Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 10, 1883, Page 1

4 = | l l~ | g 1. ( 2 M e \ TWELFTH Y b, THE LT W 4 T 7 THITHT AANE A TY A AENARTONA Y WA DT OMmAHA DALy BEE LT 'TIS ALL WIND. But Twelve Hours Off Its Base of Destractive Operations, the Greatest Storm Hver Witnessed by Man " Bo Baith the Bage of Oanada, Though Hooted at Home by His Fellowmen. The Tentacles of the Mighty Octopus Felt in Various Conntries, A Kansas Man Orawis Intoa Oave and Plugs the Bung Hole, An HEmigrant £hip Wrecked on the Atlantic and 65 Lives Lost. ‘While a Manitoba Wave Rolls up Huge Snrw Banks in Dakota. Special Dispatches to Tux Loxnpox, March 9. —Owing to heavy gale the tide in the Clyde is remarka- bly low. The steamers Devonia, Cir- cenian, Manitobian, and several others were at ono time aground. The Hall fishing fleet suffered seriously by the gale. Eighty vessels of the flset ar- rived there in a damaged condition, Twelve of them lost members of their crews. Three vessels foundered—one of them with all hands on board. Simllar accounts were recoived from the Yarmouth fishing flaet yesterday Loxpov, March 9.—The steamer Navarre, bound from Copenhagen to Delth, foundered during the gale yes terday. There were 81 persons, mostly emigrants, on board, only 16 of whom were saved. Lonpox, March 9. —Sarvivors give the following account of the loss of the Nevarre Tuesday. When 200 m!les from Christiansand the Nevarre was struck by a heavy sea. The cargo shifted and Wednesday the forehold filled. When fishing smack approach- ed the Nevarre, ten men took a boat and boarded the smack, letting the small boat adrift. The smack sailed aronnd the sinking steamer, but hav- ing no boat was unable to recder as- sistance, the emigrants meantime clinging to the rigging, the sea wash- ing over them. In a short time an other smack arrived and fifteen of the Nevarre's men endeavored to reach her in another boat but 1t was swamped and all were drowned. The steamer arrived only in time to res- oue six persons struggling in the wa- ter, the Nevarre foundering. . Mannall, who for three quarters of an hour was clinging to a pisce of timber, states the Novarre pumps were found to be usoless. Al on board baled the vessel as much as they could. The oaptain seemec stupefied. He was hurt Taesday and from that time until the vessel sauk drank to keep his spirlts up. Miss Alexandria Holtzand a Swede bound for Minnesota and who loat a wife and four children, also arrived at Hull. Mannall is an emigration agent, at Brooklyn, N. Survivors state there were only five cork jackets on board the Nevarre. Maunall says the large boat which the sailors toock away without at- tempting to rescue any one, would have held thirty persons more than were In it. Twenty-five persous were on board the Nevarre when she sank and msde no effort to save themselves. Man- nall charges the captain with cow- ardice. He says many more might have been saved. Orrawa, March 9 — Grest interest was taken in Wigging storm. The weather to-day 18 spring-1'ke, and the question wss asked, ‘‘Where s the storm?’ In an ioterview to-day Wig- glne eald there soemed to be general misunderstanding as to when the storm would begin, *‘This” headded, “‘is no fault of mine, for in my alman ac this year I say under March, that it will be first felt in the Northern Pu clfic on the 1Gth, will strike this con- tinont from the southweet on the at ternoon of Saturday the 10 b; will cross the coutinent from east to weat south of paralell 65 to-morrow after- noon, and bsing deflected by the Rocky mountains will pass down the great Canadlan lakes towards the east Sunday morning, A great tidal wave must already have occurred on the Bay of Bengal, and a tremendous storm must now be raging over India. If the theory of an oppo- slte tide be true, though I have always dlsputed it, then a tidal wave will occur on the Galf of Mexico to- day. Iam glad to know the Glouees- ter fishermen were wise enough to keep in shore, as they must have all por ished had they been on the banks of New Foundland yesterday mcruing, I suppose there ls not a storm signal displayed on all the North American cossts at this moment, though there will be upon us in a few hours one of the greatest storms that has occurred in the memory of any one now living. Darlng the last six months [ have done every- thing in my power to prevent loss at sea by keeping shipping in safe har- bors from the 5:h until the 11th «f March. Whether I will get credit or not I folt I had at all eveuts done my duty to myeelf and the public. The Antipodes “Hnveloped ln'| OMAHA NEB SATURDAY MORNING MARCH 10 1883 dicates mild was(her by the maritime province tc-morrnw. “We shall see Syracose, N. Y., Much 9. —Aatiol. pating Wiggios’ storm, the Indiane on the Oaondaga reservation have tied thelr houses to trees and fences with large ro; Whether splendid. New York, March 9. —Thestesmoar Servia, from Hamburg, reports thaton the 7th inst., latitnde 42, longltude 61, sho fell in with the steamer Oty of Onester, hence for Liverpnol, with the propailor shaft broken. She stood by her 20 hours, and left hor iva southeast gale. Captain Fraczon says on Murch 6, at 3 m, he suw rocke's six miles Jistant, The Servia aonswared and got bon's ready. Heavy snow at the time. Found the distressed steamer t) be the City of Chester of the In- mun live. She asked us to tow her to Huiifax, After great diffisulty steel ha wore attached, We started to tow her, but made slow progress during the day. At 7:30 the next morniog both hawsers broke, the saa racning very high and our cosl ran- ning low. We eignaled the Cheater that we must proceed on our conre. We loft the Chester sfter being de- talned twenty-seven hours. We sig- ualed the Chester we wonld take any paesengors off if desired, and received the reply “‘no, thanks.” Sr. Pavr, Minn, March 9 —The worst snow and wind etorm of the season s reported along the lineof the Northern Pacific Freight basiness west of Fargo is entirely suspended and all pascenger tralns stopped. Grafton, Dakotsa, suffered the most. Business was entirely suspended dur- ing the day. %m Jouns, N. B , March 9.— There is no apearance of violent convulsion of the elemen's. Fishing schooners went out thls morning, the crews fear- ing no danger. New Yokg, March 9,—Five steam- ers and a bark pat to sea to.day notwithstanding Wigglus, Charles- ton reports the steamer Equator for Philadeiphia detaincd in port by bad weather. No indication of a storm elsewhere, BostonN, March 9 —New England reports the coldest March on record. Havuirax, March 9, —Weather pleas- and ciesr, wind northwest, No ap- pearance of a storm at this region yet. Harirax, March 9.--There is a genune feelivg of fear of Wigginy’ storm among a great many outside of the city. Not a single fisherman will leave for the fishing grounds to-mor- row. Each will beach his craft until the dreaded perlod is past. This dread of a storm has been Increased by the loss ot friends and property in Tuesday night's storm, One ves- sel went down with all hands and another was wrecked but without loes of life, When the fiercest blast of the storm came on, all vessels hove to but the Agnes and another, The latter was wrecked at midnight, but all hands were saved. The Agnes has not since been heard from. Among the men on board were James Thomas, captain, his son Ed- ward and cousin, Charles Thomas snd Patrlok Brown, The names of the other two lLave not been ascertalned. Other vessels rode the storm safely, but spent a wild and dangerous night, The weather to day is milder than yesterday. A local prophet says a heavy storm fs near at hand, but only of the violence vsnal at this season, MontreAL March 9,—Tae weather is as balmy as May. Hawurax, March 101 a, m.—The wind has suddenly changed to the southwest and begun to blow quite a breeze, The sky is overcast and murky; verylight snow. No storm signals. however, are displayed at the Cttadel station. New York, March 10—2a. m,— Very cloudy. Boston reports a simi- lar condition, Barometer falling. BostoN, Boston, March 9.—An ar- riviog steamer reports sighting be- tween 30 and 40 Icebergs, New York, March 9.—It appears of all eailing vessels cleared yesterday and to-day whose agents were vieited, and which had departed acoording t> the beltef of the latter, not one was sigualed a8 having passed Sandy Hook bar. GLoUCESTER, Mass., March 9 —The loss to those dependent on the fisheries by the storm scare Is $25,000. It is a great loss to busizess interests as well a8 fishermen themselves. Over 3,000,- 000 pounds of fish might have been taken Haurrax March 9, midnight.—An 0conD ateaumsr W43 just sighied south of Samblo at the entrance of the har- bor. Kansas Ciry, March 8 —A report comes from Wyandotte, Kansas, that an aged German named Bruen, in anticipation of Wiggine’ storm, dog a small cave in his premlses and stored it with provisions. To-day, accompa- nled by his family, he descended Into the cave and closed up the door, and, at last reports, was suill in his retreat awalting developmenta, Civil Service Special Dispatch to Tas b New York, March The execu- tlve committee of the national civil reform league, George Willlan Cartis, president, after expressing the high senss, signal ability, fidelity and suc- cess with which, by general consent, Silas W. Bort has discharged the duties of naval officer of the port of New York, adopted the following: “‘ResoLvep, That the removal of sach officer effacted by his nomination to another position, although lovoly- ingon his part great and unnecessary personal sacrifice, might have been re- garded as intended to promote reform had he boen replaced by & succesior | equally capable and zealous in the re- formed eystem; but the substitution for the late nwval cfficer of a gentle: The | man without experieuce in the duties weather to-dsy must be mild over the weatorn hemisphere for the pressure is all upon the opposite slde of the of the cflive ard unfriendly to reform at a tlme when absolute fidelity to ite principle in this leading office 1s of earth, but will be trans-|the utmost importance to success of ferred te us to-morrow, Remem |the system, not only in New York, ber the storm is not to begin|but the whole country, forbids that untll the eleventh In this meridian, It will be some hours before 1%s full It will T see the force will be experienced. probably last several days view, and Mr. Burt's acceptance of the nomloation offered him would have produced a false impression that he heid his removal and appointment meteorologleal bureau of Toronto in-|fn his place of an opponent of the new system to be In accordance with the prinolpla of reform. We there- fore regard his removal, however ln- geniously devised, as a serlons blow st reform In its strongest hold, a grave embarrassment to the work of the clvil service commlssion; a vlolation of the sound principles of administra- tion which the country has approved, which the president has commended in his two messages to oongress and which congroes has enasted into a law, ResoLvenp That while the nomina- tion of members of tho civil servize commission indicate due regard for public sentiment which demauds re- form, the removal of Burtand certain other removals avd appoiatments, show that the course of the administra- tion upon the subject s doubtful and uncertain and not based upon the fundsmental priciplee of the reform system, namely, that the appolutive oftices are public trusts in which proved capacity and fizoes ehculd be retained u.less the public welfare, without regard to supposed personal, pa; n o or fractionaliinterests, require a chargs Resouvep, That in view of the we- tion of the administration in regard to the naval office of New York, and of the difficulties of many kinds which will embarrass the civil service com- misslon, we earnestly recommend to every assoclation comprlsing the na- tional league not to relax its diliger.cs in exposing the abuses and evile which it 1s the object of the comrain- sion to ocorreot, in inslsting that the law to promote reform passed in obe- dlence to public sentiment shall be enforced according to its spirit and purposes, no less than its letter, andin demanding s repeal of the act of 1820 limiting the terms of important offices to four years, which, by periodically vacating all such cflizes, enables mere personal and partisan objects to be aomplished without the odium of arbi- trary and causeless removals. The %itaation at Helena. Special Dispatch to Tun B, 81, Louls, March 9, - A correspond- ent who reached Helena yesterday from Memphis, by the steamer Chan- teau, gives the following view of the situation along the river bank: There are not more than two or three spota of dry ground between Memphis and this point, and scores of the best farms in Arkansas and Mississippl are in a complete wreck, M f them are are abandoned, the owners and laborera THE OLD WORLD. The Daily Record of Events in Nations Beyond the Pond. The Invincible Worry in Ire. land snd Bocialism in France, Tho Festivities at the Czar's Cor~ onation. ENGLAND. “pectal Dispatch to Tiin Bus. LonpoN, March 9. —The press as sociation says the governmont yester- day malled to France, and will shorily mail to America depositions relating to the man known as “‘number one” and other persons whose names were rovealed at a private ioquiry in Dablin, Biggar appeals against the decislon in the breach of promise suit brought agalost him by Fanny Hyland. Mias Hyland's solicitors atate that Patriok Egan, the Land Leaguo treasarer, was subjaeaaed, bat for the reasons known to himeelf failed to attend, Parnell states he does not know where Patrick Egan ls, but tho balanes of the Land Loague fund, £25,000 is qulte safe. Oates, Ingram & Sons, dyers, Brad- ford, falled; llabilities £130,000, The resolution for the rellef of dis- tress In Ireland, which J. O'Connor Power, in the commons, gave notice he would move, provides the alterma- tives of migration or emigration. Eight dagger knives have been found in Ringsend Basin, Dablin, The police of Dablin found in dif- ferent parts of the clty a sword, revolver and ninety pounds of cart- ridges. Tuke's Irish Emigration committee has selected 4,000 persons for emigra- tion, half te go to friends In the Uaited States and half to Oanada. FRANCE. Special Dispatch es bo Tun K. Paris, March 7.—8ix theusand persons, moat of them attracted by curlosity, were collected on the Ka- planade this afternoon. Fifteen per- sons were arested, Itis reported “hat Leuise Michael is among the number, having fled to higher ground. In many places the cattle are sianding in water on ovecflowing platforms and almost every gin house 18 filled with colored people. Skiff loads of colored people and their household goods are seen at various pointe seeking for ground to rest on. At Sterling colored peo- ple, horees and cattle are indiscrimi- nately huddled in the upper story of the only store there. Most of the fences and houses along the river bank are still intact, though many of them have been floated away. At the Star landing a awelling is fall of cattle and a gin house full of negroes. The prospects are certainly favor- able for & big rite below bLera as the flow of water from the St. Francls river is undiminished. The bridge and trestie over Cassados lake on the Iron Mountain railroad, one mile west of here was discovered to be aflcat to night, from the back water comlog up from the break In a levee below here This will cut Helena cff from ratlroad communica- tion, a8 the railroad men say it will be imporsible to get trains out until the water subaides. HeLeNa, Aik., March 9. - Theriver is stationary sinocs yestorday, with 46 feet, 11 inches on tho gaage; station- ary at Madison yesterday, bat proba- bly falling to day, a declive oonfident- ly expected hore Sunday. Work on the levee is sill going forward. Con- fiderce in their scourity in this vi- cinliy Is fully restored ~The country bolow {8 eusirely submerged, the water ir. many places pouriog over the levees and back into the river. Reports from Austin, Clarksdale and Friar's Point are of the most discouraging character, Not asingle house in any of tha places named ecscaped the de- luge. The weathsr to-day s calm, Wiggins to the contrary notwithstand- ing. The river Is falling to-night., Sev- eral hundred negroes just south of here are reported out of provisions A Jarge number of cattle, horses and mules are standing in the overflow from knee to waist deep, were hope- lessly abandoned in the St. Francis swamp TELEGRAPH NOTES Bub Cochran, celored, convicted of he murder of M, L. Drew, near Clayton, Alabame, was hanged at that plico yes- torday. Mrs, Watts, the wife of & prominent bysician of Portsmouth, Virginia, died Frorm the¢octs of shioraform saminlstered while extracting teeth, The new builer at the Canada press works, Latortue, exploded yesterday, kill- ing two workmen and serivusly injuriog a large number, Governor Grant, of Colorado, author- iz08 the statement that he will veto the bill passed by the laat legislature to tax the net output of mines, Robt. V. Dood, an extensive cattle deajer, was shot dead at Huunewell, Ks., during a quarrel with an unknown person., Ex.Sheriffl Pete: A. Voorhees, of New Brunswick, N, J., and his brother Abra. ham, were killed while crossing the Cen. tral railroad in » wagon., Two others were seriously injured, Busivess failures in the United =tates in the last seven day, 252, Still Running. spectal Dispatch to Tus Bax, Cui10aGo, March 9, —The only foun- dation for the published reports that Armour & Co.’s packing house had shut down is that owing to a searcity of hogs in this market. No em plopes were discaarged, however, and hogs are belng killed a4 usual to-day. Tho works will be kept running as long a3 the hogs can be obtalned, L - Seven Men Drowned. Special Dispatch to Tus Bux, New York, March 9. —A scow hav- ing on board thirty laborers was struck by & schooner, near the Washington street ‘‘gap,” Jersey City, and it is belleved seven men wore drowned, The police barred the passage of five hundred men who were marching to the Elyseo residence of Prealdent Grevy. The affair was a fiasco. After the crowd dispersed a mob of one thousand returned, broke the windows and overturned a carrlags, The police finally ecattered the mobs. The report that Louise Michael was arrested 18 denied. The municipal cavalry finally dis- persed the crowds An attempt was made to form a barricade with paviag stones, but it was prevented. Fellx Pyat was among the rioters, Paul Minicke brandished a revolver. The funeral of Karrick Riggs, the Awerican who did good ssrvice during the .war of 1870 in the smbigy, oorps of the Bols de 0, who was rewarded with the orossof the Legion of Honor, took place to-day. Paris, March 9 —The government in the case of Frank Byrne, who was released from custody Jast night, held that the new charge brought by the British government against Byrne, namely, acomp!leity In the attempted murder of Juror Fleld and Judge Lawson, amounted merely to Intro. ducing arms into Ireland. They clalmed even if the arms were in- tended for purposes of murder the offense was a political one. Havre. March 9.—The detective from Middleborough has returned to Eoglaod after positively identifying John Walsh, who {s wanted by the Britlsh government, GERMANY. Speclal Dispatch to Tus B, Brruiy, March 9.—At a cabinet couucil vo-day, the minister of public instruction explained the new church bill, which {s based upon the laws in force in Wartemburg. General Aledyll, chief of the em- peror’s military cabinet, has reslgned, probably becanse General Brousart Von Schellendorf, his junior, was ap- pointed minister of war, BerLIN, March 9 —Biemarch is con- fined to his bed again, eufforing from nenralgla, BeruiN, March 9 - Emperor Wil. lian has subseeibed 3,000 marks from his private purse for the relief of the Gorman eutlerers by the flyods ia Awmerica, GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Special Dispatches to i B, Brvssers, March 9. —The court of appeals has decid:d to extradite the anarchist Cyvoet, srrested in connec- tion with the explosion of dynamite and gan cotton, and whose extradition was demanded by the French govern- ment, being concemed in the troubles at Montceau les mbes, Mavrip, March ) - A detachment of troops has beentont to Arcos, as it was feared an a empt woald be made to break openthe prison there, in which memben of the ‘Black Hand"” soclety are anfined. A fire at Parcarizy provizes of Leon, destroyed 56 houses One woman was burned to death aml several persons injured. Loss 60,000 pesotes, Dupriy, March ) —Patrick Egan has eluded the vigihnes of the police by shamming sicknjes. Dr. Kenney malntained the decption by visiting Egan, who, it is huru\'cd, left the elty disguised as a pri l_ The Czar’s forouation Proparations fod the approaching coronation of the cjr at Moscow are being rapidly pushyd forward, The date of dupnrlurui the court from 8t. Potersburg to $e old capital will be ahout Easter. |1i the heirs appar- ont of Europe will keelve tnvitations, but neither the (brman or Austrian crown prince is exected. Every in. fantry regiment of |he Imperial Rus- eian guards will be represented at the coronation a npumber of privates and ofkers, but will form one comlined battalion, 065 They will be in polnt of physique the flowor of their f..p.cuvf r’:glmmu. and will appear In new uniforms. A large number of troops will be sta- tloned along the St. Petersburg and Moscow railvay to keep the line safe against nihllist at- erapts, The street decorations which the Moscow municlpal au- thoritles will carry out promise to be on a vory grand scale. The olty au. thorities will receive the zar with bread and salt at the Gate of Tri- amph, On the Red Square a pavilion is belng erected for an orchestra of 1,000 musfolans. The Saultation Hymn, from the opera of ““The Life of the Czar,” will besung by 7,000 or 8000 children selected from the ele- mentary echools of Moscow, The coronation commission, under the presidency of Count Voronzoli Dash~ koff, are hard at work to complete all preparations before the date fixed for the coremony, The jewelers' firm of Chlebinkoff is bound by contract to complete and deliver the imperial plate, worth 150,000 rublee, before April 1, By the same date the works for the eleotric illamination of Krem- lin, which is under the superinten- dence of two members of the imperial navy, are to be finlshed. Thero will be placed forty large electrlo lamps, of 400 candle power each, in the different winner of each exhibition $300 and gate money nndw one bests the best record he is to re- celve $100 extra. The second ex- hibition will be shot in Olnclnnati to- morrow, —_———— PROHIBITION IN IOWA. Goy. Sherman’s heply to the Request For an Extra Seseion. Special Dispatch to Tun Ban. Drs Motxes, March 9, —Gov, Sher- man to-day gave his answer to the committee appointed by the [late pro- hibitlon convention to wait on him and receive an answor as to whether or not he would call an extra sesslon of the leglalatare for the purpose of enacting new prohibitory legislation, both statutory and constitutional, He refuses and his reasons are, brefly, that the amendment cannot legally be proposed except at the regular session, and that statutory laws should have been enacted at the regular sesions, and, that the extraordinary occaslon contemplated by the | constitution upon which extra sesslons may be parts of the old Muscovite palace. The total length of the wires will be The muniolpal council of vo voted 20,000 rubles for the decoration of the streets during the festivitios, and 80,000 rubles for the publie illuminations, The fe:- tivities for the people will be oa the grandest soale. The one glven by the City of Moscow takes place at the nelghboring Sokolniti, for which the council has granted an appropriation of 100,000 rubles, The emperor glves 100,000 rubles from his privy puree for the public feasts on the Chodynski field. Enormous theaters will be erected, where every visitor reseives a free pass to the dining ta- bles. Beer will be distributed from & large number of reservolrs, contal ing together 650,000 bottles. It Is said the honest Muscovite nouchiks are not entirely satlafied with the lat. ter arrangement, as they would prefer to quench their thirst with their na- tional vodka instead of the milder German beverage. —_——————— BISHOP ELECTED. Successor to the Late Right Rev.Jo- seph O. Talbotv Selected. Speciat to The 8¢, Louis Repub'ican, INpraNapouts, March 7,—The dio- cesan convention to elect a successor for Right Rev. Joseph O. Talbott, deceased, began balloting to-day, the clergy selecting Rev. Francls J. Har- rison, of Troy, N. Y., and the luity agreeing upon Alexander O. Garrett, missionary bishop ot Northern Texas. A joint sesslon of the two bodles followed, and wupon the third ballot the clergy and laity voted for Rev. Joseph L. Nicholson, of Phila- delphis, and he was unanimously chosen, A temporary adjournment fallowed to awalt a reply to a tele- gram forwarded to he bisnup elect, and no response belng recolved at the evening hour, the convention dis- solved, to moeet again on the 8th inst. Dz, Nicholson is rector of St. Mark’s, Philadelphia, one of the largest and wealthiest parishes in that city, and a graduate of Wil- liams college, Massachusetta, und the Theclogloal seminary of Alexandria, Va. He Isa man ot fine address, conservative ia tendency, although a high churchman, and one ef the strongest, intellectually in the church. There is a belief that he will accept the high position to which he has been chosen. There is rejolclng among the Eplacopalians of Indlana for that reason. The con-entlon se- lecting bim was one of the largest ever held in the stato. She S1ipved a Pen. Special Dispatch to Titk Bxn Neweorr, R L, March 9.—Katle Judd, of Boston, who sot fire to Wea- ver Villa, escapad from the oounty jail last night 10 compiny with Geo Rounds, under arrest for burglary in New York. Inveatigation shows the woman for the past few weeks had beon cutting a holo through the wall into the adjoining empty cell, the door of which oponed into the corri- dor. After escaping from hor cell she unlocked Rounds’ cell with a key taken trom the place where che wae kipt The ¢ rridor door wis unlocked by an acoomp'ico and tho jii or's servaut Is suspsceed. A reward s offered for the rearrest The Michigan Coalition. Spoclal Dispatch to Tun Bax. Derroir, Mich.,, March 8.—The greenback state conventlon this af- ternoon accepted the proposition of the democratio state convention for & united jolut ticket, and nominated Thomas C. 8herwood, of Kalamezdo, judge of the supreme court, to fill the vacany, and Charles J. Willett for second regent of the state university Repudiating a Strike. Special Dispatch to Tus Bux. SeriNorieLp, IlL, March 9, —The iron workers of this city had & meet- ing to-night to protest against the ac- tion of the district executlve com- mictes in ordering o strike at the dic- tatlon of the Awmnlgamated aesocia- tlon, Thay repudiated the strike as unwarranted and unjust to the iron compsnles, The resolations were adopted, Carver and Bogardus 8poctal Dispatch to Tun L. Sr. Lours, M.rch 9.—The plgeon shooting match between Bogardus and Carver, 50 double birds, 21 yards rise, Tilinols state rales, $250 a side, came off this afternoon and was won by Bogardus, the score belng to 81 to 79 Bogardus killed ale last ten birds straight, Prior to the match an ex- hibition contest with clay plgeons was glven by the same parties, Carver winning with a score of 86, These two men have closed a contract with called does not now exist, so there will be n> extra session. Horss Thioves in Butlor County. Spectal Dispatch to Tun Brx, Davip Ciry, Neb., March 9.-—-Two valuable horses were stolen last night from farmers living near here. A reward of §100 is offered for the cap- ture of the thieves, The country Is all excltement. NUIBI;!. ONE. A Californian Declinea the Title, Special Dispateh to Tas B, New York, March 9.-—A cablegram states that Carye, the informer, testl- fied that on John McCOafferty, 1i- fornian, ostenaibly in London placin, mines, furnished the ‘‘Invincibles’ money, and instructed them how to use knives in ‘‘Oalifornia style.” A John MoCafferty, therefore, writes tho Associated Press: ‘‘Inasmuch as for twelve years past T have beenactively engaged inmining operations in the territory of Arizona and elsewhere, and am well known on the Pacifc slope, throughout the At- lantic states, and to some considerable extent in Earope, acd espeolally in London, in connectlon with mining operations, I desire sim- ply to Inform my friends that I am not, the a person sought for as No, 1 sald to he implicated in the tragedy enacted In Dablin the 6th o?%hy last. Since my discharge from im- risonment by the British government n 1871, I have not been connected with any Irish organization, or with any movement connected with Irish affairs. In fact I have applied my ef- forts diligently, and to some extent sucoessfully In advanciog my bus- ioet iaterests, and if mistake not shall continue so doing until I shall have accumulated suffictent to enable a constitution shattered by cruel imprisonment in British dun- geons to survive peacefully the many bitier disappointments of the past and under the vile calumny of the present. If such denial can be necessary, I totally dony any thought, act or par- ticipation In the affair referred to by Carey or any [connection therewith,” Massachusetts’ Methods. Speclal Dispatch to Tus Bax. BostoN, March 9 —Insurance Com- missioner Clarke, served with sum- mary dismlssal from Governor Butler yesterday, was at hils post to-day attending to tho dutles of the office. He has not yet declded to recognize the order, The governor states as Clarke failed to have his report ready by March 8:h he decided to remove him, Clarke to-night considers himself removed. He will not disrogard the exocutive mandate longer. He does not desire to become a bone of con- tention between democratlc and re- publican factions, The state hompathy wedical so- clety petition the leglslature to author- izo the erection of & new insane asy- lum at a cost not exceeding $200,000, to b3 put under care of homeopathic physiciae, The supertor court gave a verdict for the plaintifi {u the suit of James M Shote va. the Pacific national bavk This win an ac'ion to rec ver on throw coritimtes of deposit of 81,000 each, issued by the bank,which the plaintift ok {o the regular course of business, wi*h no notice that they wore fraudulertly issued as clalmed by defendants. This is the first of many similar cults. Chiocago Notes Bpecial Dispatch to Tus Brn, Cuicaco, March 9, ~The Inquest on the body of James Elllott, the pu- gillst, which has been postponed twice on account of the reported iliness of Jerry Dann, who killed Elliott, was held to day, and Dunn was held with- out batl to await the action of the grand jury, The first number of the new sport- {ng weekly American Sports, of which T. F. Cowles, late night editor ot The Chicago Tribune, is editor, was tasued this atternoon. The paper present: ery creditable and attrac- tlve appearance, The afternoon game of billards at the tournament resulted: Morrls 500, Maggiole 400; largest run Morrls 46 ‘They Wanted It Thawed Spocial Dispateh to Tun ©xn, Prrrssura, March 9.—A terrible explosion of dymanite, resalting in the lustant death of one man and serlous injurles to three others, occurred this morning at 9 o'clock at Fleming's stone quarry. The men attempted to thaw out & can of dymanite. Mrs. Bprague No 2 Speclal Dispatch to Tun Exx, the manufacturers of clay plgeons to shoot 26 exhibitions within fifty days in different places of the country, the Provibence, March 9,—The news of the ex-Governor Sprague's mar- rlage was a surprise to his immediate family as to the general publio, THE NATIONAL CAPITAL, David Davis Moves on North Oar- olina to Increase the Burr- dens of Life, A Pair of Important Decisions Involving Large I'racts of Land. The Voice of the People and Its Power on Petitions for Mail Bxpadition, The Effect of the New Law on Banks - Gsneral News. CAPITOL NOTES. Spectal Dispatchos to Tis Bus. THE TULARE LANDS, Wasuisaron, March 3,—The secre- tary « f iho interior has decided a case involving a claim of the niate of Calt. fornia to o tract of land ot ahout 100,- 000 acres lying upon the borders of Lake Talare. The decisiou approves of the Oreighton survey aud awards the land to the state of Oalifsrnia under the swamp land grant sct of Septem- ber 28th, THE PALL OF DAVID. David Davis will be married at Fayetteville, N. 0., Tueaday morning next. The bridal party will start for Oalifornia the same sfternoou stop- ping & few days in Bloomington, Iils., enroute. THE M'GARRAHAN CLAIM, The secretary of the interior, upon the application of General Eppa Hon- ton and Colonel M. L. Wood, counsel for Willtlam McGarrahan, directed the commissioner of the general land of- fice to certify to him the proceedin the application of the New Idria Min- ing company, to enter three parcels of landsof twenty ac:es, each within the limits of the ranch Panoche Grande, in the atate of Californis, known as the McGarrahan olaim, with an order tosuspend further proceedings until the matter shall be passed upon by the secretary. The commissloner had dismissed the appeel taken by MoGar- rahan, but the action of the secretary under the rules of the dapartment, brings up the who'e matter. for review by tge secretary ou its movits, APOLOGY To THE FL'G, Secretary Frolivghuysen bas learned from the consul at Uairaco that imme- dlately after tho Valansia was fired upon he called upon the governor in relation to the matter a:d found that he had already begun an investigation a8 to the firing and the regulations by which it became possible. TLiy was conducted by the attorncy general and the offense was found to be due to the: old regulation of the time of slavery and passports and to the fault of the police who had not immediately pre- sented the Valencla's fort pass to the nlliumulrd. The responsible offi- oer of the police has been punished and the ged so that firing a shot by the fort is now prohibited. The governor has expre: regret for the cocurrence. BANK TAXES, The question as to when the tax on the capital and deposits of banks, and bankers and national banking associa- tlons will cease under the operation of the act of March 3 to reducs Internal taxation, has not yet been decided. No decislon will be made on this ques- tion until a case arises. The statement that an opinion has been requested from ¢he attorney general is incorrect. It is the opinion of certaln cfficers of the treasury department that under section 13 (which prescribes that the repesl of the existing laws enumerated fa this act shall not affect any right accrued or accruing) it will probably be held that such taxes must be levied for the period ending March 3, the date of the passage of the act. Unless this ruling ehall prevail, national banks will have to pay texes on capi- tal and deposits to January 1, and and other banks and bankers to Da- cember 1, giving the latter an advan- tage of one month’s taxes. “THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE,” In the star route trial to-day the examination of the inepection cflice papers was rosumed. When the read- ing of petitions had progressed sev- oral hours the court endeavored to bring it to an end, declaring petitions filed after orders for expeditions had buen filed wern worthless, Ingersoll repliod at length, asseriing that the petitions justified the orders. They represontod the will of the people, ‘“What people?” enquired the court Ingersoll (holding up the petl- tion) —~The persons who signed this petition, The court (contemptuously)—Oh, Ingersoll asserted every signer was entitled to as much consideration as if he had been president ot the United Siates, That was his idea of the re- paublic. The court replied that this thing of ocallig a law meeting the volce of the people was dolog Injustice to the phase, Merrick sald so might the voloe of the defendants have been called the voica of the people when they asked their share in the distribution of the mall funds. The reading of papers continued up to adjournment, A FALSE ALARM, Blalne, in an Interview to-day con- cerning the report last night that an attempt had been made to shoot him on the way returning from the capitol, sald there was ro truth in the report furcher than on the night In question he in company with Representative McKinley took a carriage at the capl- tol and rode to the Ebbits house from whenco he rode home alone, Next day Mr. Blalne heard that one of the panes of glaes on the carrlage had been broken into fragments and scat- tered over the seat. Both Blaine and MoKinley assert the glass was not broken while they occupled the car- riage and have no means o knowing how or when it was broken, Srume. T