Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 14, 1885, Page 1

¥ s Gt FOURTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, NEB., W E])NE%DAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 1885. NO. 178, TON NEWS. of Several Bills of More or Liess [mportance, Dissatisfaction of the Small Mis= souri River Appropriation, He took off his overcoat, sat down and almost immediately fell over and explred, Death is «uppoted to have been caused by the strikers pus there to guard them, enat bound train was stopped by the st 25 miles west of here this e pulled snd the train is side Superintendent here from Chicago to-night will submit their grievance to him to-morrow men appearquiet but very de- Serfons troubls is fearcd unless an understanding is arrived at. It has just been decld W £400,000 for the work between the Des Moines rabids and the mouth of tha 11l . and $400,000 from St, Louis to This is about half the sam recom mended by the commmission, roat SUIT OF MYKA OLARKE GAINES on just the same as befira her death, LINCOLN. The Business Transabted at the State Capital To-ay. LABOR RIOT. A Blocdy Riot Among Steikers at South ’WAsfumfc MANKATO, Minn. dent Colfax dropp ing at the Omaha depot. Milwankee rond from the cast walked to the Omaha dapot, a distance of three-fom ths of a mile, with the thermometer thirty degrees below zero, the depot he Ii suppesed that the extrema cold, subsequent heat and over-cxertion eaused o stoppage the flow’of blood to the } were taken in charge by now lie in wait at Dr, A coroners inquest will be held thisafternoon, Every attention s being paid the remains, Word has been sent to the family of the de The president has been notified and rrived on the After arriving at- e —— The 8t John Controversy, Tanuary 13.—A reperter for ated Press called on James T, Le- gate at his hotel this afternoon to ask what he had to eay concerning the letter to J, S. Clarkson, ? published frrom St. morning purporting to have been written by him to Clarkson during the campaign. Logate raplied, after several minutes’ cogita- “The Clarkson letter never wrote—that is, T never wrote a letter to I wrote Clarkson a letter, par of which s in the letter pub lished this morning, but he omits to state said and miakes me say Mr, Logato here grow Clarkson had suppressed other man to that trans. o makes talk,” continued Legate, “of pledges made to St. John when made to other parties, y page of that letter to Clarkson was ed ‘confidential,’ and he has violated overy principle of honor in publishing sny thing, and every principle of honesty in de- stroying the letter 1 did send him, ing ‘as the agent and doing the wishes of Mr, Clarkson as a member of the mational com- mittee and those with wkom he was associated in Obio in all that was done. to the Kerens note, changed from what 1 did say that it amounts to an open forgery. Within a short time I intend to make a full statement of thy whole matter as far as I know it. then let those kick the hardest who are hurt the most. now that so far « The List of'all the Committees Appointed: Several Hundred Poles Attack the Oliver Chilled Plow Works. with her when the will was rigoed, will push Ho seems to have been a great with the little queer old wom he quarreled with her own son and ki in her own house she did not cast bim ¢ff, but seenued snxious for his acquittal, sitting by his aide in the court room and counseliog in Toreka, Kan, Various Bills Introduced in the it R Destroy Several Thousand Dol- Bill Retiring Gen. Grant. lars Worth of Property. are reoelved here regarding the ny tinancial legislation at the groes, and eapecially Our Washington Dispatches Are Msjor and Minor Importance to Very Iuteresting, County Officers, oL1s, Januacy tion, as followa: ing through Man! present session of co such as may hava a direst bearing upon the national banking Q several prominent Dhank York were bere to satisfy themeelves as to the probabilities of the the other measures which have been more or less discussed, bemg taken up and pushed through before the 3d of March arrives. After looking the ground over the views of senators and representatives who wre thoroughly informed not only a8 to eenti ment, which exists among their colloa Dut the difficu’ ties to be encountered in trying returned home con ¢, the McPherson Club the Officers and Many Other ato on & business His interests §n the northwest are very wa of the city took chargo of the remains, and a telegram was sent to Mr. Studebaker, at South Bend, Ind. The body was removed to the residence of Dr. Harrington and prepared for shipment, telegram was received from Studebaker order- emains to be sent immediately to South Bend, The body left, accompsnied by L. P, Huot and L 0dd Fellows, via the No.thweste: The Odd Fell Clarkson of that da The House Adjourns Out of Re- Also to the Fraternity of the speot to Schuyler Colfax, Healing Art. They Are Only Stopped by the Voteran Guards and declared th: the names of ever; action but his, na getting at Progress ot the Swaim Court Martial and Other Interesting Wash- ington Newe, And Concerning the Wiping Out of the 5 Per Cent Penalty on Delinquent Taxes, Patterson, two The Governor Appsaled to for Troops as Another Oatbreak is e — ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE, vinced that only one meas THE SENATE, Special to Tae Bee, LINCOLN, January 18, morning at 10 o’clock, called to order by the lieutenant governor, and after the usual formaliti the tablo read the names of the gentlemen different commttess of The fol'owing is a complete list of the names: Judiciary—Paul, Snell, McAllister, Burr, being _passed, rely entirely upon no dendlock occurring on Tt is Mr. Potters in tention to try and secure the consideration of his ill for the new bond bearing low rate of intereat, and take up the higher rates bond by payivg the principal and premium, but there : & fow persons who think the measure nds one chance in one hundred of being although Potter him: ul, notwithstanding the | THE RIOT. ), January 13, On motion of Hawley, the senato took up Sonator Vance s TTo declared he had drawn into the confederacy unwillingly but when ha fought to maintain it he defended the course pursued by Davi said he only presonted the resolution to pro- ve the papers of historic value, went into_correspondence to show how Davis conspired torule the gouth arbitrarily. tor Brown said he had been an_oniginal mst and defended his course as out- lined in his correspondence with Sherm N. Haines went to the office of the secretary of stato this morniog and was sworn in by a notaty public as epeaker of the house, When the house met at 2 p, m., he refused to entertain a motion from the democrats to pro- nanent organization. livered a long nddress_to prove he was the Tt was a_constitutional offica which could only be vacated by his_vol- untary resignation or impeachment. time, but in due course the house adjourned till 10 'clock to-morrow avd in the meantime the situation to be canvassed Trains on the Chi- Western Tndiana Belt railway are moving as usual to-day, the places of the striking enginecrs being supplicd. ached here at noon that & strike is in progress at South Bend, Ind., at Oliver's Chilled Plow works, in which nearly eight hundred men are employed. this morning, and six men were shot. militia have been called out. out furnish no details SoutH BEND, Jan ppropriation bil. upon it at length, The senate asscm- ‘With reference it is 50 complotel L Henator. Hawley) , the clerk at 8 favorably disposed of self foals quite hope treasury department is against it troller Knox, who was recently in chartera the Potter bill as atsurd and prepos- terous and without sufficient merit to entitle Computations made at the department show that ths ex- change of bonds proposed by the bill would require o cash payment from the treasury of There is talk among the Ohio Republicans here of nominating Minis- ter Taft for the governorehip next year. expectod he will ba recalled from the Russian miesion soon after Cleveland takes the prosi- dential chair, and his friends here beheve he would be the strongest candidate that could be in nomination. October the legislature is to be chose willelect a successor to Sepator Sherman, Strong opposition being manifssted to the passage of the resolution extendiog the thanks of Congrees to Commander Schlay and Lieat. Tmery who rescued Greeley and his compan- jons, and strange as it may appear this opy osie tion comes almost entirely from officers of the navy who say that such thanks should not ho extended except for gallantry in action in the face of the enemy. who are to form the permanent speaker, A riot oceurred St John ia concerned in ¢ these transactions the Virgin Mary s not The reporter aeked Mr. Le- Rate to make a staterent relative to what the Clarkson letter was as written, but he de- clined and would say nothing more. was threated for Telegrams sent yet. y_ 18, Yestorday the employes of the Oliver Chilled Plow works and compelled all men Atan early hour this morning 200 men congregated infroat of the gate and would not allow any person to enter, who tried to enter were beaten about the head Ofticer Kelly, while trying to quiet the mob, was shot through the scalp and badly pounded. Captain Ed. Ni to get control of the office. him with clubs. and wounded badly hurt abo. t the head. 1 locked the door,snd was held a prisoner inthe office, his only communication being by tele- The veteran guards of the G. A, R. mustered about 70 men to rascue Nicar, a member of the guards, Sheriff Rock- stroh empowered them to act as a state militia to preserve peace and disperse the strikers, , some_ strikers loft, ingisalist of the wounded: Cap Dave Hoffman, Mr. Card, Officer Kelley Jacob Barnhardt, foreman of the paint shop, An immense crowd thronged the streets and followed the guard to the factor; citement provails, . Where the men refused to quit they were attacked and brutally beaten. belts, and finally went to the engine room and forced Enginesr Roberts to shut down. Previous to this demonstration the superin- tendent of the works told theee grinders, who are principally Poles, with a few Hungarians, if they had any griovances to place them in writing, and appoint a_ committee to present them, and they would te c asidered. purer than he.” Hawley then read Brown's lotter to Jeffer- ays and Means—Howe, Cherry, an, McShane, Love, | Accondtsand Expenditures—Lowis, Hoobel, Mills, Norris, Smith of Fillmore, Agriculturs — Cherry, Smith of Fillmore, Day, Howell, Norr Highways, Bridges and Fences— Sherwin, Cherry, Durland, Filson, litary Affairs — Mickeljohn, Gochner, Lowie, Hyers, Met: Municipal affairs ~McShane, Burr, McAl- lister, Durland, Goobnuor. d buildings—Burr, MeAl- lister, Dolan, Lewis, Cherry, Durland, Sow- —— Bell Telephone Case Settled. BostoN, January 13,—The feature of the local stock market to-day was the announce- ment that the Bell Telophone company had been granted an ibjunction against the Over- land company, both of New Jersey and Phil- adelphia, and including the parent corpora- This suit was brought to restrsin an alleged infringement of the “Parker” patents, controlled by the Eell Telephone company, While only a tempo: ‘ry granted, the opinion given by the judge icallyeettles the matter finally. With the disposition of this controversy the phase of the litigation in which the com- pany has been involved ever since it com- menced business is disposed of, except the MczDonough and Clay cases, which areof comparatively minor impertance, there is nothing worthy of note uusettled. The Bell company’s stock cn the strength of to-day’s decision sold up this afternoon to 230, and This was an advancs struck for highe wi e Sl Clarkson’s Reply to Legate, Dis Moises, Towa, January, 18.—The asso- ciated presa interview with Legate at Topeka to-day reached Des Moines at mid-night with therequest of the associated press to Clarkson to send an answer to it if he had any tomake, Horcplies: “The letter from Legate to me was dated Oct. 24th, and was given by me in the Globe-Democrat Interview exactly as he wrote with not a wo'd or letter of it changed inal T still have and any regerves to defond the state against the usurp ation and abuse of power by the central gov- ernment, as well as to repel an Invasion by the enemy. The resolution passed 52 to 10. Among those voting for it, were Bayard, La- mar, Garland and Vance, Brown, Colquitt, Hampton, Harris, Kenna, Maxey, Morgan, Saulsbury, Slater and Vest. Hale, from the committee on appropriations, reported back the lst naval bill appropriation sent over by the house, amended by visions for u change in the ex Halo said that he would call it up to-morrow. Dolph, from the commitces on public lands, reported favorably to the house bill repealing romption of timber culture and desert acts and modifying the homestead art. Edmunds introduced a bill authori; president to appointand place on the retired ar- ono from among those who had been gen- s commandingarmies of the Uni or general in_chiefs aid in the army. munds expressed a hoy consent would be coasideration of the bill, £aid, wonld sce the object of the application of the bill, ent to appoint Gen. Grant to the In its form it would obviate the difficulty in the Fitz John Cockreli asked that it should lie over till to- Van Wyck introdnced & bill to make the railroad corporations orgavized by acts of congress, subject to the cootrol ‘and_ legisla- jes in which the e Nays as follows: seyeral times At the same He entered and injunction was [ phone to the city. improvements —Day, Mills, McShane, Paul, School lands and finances—Smith, of Lan- caster, Brown, Metz, Buckworth, Hyers, Foderal relations—Metz, printed if Legate desires it. 1gave no other name than Legate as an agent of St Joh because the sxint had no otheér huckster of Legate's assertion that he was the agent of the republican national commit- tee is pure nonsense and fiction. He was never else than St. John’s agent, ter of October 20, nor any other of Legate's communications to me have the least trace of being confidential, and if the 8t. John demanded all the On hearing thi Public printing—Snell, Einsel, Skinner, e Eogrossing and enrolling bills—Einsel, Howe, Hoebel, The bill to repeal the pi lands and timberculture laws and to amend homestead laws has paesed the senate. ator Dolph in a report accompanying the bills says under present laws every person can acquire to 160 acres each under the pre-emp- ewption and homestead and timber cu ture | o acts, or 480 acres i all, the opinion that the time has come to limit the acquirement of government lands by one Another reason for the »mption of desert Neither that let- . that the unanimous N given for the immediate TEvery scnator, he . Great ex- County and coun! nam, | ove, Howe, Mines and minerals—Putnam, Hoshel, Mc- Allister, Clark, Lewis, Education—Spencer, oundaries—Mills, Put- | later 265 was offered. of 16 points over the opening. ts to be made e LW OhioWool Growers. 0., Janusry 13, —The Obio Wool Growera’ association have adopted res- olutions calling upon the industries of the United States to units for common protaction against the fallacy of a tariff for revenue only, and urging them to oppose the Spanish treaty on the ground that it would destroy the sugar, rice and tobacoo industries, and calling upon the woo! growers to unite in the demand for the restoration of the tariff of 1867 on wool, pledging their support to tho party which recognized their interests and demands, GOV, HOADLEY HAS ISSUED AN ORDER for three companies of the national guards to hold themselves in readiness to go into the Hocking valley on short notice, mation which the_governor has raceived he thinks that the indications are for trouble Troops can_be sent, to the scene of the dig- turbance within two hours after notice of an The committee is of Legate's letter to Kerens was also printed ust as Legate wrote i, Legate’s re- give to the Associated his own version of his 20th of Dctober letter was a virtual confession that the printed let- terwas right. with Legate as to his compariao, Library—Durland, Hastings, Shell, Filson voss reporter person to 160 acres. rep al of the pre-emption law is the increase of frauduleat claims under it lately. report says this fault it has been g Layineyszecutipn contains such inherent defects that a fraudu- lent entry cannot be wholly prevented. Ths increase of fravdulent entrics, in_its opinion, is due to the increased value of the lands, and the consequent greater inducement of e The repeal of the timber c aled bocause it has proved o failure. perience hasdemon- act instead of te- Claims —Hyers, Smith of Lancaster. Banks etc.—Smiih of Fillmore, Einsel, Hoe bel, Goehner, Clark, Railroads—Sowers, Brown, Metz, Milkeljohn, Paal, Kinsel,” o' of the law, but roads are const n that the law tructedeReferred A resolution was agreed to calling secretary of the treasury to communicate to the senate copies of the orders, correspond- ence, etc., made or approved by him since December 21, 1884, relating to the collection, nement or remistion of tax pon. dis- spirits inteuded £ bo exported. The consideration of the inter-state com- merce bill was reaumed. that no railroad company be allowes to charge a higher proportionate 1ate for the carriage of small than lurge parcels, was opposed by Bayard, who declared the amendment was an attampt to do what neither congress nor any human power could do—to_deprive property of its natural strepgth, and take from woak- ness its inherent_dcfecte, was not agreed to. awmendment making all rebates Not agreed to. message was received from tha govern- in charge of the Yorktown monnment raportwg tha complstion. After an executive &:I St. John 0 s work this morning, Betore daylight several athered in the streets at When the superintend- ent came they refused to allow him to goin and also provented any of the workmen trom entering, They also stationed a guard the door of the office to_prevent any of the Theo first of theso to ar- rive was Captain Niger who forced his way up While crowding through them to thedoor he was struck with a club from be- hind and as he turned to defend himself other Mexican Soldiers AN DikGo, Cal,, January arrived to-dsy with a despatch The soldiers stati X ada, Mexico, eighty-five miles gouth of here, di night, murdered their captain, his wife and a number’ of other per- ‘The mutineers then taking their arms and amnunition with them. The band numbers forty, snd} a ¢ reported coming this way. Uuited States infantry has left here for,the hundred of the Poles Miacellaneous corporations—Norris, Cherry, and neac the gates, Goehner, Clark, Hoebel, State Prison—Dolan, Hyers, Burr, University _and Shell, Mikeljohn, Spencer, Sherwin, umendments —McAllis ter, , Day, Howell, school—Brown, offica force entering. muiinielonie The report continues: * strated that the desert curing settlement and the reclumation of the desert lands by actual settlers has been made the means of securing a fraudulent_title to ag- There is a rapidly growing Constituticnal Vance'samendment Sowers, Filson, s and elestions—Hastings, Burr, 1], Smith of Lancaster. Live stock and grain—Loye, McShane, Buckworth, Dolan, Smith of Fillmore. lation—Buckworth, it of the 88th ricaltural lands. sentiment in this country for of all laws for the dispcsal of agricultural public lands except the homestead law that ain sholl hereafter bo reserved The committcs upon his head cutting deep gashes. also cut on the wrist, The hrat reports were that ho had been killed, but while severel beaten he was_only dangerously woundel ded in geiting into the office wherc Keller and Major Waldsmith were defending and themselus being serioasly injured. in Captain Niger aud one of the office boys named Berner held the mob at bay until the vrteran guard came to their rescue having been ordered ou by the shoriff, time the mob bad succeeded in beating the gate David Card, the gate-keeper, was —_— Exposition Notes. NEw ORLEANS, January 13, - At the World’s Exposition to-day the following awards were Sweepstakes, best wet! entered by Taylor under 2 years,) . Potts & Sovs., Bost five weathers under 2 years—firat, Potts & Sons: second, Thomas Taylor. b T RS Confiscated Sweets. Special Tolegram to TiE: BEz. New Yonk, January of the health board, scized $000 pounds of poisoned toys of candy last night, had been secreted in a box maker’s factory, and a detective found Tha amendment Slater proposed an for homes for settlers. the omnion that this should policy of the government. tlers aro restricted to 160 acres of land be but comparatively a few y the public luyds suitabla for homes will be ex conclusion the report s “The practical exhaustion of our public do- main will forco upon the people a now, iinp: Skinner, Myers, Smith, Public ~ charities—Skinner, Brown, Hills, McShane, Love, Cherry, Goemer, Brown, Buckworth, Day. blind—Bolan, s Even if th > Dr. Cyris Bedson, ven o set Tnsane asylum Deaf dumb and Smith of Lancaster. Reform schos! and home for the friendleas McAlister, Smith of Lancaster Skinner. o session the senate As the stuff was THE MARKETS. (eod Beef Cattlo Bring Verv Good Prices, Hogs Sold at Five and Ten Cents Lower; A Very Fair Day’s Trade Done in Wheat, The Day’s Trading in Corn Was Not Large. A Drop of Twenty Cents in May Pork, Oats Attracted But Little Attention— L. Rye Quoted Strong—Mrovisions § Ruled Weak, T CHICAGO MARKETS, CATTLE, Special Telegram to Tiik Brr, Ciicaco, January 18.On shipping and dressed beef stock the market was slow and values gnerally ruled a shade lower thar terday. Bestsorts butchers’ stock, suc will suit the dressed boef trade and local shop do aro making strong prices, but canning and common old cowa are plentiful, and sre selling cheaper than last weak. Stockers and foeders touched very high prices yesterday, butare 10c to 15c lower to-day, Bulls in good demand and steady, There is an im- proved demand_for milkers and Good to choice, 1300 to 1 ] ; 1200 to 1350 1b 0@>.65; common _to fair cows, $2 50@3.50; medium to good, $3.55 stockers, $8,30@4.00; feeders, 1,20 @ 50, HOGS, Y With the fresh reccipts and the 20,000 't laat night, there were nearly 60,000 +oga on sale, and buyers made up their minds to_fill their orders ot a lower_range of prices, But salesmen who had good stock did not budge till late in the day, when_they were allowed to make concessions of 6@10s; packing and shipping, 370 to 400 lbs., ¥4 40@4 70; light. to 210 lbs, $425@450, Tho market closed with about 85,000 unsold. The bulls of the WHEAT market exhibited & weak and unsteady sensa- tion about their knees toward 10 o'elock this morniog, but before the close of the morning session they had braced up again and were feeliug as we!l as could be expected under the circumstances. May wheat, which is the wheat of the present craopened fchigher than yesterday’s closing price at 87c., but this slight advance at the opsning was delusive as a num- r of operators found who made putchases. At that point it may have boded a strong day but it opened the weakest one of the session, Here was a rapid decline which stopped only When the price had dropped to 83}c. Cablers were less strong and a number of small tiaders who were quite willing to realize on their holding _ at. .87, was top . large to prevent a decided reaction when a polnt or two of decline had been quoted, these sellers were too numerous to be specitied, but thers were not many of the heavy weights among them which was a circumstance viewed with ch satisfaction by the supporters of the high price doctrine. When the option lad sold down to 854c and had recovered to 8hie, broker who bad donea good deal more drinking than trading, was heard to remark that May whest would sell at 90c brfore it touched . No one took the trouble to contradict him. A good deal of scalpmg was o on the declive, eo thst altogetber the ay’s trade was a fair one. The visibla supply statement showed a decrease of (14).689 bush~ elsin the amount of wheatin sight, and an increase of 95,345 bushels in the visible rupply of corn, The gossipon the floor and in_ the offices sppears to point in the direction of an- other marked advance in the price of wheat r the break of to-di The fact that the ble supply is now steadily increasing is re- garded as uniavorable to a decline helow the point reached to-day. conN - | is gencrally steady at the opening, though 3@ being placed in & cart, soms of the candy fell ot und s crowd of boys tried to pick it up, The police drove them back, but they returned largely reinforc:d_and carried the truck by Men and well-grown lads joined the mob, against which the police we and the 8000 pounds of candy was materially dimmished when a s hebly falviio g remainder of the awards will beannounced to- a Swede, who refused to strike was mada to run a gauntlet between two rows of Poles who beat him insensible with their clubs, August Yonquist, tant and different question and In ths opin- ion of the committec the time when cur rap- idly increasing population instead of heing able up homesteads lands and make homes for themselves, shall be compelled to find homes in our crowded cities, should, by w te postponed as long as possible committee on pensions, bounty and back psy to-day heard the commissioner n the adyisibility of ap- pointing state pension agents to represent the claimants of each state, sioner was present i the request of the ¢ mittee, He thought such appointments would greatly facilitate the buciness of the office, Frequently the pension office pelled to write as many as seven letters a The remainder of the morning was taken up with the reading of the different bills that bhave boon introduced and the house adjourn- :30]this afternoon. question of peic sent to the cloric’s desk in yesterdus Now — Destructive Explosion, Svracusk, N, Y., January 18,-At the Sal- vay Process soda ash works, three miles west t 4 o’clock this morning, a large dis- ghing four tons exploded and ity-five feet in the air, landed in the building, carrying away the en- 1o large main bpilding. badly damaged to the amount f Fifty men wera at work at the time, aod twelve wera injured by water and flying fragments,but none seriously. Several weeks will e necessary to repair the edat 11:55 until end k Sumphargivg the committee on public buildings with log roll for the ercction of public buildings involying $15,000,000, and giving Raudall great credit for fighting and expo, job. The statements in the artic said that Stockslager was reckless, but con- sidering that_statements almost a3 reckless had been made on the floor, and in an inter- view especially by a gentleman from Ohio John Dumbroski, a watchman, was badly beaten, and a dozen others were more or loas severely mjured. disposed of, the mob had the works at their ivg to vags bills o legislation, fon of the Seventh p me uso of the I The police _covered the retreat of the cart to the offal dock, where the candy was bathed in i Special to tho Bee, LixcoLy, Neb,, January 15 representatives was called to order this morn- at 9:30 and immediately aof the day. tilling vessel we was blown sev r The house of ck the rioters. on pensions, Clark, stroying property to the extent of several At present all is quiet, but there is danger of an_outbreak at any time, guards are patrodiog the January 13,— reccived a telegram_from aw, sherlff of St county, saying: **We archaving u riot in South Bend this morning- Shooti going on and human 1 -aeekend a military company, as we are utterly helpless.” iray tuought that as Rockstraw was a have become unduly ing by the speaker proceeded to the busi clerk at once proceeded to read the numerous bills presented by the different members, six- ty three of which have already passed the first stage, None of them, however, call for. par- ticular notice at this stage of the proceedings. In fact none of them already introduced show any elaborato legislative ingenuity or can be considered of great importance to the people of the state. Several bills affecting the coun ty treasurers, county clerks and other county "boen reforred to the committecs already appointed, for their consideration and thousand dollars, Hce ool Lof it} The commis- e ———— Chic¢ago Oharity Ball. —The annual charity ball was held in the joint armories of the First Cavalry and Battery D, on the Lake front to- night and was the most numerously attended ial ovent held here in many years, atroneeses are among the most prominent of the society leaders of the ci efforts the success of the Both of the large armor ately decorated and fully 2,000 dancers at ono time during the evening were on the floor, In the main dancing hall there wero & numbar of private boxes which wer ted over $2 000, Tickets were 10, and ths net proceeds will exceed £7,0.0, which is to be de- vital and the Ilhnois e, This morning newspaper reporters should not 815,000,000, but 6,200 000, tion that there wa binding together of these ferred to him or his committe2, was wholly gratuitous and_entirely uncalled for, and ut- He defended the order under which the public building meesures were to be he had never lo until it was shown o material point in con entleman from repeat them, 2, George Rocks| ihination o any , as faras it re- ¢ and elubbing are uired about the same casc, . 1 and 10 last, the office answered “tters from congressme iu the business office was oc 1he different membecs of congrees calling up The views of the were obtained with the purpose of securing legislation 1f possibic to facilitate the business of tha pention burean, Repreecntative Slo the committes on mj ——— The Pope and the Plenary Oouncil, BALTINORE, Jan, 13.—A special from Rome to The Sun says, the pope is now engaged in preparing a special letter in whichfhe will con- gratulate Bishop Gibbons, as well as all other bishops recently assembled in Baltimorc plenary council, upon the issue of their dslib- erations aud upon the harmony and unity with wkich the conclusions of the council were Tt is generally belioved Archbishop Gibbon will be created cardinal in May next. event is largely di were most elabor- new man, he might anxious, and declined to act until he had 1¢- ceived further information, which up to 1 o'clock had mot Leen fortheowmin thinks that the local authorities ar copo with the situation as he [s at present ad- vised, At Woods Run mill the same firm’s emyloyes refused to accept the reduction and the mills were closed down, throwing out of employment seyeral hundred men, SLKHART, flnd., January y aud the Elkhart veteran guards l¢ft this evening for North Bend, to assist in the sup- pression of any riot, known of such an_ai him yesterday. troversy was between the Indiavs and himself, and he take the bill by the auctioned andjuet- mb was instructed by ary offairs to-day to call up the senate bill providing for the retiie- ral Grant at ths fitst opportun General Rosecrans will oppose the bill when considered in the house. THE SWAIM COURT MARTIAL. WasHINGTON, January 13.—In the Swaim wtempt was made to ive from Sarpy introduced ate board of heslth, such board to consist of physicians of at least ience, who are to inquire into condition of the ‘o report on all sanit- an act to establish a voted to St Luke's training school for nurses, —— The Meagre Appropriation for the Missouri River, Special telegram to Tx W asHINGTON, January 13.—There is & good deal of dissatisfaction among the friends of Missouri river, over the very small sum al- lowed by the river and harbor committee for did not now and never had charged that the gentlem were guilty of forming an improper combination, but he did say that the very ef- is a combination and Since he bad objections to the consideration s ho had been appealed to on all sides to withdraw his opposition, He had said that if the committee on public buildings would select a dozen ormore meritorious bilis on which the house could proceed understand ———— The Oregon Senatorship SaLey, Oregon, January 13,—The contend- ing factions among the republicans were or- ganized late last evening and'a permanent organization of the senate was effected by the election of Wm. Waldo, of Marlon, as presi- This will brin; for Umited States senator Tug The leglslatura on joiut stato from time to time. ary conditions, epidenics and coutagious dis: to keep a register of all ages and deaths in thy state. o and ho satisfied as to the ability of any physician wishing to start in prace tics in the state with power given the board Each member of the bond to receive $10 a day, and governor of state hav- 18,—Governor fect of the resolution necessarily 5o and naturally. Court Martial to-day discredit General Sw L —— FOREIGN NEWS, Grossvenor on behalf of the defense criticised the attempt, and sald Grossvenor: “It is the smallet pisce of business LONDON, January 13,—Joachim, the Ger- esday, the 20th de lower in the middle operations. The day's tradivg was not large and'brought out no par- ticular new features. The general tenor of the market was goverrcd to a large extent by wheat and provisions thus making corn irreg- ularly lower, though not quotably weak. No. 2 cash sold at 36@37c, 0ATS, attract but little attsntion ecither in cash or speculative trading. There was a moderate demand for ecller May which ranged from 20§ to 39 cash. Market was little better than nor- mal at 26206}, RYE quotably strong under light offerings and in better demand than is usual in this gran, Cush was quoted steady at 58} with (0 bid for Mara)i, aud 6@ 654 for seller M Close was at outside, PROVISIONS as a whole ruled weak and more or less de- pressed but not lower. May option in pork ¢howed tha greatest range by a drop of about 203, The general desire to sell was brought out by a similar ccndition in wheat and rather liberal roceipts ia 1hs yurds, In the wholo list there was an advance of only 24c over the opening quotations, while e close was barely steady at very little better than the lowest points reachied, Cash quotstioos were, pork, B11 85; lard, $6 774; ribs, Both' pack: fog interests and ecalpers were quite liberal eellers, Pl Dr. Carvor’s Rafle Record., New Havex, Conn,, January 13.—At 145 this afternoon Dr Craver's score was: Shots 16,000, hits 13, misses 32, 'The impres sion is growing that he will not succeed. od Almighty over the improvement of the Missouri, Grossvenor con- allowed is u3 indicated yesterday In the 190,000 between Sioux City and the mouth of the river, and §100,000 abave, is 50 small & sum iu comparison with the amount that was asked by the new Missourl river commission that, it proves very unsatis- he would withdraw his objection, hat the moment twelve +4 out, gentlemen idterested in the bills not selectad would oppose the propo- sition, He was willing that the ¢ untry should judge whether there was a combination or not. The following bills were pass d: the time of presentation of bounty and back pay claims to three years from the passage of s act, and of all other claims except pen- to six years and providing that hereafter srisiug must be presented withw six years fe.m toe vime they originated, tend the laws of tha tain unorganized ter ist, has been eranted o divorce, JRIch is ropubr The Tichbons claimant, recently reloased from piison, has made arrapgements to go to Ame ing power to remove any member from the allowed anybody to go int board on such sulficient reason as be may see “‘General Swaim was asked whether he was wonnded at Chicamaugua, swered he was and thereupen the wi meot went through a transformation s d reports of virious committees were brought in Something I could not got The war depart ment usually considers these records sacred- but for the purposeof tarnishing the record o, a soldier they are forthcomivg” The testif mony sought to bs given was not allowed The ways and means committe of the houss to day mstructed Hewitt to report back fa- vorably the bill providing that the duties on nnported mate rial when inanufactured in the United States and exported shall be repaid in full and as the law now stands an export tax amonnting to 10 g2+ gent of the originsl du tle m all this class of exports THE WESTERN WATER WATYS, lican 52, democrats 38 o Bruner of Douvlas introduced amendmants in existenoa, concorns This amendment e — Destruotion of Cow Bells, 1ll, Jabuary 18.—The News Oollinsville, (11L.) epecial says? The oldest ck bhell * fastory in_ the to several acts alvead. ing game and wild an will make it unlawful, if passed, for any per- son to kill certain animals and wild fowl with- in prescribed periods, generally from January 13t to October 1st of each year. Higgins of Cass gave notice of an amend- ment to act 461, in which he wish allowed that pri may call witnes; able to pay their expens ———— A DOUBLE HEADER, THE FORT WAYNE AND AND BHAKEMEN ON A STRIKE. Forr Wavxg, Ind,, January 13 —The Fort Wayne & Chicago railway a few days ago in- augurated ¢ “‘double-header”system of trains, that is attachiog two locomotives to double the usual number of cars in each train and placing the train in charge of one conductor and three brakemen, thus dispensing with one conductor and one brakeman to each double- fifty brakemen were dis- charged and and several conduct o fho Tank of braketmen, — This afimce o large number of men collected at the depot to contradict hi if my life wer CHICAGO CONDUCTORS and most extonsive stor United Etates burne Fiftoon thousand o — Death of Gov, Hale, Special Telegram to The Bee. Cuevexyg, Wyo,, January 13.—Governo William Hale died this afternoon of Addi- son's disease, from which he had been ailing & been governor for two His home s in Glonw ood, Towa "I'he factury was known as the L owned by O, B, Wilion, ——— Senatorial Monpps, SAN FraNCrs00, January 18,~The latest dovelopment in the Unitod States senatorial B0b bo & osndate whits et are in the field, tates over cer tory south of the state Repealing 50 much of section the state Is to pay ame, The house ad journed at 12 o'clock until 2:30 this afternoon, or non-commiesioned the regular army or any private soldier who served two years since 1800, effect of judgments and decrecs in the United i state by providing they shall take effcct by way of licn or other- wike to the same extent and in like manner as o judgement and decree of courts of such o — Death of Brewster, New OnueaNs, January 13,—Robert Brew- ster who was shot yesterday in the afiray in the Marcot. died a two this morning, Braw- was & native of Ireland, had been # prominent ward politicisn of this city for many years, formerly oriminal sheriff, virtually laid in Speclal telegram to Tux Be To regulate the ilo Sargant or Perkins . —The Lill in- troduced in the senate by Church Howe to- day wipes out the five per cent, venalty on t paid on January the first and re- funds the same to all who have paid, — Death of Schuyler Colfax. MiNNEAPOLIS, Janusry 18,—Schuyler Col- fax dropped dead in the union depot at Man. kato, Mion., & moment ago, Oi10aco, Jaouary 18 Minneapolis special says: Colfax dropped dead in the union depot States courts in f The excoutive committes on the improve- ment of the western water ways hegan a ses with the object of urging o necessity of & libeval propriation for the improvement of the wal ways of the Mississippi of the house committes of com merce, and Willis, Fifteen Thousand Dollars Bhort, WILMINGTON, 0., Janusrg,18.—The ex- amloation cf the accounts of ex-Treasurer L. D. Read show him to be sl Read’s bondsmen are county will lose nothisg. coupling pivs out. The train was recoupled, 3 , ard allowed to proceed to the junc tion of the Grand Rapids & Indiana road o mile from the city where the pins were again pulled and thrown into the river, was left standing vn the maln track where It ond seotion was simlarly treated and stands just behind the first sec. tion. The fires were raked from both epgines by the strikers whorefused to permit the men upon congress Brown, Tedians, rising said: *“I perform the sad duty of announcing to the house the doath of Schuyler Colfax, % one time speaker of this house, aud Iate vice prosident of the P Death and & Failare, WaggkxtowS, W, Va., January 13, sudden death of Dr, F. ¥, Payne, the active rtuer of the firm of Payne & ere, muade necessary (he assignment of their Assels, 40 announceiant b about 815,- Lors, ware present. on the subject of ithout reference to any partiou- runsed themselyves in o —— The Heathen Dery, BruN, January 13,—The Chinese legation denies that German officars are belng enrolled for the Chinese army. assoclated press announcioe $his The Daily News' The house as an expression of forrow ime Ex Vice Pres lar improvement, and ex mediately adjourned, full sympathy with the objact of the meeting. Awong the resolutions offered was one Ballene, a delegate from favor of the reciprocity treaty with the South Amerlcan 5'ates 85 & means A velopment of the intercaty of the Missisaippi WASHINGTON GOSSIP, Special Telegram to TaE Big. WasHING10N, January 13.—The river and barbor committec has bogn at work all day on Chicavo, January 13 well known ori via, Illa., died here to-Cay, ——— Reinforcing Tongain, Paris, Jaouary 18.—Francs his chartered aers for transporting veinforce ‘Wui, W, O'Brien, a He arrived over the Chicago, Milwaukes & nal lawyer tormerly of Peor frou whence all freight trains 8 &, Paul road and walked over to the Omaha Grand Rapids and Indi. en spiked down solidly and DYSPEPSIA Causes its vietims to be miserable, hopeless, confused, and depressed in mind, very irrita- Dle, languid, and drowsy. It 15 a diseaso hich does not get well of itself. 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