Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 11, 1884, Page 1

| | \ L AN { | | — L1 syl THE OwmMAHA DAILY BEE e s i o8 SO A THIRTEENTH YEAR. e e e e OMATA, NEB. MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1884, IN PITIABLE PLICHT. Revages of {he Rusking waters in mcl Ohiio Valley. Wheeling Streets Piled Full of Wrecked Buildings, The Situation in Cincinnati Ex- tremely Critioal, Descriptions of the Devastation in Qther Cities Relief Measures—The Signal Service and its Werthless Warnings, THE FLEODED BLSTRICTS. (CINOTRNATES FANGER, Civcsxxamy, February 10.— of 1832 was surpassed this morning, and the river has been rising all day. Thero is hacdly a thadew -of doubt that the mark of lest yoar]will be reached and passed within the next thirty hours, as the river has been fising at points above witk the continuous rain. People have lost feithiin the signal service reports, Twice the white'flag has been raited to demoten cold wove coming. The first tisne the tempere ture rose instead of fall- img, and the second time there was a slight 'full, followed now by rain, and the Bighest water here must bhe pestponed meveral days if the present conditions «continue. Streot lamps are unlighted, and.gas is burning in very few places. "The tables of the Wester Union opera- tors’ room are supplied with candles, Theatres are running with electric and caloium lights. The epera festival ‘building'is supplied with gas ‘from the Qincinnati hospital, and conducted in pipes supported on trestles. ‘O the out- «ide of the hall an electric light will be ased to illuminate the streets. The at- ttendance on this, the opening night, was mecessarily diminished, The number of \persons needing relief increases daily, but rthe vity is determined to care forher own people. In unticipation of profiered as- :gistance the relief committee in this city has authorized the following: To'the Public. The relief committee of the Cincinnati chamber of commerce and common coun- cil, in view of the steadily ad- vancing floods i adjacent cities and towns and along much of the .upper Ohio, where great suffering and destitution are being eytailed, begs to as- sure the outside public that any contri- butions made for,sufferers will be ex- ipended for the relief of the distressed in -other localities with the same diligence .and care which are exercised in relieving the afflicted here, mpon whom it is pur- ,posed by the committee to bestow only such contributions as may be made in Qincinnati, Signed Uruer, chairman, Adaditional railroads have becn disabled to-day, and one, the. Baltimore, Wash- Jington & Cincinneti, opened to Parkers- burg, and througk treins will be resumed ‘in the morning. At ‘0 o'clock to-night the water was (5 feet.2 inches, the high- +est last year being (e feet 4 inches. Midaight.—The river is now less than ono foot below last year’s high water mark, and a brisc rain is falling, Only \one pumping engine can work at this stage of the flood, .and a foot and a half \more will stop that. The reservoir r:on- tains five days’ supply of water. Civcrsyati, February 11.—The rain .stopped at 1 a. m., but the clouds are threatening still. At:2a. m. the river was rising half aa inch an hour, and is \mow 10§ inches below last year's high water. WEEELING. Wik % February 10.— “The river has receded more slowly than wexpected, though the inhabited portion of the city is mostly above water now. ‘As the waters go €own, a disheartening ,sight is _exposed to view. Huge rocks, board piles, drift wood and houses ob- struct many streets, and hundreds of ilarge houses and barns are gathered at points where the water svas obstructed. Fifty houses are jammed together upon and against each other at the south end of the city, Buildings and drift had to ibe pulled to pieces by.engines in order to .clear the railroad tracks. The first mail .since Wednesday awrived to-day. Kvery blanket in the city has been distributed to the homeless suffering, Probably itwenty thousand pesple are to be fed and dlothed between Wellsburg and Mounds- wille. The farmers are doing their ut- most to supply the needy with provisions. People are_ going back into their homes to-day, and the streets.are being cleaned and dyiainiucted. Maay premature births were caused by excitement and exposure. A bottle was found to-day containing the nemes of four young ladies, said to be drowning at the time they were written. Nobody recognizes the names, but it is believed to be a hoar. It is reported that some persons have been reduced to the ertremity of eating the meat of drowned animals, The Ohio Riverroad is almost mined by washouts. A heavy steady rain commenced at 10 . m. to add to the misery of the hame- reu. Appeals for aid are sent out by rivate partics. Ten thousand dollars ve been raised here but all has been spent. ALARM AT VICKSBURG, Vickswawo, February 10.—The rapid rige of the river is causing wuch alarm. The United States engineer of this di trict says he fears the levees will be ser- igusly threatened, that all che gaps in the Louisiaus levees, from Ashton to Vicksburg' ave closed, except ene four miles below Lake Providence. Here a “run around” is being built by the state. pussum Fork levee, tor Arkansss, lacks ‘;»)(go,ooo cubic yards to complete the work to & foot above the high water of last year. For want of means it cannet be ut ie condition in tune for the coming flood. The main gap, however, will be closed. The levees in the Second Mis- pissippi district are in better condition than ever before. The head of Yazoo river in the upper distviet is still open. 1t will be several days, howover, before any damage can be done, as the rise will not reach the upper Mississippi district before that time. A GLOOMY OUTLOOK. Carrierssurs, Ky., February 10.— The rise of the river has increased from one inch last night to two inches an hour this mormng, At 1 p, m. it was three frsot higher than last_year. A light rain ‘oegan at 4 p. m., and the outlook is most gloomy. The Big Sandy river is rising threo-quarters of an inch an hour. At Richardson and Ripley the outlook is gloomy. Lt hes boen raining since 3 p. m., and many houses that stood last year's flood were awept away. Tho water is two foet higher than last year. To bacco hanging in low land houses is greatly damaged. THE TORTSMOUTH INUNDATION, Qoruwsus, 0., February 10.—An en- gineer of the Scioto Valley railroad waded out to Portsmouth this morning and tolsgraphs from Piketon, twenty-four miles north, that the wateris five feet highor in that city than last year. The steamor Bonanza is lying afloat over the sidewalk and people are entering the hotel through the second story windows. When he left the city three houses were burning which the engines could not roach DRIVEN TO THE HIGH GROUNDS, Gaturouts, February 10,—The river is rising three quarters of an_inch an hour, and it is raining heavily. The water is now seven foet above last year's high water, Point Pleasant is complotely sub- merged, and a_steamer has gono to the reliof of the inhabitants who are on the high grounds, Cheshire, Addison and other small towns ave suffering the same way. THE RED CROSS AT WORK. WasHis N, February 10.—Miss Clara Barton and Dr. Hubbeil of the National Association of the Red Cross leave to-morrow for the scenes of the western floods, beginning at Pittsburg aud following the Ohio river down. The Red Cross societies north are requested for the presont to send supplies to Cin- cinnati at the central point of distribu- tion. ALL TNBER WATER. Evansviiie, Ind , February 10.—It is raining hard. The river rose five inches m twenty-four hours, The whole coun- try is covered with water. NOTES, Avrors, Ind., February 10.—The water 1s still rising. Only one drug store remains out of water. It is raining this eveuing. Manisox, Ind., February 10.—The river is rising half an inch an hour, and it is raining. Lovisvitie, Ky., February 10.—The river has risen two inches since 2 p. m. It has been raining steadily all day. JerrEnsoNvInLE, Ind., February 10.— The rain fall here since Monday noon is nearly six and one-half inches; of this half an inch since two o’clock. Carro, Tll.,, February 10.—The river is rising steadily. A light rain has been falling all day. The railroads are not yet interfered with. ———— THAE OHICAGO MARKETS, The Bulls Occupy the Ground. Cuscaco, Tll., February 9.—The mar- ket on 'Change to-day was in the hands of thebulls. Continued reports of dam- aged crops, an estimated decrease of 1,400,000 bushels in the next statement of the visible wheat supply, light receipts of corn, only 23 per cent of which graded contract, and extensive manipulation by Armour, Binger, Kent and the other heavy houses were theinfluences at work, Wheat wentup 1}@lic; corn advanced about flc, a reported increase in the visi- ble supplv tending to check the buoy- ancy. Oats sold up l@ic; pork closed 124kt 50; lard gained 12}@16¢; short ribs went up 174@20c. _Only 9,000 hogs were received at the yards, against 19,767 yes- terday. THE WEEK OPENED with everthing in the provision list strong and higher, and grains steady in sympa. thy. Receipts of hogs at the yards were small and of poor quality. Speculators Did syainst packers and shippers for their possessions, carrying prices up Za@dbe, For the first two days pork went slyward at the rate.of 473@bbc per day, with Ar- mour and his crowd buying with all their might. Nat. Jones, after, selling some large blocks, and finding that it failed to scare the longs, turned bull himself, and became one of the most anxious buyers. Wheat started off steady at gdwic higher than the closing figures of last week. Business did not reach a very heavy volume, but all of the influences surrounding the pit were favorable to the bull side of the deal. The buoyaney aud strength in other speculative lines also helped to strengthen values, and there scemed a gradual but steady change of sentiméhtto the long side, Armour, Kent aad Baker bought heavily, and more expressions of real confidence in the future of the cereal than for a long time past. THE CORN PIT was dull and neglected. Receipts were fair and about 36 per cent succeeded in passing inspaction. The market was somewhat depressed by the rumor that western railroad companies were contem- plating a reduction of freight rates of some 4c per bushel, to run for thirty days, in the hope of moving the poor cornin Iowz and otker states,. which might not be merchantable if held over till spring. As the result of such a movement would probably be a large in- crease in the offerings, eapecially of low grades, b"\’,"’" held off, and the market would probably have declined but for the strength in other articies. Later in the week the grain bulls recovered all their courage and the bears were hard to find, Wheat was excited, and values rose 1j@2}c, the May option touching $1 01 “From cables,” stormy weather and increased speculation caused the sharp advance. The anxious shorts rushed to cover, fearing that the cold snep prevailing in Kansas and Bissouri and the floods in other sections would au- guwent reports of damage to growing crops and farther advance prices. Coxn was by no means slow in respond- ing to the improved condition in wheat, moving up 13c. Receipts were light, and the amount inspecting contrace less. Ad- vices from the country! indicatela light movement in future, and many sections reported the corn spoiling and’ unfit for use. FROVISXONS WERE IRREGULAR, and lower. Receipts of hogs were larger and several heavy holders of pro- ducts sold freely. It was rumored that the most urgent shorts were covered, and |huyiu by speculators for an edvance was alow, Towards the close of the week it ap- peared there were too many holders of wheat satished with a clean profit of to admit of » continuance of the boom in that article. Quotations were watched with tho greatest of care, and on the first indications of a decline, large quan tities of wheat were thrown on the market, which, although promptly taken by a crowd who consider the May options very low, had tho effact of keeping values mnearly lc below former figures. Had it not been for a decrease of more than 1,090,000 bushels, so much realizing on long wheat in g0 short a time would have undoubt- edly resulted in a considerable break. Tho big provision men were conspicuous in the wheat crowd, and it is sad that two or three of them profited so well there that they have gotten entirely rid of theirstuff. Of those vwho absorbed the loads of stuff thrown overboard, N. B. Ream was reported to stand head and shoulders above them all, taking over 800,000 bushels, “They can’t put wheat down much,” he remarked. THE VISIDLE SUPPLY @ is decreasing very fast and there are indi- cations that quite a brisk export demand will soon spring up. Then if more bad woather comes that will help wheat along, too. You soe, this weather ques- tion has a good deal of weight this year, for the reason that the prospoects for the new crop of winter wheat was particular- 1y encouraging last fall, and it could not come out looking better than it started any way. So if bad weather sots in, of a nature likely to injure tho crop, the re- sult cannot bo other than highor prices for the present stock. In spite of an increase in the visible supply, amounting to over 1,100,000 bushels, that article continued & g and active. There are reports that in the south large losses are likely to result through inundations of bottom lands, where whole fields of corn remain yet un- harvested, not to speak of the danger that menaces corn in erib from a like cause. However much these reports have to do with maintaining present prices, it is at any rate apparent that the Qullness usually rosulting from increased supply is not a feature of the present sit- uation in corn, Provisions seemed to be gatting top- heavy. Pork went down d@7ic, al- though a strong effort was made by Fow- ler Bros. to sustain values. e — The fowa Legislature, Dgs Moixes, February ).—1In thehouss a potition was presented from the minis- terial association of Des Moines asking for an amendment to the divorce laws, so that the guilty party divorced shall not be at liberty to marry again while the in- nocent party is unmarried. Among the important bills introduced are these: To prevent the adulteration of food or drugs, to provide for the establishment of an in- sane asylum at Fort Dodge, to prohibit free transportation of public ofticers over railroads of the stato, to reimburse Lieu- tenant Goodenough for services to the state in 1861, making an appropriation for the Bartholdi statute, creating a board of school-book commissioners and to es— tablish a uniform system of text books. The bill to divide the fourth judicial dis- trict into two judicial circuits passed, and the house adjourned till Monday after- noon. In the senata bills were introduced to orente the office of superintendent of public buildings, to make a uniform sys- tem of school books, to amend the law fixing the fees of court clerks, to pro- tect atock breeders, to appoint inspect- ors of county treasurers, Donnan’s bill to repeal the wine and beer clause was made & special order for Wednesday. The bill to increase salaries of district and cirouit judges to §3,000 was defeated but the fight will be renewed Monday by.a motion to reconsider. Adjourned. ————— Wrecked by a Berg New York, February 10.—The steam- ship State of Nebraska arrived from Glasgow, having on board Captain Ben- nett and crew of the steamship Notting- hill, London for New York, which foun- dered at sea. Captain Bennett states that he left London January 19, with a general cargo and crew of ninety-two men, February 2d at 2 p. m. he fell in with a field of ice and at 11:55 p. m, the ship going dead slow was struck by an iceberg on the port side near the bridge. The berg rebounding struck again near the engine room staving two big holes into which the water pourcd rapidly, putting out_the fires. Canvass was put over the holos to stop the leaks and the vessel drifted. The steamer got out of the ice Sunday, February 3d. The same day a large steamer passed and although signals of diastreas were flying she went by without taking any notice. ©On the 5th he was fallen in with by the steam- ship State of Nebraska, which laid by until all put off in Loats. There was eighteen feet of water in the huld when the crew abandoned the vessel. — —am— An ndian Massacre, GaLvesrox, February 10.—Houston papers this morning publish an aceount purporting to come by telegraph from Mattamoras, Mexico, gving an account of an alleged upuising of Indians, At Omitlay, near Tuxtepee, state of Oajac, Mexico, It is said stores and private dwellings were plundered, seven mer- ehants killed and a number wounded; that the corpses of the murdered men were dngged through tke streets and subjected to all manner of indignities. | The authorities of Tuxtepec, it is said, have attacked the mob with a force of a hunrdred men, but were defeated, with five killed. The special further says that several thousand troops are being concentrated in the states of Pueblo and Oajac. S ——— Through Freight Arrav Cuweaso, February 10, bn, Topeka & Santa Fo Railway com- pany has issucd a circular announcing that it will transport through California freight, in connection with the Southern Pacific, from Kansas City, Atchison or Denver, without breaking the bulk. Owing to the close relations of the Atchison, Topkea & Santa Fo with the Burlington, it is thought the latter com- pany will be ineluded in the through car service by the southern route, as op- posed to the Uniou Pacific and its tour Omaha allies. The presence of the Mexi- con Central officials in this city gives rise to the statement that close relations are being arranged between the Burlington, Atehison, Topeka & Santa Fe and the :/[u‘xfilun Central roads for the Mexican raffic, e — A Milwankee telegraph operator, named 8t Arnold, yesterday shot and killed his BLOODY BUTCHERY. A Sunday Morder in “The Land of Steady Habits,” An Athlete Coolly Shoots Down His “‘Brother.” Three Brothers Murdered by Hot Springs Gamblers. Proparing for a Mexican Raid Into Texas. The Motives that Inspired the Butch- ers' Act. CRIME AND CRIMINALS. THREE BROTHERS SHOT, Hor Serines, Ark., February 10.—A terrivle tragedy was enacted on our main street Saturday morning. Three broth- ers, KFrank, Jack and William Flynn, were proceeding home in a hack when party of seven men, armed with double- barreled shotguns and Winchester rifles, stepped out from tho door of a saloon and opened firo. The Flynns were armed, but the attack was totally unex- pected. Jack was shot throughthe fore- head by a ball from a Winchester and died in a few minutes. William Flynn was shot through the breast with a Win- chester, a probably fatal wound, Frank Flynn received a shot through the hand, inflicting & slight wound. Frank Hall, driver of the hack, was shot through the back of tho neck and mortally wounded. Robert Hargreave, a bystander, was shot through the breast and will probably die. J. H. Craig, & prominent lumberman, received a charge of buckshot through tho back and his condition is consid- ered precarious. The difficulty originat- ed some weeks ago on account of Frank Flynn endeavoring to prevent Dorn from opening a gambling house, and culminat- ed at the time in Dorn making a coward- ly attempt to assassinate Flynn, failing in which he fled the city. He returned secretly a fow nights ago. Flynn was unaware of his presence in the city till tho fatal volley opened on him, The assailants, Asa Dorn, David and Robert Pruitt, Harry Lamming, Bd Howell, J. Lucius and John Allison were placed in jail last night. Tho citizens are loud in condemnation of the murder- ous and cowardly act. Judge Wood has been telegraphed to by leading citizens, asking him to adjourn court at Malvern and return here and hold a special ses- sion to try the murderers. 1f he con- sents the law will probably be allowed to take its course, if not. the citizens boldly threaten to burn the jail and hang the prisoners. THE MURDER OF THE PENNINGTONS. Frankronr, Ky., February 10.—All the evidence obtainable shows clearly that the murderer of John Pennington and wife, is & tramp hired by Penning- ton on the day the crime was oammignfi. The body of the murdered man" was found lying in the barn, where he had been at work, with two bullet holes in his head, while his wife, who had evi- dently came to his rescue after hearing the fatal shots, was lying in a mangled heap sopio thirty yards away from her husband, in a dillapidated cowshed. The ghoul shot her in the face, but that not killing her, he seived a spade and beat her brains out and then dragged her to the shed, where she was found with her clothing tora to shreds, The excite- ment is growing more intense. Over 500 men are now at the sceno of the tragedy, and others are scouring the country in searcn of the assissin. It is certain that if the murderer is captured Judge Lynch will officiate, A M SAN Axroxio, Tex,, Feb. 10.—The sheriff of Woollick county has been in secreb consulwation with Governor Ire- land. Enough is learned to warrant the assertion that the sheriff anticipates a raid from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, and wants reinforcements, Cap- tain Shirley, of the Texas rangers, has been telegraphed for all the troops at his disposal, United States Marshal Gasling will also be asked for assistance. The raid is understood to be for the capture of two suspected criminals held at Kagle Pass, whom the American extradition agent rofuses to surrender in view of the recent ruling of Secrotary Fre- linghuysen in the caso of the alleged train robbers, The prisoners being held are accused by the Mexican authorities of murdering Manuel Rodriquez at Ban Agora, Mexioo, on the 7th inst. The murderers were trailed to Piedras Ne- grag, where they crossed into Texa Rodriquez was & merchant and an infla- ential citizen. His friends are de- termined to bring the offenders to jus- tice by force of arms if necessary. Niur- shal Gasling leaves by the firat train N RAID FEARED, NO. 201, | protection is guaranteed them against arrest and indefinite imprisonment in tho discharge of duty, ly run over and kill a ite several onses, GENERAL 1or iIN NEWS, SOCTALIST PLOTS, Viessa, February 10.—During the debate in the lower heuse of the reichs- rath, on excoptional measures for sup- pression of socialistio documents, a meas- ure will be offered showing that plots ex- isted which threatened the lives of the highest personages of the realm, GORDON'S MOVEMENTS AND POWERS, Camo, February 10.—The khedive has aprointed British Admiral Hewitt commander at Suakim at the request of the British goverament. A less gloomy viow is now taken of the situation at lokar and Sinkat. Tt is reported that a convoy of provisions has entered Sinkat. The first brigade of Egyptian battalions commanded by English officers proceeds to the first cataract of the Nile as soon as quarters are ready. The movement is made on account of the threatening atti- tude of the Bedouins between Knoha and the Egyptian coast of the Red Sea, The report of General Gordon's arrival at Berber is prematuro. The roport arises from & telegram trom Berber signed by Gordon, forwarded in advance by fast camels. It is expected that he will arrive at Berber Tuesday. The Arabs which Gordon met after leav- ing Korosko wero friendly, The ulema of Khartoum have sent messages to wel- come (iordon at Berber and accompany him on the romainder of his journey in order to show the populace]that Mosiems are not inimical to Gordon's mission, Gordon expocts to roach Khartoum by steamer from Berbor. The government, in advising Gordon of Bakor Pasha’s re- cent defeat, loaves him full power to evacuate or retain Khartoum, as he thinks fit. HUNT ILL, , Fobruary 10.—Hunt, United States mintster, is quite ill, THE KHEDIVE'S FEAR, Carro, Februrary 10.—The khedive appears o bo in a deplorable condition. He labors under the delusion that_there is a plot to poison him and sends his wife to the kitchen daily to inspect his food., MISMATED ROYALTY, Bentry, February 10.—The emperor in renewing his efforts to eflect n recon- cilistion between Princo Frederick Charles and wife, has appointed Count Romitz on behalf of tho prince to meet Gen. Blumenthal in behalf of the princess to arrange a basis of reconciliation. WATERING A DESERT, Panrs, February 10,—At a banquet to the leading members of the Scientitic Press, DeLesseps stated that the scheme for creating a sea in the Desert of Sahara will shortly be re-leased, Roudaire, the French hydrographer, who conceived the project of cutting through the dunes which separate the Mediterranean sea from the Desert of Sahara in order to transform the arid sands into a fertile country, is about to start for Tunis with the necessary firman from the sultan to begin operations. TSENG'S ORDERS. Loxvox, February 10.—Tseng, Chi- Fcench government on the Tonquin question, The last advices from Pekin instructed him to remain in Kngland until further orders. THE ADMIRAL'S COMPLAINT, Panis, February 10, —Admiral Courbet bitterly complains of being superceded by General Millat at Tonquin, just as ho was about to attack Bacninh, He says the reinforcements he demanded in Oc- tober reached him too late, and his force even now is inadequate. A REVOLT IN CRETE, CoNsTANTIN February 10.—A re- volt broke outin Crete and the porte sent orders to Smyrna and Salonica to dispatch to Crete at least 50,000 soldier The porte is sending troops to 1l Hegiaz, Arabia, where emissaries of the false prophet are fomenting disturbances, ABOUT SUAKIN, Suakiy, February 10,—A body of Zo- behr Rassa’s black troops, showing signs of mutiny, were surrounded by Soudanese troops, who soon cowed them. ) 'uring the recent battle the garrison at Tokar, on hearing the Egyptian guns made a gallant sortie against the rebels, but were comfelled to fight vheiwr way back, The rebels are reported within six miles of Suakim, Egyptian troops are reconnoi- tering, and the British ships are prepared to receive the rebels, ENGLISH PROTECTION, Carro, February 10.—The proclama- tion investigating Admiral Howitt, with command at Suakim, concludes: ‘“The inhabitant need have no further fear, as the British government has promised to prtf-mt Suakim, which is now perfectly safe.” AN ASSASSIN CONFESSES, Viesna, February 10.—Stillmacher, or Eagle Pass to prepare to raceive the invaders with ball and buckashot it they cross with an armed force for the purpose of taking away the prisoners, A DELIBERATE MURDER, Norwion, Conn.. February 10,—Al- fred McClellan, a professional athlete, who traveled with Edmund Rice, of New York, under the name of “Rice Broth- ems,” was shot and killed by ¥, V. Conant this afterncon, The couse al- leged is that the dead man was intimate with Conant's wife before iago, sov- eral years ago, and it is said Conant has been waiting an opportunity ever since to shoot him, The men were together most of the day, and acted in the most friendly manner, ~After the shooting, Conant walked to the church where his wife was, and with the utmost coolness called her out and told her what he had done, — A Great Fire at Helena, Menpnis, February 10,.—A fire at Helena, Ark., late last night, burned Jacks & Co., wholesale druggists and liquor dealers, and a number of other buginess houses. Total loss $76/000; in- surance $€0,000, s R The Mexican Engineerr, Gavvesrox, February 10,—A Laredo special says: ~The locomotive ehgineers and Soltillo, Mexico, have or sweetheart and then killed himyelf, fused to marry him, it body and will present to the sompany their resignations en masse, unlyss some of the Mexican National betweey Laredo a8 8 the assassin of Detective Bloch, has con- fossed that he murdered Klubeck. He says Eysort, the money lender, was mur- dered and robbed by socialists in order to get funds for socialistic agitation, Stiliman was implicated in the plot against the emperor of Germany. ———— Factional Fighting Among Indiane, Fonr Smirh, Ark., February 10,—A factional fight occurred among the Creek Indians, forty miles west, last Tucsday, in which Yohola was killed and several others wounded, There are fears of further bloodshed. The cause of the trouble is not stated. e — A Denial, Kansas Oy, February 10.—A 1 peka special says officials ‘of the Atchi- son, Topeka & Santa Fe deny the report that a combination has been formed on through business between their road and Burlington, A Loss $100,000, Osweao, N, Y., February 10,—Fire national Working People's association to-day commended tho assassination of Detectives Dloch and Klubeck, in Vienna. Time a, St._Lovts. Fovruary 11.—The Mis- souri Pacitic to-day shortened its through slooper sorvice, to San Francisco, six hours, vin the Iron Mountain, Texas Pacific and Southern Pacilic, TELUGRAH 3()1‘-I~]“. Mount Ttna ie in astate of eraption, General Gordon has arrived at Berber, Admiral Hewitt has been invested with civil and military command at Suakim, 8ix convicts, five colored and one white, were whipped st Now Castle, Md., Friday morning, H. H, Warner offora a £200 prize for every descovery of now comots mado during 1883 in the United States and Canada, The directorsof the Moxican Central rail- way have votad to increase the capital stock from 000,000 ta Not & vestigo romains of Cochransvills, O,, & small village in Monros county, being ene tively wiped by the flood, Admiral Seymour has been ordored, by the British cabinet, hold himself in readiness toset ont for Egypt at an hour's notice, . W, Knapp, an old Wostorn Uni, rator, was arrestod at San Francisco ¢ day for divalging the contents of a cipher message, Tho ship An w Jackson; from Cardiff for Coquints, is believed to be lost with all on board, The captain had his wife and two children with him. Tho houso of the Mississippi 1 passed a bill allowing the sale of | sord, tho seat of the Mississippi v This action causes much comment, The creditors of the ElginTubular Iron com- pany, Elgin, 11l., organizod for the manufac- ture of electric light towers, have asked for a receiver, Liabilities, £4£,000; assets, small, Bradlaugh's apponl against tho sergeant-at- arms for romoving it from the honsy of com- mone, or not permitting him to enter, has boen disallowed by the coart of the quoen’s banch. By a collision betwoen two freight traing on the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney rai'road on a bridge near Hawthorne, Iowa, Saturday, Conductor Cummings was killed and Engineer Keunedy severely injured, The Bankers’ and Morchants' Telegraph company announce the purchase of the lines of the Pacific Mutual company, which extend from St. Loui« to St, Joe, Leavenworth, Kan- sus City, Atchison, and other western points, The court-marcial of the naval cadets in- volved fa the hazing serape begun at Annapo- lis Snturday, Cadet Fred Parkoer, of the third class, plead guilty. Cadats Jostremski, Maxey. McDean and Lush, all of tho first class, ro on trial, A Suakim dispateh to the Loudon Standard says: “Wo do not know how the sufferings of tho poor fellows and thousands of women and children ut S'nkat effect the British public, but here they excite feelings of pity and hu miliation impossible to describe. An armod force on Friday night attacked the Sun Juan, Argentine Republic, police barracks and the residence of Deputy Mallar, The govornor is reported killed and several persons wounded, The body of Senator Gomez was found in the brush, murdered. “Troops quelled the disturbance. The directors of the Yellowstono National Park Improvement company have n]gmhnnd a committeo for the purpo.e of preparing and submitting to the directors a plan by which the financial difficnities of the r.'mnplmg' onan bhe satisfactorily arranged. So far $125,000 s THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The Measares Congross will Consider this Week, A Slim Show for Passage of the Naval Bill, Morrison’s Tariff Bill to Hang Firo Several Weeks. An Appeal for Aid from the Flooded States, Somo Radical Changes in the Postal Department Suggested. FROM WASHINGTON, TILE BILLS BEFORE CONGRESS, Wasniseron, February 10.—Over 500 bills, mostly of a privato nature, ve been introduced in tho house dur- he present session. Less than 200 have been reported back from commit- tees. More will probably be introduced to-morrow, Raundall will call up the naval appropriation bill Tuesday. The bill to prevent the sproad of contagious discases among cattle will probably come up tho latter part of the weck and it is borely possible the committee of the * | whole will reach the shipping bill Thurs- day, Friends of the naval mil are afraid it will not pass. The bill provid- ing for the retirement of General Alfred Pleasanton will be considered Friday. It is believed it will pass. The house committees have a number of important matters for consideration this week. The ways and means will hear argiments of business men on pro- posed tariff logislation. It is believed by the members that Morrison's bill will not be reported to the house tor three or four woeks. The public lands committee ex- pects to act this week on bills forfeiting portions of land grants of the Northern Pacific and Atlantic & Pacific roads. The coi! i mittes wi ly report a bill pro- viding for the withdrawal of the trade dollar from circulation. The question of reference of the correspondence received from the stato department last weck, relative to the prohibition of American pork, it being claimed by two or three committees, will probably cause a lively debate, POSTAL RECOMMENDATIONS. James i, Smith, of the postoftice de- partment, detailed to examine the posial methods of foreign countries, has pre- sented his report. Of the 41,500 pont- masters now collecting revenue from stamps only and retaining salary and ex- penses therefrom, he would recommend the discontiniance of direct accounting with them, but supply them with a lim- ited stock of stamps on credit, and re- have been expended in improvements, Choong; Woo Tsan, a mative of Chiaa, but educated and long a resident of Connecticut, applied to_be admitted to citiznship, The clorle decided tiggh o reliof could. bo" given i : g i 6, 1882, nese ambasador, denies that he oing ‘.‘.‘flel:':)m ei"“l‘fl:ifl h:e:.?firfin!:guhwn: to Paris to resume negotiations with the [or court of the United States, shall admit Chinese to citizenship.” Secrotary Folger hus docided that moal and small rico broken into small particles in_pro- cesn of cleaning are subject to u duty of only 20 per cent advalorem, instoad of 2} cents per pound, as charged upon cloaned rico This ia a question of great importauce to brewers, as this small rica has, in tho past few years, en- tored largely into tho manufacture of tho best grades of beer. The house committes on postoffices and pout roads have agreed to report, favorably the bill providing that letter curriers be employed in every eity containing 50,000, and may be gmployed in places. containinig not o than 2,000, and producing a gross postal revenue of b least $2,000 per aunum. The committes also agreed to report a substitute for the bill to socure a peedy dolivery of lotters, 1t pro- vides for the issue of & special stamp, to cost 10 cents, which, whon nflixed to lotters, will insure their immodiate delivery at any free delivery office between tho hours of 7 a. m. and 12 midnight. A Cara. Oxana, Fobruary 9, 1884, To the Fditor of Tux Beg: Some members of the Omaha police force are as far from being gentlemen as they can well be. A parly of young ladies and gentlemen, who were coasting on Dodge street last evening, were gross- ly ipsulted by a certain very tall mem ber of the force, accompanied by one of his enger satilites. The street was utterly vacant of vehicles of all kinds and the hour was late enough to chlnda the pos- quire them to purchase at dgsignated money order oflices in the vicinity, all required thereafter. At such supply offices they would receive their compen- T-I:inn and hi;:ulori% expenditure, Tho _ remai ) tmasters, who o n " motiey’ order buaingas, should account monthly direct to this office with a quarterly accounting. The postmaster general cannot be informed of the receipts and disbursements for the first half of the fiscal year until the last quarter has commenced, and the liabili- ties nnder his control for the entire year, therefore, have been incurred. With a monthly accounting he could be advised of the revenues and expenditures within thirty dnxu from expiration of each month, The work of posting and stating the general postoffice accounts, now re- quiring thirty-three clerks, could be dis- pensed with when the accounts under the present system were closed. He suggests fixed salaries in even dollars, to be raised orlowered as business increased or decacased. He thinks the ben- efits of the money order sys- temn can he partially extended to the 41.500 smaller postoflices by furnishing a4 stumps are furnished a fractional note of convenient denominations, less than §1, payable at face value at any money order office thirty days after t{e date stamped thereon when sold, after such. date to be redeemuble at Washington at. a fixed discount, or to bo absolutely void thus keeping i1v out of general circula- tion, this note to be issued without fee, being simply a substitute for stamps in remitting. APIEALS FOR AID, WasuiNeren, February 10.—A meet- ing of congressmen from Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia, was held to-day to sibility of a collision, and the party with three or four ‘‘traverses” were enjoying the sport of cousting quietly and with no danger to anyone and in total ignorance that there was an ordinance against coast- ing in this manner, although they knew that the sport on the sidewalks and in daylight had been and should have been abolished. Thoso so-called *‘protectors of the people” rushed frantically up to the ladies of the party and shaking their clubs in the ladies’ faces ordered them, in tuke steps to secure an immediate uppro- priation for the relief of sufferers by the Hlood in the Ohio valley, Telegrams asking government aid were read from the guyernor of West Virginia, mayor of Wheeling, citizens of tin's Ferry, New Martinsville and Mariotta, It was decided to ask congress to atrike out the word $100,000 in the resolution which guaed the house Friday last, and insert 250,000, for the purpose of securing the most insulting lnn;’u.ge. to go home and *‘wash tho dishes'” or he would run the whole party into jail. A police officer is supposed to have at least a little decency and a very few of the attributes of a gentle- man about him, and had these *‘police- men' in respectable uniforms told the party that it was against the city law and requested them to stop, there would be no ill-feeling A man of small brains and a big star, clothed with a little au- thority, is as dangerous as a dog with hydropbobia. During the winter season of coasting, & hill should be eot aside for the use of the coasters, where it does not interfera.with trayvel, us is done in all large cities, Yours respectfully, Oxe or THE ParTy. A Suggestion to the Falr Osceora, Nes., February To the Editor of Tux Bre: In the interest of the Nebraska horse in the village of Wolcott destroyed many breeders, permit me to call the attention houses, T —— Bringing in the Reds, Loss $100,000; insurance $50,- | of the managers of our state fair to the importance of giving a liberal purse to be competed for by Nebraska stallions ‘TomusToNE, Arizona, February 10,— |in the state, and breoders would be glad Geronimo's bands have surrenderod to | to seo the Captain Rafferty at San Bernardino, and test of 1his ki Aré now en routs to San Carlos, e — Commending Assassination. New Youk, February 10, —The Inter-}the best, m lzn‘;lughl. u;lguthcr in a eons ind, so they ma) ly wood qualition; Thinwould give & stimu'us o the breeding intereats and the public would know where to find A Breepen, immediate aid. A meeting of the appro- priations committee of the house will be called to-morrew, —— A Rumor Denied, To the Editor of The Bee Avoca, Neb,, February 9,—1 notice in your editorial this morning a notico of a rumor relating to myself and the citizens of Weeping Water, so absurdly at vari- ance with the facts as to call for some comment from me, The truth is, 1 .did visit the town of Weeping Water, partly for the purpoee of hearing ‘‘Eli Perkins' lecture, which I proceeded to do. ‘As to Tue Bee's opinion that any man who would cross the street to hear that indi- vidual lecture, it s0 nearly coincides with Mr, *“Perkins’” advertisement of that Ido not feel called upon to dispute it. The false part of the *'p ' i that I was *‘drummed out” of town as a punishinent for the part I had taken in the late county sest contest, and that I propose to bring suit for §5,000 damage therefor. Tt iu simple justice to Wee) ing Water to say that nothing of { kind was uthmpad, and simple justice to myself to svy thut if it had been 1here would have been an even chance for somebody elro to huve brought suit for dumages. Nothing accurced that vxte, ta rather warm discussion, i w 4 do ot consider that 1 yecelved any damage, Owiaxno Ferrr,