Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 5, 1884, Page 1

SANEATIA W o e s LommETes Ay v 7 mTn AW ! Tueg OMAHA DAILY BEE i THIRTEENTH YEAR. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. President Arthar Swings Ont His Presidential Boom, And Authorizes the Organization of His Forces, Yearning to Revise the Tariff But Too Cowardly to Act. Joaquin Miller's Panacea For Polygamy. The Democratic Campaign Comu tee—Various Matters of' Note, FROM WASHIN ARTHUR’S CANDIDACY. Special Dispatch to Tue Ber. WasuiNcron, March 4,—It is believed by those who are well informed that the presiden’t views in relation to the can- vass for the prsidential nomination are undergoing a change, and that he now proposes to let his friends go ahead and do whatever they are of a mind to do to secure delegates for him. The only tangi- ble evidence of this, however, is the in- creased activity of those who are in his confidence, and the intimation that they | have conveyed to influential politicians that the president does not object to their ergamizing forces in his interest. | Those who have talked with Arthur re- | cently say heis as'cold and silent as a clam whenever prosidential mat- ters are introduced into the conversation, and he still con- tinues to furnish his opponents with patronage to use against him. Heis fully determined that no one shall have good couse to_uccuse him of making ap- pointments in his own interest, and he still leaves the selection of men to fill; rexisting vacancies to the senators and representatives. TOO COWARDLY 10 ACT. Special Dispatch to THE Brs, ‘WasniNeToN, March 4,.—There is dis- «cord to-night in every fiber of the demo- «cratic party, as represented in congress. The protectionists say the free traders ‘have no political sense and that if they were given full rein they would wreck the party within a fortnight. The free traders declare the protectionists have mot the courage to express their senti- ments, and that they are too cowardly tto 'improve the! opportunity afiordell them by the majority of the house. #Bo it stands. Thers is discentent and ‘backbiting on every hand. The fact is, the democratic party at heart yearns to revise the tariff, but is too cowardly to act. ORGANIZING FOR THE FTUGHT. 1General Press Dispatches, WasuiNgroN, March 4.—The ‘demo- cratic congressional campaign committee .met this evening and organized for the coming campaign. Senator Pendleton, chairman of the democratic joint caucus, presided, and Representative Post, secre- tary of the joint caucus, acted .as secre. tary of the meeting. Thirty states and four territories are represeated on the campaign committee, these being the -states and territories which send a demis- cratic senator or representative to con- gress. Thirty-one members were pres- -enc this evening. The following execu- tive committee was selected: On the part of the senate—Senators Garland, iienna and Gorman. On the part of the house—Representa- tives Paige, Rosecrans, Stockslager, Stev- .ens and Murphy. At was decided, that thie executive committee should be empowerod to sslect members of the compaign committee for the states and territories not represented in either senate or house by n democrat. These states and territories areiColorodo, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and Dakota, Montana, Idaha, New Maxico and Washington. No other bu- siness_was traneacted by the campaign committee. The executive committee met upon adjournment of the compaign .committee and organized by electing Se- matorGorman chairman, and ¥epresen- tative Post secretary, Senator Kenna and Reprosentatives Stevens and Stookslager were appointed a sub-committee on fi- nance and Senator Garland and Repre- wentatives Murphy and Paige a sub-com- mittee on campaign documents, the chair- man being ex-officioamember of both sub- 00 snmittees, The committee had an in- formal talk over the arrangements to be made far the campaign, but did not enter into a discussion of the question of party ioy. The revenue reform democrats appear to be in the minosity on the ax- ecutive committee. Senators Gorman and Kenna are both “‘tarifi”’ demoorats, as are [Representatives Paige and Stevens. Representatives Stocklager and Murphy were Carlisle men, and with Senator Garland represent the tariff re- form element on the committee, Rep-| resentative Rosecrans voted for Carlisle for speaker but is an *‘incidental protec- | tionist” and endorses the Ohio tariff The secretary of the commit- tarifi” democrat, In the main the committee is composed of the younger. element of the party. THE DANVILLE RIOT, Wasmnoron, March 4,—Before the committee investigating the Danville riot to-day J, J. Vernon (white), deputy collector of internal revenus, ~testified that he was told two weeks before the election that there was going to be trouble and if he remained in town he would certainly be killed. Chas, Wooding (colored) was told that the democrats were going to carry the election if they had to kill the last nig- ger in the county. Daniel Dugger (white) discribed the riot. He saw Hatoher fire thel first shot aud believed but for that shot no negroes would have been killed. Witness voted the straight democratic ticket. He saw nothing on the day of the riot to indicate the whites were in danger. Nothing he saw justified the statement thar the whites fired in self defense. Colored men were in babit of carrging arms and had drawn their pistols on him, J. H. Johnston, mayor of Danville, testified that n message was sont to him by a demooratio friend that there wae gding to b+ troublo, The message it by one Coleman who smd things. Witness did not call out the colored company after the riot because he knew the whites would kill them. If a negro had shown himself on the street there would have beon a mil- lion holes in him. The whites told him they would shoot them. | Adjourned. THE NEWSPAPER COPYRIGHT BILL. The following is a copy of the bill in- troduced by Senator Sherman to-day, granting copyright to newspapers: Section 1. That any daily or weekly newspaper, or any association of daily or weekly newspapers, published in the United States, or any territories thereof, shall have the same right to print, issue and sell for a term of eight hours, dating from the hour of going to press, the con- tents of said daily or weekly newspaper, or collectod news of said newspaper as- sociation exceeding one hundred words. [The meaning is that newspapers shall have a copyright on all news items ex- ceeding one hundred words in length, Shorter items are not copyrighted. | Section 2. That for any infringement of copyright granted by the first section of this nct the party injured may sue in any court of competent jurisdiction and recover in any proper action for dam- ages sustained by him from the person making the infringement, together with the cost of the suit. A duplicate of the foregoing measure will be introduced in the house at the earliest opportunity by the representa- tive from Virginia, A POET'S VIEW OF POLYGAMY, Joaquin Miller appeared before the house committee on territorios to-day and gave his views on the Mormon ques- tion, He characterized the Mormons as “eranks and Guitteaus,” and opposed ropressive measures as only tending to incite them to further lawless acts in- stead of subduing them. This, he said, was the history of all such measures, Polygamy he thought was on the decreaso and he prescribed education as a panacea for all ills from which the people of Utah suffer. THE BOYNTON-KEIFER INQUIRY, W AsHINGTON, March 4.—Tn the Keifer- Boynton investigation to-day several newapaper correspondents testified to the fact that Keifer was in Boynton's oflico and had a conferonce with him about the tariff bill on the night of March lst. Others gave J. W. Elder, ono of Kei- fer's witnesses, a poor reputation for veracity. One witness testified that he heard Keifer say he didn't ““Care a God- damn for the press.” NOTES. The house committee on naval affairs appointed Buchanan, McAdoo and Bou- tello a sub committee to investigate the management of the Jeannetto expedi- tion, in accordance with Washburn’s resolution adop.ed yesterday. Senator Aldrich has revised his bill for refunding the national debt, and intro- duced it in the senate to-day. The house committee on the judiciary has ordered an adverse report on the celebrated Mc(iarrahan claim. Hugh J. Dobbs was contirmed to-day as register of the land office at Beatrice, Nebraska. The tlags on the navy department and navy yards were placed at half mast at noon to-day, in respect to the momory of Minister Hunt, whose funeral took place to-day at St. Petersburg. The navy de- partment closed at one o'slock. Reprosentatives Reed and Boutelle, of Maine, and Cutcheon, of Michigan,made arguments before the ways and means committee to-day in_apposition to plac ing lumber on the free list. A Tempest in a Teapot. Hawrrorn, Caon., March 4.—The ity is alive with excitement. This afternoon ex-Judge D. C. Birasall, active in Con- necticut democratic politics, requested a privato interview with Governor Waller. After being in the governor's private room a few minutes Governor Waller called his cxecutive sccrotary and re- quested him to ejoct the judge, and the secrotary showed him the deor. The governor says Birdsall threatenod him with the publication of scurnilous articles in his own paper, a democratic daily of this city, and in republican newspapers in revenge for his (Governor Waller's) appointment of State Senator Hyatt, an enemy of Birdsall's, to the bank commis- sionership. Judge Birdsall says the trouble arose from another cause. e ——— A Greac Land Sait. MisNearoLis, Minn., Maroh 4. —Suit will be commenced to-morrow in the district_court by W. 8. King and wife against Phil Remington and others to re- cover posscssion of certain valuablelands within the limits of this city, the amount involved being between 00,000 and $£1,000,000. It is expected that a large number of suits will grow out of this, as|enforce the law if finally passed. the land has been sold, laid off in addi- tions to the city and sold to other parties, A Great Strike Threatoued OMAHA, OVER THE RIVER. [owa Has a Brand New Prohibitory Law on Trial, The Bill Finally Passed and Signed By the Governor, Keokukians Indorse the Measure 3 In Advance, Text Books For Schools the Burn= ing Topic Now In Hand, Other Leglslative Mattors—A Green- backer Ser Right. THE IOWA LF SLATURE, HOUSE PROCEEDINGS, Des Mot March 4.—In the house to-day the committee on the suppression of intemperance reported back the bill prohibiting the eale of liquors within three miles of the agrioultural college at Ames, and State university at Iowa City. recommending its indefinite postpone- ment because the subject was covered by the passage of the prohibition bill, The committee on cities and towns re ported favorably on the bill to authorize cities, under special charter to levy a special tax for the maintenance of a paid tire_dopartment. The house passed a bill to compel own- ers of hedges along public highways to keep them within bounds of five feet in height and providing & penalty of not less than §10 or more than $100 for a violation. 1t does not include willow fences. A bill passed to repeal section 304 and amend section 307 of the code, in relation to publishing the proceedines of boards of supervisors. This is known asj Mr. Densmore’s bil]. IN THE SENATE, In the senate a bill was introduced to require fences along railroads. The Kennedy prohibitory bill passed by 34 to 11, being the samo vete so far as senators were present as on the Don- nan bill. Baker, Graves, Hall, Homen- way and Lairabee wero absont. three first voted against the Donnan bill and the two latter forit. The bill was enrolled and signed by the governor. The house bill for protection of fish in the lakes of the stato passed. The bill ordered engrossed yesterday relating to safos in sleeping cars and lia- bility for losses to passengers was recon- sidered to-day and indefinitely post- poned. The committee substitute for bills for a uniform series of school books was dis- cussed at length and went over to to- morrow. {t provides for a commission consisting of the state superintendent, one county superintendent in each con. gressional district, threo suporin- tendents of city schools from cities of the second class and two from cities of ihe first class to select and adopt a series of text books for public schools for & term of five years, the com- mission to be chosen by the executive council; the state superintendent, to receive bids and contracts with publish. ing houses, to keep the books on sale in each? township at a fixed price; each book to be exchanged for the book dis- placed free of cost ) the people. no dis- trict whick had adopted a series of text books within the last two years being compelled %o use the state seriesluntil the expiration of the time for which the books were adopted, districts to purchass out of the contingent fund and loan books to children too poor to buy. The bill exempts independent. districts of one thousand children or more, unless such district elects to use the state series, The bill was supported by Hutchinson, Clark and Smith, and opposed by Bills and Rothert, A GREENUAOKEL'S WHEREALOUTS, The statement of The Cedar Rapids sottee that Representative J, V. Johnson (greenbacker), of Montgomery county, who voted for the prohibition bill, was in that city during the rocess, and tried to make Magnus, a Cedar Rapids brewer, give him §2,000 for use in electing a successor to Holbrook in Delaware county, and that he threatened revenge on tha brewers and democrats when refused, is found to be totally un- true. Mr. Johnson has never been in Cedar Rapids nor north of Des Moines, and spent the entire time of the recess at his home at Red Oak. EOGKUK LIKES I, ¥ l\'l',m.un\,_ Yo., March 4.—A mass meet- ing of citizens was held at the opera house to-night and largely attended. "The spreches all ratified the action of the Towa legislature on the prohibition question and showed a detormination to ] Much enthusiasm was manifested, — The City of Colusmbus Disaster. Broron, March 4,—The United States Prroasvne, March 4.—The employes | local inspectors who investigated the of one of the large steel mills here have| wreck of the steamer City of Columbus, instructed their cemmittee not to accept | With a loss of 75 passenger and 28 of the the b to IO per cent reduction ordered | crew, in their report find the cause of the by the firm. As the Amalgamsted asso- ciation scale does not expire till June 1, |men to watch the ship's course. disaster was the neglect of the man or Captain serious trouble is feared if all the steel | 5. E. Wright, who was the only legal pilot mills attempt to reduce wages now.|on duty at the time of the disaster, was Fourteen striking coal miners were ar- | not at his post of duty, and as master for rested to-day for interfering with those |illegally delegating the performance of at work, nterference Hill. Ricumonn, V ., March 4 —The bill in | officers of the steamer the duty of pilot to those unauthorized, and for inattention to his duty as pilot has his liconse as master revoked. ~The Glaucus, who reference to federal interference in elec- | sighted the wreck, and who did not go to tions passed the senate to-day ayes 19|it as they did not think for a moment uays 10, 8 strict party vote, the demo-[ot “‘anyone being on or near the wreck,” crats voting in the affirmative. The bill [ are not subject to any penalty. — providesithat whenever judges of election are arrested by United States officers they shall either close the polls, The Hudson Bay Railroad, canvass & the vote and makeftheirfreturns,or swear | g uEiEG, March 4,—The Hudson in substitutes. o — Died of Hydrophobia. CH10AGG, Mar ch 4,—Eva McMahon, a little girl, died of hydrophobia in the suburban town of Lake this evening. This is the third death here from this disease within a week, C e — Fire at Haunibal, 81, Louis, March 4.— A fire at Ha Mo, bal this morning destroyed several Lusi- | River valley. ness buildings, Loss, $20,000. were several narrow escapes. Bay railway convention met to-day there being present & great number of citizens, farmers of Manttoba and Dakota. The meeting was most enthusiastic, Bpeeches were made by Messrs. Fairbanks, Sena- tor Btevenson of Crookston, and Quincy representing the Fargo Chamber of Com- merce. All endorsed the scheme and *|favored a road being built and controlled by the Manitoba legislature. The Ameri- can delegetes showed a large amount of trafic would be given from the Red Senator Btevenson pre- There | dicted that the road when built would be the wost prosperous on earth, He EB. WEDNESD The | showed that great advantage would ac crue to sottlers by having wheat shipped by the proposed route as it would bo a great saving in the cost of freight. The tirst two resolutions were carried when the convention adjourned. — Storr's Political Kaleidoscope, Special Dispateh to Tux BEk. Onicaco, March 4 —Emory Storrs, who while in Washington in the interest of the cattle men had his weather oye open in other directions, was asked to- ay : “How about politics!” “My judgment,” said Mr. “‘based upon recent observations, is that the fight is between Logan, Edmunds and Blaine. A spirit of rivalry has not been sutliciently aroused to cause any bitterness betweon them, and there will 1ot be any dark horse business this year. The situation presents this peculiar phase: Blaine is really in favor of Logan if he cannot get the nomination himself, 80 that these two leading candidates, in- stead of preparing to knife each other, are really on friendly terms. Blaino's hesitancy in becoming a candidate is likely to wenken him Storrs Retaliatory Special Dispateh to The By, egislation., Suicaao, March 4,— Emory Storrs ar- rived home yestorday after a visit of some woeks in Washington, New York and other eastern points. His particular bu- siness in Washington was to represent the western cattle interests before con- gress, and urge the passage of a bill that will insure tho sale of American meats in Europe. Storrs says all idea of re- talinty nieasures against the countries which prohibit the importation of Am- erican meats has been abandoned by those, who entertained it. No one out- side of Chicago now contempletes any- thing of that kind. Such a measure would receive no favor in congress. He believed the inspection bill which he has submitted will be passed and that its ef- fect will be to open French ports to all American products. 3 — Bishop Clarkson's Chicago Friends Special Dispatch to Thik Bk, folt here, and especially among his old parishioners in St. James church, over Bishop Clarkson's illness. o — FORTY-EIGHTH CONGILESS. SENATE, WasHinatoN, March 4,—Mr. Logan rep. 111.) from the committee on mili- tary,affairs reported favorably a bill to re- lieve the members and judge advocate in the Fitz John Porter court martial of the condition of secrecy imposed by their oath as to the voto of the gourt At the conclusion of the morning business the military acadegy appropria- tion bill was placed before senate. Mr. Logan said he was {Suthorized by the committeo on approprigons to offer an amendment providing #§at hereaftor any cadet dismissed for hazing should not be elegiblo to reappointment. He had consulted many of the best officers who had been in authority at the academy. It was their and his opinion that hazing could not be stopped wichout such provi- sion and he believed such a provision would stop it. The amendment was agreed to and the bill 80 amended passed. The following bills were reported favor- ably from the committee on finance: To provide for the issue of duplicate checks for government officers in case of the loss of originals, passed. To ratify the agreement for tho sale by the Flat Heads and other Indians of lands for use of the Northern Pacific. Calendared. The following and referred: By Mr. Vest, (dem., Mo.), to provide permanent_reservations for Indians in northern Montana, By Mr. Sherman, (rep., Ohio). Grant- ing copy-right to newspapers, The senate passed without debate a bill to punish counterfeiting within the United States of notes, bonds or other securities of foreign governments. The senate took up the bill to provide for jurisdiction conferredupon the United States in_places_outmdo their territory and dominion. It provides an elaborato plan for government of the action of mn- isters and consuls of the United States in regard to legal rights and responsibili- ties of citizens of the United States resid- ing in China, Japan, Borneo, Egypt, Persia, Turkey, and other eastern coun- tries. At the conclusion of the reading an exeoutive session was held, and the sen- ate adjourned, bills were introduced HOUSE, Mr. Lamb (dem, Ind.), from the com- mittee on foreign affairs, reported a bill to amend the Chinese immigration act. Mr. Hitt (rep. Ill.) submitted & minor- ity report. committee on ways and means, reported a bill to prevent adulteration of teas. The house went into committee of the whole, Mr. Converse (dem, 0.) in the chair, to consider the naval appropriation bill. ' The debate was prolonged. Mr. Calkins (rep. Ind.) offered an amendment that after July 1, 1884, tho staff corps on the active list be reduced by reducing the number of medical ad- visers from 156 to 5, medical inspectors from 15 to b, pay directors from 13 to b, pay inspectors from 13 to 5, and placing the otficers removed on the retired list. Without action the committee rose and the house adjourned. — A Forced Entrance, Puivaverrnia, Pa., March 4,—The forcible taking possession yesterday of the office of the Western Union Tele- graph company by the Baltimore & Ohio, during which the fixtures and instru. ments of the Western Union were flung into the street, under direction of How- ell Bros. tenants of the office, resulted in the arrest this morning of the asssist- ant superintendent and an operator of the Baltimore & Ohio company and Charles H:hwdl, a !'plm)(er. upon warrants ing them with forcible entry aug The ‘salinied e TR railrond compi of Louds £1000 for every dynamiter captured, m ofe Y MORNING, MARCII 5, 1884, | Cnicaco, March 4.—Much anxioty is | WHERE'S JERSEY JUSTICE? A Series of Dastardly Oafrages on Charles Parnell's Mother, Her Pets Poisoned and Proverty Wantonly Damaged. A Tragedy Enacted In the Towa Capital., A TFamily Slaughtered By a Wicked Virginian, Other Crimes and Crookedness ot Various Degrees. CRIME AND ORIMINALS, DASTARDLY OUTRAGES, ' Special Dispatch to Tiin Ber, Boroextows, N. J., March 4.—~Mrs, Delia Parnell, the mother of the Irish patriot, Charles Stewart Parnell, resides at her mansion near here, and for some months has been subjocted to various outrages at the hands of unknown par- ties. Fences have been destroyed, fowla killed and other property damaged. During Miss Fanny Parnell's life her pets wore two dogs, a handsome St. Bernard and a red setter. One night rocently some scoundrels gave the ani- mals food dosed with arsenic and on the following morning they were found dead. Last Friday night the climax was reached when a milch cow was found dead in its stall. It had died from arsenical poison- ing. Mrs. Parnell was not at home, but the motives of the persecutors were un- doubtedly to- poison the inmates of her house by means of the cow’s milk, Had the animal lived until the following morning and been milked according to custom before breakfast, the desires of the conspirators would doubtless have been fulfilled, The authorities are en- deavoring to fathom the mystery. SLAUGHTER OF A FAMILY. Regular Pross Dispatchos, Deraviaiy, Fanquier county, Va., March 4.—Sunday morning John Glas- cock. whilo in a fit of passion,supposed to have been caused by jealously, murdered his wife and three small children. After setting fire to his house he proceeded to the woods half a mile distant and shot himself through the heart. The fire in the house was discovered and extin- guished before the bodies were consumed or damage resulted. The attention of neighbors was called to the residence of Glascock by flames appearing. The fire was extinguished, and the bodies of his wife, a son aged seven, and two smaller children were found weltering in their blood, there be- g three pistol wounds on the boy and one on each of the others. Shortly aftorwards a shot was heard in the woods near by, and the body of John Glascock himsslf was found,” The deduction is thut he murdered the family, fired the house to conceal the crime, and then killed himself as soon as the extinguish- ment of the fire told him that his crime was revealed, His father is the wealthi- est man in the county, (lasscock was a heavy drinker, and it is believed wus crazed by liquor. A DES MOINES TRAGEDY. Des Morxes, March 4. —Poter John- son, a teamster, shot his wife this fore- noon with a revolver, both shots entering her breast. Shestarted out of doors, and fell dead on the doorstep. He then placed the revolver in his mouth and killed himself. He was found dead on the floor. No reason is yet known for the act. A man passing saw the woman fall dead in the doorway, and when the house wus entered Johnson was found dead also. ANOTHER TONY THIEF, Burraro, N. Y., March 4,—John W. Hawkins, United States lumber inspector and private secretary of Nelson Holland, of ('er Holland & Co., lumber dealers, is charged with embezzlement of the monies of Holland aggregating $40,000 Hawkins does not deny the charge. Holland declines to say whether he will prosecute criminally or not. The money 18 supposed to have been lost in wheat speculations. Hawkins has heretofore enjoyed an enviablo reputation. A GUILTY KON, Guear Faus, N.H., March 4,—De- sire Boudoir before the police court this afternoon pleaded guilty to acharge of kills ing Frederick Grant for which crime his father stands convicted, He will be tried in September. A RIFLED POUCH. Siovux Crry, March 4,—A letter pouch was stolen from the Union depot here Saturday night but was not missed, This morning it was found at the mouth Mr. Hewitt {dem. N. Y.), from the | pouch, of a sewer, cut open and rifled. Two packages of letters remained in the It contained no registered pack- ages, 1t is thought the thieves obtained but little money. FRAUDULENT CERTIFICATES, Beranton, Pa., March 4.—It is an- nounced that 900 persons voted in the last municipal election on fraudalent tax certificates and RichardCaldon, & brother- in-law of the Mayor elect, Frank Bea- mish, has been arrested for uttering them, THE EXPRESS ROBHERY. 8r, Louis, March 4.—Up to now the police have discovered no clue as to the whereabouts of Teller, the Pacific Express robber, Datectives are prosecuting the search vigorously, but are very reticent, No developments. Horrible Death of Two Ohildren. H10AGO, March 2 —The Inter-Ocean's Whoeling, W. Va., speciul says: A hor- rible story from Liarbour county is just received, Two children of lsaac Kon- nedy, residing near Phillippi, fell in a kettle of boiling soap and were burned to death. — The Taviit Bill WaskizGros, March 4,- The substitute for the Mornson tanfl bill, placing coal, salt and lumber on the free list, was con- sidered by the nd mieans cowmit. tees to-day. At request of Kelley it — NO. 220, was detormined to hear to-morrow a dele- gation representing bituminous coal in- torests. It was also agreed to continue informal hearings until final action is taken on the measure by the committoe. It is genorally understood that a vote will be taken in the committee Thursday, GENERAU FOREIGN NEWS, REDEL TLOSSES AT TEE, Suvakiy, March 4.--Seven hundred men, women and children arrived here from Tokar. The rebels mutilated the British dead that fell into their hands. to The marines and sailors, attached Genoral Graham's expedition, to 'I'rinkitat and embarked for Osman Digma_has sworn to g The British buried 2,300 rebel dead around Teb, FUNERAL OF MINISTER HUNT, Sr. Perersnura, March 4.—The fune- ral services of the late Minister Hunt occurred to-day at the American church, The coftin was wrapped in the stars and stripes, and conveyed to the church in a hearse drawn by six horses. A large number of mourners were present and the services were very improssive. Tho coflin was Iaid in the vault of the church where it will remain till arrangoments are made for transporting it to the United States. LONDON GOSSTI, Loxnon, March 4.—Gen, Graham has boeen instructed to return to Trinkitat to wait further orders, Prinoess Clotilde, sister of the king of Italy and wife of Prince Napoleon, is dangerously ill. Hong Kong, advices, this date, report a collission had oceurred between Chinese eoldiers and Kuropeans at Shanghai. A small body of the former assaulted of the latter and wounded eleyven, two with bayonets. Nellis, the Trish informer whe surrend- ered yestorday to the Gireenock police, states the murderers of Karl of Leitrim were Patrick McLaughlin, travellu, fenian head-centre, Thomas Hunt, an Michael McGinn. He says he heard McLaughlin confess that he shot Lord Leitrim. The murder was planned in London. i An Interesting Financial Decisioy, Sewvarie, 11, March 4.—Justice Harlow, associate justice of the suprome court of the United States haa filed with the clerk of United States circuit court in this cityhis opinion on theseveral matters submitted to him and argued in Chi and Boston in connection with the Iili- The nois Midland foreclosure cise. opinion, which is very voluminous, ers a number of points of yreat interest in financial circles. The validity of four different mortgages was in controversy, and also the validity of n very large amount of receiver's certificates. 'I'he de- cision sustains all the mortgages. Last year a special reference was made of the case to Hon. N. W. Branson, of St. Petersburg, this state, to take the testi- mony and report as to the amount and character of the receiver’s indebtedness, including certificates, Mr. Branson reported hold- ing that all the certificates issued except about $100,000 were valid, and he also reported as to the other indebtedness of the receiver finding a large amount due on a charge upon the property. Mr, Branson also reported that Mr. Gienis, Inte roceiver, is entitled to an honorable discharge. Judge Harlan, by his opin- ion, approves and confirms this report in all particulars and highly compliments Mr. Branson thereon, Nodecree of sale has yot been entered, as the details of such decree probably cannot be settled until the June term of the United States court at Springfield. ———— - The Weather. For the Missouri valley: Diminishing followed by increasing pressure, easterly winds backing to northerly, generally cloudy weather and snow or rain, rising followed by falling temperature. L — The Cut in Lumber Rates. Cuicaco, March 4.—The Western Trunk Line 'association roads have met the cut of the Burlington and the other lines from Chicago and St. Louis to Den- ver and othor Colorado points on lumber rates, making the tarift' by all roads 37 cents per hundred pounds. e e— TELEGRAPH NOTE 3, A detoctive who was shadownig socialists in a tavern in Pesth, was pounced upon and thoroughly thumped, The corporation of Cork have decided to give tho romains of Jerome Collins, of the Jeannette expedition, a public funeral, The New York Daily Commercial Bulletin's fire record shows losses by fire during Feb- ruary of 7,000,000, for January and February $16,000,000. In the star route investigation Ex-Post wmastor General James will testify Wednes- day, MacVeagh, Thursday, Ex-Senator Spen- cer, Friday, und A, M. Gibson, Saturday. The newspapers of Berlin continue their shameful and unprecedented attack upon Min- istor Bargent. Representations have been made to the Washington government on the subject, 1 James Stephens, a well known Kenian in Paris, expresses theopinion that Irishmen in American will render it impossible for any cabinet to yield to England’s demand in re- gard to dynamito agitators, The Fionch authorities are aiding the En glish detectives in their efforts to discover the dynamite conspirators, and the Fenians have become alurmed at this, and are prepar- ing toremove their headquarters from Paris to Geneva. 1t insaid that Montenegro is making prepa- rations for & campaign in Albania, Six thous- and men are concentrated on the frontier, Prince Nicholas of Montenegro designs to set- tlo the frontier (uestion this spring by seizing the tarritory whioh Montenegro claims, Aftor seven yenrs of idleness the larger furnaces of the South Bostou Iron works were lighted up Suturday for casting ritle mortars for the l/nited States ordinance department. This will be the first of a lot of five heavy ex perimental guns authorized by the last con: gress. Early Sunday morning Veter Schmetz, & well-to do carpouter and builder in Chicago, chuked his pregnant wife to death and wenb away wandering helplessly and aimlessly about the city, He lefc thiee children by a former wife, the oldest daughter 16, The crime was not dircovered till late Monday, Schmetz was found in the evening and was taken into custody. Saturdey afternoon Oliver Lane, wife and chud, arrived at Perkins, Dakots, from owa, aud thoy drove out to a claim a few miles dis. tant. “When they reached the shanty a man Jumped out of the door, struck Lave and his wife with an axe, aud then brutally kicked the child, This done he ran off, and has not not heen seon since. Laue wis badly wounded He crawled on Lis hands aud knees & mile to & neightiors, wud told of the occurrence. It is believed all three will die, CHIPS FROM 'CHANGE, The Peatares of the Chicago Grain and Live Stock Markets, The “‘Shorts” Climbing In Out of the Wet, The Variations In Prices Noted In Detail, Corn Closes Higher and Wheat Shows Improvement. Provisions lule Quiet at the Close— Cattle Slow and Weaker, CHICAGO MA TRADING ONE Special Dispatch to Tie Brn. Cuicaco, March 4.—1'he market dis- played a shade more stiffness, provisions excepted, to-day, and at times in wheat the§ tendency [was “strong as compared with the apathy and weakness of the pre- ceding week. The aggregate trading in wheat was moderately large. The market opened stronger and about three- eighths higher and advanced one-fourth additional under good local and some out- side buying, chiefly to fill * Later, influenced by a decline in provi- sions, thero was more desire to sell and prices declined I to 1! when a fair de- mand again checked the decline, prices reaching { and finally closed about { higher than yesterday. Foreign advices quote a quiet feeling but an advance for KETS, T0ES . red wheat to arrive. The visible supply showed a decree of (0,000, and the statement that 53,000 bushels of spring wheat had been taken for exdort tended to impart an improved tone to the market. March ruled quiet, and prices ranged from 91 to 91%c, and closed at 9lic. April was ing at 92@92f, May ruled and prices ranged from 96 to 07}c, with a fow trades at 97}@07dc together, and closed at 97 to 07! Juue was moderately active, and closad at 987c. July closed at 900, Corn followed somewhat the course of wheat. ‘Irade was fair early on local and outeide buying, chiefly shorts, and prices advanced o, but ater declined under large offerings, and declined jo. The decline was partinlly due to larger recoipts, of which 21 pur cent graded contract eorn. The murket finally closed Lc higher than yesterday ~March ruled quiet, prices ranging trom b1 to b2c, and closed at 1%, April was quiet and closed at 62! to 52}c. In May there was good trading eariy, but quiet later. Prices ranged from bGY to 57]e, with only a fow trades at H7}c, and closed at b6fc. In June there was moderate trad- ing; closed at 574n; July closed at 9jc. Trading in mess pork was fairly active and- chietly in' contracts, for May and June delivery. Prices gradually declined 40@42}c on the whole range. Later the feeling was steadier and prices railied 30 «3bc and ruled quist to the close, The cattle market was slow and gen- erally lower. Export grades, 1,300c1,500 pounds, selling ut £6 60«7 00; good to choice, 1,1001,300 pounds, $5 90w 40; common to medium, 1,0006:1 100 pounds, $b 26 H 80; inferior to fair cows, $2 H0 @4 10; medium to good, &4 26@d 00; stockers, slow at $3 7604 75: feeders, $4 900H 30; corn fed Texans, 960w« 1,060 pounds, 85 256 00, e —— Fatal OCollision. ‘Macoy, Ga,, March 4.—Two passen- ger trains on the East Tennessee, Vir- ginin & Georgia railroad collided last night near Juliette, twenty miles from Macon. Engineer Howden and Fire- man Ruth were killed. The express mes- senger was badly hurt. One passenger had an arm broken. The engines and several freight cars were wrecked. AN . Blair, WasniNroy, March 4.—The house committee on iuvalid pensions agreed to report a bill to allow the widow of Gen- eral Frank 8. Blair, of Missouri, $5,000 and a pension of $50 per month, for money expended and services rendered the union cause by her husband during the late war. —— Texas Pacific Earnings. New York, March 4 —The annua) re- port of the Texas Pacific railway shows an income of $7,437,000, operating ex- penses and fixed charges, $7,611,000, - e THE CAMPAIGN, The First Congreesional District Oon- vention, Laxcory, Nes , March 3, 1884, In pursuance of call of Hon. T, W. Popoon, chairman pro tem, the republi- can central committee of the First con- gressional district, met in the parlors of the Commercial hotel at 8 o'click last evening for the purpose of calling a con- vention to elect two delegates tu sent this district in the national mpntli- can convention to be heldin Chicago on the third day of June, 1884, On motion Hon, C. A. Holmes, of Johuson county, was chosen chairman, and John Steen, of Suunders, secrotary. The following gentlemen were present From Richardson, . W, Pe H Nemaha, Church Howe; Pawnee, C, H, Morris; Johnson, C. A, Holmes; Lancas- ter, D. Courtnay; Cass, F. Davis; Saunders, Sohn Steen; Douglas, J, R. Manchester; Otoe, David Everest and A. A Brown. » ' Un motion the district convention wak called to meet at Nebraska City, April 15, 1884, at 8 o'clock p. m , and that the representation from each county be the same as that spportioned by the republi- oan stato ceutral committee to the cou- Wi ti : to the couvention, except such ws are held by persons residing in“&l conntics from which the proxies are givew, On motion the adjourned to meet at Nebrask et o Bl R 1SR