Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 15, 1884, Page 1

FOURTEENTH YEA FOREIGN NEWS. I | Terrific Dynamite Exp Londoa Bridee, But Little Damage Done Except Breakicg Windows, It is a Great Mystery to the Lon- don Polica, The Latest Germon Blue Bock Sensation, An Iofamous Trade Between France and South America, - nt Ce 'NIHJ“ the Kgyptian Cab- inct—Krance Purchases Soven FOREL THE LATEST GER Y Special Telegram to Tre B Losbox, December 14.—The latest Gorman blue book has been the sensatis f the week, 1t seems that the Gorman eo: on in Africa has been virtoally due to Kneland’s hauteur and her posing a8 the national pro- tector of all newly discovered countries, Bis. marck demonstrates that if England had agresd to hia ficst modest requests that the German leaders be protected in tha interior over whi ngland claimed sovreignty ho would have beed satisfied, RESOLVED T0 SUPPRESS PRIZE FIGHTING, Sir William Vernon Harcourt, secretary of state for the home officers, is said te be horri- fied at tho frequency ot the brutality of prize fights in Eagland, He asolved to sup. press them in tho future, if possibla, but his success is doubtful, as tho magistrates persist in inflicting only 2 nominal penalty as long as the fighting ls fair. GLOOMY PRO: £ P The prospects of the Nile expedition are considered gloomy by experts of the military cluba in London, Accordiog to their analysis of the situation, it will take until the middle of January to get the bulk of the force to Am- bukal, Then it will require fifty days hard work on the river to get the troops to Khar- toum, This calculation brings the expedil to toward the end of March, After re Gordon, suppos-ing him to have held out until ‘Wolseley's arrival, there seoms to be nothing for the army to do do than to race back across the Bahinda desert to Dabbeh, as the routs from Shendy to the Red sea is considered too dangerous to bs practicable. Tho newspapera complain they are not allowed to know the true state of affairs owing to General Wolseloy’s rigorous censorship of the pross dispatches. INFAMOUS TRADE BETWEEN FRANCE AND SOUTH AMERICA, Special telegram to THe Bek, LoNDoN, December 14, —An infamous trade that has recnnflg arisen between France and South America has baen exposed by the ener- tic action of the An‘lt;m; va:e ‘numu\ "f o necertained that a_vessel ey -ngam Marseilles for Buenoy Ayreshad amunrhar assengers a number . of Women and youig girls who were going in charge of procurers as recruits t 1 houses of ill famo at Buenos Ayres. The vise consul stretched his authority a ittle and corapalled eight maidens, who were natives of _Austria, to ba put on shoro. Ho is now harboring theso girla in an institation at Marsei'les, and will sond them to their parents or parishes in Aus- tria at the eatliest oppo. tunity. A MORE LIBERAL POLICY FOI IRE: Speclal telogram to the Brk, LoNt December 14,—Politicians have found a new subjact to wrangla over in a spoech delivered by Henry Camphell Banner- man, He sucoseded Georga Otto Treve- lyan as chief secretary for Ireland October 1t last, and this specch is his firss public ut: terance of note since his assumption of office, The secretary openly advocatsd a more libsral form of government, for [ro aid the great mistako made by tha | in their treatment of Troland that their policy s to Condesension.” ing a prouc tiye poople, they sent this attituds of m whoroas if they wera givea laws and ingticutions whi h their needs require, and towhich the country was peculiarly adapted, they would become &y loyal as the ~coteh. Among the English pol- \ns Bannerman's speachas are accapted us abla indication that the government has od to make a new departure in the Irish policy and uno in the direction of greater lio- alorism Loxnoy, Decembar 11 —The sontenc an Dud ey and Mato Stephens, th iibals, has been N g to six months imprisonment without BLUE IIOOK, one_ ot h, he conte dispateh to the Times from T nber 17, says at the presont Niln is the only avaitabio route for the wxy tion. Iuis impossiblo to indicaty tha pro for the arrival of the expedition at its {ination territic explosion has just occurred i city. The report was similar to that Dy the explosion of dynumite, One report is tho explosion was gas in the railway arches on "Tooley stroet Another is that tho b the Thames had been exploded, definitely known Tho explosion was tho: oceurred at 1 ondon brid proved unfounded, Persons on London bridge at the time of the explosion sy they heard a 1oud report and ovservad two flashes of light, Many panes of glass were broken in the cuse tom huuse, Cho latest reports show the ox- plosive material thrown from London Diidge into the Tnames, und striking the wa- ter, burst into a flune and a loud explosion foliowed, Ths polico are making an wuve:ti- gation, The explosion at L ten milos outsido of arsenal the ¢hink a boat cont: burning fuse atached baneath the biidge. tlawmes shot up sim of the bridge, sho at firsl to have pot, but this wdon bridge was he ondon At Waoolwi pre shaken, Tho pol 3 the explosi was ullowed to drift An eye witnass says th tanoously from each sids ing that the fuse had been nweely timed o canss vne explosion when half way bensath the biidgo. T damage is be- Tiey be elight, althougn darkness pre- vented a thorongh exa . LoNnoN, Daccmber 14, 6 . m,—Beyond the undoubted fact that an atbonpt was made to blow up tha London bridge, the palice have absolutely 2o information of the affair, 16 is osion at the R. now supposed that din th explosion dropped ¢ alighted on the buttress 0 dam consists chiefly of broken windows in houses in the vici A bootblack relates his expe: rienoe plosion as { cleanic an's boots when suddenly 1 felt the earth shake about me. Tmwediately afterwardsthoro v fon and 1 was stunned, When I recovered conscions nees the gen had_disappeared " The buttress on wl ive is supposed to have alighted is only y damaged Per- vons crossing the bridge at the time of the exple hrown down, and many jots in the vicinity wore extioguished by concussion, Tatest—A careful inspection of the London injury dynamite the bridee was made to-day. No structy ever was done, The polico have dis- coverod nothing likely to assist them, Heads of the detective departmont hayo been con- erring with the homa office the «ntira day. The nbsenco of any clue is paralyzing the action of the p who unable even to tell the nature of the explosive used. Losvos, December 14, —Thousands of pec. ple are visiting the scens today, From the fact that not a single stone was displaced wome experts are of the opinion that the ex plosive used was thrown over the and exple in the air. A woarfor, howover, just informed the police that a few minutes before the explosion ha_saw a boat containing threo men under an arch on the Surrey si He took no particalar n: of them, think- ing they wers river police and did not see the boat afterwards, 1t 1s suppoied that they proceaded down the river. The police learned this afternoon that a piece of charred sacking about a foot and one-half square had beeu found in one of the buttresses, and are in- clined to the opinion that the explosive was placed thero, They attribute the smallness of the damage to ext; air carrents h thoe span, Beruiy, December 13 o Covgo_ sub- committes completed its work of drafting a report embodying the different schemes of ion proposed. No decision was ar ab inregard to tho American project for territorial neutrality. This project, together with Gen. Sanford’s railway schewe, will grobably ba presented to the full conforanca Monday, when the Luglish delogate will in- troduce the liquor question. Pauis, Decembor 14.—The chamber of de. puties passed thenavy estunates, coupled with & reoommendation urging thebuilding of swift cruisers and torpedo vessels, and the specdy compleation of the large men-of-war, ALEXANDRIA December 14 —A crisis is im- minont in the Egyptian cabinet. Nubar Pacha, prime minister, is desirous of resigning. Carro. December Itis reported that the Mahdi’s tent is constantly surrounded by a triple line of guards, Heis afraid of being posoned, l[‘ln favorite wife or daughter pre- 0od. » expedition is advancing repidly. With favorable winds the forces will arrive at Ambukal sooner than expacted. MARSEILLES, Decomber 14.—Many coun- ilors from the department of Bouches Du Phone, demand the convoking of an extraordi- nary ecssion of the general council to protest against the proposed increase of duty on for- eipn cereals, Panis, December 14.—Tho Gaulois says France has pnrchased seven British steamers for use in conveying additional troops to Chinn, The taviff commission has presented a re- production_of cereals, The stato yield of cereals in I'rance has steadily in roased dur- ing the past thirty years. At present the uy- eraze yield per acre is equal to th yield in America, The importation of grain from foreign countries has a tendency to di- minivh prices, and thus the prico of French products are not regulated by the cost of pro- duction; but the muximum prise obtainable in France for cereals is abuut the samn asin TIndia or America. Thesecould bo #old five or six francs per centler under the usual prics, consequently they are able to tear & duty of three fraucs without resultibg in any raise of transporting emigrants to Sonth Awers in here for coal and provisions, Geuon for South America two months but cholera hroke cut among the pas twenty of whom died in consequence A BONAPARTIST BANQUET, Panis, “December 14,—The banquet fo-day was attended by 1,200 peraons, Maurice Richard presided. He declared th France was in the simn state of an: before the accession of Napoleon, then, the only the people to el ief, therefore,” he to elect a worthy chiof He concluded by proposing’a toast to Prince N. n, Pa declared that the object of the meeting was to proclaim Napoieonic seutiments and opanly demanded that Prince Napoleon be madelchicf of the government, “We are, TH ARL OF EY'S SPEECH LoNDoN, December 14,—The carl of Mor- ly. liboral member of the lords, and uader eecretary of war, addressed an audie Piymouth to Ho_said would bo nece i 36 coer would be a a ness. While glving ure of justic d, bo’ firm, it to be supp at the un yor e there suraly nd lawloss. Ire Lngland must, Isrl Mor. 2l never for’ a moment ed that sho will ssolved, position. LION 1 MINISTER LEA—MASSACKE OF THE AND BRIT- 151 THE JAPANESE KI SO, LoNDoN, December 14.—A Times' Hong Kong telegram says: It is reported from Naguski that the Coreans rebelled, that the king flad to the hills 5 general was killed, The outbreak wreed duriog the en- terbamment given by the king to thy ritish minister and others, On agiven signal the )g's son and the ministers wers massacred The queen diapprared. A collision occared between the Chiness troops sud the Japanese placed hiwrelf under the protection of residents 1 Corea Sspora arrived i of the rebellic The results are of certain in oral powers, —— and 1o Gra Wrecked. DexvEn, Decomber 11,--Late last night, whil a freight train on the Denver anl R Grande railrond was eo the mountain n Marshall Pass, the air brakes failed. After a two mils 'rin_and | fuivioz speod, noi lexs than fifty miles an hour, the engine ju the track, followed by twouty cars, “Ihe na and ' oars are a plete wreck. Tha eugineer and fireman jamped and eaved their lives, but were badly omised. Tho head brakem n was buried ader the wreek, The ¢ mdustor | brakeman sncceeded in detaching and stop: piog,ths way car, School riv are unknown, crerests to se A Denver le Train and \ done “1 was port to the chamber of deputies relative to the average RALTAR, December 18. The stcamer Matteo Brazzo Calian, a vessel engaged in but left ago, Sonapartist oy as o, o8| ould ve for | forming n national league iing down the sida of | and rear | His Celebrated Lotter to Gov, Vance Not Destroyed But is Now in ths Possession of a Raleigh Gentloman, The Full Text of the Interesting Epistle, The Chicago Tribune’s Editorial on the Union Pacific, Throatoned Strike of the New Orloans Telographers From Ocean to Ocean—Important reolsion Agamnst the Lake Ahore Kailroad, JEFF DAVIS'S LETTER, Raveien, N, C.. December 14,—In refer ence to the racent controversy between Gen, Sherman and Jefferson Davis, in which the former charged the latter with having threat- ened to forea cortain states to remain in the confederacy, it has been stated that the Davis letter containing this threat was written to Gov. Vance, now United States eenator, in reply to his letter to Prasidont Davis, of Oct ober 25, 1862, Tt has been stated also that the letter of Davis had been destroyed. This is a mistake, The letter is here, and is now in possession of u gantloman 1t isas followes: Ricayoxy, Va., November 11, 18 To His_Ixcellency Governor Vance, Ra- leigh, N. C —Daar Sir: I have tho honor to acknowledge youra of tha 25th ult. and regret the disappointment tu which some of the ve cruits of North Qarolina have besn subjected. T concur with you as to the policy of allowing the conscripts, as far as the state of the ser- vice will permit, to select the companies and regiments in which thuy are to serve., The nght secured by law of the volunteer to selert his 0 #n cowpany was loat, it is true, by enroll- ments, but the policy was o obvious of agso- ciating men who would best har. monize with each other that it was my purpose £ continue the privilaze be- yond the limit fixed by law. The danger to the coast of North Carolina and our inability to draw troops from the army of Northern ‘Virginia rendered it proper that the greatest oxertion should be mads imm up the rogiments in G mand; but this did not inerfers with s ing the conecripts to select among thoso regi ments the one to which they would by assigned, o long 83 vacan- cies existe m the companies chosen, and that T expected would have been done, I eend your letter to the war de- partment with a copy of thisreply to you, and hope for tha future that there will be no groond for dissatisfaction and that as far as feasible, the disuppolntment 6 which youre- fer may be currected by travsfer. T feel srateful to_you for tho cordisl manmer b which you hiave russaived eyary proposition connected with the public defence, and trust that thers will always be such co-intelligence and accordance a3 will enable us to co-operate for the publicgood. The con- script act has not been whero out of the army, Taere u. 0 awaro. it serves to check the discont hich resulted from retaning tho t s men beyond tho term of their original engagement, and was fairly regnrded as a meusura equitably to dis- tribufe n of the public defenso. but haveno wheie cliored ) on to xecution or withheld their aid exce; on the state of Goorgia and so far as the cadets of the military institute are concerued | in the state_of Virginia, I shali encoavor by judicial decision to settle the question raised | in those two states, and in the meantime I have baen cheered by the evidenes of a pop. ular sentiment which supports any weasure necessary to protect onr country and securo our political indepondeuc T hoped that the party disti isted at a former time, wou s of tho gallant men who have fallen, in defense of their birthrigh , and th: should all, as a baud of brothers, stri g tha inheritence our fathers s, Wish sia- regards, I am, respectiully and truly, JEFFERSON Davis, i orities | | tions, whi | 1 be buried in the he Chicago e and the Uhion Pacifi Special Telegram to Tik B Ca10a60, December 14, —Ths Tribune editorially: Our W Saturday morning c tr to subserviency of the United States railrond commissioners to the very i which they wera appointed to protect the public Commissioner Armatr. who is | getting ready to go into the railroad business on his own zccount, as shown by the appear- ance of Lis name umony the incorporators of a railroad which will get all its busioess from the proposed connection with oneof the Pacific ronds, gives an instonce of what is reforred to by the elaborate argument in Lis report in ta- vor of the schemo for refunding tho debt of the Union Pacific to tho goverument, Commissioner Armstrong s nover shown any zeal n recommonding any plan for the protection of the public. ‘He hag carefully avoided exposiog any of the exactions in tha rates or evasions of tha law by the Union Pacif He reserves all his energy und z3al for prossing a schewe in the interest of the railrond ast tho in- terosts of the people. This sixty yoar & cent extansion will hiave somo very (i iTects which are carefuily ‘hidden be hind the faca of the bill. Oue most impor- ant of these iy tha legitimiza ali ille gal fasues of honds that have been made by sin the face of the expreds ras, Another iz that it i will diaw attention from the Thomwpson bill now hangivg five in congress to strength and enfores tno Thuman Thompson | | £roposes to incranse the xm ot of net carn izes to be paid by the n Pacitic from |one quarter to oue half, aud to Commissioner Armstrong and his confederates | in congress, so far a8 it can b given pre ence ana promivence, will draw the attention of congress and the people from the vory raglous reform proposed by Representative Thomps Tt cortainly i3 a singular _thing that no representative of the people, whether cabinet minister, tupreme court representative, or ailroad 18 abie to stand up for the against the Usion ommission, s terests of the jublic Pacific, From Ocean t5 Ocean With But One Ohange. ecial Telezram to The BEE. 7. Pavt, Decomber 14, —Arrangements have been perfected under which the Balti- more & Ohio railroad will run expross cars through from timore to Paul, In this city the oars will connect with thosa of the Northern Pacifi+ Express company in the union depot. This makes an express line from ocean to ith but ene change, Judgemeat Against the Lake 1. Special telegram to The B CreveLasn, O.. December 14—The jury in the famous freight discrimination case of Sehofield, Shurmer & Teaglo against the Lake Shora 1ond, returnad a verdict yesterday of 5,000 for the plaintiffs, $100 differcnce be- tween the rates charged the Standard Oil company oa & number of barrels in the plain- tiffa petition and $1,000 damages mish the Lake Shore road for rination in ratas, For carting oil from the refinery to the road, for which the plain- tiffs asked. judgoment for about £1,000, noth- iog was allowed. The plaintiffs had kept no exact account of shipments under discriminat- ing ratez, and judge MoKinney held that they cculd recover only for such shipments as they were able to prove, which amounted to 58,000 barrels, The importance of this suit is not ihe amount involved, but it establishes a precedent that will enable shippers hereafter to succeo:fully fight such monopolice as the Standard Oil company. The judge delivered @ very strong, clear cut decision, under which the jury could do nothing elsolthan render a verdict against the road. - — THEY COME TO GRIE FAIRMONT HOG THIEVES BAGGE SQUEALING. Special to the Bk, eb., December 14.—The or- ganizad band of hog thieves that infested the country around Fairmont, Fillmoro county, last summer and fall, have at last come to grief, Policeman Clark Robinson arrested a young man—Wim, McEwen Jr.~ on suspicion, out at Red Cloud, one day last weelk, and he gave away the whole gang. There are five of them and they comenced their nofarious business on the night of the 3d of July last, by stealing five hogs from ¥, O. Bridgeman Jiviog south of town, One of the membvers of the band drove to Exeter with the load early next morning, sold the swine to Mr. Hwing, stock buyer of that place, and recsived cash in paymont. The subsequent operations ot the thieves occurred in the months of July, August and Soptember, and Messrs. Mussel- man Bros,, Curtiss, DLridgeman, Bassett and the Fairmont Creamery company suffered in congequence, The trisl was held in Justice Pinuey’s court Satarday and Wm. Mcliwen, Grant Deweest and James Bimpson guve 1,000 bonds for appearance at court. A B, nd L. M, Leek failed to copnoct, and will board down &t tha county e until court convenes again. e —— Furch Ameviean WH. Paxada, Decomber 14,—The Star and Her- ald announces the resignation of President Cervera and Secratary of State Qubarry, of the United abes of Columbi President Cerverasays. ‘‘Were I tocontinuein office, I shomld of tion which T estoem and respect, Inview of the interven- tion and influence of a cerb+ia class now being exercised, T should k quietly to assent or combat. 'The latter step would condemn tho country to a continuance of the present an loud situation, The former is opposed to v as a tolerant membor of the erty, and tomy convictions 3 a patriot. The death is announced in the Lima mad- se, of Benito Neto, lorg wall known in Sp Shore . The Blaine-seat INpraxarons, Decamber 13,—In the libel suit in the federal court 1 C. Sh sentinel company, | that further g plamtifi has wero fi v. The o set for trial Judge Woods will probably rule n thy request for a stay of further e Will Resume Miswavkeg, Decsmbor 1 ron mil's, fish “plate and n Bay View, will resume o They have been g curtailing orentir wspendiog operations months, nce one weel sgo the entire rolling _mill works have keon § the Merchant mill shutting down at that tiw By the resumption of work 1,400 men will L given emp.oym An logiana Fire, CiNciNNati, Dacember 14,—Tho business portion of Brookville, Indiana, almost entire- Iy burned this morning. The whole town tooed for awhila and an engine was 1 from this city, Thare was a tolegram od at throa oiclock stating that tho fl ames wore under contro!. Loss between fi fty und a hundred thousand dollars, Works Burned, , Decomber 14 Calumet sower pipe work, located two miles norih of Toronto, Ohio and one of the largest in the country, burned this} evening Loss, §160,000; insurance, $40,000. A hundred and twenty men are thrown out of employment, Tha oiigin of the fire s unknown, Eevolution m Covea, Wasnisaron, December 18, —The se cretary of the navy recoived a cable this norning from Rear Admwiral Davis, at Ragas: ki, announcing rovolution in Corea, and | staling I.I..‘t the United States vessels Trenton and Ossipeo wouid go thero immediate W mes - -y — Fire st Belvidere, 11, amend the Thurman law that the demands of the government ean be enforced, | 0f course | tho introduction of the blll by| peLviokre, Tl Decomber 14, oral huildiugs burned hore to-night; loss, §20,000; fusiance, §5,000, Smoking Tobacco. o it WASHINGTON NEWS. A Forcoastof the Congressional Werk For This Week, A General Committee of Arrange= ments for the Inauguration, Opposition to Leasing the Public Lands to Aliens, Secret Conference of Anti-Cam- eron Republicans. Sam Randall’s Asplrations and prospects for the Cabinet. Congressman Burleigh's Still Hunt— Arthur's Chances for the Sen. ate—Morton a Candidate, FORECASTING THE WORK. ™ WasiiNatey, December 14,—The house committee on appropriations intends to re port both tho Districigt Columbia and con sular and diplomatic appropriation bills dur- ing the present weok, Mr. Randall has ex- pressed a determination to get all the appro- priation bills through the house as soon as possible 5o they may be discussed by the senate at an early day. The inter-state com- merce bill will bs called up for con- tinued discussion, when no appropriation bill is before the house, Mr, Reavan hoves to secure nction upon it Thursday, When this bill is disposed of, the friends of the Mexican pension bill will' endeavor to se- cure action upon that measare, They will bo antagonized, however, by frieuds of the edu- cational bill. Ta the senate, tho bill for the admission_ of Dakota is unfinished business, and its consid- eration will continue daily after the morning hour, until disposed of. A vote will probably be token on Tuesday, and make it the fist] of “apecial orders” on the senato calendar and measure entitled to whatever advantage that dcsignation confers to the bill to establish a commistion to regn- late inter-state commerce should this measure come up it is likely to consume tho remainder of the week. It is uaderstood, however, that Senator Bland will antagonize it with one of his “‘Iabor” bills now on his calendar reported from the committee on education and labor, Two other measures are made “‘spaciai orders™ for the week but it is doubtful it they will be reached, These are a bill declaring the for- feituro of the Texas Pacific land grant sint resolution proposmng an itution in relation to the veto power. The military academy ap- ympriufion Bill may possibly ba reported rom the appropriation commitiee during the week and he brought up for action in the senate. The only other appropriation bill be: fore the Senate, is the naval bill, making pro- visions for the last half ¢f the present fiscal year. The Senate prefers to remove the. reg- ular appropriation bill of last session and has nsked for & ttee conference. The i The Inauguration Commictee, WasHINGTON, Decembgr 14.—Col, James G. Berret, of this city, received the following lotter from the national demociatic commit- tee: Dear Sir:—The national —democratic committeo has selected a number of gentle- men residing in the District of Columbia, as committee to make all arrangements for the inauguration ceremonies on the 4th of March next. We have solected you to act as chair- man of the committes and beg you to accept tha appointment, It the desire of the. national committeo, that the committee, of which you are chair- wman, shall have entire charge of all matters reluting to tho inauguration ceremonies, To that end you are aithorized to appoint such sub-committees 23 you may deem necessary.” Appended are tho nawes of fifty gentlomen who compose tho above mentioned general commit Berret, chairman W. W. Corcoran, L. 7, Leiter, General Philip H. Sheridan, U, S, A.: Admiral David D. Porter, U. 8, N.; Thomas J, Fisher, Roar Admiral O, R. Py Kodgore, U. S N. ionoral M. C., Meigs, U, 8. A} Professor Spevcer T, Baird, William' M. Galt, Martin Moriis, De Joseph M. Toner, Albert A, Wilson, Hear Adwiral Johz: L. Wooden, 1. 8 N.. Charles (i, Gloyer, J Norris, Dr D B Clarke, James E. Harvey, Goorge A. Mclinenny, Gen, Chauncey McKeever, U. 8. A., Jomes L, Barbour, Charles G, McCowloy {U. 8, marino corps, Walter 1, Davidge, Henry Willarc Cloggett, Hon, George | Baucroft, Su . Niles, Wm_ Galt, Chos, J, Luttrell, "B, Franci Riggs, John W, Thompson, George W, Coch- Curtis J Hillyor, Uenry H, Dod ank Hume, 11 Grafton Dulaney, Samuol Wheatloy, James P, Willatt James C. Whelling, 1. T, ) . Fredenck B. Maguire, Stileon Hutching, George W. Adams, Law* rence Garduer, Major ( ‘decker, U.8 A., General John A Houry Wiso Garnet, 1° L, Moore, Charlos ) Mathews, John Sims, Dr. R, S, L. Walsh, Opposed to Korei Special telegram to Wiz Bk WasHiNGroN, December 14.—The house grazing purposes, The committee is of one mind in the lief of the practice of allow- ing large tracts of land to pass into the own- ership of these aliens against the public pol- fcy and prejudicial to the iuterests of Amor- ioans, Represontative Hiscock, of New York, day ssid he would ba opposed to the enact- ment of the necessury legislation to carry the Spanish treaty into effect if that subject suould come before the house at tiis kcssion From talks he had with the members of the house, he was confideat a good majority 1 the same views s himself, a8 very bad, both for tha tob, sugar intercsta of the United Statos, tresty will undoubtedly be opposed by of the leadiug protectionists, on the r that it, together with the othar reciproc troaties negotiated by the administrat > and The ind v i, tend en teverywficre, . Becausde eve where recognized ad izdi@penéigee to Peafer a? Gonsdumer, ¢ public lands committeo has discussed to some oxtent the matter of English noblewen taking up large amounts of our lands in the west for t‘i.... - W};y to break down tha protective tariff system of the country, Anti-uameron Republicans. s December 14,—A socrot confer. ence of the anti-Cameron republicans was held Itis stated that twenty-five vers of the legislature havevledged them- Ives £ vote against him, 1 his would defeat unless he can secure domocratic aid, O Mre. Randall's Prospects of a Cabinet Positic al telegram to Tik Bre. New Yonxk, December 14, —Samuel J, Ran- dall, William C. Whituey and Smith Al Weod are reported to have made acall onSam- uel J, Tilden, From the friends of Randall it is loarned that he is serionsly corsidering the acceptance of a eabinct portfolio, Con gressman Paige says Mr, Randall can go into tho troasury it he desire Paige says fur- ther it is settled that Bayard is to bo secre- tate, Garland attorney peneral, and toey will havea place not yet de- termined upon, From other sources Lan dall's hesitavcy is reported to bo dus to the action of wany southern congressmen who voted aguinst him for speaker but now they say they would voto for him. Ho is led by these expressions to think that he could be elected speaker another session, and naturally profers the speakership to a cabinot place, 4 co with which his name 13 most often ciated is that of secretary of the treasury, thoughlit is by no nieans certain that he might not bo induced to take the navy department 1f he consents to gointo the cabinet at all, Congressman Burleigh's Still Hunt, Special Telegram to Tie B NEw YORK, December 14,—Congressman Burleigh, of White hall, who hus been mak- ing a stall hunt over the state in the interest of President Arthur for senator, went over to Washington last night to consult with Arthur, He said to a reporter if the president would consent to make the coutest he would be nom- inated. When asked to define the president’s position, he said that Arthur would rely upon the sagacity of his_friends not to bring him into an undienified scramble for the othce. If they saw an opportunity for his election they would feel at perfect liberty to use his name, There has been reports for several days of cablegrams from Mimster Morton, Oae authorized his friends to say that he was a candidate for the office, and would itry by all honorable means to obtain it through their assistance, It is pretty well understood that Senator Warren Miller has been nursing the stalwarts into a controversy among them- selves with the expactation of bringingin Wil- linm M, Evarts as a compromise. —— Ballot Box Stuffing in Mississippl, Spocial Telegram to the BEE, WasHiNG1oN, December 14,—A few days ago representative Chalmers, of Mississippi, introduced in the house a bill to restore the republican form of govornment to that state. Meeting General Chalmera to-day, your cor- rospondent asked him to explein his object in introducing the bill. He says the object is two fold: First, to attract the attention of the countey to the complete despotism established in Mississippi, where the minority having charge of the government perpetuates its power by the appointment of expert ballot box staffers as election officers, and the exclu- sion ot all inteilgent opposizion from wit- nessing the proceedings, Second, to show that there is a simple remedy for it, and that it Is for congress to - xerciso its constitubional power in regulating congressional elections and in 8o doing, order vhe representatives in congress elected on the same ticket with a ropresentative to the state-legislatures who will elect the United States somatora thereby securing intelligent witnesses at olection both of United States representatives and sonators. He says he doesn’t expect this democrutic congress to pass his bill. Ho says that on o fair_ count and election he would have besn re-elected by three thousand majority in the last election, but that particularly in districts where negro votes are heavy, the most shame- less frands were committed Democratic bal- lots were substituted for republican ballots be- fore they were put in the box by judges, and the boxes taken home to dinner by themn and stuffed, s fact is shown becanse in the heavy republican (neero) districts the heaviest mojorities wero returned against him He does not intend to contest tha election, as it would cost more than he is worth, the corrup- tion being 8o wide spread. He was asked: “Would not the friends of Blaine be interest ed in exposing thesa 15" “Yes, If the election in Mississippi and Georgia and in Judge Craig’s district in Alabam were properly pressed and thoroughly ven- tilated through the press, as tho testimony is taken noxt month, the poople would see” be- fore Cleveland takes hi t that his election 18 not only a fraud, but a fraud accomplished by the bold nullificati n of the election laws of congress, In Mississippi the United sup rs were treated in many places with the utmost contempt, and the law allowiog them to be witnesses of the elec- tion openly and boldly violated, The excuse for this is the fear of negro domination, I told vhem that I was neither a negro nor a carpet bagger, and there was no excuse for lcounting me cut. My political opponents, some of whom wers my personal friends, laughed at we and said I ehould not complail beeausa 1 taught them how to do it ‘This not true the auswer ehowed that men who are in all other respocts honorable 1ien, Teave their consciences ab home when they go to election in Mississippi. i A Fagitive Siganailscrvics Oflicer, WasHINGTON, Dect 14 —Lieutenant Grecly, the Arctic yvoyager, rocently received a letter from Captain Howgate, a fugitive sig- nal service officer, asking for a loan of money, The letter cameo to Greely through the daugh ter of Captain Howgate, who resides in Cleve- land, Howgate did not give his address Greely replied through Howgate's daughter, suying he had not any money to spare. Tho latter itself he placed in a private drawer of his office in the sigaal service burean on Wed. nesday. He re an wnouyIIUS commu- cation stating that his piivate drawer had been opened and tome of his private papers copled, smong others the letter from Howgate, On receipt of the communication Greely laid the muttor bofore Secretary Lincoln, snd two dete officer of the rigual corps were sent to where it is thought Howgate is, to arrest Eim, e Murphy's Temperance Revival Prrrspung, De 14.~The Murphy tomperance revival started hore two weeks is growing rapidly, 000 havivg already joined the biue ribbon army. At the weeting to night nearly 7,000 persons were pre - 1100 signed the pledge, wber mber 4 ! AT R lectthelbost boaf from ¢ beit Jobaces it Qe and sLote l:t bews V0. 165, GENERP'. NEWS. The Exposition fo 5 Opened by Elee- Iricity. & Morrow. Several Gove: rs and Mayors Invited & '8 Prosent, e A Diabolical Attempt to Blow Up a Miner’s House, A Destructive Fire at Chippewa Falls, Wis, Yesterday's Fire Reoord in Many Other Places, Cigar-Makera Oppose the Spanish Treaty—Incendiary Mecting in Ohicago, HIOPENING OF THE EXPOSITION, New Yonrk, December 13,—Commissioner General Morehead, of the World's xposition at New Orloans, to-day perfected rrange ments with the Westorn Union telegraph company for the opening of the exposition hy electricity Tuesday next by President Arthur from the white house. "Powerful batteries aro placed in position at Washington and New Orleans, in order that the current of electri+ city may bo trausmitted without being re- peated on route, Attempt to Blow Up a Miner's Houso with Dynamite, Corvmnus, Ohio, Decomber 14,—The ofti- cers of the conl exchange of this city report that an effort was made at two o'clock this morning to blow up the house of a miner named Lauterbach, who returned to work. The etatement is that dynamite was placed near the door whore two children were sloops ing, and that the door and frame were torn to pieces, but the children were not _injured be- vond & sovere shock. The excitement was high duriog the day. The city co ncil he'd a meeting and appointed twenty extra police. Destructive Kire in Wisconsin, Cutrrewa Fates, Wis,, December 14,—At an early hour this morning & fire was Cise covered in the geueral store of Liea & Larson and eoon after a terrific exploslon occurred from the oil stored in the cellar of the build- ing. Both ends and a portion of the side walls of the building wero blown out. The flames spread through the building and to ti e adjoining buildings with gtartling rapidity and it was not until they had caried away every structure to the alloyway in the middle of the block that they were brought under control. The losses are as follows: Tee & Larson, stock, $20,00'; insurance, $10,(00 Corban opera house, $25,000; no lasurance, Opera store company, $20,000, insurance, 8. 000; W, I, Stoddard, elothing $11,000, inaur- anca, £5,000; Leclere & Maudelert, stuci6, 814,000, iusurance, $5.0 0; G. ton, @eneral merchandise, $10,000, £6,000; Chippewa Times, $3,000, $1,700; Georgo Cochrane, furniture and fix- res, of tho Sherman house, 53,000, insurance 500; Cummings b ock, $10,000 insurance 1,000, Thero were emall losses sustained by other partics on household furniture, ete. but mostly covered by insurance, Severa persons were 1njured by the explosion but 1t is thought none fatally, eneral Incendiary Resolations. \ Ciicaco, Decomber 14,—Neal MeGacher, from Hocking Valloy, js here solicting aid among the working people for the striking mivers there. 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