James Gilfillan, treasurer of the United States, to-day tendered his resignation to the president through the secretary of the treasury to take effect the first proximo. Gilfillan has accepted the position of treasurer and manager ot the Mutual Trust company of New York. THE EFFECT OF THE REDUCTION, In reply to an inquiry the commls- sioner of internal revenue sald the effsot of the law reducing internal revenue taxatlon would ba as follows: That the taxes upon capltal and de- posits of banks aud bankers and national banking assoclations is re- pealed from this date, except such taxes as are now due and payable; that the reduction of the tax upon checks, dratts, etc.,, and upon matches, perfumery, medical prepara- tions and other articles imposed by schedule A, following section 3437 of the revised statutes takes effect July 1, 1883; that after May 1, 1883, the the tax on manufactured tobacco and snuff will be 8 cents per pound; on olgars, $3 per thousand; cigarettes, 50 cents per thousand; that there will be arebate on tobacco, snuff, clgars and ocigarettes of the diffirence in taxes recently imposed and the taxes as now provided for, where claima amount to $10. These olaims fi ‘The regalal tHis | will be immediately issued and will be furnished upon which claims can be made. The law provides for a large redaction in speclal taxes upon deslers, commensing May 1, 1883, The commiesioner also atated imme- diate arrangements will be made for changing the form of special tax stamps and stamps for payment of taxes for tobacco, snuff, cigars, &o, #0 a8 to supply collectors with thess stamps in time to meet the require- ments of the trade prior to May 1, 1883 BENEFICIAL T) BANKERS, The act to reduce internal revenue taxatior, which has just become a law, provides for the repeal of the tax upon capital and deposits of all banks and bankers except such taxes as are now due and payable. The tax on capital and deposita theretore ceased March 3d. Comptroller Knox says the passage of this act relicvesnational and state bunks and private bankers from a tax on an; average of about $1,000,000 & month, The amount of tax collected from natloual banks on capital and deposits the last fiscal year was $0,959,702, of whish 8437774 only was upon capital, the rematnder belng upon deposits The tax upon state banks and pri- vate bankers was $5,149,172, of which @ little more than one-fifth was upon capital, The tota! tax collected upon deposits and capital upon all olasses « f banks during the last fiscal year wss $11,208,876. The amount annually collected from the two-cent check stamp is about $2,5600,000, and the act repealing the use of thesestamps takes effcct July 1st next. The law impos ing tax upon bank capltaland deposits required all state banks and private bankers in the country to make semi- annual returns to the commissioner of interval revenue. From these returns the comptroller has for a series of years compiled the only complete statements ever given in reference to capital, deporits and the amount of United States bonds held by all classes of banks and bankers in the country, The repeal of this law will after this date prevent the compilation of these tables and the only source from which these returns can hereafter be obtalned will be from reports of banks as complled by officers of the different states. Awn many states, particularly in the south and west, do not require such returns to be made, the aggeegate will of neceseity be much less complete than heretofore, REGULATIONS FOR PENSIONERS, The following clxcular has been is- sued by the commissloner af pensions, approved by the secretary of the in- terior : ‘“T'he followlng regulations are pre- scribed for the purpose of carrying into effect as speedily as possible the manual labor, but not so much as to require regular personal ald and at. tendancs, and who are now receiving pension at the rate of $24 per month; and to $24 per month the ponsion of those who loat one hand or one foot or had been totally or permanently dis. abled in the same, or otherwise so dis- abled as to render their Incapacity to pertorm manual labor equivalent to the loss of a hand or foot, and now re- ceiving $18 per month: “lnasmuch as said act has imme- diate effsot upon such admittad cises a8 had been adjudloated at the rate of $24 and $18 pec month respectively, no formal application by beneficlary is necessary to be made, other than to forward to the commissioner of pen- stons the pension certificate, accom. panied by a letter stating, in the handwriting of the pensioner, his present postofice acdress, As soon as possible after the receipt of the pension ocertificate as aforesaid the commissioner will relssue & new cer- tificate for & new rate and will forward the same to the proper pension sgint to inscribe the name of such pension- or on the roll at the inoreased rate, sad to make the peusiover proper payment., In case of amputation a certlficate will be reissned without any further medical examination, The Intervention of an ageunt or at- torney in such admitted cascs as are affected by this act, not being neces- sary, wili not be recognfzed,” THE GENUINE MORMONS, ‘When Evarts was secretary of state a circular letter was sent all foreign governments asking that the emmi- gratlon of Mormons to the Unlted States be prevented, as they came to this country to practice a crime agalnat its laws. The ‘‘reorganized charch of Jesus Chrlst of the latter day saints,” however, do not practice polygamy. They claim that the cir- cular letter of Evarts works injury and injustico to their church. This body claime to have between 20 000 and 30,000 communicants, and have their central organization at Lamoni, Towa, Most of these Mormons are in this country, but they have large memberships in Europe. To-day elders Joseoh Smith, ‘‘son of the founder of the Mormon Church,” and Z H. Garley, a committee o1 behalf of the re-organized church, waited upon the secretary of state and ssked that the Evarta letter ba modifisa so as to distinguish between themselves and the polygamous branch of the church. They presented a memorial in which it is stated that polygamy was no part of the faith of primitive Intter-day saints and is no part of the taith of to.day, but is a loathsome practice indulged in only by an off- |ad shoot from the trae Mormon church, and Is properly branded by Evarts as a crime. THE GREENBACKERS, Fifty-two represeatatives of the greenback-labor party in the Forty. seventh congress issned a I ad- dreas to the country, setting forth the needs and issues of the day. The dreas is signed by Burrows, Jan Rice, Ford, Hazleton, Bramm § IRISH IRE 18 UP, " A largely ' atvended indignationy meeting of Irish citizens 'sm held here to-night, adddressed by OCapt. O'Meagher Oondon. The resolutions adopted charge the British govern- ment with endeavoring to exterminate the Irish people by compelling them to chose batween famine, graves and emigration, and callivg upon the ex ecutive department of the govern- ment to employits power to defeat the purpose of England. An additlonal resolution protests against the dellv- ery of Sheridan to the British au- theritiea, SERETARY FOLGER, almost rcovered from his reeent {ll- neas, was at the treasury to-day and recelved a large number of visitors. GUAGING RATES. Sacond Assistant Postmaster Gener- al Elma, Superintendent Thompson, of the rallway mall service, and Sup- erintenpent Blater, of the railway ad- justment division, have been designat- ed a commictee to frame and submit to the postmaster general a system for guaging rates of pay for carrying meil on railroad routes in accordance with the provisions of the postoffice appro- priation bill for the next fiscal year. E. F. Pritchard, of this city, has been placed upon the postal fraud list, THAT GOLDEN NICKEL, Seoretary Folger to-day gave in- structions that the word ‘‘cents” be placed on the new five cent plece in order to meet the requirements of the law, A WAR CLAIM, The French-American clalms com- mission to-day awarded Henry Dabols $800 with interest at b per cent from January 1, 1863 This is an impris- onment case. Dabos was editor of a French newspaper in Now Orleans, For certain articles published he was arrested by order of Gien. Butler and sentenced to imprisonment at Ship lsland, He was not allowed trial by any court, The Amorican cemmis- sioner dissented fr w tho award and announnced he wouis tle a dissenting opinion, e The Reduction in Sugar. Special Dispatch to Tun Bax, WasHiNgToN, March 5.—Changes in the dutles on sugar are three-fold, The first rate 1s made specific through- out; in the second the polariscope is employed. in the third & classification is allowed Senator Kellogg has stated that at the requeet of SBher- man, Morrill and himself there had been made a cloze and careful exami- nation of the reduction of duties on sugar and as a result of that examina- tion he atated that tho total reduction of import dutios on sugar will not ex- ceed $4,000,000. The President of Mexico. Special Dispatch to Tis BEx. New Orieans, March 5. —The cns- gruvhlonl of congress approved March , 1883, increasing to per month the penelons of those who lost a leg at or about the knee, or an arm at or above the elbow; and of those who have been so disabled as to be incapac- itated for the performance of any tom house officials to-day held & recep- tion In honor of ex-President Diaz and gany. General Badger and Marshal itkin represented the government, General Dlaz and party left later for Mon on ) oars ol Gnn:t:l.!lmt mny Gould, vis Q:’l Ssathern Paclfic, Retarning from nuwx they take a trip to the Pa- fio and the Gould lines through ‘exan to St. Louls. New York Notes. Bpecial Dispatch to Tun Ban New York, March 5.—The will of ex.Governor Morgan was filed to-day. Bealdos the charity bequests already published, a large number of relatives and thelr children are left smounts ranging from $30,000 to $5,000 each, @ income of the testator's residuary estate goes to his grandson, Edwin D, Kotfn, Jr., for life, and al his death to his lawfal issue, If his grandson dles without tssue one-half the residu- ury estate shall be divided into 4156 shares, and distributed among a num- ber of colleges and charitable estab- lishments, The trustees ¢f Columbls college declare it inexpedient to educate the sexes together, The incorporation certificate of the American Ship Building company was filed to-dsy. The Incorporators are !lnn? Gorringe, Cornellus Vanderbilt and J. Frederick Towes. The capltal stook is $250,000, and 50 years is the term of the company’s existence. « In an exhibition of 300 points, atraight carom, Balke line game of billiards, between Vignaux and Sex- ton, Vignaux won by a gamo of 300 to 141, His bost runs wero 24, 33, 35 and b6, Sexton's best run was 4. ) Frenchman gave an exhibltion ot miarvelous fancy shots, The players wene introduced to the distinguished cympany by Mark Twalo. ?fl:mnul meeting of the National base ball league was held to-day, A. @, Miller, president, in the chalr, A committee to confer with the Ameri. can asscelation reported the associa- tlon declded to accept the agreement proposed by the league. Adopted. T]? president Wl;‘ suthorlzad lmb- sign t! ment. The league clubs are potl‘nf‘”h‘d to play non-league clubs upon such terms as may be mutually agreed on. The rale in relation to a u-m'lolhlflngn game on account of foul balks was stricken out. In the fature the batsman becomes a base runner instantly after two foul balks are declared. On two toul balks the base runner may take one base. In the summary of games there should be credited to the pitcher the nnmber of tinies the batsman falls to t the ball on the third strike. Jullus Marous, broker, is missing with $5,000 belongling to customers, The amount thus far paid by the New York Central railroad in settle- ment of the tannel disaster is $100,- 000. Four or five claims are yot un- WorldSpublishes a letter from Lord Ooleridge accepting the invita- n of the bar of New York to visit United States, He fixes late In the summer as the time of the visit. ops torday Helena 8 . from the back i e v found its into the St. Francls, wkhich agaln empties itself into the Missiasippl just above Helena, The 8t. anc?- rose eight feet last Thurs- day at Wittsburg, and the whole bot- tom lands of that reglon are complete- ly inundated. GREENVILLE, Miss,, March 56.—A serlous breach is reported in Pastonla levee, Chicot county, Ark, which will inundate all plantations outside of Lake Ohiocot, except such as are protected by private levees, and threatens serfously those in the bed of the lake. HeLena, Ark., March 5.—The Fitzhue levee, five mlies south of the city, gave way last night. The crevasse this morning was over 100 yards wide and increasing rapldly. The rush of water through the open- ing wan terrific. The whole country around the old town is belleved to be inundated. Other levees are being strengthencd. It is not belleved that they can stand another foot of water. A further rise of fifteen inches is an- ticipated, in which case nothing can prevent the inandation of the coun- try contiguous to Helena, The gauge stands 46 foet 6 Inches above low water mark and 8inches below the highest point reached last spring. The 8t. Francis river at Madison 18 several inches higher than last year. Blooded Stook for ths West. Special Dispateh to Tux Bex Barrivore, Maron 6. —The steamor Ontario, from Liverpool brought 161 Hereford bulls and heifers, 14 polled Angus and 39 Shropshire down sheep, consigned to Thomas Lawson, Neosho, Missouri, and Boulter & Morgan and Henry E. Yeomans, Cheyenne. Among the Cheyenne stock is the celebrated bull Rudolph, purchased for 700 guineas, sald to be the highest price ever paid for a Hereford. Billiards. Special Dispatch to Tus Bre. On10aco, March 5,—Tho first of a serles of preliminary games to deter- mine the admission or rejection of certaln players, candidates for particl- tion In the champlonship Balke line {lliard tournament, to be held here on the 26:h inst.,, began to-night at the rooms of the J. M. Brunswick & Balke Co, The game was Balke line, 500 polnws. Thos, Wallace, Chicago, beat T. J. Gallagher, St. Louls; score, 500 to 345, in 60 innings., Highest runs, Wallace 42, Gallagher 47; aver ages, Wallace 7 913, Gallsgher 5} THE OLD WORLD, The Mission of BRngland in Egypt Not Yet Accom- plished. ——— The Atheistic Authors of Great Britain to be Prosecuted for Blasphemy, The French Ministry Again Threatened with Dis- solution, A General Variety of Foreign News ENGLAND Special Dispatches to Tun B, LoxpoN, March 5. —Mr, Gladstone entered the house of commona this afternoon, the first time since his re- turn, He was recslved with loud cheers from all sldes of the house, Lord Fitzmaurice, under forelgn secretary, informed Pulston, conserva- tive, that the surrender of P, J. Sher- Idan had been asked for by the United States. He was unable to say any- thing further regarding the matter, Gladstone states that the -govern- ment intends to withdraw thelr troops from Egypt as soon as the a!ms of oo- cupation have been obtalned. These were to gain the establlshment of or- der and liberty and in securing passage of the Suez canal, George W. Foote, editor, Wm. J. Ramsey, proprietor, and Komp, a Frlmar, of the Free Tninker, were ound gullty of seditious libel. Foote was sentenced to 12 months’ imprison- ment, Ramsey to 9 months and Kemp to 3months, Foote's sentence pro- voked a storm of yells, Parnell asked a question touchin, the starving condition of the people of Ireland, and Trevilyan, chief secre- tary for Ireland, in uply, denied the existence of distress as mentioned in Parnell's question. The society for suppression of blasphemous literature propose to get up caees against Professors Hux- ley snd Tyndall, Herbert Spencer, the publishers of John Stuart Milla’ works, John Morley and others, who, by theilr writings, have eown wide- spread unbelief and In some cases rank athelsm. THREATENED ANARCHY, LoxpoN, March b.—Caloutta ad- vicen state that the most intense ex- citement continues to be felt among the Europeans because of the pro- posed law giving the native magis- trates criminal jurisdiction over whites in certaln cases. The Times’ correspondent says: It {s certain that if the obnoxious meas- ure Is pressed, ninety per cent, of the white volunteers in Bengal wlil resign or protes! againat it. At a great meet- t|ing held in Oalcatta, even violence towards the native magistrates was threatened. Special Dispatches to Tur Bav. Dusrix, March 5. —-8ix men were arrested hclding a secret meeting at Qastloreagh. A letter signed ‘‘Mr, P.” was found with one. The police regard the arrcsts as important, lynn, bailiff of Lord Ardilawn, who was beaten near Olonbur, Mayo, last week, dled to-day. The town council has expelled Jas. Uarey, the informer, from member- ship, and declared his seat vasant. GERMANY. Special Dispatch to Tux Bra, BeruiN, March 5 —Several firms of Bremen have entered into a combina- tlon for the purpose of organizing a line of steamers to run from Bremen to Ouba and Porlo Rico. Four steamers, under thq Spanish flag, will maintain regular counections between these places, which will be of great importance to the export trade of Germany. The relations between Germany and England are reported better now than for many years. The North German Gazette expresses the highest satisfaction for this stute of affairs, The emperor accepts the resignation of Gen, Von Kemeke as minister of war, Either Gen. Bronsert, Von Sochellindo: ff or Gen, Capers will suo- coed bim. Gan. Von Kameke resign- od becaune of a difference f opinon in reuard to important military pric- oiples diccnssed at aconfererce under the presideucy «f the emperor, and not because of tho procsvdings in the reischtag. A COMMON OCCURRENCE. BeruN, March 6.—A military officer has commltted sulcide in the Thiers Garten here. Monetary diffi- culties led to the act. Such events ocour now almost daily, The German government s treating for the purchase of the unequalled li- brary of the Spaulsh duke of Ossuna. FRANCE. Special Dispatoh to Tux Bes, tableton the house formerly ocoupl by Professor Morse was unveil (R and sulte and ocolony, the director- Eenonl of telegraphs and others well nown. After speeches, Minlster Astor thanked Rome in the name of the United States for the honor doue his_country. The director general of telegraph followed with eulogy, closing thus: ‘‘Rome, mother of olvilized nations, honors in Prof. Morse the young na- tlon which is splendidly paying her debt to antiquity.” WILL WIPE THEM OUT, lAwuu, Mm:l Ei.—l-A:° :xnedltion of great proportions is ng organ- 1zed to em-hp:ha rebels In th’: nm- ern part of Oran, —_—— THE OLD CRY. The Loss by the Tarift Must Come Out of the Workingmen, Spocial Dispatchos to Tun linx, Pirrssure, March 5, - Iron masters {ntecviowed ou the tariff have been uneafmove in their declarations that under the new law a reduction of wages «f all olagses of workmen will be necessary. If thia is pocaisted in it will very probably result in a genoral ike A large number of employoes n to-day aesert that any attempt to reduco wages will be most stubbornly resisted. Cnu10aco, March 5, —The iron mas- ters here on being Interviewed say the action of congrees on the tariff bill is more injarious to the iron interests than any leglslation within half a cen- tury, and that the only means of keep- ing the mllls open will be b{ sweep- ing reductions in wagos, putting them at such a point that the laborers in tarn must have cheaper tood. - THE LADY FROM OSBKOSH The Bonanza King’s Uouble Mar- riage. £pocial Dis; atch to Tir Brs 8r. Lours, March 5.—A secret which no doubt will cause much sur- tha has just been revealed here. t s that Senator Tabor and Miss Lizzie MoCourt, of Oshkosh, Wis,, were privately married in this city on the 30.. of last September. The oeremony took place in the law office of D. P. Dyer, who is an intimate friond of the semator. It wss per- formed by John M. Young, a justice of the peace, and was witnessed by a brother of Miss McC)ur:, who accom- panied her to St. Louis {or the pur- pose. It is sta‘ed, ou the aathority of Col. Dyer, that tho ceremony was kept a secret because at that time, although Tabor had been granted a decree of divorce from his first wife, she. had a suit lrll.nn him for alimony, and It was feared that an announce- ment of this marrlage during the pending of the sult might complicate matters, Tabor's visit hore was osten- sibly to attend some law business, but it is pretty clear the meeting was pre-arranged. raturned at onoe did or why there should have » second ceremony at Washington last week, unless it was to satisfy the parents of Mrs, Tabor, who are Cath- ;llu, Col. Dyer did nct pretend to now. TELEGRAPH NOTES, Bpecial Dispatclics to Tus Bax. The 105th anniversary of Robert Em. met’s birth was celebrated in New York and Brooklyn by large and enthusiastic meetirgs, Eli Gott, cashier of the Rockport (Mass,) National bank, is a defaulter be- tween 88,000 and $15,000, The deficiency has been made good by his father and father-in-law, M. A. Randall, a prominent physician of Roseville, Muskingum county, Ohio, was called from home Friday night, and has not since been seen. His horse was found, and his hat with & hole it was found on the bank of a creek, It is sup- posed he was murdered and thrown into the cresk. It has been discovered that 320,000 acres of school land have been taken up in fictitious names by parties io collusion with four surveyors in Texas. The British-Australian mail from Fo- rope was forwarded from New York last night, The corner-stone of the great Saenger. fest music hall in Buffalo was laid yester. day. The building will seat 5,500. The North American Saengerbund will hold a festival there in July. TIN WEDDING. An Anniversary Surprise to Mr, and Mrs. Geo. Helmrod. A very pleasant affalr took place Sunday at the residence of Mr. Geo. Heimrod, on the oocasion of his tin wedding, which waa celebrated by a surprise party given by a number of his friends, The party was a real surprise to both Mr, and Mras. Hetmrod, and was gotten up in first-class style. Among the presence of the American minister - ST Paxis, March 6.—In the chamber |those present were Mr. and Mrs. A. of deputies, on the question of taking | Kahn, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pundt into contideration the proposals for|and Miss Emma Pundt, Mr. and Mrs, revision of the constitution, Ferry| Welmers, Mr. and Mrs, L. Helmrod, formally refused to courv repulse by Mr. and Mrs Heller, Mr. and Mrs. presenting any such proposal to the | Pomy, Mr. Krutli Mr. and Mrs, senate. The government he said |Hellman and Mrs, Rosewater, A would energetically bring the matter |committee had been sent ahead: to before the chambers when he thought | keep the bride and bridegroom at rovision possible, the present mo- [home, and to make a sure tbing of the The games to-morrow are between Morris and Helser in the afternoon and Oarter and Maggioll in the even- ing. The Orime of a Boy. Special Dispatch to Tux Bun, Loursviie, March 5.—A newsbo; aged 13 years, named Earl Nichols, was arrested to-dsy, charged with out- raging a little girl five years old, last Baturdsy, The child fully identified the boy, who makes a feeble denlal of his guilt, The penalty in such oases under the Kentucky statutes is death. ment was {nopportune, the people | PArty. would withdraw their support| A ber of nice presents were from the republic if they|madeMnd tho wholo wasa very en- saw it meant Instabllity and joyable affair. agltation. Tbe question was one for e ——. friendly compromise, and should not Speclal nzpl::.hn.;. r‘.r. :.’.,Em"" be raised as a means of revenge Onicago, March b.--The agalnst thesenate, An attempt might {nguan be made before the eleotions of 1885 ‘;;:0 '::::'fln;:t::'m:i“;;gofln :fii to Induce the senate to accept a revi- slon, Olemenceau moved & adjourn g‘.f,,:’,:ffl,‘::.":.":.d %fulfg"m the dobate until to-morrow. The mo- ocourred at 3 a’uloo‘k. and the remains tion was carrled—£76 to 207, left for New York an hour later, in { ’2.‘ hr)lllol NEWS. charge of Ted Krohne, the pedestrian, Dispaten to Tux, Bus, boota shoes go THE MORSE MEMORIAL, .'Ill:g,‘z lnh.u,.;:\h ufl” D‘:vfi Roms, March 6.—The memorial | port,