Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 25, 1884, Page 1

ey s A G . ] R O V1R - B LS — THIRTEENTH YEAR. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. [mportant Bill§ Eonmss Will Gonsider This Week, The Progress Made With the*Ap~ propriation Bills, Belford Rises to Propose a West Point Atvachment, ‘ The House Labor Committee on ths Contract System, A Sorowy Condemnation Based on Solid Facts. THE CONGRESSIONAG WEER, VWTTERS OF PRESENT CONSTDERATION, Wasiixiroy, February 24.—In the house of representatives two important measures, the pleuro pnenmonia bill and dho naval appropriation bill, discussion of which was entered wpon in the com- 'mittee of the whole two or three weeks ago, still await final action. One or both, it is believed, will be passed the present week. These measures out- weigh the bill for the relief of American shippinz, which is nextin point of impor- tar.ce beforethe committee of the whole, may be taken up for consideration. Only one of the thirteen annual appropriation bills, the military academy, has yet been acted upon by the house. During the week the committee on foreign wfairs will report adversely Representative Brumar's resolution relative to Hewitt's visit to minister West. It is understood Hewitt will make a statement before the house when the resolution is reported Friends of the bill providing for an ex- tension of the bonded whisky period will make an effort to have that measure con- sidered this week. Eulogies in momory of ths late Repre- sentative Haskell will bedelivered Thurs- day. Members of the ways and means committee say they will have the tariff bill prapared 80 it may be reported to the house within ten days. in the seaate the bill to provide for the construction of edditional steel cruisers for the navy has been made a special or- der for Monday at 2 o’clock. Inasmuch, however, as the banking bill was not di posed of last week, the special order will doubtless be set aside temporarily. It was supposed the discussion of the bank- ing bill would be concluded last Thurs- day, and it appeared on adjournment that it had nearly run its course. It isndt improbable, howaver, that the effect of the rest of three days may manifest itself in a renewal of effurts to zmend the measure, and that debate may run along several days. i Reprezentative Belfogd will to-morrow introdyce in the house 3 bill authorizing the sectetary of war to establish at West Point a preparsfory school for training candidates for admission to the military academy. It providesifor the appoint. ment of candidates in the same manner as cadets are now appointed, and for the erection of suitable buildings in the vi- cinity of West Point fora preparatory schoal at a cost not -exdeeding $200,000, Candidates will be examined by proper boards in the district where they reside, and not be subjected to ‘further prelim- inary examination by officers of the mili- tary academy. Candidates admitted shall have same pay as is allowed cadets, and the secretary of war is autborized to detail an instructor for the institution. OONIRACT LABOR ‘CONDEMNED. Special Dispatch v the Gilobe-Democrat, W.sHinaron, D. C., February 22,— As a result of the deliberations of the house labor committee with the question of the importation .of Hungarian and Italian laborers to the (United States, Representative Foran, of Ohio, has been juscructed to submit at tho earliost op- portusity the bill introduced by him Jauuary 8, with an .amendment. Mr. come citizens, and are certainly not a do- sirable acquisition to the body politic. When their time of contract expires their places are supplied by fresh importa- tions, and the only tendency of their presence amongst us is to degrade Ameri- oan labor and reduce it to the level of pauper labor, THE POSITION OF EMILOYERS, The demand for the enactment of some restrictive measure of this character comes not alone from American working men, but also from employers of labor in America. The employers who from in- ability or from patriotic motives employ only American workmen are unable to compete in the markets with corporations who employ cheap imported labor. As an evidence of the truth of this stato- ment, the glass manufacturers of Pitts- burg, including all the large employers of labor in that industry, 1n January, 1880, denounced the action of the manu- facturers west of Pittsburg in importi European workmen in place of dis: chmrged American workmen. This evil has become so extensive, alarming and great that the attention of our consuls abroad hasbeen directed to it. Henry Sterne, cousul at Buda-Pesth, Hungary, says there seems to be an . agency at work which, by misropresenta- tion, induces poop'e to leave their homes who will not better their condition thereby, or benefit the country which re- ceives them. Agents are managing the business a good deal in the manner of the coolie trade, and these immigrants are shipped to the United States like so much cattle. Count Esterhazy, Austrian consul to this conntry, who has estab- lished a bureau for the protection of Hungarian immigrants, says ‘‘there is no doubt that a contract system is beingcar- ried on, and I believe it has reached larger proportions than any one believes. Certain it is that great numbers of immi- grants are landed on these shores who are owned by capitalists. As far as I know persons who have been soimported are satisfied, but this fact does not apolo- gize for the system. I have long en- deavored to discover who the parties are who obtain the immigrants on the other side,but have thus far been unsuccessful. I certainly hope that congress will pass some law to put a atop to such immigra- tion."” Superintendent Jackson, of Castle Giar- den, says: ‘‘I have no doubt that this syatom is carried on to a great extent by corporations in this_country who have their agents abroad. Every now and then large gangs of laborers arrive, all bound for the same town. They are generally taken in charge by some person or per- sons who come to New York to meet them. Some few weeks ago a party com- posed of about sixty Irish and (iorman girls arrived, all of whom were going to oneof the large silk manufacturers in New Jersey. I do not know whether they had contracted with any person, but presume so, for no one will undertake to send poople to this country free of charge without some guarantee that certain ser- vices will be performed in lieu of the price of such passage.” SOUTHERN EUROVE PAUPERS, An agent for a firm in New York who was applied to for laborers—1Italian pre- ferred—for work in an iron manufactory, stated that during the time he had been in business 14,000 Italians had been brought to this country under contract, 6,000 of whom had returned to Italy. It was further stated that the firm had agents at Naples; that American companies paid the passage of the men from New York to their destination, which amount the imported Italians agreed to pay back with G per oemt in- terest. There are at present over 2,000 Hun- garians employed in the coke regions of Pennsylvania, the very lowest stratum of the population of Southern Europe be- ing represented. One of the paymas- ters at Uniontown says a number of them tried to kiss his hands the first time he paid them off, and they regard everyl' well-dressed American as & prince oralord. All of them save the money they make, and many of them send it to Hungary to bring over their friends and kindred. They are, as a matter ot course, favorites with operators, as they mever grumble about wages and take what is Joran's bill prohibited the importation and migration of foreigners and aliens under gontract to perform labor in the United States and tervitories. and pro- vided certain venalties for any violation of the law. The amendment agreed upon by the committee was to the effect that the law if enacted should not be construed to prevent the .engagement of skilled workmen to perform laborsin the United $tates upon any new industry. Professional actors, singers.and lectur- ers were also exempted from the provi- sions of the bill. Representative Foran will endeaver, Monday, to present the unanimous rcport of the labor commit- tee, which is substantially as follows: MWE REPORT. $ The cosamittee report back the bill, house resclution 2,550, with an amend- ment, and recommend its passage. The bill in no measure seeks to westrict free immigration. The foreigner who volun- tarily leaves his native Jand and settles in this country with the intention of be- coming au American ocitzen or part of the American bedy politic, has always been welcomed to.our shores. ‘The state is benefited by the acquisition of such a «citizen, and these immigrants are gener- ally of a higher class morally, socially and intellectually, and aid in the develop- ment of our industries and the material rogress of our peoble The peading {:ill has to do withda very different class of people—the immigrant =ho does not cowme by his own initiative, but by that of the capitalist. Thie class would never have seen our shores but for the induce- ments and alluremeats of men whaoso only object is to secure labor at the low- est possible rate, regardiess of tho social and material well-being of our own citi- zens, and the evil consequences which result to American labor- ers from such immigration. In mavy iustances these people care acthing about our institutious, which fow f them have ever heard of. They: are men whose passage is paid by the im- porter, They come here under contract to labor for a eertsin number of years. “I'hey are ignorant of our social eondition, and that they 1auy remain so they are iso- Isted and prevonted from coming in con- tact with Americans, They ara generally from the lowest sociz! stratum, and live upon the coarsest food, and in hovels of & character bofore unkuown to Ameriean workmen. Being bound by contract, they are unable, oven it so disposed, to take advantage of the facilities wfforded by the country to which they have beon mported. Ay a rule, they do not be- given them at the company stores with- out murmuring, and, busides, they never strike. I respect to economy and frugality they greatly resmble the Chinese. . ‘vhe same argument that was used to induce congress to restrict the importation of the Chinese applies with equal force and pertinency to the pauper labor of southern Europe. fta- tistics of immigration from Englana, Ire- land, "Gormhny and other FEuropean countries from whic1 the better class of immigrants'is steadily decreasing, while immigration from southern Europe is a8 steadily increasing, is evideuce tending to show the efforts employers of labor are making to supplant Awerican work with foreigners, and as still further demonstrating the necessity for the pas- sage of this bill, THE WINUOW~GLASS MANUFAOTURERS. Attention js called by the committee to the following resolution of the Win- dow-glass Manufacturers’ association held at Long Branch, July 11, 1883, which is submitted without comment: On motion of Mr. Garsuen it was re- solved by a vote of 13 to 8 that the treas- urer be authorized to pay a sum not ex- ceeding &30 per man for each blower or gatherer brought over from Europe after August 1, 1883; provided the same be employed by some member of this usso- ciation, and provided that they are not workmen who have been in this country within the twelve months last past. In conclusion, the report says that the comutittee had before it and took the tes- timony of some of the leading and most intelligent men in the labor organizations of Massachusetts, New Jersey, Penusyl- vanis, New York, Indiaaa gnd Ohio, a summary of their testimony being ap- pended. The importance of the subject, its bearing upon the social, political and economic condition of our people, to- gether with the magnitude ul the inter- esta involved, will, it is hoped, furnish an epology for the length of the report. — Blown off the Track, Dexsver, Feb, 23.—At 7 o'clock this morning, during a terriffic wind storm, two coaches of the Denver-bound Colo- rado Central train were blown from the OMAHA, NEB. MONDAY MOR THE TAYLOR MURDER. fhe Confession Made by the Brate Tngalls, Funeral of the Late Vietims at Avondale. Ciergymen Advocate Lynching the Murderers, Their Sentiments Are Applanded By the People. G I"I);ilt"\\'l(h Thieves In Texas, A Desperate Horeo CRIME AND CRIMINALS, BURTAL OF THE VICTIMS, Cixersya, February 25 —Tho exam- ination of parties charged with the mur- der of Beverly Taylor and wife and Eliza Jane Cramer, an_adopted child, whoso bodies were sold to the Obio Medical colloge on the same night of the murder, was held at Avondalo this morning, be: foro Mayor Strickland. The testimony included tho statement of R. B. Dixon, an oxpress driver, who said he was em- ployed by Allen Ingalls on the mght of the murder to do some hauling; that In- galls and another colored man met him at the appointed place and he hauled three bodies in sacks to the Ohio medi- cal college. He recegnized Allen In- galls and Ben Johnson as the men who put the bodies in the wagon. Dr. Cilley, demonstrator of anatomy of the Ohio medical college, testified that Allen Ingalls and another man brought the bodies and that he re- garded Ingalls as a resurrectionist, but refused to testify to any other cases where Ingalls had sold bodies to the col- lege. Ben Johnson pleaded guilty, but Afien Ingalls remained defiant. He and Johnson were held for murder in the first dogree. Richard Ingalls and Jeff Port were discharged. Adter long resstance Allen Tngalls made the following confession of the killing of the Taylor family: “On Fri- day morning Ben Johnson, who lives with me, said he had three points for that night. |He explained that the points meant subjects for the medical college. | I asked Johnson whero they were and Johnson replied: ‘The thres peoplo ac the Taylor cabin on the hill. They are nogood. We can knock them in the head’ 1 agreed and went to the Ohio medical college and told them that 1 would have throee subjects that night. They agreed to pay me $16 a piece and give me a note to Expressman R. B. Dickson. I went to the expressman and engaged him to meet uson the Avondale pike that night. I then went home, and after dark Johnson and I started to the Taylors. We had a bottle of whisky and tookdrinks, and feli good. The door was not locked, and we bolted in. The old man was sitting by the fireplace, his wife in front, and the girl was at work in the room. Johnson had a locust club, a little longer than a policeman’s club, and he began striking them over the head, right and left, as he would cattle. The woman struggled and offered some resistance. I finally choked her to death. Johnson easily dis- posed of the others with his club. Then we stripped the bodies and put them in sacks, which we brought along, and car- ried them to the roadside and went to meet the wagon. Loading them in, we drove to the Ohio medical college and de- livered them and got our pay. I know nothing about the firing of the cabin.” It is atated to-night that a mob of sixty ne- groes was organized last night to lynch these men, but they found the Avondale jail too well guarded. {Tngalls and John- son are in the Cincinnati jail to-night. Ingalls says they have stolen several bod- ies during the past soveral months and sold them to the Ohio medical college. Cixoisyam, O., February 24,—The funeral of the Taylor fawily {colored) who were murdered and the bodies sold to the Ohio medical college, ocourred at Avondale this afternoon. The services lasted two hours. A large number were present, including many of the best citi- zons of the suburb, Several clergymen ke, all colored except one, Rev. oseph Emery, who said the murderers of these people deserved summary pun- ishment without resort to the “court, citizens taking the law into their own hands. Elder . W. Scott, colored, followead in the same strain. These ut- terances were received with marked demonstrations of approval. RResolutions denouncing the crime and calling for an investigation to show whether there is any complicity on the part of the men who brought the bodies were passed. Ingalls and Johuson the prisoners, con- tradict each other's stories, Johnson has #aid Ingalls did the clubbing, A DESHERATE FIGHT, Decarur, Tex., February 24.—A des- perate fight between a band of horse thieves and a sheriff's posse occurred near Greenwood this morning, Dr. W, F. Swmith, one of the posse, was shot through the bowels, & mortal wound, and a number of others wounded, but how seriously is unknown, One thief was shot in the breast but escaped. The eople are out enmasse pursuing the out- aws, he Klood. Camo, Ill, February 24.—At ten p. m, the signal service reports, 61 feet 10 hes, 4 inches below the high water of last year. 1t will be falling to-night as it has been at a stand 48 hours and will full rapidly to-morrow. The people of Cairo have reason to feel jubilant over the experience of this years' flood there having been no interruption of business or damage to property in the city. The Llinois Central railroad is the only road crossing the line of the flood that has kept uninterrupted connection between the north aud south,"not missing & train or connection, JerrrrsoN Ciry, February 24.—Yes- track in the vicinity of Georgetown. Two ladies were alightly burned and several other passenger injured, but none seriounly. Three years ago, in exactly t same locality, an entire train, except- ing the engine, was capsized by wind and wrecked, * terday. afternoon Will Reid, a clerk in Secretary of State Mc(srath’s office, met his daath in a sudden and peculiar man- ner, It appears that he came over to NG, FEBRUARY 25, 1884, the north side of the capitol grounds, and | whils walking along the edge lost hisbal. | ance and fell down the Missouri Pacitic | railvoad track, a distance of some forty foot. 1lo was seen by a freight engineer, who was near by, and picked up, but only breathed two or three times. His neck was dislocated by the fall, and other injuries received about tho head. He was 32 years old and lived with his mother. ~He also has & brother in Kan. sas City. i —— FORTY. HTH OUNGRESS, HOUSE, Wasnisaros, February 23— Under the call of commitiees, Mr. Moulton (dem. 111.), from the committee on ju- diciary made a report, providing for hold- ing terms of court in the northern dis- trict of Illinois at Peoria. The house went into committeo of the whole, Mr. Converse (dem O) in the chair, on the pleuro-pneumonia bill, Mr. Gibbon (dem. W. Va.) opposed the bill because 1t proposed to tako out of the hands of the owners of cattle con- trol of their stock, and put it into the hands of federal oflicers. Mr. Stewart (dem. Tex.) argued against the bill'on constitutional grounds, Mr. Springer (dem . IlL) supported the bill. A power which could quaran- tine a ship in any of the harbors of tho UnitedStates could certainly prevent disoased Texas steers from being shipped from one state to another. The conati- tution was always the rofuge of thoso who had a poor argument against a neces- sary measure of logislation. Messrs, Hardeman (dem , Ga.) Broad- head (dem., Mo.) Halsel (dem., Ky.) Potter (dem., N. Y.) opposed the bill, the latter on the ground that it invaded the domestic concerns of staf Mr. J. S. Wise (ind., Va.) spoke in opposition _to the states’ rights doctrine, which had been presented as an argu- ment why the bill should not pass. The threo states most boisterous about the constitution and most jealous about fed- oral power were L na, Texas and Woeat Virginia. Louisiana was bought with money out of the pocket of the union, and had no pactioular reason to kick. Texas was bought with blood, and had some reason to feel kindly toward the nation, instead of continually cackling about the constitution like a gilly bird robbed of her nest. West Virginia was nothing but a bastard off’ spring of national violence committed on old Virginia. He had heard the gentle- man from New York (Cox) boast that he was a shining light and monument of de- mocracy here to point to thy doctrine of states rights, He did not call the gentle- man a monument, He called him a pii- lar of gas by day tolead the democracy. | Laughter. | Lie was sick of hearing the nittle bantling chicken of state rights being pitted against the heavy, gorgeous, red-combed cock of the nation, for it knocked it to smithereens every time. [Laughter. ] The committee then rose. Mr. Morrisson, (dem. Ill.,) from the committes on ways and means, reported the bonded spirits extension bill, stating that it was not the unanimous report. Referred to the committee of the whola, Mr. Belford, (rep. Col.,) offered a res- olution giving delegates the right to vote in committees. Referred. Adjourned. The Keifer-Boynton Fight. WasHINGTON, February 23.-—Before the Keifer-Boynton investigating com- mittee, Charles A. Garfield, of Cleve- land, cousin of President Garfield, was resent at the conversation botween oynton, J. W. Elder and somehody else about March 1, 18! when Elder asked Boynton to help him with a bil) he had before congress, but Boynton ro- plied that he had the McGarrahan bill in hand or something to that eftect, and could not take hold of the bill for only $0,000 or 6,000. Boynton said he had been to see Keifer aboutthe McGarrahan bill, buc he wonld have nothing to do with it. He made the remark that Keif er would go out of the speaker's chair without frieuds or money. On cross- examioation he said he did not under- stand Boynton to say he had any money interest in the bill, or that he had made any representations of that charactor to Keifer. The witness came to Washing- ton to get a government position, and sought Boynton's assistance, though he knew the lutter very slightly, He came to Washington at the solicitation of Keif- er. The committee adjourned to meet Saturday. e — The Whisky Bill, WasniNaroy, February 23.—It is be- lieved that no minority report will he made on the Morrison bonded spirits ex- tension bill. In the report submitted to-day Morrison says the committee on ways and means, having considered the subject of extending the time for the payment of tax on distilled spirits now in warehouse, bog leave to report that the production of distilled spirits in the United States has become larger than demandead by the market. The taxes are the largest paid by any domestic indus- try. It suffers in common with other industries from present depression in trade, The burden from which it chiefly suffors is that directly imposed by the the government. Ite relief would proba. bly prevent serious disaster and bank- ruptey, not only to the iuterest itself, but to associate business interests. ‘This bill proposes not to remove any liability for taxes now imposed by law, but simp- ly to postpone their payment for a period not excoeding two years on condition, of further security and of the payment of interest. cost of taxes and the rate paid by the goverament on any of its dobts, L — A G ire in St Paul, g1, Pavi, February 24.—This after noon _disastrou s firo occurred here by which the large four story warehouse on the corner of Pine and Prince strects waa burned. 1t was occupied by Mast, Buford, Barwell & Co., dealers in agri cultural implements, a branch of the FROM FOREICN LANDS. The Force of Gordon's Proclamation Fading Away. The Movement of Armies In the Soudan Country, A Massacre of Euroveans In Suakim Feared, The Khedive Preparing to France, to Fly A Movement on Bacoinh By t'e Tonquin Land For GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS, THE SOUDAN CAMPA! Oa Fobruary 24, —General G ham, commander of the Tokar expedi- tion, telographs General Stevenson an urgent request for roinforcements of ar- tillery, as ho is armed only with camel guns against Osman Digma’s artillory now served by gunners from Tokar. The news of the surrender of Tokar spread through Soudan as an English defoat. Tho rabels are nogotiating with Kassala and other garrisons to influence them to join Kl Mahdi. The governmeat has or- dered Admiral Hewitt to send Command. er Wolfe to King John of Abyssinia, with instructions to offer to surrender a portion of Sankeet, a portion of the ter- ritory taken from Abyssinia by (ieneral Gordon, on condition that the Abyssin- ians march to liberate tho Egyptian gar- riscns in southern Soudan. 'l‘hn king demands an interview with Hewitt and a concession of Vassaweh without waiting for negotiations. MOVING FORWARD, SuvakiM, February 24.—The Nubian troops about to be embarked for Trinkitat refused to proceed, saying their bullets would not pierce the shioldsof the rebels. The authorities decided to employ thom as camel drivers. The whole British ex- pedition, numbering 4,300, landed at ‘Trinkitat to-day. The rebels are scen on all sides, and are estimated at 10, 12,000 in the immediate vicini men-of-war Ranger, Jumble, Hecla and Orontes are at Tri Eurylas, As a decoy (ieneral Graham has sent forward from Trivkitat more cavalry, following the general advance to be made to-morrow. A fort has been erected 600 yards from Trinkitat. Cairo, February 24.—General Ste- phenson sent a tolegram to London vo- day, strangly advising that an advance be made from Trinkitat. The secretary of state or war, in reply, ordered an imme- diate advance. AN ATTACK ON SUAKIM, Suaktw, February 24.—It is common talk in the bazaars that Osman Digna, will vory soon attack this place in which event it is expucted the black inhabi- tants will declare for El Mahdi and mas- sacre the Europeans. THE KHEDIVE'S DILEMMA, Kuarrouy, February 24.—The effect of General Gordon's proclamation is fad- ing. It is re) t EI Mahdi, with the main body of his army, has left Ara and is marching on Khartoum, (General Gordon has asked the khedive to issue a decree confirming the independence of Soudan. The porte has warned the khe- dive to muintain the integrity of Soudan and give no recognition t§ EI Mahdi. The khedive's dilemma has given rise to fresh rumors of his abdication. COMING TO PARIS, Pawis, Fobruary 24,—It is asserted that agents of the khedive are preparing a hotel for himself and family. MOVING ON BACNINH, Panis, February 24. —General Millot, commander of the land forces in Tonquin has left three battalions at Sontay and three at Haiphong, and is preparing to operate against Bacninh with 9,000 men, EGYPT'S GOOD UROPS, Avexaspris, February 24,— Bids aro invited for furnishing stores and provis- visions for the British army of ocoupa- tion of 10,000 men for the year. The wheat and bean crops of upper Egypt are splendid, and the sugar crop is prob- ably the la: ——— CHICAGO MARKETS, THE LATEST SQUEEZE, CuicAco, February 23.—The markets on the board of trade were active to-day in a speculative way, but legitimate busi- ness was small, with grain weaker but provisions higher. Prices for all articles, however, were exceedinly irregular and unsettled. Wheat was without support and the business mostly local, The market was quoted quiet and steady in Liverpool, and cargoes off coast and to arrive firmer, This in connection with dispatches from the winter wheat districts reporting great damage to the growing crop by freezing, increased the fears of timid shorts and caused a strong opening, 4c over Thursday's last figures, but New York was quoted dull and heavy, with. out export demand, while the receipts hero were larger for the week than for any corresponding weck in tne past four years, being 591,600 bushels over the shipments. There were fair selling orders from the east, and when the first demand was filled a weak feoling devel- oped, 'The large bears, headed by the “Big Four,’” who are enormously short, commenced selling freoly, and prices soon started en thedown grade, A good many lots of “long” wheat, on which the margins were exhausted, wero thiown over. The large selling of the past few days has, however, created an immense short interest, which, with t pgesent unfavorable condition of the weather, justifies the opinion that inas main house at Rock Island, Il,, the S, Paul harvester works, Brand & Co, stoves, and a store room of Glidden Griggs & Co., wholesale grocers, The entire loss is §125,000; insurance, 85, - 000. Mast, Buford, Barwell & Co, oar- ried a stock of $00,000; insared for $33,000, e E——— The 'Frisco Probibitionists, N Franuisco, January 24, A pro- hibition meeting last night adopted res- the office for the purpose of working, but feeling suwewhat indisposed decided to return home. This was the last time he was seen alive, He went to the bluff on[ ‘olutions against the passage of the bill ’eandmu the time for the payment of the tax on bonded spirits, an favorirg Sumner’s postal telegraph bill, much as pricos have already raceded 4]s from the point at which they turncd down the risk of selling short” 1must be largely increased, und thoso who desire Lo do 8o will do well to consider the contin- gences of » weather scare and the tempor of the bull crowd, who are on the watch to take advantage of circumstances calou- lated to aid thew in squeczing the shorts by manipulating prices for an vpturn, QUOTATIONS at the close to-day showed a loss of @ fe. Corn was active, but the demand the support given by Pool, Kent & Co., Baker and other large holders, as the logitimate influences were not ealeulated to increasos contidence. The week's ro- ceipta being 591,500 bushels over ship- ments, and larger than for the same week in the four procoding years, (uotations settled back !« e, However, considera- ble lines of corn were bought to-day for St. Louis and Kansas City account. This Iatter is a now feature of the trade hero, and is an indication of lighter receipts in future, There is also an increasing de- mand in tho southwestern states for com to ship north. It is part of the gossip this evening that many partios aro buying corn in Now York for May delivery and selling it in Chicago for July. This makes a profit of Aie, which will etill bo very fair after all exponses are deducted, but it is attended with great risks, Oats are dull at Lo e lower. Pork was firm and 17300 higher. The advance was enginoered by the Armour-Smyger- Jones combination, their object being to squeezo the shorts and make them settle, and at the samo time enable them to sell big lines to outsiders, in both of which they were successful, as tho shorts sec ing their position bought m at once, while the tailers thinking anothor up raid was contemplated took tho bait freely. The May option touched €18 50 at one time. The market 15 VERY STRONG and many consorvativo lowses have pogged pork at $21 for May. Cudahy continues steadily buying, having fol- lowed it up from $11 and made over $£800,000 during the winter. Ho is the richest provision breker on the floor to- day, notably a pork prince. {mnl wont up 2§@7le. Fowler Bros. aro steadily tal all the lad offered, having been buying for a long time on tho May option, and a squeezo may be innocently precipitated on the house, which has always fought against corners. Thoy say they want tho lard and must have it for their trade. The past week has failed t) show any interest in the cutting of* hogs by Chicago packers, Recoipts are small, being estimated at 6,600 head for to-day, against 11,000 yesterday, and as shippers continue to be freo buyers, the number left after their wants aro supplied is too limited to give vackers any opportunity to onlarge their operations. The season of 1883.4 is closing in a much quieter manner than it was anticipated it would at the opening. Tae hog_supply has been o disappoint- ment. Four mouths ago Armour, Bliss, Hutchinson, Singer and Fowler Bros sont men through the districts from which the supnly of live material ia usually deawn, who should estimate the probablo number and quality of . hogs which would arrive during the season. All roported the country fillod with great black hogs which farmers were only too auxious to pour into the market. The al- most steady advance in prices has had 20 effect in_stimulating the marketing of these packers, and the conclusion was long ago reached that the packers were sadly mistaken last Novembor as to the supply’in farmers’ hands and the number that was likely to come forward during thesenson. Statisticians were at fault, and the best information obtained prov- ed to be worse than mno informa- tion at all, inasmuch as it induced manufacturers to open and conduct their business during a portion of the winter upon an erroneous basis. Estimating the arrivals of hogs for the next week at the run of four weeks, the packing at Chicago for the present season, or from November 1 to the close of the present month, will show a falling off as com- pared with the season of 1882 83, of over 525,000 hogs, Tho season will show tho smaller number of hogs packed at this point during any similar period since the season of 1876.77. Tho 'packing of Oincinnati for the season will fall behind the returns of 1842 3 about 50,000 hogs. KansasCity, St. Louis and some of the less important points are likely to reach the figures of 1882 3, but for the entire westthe short- age will not be far from 600,000 hogs. The cutting just now in the Chicago packing houses, which are running, is confined largely to the filling of contracts already mado and the manufacturers show little change from day to day. On the curb there was evinced little desire to trade, but s few sales of Ma:; wheat were made at 97798, Corn sold at b3} H3 for May, the best trades be- ing av the inside. Provisions were quiet and steady. ‘ C o ——— Vellow Calt Deflant, Winxivk, Fobruary 24.—Farly Sat- urday morning 20 policemen, Colonel Hirschman, started for a cabin 13 miles north of Quappelle river, where Yellow Calf's band of 70 braves were holding sway. When within two rods of their destination, the Iudians came awarming out, and tlourishing guns, ro- fused to allow the police to enter. The colonel commenced parleying with the chief, but * Yellow Calf distinctly refused to e up any men or stolen provirions, He said he neyer would surrender without a struggle. The police were then formed in line, the last man had hardly taken hiv position when suddenly the doors and windows of the cabin were thrown open and openings fairly filled with rifles, and, owing to great odds and the Indisns having pro- tection in the cabins, Col. Hirschman, after a short talk with Yellow Calf, withdrew to a farm house for the mght. The people of Broadview are considera- bly excited and an uneasy feeling pre- vails, e Dy, Oolling' Obaiges Sr. Pave. Feb, 24.—The Pioneer Press prints this morning & #ix col- amn interviaw with De. Colling, brother of Jerome Colling, who lost his life upon the Jeaunette expedition, Dr, Coliins has posscssion of the note books and pa- pers found upon the person of Jorome. Upon these he bases a petition to con- gress asking for further and wore thor- ough investigation of the circumstances attending the loss of the Jeannette, The poiny that the doctor makes is that the jealousy of naval ofiicers and civillians caused flights and rendered it impossible that the objects of the expedition could be successfully attained, and finally re- sulted in the loss of the vessel and his brother’s and other lives, e ‘The Neligh Land Office, Bpacial Dispatch to The Bee, Wasinron, Kebeu iy 24 —Socretary NO. 212, LIVES LOST. A Great Pirsr In Michigan Clains Several Human Viotims, A Terrible and Fatal Leap From a Third Story. Property Losses to the Amount of $176,000, Tho Acoident on the Hannibal & 8t. Joe Road, Killed Outright and Oihers Sertonsly Injured, Five Persons TWO DISASTERS, FIRE IN JACKSON, MICHIGAN, Jacksoy, Mich,, February24.—A large and disastrous fire broke out this morn- ing at 6 o’clock in a wooden building oc- cupied by J. J. Barnos as a cigar store, and destroying the Unicn hotel block, ve- cupied by the Union hotel, Union hall theater, Waldron & Curtis’' drug store, Jackson savings bank, H. H. Case and C K. Elliott, groceries, N. H. Eckler's saloon, a block owned by D. B. Hibbard and costing 8126,000, together with five frame brildings occupied by Wm. Ault- man, boots and shoes, John Roth, jewel- er, Charles Anib, barber shop and resi- dence, J. J. Barnes, cigar store, Rutson Bros., confectioners, Barrett & Daily, tinsmiths, and Moses Woiger, sa- oon, The total loss by the fire and water will exceed §175,000, partially covered by insurance. Several lives are reported lost, but as yet only one body, that of Charles Cornell, a crppled sol- dier, has been recovered. Four others are injured so that they will die. John Prior, Mrs. Banks, waiters, and an un- known colored man, and James Herles, of Cleveland, who, attempting to jump from the third story window, struck on some telograph wires, was whirlad avound in such a mannor as to strike on his hoad and shoulders on the pavement, and is injured so he will die. Charles Kim- ball, of Kalamazoo, Mich., also received a bad scalp wound in jumping from the baleony on the front ot the hotel, His Injuries are not fatal, THE HANNIDAL AND ST, JOE SMASH. < v, Mo., Felruary 23.—A train which arrived from the scene of the wreck on the Hannibal & St. Joe, brings the fillowing particulars, Tho train which was wrecked wus ruuning thirty miles an hour preparatory to mounting a steep grade, and, when on the bridge, the matl car struck a broken rail. The engine and baggage car passed safely, the mail and smoking car were precipitated into the water, carrying down the bridge which had been broken by the crash. One coach, a chair car and a sleeper were thrown from the msc{( and piled up on the banks. Ono of the boys, Baldwin, was killed and the conductor believes four or five others are now dead. It is thought their names, if there aro such, cannot be as- certained. Among the injured are the following five, too badly hurt to be re. moved after being taken to Brookfiel 'J-°C. Rose and T. 8. Tracy of St. Louis, Benjamin Patterson of Galesburg, Il1., Joseph Mulhat and wife of Canada. About twenty-five others received painful cuts and bruises. Most of the passen- gery were brought here to-night. st 1 A.\;D FORFEITURE., The Status ef the * Backbone" Grant in Committee. Wasning1oN, February 23.—The for- foiture of the land grant to the “Back- bone” railroad, which is now claimed by the New Orleans Pacific railway, as as- signee, was cousidercd by the house com- mittee on public lands to-day. A voteon the forfeiture stood & to 5. Mr. Belford moved that Delegato Brents, of Washing- ton territory, cast the deciding vote. Chairman Cobb replied that Brents had Y 1no vote in the committee, being a dele- ate, Brents had previously voted on the orfeiture under consideration, In refer- ring to this fact Belford said to the chairman: ‘*‘I've always noticed that he was allowed to vote when his views were the same as those of yourself. Now, when he is opposed to the forfeiture, you will not permit him to cast-a ballot.” ~ Mr. Cobb aroee from his. chair and replied he would nntpurmitmfl one to question his motives. Mr. Cobl snid that heretofore no one had raised tho question of Brent’s voting. He had always volcd with the majority or minor- ity, when his voted counted as n.thing but as his vote at this time would decide the question; he would enforce the rules of the house excluding the ballot of a delegato. A heated collecquy between Cobb and Belford followed, in which the Intter asserted that his rights on the com- mitteo were the same as those of Chair- man Cobb, Representative Anderson was not present, and the deciding vote was left for him to cast. The members of the committee are of the opinion that Anderson will vote for a forfeiture of the grant, ——— A Big B Troy, N. Y., February 24.—Burgl broke into the jewelry store of Murt Son anc carried off property valued at §50,000 The safe door was forced from its hinges and the contents taken, which in- clude diamonds, gold watches, cash, jew- ey, ete. This 15 said to be the most expert job over perforinud in this city in eighteeh yeors, - No olew, lars & The Mexican Consul Generalship. S1, Louis, February 24 —Late advices from the Oity of Mexico are to the effect that the Mexican government contem- plates the establishment of the consul gencralship in tho Mississippi valley, with headquaiters in St Louis or Ohi- cago, and that the name of John F, Cahil), present Mexican consul in this this city, is favorably montioned in con- nection with that position, e —— A $50,000 Loss, Cnieso, Fohruary 24 —Firs to-night destroyed the hoiss house, eugine rooms aud miuor bnitdings connveted with the works of the Calumet lron wud Stoel was chiefly to cover ehorts, and business was destitute of vim, The failure of the market t broak badly was chiefly due to of Captein . 8, Butler - and W, Lamber. to the Nel gh land oflice. Cremeny CHAsE. Toller has wyrcelto the reappointment B, ! miles southenst of the city, company ab Uuiiiings emtion, twenty The Joss w roughly estimated st £30,000 0 §50,000; [fully irsured.